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FoxFire 11-16-2009 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Antarctica! (Post 8827545)
Now that she was thinking about the instructions a little more carefully, they did not make a lot of sense. Kiri understood the idea behind cold reading, sure, but at what point in the process was she supposed to use it to coax out additional information from whoever it was she was talking to? It was frustrating!

Still trying to figure this out, she didn't even notice at first that another student had joined her. Kiri glanced up in surprise. Uh oh. The girl had a Prefect's badge attached to her robes. Kiri hastily did some internal rearranging. Showing annoyance over a task during a lesson in front of a Prefect probably wasn't such a good idea.

To her relief, the girl didn't seem to have more of a clue than Kiri. Comforting, but not, as such, helpful in the circumstances. "Great," she said with a smile, gesturing for the girl to sit down. "I, er, have a brain, but it's still attached to my body, unfortunately. I'm kind of using it and everything. But you're welcome to share it!" She lowered her voice. "We won't be very successful with it, though. I don't really know what we're supposed to do!" she murmured urgently. "Any idea how this works?"
"Well. Erm," Winnie began. "A cold reading is...you know...cold." She blinked and scanned through her notes. "Techniques...body language...marshmallows...." She tucked a blond curl behind her ear. "I think...that one of as asks the other a question, and the questionerrr attempts to answer...based upon the other's physical clues?" Winnie's brow furrowed and she shook her head quickly. "It sounds like everyday conversation to me, kinda. Who ever says exactly what they're thinking? Even I've gotten better at recognizing when it's socially acceptable."

Erindipity 11-16-2009 10:09 PM
I will try to get on every now and then and check it out
 
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Originally Posted by Herminny (Post 8828240)
"Um mabe, so Alexa it is, I'm Herminny by the way. So do you want to ask me a question first or shall I ask you?".
Alexa tilted her head to one side trying to figure if they had met in the dormitory. Oh well." You may ask me first, if you'd like." Alexandra said.

Luna Laufghudd 11-16-2009 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Daffy.Potter (Post 8828023)
What. EEEEP. So fast.

Livvy blinked as she suddenly found herself in the midst of students shuffling around asking for partners for the next practice, which she hadn't been quite listening to. Sorry Professor Kapoor. Sighing, she glanced around searching for a partner. Why did she always find herself searching for a partner? Partner hunting was just UNCOOL. "Does anyone wanna be my partner?!" Livvy yelled out, flinging her hands into the air.
Gah. Great, another partnering. Sigh. She truly did not like these things, it always made her feel weird having to find someone. What if you didn't, or the person was just plain strange OR the OTHER person did not like you at all...

She searched but everyone seemed to already have a partner. Until...
Jerking her head around at the call, she saw a girl in need of a partner! She stood up. "ME me meeee!" Miranda imitated the girl, waving her arms like one of those people who directed traffic.

Antarctica 11-16-2009 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by FoxFire (Post 8828283)
"Well. Erm," Winnie began. "A cold reading is...you know...cold." She blinked and scanned through her notes. "Techniques...body language...marshmallows...." She tucked a blond curl behind her ear. "I think...that one of as asks the other a question, and the questionerrr attempts to answer...based upon the other's physical clues?" Winnie's brow furrowed and she shook her head quickly. "It sounds like everyday conversation to me, kinda. Who ever says exactly what they're thinking? Even I've gotten better at recognizing when it's socially acceptable."
Kiri glanced at the notes over Winnie's shoulder. Unfortunately, she couldn't glean anything more out of them than out of her own notes. She toyed for a moment to attempt a cold reading of the notes, they might be more forthcoming then. But that was for later, maybe. A desperate measure sort of thing.

Pursing her lips indecisively, Kiri said, "How would that work? Interpreting body language? If I understand this cold reading thing correctly, one of us would have to talk about something for a bit, and then the other person would ask... questions... No, no, they would give their interpretation of what they'd heard... Ugh!" She huffed in frustration. "I'm not even good at figuring people out when I'm talking normally."

LilFox06 11-16-2009 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by XxSkaterJonasxX (Post 8828275)
Kat look around and spotted Carter. 'Hmmm maybe he needs a partner' she thought to herself as she walked over to him. "Hey need a partner?" She asked him
"Sure do." Carter said. "Want to work together?" he asked her.

atmor 11-17-2009 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by SlytherinSistah (Post 8827053)
"Very good, Miss Toussaint. A point for Ravenclaw and thinkfast!" He said, tossing a soft white puff of marshmallow towards her. "Anyone else?".

"Good, Miss Evans. A point for Hufflepuff and a treat as well." He said handing her another fresh marshmallow from the bag.

"Precisely. And precisely what we'll be doing today." Of all the forms of divination Kapoor was least fond of scrying. It was this unfondness for it that had lead him to avoid it for the past several years or so. Though, he supposed touching on the subject once in a decade wouldn't hurt. "So, students. My always brilliant and eager students, today you will be trying your hand at performing a cold reading upon your fellow classmates. To do this you will need to find someone to pair up with. You both are to each take a turn asking a query and trying to determine an answer or outcome for that query using the techniques often applied in cold readings." Having made the biggest marshmallow kabob he could have possibly made, Kapoor moved over to the center of the space once more to roast it. He remembered that he had no fire and no wand and so he used Tibi's roaring pit which he was closest to at the time.


"
Ken looked around completely puzzeled and obviously partnerless "Hey Professor, wanna partner up?" Kenneth asked while standing and putting his wand in his deep pocket.

Kaytone 11-17-2009 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by The1HBIC (Post 8828235)
"Great, I'm not really sure what we are doing either, guess we will learn together then." Marie sat down next to Kay "So do I ask you a question or do you tell me the question you want to know?" 'How will Kay know if I am going to pass potions?' Marie thought as she remembered the question she had put on her parchment and the picture she had drawn.
"Well I'm not sure. I think I ask you a question and you tell me what it means." Kay said looking at her marshmallow again. yep it was done. "So do you want to go first or do you want me to?"

XxSkaterJonasxX 11-17-2009 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by LilFox06 (Post 8828608)
"Sure do." Carter said. "Want to work together?" he asked her.
"Yeap" she smiled at him "ummm do you know what we have to do though because I was sorta not paying attention" she said to him "I got distracted by the fire" she said

LilFox06 11-17-2009 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by XxSkaterJonasxX (Post 8828703)
"Yeap" she smiled at him "ummm do you know what we have to do though because I was sorta not paying attention" she said to him "I got distracted by the fire" she said
Carter nearly burst our laughing. This is exactly what he wanted to avoid. Oh well. "Same here. Fire is just so hypnotizing. The only thing that I caught were the words 'cold reading'. Maybe he hasn't explained it yet."

Roselyn 11-17-2009 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Lara_the_Firelady (Post 8828174)
''Okay!'' he yelled back, with a lower voice this time, when the respond came from Rose. And he stuffed his parcment, book and quill into his bag, closed it making his way towards the group of Slytherins. 'Snakey, snakey! Hehe!'. Once he was near her he threw his bag next to her and sat down on it grinning at her face. He definitely was so happy and energetic today. ''Here i am, sweet!''
Evelyn smiled sweetly, scooting slightly closer to him while still keeping close to her parchment as well so she could write on it. "Helllloo." she slightly sung out. "Hmm...so you have any clue how to do this 'cold reading' thing?" she spoke, doing the air quotations with her fingers on 'cold reading'. "Because truthfully, I was not paying attention..."

How could she pay attention when there was fire right there!? A stampede of Hippogryhps could run by with a million little pygmy puffs chasing them and she wouldn't hear nor pay attention to them.

XxSkaterJonasxX 11-17-2009 01:25 AM
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Originally Posted by LilFox06 (Post 8828712)
Carter nearly burst our laughing. This is exactly what he wanted to avoid. Oh well. "Same here. Fire is just so hypnotizing. The only thing that I caught were the words 'cold reading'. Maybe he hasn't explained it yet."
"Well the only thing I caught was something about asking questions" She said to Carter. Stupid fire just had to distract her now she doesnt know what to do in class. "I think he did explain it" She said "Maybe we should just see what others are doing and then do the same thing" Kat said

LilFox06 11-17-2009 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by XxSkaterJonasxX (Post 8828935)
"Well the only thing I caught was something about asking questions" She said to Carter. Stupid fire just had to distract her now she doesnt know what to do in class. "I think he did explain it" She said "Maybe we should just see what others are doing and then do the same thing" Kat said
Carter laughed. "Well between the two of us I think we understand half of what we are doing." he said. He looked around. It seemed like everyone was still getting partners. "We can at least do the question part. What did you write down?"

Daffy.Potter 11-17-2009 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Luna Laufghudd (Post 8828353)
Gah. Great, another partnering. Sigh. She truly did not like these things, it always made her feel weird having to find someone. What if you didn't, or the person was just plain strange OR the OTHER person did not like you at all...

She searched but everyone seemed to already have a partner. Until...
Jerking her head around at the call, she saw a girl in need of a partner! She stood up. "ME me meeee!" Miranda imitated the girl, waving her arms like one of those people who directed traffic.
OHWWEEAHH?

Livvy glanced over at a Hufflepuff girl who was flinging her arms into the air like she had done moments ago. Was this girl trying to make fun of her? Tsk tsk. Uncool. But it actually didn't matter. The girl looked funny as she did so and Livvy couldn't help but giggle slightly. "Sure! I'll come over towards you are!" she yelled out cheerfully as she pushed through the people. MOOOOOVE IT, yo.

Once she reached the girl, Livvy extended her hand out. "Hi. I'm Livvy," she said, smiling.

XxSkaterJonasxX 11-17-2009 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by LilFox06 (Post 8828943)
Carter laughed. "Well between the two of us I think we understand half of what we are doing." he said. He looked around. It seemed like everyone was still getting partners. "We can at least do the question part. What did you write down?"
"On the parchment i threw in the fire?" She asked him.

LilFox06 11-17-2009 01:46 AM
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Originally Posted by XxSkaterJonasxX (Post 8828994)
"On the parchment i threw in the fire?" She asked him.
"I think so. Or maybe you can ask another question. I'm not sure if it matters." Carter said wishing he had paid more attention. He looked back at the fire. The distracting fire... It took him a bit to remember what he was doing. "Maybe we should ask someone what's going on."

XxSkaterJonasxX 11-17-2009 01:51 AM
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Originally Posted by LilFox06 (Post 8829035)
"I think so. Or maybe you can ask another question. I'm not sure if it matters." Carter said wishing he had paid more attention. He looked back at the fire. The distracting fire... It took him a bit to remember what he was doing. "Maybe we should ask someone what's going on."
"Yea i think that would be best" Kat said to Carter. "Anyone know what we got to do?" She asked aloud.

Fira 11-17-2009 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by individual (Post 8828734)
Evelyn smiled sweetly, scooting slightly closer to him while still keeping close to her parchment as well so she could write on it. "Helllloo." she slightly sung out. "Hmm...so you have any clue how to do this 'cold reading' thing?" she spoke, doing the air quotations with her fingers on 'cold reading'. "Because truthfully, I was not paying attention..."

How could she pay attention when there was fire right there!? A stampede of Hippogryhps could run by with a million little pygmy puffs chasing them and she wouldn't hear nor pay attention to them.
At firsy Josh only watched her adorable smile than with her singing greeting he snapped back and slipped from his bag finding himself on the grass. ''Wha- what happened?'' he needed to look around to fully comprehend what did happen to him. ''Ah my bag escaped, it got bored there'' and he smiled at Rose rather clumsly ''You said Cold Reading right? Cold reading'' he had to make up his mind too ''Ah yes cold reading. Actually i paid attention while the professor told about it but i could not fully understand it'' *laugh* ''But don't worry i'm the master of divination. I can figure it out'' looking so 'sure of himself' while he spoke he finished his words with a wink.

Luna Laufghudd 11-17-2009 02:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Daffy.Potter (Post 8828944)
OHWWEEAHH?

Livvy glanced over at a Hufflepuff girl who was flinging her arms into the air like she had done moments ago. Was this girl trying to make fun of her? Tsk tsk. Uncool. But it actually didn't matter. The girl looked funny as she did so and Livvy couldn't help but giggle slightly. "Sure! I'll come over towards you are!" she yelled out cheerfully as she pushed through the people. MOOOOOVE IT, yo.

Once she reached the girl, Livvy extended her hand out. "Hi. I'm Livvy," she said, smiling.
Grinning, Miranda was happy that her signalling har been seen. There was afterall so much she could do since her height didn't help much.

Yay a partner!
She was still smilingwhen the girl reached her and took her hand. "Heya Livvy!" Ofcourse, she waved a little with her other hand. "I'm Miranda, nice to meet you!"

And now to the scary part.
"So, um, do you want to start, or should I?" she asked, not really knowing if she was going to do it right. But, eh. She was here to learn, right? Right!

Maxilocks 11-17-2009 02:21 AM
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Originally Posted by My Nehtehleh (Post 8827442)
Nataly turned around when she heard a voice near her, and saw a boy from Gryffindor, Fyo. She saw him on some lessons, but they never talked.
"Yes, no problem." she answered, looking a bit glum. She was sure he'll notice how unenthusiastic she was, but of course he didn't know the reason. He didn't see what she and Copernicus did to the stone gargoyle and corridor near it. At least we didn't get caught. she thought reassuringly, and tried to smile at Fyo.
"That's good, then," Fyo said with a small smile. He noted that she did not look too energetic about the task that lay ahead, but let it pass - after all, more than one student he knew found Divination a titan's job. "I'm Fyo, by the way." If they were going to work as a duo, they ought to know each other's name, right? "Fourth year, Gryffindor."

He held out his hand, paused for a moment, and then queried, "Would you like to ask me a question, first?"

Anna Banana 11-17-2009 03:41 AM
Hmmm...alrighty then. So apparently LouAnn needed a partner...and apparently she was way behind in locating someone to pair up with. She scanned the room and glanced over a few heads, trying to spot someone else standing right by themselves. "Hey...anyone out there need a partner?" she called out, hoping that amongst the chaos, someone out there would hear her and take notice. "Somebody? Anybody?" she asked again. "...partners?"

Rosa Chispa Princessa 11-17-2009 03:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Anna Banana (Post 8829383)
Hmmm...alrighty then. So apparently LouAnn needed a partner...and apparently she was way behind in locating someone to pair up with. She scanned the room and glanced over a few heads, trying to spot someone else standing right by themselves. "Hey...anyone out there need a partner?" she called out, hoping that amongst the chaos, someone out there would hear her and take notice. "Somebody? Anybody?" she asked again. "...partners?"
"What a coincidence, I nees a partner too so why don't we partner together. I'm Fred by the way.", Fred said winking at the cute girl before him.

The1HBIC 11-17-2009 05:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Kaytone (Post 8828695)
"Well I'm not sure. I think I ask you a question and you tell me what it means." Kay said looking at her marshmallow again. yep it was done. "So do you want to go first or do you want me to?"
Not really sure what she was supposed to do, Marie did not want to go first. "Ummmm, you go first, I really don't know what to do here." Hopefully Kay had some idea of what they needed to do or else they were in trouble right from the start.

Roselyn 11-17-2009 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Lara_the_Firelady (Post 8829096)
At firsy Josh only watched her adorable smile than with her singing greeting he snapped back and slipped from his bag finding himself on the grass. ''Wha- what happened?'' he needed to look around to fully comprehend what did happen to him. ''Ah my bag escaped, it got bored there'' and he smiled at Rose rather clumsly ''You said Cold Reading right? Cold reading'' he had to make up his mind too ''Ah yes cold reading. Actually i paid attention while the professor told about it but i could not fully understand it'' *laugh* ''But don't worry i'm the master of divination. I can figure it out'' looking so 'sure of himself' while he spoke he finished his words with a wink.
Evelyn giggled when she watched Josh slip off of his bag. "Smooooth." she drawled out, smiling mischievously at him for a moment and muttering, "I sure hope so." And if he didn't figure whatever they were supposed to do out, then asking the Professor would be the next best thing. Hopefully he didn't take to long in trying to figure the 'cold reading' out...don't want to fall behind or anything.

DH Vixen 11-17-2009 07:42 AM
Mina blinked twice and looked around. She must have been spaced out staring into the fire. Fires did tend to do that to her from time to time. Noticing everyone pairing off, she craned her neck to see if any one else was looking for a partner. Serves you right for spacing out again. Oh yes, the little inner voice was back again. This was going to be quite interesting now. 'Quiet in the peanut gallery!' she scolded the voice as she kept looking for a possible partner again.

TeafortheSoul 11-17-2009 09:55 AM
Cela didn't even hear the call to partner up, she was concentrating so hard on the safe question that she'd decided on so she wouldn't accidentally ask the questions she truly wanted to and get answers she didn't want to know. She got bumped in the head by a marshmallow that had to have come from the professor and she caught it on the rebound. Mmm head flavour.

She nommed it thoughtfully and looked around. What? What were they doing?


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