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Yourenodaisy · 10-02-2010, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Maxilocks

Di nodded. "Just keep in mind that there are a lot of days to a year," she said, smiling slightly.

"Jera and Dagaz are counterparts," Di said, giving both students a little nod. "Blue for both." Blue. Not specifically light blue. "It's interesting, however, that over the time Jera's predominant links to the harvest, fruition and fertility have caused a good number of rune-casters to claim its colour is, unlike Dagaz's, green. That's the reason some textbooks you come across state green as the colour for Jera."

Di personally believed both colours could serve one equally well, depending upon what a reading or use revolved around.

Di nodded. "Yes, the runic number is twenty-fou..." She broke off, thank you very much, OddChild Willie.

Heaven help her. Or something. Because this kid... this kid needed to go back to his dormitory and nevercomebacktoherclass. Not that Di did not like teaching students. She loved it, even if some students could [at times] be difficult. But this boy, wasn't it enough that he had a cookie stuffed down his pants? Did he have to drool, too?

"Yes," she said, resisting the urge to froooown. "There are shops that specialize in the purchase and sale of gemstones and other semi-precious stones, Mr. -" Had he told her his surname? Because if he had, Di had forgotten. That was definitely the least of her worries right now, though. "You can keep the replica on your desk, if you want to." Pause. Take your hand out of... there, child. PLEASE. "Is... err..." How to word it? "Is everything okay?" Di finished uncertainly. Meaning, when!are!you!going!to!take!out!your!hand?

Awkward pauuuse.

Di was so glad for the [sane] distraction, she could have arranged a lifetime's supply of fresh cookies for the Gryffindor girl. "Yes," she agreed. "You're right, it is twenty-four."

Turning to the class in general...

"Miss Hollingberry has brought up something I was hoping one of you would." She smiled, but the smile might have come across as a bit straiiiined. [Di was resisting the urge to check on the odd child. Err, Willie.] "Jera and Dagaz are inter-connected." Counterparts, yes. "Remember, twenty-four hours in a day - that's Dagaz - and twelve months in a year - that's Jera."

Di looked up. "Yes, Mr. Fletcher?"

... and then she made the mistake of following the boy's gaze [it wasn't her fault, he had looked away pretty, pretty suddenly so Di turned her head to look too] and seeing the Odd Child all over again.

Merlin.

"There are shops that specialize in the trade of gemstones," Di looked away from Willie, to Fletcher. She had thought Mr. Fletcher was the odd kind [he ate cookies out of his hair, after all] but now that she saw the look the Champion gave the other Hufflepuff, she realized that he didn't even come close to his housemate, on the Oddness Meter.

Back to the lesson. Yes, back to the lesson.

"The tree that represents Dagaz is Spruce. Does anyone know the related gemstone?"

wow, that was a really cool way to remember which number and meaning went with each rune! And what was with wanting to know where to get gemstones? hadn't these boys ever heard of a jewelry store? Em didn't bother looking up from her notes to try to figure out who had asked this question (which was probably a good thing). but hearing the professor's next question, she raised her hand. "It's a green one right? Called Chrysolite." But if that was correct, that made Em wonder, "um, Why don't they have gemstones that correlate to their color?"

10-02-2010, 02:39 AM	#134 (permalink)
Yourenodaisy Billywig Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 3,747 Hogwarts RPG Name: E M Knight Fifth Year	Hufflepuff Forever Interstellar Hitchhiker Text Cut: professor Quote: Originally Posted by Maxilocks Di nodded. "Just keep in mind that there are a lot of days to a year," she said, smiling slightly. "Jera and Dagaz are counterparts," Di said, giving both students a little nod. "Blue for both." Blue. Not specifically light blue. "It's interesting, however, that over the time Jera's predominant links to the harvest, fruition and fertility have caused a good number of rune-casters to claim its colour is, unlike Dagaz's, green. That's the reason some textbooks you come across state green as the colour for Jera." Di personally believed both colours could serve one equally well, depending upon what a reading or use revolved around. Di nodded. "Yes, the runic number is twenty-fou..." She broke off, thank you very much, OddChild Willie. Heaven help her. Or something. Because this kid... this kid needed to go back to his dormitory and nevercomebacktoherclass. Not that Di did not like teaching students. She loved it, even if some students could [at times] be difficult. But this boy, wasn't it enough that he had a cookie stuffed down his pants? Did he have to drool, too? "Yes," she said, resisting the urge to froooown. "There are shops that specialize in the purchase and sale of gemstones and other semi-precious stones, Mr. -" Had he told her his surname? Because if he had, Di had forgotten. That was definitely the least of her worries right now, though. "You can keep the replica on your desk, if you want to." Pause. Take your hand out of... there, child. PLEASE. "Is... err..." How to word it? "Is everything okay?" Di finished uncertainly. Meaning, when!are!you!going!to!take!out!your!hand? Awkward pauuuse. Di was so glad for the [sane] distraction, she could have arranged a lifetime's supply of fresh cookies for the Gryffindor girl. "Yes," she agreed. "You're right, it is twenty-four." Turning to the class in general... "Miss Hollingberry has brought up something I was hoping one of you would." She smiled, but the smile might have come across as a bit straiiiined. [Di was resisting the urge to check on the odd child. Err, Willie.] "Jera and Dagaz are inter-connected." Counterparts, yes. "Remember, twenty-four hours in a day - that's Dagaz - and twelve months in a year - that's Jera." Di looked up. "Yes, Mr. Fletcher?" ... and then she made the mistake of following the boy's gaze [it wasn't her fault, he had looked away pretty, pretty suddenly so Di turned her head to look too] and seeing the Odd Child all over again. Merlin. "There are shops that specialize in the trade of gemstones," Di looked away from Willie, to Fletcher. She had thought Mr. Fletcher was the odd kind [he ate cookies out of his hair, after all] but now that she saw the look the Champion gave the other Hufflepuff, she realized that he didn't even come close to his housemate, on the Oddness Meter. Back to the lesson. Yes, back to the lesson. "The tree that represents Dagaz is Spruce. Does anyone know the related gemstone?" wow, that was a really cool way to remember which number and meaning went with each rune! And what was with wanting to know where to get gemstones? hadn't these boys ever heard of a jewelry store? Em didn't bother looking up from her notes to try to figure out who had asked this question (which was probably a good thing). but hearing the professor's next question, she raised her hand. "It's a green one right? Called Chrysolite." But if that was correct, that made Em wonder, "um, Why don't they have gemstones that correlate to their color?"