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hermionesclone 
A rune spread? Alec's eyebrows furrowed itself as he looked back at the clue again. There was a rune spread named after the Wyrd... OH HEY! This had something to do with that weird chapter in the textbook, right? The one with all the spreads that he hadn't... really... taken a lot of consideration into looking into.
Uh oh.
He DID remember the Ancient Runes OWL and that Diamond spread, though, so if this was anything like that, this might not be too difficult, yeah? The sound of the six runes, though, made the boy slightly confused. Especially since they had only started off with four runes to begin with. "So... depending on where the runes fall and which runes they are, it'll tell us how to get out of here? If... if we take heed..." He broke off as he looked back at the plaque again. Take heed. Pay attention. Pay particularly close attention to the runes and what they're trying to show?
That was a good question. "I think it means... we have to work together. And see, when you're doing these spreads, you have to make sure that the only thing in your mind is the question you want answering. Which, in this case, would be how to get out of here. So maybe... maybe it means that we have to think more about that and getting the task done and less... less about winning this competition." Because if they thought about the winning aspect only, that would count as being greedy, right?
Alec frowned a little as he read through the first line again. Spread your Wyrd on the heath? Which was there in the open space, right? And-- ... Wait. "West... where do we get these stones from?"
Okay, working together. So far so good yeah? Less about winning more about completion?
"Well I guess even if we did get out first -and we might already be last, who knows?- then it wouldn't be winning anyway, on account of we're just one part of the group, and its all teamwork stuff anyway. We couldn't win on our own." And honestly West would be having trouble without Alec since it made it easier to think out loud, and bounce ideas around and everything like that too. And the Hufflepuff was a sort of.... stabilizing presence, and he sounded like he had some experience with rune spreads, like the actual execution part, whereas West was all theory with this stuff.
West nodded, frowning a bit in thought.
"Well I guess it makes sense that its a spread what could answer the question anyway, since..." West knelt down and made a few marks on the ground, six circles in the almost-mud, three on top, and three underneath, almost reminiscent of face down runes.
"This first position in that spread represents the quester, which is all about... well, us I guess, that'd be us, the ones at the heart of the question, its one what is supposed to give insight into current circumstances... and like immediate surroundings and areas of concern." This wasn't particularly his FAVOURITE part of runes, so he was glad Alec was around for this stuff.
"This one here," He tapped the ground in the top middle position,
"That one is like... about the difficulty of the path ahead, the things that are obstacles and the qualities that are lacking when it comes to getting where you want to be, and the one next to it is about the road behind, and where the quester came from and all the past things that are crucial for moving forward and stuff." He looked at Alec and worried his lip a little bit then tapped the ground right under the first position.
"This one here its the way to the root, it gives insight into the immediate next steps and how the present situation effects the near future. The one in the middle here at the bottom is about calculated steps, it helps identify the mindset needed to move forward, and suggests what needs to be carefully remembered, and what the quester needs to be mindful of." It was a lot of stuff to say, but if Alec wasn't familiar with that particular one, then it might be helpful right?
"And this last one," He tapped the bottom right hand position,
"At the Great Well, it indicates the overall outcome and the defining issue." So... he supposed it was relevant to what they were doing at least? Yeah?
"I've never ever done it, just read about it." He added, letting just a bit of nerves colour his tone.
But as for where they got the stones from....
....
"When I read about old Triwizard Tournaments and stuff, I read one bit about Harry Potter, and he summoned his broom. Do you suppose it might be a bit like that? I'm not all that great at the summoning charm though... you could try summoning a rune set and I'll look around the arena and see if we missed anything else, any stones or anything. And if summoning doesn't work, and if I can't find anything, I guess we could try making some." Which would be a lot of hard work and take a long time, so West didn't think that was the intended thing to do.
He stood up from his crouched position.
"I'll look around a bit." West started to walk around the Arena, working from where they stood, outward in a spiraling pattern, eyes examining the ground, and the walls.