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Step right in, step right in. The Runes classroom contains no desks, today, but there are big, fluffy cushions, waiting to be sat upon. Professor Markovic sits, cross-legged, at the head of the room on a big, white cushion.
"Take a cushion," she says, cheerfully. "We'll begin in a few minutes."
Class has now begun. Please don't RP your character arriving, or [s]he will be considered late. UPDATE: The students have followed Professor Markovic to the lake.
Lina raised a hand. "Fehu, the rune of wealth, though in some runic readings can also mean fertility because of its connection to abundance. I think it's connected to cattle."
Riley was stunned. She liked his answer?! She was actually smiling at him. He slowly let the ashamed feeling slide off his well clothed back and grinned brightly. He was soooo smart, yep!
Just one rune? He wanted to show off his smartness now. *siiigh* "Professor one rune is Wunjo, and it represents joy, comfort and pleasure." he nodded excitedly. Had someone snuck him a wunjo rune?! "And it looks like a big ole P"
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"Wilkes." Jimmy answered and chewed his lip. How did he go about showing he was not, in fact, excellent? Wrong answers? Blame it on the textbook? Yeah. Textbook.
He picked his book up and opened it then pretended like he was answering from the book.
"Othala which looks like this." He sort of traced the shape in the air, a diamond with two extending tails at its base. "Othala is property. Material wealth and heritage." Pause. "At least thats what it says in the book."
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"So. Can someone tell me the name of a rune - one rune only, please - and what it means, or represents?"
Cora looked over at her rune set and found her favorite rune. She had always liked it ever since she was little and her father bought her her first rune set. It is her favorite because of the way it looks.
She raised her had and said, "Mannaz. It means mankind or human. It also represents the inner self or soul."
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Yeah.
So, the little walk into the wall hurt, like a LOT. Rubbing her forehead, and straightening out her glasses, Destiny took a seat next to Evelyn. Pfffft. She probably had a big bump on her head and it was all Evelyn's FAULT!
Skipping. Who skips?
Missing the first couple of questions, due to a throbbing head, Destiny was ready for the next one, so she raised her hand, "There is the Hagalaz rune. It means weather, or destruction."
Destiny's favorite rune.
Juuust kidding!
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"Bindrunes." Jimmy supplied, the crooked smile back in place. He sat on his hands to stop himself from answering any more. No. He hated runes. And was bad at it. Obviously. Hat had made a mistake.
He was no Ravenclaw.
Wha?
First he stalks her, then he he has to elaborate on her answer. Or, was he correcting her? Was he even talking to her in the first place?
Best not to find out.
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Yes, one of Davina's favourite uses. "It can work like that," Davina confirmed. "There are shops that specialize in such jewellery and artifacts, in fact. I suppose you could say people have made a business out of it."
She looked at the rest of the class. "The three most common uses of runes are divination, correspondence, and channeling magical energy. I will admit, however, that the thing I used runes most often for when a student, was to chew on them when nervous." Rune-biting. Kind of an unintentional spin on nail-biting, you know?
Right.
"So. Can someone tell me the name of a rune - one rune only, please - and what it means, or represents?"
Aaaand then they could get on to the good part.
People made a business out of creating jewelry from rune stones? Well, that didn't seem too hard actually. The fact that making necklaces and such didn't seem too hard either. Possible career choice?
...no.
But, now onto her favorite rune. "There is the Thurisaz rune. It usually represents a force, and normally not a good one either. A warning, or destruction, might be another way to put it." Why that was her favorite? Well she had her reasons of course.
Di nodded. Dark magic, and muggles. Two new points that she had hoped someone would bring up. "Quite correct," she said. "Good answer, Miss..." Yes. Name, please.
"Arline Materia, professor." She nodded as though it mattered. "Or just Lina."
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Once again Rhea's hand went up. She actually remembered a bit of this stuff from previous classes, maybe she wouldn't get a T for NEWTS Runes after all.
"Wunjo, it means Joy."
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Simon had to think for this question, trying to remember back to previous classes where he had dealt with the runes in question. Finally he thought of one he remembered that hadn't previously been mentioned. "The Raido rune meaning journey," he supplied. "It looks like an uppercase R," he added for good measure when he noticed other students pointing this detail out.
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Alice moved around in her cushin, trying to get in a comfortable position, she didn't like it. It was too...soft. Alice prefered durable sitting arrangements, but she guessed this would do. It's better than sitting on the floor. She shrugged and took out her parchment and quill. Alice took a look around her surroundings and scrunched her nose. She would have to get used to this, after all she did like Runes, so it didn't matter where they were sitting.
Alice thought about the question the professor had asked and answered, "A rune could be Haglaz, it's shaped as an H and it means hail, like precipitation." she explained.
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Neptune Bott raised her hand, her little fingers wiggling for the attention of the professor. Really, pretty Professors were so much more preferable to the.... less pretty ones. Ahem, Yoohoo! "Kenaz. Someone told me once that it meant passion, potential and vibrant. He was flirting with me when he told me."
GIGGLE. HE SOOOOoOOOooo was, too. Neptune's eyes closed, her head lowered, going into her 'oh I'm so shy' act.
"So I think it'd prudent to add flirting and/or love notes to your list of uses."
Before lowering her hand, she drew a side-ways V in the air. GIGGLE.
"Isa," Aiden said. "It means ice. It also sounds like ice," Now he wanted to chew on some ice.
Isaz. Proto-Germanic reconstruction. Recorded in all three rune poems. But that was for her to know, right now.
"Right you are, sir," Davina smiled.
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Lina raised a hand. "Fehu, the rune of wealth, though in some runic readings can also mean fertility because of its connection to abundance. I think it's connected to cattle."
"Nourishment, abundance and wealth, among other things," Davina agreed. "You're correct again."
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Just one rune? He wanted to show off his smartness now. *siiigh* "Professor one rune is Wunjo, and it represents joy, comfort and pleasure." he nodded excitedly. Had someone snuck him a wunjo rune?! "And it looks like a big ole P"
Did Mr. Sinclair look a little... excited? Good, good. "Joy and bliss," Di agreed. "Straight line, often a triangle instead of the semi-circle the 'P' our normal alphabet has."
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"Wilkes." Jimmy answered and chewed his lip. How did he go about showing he was not, in fact, excellent? Wrong answers? Blame it on the textbook? Yeah. Textbook.
He picked his book up and opened it then pretended like he was answering from the book.
"Othala which looks like this." He sort of traced the shape in the air, a diamond with two extending tails at its base. "Othala is property. Material wealth and heritage." Pause. "At least thats what it says in the book."
Di smiled. This boy, she found an enigma. "But your mind has something to add, doesn't it, Mr. Wilkes?" She asked. It didn't need a genius to tell that this kid... knew things. She didn't remember bind runes being mentioned in detail, in the standard textbook.
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She raised her had and said, "Mannaz. It means mankind or human. It also represents the inner self or soul."
"Mhhm. Male adult, basically; though it also represents humans, irrespective of gender," Di agreed.
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Missing the first couple of questions, due to a throbbing head, Destiny was ready for the next one, so she raised her hand, "There is the Hagalaz rune. It means weather, or destruction."
Di nodded. "Hagalaz is literally 'precipitation,'" she agreed. "Connected to hail and clime."
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But, now onto her favorite rune. "There is the Thurisaz rune. It usually represents a force, and normally not a good one either. A warning, or destruction, might be another way to put it." Why that was her favorite? Well she had her reasons of course.
Ah yes. Di nodded. "Connected to the god of thunder and destruction, Thor; and the giant and mischief-maker, Loki," she said. That pretty much explained the rune, no?
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Once again Rhea's hand went up. She actually remembered a bit of this stuff from previous classes, maybe she wouldn't get a T for NEWTS Runes after all.
"Wunjo, it means Joy."
"So it does."
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Simon had to think for this question, trying to remember back to previous classes where he had dealt with the runes in question. Finally he thought of one he remembered that hadn't previously been mentioned. "The Raido rune meaning journey," he supplied. "It looks like an uppercase R," he added for good measure when he noticed other students pointing this detail out.
"Ride or journey," Di agreed. "Representation of change and travel, among other things. Right you are."
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"Arline Materia, professor." She nodded as though it mattered. "Or just Lina."
Di nodded. "Miss Materia," she said. Too unlike her to call a student by his or her first name, let alone a nickname.
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Alice thought about the question the professor had asked and answered, "A rune could be Haglaz, it's shaped as an H and it means hail, like precipitation." she explained.
Sort of like an H, yes.
"Hail and precipitation," she nodded.
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Neptune Bott raised her hand, her little fingers wiggling for the attention of the professor. Really, pretty Professors were so much more preferable to the.... less pretty ones. Ahem, Yoohoo! "Kenaz. Someone told me once that it meant passion, potential and vibrant. He was flirting with me when he told me."
GIGGLE. HE SOOOOoOOOooo was, too. Neptune's eyes closed, her head lowered, going into her 'oh I'm so shy' act.
"So I think it'd prudent to add flirting and/or love notes to your list of uses."
Um. Yes. "Torch," Di offered. Literally. Though perhaps torch, flame, that kind of thing... she should not mention it, to this young lady. It would make her even more certain that the 'someone' had been flirting with her - not that it looked as if the girl needed conviction.
Eh? "I... yes. That's quite an, err, creative answer."
Davina might have sounded sliiiightly disapproving.
But yes, time to move on. Di focused her attention on to the rest of the class, and cleared her throat. "It seems you all know a bit about runes," she said. Some more than others, of course. "I'm glad of that. Now, up, up, all of you." She rose to her feet. "Pick up your cushions, form a queue - if you push each other, I will glare at you - and follow me, please."
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Finishing his note writing, Simon looked up as the professor mentioned picking up the cushions and realizing they were moving locations especially when Professor Markovic told them to follow her. Getting up the Gryffindor did as he was told and obediently formed a line with his bag on his shoulder and his cushion under his opposite arm.
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Jenny was so busy writing her notes that she barely noticed the professor telling the class to get their cushions and move to another spot. Quickly putting her stuff away, she picked up her cushion and joined the line that was forming in the classroom.
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Neptune Bott raised her hand, her little fingers wiggling for the attention of the professor. Really, pretty Professors were so much more preferable to the.... less pretty ones. Ahem, Yoohoo! "Kenaz. Someone told me once that it meant passion, potential and vibrant. He was flirting with me when he told me."
GIGGLE. HE SOOOOoOOOooo was, too. Neptune's eyes closed, her head lowered, going into her 'oh I'm so shy' act.
"So I think it'd prudent to add flirting and/or love notes to your list of uses."
Before lowering her hand, she drew a side-ways V in the air. GIGGLE.
Jimmy sunk down into his cushion.
He SO had NOT been flirting with her. He had NOT.
He'd just been laying the foundations for snogging. That was all.
And it had worked.
He drew it backwards in the air. Merkstave even. Because Neptune Bott was unstable.
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[B][color=#DC143C] Di smiled. This boy, she found an enigma. "But your mind has something to add, doesn't it, Mr. Wilkes?" She asked. It didn't need a genius to tell that this kid... knew things. She didn't remember bind runes being mentioned in detail, in the standard textbook.
Um. Yes. "Torch," Di offered. Literally. Though perhaps torch, flame, that kind of thing... she should not mention it, to this young lady. It would make her even more certain that the 'someone' had been flirting with her - not that it looked as if the girl needed conviction.
Eh? "I... yes. That's quite an, err, creative answer."
Davina might have sounded sliiiightly disapproving.
But yes, time to move on. Di focused her attention on to the rest of the class, and cleared her throat. "It seems you all know a bit about runes," she said. Some more than others, of course. "I'm glad of that. Now, up, up, all of you." She rose to her feet. "Pick up your cushions, form a queue - if you push each other, I will glare at you - and follow me, please."
"Err... no. Nothing to add." He answered, a little sulkily. Glancing at the professor when she answered Neptune.
Jimmy stood up and took his cushion, he didn't much mind the idea of a few glares, but he did go quietly.
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Isaz. Proto-Germanic reconstruction. Recorded in all three rune poems. But that was for her to know, right now.
"Right you are, sir," Davina smiled.
"Nourishment, abundance and wealth, among other things," Davina agreed. "You're correct again."
Did Mr. Sinclair look a little... excited? Good, good. "Joy and bliss," Di agreed. "Straight line, often a triangle instead of the semi-circle the 'P' our normal alphabet has."
Di smiled. This boy, she found an enigma. "But your mind has something to add, doesn't it, Mr. Wilkes?" She asked. It didn't need a genius to tell that this kid... knew things. She didn't remember bind runes being mentioned in detail, in the standard textbook.
"Mhhm. Male adult, basically; though it also represents humans, irrespective of gender," Di agreed.
Di nodded. "Hagalaz is literally 'precipitation,'" she agreed. "Connected to hail and clime."
Ah yes. Di nodded. "Connected to the god of thunder and destruction, Thor; and the giant and mischief-maker, Loki," she said. That pretty much explained the rune, no?
"So it does."
"Ride or journey," Di agreed. "Representation of change and travel, among other things. Right you are."
Di nodded. "Miss Materia," she said. Too unlike her to call a student by his or her first name, let alone a nickname.
Sort of like an H, yes.
"Hail and precipitation," she nodded.
Um. Yes. "Torch," Di offered. Literally. Though perhaps torch, flame, that kind of thing... she should not mention it, to this young lady. It would make her even more certain that the 'someone' had been flirting with her - not that it looked as if the girl needed conviction.
Eh? "I... yes. That's quite an, err, creative answer."
Davina might have sounded sliiiightly disapproving.
But yes, time to move on. Di focused her attention on to the rest of the class, and cleared her throat. "It seems you all know a bit about runes," she said. Some more than others, of course. "I'm glad of that. Now, up, up, all of you." She rose to her feet. "Pick up your cushions, form a queue - if you push each other, I will glare at you - and follow me, please."
Alex sighed picking up her cushion and supplies after finishing her notes and followed her Professor carefully.
But yes, time to move on. Di focused her attention on to the rest of the class, and cleared her throat. "It seems you all know a bit about runes," she said. Some more than others, of course. "I'm glad of that. Now, up, up, all of you." She rose to her feet. "Pick up your cushions, form a queue - if you push each other, I will glare at you - and follow me, please."
Freya finished taking notes and she walked to the queue to pick up her cushions with her bag in her right shoulder before she followed Professor Markovic
But yes, time to move on. Di focused her attention on to the rest of the class, and cleared her throat. "It seems you all know a bit about runes," she said. Some more than others, of course. "I'm glad of that. Now, up, up, all of you." She rose to her feet. "Pick up your cushions, form a queue - if you push each other, I will glare at you - and follow me, please."
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Aiden took his pencil and notebook up and followed.
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