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She would play hopscotch with him later?? His face lit up quite noticeably at the offer and the boy bounced a little in his seat. "After breakfast on Saturday??" Yes? YES?? He'd never been offered a game with a Professor before; thought they were all too busy. This was gonna be neat!
So he chose to take her seriously, then. She had thought he might, and that was fine with her. "
Yes, I think I will be in on Saturday getting some marking done, so a little recreational break would be useful!" And it ought to be fun. "
Courtyard, probably." Unless he had a better idea.
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As the Professor began to speak, Milo took notice of the squared off section of floor that she had indicated. He looked at it and tried to think about what it could mean or stand for and what the other smaller sections within it could be. Nothing major came to mind--he still didn't have a whole lot of knowledge about Arithmancy just yet.
"Professor," the first year raised his hand and spoke, "are we maybe doing something with Arithmancy but having a game of Four-Square or Nine-Square?" Because he had noticed that there were nine squares instead of four. They'd played bowling in Muggle Studies and there was a magical version of that. For all Milo knew, there was a magical version of four square that used nine squares and perhaps a specific branch of Arithmancy.
She had actually considered something similar to this. "
Well definitely yes to the Arithmancy portion," she said with a wink. "
And as for the nine-square idea, not quite."
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Hera Ohhh... so they DID have to guess at the thing on the floor... well then.
Zeke glanced over to the space once more, he really couldn't guess what it was. It was squares with numbers, all he could really say for certain was that it wasn't a 'paint by numbers' activity. Sitting where he was, he shrugged. No idea.
He couldn't even call it sudoku... so, no idea.
Hand up, he offered his ONLY insight. "Some sort of game, Professor?" Yeah, there was uncertainty in his tone.
Tiara nodded. "
You're getting warmer, Mister Rogers."
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BanaBatGirl The art on the floor? Davie hadn't realized that was something to be considered... art. "Is it something Muggle, professor?" he raised his hand to ask. Naturally he wouldn't recognize Muggle inscriptions and drawings.
Hmm. She really wasn't all that sure if Muggles would use this. "
I am not certain about that, Mister Truebridge, not having lived in the Muggle world myself for quite some time. But I would venture a guess that some Muggles may be aware of it, yes." Tiara hated how vague that was, but... she also idn't want to say one thing and then have inadvertently lied to her students.
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RandomRaven Arithmancy was... Well, basically it's math but the wizarding version. This was totally her twin brother's thing, not her. But she was here because... That's not really important why she was here decided to take this class.
Sitting at the middle row, Ava just listened to Professor Tanner. There was something on the floor, she knew it. But for what? "Are we gonna play tic tac toe or sudoku, Professor?" The lioness said once she raised her hand.
A good guess! "
No sudoku, as there would probably need to be more squares. But tic tac toe is getting very close!" In fact, extremely close.
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FearlessLeader19 It wasn't long afterward that Tanner got the ball rolling. Yes, of course he had seen the fancy square. As a matter of fact, it reminded him of something he had seen in his text book. Adi raised his hand after listening patiently to a few answers. "Maybe we're doing something that's related to the Pythagorean number system,'' was the suggestion. That number system DID attach the letters of the alphabet from numbers one through nine.
She had been pleased to hear that Aditya was looking forward to the lesson. Many seventh year students had lost their love of learning through the years and pressure of examinations. And his guess was smart as well. "
It is certainly related to the great Pythagoras, indeed."
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Harry174 Angel raised her hand and decided to guess, she wasn't so sure about this but she couldn't think of anything else, though even this was a funny shape for what she was about to say. "Is it Hop-Scotch?" Angel had no idea though what that could have to do with Arithmancy.
Another game that used a numbered board, so another solid guess. "
Right church, wrong pew," as her grandmother used to say.
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Squishy "Hey!" Paulina said to Adi with a smile. Benny got a smile as well, then it was time for the lesson to begin.
Honestly she had no idea what the numbered squares were for, but it seemed that Adi might have had some idea. Maybe he could help her if she needed it because otherwise it would take her forever to make any progress in this lesson.
Deciding to take a guess, she raised her hand. "Is it some sort of Arithmancy that uses grids?" She was sure that she remembered reading something about grids in the textbook, but she couldn't remember what it was. Honestly the textbook was a struggle for her because she found it rather dull.
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Yes, a very astute guess, Miss Holiday!" Tiara nodded her approval at the older Hufflepuff. But so far no one had actually guessed the specific topic accurately.
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Stefan Another grin was given to the professor, and a salute back at Adi. His fellow rocker dude always seem to be in high spirits, eh? The Slytherin went back to his book, and continued to read that particular chapter wherein he saw the same grid as the one that is now on the floor. Why it is on the floor, he doesn’t know. So, perhaps it was a game?
And…what is a Sudoku? Or even a Four Square? Nine Square?
Sure, tic-tac-toe is plausible…but he couldn’t quite match it with anything Arithmancy related…oh wait, yes he can. It was the only chapter in their book that had a square, divided into nine squares, so maybe, his initial guess was right.
All the way at the back, Ethan raised his hand and waited for his turn to answer. “Are we going to learn the Arrows of Pythagoras, professor?” Well, he really wasn’t sure why the grid was on the ground…so his answer was still a guess even if the ‘art’ resembles the one in their books.
Until the one and only Ethan Mordaunt, that is. "
Well guessed, Mister Mordaunt. That is exactly the topic of today's lesson." He received the warmest smile of the day. She was happy that her advanced students knew enough to make such informed conjectures.
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But before we explore the Arrows of Pythagoras, I think we need to understand the basic concept a bit more," she continued, a slightly mischievous tone to her voice. With a flick of her wand,
an image appeared on the board. "
Therefore, I would like each person to partner up with someone and play as many games of tic-tac-toe as you can in the few minutes I am giving you." Did they all know the rules? It seemed highly likely.
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You have five minutes to partner up and play, starting.. now!"