Hulk by day, ninja by night. That was going to be Alice's new catch phrase.

"Because you're Superman." It was probably why the eye black worked so well on him. "It says you have emotional trauma. I won't tell Ells, promise." She made a zipping motion with her fingers, nodding along seriously. But those two were always happy, weren't they? "Forget it, these readings are probably a load of old tosh anyway." And what he said next just confirmed her suspicions.

Selfish in love? What did that mean? And less interest in romance.. "My heart is very tough, I think." And unbroken. Safe, see? Alices didn't get hurt easily at all. Obviously. She offered him a reassuring smile and waited for him to take more notes before politely copying them off his parchment again. Her turn? "Your head line's short.. ish.. pretty straight, but it's broken, too."

Giving his reading a once over, she decided this one was fairly accurate and pushed it closer to him so he could see.

Ella nodded, eyes on her print. "I guess that means I'm terrible at making up my mind or something," She said thoughtfully, pulling her notes towards her.

Scribble. Scribble. Scribble.


"The creativity thing isn't so bad though, yeah?" She said cheerfully, turning her attention to Asher again. His line was rather short and she nodded, eyeing it curiously. "You like sports, Asher?" She said while continuing to study his print. It said he liked physical achievements and Quidditch was definitely physical. Could she maybe do some recruiting right now?

Oh and she should probably copy down his info too.

"Exactly!" He was Superman... how AWESOME did that sound? The happy feeling the Hufflepuff had received from that statement soon vanished when the Gryffindor continued to talk about the emotional trauma part. "Well... thanks! But, yeah, you're right. It's probably not right, anyways," And he smiled at her because... emotional trauma? It was understandable if that came about closer to his birthday but now?!

Tough heart. Alec wouldn't be surprised if that was true. Hulk was tough, yeah? "Which means that it won't get broken easily!" Which was... good because anyone who broke Hulk's heart would... would... who was he kidding, there was nothing he would be able to do, even if he wanted to. He'd have ice cream for her, sure. He could do that.

Head line! The sixteen year old listened as the girl examined the head line. And... according to her notes, that he then peered at, this reading was a little more true to him than the last one had been. See? Physical achievements. Quidditch. Yeah, yeah, very true! "I don't think that sounds too bad..." GRIN.

His turn, yeah? Alec looked down at the Alice's hand print on the glass slab and examined it carefully. "Well... your head line is kind of curvy... wait, no, wavy. It's wavy! Which, erm... means that you have a short attention span," Was that true? "The line is separated from your life line so... hey! You're adventurous and enthusiastic about life! Very Gryffindor!" Adventurous. That was Gryffindor. But were Gryffindors enthusiastic about life? "And lastly... there are quite a lot of crosses through it which..." Squint at the board. "... means that you make momentous decisions! Sound good?"

Scribble... scribble... scribble...

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Alice Fischer: Air hand
- Long, thin fingers (great for holding onto the Beater's bat)
- Squareish palm

Birth Hand Reading: Heart Line
- Begins under middle finger --> Selfish in love
- Straight and short --> Less interest in romance
- Touches life line --> Heart broken easily

Birth Hand Reading: Head Line
- Wavy line --> Short attention span
- Separated from life line --> Adventure, enthusiasm for life
- Multiple crosses --> momentous decisions

Asher listened as Ella spoke. He liked partnering with her and was glad the lesson wasn't over yet. "Yes, I do like sports. For the past three summers, I've taken care of my cousins gear and broom for his Quidditch team." He smiled brightly and his eyes sparkled with excitement. "He isn't on a professional team, but our local team is quite good."

Looking back at the print of his hand, he wondered what his cousins lines looked like. Maybe they had the same head lines.

Remembering what Ella said about making up her mind, he asked "So, do you think any of this fits your life and personality?"

Right, the HEAD line was next...Dylan was still carefully inspecting his hand and trying to decide about the previous Heart line and element ruling it. Well, he'd decided...but still...it was in the Slytherin's nature to constantly question all the things.

Also, Professor Elwood had listed characteristics on the blackboard and he tried to match his up...Peering between the two, he noted that his Head line was long and ran deep...So, that meant his thinking was clear and focused...Legit enough for him. It was also straight...and that said 'thinks realistically' beside it.

Dylan had always been a realist. So, that was also legit.

Pulling his notebook again, he updated the notes...


Looking around, he observed others for a moment, sighing at the pairs that worded together.

Their hands were probably more interesting and exciting than his...

"Cool cool cool," Tobias replied, giving a little smile as he did.

Right.

Ready.

So ready for this.

Tobias' attention was starting to wander easily... he wasn't sure how much of this subject was really real, but it was being taught, right? So... he guessed it had to be real. Unless it was one of those things that couldn't be proved wrong. Still... past lives and stuff... it sounded like it could be cool but only if you had loads of detail, enough that you could research them.

But that was his train of thought wandering, and he shook his head and got back to the task at hand.

Haha... hand... haha... ha... HAND. That was FUNNY.

Ahem... right.

Tobias placed the feathered end of his quill into the corner of his mouth as he attempted to find some of the things written on the board but on the next line. It was slightly difficult because it kind of looked like it wasn't one like... but maybe that was something to be looking for?

Glancing up at the blackboard, Tobias saw that it was, in fact, something to write about, and began adding to his notes.

Somewhat triumphantly, because this was pretty easy once you got the hang of it, Tobias sat back again and set down his quill. He looked over at Nessie's parchement as well and nodded as he read down it. The one about the short attention span made him grin somewhat mischeviously. Boy, was that true. So was the enthusiasm one. "Awesome!" Grinnnn.

Swinging his legs gently, Tobias fidgeted slightly and glanced at Nessie and then the handprints again. "Do you reckon we get to keep these? They're super neat."

Nerida nodded before looking down at her hand and then looked over at his...He was right the lines in his hands were deeper, so we had an earth hand so that meant that she had a fire hand because the water and air had long fingers...And hers were short. She wrote down what hand she had and added the reasonings. After she finished writing she went to go grab the ink pad, rubber stamp pad, and a glass slab for her and her partner. As she reached the table she set one glass slab in front of him and set the other one in front of herself.

She pressed the rubber pad into the ink and then pressed her right hand against the pad. She then pressed it lightly to the glass slab for a few seconds before lifting it up to reveal a handprint. After finishing getting her hand on their she handed the ink to the little first year and then the rubber pad, before actually taking a look at her hand.. Heart line....Finally finding it she looked around trying to find where it started. Middle...Falls in love easily! Okay after finding the rest she added those findings to her parchment as well.

Head Line now. This one should be good..Right?

Deep and long. Thinks clear and focused. Well she did do that!! After finishing up she wrote those thing as well before turning to the the boy and asked "Did you find everything okay,?"

Ella continued to stare thoughtfully down at her hand, a small smile playing on her lips when Asher said the word Quidditch. This...was good news. Glancing up, her green eyes settled on the first year and she tilted her head, observing him curiously. "Ever consider trying out for the house team?" Hmmmmmmmmmm?

As for his question, Ella looked at her notes and shrugged. "I guess some of it does? What about yours?"

Dylan continued to stare at his etch...wondering if they were also going to use them for homework. That had been the trend, hadn't it?

Also...it was times like this when he missed Aspen Odessa. Dylan wondered what she'd have thought about this term...and how she would've handled all the things.

...and he'd also wondered if she'd have continued to try and take his eyes...

Meh, he was going to resort to people-watching...He'd done all his things...Working alone went faster and stuff. So, Dylan was done for now...His blue eyes scanned the room...

Lots of Hufflepuffs...

Asher thought for a moment, he hadn't picture himself a Quidditch player. He'd always enjoyed getting uniforms ready and servicing brooms, but never playing for an actual team. "I'd have to think about that. I am only a first year. Don't you usually like older players?"

He looked over his notes after her last question. "I do think a lot of mine are true for me. Although, I'm not sure about the heart ones. I've never had a relationship, so it's hard to know what will happen."

As Asher and Ella had been working together, he noticed a much older Slytherin boy working alone. Turning to him, "Hiya. I'm Asher. If you want, you can come an join us. There may not be much more to do, but you are still welcome."

He moved his things over a bit to make room, just in case the boy decided to join them.

Hmm?

While he pondered all the things, was someone speaking to him?

Oh. Hufflepuffs. Ellaphant...and someone else he didn't know. That was rather legit, too...but most people that knew him wouldn't have asked. Sour!Dylan was sour...and THE MOST TERRIBLE IN ALL THE LAND. /DRAMATIC MENTAL!FLAILING

No, but seriously...It was nice and to not seem like a troll, Dylan would agree...just this once. Ahem. "Sure...How very nice of you to ask..." He stood and moved that way, plopping down beside the kid.

"Ella..." Sup.

SPOILER!!: Nerida!

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Nerida nodded before looking down at her hand and then looked over at his...He was right the lines in his hands were deeper, so we had an earth hand so that meant that she had a fire hand because the water and air had long fingers...And hers were short. She wrote down what hand she had and added the reasonings. After she finished writing she went to go grab the ink pad, rubber stamp pad, and a glass slab for her and her partner. As she reached the table she set one glass slab in front of him and set the other one in front of herself.

She pressed the rubber pad into the ink and then pressed her right hand against the pad. She then pressed it lightly to the glass slab for a few seconds before lifting it up to reveal a handprint. After finishing getting her hand on their she handed the ink to the little first year and then the rubber pad, before actually taking a look at her hand.. Heart line....Finally finding it she looked around trying to find where it started. Middle...Falls in love easily! Okay after finding the rest she added those findings to her parchment as well.

Head Line now. This one should be good..Right?

Deep and long. Thinks clear and focused. Well she did do that!! After finishing up she wrote those thing as well before turning to the the boy and asked "Did you find everything okay,?"

SPOILER!!: Notes

Nerida Eventide: Fire hand
- Short Fingers
- Squarish palm
- Light carved lines (proves that she doesn't have Earth hand)

Birth Hand Reading: Heart Line
- Begins in the middle - falls in love easily.
- Long and curvy - freely expresses emotions and feelings
- Smaller lines crossing through heart line - emotional trauma.

Birth Hand Reading: Head Line
- Deep, long line - thinking is clear and focused
- Separated from life line --> Adventure, enthusiasm for life
- Curved, sloping line - creativity

Kace noticed the Nerida wrote down that she had a fire hand. Hmm...much different than his. But hey every human was born differently. After he saw Nerida doing the ink pad process, he decided to do the same. He pressed his left hand into the ink pad and then pressed it lightly onto the glass slab. He saw it and thought it looked SO cool.

Then he looked onto the board and noticed he had to interpret his like Nerida did. He copied what she had and then he was gonna tell her what he thought.

SPOILER!!: Kace's Parchment

Birth Hand Reading: Heart Line
-Begins in the middle - falls in love easily
-Straight and parallel to the head line - good handle on emotions
-Smaller lines crossing through heart line - emotional trauma.

Birth Hand Reading: Head Line
-Curved, sloping line - creativity
-Deep, long line - thinking is clear and focused
- Separated from life line --> Adventure, enthusiasm for life

After he copied down his results, he smiled and said, "Yeah i got everything okay and it looks like our hands are similar." he smiled.

Ella doodled on the side of her parchment as she waited for Professor Elwood to continue the lesson, a small smile on her face. She'd gotten quite good at drawing elephants on brooms, y'know. Blink. "Of course not. I mean, older players have more experience, sure, but Tobias is a first year and he's just as brilliant as anyone else." Serious nodding. "If you're interested, I'd love to see you come out for the team next term." Just saying.

The blonde smiled a little about the relationship comment and tilted her head, regarding Asher thoughtfully. "I'm sure you'll find out eventually." Probably sooner than he thought. That sort of thing tended to creep up on you when you least expected it to.

And then Asher was inviting Dylish to join them and the sixteen year old smiled a little to herself, wondering how this would go. She found Dylan nice though she knew he wasn't a big fan of Hufflepuffs in general, or so it seemed. This is why she was a bit surprised when he accepted the offer.

Huh.

"...Hey Dylish." Mini!Beam.

His hair looked nice today. Did he know?

Asher tried his best not to appear too excited. He was glad the boy decided to join them. "I'm sorry, I don't remember your name." He said as the boy plopped down next to him hoping he would volunteer some information about himself. "Have you finished your heart and head lines?" Asher asked as he glanced at the boys hand print.

Asher listened to her tell him about the other first year on the team. "I'll surely think about it this summer. I'd have to get a lot of practice in before I would even think about trying out." He glanced down at his bag and saw his favorite Quidditch magazine poking out a bit and smiled.

After sitting a moment, Asher realized that he was sitting with BOTH the Hufflepuff and Slytherin Captains. What had he done?? Surely they didn't want to be spending their entire class sitting with a little unknown first year. Although, he figured his popularity rating must be getting much higher with every moment they were together.

Dylan just smirked at Ella all sweet like. She was his favorite Hufflepuff and she knew it, too...and that was okay. He liked her face.


"It's Dylan, mate. Slytherin Captain and Seventh Year." Yep, and he'd even thrown a dashing grin and wink out there for laughs. He was in a rather good mood...So, yay for all the things.

"Oh, yea. Here..." He pushed his notebook forward so they could gander at it. Also, he showed the etching he'd done of his hand.


"What do you lot make of it?"

Calista had sort of zoned out while the students had been working on their palm readings. When she shook her head and remembered that she was hosting a lesson in her tower classroom, she wasn't really sure what she had been thinking about. Whatever it was must not be important.

But, MERLIN'S BEARD! LOOK AT THE TIME!

They were already over the lesson time. "Woah, students it seems we've gotten to into our readings and have lost track of time. Go ahead and pack up, be sure to take your glass prints with you because your homework will be partially to finish this reading. Keep an eye out for the homework to be posted and go enjoy what time is left of your lunch."

The blonde Professor dismissed them quickly, a tad embarrassed by her novice time-telling abilities.

Ella BEAMED at the first year and nodded. "Happy to hear it. I think you'd really enjoyed it if you came out for the team." Heh. She was a good recruiter, eh? Never too early to start.

And then Dylish was sharing his print and his notes and Ella eyed them curiously, glancing from the print to the notes every so often. "Piano, huh? That's cool." Ella's Granddad had played a little but the blonde never learned. As for the rest of it, she stroked her chin thoughtfully. "Do you believe in this stuff?" Cause Ella was still making up her mind on the subject.

When Professor Elwood spoke up, the sixteen year old expected to continue but was surprised to find that class was over. Hm. "Nice working with you, Asher." The blonde said as she gathered up her things and stuffed them into her bag. "And I'm sure you'll be good at piano, Dylish. You have the hands for it." Nodnod. "See you guys around." Probably more of Asher considering they were in the same house.

And with a salute, the sixteen year old made her way to the door. "Bye Professor! Thanks for the lesson!"

Asher studied Dylan's parchment for a few moments before looking at his hand. "Well, I don't know you very well to judge on the findings, but it does appear you have read your palm correctly." Smiling, he looked to Ella, "Do you agree?"

Upon hearing the Professor, "Oh goodness, class did go by rather swiftly, didn't it." Asher started packing up his things. "Dylan, Ella, it as truly been a pleasure working with both you. Very nice to meet you, Dylan. I do hope we can partner again."

He carefully put his hand print in his bag. "Ella, if you would like help with your homework, you know where to find me." The first year couldn't believe what was coming out of his mouth. If SHE needed help. He was the one who was probably going to need help. However, he wouldn't mind having a friend and they were in the same house.

As Kace was finishing his reading, he heard the Professor ended the lesson. It seemed like they were out of time. He looked at the clock and realized they had been carried away. He heard he needed to take his imprint of his hand. He did so and covered it up and placed the glass print of his hand into his backpack. He would need it for his homework so it seemed.....

He packed his stuff up and then he turned to Nerida. He smiled to her, "It was nice meeting you and working with you on the assignment." he said holding out his hand for her to shake. He didn't know if she was a hugger so he was just being safe.

Then he slung his backpack over his shoulder and then turned to the professor, "Thanks for an interesting lesson Professor!" he smiled to her. Then he left to go do his homework assignment. I mean the information was fresh in his memory already. He made his way to the common room.