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Ancient Runes Lesson 1 : Rune of Protection : Algiz
As soon as you're up in the Ancient Runes corridor, you'll notice a bunch of big covered statues stand outside the classroom door. Professor Botros stands at the door with his hands folded on top of his cane, and his signature soft smile safely drawn on his face.
The classroom is neatly arranged as always; Desks are aligned in three long rows, an empty neat parchment is set on top of each desk. The professor's big table is on the small dais, and there are two small boxes on the floor nearby. The blackboard behind the professor's desk has the following writing,
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Originally Posted by Blackboard
'Please take a seat,
write your name and year on the parchment,
tap the parchment with your wand & it'll turn into a desk tag,
sit back and wait for the lesson to start,
do so quietly.'
ooc: - Class has started, please don't announce your arrival. Just pretend as though you were here all along.
- Please go through the Rules and Guidelines of my class before posting, all SS general & RPG rules apply as well.
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Okay, what were the covered statues about? Maybe they were old Runes people, whatever they were called? Anyway, Sky passed by them and into the classroom with a smile on her face, confident that this particular older gentleman wasn't obsessed with beards or giving out incorrect information. Oh, and belly full of a nice breakfast, too. "Good morning, professor."
Finding herself a seat, she set about following the instructions on the board, not exactly sure why the seat tags were needed. But at least it was better than a beard.
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"Hiya, Professor Booooooootrosss!" Marigold said, skipping happily into class. "Had a good summer?" Marigold GRINNED at him and went to sit near Kace, Tobias, and Asher.
IS DAT A MESSSAAAAAAGE ON DAT BLACKBOOOOOAAAARRRRDDDD!!!??
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Marigold McAlistor
Second Year
HUFFLEPUFF
Just in case he couldn't tell with, you know, her energy and stuffs. Beaming, she tapped the parchment and it turned into a NAMETAG. WHOOOOOAAAAAAAA.
Ancient Runes. This was her second other favorite class. No, wait, Lottie had no favorites, right? Right. Either way, the girl entered the classroom and all she had was a wide smile for Botros.
Wide smile. Until she remembered Oakey wasn't going to be here and the smile faltered. Like, that was completely strange. Odd. Saddening. Mainly because Dylan wasn't here either, you know? That was sad.
"Hey, there, Professor!" Okay, we're back to smiles, then. Life goes on.
The desk next to Ascanius would do, again, so he doesn't fall asleep. Or so she covers for him if he does.
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"Hello, Professor! I hope your summer was good!" Nerida said to Professor Botros as she entered the room. With that she gave him a wide grin before going to find her seat. Seeing the covered item she started to wonder why all the classes had like something covered....
It was odd!
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Nerida Eventide
Seventh Year
After writing the information she gave it a tap... And then it was done!
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Wait.... his name and year? But why? It wasn't like Botros didn't know him. It was not like there was anyone that didn't know him really. West took his usual seat and wrote down his name and all for this tag thing, and then the increasingly tall Slytherin just sat there and waited.
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West Odessa
5th Year
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Ancient runes. She used to think this was a hard subject and that she'll never understand it. Though that changed and now she inserted Arithmancy in that slot. Where she decided she can't understand. It felt good entering the class knowing that she'd be understanding. Awesome feeling.
Oh, and they had to have name tags. Old people, pft. Though, that was better than saying names wrong! like Romanos.
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Cassia Somerlad.
Fifth-year
She slid into a seat that wasn't at the front. Why sit in the front? It was cozy at the back.
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Ella could not even express how excited she was about this class because it was her favorite and Professor Botros was the best. She was feeling a bit bad about not stopping by his office yet, too, but she'd make up for that. Baking for Botros would be happening soon.
Noting the suspicious statue-looking things in the hallway, the seventeen year old raised her eyebrows but figured they'd be explained in time. Besides, there was a Professor in the doorway waiting to be greeted and Ella smiled big as she approached. "Hello Professor!" BEAM. "It's really good to see you. I hope you had a nice summer." And she passed him carefully, not wanting to knock him over or anything.
The captain grabbed a seat in the front and eyed the board and then the parchment before reaching into her bag for a quill. Name and year, right?
TAP!
She had other things too for class, things they'd been instructed to bring. Wand, book, goggles, and gloves were organized neatly on her desk as she waited for class to begin.
Soon, the first bunch of students showed up, he nodded his head at the Hufflepuff Captain, "Good morning, miss Bishop. I've had a lovely summer, thank you." Always the girl with manners. He still couldn't figure out how such a delicate girl handled Quaffles and Bludgers on the field. Fischer, he got it, she wanted to be Thor. But Bishop was more like... Freya.
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Originally Posted by Team ronmione
Walking through the door, and nodding while saying "Hello Professor!" Tag made his way into the class and took a seat somewhere in the middle. Not all the way in the back where he could get completely distracted, but not in the front where the Professor could stare him down. Though Professor Botros didn't seem like that type of man.
Setting his rucksack onto the floor Tag glanced up at the backboard and saw its instructions. Easy enough. Getting out his quill Tag wrote onto the tag, heh.
SPOILER!!: Information
Tag Kildare
Fifth Year
Done with that Tag simply tapped his wand onto the parchment and it well, turned into a desk tag. Heh for tag again.
"Morning, mister Kildare." The boy had good potentials. Botros didn't forget his efforts in solving the puzzles last term. He would forget the Gryffindor's first name and which year he was in, but not how good he was in class. Never.
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Originally Posted by Harron Peasley
Charlie nodded with a smile at the Professor as she passed him and entered the classroom, before taking a seat in the middle. You know, not at the front, but not totally avoiding the lesson.
Even though she really didn't like this subject. Maybe it had just been her fathers teaching.
Pulling her quill from her back, and leaving all of the other things she's been instructed to bring with her in it, Charlie scribbled her name on the parchment, before delving into her sleeve and pulling out her wand. Tap.
And now wait for class to start, right?
Botros nodded back at the girl. She must be new.
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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom
Ok, Ancient Runes. Cool. Caleb could do runes, he was pretty sure. Uncle Alex was all about the runes and stuff, doing an apprenticeship or something right now to learn how to become a rune...prospector. Or something.
He took a seat near the front, pulled out a parchment, and followed the instructions to make himself a nice little name tag.
Botros liked the littlest in his class the most, they were so lively and had fresh minds. He smiled at the boy and gently patted his head as he passed by.
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Originally Posted by Charely Potter
Ancients Runes, you can bet your pickle jars that Wade would be enrolling here again for his final year. Feeling quite happy after having his favorite breakfast, pickles on toast, he headed towards the classroom with a little pep in his steps after the Captain ahead of him. Heh.
"Hello again Professor," Wade beamed back at Professor Botros, whom he had quite a high respect for, "Had a good summer?" Afterward he shuffled himself in taking in the arrangement before checking the board. Name.. year. cool. Taking a seat after dropping his bag down near him he used the parchment to write out his name before giving it a good ol' *TAP*
While waiting he smiled softly at Ella and Tag who sitting not that far from him. This should be fun.. hopefully.
"Morning, mister Potter, I've had good time in summer, thank you." Botros' eyes went to the badge on the Head Boy's chest, proudly. "Congratulations are in order, I see." Mr. Potter was definitely a worthy student to the badge, he was one of Botros' brilliant students as well.
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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19
Ancient Runes sounded so...ancient. Adi wondered if he'll even like the subject. Runes sounded confusing and the fact that it was ancient didn't help. As he approached the classroom, he noticed an old guy standing at the doorway and besides him were some covered stuff. This had to be the Professor! And even he was...ancient.
"Hi, Professor!'' the first year said politely to the guy. Old people weren't so bad. Just as long as they didn't bore him. He proceeded into the room. "Hai, Captain Ella!' Hi Wade!' he called when he saw the older Badgers. Oh and Caleb! Adi waved to the boy whom he had met at the maze. He took a seat and read the instructions on the board. With his quill, he followed the first of the instructions:
So all he had to do was tap the parchment? Okaaaay. Adi did just that. "Wow!'' he muttered, quite impressed. No need for incantations there
Another ickle one, Botros patted his head as well. "Hello, dear." Quite energetic. Mr. Tempus had quite the competition this term. Heh heh heh.
... although with miss Cambridge, it was unlikely that anyone could be on said competition.
Text Cut: Kita
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Originally Posted by hermionesclone
BLINK.
All these statues were... well... what was that about? Alec moved forward cautiously, his grey-blue eyes taking in each covered statue carefully. Yeah... this was confusing. And they hadn't been here last year, had they? He tried to think back to it but nothing came to mind so... yeah. He was going to say no. He'd be able to remember if they had been here, yeah? Right? ... Maybe.
But Botros! When his eyes landed on the Professor, the boy's face split into a grin and he headed over, casting his thoughts about the covered statues aside. "Hello Professor!" he said once he was near the door, "Hope you had a great summer!" Then he slipped past the man and headed into the classroom. The nearly empty classroom.
... Yeah... how had people gotten here so quickly?
The seventeen year old shook his head before heading over towards an empty seat near three of his favourite people the front of the class and sitting down. The boy looked up at the board, his hand reaching into his bag. The required items were taken out before he reached for the parchment. Right. Name tag. This was simple enough.
TAP. There. Awesome. He sat back and waited for class to start, his hand occasionally reaching up to mess with his hair. It was okay, right?
"Hello, Mr. Summer. I did, I hope it was great for you as well." The young man boy received an extra smile as the old professor started to walk into class with him. His legs weren't made for standing at the doorway guarding the covered statues behind him...
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Originally Posted by SweetPeea
Nicola walked down the corridor, heading towards the Ancient Runes classroom. Come to think of it, Nicola was not dreading it, because she quite enjoyed this class. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but something about Runes just came pretty easily to the redhead. Not to mention, Professor Botros was quite the enjoyable Professor to be around. She wondered what he could be teaching today.
Once nearing the room, she saw a bunch of big covered things outside the classroom door. She stopped walking and raised an eyebrow at these towering things. Nicola approached one of them and almost grabbed the bottom of the cover to reveal what was being hidden beneath, until her eyes caught sight of the Professor. She quickly resisted the temptation and changed her direction walking towards him by the doorway. Nicola smiled almost instantly as she said in a rather calm tone, "Good morning Professor.." She bowed her head slightly, which made her think of Enre briefly, before walking past him into the classroom. She quickly picked a seat in the middle, towards the front. Getting herself comfortable, she noticed his written message on the board. She did as she was instructed and then tapped the parchment watching it turn into a desk tag.
She then leaned back in her seat, playing with her hair as she waited for today's lesson to begin.
... or not!
Botros eyed the girl trying to uncover his today's surprise and decided that he better stay out here to prevent any curious cats. She did get a genuine smile and a nod, "Good morning, I hope you had some breakfast." She obviously did, what with being extra curious about today's class and whatnot. He liked the curious ones, always the Ravenclaws too. Sometimes Slytherins.
Text Cut: Alexa
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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo
Alexa usually had to wait until she was inside to be intrigued by the lesson ahead but this time it would seem her source of future distraction would be outside of the class. The Professor was getting smarter. How was she meant to get sidetracked from the lesson and overly fascinated by the object when she was on the inside but the covered objects were out here in the corridor??
The Professor was by the statues. Was he going to stay out here...? Yeah...she wasn't so sure this new learning strategy would work...see...she'd find it harder to pay attention to him if she wasn't looking directly at him. Perhaps she'd just stand out here with him. Taking her education seriously was happening right now. She expected shoulder pats for this. Ahem.
Lex walked into the room, read the board, got out a piece of parchment then quickly scribbled on it.
She tapped it and watched it become a name tag before walking back to the door, taking up a stand next to the Professor and BEAMing brightly at him. "Hello Professor! I trust you had a good summer?" Visual contact, very important. She would stand out here with him for the whole class. "I think mine was rather productive but I guess that depends on who you asked."
... oh. Cambridge passed by him without greeting. Oh. Weird.
Botros peered inside the class briefly to see what was wrong with the girl, but she was already walking back to stand by him. "Hello, miss Cambridge. I did, yes, thank you." He was going to let her stand by him outside, it wasn't like he didn't need a backup cane. She'd do. "That's expectable, I think. Hopefully you didn't torture your father much this summer." He chuckled and patted her shoulder.
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Originally Posted by Cedric
Okay, Schuyler had heard from several people that this class was awesome. And apparently it was awesome because of the professor. So, the Gryffindor walked along through the corridor with a happy curiosity to her. Her feet slowed as she passed a few covered statues that were situated outside the classroom door. Were those always there..? Anyway. She continued her way on into the classroom, where her eyes soon fell upon their professor. Aww. He was old, and cute, and Schuyler smiled without realizing it. "Hello, Professor." She found her seat in the second row.
There was a sheet of parchment already set on her desk, and she looked to the board for guidance. Aha. Nametags.
She tapped the paper like she was supposed to and it turned into a desk tag. There. Now she sat back and crossed her ankles as she dropped her quill back onto her desk.
Another new one! Botros couldn't easily tell the new ones considering that he forgets names and faces too often, but he could tell with the Gryffindor girl. The Gryffindors who attended his class were scarce. "Good morning."
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Originally Posted by Meizzner
Ancient Runes and of course the awesome name tags. Nigel loved names tags. Probably because he messed with them.Still if Botros did not know his name by now. Then something was wrong with his long term memory.
So Yeah Name Tags. Nigel sat down in a empty seat and got to work on his.
Perfect
... the silent ones were tricky. Were they silent because it was morning? Didn't they have breakfast like he said they should? "Morning, Prefect Barrington." He emphasized on the Prefect part. You know. Congratulations in a subtle way.
Text Cut: Claudette
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Originally Posted by emjay
So, Ancient Runes..
Claudette was remotely curious what this class would be lie here at Hogwarts, though she wasn't sure it was the good kind of curious. She had found the subject to be excruciatingly dull at Beauxbatons and wondered if there was any improvement on the interest value of the class at this school. Plus, she also wondered if she would be subjected to something crazy.. like a beard. She still wasn't so sure about that sort of thing at this point.
She slowed her steps as she neared the classroom, green eyes falling on the covered statue-like things in the corridor. Oh, and the professor was there too, just at the doorway. "Hello, Professor," she said cheerily, then walked past him into the classroom. They were supposed to go in, right?
The sixth year looked for an empty desk, sliding into the first vacant seat she could find. Lifting her green eyes to the blackboard, she quickly read the instructions then pulled out her quill and lilac ink. She carefully scrawled her name and year onto the parchment then tapped it with her wand, leaving the newly transformed name tag on the corner of her desk.
Botros smiled warmly at the young girl, "Hello, good morning." She was also new. Or this was her second year only. It took him three years to get the hang of full names as a general rule. Unless you really impress him.
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Originally Posted by hpfan18
Ancient Runes once again! Kace remembered coming here last term. He liked the class plus the Professor was kind of awesome. Once he got towards the classroom, he noticed some of his fellow classmates were already there and plus other people from other houses. He smiled and then saw the professor near the front of the room. Kace smiled and waved, "Hello there Mr. Bostros!"
Then he took his seat and noticed once again he needed to fill out his name tag. Kace took his quill and started to write.....
He sat there quietly and wondered what they were going to be studying this term.
Aw, the little kid, yes. He remembered this one. Botros gave him a pat on the head as he passed by, "Hello, dear." He was a very hardworking student despite his age and tendency of his generation to disregard this beautiful subject.
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Originally Posted by Sonea
A little awkward for the professor she walked toward the lesson. She was awkward because she still wasn’t comfortable after all what had happened, but… she didn’t wanted to skip this lesson, no, she was a Slytherin and Slytherins were strong! So when she walked toward the classroom she passed a… covered stature? Next she walked past the professor and she nodded to professor Botros while she walked past him. “Hello professor” said Sonea quick and walked further, trying it to avoid a conversation…
She found a desk where she could sit and saw that there was a parchment on her desk, and when she looked around her she saw on every desk. Curious what she needed to do with it she looked at the blackboard and saw that professor Botros has left some instructions. She grabbed her quill and started writing.
Next she tapped with her wand at the parchment and saw indeed that her parchment turned into a desk tag… Hmm, now she needed to wait, that was easy!
Botros couldn't help but grin at the poor Slytherin walking briskly past him into the classroom. It wasn't like he'd lecture her right here and now. "Hello, miss Duvessa."
... did she attend Muggle Studies yet?
Text Cut: Sophie
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Originally Posted by Anna Banana
As Sophie walked through the classroom door, she glanced up at the professor with an expression of wonder. Wow--he was old! She looked at his cane and wondered if it doubled as a wand. He could probably do some serious damage with that thing! "Hello, Professor," she said, and then she moved out of the doorway and went in search of a seat.
Ancient Runes sounded boring, but then again, so did Arithmancy, and they'd painted in there. Sophie slid into a seat and began the process of writing her name and year on the parchment. She wrote:
Then she tapped the parchment with her wand and watched it turn into a desk tag. COOL. That was at least one cool thing that had already happened in Ancient Runes. Then...there was silence. At least from Sophie.
Little and new. Botros smiled and patted the girl's head, "Good morning." He was content with all the new and young students in his class today. Good thing it was an easy lesson today.
Well. All his lessons were easy to him. So it wasn't saying much.
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Originally Posted by bitsyandtank
Asher entered the room, excited to be at another Ancient Runes class. It was the last class he expected to like during his first year at school, and it surprised him that it turned out to be one of his favorite. He took a seat and noticed the instructions on the board.
Once he finished, he pulled out another piece of parchment and waited for further instructions.
Botros nodded and smiled at the little Hufflepuff. He recognized his face from the Runes workshop, the kid seemed enthusiastic about the subject.
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Originally Posted by imaginarynumb3rs
The organized layout of the classroom only confirmed what Fern had surmised from the class notice. Professor Botros was a no-nonsense man, and Ancient Runes was a no-nonsense class.
Therefore, it only made sense that, after taking in her surroundings, the Hufflepuff gave a no-nonsense nod with a no-nonsense greeting, "Good morning, Professor," before taking a seat in the desk next to Claudette. Sending the Ravenclaw a small smile, Fern read the writing on the blackboard twice. Then, pulling out a quill, she filled out the parchment:
Surveying her work., Fern frowned a little; her name looked so boring without the normal little hearts dotting all the i's. But before she could give into the urge to make it super cute, the 11-year-old tapped the paper with her wand so that it could turn into a no-nonsense desk tag
This was some serious young new Hufflepuff, wasn't she? Botros mirrored her serious expression with his smile tugging at his mouth anyways and nodded at her, "Good morning."
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Originally Posted by Felixir
Ancient Runes was easily Tobias' best subject, possibly along with Astronomy. He should have gotten a decent amount of sleep the night before, and had totally planned to but when the night before, sleep just... hadn't come to him. Like nothing. Despite being tired, he hadn't slept a wink. Weeeiiirrrdddd.
Feeling exhausted, Tobias entered the classroom. He was still as happy as ever from his own perspective, but he didn't exude even NEARLY the usual amount of happy energy he usually did. Instead, Toby was jittery and twitchy, as though he'd been hooked up to an IV of coffee for a couple of days.
"Hi Professor," Tobias greeted Botros as he entered the room. His voice was slightly croaky and he sounded tired and his face had that not-slept look and there was no bouncing or loud chirpy voice but he still GRINNED and gave a salute, albeit a little salute, and went to sit at a desk as close to the front of the room that he could get.
Rubbing tiredly at one of his eyes with the heel of his hand, Tobias got out his things for the lesson, before writing his name and stuff on a piece of parchment, just like it said to on the board.
A quick tap of his wand made that a name tag, and now all he had to do was wait. Which is what Toby did as he drummed his fingers on the desk, double time.
"Morning, Mr. Tempus." Somebody didn't have breakfast and was still sleep-walking it seemed. Botros gave the Hufflepuff an extra glance before letting him go into the room. He had plans for those who are too sleepy to talk.
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Originally Posted by aaetha
Adrienne walked into the classroom, her gaze focused on the book in her hand. She barely acknowledged the professor at the door as she walked in, just muttering, "Hullo, Professor," quietly as she read. She walked automatically towards a desk in the middle-ish area of the front row and sat down, still not even glancing up from her book. After a minute, when she'd finished the chapter, she pulled a blue leather bookmark out of further in the book, where she'd kept it, and stuck it in the page, closing the book quietly.
Finally, she looked up at the board, and to her surprise saw that there was a piece of parchment on her desk, which had previously gone unnoticed. Adrienne scrawled her name on it quickly, her handwriting rather illegible..
And now she was just supposed to- tap it? She frowned, but did so, and blinked when it turned into a desk tag. That was.... well, it was expected because that's what it said to do, but it was also kind of unexpected. How did that work?
One of the quiet and shy ones it seemed. Botros gave her a soft smile and a nod, "Good morning."
Text Cut: Lucian
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Originally Posted by Bubbles
He wasn't too thrilled about Runes class. Sure, they were important and stuff, and he even wore a necklace with the Algiz rune carved on a tiny square made out of fine oak wood. His grandmother had given it to him a week before coming to Hogwarts. Apparently he'd need protection here.
HA!
Nonetheless, he wanted to learn stuff...so here he was. And it was on his schedule. So...yeah. Stuffing a half eaten sugar quill into his bag Lucian noticed the professor already standing there. He saw nothing. "Nice day, professor," he greeted. Eyeing the covered statues he entered the classroom.
Taking a random seat the first year flopped. Oooh! His name was needed. With his quill he wrote his name down and tapped the parchment with his wand. Neat!
Now...why were the statues covered and what's inside the boxes? HMM?
Botros saw the kid hide something in his bag before approaching. He didn't quite grasp what it was, it better not be a pet though. They'd suffocate in there! "Good morning." He smiled at the boy and let him in, eyeing his bag anxiously.
Text Cut: Tora
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Originally Posted by amadshade
Astronomy Tora found interesting. Transfiguration Tora found interesting. Ancient Runes? Well that was still to be seen. Could you use an ancient rune in Astronomy? Or in Transfiguration? She sure hoped so... Either way she had to go to the class.
"Morning Professor" she said nodding to Professor Botros as she purposefully entered the classroom to take a seat in the far left corner (second to last row). Until she decided how she felt about this class she would sit towards the back. If she decided to like it, well then she would move up a couple rows.
Noting the message on the blackboard, she clearly wrote-
She was about to tap it and turn it into a namecard when she felt an artistic surge and dipped her quill in some more ink. She pulled the paper towards her and drew a little eagle with the words "Ravenclaw" in a circle around it right next to her name. There. Now she could turn it (Transfiguration!) into a namecard. Tada!
"Morning, dear." She was probably one of the new students, as well. Botros didn't recognize her. Hmm.
Text Cut: Mo
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Originally Posted by Cassirin
Ancient Runes was one of Mo's favorite classes. The subject was interesting enough, but it was Ab-Bot that really won Mo over, and he waved wildly at the professor as he entered the classroom and picked a seat near the front.
"Hey, Professor. Did you have a good summer? How's Feo? Can I walk him later?" Because Feo was basically Mo's. And Ella's. And West's. But that was pretty much the short list of who he was willing to cede ownership too.
He wrote quickly on the parchment before tapping it with his wand. The paper folded itself.
Botros would recognize the boy without his glasses even. Not just the voice (which was still scratchy and changing) but the manner of speaking. "Good morning, Marco. Everything's quite fine, thank you." He chuckled and fixed the boy's askew badge. "Great job, you're the new Captain." A couple of manly shoulder pats and Marco was free to enter class.
Text Cut: Jacques
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Originally Posted by atmor
As Jacques walked past Professor Botros he gave him a polite nod in response to the mans smile -which he didn't want to force himself to return- and entered the class behind one of the talkative students, Marcus, who was Ravenclaws quidditch captain and swerved around the boy and his questionnaire to find himself a seat a bit secluded from the rest in the second row.
Yes he was told to make a friend but he didn't think there was a need to rush anything. Friendships weren't rushed. Right? He did as he was told and tapped the parchment.
Now that that was out of the way, and he had observed the rest of his classmates, he made note of the boxes and thought back to the statues which had been covered.
Botros smiled at the new boy who walked in rather quickly after Marco.
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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict
Welp, Ascanius was not looking forward to this class at all. It was probably the slowest moving and most tedious class out of all of male Professors. That and he had to compose a song last term for a tree...
...he still wasn't over it.
Walking into the class with the usual chip on his shoulder that he possessed in every class, he slid into his seat without a word. Ascanius hoped he was making enough of an impression that it was apparent he and his pretty face didn't wanna be here, yeah?
So lazily he wrote down his information.
Oh Botros had the mime silent student vividly memorised in his head. He wondered why the kid never talked. "Morning!" It didn't mean that Ab was going to be silent as well.
Text Cut: Sky
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Originally Posted by lazykitty
Okay, what were the covered statues about? Maybe they were old Runes people, whatever they were called? Anyway, Sky passed by them and into the classroom with a smile on her face, confident that this particular older gentleman wasn't obsessed with beards or giving out incorrect information. Oh, and belly full of a nice breakfast, too. "Good morning, professor."
Finding herself a seat, she set about following the instructions on the board, not exactly sure why the seat tags were needed. But at least it was better than a beard.
"Morning, dear. Welcome back to class." Yes, he knew the Slytherin girl quite well from previous lessons.
Text Cut: Marigold
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Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104
"Hiya, Professor Booooooootrosss!" Marigold said, skipping happily into class. "Had a good summer?" Marigold GRINNED at him and went to sit near Kace, Tobias, and Asher.
IS DAT A MESSSAAAAAAGE ON DAT BLACKBOOOOOAAAARRRRDDDD!!!??
Just in case he couldn't tell with, you know, her energy and stuffs. Beaming, she tapped the parchment and it turned into a NAMETAG. WHOOOOOAAAAAAAA.
And now, to sit and wait.
... wow. Botros glanced down at Cambridge by his side, and then grinned at the young Hufflepuff. "Hello, dear. I've had a good summer, thank you." Little and polite, what a delight.
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Originally Posted by Lockhartian
Ancient Runes. This was her second other favorite class. No, wait, Lottie had no favorites, right? Right. Either way, the girl entered the classroom and all she had was a wide smile for Botros.
Wide smile. Until she remembered Oakey wasn't going to be here and the smile faltered. Like, that was completely strange. Odd. Saddening. Mainly because Dylan wasn't here either, you know? That was sad.
"Hey, there, Professor!" Okay, we're back to smiles, then. Life goes on.
The desk next to Ascanius would do, again, so he doesn't fall asleep. Or so she covers for him if he does.
Tap. And done.
"Good morning, dear, hello." This one was had a sharp and awake mind. Botros expected good to come from her.[/b]"
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"Hello, Professor! I hope your summer was good!" Nerida said to Professor Botros as she entered the room. With that she gave him a wide grin before going to find her seat. Seeing the covered item she started to wonder why all the classes had like something covered....
It was odd!
After writing the information she gave it a tap... And then it was done!
Botros nodded and smiled at the Ravenclaw. "Morning. I did, thank you."
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Wait.... his name and year? But why? It wasn't like Botros didn't know him. It was not like there was anyone that didn't know him really. West took his usual seat and wrote down his name and all for this tag thing, and then the increasingly tall Slytherin just sat there and waited.
Botros had a brief shocked surprised moment as the Slytherin passed by and almost was Botros' height already. It always made the old man feel warm and fuzzy seeing his students change and mature over the years. He had a perfectly Hufflepuff heart, ok.
Odessa worried him sometimes, though, with his moody looks. Ab smiled at the boy and watched him sit in silence for a second.
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Ancient runes. She used to think this was a hard subject and that she'll never understand it. Though that changed and now she inserted Arithmancy in that slot. Where she decided she can't understand. It felt good entering the class knowing that she'd be understanding. Awesome feeling.
Oh, and they had to have name tags. Old people, pft. Though, that was better than saying names wrong! like Romanos.
She slid into a seat that wasn't at the front. Why sit in the front? It was cozy at the back.
Botros gave the next Slytherin a nod and a smile. What was wrong with Slytherins and silence today? Hmm?
Botros put a hand on Cambridge's shoulder and led her inside the class, "The lesson's about to start, come."
Once they were inside, the door was closed and Botros went to stand by his desk on the dais, facing the students. "Good morning to you all again, I hope you all had breakfast and are ready to listen, take notes and later on we could be doing some carving." And other things.
"Today's lesson will be about an important figure in the Norse mythology, as well as the most significant rune associated with this figure." He looked for Gunter instinctively, and then Montmorency. "We talked about Odin and Thor in previous terms, but today we're going to talk about a different kind of figure." Slightly different. Botros turned around and waved his cane slash magical staff at the blackboard.
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"Who can guess who this is?" Or what he was holding if some of them were too oblivious to Norse culture. "Raise your hand before you answer, please, and don't be afraid to give an inaccurate answer. Tell me who you think he could be if you can't tell his name." He made eye contact with the shy students.
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Adelaide sat at her seat, having arrived to class just before the professor started the lesson. She quickly scribbled her name and year on the parchment before tapping her wand with it.
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Oooo. Mythology. And Norse mythology at that. One of Adelaide's favorites. Favorites being basically all mythology, but anyways. She looked at the man. He appeared to be playing some kind of instrument so best to go with the musical god right?
Adelaide raised her hand. "Is that Bragi, the god of music?" Yes? No?
Had she eaten a breakfast? No, she had no time to eat because she had *almost* overslept and she didn't had wanted to be late for her first lesson ancient runes, she might be a Slytherin and she had misbehaved herself A LOT, but she wasn't all bad... So she wanted here to be on time and she was! She could always ask one of the house elves for something to eat when she had time, so there was no problem at all! But what the professor next said was something she still needed to do, so she opened her schoolbag and took a few pieces of parchment to make her notes, and making notes was now really important because this was one of the lessons she found really difficult. She NEEDED her notes if she wanted to get a good grade for this lesson!
The Norse mythology? She had heard a little about it, but not enough to know much about it, the only things she knew were some old child stories, but she suspected that that wasn't what the professor wanted to talk about...
And his question about the figure on the blackboard... She had really no idea, she didn't knew ANYTHING about this and the figure was nothing more than... just a figure for her... She frowned while she stared at the blackboard and tried to think of a ques, but she didn't had a idea, so she kept her mouth shut.
Maika raised her hand, speaking quietly. "I believe that's Heimdallr, and he's holding the Gjallarhorn. He watches for the end of times, I think. That's what the horn is for." There was a word for it... Not apocalypse or Gehenna... something else... She tried to slyly pull out a book and peek at it. It had to do with Apocalypse, she was sure of that. It reminded her something of the perfect metis.
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Benzi had eaten breakfast today, so he was feeling MUCH better. He had even managed to do his desk name thing easily, and couldn't help the slightly proud grin that followed as it turned into a desk tag.
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Looking up at the Professor as he began talking, Benzi blinked stupidly at the picture that was shown. He had NO idea. Not a clue. Never seen that before.
A sudden thought occurred to him, and he smirked. "Professor that's Skamlagaduct, the mighty god of indoor plumbing! Some people might confuse him with a god of music but he's clearly fixing a blocked pipe in the picture," Benzi nodded, his face a mask of sincerity as he pretended to study the image.
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They had learned about Odin and Thor in previous lessons? Why hadn't Adrienne taken this class in first year? WHY? And now they were learning about muscular, old gods wearing shorts and playing weird instruments. Fair enough.
Adrienne racked her brains for information about Norse mythology. She know about Thor, and Loki of course, and Odin and Frigga, and she'd heard of both Hel and Sif. But who was that guy? Instrument... instrument... yeah, she really had no idea. But according to the professor, an incorrect answer was better than no answer at all, right? She raised her hand.
"Possibly Tyr? Calling them all off to war or something?" Yeah, that didn't make much sense. Adrienne was going to stop guessing things now.
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Wade smiled, feeling good knowing Botros had a fine summer, and then being congratulated. "Thanks, sir." After taking his seat, he did see and hear Adi-who-needed a nickname from him soon. Wade simply smiled back before giving him a little wave. Such a nice kid, he was.
Now that class had fully begun, Wade's brows furrowed a little. Not so much on the note taking, that was a given in any class, but on the new figure. After seeing the guy show on the board, Wade blinked...Hm. That was definitely no hammer in his hand, it looked like.. a horn? He furrowed his brows trying to remember some of the Norse mythology he remembered from when he was living back in Norway.
The horn.. in Norse.. that was the Gjallarhorn. *Blink* and that usually meant.. Blinking again, before raising his hand, "That's Heimdall.. he was said to be the God of Light." Hopefully his memory wasn't straying on that.
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It felt good to be back in this class and Ella was listening with a smile on her face as the lesson started. She'd missed Botros, y'know? And she'd had her breakfast and was ready to work so extra smiles for that.
Eyes now on the picture, Ella tapped her chin thoughtfully and focused on the horn. She'd read about Norse gods associated with a sounding horn like that one but she wasn't sure which one it could be. Hm. "That Heimdallr name sounds familiar, Sir. I think...he was the one who actually owned that horn thing. Or at least I think he had it for a time."
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That was definitely Heimdallr, he even knew who had drawn that particular depiction. West put his hand up and quoted, "Gjolp there bore him, Greip there bore him, Eistla bore him, and Eyrgjafa, Ulfrun bore him, and Angeyja, Imth and Atla, and Jarnsaxa.: that's Heimdallr, son of Nine Mothers."
He paused and heard some little girl speak up, mentioning end of time. "Ragnarok." He offered helpfully. Favourite class was his favourite for a reason.
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Asher smiled at the professor before raising his hand to answer. "I'm not sure who he is, but I bet he is a god of some sort. Maybe the god of horns?" It look like he was holding some sort of horn and playing it. He could have been calling out to assemble troops or warning others of danger coming. There seemed to be a lot of fighting back in those days.
Ah. So Botros did know. Awesome. Botros was pretty cool. Nigel did not know who that was. But West says it is Heimdallr. So yeah. Lets go with that. That is some awesome horn the guy had. But the hat was just a bit weird.
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Caleb really didn't know much about Norse gods and all that. He knew that they were important in Runes and stuff, but he didn't think he'd have to really LEARN about them. They just MADE the runes or something right? He tried to remember what his uncle had told him but he had no idea. Horn, ok, who had horns...
He raised his hand. "Um, is that Loki? He has horns right?"
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Sophie knew there was a reason her mother and her aunt had both disliked Ancient Runes. Now she just knew what that reason was. Ancient Runes WAS HARD.
...and how did Caleb know some random name of an old guy who had horns?
She looked at him for a single second then turned back to the drawing. Hesitantly, she raised her hand. "I have no idea who he is or what he's holding," she said, "but it looks like some instrument."
...and what in the name of Merlin had that older Slytherin boy (West) just said?! Please don't say we have to learn a foreign language, too...
Jayden slowly raised her hand, silently praying that she got this right, Ravenclaw needed more points! They were already SO FAR BEHIND already. "Professor, could that possibly be Heimdallr, the god who possessed the resounding horn?" Well, at least she was able to give it a shot.
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Nicola did feel a little bad that she had almost revealed the Professor's surprise too soon, but she had quickly calmed down the moment she had seen his genuine smile along with a kind greeting. How sweet he was to make sure she had had a good breakfast! Come to think of it, she didn't have a big breakfast this morning, but she did have a little something, so that definitely had to count for something. Suppose it must've had to do with the class only making her this happy.
Before she knew it class had started and Nicola perked up immediately. She looked at the Professor as he began to address the class. From the moment he began speaking, her full attention was on him as he spoke. Then he pointed to the blackboard showing them a picture of a god from Norse mythology. Nicola eyed it briefly studying every little detail about the picture. Then suddenly, the name had immediately popped into her head.
Without hesitation, the redhead raised her hand before speaking clearly for the Professor, "Professor, that is Heimdall, or 'Heaven's Mount', and he was known by a lot of people as the the Watchman of the Gods. And the trumpet that he is wielding in his hands is called Gjallarhorn, which the Gods had him blow whenever he saw their enemies approaching, declaring that its sound would rouse all creatures in the heavens, earth, and Niflheim.."
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Oh the man had a good summer? GOOD. Alec liked the sound of that. He even nodded at the professor's comment, as if to say that he had had a good summer. And it was mainly down to one blonde haired girl in particular. Though, he probably shouldn't mention this since the guy might not be happy knowing that no Runes studying had taken place. Sorry Botros.
Oh HEY! They were going to be doing some carving? Intaglio? AWESOME. Alec's eyes flew over towards the board when a picture emerged. He leant forwards slightly and squinted a little at the picture. He recognised the guy in the picture from somewhere... but... he couldn't quite put his finger on it. Why did he look so--
And then people said it. And his eyes widened. OF COURSE! Alec raised his hand in the air. "Yeah, it's Heimdallr... I think," No it sounded familiar. VERY familiar. "He usually stays near a rainbow bridge... a bridge that meets... heaven?" Did Botros even need to or want to know that? ... Probably not.
Also, the rainbow bridge reminded the seventeen year old all too much of the rainbow road in Mario Kart.
He paused and heard some little girl speak up, mentioning end of time. "Ragnarok." He offered helpfully. Favourite class was his favourite for a reason.
"Oh, thank you!" She smiled shyly. She repeated it to herself several times so she wouldn't forget again.
Kace looked at the board and wondered who that due was. He really had no idea! He was tilting his head a little bit to try and decipher the picture. The professor said to not be afraid to give an incorrect answer. Kace shrugged and thought why not give it a shot?
Kace raised his hand and said, "Professor it looks like he is trying to eat something..." that was all Kace could say because he really didn't have a name, he just went with his observation.
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Tag had no clue who that guy was. But, when Professor Botros mentioned Thor Tag's first thought was... none other than Loki. Loki had that weird staff looking thing, didn't he? But this guy didn't? It looked like some sort of trumpet, so maybe it wasn't Loki. Raising his hand, well, Tag didn't have an answer but he gave the best thing he could give, "Well- my first thought was Loki. But- he doesn't look like Loki, anyway- because this guy has some sort of trumpet. Still going to answer with Loki."
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