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The classroom was exactly the way it always had been; desks and chairs laid out in parallel rows, the small dais upon which the professor's big desk sat. The rectangular blackboard fixed to the wall over the dais. The only difference in the class, for the hawk-eyed students only, would be the lack of any Gandr baskets near the desk. The lack of anything interesting, really. However, the desks were freshly clean, and so was the floor and the whole room. The professor should be seated at his desk, reading, when the students show up. He'd greet and nod at them as they filed in.
Enter the room, take a seat, follow the instructions on the blackboard, then wait for the class to start.
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Originally Posted by Blackboard
"Write your name & your year on the parchment before you.
Tap it with your wand to turn it into a desk name tag.
Cease any other magic activities."
ooc:- Class will start in 12-20 hrs. You can RP your character walking in class freely. Try to keep the chatter down, please, though. CLASS HAS STARTED. Do not announce your arrival, just pretend that you've already been here all along.
- Please refresh yourselves with the Rules & Expectations of this class. xo
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"Another question. What were runes used for? And which uses still live till today?" THAT should be an easier question. Guesses were accepted too.
Sarah raised her hand, "unfortunately in the earlier times of runes, people useed to write and use and therefore there was vandalism in runes as well. Like people etching things on stones like 'Rolf was here' it is pretty disgusting and it shows that even back then there were people who did not respect the property of others." It was great to air her views in a forum with teenagers they ought to hear that.
She hadn't thought they would count as runes, and she was correct about that - so maybe that counted for something at least. She still would like to learn more about the celestial runes. It intrigued her that people thought they had to use a special set of symbols to communicate with them. It made her wonder what else their culture believed...
Eliza thought the answer to this next question was fairly obvious, but maybe that just meant she wasn't looking at it the right way. She raised her hand and basically recapped what others had said. "Well when the runes were first used, they were the main form of written communication and appeared everywhere in the cultures. But as time went by, like we've heard said, they faded out, until now - when people use them as embellishments on things like clothing, staffs, or pendants. They believe using these runes can still bring some benefit to them, that the original meanings of the runes still hold power." She paused. "They are especially interesting to some of us in the modern day because the letters in our own alphabet have no individual meaning like they used to." And that was kind of sad, to be a culture with a hollow language. That's sort of how she viewed it. At the moment anyway.
Kace was learning so much in this class. He copied down all the notes the professor had on the board. Then he realized his hand was cramping, so he stopped and moved his wrists around to make sure he could not get carpal tunnel. After he finished his notes, he heard the professor ask the question. What were runes used for?
He flipped through his textbook and scanned it till he came to an answer. He raised his hand and pipped up, "Professor i know runes were used for basic form of communication. Runes were also used for writing, to help people understand symbols and other things."
Yeah that is what he could come up with so far. He was having difficulty finding how runes were used today.
"Until the early 20th century, I think runes were used in rural Sweden for decorative purposes. On runic calendars, right? In Dalarna, too." Alice hand went up, and her mouth opened again, and words came out. "But that one's not living today anymore, yeah?" And then her mouth closed and the words stopped flowing again and she fell silent. His cane was really nice. She kind of wanted one.
Because, really, it DID look like it could take out an eye.
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Originally Posted by Cassirin
Uses? Runes had loads and loads of uses, even more than the really important ones listed so far - for communication and protection and charms and divination. Important uses too. Mo traced out a few patterns on his desk top as he considered other uses over time.
Oh, obviously. Mo raised his hand. "Decoration, too, sir, which I think goes along with what West was saying about being used symbolically. People will wear runes or paint them or carve them onto prominent and visible places. I'm not sure if the people who put them on pottery or jewelry don't really believe or don't understand what they really mean, although I think there are some people who like the aesthetic AND want the magical value derived from using the rune."
Botros raised his eyebrows gladly and nodded at the two, "Oh yes, decoration is one of the recent uses of runes. In the Swedish province, that we spoke of earlier, they continued using the symbols of runes on furniture, boxes, buildings, kitchen blocks, bowls, etc."
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Originally Posted by Tegz
Whyyy would people just repeat what he'd said, West wondered, when there were plenty of other things a person could say? He shook his head slightly and put his hand up to answer the next questions.
"A lot of them are used as symbols still, for organisations, like as an insignia on flags and stuff like that." Did he need to give specific examples? West figured it was probably best not to because for some people it might be a sensitive topic right? "Which is the sort of point of a rune, since they're all symbols anyway. So their symbolic use has lasted from their origins to now."
"Oh, yes. Definitely. There's a wide range of cults and organizations who opted to use runes, even bindrunes, as a symbol to their movement or cause. It goes to the fact, as I assume, that runes have highly individual value in all runic alphabets." Smiling at the Slytherin, Botros nodded his head affirmatively. "Very good answer." Thinking out of the box and using the obvious to his favor.
SPOILER!!: Charms (omens)
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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow
Ella was listening and scribbling notes and doodling on all kinds of things about runes and ancient runic alphabets and when they happened and more. There was a lot of information floating around and it was good, yeah? Especially because a lot of it was stuff she hadn't known previously. She liked learning new things. Especially new things about runes.
Then another question was posed and Ella considered it for a minute or two before speaking. There were lots of uses for runes, yeah? They could be used as a form of writing, or for magic and divination purposes too. She supposed using them as a form of communicating wasn't exactly as common anymore but it was still definitely used for magical purposes. They did that lots at school, actually. "Professor, people used to use the runes for charms. For instance, in the form of tattoos or pendants. This is still something people do today...keeping symbols that they believe will bring them luck or strength with them."
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Originally Posted by Steelsheen
Aquila beamed back at the Professor. A new bit of info wasn’t it? Like anything else she have mentioned or brought to Hogwarts, she felt quite happy sharing a something from her neck of the woods.
She scribbled down all the other Runes mentioned, interesting bits, but difficult to remember for her and she found herself staring at the diagram on the board before remembering to take that down too.
Now what did they use their runes for back home? The young Claw squeezed her eyes shut and tried to recall those instances when the Priestesses used them for. It was many and varied, but there was something that clearly stuck in her memory. Lifting her gaze she raised another shy hand “Uhm Professor... in some smaller cultures like our own there are still beliefs and traditions where we inscribe Runes on a person as a kind of blessing and protection, not always for fighting--” because the Priestesses never ever approved that “—but moreso like when someone is sick or someone would be travelling.”
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Originally Posted by DecemberMoon
She hadn't thought they would count as runes, and she was correct about that - so maybe that counted for something at least. She still would like to learn more about the celestial runes. It intrigued her that people thought they had to use a special set of symbols to communicate with them. It made her wonder what else their culture believed...
Eliza thought the answer to this next question was fairly obvious, but maybe that just meant she wasn't looking at it the right way. She raised her hand and basically recapped what others had said. "Well when the runes were first used, they were the main form of written communication and appeared everywhere in the cultures. But as time went by, like we've heard said, they faded out, until now - when people use them as embellishments on things like clothing, staffs, or pendants. They believe using these runes can still bring some benefit to them, that the original meanings of the runes still hold power." She paused. "They are especially interesting to some of us in the modern day because the letters in our own alphabet have no individual meaning like they used to." And that was kind of sad, to be a culture with a hollow language. That's sort of how she viewed it. At the moment anyway.
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Originally Posted by THE Govoni
HA! Score ONE for Dylan.
Professor Botros had mentioned him by name...and YES! If the grin on his face was any indication, the Slytherin was rather pleased with himself. Merlin, he'd been so BOSS at Runes since Botros.
As his hand flew over the parchment, quickly writing all the things the Professor was mentioning, he heard the next question. Naturally, the Captain answered...but his tone was distracted and sorta far away as his hand continued to write. "Protection, sir?..."
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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19
Jory knew there were many uses for runes bu the decided to go with the basic one. The one which they were all familiar with. He raised his hand. "They were used as Protection,'' he said. "And they are still are.''
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Originally Posted by Bazinga
Minerva half listened to everyone talk about the runes. She knew this was the first lesson and they had to go over the basics, but she was just so sleepy, that the basics were really giving her a hard focusing time. Opening her eyes wide so they wouldn't shut she sat up straight in fear of dozing. She would really need to go to bed earlier tonight.
When the professor asked what runes were used for she put up her hand, [b] "Professor, we have in other classes put two runes together to make a stronger protection or even made them to help make us better at something."[b] She thought of her exam last term and how she had to put the two together and why they would work to make someone better.
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Originally Posted by Charely Potter
Cool, least the Gothic runes counted. Wade then rose his hand during the next question. "Other than protection," Wade started. "They are believed to give the wearer a certain power and strength depending on the rune."
"Correct. One of the main uses of runes, maybe even the most common, is charms. Carving them on wooden beads, chains of magicked jewelries, or tattoos. This also is due to their valuable individuality, each rune holds a power, an energy which can be evoked and used to our favor. Such as, protection, enlightenment, healing." They all were right, yes.
SPOILER!!: Communication
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Originally Posted by Team ronmione
Tag would probably be giving the most generic simple answer in the world. "Runes are used for... communications?" Gosh. He really needed to read his stuff some more. He really half guessed his answers in most classes while everyone else, mostly, seemed more sure. Tag wasn't quite sure what the professor meant by the second question so he kept quiet on that part.
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OH! Diagram! Alec opened his journal and started scribbling down the information up on the blackboard. When it was put up like that in a diagram, it was actually easier to see how each of the different runes linked to one another. And it was a good way to remember... things. Things for OWLs which, speaking of, how awesome would it be if they had to smash a box as part of the Ancient Runes OWL?
...
Moving on... another question? A use for runes... "Professor?" he started, raising his hand in the air, "Since they're a set of alphabet, would they have had similar writing purposes to the ones we have?" Yeah... he was supposed to be answering the question, not answering with a question. "What I'm trying to say is, the runes were considered to be sacred, see. Something from the gods and Norse gods. So legends and sagas would be carved in stone... runestones... and they'd be preserved. And maybe the stories would be passed onto the following generations from the runestones. It would be... well... our equivalent of books, maybe. ... Except on stone."
... Also... "It's not really used now... but I guess you can still find a runestone and translate the runes and find out what the text says." ... Find a runestone... FIND a runestone... it sounded so easy.
... And did he even answer the question? And was this even correct?
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Nigel was a liking all this runes knowledge and tried to absorb as much of it as he could. He did know some history of them. He likes to read and picks thing up along the way.
"They were used as language and law making. For example The Codex Runicus"
That was such a cool name for a book of laws
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Making notes was a good idea, she wrote all the answers she heard on her parchment and she copied the things from the blackboard. She listened to the professor if the answers were good, and if not than she would remove the answer from her parchment so that she only had the good answers. She had been a little worried because she hasn’t answered the question but the professor didn’t mind it, he nodded to her and a other student and she felt immediately better!
She hoped that she would knew the next question and listened careful to what the professor was telling the class. His next question was not as difficult as his previous question but it was still not something she was sure of. But… she wanted to try it and raised her hand. “I think that they were used as a alphabet” Sonea paused for a moment and realized that she had really no idea how she could answer his other question. “And that is all what I know, professor” said Sonea and felt how her cheeks colored pink. She quickly sat back down and grabbed her quill, ready to make more notes.
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Kace was learning so much in this class. He copied down all the notes the professor had on the board. Then he realized his hand was cramping, so he stopped and moved his wrists around to make sure he could not get carpal tunnel. After he finished his notes, he heard the professor ask the question. What were runes used for?
He flipped through his textbook and scanned it till he came to an answer. He raised his hand and pipped up, "Professor i know runes were used for basic form of communication. Runes were also used for writing, to help people understand symbols and other things."
Yeah that is what he could come up with so far. He was having difficulty finding how runes were used today.
"Aha! Bravo! The earliest use of runes, which form the runic alphabets, is communication. It is a language after all, like Ms. Dawnsel and have explained. Communicating with the people at the time, like Mr. Barrington have given an example of the law codex, and then -perhaps unintentionally- communicating with their descendants, like Mr. Summers have suggested."
SPOILER!!: Divinatory purposes
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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl
Penelope didn't offer any answers for the alphabet question because...well she didn't have any. Answers, that is. None that wouldn't just be repeating someone else's answer. So she kept quiet and just waited for the next question to come.
And there it was. She thought about it for a moment then raised her hand. "Weren't some kinda used as like...divination? As another method to try and tell the future and all that. And I guess some people might still use it as that today?" Since some people still believed in and used divination - they had a class on it and everything - so it would make sense for some to still use runes as a part of it, right?
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Raising his hand Garrick smiled slightly to the professor and said, "Divination is also one of the uses of Runes through history." Yep, yep. He was not simply sitting there paying no attention... he merely opted to keep his mouth shut when he had nothing to say. Simple really.
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Originally Posted by Harry174
Laura looked at the Professor and smiled. "They have recently been used for divination, I think sir." Laura wasn't 100% sure but she was fairly sure she had heard it somewhere, at least she wasn't giving a silly answer like last year right.
Ooooh, Botros was excited to explain this one! He cane!walked to the blackboard and with a big smile started, "Very good, yes. But beware and do not make the mistake that everyone seems to fall in. Divination, as in consulting the runes about a decision, a situation that we're facing some time during our life path. Divinatory purposes does not predict future events like other Divination means." Pause. "There are some runic methods that offer enlightenment and guidance for our future, however, that is not the same thing as prediction." Professor Elwood could go into details about this. They should hold that combined lesson soon, Botros thought.
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notes notes notes, Oakey had been too quiet just taking down note notes notes. Different types of Runes and all that stuff. What else were runes used for? Oakey was hearing a lot of others saying body art and protection. "Runes are used as inspiration for muggle Authors, most notibly J.R.R Tolkien. He used Elder Furthark in his book The Hobbit." Oakey knew more about this than that silly old Star Trek cult Professor Flamsteed lead with an iron fist. He also didn't have to write a paper on it either...yet. "Then took it a step further and created his own fictional set for his Lord of the Rings Trilogy, the Cirth Runes." but Tolkien isn't really considered modern anymore so... "A lot of modern authors have followed suit since Tolkien found inspiration in the Elder Furthark Runes, and have done the same."
Can he make uo his own set too! Oh BOY that'd be neat!
Hmm. "Creative answer, Mr. Gunter, Myth Master." As his name tag suggested. "I'd say we can say this falls under cultural inspiration." He did chuckle at the examples the boy provided, too. This was one of the reasons why preferred teaching younger kids than those at universities who seemed to always wear an uptight attitude in class.
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Sarah raised her hand, "unfortunately in the earlier times of runes, people useed to write and use and therefore there was vandalism in runes as well. Like people etching things on stones like 'Rolf was here' it is pretty disgusting and it shows that even back then there were people who did not respect the property of others." It was great to air her views in a forum with teenagers they ought to hear that.
.... oh. Well. Botros actually paused for a moment trying to get a runic idea off the little girl. He leaned slightly on his desk and nodded slowly, "Vandalism exists everywhere and since the beginning of time. Humans were and still are the same beings driven by the same instincts." But this was irrelevant to his question, unless she meant this was why there were so little runic inscriptions, which still was irrelevant to his question. He still gave her a small smile, though.
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That...that was all a lot of information to take in and she was most sure she wouldn't remember even half of it once the class was over unless she did something about it, so while the Professor spoke, she was busily scribbling away at her parchment, trying to catch a sentence or two.
She was so focused on the writing that she didn't notice that the last thing he said, wasn't in fact another fact but more of a question.
She had an answer toooo. Ahem.
I don't knoooow
But she wasn't going to say that out loud now was she? Nope. Not especially since everyone else just seemed to be raising their hands and producing answers all over. It'd only make her look bad with the old guy. Not something she was going to chance.
Lex put her quill down and just smiled at the Professor as she waited for something else to be said or asked.
Mhhmmm. Gryffindors were growing impatient, it seemed. He watched the loud one expectantly for a few seconds before turning to the rest of the class.
"So, today, we won't be learning about any one individual rune. Today we will learn about two things." He raised his hand, counting, "One how do we carve runes into wood, saving their energy and magic." Not decorational carving. "Two, we're going to learn the whole Elder Futhark alphabet." Waiting for the groans or cheers to die down, Botros cleaned the blackboard with his cane and wrote the following.
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Originally Posted by Blackboard
Rune Carving Spell
Incantation: Intaglio "name of rune" Wand Movement: Point your wand where you want to cut.
"To carve the runes in order to use their energy and magic, we need to use this spell. That is one method of carving the runes right. Another method uses a special tool in addition to chanting the Galdr of the chosen rune, but that is not for today." Botros gestured for them to copy what was written on the board and explained further, "You need to remember to keep your intent strongly present in your mind when you use this spell. Concentrate on the meaning and the name of the rune you desire to carve, repeating it over and over until the shape of the rune is perfectly carved onto the surface." He bent down behind his desk where his chair was, and fished out a small box. "You're going to have to share some of the equipment today, I'm afraid. Share those goggles and gloves with the person sitting next to you before you carve any rune you want on your desk." He'd placed an extra wood plank on top of their desks before class, he didn't want them worrying about holding the wood piece while pointing their wand recklessly all around the place.
While the goggles and the gloves floated around the classroom, Botros held out a single circular wood piece. "Now watch me as I carve on this piece of wood." Paaaaaaaaaause.
The professor pointed his wand at the woody piece, raising it high for everyone to see, and said in a dramatic slow tone, "Intaglio Kenaz Kenaz Kenaz Kenaz...." On the previously blank wood piece a perfect shape of Kenaz was perfectly carved, giving a faint beating glow. "The incantation is easy, but still try it on your tongue a few times before practicing the spell on your desk. Choose any rune you like. And don't hesitate to ask questions if you need, we'll be needing this spell essentially when we go out in a bit." He beamed at them oh-so-mysteriously.
ooc: - You need 3 posts to get full credit for this sub-activity. You may choose any rune (or collection of runes) to carve.
- The spell will not cause serious damage/cutting to your skin, the most it can cause is a small cut.
- Address the professor in your post's title if he's needed.
- Class will resume in 20 hrs.
- Have fun!
A path is not simply for walking, its purpose lies in moving forward and improving oneself.
SPOILER!!: Previous answer
Grabbing his notebook, the Prefect began to write down the chart that the professor made on the blackboard. The quill scratched over the paper as he scribbled quickly, trying to get up with what the old man was saying.
Placing his quill down, the Fwooper one he had gotten from Kurumi a few years back yes he still had it and raised his hand in the air. "Professor Botros, Runes were used during ritual magic and divination...right?" He sounded a little uncertain so if he got it wrong he knew he had to open his Runes textbook again to study more for his NEWT.
Eh? share them with someone? Must be the budget thing... Daichi was sure of it. He watched how the gloves and goggles floated around the classroom and grabbed the pair of them. He then began to listen to the old man's instruction on how to carve the Rune and thought that his muttering were a liiiiiittle over dramatic. Buuuut, maybe that was just him?
Daichi was genuinely happy that they were not going to do the Galdr Chants this time. He disliked them and eventhough all the students would be chanting he could not help but feel utterly embarrassed by it. Whoever invented that was just weird...
Before he would start the activity, the Slytherin decided to sit back in his chair first and practise the incantation. It sounded vaguely familiar but maybe that was because he had read a few pages of textbooks so maybe that was why.
His brown eyes went to the blackboard and read the incantation of the spell. So it was Intaglio followed by the name of the Rune he would use, right? Sounded easy.
"Inta...Intaglio" he whispered , eyes fixed to the board. "Intaglio, intaglio...intaglio" he repeated the word over and over until he *knew* it. "Intaglio!" he said a little louder and then stopped.
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"Another question. What were runes used for? And which uses still live till today?" THAT should be an easier question. Guesses were accepted too.
Kat wanted to participate and share her answer but everyone was just having a go and saying all the possible answers in the Slytherin's mind. Oh well, there was no point in repeating what the others said. The prefect just sat there and listened to everyone, while waiting for another opportunity to participate in the class. Hmm...
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Originally Posted by Magical Soul
"So, today, we won't be learning about any one individual rune. Today we will learn about two things." He raised his hand, counting, "One how do we carve runes into wood, saving their energy and magic." Not decorational carving. "Two, we're going to learn the whole Elder Futhark alphabet." Waiting for the groans or cheers to die down, Botros cleaned the blackboard with his cane and wrote the following.
"To carve the runes in order to use their energy and magic, we need to use this spell. That is one method of carving the runes right. Another method uses a special tool in addition to chanting the Galdr of the chosen rune, but that is not for today." Botros gestured for them to copy what was written on the board and explained further, "You need to remember to keep your intent strongly present in your mind when you use this spell. Concentrate on the meaning and the name of the rune you desire to carve, repeating it over and over until the shape of the rune is perfectly carved onto the surface." He bent down behind his desk where his chair was, and fished out a small box. "You're going to have to share some of the equipment today, I'm afraid. Share those goggles and gloves with the person sitting next to you before you carve any rune you want on your desk." He'd placed an extra wood plank on top of their desks before class, he didn't want them worrying about holding the wood piece while pointing their wand recklessly all around the place.
While the goggles and the gloves floated around the classroom, Botros held out a single circular wood piece. "Now watch me as I carve on this piece of wood." Paaaaaaaaaause.
The professor pointed his wand at the woody piece, raising it high for everyone to see, and said in a dramatic slow tone, "Intaglio Kenaz Kenaz Kenaz Kenaz...." On the previously blank wood piece a perfect shape of Kenaz was perfectly carved, giving a faint beating glow. "The incantation is easy, but still try it on your tongue a few times before practicing the spell on your desk. Choose any rune you like. And don't hesitate to ask questions if you need, we'll be needing this spell essentially when we go out in a bit." He beamed at them oh-so-mysteriously.
Okay. Kat could definitely participate in this part of the lesson. She quite enjoyed the activities, but the Slytherin didn't like anything about runes themselves. She knew stuff about them, yes, but they probably bore her. It was a good thing that this activity had something to do with spells and her wand. It made things better and it lessened the chance of Kat falling asleep in class. The prefect listened to the professor as he explained and did some stuff with his blank wood piece.
... COOOOOL.
So since he allowed them to do things and carve on their desks now, Kat reread the words on the board and nodded to herself. Right, she was going to practice the incantation first. Yep, with no wand. "Intaglio... Intaglio... Intaglio..." It was sort of easy. "In-tag-lee-oh..." That was the correct way to say it right? Yeah yeah.
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Oh, see, more stuff she'd need to scribble down and she scribbled down the spell too. Now the Professor could have her undivided attention as he told them how they were going to be cutting things! Cutting...carving...same thing really, the point was there would be wand use instead of boring theory. Now she was a little less disappointed about the absence of the grandrs.
Once the equipment started floating around she reached for a pair of gloves and goggles. These were necessary, yeah? Don't get her wrong, sharing would happen, it just wouldn't happen until after she was done, geddit???
After slipping them on she unholstered her wand and thought to practise the incantation for a bit before actually carving away at stuff...just in case...
What was it again...?
She glanced down at her notes because looking pass people just to see the board would have been more effort. Ah, here we go, Intaglio.
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Tag would simply start off by practicing on how to say the spell and the actual rune. They were, after all, not every day words and he did not want to mess this up right away. So, first he started his practice on the spell. "InTAGlio." Ok. That first practice was just for laughs. He heard the professor specifically not pronouncing the spell like that. Its just, Tag's name was in it, he had to do it. Well, now that that was out of his system he continued with practicing the incantation. "Intaglio...In-tag-lio...Intaglio. Intag-lio? Intaglio?" The last one sounded the best.
Now he had to practice the actual rune? Looking through his textbook Tag found the page and glanced through the runes. At long last he finally chose one, looked at the word for a few seconds and began "Jeez... Ok.. Ehiwaz..No. Eihwaz. Ehwas? Ehwaz? Eihwaz? Eihwaz?" Was that it? This rune was rather difficult to say.
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She was pretty pleased that Professor Botros had gotten her name right, twice. After all, she'd chatted with him a little bit now, so if he still didn't remember it she probably would feel a little sad - because that would mean she wasn't memorable. But since that was not the case, she was in a good mood. And she was excited to finally know how to carve the runes with their magical properties intact. Learning last year for decoration had been good practice, but this - this - was where it was really at.
Thinking of runes that would be useful to her, her mind automatically went to something for courage or speed to help her with Quidditch. Then, of course, she wanted to have quicker wit and a sharper tongue, so she made a mental note about that wish as well. And she also wanted to be more creative. She drew a lot now, but she knew she could always get better with more practice, and if she had a rune to boot, who knew how well her sketches might turn out? She hoped she'd have enough time to practice carving them all, but if not she'd have it in her notes to try later.
SPOILER!!: Notes
Eliza Dawnsel
Ravenclaw, Third Year
Ancient Runes - Lesson One
Rune Carving Spell - carves the rune WITH its magical properties
Incantation: Intaglio "name of rune" Wand Movement: Point your wand where you want to cut.
She opened her textbook to the Elder Futhark page and began perusing the runes. She still didn't have them all memorized, but she was working on it. Tracing the page with her finger, she stopped on her first desired attribute: Uruz.
She concentrated on the rune and how it was said to help with strength, vitality, releasing or taming power, clearing obstacles, and that it was good for hunting - which she thought was a lot like Quidditch. In-tag-lio, in-tag-lio. Intaglio, Intaglio...Uruz, uruz, uruz, uruz....
She felt fairly ready to try, so put on a pair of goggles and gloves, though she wasn't sure why they'd need them, and aimed her beech wand at the wood on the desk and said the incantation. "Intaglio Uruz, Uruz, Uruz, Uruz, Uruz..." She watched the wood on the desk dent into the shape of the rune slightly, but it wasn't enough. It's just your first try though, so no big deal. Just try again, right? She aimed her wand again and concentrated.
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Alrighty then, now the good stuff was happening. After Wade jotted down what was on the board in his notebook, he then flipped backward a few pages through his past scribbled notes to see what good rune he could try. Ah.. Laguz.
Laguz dealt with water and lake, as did Wade's name in Scandinvian mythology. Yep, Laguz it was. Now, Wade better practice the incantation, mouthing it silently, In-tah-glee-oh.. In-tah-glio.. Intah-glio.. Intaglio.. Until it rolled off his tongue perfectly.
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Okay, yeah, chanting the incantation, fun, whooo--ONTO THE CARVING!!!
Waaaait. No. She still needed to pick a rune. Bah! All these details, how was anyone meant to get to cutting away at wood?? Merlin! Lex grabbed her textbook from the corner of her desk and began sifting through runes. She didn't want just any rune. Nope. She wanted a real prettiful one, this meant careful selection.
Raidho...? No. Ansuz...? No.
Ooo, algiz looked kinda neat. That one, she'd carve that one!!! Heeeey, she could start the casting and chanting and fuuuuun carving!!! Eeeeep!!!! She was almost bouncing!!
"Intaglio algiz algiz algiz..." Every now and then she looked back at the book to make sure the she was getting it right. "Intaglio algiz..."
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Having practised the incantation enough times, Daichi grabbed the goggles and put them on. It reminded him of the ones in the astronomy lab and he vaguely wondered if they were the same. Not putting the gloves on just for now, the Slytherin flipped through the pages of the textbook in search of a good Rune.
His eyes fell on Kenaz , a rune that would help him with study and give him inspiration. It was also the same Rune that Eliza had given him before. He HAD seen the fire part but it wouldn't ACTUALLY set fire right? It was just the *word* that it meaned candle... Putting on his gloves, he then grabbed his wand and pointed it at his desk.
Before saying anything, he quickly looked up to the blackboard to read the incantation before looking down. Concentrating with all his might he said; "Intaglio Kenaz...Kenaz...Kenaz..." he watch the spell cutting in to the desk and slowly making the shape of the rune in it. He concentrated some more on the image of the rune "Kenaz" and then the spell stopped.
Hmm...this was definitely harder than it looked and maybe the Professor hadn't been over-dramatic?
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"Intaglio algiz...algiz algiz..."
The last of the carving away was done and she was able to beam down at her work. She did it!! Loooooook!!!!!!! The Algiz rune, just like in the book!! The edges weren't even all that jagged but that didn't change the fact that they weren't smooth. Lex took another look at her work of art before shooting her hand up in the air. "Professor, as perfect as my rune looks now," yeah, perfect, because she made it, DUH, "It's not all that much as smooth as I'd like, is there a spell I could use to make the edges and sides smoother or...I dunno...a tool? I promise I won't hurt myself." You know, if it was a tool.
She could handle machinery and the like, no problem. It just wouldn't be advised that anyone sit with her while she made the attempt.
Once she got it nice and smooth then she would hand over her gloves and goggles, but not before.
Nope.
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The last of the carving away was done and she was able to beam down at her work. She did it!! Loooooook!!!!!!! The Algiz rune, just like in the book!! The edges weren't even all that jagged but that didn't change the fact that they weren't smooth. Lex took another look at her work of art before shooting her hand up in the air. "Professor, as perfect as my rune looks now," yeah, perfect, because she made it, DUH, "It's not all that much as smooth as I'd like, is there a spell I could use to make the edges and sides smoother or...I dunno...a tool? I promise I won't hurt myself." You know, if it was a tool.
She could handle machinery and the like, no problem. It just wouldn't be advised that anyone sit with her while she made the attempt.
Once she got it nice and smooth then she would hand over her gloves and goggles, but not before.
Nope.
Botros was watching how the sharing of the goggles and the gloves was going when the Gryffindor drew his attention. "Hmm. Let me see." Carefully stepping down the dais, he made a slow bee-line between desks toward the girl. "Oh you chose Algiz. Very good, very good." He passed his hand over her work, "We could've used the burin tool to carve a smoother shape, that is the second method by the way, but it's not for today's class." He was still trying to get enough burins for everyone. "And I'd rather not trim or smooth out the edges with any other spell, let your rune preserve its energy that's bound with the Intaglio spell. Yeah?" He smiled and patted her shoulder encouragingly.
It didn't look that bad anyways, but it didn't beat so strongly either. For a student, it was great though. Pat pat pat.
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Notes.
Ella was scribbled down lots of them which was all well and good considering it was her OWL year. The more notes the better, yeah? Yeah. She was also really excited because it looked like they'd be moving on to the practical portion of the lesson. This was the really exciting part.
The Rune Carving spell. Ohhhhh. They'd used this in the past, hadn't they? Ella thought it sounded familiar, maybe from her third year or something. In any case, she decided it'd be good to practice it a few times like Professor Botros suggested. It never hurt to practice. "Intaglio....Intaglio... Intaglio..." And of course she'd mention the name of the rune she was carving when she did this for real.
Speaking of runes, she should probably pick one that she wanted to carve. This was where the text book would come in handy.
Scanning the text, the blonde bit her lip and searched for a rune that would be good to carve. Hmmm......Jera. She was definitely going to go with Jera today. This was a rune having to do with success and happiness and peace, right? All good things as far as Ella was concerned. This seemed like the perfect rune for her.
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The goggles over his eyes really weren't comfortable. He took them off for a moment and checked the strap on the back and loosened it a bit before trying it on again. Much better~
And no, his head was NOT big!
Pointing his wand somewhere else on the desk, the Slytherin concentrated on the Kenaz Rune. "Intaglio Kenaz...Kenaz...Kenaz.." he muttered the incantation as he watched the light hit his desk and began to carve in the rune.
"Kenaz..Kenaz..." he continued as he focused and he frowned while doing so. "Kenaz..." Slowly , but this time assuringly, the wood on the desk was getting the Kenaz rune carved in to it and after a few moments he was done. Pleased with his work, he ended the spell and then took off his goggles and gloves.
Laura was really worried about doing this spell but she would give it her best shot, she knew she had promised the Professor she would. "Sir, can we make it so the runes spell out a word?" Laura thought it would be cool if they could but if not she would live with it.
Laura decided that the first thing she would do was practice the spell, she knew it was important not to get the spell wrong and this being her owl year she took loads of notes and made sure everything was perfect.
"Intaglio" Laura said clearly. "Intaglio." Laura was enjoying herself now if she knew it was this fun earlier she would have started paying attention in class ages ago.
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Now that she'd picked a rune and practiced, Ella waited patiently for her turn with some goggles and a pair of gloves. Safety equipment was really important, yeah? Yeah. Especially when carving. She didn't want to lose any fingers or anything. It'd be much harder to be a keeper without those.
BEAM! Her turn.
Ella placed the goggles and gloves she'd been handed on and picked up her wand, eyeing the wood carefully. Time to carve a rune.
Concentration was important during this sort of thing, yes? And being clear in your intentions and yeah, the incantation too. "Intaglio Jera Jera Jera Jera...." Woah! It was there. The rune was there! Carved right into her wood! The only thing was, it wasn't exactly perfect. The wand had seemed to waver a bit during the carving and it was evident in how the lines of the runes had formed but still, it was a nice first try. She really wanted to try again, though.
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Botros was watching how the sharing of the goggles and the gloves was going when the Gryffindor drew his attention. "Hmm. Let me see." Carefully stepping down the dais, he made a slow bee-line between desks toward the girl. "Oh you chose Algiz. Very good, very good." He passed his hand over her work, "We could've used the burin tool to carve a smoother shape, that is the second method by the way, but it's not for today's class." He was still trying to get enough burins for everyone. "And I'd rather not trim or smooth out the edges with any other spell, let your rune preserve its energy that's bound with the Intaglio spell. Yeah?" He smiled and patted her shoulder encouragingly.
It didn't look that bad anyways, but it didn't beat so strongly either. For a student, it was great though. Pat pat pat.
Lex lifted the rune so the Professor could get a good look at it when he finally got to her desk. Personally, she was thinking of having a bit shaved off from here...some from there...a little off the top, but only a little because it looked smoother than everywhere else.
Eeeep!! He was saying that her work was very good. Of course she already knew this but it was still good hearing it anyway so she beamed up at him. "Thanks!" Lex listened to everything he was saying and caught on quickly that she wouldn't be doing anymore just yet. There was a sigh as she pulled the gloves off and removed the goggles then handed them to the kid on her right.
Oh! Oh! Oh!
But did you see that smile?? And he was patting her shoulder, people who were proud of you did that, really, she should know!! Mhm! Mhm! Mhm!
This was all the confirmation she needed and she was now declaring herself his favourite. Yuuup.
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Adjusting her goggles a bit, Ella eyed the wood again and reached for her wand. She'd make a better rune this time, she was sure of it. Besides, she was determined. That had to count for something.
With her wand pointed, she said, "Intaglio Jera Jera Jera Jera Jera...." She bit her lip as she worked, hoping that this time her work would be neater. When the last of the rune was carved, Ella pulled her wand away and smiled faintly. This time the rune looked much smoother. That was an improvement over last time, yeah? Yeah. It was slightly larger this time too which was interesting. And the faint beating glow thing it was doing right now? How cool was that?
Could she make more? Were they going to do something different next? Could she take this with her? Questions, Ella had lots of them. Oh and she had goggles and gloves which she could pass on too. The blonde held them up and eyed her classmates closest to her. They were up for grabs.
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Ok. Now that Tag had practiced the incantation and the actual rune he could get to the actual dirty work. He looked down at his extra piece of wood and imagined the incantation and the spell. This shouldn't be too hard, correct?
He moved his wand very slowly across the board as he said "Intaglio Eihwaz. Intaglio Eihwaz. Intaglio Eihwaz!" Ah, there was the rune carved neatly into the wood. BEAM! Tag actually accomplished something in class. Now he would have to do this a few more times and he'd be good for the practice section of the class, correct? At least he was heading in the right direction.
Eliza breathed in a deep, deep breath of air and released it slowly through her nose. It was something she'd heard helped with meditation and since she needed to really focus on the purpose of the rune, she thought it might help. After breathing like this for several moments, she slowly and calmly aimed her wand at the desk again.
Uruz...strength...Uruz...overcoming obstacles...Uruz...courage....Uruz....little slanty house looking shape....Uruz...power....Uruz....survival....Uruz. ... Having it all laid out clearly in her head, she softly spoke the words and cast the spell. "Intaglio Uruz, Uruz, Uruz, Uruz, Uruz..." And another deep breath inwards. "Uruz, Uruz, Uruz, Uruz..." she said, breathing the words slowly and evenly outwards. "Uruz....Uruz....Uruz...."
She slowly looked down at the desk to see if it had worked this time and she saw, on the new spot where she'd aimed, a distinct and precise cut of the symbol Uruz. There was probably a better description for what it was, but to her the shape looked like a slanted house or two pillars with another slab connecting them at the top. Sort of like the symbol for Pi as well. But no matter what it looked like to anyone else, it was there on her desk, glowing softly.
I did it! she thought excitedly, at first, but then still wanting to keep her focus, she dialed down her response so that she could try another rune.
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Wade waited patiently until his desk partner had their turn with the equipment. Whilst doing so, he looked down at the rune for Laguz. Okay, that shouldn't be too tough. If anything to Wade, it resembled a hook and had no curves thankfully. Carving curves on wood would be an interesting challenge.. Anyways, he stopped as soon as he felt a tap on his shoulder. Cool, it was his turn now.
Donning on the goggles, then gloves. Right. Wade had the rune shape in his head already. Now just like every new spell this needed total concentration. He aimed his wand at the blank wood piece, before speaking clearly, "Intaglio Laguz.. Laguz..Laguz..Laguz.." He could feel a slight warmth through his hands as it was being carved before... it stopped. Hm? Wade had been attempting a straight vertical line from the bottom, and it reached only halfway.
Hmph. Well, better keep going. Wade lowered his goggles down over his eyes again. Time to concentrate more..
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Ok, a few more minutes of Tag practicing this. He spoke the incantation quietly beneath his breath and then so on with the actual rune. Now that he had re-practiced the words once again Tag got down to business to defeat this activity.
"Intaglio Eihwaz! Intaglio Eihwaz. Intaglio Eihwaz" Tag said as he smoothly moved his wand over the board. An, once again, the rune began to shape itself into the wood and wah-lah, there it showed up. Was this going to be most of the class today? If so, this was not too difficult. But, there must be some catch to all of this.
Her second rune she wanted to try was Ansuz, she'd decided after checking for something to help her with her communication and knowledge. She was often at a loss for words when talking with people, whether because she was having a shy moment or because she didn't want to say the wrong thing, so she felt this rune may help her out a bit.
She visualized the rune in her mind over and over. A slanted F. Ansuz....intelligence....Ansuz....communication... Ansuz...language, poetry...Ansuz...music, speech....Ansuz. She continued her steady, slow breathing. In through the mouth, out through the nose.
"Intaglio Ansuz, Ansuz, Ansuz, Ansuz...Ansuz...Ansuz..." She cast the spell to a fresh spot on the desk, still breathing relaxed and controlled breaths, still thinking about the rune. "Ansuz....Ansuz....Ansuz..."Language...the slanted f....communication...Ansuz..."Ansuz...Ansuz...Ansuz..." She carried on, watching the desk patiently, not expectantly.
Finally, after about two minutes of chanting and visualizing, the rune appeared. Right next to her Uruz rune. Strength and communication. Sounded pretty good to her. It had taken quite a bit of time, but she knew she'd be faster with practice and age.
Her ears perked at the sound of another rune she recognized, Kenaz, and realized it was Daichi chanting its name. She smiled to herself, glad that he still liked the rune she'd picked for him last year, and hoped it would be truly helpful to him now that it had its magic along with it too.
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