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Up front Thereos is standing looking down at a big tea pot that is giving off a small whoosh sound to alert the owner that the water in it is hot. There are no human occupants currently in the room.
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Selina gulped down her tea really fast when she smiled at Kurumi who joined her. She was so sick of tea readings, but then again it was a staple of the whole divination thing so she did it often enough. Once Kurumi settled she switched their cups and smiled, "Oh yeah, you know. You have the plague, your doomed to have three heads, all of that good stuff."
Then she hovered her hand over her left shoulder where the faded blue DS was on her shoulder. Of course if they wanted a real reading Selina could always just touch that, but she chose not to plunge into the abbiss when she could avoid it. So she took her finger tips away from her shoulder and sighed.
Her eyes focused on Kurumi and she smiled it off, "Right... so you wanna start?"
"I WILL?!" Kurumi squeaked not realizing that Selina was being sarcastic. It was still hard for her to figure out sarcasm sometimes, especially when it came to Selina and Divination together. Kurumi leaned over and peered into the spotted water that was on her tray. "Where does it say that? What symbol do you see? I thought we were reading the tea leaves and not the water..." Merlin, she hadn't even done the task properly yet. Would Jonathan still think she was cute if she had three heads? He sort of liked it when she had cat ears, but heads might be pushing it...
"Oh..." Kurumi sort of giggled as she flipped her cup over and handed it to Selina and waited for the red head to give her her cup.
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SPOILER!!: Jordan, Selina and Kurumi
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Jordan followed the Professors instructions carefully, splashing around the tea leaves in the cup before tipping them out onto his saucer. Once the water had flowed off, he looked up around the classroom for a partner.
The only other person he knew was Kurumi, but they hadn't really spoken since the incident a while ago. Oh well, hopefully they could work together? He sidled up to her, "Hey Kurumi, I know we haven't talked too much recently..." he took a breath. "Would it be okay if I worked with you? I mean, we need to have a partner for this don't we?" he gestured to his saucer.
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Selina had been eerily quiet the entire lesson. Divination was by far her favorite class or it was before the horsey took the reigns. Thereos had made Selina feel like an idiot on more than one occasion and she was pretty sure that she knew more about the future than the horsey did. After all she was the one who could see the future, but she was not one to go and publicize that often. In fact, she had only just gotten around to telling Gideon and even that had been hard. It had been really hard for her. So she was not going around and tell Thereos he was a butt head because she saw the future. Not worth the aggravation.
When she told them all it was time for partners she looked around the room for Kurumi. She smiled at the Gryffindor who wanted to be partners with her and said, "Hey... do you mind if I take her off of your hands? We tend to do this thing together..."
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Having finished her tea, Kurumi shifted it from her right hand to her left. Why the left hand? Maybe it had something to do with that vein that ran directly to your heart, so there was more of a connection? Isn't that why people wore wedding rings and stuff on their left ring finger? Or maybe she had made that up. No matter, Kurumi did as was instructed and swirled its contents three times before heading to the front to grab a tray and returning to her seat.
She turned the cup upside down and waited for its contents to do whatever it was that it was going to do.
Kurumi's head snapped around when she heard someone speak to her and she bit her lower lip. It wasn't that she was against the idea, she didn't have anything personally against Jordan besides him being way too pushy about a sensitive subject, but there were certain...things that made his request a little...difficult for the prefect to fulfill.
Thankfully, Selina sort of came to her rescue. "S-Sorry Jordan, I'll partner with you for something else, okay?" As long as that something else wasn't a Divination in class assignment that is. She really hoped that he didn't press the issue. Yes, they could probably work in threes for this, but Divination was really something that Selina and Kurumi shared - and not because they had a mutual love for the subject. It had always been there time and, in a weird sort of way, was one of the few moments where Kurumi felt like she was the one helping Selina and playing the role of the big sister. After all, it had been Kurumi to watch over Selina these past few years when it came to her ability and Kurumi wasn't about to stop now. It was going to take graduation to tear her apart from her best friend.
Kurumi scooted her chair a little closer to Selina's and pushed her tray towards her where the remaining water seeped out from under it. "You...um...ready to tell me all about how I am going to suffer but be happy about it?"
So they would be reading tea leaves for this class, or tessomancy as the professor called it. Certainly a different approach from the two lessons on versions of scrying that they had been taught and attempted for homework earlier in the year. But should be interesting to try he guessed so as the centaur instructed Kurumi and an unknown Hufflepuff to pass out cups and tea to each and ever one of them.
"Thank you," he said with a smile and a nod to both students as he accepted first one and then the other. Gideon took a careful sip of the tea, making a slight face wishing it wasn't quite so hot. He blew on it and let it cool just a bit before taking another sip and then drinking as he listened to the professor explain what they were to do. It took a little while but he was soon done with the tea in his cup with only the leaves in the bottom.
Now to find someone to pair up with.
Looking around for a partner, Gideon noticed as people were already starting to be paired off. He caught sight of Kurumi and Selina together and a younger Gryffindor boy who seemed to have lost out on his choice so he decided to be helpful to his fellow lion. "Hey," he said as he walked over to him, briefly changing glances with the girls to let them know he would see that the younger boy was taken care of. Sure they could have done it as a trio with Jordan and he himself could find another partner, but since Selina's revelation to him, he could understand the two best friends wanting to do the assignment together and alone and here was a perfect solution to the issue.
"I WILL?!" Kurumi squeaked not realizing that Selina was being sarcastic. It was still hard for her to figure out sarcasm sometimes, especially when it came to Selina and Divination together. Kurumi leaned over and peered into the spotted water that was on her tray. "Where does it say that? What symbol do you see? I thought we were reading the tea leaves and not the water..." Merlin, she hadn't even done the task properly yet. Would Jonathan still think she was cute if she had three heads? He sort of liked it when she had cat ears, but heads might be pushing it...
"Oh..." Kurumi sort of giggled as she flipped her cup over and handed it to Selina and waited for the red head to give her her cup.
Selina looked at Kurumi and handed her her cup. Then she took Kurumi's and laughed, "Okay, so I don't see any plague or three heads... your good on those accounts." She got a closer look and saw a few symbols that she knew from her studies in Divination. When she found out she was a Seer she studied as much as she could about the subject. Everything little thing she could soak up sh would. There was nothing that she did not want to know. It made being different a little bit more bearable when she knew what she was up against. Not much better... but better.
It was a process. She hated who she was when it came to this, but she was starting to see that maybe it couldn't be all bad. The world was like a machine. Everything worked in a specific way... and she could not just be an extraneous piece of machinery. She had to have a purpose.
She turned back to the cup and looked at the small shape in the corner. That was not good... that was not good at all, "Kurumi... I see a bat. Th-that's not good. Kurumi, that's not good at all."
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Kourt smiled at the older boy's acceptance and then giggled at his joke. "Sure...I just hope I can actually make something out."
He smiled. "Don't worry if you can't See anything. Sometimes even celebrated Seers can go for days without anything, so I doubt you're expected to get something your first time. Oh, and I'm Keefer, by the way."
He settled into a comfy position and let his mind rest and relax. In previous Divination lessons, he had found this to be a good technique to help him make sense of symbols.
After several long moments, he opened his eyes and stared into what was left of his partner's tea. He began to methodically rotate the cup clockwise. In his peripheral vision, he was vaguely aware of his partner gazing into his own cup.
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She peered into the cup, staring at the tea leaves. For a moment, she saw nothing but soggy leaves sitting at the bottom of the cup. Turning the cup, she tilted her head to one side.
"Hmm." She muttered to herself.
Were they really supposed to see something? Because she was having a bit of difficulty.
She stared at the leaves for several minutes, turning it this way and that way. Wait...was that something? She squinted her eyes and leaned a little closer. That looked like...well, like a pile of bricks.
Kourt flipped through the book until she reached the symbols page. Bricks...bricks..."signify new plans and enterprises which will lead to prosperity. " She read aloud. "Well...that's good." She commented, looking back up.
A few minutes passed before he was startled out of his revelry. "Prosperity? Yes, I suppose that is good," he said quietly, taking care not to distract those around him. He tilted his head so he could look at what she had seen. Wow, that really does look like bricks, he thought.
Returning his attention back to the cup he was supposed to be examining, he again began to rotate it in his hands. A whole minute passed before the leaves resolved into the shape of a flower. "It looks like a poppy," he murmured softly. Pulling his textbook towards him, he rifled through the pages until he found a list of flower symbols. Under poppy, he saw "This flower is significant of a pleasant occurrence in the early summer." Lovely. Good news back for her!
He tapped her on the shoulder to silently get her attention. He showed her the cup and traced out the border of the poppy. "It means something pleasant will happen at the beginning of summer holidays." He nodded his approval and satisfaction.
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Minerva looked closer was that a horse shoe? She looked at it closer. Then looked at her book. "Alyssa I think this is a horse shoe." She looked at her book again. Was there another horse shoe. She looked very closely, yes there were two horse shoes. "Alyssa it shows to horse shoes which mean a lucky journey. The Minerva notices another shape. "There is a tree as well." She looked in her book again. "It says in the book that a tree means happiness and fortune will be found there." She smiled at Alyssa. "That sounds pretty good."
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Selina looked at Kurumi and handed her her cup. Then she took Kurumi's and laughed, "Okay, so I don't see any plague or three heads... your good on those accounts." She got a closer look and saw a few symbols that she knew from her studies in Divination. When she found out she was a Seer she studied as much as she could about the subject. Everything little thing she could soak up sh would. There was nothing that she did not want to know. It made being different a little bit more bearable when she knew what she was up against. Not much better... but better.
It was a process. She hated who she was when it came to this, but she was starting to see that maybe it couldn't be all bad. The world was like a machine. Everything worked in a specific way... and she could not just be an extraneous piece of machinery. She had to have a purpose.
She turned back to the cup and looked at the small shape in the corner. That was not good... that was not good at all, "Kurumi... I see a bat. Th-that's not good. Kurumi, that's not good at all."
Kurumi could breathe again. Good, so her abilities were not going to go out of whack and grow her three heads. Good to know.
"A bat?!" Kurumi chirped, clapping her hands together. "Those are so adorable! You know, they are the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight because of their webbed wings? Terribly misunderstood creatures because of that whole vampire thing." How perfect was this? She wasn't getting some wonky cross or a fork in her tea leaf readings, but a creature!
Wait...did Selina just say that it was bad? Coming down from her natural high, Kurumi's body relaxed in her seat and she looked away from the bat to Selina. "W-What do you mean bad?"
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Kurumi could breathe again. Good, so her abilities were not going to go out of whack and grow her three heads. Good to know.
"A bat?!" Kurumi chirped, clapping her hands together. "Those are so adorable! You know, they are the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight because of their webbed wings? Terribly misunderstood creatures because of that whole vampire thing." How perfect was this? She wasn't getting some wonky cross or a fork in her tea leaf readings, but a creature!
Wait...did Selina just say that it was bad? Coming down from her natural high, Kurumi's body relaxed in her seat and she looked away from the bat to Selina. "W-What do you mean bad?"
Selina wanted to hide. A happy Kurumi was not a good one. Especially in this context. She did not want to crush Kurumi's spirits, not at all. It was too much for her. She hated to be the bearer of bad news. But her ability made it impossible to be anything else; it was either this or lie. Everyone knew Selina couldn't do that either. It was better for Kurumi for her to come right out and say what it meant. Bats were not fluffy happy creatures in tea leaf readings.
She covered Kurumi's hand with her own and said, "Darling... its not what you think. It's not a good thing at all. It means misfortune, illness in the family. Family upset. Sometimes death..." She hated this so much.
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Selina wanted to hide. A happy Kurumi was not a good one. Especially in this context. She did not want to crush Kurumi's spirits, not at all. It was too much for her. She hated to be the bearer of bad news. But her ability made it impossible to be anything else; it was either this or lie. Everyone knew Selina couldn't do that either. It was better for Kurumi for her to come right out and say what it meant. Bats were not fluffy happy creatures in tea leaf readings.
She covered Kurumi's hand with her own and said, "Darling... its not what you think. It's not a good thing at all. It means misfortune, illness in the family. Family upset. Sometimes death..." She hated this so much.
"You sure it's a bat and not a bird?" They were both winged creatures and could look similar if they had their wings spread out wide and stuff. Kurumi grabbed her secondary textbook and scanned its pages. "If it is a bat, it could also mean a productive busy phase." She pointed to the text and then grabbed the other book to cross examine. See, this is why she hated this subject. It was so inconsistent. Honestly, if one didn't posses the inner eye there was no sense in trying, right? It was all a bunch of guess work just like that ruddy moon planting whatever assignment.
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Louisa smiled confidently at the boy as he sat down and shook his hand. Hmm. Kennedy. She did hear that name before... a lot. And a slytherin one too. Hmm.
HMMM.
"Oh!" She hadn't let go of his hand yet but her eyes brightened in surprise, "You're Aurora's boyfriend?" Yep, she knew about them. A lot. Aurora was her friend, you know. SO. "I'm Louisa Carter." The famous, the magnificent, the Ravenclaw. Looking down at her hand still shaking his, she chuckled and let go, "Sorry.. forgot about that.." She was just so surprised, that was all.
ANYWAY. Louisa moved her saucer over to him and waited for him to do the same. It was SO cool that she was going to read Aurora's boyfriend's saucer.
Actually it was kind of weird when she said it like that. O.o Never mind. It was the lesson.
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How did she know?
Kennedy's face quickly grew red. He wasn't used to people identifying him by Aurora's boyfriend, not that he minded, but it was the first time that it occurred. His instinct was to retreat his hand, but that would be rude and he wasn't rude. "N-Nice to m-meet you Louisa Carter." Oh geez, now she got him all nervous. Kennedy rubbed the back of his neck...she could let go of his hand now... and she did.
He pushed the saucer toward her while he pulled her's to him.
Then a thought crossed his mind. If Louisa identified him this quickly that meant she was good friends with Aurora. What if she found something weird in his tea leaves and told her? Nah, maybe this tea leaf thing wasn't accurate.
"Y-You want to go first?" he asked. Yeah, getting it over with was better, but if she wanted him to go first then he'd go with it too.
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Minerva looked closer was that a horse shoe? She looked at it closer. Then looked at her book. "Alyssa I think this is a horse shoe." She looked at her book again. Was there another horse shoe. She looked very closely, yes there were two horse shoes. "Alyssa it shows to horse shoes which mean a lucky journey. The Minerva notices another shape. "There is a tree as well." She looked in her book again. "It says in the book that a tree means happiness and fortune will be found there." She smiled at Alyssa. "That sounds pretty good."
"You're reading mine right, Minnie?" Alyssa asked. "That does sound good. Who knows maybe some happiness is coming my way. I do hope so. Keep looking and see whether you see a symbol of a guy in there for me,"Alyssa winked at Minnie.
Alyssa went back to studying the leaves in Harvey's cup. She was right. She was starting to see certain shapes. She first saw something that looked like an acorn lying at the top of the cup. She noted it down in her book. Then she saw something that looked like a diamond...no, a kite. She noted down what they were and then checked her Divination textbook to see what the shapes she noted down, represented.
"Harvey I think I see an acorn and a kite. According to my textbook, it says that this symbol represents happiness and contentment. The fact that it lies at the top part of the cup means that you will enjoy financial success. Hey! you're going to be rich, if you aren't one now, Harvey."Alyssa smiled at Harvey. "Okay, let's see what the kite means. Hmmm...it means that your wish will be granted. Is there something you're wishing for right now? Because if yes, and if I'm accurate in seeing what I'm seeing in this formation of tea leaves, your wish will be coming true soon. So far, so good, Harvey." Alyssa showed Harvey pointing out the tea leaf formations she saw.
"Okay I'm going to see whether I can see more shapes in the tea leaves. This is really fun stuff,"Alyssa told Minerva and Harvey, as she peered back into Harvey's cup.
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"You're reading mine right, Minnie?" Alyssa asked. "That does sound good. Who knows maybe some happiness is coming my way. I do hope so. Keep looking and see whether you see a symbol of a guy in there for me,"Alyssa winked at Minnie.
Alyssa went back to studying the leaves in Harvey's cup. She was right. She was starting to see certain shapes. She first saw something that looked like an acorn lying at the top of the cup. She noted it down in her book. Then she saw something that looked like a diamond...no, a kite. She noted down what they were and then checked her Divination textbook to see what the shapes she noted down, represented.
"Harvey I think I see an acorn and a kite. According to my textbook, it says that this symbol represents happiness and contentment. The fact that it lies at the top part of the cup means that you will enjoy financial success. Hey! you're going to be rich, if you aren't one now, Harvey."Alyssa smiled at Harvey. "Okay, let's see what the kite means. Hmmm...it means that your wish will be granted. Is there something you're wishing for right now? Because if yes, and if I'm accurate in seeing what I'm seeing in this formation of tea leaves, your wish will be coming true soon. So far, so good, Harvey." Alyssa showed Harvey pointing out the tea leaf formations she saw.
"Okay I'm going to see whether I can see more shapes in the tea leaves. This is really fun stuff,"Alyssa told Minerva and Harvey, as she peered back into Harvey's cup.
Minerva smiled "Yes I am reading yours and it looks great." Minerva kept looking in Alyssa's cup to see if she could see anything else. She giggled when Alyssa said about a boy. "Alyssa they are not worth the drama" She winked at Alyssa and poked at Harvey so he knew she was kind of joking.
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He smiled. "Don't worry if you can't See anything. Sometimes even celebrated Seers can go for days without anything, so I doubt you're expected to get something your first time. Oh, and I'm Keefer, by the way."
He settled into a comfy position and let his mind rest and relax. In previous Divination lessons, he had found this to be a good technique to help him make sense of symbols.
After several long moments, he opened his eyes and stared into what was left of his partner's tea. He began to methodically rotate the cup clockwise. In his peripheral vision, he was vaguely aware of his partner gazing into his own cup.
A smile tugged at her lips as the older boy reassured her about possibly not seeing anything. "Thanks." She said quietly before offering up her name. "Nice to meet you Keefer. I'm Kourtney...with a K." She laughed a bit as she realized that both of their names started with K. Cool.
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A few minutes passed before he was startled out of his revelry. "Prosperity? Yes, I suppose that is good," he said quietly, taking care not to distract those around him. He tilted his head so he could look at what she had seen. Wow, that really does look like bricks, he thought.
Returning his attention back to the cup he was supposed to be examining, he again began to rotate it in his hands. A whole minute passed before the leaves resolved into the shape of a flower. "It looks like a poppy," he murmured softly. Pulling his textbook towards him, he rifled through the pages until he found a list of flower symbols. Under poppy, he saw "This flower is significant of a pleasant occurrence in the early summer." Lovely. Good news back for her!
He tapped her on the shoulder to silently get her attention. He showed her the cup and traced out the border of the poppy. "It means something pleasant will happen at the beginning of summer holidays." He nodded his approval and satisfaction.
Kourtney tilted the cup towards Keefer as he leaned forward to peer into the cup. Would he see....? He didn't say anything, but the look on his face made her think that he did see the same.
She studied the cup in her hands a little while longer, looking for something else.
Not long after, she felt a tap on her shoulder, and she looked back, watching as Keefer traced a shape of a poppy in the cup. Oh! "I do like the sound of that." She whispered to him. Now she had something to look forward to!
With another smile, she turned back to the cup and stared into it for a while.
Her knee jiggled a bit and she realized that she was getting impatient. This branch of magic was an imprecise one, and she could understand why she would be impatient.
Taking a few breaths to try to relax herself, the young girl turned the cup again slightly, and her breath caught. Ooo, what did that mean? It looked like a dagger...was that something negative? She flipped through her book before stopping.
Oh. "Hmm, looks like you'll be getting some favors from some friends." She pointed out.
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Minerva smiled "Yes I am reading yours and it looks great." Minerva kept looking in Alyssa's cup to see if she could see anything else. She giggled when Alyssa said about a boy. "Alyssa they are not worth the drama" She winked at Alyssa and poked at Harvey so he knew she was kind of joking.
Alyssa smiled when she saw Minnie giggle. She had missed hearing her friend laugh. As for boys, she was still holding out hope for one specific one. 'Maybe Minnie will see still one in the tea leaves, 'Alyssa thought to herself as she continued to study the tea leaves in Harvey's cup.
She squinted this way and that way until she thought she saw another formation of leaves that looked like a cricket bat and something that looked like a cross in a shape of the alphabet 'X'. She quickly noted them both down in her journal and immediately consulted her textbook to see what those symbols meant. Her breath caught in her lungs when she read what it could possibly mean. She wondered whether she should tell Harvey what she saw because the bat meant that there was possible situation approaching that required to him to be cautious and alert. The fact that there was an 'X' just next to it meant that this was a serious warning. Alyssa nudged Minerva and showed her what she had seen.
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"You're reading mine right, Minnie?" Alyssa asked. "That does sound good. Who knows maybe some happiness is coming my way. I do hope so. Keep looking and see whether you see a symbol of a guy in there for me,"Alyssa winked at Minnie.
Alyssa went back to studying the leaves in Harvey's cup. She was right. She was starting to see certain shapes. She first saw something that looked like an acorn lying at the top of the cup. She noted it down in her book. Then she saw something that looked like a diamond...no, a kite. She noted down what they were and then checked her Divination textbook to see what the shapes she noted down, represented.
"Harvey I think I see an acorn and a kite. According to my textbook, it says that this symbol represents happiness and contentment. The fact that it lies at the top part of the cup means that you will enjoy financial success. Hey! you're going to be rich, if you aren't one now, Harvey."Alyssa smiled at Harvey. "Okay, let's see what the kite means. Hmmm...it means that your wish will be granted. Is there something you're wishing for right now? Because if yes, and if I'm accurate in seeing what I'm seeing in this formation of tea leaves, your wish will be coming true soon. So far, so good, Harvey." Alyssa showed Harvey pointing out the tea leaf formations she saw.
"Okay I'm going to see whether I can see more shapes in the tea leaves. This is really fun stuff,"Alyssa told Minerva and Harvey, as she peered back into Harvey's cup.
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Originally Posted by anolan807
Minerva smiled "Yes I am reading yours and it looks great." Minerva kept looking in Alyssa's cup to see if she could see anything else. She giggled when Alyssa said about a boy. "Alyssa they are not worth the drama" She winked at Alyssa and poked at Harvey so he knew she was kind of joking.
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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88
Alyssa smiled when she saw Minnie giggle. She had missed hearing her friend laugh. As for boys, she was still holding out hope for one specific one. 'Maybe Minnie will see still one in the tea leaves, 'Alyssa thought to herself as she continued to study the tea leaves in Harvey's cup.
She squinted this way and that way until she thought she saw another formation of leaves that looked like a cricket bat and something that looked like a cross in a shape of the alphabet 'X'. She quickly noted them both down in her journal and immediately consulted her textbook to see what those symbols meant. Her breath caught in her lungs when she read what it could possibly mean. She wondered whether she should tell Harvey what she saw because the bat meant that there was possible situation approaching that required to him to be cautious and alert. The fact that there was an 'X' just next to it meant that this was a serious warning. Alyssa nudged Minerva and showed her what she had seen.
Harvey knew Minnie was joking when she poked at him, he loved seeing her laugh again. He was having so much fun watching the girls read the tea leaves that he had completely forgotten that he was to do Minnie's so he quickly fumbled around with her cup and tried to see any shapes in the tea leaves.
"Mins, there is a shape like a candle in here which means..." he searched the textbook "that there will be light upon an uncertain path or it could also mean help from friends. I wonder why you might need help from your friends." he said without thinking and looked back into the cup to see if he could see any other shapes.
He then saw some drops shapes "Hey there are drops here..." looking into his book "So that means..... tears or sadness" he said looking at Minnie, that was correct, she was going through tears and sadness right now. But maybe that is where she would need the help from her friends, it was making sense to him now. She is sad at the moment and needs all the help she can get from her friends.
He then looked back into the cup to see if he could see the outcome of this. He wanted a happy ending "There is also an axe shape meaning...." he looked at his book and became wide-eyed and looked at Minnie "That you have the power to overcome difficulties... so with the help of friends you have the power to overcome difficulties... " he was shocked this sounded like Minnie to the T, it was amazing that this said everything about Minnie. Her strenghth, her friends, her sadness and he was hoping to see her happiness.
He looked back into the cup... "Oh! here is a butterfly looking shape, which means...." he looked into the textbook and beamed, he looked at Minnie "Overdue happiness. So even though it is tears and sadness right now, with your power and the help from your friends you are due some long overdue happiness." he was so happy for her. She would have the chance of being happy again.
He could not believe how much this sounded like Minnie. Her strength, her friends, her sadness but in the end her long overdue happiness. He was happy. He turned to Alyssa "You are right Alyssa this is so much fun!" he said as he glanced into Minnie's cup again before looking at Minnie. He was glad that there is some happiness coming her way.. he hoped. He wrote down what he had seen, and what he thought it meant, he hoped he had read correctly. He seriously wanted Minnie to be the happy, cheerful girl again that he had come to know and love.
He was still looking in Minnie's cup, but he still noticed the look Alyssa got looking into his cup and then nudging Minnie to show her. He wanted to ask, but did he really want to know of bad tidings in his future. After having had so much happiness, was there sadness coming his way?
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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88
Alyssa smiled when she saw Minnie giggle. She had missed hearing her friend laugh. As for boys, she was still holding out hope for one specific one. 'Maybe Minnie will see still one in the tea leaves, 'Alyssa thought to herself as she continued to study the tea leaves in Harvey's cup.
She squinted this way and that way until she thought she saw another formation of leaves that looked like a cricket bat and something that looked like a cross in a shape of the alphabet 'X'. She quickly noted them both down in her journal and immediately consulted her textbook to see what those symbols meant. Her breath caught in her lungs when she read what it could possibly mean. She wondered whether she should tell Harvey what she saw because the bat meant that there was possible situation approaching that required to him to be cautious and alert. The fact that there was an 'X' just next to it meant that this was a serious warning. Alyssa nudged Minerva and showed her what she had seen.
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Originally Posted by EW_FAN
Minerva looked into the cup. Was that an X what did that mean. Minerva went to her text. She looked back at the cup. Then she saw a bat of some sort. A baseball bat? hmm no it wasn't a baseball bat, what was that thing called. Oh yeah a cricket bat. She looked into the text again. Then she blinked at Harvey. What would happen that he has to be cautious and alert. She made a mental note to keep an eye on her friend as much as possible.
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Harvey knew Minnie was joking when she poked at him, he loved seeing her laugh again. He was having so much fun watching the girls read the tea leaves that he had completely forgotten that he was to do Minnie's so he quickly fumbled around with her cup and tried to see any shapes in the tea leaves.
"Mins, there is a shape like a candle in here which means..." he searched the textbook "that there will be light upon an uncertain path or it could also mean help from friends. I wonder why you might need help from your friends." he said without thinking and looked back into the cup to see if he could see any other shapes.
He then saw some drops shapes "Hey there are drops here..." looking into his book "So that means..... tears or sadness" he said looking at Minnie, that was correct, she was going through tears and sadness right now. But maybe that is where she would need the help from her friends, it was making sense to him now. She is sad at the moment and needs all the help she can get from her friends.
He then looked back into the cup to see if he could see the outcome of this. He wanted a happy ending "There is also an axe shape meaning...." he looked at his book and became wide-eyed and looked at Minnie "That you have the power to overcome difficulties... so with the help of friends you have the power to overcome difficulties... " he was shocked this sounded like Minnie to the T, it was amazing that this said everything about Minnie. Her strenghth, her friends, her sadness and he was hoping to see her happiness.
He looked back into the cup... "Oh! here is a butterfly looking shape, which means...." he looked into the textbook and beamed, he looked at Minnie "Overdue happiness. So even though it is tears and sadness right now, with your power and the help from your friends you are due some long overdue happiness." he was so happy for her. She would have the chance of being happy again.
He could not believe how much this sounded like Minnie. Her strength, her friends, her sadness but in the end her long overdue happiness. He was happy. He turned to Alyssa "You are right Alyssa this is so much fun!" he said as he glanced into Minnie's cup again before looking at Minnie. He was glad that there is some happiness coming her way.. he hoped. He wrote down what he had seen, and what he thought it meant, he hoped he had read correctly. He seriously wanted Minnie to be the happy, cheerful girl again that he had come to know and love.
He was still looking in Minnie's cup, but he still noticed the look Alyssa got looking into his cup and then nudging Minnie to show her. He wanted to ask, but did he really want to know of bad tidings in his future. After having had so much happiness, was there sadness coming his way?
Minerva blinked still at Harvey and into the cup Alyssa was holding when Harvey started talking. She smiled, well I guess these tea leaves know more about me then I do. She went back to looking at Alyssa's cup. She saw two horse shoes and a tree, but there was something else there. She couldn't make it out very well. "Harvey, I see two horse shoes, and a tree in this cup, but there is something else right there that I can't make out can you tell what it is?" Minerva asked Harvs instead of Alyssa, because she wasn't sure if the person who drank the tea should read their own leaves.
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Daichi was a little startled when the professor announced they had to work together and he looked around as the students found partners. He sighed, he should really stop thinking about the up coming final match. Waaah, shortly the championship game was on and Daichi couldn't wait for Slytherin's victory again!
But he was in Divination now and not in a quidditch match and he let out another deep sigh. Looking around, Daichi stood up from his chair and to attract the students who didn't have any partners yet he flailed his arms up and down.
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Minerva blinked still at Harvey and into the cup Alyssa was holding when Harvey started talking. She smiled, well I guess these tea leaves know more about me then I do. She went back to looking at Alyssa's cup. She saw two horse shoes and a tree, but there was something else there. She couldn't make it out very well. "Harvey, I see two horse shoes, and a tree in this cup, but there is something else right there that I can't make out can you tell what it is?" Minerva asked Harvs instead of Alyssa, because she wasn't sure if the person who drank the tea should read their own leaves.
Minnie's reaction to his cup did not go unnoticed by Harvey, with both the girls reacting that way he knew that it was something that was not good... not good at all!! He would ask them later for now Minnie was asking him to read some mushy leaves that she couldnt make out.
Well ALL the leaves were mushy but this was extra mushy and had less shape than the others. So he leaned over and looked into Alyssa's cup. He saw what Minnie was talking about, this was a tough one to read. He consulted his book, and then looked back at the cup. He did this a few times while flipping his pages back and forth to see if he could match it with anything.
He then turned to Alyssa "Well from what I can see it can be one of 3 symbols, and they all signify flirting, love or romance. Either it could be.." he looked at his book "a daisy.... in which case it means new love. Or it could be a..." he said looking at his book and the cup once more "fan... which means.... a flirtation??" Harvey smiled at this and looked at her, wow Alyssa and flirting? he had never thought of that before, he had hung out with her but it never really crossed his mind that maybe someone would flirt with or romance Alyssa. If there was someone he was happy for her, he wanted her to find that someone special that he had found. He wondered if there was someone that Alyssa herself liked.
Anyways back to the mushy tea leaves. "Um.. or it could be a rose in which case it means..." he consulted his book again "a new romance or deepening of love. Well you are not in love so that cant be deepened, but maybe there is a new romance ahead for you. So basically there is romance and love somewhere in you life." he smiled at her. Lets hope it is soon, he added in his head. He wanted her to feel special and that would happen with that special someone. He knew recently that she had felt unimportant, and a bit left out.
Harvey was hoping that there was someone in the near future that could fulfill both of these feelings in 1 go. She would feel special and important as she would be both with this one special person.
Kennedy's face quickly grew red. He wasn't used to people identifying him by Aurora's boyfriend, not that he minded, but it was the first time that it occurred. His instinct was to retreat his hand, but that would be rude and he wasn't rude. "N-Nice to m-meet you Louisa Carter." Oh geez, now she got him all nervous. Kennedy rubbed the back of his neck...she could let go of his hand now... and she did.
He pushed the saucer toward her while he pulled her's to him.
Then a thought crossed his mind. If Louisa identified him this quickly that meant she was good friends with Aurora. What if she found something weird in his tea leaves and told her? Nah, maybe this tea leaf thing wasn't accurate.
"Y-You want to go first?" he asked. Yeah, getting it over with was better, but if she wanted him to go first then he'd go with it too.
Well, well, well.. she had a shy awkward boyfriend on her hands. Heh. That was weird and didn't fit Aurora's personality at all. Louisa knew that the younger Slytherin was somewhat bold. And unabashed by anything. Besides her magnificent Potions skills of course.
Nodding her head at Kennedy, Louisa pulled his saucer and started flipping through her book absently, her eyes staring at the vague shapes before them. "Err… " She had no idea what the heck she was staring at. The Ravenclaw stopped flipping through the pages and let the book sit on her lap as she brought her face down and VERY close to the saucer, "I'd say… this.. little triangle.." Which was nothing like a triangle except for its three points, ".. with the trail behind.. represents a kite!" Lifting her face to look at Kennedy sitting opposite of her. "And a kite means.." Turning her head back down toward the book that started to get flipped again, ".. that.."
Uh oh.
Louisa hesitated, frowned at the words and talked slowly, "Vanishing pleasures and benefits, or scandal." She lifted her gaze to meet the boy, his face should show if he indeed had a scandal coming his way or not. Was he up to something not good? Hmm.
The fourth year student stared down at the saucer again, "And there is.. this… ball with two small circles inside and.. a straight horizontal line downward." Hmm. That'd be… "A skull probably!" Enthusiastic about her discovery, Louisa turned back to the book and flipped more pages, "It means.. danger in your path." Gulp.
Was this a death eater or something? Louisa's eyesbrows were raised as she looked up at him. "I mean it could be. It really depends on the way the reader sees the shapes." An uncertain smile stretched on her lips. "Ahem. Would you like me to reinterpret them or do you want to give it a go? My saucer, I mean." She was pretty curious about her tea leaves now.
Selina had been eerily quiet the entire lesson. Divination was by far her favorite class or it was before the horsey took the reigns. Thereos had made Selina feel like an idiot on more than one occasion and she was pretty sure that she knew more about the future than the horsey did. After all she was the one who could see the future, but she was not one to go and publicize that often. In fact, she had only just gotten around to telling Gideon and even that had been hard. It had been really hard for her. So she was not going around and tell Thereos he was a butt head because she saw the future. Not worth the aggravation.
When she told them all it was time for partners she looked around the room for Kurumi. She smiled at the Gryffindor who wanted to be partners with her and said, "Hey... do you mind if I take her off of your hands? We tend to do this thing together..."
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Having finished her tea, Kurumi shifted it from her right hand to her left. Why the left hand? Maybe it had something to do with that vein that ran directly to your heart, so there was more of a connection? Isn't that why people wore wedding rings and stuff on their left ring finger? Or maybe she had made that up. No matter, Kurumi did as was instructed and swirled its contents three times before heading to the front to grab a tray and returning to her seat.
She turned the cup upside down and waited for its contents to do whatever it was that it was going to do.
Kurumi's head snapped around when she heard someone speak to her and she bit her lower lip. It wasn't that she was against the idea, she didn't have anything personally against Jordan besides him being way too pushy about a sensitive subject, but there were certain...things that made his request a little...difficult for the prefect to fulfill.
Thankfully, Selina sort of came to her rescue. "S-Sorry Jordan, I'll partner with you for something else, okay?" As long as that something else wasn't a Divination in class assignment that is. She really hoped that he didn't press the issue. Yes, they could probably work in threes for this, but Divination was really something that Selina and Kurumi shared - and not because they had a mutual love for the subject. It had always been there time and, in a weird sort of way, was one of the few moments where Kurumi felt like she was the one helping Selina and playing the role of the big sister. After all, it had been Kurumi to watch over Selina these past few years when it came to her ability and Kurumi wasn't about to stop now. It was going to take graduation to tear her apart from her best friend.
Kurumi scooted her chair a little closer to Selina's and pushed her tray towards her where the remaining water seeped out from under it. "You...um...ready to tell me all about how I am going to suffer but be happy about it?"
Slightly taken aback, Jordan was unsure of what to say. He decided not to push it, "Oh yeah... Sure... Okay... Thats fine!" he stuttered out, "I'll just go," he sidled off.
SPOILER!!: Gideon
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Originally Posted by Macavity
So they would be reading tea leaves for this class, or tessomancy as the professor called it. Certainly a different approach from the two lessons on versions of scrying that they had been taught and attempted for homework earlier in the year. But should be interesting to try he guessed so as the centaur instructed Kurumi and an unknown Hufflepuff to pass out cups and tea to each and ever one of them.
"Thank you," he said with a smile and a nod to both students as he accepted first one and then the other. Gideon took a careful sip of the tea, making a slight face wishing it wasn't quite so hot. He blew on it and let it cool just a bit before taking another sip and then drinking as he listened to the professor explain what they were to do. It took a little while but he was soon done with the tea in his cup with only the leaves in the bottom.
Now to find someone to pair up with.
Looking around for a partner, Gideon noticed as people were already starting to be paired off. He caught sight of Kurumi and Selina together and a younger Gryffindor boy who seemed to have lost out on his choice so he decided to be helpful to his fellow lion. "Hey," he said as he walked over to him, briefly changing glances with the girls to let them know he would see that the younger boy was taken care of. Sure they could have done it as a trio with Jordan and he himself could find another partner, but since Selina's revelation to him, he could understand the two best friends wanting to do the assignment together and alone and here was a perfect solution to the issue.
"I"m Gideon. Would ye care to be my partner?"
Jordan turned away from Kurumi and Selina, "Hi, I'm Jordan Macey!" he grinned holding out a hand. "Yeah I'll be your partner, thank you!" he smiled, thankful for being saved there his eyes flashed gratefully. He picked up his saucer and allowed the older boy to lead him off to another part of the class..
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Originally Posted by EW_FAN
Minnie's reaction to his cup did not go unnoticed by Harvey, with both the girls reacting that way he knew that it was something that was not good... not good at all!! He would ask them later for now Minnie was asking him to read some mushy leaves that she couldnt make out.
Well ALL the leaves were mushy but this was extra mushy and had less shape than the others. So he leaned over and looked into Alyssa's cup. He saw what Minnie was talking about, this was a tough one to read. He consulted his book, and then looked back at the cup. He did this a few times while flipping his pages back and forth to see if he could match it with anything.
He then turned to Alyssa "Well from what I can see it can be one of 3 symbols, and they all signify flirting, love or romance. Either it could be.." he looked at his book "a daisy.... in which case it means new love. Or it could be a..." he said looking at his book and the cup once more "fan... which means.... a flirtation??" Harvey smiled at this and looked at her, wow Alyssa and flirting? he had never thought of that before, he had hung out with her but it never really crossed his mind that maybe someone would flirt with or romance Alyssa. If there was someone he was happy for her, he wanted her to find that someone special that he had found. He wondered if there was someone that Alyssa herself liked.
Anyways back to the mushy tea leaves. "Um.. or it could be a rose in which case it means..." he consulted his book again "a new romance or deepening of love. Well you are not in love so that cant be deepened, but maybe there is a new romance ahead for you. So basically there is romance and love somewhere in you life." he smiled at her. Lets hope it is soon, he added in his head. He wanted her to feel special and that would happen with that special someone. He knew recently that she had felt unimportant, and a bit left out.
Harvey was hoping that there was someone in the near future that could fulfill both of these feelings in 1 go. She would feel special and important as she would be both with this one special person.
Alyssa smiled when she heard what Harvey saw in her cup. She hoped that it was true. 'I guess I'll find out sooner or later' Alyssa thought to herself as she continued to look into Harvey's cup, hoping to see less foreboding shapes and more happy ones. She stared and then had to blink to clear her eyes before she stared some more. She saw a forked line and more lines, this time straight ones. She quickly noted them down in her book and then checked her divination textbook to see what those lines meant.
She liked what she saw this time and showed them to Harvey. "Hey Harvey, I see a forked line which according to my book means, that soon there's a decision you'll have to make. The straight lines means there's a journey you have to make but it will be a straight one. I guess that means an easy one. So maybe the decision is whether to make that journey now or later."
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Jordan turned away from Kurumi and Selina, "Hi, I'm Jordan Macey!" he grinned holding out a hand. "Yeah I'll be your partner, thank you!" he smiled, thankful for being saved there his eyes flashed gratefully. He picked up his saucer and allowed the older boy to lead him off to another part of the class..
Gideon was glad to see the younger boy was easily acceptable of the secondary arrangement so the two girls were left to their own devices. He briefly overheard what they were talking about...something about bats and animals, but he shook his head pushing it aside and focusing on his own pair.
"Nice to meet ye Jordan," he said with a nod, accepting the offered hand and giving it a polite shake. "And yer welcome," he added with a smile leading his partner back over to his own belongings and table so they could get to work. As he sat down, Gideon motioned to Jordan to take the other seat. Taking the saucer he had picked up in his travels, he overended his tea cup over onto it for the leaves to come out, placing both within reach on the desk.
"Would you like to go first in interpretations or getting your leaves read?" the fourth year questioned giving Jordan the option of order. Gideon himself didn't have any preference on how they did things but they should take turns.
Gideon was glad to see the younger boy was easily acceptable of the secondary arrangement so the two girls were left to their own devices. He briefly overheard what they were talking about...something about bats and animals, but he shook his head pushing it aside and focusing on his own pair.
"Nice to meet ye Jordan," he said with a nod, accepting the offered hand and giving it a polite shake. "And yer welcome," he added with a smile leading his partner back over to his own belongings and table so they could get to work. As he sat down, Gideon motioned to Jordan to take the other seat. Taking the saucer he had picked up in his travels, he overended his tea cup over onto it for the leaves to come out, placing both within reach on the desk.
"Would you like to go first in interpretations or getting your leaves read?" the fourth year questioned giving Jordan the option of order. Gideon himself didn't have any preference on how they did things but they should take turns.
Jordan followed Gideon to his workplace, taking the seat that the older boy had gestured to. He waited patiently as Gideon set out his tea leaves, wondering what his would read.
First or second? Hmm, Jordan had no idea what he was doing so it might be best if he copied what the fourth year did. "Erm, well would you mind if you read mine first, then I would have an idea of what to do when it's my turn?" he asked, "If that's alright with you of course!" he added.
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Kourtney tilted the cup towards Keefer as he leaned forward to peer into the cup. Would he see....? He didn't say anything, but the look on his face made her think that he did see the same.
She studied the cup in her hands a little while longer, looking for something else.
Not long after, she felt a tap on her shoulder, and she looked back, watching as Keefer traced a shape of a poppy in the cup. Oh! "I do like the sound of that." She whispered to him. Now she had something to look forward to!
With another smile, she turned back to the cup and stared into it for a while.
Her knee jiggled a bit and she realized that she was getting impatient. This branch of magic was an imprecise one, and she could understand why she would be impatient.
Taking a few breaths to try to relax herself, the young girl turned the cup again slightly, and her breath caught. Ooo, what did that mean? It looked like a dagger...was that something negative? She flipped through her book before stopping.
Oh. "Hmm, looks like you'll be getting some favors from some friends." She pointed out.
He turned his attention back to the cup he was supposed to be studying. He realized he had lost his sense of relaxation, so he had to start over again. Closing his eyes, he consciously slowed his breathing until his body had relaxed.
He stared back at the cup. Beside him, he sensed Kourtney becoming restless. This was only natural for a first year waiting for something to appear. He still had the problem himself, but had learned techniques to combat it, especially in this class.
His attention was caught by flipping pages beside him. Had she found something else? Sure enough, she thought some friends may do him a favor. "Hmm. Another good symbol. Nice," he whispered.
After awhile, the lump of leaves materialized into a distinguishable pattern. It appeared to be a gate. Well, that was sure to mean something, but good or ill he didn't know. Reaching for his book, he turned back several pages and found an entry for a gate. An excellent opportunity awaits you, perhaps the chance of a lifetime; massive high gates denote restriction, misery, or imprisonment.
He got Kourtney's attention with a soft cough. Pointing to the cup, he said, "It looks like a gate. Here's what the book says." He heaved his book over to her and pointed out the appropriate entry. Once she had plenty of time to read it, he asked, "Do you think it looks like massive high gates or not? I can't tell."
"You sure it's a bat and not a bird?" They were both winged creatures and could look similar if they had their wings spread out wide and stuff. Kurumi grabbed her secondary textbook and scanned its pages. "If it is a bat, it could also mean a productive busy phase." She pointed to the text and then grabbed the other book to cross examine. See, this is why she hated this subject. It was so inconsistent. Honestly, if one didn't posses the inner eye there was no sense in trying, right? It was all a bunch of guess work just like that ruddy moon planting whatever assignment.
Selina reached across the table and grabbed the book from Kurumi and turned it around to face Selina on the table. She sat up just enough so she could lean over the table to read the different meaning. What? That was so different from what she had learned. Merlin, she hated this subject sometimes. Why was everything so inconsistent. The only thing that was ever exact was the visions she had... and they were annoying. She didn't want to go down that path to give Kurumi. That was the real future and treading into that was dangerous waters.
She pushed the book away and toward Kurumi, "Merlin... well I'm out of ideas..." she really hoped that she was wrong in her reading, but she had a feeling she wasn't. Call it intution, Selina never did.
Well, well, well.. she had a shy awkward boyfriend on her hands. Heh. That was weird and didn't fit Aurora's personality at all. Louisa knew that the younger Slytherin was somewhat bold. And unabashed by anything. Besides her magnificent Potions skills of course.
Nodding her head at Kennedy, Louisa pulled his saucer and started flipping through her book absently, her eyes staring at the vague shapes before them. "Err… " She had no idea what the heck she was staring at. The Ravenclaw stopped flipping through the pages and let the book sit on her lap as she brought her face down and VERY close to the saucer, "I'd say… this.. little triangle.." Which was nothing like a triangle except for its three points, ".. with the trail behind.. represents a kite!" Lifting her face to look at Kennedy sitting opposite of her. "And a kite means.." Turning her head back down toward the book that started to get flipped again, ".. that.."
Uh oh.
Louisa hesitated, frowned at the words and talked slowly, "Vanishing pleasures and benefits, or scandal." She lifted her gaze to meet the boy, his face should show if he indeed had a scandal coming his way or not. Was he up to something not good? Hmm.
The fourth year student stared down at the saucer again, "And there is.. this… ball with two small circles inside and.. a straight horizontal line downward." Hmm. That'd be… "A skull probably!" Enthusiastic about her discovery, Louisa turned back to the book and flipped more pages, "It means.. danger in your path." Gulp.
Was this a death eater or something? Louisa's eyesbrows were raised as she looked up at him. "I mean it could be. It really depends on the way the reader sees the shapes." An uncertain smile stretched on her lips. "Ahem. Would you like me to reinterpret them or do you want to give it a go? My saucer, I mean." She was pretty curious about her tea leaves now.
Kennedy nodded when Louisa identified the first shape which was a kite, and then she stayed quiet. He stretched his neck to try and have a peek at the text book she was reading. Of course he had his, but it was close and she seemed to know what she was doing.
He cocked his head to the side. Vanishing pleasures and benefits... and scandal? What was that supposed to mean? Ken shrugged and gave her a confused look, and then turned his attention to the next shape.
A SKULL?
Holly cricket, was he going to die? Maybe, not, but Louisa said it meant danger. He pulled the cup to him and nodded. It was a skull. That would only mean his.... Kennedy was going to have to write a letter right after this class.
Kennedy shook his head and looked up. "It's all right like that," he said, then peered inside Louisa's cup. He began by taking all of the little leaves in consideration until several shapes began to resurface. "Here," he said, pointing at the shape, "this looks like a hammer. Which means..." He opened the text book provided to them and looked at the index and looked for the specific page. "Triumph over adversity or...troublesome little tasks which you are reluctant to undertake," he read. He looked up at her, making sure she heard him.
He looked into the cup again and took a while longer to identify the next figure. "Here, there's another one, a fish," he said and once again searched for the specific page on the text book. "It means good news from abroad." That was good right? Why didn't he get a fish instead.
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