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natekka · 09-16-2017, 12:33 PM

As Professor Vance spoke, Rhea took notes on what she was saying, adding to her existing notes. The interpretations of the birds' flight patterns somehow seemed both a little too on-the-nose and too far-fetched to her. Did it mean that, as she'd seen three of the mentioned patterns, her future held a path full of surprises, that she needed to value and trust her friends, and she'd have a clear path ahead. She certainly didn't feel like she had a clear path ahead. Surely she couldn't have all of those paths? Surprises and a clear path?

She looked up as four Auguries flew into view. They were gorgeous birds and Rhea almost cracked a smile.

But, of course, she didn't.

Instead, she carried on taking notes.

SPOILER!!: Rhea's notes

Rhea thought about the Professor's question as she finished up her notes. She didn't think that flight patterns were useful for anything beside indicating birds' migratory patterns and habits. Things like that, basically. But she tried to think of something about bird calls. Anything. She raised her hand. "I know of one species of bird that has individual calls that it uses to communicate with its young, so only their young knows to repeat it back to its mother. It's so the mother knows that there's not a cuckoo in the nest." Wow, what a lame answer. "But that's not really useful for us," she said, trying, quickly, to think of a better answer. "We make use of a canaries when we take them into mines. If they stop singing, we know it's not safe for us to follow." Heh. That was as good a contribution as she could make.

09-16-2017, 12:33 PM	#97 (permalink)
natekka Bicorn Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wales Posts: 16,727 Hogwarts RPG Name: Jade Archer de Leon Slytherin Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Ivy Charlton Hufflepuff Fifth Year	Little Fox \| ½ of Lauralie \| Ravenclaw with a Hufflepuff heart and a Gryffindor soul \| #HouseNATARIANA As Professor Vance spoke, Rhea took notes on what she was saying, adding to her existing notes. The interpretations of the birds' flight patterns somehow seemed both a little too on-the-nose and too far-fetched to her. Did it mean that, as she'd seen three of the mentioned patterns, her future held a path full of surprises, that she needed to value and trust her friends, and she'd have a clear path ahead. She certainly didn't feel like she had a clear path ahead. Surely she couldn't have all of those paths? Surprises and a clear path? She looked up as four Auguries flew into view. They were gorgeous birds and Rhea almost cracked a smile. But, of course, she didn't. Instead, she carried on taking notes. SPOILER!!: Rhea's notes ORNITHOMANCY Divination methods involving creatures Geomancy – Scry with feathers Ichthyomancy – Observes & interprets fish behaviour Scatomancy – Animal poop ↝ ‘what’s to come’ in your future Hippomancy – Hippogriff behaviour ↝ intuitive / horse behaviour ↝ neighing and stomping etc. Ornithomancy – Birds ↝ behaviour, flight, cry and song Alectryomancy – Interprets how roosters eat grain ↝ spread grain over letters ↝ yes/no question about future / how the roosters crown Archanomancy – Spiders ↝ how they look, sizes & general behaviour Ailuromancy – Cat movements & jumps ↝ predict weather Myomancy – Rodent behaviour incl. mice Scatomancy – Animal guts Felidomancy – Cat behaviour & movements / sometimes called Zoomancy or Theriomancy Uroscopy - Studies animal secretions ↝ colour, flow pattern etc. / helps healer identify disease ↝ future readings Myrmomancy – Interprets ant or termite behaviour / sometimes calls Theriomancy or Zoomancy Orniscopy – Bird formations Scatomancy – Animal poop ↝ future readings Apantomancy – Chance encounters with animals / Black cat superstition Omens – Buzzard (danger or strife) / Grim in tea cup (danger or death) / Animals stampede ↝ omen of bad weather Birds’ flight patterns: Observation Bird #1 – Exhibited a classic 'flap and glide' pattern. High in the sky Birds #2 - Flew in a 'V Formation' across the sky Bird #3 - Bird of prey? Glide & Hovering Bird #4 - Undulating flight Interpretations Bouncy flap and glide / path: full of surprises Nose dive / path: go head first into things Circular, hovering / path: backtrack and retrace your steps V formation / path: value and trust your friends Zig-zag / path: let yourself by surprised by the direction your life takes Gliding/hovering / clear path ahead Augury (bird) ➙ Famous for mournful cry / believed to foretell death ➙ Ulric the Oddball / 50 Augureys cried in unison / thought he’d died so walked into a wall / it was just rainy & he was an idiot ➙ Augureys cry to foretell rain / wizards sometimes use them as weather forecasters Rhea thought about the Professor's question as she finished up her notes. She didn't think that flight patterns were useful for anything beside indicating birds' migratory patterns and habits. Things like that, basically. But she tried to think of something about bird calls. Anything. She raised her hand. "I know of one species of bird that has individual calls that it uses to communicate with its young, so only their young knows to repeat it back to its mother. It's so the mother knows that there's not a cuckoo in the nest." Wow, what a lame answer. "But that's not really useful for us," she said, trying, quickly, to think of a better answer. "We make use of a canaries when we take them into mines. If they stop singing, we know it's not safe for us to follow." Heh. That was as good a contribution as she could make. __________________