Ah, it was over.

Uhh everyone seemed to be faster than Helena when it came to answering the questions. Oh well. She took her quill and thought of three questions. Maybe the textbook would help? Oooh, she knew one!



Looking around the book...



Okay, one more to go.



Done. Her hand shot in the air the moment she placed her quill back on the table. "I'm done, professor."

Luin nodded to herself as he told them what should be done, smiling a bit at herself as she aw Ravenclaw had the most points, she was happy she was able to get some personally. She then settled down into her chair and started writing on her parchment. After awhile she had her three questions,


Luin then raised her hand and said, "I have my questions, professor."

Emily glanced up at the board as the tally was adjusted. Yes!! Ravenclaw had won! she looked around at her peers... they did well.

Three questions? thought Emily after Pofessor Truebridge had given them further instructions... What were the questions going to be for?

Emily pulled out a second peice of parchment and began to jot down some questions....

"Ummm.... " Emily sucked on the end of her sugar quill hoping it would provide her with some inspriration. She flipped open her text book... "Hhhhmmm" she mumbled as she dipped her quill into her ink well.

What is the significance of mistletoe in Norse Mythology?

Emily tapped her fingers on her desk.. she had a feeling in her stomach that this wasn't going very well and that her questions were stupid... Oh well, she thought.

What is the legend that surrounds the golden apples of Idunna?

Again another stupid question..
Emily sighed as she dipped her quill into the ink once more...
"One more questions"... she whispered to herself.

This time it was one that interested her...
What happened to the Fenrir Wolf?

Emily raised her hand... "I'm done Professor"... "is this ok?" she asked still uncertain as to why they were forming questions.

*Right three questions. Looking over his book he tried to find them. Pulling out some parchment he wrote them down.*

Questions??? Jaina had TONS of questions, but only 3 she could choose....Not fair in her opinion, but then again it was fair to the teacher. He did have to read the ENTIRE classes questions. She tapped her quill a few times then wrote

Hmmm..... Oh, she had another one!

One last one....hmmmm.....

Ok so that last one was a lot, but she knew who Thor the comic book character was! "Professor, I have my parchment here for you," Jaina said with her raised hand once she put her quill down.

Well that had certainly been an interesting class. Probably one of the more focussed classes thus far during the year, not being focussed on muggles or the statue and it was refreshing for that.

Drawing out a piece of parchment and a quill Sabel frowned a little at the instructions, tapping the tip of the quill against the paper. Three questions about the questions that had been asked. It had been easier last week, with the practical rune carving and the questions that had been brought up then. This required linking, without a visual aid to study and evaluate. Not the easiest thing.

Letting out a slow breath, he started with the first one that came to mind, the other two following within a span of a few minutes afterwards.

Text Cut: Sabel's Questions

1) What are the names of the nine worlds existing around Yggdrasil?
2) Does Yggdrasil base its existence off of another source or energy, as trees use water and soil to base themselves in?
3) Besides mistletoe, are there any other symbols in modern culture that are derived from Norse mythology & legend?

He spared another evaluating glance over the parchment before holding his hand up to indicate his completion.

Nika looked around the room. Three questions!?! Only three... She had so many questions. She didn't really understand the whole concept of runes all together. Nevertheless she thought of three questions she could ask. Actually this was harder than she though. She sighed and took out her parchment and a quill and began to scribble her first question.


Now, what else to ask?



Nika thought hard and came up with another question. Her questions weren't very into depth and they were quite odd. Basically, you could tell they were done by a first year.

Coming out of her daze, Evelyn looked up from hearing the tap on the board. Aaaand they were to write three questions? Based on the questions? Well, that didn't seem too hard..

...And she was totally wrong. It was hard! At least in her opinion. Staring at her notebook, she thought over the questions that she remembered, trying to think of other questions that she could ask, based on those questions. Too much thinking. Hurt her brain. Finally though, she thought of a few she could possibly write down. Maybe.



Questions were doooooone, and hand was in the air. Woooot!

"Good." Truebridge went around and stopped at Kurumi's desk to read over her work. "Good questions, Kurumi." He told her in his usual serious way.

Truebridge went to Arya's table next and examined her questions. "Good work Arya. Interesting questions."

This boy... Truebridge was wary of. He had a knack for runes but it was already clear he did not enjoy acknowledging it and yet during this lesson he had shown himself, his true ability and interest. He looked at James' questions and nodded. "Good."

"Good, Patroclus." Truebridge examined the Gryffindor prefect's questions carefully. They would be interesting to answer.

Another had finished? Truebridge went to look and read the questions. "Great." He approved and moved to the next table.

"Alright Luin." Truebridge went over to her and checked her questions. "Good questions."

"Those will do nicely, Emily." Truebridge approved as he went over to check. He headed over to the next student with their hand raised.

"I think you should change your first question Matty, you can do better. You already know the answer, you've included it in part of question three. Your questions need to be the kind that you do not know the answer to, the type of question that you are curious about from the limited information given from the quiz questions. Challenge yourself, Matty. I know you're capable of it." Truebridge commented after reading Matty's questions.

"Alright." Truebridge went to check and read Jaina's questions. "Good. Those will do nicely."

Seeing Sabel had his hand raised, Truebridge moved over to the other side of the room and looked at the Gryffindor's questions.

"Those are good questions." Good. He expected no less from Sabel.

Truebridge went over to check the firstie's questions. "The first one is alright but I think it will be hard to answer, you might want to change that one. The other two are very good questions."

He finished the rounds with Evelyn and stopped to examine her questions.

"Good questions. Your second question will be difficult but I think it will be interesting to hear your theories."

Truebridge returned to the front of the room.

"Your homework will be to answer your three questions. The more effort you make with your answers and your research, the more points you will earn, up to a maximum of twelve points. If your questions raise more questions, feel free to explore those too, as long as you remain on the subject of Norse Mythology and in particular how it relates to Ancient Runes. You may use any books from here in the classroom, and you may help one another or work together to research your questions. Good work today. You can go when you are ready. More details on will be posted on the notice board."

ooc: Class is over now but feel free to have your charrie come over to Truebridge if they have any questions. Homework details will be up on the noticeboard soon. Those who did not write their questions in class can still do so for homework but won't get points for that part of the class participation.

Emily sighed... of course she should have seen it coming. Answering their own questions for home work was a bit obvious. Oh well, at least now she had something to look forward to.

Emily gathered her things and packed them into her bag.
Standing to leave the class room she looked back, "Thanks for the lesson Professor Truebridge", she said before leaving the room.

"Thank you, Professor Truebridge," Kurumi smiled looking back down at her parchment. She still had a few more questions formulating in her head. Norse mythology was unfamiliar territory to her, but she found is fascinating nonetheless. She could even see a few similarities to the Shinto stories she had heard growing up.

Kurumi knew she should have seen this part coming. At least she had come up with some questions that did not seem too difficult to answer. Just a little bit of research and she should be able to come up with something. She patted the old crimson book still sitting on her desk before gathering her things together and putting them in her bag.

Holding the book under her right arm and swinging her bag over her left shoulder, Kurumi walked up to Professor Truebridge. "Professor, is it alright if I accept your offer and borrow this book for the assignment?" she asked shyly holding the book out for him to look at. It was rather old so she could understand him wanting to keep it in the Ancient Runes classroom

The frown on her face was almost instant as she heard what they would be doing with the questions they'd picked, her eyes going to her parchment. How had she not seen this coming? If she'd seen this coming, she would have picked easier questions instead of ones she was actually curious about. Not that there was such a thing in this class.

Packing her things, she decided not to worry herself over the homework. He had said they could work together, and she had friends that were good in this class, so she needn't worry. Slinging her bag over her shoulder, she glanced over to Truebridge with a smile. "See you later, professor. And thanks for the candy." That, in her opinion, was the best part of the lesson. Weaving through the classroom, she made her way to the corridor where she waited for her friends.

Whaaaat?

The homework was... answering your own questions? If Helena only knew... She would've written some easier questions at least. Oh well.

She packed her stuff and got up. "Goodbye," she said, smiling, then left the classroom.

Library, here I come!

Nodding his appreciation of Truebridges affirmations, Patroclus started to open several books, to get to work on his questions, when the professor began to dismiss the class.

Taking down the assignment, and listening to it's description, the young prefect began to already layout the answers, with what he alreadly knew or what he thought he already knew.

Packing his things, and getting to his feet, Patroclus grinned at the Professor, "Thanks for another awesome lesson Sir!" it had been awesome despite the boy's lack of responses, "See you round!"

Luin smiled at the professor and then created another space on her parchment for the homework. She quickly jotted it down as well and then started to pick up her stuff, she quickly packed everything up and then got up to go, stopping by the professor's desk on the way out, "Thank you professor, good class. Bye." she then headed out the door.

Well that was an interesting homework assignment. Technically, they just made up their homework. A small smile touched the corners of his lips at that. Good tact.

Packing his things, he shouldered his bag and gave Truebridge a respectful nod. "Great lesson Professor." And with that he was moving out the door and into the hall.

Nika looked up at her professor and gave it another shot. She needed to change her first question. Nika thought about it some more and then scribbled down another question. She raised her hand and waved it in the air trying to catch her professor's attention."Err Professor is this question alright?"

"um professor," said maisie in a very small voice. "um, well-i erm..have a question." she said as she looked up at her profesor.

ooc: sorry for delay in posting, there was a serious natural disaster in my country.
 

"Of course, Kurumi." Truebridge paused and gave her serious looks, "But any harm that befalls that book will be paid back three-fold." Spine for spine, hide for hide. Truebridge was serious about his tomes.

"Of course. Come see me in my office any time. And no thank you." Truebridge refused the offer of a lemon drop politely but matter of factly.

They were too... round.

"Its better but remember to relate the question to the subject of today's lesson: Norse Mythology." Truebridge encouraged.

"Come and see me in my office, Maisie." He answered, with his version of kindness, though his voice was still somewhat monotonous. For now though he had to clear the classroom.