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SPOILER!!: Nothing... Quote:
Originally Posted by cheeseStrings  Janice followed Thereos' instructions and found herself looking into some emptyness inside her bowl. Probably some birds will come by, she thought. And create ripples on my bowl, how ever they will do it.
She peered inside her bowl, but no birds showed up. Her neck began to ache. Quote:
Originally Posted by nogoodforyou Listening to Thereos' instructions, Nora did as she was told and sat up straight, and tried to clear her mind. That was a bit difficult to do, only focusing on her growling stomach. Yes, she was hungry, and it was almost impossible to clear her mind when her stomach was yelling for food.
Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes and tried it, anyway.
When she finally thought her mind was clear enough, she gazed down into her bowl from a forty-five degree angle, just as Thereos had said. That made sense, actually, because she would've seen her face if she had looked straight down.
But... nothing. All she could see was the sky.
The other problem was that she was afraid to ask what they were supposed to see. Birds, perhaps? But what if there were none flying at the moment? Quote:
Originally Posted by Magical Soul Nodding her head at Mr. Centaur she grabbed her bowl and moved to lay it next to the Gryffindor Prefect's... since that one saw something! Then Louisa sat on the ground on her knees and closed her eyes following the professor's advice so literally. And after a few seconds she opened them and watched the sky above waiting for any possible bird to fly by... once it did, she was going to look into the water to see the flying pattern.
One minute...two...three... fo-
A crow croaked loudly and Louisa's whole body jumped as a response. She leaned into the bowl, excitedly, and had to tilt her head a bit to see the flying black creature pass by. Concentrating and staying still the girl saw no flying patterns whatsoever. It just flew by rather quickly in a straight line - it did twist its way at some point though. Louisa frowned thoughtfully at the bowl before shrugging and continued to watch.. Quote:
Originally Posted by anolan807 Minerva looked up in the sky trying to clear her mind. Could she really do this? How do you know it's a good day she thought looking around. Minerva clear your mind. Breath.. Ok, she looked down into her bowl just as the professor told her. She was only seeing the sky though no birds. Quote:
Originally Posted by Devina Wellheart " Hey, Min, You don't see them either huh." Justin whispered. Noticing a few students focusing hard, Thereos took note of who they were. "You'll get it. You will. And if not, well, just relax." Don't stress over getting it today. Or maybe not ever; Divination wasn't for everyone. Quote:
Originally Posted by nups21 Ira tried to free her mind off the other thoughts and focused on her present task...
So she was to observe birds and their flight pattern.. Okay, Oh wait, there it was, she saw a bird. It was going first straight, then in a circle, then again straight. It was just as she had drawn in her parchment!
She called out to the professor "Sir, I just saw a bird going straight and then into a circle and then again straight. So how does this relate to my future?" Maybe it meant that her life goes straight for sometime and then becomes puzzled and then again straight...meaning good days then bad days then again good days. Had the Gryffindor not paid attention when he went over the flight patterns in the classroom? Cantering over toward her, he nodded as she explained her sight. Oh, it was a combination one. "Well... Chances are that means your life might seem like a straight path at first, no obstacles, just chugging along..." He paused, thinking. "But then, you'll backtrack. Retrace your steps. Hesitate. Before picking up and going again." Quote:
Originally Posted by anolan807 "No Justin I'm not, oh wait.." Just then Minerva saw two small birds from her bowl. They flew from the right side of her bowl to the left side. "Professor, I have just seen two small birds. They have flown from the right side of my bowl to the left and they were side by side. Does that mean I will be having company?" Two birds? "It doesn't really matter. What matters is what pattern those birds were flying in. Did you happen to catch that?" Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana "Greingoth," she said, answering his question.
Hmm. He was a lot nicer now than he'd appeared to be in class. Then again, she wasn't frantically wagging a finger at him while mumbling words that made absolutely no sense at all. Still, he looked like her father, and if anyone else had seen their father's head on a centaur's body, they'd have freaked out, too... "I wanted to apologize for the way I greeted you at the beginning of class. That's not like me, and...," she trailed off then rummaged through her bag for a photograph. "It's in here somewhere..." She looked up for a split second and eyed the centaur, fully expecting him to get impatient with her. Just then, she found what she was looking for and held it for Thereos to see. "You look just like him," she said. "This is my father, Alexander Greingoth. It just surprised me at first to see the similarities, and...that's why I reacted the way I did." She paused and looked at Thereos, trying to read his face for any sort of sign at all. She couldn't tell anything, though. "I didn't mean any disrespect, so again, I apologize." Greingoth? Oh. It was her name.
Nodding politely, he waited for the girl to go on. She seemed sincere enough. She really did. "May I?" He asked, taking the photograph from her and examining it closer. "Huh. Peculiar, eh? Suppose that's just one of life's enchanting mysteries." Of course Thereos thought he was better looking with his facial hair, but he didn't say as such. After all, that was the girl's father. "Here." He handed it back to her and turned to head toward the Gryffindor Prefect, when he paused.
"Miss ... Greingoth?" He spoke questioningly. "Thank you. For your most kind and honest words. They've been duly noted." And she would most likely definitely be getting half the points she lost earlier back. Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie They...were? Kurumi supposed that this was a rather broad term being used to describe a bird, but she wasn't going to question it for now. She'd much rather see sugar gliders in her bowl of water than a bird, might make things feel more exciting.
Her eyes widened when he suddenly drew a lot of attention onto her, but thankfully none of the other students pounced on the opportunity to ee just what it was that she had done. Maybe they were all too into their own readings? Then again, there still was a small but steady trickle of students leaving the area and heading back to the classroom.
Now it was a matter of just WHAT it was she got.
"Guess this means that I should cherish and depends on my friends more..." she said out loud. V shapes implied friendship, but she only had a single bird which perhaps meant that she had been trying to do too many things on her own when she should be seeking her friends? It had possibilities at least. "Yes." Thereos nodded in approval, overhearing the Prefect speak of what her V formation meant for her. "Friends are good."
__________________ MARS IS BRIGHT TONIGHT.................................................. ............................  His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew... .................................................. ......
but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even centaurs' knowledge, was foolproof |