Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 10926680)

Jotting down a few notes and underlining a thing here and there, Kurumi set her quill down and went to the front to grab a pieace of wood and was about to return to her seat when another small question crossed her mind. "Professor, is there a noticeable difference between the two methods? Using the incantation as opposed to doing it by hand I mean." Using magic as opposed to doing it by hand. Seemed like there might be something different.
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Finishing up her conversation with Professor Jenkins, Kurumi returned to her seat and set her piece of wood on the table. Now...which rune did she carve? Forget which method she was going to use, she needed to figure out which rune first. Opening up her textbook, Kurumi flipped through the pages looking for something that could help her when her eyes fell on a particular rune and suddenly the prefect realized that she didn't want to make a rune for herself...but for someone else. She would just figure out how to make them accept it later.

"Sowilo..." she whispered to herself as she read over its meaning. Yep. This would do.

Now...which method to use? She had used Intaglio during her second year and performed a few other carving methods before, but using a gorging tool was a little foreign to her. That pretty much decided it. The entire point of school was challenging yourself and trying out new things so that you could learn after all.

Using her quill first, Kurumi drew a very light drawing of the run on the piece of wood before picking up her tool and setting it against the wood. Against the grain, right?

Originally Posted by Hermione Lily Potter (Post 10926998)

As the professor gave the go ahead to come get some wood and a tool, Lily got up and went up to the front of the room, grabbing a block of wood and a tool before returning to her seat. Once she had returned to her seat, Lily got a question. Raising her hand to get help from the professor, she waited until he got over to her seat before asking. "Um.. Does it matter which rune we decide to practice carving out? And is there any technique that you suggest we use while carving?" Lily figured she had to ask, since she didn't want to get in trouble and also had never carved anything before.

Originally Posted by Mell (Post 10926611)

"Excellent. You all seem to know why it is important to make your own runes. And like some of you said, your wand chose you because it's attuned to you so it is with runes." Oliver took his wand out of his holster and with a sharp flick in the direction of the box, the lid popped open to reveal pieces of wood inside.

"For those of you who said 'Intaglio' was the incantation are correct. Personally I prefer to either carve my runes into the wood using a gouge tool or to burn the runes by using hot iron." He replaced his wand back into its holster and perched against his desk again. "The runes have their own magic and I prefer not to taint them with other kinds. But that is only my opinion. If you wish to use the incantation then that is totally up to you."

He pulled a satchel out of his drawer and laid it out onto the desk. "We won't be practicing with the hot iron today." Oliver wasn't sure how much he could trust the students yet. They seemed well behaved, but put a red hot iron branding tool in their hands and Merlin only knew what could happen.

"There are some gouge tools up here that you can use. So I'd like you all to come up the front grab yourself a piece of wood and gouge tool if you are using it and then return to your desk and practice carving your runes into the wood. If you need any help then please just raise your hand and I'll come over and assist you."


ooc: Just RP your character carving into their piece of wood. Points will be awarded for participation.