Lesson 2: The Core and Companion Numbers
 

You enter the Arithmancy classroom, and just as last time, you see neat and exactly-positioned rows of wooden desks and chairs. Again for your comfort, the chairs have cushions in a myriad of colors and textures to match your comfort and liking. Numbers are floating all around the room and the windows are open, letting in a cool autumn breeze and blowing the golden curtains just slightly.

Professor Shackleton is at the front of the room, sitting at her desk, preparing for today's lesson. She is dressed in ornate robes of navy and gold. On the board behind her is written:

"Please be sure to have your journals with you and ready to take notes! Please take a seat and wait quietly for the lesson to begin."

Zoraida walked into the classroom and looked at all the numbers floating about the room. Bringing her journal and the book she borrowed from the professor in the beginning of the year to class. Zora walked and took a seat in the front the only class you would catch her anywhere near the front.

Placing both books on her desk. Zora said " Hi Professor " She would have to remember to give the book back at the end of class. As she forgot between the two classes. Partly as she had no replacement. Looking in the library she found many Arithmacy text with the same info so it was fine.

Lily walked in to see it was almost empty. "Hi Professor," said Lily, and she sat down at an empty seat, while taking out her stuff for the lesson. She waited to see if her friends would arrive.

Professor Shackleton looked up from her lesson plan to greet each of the students who entered her classroom with a warm smile and a hello. She then announced, "We're going to wait just a bit longer for more of your classmates to arrive before we begin today's lesson. Just sit tight!"

OOC: Just so you know, this lesson will run over the course of a few days, likely ending sometime Sunday evening. The textbook is not complete as of yet but will be before you need the information as we go along. I went home to visit family for Thanksgiving and didn't get it done before I left - Sorry! :)

Kerry walked in and smiled. "Hello Professor, how are you?" she asked as she found a seat near the window.

She dropped her bag down and took out her text book, quill, ink and journal and placed it on the desk. Stretching her legs out, she stifled a bit of a yawn, as she awaited class to begin.

Professor Shackleton stood up from her chair, picked up her wand off the desk, and walked to the front of the students desks. Beginning her normal pacing, Professor Shackleton started, "Hello! Welcome to your second Arithmancy lesson of the term. Last class we focused on the energies of each number and had a fairly didactic lesson. This one will be much more interactive, with you all being responsible for performing several calculations in your journal, as well as discovering what each of those calculations mean to you and to others.

"But first, we are going to begin with an easy one. This Core Companion number will not require any calculations - the Birthday Number. What does this number reveal to us?"

Kerry raised her hand, "the birthday number usually reveals what someone needs in this life to achieve his or her destiny. It's believed that your soul chooses your birthday, because your soul chooses your birthday as a reflection of your own needs."

Professor Shackleton nodded and replied, "That is precisely correct. 1 point to you!"

Professor Shackleton smiled at Kerry and responded, "Ah, Miss Brandywine has described the role of the soul in one's birthday - 1 point to you for that, Kerry!"

Professor Shackleton cleared her throat and continued, "Now, who can tell me how to find the Birth Day number? This person will serve as my example for the first part of the lesson."

Kerry raised her hand again, "well basically to find your birthday number you just add up the numbers of the day you were born."

Turning to the student who answered, Professor Shackleton replied, "Ah, Miss Brandywine, you are right again! Now, I am going to ask you to assist me in the first part of my lesson if you don't mind."

Macadrian gestured for the girl to rise from her seat and said, "Would you please walk over to the board and write what I ask you to write? Thank you."

She then turned to the class as a whole and said cheerily, "Let's all give Kerry a big hand for volunteering!" As Professor Shackleton clapped, she walked amongst the rows, peeking at the students' desks to see if they had brought their journals with them.

Zoraida said " The birthday number is the added digits of your birthday to find a number that tells what you need in life to achieve your destiny. Like mine is 6 since I was born on the sixth. But if I were born on the 12 it would be three. "

Looking back at her book and she knew she was right in what she said.

OCC: didn't see the prof post till I reloaded

Kerry blushed as she stood up and walked to the front of the room. Turning to Professor Macadrian, Kerry smiled "So what would you like me to write? Oh... and I hope the class doesn't mind if I don't write near the top of the board, I ummm, can't exactly reach it." Kerry laughed.

Austin applauded the Gryffindor Prefect, who seemed very intelligent. Austin enjoyed Arithmancy but usually was to shy to say anything or answer a question.

Emily, seated next to Kerry, wasn't too bright at Arithmancy so she didn't know the answer to the first question. After she listened to Kerry's answer, she smiled and said, "Your good, but at least I'm better at choosing quidditch teams to go for." She wrote what Kerry said in her journal, willing to take notes.

She knew the answer to the second question, but she didn't want to volenteer, so she was glad when Kerry was chosen. "Go Kerry!" She said, with a grin.