Damon shrugged, but when he leaned forward on his desk, his one arm along the edge, he looked thoughtful. "Well first I would naturally assume it's for eating, but there aren't any utensils. If you were cruel, it could be to torture us, but I think you have something else in mind. But I don't think I can make the connection between runes and chocolate cake. You have me stumped," he said with an air of complete and utter bluntness. If he had any of the faintest idea why, he would have said it.

He waited on the professor's elaboration. What on earth could she possibly have in mind? He took out his book and looked at the first page. Nope. No help there, really. Just runes that looked far from typical, and nothing that had anything to do with baking or confections.

Adelaide had come in quietly and felt out of place she watched as other students came in and she realized that she was the oldest student here. Her old school did not teach Runes so she knew she would have a disadvantage. When the teacher asked if anyone had questions she thought why yes tons but just sat and stared at her cake quietly.

Zoe raised her hand amid the other students and asked, "What is different about the newly discovered Rune's? Are they better than the Furthark Nordick Runes used previously?"
She wanted to ask about the cake, but didn't have the slightest clues as to what it was there for. It smelled soooo good. Chocolate was after all her greatest weakness.

Maybe she could try out her recent Transfiguration lesson and turn it into stone so that she could concentrate on the lesson without drool dropping onto her desk. She contemplated quickly retrieving her wand and tried to remember the spell.

Duro, that was it. She thought about it for another moment and then came to her senses. There was no use risking getting in trouble on her first day in class. Besides Professor Lupa might take her cake.

james quitely walked into class and took the nearest seat he could

Dominic wasn't really sure why he had committed himself to yet another Runes lesson. He hated the subject; it wasn't necessarily anything against Professor Lupa, but he just didn't see much a point to learning about Runes when he could more easily predict someone's future or lifepath with numbers. Yet he was willing to give it yet another try because it was after all, his last opportunity.

Sitting in the second row, with his ankles crossed, he listened as Lupa explained that they wouldn't be doing Futhark Runes this class. To Dominic - this was a RELIEF. Especially at the mention of the textbook they'd be using. It was almost like Professor Lupa designed this class JUST for people like him.

Questions? Well he did have one... Raising his hand, "Just one, Professor. Why didn't you teach us about this easier method sooner?" Because you know, then maybe he would have gotten a better grade on his OWL. Heh.

Abby thumbs through the new book. The runes are certainly different from the ones they've studied the past two terms. She smiles at Professor Lupa and asks, "These runes are not used for divination, are they professor?" Abby wonders if these are the runes used in such magical devises such as a pensieve.

Alexandra flipped her book, instantly taken with the runes and smiled. Maybe this class would be as interesting as she thought it would be.

James was disapointed about the change of runetype, Furthark ordick Runes were what he had already lear'nt so he put his hand up and asked " will we be learning Furthark nordick runes at all miss"

"Yes, fine, thank you." Alessia said confused... was she still gaunt looking? She tried not to think about it and went on.

"Good, let's hope it continues in that manner," she told her.

Alessia giggled at the boy. It would be delicious.

"I suppose they do," she said looking at them.

... of course. They probably had questions about her... and her desease... or maybe they just wanted to know is Pepe tasted as sweet as he was. She smirked... bad joke. "Very well..."

"Bertie Bott? Are you sure? And he's a Lord?" She'd pay him a visit soon enough.

"As I am not a cruel person, it is not to torture you. It is indeed for eating, and as this is a 'different' class, it is also to reward..." She winked. "Patience, my dear Master Rimstone, and all shall be revealed."

"Oh good, a question..." She waved her wand with a dance like flourish and a fork appeared floating infront of Zoe DeValk's head. "You may eat your cake..." she said winking. "As for the answer to your question, no... I don't think it's a matter of better or worse... only different."

Alessia eyed the late arrival. "I hope you have a good excuse to tell us about why you are tardy Master Black." She said and stood straight, "Not for me, but for your fellow Ravenclaws as two points will be deducted from your house. Now to answer your question, we'll see how this class goes... but I do believe we will study some of the Furthark."

ooc: Next time, once the class starts, just pretend you've been here the whole time. (like dominic, below, did.)

"You will know that soon enough, Prefect Denton," she said and conjured a fork beside his plate. "Congrats on becoming Head Boy..." she whispered.

A fork appeared by Abby's plate. "No runes are used for divination my dear... Does anyone know why I say that?"

ooc: ok just to let you no i was'nt there on time as i was at school sorry. how many pointss do i lose

james did'nt no what to say he had'nt ment to be late

Lucille flicked through her text book, trying to make any sense of the hundreds of funny little symbols and lines. She sighed and rested her head on her crossed arms. This looked like it was going to be hard...and Lucille didnt like things that were hard. She liked things that were easy - like flying. That was what came naturally to her anyway.

She supposed she may as well make the effort though. She hated not being good at something. Sighing again she thumbed through the copy of the textbook, ignoring the headache that was now making itself present.

Nataly thinked about Profesor Lupa's question. Hmm....really-why?
After a few moments, the answer came to her, and she raised her hand to answer.
"I think runes are not used for divination because they simbolise things, like numbers, and don't divine anything, unlike Arithmacy."
She realised her answer sounded idiotic, but that was the best answer she could think of.

Oh, so the questions were rewarded? If Evan had known before, he'd have asked! He made a face and eyed his cake next desk. It was yummeh! Hoping that answers would be reawarded as well, he raised his and answered "Because ancient runes are for help in our spells..?" He hoped his question tone would do its job of uncertainty if he was wrong. His mind on the cake, he didn't think long before answering.

Evelyn thought for a second. 'What are Ancient Runes anyway? What are they used for? Protecting against stuff?' She didn't know. All she knew was that Ancient Runes and Divination were probably two completely different subjects.
Looking around at the other students, Evelyn tried to distract herself. The smell from the cake sitting in front of her was starting to make her nauseous. Pushing the plate away from her slightly, she looked up at the professor and waited.

William couldn't keep the warm friendly smile off of his face. Seriously how could anyone not like professor Lupa? Well besides his mother but that was another story altogether. "Professor, some could argue that Ancient Runes and divination are very similar. In fact there's one form of Divination called Runecasting, which uses Runes from Ancient runes." He replied, putting his hand down. Well, he had no idea if he was right but he didn't want to look like a fool.

Rafe felt as though he was being ignored by Professor Lupa. He had waited outside her office on the bench for hours and then gave up and finally left. He still carried the note his mum wanted him to give her, but didn't think the classroom would be appropriate. He felt a little uncomfortable, but fascinated that she was a werewolf and had so many questions. But, again, this wasn't the time of the place. He could either remain bitter or bulk up and try and be his cheerful self. Oooh, cake.

He didn't know if they could eat it or not. Maybe it was a test to see if you could go the entire class without eating it. He could feel his mouth watering. He thought it was best to sit at the back of the class. He was ready for the lesson to begin. He was fascinated with Ancient Runes. It seemed like an interesting subject. He couldn't meet the professor's eyes. He didn't know how to act around her. He didn't know how to answer either.

"Well doesn't divination use ancient runes to predict the future, or perhaps to look at the past to see where we are going? So why wouldn't they be used in Divination?" He couldn't look at the professor, he hated his answer. The moment he said it, he wish he hadn't.

Thomas thought for a moment about the question and raised his hand," I think runes and Divination are used together because, divination was used a long time ago so probably they used ancient runes to 'summon' or 'ask' something." Probably his answer wasn't right but maybe, just maybe it made a little sense. He waited to hear what other people had to say.

Lucille thought. It was worth a try.

"Im not totally sure about this," she said, "But could it be because Divination is indefinate, whereas runes are?" she thought more about her answer.

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Gaaawwd, he really didn't know what to say. Guh! He didn't know what ancient runes was in the first place. Placing his chin on the desk, Blake poked the cake lightly with his quill and muttered, "I...don't...know." He was really awfully when a subject or question needed reasoning, sigh.

Sara didn't know what to say, so she simply sat quietly and occasionally knodded when she agreed with another student's answer.

Unless... Sara looked up and raised her hand. "Could it be because Runes are real and factual, while Divination is cloudy and open to interpretation?"

Sara lowered her hand and hoped for the best!

"i think its because runes meaning is definate, where has divination is open to interpritation, runes is also a langauge, also runes are used to strenghten magic and also to interpirt the present sometimes" james hope that this was a good enough answer, "i thought that there was a type of runic divination"

Tibi considered the question He'd been reading a lot outside his text adn thought that maybe he knew the answer. But only maybe.

Timidly raising his hand, his voice shook slightly. "Professor? I think it's that divination attempts to decipher what will be... but runes are for interpreting what is? What I mean to say is that runes deal with the present, but divination the future?"

Tibi bit his bottom lip and waited for the professor's comments expectantly. His stomach flipped about crazily.

Sylvia raised her hand slowly, even though she was quite unsure of her answer.

"Isn't Divination rather about seeing than giving us a general idea about the future? Runes are more explaining your future life paths, whereas Divination is more 'future-telling', you could say."

"Professor, Ancient Runes are used to decipher spells from the past and Divination is used to see future events, correct?" Alexandra said.

Bonnie frowned.
The young girl raised her hand.
"In Divination don't you need to have I'll these thing-a-magigs?" Bonnie blushed as soon as the words escaped her lips.