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First lesson since his most recent return to Hogwarts and Ethan Truebridge was sitting at his desk in the front of the classroom, a magical gramophone sat on his desk, the soundtrack of Les Misérables playing quietly.
The blackboard was apparently 'singing' along, as the words were sung on the record, in runic the translations appeared on the board and then disappeared again moments later.
Truebridge ignored it and kept his hazel-green eyes on the door, watching as the students began to file in.
"Sit wherever you like. Four to six people at each table if you please."
SPOILER!!: classroom description
The classroom is bright and airy, very clean and comfortable. There are no desks in this classroom, rather there are several wooden tables which would fit between four and six students quite comfortably. The tables are arranged rather higgledy piggledy, all out of alignment with each other and yet there is plenty of room to weave through the tables and walk up to the front of the classroom, or down to the back.
The front of the classroom has a large blackboard, charmed to write on itself,and when it isn't taking notes it quite often it has something to say, though you'll need to transcribe it from runic to English to make any sense of it. Truebridge also has a desk at the front of the class, set to one side, and a perfect view of all the tables arranged haphazardly around the room.
At the back of the classroom, set to one side, there is the door out into the corridor. Along the back wall there is a large bookshelf almost overflowing with books, mostly old, all very well taken care of. You're welcome to look at any of these books but if any harm befalls the tomes, there will be a severe price to pay. A long and comfortable couch takes up the rest of the back wall.
The windows along the remaining side, opposite the door and Truebridge's desk have soft white curtains that are almost transparent. When pulled they simply diffuse the light and ensure it is not too bright, allowing the room to stay bright and lit at all times. The window frames are the most interesting, if you go and inspect them, all of the exposed wood has been painstakingly carved with runes, mostly bindrunes and rune charms, set in ligature and carved then stained red. These have all been activated and almost thrum under your fingertips. No cold will pass these windows, no student will fall to their deaths. It is a barrier of safety and of comfort, and a good example of runic magic. The door into the classroom is similarly marked.
ooc note: Please note that class has finished. The thread will be open for a short time longer to allow everyone to complete the last task. Please read the following posts to catch up with the lesson, or the latest one if you wish to jump in on the current activity/question. Not all of Truebridge's posts are included here, just those relevant to the progression of the lesson.
"We're going to get started on the carving. There are two ways to carve runes and to make them magical. One is with your wand, and one is without. Does anyone have a preference as to which they'd like to learn, or would you perhaps like to hear both and choose which you'd like to do?"
Draven raised his hand,
"Uh professor, i personally would like to hear about both ways if you dont mind sir" he said.
Although Draven was still getting used to his wand he wanted to learn the other way as well and go with what he felt was more natural.
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Emily pondered the Professors question.
First of all she had decided that she would engrave the runes: Fehu- for success and achieveing goals, Kenaz- for inspiration -enlightenment and as a study aid, and Uruz- for understanding - willpower -passion and dedication.
Emily put her hand up to gain to Professors attention. "Professor I would love to learn how to engrave runes using magic", she called over the noise of the classroom.
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Truebridge was letting him... leave? But... but... she didn't want him to leave. She wanted him to stay. Maybe he wouldn't go, maybe he would decide to stay in class and just ignore Neptune and whatever it was that had been going on there.
She looked back over at Jim only to feel her heart drop. He was actually leaving and the only person he looked at was Lexi. Right, obviously the girlfriend was the invisible one here. Why should she know anything that was going on?
She watched as he walked out the door. She was tempted herself to follow him and make sure he was alright but knew she couldn't. She was already behind in the class and she needed to learn all she could if she was going to pass that blasted OWL.
Turning back she seen Neptune leaving too. Great, she was probably going to follow Jimmy and continue whatever it was they had going on here.
Sinking back into her seat and closing her book Marie didn't even bother answering the question Truebs had asked. Then again, she didn't even remember what it was. She really didn't care much now, she just wanted class to be over so she could find Jimmy.
Yeah, she was gonna be pretty useless in this class now.
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"I was speaking of the shape of each rune symbol themselves, however it would be an interesting experiement, Kurumi." Truebridge answered. "Certainly what you carve the rune into has some bearing on the magic, so it would make sense for the shape of what you carve the rune symbol into to have some bearing in a magical sense at least."
As for everyone else.
"I know that some of the concepts are hard to get your mind around. But we'll begin now by opening our books to chapter five." He waited for the books to open and then continued.
"The twenty four runes of the Elder Futhark are listed here, along with a few magical and divinatory meanings associated with each one. The tables you are sitting at are each made of wood and I think are rather bare. So today we're going to choose runes to carve into the tables, based on the magical associations of each rune, and activate the magic of each one, hopefully to provide beneficial effects on your learning."
Yes. They'd be carving up the furniture.
"So take a look at the list. What kind of runes do you think would be good to carve into a desk that you do schoolwork on? What kind of effects would you think might be beneficial? Put your hand up if you can see one here, and do feel free to think outside the box, there is a lot of opportunity for that. You're welcome to say a rune someone else has said, but do try to share a different magical association to that rune as well as why you think it'd be
useful."
Kurumi gawked at Professor Truebridge in utter shock. She had received a very stern talking to by one of her non-magical teacher for drawing on her desk and now this man was giving them the opportunity to carve runes into their desks!? Kurumi wasn't sure if she should feel elated or in utter shock. It was like ever child's dream to deface school property and not get in trouble, or something like that.
Flipping open her textbook, Kurumi scanned the various runes to see which, if any, she would fide useful. "Fehu would be very useful as it implies acheiving goals, fruitful endeavours, hardwork paying off. I hate to put effort into my studies only to find that they be in vain. So, Fehu would help make that effort successful." She began looking at the very first rune mentioned. "Uruz would also be good because it would help me finish things quickly not to mention Thurisaz as it will help me with hardships and bring out the knowledge in my mind that may be locked away..." Kurumi was beginning to think that all the runes in the textbook could be useful. "Ansuz could protect me from any colds my classmates may have. If someone were to cough on a quill and then I borrowed it, Ansuz could ward off the illness for example." Kurumi scanned the rest of the page. "Professor, if there was no limit as to how many runes one may use, I think one could find every single one of these useful." Could she carve all of them into her desk? It would make for a very intricate design.
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He turned his attention to the class itself.
"We're going to get started on the carving. There are two ways to carve runes and to make them magical. One is with your wand, and one is without. Does anyone have a preference as to which they'd like to learn, or would you perhaps like to hear both and choose which you'd like to do?"
Seeing as she had grown up doing things the non-magical way, Kurumi wasn't too keen on using a chisel to etch each run into her desk. Still, if others were interested in seeing a demonstration, she wouldn't take that away from them. Personally, she would rather learn the magical way. "Professor, both would probably be useful to learn just in case, you know, we are without our wands for some reason."
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"What specifically about Uruz would be effective?" Truebridge asked. "Kenaz would be helpful for working yes.""We're going to get started on the carving. There are two ways to carve runes and to make them magical. One is with your wand, and one is without. Does anyone have a preference as to which they'd like to learn, or would you perhaps like to hear both and choose which you'd like to do?"
"Well I guess passion and speed, passion so we enjoy our work, and speed so were not hear till Christmas" Kate giggled, those were both good things, awesome.
Katie thought, MAN THIS WAS A HARD QUESTION, hmmm, "Well I think the magic way so we can learn some magic while we do it" She said, cause learning magic was awesome, and that was one of the reasons why she was at Hogwarts!
"We're going to get started on the carving. There are two ways to carve runes and to make them magical. One is with your wand, and one is without. Does anyone have a preference as to which they'd like to learn, or would you perhaps like to hear both and choose which you'd like to do?"
Chris knew she was about to sound like a total nerd, but forced herself to say it anyway. "Um..can we learn both ways please, sir? You never know when you might be caught without a wand."
Truebridge only watched for a moment as the Ravenclaws left and then he turned his attention back to his class and the students that deserved his attention. Through the entire ordeal 'the confrontation' had been playing in the background.
And he did think they were mad.
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Salander started to raise his head to nod then stopped, instead tilting his head. "Mooncalf dung and chocolates...that'd work really?" He paused then added "Is that because they got the same color?"
He had to ask.....
And he winced at the second part a bit. Everybody tells him 'be nice to the Whomping Willow'. Nobody says 'be nice to Salander'. Preferential treatment thats what it was. And this Slytherin lad aint givin' it nuthin'.
The next thing the Professor says pushed all the dung-like chocolate out of his head because they were gonna be carving up the furniture! Perhaps for the first time ever Salander eagerly opened up a book and looked into the Runes list. They should seem familiar to the him now, but after a few seconds his eyes glazed over and the runes and the words started to just mix together. He looked back up at the Professor and raised his hand "Uhrmm.... The Tiwaz rune..... because it looks like an arrow pointing up and thats kinda where I want my grades to go."
Not to mention its heck easy to carve an arrow. he does it all the time
"No Salander, I can't say I know why the tree likes chocolate, but the mooncalf dung is fairly obvious." He paused. "It's a particularly excellent fertiliser."
And ah. Tiwaz?
"I too would like to see your grades up." Truebridge responded. "And Tiwaz would help you to strengthen your resolve to do so, and perhaps compete against your classmates too."
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Raven seem head blank, he seem idiot, embarrass by himself, He nodded to professor, "Sorry, Professor" he say, "I shall carve the Isa symbol in this table anyway. please Professor, tell us how to do, Raven smile, ohh, firstie encounter.
"Why Isa? How does Isa provide benefit in a learning environment?" Truebridge encouraged the student to think about it.
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Truebridge was letting him... leave? But... but... she didn't want him to leave. She wanted him to stay. Maybe he wouldn't go, maybe he would decide to stay in class and just ignore Neptune and whatever it was that had been going on there.
She looked back over at Jim only to feel her heart drop. He was actually leaving and the only person he looked at was Lexi. Right, obviously the girlfriend was the invisible one here. Why should she know anything that was going on?
She watched as he walked out the door. She was tempted herself to follow him and make sure he was alright but knew she couldn't. She was already behind in the class and she needed to learn all she could if she was going to pass that blasted OWL.
Turning back she seen Neptune leaving too. Great, she was probably going to follow Jimmy and continue whatever it was they had going on here.
Sinking back into her seat and closing her book Marie didn't even bother answering the question Truebs had asked. Then again, she didn't even remember what it was. She really didn't care much now, she just wanted class to be over so she could find Jimmy.
Yeah, she was gonna be pretty useless in this class now.
Truebridge walked over to Marie and quietly, without a word, opened her book to the correct page again. He tapped the page and stepped away.
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Kurumi gawked at Professor Truebridge in utter shock. She had received a very stern talking to by one of her non-magical teacher for drawing on her desk and now this man was giving them the opportunity to carve runes into their desks!? Kurumi wasn't sure if she should feel elated or in utter shock. It was like ever child's dream to deface school property and not get in trouble, or something like that.
Flipping open her textbook, Kurumi scanned the various runes to see which, if any, she would fide useful. "Fehu would be very useful as it implies acheiving goals, fruitful endeavours, hardwork paying off. I hate to put effort into my studies only to find that they be in vain. So, Fehu would help make that effort successful." She began looking at the very first rune mentioned. "Uruz would also be good because it would help me finish things quickly not to mention Thurisaz as it will help me with hardships and bring out the knowledge in my mind that may be locked away..." Kurumi was beginning to think that all the runes in the textbook could be useful. "Ansuz could protect me from any colds my classmates may have. If someone were to cough on a quill and then I borrowed it, Ansuz could ward off the illness for example." Kurumi scanned the rest of the page. "Professor, if there was no limit as to how many runes one may use, I think one could find every single one of these useful." Could she carve all of them into her desk? It would make for a very intricate design.
Seeing as she had grown up doing things the non-magical way, Kurumi wasn't too keen on using a chisel to etch each run into her desk. Still, if others were interested in seeing a demonstration, she wouldn't take that away from them. Personally, she would rather learn the magical way. Seeing as her classmates were giving mixed opinions, Kurumi just decided to sit back and wait.
"Clever conclusions Kurumi. And you're right, every rune is useful in its own way."
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"Well I guess passion and speed, passion so we enjoy our work, and speed so were not hear till Christmas" Kate giggled, those were both good things, awesome.
Katie thought, MAN THIS WAS A HARD QUESTION, hmmm, "Well I think the magic way so we can learn some magic while we do it" She said, cause learning magic was awesome, and that was one of the reasons why she was at Hogwarts!
"Yes. Passion and speed. Thank you Katie." Truebridge answered, deadpan.
"I shall teach you both and you can practice whichever you like. We'll practice on spare pieces of wood and when you are confident of which method you prefer, we'll work on the tables." Truebridge conjured a piece of wood and simply duplicated it, passing it out by charming one piece to float over to each student and come to a gentle rest on the table in front of them. "Please collect some gloves and goggles from this box here. You must wear these." He summoned a box and placed it on his desk. Eh. If it were up to him he'd let them go to it without worry about protective gear but apparently parents got jumpy about such things these days.
"We'll begin with the magical method. Some of you may remember a similar sounding spell from a class I taught on Kappa a few years back. The incantation is 'Intaglio', and the wand movement is simply moving your wand against the surface exactly where you wish to cut. The trick with the intent here is that you need to keep in mind the rune you are attempting to carve. Concentrate on the meaning and on the name of the rune, repeating it over and over until you are done. For example, if I wished to carve Uruz, I would touch my wand to the wood, and say' Intaglio Uruz uruz uruz uruz uruz...' until I have completed the shape of the Uruz rune." He paused.
"So the incantation and the intent changes as you carve different runes. Is that understood? You may practice on the pieces of wood I handed out just now, but you may not cut into the table yet. Furthermore, you'll find that the worst that will happen as far as injuring yourself goes, is a cut and a bit of blood, you certainly won't severe a finger or anything of that sort. It isn't that sort of spell. But of course you'll all be particularly careful won't you? "
ooc: going to leave it here for a bit. Feel free to practice the spell and carve up your bit of wood. Anyone not wearing the provided gloves and goggles will be in a lot of trouble IC. Truebridge will be around to check people's work and provide help. Remember, no carving the table just yet.
"Thats true. Raidho and Hagalaz are good choices for those very reasons as well as a few others. Good thinking."
He turned his attention to the class itself.
"We're going to get started on the carving. There are two ways to carve runes and to make them magical. One is with your wand, and one is without. Does anyone have a preference as to which they'd like to learn, or would you perhaps like to hear both and choose which you'd like to do?"[/color][/font]
Selina beamed when the teacher acknowledged her choices. Ancient Runes was shaping up to be a positive experience with Selina. She enjoyed what she had learned so far, the teacher was engaging, and from what she understood about the material it was fascinating.
When he mentioned the different carving techniques she grabbed her phoenix feather quill and began to listen to his explanation. She was actually intrigued by all of this material. In fact she was so interested she raised her hand to answer his seemingly rhetorical question, "Um, Professor would you mind explaining both? If you would."
Satine lead the pack and headed up to the desk and grabbed some goggles and some...ghastly...looking gloves and headed back to her spot. She glanced at her piece of wood and then back in the book trying to figure out which rune to start with. She looked down trying to find a rune that matched her right now. Surely that would be the easiest one to carve...right...
Finally she found the one she liked in the list. She practiced saying the incantation and then with a flick of her right wrist her wand shot out into her had from the wrist holster and she practiced just the movements concentrating on seeing the rune being drawn on the block of wood.
She took a deep breath and glanced at the rune one more time...alright here goes...she said, "Intaglio." and began making the movements to create the Sowilo rune...afterall it just looked like a crooked s so it couldn't be that hard to mess up...she focused on it making sure to make straight movements in the usually curved parts of the s.
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Originally Posted by Con_Stripes
"I was speaking of the shape of each rune symbol themselves, however it would be an interesting experiement, Kurumi." Truebridge answered. "Certainly what you carve the rune into has some bearing on the magic, so it would make sense for the shape of what you carve the rune symbol into to have some bearing in a magical sense at least."
As for everyone else.
"I know that some of the concepts are hard to get your mind around. But we'll begin now by opening our books to chapter five." He waited for the books to open and then continued.
"The twenty four runes of the Elder Futhark are listed here, along with a few magical and divinatory meanings associated with each one. The tables you are sitting at are each made of wood and I think are rather bare. So today we're going to choose runes to carve into the tables, based on the magical associations of each rune, and activate the magic of each one, hopefully to provide beneficial effects on your learning."
Yes. They'd be carving up the furniture.
"So take a look at the list. What kind of runes do you think would be good to carve into a desk that you do schoolwork on? What kind of effects would you think might be beneficial? Put your hand up if you can see one here, and do feel free to think outside the box, there is a lot of opportunity for that. You're welcome to say a rune someone else has said, but do try to share a different magical association to that rune as well as why you think it'd be
useful."
Carve on the table? thought Helena, looking around for more puzzled expressions. But it was a good idea, activating the magic of each one. She opened her book and looked at the runes. She raised her hand slightly. "I think I will carve Ansuz and Wunjo, wisdom and motivation."
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He turned his attention to the class itself.
"We're going to get started on the carving. There are two ways to carve runes and to make them magical. One is with your wand, and one is without. Does anyone have a preference as to which they'd like to learn, or would you perhaps like to hear both and choose which you'd like to do?"
Helena thought about this for a moment. "I would like to learn the both ways," she said, raising her hand.
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"I shall teach you both and you can practice whichever you like. We'll practice on spare pieces of wood and when you are confident of which method you prefer, we'll work on the tables." Truebridge conjured a piece of wood and simply duplicated it, passing it out by charming one piece to float over to each student and come to a gentle rest on the table in front of them. "Please collect some gloves and goggles from this box here. You must wear these." He summoned a box and placed it on his desk. Eh. If it were up to him he'd let them go to it without worry about protective gear but apparently parents got jumpy about such things these days.
"We'll begin with the magical method. Some of you may remember a similar sounding spell from a class I taught on Kappa a few years back. The incantation is 'Intaglio', and the wand movement is simply moving your wand against the surface exactly where you wish to cut. The trick with the intent here is that you need to keep in mind the rune you are attempting to carve. Concentrate on the meaning and on the name of the rune, repeating it over and over until you are done. For example, if I wished to carve Uruz, I would touch my wand to the wood, and say' Intaglio Uruz uruz uruz uruz uruz...' until I have completed the shape of the Uruz rune." He paused.
"So the incantation and the intent changes as you carve different runes. Is that understood? You may practice on the pieces of wood I handed out just now, but you may not cut into the table yet. Furthermore, you'll find that the worst that will happen as far as injuring yourself goes, is a cut and a bit of blood, you certainly won't severe a finger or anything of that sort. It isn't that sort of spell. But of course you'll all be particularly careful won't you? "
Helena took the gloves and goggles and took out her wand. She pointed it to the piece of wood and murmured "Intaglio," and began to carve Ansuz. It really works, she thought enthusiastically. She moved a little bit her wand and said again "Intaglio," now carving Wunjo.
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"I shall teach you both and you can practice whichever you like. We'll practice on spare pieces of wood and when you are confident of which method you prefer, we'll work on the tables." Truebridge conjured a piece of wood and simply duplicated it, passing it out by charming one piece to float over to each student and come to a gentle rest on the table in front of them. "Please collect some gloves and goggles from this box here. You must wear these." He summoned a box and placed it on his desk. Eh. If it were up to him he'd let them go to it without worry about protective gear but apparently parents got jumpy about such things these days.
"We'll begin with the magical method. Some of you may remember a similar sounding spell from a class I taught on Kappa a few years back. The incantation is 'Intaglio', and the wand movement is simply moving your wand against the surface exactly where you wish to cut. The trick with the intent here is that you need to keep in mind the rune you are attempting to carve. Concentrate on the meaning and on the name of the rune, repeating it over and over until you are done. For example, if I wished to carve Uruz, I would touch my wand to the wood, and say' Intaglio Uruz uruz uruz uruz uruz...' until I have completed the shape of the Uruz rune." He paused.
"So the incantation and the intent changes as you carve different runes. Is that understood? You may practice on the pieces of wood I handed out just now, but you may not cut into the table yet. Furthermore, you'll find that the worst that will happen as far as injuring yourself goes, is a cut and a bit of blood, you certainly won't severe a finger or anything of that sort. It isn't that sort of spell. But of course you'll all be particularly careful won't you? "
ooc: going to leave it here for a bit. Feel free to practice the spell and carve up your bit of wood. Anyone not wearing the provided gloves and goggles will be in a lot of trouble IC. Truebridge will be around to check people's work and provide help. Remember, no carving the table just yet.
*Taking a pair of goggles and gloves Matty put them on. Taking the bit of wood he looked it over then pointed his wand to the wood.
Intaglio Mannaz... mannaz, mannaz, mannaz
*After a few moments he pulled his wand back to see the rune cared into the wood. It was faint but there. Matty Smiled proudly and flipped the wood over trying it again.*
Chris reluctantly summoned the protective gear over to her table and put them on, now doubt looking like an idiot. At least she wouldn't get yelled at. She placed the tip of her wand on the plank that had been given to her and began to mutter, "Intaglio Wunjo, wunjo, wunjo, wunjo..." continuing until the flag-looking rune lay before her. Success, motivation, completion of tasks, going over the top. Exactly what she wanted to be known for. She continued to carve in the plank. Tiwaz to strengthen the will. Mannaz for intelligence and forethought. Dagaz for clarity. Kenaz, so that she could have a passion for what she was doing. Fehu for acheiving goals, and so that her hard work may pay off. After several minutes of slow, careful work, she removed her gloves and goggles, stroking the lines of each symbol with her fingertip. She was beginning to like this class.
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"I shall teach you both and you can practice whichever you like. We'll practice on spare pieces of wood and when you are confident of which method you prefer, we'll work on the tables." Truebridge conjured a piece of wood and simply duplicated it, passing it out by charming one piece to float over to each student and come to a gentle rest on the table in front of them. "Please collect some gloves and goggles from this box here. You must wear these." He summoned a box and placed it on his desk. Eh. If it were up to him he'd let them go to it without worry about protective gear but apparently parents got jumpy about such things these days.
"We'll begin with the magical method. Some of you may remember a similar sounding spell from a class I taught on Kappa a few years back. The incantation is 'Intaglio', and the wand movement is simply moving your wand against the surface exactly where you wish to cut. The trick with the intent here is that you need to keep in mind the rune you are attempting to carve. Concentrate on the meaning and on the name of the rune, repeating it over and over until you are done. For example, if I wished to carve Uruz, I would touch my wand to the wood, and say' Intaglio Uruz uruz uruz uruz uruz...' until I have completed the shape of the Uruz rune." He paused.
"So the incantation and the intent changes as you carve different runes. Is that understood? You may practice on the pieces of wood I handed out just now, but you may not cut into the table yet. Furthermore, you'll find that the worst that will happen as far as injuring yourself goes, is a cut and a bit of blood, you certainly won't severe a finger or anything of that sort. It isn't that sort of spell. But of course you'll all be particularly careful won't you? "
ooc: going to leave it here for a bit. Feel free to practice the spell and carve up your bit of wood. Anyone not wearing the provided gloves and goggles will be in a lot of trouble IC. Truebridge will be around to check people's work and provide help. Remember, no carving the table just yet.[/FONT][/COLOR]
Adam looked around at the other students and followed suit.Getting up to the front he grabbed some gloves and goggles and wiped out his wand. This would be his first time trying something in class.
Glancing around he soon caught on to what was needed to be done.
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"Clever conclusions Kurumi. And you're right, every rune is useful in its own way."
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"I shall teach you both and you can practice whichever you like. We'll practice on spare pieces of wood and when you are confident of which method you prefer, we'll work on the tables." Truebridge conjured a piece of wood and simply duplicated it, passing it out by charming one piece to float over to each student and come to a gentle rest on the table in front of them. "Please collect some gloves and goggles from this box here. You must wear these." He summoned a box and placed it on his desk. Eh. If it were up to him he'd let them go to it without worry about protective gear but apparently parents got jumpy about such things these days.
"We'll begin with the magical method. Some of you may remember a similar sounding spell from a class I taught on Kappa a few years back. The incantation is 'Intaglio', and the wand movement is simply moving your wand against the surface exactly where you wish to cut. The trick with the intent here is that you need to keep in mind the rune you are attempting to carve. Concentrate on the meaning and on the name of the rune, repeating it over and over until you are done. For example, if I wished to carve Uruz, I would touch my wand to the wood, and say' Intaglio Uruz uruz uruz uruz uruz...' until I have completed the shape of the Uruz rune." He paused.
"So the incantation and the intent changes as you carve different runes. Is that understood? You may practice on the pieces of wood I handed out just now, but you may not cut into the table yet. Furthermore, you'll find that the worst that will happen as far as injuring yourself goes, is a cut and a bit of blood, you certainly won't severe a finger or anything of that sort. It isn't that sort of spell. But of course you'll all be particularly careful won't you? "
ooc: going to leave it here for a bit. Feel free to practice the spell and carve up your bit of wood. Anyone not wearing the provided gloves and goggles will be in a lot of trouble IC. Truebridge will be around to check people's work and provide help. Remember, no carving the table just yet.
Kurumi took a pair of goggles and put them on her face only to find that they were five times the size that they should be and were certainly not going to do a good job at protecting her with them falling off her face. Putting those back, she picked up another pair that were just a tad big, but seemed fitting for the task at hand. After picking up a piece of wood and a pair of gloves, Kurumi began to return to her seat when she felt a knot form in her stomach as she remembered nearly setting her desk on fire last term in Transfiguration. A carving spell wouldn't set things on fire, would it?
Setting her piece of wood on the table, Kurumi flipped through her textbook for what looked like was the simplest of the runes to try out first. "OK, Kenaz it is," she said to herself. No argument there. Taking a deep breath, Kurumi pointed her wand at the wood and first just went through the movements of the spell without saying anything aloud. After a few practice runs like thing, Kurumi took another deep breath. Here goes nothing. "Intaglio Kenaz kenaz kenaz kenaz kenaz kenazkenaz kenazkenaz kenaz..." Things were going smoothly, until that last kenaz when Kurumi's piece of wood shot off from her desk, smacked right the chalkboard, and went shooting off back towards the class. Hopefully it wouldn't hit anyone...Kurumi couldn't deal with more drama at the moment...
Kurumi's head shot around and searched the sky for the piece of wood. "W-W-Watch out!" she whimpered.
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"I shall teach you both and you can practice whichever you like. We'll practice on spare pieces of wood and when you are confident of which method you prefer, we'll work on the tables." Truebridge conjured a piece of wood and simply duplicated it, passing it out by charming one piece to float over to each student and come to a gentle rest on the table in front of them. "Please collect some gloves and goggles from this box here. You must wear these." He summoned a box and placed it on his desk. Eh. If it were up to him he'd let them go to it without worry about protective gear but apparently parents got jumpy about such things these days.
"We'll begin with the magical method. Some of you may remember a similar sounding spell from a class I taught on Kappa a few years back. The incantation is 'Intaglio', and the wand movement is simply moving your wand against the surface exactly where you wish to cut. The trick with the intent here is that you need to keep in mind the rune you are attempting to carve. Concentrate on the meaning and on the name of the rune, repeating it over and over until you are done. For example, if I wished to carve Uruz, I would touch my wand to the wood, and say' Intaglio Uruz uruz uruz uruz uruz...' until I have completed the shape of the Uruz rune." He paused.
"So the incantation and the intent changes as you carve different runes. Is that understood? You may practice on the pieces of wood I handed out just now, but you may not cut into the table yet. Furthermore, you'll find that the worst that will happen as far as injuring yourself goes, is a cut and a bit of blood, you certainly won't severe a finger or anything of that sort. It isn't that sort of spell. But of course you'll all be particularly careful won't you? "
ooc: going to leave it here for a bit. Feel free to practice the spell and carve up your bit of wood. Anyone not wearing the provided gloves and goggles will be in a lot of trouble IC. Truebridge will be around to check people's work and provide help. Remember, no carving the table just yet.[/FONT]
Selina grabbed the wood that floated over in front of her in the classroom. The teacher had given very direct instructions and so in suit Selina would follow them.
She rose from her seat and went over to the box and grabbed gloves and a pair of goggles. Returning to her seat she prepared all of her safety needs by putting on the gloves and goggles. When she was done she pulled out her wand and began, "Intaglio raidho, raidho, raidho, raidho, raidho, raidho, raidho..." she continued to chant until the rune was complete.
She beamed with pride. The fact that she had completed her first piece of school work was remarkable. Now her journey truly began at Hogwarts.
After her moment she went on to practice an array of other runes.
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Kurumi took a pair of goggles and put them on her face only to find that they were five times the size that they should be and were certainly not going to do a good job at protecting her with them falling off her face. Putting those back, she picked up another pair that were just a tad big, but seemed fitting for the task at hand. After picking up a piece of wood and a pair of gloves, Kurumi began to return to her seat when she felt a knot form in her stomach as she remembered nearly setting her desk on fire last term in Transfiguration. A carving spell wouldn't set things on fire, would it?
Setting her piece of wood on the table, Kurumi flipped through her textbook for what looked like was the simplest of the runes to try out first. "OK, Kenaz it is," she said to herself. No argument there. Taking a deep breath, Kurumi pointed her wand at the wood and first just went through the movements of the spell without saying anything aloud. After a few practice runs like thing, Kurumi took another deep breath. Here goes nothing. "Intaglio Kenaz kenaz kenaz kenaz kenaz kenazkenaz kenazkenaz kenaz..." Things were going smoothly, until that last kenaz when Kurumi's piece of wood shot off from her desk, smacked right the chalkboard, and went shooting off back towards the class. Hopefully it wouldn't hit anyone...Kurumi couldn't deal with more drama at the moment...
Kurumi's head shot around and searched the sky for the piece of wood. "W-W-Watch out!" she whimpered.
Adam was so concentrated on his work he hadn't heard Kurumi calling out for people to watch over themselves. He looked up last second and saw a long piece of wood zooming his way. With no time to react he barely got down but the wood hit the corner of his forehead.Grabbing his forehead in pain, he laid on the floor, writhing in pain.
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Originally Posted by Con_Stripes
Truebridge only watched for a moment as the Ravenclaws left and then he turned his attention back to his class and the students that deserved his attention. Through the entire ordeal 'the confrontation' had been playing in the background.
"I shall teach you both and you can practice whichever you like. We'll practice on spare pieces of wood and when you are confident of which method you prefer, we'll work on the tables." Truebridge conjured a piece of wood and simply duplicated it, passing it out by charming one piece to float over to each student and come to a gentle rest on the table in front of them. "Please collect some gloves and goggles from this box here. You must wear these." He summoned a box and placed it on his desk. Eh. If it were up to him he'd let them go to it without worry about protective gear but apparently parents got jumpy about such things these days.
"We'll begin with the magical method. Some of you may remember a similar sounding spell from a class I taught on Kappa a few years back. The incantation is 'Intaglio', and the wand movement is simply moving your wand against the surface exactly where you wish to cut. The trick with the intent here is that you need to keep in mind the rune you are attempting to carve. Concentrate on the meaning and on the name of the rune, repeating it over and over until you are done. For example, if I wished to carve Uruz, I would touch my wand to the wood, and say' Intaglio Uruz uruz uruz uruz uruz...' until I have completed the shape of the Uruz rune." He paused.
"So the incantation and the intent changes as you carve different runes. Is that understood? You may practice on the pieces of wood I handed out just now, but you may not cut into the table yet. Furthermore, you'll find that the worst that will happen as far as injuring yourself goes, is a cut and a bit of blood, you certainly won't severe a finger or anything of that sort. It isn't that sort of spell. But of course you'll all be particularly careful won't you? "
ooc: going to leave it here for a bit. Feel free to practice the spell and carve up your bit of wood. Anyone not wearing the provided gloves and goggles will be in a lot of trouble IC. Truebridge will be around to check people's work and provide help. Remember, no carving the table just yet.
Emily appraoched the front of the class and collected a pair of protective goggles and gloves, then hurried back to her seat where she peered down at the plank of wood she would be practicing on. After securing the goggles over her eyes and pulling on the pair of gloves Emily held her wand to the peice of wood, after clearing her throat lightly she repeated the incantation, "Intaglio fehu fehu fehu fehu fehu fehu fehu..." Emily was concentrating hard on the meaning and the emotion of the rune. As she did this she traced the shape of the Fehu rune on the wood,and remarkably enough slowly it began to scratch into the surface, deepening the longer she traced it.
Emily stood back from her work when she was complete. A smile stretched across her face, "I did it!" she said tracing her finger over the shape of the rune.
Emily picked up her wand again and continued practicing with other runes. "Intaglio uruz uruz uruz uruz uruz..."
Carving. Perfect. With gloves and goggles, not so exciting. But necessary. Although he preferred the non-magical method of carving anything from wood, this was sure to be interesting as well. Gathering the safety equipment and his piece of wood and shuffled a little so he was beside Arya and Ivan. He couldn't help the grin that took over his expression as he drew on the goggles and wiggled his eyebrows like a mad-scientist. "Carving. Excellent."
With a snap he had the gloves on and his fingers wiggling before they drew out his wand. Yes, he was excited. Very much so. It reminded him of camping all over again and that was something he dearly missed. Another grin was shot over to Arya before he pointed his wand and touched it to the wood, starting out with 'Intaglo'. Then, with a bit of a bounce he began the incantation, using the words as one of the beats he had danced with Arya to. "Thurisaz-Thurisaz-Thurisaz...Thurisaz-Thurisaz...Thurisaz, Thurisaz-Thurisaz...Thurisaz, Thurisaz, Thurisaz..." And the run may have been starting to come out a bit more wonky as if it itself was set to dancing upon the wood. At least it was happy, if not a little sloppy?
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Adam was so concentrated on his work he hadn't heard Kurumi calling out for people to watch over themselves. He looked up last second and saw a long piece of wood zooming his way. With no time to react he barely got down but the wood hit the corner of his forehead.Grabbing his forehead in pain, he laid on the floor, writhing in pain.
"AHHH!!!"He screamed, one eye half covered.
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Kurumi watched in horror as her practice piece of wood smacked Adam right in the forehead. At least it hadn't poked his eye out...wait...he was wearing goggles, right? "Adam! Are you alright?! I'm so sorry," Kurumi said leaning over him.
First cookie dough carrying birds and now attack by wood chip.
Adam's forehead was beginning to swell a bit where the wood and first smacked into him, so that needed to be attended to first. Reaching into her pocket, Kurumi pulled out her handkerchief and pointed her wand at it."A-A-Aguamenti," she whimpered as a small stream of water came out of her wand and soaked her handkerchief. After a quick freezing charm, Kurumi set the now ice cold handkerchief on his forehead. "Here, that should help a little..."
Ug, she really didn't need this right now. Her nerves were already shot.
Holding the magic made ice pack steady, Kurumi looked at her piece of wood. Hey, at least she had managed to successfully carve the rune into it!
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Mia wanted to practice the other way. The one that didn't require her to use any magic especially with all this wood around. Did the Professor not know how fast wood could burn when set on fire?
Heaving a deep sigh, she stood up on shaky legs and headed up the front and picked out some goggles and gloves before returning to her table and sighing again. And what was even worse was that Finn, Sal, Marie and the little first year was all sitting with her so she was going to look like an absolute moron if this went wrong.
She put the gloves on her hands and the goggles over her eyes and then picked up her wand. "Be good to me." She murmured quietly giving her wand a little shake and then turning back to the piece of wood.
Sweeping her wand over the wood, Mia said the incantation. "Intaglio...Thurisaz...Thurisa...Thuris...Thuri... Thur...Thu...Th..." Yes it hadn't taken long and her mind had began to wander off and she was losing her focus. Ironic that she was trying carve a rune that is supposed to help with concentration and she was losing hers very quickly.
With a frustrated little grunt, Mia stabbed her wand at the piece of wood and sparks flew out of the end of it.
Mia wanted to practice the other way. The one that didn't require her to use any magic especially with all this wood around. Did the Professor not know how fast wood could burn when set on fire?
Heaving a deep sigh, she stood up on shaky legs and headed up the front and picked out some goggles and gloves before returning to her table and sighing again. And what was even worse was that Finn, Sal, Marie and the little first year was all sitting with her so she was going to look like an absolute moron if this went wrong.
She put the gloves on her hands and the goggles over her eyes and then picked up her wand. "Be good to me." She murmured quietly giving her wand a little shake and then turning back to the piece of wood.
Sweeping her wand over the wood, Mia said the incantation. "Intaglio...Thurisaz...Thurisa...Thuris...Thuri... Thur...Thu...Th..." Yes it hadn't taken long and her mind had began to wander off and she was losing her focus. Ironic that she was trying carve a rune that is supposed to help with concentration and she was losing hers very quickly.
With a frustrated little grunt, Mia stabbed her wand at the piece of wood and sparks flew out of the end of it.
Ooops.
*Sitting near by Matty felt a small spark on the back of his neck.*
"Ow-"
*It felt like a bug bite and he slapped the spot. Turning he saw a very worried Mia.*
"I'll be right back."
*He told Lea. Getting up he went and sat next to her.*
"Your over thinking again. Just relax... lightly run your wand over the wood. Look-"
*Pulling out his block of wood with the rune on it he showed her how he did it.*
"Now you try."
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Carving. Perfect. With gloves and goggles, not so exciting. But necessary. Although he preferred the non-magical method of carving anything from wood, this was sure to be interesting as well. Gathering the safety equipment and his piece of wood and shuffled a little so he was beside Arya and Ivan. He couldn't help the grin that took over his expression as he drew on the goggles and wiggled his eyebrows like a mad-scientist. "Carving. Excellent."
With a snap he had the gloves on and his fingers wiggling before they drew out his wand. Yes, he was excited. Very much so. It reminded him of camping all over again and that was something he dearly missed. Another grin was shot over to Arya before he pointed his wand and touched it to the wood, starting out with 'Intaglo'. Then, with a bit of a bounce he began the incantation, using the words as one of the beats he had danced with Arya to. "Thurisaz-Thurisaz-Thurisaz...Thurisaz-Thurisaz...Thurisaz, Thurisaz-Thurisaz...Thurisaz, Thurisaz, Thurisaz..." And the run may have been starting to come out a bit more wonky as if it itself was set to dancing upon the wood. At least it was happy, if not a little sloppy?
Arya fan of any of safety gear, and goggles and gloves were no exception. She wouldn't object in class though, knowing the professor was only looking out for her and the rest of the student's safety. Hopping off of her seat, she moved to the man's desk and retrieved her safety equipment. Moving back to her seat, she slid back onto the seat and placed her equipment on the table, eyes flicking to Sabel and a grin spreading across her face when he took up a seat beside her. "It like wood shop." But with magic.
His excitement was infectious as she soon found herself more excited about carving her wood than she had been before. Sliding her goggles on her face, and the gloves on her hands, she placed her wood in one hand and wand in the other. She found her legs swinging idly as she touched her wand to the wood, saying the incantation to the same beat Sabel was using. "Intaglio Ehwaz ehwaz ehwaz ehwaz ehwaz..." She didn't know if it was because runes wasn't her best subject, or because she was distracted by numerous things....but her rune wasn't looking like a rune. Did runes have curves?
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Arya fan of any of safety gear, and goggles and gloves were no exception. She wouldn't object in class though, knowing the professor was only looking out for her and the rest of the student's safety. Hopping off of her seat, she moved to the man's desk and retrieved her safety equipment. Moving back to her seat, she slid back onto the seat and placed her equipment on the table, eyes flicking to Sabel and a grin spreading across her face when he took up a seat beside her. "It like wood shop." But with magic.
His excitement was infectious as she soon found herself more excited about carving her wood than she had been before. Sliding her goggles on her face, and the gloves on her hands, she placed her wood in one hand and wand in the other. She found her legs swinging idly as she touched her wand to the wood, saying the incantation to the same beat Sabel was using. "Intaglio Ehwaz ehwaz ehwaz ehwaz ehwaz..." She didn't know if it was because runes wasn't her best subject, or because she was distracted by numerous things....but her rune wasn't looking like a rune. Did runes have curves?
There was no containing the grin that broke out onto his expression as Arya joined in their private song. He still wasn't sure what beat it was or if words existed for it, but it was theirs and they could share it. He didn't really care how goofy it sounded to be singing the incantation and he didn't care who heard; not that he was bellowing it out like an opera singer, but he wasn't going to whisper it either. "Thurisaz-Thurisaz-Thurisaz...Thurisaz-Thurisaz...Thurisaz, Thurisaz-Thurisaz...Thurisaz, Thurisaz, Thurisaz..." More and more his run was turning out to look like a dancing person, or two people. He wasn't to sure, he just knew it wasn't completely rune-ish. Perhaps they could call this one 'Gaudium et Spes', or Hope and Joy. It seemed rather fitting.
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Originally Posted by Tazenhani
There was no containing the grin that broke out onto his expression as Arya joined in their private song. He still wasn't sure what beat it was or if words existed for it, but it was theirs and they could share it. He didn't really care how goofy it sounded to be singing the incantation and he didn't care who heard; not that he was bellowing it out like an opera singer, but he wasn't going to whisper it either. "Thurisaz-Thurisaz-Thurisaz...Thurisaz-Thurisaz...Thurisaz, Thurisaz-Thurisaz...Thurisaz, Thurisaz, Thurisaz..." More and more his run was turning out to look like a dancing person, or two people. He wasn't to sure, he just knew it wasn't completely rune-ish. Perhaps they could call this one 'Gaudium et Spes', or Hope and Joy. It seemed rather fitting.
Arya was perfectly content with repeating the incantation to the tune that Sabel had created. Her voice wasn't as loud as his was, her thoughts distracting her enough to keep her from allowing it to rise any higher than it already was. There was only just enough concentration for her to spare to focus on her rune. It, however, was not enough to make her rune...look like an actual rune, and after a long moment of repeating Ehwaz, she hesitantly stopped to stare at her carving. A slight frown crossed her expression as her focused slowly centered on the carving. "Runes don't have curves do they? I don't think so..." She was speaking to Sabel, though her eyes were on the wood in her hand. "I think I might need a new piece of wood."
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