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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.
˝ EagleBrain ♥ Creeperdoodle ♥ Raven Dor ♥ Berry ♥ ˝ Team House Elf
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Originally Posted by Con_Stripes
He looked around the class.
"You don't have to use blood today. However, you may wish to consider it when you create your own rune sets, and indeed if you are creating a particularly powerful runespell then blood is the best answer. For those of you who have coloured your runes magically, that is fine too. Much of it is a matter of symbolism, and indeed if you prefer not to do things the old ways I am fine with that," Obviously or he wouldn't have taught them the Intaglio method, "But it is still important for you to know the traditional and ancient methods, even if you put your own interpretations on them in the long run. So the last thing we will do before class ends is colour our runes. He set up some red ochre that had previously been mixed from powder with oils in bowls on each table, tiny brushes set for each group and a second bowl with water and a few cloths as well.
"No blood today." He wasn't in the mood to deal with any squeamish children, "But if anyone wishes to use blood for the seal next time, you may whenever you wish, come into the classroom and carve some more runes and use your blood by adding just a few drops into the red ochre mix."
He headed up to the board and gave it a tap. Startled, the blackboard began writing again. It had apparently dozed off.
"The homework will be up shortly. Finish painting the red ochre into the rune carvings you just made, and then you may leave." ooc: Class will close in 24 hours.
Emily took some notes on her parchment, she was actually a little disappointed they weren't using blood... "Oh well next time", she said to herself.
Emily took the small brush in her hand and traced the colour over her rune. It did look more complete this way than it had before. Emily was pleased with her work and couldn't wait for the next lesson.
She quickly jotted down the homework that slwoly appeared on the board and then placed her belongings in her bag. "Thanks for the lesson Professor", she said as she exited the classroom.
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Even though she didn't want to use blood in the class, she was interested in using blood for her personal set of runes if she ever got around to making them.
Before she started painting, she made sure her runes were clean and clear of any wood shavings. Arya whistled a bit while she worked on painting the runes she'd carved. This lesson reminded her of the art classes in her previous school. It only took her a few minutes to finish painting them all with the red ochre, and once that had been completed, she scribbled the steps in her notes for future reference.
Grabbing all of her belonging, she packed them back into her bag, eyes flicking to the runes she had painted once more. Not bad if she had to say so. Swinging the bag onto her shoulder, she turned her head to smile at the professor. "See ya later, Professor Truebridge." Weaving through the tables, she made her way out of the classroom to meet Sabel in the corridor.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Con_Stripes
He looked around the class.
"You don't have to use blood today. However, you may wish to consider it when you create your own rune sets, and indeed if you are creating a particularly powerful runespell then blood is the best answer. For those of you who have coloured your runes magically, that is fine too. Much of it is a matter of symbolism, and indeed if you prefer not to do things the old ways I am fine with that," Obviously or he wouldn't have taught them the Intaglio method, "But it is still important for you to know the traditional and ancient methods, even if you put your own interpretations on them in the long run. So the last thing we will do before class ends is colour our runes. He set up some red ochre that had previously been mixed from powder with oils in bowls on each table, tiny brushes set for each group and a second bowl with water and a few cloths as well.
"No blood today." He wasn't in the mood to deal with any squeamish children, "But if anyone wishes to use blood for the seal next time, you may whenever you wish, come into the classroom and carve some more runes and use your blood by adding just a few drops into the red ochre mix."
He headed up to the board and gave it a tap. Startled, the blackboard began writing again. It had apparently dozed off.
"The homework will be up shortly. Finish painting the red ochre into the rune carvings you just made, and then you may leave."[/COLOR] ooc: Class will close in 24 hours.
Salander took the bowl with the red ochre mixture and stared at his runes carving. Truthfully he wanted to use some of his blood now. He was already satisfied with the runes he selected, and he wanted to seal the magic up with something that was truly his. Sort of like marking his territory.
Quietly, he lowered the bowl onto his lap, trying to avoid the squeamish ones from seeing what he was about to do. He pressed his thumb between his fingers tightly, touched it with the tip of his wand then softly uttered a cutting spell. Blood gushed from the tiny cut on his finger as the Slytherin lad pressed it even further to get a few more drops into the bowl.
When he thinks he's gotten enough in he stirred the mixture with the paint brush, then carefully painted the rune carvings until they were covered in the ocher-blood paint. Leaning back he examined his work. Yeah he's happy with it. And its his. Its really his.
He cleaned out the bowl and the tools and collected his things. "Awesome lesson Professor Truebridge....oh and uh, thanks for the points!" he said, nodding his head in respect then made for the door.
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