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Originally Posted by Bazinga  Why were they going outside? Eddie wasn't about any lessons,
but he'd rather be sitting at a desk where it was easier to ignore the professor than outside. He headed out with the rest and made his way to the training area. Looking up at the sky he couldn't help but be annoyed that the clouds weren't darker and that it seemed like it was getting nice out. Professors always wanted lessons outside when that happened and he wasn't digging that.
Hearing the headmistress call them over he put the innocent friendly face on and walked over. She didn't even give them anywhere to sit? They had to stand.... close? This was just getting worse, wasn't it? He pulled his runes out of his bag and looked back towards her.
So now he just would stand quietly and hope people would just not have to stand so close they touched him. To be quite honest, Regina was quite surprised to see that Edward Blaze Jr. had been the first to arrive at the training grounds. It would have been more like him, in her opinion, to show up with a minute to spare or ... just not show up at all. That innocent face he was wearing didn't fool her one bit.
As the boy had no words to say to her, the headmistress had nothing to say either. She simply shot a smile at his direction, acknowledging his presence, before he pulled out his runes.
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Originally Posted by hermygirl It was well-known that Runes wasn't her strong point. She'd flunked her OWL, and honestly, was only here because a) it was outside and b) she needed the distraction. And on the latter front, the Headmistress had certainly delivered. The Ravenclaw gave her a grateful smile as she let her gaze run over the hedges. A maze came to mind, although how that related to Runes, Sam had no idea. Still, she liked the idea of finding her way round one. This Ravenclaw did like a little logic, and she was good at mapping out spaces and routes.
"Good day, Headmistress," she greeted, a little more tiredly than she would have been pre-rehearsal incident. She pulled out her rune set as instructed, and fiddled with them quietly in their velvety cloth bag. Which rune they might be needing, she hadn't the faintest idea. She did try her hardest in class though, honest. Why Samantha Tyler was continuing with Ancient Runes, considering the OWL grade, was a mystery to the headmistress. Nevertheless, she did respect the Ravenclaw's decision to continue -- it meant the girl had spunk and wasn't going to anything get in the way. Even recent events unrelated to the subject proved as much.
In return, the headmistress gave a smile. "Good day, Miss Tyler," she said as the girl pulled out her runes and started fiddling with them.
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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Well this was different. No complaints here, Jessa would have thought it an absolute crime to have lessons inside on a day that looked so lovely--looking at you potions in the damp and dark dungeons.
It was the perfect day to take Galileo and Apollo for a bit of flying....if only she could trust the undead birds to not go rogue and disappear. Explaining that her necro study had gone loose to Professor Hirsch wasn't high up on her list of things to do. Maybe she'd just take Dexter out flying instead. It'd been a few days since she last let her Aethonan stretch his wings and she could only imagine how restless he was getting while grounded.
"Hello Headmistress." Jessa greeted, reaching into her bag for her rune set. She'd heard the instructions just as she arrived and was already trying to figure out what they may or may not be learning today.
"Can we have the rest of our classes outside for the remainder of the term?" Then another Ravenclaw, a different breed of Ravenclaw at that, came into her line of vision: Jessa Cambridge. Since getting the full details about what the girl had been up to this term, Regina didn't know what to think of her. The nature of the girl's 'experiments' didn't sit well with her one bit.
"Hello, Miss Cambridge," the headmistress responded. As for her question, well, there was an obvious answer. "I'm afraid lessons taking place outside for Runes will be rare after today. Finals will soon be upon us."
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Originally Posted by SilverTiger There was that determination. Plus, by now Stasya actually was finding Runes kind of interesting, besides the part where they reminded herself of her mama’s family. She actually thought they were kind of interesting on their own. Especially when she got to learn ways they could be used in relation to animals, like the horse one. The nice weather was a bit of a distraction, given it made her want to spend the day with Dobby and Albus or maybe asking Henry if she could exercise Caelus, but she’d resisted the urge as she’d made her way toward the training grounds. Maybe she could explore the ruins. Maybe the lesson was going to have something to do with the ruins…
Except instead she saw hedges, which were interesting too. “Good day Headmistress Hawthorne,” she said as she stopped near Jessa, giving the headmistress a smile before digging in her bag for her rune set. She really wanted to ask what they were going to be learning, if they were going to have to navigate a maze or something, but she got the feeling the headmistress wouldn’t answer. Not yet, anyway. The Gryffindor received a smile as she made her way over to the meeting place. Regina saw a lot of potential in her when it came to this subject. It was the determination ... and perhaps Charlotte Kettleburn, Gryffindor's resident runes expert, that had to have been rubbing off on her and a few of the other lions.
"Welcome, Miss Dalgaard-Volkova," she replied to the second year. The woman had a feeling the girl had questions fluttering through her mind, though, of course, all would be revealed soon enough.
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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Uniform not required? Then heeeeeeee was not going to wear it. Despite mum and dad applying appropriate charms to keep his shirts mostly stain-free (the third year still seemed to find SOME way to work around them and get them filthy enough for house elf magic cleaning to be necessary), Derf was quite keen to be in his other clothes. Would also make Simon less fidgety if he got dirty and he couldn't SEE it as well since, well, Derf was wearing dark tones and without a hint of white to be found. Ancient Runes was proving to be a rather messy affair for him - which just made him enjoy the subject more, really.
Jogging down to training grounds, Derf stopped rather abruptly - and beside Stasya - when he saw what was TOTALLY a hedge maze. The Hufflepuff was both eager and a little on edge by this. "Pleeeeeeeeease tell me there is a sphinx in there," he chirped, mostly to himself and it was a thought he had not even realized he had uttered aloud.
Because how NEAT would that be?!
Hearing the Headmistress' directions, Derf quickly fished his rune set from his jeans pocket and pulled it open to poke around at its contents looking for the one that had the R looking rune on it. The radio one. And an Ancient Runes lesson just wouldn't be the same without Derfael Ashburry-Hawthorne. From being stunned to being cacked in mud to trying to take on blast-ended skrewts without armour, she could rely on him to be -- stated in the nicest way possible -- very much a Hufflepuff.
Regina almost snorted at what he said. Whether or not she was supposed to have heard that, she did respond. "No sphinxes in there. But there are..." Nevermind. They would all be finding out soon enough. She allowed for her sentence to go unfinished as the boy looked for a rune, even though she hadn't yet specified which rune they would need to take out.
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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Skylar didn't need to be told twice when it came to wearing comfortable clothing. With her looming examinations drawing nearer, the fifth year was practically living in comfy sweats whenever she wasn't in lessons as she tried to remain focused and determined on her readings. And of course, there was the making sure her notes were extra detailed for Junia to catch up on when she was fully conscious and alert.
As for the lesson being outside? Honestly, Skylar wasn't phased because Runes seemed to play host to outside lessons frequently enough AND it was a gorgeous day. Perhaps if she was feeling energized, she'd swing by the pitch for a quick fly before returning to her studying. For now though, her attention was on the headmistress because as she learned over the last year and a half of serious rune commitment; this was a subject that required her undivided attention.
"Good day, Headmistress Hawthorne," Skylar beamed brightly at the woman, as she removed her rune set, curiously inspecting each one and wondering which would be the rune of today's focal point. Perhaps one that could help learn that awesome cursebreaking she and Hirsch had synchronized with in the Room of Requirement? Yea, the Slytherin hadn't forgotten that and was quite impressed and envious Sweat pants were an ... interesting choice. Regina was eyeing up Skylar Diggory's choice in attire as she joined the semi-circle. In the headmistress' mind, sweats were appropriate for working out or lounging. But, alas, they would do just fine for today. The maze was bound to get messy at some point.
"Hello, Miss Diggory," Regina greeted in return. No more was said. The girl seemed to be preoccupied trying to figure out which of the runes would be needed.
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Originally Posted by lazykitty Actually, this Gryffindor's 'comfy' clothes weren't much different than his uniform, only choosing to replace the button down/tie/blazer combo with a polo shirt and adding sunglasses, both to protect his eyes and hide the dark circles under his eyes. Though, this shouldn't fool anyone. It was pretty obvious that the incident in the Room of Requirement had had a profound effect on Ronan. Not that anyone particularly cared or anything.
Anyway, he approached the maze thing carrying only his rune set and joined the group already gathered around the Headmistress. "Hello, Headmistress." And nope, there was no trying to stare around the woman. They would find out in due time what was in store for them. He just hoped that it wasn't anything too dangerous, because he didn't think he could handle that right then. It didn't take very long to forget about Skylar's sweats as Ronan's attire managed to grasp her attention. This was ... comfortable? And what was up with the sunglasses? Hmm.
"Good morning, Mr. Carter," the headmistress responded with a nod of her head. There was a brief pause before she added, "Please remove the sunglasses. There will be no need for those today."
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Originally Posted by siriusblackliveson Patrick came down around the castle to the grounds as he had been instructed by the professor when she posted where the class was going to be held. He was looking forward to being outside in the nice weather, but as for runes class he wasn’t looking forward to that at all. He still wasn’t as great with it as it was similar to his last experience in DADA he wasn’t exactly grasping everything and because of that he felt like he was dangling from the edge of a cliff. He grabbed his runes out of his bag and waited for class to start.
Patrick walked over to stand near Skylar as she did know her stuff for the most part. He glanced up at the headmistress, “Hello Headmistress,” he said before adjusting the sleeves on his t-shirt that he had worn in lieu of his robes since they had been told comfy clothing was acceptable. Last but certainly not least was Patrick Dooley. Regina was pleased to see that he was free of his robes and hoped that this was a lesson that the first year could grasp on to fairly well. It definitely was one of those lessons that was focused on practical application, rather than strictly theoretical.
"Welcome, Mr. Dooley," she said, taking note of who he decided to stand next to. It was a smart choice. Looking down at her watch, the headmistress watched as the hands struck ten o'clock. As to be expected, she wasted no time whatsoever with getting her lesson started. Normally there were mountains of information and instruction to be given, but this lesson in particular required a lot of time within the hedges.
"Good morning to you all, and welcome to another Ancient Runes lesson," Regina began, her head moving slowly and her blue eyes shifting from one head to the next. "I know the last few months have been very heavy on the theoretical side of Ancient Runes, so I applaud each and every one of you for hanging in there and putting your best effort forward with soaking in everything and demonstrating your mastery of that knowledge." She paused to let that bit of praise sink in before continuing.
"Obviously today is not going to be a theory-heavy lesson. We still have a few more runes in the alphabet to really focus in on and use them in a practical, day-to-day scenario. The rune that we are going to focus our attention on today is Uruz. As you all will recall" -- at least she hoped they all would remember -- "Uruz translates to 'Aurochs,' which is a species of wild ox that once existed in Europe before they became extinct in the seventeenth century. The Aurochs were were highly prized during their existence because of their slsize and strength. Because of this association, the rune Uruz represents raw physical power. Our goal for today is to harness that power and use it with magic we use on a regular basis."
Were they all with her so far? Regina hoped so because it was already time for them to put that concept to practice before she let them roam free in the maze and face what all was waiting within.
"Right now I would like all of you take out your wands, spread out, and cast one of the following spells on the hedge: Aguamenti, Glacius, or Ventus." Simple, right? "After, I then want you to take out your Uruz stone, activate the rune, and try the spell again to see if there is a difference." That was all she was going to say about that. Regina wasn't going to say what Uruz would do to their spellwork as that was something she wanted them to discover all on their own. OOC: Hello, everyone! Thank you all so much for participating in our the second Ancient Runes lesson of the term. I am so excited that you are all here! If you have yet to post in this lesson and wish to do so (*wiggles brows at those of you in the stalker bar*), act like your character has been here the whole time ... unless you want your character to show up late, of course. ;)
To kick of the lesson, Regina is diving right into the mini-activity/practice portion. You character needs to do the following: cast one of the spells mentioned as your character normally would at their skill level, take out the Uruz stone and chant the galdr (Uruz uruz uruz, u u u u u u u u u, u u u u u u r r r r r r, u u u u u u u u u) until the rune turns orange, and then cast the same spell again. The power of the rune will make the effects of the spell stronger in some capacity -- get creative and have fun with this! If you have any questions for me OOC, you are more than welcome to ask.
The lesson will continue in roughly 48 hours.
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