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*PhoenixRising* · 11-24-2012, 01:36 AM

You enter the Arithmancy Classroom, hopefully with your wand, and most likely slightly unsure as to what a class based on numbers would require use of a wand for.

Professor Hadley is perched in her usual start of lesson spot, seated on the desk at the front of the room with a large wrapped box next to her. She might seem preoccupied with twirling her wand between her thumb and forefinger, but as you take your seats, she'll look up to say 'Good morning' to you.

Take your seats and lesson will begin shortly.

~~ooc: lesson will begin in about 12 hours (or whenever I wake up tomorrow?) you know the drill. <3~~

Lesson Progression
* Before we break a curse, we must know what first?
* Name one curse and what it does

~ Babbling Curse: makes the person babble whenever they try to speak
~ Blasting Curse, Confringo: Similar to Expulso in effects, but sometimes accompanied by fiery explosions.
~ Conjunctivitis Curse: it burns and stings the eyes of the target
~ Curse of the Bogies: gives the victim a very strong cold as well as a runny nose that may even make them collapse.
~ Ear-shrivelling Curse: causes the target's ears to shrivel up
~ Entrail-Expelling Curse: causes a person's entrails to be expelled from their body
~ Expulso curse: It causes an object to explode
~ Fiendfyre: cursed fire that is strong enough to burn anything, even Horcruxes
~ Flagrante Curse: It causes an object to emit searing heat, aka burn a person, if touched.
~ Full Body-Bind Curse: It makes your body freeze up so you can't move.
~ Gemino Curse: It is used to duplicate an object whenever it is touched.
~ Leg-Locker Curse: It locks your legs together and makes it difficult to get anywhere because you have to jump and hop from place to place
~ Lycacomia Curse: induces lycanthropy.
~ Impediment Curse: It either slows or stops an object or individual, immobilizing them for a short period of time.
~ Oppugno Jinx: It causes a person or an object to attack the victim.
~ Reductor Curse: It blasts objects into a lot of pieces when it makes contact.
~Sectumsempra: It slashes the victims even from a distance. And can also sever a body part if applied too.. perfectly
~~~ Silencio curse: It renders people silent~~
~ Slug-Vomiting Charm (Slugulus Eructo): causes the victim to burp up slugs and slime for about ten minutes
~ Thief's Curse: it's used to keep people from stealing things. Or even thinking about stealing them, but generally it's cast on actual thieves
~ Tongue-Tying Curse (Mimble wimble): prevents one's opponent or victim from being able to speak on a certain subject
~ Unforgivable Curses

* What spell can tell you if this bracelet is indeed cursed?
* Casting Arithmos Revelio, to tell if an object is indeed cursed along with information about the curse; Parts of a Spell; This piece of jewelry has been giving me red irritating marks when worn. Almost like its burning my flesh. Having said that, what numbers do you think might indicate such a spell? And what spell do you think it is?"
* Knowing the Parts of the Spell, break apart the number complex and work out what each part means
* Final! RPing your way through a series of obstacles, culminating with a final encounter with the cursed bracelet....

Luna_Midnight · 11-26-2012, 06:47 AM

She smiled they were moving on good caused she didn't know any other curses that she could of said all the ones she had thought of had been said already. She peered over at the bracelet it had the four animals that represent the house on the bracelet how cool..She had expected something cooler but it was still pretty awesome.... How to tell if it was cursed?? "Could you use Arithmo Revelio on it to reveal the curse?" or had she got her spells mixed up again....

laurange · 11-26-2012, 07:58 AM

Elise looked up from her frantic note-writing, blinknig a few times before she registered that Professor Hadley had asked another question. Elise's been so out of this this class, and she wasn't even sure why. Perhaps something to do with the fact that OWL year was drawing ever closer, and Elise was still incredibly weak at Ancient Runes.

Possibly.

Anyway. Question. How would we figure out if the object was cursed in the first place. Raising her hand, Elise smiled. "SpeRevelio would be useful to determine if it was cursed in the first place and would show the type of curse, I think?" she said, but it came out as more of a question.

Shaking her head, Elise continued to write down her classmates answers. Some of them were really good.

Princesspower · 11-26-2012, 10:01 AM

Sarah wanted to find out how to remove the curse from the book

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"Right, so inside this box..." She slowly and carefully opened it to reveal what they would be working with today. A small golden bracelet with four metal charms on it ~~a serpent, an eagle, a lion, and a badger~~. "One of my most treasured pieces of jewelry ... seems to give me issues whenever I wear it." She pouted pointing to the redness on her left wrist.

"So we alluded to this in the last lesson, but what spell can tell you if this bracelet is indeed cursed?"

Sarah was going to say, SpeRevelio, yet last lesson they had learnt Arithmos Revelio, so perhaps last lesson was hint. She raised her hand "Arithmos Revelio" she said

Weasley174 · 11-26-2012, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

"I'm not sure what you mean by that?" Hadley said, raising a brow at Laura. "There are several curses that can cause destruction..."

"Right, so inside this box..." She slowly and carefully opened it to reveal what they would be working with today. A small golden bracelet with four metal charms on it ~~a serpent, an eagle, a lion, and a badger~~. "One of my most treasured pieces of jewelry ... seems to give me issues whenever I wear it." She pouted pointing to the redness on her left wrist.

"So we alluded to this in the last lesson, but what spell can tell you if this bracelet is indeed cursed?"

Laura looked at the Professor and sighed, she didn't know what she meant either, all her choices had been taken up so she just made up a random name, but she wasn't going to tell her Head of House that, there wasn't any point.

Laura smiled at the Professor as she went on to the next question. "Professor wouldn't you use SpeRevelio, as it will show you if the thing is indeed cursed." Laura was sure that spell was the best way to show if the object was cursed.

MudInMyBlood · 11-26-2012, 01:01 PM

SPOILER!!: 1st question

Right! So this was the last lesson of the term of Arithmancy and like other classes this was one that she was glad would soon be over. She just had to sit through one more lesson... she could do this. The professor said that before they proceed to break a curse... did that mean that they were going to actually break one? That would be sooo cool. Hannah raised her hand. "Professor, I would think that you would need to be careful because you don't know what the curse is capable of. Maybe some kind of magic detection spell?" That sounded good to her.

SPOILER!!: 2nd question

Hannah's hand was once more in the air. "There's Antonin Dolohov's Curse. It causes serious injury without any external symptoms." It also had purple flames that shot out which sounded pretty cool minus the whole getting hurt thing.

SPOILER!!: 3rrrrd

Well... that did look like a nice piece of jewelry minus the other houses of course. Well, she would wear them all except for the badger but considering Professor Hadley was the puff head of house she would keep that tid bit to herself. So everybody had already told the answer. Did she need to repeat it? "I agree with the others. You would use SpeRevelio." Her hand in the air as she contributed.

sweetpinkpixie · 11-26-2012, 01:24 PM

Kurumi sat back and thought for a moment about the two spells mentioned. More specifically she wished that she had her notes on the Arithmos Revelio spell...but she had left those from that term in her dorm - rather foolishly too. Still, her hand went up just to clarify thing. Who knows, maybe this stuff would be on her NEWT and it was best to be sure. "Unless Arithmos Revelio can be used on objects that have been charmed as well, not just cursed ones, and you specifically are wanting to just see if an object is cursed or not, then you would use SpeRevelio. However, if Arithmos Revelio is used solely on cursed objects, then you are sort of killing two fwoopers with one stone because you are not only revealing whether or not the object is cursed, but also showing exactly what that curse is by means of spell numerization."

And then she realized how morbid her wizarding turn of phrase was in that answer and sunk into her seat. Poor jobberknolls....which weren't fwoopers, but they had had a homework assignment on fwoopers which reminded her of Care of Magical Creatures which reminded her of Professor Newlin which reminded her of the tshirts which reminded her how awful it had been that all the jobberknolls had died so suddenly.

DecemberMoon · 11-26-2012, 04:29 PM

Eliza knew that before you went about trying to break curses, you needed to know what item you were looking for and if it was really cursed. She agreed with the students who said so when the professor had asked her first question.

More curses? They've already named so many! She tried to think hard of one that hadn't been named but was struggling. "Is there a curse that could make people fall asleep instantly?" That would be sort of handy...

She had heard something about revealing curses before. What was that again...Revealio...Revelio? "I think they must be right about Speand Arithmos Revelio. I know Revelio reveals things so...those other combinations sound right." She had never needed to use either of them before however, so she wasn't sure.

AlwaysSnapesGirl · 11-26-2012, 05:01 PM

Penelope...really didn't know the answer to this question. At least not before other students started giving answers, and then she sorta remembered it. But she didn't really have much beyond that, and she didn't really care to repeat someone else's answer, so she kept her hand down and just listened, sorta-kinda-not-really taking notes about what was said and waiting for another question to be asked or something else to happen.

Kimothy · 11-26-2012, 05:29 PM

A spell to know if something is cursed. But it had to be related to their last lesson, Professor Hadley had said. Kat knew this one, but the answer was always at the tip of her tongue. Kat shut her eyes tight, trying to remember what was the spell... or the incantation. Ugh. This is why Kat hated trying to remember too much things. She either forgets them or she knew them but can't spit it out.

OH RIGHT! "I think it's Arithmos Revelio, Professor," Kat answered. FINALLY she managed to spit the answer out. She hated it when it dwelled on the tip of her tongue. "I believe we mentioned that spell during the last lesson."

Uncle Moose · 11-26-2012, 06:49 PM

Hmmmm, what were the two that were brought up last class?
"Is one of them Arithmos Revelio, Professor?" Oakey said raising his hand. "The other one Specan be used, but It doesn't seem like that's Arithmancy based" Oakey had a really good feeling that the professor was meaning for the class to use Arithmos Revelio today in class.

TakemetotheBurrow · 11-26-2012, 09:03 PM

Scribble. Scribble. Scribble.

Ella had been taking down notes like it was her job which okay, technically it was. She was a student after all...She was kind of caught off guard by the amount of curses that were listed, though. Squirm. That was a lot of stuff to be careful of. At least there was a way for them to figure out what they were dealing with rather than them having to guess and check. Imagine? That would be quite dangerous business.

The third year listened carefully as her classmates seemed to debate between Arithmos Revelio and SpeRevelio . Personally, the third year was going with the Arithmos option. This was Arithmancy and it would show the numbers that related to the curse, right? Blink. Raising her hand, she offered her opinion. "Professor, I also think you would use Arithmos Revelio."

Lissy Longbottom · 11-27-2012, 01:23 AM

Oh! Alex knew the answer to this one! Alex actually knowing an answer to an Arithmancy question? The world must be coming to an end. Haha.

He raised his hand. "I believe that's Arithmos Revelio, which we talked about earlier in the semester," he explained with a grin. Boy, he felt so smart right now!

*PhoenixRising* · 11-27-2012, 02:46 AM

SPOILER!!: One Group Reply this time<3

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Gideon didn't give another curse even when the option presented itself. Might as well let the entire class have their chance to give their own answer to the professor's question. He wrote down a few of them that were mentioned, new ones he wasn't quite familiar with, making a note to look into the subject. "Wouldn't SpeRevelio be good in this case?" he asked, supplying the spell that came to mind. It could be used to reveal the contents of a potion, couldn't be used to see if there is something out of the ordinary in an item like a cursed piece of jewelry.

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva listened to all the curses, wow there were a lot. Most she had heard, but some she hadn't. Then Professor Hadley took out a bracelet, wow it was pretty, but frowning as she said it gave her a red mark when she wore it. That wasn't very nice. Minerva tried to think how they could figure out if it was cures. Putting her hand up, "Professor, if you knew what happens with each curse you might be able to pin point the curse, but if you don't you could use a reveal spell to make the bracelet show you if it was cursed or not." That was right wasn't it, she felt a little unsure if she had that correct or not.

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Jory looked at the bracelet, it was very pretty indeed. He frowned at the Professor's red wrist. He raised his hand. "Perhaps we can use SpeRevelio?'' he asked. He really didn't have any other idea what else could be done.

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He didn't think his aunt had liked his input. But really, she should be more worried if I had named any of those OTHER curses. Mum taught me about the Unforgiveables and their illegality when I first showed signs of magic just to scare me into not using it before I was trained. So if he had known anything else at this stage... well... that would mean he was in with the wrong crowd. At least I didn't say what they did. Not that I actually know...

He was pulled out of his mental argument with himself when he noticed she was about to reveal what was in the box... "Oh..." he said, clearly disappointed. Then he clapped his hands over his mouth, realizing he'd said that aloud. He gave an apologetic look. But I mean... I've seen that thing so many times before... I was expecting some cool magical artifact or side effects of a curse!

But he was determined to make up for his previous two faux pas. He quickly riffed through his parchment with the notes from last lesson. He spotted what he as looking for. Pao's hand shot into the air. "Professor, is it--," he slowly and carefully pronounced the unfamiliar sounds, "--A-rith-mos Re-vel-io?" That had better be right...

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Sierra eyed the box with a suspicious-looking expression. What was it with professors and cursed jewelry? Sierra thought they all just needed to start shopping somewhere a little safer...

Sierra looked around the room as her classmates suggested spells. She chewed on her bottom lip as she thought about the spells they'd learned. She raised her hand. "What about...Arithmos Revelio?" she asked, remembering the spell she'd taught them earlier in the year. If she remembered correctly, using the spell would reveal a set of numbers, but only if the object was indeed charmed.

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Addie listened carefully as curses were mentioned, but she couldn't think of any that weren't already mentioned so she just waited patiently for the next question. Spell to show if object was cursed. Addie heard Arithmos and SpeRevelio. Which one was correct? She felt that both could work right. Addie decided to raise her hand. "Professor can't Arithmos Revelio and SpeRevelio both work?" she asked as she thought out her argument. "Wouldn't Spereveal if it is indeed cursed, but Arithmos reveal the arithmancy behind the curse?" Hopefully she was somewhat correct and didn't make a big fool out of herself trying to sound smart.

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She was actually right? Well half right anyway seeing as the hair loss wasn't considered a curse--she still wanted to learn it though...no matter what it was.

Lex eyed the object, deep in thought. It didn't look cursed...but then, she didn't know what things under a curse were supposed to look like so she decided not to question it--

No way! There was a spell you could use to tell that kind of stuff?! Neat! She sat back and waited once again for the answer to start pouring in from different people and smiled a little when she heard the consistency in the responses...this meant it was right; either that or they were all wrong in which case they were all idiots. After scribbling both answers down she raised her hand and gave the woman a smile; she wanted her participating right? Well she would; using everyone else's answer. "Professor I'm gonna go ahead and guess that you could use either Arithmos Revelio or SpeRevelio." But only 'cause that's what everyone else was saying.

See? She could be productive and participate.

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She had been right this time. Awesome! And now they were moving on. Emmanuelle had smile a bit as she noticed what the charms on the bracelet were. Kind of like a unity bracelet for Hogwarts, which really she guessed she shouldn't be so surprised by. This was one of their professors after all, they had to be for house unity. But it gave her a red mark when she wore it? Not good. That meant that the jewelry was cursed or that she was allergic to the material. So, how to tell if it was cursed? "Wouldn't you use SpeRevelio to see if the object was cursed, then Arithmos Revelio to reveal the curse?" Made sense to her.

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Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight

She smiled they were moving on good caused she didn't know any other curses that she could of said all the ones she had thought of had been said already. She peered over at the bracelet it had the four animals that represent the house on the bracelet how cool..She had expected something cooler but it was still pretty awesome.... How to tell if it was cursed?? "Could you use Arithmo Revelio on it to reveal the curse?" or had she got her spells mixed up again....

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Originally Posted by Princesspower

Sarah wanted to find out how to remove the curse from the book

Sarah was going to say, SpeRevelio, yet last lesson they had learnt Arithmos Revelio, so perhaps last lesson was hint. She raised her hand "Arithmos Revelio" she said

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Originally Posted by iceblossom22

Elise looked up from her frantic note-writing, blinknig a few times before she registered that Professor Hadley had asked another question. Elise's been so out of this this class, and she wasn't even sure why. Perhaps something to do with the fact that OWL year was drawing ever closer, and Elise was still incredibly weak at Ancient Runes.

Possibly.

Anyway. Question. How would we figure out if the object was cursed in the first place. Raising her hand, Elise smiled. "SpeRevelio would be useful to determine if it was cursed in the first place and would show the type of curse, I think?" she said, but it came out as more of a question.

Shaking her head, Elise continued to write down her classmates answers. Some of them were really good.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Laura looked at the Professor and sighed, she didn't know what she meant either, all her choices had been taken up so she just made up a random name, but she wasn't going to tell her Head of House that, there wasn't any point.

Laura smiled at the Professor as she went on to the next question. "Professor wouldn't you use SpeRevelio, as it will show you if the thing is indeed cursed." Laura was sure that spell was the best way to show if the object was cursed.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Kurumi sat back and thought for a moment about the two spells mentioned. More specifically she wished that she had her notes on the Arithmos Revelio spell...but she had left those from that term in her dorm - rather foolishly too. Still, her hand went up just to clarify thing. Who knows, maybe this stuff would be on her NEWT and it was best to be sure. "Unless Arithmos Revelio can be used on objects that have been charmed as well, not just cursed ones, and you specifically are wanting to just see if an object is cursed or not, then you would use SpeRevelio. However, if Arithmos Revelio is used solely on cursed objects, then you are sort of killing two fwoopers with one stone because you are not only revealing whether or not the object is cursed, but also showing exactly what that curse is by means of spell numerization."

And then she realized how morbid her wizarding turn of phrase was in that answer and sunk into her seat. Poor jobberknolls....which weren't fwoopers, but they had had a homework assignment on fwoopers which reminded her of Care of Magical Creatures which reminded her of Professor Newlin which reminded her of the tshirts which reminded her how awful it had been that all the jobberknolls had died so suddenly.

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Originally Posted by DecemberMoon

Eliza knew that before you went about trying to break curses, you needed to know what item you were looking for and if it was really cursed. She agreed with the students who said so when the professor had asked her first question.

More curses? They've already named so many! She tried to think hard of one that hadn't been named but was struggling. "Is there a curse that could make people fall asleep instantly?" That would be sort of handy...

She had heard something about revealing curses before. What was that again...Revealio...Revelio? "I think they must be right about Speand Arithmos Revelio. I know Revelio reveals things so...those other combinations sound right." She had never needed to use either of them before however, so she wasn't sure.

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Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife

A spell to know if something is cursed. But it had to be related to their last lesson, Professor Hadley had said. Kat knew this one, but the answer was always at the tip of her tongue. Kat shut her eyes tight, trying to remember what was the spell... or the incantation. Ugh. This is why Kat hated trying to remember too much things. She either forgets them or she knew them but can't spit it out.

OH RIGHT! "I think it's Arithmos Revelio, Professor," Kat answered. FINALLY she managed to spit the answer out. She hated it when it dwelled on the tip of her tongue. "I believe we mentioned that spell during the last lesson."

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Originally Posted by MyPatronusIsaMoose

Hmmmm, what were the two that were brought up last class?
"Is one of them Arithmos Revelio, Professor?" Oakey said raising his hand. "The other one Specan be used, but It doesn't seem like that's Arithmancy based" Oakey had a really good feeling that the professor was meaning for the class to use Arithmos Revelio today in class.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Scribble. Scribble. Scribble.

Ella had been taking down notes like it was her job which okay, technically it was. She was a student after all...She was kind of caught off guard by the amount of curses that were listed, though. Squirm. That was a lot of stuff to be careful of. At least there was a way for them to figure out what they were dealing with rather than them having to guess and check. Imagine? That would be quite dangerous business.

The third year listened carefully as her classmates seemed to debate between Arithmos Revelio and SpeRevelio . Personally, the third year was going with the Arithmos option. This was Arithmancy and it would show the numbers that related to the curse, right? Blink. Raising her hand, she offered her opinion. "Professor, I also think you would use Arithmos Revelio."

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

Oh! Alex knew the answer to this one! Alex actually knowing an answer to an Arithmancy question? The world must be coming to an end. Haha.

He raised his hand. "I believe that's Arithmos Revelio, which we talked about earlier in the semester," he explained with a grin. Boy, he felt so smart right now!

Hadley just listened as the students seem to either be in a consensus over speor arithmos. Well at least they were all thinking along the right lines. "Yes. But as Adelaide and Kurumi both pointed out, SpeRevelio is more for general magic or charms. However, using Arithmos Revelio would be efficient in that if the object is indeed cursed, it would tell you what curse is on it."

"So when you discover that an object or person is indeed cursed, by casting Arithmos Revelio, a string of numbers will materialize in the air. The more complicated the spell, however, would mean the less likely you will be able to decipher the spell." She paused, writing four words on the board;

Basis: what the spell affects
Kernel/Core: what the spell does
Range: how the spell is activated
Cline/Type: what kind of spell it is

"So we know that this piece of jewelry has been giving me red irritating marks when worn. Almost like its burning my flesh. Having said that, what numbers do you think might indicate such a spell? And what spell do you think it is?"

AlwaysSnapesGirl · 11-27-2012, 02:57 AM

Since that stuff was written on the board, Penelope actually decided to copy it down really quickly before considering the question. The numbers, yeah, she wasn't sure about that and she didn't feel like looking in the textbook for any. But maybe she could guess what the spell was? Professor Hadley had said it was like it was burning her flesh, right? Penelope was sure she'd written down one of the curses mentioned that did that somewhere...

She raised her hand. "Could it be the Flagrante Curse? Since it's supposed to make something burn anyone who touches it, right?"

TakemetotheBurrow · 11-27-2012, 02:58 AM

Ella scribbled down a few more notes and then eyed Professor Hadley curiously. She honestly wasn't too sure about the numbers bit but she did know of a curse that burned. It seemed likely that this curse might be the one that Professor Hadley's piece of jewelry was under. Raising her hand, the third year offered her guess. "Professor, I'm not so sure about the numbers but the Flagrante Curse causes objects to burn whatever touches them." Like the jewelry had burned Professor Hadley's skin.

sweetpinkpixie · 11-27-2012, 03:08 AM

What...numbers...hmm...

What possible curse it was was the more obvious answer, but as Kurumi refreshed her memory as to what each number meant she found it hard to come up with a number that represented...fire. At least one that did in the Arithmetic sense. Still, she gave it a go and raised her hand. "Um...the number 5 could be involved since it carries the mean of physical touch...and perhaps 0 due to its meaning of decay." Burning flesh was a sort of decay. Ew. "And if the effects are immediate...perhaps 9?"

Uncle Moose · 11-27-2012, 03:20 AM

Oakey had to really think on this one, not the curse but the number. "Professor seeing as how the bracelet is burning your skin, I'd think it has the Flagrant Curse on it." As for the numbers he nodded in agreement with Kurumi, but felt that one other number could be associated with it. "What of the Master Number Eleven." he spoke up moments after Kurumi. "It's the number of Illumination. Fire Illuminates, but it also burns. So I believe Eleven could be one of the numbers."

hpluvr037 · 11-27-2012, 03:20 AM

Text Cut: Aunt Faith

Wait... what? So was the answer the SpeRevelio or the Arithmos Revelio? Or were both correct and it depended on how you interpreted the question?

But then it appeared that the answer he had given was indeed the one she had wanted. Brilliant! Under the spell's heading he jotted some more notes. Makes.. numbers.. appear.. in.. mid-air. Pao looked up just in time to see his aunt put a whole list of things up for them to copy down. Cue internal groan. He re-inked his quill and got right down to it.

So... as he'd already figured out, he didn't really know any curses. The only thing I can think of that comes close is like wartcap powder.. or bulbadox powder. But neither of those is a curse. Instead, he focuses his efforts on finding numbers that may go along with the curse.

He wasn't sure where he may find a list of what numbers meant in curses, so he just flipped to Chapter Three: The Meaning of Numbers - Quick Reference Guide. Okay... zero. Emptiness, change, decay? Decay could work. The flesh sort of decays in a way. Pao continued scanning. Maybe five as well. Physical world and physical touch are in here.

Though it was a complete stab in the dark, he thought he may as well give it a shot. With his left arm in the air, he waited for his relative's eyes to catch his before speaking. "Um, dunno about the curse, but for the numbers.." He consulted his textbook again. "Well, zero talks about decay, and I guess you could say your skin is decaying somewhat. Then there's five, which talks about the physical world and specifically physical touch." The bracelet had to touch her arm, so that was definitely involved here.

Steelsheen · 11-27-2012, 03:38 AM

Hmm.... Vickers wasnt sure if he was understanding the Professor's question. Did she want them to guess what number would likely cause the behavior of the cursed object? He leafed through his textbook, re-reading the passages over and over. Finally he lifted his hand albeit a bit slowly "Professor, can it be the number 5 since that number mentions something about change, transition and physical touch?... Also the number 7 since it concerns about magic and... is there a negative version of numbers?--like the number 9 is about tolerance but the now you are unable to tolerate having it touch your skin..." Was he making any sense?

lazykitty · 11-27-2012, 03:48 AM

Okay, numbers. As in, figure them out for yourself. Meaning that Emmanuelle was clueless, yep. So, she just focused on figuring out the curse first. Maybe then she could figure out the numbers? "I believe the curse would be the Flagrante curse? Which would mean that some kind of firey number would be involved." So, what would be that firey number? She thought back to everything that she had studied about Arithmancy to help figure it out. "Maybe.......a five in there somewhere?" Yeah, that sounded really bright.

FearlessLeader19 · 11-27-2012, 04:33 AM

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"So we know that this piece of jewelry has been giving me red irritating marks when worn. Almost like its burning my flesh. Having said that, what numbers do you think might indicate such a spell? And what spell do you think it is?"

Number? Jory had absolutely no idea about the number but he raised his hand to have a go at the spell. "Could it be the Flagrante curse?'' It made sense to him, since the spell burnt if it came into contact with anyone.

Luna_Midnight · 11-27-2012, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

Hadley just listened as the students seem to either be in a consensus over speor arithmos. Well at least they were all thinking along the right lines. "Yes. But as Adelaide and Kurumi both pointed out, SpeRevelio is more for general magic or charms. However, using Arithmos Revelio would be efficient in that if the object is indeed cursed, it would tell you what curse is on it."

"So when you discover that an object or person is indeed cursed, by casting Arithmos Revelio, a string of numbers will materialize in the air. The more complicated the spell, however, would mean the less likely you will be able to decipher the spell." She paused, writing four words on the board;

Basis: what the spell affects
Kernel/Core: what the spell does
Range: how the spell is activated
Cline/Type: what kind of spell it is

"So we know that this piece of jewelry has been giving me red irritating marks when worn. Almost like its burning my flesh. Having said that, what numbers do you think might indicate such a spell? And what spell do you think it is?"

Nerida nodded so the professor wanted them to guess what numbers it might be? Okay...She leafed through her book skimming the numbers...She raised her hand and said "Maybe the numbers zero for change or decay, five for physical touch since it has to touch you and maybe seven for magic..." Now the curse...She thought for a second making sure she had the right fire spell in mind, "I believe the curse would be the Flagrante curse."

Weasley174 · 11-27-2012, 12:02 PM

Laura looked at the Professor and smiled. "I would have to say number 5." Laura was a bit shocked that her head of house would wear something that could hurt you, it was a bit unlike her to do something like that, maybe Professor Hadley was coming down with something.

Kimothy · 11-27-2012, 02:27 PM

Yeah, Kat needed to know the difference between SpeRevelio and Arithmos Revelio. Really, despite how fun Arithmancy can be, it was hard for the girl. Not that she was that dumb of course, but the lesson wasn't her forte and she only used her common sense to get her way through the lesson. Yep, no OWLs for this subject. Suckish. Not that she planned on having OWLs for the subject next term, though. WHISTLE.

"I agree with everyone," Kat said. "Possibly the Flagrante curse was used on the necklace." Unless Professor wanted to suggest FIENDFYRE but that was obviously stupid. You can't do that otherwise it'd just burn the necklace. SNORT. How stupid.

As for the numbers, Kat remained quiet. See, she wasn't that good at those stuff.

*PhoenixRising* · 11-27-2012, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl

Since that stuff was written on the board, Penelope actually decided to copy it down really quickly before considering the question. The numbers, yeah, she wasn't sure about that and she didn't feel like looking in the textbook for any. But maybe she could guess what the spell was? Professor Hadley had said it was like it was burning her flesh, right? Penelope was sure she'd written down one of the curses mentioned that did that somewhere...

She raised her hand. "Could it be the Flagrante Curse? Since it's supposed to make something burn anyone who touches it, right?"

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Ella scribbled down a few more notes and then eyed Professor Hadley curiously. She honestly wasn't too sure about the numbers bit but she did know of a curse that burned. It seemed likely that this curse might be the one that Professor Hadley's piece of jewelry was under. Raising her hand, the third year offered her guess. "Professor, I'm not so sure about the numbers but the Flagrante Curse causes objects to burn whatever touches them." Like the jewelry had burned Professor Hadley's skin.

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Number? Jory had absolutely no idea about the number but he raised his hand to have a go at the spell. "Could it be the Flagrante curse?'' It made sense to him, since the spell burnt if it came into contact with anyone.

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Yeah, Kat needed to know the difference between SpeRevelio and Arithmos Revelio. Really, despite how fun Arithmancy can be, it was hard for the girl. Not that she was that dumb of course, but the lesson wasn't her forte and she only used her common sense to get her way through the lesson. Yep, no OWLs for this subject. Suckish. Not that she planned on having OWLs for the subject next term, though. WHISTLE.

"I agree with everyone," Kat said. "Possibly the Flagrante curse was used on the necklace." Unless Professor wanted to suggest FIENDFYRE but that was obviously stupid. You can't do that otherwise it'd just burn the necklace. SNORT. How stupid.

As for the numbers, Kat remained quiet. See, she wasn't that good at those stuff.

"Yes. The Flagrante Curse," Hadley said, nodding solemnly at those who suggested that.

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What...numbers...hmm...

What possible curse it was was the more obvious answer, but as Kurumi refreshed her memory as to what each number meant she found it hard to come up with a number that represented...fire. At least one that did in the Arithmetic sense. Still, she gave it a go and raised her hand. "Um...the number 5 could be involved since it carries the mean of physical touch...and perhaps 0 due to its meaning of decay." Burning flesh was a sort of decay. Ew. "And if the effects are immediate...perhaps 9?"

"Yes, to all three. I do think all three of those numbers are involved.." Hadley nodded.

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Oakey had to really think on this one, not the curse but the number. "Professor seeing as how the bracelet is burning your skin, I'd think it has the Flagrant Curse on it." As for the numbers he nodded in agreement with Kurumi, but felt that one other number could be associated with it. "What of the Master Number Eleven." he spoke up moments after Kurumi. "It's the number of Illumination. Fire Illuminates, but it also burns. So I believe Eleven could be one of the numbers."

"It would be a double one though, not an eleven, since in the curse-breaking sense, master numbers don't exist." Which created a whole new level of confusion, she was sure.

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Though it was a complete stab in the dark, he thought he may as well give it a shot. With his left arm in the air, he waited for his relative's eyes to catch his before speaking. "Um, dunno about the curse, but for the numbers.." He consulted his textbook again. "Well, zero talks about decay, and I guess you could say your skin is decaying somewhat. Then there's five, which talks about the physical world and specifically physical touch." The bracelet had to touch her arm, so that was definitely involved here.

"Yes," Hadley nodded at Logan. Sharp boy her nephew was.

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Hmm.... Vickers wasnt sure if he was understanding the Professor's question. Did she want them to guess what number would likely cause the behavior of the cursed object? He leafed through his textbook, re-reading the passages over and over. Finally he lifted his hand albeit a bit slowly "Professor, can it be the number 5 since that number mentions something about change, transition and physical touch?... Also the number 7 since it concerns about magic and... is there a negative version of numbers?--like the number 9 is about tolerance but the now you are unable to tolerate having it touch your skin..." Was he making any sense?

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Nerida nodded so the professor wanted them to guess what numbers it might be? Okay...She leafed through her book skimming the numbers...She raised her hand and said "Maybe the numbers zero for change or decay, five for physical touch since it has to touch you and maybe seven for magic..." Now the curse...She thought for a second making sure she had the right fire spell in mind, "I believe the curse would be the Flagrante curse."

"Yes, but the curse is already on the bracelet. It's not really activated by magic. Just by touching it, it emits heat..." So no seven.

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Okay, numbers. As in, figure them out for yourself. Meaning that Emmanuelle was clueless, yep. So, she just focused on figuring out the curse first. Maybe then she could figure out the numbers? "I believe the curse would be the Flagrante curse? Which would mean that some kind of firey number would be involved." So, what would be that firey number? She thought back to everything that she had studied about Arithmancy to help figure it out. "Maybe.......a five in there somewhere?" Yeah, that sounded really bright.

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Laura looked at the Professor and smiled. "I would have to say number 5." Laura was a bit shocked that her head of house would wear something that could hurt you, it was a bit unlike her to do something like that, maybe Professor Hadley was coming down with something.

"Five is inevitable, yes." There were actually several fives, if memory served her right about the numeric equivalent.

"So we know the parts of the spell.... I'll cast Arithmos Revelio this time, for sake of time.... But you will be doing this for part of your final." Yup. For now though, she flicked her wand cast Arithmos Revelio, as numbers in glowing red hovered in front of the bracelet;