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SPOILER!!: Profy AB Quote:
Originally Posted by Magical Soul  SPOILER!!: Studensies!
Botros had his reading glasses on his nose bridge when the first student walked in. He smiled and nodded at the young girl, "Hello to you too. It was pretty good, thank you."
"Good morning, Mr. McCarthy and congrtulations on your Prefect badge." Botros had lowered his reading glasses to get a good look at the new Ravenclaw Prefect, a soft smile on his face.
"Hello, mister." Smiling and nodding. He should stop reading now probably since the students were starting to arrive? Hmm.
"Good morning, dear!" He liked enthusiasm, specially this early in the morning. Botros closed his book and with his cane he got up and stepped down the small dais. "Congratulations on your badge." She was one of his hardworking students so, yeah, he let himself feel proud of her.
He nodded at the boy with an extra big smile to make up for the sour face the young one had on. Maybe he didn't like early classes?
"Hello, Miss Bishop. Great day so far, yes, thank you." The man placed both hands on the top of his cane and watched the students tap their parchments. Good kids.
So far.
"Good morning to you little lady." He gave her a small smile and watched her not drop her books as she made her way to a desk.
"Hello, dear. Welcome to class." He started pacing between the desks, making sure they were ALL clean. He worked really hard on cleaning this room last night. It was part of his job now - well, to him it was that way.
"Good morning, Mister. Welcome back." OH SEE? He remembered the boy from his classes last term. Pretty efficient this boy was, specially with a Gandr in hand.
Oh! He definitely remembered this kid, too. The loud one! He tried to match her beaming grin, overdoing it a bit. "Hello! Oh no, I'm afraid I did not do the cleaning with Gandrs." He laughed at the mere idea. "And no, we won't be needing a Gandr today. We're going to... learn something new." Not really new, but more wand magic, less runic magic.
"Mr. Gunter, hello!" Botros cane!walked to where the boy seated himself and gave him a gently smack on the back, "I'm so proud you got the Head Boy badge. Congratulations." And the cuss bar idea? That was genius, the boy had it in him. Yes, Botros had his spies, thank you very much, he knew super secret things not really.
"Hello, dear. I did have a good summer, thank you. I hope you did too." Botros gave her the same soft smile and watched her head for her desk.
"Good morning! I've been good, yes, thank you." He watched her hesitate slightly in choosing a desk before finally settling down next to the Prefect.
... a silent one? nahhh. Botros offered the boy a big wrinkly smile and a "Hello!" As the boy made his way hurriedly to one of the desks.
Well, there was the subtle reminder of Marci. Only the Ravenclaw made sense when he talked, and did wait for you to answer. At one point. "Hello, Marco. Oh they were fantastic. Marci says thanks... and lots more." The boy got the idea.
"Hello, dear. Yes, I'm sorry there are no Gandrs today, too!" What a splendid young lady. She missed the Gandrs like the loud lioness. Ugh. He loved his students, so much enthusiasm!
Another silent one. Botros knew for sure that those quiet were his new students, and they probably needed to learn his habits. So he grinned brightly, his wrinkles deepening, and greeted the boy. "Good morning!" He continued his pacing between the desks and when the Hufflepuff gave up on the parchment, the professor cane!walked to his desk and tapped it with the tip of his cane. "They're pretty stubborn sometimes." No, they were not. He just didn't want the poor kid to feel bad.
"Good morning, miss Hyde." See, the girl was giving the subject a chance this term. Very good. "I did, yes, thank you." He smiled and nodded his head.
Now this was a role-model to those new silent kids. Botros stopped pacing and waved back at the Hufflepuff, the big grin still etched on the old man's face. "Good morning, Mr. Summers! Great snitch catch last game. You completely flattened the entire staff." Laughing as he said so. Botros was on his colleague's cheering side but still. The boy was impressive.
Gryffindors, you gotta love 'em. Always bright and ready for action in the morning. "Good morning, dear." He passed her desk, frowning confusedly at the crossed out words on her name tag. Hmm.
"Hello, dear. Welcome back to class." He remembered her. One of the Gryffindors who really kicked butts with Thor's hammer last term.
"Hello, dear. Oh, I'm glad you noticed!" He was pretty proud of his cleaning, and his beaming smile showed it.
"Hel-" Oh she was feeling chatty today, wasn't she? Botros reached his desk and leaned back on it as he smiled at nodded at her. They did notice that he cleaned the room for them! How proud Debbie would've been! "Very good observation, yes. We'll talk about it in a minute." He watched her head for her desk and... continued being smiley. Sherman had a lovely granddaughter, why wouldn't Marci be like her, hmm?
"Good morning, Mr. Montmorency. It's good to see you again, too." Botros was going to genuinely feel the gap the young man would leave in his class when he graduated. "Great Quidditch game." He flashed him a grin. Everyone did a great job, of course, but Botros knew that Mr. Montmorency took his captain-ship seriously and worked his butt off to motivate the others.
OH! At least this new kid was not a quiet one. Botros extended his wrinkly grin over to the boy, "Good morning." It was very normal that the boy was not an enthusiast yet. The professor believed that most young people were discouraged by this brilliant subject, it was normal, really.
"Good morning!" Another new kid. Botros was going to keep a close eye on all of them in case they needed a little push. Just in case.
Still leaning against his desk, Botros offered the girl a big smile in return as she walked in. "Good morning. Nice to see you too." And yes, he was doing great. Why did everyone keep hoping that? Was it because he was old just a bit more mature than them? Weird.
"Hello, miss Castell. Welcome back to class." She got an equally big smile from the old man.
"Good morning!" Again, trying to match the enthusiasm of the kids with his rather wrinkly big smile.
"Hello, dear." He remembered her from last term and from the egg sale they had last week. "Hope you managed to sell your eggs."
Looking down at his watch, Botros swayed his cane and the door slammed shut. WHOOPS. "Good morning again everyone and welcome to class." He smiled again at the new kids before straightening up off the desk and starting to pace between desks, leaning on his cane. "I am professor Abraham Botros, I teach Ancient Runes so please if you feel like you're in the wrong classroom, you can excuse yourself now." Completely serious he waited for a moment.
"Some of you have noticed the absence of Gandr baskets that usually were the focus of our classes last term." The pride and gladness was shining off his face like a five year old in a candyshop. "I'm afraid we're not going to use runic wands today, but rather learn the one important spell that you all need to use for your Ancient Runes project." They might want to check the noticeboard for that, too. He assumed they all were attentive to this subject so he went on without further explanation.
Stepping up on the dais and turning around to face the class once again, Botros waved his cane and the blackboard came to life, writing whenever the professor moved his staff. "Ancient Runes might not be the one crucial subject that all wizards must excel at, but it is a subject of great importance to those who seek knowledge or desire enforcing or harnessing their magic." Leaning sideways on his cane, he continued, "Runes are an ancient alphabet, symbols -if you may- found on most wizardy relics or sights." The blackboard wrote few keywords. "Besides their magic power and essence, each rune holds a deeper meaning and indication to one's life and the path or decision he can make, and what consequences might ensue." Actually... standing was hurting his knees. He stepped down the dais and started pacing again, "It's important to learn the varied concepts of those symbols in order to harness their wisdom and consult in whichever challenge we face, later on in our life." Right? Runes were a great way to lead us through life!
"Question. What's the name of a runic alphabet, any alphabet, and in which era was it used or discovered? Please raise your hand before giving an answer." They may use their textbooks. ooc: - class has started, please don't announce your charrie walking in after this post or they might suffer point loss. :o
- Class will resume in 12 -17 hrs. Well with the more famous runic alphabets already mentioned, Aquila raised her hand slowly offering to mention something a bit more obscure βIn Wales, there is something we call Coelbren y Beirdd β The Bardic Alphabet or the Barddas Runes. Its got 20 basic letters plus another 20 for longer vowels and stuffs.β |