Louisa nodded politely at the professor's... words of wisdom. In all honesty, the girl thought the professors were supposed to say such things to their students, it was probably a part of their contract or something. She didn't really pay attention to the sincerity of it. Hadley did not know her personally, did she? Nope. HOWEVER, the girl was going to send an owl... just for the fun of it.

As for Hadley's twosome number ones, HMMM. Louisa pondered that for a bit. Focusing on herself... the soul urge said she liked independence and all... well. "Maybe, professor, you got yourself a chance of a new life? Maybe one that doesn't involve sacrificing your time to others?" Pause at the lame guess. The Louisa started babbling again, "BUT you had to give away your responsibilities as a head of authority, which's what your soul urge number indicates that you love, and you didn't?" MERLINSMELLYPANTS DID ROSLUND PROPOSE ALREADY!? A tiny bouncy version of Louisa was freaking out in Louisa's head.

It was the closest thing she could think of... so...

Ira was done thinking about the soul urge number, destiny number, personal numbers and all of them! She didn't actually hate the subject, but by now she had reached a kind of saturation point with the numbers.

She listened to the professor explain each student and nodded her head as a question was asked. To say the least, by now Ira was becoming a bit confused with all these numbers! So, she decided that instead of saying something foolish, she better keep quiet and let others answer. She could always take notes, whenever needed.

Amelia raised her hand now so that she could take a guess in answering the next question. "Maybe it means that the 15th was a good day for you to start something for yourself. Maybe a task that you've been wanting to do for a while. Or just anything for yourself really."

Minerva thought for a second and then put her hand up. "Professor two days ago maybe you shut your office door and instead of dealing with all our problems you took a break and did something to distress and make yourself happy."

After consulting her text book, Ella raised her hand hesitantly. She wasn't quite sure how to put this. "Well since both have to do with you focusing on-well, you...does this mean that on that particular day you were, well..." Ella closed her eyes, not wanting to meet the professors gaze. "...acting self centered?" Ella opened her eyes wide and tried to make it sound better somehow. "Not that I think you're self-centered, Professor!" She decided it was best that she stop talking and she looked down at the table.

Kurumi nodded, momentarily distracting herself with thoughts of her Soul Urge number relating to this month in particular. Her Soul Urge Number had strong connections with people, especially family. There was also the bit about, well, romantic relationships that seemed to be ridiculously spot on with the lioness. Her hand subconsciously reached for the heart pendant hanging around her neck and blushed. Yep...there certainly were things this month that she was feeling VERY strongly.
Kurumi looked up again when Professor Hadley moved the lesson along. A double day of feeling the energies of 1? That seemed sort of intense and Kurumi's initial reaction after checking her Arithmancy notes was that Professor Hadley must have been very irritable that day - probably something that Professor Scabior had done. Kurumi raised her hand. "Perhaps, professor, on the fifteenth you just needed to step back from everything and take a moment to yourself? Reevaluate relationships and tasks that needed to be handled." Kurumi often had days like that. Ones where you just needed to keep to yourself and focus on what you needed to do to get things done. Not to mention needing to examine some relationships and figure out where things were going.

Kurumi glanced at Louisa. Yep...things like THAT.

Pamper herself for a change? Oh. Maybe she was referencing the beginning thing. "Control, yes. Control and new beginnings..." But she wasn't about to concede into telling more details than that.

"Yes, that day would have had significance, as it would have been important toward my desire to lead... to take control." Take matters into her own hands, perhaps.

Fina frowned for a moment. "The soul urge number isn't sort of like, but rather it is your heart desire number. But yes ... you're quite on the right line of thinking."

"Do something new... that would help me toward my own expectations and life goals, you mean?" Fina said casually.

A new life?!? Merlin, it wasn't like she was on Death's Bed or anything! And really, what was that about giving away her responsibilities as head of authority? She was still Head of House, for Merlin's sake, not to mention, that completely contradicted a number ONE Soul Urge Number, which was about leading. "No. It's about a new beginning. A way to focus on myself and my independence. My expectations. My life goals." Not about giving up something like her independence or authority. HMPH.


"Yes. That is exactly what it means. That 15th day of October was a good day to start something for myself. Something that would help me towards living up to my life expectations." Fina nodded at the seventh year.

Shut her office door? Fina frowned at this suggestion. "I don't think... closing out my problems has much to do with this..." Unless she was referring to the ideals that she wanted to be alone. Independent. Away from teams. But no, she was pretty sure that wasn't the case really.

And now... Despite herself, Fina laughed. Not at the suggestion, but just because of how the girl said it. She seemed so ... reluctant to say it, yet she did. And it was just ... amusing. "There's nothing wrong with being self-centered, once in awhile." Just for the record and stuff.


Just as she was about to dismiss the lesson, she noticed Kurumi raised her hand to add something else. What was with people suggesting that she needed to reevaluate her life and take a moment to herself, two days ago? Did they think she was uptight or something? "Perhaps... yes..." she said, simply and quite nonchalantly. "Time to take a moment to myself and set a precedent for a new beginning, yes."

Casually brushing some strands of hair behind her ear, Fina said simply, "If there are no further questions, then class is dismissed. Your homework assignment will be posted on the notice board outside my office." But just before anyone could move or leave... "And please, have a chocolate on your way out," she added on last note, as she remembered the box Oakey gave her and she opened it, setting it on the desk nearest the door for them to take one.


ooc: if you haven't stalked my office, the chocolates were supposedly made extra sweet, but were accidentally made spicy. Of course your character won't know this until they try one

Minerva gathered her things. "Thank you professor for the great lesson. Have a good day and thank you for the chocolate." she said as she took one and popped it in her mouth. She started to eat it, but her mouth felt like it was on fire. She began chocking and hurried in her bag grabbing a tissue to spit the chocolate out. She then drank some water that she always carried in her bag. She looked over at Professor Hadley, but didn't want to offender her by saying something was wrong with the chocolates so she just smiled and said goodbye again.

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Pamper herself for a change? Oh. Maybe she was referencing the beginning thing. "Control, yes. Control and new beginnings..." But she wasn't about to concede into telling more details than that.



"Yes, that day would have had significance, as it would have been important toward my desire to lead... to take control." Take matters into her own hands, perhaps.



Fina frowned for a moment. "The soul urge number isn't sort of like, but rather it is your heart desire number. But yes ... you're quite on the right line of thinking."



"Do something new... that would help me toward my own expectations and life goals, you mean?" Fina said casually.



A new life?!? Merlin, it wasn't like she was on Death's Bed or anything! And really, what was that about giving away her responsibilities as head of authority? She was still Head of House, for Merlin's sake, not to mention, that completely contradicted a number ONE Soul Urge Number, which was about leading. "No. It's about a new beginning. A way to focus on myself and my independence. My expectations. My life goals." Not about giving up something like her independence or authority. HMPH.




"Yes. That is exactly what it means. That 15th day of October was a good day to start something for myself. Something that would help me towards living up to my life expectations." Fina nodded at the seventh year.



Shut her office door? Fina frowned at this suggestion. "I don't think... closing out my problems has much to do with this..." Unless she was referring to the ideals that she wanted to be alone. Independent. Away from teams. But no, she was pretty sure that wasn't the case really.



And now... Despite herself, Fina laughed. Not at the suggestion, but just because of how the girl said it. She seemed so ... reluctant to say it, yet she did. And it was just ... amusing. "There's nothing wrong with being self-centered, once in awhile." Just for the record and stuff.




Just as she was about to dismiss the lesson, she noticed Kurumi raised her hand to add something else. What was with people suggesting that she needed to reevaluate her life and take a moment to herself, two days ago? Did they think she was uptight or something? "Perhaps... yes..." she said, simply and quite nonchalantly. "Time to take a moment to myself and set a precedent for a new beginning, yes."

Casually brushing some strands of hair behind her ear, Fina said simply, "If there are no further questions, then class is dismissed. Your homework assignment will be posted on the notice board outside my office." But just before anyone could move or leave... "And please, have a chocolate on your way out," she added on last note, as she remembered the box Oakey gave her and she opened it, setting it on the desk nearest the door for them to take one.


ooc: if you haven't stalked my office, the chocolates were supposedly made extra sweet, but were accidentally made spicy. Of course your character won't know this until they try one

"Thank you for the lesson." She said and picked up a chocolate and put it in jer candy part of her bag and walked out of the classroom.

Oh? They were dismissed now? Glenn gathered her things, shoving them semi tidily in her bag. "Thank you for the amazing lesson Professor!" She said smiling at the professor and helping herself to a chocolate. She decided not to eat it just yet, so she stored it in her pocket and walked out of the classroom.

Why so serious, Professor Hadley? Could it be that some of the students were figuring things out? BREWING romance in the library as it were. Yep, Louisa and Kurumi had discussed this notion when Kurumi had first heard about the detention being given. It was such a cover up for what had really been going on. Selfish much? All signs pointed to it!

Gathering up her things, Kurumi took a chocolate, but didn't eat it just yet. She would save it as a snack for while she was studying later that evening. "Thank you for the lesson, Professor Hadley," Kurumi smiled, pocketing the chocolate. "And for the chocolate."

Kurumi was about to leave the room...but Professor Hadley hadn't exactly given the class a straight answer about what the numbers had meant for her...and the little lion was very curious. "Professor, we all offered up theories about what your Personal Day Number being the same as your Soul Urge Number meant, but...what does it mean to you?"

YAY!! Class was dismissed. Not that she hadn't liked it, but she was tired and she wanted to go and have a nap now after class.

"Thank you for the fun lesson, Professor Hadley!" she said as she packed up her things, and left the room. She took a chocolate on her way out. To save it for later.

Its over already? Messer gathered his things up and put it back onto his bag. "Thank you for the lesson, Professor." he said and picked one of the chocolate. Who in his right mind can resist a chocolate? Certainly not him. "Good day, Ma'am." Messer said before he left the classroom.

Alyssa picked up her things and made her way to where the Professor was standing. "Thank you for another interesting lesson, Professor. Uh.....before I leave, would you like me to help you rearrange the tables back into the way you usually have them. It's no problem for me and I still have some time before dinner starts." Alyssa asked the Professor eyeing one of the chocolates as she waited for the Professor to answer. She picked one up, popped it into her mouth and almost laughed outloud. Trust Oakey to give the Professor chocolates that were spicy!! Thank goodness she loved eating spicy Indian and Mexican food, so the chocolate actually tasted nice. It was definitely different but still tasty just them same.

Oh now Ira understood what it was all about. She nodded her head at the explanations and took down whenever notes were required, which she could review while studying later.

And the class was over? It had been a good class! She gathered her things and put them in her bag, and then got up to leave. On the way out, she said to Professor, "Goodbye Professor! It was a nice lesson!"

And then she saw the chocolates! Wow! Just the sight of those chocolates made her mouth water. She went over quickly and grabbed some. She unwrapped one and put it into her mouth. And choked on it! Uff.. was it even chocolate that she was eating? Professor had certainly said it was chocolate! Chocolate was never spicy!

Grinning, she said, "Good joke professor,also a little too spicy!" Then she took her water bottle out and quickly drank some. And then left the classroom.

Zhenya was glad the lesson was over, because it was FULL of information. She wanted to go and process everything she learned. But she was also disappointed it was over because it was so much fun.

"Thank you so much for the great lesson. I really feel like I've learned a whole new language or something. Numbers and I never used to understand each other... but now I think we do!" she said happily. She took a chocolate and decided to save it for later.

Catching Kurumi's eye, Louisa's mouth twitched into a small smile. Unfortunately, Louisa's rather blatant hint got dismissed BUT Kurumi's subtle one was approved. It still didn't verify what the two girls were thinking about... well, what Louisa thought Kurumi was thinking about.

Taking a biscuit from the plate, the Ravenclaw was about to bid goodbyes to the rather moody professor and leave when she saw Kurumi talking to her. Quickly, she loped over to them and was all ears. Bringing the biscuit up to her mouth, she took a bite while listening to Kurumi, expecting something crunchy and sweet to dissolve in her mouth but... O__O "Errr... are those... barbecue biscuits, professor?" She gave the one in her hand a skeptical look. Kurumi might identify the problem, the girl had probably more cookies than books in her trunk. It was a criticize though, the girl was one heck of a smart kid. Pity it wasn't a Ravvie.

Let's see. She was still having some teeny tiny bit of questions and doubts about what Professor Hadley has just discussed. But she was trying to understand it so hopefully, Merlina and all the Headmasters would lend her a hand?

Yeah, dream on Beezus. A voice said inside her. With a sigh, she returned her things inside her backpack and walked towards their Arithmancy Professor. "Thank you for the good lesson Professor." Then she looked at the box of chocolates that she offered. "And thanks for the chocolates Professor. But I'm allergic." Then she smiled and walked out of the classroom.

Ella smiled, glad Professor Hadley wasn't upset about her suggestion that she might have been self-centered. She wasn't expecting her to laugh though, causing her to blush profusely. When Hadley dismissed the lesson, Ella grabbed her things and headed for the door. "Bye Professor!" She said with a wide smile. "Thanks for a fun lesson!" She grabbed a chocolate, popping it in her mouth. Within seconds, Ella's mouth was on fire. "Merlin's beard!" She said wide eyed. She ran for the nearest trash bin and spit the contents out. She looked around, wide eyed and then realized it must have been some kind of joke. Wow, didn't see that one coming! Ella, always able to appreciate a well executed prank, smiled again at Professor Hadley. "Good one Professor! A little spicier than I like my chocolates though." She giggled as she left, in search of a large glass or milk.

Watching as the students took chocolates, thanking her for the lesson, she nodded and waited a moment to see if anyone brought any questions to her attention. That was when she noticed Minerva nearly choking on her way out the door. "Oh... are you...?" but she was gone before she could say anything more. Hmm. Must have gone down the wrong pipe or something.

Shrugging it off, she blinked when Kurumi stepped backward into the room and asked a question. Huh? Oh. Trust the fifth year to ask such a question. "I think..." she paused, pondering the question a moment longer. "I think your theories were fairly close to accurate." As for what really happened on the 15th of October, well.... she didn't hide in her office per say.

Distracted momentarily by Kurumi's question, she blinked in surprise when Alyssa was leaving but then offered something or other. "Oh... oh ... no, that's alright, dear. It won't take me long to rearrange them." Besides, she wasn't actually sure how she wanted to arrange them for the next lesson. Best to leave them be till she decides. "Thank you for the offer though."

Allergic to chocolates? Oh. For some strange reason, her thoughts flickered at that moment to a certain former Head Girl, and for a brief second, she wondered about the girl and what she was doing since graduating last year. "That's alright." She sympathized. Considering she wasn't allergic; just hypersensitive to the sugar and caffeine within the substance.

Spicy? Barbecue? Josephina frowned at the three girls who had quite the adverse reactions to consuming the chocolate ... something almost similar to Minerva's choking fit before, but Minerva hadn't wanted to offend her, it seemed.

"Oh... Oh... Wait? They were spicy?" Fina frowned, staring incredulously at the box. Had Oakey been trying to POISON her? And yet, she mistakenly nearly poisoned half the student body!

Automatically, she closed the box of chocolates. "I'm... oh... I had no idea... they were a gift... and ... Well, you don't have to eat them. Please don't." Merlin only knew what else Oakey did to them.

Now that the game was over August caught his breath from running around the room and tagging people and went over to grab his things to prepare to leave. It really had been a great lesson and he had enjoyed the fun aspects of Arithmancy.

Walking up to the Professor he grinned, taking a chocolate. "Thank you Professor." For both the treat and the lesson. "Your lesson was really fun today, see you later."

He took a big ole' bite of the chocolate as he walked out the door, and after a scowl dumped the thing in the closets rubbish bin.

Louisa stared at professor Hadley. Neutrally. But if the girl didn't care about getting another detention, she would've GLARED at the woman. Seriously? She gave her students some questionable chocolate? Grrr. Louisa made a mental note to dump her piece in the closest trash bin. "Well.. thanks for the lesson today, professor, you're obviously unsettled about something. Have a good day. Really." She almost patted the professor's on the back. The woman was messed up, it was official.

Louisa grabbed her shoulder bag and stuffed her parchments and textbook inside it before heading out of the classroom.

Interesting. Kurumi nodded her head and attempted to look as though that were a fulfilling answer, but it really wasn't. Professor Hadley certainly hadn't made it seem like their guesses were accurate. Oh well, at least she had asked. A more detailed answer may have helped her come up with a means to analyze her one numbers.
Before Kurumi could say thank you, Professor Hadley was thrown into a small panic over the chocolates. Good thing she hadn't popped hers into her mouth immediately? Then again, it wasn't as if spicy was a bad thing. It was more of an acquired taste when it came to chocolates. "Spicy? Like...with chili flakes?" Kurumi asked, removing the chocolate from her pocket and giving it a sniff. "Adding a spicy component to chocolate isn't a bad thing per say. Chipotle mole sauce is spicy and uses chocolate...and I just tried my hand at making some orange wasabi dark chocolate truffles." She glanced up at Professor Hadley. She had given away someone's GIFT? 'that...sort of a no no in the rules of gift giving and receiving?

As the lesson came to a close Justin ent to thank the Professor.With a smile he bowed low and said, " Thank you , Professor. I didn't think I'd get the hang of working out the calculations. Today I was finally able to and the class has intrigued me. I look forward to the next lesson. "

Oakey was heart broken when He saw his gift to the Professor being distributed to his classmates by the Professor. Those Chocolates were for Professor Hadley, not for them. Oakey guessed he should have made that specific to her when he gave the gift to her.

He was in utter shock when the students who had taken the chocolate began spitting it out, tearing up and called it spicy. That was the last straw. Not only were his chocolates being given away by the Professor he had intended to give them to but now they were insulting them. They aren't spicy he told the class stubbornly they're extra sweet! He opened the box of chocolates that Hadley had closed and popped a piece into his mouth and began chewing, his eyes began to water and his face turned pink. He swallowed down hard, and looked at the Professor. I-I'm sorry Professor. He told Hadley looking embarrassed.