SPOILER!!: Professor!
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Nordic Witch 
Eyes flashing over to Olivia she nodded happily. "Very good Olivia, you're the first to think of that connection. The location of fingernail markings are just as important as the locations of moles in moleosophy." Another student that was studying and seeing similiarities.
Assured that no more students wished to give answers Laurel proceeded to give some information. "The form of Divination that uses fingernails is called Onychomancy. Onychmos means fingernail in Greek like Dorian mentioned and has been used and practiced since ancient times. Believe or not our fingernails and fingernail clippings are associated with many superstitions and are used in many magical workings like for making sure a spell affects the right person and in healing and potions. Professor Noble and Healer Mcmillan could tell you more about that if you ared interested." Here Laurel paused to gather her thoughts and for allowing note taking.
"Before we start interpreting our own nails by length, shape, colour, condition and marking we need to get them ready for doing just that and this is where the supplies on your tables will come in. You all need to give your fingernails a good wash in the water found in the cauldrons so that they are super clean and then you are going to need to massage in generous amounts of the scented oils found in the bottles and see if you can make out any markings or colour specks on your nails by reflecting the sunlight onto your nails with the help of the hand mirrors." As she spoke Laurel had gone over to one of the tables up front and had washed and massaged in the oils on her own hands to make her fingernails shine and then used the mirror to reflect the sunlight onto her fingernails and saw how a white spot appeared on her ring finger, a new love, could it mean Aaron? "For those of you who are wearing nail polish please remove it with the aid of the scouring charm. I caution you all to not sniff in the strong oils too much it might make your head spin. Now get to work!"
OOC: Mini activity is up! As instructed have your student wash their hands in the cauldron, massage in the oils and see if you can see any markings or colour specks by reflecting the sunlight with the hand mirror onto your students nails. Don't interpret anything yet. Just take note. You can do this in one or as many posts as you wish. Have fun ! Be Creative! You get 3 days to complete the mini activity until wednesday @ approx 7pm when I will move on.
So there was a similarity. Intrigued, Vi let her mind wander a little before realizing that the lesson had moved on. Oh! Best to pay attention now. Yes, yes.
Time to wash those hands in the cauldrons. Vi brought her hands over to the nearest cauldron and then began washing them. She made sure to get underneath her fingernails, in between her fingers, and then all over once more. It was as if she was prepping to go into the kitchen. Same level of cleanliness. Once her hands were sufficiently scrubbed and cleaned, she dried them and then began massaging the oils into her hands.
OH. Those smelled VERY, VERY strong. She blinked her eyes and then moved her hands lower as to try to decrease the scent of the oils. Deep breath of fresh air. Deep breath of fresh air.
Okay. She was good. Vi continued rubbing the oil into her fingertips and hands. Grabbing a mirror, she turned her gaze towards her fingernails. Now let's see what markings she could make... Oh... There on her pinky finger. There was a little white dot. Small, tiny thing right on her pinky. She added more oil and then continued looking.