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SPOILER!!: Greetings Quote:
Originally Posted by Saz Hale  Kimi stepped into the barn and wondered why the divination lesson would be held here but he smiled at Professor Vance and said "Good morning Professor Vance" Kimi took a seat on one of the mats and waited for the lesson to begin "Good morning Mr Kovalainen!" Laurel greeted with a sunny smile as the badger took a seat on one of the mats. Quote:
Originally Posted by Devina Wellheart Miranda made her way down to the Barn for Divination class this morning.. She had made sure to eat a rather good breakfast with her bestie before leaving the castle...
As she arrived she greeted first their teacher, Professor Vance, " Good morning, Professor... Beautiful day to be having an outdoorsy-like lesson." "Good morning Ms Blaze." Laurel greeted the badger with a kind smile. "The weather is definitely smiling on us today Miranda which is perfect for a our indoor/outdoor lesson." Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady of Light . She quickly walked down the length of the barn, looking at all the animals on the way. She really felt like petting a few of them but there wasn't time.. maybe during the weekend. Oh, there was professor Vance. The prefect gave her a bright smile, sitting down on of the mats. "Good morning, professor. Hope you're doing well today." 3 for 3 students and just as many badgers as Etta joined the mat circle. "Good morning Prefect Kramer." Laurel greeted, flashing the girl a bright beam. "I'm feeling splendid today, how are you Etta?" Quote:
Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Heading through the stables, Jessa couldn't help but stop at one in particular to show her baby aethonan some love. She would be seeing Dexter later but there was no way she could walk pass the little guy without so much as a little squish and a neck rub.
"Morning Professor." She greeted, taking the mat next to Etta's. She would need a minute. "Morning, Ms Cambridge." Laurel greeted with a smile pursing her lips. Good now she needed a lion and a snake to arrive to have all the houses represented in class. Quote:
Originally Posted by Zellanna Eventually he did make it to the colorful mats and stone tables. He looked around and finally spotted a blue mat, then went to sit on it. Like his father, he was very fond of the colors blue and silver. Of course, maybe he should have chosen a green mat. Slytherin pride and all. He looked over at one and began debating if he should switch spots. Nah... Blue was good. It's not like he HAD to make green his favorite color, right? His father was Slytherin and still liked the color blue. Well, he would stay, then. Hopefully someone would sit with him as well. Laurel waved and smiled at Kyle as the Slytherin boy took a seat on one of the empty blue mats. Nice he didn't care about house colours. He went for a personal favourite most likely.
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Originally Posted by natekka
It was a warm day, but that was the only positive aspect of the morning, and anything uplifting about that warmth was immediately ruined once she reached the barn. The unavoidable smells and noises of the animals were less than pleasant at this time in the morning. If it was any other time, she would have loved the fact that they were surrounded by animals, potentially even working with them. After all, why else would they be out here?
"'Morning," she said and greeted the Professor with a nod before sitting down on one of the unoccupied mats. "Good morning Ms Durant!" Laurel greeted with a return nod in the eagle fifth year's direction. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom After all, her favorite types of divination were the classics - tarot cards, tea leaves, crystal orb gazing. Her father had raised her on them. Creatures were not necessarily a conventional part of divination - although she always tried to keep an open mind when it came to this subject. Maybe she'd really enjoy it!
Then again, she was a Divination snob. So chances were slim.
"Hello Professor," she told her as she sat down on one of the mats close to the front. She wrinkled her nose. Eww. It stunk in here. "Hello Ms Reynolds." Laurel greeted the sixth year badger with a smile when she came and chose a seat near the front. It was nice to see Scarlett in class again. Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana If she could predict all of these things Maddie wanted to learn how to do that, too! She skipped through the barn and made her way to the professor. "Hello, Professor Vance! Hello to ALLLL of the creatures in the barn!" she said. "Hello Ms Kemp!" Laurel greeted the bubbly first year badger with a kind smile. It was nice to see so much enthusiasm even at the early hour. Quote:
Originally Posted by siriusblackliveson The smell of animals hit his nose first, then the few students picking seats caught his eye. Divination was going to be an interesting course this year, each class he was mildly surprised by the way his head of house taught the class. Learning from the animals today was no doubt the strangest way he had learned thus far. He waved at Professor Vance, "Good morning." He was more chipper than he was at the beginning of his double Potions class. "Good morning Mr Dooley." Laurel greeted kindly. It was nice to see that the young snake looked like he was in high spirits and excited for class. Quote:
Originally Posted by NifflerFan Amelia couldn't help but wrinkle her nose as she entered the creature barn where this lesson was to be held; the smells were already getting to her.
Her first order of business was to walk up to Professor Vance and greet her:
"Good morning, Professor Vance." The next was to find a seat at the very back of the class and set herself up for the lesson. Amelia sat down on the mat in the back corner and tried not to wince at sitting on the dusty,
So Emmeline was all smiles and happiness as she bounced into the adult creature barn and took a seat on one of the mats in the middle, calling out, "Hiiii, Professor Vance," as she went. This was gonna be the best Divination lesson ever, she could feel it. She did frown a little bit as she'd walked past an old lady with a clipboard in the back; what was up with these random old ladies sitting in on their lessons lately?
The woman she had been expecting arrived on time. Ms Raventhorne was there to observe her lesson as the scheduled audit from one of the Board of Governors. Straightening her stance slightly Laurel met the woman's gaze with a warm inviting smile. "Good morning Ma'am. Welcome to Divination class." She wasn't going to make any fuss or introduce the attending woman or her reason for being there to the students. Ms Raventhorne did her part and Laurel led her lesson.
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Hearing Emmeline's happy voice call out a greeting Laurel let her eyes dart over the assembled students until her eyes landed on the lioness. "Hi Ms Sparkes." Quote:
Originally Posted by Buggy-Boo Skyler was beginning to love Divination, something about it just seemed to click with her. And though it made it her happy there wasn't a lot of wand work involved so far, and she was beginning to worry about that. All of her wand work needed ... well work and all the courses that didn't require much of that were going swimmingly.
But either way she was happy to be in class today. So with a sweet smile she took a seat on an empty mat and looked around to see if anyone would be joining her. Laurel returned the the sweet smile Skyler sported with one of her own. Maybe she should have more morning lessons just after breakfast. It seemed to put the students in good moods. Quote:
Originally Posted by MeredithRodneyMckay I
Holding her breathe slightly, she wandered into the barn and took her bag from her shoulder as she eyed up the many mats on the floor. Hmmm. This was going to be interesting. Well, it was Divination, so it was bound to be interesting anyway. In it's own weird way.
"Good morning, Professor!" Dahlia grinned at the woman and headed towards an empty mat a bit further in. Black. Perfect. Returning Dahlia's smittening grin with one of her own Laurel greeted the badger. "Good morning Ms Marin!" Definitley positive class vibes! Quote:
Originally Posted by Goblinfrog
Trying not to make it seem like she was holding her nose (animal smells weren't her favorite smells by a long shot), the head girl made her way boldly into the barn and headed to the mats. "Good morning Professor Vance, how are you today?" she said cheerfully (still trying not to breathe in the animal smells too much) as she sat down next to Emmeline.
Kitty arrived soon after Dahlia and was the first that looked like she was trying very hard to not seem like she was holding her nose against the animal smells. Smiling brightly over at the eagle Laurel greeted "Good morning Head Girl Valentine! I'm feeling cheerful and in high spirits. How are you today?" Quote:
Originally Posted by oh its Erik ok Well one of the classes Théo decided to sign up for this year and really he did it because he figured who hard was it to to not fail this class. He knew he was not seer. Sylvie might be but well i really really doubted he was.
But not today since they were in a smelly barn and yeah this was not a place Théo wanted to nap. Or really sit on a matt. He wanted a chair or something. Nothing he could do about that.
Théo just found a empty mat and flopped down on it. Laurel waved in greeting to Mr Montmorency when he silently flopped down on one of the class mats. Too early to expect a greeting perhaps from the lion? Quote:
Originally Posted by lazykitty The smell hit him before he even entered the barn. How were they supposed to concentrate? He supposed that really didn't matter as he took a seat on an empty mat as far away from the animals as was possible. "Hello, Professor Vance." Pretty Professor Vance, which was pretty much the only reason he'd dragged himself out here this morning. I mean, it wasn't like he was going to pursue this as a career or anything. "Hello, Mr Carter." Laurel greeted with a kind smile as the lion boy chose one of the mats at the back of the class. Was that so that he didn't have to answer questions, did he focus better back there or was it because of the creature smells? Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixRising
And if she couldn't recall that teeny detail, then what hope did that leave for her OWL exams? Cue panic on top of exhaustion.
"Professor Vance," she greeted, taking a seat on the mat next to Rhea. Good, a moment to catch her breath before class began. Also, was her fellow fifth year feeling as overwhelmed and exhausted as she was? "Ms Diggory." Laurel greeted with a nod as the fifth year quickly found herself a seat. Skylar looked exhausted already and they were just in their second month. She made a mental note to speak to Skylar between two eyes later that day about her health. Quote:
Originally Posted by ArianaBlack As the third year made her way towards the rest of her class, she made sure to approach her Professor first. "Hi Professor, I think... I THINK I'M HAVING A VISION!!!" After a very long, dramatic pause... She continued, "I SEEEEE that you're gonna cancel class today and let us go back to sleep!"
How bow dah? Zoryn Spinnet was a character and the little Vision she claimed to have was quite amusing. However a vision she couldn't grant. Smiling warmly at the lioness Laurel responded trying to stop herself from giggling."Hi Ms Spinnet. Interesting vision my dear, but I'm not canceling class to let you all go back to sleep. Now where would the fun be for me in that? I want to teach you things." Quote:
Originally Posted by Watson Divination class!
"Hello Professor Vance! How's your day?" she asked, remembering her recent run in with the Professor at the Slug Pit. Of all places in Hogwarts to run into a Professor, it had been a most interesting place to run into the Professor.... especially given that the Professor had seen the two Lions being not so brave. Whoops.. Alright. Class time. "Hello Ms Holden." Laurel greeted with a beam as her eyes stopped on the lioness that she had recently run into by the slug pit. "My morning has so far been splendid i must say. How has your day been Olivia? Did you eat a good breakfast?" Quote:
Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline Divination.
It wasn’t like it required that much studying and research, just following along with the professor and other students in the lessons. So that was why she was there once more. At least having it outside in the warm October air was nicer than having to travel up all those stairs to the tower.
“Good Morning, Professor Vance,” Cassie greeted with a smile before moving to take a seat. Oh look… she mused to herself as she noticed another woman in the room sitting at the back. "Good morning Ms McNally." Laurel greeted with a cheery smile as she took note of the eagle sixth years presence. She was one of the few that had noticed that they had a lady guest. Very perceptive of her. Quote:
Originally Posted by SilverTiger
And apparently there was another older lady sitting in on this lesson too. So maybe it wasn’t just a thing testing Healer Reed and the librarian because they were new professors this term. It was interesting either way, and she’d sent the woman a curious look as she passed her. Plus, she waved at Emmeline already sitting on a mat with Kitty before she gave a smile to Professor Vance. “Good morning Professor Vance,” she said, before going over to the mat Kyle was seated at.
"Good morning Ms Dalgaard-Volkova." Laurel greeted with a kind smile in the second year lioness's direction. The mats were filling up quite nicely. Quote:
Originally Posted by Ginevra Daisy entered the barn and greeted the Divination teacher with a smile and a "Good morning, Professor Vance." Finding a vacant mat to sit down on, Daisy looked around, curious as to why today's lesson was in a barn. Not that she was complaining much, though. Daisy loved the outdoors. "Good morning Ms Swann." Laurel greeted with a bright beam in the young badger girl's direction. She liked the curiousity she saw in the girl's eyes. Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegz So Char wasn't a big fan of divination for personal reasons, but she DID love anything to do with creatures, so she was happy enough to bound down to the grounds for today's lessons.
"Hello Professor!" This was going to be interesting. Would she make them guess what kind of divination they would be doing? Because Charlotte's guess was poop-related. Animals pooped a lot. There'd be a lot of animal poop to work with. Manure. Not ideal, but she wasn't squeamish. Even if it was going to be something else (and the possibilities were endless?) Char was prepared, having already imperviused her clothes and shoes. "Hello, Ms Kettleburn." Laurel cheerfully greeted the lioness as she stole a glance at her watch. Just a few more minute then she'd start class. Quote:
Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 She didn't spend too much time pondering that question though, as she spotted the Divination professor. "Good Morning Professor Vance", Shay said cheerfully. Then she headed for an empty mat and sat down. Shay took a moment to get her things in order and waited for class to begin. Hopefully she would have time to pay a visit to Coco after class was over. "Good morning Ms Morrison." Laurel greeted the senior lioness with a smile. It was interesting to see how at least the oldest students didn't just take a seat they took in the setting first. Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimothy But she was still trying to remain positive despite being a little tired and hated waking up early. The blond skipped to the barn where they were supposed to have their class today, which only added to her curiosity as to what they had planned. "Good morning, Professor," Vivian greeted her Head of House with a smile and went over to sit beside Skylar. "Hey, Sky!" She waved at her dorm mate, and then wiggled her fingers at Rhea, too. "Hi, Rhea!" Did they have any idea about their lesson today? Hmm. "Good morning Prefect Fairfield." Laurel greeted, flashing her snake leader a bright smile. Now where was Oliver?
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Originally Posted by Steelsheen
"Hiya Professor Vance!" Tenacius greeted the blonde woman brightly, although quickly became distracted when his line of vision fell upon a certain Gravity Tester. Naturally he made a beeline for the mat where Owlie sat "Hello Prefect Salander!" Laurel greeted the lion prefect with a kind smile pursing her lips. Kids nowadays got quickly distracted and Tenacious was no different. Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie [COLOR="#84BE6A"Which was why he made his way to the classroom as quickly as possible...although part of that haste was also due to him kiiiiiiiiiinda losing track of time and therefore running a little late.
BUT NO MATTER!
"Good day, Professor Vance!" he chirped upon entering the barn and trying reeeeeeeally hard not to get distracted by all his familiar friends who were looking at all the humans curiously. Whispering salutations as he went,
Derf flopped himself down on the mat next to Jessa. "Hi."[/COLOR] The last student to arrive got a cheerful greeting as she acknowledged his arrival. "Good day, Mr Ashburry-Hawthorne!" It was nice to see that the badger boy was there and excited to start.
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With one last glance down at her watch and one over at Madam Raventhorne Laurel straightened up in her full length and cleared her throat as she spoke to the whole class. "Good morning everyone and welcome to another class in the art of divining our futures! Professor Wayland has very graciously loaned us the barn and adjacent pastures for our lesson today on a particular divination method."
Pausing to move forwards slightly Laurel gestured around them to the stalls and pens as she continued. "This huge barn is home to many magical creatures and creatures play an essential part in many divination methods/readings. Can each of you in turn raise your hands and mention ONE creature divination method that you've heard of or read about please?"
OOC: Class has started! Is so happy to see so many of you wanting to play in class with me. Feel free to jump in if you haven't already joined in! Just play as if you've been there the whole time.
Answer Laurel's question by having your student mention ONE creature divination method. Can be any methods that just use specific animal parts or a method where you study a creatures behaviour or both. All answers are welcome, even wrong ones. Try not to repeat answers if possible. Class will continue approx 24 hours from now @ 7 pm GMT+2 tuesday night.
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