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Once people had moved away, she went to fetch a nut and held it on her palm like it would explode. She was such a wimp. But first, she needed a question. Still holding the nut at an arms distance, she thought, her tounge sticking out slightly. She clicked her fingers and set the nut by the fire. 'Please pop' she thought. The teacher had said it may take a while, so Emily took a stick and a hot dog and put it over the fire. It was so warm!!! |
Alex stood up and walked over to the hazelnut pile, thinking to himself about what he wanted to predict. He certainly wasn't going to be focusing on a relationship--he hadn't met any girls that were appealing to him, and he wasn't even twelve yet! The last thing on his mind was a girlfriend. He was just worried about remembering where everything was in the castle. He grabbed his hazelnut and walked back to the fire, stopping to grab a s'more before he sat down next to the fire and placed his nut next to it. Ok, he wanted to know about...his final exams. Would they be successful or would he fail all of them? If this nut could tell him, that'd be awesome! Then he'd know whether or not he needed to start studying like right now. He took a bite of his yummy s'more and waited, watching the nut in interest, even though he knew it would take a while to do something. La de da. He'd just sit here. Eating his s'more. Yummmmm. |
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After awhile the nut popped a little, she looked at it, hmm, intersesting, part of the shell had popped open but the other part of it had burned as well. She frowned, that was unexpected, kind of like no answer at all. |
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What should my goal be? she thought, continuing to eat a marshmallow as she thought. |
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She was sitting beside Kurumi near the fire and pulled her feet into her chest as if to protect herself. The shield that she had worked so hard to break down when it came to Divination was up again. The uncomfortable feeling and the fear was back ten fold. But then she looked at Bishop. Her eyes seemed to gleam with the sentiments that she would be there to help Selina as best as she could. So slowly Selina pulled her feet back out infront of her and pushed her hair out of her face. Time to be brave. Then she got up and went to the dog. For some reason the puppy sat up and looked at Selina. It was a knowing look and he seemed to say I can sense what you are. After a few moments the dog laid back down and Selina grabbed her nut. She sat beside Kurumi once more and began to wrack her brains for a question. |
SPOILER!!: Bishop Time to get his nut. Because he'd been staring at the fire for so long, finding the nut became the hardest task ever, his eyes were too accustomed to the light, and everything else was dark. But, yeah, he didn't get anything to eat, though, however he did get the hazelnut. In previous years, he usually came up with a question pretty quickly. All those questions were now answered and he had no clue as to what he should be asking. He wasn't doing the relationship stuff, since he didn't think Divination should be put to use for those purposes, BUT, even if school was still in session, he felt the urge to find out if he'll be seeing a certain redhead during the summer and he smiled at the thought. Then Treyen shook his head. Why? Because Arya was wrong, the boy didn't like Ellie that way. Nope. And, also, Divination is not to be used for said purposes. That was his opinion, anyway. His eyes managed to catch a tree in the far distance and suddenly remembered something he'd read in Aparecium. His gaze followed the nut in his hand, and he was now focusing on one question. 'Was the Herbology Professor going to be found?'. Yes, that was a good question. A good, selfish question. Focus some more. Nut near the fire. And now he waits until it burns or pops. Easy enough. |
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She watched her friends and then turned to the nut...nothing yet! "So, what are you guys asking for?" she asked as she took another bite out of her hot dog. Her attention went back to the hazelnut. "Oh, no," she said as she watched the shell begin to blacken as the nut slowly burned right in fron of her. "That's so not good," she replied. |
Maddie nibbled on another marshmallow as she stared at her hazelnut, waiting for something to happen. This was kind of boring. Actually, no, it was reaaaaally boring. It wasn't doing anything. Why wasn't it doing anything?Hazelnuts weren't very exciting, and hers didn't look like it was doing any popping anytime soon. She poked it with her toe, but it just rolled a little closer to the fire. Stupid nut. She was on the verge of giving up, when... POP! She accidentally let out a little squeal and jumped backwards a little. Then she got up and went over to inspect the remains of her hazelnut. Yep, that was definitely popped. Yay. That meant she got a sugar quill. Although she had already known that before, anyway. Hmm.... what to do now? Should she get another nut? Maddie decided that was probably a good idea, since the lesson would probably go on for a little longer and she didn't want to just sit there doing nothing. So she got up and got herself another hazelnut, giving Professor Bishop's adorable little puppy another stroke as she did so. Now, what to assign to this one? |
Chloe grabbed a few hazel nuts and then and some marshmellows as well. Okay what question, hmm, perhaps. 'Will I ever my little owl ever return to Hogwarts. She has been taking an awfully long time to get back since I last sent her out. Chloe then placed one of her chestnuts over the fire while thinking about her question with her eyes closed. In time she heard a rather large pop. She opened her eyes and saw the chest nuts top had blown. Yes, my little owl will return soon. Chloe then dscarded the rains of the walnut in the fire and replaced the walnut with a marchmellow on a stick, yes she was gonna enjoys this. One the marshmellow was nice and soft she removed it from the fire and enjoyed. Yes this class is sweet. |
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She winced. "I don't know what to ask for, maybe something with my dad...." Her voice trailed off. She watched Jaina's hazelnut burn. "No, no it isn't.....If you don't mind, what did you ask for?" she inquired, concerned. |
Still deep in thought, Kurumi nearly fell over backwards when her hazelnut made a very loud POP! noise. Pulling herself up off the dirt, she crawled a bit closer to her nut to see that it had not only made a loud popping noise, but it had also split open right down the middle. She wasn’t sure what it splitting meant, but she assumed that it was the nut’s way of telling her that she didn’t have another moment to waste. Nervously, she picked up the nut and tossed it around in her hands as it was still rather hot. In he couldn’t help her, perhaps there was another person at Hogwarts who could. Yet, he had seemed to be the one who understood her the most. The one that had been able to look inside her and see what she was both afraid of and longing for in the first instant that they had met each other. That, and he served fantastic green tea. If he could teach her…perhaps she could finally get the answers she was starving for. That settled, Kurumi made a mental note to pay the Stone Gargoyles another visit very soon. |
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She thought again. She told to her friends Jania and Charley, "But i do wish i did have a boyfriend like Jania here." she said and placed her nut near the fire, and she waited and it popped! |
Selina sat down by the fire and began to ponder a question. What could she ask. Selina hated to know the answers to questions, maybe it was her complex of seeing everything. When you know the secrets of the future the surprises of life become a thrill. Very rarely did Selina get the opportunity to be genuinely surprised. So now that she was being asked to find out another thing that would spoil her rare moments of unawareness Selina was at a loss. What could the girl who saw everything ask about? Then she had a question in her head. It had been one she had been thinking about for a while now. But she was too young for anything to happen with her question. It did not prevent her from choosing the question and waiting for her answer. |
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"I suppose...what I want most is to know my father. I mean, actually know him. I want to speak with him about school, and boys, and my friends, and go on picnics and trail rides, and receive birthday cards, and just...to know he's even okay," she admitted quietly to Jaina and Belle, her face falling and her cheerful expression gone, periwinkle pools of moisture forming near her deep green irises. She shakily but gently placed the hazelnut near the flames, then wiped her eyes with the cuffs of her sweater. Out of habit, she adjusted her lavender hair ribbon. |
The nut was NOT doing anything, it was just standing there, close to the bonfire -the pretty flames- doing nothing, just being stared at. Yes, the hazelnut was being stared at by Treyen, who happened to be focusing on his question. 'Was the Herbology Professor going to be found?'. It was a fair question, wasn't it? And the nut seemed to be enjoyed the attention it was getting. Well, yeah, he couldn't do much about it, could he? Sigh. As soon as his eyes left the nut for a second...it started to burn. 0_o BURNING. That meant...negativeness. Oh, my Gilderoy, "HE'S DEAD!" the boy exclaimed, jumping up from his seat as he watched the burning nut. But then his eyes to Bishop, and he tried to hide the surprise in his face, "I mean, well, the hazelnut is dead." He shrugged, sitting down again. |
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*replying to those who had questions* You all are doing awesome. ^_^ Text Cut: quotes/questions As people started heading over to collect their hazelnuts and go about the activity, Renée started doing a bit of wandering through the group. Moving further from the fire, things naturally got colder but as long as she kept her coat wrapped around her she stayed reasonably warm. The idea of casting charms like she had on Christmas Eve had gone through her head, but she decided against it as she knew once she got back to the fire she'd end up too warm. She could handle things for now. And it truly seemed that people were acclimating rather well, understanding what she'd instructed them to do. Looping near Bowie as she circled, noticing Dianna retrieving her nut, she smiled as she heard the quiet question. "His name's Bowie," she said simply, bending down to scratch the crup between his ears a little before watching as the Slytherin had gone back to the fire. Stepping back again, she went back to her wandering. It seemed her puppy would be fine, as she noted other students petting him as well and knew his tail was wagging madly even though nobody could see it. It was one thing to let the charm lapse when she was alone in her office, but she was too used to being careful to not recast it before they'd come outside. And the idle thoughts were pushed back as she heard two questions being posed. Seemed things weren't quite going as smoothly as she'd thought. Heading over to Emily first, she looked down at the Ravenclaw and the now-blackened nut calmly. "It looks like you did it right. Seems whatever you asked didn't get the best reaction, but I can assure you that this is no more accurate than anything else that hinges on natural things. It's easier to control practices like cartomancy or tasseomancy. Interpreting symbols," she shrugged. "Some nuts pop, some burn. I wouldn't worry overly much." It was just an activity, and one she didn't particularly believe in. It fit with the idea of pyromancy though, which was the only reason she'd chosen it. Hoping she'd reassured the Ravenclaw enough, she looked up again to smile encouragingly at Nika. "Goals shouldn't be anything too complex. Some people might say that nut divination entails a simple yes or no response, even. Does that help?," she replied. It seemed the little Gryffindor might have been overthinking things. Quote:
Involuntarily, she'd wanderd closer to Treyen, who'd seemed highly focused on the fire and what she assumed was the nut he'd chosen that was on the ground near the flames. He didn't have any snacks, so there wasn't that reason to be focused. Given everything else that had gone on with the Hufflepuff, she hoped he was doing better at least. This lesson seemed to have gone better than others at least. She was startled when he made his exclamation, though, and carefully controlled her expression which she knew had gone a bit wide-eyed for a moment before she glanced at him. He seemed to have settled down again, but she couldn't help but say anything. "Burned isn't necessarily dead," she said with a smile. Although that nut was pretty well charred. "Who's dead?" He could answer or not, it didn't realy bother her either way, but she had to ask. |
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"Thanks Professor", she said smiling. She then stood up and made her way across to the other side of the fire to get another hazelnut, the puppy was so cute, laying there resting its head on its paws. Emily didn't disturb it. Instead she took her second hazel nut and returned to the fire side. She decided she would ask one more question... for good measure. Will I get enough NEWTs to become an Auror? she asked herself... and the nut. Emily placed the nut in the same place that she had put the last one... and crossed her fingers in the hope that this one wouldn't burn to a crisp as well. Minutes passed and all of a sudden... *POP*. Emily blinked and looked down at her nut... it had popped alright. A smile spread across her face. At least one possitive thing would be achived this year she thought. Though even if the nut had burned she knew deep in her heart that nothing would get in her way of becoming an Auror. |
Text Cut: SilverTiger Sierra watched her classmates (and her Puffer Brother) for just a few minutes. Again, she was completely unsure of herself when it came to Divination, but she always managed to get by somehow. She sighed to herself as she remembered last class, when she'd told Satine Farris that she was old, decrepit, and needed to be rebuilt. At least the older girl had taken it lightly... ...a popping or burning nut, though? This was fire they were dealing with here, so Sierra was being extra cautious. Finally, she headed over to the container and retrieved a hazelnut. As she headed back to the fire, she thought about the question she'd like to ask. Text Cut: Lockhartian It didn't take too long for her to be completely distracted from her question-asking, though. Some idiotic boy was dramatically yelling about the burning of his hazelnut. Oh, it was that Lockhart boy, the one she was working on the Alzheimer's Potion with. Figures it would be a Puffer Boy... When her back was turned, Sierra gave him one of her classic eye rolls before returning her attention to the task. Will Slytherin be successful in their next Quidditch match? With her full attention on the answer to that question, Sierra placed her hazelnut near the fire and waited for the popping or burning to begin. |
SPOILER!!: haaaiii Bishop! The Hufflepuff sort of knew this was going to happen, after all, he'd been looking in her direction. That's why she was here, no? And...'Burned isn't necessarily dead'. Treyen nodded, once, "Oh, yeah, I know...I just got a little carried away, that's all." But the first thing he thought was 'death'. Poor Herbology duuude. The boy should know about the 'death' issue, since it was him the one who argued with Ellie about the different meanings that tarot card could have that didn't remotely related to death, or endings, or whatever. Yes. But, this was way too....NOT alike. He was certain that wasn't a hazelnut anymore, "Oh, we don't know that, do we?" she'd just said that it didn't necessarily meant death. She just said it. "But, er, I have no idea, I don't know his name," he shrugged, slightly worried about the fact that he failed to notice what the Herbology dude had as a name. He knew it started with a 'C'. That was all. |
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Belle giggled at Jania, "I am guessing we are, i mean they are really cute, i am into athleticsim in guys." she blushed a little bit. "I know it will pop charley! I just know it!" Belle said encourgainly. |
After what seemed like hours later Selina began to rub her arms. The cold air of the night was beginning to get to her. Everything was so beautiful and full of life at the start of the lesson. Now all of the students waited and an eerie feeling seemed to glaze across the fire. Selina did her best to ignore these facts, but she was good at reading the world around her. Then her attention was diverted with a loud "Pop!" Selina was shocked, the nut was wrong. No way could her answer be what it had just implied. |
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Charley wiped her eyes and looked at Jaina as reassuringly as she could. "He doesn't have to know for some time; it is not even holidays yet. He'll probably come around at some point. My mum was absolutely distraught to find out she had two non Slytherin children at the commencement of term. Now, she supports me, and wants to meet you two. At some point, I'm sure. Who couldn't like you? And I'm sure Ben won't let him scare you away if he doesn't for a while." She grinned, then laughed along with the other girls when Belle's hazelnut popped. "Thanks, I certainly hope so." She pushed her hair back behind her ears again. Quote:
"That I do! Thank you," she responded. She giggled. Just as Belle finished her sentence, and Charley was poising herself to respond, a loud, staccato snap came from beside the fire, jolting the wits out of her. Charley gasped and began to cry, a large smile forming on her face. The nut had popped!! She looked at both her friends giddily but inquisitively, as if to ask, "So what exactly is going to happen, then?" but certainly not expecting any answer. |
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