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Thereos 11-25-2011 07:07 PM

Divination lesson 3
 
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.



[OCC: Feel free to post arriving. Class officially starts tomorrow at around 3pm GMT. Remember to keep chatting to a minimun.

GoldenSnake 11-25-2011 09:11 PM

Victoria poked her head in the Divination Classroom. Ehh...she had hoped the centaur would be sick or something, and they'll have a substitute. Or even running away to the forest, back with the other centaur. But no, there he is, standing over a large tea pot.

Oooh...the tea pot...so they're going to read tea leaves at last? About time, thought Victoria. They had been wasting the last two, precious lessons interpreting shapes out of the moon...the water...whatever they've been doing. It's not that Victoria dislikes Divination. Believe it or not, she thinks it's quite interesting. It's just that her favorite type of Divination is tesseography, and the centaur wouldn't be bothering her so much if she's so into the class. Why did a centaur have to come a teach. Why not a human?

Victoria stepped into the room, and noticed she's the first one there. Oh great, the first and only so far. Victoria gave the centaur a stiff nod and mumbled something that's suppose to be a greeting, and sat down in a seat furthest in the classroom. As far away from the centaur as possible.

PadfootAndTheWolf 11-25-2011 09:17 PM

August had been to both Divination lessons so far this term and he wasn't about to miss the third. The young Gryffindor walked into the classroom on the first floor expecting to see a whole room of students and a centaur professor but was suprised to only see one other person in there.

Hmmm...he was early. Going over and taking a seat, Auggie pulled out his parchment and waited for the lesson to start.

CurlyPotter14 11-25-2011 09:24 PM

Jordan poked his head around the door, wondering how many other people were in the classroom. He saw two other people there... Well, the class hadn't started yet so. He walked in and went over to take his seat. However, not before he had greeted his professor, "Good day!" he smiled before he took his seat.

FireboltAvis88 11-25-2011 09:39 PM

Alyssa walked into the Divination Class. She saw the Professor staring into a big tea pot. I wonder are we going to be reading tea leaves this time. I guess we'll find out soon enough'. So before taking a seat she walked up to greet the Professor, "Hello Professor. It's good to be back in your class." Once she greeted the Professor, she went and sat down at the nearest table, took out her journal and writing materials and waited for class to start.

Deezerz 11-25-2011 09:43 PM

Kennedy made his way to Divination class, rubbing sleep from his eyes. He wished he could be under his warm covers, sleeping the day away. Sure, the day was pretty and all, but sleep sounded better after all the finals he's had to do. He couldn't wait until they were out of school.

He slid into one of the front desks and said, "Good day, Professor Thereos." He also couldn't wait until this class was over.

Holmesian Feline 11-25-2011 09:58 PM

When the notice went up for the latest divination class, Gideon was tentative once more about the subject as he had been for the other lessons despite trying his best to keep an open mind. However reminded of Selina's confession to him, he decided to approach the subject area of divination with a bit more of an understanding. It was after all a part of his girlfriend's life and he should do his best to learn what he could even if it didn't fully fit into her seer ability.

So that was the main reason the fourth year was heading to the first floor classroom ready for class. Entering the room, Gideon looked around and noticed the centaur inside as well as a few other students already there. "Good day Professor Thereos," he greeted simply with a polite nod to him, the boy crossing further inside to head to a desk. Once there, he took a seat, setting his belongings down on the desk in front of him and taking out a quill and parchment before returning his bag to his feet as he awaited the class to begin.

Bazinga 11-25-2011 10:21 PM

Minerva walked into the classroom where she heard a tea pot screaming. Minerva smiled "Hellp Professor, how are you today? May I help you with your tea pot?"

Magical Soul 11-25-2011 10:56 PM

So. This was it. Their last meeting with the Centaur... right? It wasn't like he was a permanent teacher in Hogwarts, no? That was what she thought, anyway. "Good day mister Thereos." She smiled at the half man and walked on to sit on one of the front desks.

She might not be the brightest in Divination but she, sure, was to pay attention this time.

Jessiqua 11-25-2011 11:15 PM

Zhenya walked into class and sat down.

sweetpinkpixie 11-26-2011 06:50 AM

Kurumi had tried to convince Jonathan that he should attend Divination as it would help him with his OWLs, but there was no making him budge. Part of it was the boy's stubborn side, but mostly it was due to his boggart being the very being teaching the class. Kurumi could hardly expect him to push that aside all for the sake of learning although she had tried.

Walking in, Kurumi took her usual seat in the front and made sure that the one next to her was open for Selina, and turned her attention towards Thereos. "Good day, Professor Thereos," she smiled while she set her book on the table. She glanced up at the teapot that was making an awful lot of noise. Seemed like today's lesson would have to do with Tasseomancy...perhaps. "Sir, I believe your water is ready." It would be bad it it boiled over after all.

Tazzie 11-26-2011 07:06 AM

After the last lesson, Beatrice had the feeling that she did not want to attend Divination again. But she knew it was highly necessary. So she walked into the Divination classroom, almost dragging her legs.

She kept her head down as she went inside, "Good day Thereos." Then she walked over to her usual seat and busied herself with her egg in Charms.

Jason Potter Weasley 11-26-2011 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thereos (Post 10780105)
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.



[OCC: Feel free to post arriving. Class officially starts tomorrow at around 3pm GMT. Remember to keep chatting to a minimun.

" HEllo "William told the professor.

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Originally Posted by anolan807 (Post 10780374)
Minerva walked into the classroom where she heard a tea pot screaming. Minerva smiled "Hellp Professor, how are you today? May I help you with your tea pot?"

Wiliam looked at Minerva. He has to do his work. He passed her to go sit somewhere else this time. William saw Beezus.

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Originally Posted by tomewitch (Post 10781213)
After the last lesson, Beatrice had the feeling that she did not want to attend Divination again. But she knew it was highly necessary. So she walked into the Divination classroom, almost dragging her legs.

She kept her head down as she went inside, "Good day Thereos." Then she walked over to her usual seat and busied herself with her egg in Charms.

" May I sit next to you?" William asked Beezus. " It would be a pleasure to sit next yo you" William said to Beezus.

FireboltAvis88 11-26-2011 08:20 AM

As Alyssa waited for class to start, she couldn't help but notice that the Professor's tea pot was boiling. How could she not notice. It's whistle was loud enough to wake the dead. She didn't know whether to offer any help or even let him know that it was boiling because she didn't want to say or do anything wrong that would offend him. So she just sat at her desk and kept silent but at the same time hoped that someone else would go and tell him or help him out.

Enigma 11-26-2011 10:25 AM

Ira entered the Divination classroom, wishing for a cancelled lecture or something. Today, she really wasn't in the mood to study Divination, well, its another thing, that she probably never is in the mood to study!

Entering the classroom, the first thing she noticed was the loud whistling of the tea pot. She looked at Thereos and back again at the tea pot. So maybe they were gonna read future through boiling water. Merlins!

"Good day, Professor Thereos." she smiled to Thereos.

luna-p 11-26-2011 11:59 AM

Ashley wasn't too sure how he was doing with Divination, since he never really got all the parts of it. When they had to draw things or make things, he was fine, but actually finding out anything... he really wasn't too good at that. Still, he came to class, ready to work on whatever was going to happen today. "Hello," he said to Thereos as he walked by, though he became slightly distracted by the teapot, and didn't finish his greeting, getting caught up in wondering about it. Thankfully, he wasn't too distracted to find a seat, which he did quickly, settling in and letting other things take over his mind until class started.

Orla 11-26-2011 12:01 PM

'Hello Proffeser'Luna half smilied Divination well she couldn't have been less bothered with it but...

Thereos 11-26-2011 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anolan807 (Post 10780374)
Minerva walked into the classroom where she heard a tea pot screaming. Minerva smiled "Hellp Professor, how are you today? May I help you with your tea pot?"

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10781201)
Kurumi had tried to convince Jonathan that he should attend Divination as it would help him with his OWLs, but there was no making him budge. Part of it was the boy's stubborn side, but mostly it was due to his boggart being the very being teaching the class. Kurumi could hardly expect him to push that aside all for the sake of learning although she had tried.

Walking in, Kurumi took her usual seat in the front and made sure that the one next to her was open for Selina, and turned her attention towards Thereos. "Good day, Professor Thereos," she smiled while she set her book on the table. She glanced up at the teapot that was making an awful lot of noise. Seemed like today's lesson would have to do with Tasseomancy...perhaps. "Sir, I believe your water is ready." It would be bad it it boiled over after all.

"Good day!" Thereos said to all the student's on time. The group seemed smaller than last lesson, but no matter. With a slight shrug he turned to look into the eyes of girl in yellow and black robes, a Hufflepuff who had asked him a question."Fantastic, I'll let you help with the tea pot in just a bit, all right?" Clattering over to it he removed the lock to stop the pot from whistling too badly. Wizard inventions were handy sometimes, but did they have to be so loud?

Hearing another girl's with a red crested badge on her chest Thereos decide to ignore her for now. It was obvious that the tea was nice, hot and ready. Clearing his throat he adressed the class "Now then in what type of divination could a tea pot be essential?"

Bazinga 11-26-2011 03:22 PM

"Yes professor I will help when you need it." Minerva smiled answering him and then found her seat. She put up her hand for his first question to the class. "It is the reading of tea leaves. Once the tea has been drank the bottom of the cup will be tea leaves."

sweetpinkpixie 11-26-2011 03:39 PM

"There is Tasseomancy, sir," Kurumi said with her hand raised. She wouldn't mind having a nice hot cup of tea right about now. If nothing else it would certainly help her relax. Although, she didn't exactly like how cold the centaur had suddenly become with her. Seemed to be a trend recently with some classes. Oh well...

Magical Soul 11-26-2011 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thereos (Post 10781558)
Clearing his throat he adressed the class "Now then in what type of divination could a tea pot be essential?"

Raising her hand, Louisa talked, "Reading tea leaves, sir?" It must have a scientific name for the department but Louisa's mind was not concentrating on the answer, she had an important letter to send after class. "We boil them in." Or that was what she thought.

Enigma 11-26-2011 04:05 PM

Ira had read somewhere that tea leaves too could be used for predictions, though now she didn't exactly remember what that science was called... She had seen a muggle psychic perform this art near her house once.

Still, she raised her hand up and answered, "A tea pot will be essential for reading of tea leaves, right Sir? I mean, we can predict future based on the pattern formed by tea leaves at the bottom of the cup."

CurlyPotter14 11-26-2011 04:33 PM

Jordan raised his hand, "We could use the teapot in the preparation of reading tea leaves?" he said. He'd seen muggles attempt this, it never quite worked for them! Oh well.. Hopefully that was a correct answer of sorts.

FireboltAvis88 11-26-2011 05:39 PM

Alyssa raised her hand. "Professor a tea pot would be brewing tea, so could we be using the tea leaves later after the tea is drunk to do a divination reading?".

Jason Potter Weasley 11-26-2011 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thereos (Post 10781558)
"Good day!" Thereos said to all the student's on time. The group seemed smaller than last lesson, but no matter. With a slight shrug he turned to look into the eyes of girl in yellow and black robes, a Hufflepuff who had asked him a question."Fantastic, I'll let you help with the tea pot in just a bit, all right?" Clattering over to it he removed the lock to stop the pot from whistling too badly. Wizard inventions were handy sometimes, but did they have to be so loud?

Hearing another girl's with a red crested badge on her chest Thereos decide to ignore her for now. It was obvious that the tea was nice, hot and ready. Clearing his throat he adressed the class "Now then in what type of divination could a tea pot be essential?"

William raised his hand. " The teapot is used for putting tea in there" William told the professor. " Then yo ucan read the tea leaves in the pot" William said to the professor.

GinnyFan 11-26-2011 07:10 PM

"Perhaps reading tea leaves, sir," Chris thought that sounded stupid. Sure you needed a tea pot to pour tea, but something sounded off when he said it...

Anna Banana 11-26-2011 07:17 PM

Well, ...duh. Tea leaf reading was one of the easiest and most commonly known types of Divination, wasn't it? Maybe. Maybe not. Who really cared. Sierra raised her hand into the air. "Maybe in reading tea leaves?" she suggested. "I think it's called...Tasseomancy." She eyed Thereos, thinking how it was still the strangest thing in the world to have a centaur that looked almost exactly like her father. She'd be glad when Tate hired a new Divination professor. Not because Thereos wasn't a good professor, no. It was just a little unsettling to look at the mirror image of her father with longer hair and a horse's body.

BanaBatGirl 11-26-2011 08:18 PM

"Tasseomancy, sir," Tori answered like her other classmates. "You need a tea pot to make tea to read the tea leaves!"

Oooh she'd always wanted to try this.

Jessiqua 11-26-2011 10:58 PM

Zhenya raised her hand and replied "Tea is essential when you want to do tea leaf reading," she said.

Tazzie 11-27-2011 02:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jason Potter Weasley (Post 10781258)
" May I sit next to you?" William asked Beezus. " It would be a pleasure to sit next yo you" William said to Beezus.

Just as she had placed Quiglee, her Charms egg inside her bag, someone approached her. She looked up and saw William. "Oh." Why was he not seating beside Minerva? Oh well..none of her business and also no one was seating next to her in the first place. "Yeah, sure.." She said as she moved a bit to the other side to make room for him.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thereos (Post 10781558)
Clearing his throat he adressed the class "Now then in what type of divination could a tea pot be essential?"

Beatrice diverted her attention to Thereos as he started talking. But the noise coming from the teapot was really getting into her nerves. It was kind of irritating.

As the first question shot up, she raised her hand. "That type of Divination would be the reading of tea leaves." So that was why there was a noisy teapot. "Otherwise known as Tasseomancy." That pretty much was it.

Jason Potter Weasley 11-27-2011 02:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomewitch (Post 10782627)
Just as she had placed Quiglee, her Charms egg inside her bag, someone approached her. She looked up and saw William. "Oh." Why was he not seating beside Minerva? Oh well..none of her business and also no one was seating next to her in the first place. "Yeah, sure.." She said as she moved a bit to the other side to make room for him.

Beatrice diverted her attention to Thereos as he started talking. But the noise coming from the teapot was really getting into her nerves. It was kind of irritating.

As the first question shot up, she raised her hand. "That type of Divination would be the reading of tea leaves." So that was why there was a noisy teapot. "Otherwise known as Tasseomancy." That pretty much was it.

"William gave Beezus a "thank you" smile for her letting him sit next to her in class.

GoldenSnake 11-27-2011 06:24 AM

"Tasseography." Victoria reply simply, and continued to look outside the window. Come on, start the class already and start reading tea leaves!

Thereos 11-27-2011 03:24 PM

Text Cut: Students

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10781574)
"There is Tasseomancy, sir," Kurumi said with her hand raised. She wouldn't mind having a nice hot cup of tea right about now. If nothing else it would certainly help her relax. Although, she didn't exactly like how cold the centaur had suddenly become with her. Seemed to be a trend recently with some classes. Oh well...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magical Soul (Post 10781578)
Raising her hand, Louisa talked, "Reading tea leaves, sir?" It must have a scientific name for the department but Louisa's mind was not concentrating on the answer, she had an important letter to send after class. "We boil them in." Or that was what she thought.

Quote:

Originally Posted by nups21 (Post 10781596)
Ira had read somewhere that tea leaves too could be used for predictions, though now she didn't exactly remember what that science was called... She had seen a muggle psychic perform this art near her house once.

Still, she raised her hand up and answered, "A tea pot will be essential for reading of tea leaves, right Sir? I mean, we can predict future based on the pattern formed by tea leaves at the bottom of the cup."

Quote:

Originally Posted by CurlyPotter14 (Post 10781616)
Jordan raised his hand, "We could use the teapot in the preparation of reading tea leaves?" he said. He'd seen muggles attempt this, it never quite worked for them! Oh well.. Hopefully that was a correct answer of sorts.

Quote:

Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 (Post 10781658)
Alyssa raised her hand. "Professor a tea pot would be brewing tea, so could we be using the tea leaves later after the tea is drunk to do a divination reading?".

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jason Potter Weasley (Post 10781689)
William raised his hand. " The teapot is used for putting tea in there" William told the professor. " Then yo ucan read the tea leaves in the pot" William said to the professor.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GinnyFan (Post 10781769)
"Perhaps reading tea leaves, sir," Chris thought that sounded stupid. Sure you needed a tea pot to pour tea, but something sounded off when he said it...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anna Banana (Post 10781776)
Well, ...duh. Tea leaf reading was one of the easiest and most commonly known types of Divination, wasn't it? Maybe. Maybe not. Who really cared. Sierra raised her hand into the air. "Maybe in reading tea leaves?" she suggested. "I think it's called...Tasseomancy." She eyed Thereos, thinking how it was still the strangest thing in the world to have a centaur that looked almost exactly like her father. She'd be glad when Tate hired a new Divination professor. Not because Thereos wasn't a good professor, no. It was just a little unsettling to look at the mirror image of her father with longer hair and a horse's body.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl (Post 10781867)
"Tasseomancy, sir," Tori answered like her other classmates. "You need a tea pot to make tea to read the tea leaves!"

Oooh she'd always wanted to try this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jessiqua (Post 10782148)
Zhenya raised her hand and replied "Tea is essential when you want to do tea leaf reading," she said.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomewitch (Post 10782627)
Just as she had placed Quiglee, her Charms egg inside her bag, someone approached her. She looked up and saw William. "Oh." Why was he not seating beside Minerva? Oh well..none of her business and also no one was seating next to her in the first place. "Yeah, sure.." She said as she moved a bit to the other side to make room for him.

Beatrice diverted her attention to Thereos as he started talking. But the noise coming from the teapot was really getting into her nerves. It was kind of irritating.

As the first question shot up, she raised her hand. "That type of Divination would be the reading of tea leaves." So that was why there was a noisy teapot. "Otherwise known as Tasseomancy." That pretty much was it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jason Potter Weasley (Post 10782653)
"William gave Beezus a "thank you" smile for her letting him sit next to her in class.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenSnake (Post 10782924)
"Tasseography." Victoria reply simply, and continued to look outside the window. Come on, start the class already and start reading tea leaves!



Thereos clapped his hands and gave them all a small slightly forced smile. Smiling wasn’t his thing but if it pleased the student’s he would. "The correct term is Tessomancy or tea leaf reading, 2 points to each of you. We are today going to test the art of divining with the use of tea leaves."

Quote:

Originally Posted by anolan807 (Post 10781568)
"Yes professor I will help when you need it." Minerva smiled answering him and then found her seat. She put up her hand for his first question to the class. "It is the reading of tea leaves. Once the tea has been drank the bottom of the cup will be tea leaves."

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10781574)
"There is Tasseomancy, sir," Kurumi said with her hand raised. She wouldn't mind having a nice hot cup of tea right about now. If nothing else it would certainly help her relax. Although, she didn't exactly like how cold the centaur had suddenly become with her. Seemed to be a trend recently with some classes. Oh well...

Turning to the Hufflepuff who had volunteered so gallantly earlier Thereos said "Can you with the help of the girl with the red badge pour tea and hand out tea mugs to everyone in the class before we continue on?" Expecting them to scurry to take on the task he lectured on "Tealeaf reading is one of the most common forms of divination which is widely used all over the world. Tea in general we drink to sooth us, for comfort and for refinement. It’s also good to drink tea with a bit of honey in it if your throat is aching."

"When the girl’s have distributed you a tea mug drink up the tea, but don’t throw out the leaves in the bottom we need them for our divination. Get to work and don’t burn your tongues!" Thereos said as he waited for the class to be ready to read the leaves in their cups.

sweetpinkpixie 11-27-2011 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thereos (Post 10783274)
Turning to the Hufflepuff who had volunteered so gallantly earlier Thereos said "Can you with the help of the girl with the red badge pour tea and hand out tea mugs to everyone in the class before we continue on?" Expecting them to scurry to take on the task he lectured on "Tealeaf reading is one of the most common forms of divination which is widely used all over the world. Tea in general we drink to sooth us, for comfort and for refinement. It’s also good to drink tea with a bit of honey in it if your throat is aching."

"When the girl’s have distributed you a tea mug drink up the tea, but don’t throw out the leaves in the bottom we need them for our divination. Get to work and don’t burn your tongues!" Thereos said as he waited for the class to be ready to read the leaves in their cups.

Kurumi cocked her head to the side feeling a bit confused. Why had he seemingly forgotten her name? This was a bit odd to the fourth year, but she figured it was best to keep her mouth shut for now and simply do as she had been asked to do. So, she stood up, bowed slightly to Thereos to signal that she understood what was going on, and then headed over towards the cabinet.

As she did, she walked past Hufflepuff and smiled. "I'll get the tea cups then." After all, she had been the one to ask specifically about the tea in the beginning. Kurumi smiled and summoned a large tray to fill with white tea cups - that was the best color for this sort of thing, right? Balancing the tray on one of her arms, Kurumi walked around and placed a tea cup for each student on their desk.

FireboltAvis88 11-27-2011 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thereos (Post 10783274)
Thereos clapped his hands and gave them all a small slightly forced smile. Smiling wasn’t his thing but if it pleased the student’s he would. "The correct term is Tessomancy or tea leaf reading, 2 points to each of you. We are today going to test the art of divining with the use of tea leaves."

Turning to the Hufflepuff who had volunteered so gallantly earlier Thereos said "Can you with the help of the girl with the red badge pour tea and hand out tea mugs to everyone in the class before we continue on?" Expecting them to scurry to take on the task he lectured on "Tealeaf reading is one of the most common forms of divination which is widely used all over the world. Tea in general we drink to sooth us, for comfort and for refinement. It’s also good to drink tea with a bit of honey in it if your throat is aching."

"When the girl’s have distributed you a tea mug drink up the tea, but don’t throw out the leaves in the bottom we need them for our divination. Get to work and don’t burn your tongues!" Thereos said as he waited for the class to be ready to read the leaves in their cups.

Alyssa waited until her tea mug had been filled and blowing on it to cool it, she slowly sipped it. It took her awhile as the tea was not only steaming hot it was strong, but she managed to drink it all up. She made carefully sure that she didn't swallow the tea leaves as well, and was glad that when she looked into her mug that the leaves still lay at the bottom of it.

CurlyPotter14 11-27-2011 08:35 PM

Jordan was slightly cold, so he took the mug of tea gratefully. He blew on it, waiting for it to cool down. He looked about, the class wasn't too popular like he'd expected, but he was enjoying himself... Kinda.

He gulped down his tea, burning his mouth accidently, he had left the tea leaves at the bottom however, that was good. He fanned at his mouth in an attempt to cool it down... Stupid Jordan!

Bazinga 11-27-2011 10:27 PM

The Professor and Kurumi:
SPOILER!!:
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Originally Posted by Thereos (Post 10783274)
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Thereos clapped his hands and gave them all a small slightly forced smile. Smiling wasn’t his thing but if it pleased the student’s he would. "The correct term is Tessomancy or tea leaf reading, 2 points to each of you. We are today going to test the art of divining with the use of tea leaves."





Turning to the Hufflepuff who had volunteered so gallantly earlier Thereos said "Can you with the help of the girl with the red badge pour tea and hand out tea mugs to everyone in the class before we continue on?" Expecting them to scurry to take on the task he lectured on "Tealeaf reading is one of the most common forms of divination which is widely used all over the world. Tea in general we drink to sooth us, for comfort and for refinement. It’s also good to drink tea with a bit of honey in it if your throat is aching."

"When the girl’s have distributed you a tea mug drink up the tea, but don’t throw out the leaves in the bottom we need them for our divination. Get to work and don’t burn your tongues!" Thereos said as he waited for the class to be ready to read the leaves in their cups.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10783300)
Kurumi cocked her head to the side feeling a bit confused. Why had he seemingly forgotten her name? This was a bit odd to the fourth year, but she figured it was best to keep her mouth shut for now and simply do as she had been asked to do. So, she stood up, bowed slightly to Thereos to signal that she understood what was going on, and then headed over towards the cabinet.

As she did, she walked past Hufflepuff and smiled. "I'll get the tea cups then." After all, she had been the one to ask specifically about the tea in the beginning. Kurumi smiled and summoned a large tray to fill with white tea cups - that was the best color for this sort of thing, right? Balancing the tray on one of her arms, Kurumi walked around and placed a tea cup for each student on their desk.



Minerva got up and smiled at the professor eager to help. "Ok Kurumi that sounds great I'll get the tea pot." She followed Kurumi and poured the tea after Kurumi gave all the students cups. When they were all passed out she put the pot back and sat down with her own tea and began to drink it.

Anna Banana 11-27-2011 11:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thereos (Post 10783274)
"When the girl’s have distributed you a tea mug drink up the tea, but don’t throw out the leaves in the bottom we need them for our divination. Get to work and don’t burn your tongues!" Thereos said as he waited for the class to be ready to read the leaves in their cups.

Sierra waited for Hollingberry and the Puffer to serve her (like house elves, mwah haha), and then she sipped on the tea until it was gone. She peered in the bottom of the cup and noticed that all the tea leaves were still in there. Hmm. Good. So now she could use them for the assignment or whatever it was they were about to do. Tasseomancy, ...yeah. She put the now empty cup (save for the tea leaves) on the desktop and then waited for the next set of instructions.

Jason Potter Weasley 11-27-2011 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Thereos (Post 10783274)
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Thereos clapped his hands and gave them all a small slightly forced smile. Smiling wasn’t his thing but if it pleased the student’s he would. "The correct term is Tessomancy or tea leaf reading, 2 points to each of you. We are today going to test the art of divining with the use of tea leaves."





Turning to the Hufflepuff who had volunteered so gallantly earlier Thereos said "Can you with the help of the girl with the red badge pour tea and hand out tea mugs to everyone in the class before we continue on?" Expecting them to scurry to take on the task he lectured on "Tealeaf reading is one of the most common forms of divination which is widely used all over the world. Tea in general we drink to sooth us, for comfort and for refinement. It’s also good to drink tea with a bit of honey in it if your throat is aching."

"When the girl’s have distributed you a tea mug drink up the tea, but don’t throw out the leaves in the bottom we need them for our divination. Get to work and don’t burn your tongues!" Thereos said as he waited for the class to be ready to read the leaves in their cups.

William is ready to find out about the teal leaves..

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10783300)
Kurumi cocked her head to the side feeling a bit confused. Why had he seemingly forgotten her name? This was a bit odd to the fourth year, but she figured it was best to keep her mouth shut for now and simply do as she had been asked to do. So, she stood up, bowed slightly to Thereos to signal that she understood what was going on, and then headed over towards the cabinet.

As she did, she walked past Hufflepuff and smiled. "I'll get the tea cups then." After all, she had been the one to ask specifically about the tea in the beginning. Kurumi smiled and summoned a large tray to fill with white tea cups - that was the best color for this sort of thing, right? Balancing the tray on one of her arms, Kurumi walked around and placed a tea cup for each student on their desk.

" Would you please pur the tea into my cup?" William asked Kurumi. " Thank you" William said to Kurumi. William drinks his tea and leves the tealeves in his tea cup.

sweetpinkpixie 11-28-2011 12:05 AM

slight god moding just so we get the passing out done xD just assume you have a cup!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by anolan807 (Post 10783798)
Minerva got up and smiled at the professor eager to help. "Ok Kurumi that sounds great I'll get the tea pot." She followed Kurumi and poured the tea after Kurumi gave all the students cups. When they were all passed out she put the pot back and sat down with her own tea and began to drink it.

Kurumi smiled and nodded to the young Puff. Teamwork, right? They seemed to work in rhythm, Kurumi setting a cup on the table and the first year following closely behind filling up the cups. Kurumi seemed to remember another term doing tea leave readings and finding something that sort of resembled a wonky W...never did figure out what all that meant.

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Originally Posted by Jason Potter Weasley (Post 10783881)
" Would you please pur the tea into my cup?" William asked Kurumi. " Thank you" William said to Kurumi. William drinks his tea and leves the tealeves in his tea cup.

When she got to William's spot, she set his cup on the table. "Actually, I am just handing out the cups," she winked. But he didn't have to wait long as the Hufflepuff quickly filled his cup before moving on to the next one.

Once all the cups had been passed out and her own tea cup filled, Kurumi returned to her seat and softly blew on her own tea. Did centaurs just like their tea to be scalding hot? Kurumi liked hot tea, but the weather outside was already warm and the combination was a bit much. When it had cooled down to a drinkable temperature, Kurumi began softly sipping on it. Not bad...but she would have preferred green tea.

BanaBatGirl 11-28-2011 12:17 AM

Tori waited til she had a cup of tea and blinked at it for a bit, wondering where the tea bag was....? Since she was totes a Beverly Hills girl, and since she didn't even like tea in the first place, Tori wasn't really sure how this worked.... but whatever.

She sipped at the bitter drink slowly, blowing on it in between sips. Ewww. Where was the sugar? Kurumi SUCKED as a House Elf. She should've been following along behind the Puffer and handing out sugar cubes.

Deezerz 11-28-2011 01:13 AM

Kennedy stared down at the hot tea. He wasn't much of a tea person. The only time he drank tea was when he was sick, but other than that it was fruit juices like orange juice, apple juice, and so on. Gah, the tea didn't even smell nice, to his nose anyway.

He lifted the cup to his lips and blew on it and too a small sip. Ugh, this was like drinking medicine. He did NOT like medicine. With effort, and a lot of it, he drank every drop of tea in the cup until he could clearly see the tea leaves.

Granger1814 11-28-2011 03:43 AM

Kourtney accepted a tea cup from Kurumi, giving the older girl a quick smile. Tea...it wasn't her favorite beverage to drink, but...

She waited a few moments for the tea to cool a bit, for she didn't want to burn her lips or tongue on the hot liquid.

When the time came, she sipped at the tea for a moment, making a slight face. Ugh.

After a few minutes, she set the cup down. Well, that was an adventure in itself. Hopefully, she wouldn't have to do it again.

Enigma 11-28-2011 05:18 AM

Ira smiled at Kurumi as she came to her desk to distribute the tea mugs. Ira accepted the mug... Tea wasn't her favorite thing but it would do to get her out of sleepiness in Divination class.

The tea was steaming hot and smelled good. She slowly blew air over it for it to become a little cool and slowly she sipped it. It was refreshing!

When she was done she peered at the bottom of the cup to see that the tea leaves were there. She put her mug down on her table and waited for the next instructions.

Tazzie 11-28-2011 02:06 PM

Tea! Yeyyy..She loved tea. And they would be drinking some right now. Divination is becoming more and more her cup of tea. Heh. If someone would just get what she thought then that would be great because she did not understand it.. Teheeehee.

"Thank you Kurumi.." Beatrice told the Prefect lioness as she received a cup from her. Not a while later, Minerva poured the tea on her cup. "Thanks." She also said to the Hufflepuff. The tea sure was aromatic. Its mere smell was very refreshing and unnerving that all she wanted was to just lie down and absorb all the smell from the tea but she knew she couldn't. Thereos would probably kick her out of the Classroom and considering those legs..it won't be overwhelming.

Now, back to the lesson. With a light blow on her tea to avoid burning her tongue when she drinks it, Beatrice slowly took a sip from her cup. It was very soothing indeed. Just a small sip made her body organs relax. And that made her want to drink more, and drink she did until the cup's content was gone and the only thing that's left were the tea leaves. Now, they wait.

Magical Soul 11-28-2011 03:46 PM

Louisa smiled at the Prefect handing her the cup and cupped it with both hands. It was hot. A lot. She blew on it gently a couple of times before sipping one sip. It wasn't tongue-burning, so the girl started sipping more and more, looking down at the cup as the tea leaves were showed gradually from under the tea.

A minute or two later, her tea was gone and the leaves lied at the bottom of the cup.

Now what?

Thereos 11-28-2011 04:59 PM

Thereos watched as his student's drank up their tea some more enthusiastically then others. Oh, hrmm maybe tea wasn't for everyone it wasn't anything peculiar about that. They all needed to drink up the tea so that they could move on with fun part.

Satified when everyone had downed their portion he said "Now I want all of you to place your cup in your left hand and splash around the tea leaves in your cups 3 times. Then i want you to turn your cups upside down on a saucer which you can get up front."

"When you've done so I want you to let the water flow off the tea leaves before you change saucer with a partner of your choice. The number's should be even if not i don't mind if you work in pairs."

He let the student's process the information before lecturing on. "When you do the reading of your partners leaves you are supposed to look for symbols/shapes in the tea leaves. Some common symbols are acorn, club cross, falcon, the grim, skull and sun and they all mean different things for the future."

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Originally Posted by Blackboard
■ acorn - "windfall, unexpected gold"
■ club - "an attack"
■ cross - "trials and suffering"
■ falcon - "a deadly enemy"
■ the Grim - "death"
■ skull - "danger in your path"
■ sun - "great happiness"

If you want more symbols and/or information on what certain symbols mean then make good use of this textbook.

[Occ: You are supposed to partner up for this portion and do a reading for each other. Be creative! I allow groups of 3. Feel free to use the link above its a tea leaf reading source.]

Jason Potter Weasley 11-28-2011 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomewitch (Post 10784730)
Tea! Yeyyy..She loved tea. And they would be drinking some right now. Divination is becoming more and more her cup of tea. Heh. If someone would just get what she thought then that would be great because she did not understand it.. Teheeehee.

"Thank you Kurumi.." Beatrice told the Prefect lioness as she received a cup from her. Not a while later, Minerva poured the tea on her cup. "Thanks." She also said to the Hufflepuff. The tea sure was aromatic. Its mere smell was very refreshing and unnerving that all she wanted was to just lie down and absorb all the smell from the tea but she knew she couldn't. Thereos would probably kick her out of the Classroom and considering those legs..it won't be overwhelming.

Now, back to the lesson. With a light blow on her tea to avoid burning her tongue when she drinks it, Beatrice slowly took a sip from her cup. It was very soothing indeed. Just a small sip made her body organs relax. And that made her want to drink more, and drink she did until the cup's content was gone and the only thing that's left were the tea leaves. Now, they wait.

" WEll, I finished and I see my tea leaves" William told Beezus "Do you see your tea leaves?" Willaim asked Beezus. " The professor wants us to partneer up and I would be honored if you would be my partner" William said to Beezus. " He wants us to change cups and read the other person's tea leaves" William explained to Beezus.

Bazinga 11-28-2011 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thereos (Post 10784808)
Thereos watched as his student's drank up their tea some more enthusiastically then others. Oh, hrmm maybe tea wasn't for everyone it wasn't anything peculiar about that. They all needed to drink up the tea so that they could move on with fun part.

Satified when everyone had downed their portion he said "Now I want all of you to place your cup in your left hand and splash around the tea leaves in your cups 3 times. Then i want you to turn your cups upside down on a saucer which you can get up front."

"When you've done so I want you to let the water flow off the tea leaves before you change saucer with a partner of your choice. The number's should be even if not i don't mind if you work in pairs."

He let the student's process the information before lecturing on. "When you do the reading of your partners leaves you are supposed to look for symbols/shapes in the tea leaves. Some common symbols are acorn, club cross, falcon, the grim, skull and sun and they all mean different things for the future."



[Occ: You are supposed to partner up for this portion and do a reading for each other. Be creative! I allow groups of 3. Feel free to use the link above its a tea leaf reading source.]

Minerva put the cup in her left hand and splashed it around. the tea leaves three times. The she got up and got the saucer the professor was talking about and turned her cup upside down on the saucer. "Alyssa do you want to be my partner?" Minerva smiled at her friend.

DarkStorm 11-28-2011 08:15 PM

:claw:

Text Cut: Minnie
Quote:

Originally Posted by anolan807 (Post 10784943)
Minerva put the cup in her left hand and splashed it around. the tea leaves three times. The she got up and got the saucer the professor was talking about and turned her cup upside down on the saucer. "Alyssa do you want to be my partner?" Minerva smiled at her friend.



Harvey followed what the professor told them to do, he got a saucer, he put the cup in his left and splashed it around the leaves 3times and then turned his cup upside down on the saucer. He then went to Alyssa and Minnie "Hey girls, do you mind if I partner up with the both of you. We are allowed upto 3 people in a group." he asked Minnie and Alyssa

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FireboltAvis88 11-28-2011 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thereos (Post 10784808)
Thereos watched as his student's drank up their tea some more enthusiastically then others. Oh, hrmm maybe tea wasn't for everyone it wasn't anything peculiar about that. They all needed to drink up the tea so that they could move on with fun part.

Satified when everyone had downed their portion he said "Now I want all of you to place your cup in your left hand and splash around the tea leaves in your cups 3 times. Then i want you to turn your cups upside down on a saucer which you can get up front."

"When you've done so I want you to let the water flow off the tea leaves before you change saucer with a partner of your choice. The number's should be even if not i don't mind if you work in pairs."

He let the student's process the information before lecturing on. "When you do the reading of your partners leaves you are supposed to look for symbols/shapes in the tea leaves. Some common symbols are acorn, club cross, falcon, the grim, skull and sun and they all mean different things for the future."

■ acorn - "windfall, unexpected gold"
■ club - "an attack"
■ cross - "trials and suffering"
■ falcon - "a deadly enemy"
■ the Grim - "death"
■ skull - "danger in your path"
■ sun - "great happiness"

If you want more symbols and/or information on what certain symbols mean then make good use of this textbook.

[Occ: You are supposed to partner up for this portion and do a reading for each other. Be creative! I allow groups of 3. Feel free to use the link above its a tea leaf reading source.]

Alyssa listened to the Professor's instructions and wrote it down in her journal. Then she took her cup and placed it in her left hand. She splashed the tea leaves around in her cup 3 times. Once she was done, she placed the cup on the table while she went upfront to get a saucer. When she returned to her desk, she turned her cup upside down on the saucer and let the remaining tea flow out making sure that the tea leaves remained inside the saucer. Now she needed a partner.

Quote:

Originally Posted by anolan807 (Post 10784943)
Minerva put the cup in her left hand and splashed it around. the tea leaves three times. The she got up and got the saucer the professor was talking about and turned her cup upside down on the saucer. "Alyssa do you want to be my partner?" Minerva smiled at her friend.

"Minnie! Of course I will. If you hadn't asked me, I would have asked you," Alyssa smiled up at her friend. "Here I'll scoot over. Pull up your chair. Here's my saucer,"

CurlyPotter14 11-28-2011 08:33 PM

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.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10784006)
Kurumi smiled and nodded to the young Puff. Teamwork, right? They seemed to work in rhythm, Kurumi setting a cup on the table and the first year following closely behind filling up the cups. Kurumi seemed to remember another term doing tea leave readings and finding something that sort of resembled a wonky W...never did figure out what all that meant.

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.

Bazinga 11-28-2011 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EW_FAN (Post 10784949)
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Harvey followed what the professor told them to do, he got a saucer, he put the cup in his left and splashed it around the leaves 3times and then turned his cup upside down on the saucer. He then went to Alyssa and Minnie "Hey girls, do you mind if I partner up with the both of you. We are allowed upto 3 people in a group." he asked Minnie and Alyssa

:claw:

Quote:

Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 (Post 10784956)
Alyssa listened to the Professor's instructions and wrote it down in her journal. Then she took her cup and placed it in her left hand. She splashed the tea leaves around in her cup 3 times. Once she was done, she placed the cup on the table while she went upfront to get a saucer. When she returned to her desk, she turned her cup upside down on the saucer and let the remaining tea flow out making sure that the tea leaves remained inside the saucer. Now she needed a partner.



"Minnie! Of course I will. If you hadn't asked me, I would have asked you," Alyssa smiled up at her friend. "Here I'll scoot over. Pull up your chair. Here's my saucer,"

Minerva smiled at her two friends. "Ok lets just rotate cups. I will take Alyssa, Harvey you take mine, and Alyssa you can take Harvey's. Does that work?"

Anna Banana 11-28-2011 08:49 PM

*needs a partner*
 
Text Cut: Thereos
Quote:

Originally Posted by Thereos (Post 10784808)
Thereos watched as his student's drank up their tea some more enthusiastically then others. Oh, hrmm maybe tea wasn't for everyone it wasn't anything peculiar about that. They all needed to drink up the tea so that they could move on with fun part.

Satified when everyone had downed their portion he said "Now I want all of you to place your cup in your left hand and splash around the tea leaves in your cups 3 times. Then i want you to turn your cups upside down on a saucer which you can get up front."

"When you've done so I want you to let the water flow off the tea leaves before you change saucer with a partner of your choice. The number's should be even if not i don't mind if you work in pairs."

He let the student's process the information before lecturing on. "When you do the reading of your partners leaves you are supposed to look for symbols/shapes in the tea leaves. Some common symbols are acorn, club cross, falcon, the grim, skull and sun and they all mean different things for the future."



Knowing she needed a saucer from the front of the room, Sierra pushed herself out of her chair and made way to the front. After retrieving a saucer and heading back to her desk, she moved her cup from her left hand to her right. *splash, splash, splash* She splashed the tea leaves around exactly three times then turned the cup upside down on the saucer.

She watched as the water flowed off the tea leaves. Now, she needed a partner. Hmm... She peered around the room looking for the least annoying person she could find. That knocked Hollingberry out... Now, who else might be free?

BanaBatGirl 11-28-2011 08:55 PM

*snags Bonana* heeeeeeeeehehehee.
 
SPOILER!!: Centaur
Quote:

Originally Posted by Thereos (Post 10784808)
Thereos watched as his student's drank up their tea some more enthusiastically then others. Oh, hrmm maybe tea wasn't for everyone it wasn't anything peculiar about that. They all needed to drink up the tea so that they could move on with fun part.

Satified when everyone had downed their portion he said "Now I want all of you to place your cup in your left hand and splash around the tea leaves in your cups 3 times. Then i want you to turn your cups upside down on a saucer which you can get up front."

"When you've done so I want you to let the water flow off the tea leaves before you change saucer with a partner of your choice. The number's should be even if not i don't mind if you work in pairs."

He let the student's process the information before lecturing on. "When you do the reading of your partners leaves you are supposed to look for symbols/shapes in the tea leaves. Some common symbols are acorn, club cross, falcon, the grim, skull and sun and they all mean different things for the future."

[Occ: You are supposed to partner up for this portion and do a reading for each other. Be creative! I allow groups of 3. Feel free to use the link above its a tea leaf reading source.]



Quote:

Originally Posted by Anna Banana (Post 10784980)
Knowing she needed a saucer from the front of the room, Sierra pushed herself out of her chair and made way to the front. After retrieving a saucer and heading back to her desk, she moved her cup from her left hand to her right. *splash, splash, splash* She splashed the tea leaves around exactly three times then turned the cup upside down on the saucer.

She watched as the water flowed off the tea leaves. Now, she needed a partner. Hmm... She peered around the room looking for the least annoying person she could find. That knocked Hollingberry out... Now, who else might be free?

Tori drank some more of her tea and then grabbed a saucer from the front of the room, finishing up her tea once she got back to her chair. She transferred the cup to her left hand and splashed the tea leaves around three times. That finished, she turned it upside down on her saucer and went about looking for a partner.

Who could that be....? Oh, Greengoblin, sitting over there all alone. Perfect. Heh. Tori could predict death for her on the Quidditch pitch next weekend! Awesome.

"Sierra," she whisper!hissed. "SIERRA. Be my partner. Here." Without waiting for a response, she shoved her saucer and teacup over to the girl and picked up her cup and saucer in return. Mwaha.

DarkStorm 11-28-2011 09:03 PM

:claw:

Text Cut: Minnie
Quote:

Originally Posted by anolan807 (Post 10784976)
Minerva smiled at her two friends. "Ok lets just rotate cups. I will take Alyssa, Harvey you take mine, and Alyssa you can take Harvey's. Does that work?"



Harvey smiled "Yes that works." he said taking Minnie's cup. As he passed his cup to Alyssa.

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FireboltAvis88 11-28-2011 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anolan807 (Post 10784976)
Minerva smiled at her two friends. "Ok lets just rotate cups. I will take Alyssa, Harvey you take mine, and Alyssa you can take Harvey's. Does that work?"

"That will be fine with me. Now let me warn you in advance. I'm really bad at this, so don't believe what I say about what I'm reading in your leaves,"Alyssa told Harvey. Alyssa looked into the cup and said "Ooooh! Harvey I see a long and rich life ahead of you. Nah! Just kidding. Okay time to be serious now." Alyssa stared into the cup and tried to figure out what the leaves meant trying to compare it with the examples of the symbols the Professor had shared with them.

Text Cut: Professor's quotation and examples

"When you do the reading of your partners leaves you are supposed to look for symbols/shapes in the tea leaves. Some common symbols are acorn, club cross, falcon, the grim, skull and sun and they all mean different things for the future."

■ acorn - "windfall, unexpected gold"
■ club - "an attack"
■ cross - "trials and suffering"
■ falcon - "a deadly enemy"
■ the Grim - "death"
■ skull - "danger in your path"
■ sun - "great happiness"

hpluvr037 11-28-2011 09:58 PM

Need a partner, please!! Keefer doesn't bite! *whistles*
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Thereos (Post 10784808)

Satisfied when everyone had downed their portion he said "Now I want all of you to place your cup in your left hand and splash around the tea leaves in your cups 3 times. Then i want you to turn your cups upside down on a saucer which you can get up front."

"When you've done so I want you to let the water flow off the tea leaves before you change saucer with a partner of your choice. The number's should be even if not i don't mind if you work in pairs."

He let the student's process the information before lecturing on. "When you do the reading of your partners leaves you are supposed to look for symbols/shapes in the tea leaves. Some common symbols are acorn, club cross, falcon, the grim, skull and sun and they all mean different things for the future."

Keefer walked to the front and picked up a saucer. Back at his place, he set it down and picked up the tea. Cup in his left hand, Keefer began to splash his leaves around. One. He splashed it again. Two. And a third time. Three. He inverted his cup and let the rest of the tea flow off from the leaves.

He began to look around. He didn't want to speak and distract others, but he really needed a partner. Who else looks like they need someone...?

Tazzie 11-28-2011 10:13 PM

SPOILER!!: Thereos
Quote:

Originally Posted by Thereos (Post 10784808)
Thereos watched as his student's drank up their tea some more enthusiastically then others. Oh, hrmm maybe tea wasn't for everyone it wasn't anything peculiar about that. They all needed to drink up the tea so that they could move on with fun part.

Satified when everyone had downed their portion he said "Now I want all of you to place your cup in your left hand and splash around the tea leaves in your cups 3 times. Then i want you to turn your cups upside down on a saucer which you can get up front."

"When you've done so I want you to let the water flow off the tea leaves before you change saucer with a partner of your choice. The number's should be even if not i don't mind if you work in pairs."

He let the student's process the information before lecturing on. "When you do the reading of your partners leaves you are supposed to look for symbols/shapes in the tea leaves. Some common symbols are acorn, club cross, falcon, the grim, skull and sun and they all mean different things for the future."

[Occ: You are supposed to partner up for this portion and do a reading for each other. Be creative! I allow groups of 3. Feel free to use the link above its a tea leaf reading source.]

Beatrice followed the instructions that Thereos had given them. After drinking the tea, she placed it on her left hand, splashed the tea leaved in her cup 3 times and walked forward to the front to get herself a saucer which when she returned back to her seat she used to turn her cup upside down. AND.. time to look for a partner..

SPOILER!!: William
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jason Potter Weasley (Post 10784875)
" WEll, I finished and I see my tea leaves" William told Beezus "Do you see your tea leaves?" Willaim asked Beezus. " The professor wants us to partneer up and I would be honored if you would be my partner" William said to Beezus. " He wants us to change cups and read the other person's tea leaves" William explained to Beezus.

"I'm also done.." She told the Gryffindor boy. Yep, she was. "Oh, okay.." Then she gave William her cup.

SPOILER!!: Keefer
Quote:

Originally Posted by hpluvr037 (Post 10785050)
Keefer walked to the front and picked up a saucer. Back at his place, he set it down and picked up the tea. Cup in his left hand, Keefer began to splash his leaves around. One. He splashed it again. Two. And a third time. Three. He inverted his cup and let the rest of the tea flow off from the leaves.

He began to look around. He didn't want to speak and distract others, but he really needed a partner. Who else looks like they need someone...?

Looking up, Beezus saw a Hufflepuff boy looking for a partner, that is by the looks of his robes. "Uhm hi.. I could be your partner." She told him as she gestured him to sit. "Or...the three of us could swap cups." She added, saying it to the Huffie whom she did not know yet and to William.

Granger1814 11-28-2011 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hpluvr037 (Post 10785050)
Keefer walked to the front and picked up a saucer. Back at his place, he set it down and picked up the tea. Cup in his left hand, Keefer began to splash his leaves around. One. He splashed it again. Two. And a third time. Three. He inverted his cup and let the rest of the tea flow off from the leaves.

He began to look around. He didn't want to speak and distract others, but he really needed a partner. Who else looks like they need someone...?

Kourt immediately walked up the front of the classroom to retrieve a saucer. Once she returned to her seat, she picked up her teacup, held it in her left hand, and did as instructed. One splash, two splash, three splash! This was...kinda interesting.

She flipped the cup over, watching as the little bit of tea dripped onto the saucer below.

Now where was....Oh. It looked as though she had a partner already.

Her gaze continued about until she noticed an older boy that didn't have a partner yet. Well...it was always good to know the older students. "Hey." She leaned over, addressing him. "Wanna be partners?"

Deezerz 11-28-2011 10:33 PM

Kennedy needs a partner :P
 
After standing up to get a saucer he sat back down. Kennedy placed the cup in his left hand and around the leaves three times. Hmm, why did it matter what hand they used to splash the leaves around? Eh, maybe it was some sort of ritual.

Coming back to the present, Kennedy turned his cup upside down on the saucer and then looked up. Why did he need a partner? He wasn't good with that. What if they saw something weird on his tea leaves and thought he was strange or something?

Oh, well.

He looked around and said, "Anyone need a partner?" Because he, sadly, did.

Magical Soul 11-28-2011 10:37 PM

Gotcha! For Bubbles. :)
 
Louisa got up from her seat, leaving her finished tea cup on the table, and grabbed a saucer from the front. Back again, she started splashing her tea leaves inside; One SPLASH, two SPLASH, three SPLASH.

Cool. Now the Ravenclaw turned her cup over and waited for a brief moment before removing the cup. With a rather satisfied smile, she looked up. All she needed now was a partner. Her eyes searched the classroom for any small groups or solo students.

Raising her hand, Louisa answered the snake boy, "Over here!" Yep, he wasn't a smart Ravvie but he'd do.

No offense.

Bazinga 11-28-2011 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 (Post 10784998)
"That will be fine with me. Now let me warn you in advance. I'm really bad at this, so don't believe what I say about what I'm reading in your leaves,"Alyssa told Harvey. Alyssa looked into the cup and said "Ooooh! Harvey I see a long and rich life ahead of you. Nah! Just kidding. Okay time to be serious now." Alyssa stared into the cup and tried to figure out what the leaves meant trying to compare it with the examples of the symbols the Professor had shared with them.

Text Cut: Professor's quotation and examples

"When you do the reading of your partners leaves you are supposed to look for symbols/shapes in the tea leaves. Some common symbols are acorn, club cross, falcon, the grim, skull and sun and they all mean different things for the future."

■ acorn - "windfall, unexpected gold"
■ club - "an attack"
■ cross - "trials and suffering"
■ falcon - "a deadly enemy"
■ the Grim - "death"
■ skull - "danger in your path"
■ sun - "great happiness"



Minerva giggled at Alyssa. Then she looked at Alyssa's tea leaves. "Hmmm I am seeing a well." She looked into the tea leaves as closely as possible.

Deezerz 11-28-2011 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Magical Soul (Post 10785094)
Louisa got up from her seat, leaving her finished tea cup on the table, and grabbed a saucer from the front. Back again, she started splashing her tea leaves inside; One SPLASH, two SPLASH, three SPLASH.

Cool. Now the Ravenclaw turned her cup over and waited for a brief moment before removing the cup. With a rather satisfied smile, she looked up. All she needed now was a partner. Her eyes searched the classroom for any small groups or solo students.

Raising her hand, Louisa answered the snake boy, "Over here!" Yep, he wasn't a smart Ravvie but he'd do.

No offense.

No.

No one?

He was about to turn his head back to his cup when he saw a girl's hand go up in the air. A partner!... She was talking to him right? Whatever, he wasn't going to lose this opportunity to get a partner. Kennedy stood up with his cup and walked over to where the girl sat.

Losers weepers, winners keepers.:P

"Hi," he said, sitting down. "I'm Kennedy," he grinned shyly and extended his hand to her. Yeah, he finally remembered to introduce himself first.

Magical Soul 11-28-2011 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Bubbles (Post 10785114)
No.

No one?

He was about to turn his head back to his cup when he saw a girl's hand go up in the air. A partner!... She was talking to him right? Whatever, he wasn't going to lose this opportunity to get a partner. Kennedy stood up with his cup and walked over to where the girl sat.

Losers weepers, winners keepers.:P

"Hi," he said, sitting down. "I'm Kennedy," he grinned shyly and extended his hand to her. Yeah, he finally remembered to introduce himself first.

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.

hpluvr037 11-28-2011 11:25 PM

Granger1814
 
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Originally Posted by Granger1814 (Post 10785076)

Her gaze continued about until she noticed an older boy that didn't have a partner yet. Well...it was always good to know the older students. "Hey." She leaned over, addressing him. "Wanna be partners?"

Keefer looked round as a young girl addressed him. "Sure, that's fine. Have a seat." He smiled encouragingly at the young first year and held out his cup to swap. "Go easy on my reading, okay?" he joked.

Jason Potter Weasley 11-28-2011 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by tomewitch (Post 10785067)
Beatrice followed the instructions that Thereos had given them. After drinking the tea, she placed it on her left hand, splashed the tea leaved in her cup 3 times and walked forward to the front to get herself a saucer which when she returned back to her seat she used to turn her cup upside down. AND.. time to look for a partner..

"I'm also done.." She told the Gryffindor boy. Yep, she was. "Oh, okay.." Then she gave William her cup.

Looking up, Beezus saw a Hufflepuff boy looking for a partner, that is by the looks of his robes. "Uhm hi.. I could be your partner." She told him as she gestured him to sit. "Or...the three of us could swap cups." She added, saying it to the Huffie whom she did not know yet and to William.

" Thanks for partnering up with me" William told Beezus. Here is my cup and you should give me your teacup" William said to Beezus." Do you want me to read your teal eaves first or would you like to read my tealeves first?" William asked Beezus. "Actually Keefer, can give his cup to you. then I will read your cup and Keefer can rad my cup" William explained to them both.

FireboltAvis88 11-28-2011 11:40 PM

Alyssa looked deeply into Harvey's cup. All she saw was leaves scattered around the place....like tea leaves usually look like in a cup But as she looked more deeply she started seeing shapes. Either that or her eyes were playing tricks with her, either that or she was experiencing that thing they call matrixing where you see things you want to see.

So Alyssa decided to sit back, close her eyes and clear her thoughts. She then opened her eyes and looked back down into the cup again.

DarkStorm 11-28-2011 11:58 PM

:claw:

Harvey looked into Minnie's cup. He was confused. How can you see shapes in this mess of tea leaves? he thought as he looked at the tea leaves. So he took a deep breath and tried to focus his mind. He then looked back into the cup and he was started to see something, but he could not make out what it was. So he decided to keep looking at the tea leaves to see if he could see something. He closed his eyes and tried to concentrate harder, he looked into Minnie's cup and was definitely seeing A shape, but what was it?

:claw:

pundantic 11-29-2011 12:04 AM

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..."

Granger1814 11-29-2011 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by hpluvr037 (Post 10785137)
Keefer looked round as a young girl addressed him. "Sure, that's fine. Have a seat." He smiled encouragingly at the young first year and held out his cup to swap. "Go easy on my reading, okay?" he joked.

Kourt smiled at the older boy's acceptance and then giggled at his joke. "Sure...I just hope I can actually make something out."

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.

Enigma 11-29-2011 12:15 AM

Anyone needs a partner?
 
Ira put the cup in her left hand as instructed and splashed the tea leaves around three times. Why was the left hand necessary? Ira thought... After that was done, she got up and went top the front to get a saucer.

Then Ira looked around for partners to work this thing out. She always hated tasks which involved team work as such. But now she had to! Fine! So be it...

Till she could find a partner, she inverted her tea cup and let the water flow off the tea leaves. Now she surely needed a partner!

Bazinga 11-29-2011 12:18 AM

Minerva looked into the mug. She could see shapes, but what were they. She looked at the other two to see if they were having better luck.

sweetpinkpixie 11-29-2011 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Thereos (Post 10784808)
Satified when everyone had downed their portion he said "Now I want all of you to place your cup in your left hand and splash around the tea leaves in your cups 3 times. Then i want you to turn your cups upside down on a saucer which you can get up front."

"When you've done so I want you to let the water flow off the tea leaves before you change saucer with a partner of your choice. The number's should be even if not i don't mind if you work in pairs."

He let the student's process the information before lecturing on. "When you do the reading of your partners leaves you are supposed to look for symbols/shapes in the tea leaves. Some common symbols are acorn, club cross, falcon, the grim, skull and sun and they all mean different things for the future."

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.

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Originally Posted by CurlyPotter14 (Post 10784962)
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.

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.

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict (Post 10785191)
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..."

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?"

pundantic 11-29-2011 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10785221)
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?"

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?"

sweetpinkpixie 11-29-2011 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict (Post 10785250)
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.

Holmesian Feline 11-29-2011 12:55 AM

Catching up
 
SPOILER!!: Jordan, Selina and Kurumi
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Originally Posted by CurlyPotter14 (Post 10784962)
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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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict (Post 10785191)
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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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10785221)
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"m Gideon. Would ye care to be my partner?"

pundantic 11-29-2011 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10785275)
"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."

hpluvr037 11-29-2011 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Granger1814 (Post 10785194)
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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Originally Posted by Granger1814 (Post 10785194)
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.

Bazinga 11-29-2011 01:23 AM

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."

sweetpinkpixie 11-29-2011 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict (Post 10785301)
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?"

pundantic 11-29-2011 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10785329)
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.

sweetpinkpixie 11-29-2011 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict (Post 10785342)
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.

Deezerz 11-29-2011 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Magical Soul (Post 10785124)
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.

O______O"

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.

FireboltAvis88 11-29-2011 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by anolan807 (Post 10785320)
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.

Bazinga 11-29-2011 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 (Post 10785564)
"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.

Granger1814 11-29-2011 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by hpluvr037 (Post 10785304)
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.

FireboltAvis88 11-29-2011 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by anolan807 (Post 10785569)
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.

DarkStorm 11-29-2011 05:34 AM

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Text Cut: Alyssa and Minnie
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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 (Post 10785564)
"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 (Post 10785569)
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 (Post 10785610)
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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Bazinga 11-29-2011 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 (Post 10785610)
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 (Post 10785616)
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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.

Text Cut: Alyssa and Minnie




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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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.

DuckyLinJi 11-29-2011 01:03 PM

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.

"Anyone want to be my partneeeeer~?!"

DarkStorm 11-29-2011 02:25 PM

Text Cut: Minnie
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Originally Posted by anolan807 (Post 10785798)
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.

Magical Soul 11-29-2011 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bubbles (Post 10785404)
O______O"

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.

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.

CurlyPotter14 11-29-2011 04:50 PM

SPOILER!!: Selina and Kurumi
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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict (Post 10785191)
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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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10785221)
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 (Post 10785280)
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..

FireboltAvis88 11-29-2011 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by EW_FAN (Post 10785870)
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."

Holmesian Feline 11-29-2011 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by CurlyPotter14 (Post 10785988)

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.

CurlyPotter14 11-29-2011 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Macavity (Post 10786149)
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.

hpluvr037 11-29-2011 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Granger1814 (Post 10785579)
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."

pundantic 11-29-2011 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10785371)
"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.

Deezerz 11-29-2011 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Magical Soul (Post 10785882)
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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