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SilverTiger · 05-17-2011, 01:12 AM

Text Cut: Josh and Evelyn

Renée had in fact asked the students what the first thing that came to their mind when they looked at a crystal ball was, but part of her hadn’t exactly expected to get entirely offbeat and creative answers. Of course, she should have expected it from Josh and Evelyn. In their own ways, they were always the ones who could come up with something interesting. “I’m sure she would enjoy that, Josh,” she said dryly, giving him a wry smile as she glanced at the Slytherin to see if she’d been paying attention. At least they hadn’t gone back to the discussion about fire symbology. It seemed Evelyn had her own ideas about the topic at hand, however, and that might have saved her Gryffindor from too much glares and such. That remained to be seen, though. “It could very well have been a bubble, Evelyn. Good suggestion, especially as it could be said there’s a bit of an ephemeral quality to both,” she said to the girl instead. Still waiting to see if there was going to be a reaction to Josh’s antics.

Text Cut: cynics ;)

So far so good, and Renée glanced at the rest of the students, still balancing the crystal ball in her hands, as they continued offering suggestions. The few who had offered a cynical point of view made another wry smile creep onto her face, even though they had a point. “Interesting outlook, you two. No less true, considering the fact that crystal balls are quite often present in the imagery loved by Muggle fortune tellers and the like, whether or not they in fact do have divinatory abilities. It can be hard to really say if they in fact do see anything or not,” she began, before Mia’s hand had raised as well to offer another amusing opinion on the matter. “Seems you might have first-hand experience in that matter, Mia. Once again, that is sadly always possible, the use of magic to deceive people.” She couldn’t help but wonder what exactly did happen when a stranger would arrive.

Text Cut: past, future, prophecy

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Originally Posted by EmilyMalfoy

Isobel looked at what Professor Bishop was holding up. It was a crystal ball, she could plainly see that. It was hard to mistake it for other things. She raised her hand. "The first thing I think of when I see that is seeing the future. Because people try to see the future in crystal balls."

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Originally Posted by Jason Potter Weasley

William raised his hand. " Professor, I know it is a Crystal ball in front of you" William told her. " I am pretty sure that it can be used for seeing a past person in your life "William said to the profewssor. William hopes he is right.

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Originally Posted by CassiopeiaAKTF

Oooooh! Daichi had heard about those balls before! Who was it that had told him that? He thought for a moment, frowning. Suddenly he remembered his big brother telling him about crystal balls. And that thing looks like one!

Pushing his hand in the air, Daichi was still wondering about what to say. "Eeh.. Future! he finally answered and lowered his hand. Grinning proudly.

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Originally Posted by Lady of the Lake

Ariadne didn't think of much else besides future events when she looked at the crystal ball, but some students had already mentioned that. Another thing that popped into her head was a worthless piece of information she had read somewhere. 'Sybill Trelawney had used crystal balls to fight against Death Eaters in the Battle of Hogwarts.' Wait? Did she just say that out loud?!? Ooops...'Er-I read that somewhere...but we're probably using the crystal ball to interpret the future, right?' the firstie tried to cover up and ended up blushing.

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Originally Posted by JayKay

Rose looked up to see a sphere ball in Professor Bishop's hand recognising it her hand shot up in the air...fidgeting a little she answered..
" Um...it's a crystal ball, i think it's used for looking at the future and possibly receiving prophecies"...

Feeling a little unsure of her answer Rose blushed.....she hoped for the best

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Originally Posted by GlassXRose

Kannalynne looked at the crystal ball and scrunched her lips to one side in thought. She tried not to think too hard about it, and just said what came to her mind.

"Uncertainty.", she answered simply, inwardly shaking her heads at other student's responses. The Professor didn't ask what it was. She asked what came to mind. Unimaginative people.

After a second, she thought to elaborate a TINY bit. "Because the future is not set in stone. Destiny can only be conjectured, even if one is very skilled at divination. In then end, it's really only speculation." She gave the Professor a little smile, even though she was also smiling tyo herself for being a WORD NINJA.

"That's what I think of."

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

Alex nodded and wobbled on his seat a bit when Salamander (or whatever his name was) pat him on the back...he hadn't been expecting that. He was about to open his mouth and reply with a grin that he was totally ready for divination, when the class began. OOOOH look at that pretty crystal ball in her hands! He needed a crystal ball. Not to look into, but just as decoration. They were so cool looking.

He raised his hand. "Well, when I look at it I think of prophecies. I mean, I know that's NOT a prophecy, but they look very similar--round orb, allusion of swirly stuff inside, except the prophecies actually HAVE something in them whereas the orbs just LOOK like they do..." he stopped, realizing that he was rambling. "Or...so I've heard."

But yeah. Prophecies. That's what he thought of.

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Originally Posted by gothicravenclaw

Hannah raise her hand a crystal ball use to see the past and future.Its use in telling fortune telling so is tarot cards.Proffesor Later can i have tarot card reading in your office.

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Originally Posted by PandaGirl

First thing that came into Heather's mind when Professor Bishop asked about what would they think about the crystal ball she held was that the ball was used to see things; past, present, future, prophecies. So it's more like an eye because it sees?

No, it was more like a medium to see. It's something that is supposed to be used.

"Pr-professor..." she raised her hand, it was good to be polite so as t not get into a professor's bad side. She wouldn't want to get into any professor's bad side anyway. "I-It's a medium we use to s-see things l-like the p-past, present and t-the future as well as p-prophecies and the like." hm, smart answer? maybe not, but it was a good try.

They needed to get back on the topic of actual divination, though, so Renée refrained from asking for even more elaboration on Mia’s story. Luckily, it seemed many people were more apt to just go with the idea of crystal balls as conduits for the future, and she smiled at all the students who had said something to that effect. The little history lesson brought a bit of a grin to her face as well. “Yes, most commonly crystal balls are supposed to be said to give the diviner images of the future, although in fact if the right questions are asked images of just about anything could be seen,” she replied, acknowledging William’s suggestion that the past could be seen as well. “And in fact you are correct, Miss Marchbanks. Professor Trelawney allegedly did use crystal balls as weapons during the Battle of Hogwarts, but then I’d imagine if you studied that incident you would find that pretty much everything available was used in that fashion.”

She nodded again as Alex brought up the similarities between crystal balls and the prophecies stored in the Ministry, and gave him a smile as well. “Another valid point, although do you really believe that crystal balls have nothing real inside of them?,” she posited, before sending a little grin over at Kannalynne at her argument. “Uncertainty can, as it seems you have said, be attributed to any form of Divination, Miss Basthowe, not just with the use of crystal balls,” she agreed. “If one truly could know the future, it would mean that none of us have any real choices in life, and I don’t believe anyone would say that would be a good thing. And yes, Miss Malfoy, you are welcome to stop by my office any time if you’d like to discuss the Tarot,” she added, glancing at the blonde Ravenclaw with another little smile. “But let’s try and stay on topic here, alright?”

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Originally Posted by TSnitch

Jai scratched the back of his head and replied,"Well, Professor I see something you look through but you won't see what you expect to see."
He wasn't sure of his answer but it was worth a try.

Well, it wasn’t quite staying on topic, but Jai’s suggestion brought another grin to Renée’s face. “An interesting conjecture, Mr. Pierce,” she replied in amusement, before deciding to ask something of him. “What in fact would you expect to see if you had looked in this?” It wasn’t really important to the discussion as a whole, but she imagined the curiosity had been put out there by his suggestion anyhow. It could very well start off another interesting and informative tangent, depending on the answer.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Well, Kurumi's first thought was that it reminded her of a scary old woman in her town who tricked people into thinking that she could see the future by looking into one of those things. Kurumi had given her some coins once to see if she would get strawberry milk at dinner and the woman had said without a doubt that she would. Kurumi had arrived home and there was no strawberry milk. She had been very disappointed.

Oh, right! She was supposed to say what she thought the object was. Well, everyone had already gone over the crystal ball bit. "I believe that that is made from beryllium aluminum silicate, which is more commonly known as beryl," Kurumi said with her hand raised. "Due to it being one of the more transparent gems, it is often used for divination. Although, I believe rock crystal is also used."

Hmm, another fascinating side-track, Renée thought as she heard Kurumi’s answer. “Another interesting fact,” she agreed with a smile, sensing that there had been something else in the Gryffindor’s mind not that long before that she supplanted by the scientific response. “I can’t say I know exactly what this particular crystal ball is made out of, but you very well might be right. This would have to be quite the old specimen if it was made out of beryl, however. Newer ones are made out of rock crystal, or quartz.” She might not have known exactly what made up this orb, but she still knew her history. As, it seemed, did Kurumi.

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Originally Posted by Starbreeze

Eino had always wanted to learn how to use a crystal ball but he could never see anything on it other than his own reflection. "Crystal balls are used in the practice of scrying. They also make good paperweights!" He said with his hand raised. Well, he had a very small one and doubted it was real, but it resembled a crystal ball and it was a multipurpose item. They also looked like marbles but it would be very difficult to play with them, unless they were giants. Hmmm, maybe giants used crystal balls as marbles.

Another grin crept onto Renée’s face as Eino of the previous singing offered his response to the discussion, though. That was getting more to the actual point of the lesson, whether he knew it or not. “More accurately, crystal balls are used for crystallomancy,” she pointed out, “ although that in fact is a branch of scrying. I would imagine most serious Diviners wouldn’t use their crystal balls as paperweights, however. Not the ones they specifically use, as that could dim the orb’s power.” At least, that was her opinion. One didn’t usually use their wand for anything other than magical things, most of the time, and that should extend to other magical tools as well.

She turned and set the crystal ball in question back on her table, then returned her attention to the class in order to speak again. “Scrying, as so many of you have touched on,” whether or not they realized it, “is a method of using reflections, images, to gain insight into the past, present and future. of course, the reflections that one sees aren’t really there, but merely visions brought about through focus and reflected in the orb or whatever is used. Not only crystal balls can be used, in fact, for scrying. Does anyone want to suggest something else that could be used?” Eventually they would get to the actual activity she had planned, but touching on scrying was always in her plans. Everything was related when it came to Divination anyhow.

ooc: Moving things along . . .

Same rules apply as usual. (and those who replied to the first question all get one point)

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SilverTiger Crumple-Horned Snorkack Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal sighs(GMT-8) Posts: 111,215 Hogwarts RPG Name: Giselle Barrington Slytherin Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Teagan Kensington Slytherin Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Arienne Morgenstern Hufflepuff Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Simone Wild Slytherin Fourth Year x5 x3	Everyone who posted a response before this will get points, even if I didn't reply. Shoe!Girl │ Rebel Ravie │ Confundus Queen │ RP Addict Text Cut: Josh and Evelyn Quote: Originally Posted by Lara_the_Firelady Aha! There was Bishop! Tell us what awesome stuff you had for this class woman! Like do it now! Hehehehehhee. No need to be rude of course. He was just mind joking. And mind joking was those jokes he had in mind which had not been voiced out yet. Learned something new? Yea, you definitely had. Hehe... Watching the woman carefully, his eyes got fixed on the crystall ball which was known to be used for seeing stuff to get info about one's info. But the professor did not ask that, did she? Nope. She had asked what was the first thing that came to his mind. And what was that? ''A huge pearl that i would like to present my beloved Evelyn!'' he uttered rather loudly with a huge smirk on his face. Quote: Originally Posted by Roselyn Aaaand, now the class was starting. GOOD. Something to take her mind off things. What is the first thing that came to mind...when they see that? Frowning, she tilted to her head to the side slightly, staring at the crystal ball. While a few people said something about future or a person's life, that was definitely not what she thought of first. "A bubble." It...looked like a bubble. Clear...had a reflection...was round...it was totally a bubble. Renée had in fact asked the students what the first thing that came to their mind when they looked at a crystal ball was, but part of her hadn’t exactly expected to get entirely offbeat and creative answers. Of course, she should have expected it from Josh and Evelyn. In their own ways, they were always the ones who could come up with something interesting. “I’m sure she would enjoy that, Josh,” she said dryly, giving him a wry smile as she glanced at the Slytherin to see if she’d been paying attention. At least they hadn’t gone back to the discussion about fire symbology. It seemed Evelyn had her own ideas about the topic at hand, however, and that might have saved her Gryffindor from too much glares and such. That remained to be seen, though. “It could very well have been a bubble, Evelyn. Good suggestion, especially as it could be said there’s a bit of an ephemeral quality to both,” she said to the girl instead. Still waiting to see if there was going to be a reaction to Josh’s antics. Text Cut: cynics ;) Quote: Originally Posted by Kimalia Kimalia rose her hand after taking a few moments to look at the crystal ball "Well, to be frank ma'am, the first thing that pops into my mind when I see that are some muggles who claim to be fortune tellers." Not that she had any problems with muggles, but the fact that some pretend to possess such powers is absolutely insulting. "I've seen some of those booths and they always have them placed on the table where they gaze into what looks like nothing but fog." Quote: Originally Posted by Trish Penny looked up at the Professor to see what she was holding..."oh i know this" thought Penny....Putting her hand in the air..."It's a Crystal Ball and the first thing i think of is those old women in the circus or carnival pretending to See stuff, magical people use it to see into the future and read omens" ...hoping she was right... Quote: Originally Posted by aussiegirl "Oh. Oh. Oh!" Mia raised her hand in the air and was almost bouncing out of her seat. "The first thing that comes to my mind is good old Rosemarita ripping off the poor single ladies in town by telling them that there was a tall, dark and handsome stranger in their future. It used to raise hell when a stranger used to roll through town." It became catfight city. So far so good, and Renée glanced at the rest of the students, still balancing the crystal ball in her hands, as they continued offering suggestions. The few who had offered a cynical point of view made another wry smile creep onto her face, even though they had a point. “Interesting outlook, you two. No less true, considering the fact that crystal balls are quite often present in the imagery loved by Muggle fortune tellers and the like, whether or not they in fact do have divinatory abilities. It can be hard to really say if they in fact do see anything or not,” she began, before Mia’s hand had raised as well to offer another amusing opinion on the matter. “Seems you might have first-hand experience in that matter, Mia. Once again, that is sadly always possible, the use of magic to deceive people.” She couldn’t help but wonder what exactly did happen when a stranger would arrive. Text Cut: past, future, prophecy Quote: Originally Posted by EmilyMalfoy Isobel looked at what Professor Bishop was holding up. It was a crystal ball, she could plainly see that. It was hard to mistake it for other things. She raised her hand. "The first thing I think of when I see that is seeing the future. Because people try to see the future in crystal balls." Quote: Originally Posted by Jason Potter Weasley William raised his hand. " Professor, I know it is a Crystal ball in front of you" William told her. " I am pretty sure that it can be used for seeing a past person in your life "William said to the profewssor. William hopes he is right. Quote: Originally Posted by CassiopeiaAKTF Oooooh! Daichi had heard about those balls before! Who was it that had told him that? He thought for a moment, frowning. Suddenly he remembered his big brother telling him about crystal balls. And that thing looks like one! Pushing his hand in the air, Daichi was still wondering about what to say. "Eeh.. Future! he finally answered and lowered his hand. Grinning proudly. Quote: Originally Posted by Lady of the Lake Ariadne didn't think of much else besides future events when she looked at the crystal ball, but some students had already mentioned that. Another thing that popped into her head was a worthless piece of information she had read somewhere. 'Sybill Trelawney had used crystal balls to fight against Death Eaters in the Battle of Hogwarts.' Wait? Did she just say that out loud?!? Ooops...'Er-I read that somewhere...but we're probably using the crystal ball to interpret the future, right?' the firstie tried to cover up and ended up blushing. Quote: Originally Posted by JayKay Rose looked up to see a sphere ball in Professor Bishop's hand recognising it her hand shot up in the air...fidgeting a little she answered.. " Um...it's a crystal ball, i think it's used for looking at the future and possibly receiving prophecies"... Feeling a little unsure of her answer Rose blushed.....she hoped for the best Quote: Originally Posted by GlassXRose Kannalynne looked at the crystal ball and scrunched her lips to one side in thought. She tried not to think too hard about it, and just said what came to her mind. "Uncertainty.", she answered simply, inwardly shaking her heads at other student's responses. The Professor didn't ask what it was. She asked what came to mind. Unimaginative people. After a second, she thought to elaborate a TINY bit. "Because the future is not set in stone. Destiny can only be conjectured, even if one is very skilled at divination. In then end, it's really only speculation." She gave the Professor a little smile, even though she was also smiling tyo herself for being a WORD NINJA. "That's what I think of." Quote: Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom Alex nodded and wobbled on his seat a bit when Salamander (or whatever his name was) pat him on the back...he hadn't been expecting that. He was about to open his mouth and reply with a grin that he was totally ready for divination, when the class began. OOOOH look at that pretty crystal ball in her hands! He needed a crystal ball. Not to look into, but just as decoration. They were so cool looking. He raised his hand. "Well, when I look at it I think of prophecies. I mean, I know that's NOT a prophecy, but they look very similar--round orb, allusion of swirly stuff inside, except the prophecies actually HAVE something in them whereas the orbs just LOOK like they do..." he stopped, realizing that he was rambling. "Or...so I've heard." But yeah. Prophecies. That's what he thought of. Quote: Originally Posted by gothicravenclaw Hannah raise her hand a crystal ball use to see the past and future.Its use in telling fortune telling so is tarot cards.Proffesor Later can i have tarot card reading in your office. Quote: Originally Posted by PandaGirl First thing that came into Heather's mind when Professor Bishop asked about what would they think about the crystal ball she held was that the ball was used to see things; past, present, future, prophecies. So it's more like an eye because it sees? No, it was more like a medium to see. It's something that is supposed to be used. "Pr-professor..." she raised her hand, it was good to be polite so as t not get into a professor's bad side. She wouldn't want to get into any professor's bad side anyway. "I-It's a medium we use to s-see things l-like the p-past, present and t-the future as well as p-prophecies and the like." hm, smart answer? maybe not, but it was a good try. They needed to get back on the topic of actual divination, though, so Renée refrained from asking for even more elaboration on Mia’s story. Luckily, it seemed many people were more apt to just go with the idea of crystal balls as conduits for the future, and she smiled at all the students who had said something to that effect. The little history lesson brought a bit of a grin to her face as well. “Yes, most commonly crystal balls are supposed to be said to give the diviner images of the future, although in fact if the right questions are asked images of just about anything could be seen,” she replied, acknowledging William’s suggestion that the past could be seen as well. “And in fact you are correct, Miss Marchbanks. Professor Trelawney allegedly did use crystal balls as weapons during the Battle of Hogwarts, but then I’d imagine if you studied that incident you would find that pretty much everything available was used in that fashion.” She nodded again as Alex brought up the similarities between crystal balls and the prophecies stored in the Ministry, and gave him a smile as well. “Another valid point, although do you really believe that crystal balls have nothing real inside of them?,” she posited, before sending a little grin over at Kannalynne at her argument. “Uncertainty can, as it seems you have said, be attributed to any form of Divination, Miss Basthowe, not just with the use of crystal balls,” she agreed. “If one truly could know the future, it would mean that none of us have any real choices in life, and I don’t believe anyone would say that would be a good thing. And yes, Miss Malfoy, you are welcome to stop by my office any time if you’d like to discuss the Tarot,” she added, glancing at the blonde Ravenclaw with another little smile. “But let’s try and stay on topic here, alright?” Quote: Originally Posted by TSnitch Jai scratched the back of his head and replied,"Well, Professor I see something you look through but you won't see what you expect to see." He wasn't sure of his answer but it was worth a try. Well, it wasn’t quite staying on topic, but Jai’s suggestion brought another grin to Renée’s face. “An interesting conjecture, Mr. Pierce,” she replied in amusement, before deciding to ask something of him. “What in fact would you expect to see if you had looked in this?” It wasn’t really important to the discussion as a whole, but she imagined the curiosity had been put out there by his suggestion anyhow. It could very well start off another interesting and informative tangent, depending on the answer. Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Well, Kurumi's first thought was that it reminded her of a scary old woman in her town who tricked people into thinking that she could see the future by looking into one of those things. Kurumi had given her some coins once to see if she would get strawberry milk at dinner and the woman had said without a doubt that she would. Kurumi had arrived home and there was no strawberry milk. She had been very disappointed. Oh, right! She was supposed to say what she thought the object was. Well, everyone had already gone over the crystal ball bit. "I believe that that is made from beryllium aluminum silicate, which is more commonly known as beryl," Kurumi said with her hand raised. "Due to it being one of the more transparent gems, it is often used for divination. Although, I believe rock crystal is also used." Hmm, another fascinating side-track, Renée thought as she heard Kurumi’s answer. “Another interesting fact,” she agreed with a smile, sensing that there had been something else in the Gryffindor’s mind not that long before that she supplanted by the scientific response. “I can’t say I know exactly what this particular crystal ball is made out of, but you very well might be right. This would have to be quite the old specimen if it was made out of beryl, however. Newer ones are made out of rock crystal, or quartz.” She might not have known exactly what made up this orb, but she still knew her history. As, it seemed, did Kurumi. Quote: Originally Posted by Starbreeze Eino had always wanted to learn how to use a crystal ball but he could never see anything on it other than his own reflection. "Crystal balls are used in the practice of scrying. They also make good paperweights!" He said with his hand raised. Well, he had a very small one and doubted it was real, but it resembled a crystal ball and it was a multipurpose item. They also looked like marbles but it would be very difficult to play with them, unless they were giants. Hmmm, maybe giants used crystal balls as marbles. Another grin crept onto Renée’s face as Eino of the previous singing offered his response to the discussion, though. That was getting more to the actual point of the lesson, whether he knew it or not. “More accurately, crystal balls are used for crystallomancy,” she pointed out, “ although that in fact is a branch of scrying. I would imagine most serious Diviners wouldn’t use their crystal balls as paperweights, however. Not the ones they specifically use, as that could dim the orb’s power.” At least, that was her opinion. One didn’t usually use their wand for anything other than magical things, most of the time, and that should extend to other magical tools as well. She turned and set the crystal ball in question back on her table, then returned her attention to the class in order to speak again. “Scrying, as so many of you have touched on,” whether or not they realized it, “is a method of using reflections, images, to gain insight into the past, present and future. of course, the reflections that one sees aren’t really there, but merely visions brought about through focus and reflected in the orb or whatever is used. Not only crystal balls can be used, in fact, for scrying. Does anyone want to suggest something else that could be used?” Eventually they would get to the actual activity she had planned, but touching on scrying was always in her plans. Everything was related when it came to Divination anyhow. ooc: Moving things along . . . Same rules apply as usual. 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