Ancient Runes and History of Magic Joint Lesson 2

[Braith McCormack]

Once you head down the fifth floor corridor and enter the Ancient Runes classroom, you find everything appears to be what you've come to expect of this room - orderly rows of desks facing the professor's larger desk and the blackboard behind it. In addition to your Ancient Runes professor, however, you will find your History of Magic professor standing near the entrance to greet you as well as you file in for this joint lesson.

A message on the blackboard also greets you. The desks are already equipped with the name tag you filled out previously. Find your name, take a seat, and wait for class to begin.

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Please take a seat at the desk with your nametag already located on top.

The lesson will begin shortly. Keep talking to a minimum.

ooc: Class has officially started! Please do not post arriving late unless you'd like to deal with the consequences. Just pretend you've been here all along and jump right in! Please familiarize yourself with Rules & Guidelines for Ancient Runes & History of Magic Rules and Expectations before posting. Remember all SS rules apply as well. Thanks!


Lesson Progression:
Greetings and Question #1
Question #2
Amulet answers and picking out a symbol
Questions #3 : What are those runes for? Why were they concealed?
What are Curses, Runic Wards? Identify the runes in the curse.
Point out the weak spots
Weak Spot thorough explanation; Class dismissed

[Magical Soul]

Botros was leaning against his desk, arms crossed, ankles crossed, and back up straight. He had a small, uneasy smile on his face - significantly less wrinkled and more vibrant. His bald scalp was now covered with soft, blond hair, and there was no cane to be seen anywhere around. His fingers tapped on his elbow as he waited for the students to settle in.

[DaniDiNardo]

Ow ow ow.

One nap, that's all she wanted but she never factored in being so sore by the time she needed to be up to head to her next class. Merlin what the hell was her mattress made of? It couldn't have changed since she started school so WHY back pain, whhhhyyyyyyy?

The Gryffindor hobbled into the room, surprized the Professor wasn't at the door to give her her shoulder pat. Though that was probably for the best. Her shoulders were sore too--

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Er...."Professor McCormack.....hi...." No one bothered to mention he was taking over this lesson...or had they? She didn't make a habit of reading the noticeboard she was ironically meant to keep up to date. Eh. Effort and energy she didn't have as of late--HOLD ON HEREEEE. "Professor Botros???" The man! He--Hair--BLONDE. WHAAAAAAAT?? AND WHERE WAS THE FLIPPING CANE AND THE BLOODY WRINKLES??? WHAT HAD SHE WALKED INTO??

Lex ignored the message on the board, instead she made her way over to the Professor and placed both hands on his head of blonde hair. Why yes the Gryffindor WAS wibbling and looked close to tears, except not really, she didn't make a habit of those. "Your hair...blonde." Sniffle. "Look at my hair Sir. It's a SIN." She wanted HIS hair. HIS BLONDE HAIR, not this grey going on white rubbish!!!

So nice looking...so not what she had....wibble.

[the fastest seeker]

The sixth-year headed out for class early since she had nothing to do. Something that hadn't been happening for a good while and it sort of was weird but she appreciated all the same. Might as well make a good example and show up for class early, she thought to herself as she took off with her bag slung over her shoulder.

Stepping in inside the classroom she wasn't that surprised to find it empty of students except Lex, since she knew she had come really early but it still was a bit weird seeing the classroom like that. Walking further in she walked towards Professor McCormack. " Good day, Sir," she greeted the man with a nod. So far the man was less weird that most of the new professors. That was a good sign.

Then to the other professor in the room. The one whom she usually calls old man, in her head of course, though now the description doesn't fit that much. Her eyes lingered on him taking in how he looked remarkably younger. Had some work done or something? "Hello, Professor, Looking good," she said with a smile. That was totally ok to say to a professor, right? Yup. Totally. And certainly the gryffindor had the same opinion, since she seemed to like his hair. Or maybe she missed hers. Cassia missed her bestie's hair, too! And she felt sorry for her whatever the reason was. Casually, the snake reached out and patted the fifth-year on the shoulder. Should she pull her back? Or like help her walk to a desk?

As the luxury of arriving early was pretty much the ability to choose the seat they desired. What a great thing, eh. They could choose a close and comfy one for Lex.

[Grrr..Meow]

Bay made his way down the corridor to his next class.. Right near the entrance was The History of Magic Professor... Wait..wasnt he having a different class?? He might as well say hello "hello...errr... Professors" he said a tab confused passing them he found everything was normal. Phew. Finding his seat with his name tag he sat down.. His old bones were achy today.

[hermionesclone]

The main reason why Alec was here early -- it was early, right? -- was because he had been taking a stroll and ended up slowly making his way to the classroom a little earlier than planned. This was something he had gotten used to lately, unlike the searing back pain. If that could go away, that would be great. Really.

Oh look! Who was that standing by the entrance? SQUINT. ... Walk walk walk... SQUINT. ... OH! The History of Magic Professor. "Hello Professor!" he called, giving the man a smile and a nod as he inched past him and into the--

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BOTROS HAD BLONDE HAIR. BOTROS. HAD. BLONDE HAIR!

Alec's eyes widened as he stared at it. Blonde... And it looked so SOFT. Could he touch it? Observe it? Ask the man what kind of hair care products he used? "I... awesome hair, sir!" Really. Even if Alec felt a small pang of jealously at his own greying locks. Sigh. He missed how brown it had looked. Now it was just... grey. Soft, but grey. Frown. ... But this was good for the man. Really. Yeah. "... I mean... hello!"

His hair was BLONDE.

And speaking of blonde... or... well... "I still think your hair's awesome, Candy," Her name was Candy, right? ... And... there were other people here too. Good hair, good hair. Shooting the other two -- unknown person and... and... Summer...? Blonde Summer-surname girl -- a grin, the Head Boy headed off towards a seat and slowly sat down. The boy reached into his bag and took out his writing supplies before sitting back again. There. Comfortable. Or as comfortable as he was going to get.

Now... where were his blondes?

[Emzily]

History of Magic combined with Ancient Runes was Theodore's idea of a nightmare, but SOMEHOW, he had turned up to the classroom. And early, too?! Weird. He lazily entered the room and took a seat by his name tag. His eyes fell on Professor Botros immediately and whaaaaaaaaaaat had happened to him?? No cane, no grey hair... he was YOUNG?

Was Botros stealing the students' youth? Could he do that?

He would have said hello, but he was too busy observing. He caught sight of Alexa and couldn't help but giggle quietly to himself.

[oh its Erik ok]

First Nigel noticed the History of Magic Professor and greeted him. "Hello, Professor". But it was the other Professor in the room that really caught Nigel's attention. Why was that professor looking so young? Nigel could not really recall his name for some reason. Just he was really old the last time Nigel saw him. Plus would you look at that awesome head of hair.

Nigel eyes went wide as he kept staring at it. Merlin, not a spot of grey in that head of hair. What did he use? "Um...Hello Professor"

Oh right this was a combined lesson. Nigel looked around for his starfish nametag, so happy that is what he wrote last time. Nigel took his seat staring at those golden locks.

[carpediem]

History of Magic AND Ancient Runes together? Innnnteresting. Caelen didn't know what to expect. Then again, Hogwarts was a very unpredictable school. Which was fun of course. It beat sitting in her Aunts basement and studying upside down on her Aunts couch. Because it apparently helped your brain. Whatever Aunt. Whatever.

Anyway, combined classes. That was new. Did somehting happen? Was there a problem? Or did they notice that the classes were nearly about the same subject matter? Because one was about well, the history of Magic and the other was about Ancient inscriptions. Both involved ancient ... stuff. But that also meant that they were goign to get twice the subject matter. Not that that bothered her. She liked the whole learning thing. But whatever double the subject matter and double the ancientness.

Also, was the Ancient Runes professor reverse aging? He looked younger. Or did he have potions for this. Because this was suspicious. All of the students around her seemed to be aging rapidly around her and he was here getting hair and looking young. Fishy Botros, verrry fishy. And interesting, she was going to have to look up potions that could reverse the aging process or make you look younger. Complete with hair of course.

She took her seat and looked at the Professor once more before sitting back and thinking. Because tha's kind of what she did. She kind of thought and daydreamed at the same time. Which was fun. And that's where she kind of went now.

[Cedric]

Had Schuyler REALLY gone to the fourth floor instead of the fifth? Because she could have sworn she was on the fifth..

After trekking up yet another flight of stairs, she made her way through the corridor in the direction of the Ancient Runes classroom. She felt creaky, too. Like she had old bones and worn down cartilage. At least she wasn't all wrinkly anymore because their lovely Potions professor had taught an extremely useful lesson recently. Anti-wrinkles. Still, it was a nuisance to be making these potions and using the color change charm on her hair constantly.

This OLD thing was getting OLD. Really old.

And what made it worse was that when she'd entered the classroom, Botros was looking younger. Blonde hair? And where was his cane? "Hello, professors," she greeted, trying to clear her mind of these things. She found the nametag with her neat, curved writing and took a seat. If only these chairs were padded..

[Lady of Light]

A joint lesson.

Ancient Runes and History of Magic. Both her favourite subjects but still, Delilah felt like this lesson was going to be a long one. A little tiring as well. She entered the class, giving Braith a small smile. "Hello, professor."

... And STARE. She simply stared at Botros. HUH? BLONDE HAIR? He looked younger and nicer and and the HAIR. Blonde, that too. Delilah liked blonde, obviously. She grinned at him. "Uh... Looking good, professor." Yep. Now if only Airey would do something about his hair. Just saying. She flopped on an empty seat near the front of the classroom, still giving Botros curious looks.

[TakemetotheBurrow]

Ella snailed her way into the Ancient Runes classroom, anxious to see what they'd be doing and in some pain considering her aches were getting worse. Stupid body. She drank milk and took her vitamins and was even eating healthy these days! The blonde grey haired badger just couldn't understand why she was feeling and looking like this. At least the wrinkle cream they'd made in potions seemed to be helping. She'd since brewed a few more batches so that her skin was smooth, even if everything else pointed to the fact that she wasn't her usual self.

SPEAKING of not being one's usual self.

SQUINT! BLINK! WHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaT?!

PROFESSOR BOTROS!

The Head Girl held her back as she wandered closer, continuously STARING at the old man weirdly young looking Ancient Runes professor. Her green eyes eventually flicked to the History of Magic professor too but then went straight back to staring. "Hi... .... ....Professor ... ...and Professor."

This was weird. Did anyone else think this was weird? Botros was BLONDE. Which was nice but also incredibly weird because he was old and oh gosh that was mean to say but true, y'know? And deciding that the staring was probably getting weird, the eighteen year old slowwwwly made her way to her seat and lowered into it, wishing it was a bit more comfy.

Then eyes were back on Botros. Becuase Botros looked young and she looked old and what was going on?

Nancy Drew mode activated.

[Daydreamer11]

Alex arrived at the Ancient Runes classroom to find the History of Magic Professor greeting students at the door. She paused for a moment somewhat confused. She had forgotten that this was to be a joint lesson. "Hello Professor", she said as she looked around the room.

Wait a minute, Alex stared in disbelief. She squinted a bit thinking her eyes must be deceiving her. Professor Botros was at his desk looking ......younger ......with blond hair! Whaaaaat? Things were getting curiouser and curiouser and Alex was staring. She managed to say, "Hello Professor". still staring Wondering what in the world was going on, Alex went to her seat. Why was the Professor's hair suddenly blond when hers was almost completely gray?

[Lissy Longbottom]

Caleb was not in the mood for class ever again. All he wanted to do was sleep and lay around because it hurt to do much else. Plus his eyesight was getting progressively worse. He now wore a pair of reading glasses wherever he went, just to MAGNIFY things so he wouldn't have to squint. It helped a bit, but his vision was still lacking.

As he walked in, running a hand through his gray hair, he stopped and spotted - BOTROS? WHAT? Wait, had he...gotten YOUNGER? That was so not fair! HOW COME HE GOT YOUNGER AND CALE GOT OLDER?

This was a total conspiracy. Botros was somehow behind this, wasn't he? He was sucking the youth out of all of them!!

[WhittyBitty]

At first Lux was confused as to if she was heading to the right classroom, because... this was not History of Magic? Why was Professor McCormack waiting outside the doorway? "Hello, Professor McCormack," she said giving him a smile while secretly wondering what on earth he was doing at the doorway instead of Professor Botros.

Aaah, there he was. Good to know she was in the correct place after all. "Hello, Professor Botros." Finding the desk with her name tag on it, she took a seat and waited for class to start.

[Anna Banana]

Wait, wait, wait...

Ancient Runes AND History of Magic?! Together?! Wasn't Runes already ancient enough without having to add more history to it? SHEESH.

Sophie glanced around looked for her name tag. Hmm... OH! There it was, and look, it was right beside Caleb! WOOT! Sophie started to her seat but paused when she spotted...Botros?

HOLY MERLIN.

Eureka! We have located the Fountain of Youth! Now, somebody show her where she could jump on in, as well...

Sophie eyed the man then continued to her seat. Taking a seat, she gave Caleb a sideways glance. Had HE noticed Botros, too? Who WOULDN'T?

[FearlessLeader19]

Ugh! This was annoying, having this ache in his knees and to make things worse his elbows seemed to have caught the ache. Never the less, Adi hobbled into the classroom for the joint lesson which he was very curious about. He spotted the History of Magic Professor easily who was standing by the entrance. "Hello, Professor,'' he greeted. Where was Grandfather Botros? Adi saw another man leaning against a desk. No. That wasn't Botr- HOLY COW! It was Botros! What happened to him? He looked a lot younger. And so not like a Grandfather anymore. "Er, hello, Professor,'' he said, still unable to believe his eyes.

SPOILER!!: Sophie <3

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Wait, wait, wait...

Ancient Runes AND History of Magic?! Together?! Wasn't Runes already ancient enough without having to add more history to it? SHEESH.

Sophie glanced around looked for her name tag. Hmm... OH! There it was, and look, it was right beside Caleb! WOOT! Sophie started to her seat but paused when she spotted...Botros?

HOLY MERLIN.

Eureka! We have located the Fountain of Youth! Now, somebody show her where she could jump on in, as well...

Sophie eyed the man then continued to her seat. Taking a seat, she gave Caleb a sideways glance. Had HE noticed Botros, too? Who WOULDN'T?

Wondering about Botros's epic transformation, Adi sought out Sophie. He needed to give and ask her something. He caught sight of her. Her seat was on the way to his and that made it easier. Nervously, he approached her desk. "Hi, Sophie. Erm...this is for you,'' he told her, going red in the face. He had never done anything like this and was quite nervous. He place a small stuffed snake on her desk. To it, a note was attached. Mission accomplished. Adi had gotten the courage to give her the stuff. He now gave her a nervous grin and hobbled off to his desk.

[Team ronmione]

Ancient Runes and History of Magic. Tag liked both the Professors. Not both of the subjects though. Though the blonde walked into the classroom with a slightly different perspective this time around. He was feeling slightly awkward, and only one person knew why. So yes, very different outlook.

And Professor Botros looked good though. See, he looked nice. Compared to Airey who looked creepy and made Tag shudder. ""Nice to see that you've joined the cool people club, Professor." Tag said giving him a small smile as he pointed to his and Botros blonde hair.

Anyway, after the small greet Tag went over to the desk that had his name tag on it and sat down, waiting for class to begin.

[Cassirin]

Merlin, it was grossly unfair that Botros was looking so good when everyone else was looking so... very... bad. Old and wrinkly and stuff. Mo gave McCormack a nod and a half smile as he entered the classroom, before making a beeline for Botros.

"Sir, professor... sir. Do you have any tips on how not to look next to death at 16? Because you look really healthy, and I look really not. Any advice?" Because Mo needed to put a stop to this aging thing before he either died or his girlfriend decided she couldn't deal with wrinkles anymore.

[FireboltAvis88]

Sander wearily climbed up the stairs to the Ancient Runes classroom and the first person he saw standing at the entrance to the room was the History of Magic Professor. He walked up and greeted him with a smile, "Hello Professor McCormack. This is the first time that I'm attending a joint lesson. I'm looking forward to it." he told the Professor before entering the classroom.

Sander looked around and noticed Bay, Lux, Alex and Adi already there sitting at their desks. He also noticed a man with blond hair leaning against the desk at the front of the classroom. 'Wait! Isn't Professor Botros going to be teaching us today? Are we having a visiting Professor teach us today?' Sander thought to himself confused at the absence of the elderly Professor.

Still wondering to himself, he walked up to the younger man to greet him. As he neared the man, he had this weird feeling that the man looked familiar. Then it struck him, the reason he recognized this man was because it WAS Professor Botros. Only a younger version.

How could this man get younger when he, Sander, and many of his fellow classmates get older? Did this aging process they were experiencing work in reverse with the elderly?

Not wanting to show that he noticed anything, Sander smiled and greeted the Professor. "Hello Professor Botros. It is good to see you." Sander told the man. Then he turned around, still puzzled at the change in the man and walked over to where his name tag sat on the desk.

Sitting down at it, he looked over and smiled at his friends before pulling out his writing materials and both his History of Magic and Ancient Runes textbooks.

Then he turned and kept his eye at the entrance of the classroom, keeping an eye out for Tessa.

[UnicornDragonPatronus]

GROAN

Why did everything have to hurt SO MUCH? Tessa shuffled into the classroom, trying her best to avoid as much pain as possible. However, it didn't seem to be working. Each joint creaked as she moved, so she slowed down her walk even more.

That seemed to be better.

"Hello Professors," she said with a small smile and wave as she walked past them. Now to find her seat...

Thankfully, it wasn't all the way in the back. She shuffled along and settled into her seat gratefully. "Hey guys," she whispered, waving to her friends around her.

[Holmesian Feline]

History of Magic...and Ancient Runes.

It made sense to work them together as they both spaned back into the years past. And it helped to have only one lesson to go to rather then two separate lessons. Less traveling around to each of the classrooms which made him less grumpy. If only it helped the pain other then a temporary fix. At least the fifth floor was half-way between things that he would be doing either before or after and soon enough Ben was stepping into the correct classroom for today's lesson.

"Hello Profess--" he greeted spotting the two men in the front of the class. He couldn't help but do a double take at the Runes Professor though causing him to break off. It was him though, the thought confirmed as he paid closer attention. What was going on here?! The students were aged and gray and the eldest professor looked young and spry! Ben shook his head absently and walked further into the room, his weakening gaze looking for familiar faces.

"Hey," he greeted his friend as he finally spotted Adi. However the Hufflpuff was speaking to another student. A Slytherin...with a gift.

What in Merlin's beard had he missed?!

[lazykitty]

Yeah, yeah. Move it or lose it.

While most of her classmates were showing the extremely odd characteristics of old age, Layla still had her youthful appearance. Of which she was eternally grateful, seeing as age looked good on no one so far. But, it appeared that she wasn't the only one who had discovered the 'fountain of youth' (sunscreen, moisturizer and lots of water, thank you very much). Professor McCormack looked the same as usual. But what was surprising was that Professor Botros looked younger. Which had already gotten a lot of comments from her old-looking classmates, so she simply chose not to pile on.

"Hello professors," she greeted, acting as if everything was normal and finding her name tagged seat.

[pundantic]

Y'know what was worse then ONE male teacher? Two of them. And apparently, these two Professors knew that so they had decided to subject the student body to a whole new form of torture- the pair of them teaching one singular class. The sixth year wanted to just turn around and leave. Right now. Rather then suffer through this lesson that would no doubt drag on forever.

But seeing as they had already seen him, he was stuck.

So without a word to either of them he brushed past them and made his way to the seat with his nametag on it. No way was he going to mistake ASCANIUS STARK for someone else.

Ugh.

[Expecto-Penguin]

Kace was going to Ancient Runes, he was excited for this class because he thought Bostros was awesome. Plus he knew he was hardworking so that was a plus right? As he entered the classroom, he realized that the History of Magic professor was in the room as well. Hmm....he wondered what they were gonna do today if it included two professors in the same room.

As he made his way to find his name tag, he nodded toward both professors. "Hello Professor Bostros and Professor McCormack." He politely waved to them and then once he found his name tag, he sat down and took out his notebook ready to take some notes. Well he could doodle to pass the time as well since it seemed he came a little early.