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Kurumi slouched juuuuuuuust a little in her seat as the more historical and factual portion of the lesson seemed to come to an end in terms of these readings. Kurumi couldn't help but bite her lip to contain a giggle when Professor Elwood mentioned educated guesses when responding to people. Ahem. Still, Kurumi was somewhat glad that these readings related to Natal Charts because that meant she had some experience working with them When the next question was posed, about pointers, Kurumi had to stop herself from saying something like 'the point to things that are important' because she really wasn't actually thinking. Instead, Kurumi just sat back in her seat and took more notes...or things that looked like notes at least. |
As her classmates chimed in and started describing what they thought a pointer was, Sierra raised her hand. Pointer. That seemed pretty self-explanatory. "It sounds like a stone that has a point to it, maybe a point that leads you in a certain direction or toward another stone," she suggested. She shrugged to herself. She really didn't know what a pointer was, but based on what they'd been talking about added to what she thought the word pointer meant, it all sounded good to her. |
Alyssa listened as the other students basically have the same answer that she was about to share with the class, but she raised her hand anyway and said,"Professor I guess the pointers are basically what they are called. Pointers are the edges, tips or other characteristics of a Stone that point in a particular direction or in different directions.". Alyssa thought for a moment to best explain what she meant. "These pointers can be important when they are in a pattern or in a cluster of stones because the direction those tips or edges are pointing may possibly show the direction where the flow of energies, power, influence and the connection that particular stone has to the other stones in its cluster group." |
The Head Boy Again. Cuz we can't help it. A pointer. Aspen had probably, at some point, read this. About pointers. She could have formed an answer good enough, but probably not cheery enough for the Professor. SO, she didn't bother with answering this time either. Nope, instead....Aspen, under her table, shifted her wand so that it was pointing at the Head Boy. Subtle to most, but the Head Boy could probably see. Then she mouthed to him, Pointer. POINTER. This was a POINTER. ...bahaha. |
SPOILER!!: Professor Zhenya continued to write down what she was saying, and what the other students had already said. It started making a bit of sense to her. She drew the small diagram on her page and tried to think about the stones falling off the chart or all into the one section, but the Professor started talking about that too. Some of it just muddled inside her mind, but some she understood. And pointers? She quickly thought about what it could mean, and raised her hand "Professor could pointers be when a stone points in a direction of a section?" she asked. But how many pointers were there in the collection of stones they used? All of them? Just a few? |
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Penelope honestly had no idea what any of this stuff was - big surprise - so she had continued to keep the silence she usually maintained during nearly every lesson she'd attended in the few months she'd been at Hogwarts. She was getting a little bit better about taking notes, though she still didn't take much. These professors talked too fast for her slow little hand, and then they wrote too much on the board so that if she tried to focus on writing she'd miss everything that was said. Note-taking really wasn't for her, it seemed. Now they were talking about something called pointers? Penelope, of course, didn't know what those were - especially since, as she didn't raise her hand to answer, even Kurumi didn't seem to know either, and Penelope was still convinced the prefect knew everything. Hm... But...even if she didn't actually know the answer, the first year figured she could try giving an answer anyway. She did kinda want to get better at all this stuff after all... "Pointers are," she began slowly, raising her hand, "the rocks that...point toward something?" |
Lily felt soo lost. She got the part about the 13 different stones... and the part about the four sections and about the 12 week sections... but what she didn't understand was how they were all related.. She even understood about the clusters... The second year figured that it would just be best to take notes for now and ask questions later... so that's what she did. Onto the next question, though. Pointers... Lily raised her hand, figuring that an educated guess would be her best bet at understanding these things. "Would they be stones that point to a particular part of our future?" Like a certain week... or something like that... All this Divination stuff was way too confusing to put together... |
Annabelle was trying to understand the chart. She copied it down in her notebook and was thinking about what pointers were. Belle took a guess, she thought it couldn't hurt. "Professor aren't pointers used to see your future more clearly and help you interpret why things happen?" When she said aloud her answer she copied down more notes into her notebook. SPOILER!!: Annabelle's Notes Continued |
Aspen and HER schemes Okay.. Paulie wasn't completely sure, but he believed he was officially participating in a GLARING contest. But then she looked more like she was just.. watching him. He got the sensation that Aspen was some tiger or something and he was her prey. Ahaaa. Was this 'wand-tapping' a threat? Paulie lifted his eyebrows slightly and smirked, as if daring her to do something. Because she wasn't gonna. Not right in the middle of divination. Speaking of which, the Divination professor started talking about these things called 'pointers'. What were they? "I guess pointers point. They point to other stones and make a new correlation." That is what pointers sounded like to him. Or maybe pointers could be used to chuck at STALKING Ravenclaw girls. ..Ravenclaw girls who were now pointing wands at him from under their desks. He read her lips and lowered his eyes to her wand once more before returning her stare again. 'Do it,' he mouthed back, ever the instigator. Yes, Ravenclaw could definitely use another cut on their house points. He just had to make sure not to retaliate. You know... no SENDING HER TO THE CEILING DOING SOMERSAULTS. Ahem. |
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Errr... pointers? "They are stones," Nora said after raising her hand, pretty much stating the obvious, "which are... pointy?" Ahh, Miss Obvious was there, to... point out the obvious! What would professor Elwood ever do without such a smart girl in class? |
Evelyn sighed and noted down whatever the professor said as fast as she could. She didn't even bother to understand what was going on in class. There was something about quadrants and then...12 sections?..oh, yeah. The professor mentioned something about Clusters as well..but she continued to scribble the notes down on her parchment. AT least, taking down notes was something she was really good at. She looked up when the professor went on to ask what pointers were? The Hufflepuff hesitantly raised her hand. "Are they stones that point towards another stone...or something? " So lame. At least, she tried. |
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Jory raised his hand. "Professor, the pointers are what point to the particular stone,'' he said. He wasn't too sure but that's what he figured. |
Derrick sat in his seat listening.He slowly raised his hand.''Professor,the Pointers are what points to the other stone.''He smiled.Probably wrong but he didn't really care.He looked around listening to the other students answers. |
SPOILER!!: Elwood Well looks like his wild guess wasnt so far off after all.He nodded his head dutifully, understanding now what the quadrants and the pie-sections (as diagrammed later) stood for. Four quadrants, each representing three weeks worth of forecasting, the whole circle containing twelve weeks or a quarter of a year. He likes the organizational aspect of this mmhmm. But the discussion moved onto the stones themselves, and Vickers was now back to scribbling those busily on his parchment. Clusters were clear enough indeed but Pointers?.... He stared at the stones, then at the diagram wheel on the board. Brows furrowed and another tentative hand goes up "Pointers... give some kind of direction or indication as to what the Cluster of stones mean and how they affect each other and yourself at a certain point in time?" Guh, another guess, but at least now this topic was starting to make some sense to him. |
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Pointers point? Aspen griiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinned. And grinned. The Head Boy was full of gems of dialogue. Gems. Precious gems. But do it he said? Aspen glanced around and casually brought her free hand up to eyes, where she mimed tears and wiped them away, You'll cry, she mouthed back. Sniff Sniff. Then she simply cast a color-changing charm, quietly, discretely, her wand kept low and out of sight. Her wand was still disobedient, and stubborn, and Paulie's pants were supposed to turn PINK, but changed into a PEA GREEN shade instead. With polka dots. Orange polka dots. Aspen... turned back to look at the Professor, the picture of innocence. Shrieks from the Head Boy....now? |
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SPOILER!!: Students on Pointers Just as she was answering the last student's answer to her previous question she noticed something out of the corner of her eye and turned to see the Head Boy's pants changing color and turning polka dotted. They were certainly NOT like that a few second ago. SPOILER!!: Mysterious Trouble Calista wasn't happy but she hadn't seen who had done it so she couldn't punish or take points but they were all being eyed now. "Alright! Everyone, I want to see wands on your desks infront of you. I mean everyone. We are not going to be using magic so rudely when I am trying to teach." The blonde had stood up straighter when she chided them all, since the culprit wasn't known. Callie placed her own wand on her desk and stared another minute before moving on. Finished with her little no-magic speech, Professor Elwood grabbed the bowl of stones again and moved it to the center of her empty desk. "We will begin the practical section of this class by me asking each of you to come up and select 13 stones for your very own set. I have some small pouches for you to carry them over there. Feel free to choose one or just hold them in your school bags if you have another bag in mind." she pointed to a table against the wall with different colored silk bags with ribbons to tie them up with. "So once you are ready please come foward and pick out your stones and when you do, think about what the stones are called and what they stand for, pick out ones you think would go nicely. Find some pointy ones to act as pointers aswell." And with that, they could start. OCC: When making your set, all you need to do is create a post, preferably a paragraph in length at least, decribing the stones you've chosen and such. Nothing to big. If you'd like, a graphic can be made for a few bonus points. Don't think too hard about it, it's simple really. ;) |
It seemed he was right in his thoughts on pointer stones, the professor quite pleased with his answer. Maybe it wasn't too hard to handle and understand. Writing down a few notes, Gideon continued to listen in on what else was being said both by fellow students and Professor Elwood. Then all of a sudden they were being told to put their wands out on their desks, the prefect wondering what had caused the reaction seeing as from his spot he didn't notice his fellow Grffindor leader and his 'new' clothes. He willingly obeyed, slipping his wand from where he kept it normally and setting it down in front of his notes. With things seemingly calming down, Gideon was interested in the fact that were to be picking their own stones for their set. Well it made sense given the fact that the sets were to be personal, almost like the runes sets they had made the previous term. So the sixth year got up from his seat when they were told to come up, the Gryffindor taking one of the sachels and a decent amount of time to chose which ones he felt were for him before heading back to his desk. It was then that he noticed Paulie's appearance and realized someone had to have set a prank and thats what the woman had been responding to. SPOILER!!: Stones Sitting back down, he laid the 13 stones from his set out on the surface in front of him.There were stones of various shapes, sizes and colors within the collection. Some smooth and clear and others striated and patterned. He had picked a few more pointed stones as well seeing as Professor elwood had suggested it for them to have some pointers for their set. As the other students took their turns collecting stones, Gideon tried to think on which stones better represented which meanings, the boy glancing between the stones and his list as he debated over them. |
So the Professor wanted his wand on his desk. Nigel wondered why, until he saw the Head Boy's pants with the orange polka dots. Nigel tried really hard not to laugh because it was so funny. Nigel had no idea who did it but he put his wand on his desk and went up to get his own set of stones. He picked up a little pouch for his stones and just started grabbing random stones until he got to 13. He really liked the shiny ones he got but he put all of them in his little pouch and went back to see seat to see all his awesome stones. Nigel had no idea he picked such different stones. Some of the shiny ones he liked were there, some were dull and boring, and then there was just some really colorful and smooth stones that Nigel just wanted to pet for some reason. But the ones Nigel did not like but had to have were the pointy ones. He just put those in a corner off to the side of his desk. He then had to think about what the stones are called and what they stand for. But Nigel had no idea so he started playing with his colorful stones. |
Well so far he was on the right track and continued to note the discussions down dutifully. But his head suddenly faced forward when the Professor told them to put their wands on the table, picking up the very subtle change in her disposition. He looked around quickly, wondering who or what she found to be rude, half expecting Peeves to be mucking about somewhere in the classroom. Ah but now the blonde tells them to come forward and pick out their stones. The Ravenclaw stood and approached the bowl, his hand hovering over the stones before reaching in and pulling out a piece. He picked up a gem with a bright red hue which he guessed was a ruby. He shifted it to his other hand before selecting another round piece that was obviously a pearl. He then selected a green gem that looked very much like an emerald to him, and a blue one that he recognized as a sapphire. He paused for a moment and decided to reach out for a small pouch, pouring into it the stones he already selected before returning to the bowl to continue. He had a few more stones to select, and the next one he picked out was a yellow gem (Topaz). Beside it he picked up a curious looking gem that looked like an ice cube (rough Diamond). His eye caught a stone with an intense red color (Red Coral), promptly picking it up and dropping the stones in with the others in the pouch. He spotted several stones with interesting stripes running across them, so decided to select these-- a red one (Sardonyx) and a green one (Malachite). Peering into the pouch, he counted the stones and realized he was still a few more stones short of thirteen. Shifting his attention back into the bowl, he spotted an iridescent stone he was guessing was an opal, then promptly picked it up. When he did it revealed a lovely blue gem right beneath it and decided to take that as well. After adding those into the pouch he knew he was lacking two more. He picked up a black stone (Onyx), playing it a few times in his fingers as he curiosly gazed at its inky blackness. Then his gaze shifted about the bowl to select his last piece, finally deciding on a clear crystal (Quartz). Dropping the rest of the pieces into the pouch he returned to his seat, pulling the draw string nervously, wondering if he'd ever succeed figuring the practicals out when he already struggled with the discussion. SPOILER!!: Rocky13 |
Alyssa was glad that her answer wasn't wrong. Then she heard the Professor tell them that they had to place their wands on the table. Alyssa looked over and saw that the Headboy was looking weird. Alyssa sighed. It looked like someone had played a prank on him. Alyssa unholstered her wand and placed it on the table in front of her. Now it was time for the practical part of the lesson which was what Alyssa always liked. She waited her turn as the other students walked forward to pick their stones and while she waited she looked into her textbook to see which kind of stones would best represent the 13 stones she would need for her circle. When it was her turn to select hers, Alyssa walked up at picked stones of different colors and shapes. One thing she made certain of, was that the stones has edges on them that could be used as pointers. She picked nice shiny stones, dull looking ones, brightly colored ones and once she was done, she checked and counted them to make sure that she had 13 of them before she dropped them in a pouch that the Professor had provided. Alyssa returned to her desk and poured out the stones and studied them one more time as she placed them on the pouch. SPOILER!!: Alyssa's 13 stones for divination |
Ah-ha! So Ella hadn't been completely off when giving her answer about pointers. That was a relief...The second year was glad she wasn't completely rubbish in Divination, even if it was still really confusing. O___O Wands on the desk? Huh? Ella quickly removed her wand from its current place in her bag and placed it on the desk where the professor could see it. She let her eyes wander around the room, trying to see who exactly was using magic sneakily...from what she could see, apparently someone who wanted to be a fashion designer. Though, Ella wouldn't have gone with polka dots for that boy's pants... When it was time, Ella went up and grabbed a little green bag that would hold her 13 stones. She then began making her stone selection, eyeing each stone thoughtfully before placing it into her bag. The second year went for ones that made her feel good. She picked from the assorment slowly, mostly ones that had colors that she liked or interested her. Many of the ones chosen were smooth and shiny, though she did pick a few rough ones just so they wouldn't be left out! And lastly she added a couple of pointy stones, one that could be used to help point out clusters and whatnot. And then she was done. She had a nice assortment now and hoped they would be sufficient for her reading. |
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Annabelle was really glad her answer was right! She was at least on track with the lesson. She heard the Professor's request, she went to her backpack and got out her wand. She placed it on her desk ready to use her wand. She loved her wand and felt a warm connection with it. Next she went up to the classroom and started to pick her stones up. She was getting different colored stones. She got some pointy stones for pointers. After she got her 13 stones, she placed them in her pouch. SPOILER!!: Annabelle's Pouch |
SPOILER!!: Professor Zhenya looked around at who the Professor was talking about but didn't notice anything. She shrugged and slowly put her wand in front of her on the table. Oh, she didn't like that. She liked having it on her at all times. Who had made the class need to do this? She continued to write down the correct meaning of Pointers, and got ready to chose her stones for her own set. She stood up and walked towards the desk with her notes and carefully selected stones that reminded her of the different meanings of the stones. She had her set of thirteen small stones, quite a lot of them with pointy bits, and put them into a pouch from the Professor. "Thanks," she said happily to her, before returning to her seat to sort them out. SPOILER!!: Zhenya's set |
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