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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
THIS CLASS WAS TAUGHT BY A GUY AND AN OLD ONE. Translation: it was gonna be boring and Ascanius had better things to do. Like, he could have been out and sitting on the ground and sleeping or you know ANYTHING else. But he couldn't get out of this class. Hogwarts was weird. He literally couldn't figure out how to appropriately skip class yet. But the year was still young. Smirk.
So he walked in the room, nodded at the old guy, "Professor." And then sat down and filled out all of the stuff he was supposed to. Huh. Maybe he could nap.
Kace was interested in attending this class. He knew the professor was pretty cool and he wanted to try this subject out. He heard this class was kind of challenging but he could handle it.
Once Kace was inside the classroom, he noticed the professor. "Good morning Professor!" he nodded towards him and went to find his seat. Once he found his seat in the middle of the room, he made his name tag.
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Kace Lecium
1st Year
Hufflepuff
He tapped it and then it became a name tag. He was waiting for the lesson to begin with his notebook and quill out on his desk.
Please excuse our excitement and overall content over the fact that they were going to have an Ancient Runes class, that Professor Botros was still their Ancient Runes Professor, and that the classroom was mighty clean.
THANKYOU. WELOVEYOU,BOTROS. Maybe Airey a lot more, but shhhh.
"Professor Botros," she said, stopping only a little, "How nice to see you today, Sir, I hope you're doing wonderfully well,"BEAM. And no, she wasn't sucking up or anything, she actually meant every single word. She liked him. He was oh-so-cool.
He'd said he was awful with names, but he could at least remember that if Lottie was returning for class was because she'd liked them last term, yeah? Because she went to him totally unsure of whether to take this class or not. SURELY he could remember that?
Text Cut: ASCANIUS!
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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict
Nope, nope.
He didn't wanna come here. At all.
THIS CLASS WAS TAUGHT BY A GUY AND AN OLD ONE. Translation: it was gonna be boring and Ascanius had better things to do. Like, he could have been out and sitting on the ground and sleeping or you know ANYTHING else. But he couldn't get out of this class. Hogwarts was weird. He literally couldn't figure out how to appropriately skip class yet. But the year was still young. Smirk.
So he walked in the room, nodded at the old guy, "Professor." And then sat down and filled out all of the stuff he was supposed to. Huh. Maybe he could nap.
Done and done. Could he go now?
By now, Lottie had made her way to a seat or her choice. Close enough to Lex if they needed to partner up, BUT...she saw that expression, Ascaniuuuus. NO ONE WAS NAPPING.
Which is why she sat next to him, she could poke him with her wand and NOT let the boy fall asleep in class.
"Hi, Penelope's boyfriend," she greeted him with a small smirk, and busied herself with the tag.
❄Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re❄| ⚕=equivalent exchange=⚕ | pinned ya!
Ancient Runes.
She got an A on her OWLs for this subject, it passed but in between the passing grades, it was silently telling her that she needed to pay more attention during class. She passed but she almost failed too, so yes...she was going to listen more to their discussions. You know, she needed to be prepared for NEWTs next term. Funny how time passes too quickly.
The whole paying more attention thing didn't seem too difficult to do, especially when she stepped inside the classroom and find out that it was clean unlike some others. Thank goodness for that. But some things were notably missing. Yeah, she kinda figured those have been sold off too. But still, the place was clean and that was more than a good thing.
"Good day, Professor Botros." Beezus greeted with a smile when she neared his desk before proceeding to one vacant seat and descended down on it. Blackboard instructions...okay. She read and wrote down her name and year.
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"Morning Professor!" said the cheery girl.
Amara entered this class. And it had it's quietness. ERM, quiet and quirky. She didn't like quiet and quirky. Everything was supposed to be loud! And there, the usual sign. Write. Don't talk. No magicky! What was the point of having magical school...Well, behind every warning sign is a mysterious reason. KNOCKS. AHEM.
She wrote her name on the tag, as instructed.
SPOILER!!: Tag
AMARA KAUL
FIRST YEAR
GRYFFINDOR
TAP. TAP. And ready. Why would they want this now? AH, new method of keeping track of....uhm...some people. She was going to be a gooood child.
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Yay! It looked like they were not going to have to clean during class today. Because the room was dust free. Thank you, Professor thoughtful Botros. She still hadn't fully recovered from Charms class a few days ago. But no, she decided that she was going to try not dwell on that. Or the dust still blanketing the rest of the school. Nope. She walked into clas with a smile greeted the professor with a "Hello, professor," and parked herself at a desk, her bag taking it's now usual spot right next to her feet. Oh, what was this? Desk tags? Okay....
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Sky Carter-Hope
Sixth Year and sick of cleaning!
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Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Salt!
Sarah really did not enjoy Ancient Runes as much as she enjoyed the other lessons. It just never enticed her and all. Also there were myths and legends involved and Sarah felt like that was a waste of time. She never did like the fantasy genre after all.
She walked into class though determined to enjoy it. "Hello Professor!" she said greeting him. "how was your summer?". She wondered what old people did in their summer. Sarah's summer was all about running around, romping and just having fun. Yet for old people it must be boring, boring enough to actually want to read those silly stories about the Norse.
She sat down at a desk and wrote on the partchment.
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She then took out her wand and tapped the partchment and tada she had a desk tag.
Then she looked around. She wondered what they were doing that lesson as Sarah noticed that there were no Gandrs around
Botros had his reading glasses on his nose bridge when the first student walked in. He smiled and nodded at the young girl, "Hello to you too. It was pretty good, thank you."
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Originally Posted by emjay
After breakfast and having downed his cup of espresso, Ethan sprinted back up the stairs to the sixth floor towards the Ancient Runes classroom. It was time for class and he didn't want to be late.. what kind of example would that be? And when he turned in towards the door, he should have realized he needn't have worried. He was nearly the first one there.
That was slightly odd and remotely embarrassing, he thought as he slowed his steps and glanced at his watch. When was he ever one of the first ones in class? Especially when he was hurrying because he thought he was running late.. He was never that enthusiastic, even for Herbology.. but here he was. "Good morning, Professor," he greeted Botros with a nod as he walked past. And now he had his choice of pretty much any seat in the classroom.. which, thank Merlin, was immaculately clean.
He chose a seat smack dab in the middle of the classroom and sat down, pulling out his things from his bag to set on the desk. Glancing up at the board, he noticed the instructions and pulled out a piece of parchment to write on it.
He then tapped his wand on it and it turned into a name tag for his desk. Now what.. he would have to wait a bit for class to start since he was so early.. he opened his textbook and distractedly skimmed through it, his mind vaguely wandering to what they might be studying today.
"Good morning, Mr. McCarthy and congrtulations on your Prefect badge." Botros had lowered his reading glasses to get a good look at the new Ravenclaw Prefect, a soft smile on his face.
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Well at least the desks were not dusty.
Nigel was getting pretty sick of everything being dirty in this school But guessed that was the case with no house elves here. But still he did not want to clean. Even though he did learn some awesome cleaning spells in charms.
Now what was he suppose to do Nigel looked at the blackboard quickly. Then back to the Professor.
"Hello, Professor"
Maybe he had a hard time remembering names. Whatever, Nigel walked to a open desk and wrote down on his parchment
He then tapped it with his wand and made sure it turned into a desk name tag. Well that was all the magic Nigel was going to do in this class. Nigel did not hate Runes. He just liked using magic.
"Hello, mister." Smiling and nodding. He should stop reading now probably since the students were starting to arrive? Hmm.
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Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife
RUUUNES.
Well, Kat wasn't really a pro in this subject but she liked the Professor. Botros was awesome and he made most of his lessons really interesting. Kat liked most of the activities in class cos they were both educational and fun (but Kat liked the fun part more). She made her way to the Runes classroom with her charmed (undetectable extension charm) bag again. "Hi Professor," she said as she entered the classroom and took a seat somewhere.
Kat took her wand out after writing on her parchment and tapped it. Now her parchment was a shiny and pretty desk name tag. Time to wait for the others now... hmm.
"Good morning, dear!" He liked enthusiasm, specially this early in the morning. Botros closed his book and with his cane he got up and stepped down the small dais. "Congratulations on your badge." She was one of his hardworking students so, yeah, he let himself feel proud of her.
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Originally Posted by Emzily
Theo walked into the classroom looking glum. Classes tended to do that to him after a while, especially Ancient Runes classes. It was a subject he could not get his head around at all, so it obviously was not meant to beeeeee. He slumped down into a seat next to Kat, and smiled at her, and then he looked at the professor. "Hi, professor."
He wrote it down messily, then pulled out his wand to tap it. Ooooh... name tag.
He nodded at the boy with an extra big smile to make up for the sour face the young one had on. Maybe he didn't like early classes?
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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow
Runes!
Ella had been looking forward to this class since the start of term and so she entered the room happily, a broad smile on her face. "Hello Professor!" GRIN. "Having a good day?" She hoped so. Botros was a favorite, of course. Feo too now. The blonde had gotten to spend some one-on-on time with the crup and he was a great little guy. YUP.
Taking a seat towards the front, the blonde smiled at those she knew then focused on her parchment. Scribble. Scribble. Scribble.
Tap.
"Hello, Miss Bishop. Great day so far, yes, thank you." The man placed both hands on the top of his cane and watched the students tap their parchments. Good kids.
So far.
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Originally Posted by Steelsheen
A clean classroom. As in its clean when they walk in and not have to clean it themselves. Such small blessings they can appreciate now eh?
Clutching her things extra tightly, as she always seem to do now whenever she walks in for class, she gives a bright smile to the elder Wizard “Good day Professor Botros.” She spots the instructions on the board and dutifully takes her seat, scribbles her name on the parchment and hesitantly, taps the parchment with her wand. Lo and behold!—and handy dandy desk plaque. Wand down on the desk. Yeah she added her House in the end, mostly for her own reminding than for his.
"Good morning to you little lady." He gave her a small smile and watched her not drop her books as she made her way to a desk.
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Originally Posted by Sonea
SPOILER!!: TakemetotheBurrow
Ancient Runes, a lesson who seemed to be very difficult. Sonea had followed this lesson during her first year, and she had learned that this was one of the most difficult thinks she had learned on Hogwarts, besides arithmancy, no she had totally no idea what she needed to do with arithmancy... But, she was now a second year student and she needed to do her best to become better, and if she did her best she probably could learn this lesson also!
“Hello professor” greeted Sonea friendly and looked around her. She saw a girl she had met before and walked over to her, “hi, can i sit in the chair besides you?” Sonea smiled friendly at the older girl and wrote while she waited on her parchment.
She waited with her parchment in her hands until the older girl said that it was okay to sit on the table who stood besides hers.
"Hello, dear. Welcome to class." He started pacing between the desks, making sure they were ALL clean. He worked really hard on cleaning this room last night. It was part of his job now - well, to him it was that way.
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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19
Jory had really enjoyed Ancient Runes last year and was looking forward to the lessons this year. When he got to the room, he saw that there were a few students there already. "Good day, Professor,'' he said to the man at the desk.
Jory found a seat and sat down, reading the notice on the board. Taking the parchment, he wrote the information required:
He then tapped it with his wand to turn it into a desk name tag.
"Good morning, Mister. Welcome back." OH SEE? He remembered the boy from his classes last term. Pretty efficient this boy was, specially with a Gandr in hand.
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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo
If someone had told her at the end of her first year that she would like Ancient Runes, she probably would have thrown something at them to be quiet but after last term no one needed to convince her of that! They got to smash things and fly through things and be destructive without even using a wand!!!
Obviously this class would be a grand one for her!!
Lex hopped into the room, just finishing up a chocolate frog as she entered. No need to take it to class with her now. There was a wide grin across her face that faded only slightly when she entered.
No grandr baskets...did...did this mean they wouldn't be breaking anything this lesson??? "Hello Professor!!!" BEAM. "I see the class got cleaned...but...er...I think you might have forgotten to put the grandr baskets back. I assume we'll be needing them for the lesson, won't we?" Because she was sure that if she tried breaking things with her wand all she'd end up with was a broken wand and a tear stained face.
Oh and name tags! She plopped down in a random seat and began scribbling away.
Tap.
Voila, she now had a name tag! GRIN.
Oh! He definitely remembered this kid, too. The loud one! He tried to match her beaming grin, overdoing it a bit. "Hello! Oh no, I'm afraid I did not do the cleaning with Gandrs." He laughed at the mere idea. "And no, we won't be needing a Gandr today. We're going to... learn something new." Not really new, but more wand magic, less runic magic.
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Originally Posted by DJ ExpelliarMOOSE
Here we go!
Acient Runes class... now where was it? Front row smack in the middle. There was hisdesk. The same one he crushed under the weight of Thor's Pseudo Hammer. Setting his bag below the desk Oakey smiled at Professor Botros. "Good Day Professor. Hope all is well with you?"
Quickly scribbling his information on the card Oakey gave it a tap and...
Ta-Da!
That last part was stupid, he should had crossed it out better.
"Mr. Gunter, hello!" Botros cane!walked to where the boy seated himself and gave him a gently smack on the back, "I'm so proud you got the Head Boy badge. Congratulations." And the cuss bar idea? That was genius, the boy had it in him. Yes, Botros had his spies, thank you very much, he knew super secret things not really.
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Originally Posted by Danielle_Daughn
Mack was still fighting with herself about going to the headmistress, she knew she should let someone in the school know that she would now be cared for only by her grandparents. But the thought still hurt and she had lessons and quidditch anyway. She entered Ancient Runes and smiled, the room was clean, like really clean. This made the blonde smile she saw the professor sitting at his desk. As she made her way to the front row of desks she gave the professor a big smile "Hello Professor, I hope you had a nice summer holiday" Sitting she read the blackboard and quickly took out parchment and a quill writing in her neatest handwriting.
Giving the parchment a tap with her wand, and suddenly there was a desk tag on her desk beam! placing her wand back into her robes, she sat back and waited for class to begin.
"Hello, dear. I did have a good summer, thank you. I hope you did too." Botros gave her the same soft smile and watched her head for her desk.
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Originally Posted by Bazinga
Minerva made her way to Ancient Runes. Sleeping in a bit, she was rushing, not that she was going to be late, but Minerva Wheatborn was never one to be the last in class either. Slowing her pace as she entered the room, Min put a rushed smile on and nodded at the professor, "Hello Professor, hope you are well today."
Then she turned and gave a look around. Nodding at a few of her friends as she walked towards.. not her usual front seat, but... the middle.. honestly boy did he not know she sat in the front. Sighing she gave Ethan a smile and sat down in the empty next to him. Well maybe the middle wouldn't be so bad, "Good morning.." She said a bit rushed, still trying to wake herself up from over sleeping.
Pulling her hair up quickly to be out of the way, she pulled out her book, parchment, and quill. Alright now she just hoped she would be awake and ready enough for the information that would come with Ancient Runes. Glancing at the board she wrote the information and then pulled out her wand giving it a tap so that it was her nice new name tag. Now was class about to start?
"Good morning! I've been good, yes, thank you." He watched her hesitate slightly in choosing a desk before finally settling down next to the Prefect.
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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom
Tucker was a bit nervous for this lesson because...well, the dude was OLD. Like ancient old. Older than his Gran probably. How could he possibly relate to students and be cool and hip and all that? He probably couldn't. But still, Tucker was going into this with an open mind. Because he wanted points of course!
He walked in and read the directions before picking a seat, sitting down and writing his name and year on a piece of parchment. He then taped it to the desk as the professor had requested and waiting for class to begin.
... a silent one? nahhh. Botros offered the boy a big wrinkly smile and a "Hello!" As the boy made his way hurriedly to one of the desks.
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Originally Posted by Cassirin
Time for hanging out with Mo's all time favorite person. Or at least his favorite professor and possibly his best friend, because Mo had an opening for best friend, and Botros was awesome. Mo entered the classroom and gave Professor Botros a huge grin and a wave before scooting over to take a seat near the front of the room.
"Hey, Professor Botros, sir. Good day to you. How'd you like those Ashwinder eggs you bought? Not really good with a side of bacon, but I bet they were plenty useful." See, he was making egg jokes. They were practically buddies.
Well, there was the subtle reminder of Marci. Only the Ravenclaw made sense when he talked, and did wait for you to answer. At one point. "Hello, Marco. Oh they were fantastic. Marci says thanks... and lots more." The boy got the idea.
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Originally Posted by McFeisty
Runes, she loved these things especially those baskets of them and everything that was normally in the room. Glancing around she just felt her jaw drop. Where was everything? Sure it was clean and the desks were nice and shiny looking - but, there wasn't any cool runic elements stuck around the room. Stupid budget issues.
She had read that news paper article of course so she knew the school had been stolen from. That was wrong. Very wrong. "Hello Professor Botros..." she smiled before adding, "I'm sorry the baskets are gone, but im glad the room is clean." She nodded and ran her hand through her hair.
Clean. That was the nice thing. Taking a glance around the room she a seat near Lexa. "Hey Lex" she smiled over to her - beamed really before scribbling her name onto a bit of parchment and attaching it to the desk.
"Hello, dear. Yes, I'm sorry there are no Gandrs today, too!" What a splendid young lady. She missed the Gandrs like the loud lioness. Ugh. He loved his students, so much enthusiasm!
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Originally Posted by MaverickMagpie
This was sure to be... interesting.
Tobias entered yet another new class, curious as to what it would be like, and his gaze fell immediately on the blackboard.
They had to do a thing.
A magic.
A magic thing.
That was almost enough to convince Tobias to turn straight back round and leave, but no... it wouldn't do to be discouraged by every tiny challenge. Instead, Tobias entered the room and took a seat near to the front so his view wouldn't be blocked by the head of a taller student. Retrieving his quill and ink and some extra parchment of his own, Tobias sat and did as told.
He then tapped it with his wand in the vain hope that it would become a desk name tag, but no go. Tobias tried again, but still no, so he gave a shrug and put his wand away, before moving the parchment so it was the right way up to anyone who was reading from in front of him. Then he waited.
Another silent one. Botros knew for sure that those quiet were his new students, and they probably needed to learn his habits. So he grinned brightly, his wrinkles deepening, and greeted the boy. "Good morning!" He continued his pacing between the desks and when the Hufflepuff gave up on the parchment, the professor cane!walked to his desk and tapped it with the tip of his cane. "They're pretty stubborn sometimes." No, they were not. He just didn't want the poor kid to feel bad.
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Originally Posted by Harry174
Laura walked into the classroom and smiled. "Good Day Professor." Laura had been looking forwards to this class, after the detention and the talk in his office last year, she had realized that the Professor wasn't as bad as she had thought he would be. "Did you have a great summer sir?"
Laura sat down and followed the instructions on the board, so far it was so good.
"Good morning, miss Hyde." See, the girl was giving the subject a chance this term. Very good. "I did, yes, thank you." He smiled and nodded his head.
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WAS HE LATE?
Alec ran down to the corridor towards the Ancient Runes classroom, readjusting his grip on his bag as he went. Because he didn't want it flying off and whacking someone around the face. Especially a small first year or anyone else who was tiny enough. See, being tall could be dangerous sometimes. To other people. Shorter people.
... He had a class to get to.
Shaking his head, the sixteen year old's run slowed down the closer he reached the open door of the Ancient Runes classroom. So much so that he ended up bounding sideways into the classroom, a grin slowly spreading across his face. YEAH, he had made it! And YEAH, he was excited! And YEAH... nothing else.
"Hello Professor!" Grin and wave! "Hope you had a great summer!" His grey-blue eyes then wandered over towards the blackboard. Name? House? Tap tap? ... Sounded easy enough.
He gave the Runes Man a nod before walking over towards an empty seat right near to a Gryffindor he had seen around. Someone... who... OH HEY, it was that girl who was going to have a secret practice with him! She got a grin sent her way before the boy sat down in the seat, secretly hoping that she didn't mind. He would give her ice cream if she wanted. The Hufflepuff pulled out his this things and scribbled his name and year onto a piece of parchment. He pulled out his wand, gave the parchment a tap with his wand... and grinned. Hello desk name tag!
Now this was a role-model to those new silent kids. Botros stopped pacing and waved back at the Hufflepuff, the big grin still etched on the old man's face. "Good morning, Mr. Summers! Great snitch catch last game. You completely flattened the entire staff." Laughing as he said so. Botros was on his colleague's cheering side but still. The boy was impressive.
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Originally Posted by LilFox06
Anya entered the classroom happily. She had just finished humming some song she'd made up about ice cream... so naturally, she was very happy. And hungry for ice cream.
"Hello Professor." she said brightly as she entered. She then proceeded to find a seat. Finding one open, she plopped down and wrote on the parchment as instructed. She then tapped on it with her wand and hoped her mistake wasn't too obvious.
Gryffindors, you gotta love 'em. Always bright and ready for action in the morning. "Good morning, dear." He passed her desk, frowning confusedly at the crossed out words on her name tag. Hmm.
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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl
Another day, another class. This time Ancient Runes.
This class was pretty fun usually. It wasn't on her list of classes she really dreaded going to, at least, so that was good, right? Right.
So here she was, entering the classroom and giving Professor Botros a smile. "Hi, Professor." She took a random seat and that was when she noticed the writing on the blackboard. Oh, a name tag? Alright then. She quickly scribbled down the required info then drew out her wand and gave it a tap.
...Yes! It worked! She now had a name tag on her desk.
"Hello, dear. Welcome back to class." He remembered her. One of the Gryffindors who really kicked butts with Thor's hammer last term.
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Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight
Glancing around the room as Nerida entered she felt kinda saddened, no interesting stuff anywhere!! Sure it was clean but where was the cool looking stuff!! Stupid budget issues, making them loose awesome runic stuff and making them use solo cups in divination.
"Hello Professor Botros..." she smiled before adding, "It's nice to see the room is clean." She walked towards an empty desk.
Once sitting down she smiled at the professor before writing her name and year onto the tag.
She pulled out her wand, gave the parchment a tap with the wand and grinned. How cool now it was a desk name tag.
"Hello, dear. Oh, I'm glad you noticed!" He was pretty proud of his cleaning, and his beaming smile showed it.
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Originally Posted by lemon
"HI, professor." If anyone was late, it wasn't Alice. She arrived right on time for her favorite class, choosing the closest seat she could find to Botros' desk and supplying the elderly man with the biggest beam she could muster up this early. "Nice day, isn't it? Clean, too, at least in here. Will we be jumping through more hoops or smashing with more hammers this term? Where are all the Gandr baskets? Are they not here? Is this why we have to be making our own outside of class and stuff?" While she filled out her name tag, she chattered on relentlessly to the professor, tapping it with her wand when she finished.
And then she resumed smiling all contentedly up at Botros' desk. Hiii, professor.
"Hel-" Oh she was feeling chatty today, wasn't she? Botros reached his desk and leaned back on it as he smiled at nodded at her. They did notice that he cleaned the room for them! How proud Debbie would've been! "Very good observation, yes. We'll talk about it in a minute." He watched her head for her desk and... continued being smiley. Sherman had a lovely granddaughter, why wouldn't Marci be like her, hmm?
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Originally Posted by THE Govoni
YES. The class Dylan was MOST excited about was happening...Professor Botros WAS the man. Yes, he was.
Stepping into the classroom, the Slytherin Captain immediately looked around for the Professor...noting the man at his desk. "Good to see you again, sir..."...His voice trailed off, though...as he really got a look at the room. Something was different about it. Something...was missing.
Not being able to put his finger on it immediately, Dylan moved towards his seat, taking it at once. His eyes continued to rake his surrounding area, though. Very curious...Oh, wait. Where were the gandr baskets? That's what it was...and it looked rather bare in comparison to the last lesson they'd actually had in here.
With a look on his face, he pulled some parchment and a quill. It was a big thing, these name tags or whatever. Even though he knew the Professor wouldn't forget him. How could he?
"Good morning, Mr. Montmorency. It's good to see you again, too." Botros was going to genuinely feel the gap the young man would leave in his class when he graduated. "Great Quidditch game." He flashed him a grin. Everyone did a great job, of course, but Botros knew that Mr. Montmorency took his captain-ship seriously and worked his butt off to motivate the others.
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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict
Nope, nope.
He didn't wanna come here. At all.
THIS CLASS WAS TAUGHT BY A GUY AND AN OLD ONE. Translation: it was gonna be boring and Ascanius had better things to do. Like, he could have been out and sitting on the ground and sleeping or you know ANYTHING else. But he couldn't get out of this class. Hogwarts was weird. He literally couldn't figure out how to appropriately skip class yet. But the year was still young. Smirk.
So he walked in the room, nodded at the old guy, "Professor." And then sat down and filled out all of the stuff he was supposed to. Huh. Maybe he could nap.
Done and done. Could he go now?
OH! At least this new kid was not a quiet one. Botros extended his wrinkly grin over to the boy, "Good morning." It was very normal that the boy was not an enthusiast yet. The professor believed that most young people were discouraged by this brilliant subject, it was normal, really.
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Originally Posted by hpfan18
Kace was interested in attending this class. He knew the professor was pretty cool and he wanted to try this subject out. He heard this class was kind of challenging but he could handle it.
Once Kace was inside the classroom, he noticed the professor. "Good morning Professor!" he nodded towards him and went to find his seat. Once he found his seat in the middle of the room, he made his name tag.
He tapped it and then it became a name tag. He was waiting for the lesson to begin with his notebook and quill out on his desk.
"Good morning!" Another new kid. Botros was going to keep a close eye on all of them in case they needed a little push. Just in case.
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Originally Posted by Lockhartian
Please excuse our excitement and overall content over the fact that they were going to have an Ancient Runes class, that Professor Botros was still their Ancient Runes Professor, and that the classroom was mighty clean.
THANKYOU. WELOVEYOU,BOTROS. Maybe Airey a lot more, but shhhh.
"Professor Botros," she said, stopping only a little, "How nice to see you today, Sir, I hope you're doing wonderfully well,"BEAM. And no, she wasn't sucking up or anything, she actually meant every single word. She liked him. He was oh-so-cool.
He'd said he was awful with names, but he could at least remember that if Lottie was returning for class was because she'd liked them last term, yeah? Because she went to him totally unsure of whether to take this class or not. SURELY he could remember that?
By now, Lottie had made her way to a seat or her choice. Close enough to Lex if they needed to partner up, BUT...she saw that expression, Ascaniuuuus. NO ONE WAS NAPPING.
Which is why she sat next to him, she could poke him with her wand and NOT let the boy fall asleep in class.
"Hi, Penelope's boyfriend," she greeted him with a small smirk, and busied herself with the tag.
TAP. Done.
Still leaning against his desk, Botros offered the girl a big smile in return as she walked in. "Good morning. Nice to see you too." And yes, he was doing great. Why did everyone keep hoping that? Was it because he was old just a bit more mature than them? Weird.
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Ancient Runes.
She got an A on her OWLs for this subject, it passed but in between the passing grades, it was silently telling her that she needed to pay more attention during class. She passed but she almost failed too, so yes...she was going to listen more to their discussions. You know, she needed to be prepared for NEWTs next term. Funny how time passes too quickly.
The whole paying more attention thing didn't seem too difficult to do, especially when she stepped inside the classroom and find out that it was clean unlike some others. Thank goodness for that. But some things were notably missing. Yeah, she kinda figured those have been sold off too. But still, the place was clean and that was more than a good thing.
"Good day, Professor Botros." Beezus greeted with a smile when she neared his desk before proceeding to one vacant seat and descended down on it. Blackboard instructions...okay. She read and wrote down her name and year.
And....Tap!
"Hello, miss Castell. Welcome back to class." She got an equally big smile from the old man.
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"Morning Professor!" said the cheery girl.
Amara entered this class. And it had it's quietness. ERM, quiet and quirky. She didn't like quiet and quirky. Everything was supposed to be loud! And there, the usual sign. Write. Don't talk. No magicky! What was the point of having magical school...Well, behind every warning sign is a mysterious reason. KNOCKS. AHEM.
She wrote her name on the tag, as instructed.
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TAP. TAP. And ready. Why would they want this now? AH, new method of keeping track of....uhm...some people. She was going to be a gooood child.
"Good morning!" Again, trying to match the enthusiasm of the kids with his rather wrinkly big smile.
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Yay! It looked like they were not going to have to clean during class today. Because the room was dust free. Thank you, Professor thoughtful Botros. She still hadn't fully recovered from Charms class a few days ago. But no, she decided that she was going to try not dwell on that. Or the dust still blanketing the rest of the school. Nope. She walked into clas with a smile greeted the professor with a "Hello, professor," and parked herself at a desk, her bag taking it's now usual spot right next to her feet. Oh, what was this? Desk tags? Okay....
"Hello, dear." He remembered her from last term and from the egg sale they had last week. "Hope you managed to sell your eggs."
Looking down at his watch, Botros swayed his cane and the door slammed shut. WHOOPS. "Good morning again everyone and welcome to class." He smiled again at the new kids before straightening up off the desk and starting to pace between desks, leaning on his cane. "I am professor Abraham Botros, I teach Ancient Runes so please if you feel like you're in the wrong classroom, you can excuse yourself now." Completely serious he waited for a moment.
"Some of you have noticed the absence of Gandr baskets that usually were the focus of our classes last term." The pride and gladness was shining off his face like a five year old in a candyshop. "I'm afraid we're not going to use runic wands today, but rather learn the one important spell that you all need to use for your Ancient Runes project." They might want to check the noticeboard for that, too. He assumed they all were attentive to this subject so he went on without further explanation.
Stepping up on the dais and turning around to face the class once again, Botros waved his cane and the blackboard came to life, writing whenever the professor moved his staff. "Ancient Runes might not be the one crucial subject that all wizards must excel at, but it is a subject of great importance to those who seek knowledge or desire enforcing or harnessing their magic." Leaning sideways on his cane, he continued, "Runes are an ancient alphabet, symbols -if you may- found on most wizardy relics or sights." The blackboard wrote few keywords. "Besides their magic power and essence, each rune holds a deeper meaning and indication to one's life and the path or decision he can make, and what consequences might ensue." Actually... standing was hurting his knees. He stepped down the dais and started pacing again, "It's important to learn the varied concepts of those symbols in order to harness their wisdom and consult in whichever challenge we face, later on in our life." Right? Runes were a great way to lead us through life!
"Question. What's the name of a runic alphabet, any alphabet, and in which era was it used or discovered? Please raise your hand before giving an answer." They may use their textbooks.
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West, who had sat down and written a name tag (which... why? Botros totally knew him now but oh well), put his hand up.
"There's the dalrunes. Also called the Dalecarlian runes. They were used in Dalarna which is a historical Swedish province. They were used until kinda recently really, like from the 16th to 20th centuries." Pretty recent yep. West thought they were interesting on account of they were based on Medieval ones, but over time more and more Latin Alphabet characters started replacing them and being combined with them. It was cool seeing how they'd changed and stuff, and given how recent they were there was a bunch of stuff you could look at to actually see the differences.
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See, she knew they wouldn't be cleaning in this class! Nope, they were actually learning something that was useful for things other than cleaning. Like, their term project. Which she totally needed to get started on, but whatever. Now they were being asked what runes they knew of. Sky stopped in her note taking and thought for a second. "There's the Younger or Scandinavian Futhurk which was used from the 9th to the 11th centuries. It's a reduced form of the Elder Futhurk and was used mostly by the Vikings." Yep, she said Vikings. Don't everyone run at the same time now.
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Alice's hand went up next. "There's Elder Futhark, the oldest form of the runic alphabet. It was used from the second to eighth centuries, and then in the late eighth century, it was simplified into Younger Futhark." Which that one Slytherin girl had gone on about, yeah? She tapped her quill against her chin thoughtfully, keeping her eyes on the dais and watching the professor wave his cane about.
If he let go of that thing now, could it take out an eye? Hmm.
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Daichi was so happy that the room was clean. Not because he liked a clean room but because that meant that they were FINALLY not going to clean up~! This was why the Slytherin sat up straighter in his chair and listened carefully to the first question.
After a moment of thinking, he raised his hand in the air slowly. "Theres a Angelo...Angel..no uhm..Anglo-Frisian runes! " he answered. "And it was used in from 5th to 11th centuries Professor"
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Theo walked into the classroom looking glum. Classes tended to do that to him after a while, especially Ancient Runes classes. It was a subject he could not get his head around at all, so it obviously was not meant to beeeeee. He slumped down into a seat next to Kat, and smiled at her, and then he looked at the professor. "Hi, professor."
Yes, Kat did see Theo sit beside her. She didn't mind if he did. In fact, she wouldn't mind if anyone sat beside her... unless they were an enemy and a certain person. Ahem. The Slytherin smiled back at her team mate. A smile was their type of greeting now. Yeah.
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"Good morning, dear!" He liked enthusiasm, specially this early in the morning. Botros closed his book and with his cane he got up and stepped down the small dais. "Congratulations on your badge." She was one of his hardworking students so, yeah, he let himself feel proud of her.
Another professor who had congratulated her about the badge. Well, okay. Kat smiled at Professor Botros. "Thank you, Professor," she replied. Told ya Kat liked Professor Botros a lot. Hehe. Now she couldn't wait for the class to start... and maybe they get to have an activity? Although they wouldn't be using the Gandrs from last term, as she could see. Boo.
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"Question. What's the name of a runic alphabet, any alphabet, and in which era was it used or discovered? Please raise your hand before giving an answer." They may use their textbooks.
Kat was listening to Professor Botros. She was right about not using the Gandrs. Well there actually were no Gandrs in the classroom right now which explained why. She wanted to use the Gandrs though and do awesome stuff with it even if, well, Runes made her brain pop occasionally. Yes, Kat still had a lot of things to learn about Ancient Runes to avoid any sort of confusion.
Runic alphabets. Okay. Kat raised her hand to answer. "There's the Hungarian runes," the Slytherin said. "They were used by the Székler Magyars in Hungary until the 11th century." Guess that was enough information so Kat stopped and waited for someone else to speak. Also... Kat thought it was Anglo-Saxon. She never heard of a Anglo-Frisian alphabet, or maybe she'll just find out later.
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Types of Runic Alphabets? Ella tapped her chin and as she flipped with her other hand through her text book. Many examples had already been given but she figured she could offer something up. Ah-ha, the Orkhon alphabet! She could share about that, yeah?
Raising her hand, Ella waited for her turn to speak. "Sir, the Orkhon alphabet dates back to the 8th century AD and is also known as the Old Turkic script."
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Needless to say she was more than just a little disappointed by the fact that they wouldn't be using grandrs and consequently probably wouldn't be smashing anything. Ah well, she'd just find something to break later. Something big and loud sounding. With this decided, the smile easily stayed on her face.
Hardly able to keep still, she swung her feet about, listening to the Professor the entire time, of course. That's how she heard him say all the things he did and that question he asked. Lex was pleasantly surprized to note that he didn't ask what a rune was even for the sake of the Firsties. She didn't know the answer last year and she didn't know it now. Besides, he'd kinda crushed her when he told her that squibbly wasn't a word.
Pfffft, it so was.
But onto the question. She flipped open her textbook, because this was allowed, and went looking for one that hadn't already been said then stuck her hand up. "You also have, like Alice mentioned, the Younger Futhark. It's called the Scandinavian runes too and it's...um...the reduced form of the Elder Futhark, having only 16 letters, created some time around the 9th century."Ages ago but she wouldn't say that part aloud in case the Professor was sensitive about age. Now wasn't she the considerate one??
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"Good morning, Mr. McCarthy and congrtulations on your Prefect badge." Botros had lowered his reading glasses to get a good look at the new Ravenclaw Prefect, a soft smile on his face.
Ethan smiled widely at Professor Botros as he greeted him in return. "Well, thank you, Professor." It always seemed to catch him a bit off guard when a member of the staff expressed that particular sentiment, but he appreciated the cordiality all the same. As more students began to file in, the Prefect turned back to his book, casual flipping pages and vaguely wondering what class would be about today.
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Minerva made her way to Ancient Runes. Sleeping in a bit, she was rushing, not that she was going to be late, but Minerva Wheatborn was never one to be the last in class either. Slowing her pace as she entered the room, Min put a rushed smile on and nodded at the professor, "Hello Professor, hope you are well today."
Then she turned and gave a look around. Nodding at a few of her friends as she walked towards.. not her usual front seat, but... the middle.. honestly boy did he not know she sat in the front. Sighing she gave Ethan a smile and sat down in the empty next to him. Well maybe the middle wouldn't be so bad, "Good morning.." She said a bit rushed, still trying to wake herself up from over sleeping.
Pulling her hair up quickly to be out of the way, she pulled out her book, parchment, and quill. Alright now she just hoped she would be awake and ready enough for the information that would come with Ancient Runes. Glancing at the board she wrote the information and then pulled out her wand giving it a tap so that it was her nice new name tag. Now was class about to start?
Ethan looked up as he heard a familiar voice greet the professor and he smiled again. His smile soon turn to that of a curious expression as he watched her seem to hesitate on where to sit. He chuckled lightly as she ended up with the seat next to him, as dawning realization finally set upon him. Her internal debate must have been between sitting with him or sitting at the very front.. well, he was glad she chose the former. "Good morning," he returned the greeting brightly, watching her as she pulled up her hair. Yes, he was wide awake after his morning espresso.
SPOILER!!: Botros
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Looking down at his watch, Botros swayed his cane and the door slammed shut. WHOOPS. "Good morning again everyone and welcome to class." He smiled again at the new kids before straightening up off the desk and starting to pace between desks, leaning on his cane. "I am professor Abraham Botros, I teach Ancient Runes so please if you feel like you're in the wrong classroom, you can excuse yourself now." Completely serious he waited for a moment.
"Some of you have noticed the absence of Gandr baskets that usually were the focus of our classes last term." The pride and gladness was shining off his face like a five year old in a candyshop. "I'm afraid we're not going to use runic wands today, but rather learn the one important spell that you all need to use for your Ancient Runes project." They might want to check the noticeboard for that, too. He assumed they all were attentive to this subject so he went on without further explanation.
Stepping up on the dais and turning around to face the class once again, Botros waved his cane and the blackboard came to life, writing whenever the professor moved his staff. "Ancient Runes might not be the one crucial subject that all wizards must excel at, but it is a subject of great importance to those who seek knowledge or desire enforcing or harnessing their magic." Leaning sideways on his cane, he continued, "Runes are an ancient alphabet, symbols -if you may- found on most wizardy relics or sights." The blackboard wrote few keywords. "Besides their magic power and essence, each rune holds a deeper meaning and indication to one's life and the path or decision he can make, and what consequences might ensue." Actually... standing was hurting his knees. He stepped down the dais and started pacing again, "It's important to learn the varied concepts of those symbols in order to harness their wisdom and consult in whichever challenge we face, later on in our life." Right? Runes were a great way to lead us through life!
"Question. What's the name of a runic alphabet, any alphabet, and in which era was it used or discovered? Please raise your hand before giving an answer." They may use their textbooks.
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- Class will resume in 12 -17 hrs.
Ethan's eyes snapped to the front as the abruptly slamming door quickly caught his attention. He listened for a moment as he introduced himself, the class, blah blah blah.. and his eyes wandered towards where the baskets had been last term at the mention of the runic wands. Sad.. they were pretty interesting last term, but he assumed that to be because of the budget cuts, which seemed to affect every class. Of course, he assumed there were other things they could learn..
Runic alphabets. Of course he knew of the two most common ones.. the Elder and Younger Futhark. Probably everyone in the class knew those.. and he raised his hand to answer with one of those, quickly putting it down as others were called on and answered first. He had heard of others, not really committing them to memory, and flipped through the textbook to provide another answer. Thinking he found an answer, the 7th year raised a hand. "Gothic runes..? Though I think they have their origins in the Elder Futhark.." They very much looked the same. "Not sure when they were used, but they were replaced with a Gothic Alphabet in the 4th century AD.. so before that?" Yeah.. putting hand down and shutting up now. If it wasn't the Elder Futhark, or even the Younger, he probably didn't know what he was talking about..
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"Question. What's the name of a runic alphabet, any alphabet, and in which era was it used or discovered? Please raise your hand before giving an answer." They may use their textbooks.[/FONT][/COLOR][/INDENT]
Now, she had at least did some review over the summer for all her subjects...especially those whom she had quite a bit of a hard time during her OWLs. So, fairly, she had something to offer up to Professor Botros' question.
She put her hand up and answered. "I think there's also the Medieval Runes, Professor. Also known as the futhork. It is composed of 27 Scandinavian letters and it has evolved from the Younger Futhark. " It was fully formed during the 13th Century, right? What else could she remember about this one. Hmm. Oh...."And it also provided the basis for the appearance of runology in the 16th century." Pretty much.
Nigel was surprised that he was serious about walking out if you did not want to be here. But at least the question was simple and he remembered it from his first term here.
"There is Elder Futhark. It was used by Germanic tribes from the 2nd to 8th century"
Though Nigel had the impression that Botros could be as menacing as Lafay if he tired. He had this evil butler looking. When he was serious about something. Which is totally awesome.
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Dylan gave the Professor a respectful, praising look. He'd miss him...but would definitely still write...and visit...To be honest, the Slytherin didn't know why he was thinking about it now...
Meh.
The answer, though. He had an answer. "I'm actually going to expand on something Alice said...Anglo-Saxon forms of the alphabet are extensions of the Elder Futhark...and include 26 to 33 letters. It was most likely developed in the 5 century AD...and unfortunately started to die out around the seventh century...I don't think it ever really recovered from the Norman conquest..."
The Captain loved this subject. It wasn't weird at all that he knew things. SMIRK.
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Eliza was excited for another Ancient Runes class. With her name tag on her desk, just in case he wasn't sure who she was, she flipped through her pages about runes and ancient alphabets, and raised her hand.
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"Well, there's the Celestial Alphabet which people used to try and communicate with angels n the sixteenth century. That derived from the Hebrew and Greek alphabets which ultimately derived from the Etruscan Alphabet which dates all the way back to the sixth century. And...maybe they're not runes exactly, but some of the symbols are really similar looking to the Elder Futhark runes." She was a little fuzzy on what made an alphabet and a rune language different, but she'd get there.
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Minerva's eyes snapped up right as Ethan had said hello with the door shutting. Well if she wasn't fully awake yet, she best get there. Listening to the professor greet everyone and then talk about something things from last term, Minerva rested her head on her hand trying to stay focused.
When she asked the first question Minerva listened a bit to the other answers and put up her hand, " Sir, there is the Dalecarlian runes, I read that these runes were used in the 16th through 19th century. It was used in the isolated province of Dalarna." Resting her head back on her hand she tried to wake herself up without much notice. At least for now the information was just what was in books. Good thing she liked to read and read a lot.
Kace was excited to start Ancient Runes. Once the professor said his greeting, Kace felt confident that he would do well in this class. He seemed like a pretty chill professor. Then he heard the professor ask his question to the class.
SPOILER!!: Le Prof's Question
Question. What's the name of a runic alphabet, any alphabet, and in which era was it used or discovered? Please raise your hand before giving an answer.
Kace flipped through his textbook and he found some that maybe wasn't mentioned. He thought the Dalecarlian Runes were pretty cool. He raised his hand and said, "Professor there is the Dalecarlian Runes. They were discovered in the early 16th century and developed from Young Futhork."
That was all he knew so far for a first year that is. He read more about them in his textbook.
Sarah raised her hand, "there is the elder fart alphabet" she began, "I mean the old Norse one, whats it called again? The Futfart or something. It was use between the second and eighth centuries." then she had a lightbulb moment "oh yeah its real name was the Elder Futhark, I just remebred it now" She said. She knew that her cousin could burp the ABCS (which was really discusting) yet maybe one could fart them as well? Like a fart alphabet or something. The poor teachers of the Fart Alphabet would probably have to use nosepegs or something.
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"Question. What's the name of a runic alphabet, any alphabet, and in which era was it used or discovered? Please raise your hand before giving an answer." They may use their textbooks.
Jory referred to his textbook as the students started giving their answers. He then raised his hand. "There is the Orkhon or the Old Turkic Alphabet,'' he said and then glancing back at his book. "They were found in the Orkhon River in Mongolia sometime in the 19th Century.However, they date back all the way to the Eight Century A.D.''
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[QUOTE=Magical Soul;11362321]Now this was a role-model to those new silent kids. Botros stopped pacing and waved back at the Hufflepuff, the big grin still etched on the old man's face. "Good morning, Mr. Summers! Great snitch catch last game. You completely flattened the entire staff." Laughing as he said so. Botros was on his colleague's cheering side but still. The boy was impressive.
Botros say WHAT?
GRIN GRIN GRIN.
This was like the Truebridge thing all over again. When the woman had called him talented -- HIM. TALENTED! -- and when she had said that she was surprised he hadn't been contacts by professional teams yet. And now BOTROS. "Thanks Professor! That means a lot to me," he said, the big grin still spread across his face, "It was a really great match and... the Professors put up a fierce competition. Hope you enjoyed it!" And... he was glad that the Runes Man hadn't been playing himself. That would feel as odd as playing against Hadley.
Also... cue internal fanboying.
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Looking down at his watch, Botros swayed his cane and the door slammed shut. WHOOPS. "Good morning again everyone and welcome to class." He smiled again at the new kids before straightening up off the desk and starting to pace between desks, leaning on his cane. "I am professor Abraham Botros, I teach Ancient Runes so please if you feel like you're in the wrong classroom, you can excuse yourself now." Completely serious he waited for a moment.
"Some of you have noticed the absence of Gandr baskets that usually were the focus of our classes last term." The pride and gladness was shining off his face like a five year old in a candyshop. "I'm afraid we're not going to use runic wands today, but rather learn the one important spell that you all need to use for your Ancient Runes project." They might want to check the noticeboard for that, too. He assumed they all were attentive to this subject so he went on without further explanation.
Stepping up on the dais and turning around to face the class once again, Botros waved his cane and the blackboard came to life, writing whenever the professor moved his staff. "Ancient Runes might not be the one crucial subject that all wizards must excel at, but it is a subject of great importance to those who seek knowledge or desire enforcing or harnessing their magic." Leaning sideways on his cane, he continued, "Runes are an ancient alphabet, symbols -if you may- found on most wizardy relics or sights." The blackboard wrote few keywords. "Besides their magic power and essence, each rune holds a deeper meaning and indication to one's life and the path or decision he can make, and what consequences might ensue." Actually... standing was hurting his knees. He stepped down the dais and started pacing again, "It's important to learn the varied concepts of those symbols in order to harness their wisdom and consult in whichever challenge we face, later on in our life." Right? Runes were a great way to lead us through life!
"Question. What's the name of a runic alphabet, any alphabet, and in which era was it used or discovered? Please raise your hand before giving an answer." They may use their textbooks.
Was he in the wrong class? NOPE.
... Oh? At the mention of the Gandrs, Alec tilted his head slightly to look under his table. And... sure enough, there were no Gandrs there. Weird. He had gotten used to the chanting and holding the Gandr and his wand in the same hand and watching the runes glow. It had been awesome!
But the awesomest? THOR. HAMMER. GRIN.
... Botros was talking. About the subject and then runic alphabets. And whether they knew the names of any? ... Hmm... flick... flick... flick through the textbook... "Erm... Professor?" he said, raising his hand, "Like Beezus said, there's the Medieval Runes which evolved from the Younger Futhark," And... was there anything that the older Ravenclaw hadn't mentioned? Because he didn't want to repeat what the girl had said. "It was in the 13th century that the short twig and long branch runes were combined which... I guess... made them fully formed? And since they have a child system that's sort of different, I guess the Medieval Runes started dying out in the 16th or 17th Century when some of the runes were starting to get replaced by Latin characters."
... Okay, he was starting to ramble so... he'd just stop talking now?
Garrick did as he was he was told and made his name tag then smiled slightly as he turned it out to be seen (from his seat as far from Lotus as he could get. Sigh).
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Tap. Done, yo. And then he listened to as many of the other answers and opted to keep his hand down this time around. Besides, it seemed everyone in the room, including the younger ones, were all experts on Runes. Snort.
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