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As you walk into the classroom, you will see a chalkboard straight ahead with the following instructions.
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1. Make a parchment tent with your name, year, and house. Place this in front of your seat.
2. Grab a toga from the selection of sizes behind the chalkboard. Ladies, proceed to the bathroom to change. Gentlemen, proceed to the back of the classroom behind the dividers.
3. Once finished, take your seat and wait for the lesson to begin.
Sure enough, a large box of white clothes sits behind the instructions board. A large partition is set up in the back of the room to create a changing area for the young men. The deeper you go into the room, the more you notice a curious smell pervades the room. Is the professor... grilling something? If so, she is nowhere to be seen.
OOC: Feel free to RP yourselves changing in the bathroom here (girls) or the changing area in the back of the room (boys, no separate thread). Feel free to chat a bit before the lesson officially begins (approximately 12 hours).
Credit for much of the information in this lesson goes to "The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number" by Mario Livio.
Agatha looked up at Mr Hair Nigel when the professor said their answer was incomplete. A bit useless there, Ravenclaw? Tsk. She didn't have much more time to do anything else, because the teacher was already saying looooads of new information that she needed to write down.
Merlin, it sounded like she had memorised the whole textbook! Agatha was trying her best to keep up with the speed as she scribbled away, her handwriting and grammar worse than ever. The Slytherin frowned when she noticed that, but the professor's next words made her look up and momentarily forget about her parchment. Grilled veggies?! Sounded healthy! And Agatha was healthy!
As the other students got up and helped themselves, Agatha stood up like a lady - that toga thing made her feel like a goddess, mind you, and she was loving it - and walked over to where the grilled veggies were. She waited for her turn and got only one - because she was a lady. "Thank you." She said politely as she looked up to the older woman, whose hair called her attention. "I like your hair, professor." Agatha commented before returning to her seat. She looked around and watched some of her classmates eating the kabob before she did so herself.
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AT THE HOGWARTS YULE BALL, YOU'LL BE HANGING OUT WITH....__________________ Maybe you'll dance, scour the buffet, or end up gossiping talking amongst yourselves!
You're happy to go with the flow and see where the Yule Ball takes you!
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Zander wanted to argue and mention that HE wasn't the one with his feet on the desk, but ugh. It was a lost cause. He didn't want to make Gryffindor loose points. So he'd take one for the team and give that Austin kid a glare in the process.
And here was the explanation of the smell, on a silver platter. Literally. It was food. Grilled vegetables. Ugh. Vegetables. Zander got up and out of his seat to walk towards the front. Maybe it wasn't just vegetables? Upon further inspection of the tray, NOPE JUST VEGETABLES.
The third year tried to do his best to keep his toga in place, as it was STILL WAY TOO BIG. It was sliding off his shoulders and drooping in places that it shouldn't be drooping. So he ran back to his seat to save himself from an embarrassing disaster. But didn't take any kabobs with him. Because blegh veggie kabobs.
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Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Lemon!
Hogwarts RPG Name: Lolita Carmen Inocencia Domingo
Apologies if anyone was missed
SPOILER!!: Lux, Bay, Cris, Sophie, Grayson, Kace, and Beverly
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Originally Posted by Squishy
There was a lot of information about Arithmancy being thrown at them, so Lux had a bit of difficulty writing everything down. But she must try her best because it seemed that this woman probably wouldn't like mistakes much. Not that she could be blamed for that since Lux didn't much like making mistakes.
So the togas were being worn in honour of the Pythagoreans? Lux didn't really see the point behind it, but she didn't look so bad in hers if she said so herself. And there was food?! Okay, so only vegetables, which weren't nearly as exciting as pizza. Figuring it would be bad form not to take any, she went up and selected a kabob. "Thank you, Professor." Even though this woman was kind of scary, Lux could never forget her manners, and she HAD provided food for them. Quietly, Lux started to eat at her desk.
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Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow
Okay now were talking.. something he knew about food… and even though it was healthy food he noticed that there we no cucumbers so he was in the clear. Walking over with the rest of the class he grabbed a kabob and said "thank you Professor" then he made his way back to his desk.
ommmmm nommmmm nommmmmm these were really delicious.. anything barbecued was awesome in his books.. oh right he was in class.. time to pay more attention to what was going on and if anything else had happened or if he needed to do anything.
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Cris couldn't believe his ears. Wait was that the reason why the other students hadn't shared their answers. The professor had only posed the question to two students? That would explain the Professor's response to his answer. Cris made a mental note to himself to listen really carefully the next time the Professor spoke. He had gotten off lightly, especially for speaking out of turn the way he did. "I'm sorry, Professor," Cris apologized before immediately clamming up. O_o would the Professor think that he was speaking out of turn again? To draw attention away from him, he quickly ducked his head and began writing down what she had said into his journal.
...and now she was offering food?
Feeling totally chastised, Cris wasn't inclined to go up and pick up a kebab that the Professor was offering everyone. But then he also realized that if he didn't, that he might inadvertently offend her and that was the last thing he wanted to do. So he got up from his chair and waited his turn. When he reached the front of the line, he picked up the stick of grilled veggies.
"Thank you, Professor," he thanked her before heading back to his seat. Was he hungry? No? Was he supposed to eat the kebab yet? Cris looked around the classroom checking to see whether anyone had started nibbling on the veggies. Maybe a couple. So okay it was safe for him to do so.
Cris bit down on the veggies and quietly chewed them. He had to admit that they actually did taste good.
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Originally Posted by Anna Banana
So Sophie GOT the whole 'knowing the origins' thing, but wouldn't it have been just as effective to hang a toga in the front of the room and just let them sightsee as the lesson went on? This toga didn't fit right and was not Sophie's style at all.
She tuned in to the lesson and made mental notes of the history behind Arithmancy. Whateverrr. This wasn't Sophie's favorite subject. Far from it, actually. There was FOOD, though. Cooool. Sophie could learn to like Arithmancy.
She came forward and collected some of the food. "Thanks, Professor," she said.
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Originally Posted by hermionesclone
Numerical energies?
Oh jeez. Oh MAN. Did they need to remember this? Was this important? Regardless, Grayson pulled his parchment closer and scribbled down some bits and bobs. Most of it was boring stuff, though the boy did have to suppress a snort when the Professor mentioned that someone was thrown into an ocean for discovering irrational numbers. It was a stupid reason, that's all. Besides, who told him to go ahead and make everything THAT much more complicated?
Something the boy DID like the sound of was the idea of learning about this side. The Greek founding of Arithmancy or whatever. As long as they still got to wear these togas because he was definitely getting used to this. Maybe he'd grow to like the subject, even. Miracles could happen. And you know what was even better than the togas?
FOOD.
Er, YEAH, he was going to take some of those. Getting up, the Slytherin headed over towards the table and grabbed two kabobs. He even made sure to remember his manners and shoot the Professor a smile and a "Thanks, Professor!" And back to his seat he went.
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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin
Kace heard the professor's explanation of Arthimancy. He nodded and copied down some notes. He even noticed the professor had a little attitude. She even gave nicknames to Tag and the Ravenclaw prefect with great hair. She seemed kind of mean and wasn't on Kace's like list soo far. But then she offered free food for the class. She was getting better. He got up from his seat and decided to take one. "Thanks Professor.." he smiled and took a bite and thought it wasn't soo bad.
He knew this wouldn't be his strongest subject but he would give it a try.
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Beverly processed all of that came out of Professor Domingo's mouth. Well...she TRIED. Some of her sentences were understood as blah, blah, blah. Arithmancy, it just wasn't a Beverly Wayne thing, y'know? It was numbers and stuff and more numbers. BUT she'd do her best to grasp it. As a Wayne, she wasn't going to half-butt something. Even if it drove her mind to sleep. She'd survive and--
FOOD.
There was GLORIOUS food! Finishing the last bit of her notes, Beverly stood up and hurried to get the good kabobs. No meat? PFFFT. She was a carnivore, but it didn't matter. Food was food and it was all good. Taking two, the brunette went back to her seat with a PLEASED look on her face.
Whoever said food wasn't a girl's best friend was wrong.
Oh. Right. Manners. "Thank you, Professor Domingo." Beverly said this with utter politeness. What if her food got taken away for not saying the proper thing? Wait--Domingo was good, right? She didn't have to repeat all of the woman's names 'cause she didn't remember half of them. She wasn't giving her food back.
Ah, at least several of them were enthusiastic about the food. That should wake them up from their glazed looks and feverish writing. "De nada," she repeated as several students thanked her. "I am pleased with the number of you who seem to have remembered their manners. Good good." She would remember that before she got angry at their antics. Or at least she would try to.
SPOILER!!: Agatha
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Originally Posted by Hey Ju
Agatha looked up at Mr Hair Nigel when the professor said their answer was incomplete. A bit useless there, Ravenclaw? Tsk. She didn't have much more time to do anything else, because the teacher was already saying looooads of new information that she needed to write down.
Merlin, it sounded like she had memorised the whole textbook! Agatha was trying her best to keep up with the speed as she scribbled away, her handwriting and grammar worse than ever. The Slytherin frowned when she noticed that, but the professor's next words made her look up and momentarily forget about her parchment. Grilled veggies?! Sounded healthy! And Agatha was healthy!
As the other students got up and helped themselves, Agatha stood up like a lady - that toga thing made her feel like a goddess, mind you, and she was loving it - and walked over to where the grilled veggies were. She waited for her turn and got only one - because she was a lady. "Thank you." She said politely as she looked up to the older woman, whose hair called her attention. "I like your hair, professor." Agatha commented before returning to her seat. She looked around and watched some of her classmates eating the kabob before she did so herself.
But then there was this young lady, who OBVIOUSLY had excellent fashion tastes. "Miss... Hapgood," she began, scanning the room for the girl's name tent. "Gracias indeed! Take a point for Slytherin for such excellent manners and obvious style skills." That girl was going far, yes she was. Unlike...
SPOILER!!: Zahra
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Zahra was determined to pay attention, to not lose points (again), and be real cool in this lesson, but SO FAR... it was the prefect recipe for disaster.
One toga, plus a field trip to the bathroom
Name plates (TENTS! TOGA TENTS! TOGA TENTS....... must no make a tent of toga...)
Hairy Cheeks (....hahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa IF NIGEL AND TAG HAD A HAIRY BUTT BABY TOGETHER!!!)
Now .... food? Food on STICKS
Zahra was doomed. She'd already had to throw her name tent away for writing "Z-Dawg the Fourth Year of BEST HOUSE EVER" .... Now she was supposed to go eat vegetables,NOT MAKE A JOKE about the Greeks not eating beans because it made them FARTY, and do it all in a TOGA? Merlin.
Merlin.
The struggle was so real. SO she settled for a.... "Well you know what they say about BEANS being MAGICAL fruits," as she got up to go get a kebab for each hand. YUM AND YUMMY.
This chico. "How..." She wasn't even sure what English word was needed here. "¿Chico encantador, no?" She grimaced. Restrain yourself, Lolita. Show restraint. She settled for an eye roll.
SPOILER!!: Zander
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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack
Zander wanted to argue and mention that HE wasn't the one with his feet on the desk, but ugh. It was a lost cause. He didn't want to make Gryffindor loose points. So he'd take one for the team and give that Austin kid a glare in the process.
And here was the explanation of the smell, on a silver platter. Literally. It was food. Grilled vegetables. Ugh. Vegetables. Zander got up and out of his seat to walk towards the front. Maybe it wasn't just vegetables? Upon further inspection of the tray, NOPE JUST VEGETABLES.
The third year tried to do his best to keep his toga in place, as it was STILL WAY TOO BIG. It was sliding off his shoulders and drooping in places that it shouldn't be drooping. So he ran back to his seat to save himself from an embarrassing disaster. But didn't take any kabobs with him. Because blegh veggie kabobs.
Now for a bit of housekeeping before they moved on. She took out her wand, pointed it at the no-respect-for-school-property boy, and watched as the fabric shrunk down to size. "Careful, chico." No, she didn't want ill-fitting clothing to cause any accidents in her classroom. Because accidents bring anger, lawsuits, and suspicion. Can't have any of that.
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Moving on, then. "Now that you're all fed, I'll continue. The Pythagoreans believed odd numbers were male and associated them with goodness and light; even numbers were therefore female and associated with darkness and evil." Clearly they had never met Lolita Domingo, the very picture of perfection! "But they also had special properties for each number." With another wave of her wand, the first few appeared on the board.
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ONE: generator of all numbers, not actually considered a number; characterized reason
TWO: first female number; characterized opinion and division
THREE: first male number, combination via addition of 1 (unity) and 2 (division); characterized harmony
FOUR: second female number, represented space and matter; characterized by justice and order
She gave them a moment to copy down the information before continuing. "Now comes the tricky part: putting them together. Using what you see on the board, I would like for you think of what their characteristics of 5 and 10 could have been. I will give you a hint: five is equal to 2 plus 3, and 10 is equal to 1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4." She was truly curious to see what they might come up with, as there were several very viable possibilities.
"You may scribble down your thoughts in your notes or share your ideas with a partner; either is acceptable. I will wander the room for five minutes to hear your thoughts, then summarize them on the board." She paused for questions, but they could just ask her as she walked around. "Empiec... ay. Begin!" The Spanish was going to be hard to keep out of her instructions, she could see that right now.
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OOC: Feel free to ask Lolita a question or for help she probably won't bite. You will have at least 12 hours to complete this mini activity. If your character is shy, they don't have to pair off, no worries. It's fine if you aren't sure of the answer, just give it a shot!
Agatha truly wasn't expecting that at all. It was like she was seeing the professor in a complete new light. There was a hint of sparkle in her eyes when the older witch gave her a point for 'excelent manners and obvious style skills'. Was the teacher's hair glowing now? Agatha could swear it was! What an amazing woman... wow! "Thank you!" The third year managed to say before getting too happy and proud of herself.
Professor Domingos had her full and absolute attention now, but that didn't mean Agatha was understanding the subject. It... didn't make any sense to her. Why were numbers associated with genders? Who came up with that? And why were the female ones evil?? The girl tried to make sense of it all, because she trusted the amazing professor to know what she was talking about, but... what? She couldn't understand that!
The Slytherin blinked at the board and the first thing she noticed was that the first number that was actually considered a number was a 'female' number. Even not understanding it, the information made Agatha proud. The first number was a female one! Girl power! Yes!!
There was something for them to do already. Agatha listened to the instructions and reread the information on the board. She blinked several times and frowned, trying really hard to make sense of it.
.......Nothing.
She needed to look like she was doing work, though, so she jotted down a couple more things on her parchment.
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ONE: generator of all numbers, not actually considered a number; characterized reason
TWO: first female number; characterized opinion and division
THREE: first male number, combination via addition of 1 (unity) and 2 (division); characterized harmony
FOUR: second female number, represented space and matter; characterized by justice and order
FIVE: second male number,
TEN: four fifth female number
Uhhh... that was all she could do.
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AT THE HOGWARTS YULE BALL, YOU'LL BE HANGING OUT WITH....__________________ Maybe you'll dance, scour the buffet, or end up gossiping talking amongst yourselves!
You're happy to go with the flow and see where the Yule Ball takes you!
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Hehe. Caleb LIKED this lady. She was sassy AND she had brought them food. He doubted that she could really do anything to make the subject of Arithmancy actually interesting to him, but that was fine. She was something nice to look at in the meantime, hehe.
Oh great, time to talk about NUMBERS. Eyeroll. Caleb blinked and ran over what she had just said before tentatively scribbling down something on his paper.
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5 and 10 are probably mega numbers of some sort, since they're both "male" and "female" numbers added together. This basically makes them powerful and gives them the best of both worlds, so if you calculate out a number and it's one of those two, you're probably REALLY special or something.
Caleb leaned back and looked to his right and his left. Did anyone want to peek at his parchment?
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I'm still standin'________________________________________ better than I ever did
Lookin' like a true survivor_________________________________feelin' like a little kid
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Zander smiled at the new fit of his clothes. AH, much better. He looked up at the Professor and said a polite, "Thank you," even though she kept accusing him of mistreating school property. Which he hadn't. Hmph. But that was probably better than being called Mr. Hair, or even worse, Mr. Cheeks. So again, he'd keep his thoughts to himself.
Now to all this number nonsense. Zander's mind was all over the place and she had hardly even started talking about the matter. Ugh. Arithmancy is awful. And even though Zander normally kept to himself if given the option, he had no idea what he was doing, so a partner would probably be the best way to go... Looking around the room he let out a small sigh. Anyone... Anyone need to partner up?" He said rather shyly. If not, uh, no big deal. He could try to work it out himself.
SPOILER!!: Notes so far?
Five: (2+3) Male number, so like good stuff
Ten: (1+2+3+4) Female number, so like not so good stuff?
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Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Lemon!
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Reason: EEEP forgot his notes in here!
This chico. "How..." She wasn't even sure what English word was needed here. "¿Chico encantador, no?" She grimaced. Restrain yourself, Lolita. Show restraint. She settled for an eye roll.
"How?" Zahra laaaaaaaaaughed. "Well I don't know the WHOLE mechanics of why beans make you ... uhm... poot. Professor. But if you want me to look it up, I'd LOOOOVE some extra house points."
Just...throwing that out there. As for that other bit? Zahra had to shrug because she didn't have a CLUE what Professor VeggieBobs was on about.
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[stuff that Z didn't really hear, words words words, probably important but la la la!]
"You may scribble down your thoughts in your notes or share your ideas with a partner; either is acceptable. I will wander the room for five minutes to hear your thoughts, then summarize them on the board." She paused for questions, but they could just ask her as she walked around. "Empiec... ay. Begin!" The Spanish was going to be hard to keep out of her instructions, she could see that right now.
Scribble down her thoughts? EASY.
First thing she had to copy down the board:
SPOILER!!: Notes from board
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1: generator of all #, not actually considered a #; characterized reason
2: first female #; characterized opinion n division
3: first male #, combination via addition of 1 (unity) n 2 (division); characterized harmony
4: second female #, represented space n matter; characterized by justice n order
Uhm..... Zahra had to read what she wrote 897 times and still didn't really get it. But she scribbled down her thoughts anyway.
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5: Dude # 2? Probably characterized by utter chaos, but good hugs.
6. Girl #3? Probably characterized by know-it-all-ness and an affinity for meat in her ice cream
7. Dude # 3 Probably characterized by good looks and luck! (MIKEY TOUSSAINT WOOO!)
8. Girl # 4 Probably characterized by a big butt and honesty
9. Dude #5 - BABY dude, probably characterized by thumb sucking and bribery
10. Girl #5 - One real cool chick, blonde, # of house points I need
Well that was quick. "ANYONE WANNA COMPARE NOTES?" Because Zahra D. KBurn had some GOOD notes to share. Oh hey Slytherin CALEB? Or Zaaaaaaaaaaaaaander. Gag. Zander was awful, but a Gryffindor. EITHER OF THEM?
She chose the Snake. "CALEB. Gimme yours and I'll give you mine."
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Reason: WHen I said PUff, what I really meant was SNAKE. Ugh.
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Okay, so Arithmancy was clearly a very confusing subject. The lesson had barely started, and Lux was already beyond lost. Staring at the board, she blinked and tried her best to think of the answer needed. Five was clearly a male number because it was odd, and ten was clearly a female number because it was even.
In her notes, she wrote down:
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FIVE: Another male number meaning that it represents something positive and good.
TEN: Another female number meaning that it represents something negative and evil. Because it is double that of five, it must be the total opposite of five and much worse.
There, she was done. Did anyone want to look at what she had written down?
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Wait, what? Professor Domingo was explaining something new about the numbers he thought he was familiar with. So he copied down what she said word for word, while trying to understand at the same time what she was trying to say...which of course went wheee....over his head.
So he stared up at the board trying to figure out what the characteristics where for the numbers 5 and 10.
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ONE: generator of all numbers, not actually considered a number; characterized reason
TWO: first female number; characterized opinion and division
THREE: first male number, combination via addition of 1 (unity) and 2 (division); characterized harmony
FOUR: second female number, represented space and matter; characterized by justice and order
When he thought he had come up with a possible answer to Professor Domingo's question, Cris scribbled his answer into his journal.
Text Cut: Cris' possible answers
5: Is a male number since it is an odd number. As its characteristics are a combination of the characteristics of both two (opinion and division) and three (harmony), number 5 characterizes perfect balance, because it is a combination of both an odd and even number, and opinion and division is evenly balanced out with harmony.
10: Is a female number since it is an even number. As its characteristics are a combination of the characteristics of 1 (unity), 2 (opinion and division), three (harmony) and four (justice and order), number 10 characterizes completeness. This is because all the characteristics leading up to this number are equally represented.
Looking down at his answers, Cris suspected that he wasn't making any sense at all...which wasn't surprising since this variant of Arithmancy sounded totally greek...no pun intended....to him.
He looked around to see whether he could find anyone to compare answers with?
"Um....would anyone want to compare notes?" he asked around.
This had to be the best way to bribe students to pay attention and take notes. It was clearly working for Beverly as she didn't feel like dozing off and the words no longer came through as blah, blah, blah.
The Slytherin had to hold in a snort. Females were associated with darkness and evil? HA! They were just too powerful for men to handle. Beverly was going with that.
Finishing her food, she cast a quick Scourgify on her hands and area. It was time to get down and thinking, and she didn't want smudges of any kind on her parchment. So, they were to guess what 5 and 10 were. Okay...just...add things together and make sense of them. Yes. She had this!
SPOILER!!: Beverly Wayne's notes
FIVE: Due to the number being compose of both female and male, I don't think it's either. It's sort of both. It's as if the numbers are joining together and mashing their characteristics.
TEN: Again, I don't think it's either male or female, because it is composed of all the numbers, making it whole.
There.
Beverly left her parchment uncovered for in case Professor Sunday Domingo wanted to look it over, but she wasn't sharing with anyone else. Nope.
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Moving on, then. "Now that you're all fed, I'll continue. The Pythagoreans believed odd numbers were male and associated them with goodness and light; even numbers were therefore female and associated with darkness and evil." Clearly they had never met Lolita Domingo, the very picture of perfection! "But they also had special properties for each number." With another wave of her wand, the first few appeared on the board.
She gave them a moment to copy down the information before continuing. "Now comes the tricky part: putting them together. Using what you see on the board, I would like for you think of what their characteristics of 5 and 10 could have been. I will give you a hint: five is equal to 2 plus 3, and 10 is equal to 1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4." She was truly curious to see what they might come up with, as there were several very viable possibilities.
"You may scribble down your thoughts in your notes or share your ideas with a partner; either is acceptable. I will wander the room for five minutes to hear your thoughts, then summarize them on the board." She paused for questions, but they could just ask her as she walked around. "Empiec... ay. Begin!" The Spanish was going to be hard to keep out of her instructions, she could see that right now.
That's what the togas were for. Cool, she liked ancient Greece. Penelope took notes on the properties of each number. She had no idea what arithmancy was, other than it involved numbers.
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Originally Posted by notes
ONE: generator of all numbers, not actually considered a number; characterized reason
TWO: first female number; characterized opinion and division
THREE: first male number, combination via addition of 1 (unity) and 2 (division); characterized harmony
FOUR: second female number, represented space and matter; characterized by justice and order
So the professor would be speaking Spanish a lot. It was good that Penelope knew some Spanish. All of the numbers had different properties? Numbers had characteristics that were combinations of the numbers addends? Penelope could see why it was important for this activity to know the addends of a number, but it didn't take a Ravenclaw to know that 2 plus 3 is 5.
Even numbers were female, odd numbers were male. Female numbers had bad characteristics, male numbers had good characteristics. What might 5 and 10 represent? Penelope thought about characteristics, addition, and the numbers, and wrote down some ideas.
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5- Odd number, so it is male. Combination of 2 (opinion, division), and 3 (harmony). Opinion, division, harmony... the characteristics of 5 will be life or something like that. Could represent a lot of things, like pentagons and five-point stars. Could represent other things with five points like starfish (although Pythagoras probably didn't think of that),and human body (1 head, + 2 arms, + 2 legs, =5 points).
10- Even number, so it is female. Combination of a bunch of numbers, so it will probably represent almost everything. Harmony, justice, order, space, matter.... Maybe it represents the whole universe?
Penelope was having problems with her toga. Maybe she hadn't put it on right, or maybe she didn't have the right size, because it did not look like it would stay on her. This was really embarrassing. She hoped the professor wouldn't yell at her. Holding the toga so it would not fall off, Penelope said quietly, "Professor? I think my toga is falling off."
Thanks? Thanks for what? Adi hardly had time to think any more than that when a hand reached over and grabbed one of his kebabs. What the-? The hand belonged to no other than Cutty it turned out. Adi glared at the Slytherin.
"What's your problem?'' He hadn't expected that from the other boy. He always thought they were friends. Sort of. But that didn't keep the Hufflepuff from getting a bit angry. "Too lazy to go get your own?'' Ugh! Slytherins!
Cutty smiled at the Hufflepuff boy. Who was now, possibly his favourite Hufflepuff since Toby did the thing that he did, which was actually nothing. But Cutty thought it was something so there you have it. Anyway, it was just a friendly bit of thievery. No need to get all upset, Adi-bro. Before Cutty could answer with a plain and shameless, 'Yes.', they were moving on.
Text Cut: "She was Lo, just plain Lo..."-Nabakov
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Originally Posted by Lolita Domingo
Moving on, then. "Now that you're all fed, I'll continue. The Pythagoreans believed odd numbers were male and associated them with goodness and light; even numbers were therefore female and associated with darkness and evil." Clearly they had never met Lolita Domingo, the very picture of perfection! "But they also had special properties for each number." With another wave of her wand, the first few appeared on the board.
She gave them a moment to copy down the information before continuing. "Now comes the tricky part: putting them together. Using what you see on the board, I would like for you think of what their characteristics of 5 and 10 could have been. I will give you a hint: five is equal to 2 plus 3, and 10 is equal to 1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4." She was truly curious to see what they might come up with, as there were several very viable possibilities.
"You may scribble down your thoughts in your notes or share your ideas with a partner; either is acceptable. I will wander the room for five minutes to hear your thoughts, then summarize them on the board." She paused for questions, but they could just ask her as she walked around. "Empiec... ay. Begin!" The Spanish was going to be hard to keep out of her instructions, she could see that right now.
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OOC: Feel free to ask Lolita a question or for help she probably won't bite. You will have at least 12 hours to complete this mini activity. If your character is shy, they don't have to pair off, no worries. It's fine if you aren't sure of the answer, just give it a shot!
Wizards=good. Witches=evil. This wasn't a hard concept for Cutty to digest, though he still made note of it on his parchment. Along with the following...
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Originally Posted by Cutty's Notes
1: Not a number. No gender. Unity 2: First female number. Opinion & division. Partisan. (1+1) 3: First male number. Harmony. (1+2) 4: Second female number. Justice & order. (1+3)
5: Balance? If 3 as a male number is harmony by the combination of 1 (unity) and 2 (division/opinion/partisan), then 5 being male should have the positive quality of unity & opposition. EG-Yin Yang concept. Perhaps, Balance.
10: If 10 is female it should generate a negative, that is passive or perhaps earthly representation of...
If maths were logical, Arithmancy dealing with numbers might also be considered logical. He wanted to test that. And he had supposed Professor Domingo had just given them all they needed. He was reluctant to ask for help at all preferring, as Adi Rehman just witnessed to simply take what he needed, or else go at things on his own. But the hat stump for Gryffindor was also very curious and found it very hard, if not impossible to resist said curiousity when it struck him.
It was striking him now. His hand went up. "Professor Domingo, are there other ways to define the feminine energy of numbers. Is it always negative like? Also, why isn't 10 thought of as the number combination of 5 and 5?"
This part was unusually interesting. Numbers representing boys and girls. Though a bit very mean saying that women associated with dark and evil. Meh, usually boys were dark. Hello, Lord Voldy was a guy! Not very happy with the information, Leah copied down notes from the board and thought about the question. Hmm.
"Pssst, Cris." she whispered to the older student who happened to be near her. "Can we er- share ideas?" she smiled, peeking at his notes and failing. She. Had. No. Ideas. What was that thing about two plus three?
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Say what? The first year blinked a few times and tried to focus on what the professor was going on about, but it made absolutely no sense to her. If only their kabobs weren't veggies, then that would at least put her in a better mood, but veggies just didn't do anything for her.
The lion copied down the notes on the board, but she had NO idea about the other numbers and their meanings. She was still trying to work out why numbers had to be a certain gender. Was she missing something? Deciding that it was a 50/50 chance that she got the correct gender, AJ began to jot down notes.
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ONE: generator of all numbers, not actually considered a number; characterized reason
TWO: first female number; characterized opinion and division
THREE: first male number, combination via addition of 1 (unity) and 2 (division); characterized harmony
FOUR: second female number, represented space and matter; characterized by justice and order
FIVE: Male because it's and odd number (like 3)
TEN: Female because it's an even number (like 2)
Was she supposed to know anything else about this number? That was about as good as it was going to get with her.
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Adi shot Cutty another look as Professor Domingo continued. At first he was confused but as he re-read what was on the board, it became a bit clearer. Deciding he would work solo, the Hufflepuff began scribbling:
SPOILER!!: Adi's Parchment
FIVE: (2+3): Male Number. A combination of opinion, division and harmony.
TEN: (1+2+3+4): Female Number. A combination of reason, opinion, division, harmony, justice and order.
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"How?" Zahra laaaaaaaaaughed. "Well I don't know the WHOLE mechanics of why beans make you ... uhm... poot. Professor. But if you want me to look it up, I'd LOOOOVE some extra house points."
Just...throwing that out there. As for that other bit? Zahra had to shrug because she didn't have a CLUE what Professor VeggieBobs was on about.
Scribble down her thoughts? EASY.
First thing she had to copy down the board:
SPOILER!!: Notes from board
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Uhm..... Zahra had to read what she wrote 897 times and still didn't really get it. But she scribbled down her thoughts anyway.
Well that was quick. "ANYONE WANNA COMPARE NOTES?" Because Zahra D. KBurn had some GOOD notes to share. Oh hey Hufflepuff CALEB? Or Zaaaaaaaaaaaaaander. Gag. Zander was awful, but a Gryffindor. EITHER OF THEM?
She chose the Puff. "CALEB. Gimme yours and I'll give you mine."
Oh look, it was Zahra! Perfect, he figured she'd be on the same page as him and not super smart and five pages ahead of him, you know? He nodded and pushed his notes towards her. The first thing he noticed about hers were the COLORS. Bright colors. Typical girl thing of course.
Oh, she'd done each individual number? Hmm, that was interesting. He'd just written down what he thought numbers 5 and 10 were all about and stuff.
"This is hard," he is all he had to say on the matter.
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Sophie would have TOTALLY complimented the woman's hair if that's all it took to get extra class points. She glared at the girl who'd beaten her to the punch. Well, it was a MENTAL glare. Sophie was totally thinking about that glare and how she wished she thought to give hair compliments first.
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Okay, so they had an assignment to do. Sophie dipped her quill in ink then began writing.
Five is equal to 2 plus 3, and 10 is equal to 1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4.
ONE: generator of all numbers, not actually considered a number; characterized reason
TWO: first female number; characterized opinion and division
THREE: first male number, combination via addition of 1 (unity) and 2 (division); characterized harmony
FOUR: second female number, represented space and matter; characterized by justice and order
FIVE: Five is a combination of two plus three, and since two is a female number and three is a male number, I think five could represent love. It sort of makes sense to me, since we weren't told that we could also combine 1 and 4 to equal 5. It's like we purposely added just the female plus male numbers. <333
TEN: Ten is a combination of ALL the numbers listed above. We were told it comes from adding combinations of 1, 2, 3, and 4, and since we also got to 5 by adding 2 and 3, I think ten means EVERYTHING. So it would equal reason (1), opinion/division (2), harmony (3), justice/order (4), and love (5).
Mmkay. Now that wasn't so hard. Sophie had never really been good at Arithmancy, but what she WAS good at was coming up with good guesses. That's what all this was, too--guesses.
Wait Agatha got points for complimenting Miss Fiesty's name. Nigel could have done that. It was pretty awesome hair. He was disappointed now. Though he probably would not have gotten points. But if you want a hair compliment. Who better than Mr. Hair.
Anyway, onto numbers and the meaning behind them.
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Cinco: Male number, characterized by awesomely awesome long hair and not caring what anyone thinks about them being Roman Gods
Diez: female number, characterized by not wanting to upset anyone female.
His were completely wrong. But it was fun.
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Austin copied what was on the board, to his parchment, and stared at it for a moment.
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1: generator of all numbers, not actually considered a number; characterized reason
2: first female number; characterized opinion and division
3: first male number, combination via addition of 1 (unity) and 2 (division); characterized harmony
4: second female number, represented space and matter; characterized by justice and order
He wasn't too keen on having any partners, although if anyone talked to him, he wouldn't send them away, so he kept his thoughts to himself. Maybe it was both a female and male number? Well, if four was the second female number, than five had to have been the second male number. As for the second part, it was a number... that is characterized by opinion and division? That, combined with the male part, was the addition of the two numbers.
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5: second male number, characterized by opinion and division.
Now for number ten. The professor said it was all of the numbers added together. Well, if one is a number that really isn't considered a number, maybe ten was the opposite? Maybe ten was the result of all numbers, since one was the generator of all numbers.
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10: generator of all numbers, not considered a number.
Austin looked at his notes, and nodded. That seemed correct.
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Lolita nodded to Agatha. "De nada, chica." It was WELL deserved in her eyes. She had been the ONLY one to compliment the fantastic outfit so far.
SPOILER!!: Zahra
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Originally Posted by Mad Eye Touz
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"How?" Zahra laaaaaaaaaughed. "Well I don't know the WHOLE mechanics of why beans make you ... uhm... poot. Professor. But if you want me to look it up, I'd LOOOOVE some extra house points."
Just...throwing that out there. As for that other bit? Zahra had to shrug because she didn't have a CLUE what Professor VeggieBobs was on about.
This young lady needed some refinement, that was certain. "Yes, that sounds excellent. I expect your findings on the matter on my desk by next week Thursday." Perhaps that would teach her some refinement, no?
The Latina began to stroll around the room. May as well start with the stylish girl (Agatha) first. "Good start, dear. What else?" After all, she had only had a few seconds before Lolita got there. Next was Mr Newell. After a short pause, she nodded approvingly. "Clever, noticing both were combinations of male and female. Keep going: what happens when the two genders are joined together as one?" He was soooo close.
Next up, the boy whose toga now fit him (Zander). Hmmmm, he could use some help. "Found a partner yet?" she asked him while searching around. "Perhaps Miss Carrington?" The girl appeared to have quite a bit written down, so perhaps they could collaborate.
And now she came upon Bean Girl. With a quick peek at the name tent, Lolita knew she would never forget the name Zahra Kettleburn. "Very creative, Miss Kettleburn. Yes, pair with Mr Newell, that out to help you both out." Maybe. After all... meat and ice cream? Not sure where that had come from besides an overactive imagination.
She continued her circuit around the classroom, coming next to Miss Wayne. "Bueno, can you think of what five could represent practically speaking, an event in our lives?" Both her and Caleb were very close. And nearby was Mr Strand, who was likewise on the right track. "Same comment: what event could five represent in our lives?"
SPOILER!!: Penelope
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That's what the togas were for. Cool, she liked ancient Greece. Penelope took notes on the properties of each number. She had no idea what arithmancy was, other than it involved numbers.
So the professor would be speaking Spanish a lot. It was good that Penelope knew some Spanish. All of the numbers had different properties? Numbers had characteristics that were combinations of the numbers addends? Penelope could see why it was important for this activity to know the addends of a number, but it didn't take a Ravenclaw to know that 2 plus 3 is 5.
Even numbers were female, odd numbers were male. Female numbers had bad characteristics, male numbers had good characteristics. What might 5 and 10 represent? Penelope thought about characteristics, addition, and the numbers, and wrote down some ideas.
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5- Odd number, so it is male. Combination of 2 (opinion, division), and 3 (harmony). Opinion, division, harmony... the characteristics of 5 will be life or something like that. Could represent a lot of things, like pentagons and five-point stars. Could represent other things with five points like starfish (although Pythagoras probably didn't think of that),and human body (1 head, + 2 arms, + 2 legs, =5 points).
10- Even number, so it is female. Combination of a bunch of numbers, so it will probably represent almost everything. Harmony, justice, order, space, matter.... Maybe it represents the whole universe?
Penelope was having problems with her toga. Maybe she hadn't put it on right, or maybe she didn't have the right size, because it did not look like it would stay on her. This was really embarrassing. She hoped the professor wouldn't yell at her. Holding the toga so it would not fall off, Penelope said quietly, "Professor? I think my toga is falling off."
"Bravo, Miss Wright. Your ideas for ten are spot on, and I like your creativity for five as well." And only a first year? She would have to watch this particular Ravenclaw as there was definitely some potential in her. But also some awkwardness, it seemed. Pulling out her wand, Lolita performed the same spell she had done just a few minutes before. Seeing a perfectly-fitting toga, she quietly said, "There, that should help."
SPOILER!!: Cutty
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Originally Posted by SlytherinSistah
Wizards=good. Witches=evil. This wasn't a hard concept for Cutty to digest, though he still made note of it on his parchment. Along with the following...
If maths were logical, Arithmancy dealing with numbers might also be considered logical. He wanted to test that. And he had supposed Professor Domingo had just given them all they needed. He was reluctant to ask for help at all preferring, as Adi Rehman just witnessed to simply take what he needed, or else go at things on his own. But the hat stump for Gryffindor was also very curious and found it very hard, if not impossible to resist said curiousity when it struck him.
It was striking him now. His hand went up. "Professor Domingo, are there other ways to define the feminine energy of numbers. Is it always negative like? Also, why isn't 10 thought of as the number combination of 5 and 5?"
"Yes, Mr... Mordaunt, there are other ways. And we shall see what they are later on, so I will not give it away now. As for ten, it can be thought of as five and five, but I thought the combination I gave may be more helpful as a hint." She looked down at what he had so far. "Very clever to bring in the yin-yang concept." He was quite right, that was where it had originally come from.
Moving on, she came upon Miss Valentine. "A good start, dear. What else?" A first year probably shouldn't be expected to have much more yet, but it could not hurt to keep thinking. Which was exactly what Miss Abbott needed to do as well, but it appeared she was going to pair with Mr Strand.
There were so many students! She just kept circling the room. "Good start, Mr Rehman. What practical event could five symbolize?" As for Mr Moore, the first year was struggling a bit, though at least he had some initial ideas. "Perhaps Mr Rehman could help you out."
Moving to Miss Newell.. was she related to the other Newell in the class? It seemed likely. She scanned the notes. "Perfecto, chica! Excellent work." She couldn't think of a single criticism, which was saying something for Lolita. "Perhaps Mr Hair could benefit from your insight. His appears to be lacking." But at least his number were written in Spanish. That had to count for something.
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The vegetable that is now in his stomach should help him clear his mind, yes? Ethan just deadpanned as he looked at the writings on the board.
…what?
The Slytherin copied the entire thing on his parchment, and after doing so, read it over and over and over again. Nope. Not getting it? Shrugging, he copied the same thing on another parchment and made his own deduction. Mordred always told him to go for the obvious ones first, before delving into another layer of the problem. Hmmm. That could work. Ethan crossed out the unnecessary words in the problem, and this somehow helped him decode it.
SPOILER!!: Ethan’s Deduction and Notes
ONE: generator of all numbers, not actually considered a number; characterized reason
TWO: first female number; characterized opinion and division
THREE: first male number, combination via addition of 1 (unity) and 2 (division); characterized harmony
FOUR: second female number, represented space and matter; characterized by justice and order
Five = Two + Three; [(Opinion+Division)+Harmony] = Balance or…balanced argument (?)
Ten = One + Two + Three + Four = [Reason + (Opinion+Division) + Harmony + (Justice+Order)] = Complete or…perfect argument(?)
He knew the Greeks loved Philosophical things, and hopefully his notes made sense. MERLIN. He needs more veggie kebabs. Just saying.
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SPOILER!!: Professor
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Originally Posted by Lolita Domingo
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Moving on, then. "Now that you're all fed, I'll continue. The Pythagoreans believed odd numbers were male and associated them with goodness and light; even numbers were therefore female and associated with darkness and evil." Clearly they had never met Lolita Domingo, the very picture of perfection! "But they also had special properties for each number." With another wave of her wand, the first few appeared on the board.
She gave them a moment to copy down the information before continuing. "Now comes the tricky part: putting them together. Using what you see on the board, I would like for you think of what their characteristics of 5 and 10 could have been. I will give you a hint: five is equal to 2 plus 3, and 10 is equal to 1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4." She was truly curious to see what they might come up with, as there were several very viable possibilities.
"You may scribble down your thoughts in your notes or share your ideas with a partner; either is acceptable. I will wander the room for five minutes to hear your thoughts, then summarize them on the board." She paused for questions, but they could just ask her as she walked around. "Empiec... ay. Begin!" The Spanish was going to be hard to keep out of her instructions, she could see that right now.
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OOC: Feel free to ask Lolita a question or for help she probably won't bite. You will have at least 12 hours to complete this mini activity. If your character is shy, they don't have to pair off, no worries. It's fine if you aren't sure of the answer, just give it a shot!
O_______O What? Jasmine had a blank look on her face that matched what was going on in her brain. She had no idea what the answer was, but she supposed she had to give it her best try. Looking over her notes, Jasmine tried to make sense of them and formulate an answer that made some sort of sense. After thinking about it until her brain was numb, she came up with an answer that she hoped wasn't entirely crazy.
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ONE: generator of all numbers, not actually considered a number; characterized reason
TWO: first female number; characterized opinion and division
THREE: first male number; combination via addition of 1 (unity) and 2 (division); characterized harmony
FOUR: second female number, represented space and matter; characterized by justice and order
SPOILER!!: Jasmine's answers
FIVE: second male number, combination of 2 (division) and 3 (harmony); characterized conflict
TEN: fifth female number, combination of 1+2+3+4; characterized peace
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He blinked. Wow. This Professor was fiery. She was pretty cool though. He continued to copy notes in his book, listening to the rest of his classmates answer or ask questions. Arithmancy wasn't his best subject. It took him a while to understand it. It was as if she was teaching the whole lesson in Spanish. O.o
SPOILER!!: Simon's notebook
ONE: generator of all numbers, not actually considered a number; characterized reason
TWO: first female number; characterized opinion and division
THREE: first male number, combination via addition of 1 (unity) and 2 (division); characterized harmony
FOUR: second female number, represented space and matter; characterized by justice and order
FIVE: Two + Three
TEN: One + Two + Three + Four
Simon picked up his quill and continued working. He tried to reason through what five and ten could've meant based on the meanings of one through four. This was hard.
SPOILER!!: notebook again
Well... If five was a combination of two and three, wouldn't it share the same characteristics of both? It was male. So it involved the addition of opinion, division, and harmony(?). This could suggest that balance(?).
As for ten.... Ten was female. It was even. Ten was a combination of all numbers, so it had reason, opinion, division, harmony, justice, and order.
He glanced at his notebook again. Yeah, he didn't feel too happy about not being comfortable with the answers on his notebook. He bit his lip. Well, he'd find out sooner or later if there was some sense to his guesses.
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SPOILER!!: professor
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Originally Posted by Lolita Domingo
Lolita nodded to Agatha. "De nada, chica." It was WELL deserved in her eyes. She had been the ONLY one to compliment the fantastic outfit so far.
This young lady needed some refinement, that was certain. "Yes, that sounds excellent. I expect your findings on the matter on my desk by next week Thursday." Perhaps that would teach her some refinement, no?
The Latina began to stroll around the room. May as well start with the stylish girl (Agatha) first. "Good start, dear. What else?" After all, she had only had a few seconds before Lolita got there. Next was Mr Newell. After a short pause, she nodded approvingly. "Clever, noticing both were combinations of male and female. Keep going: what happens when the two genders are joined together as one?" He was soooo close.
Next up, the boy whose toga now fit him (Zander). Hmmmm, he could use some help. "Found a partner yet?" she asked him while searching around. "Perhaps Miss Carrington?" The girl appeared to have quite a bit written down, so perhaps they could collaborate.
And now she came upon Bean Girl. With a quick peek at the name tent, Lolita knew she would never forget the name Zahra Kettleburn. "Very creative, Miss Kettleburn. Yes, pair with Mr Newell, that out to help you both out." Maybe. After all... meat and ice cream? Not sure where that had come from besides an overactive imagination.
She continued her circuit around the classroom, coming next to Miss Wayne. "Bueno, can you think of what five could represent practically speaking, an event in our lives?" Both her and Caleb were very close. And nearby was Mr Strand, who was likewise on the right track. "Same comment: what event could five represent in our lives?"
"Bravo, Miss Wright. Your ideas for ten are spot on, and I like your creativity for five as well." And only a first year? She would have to watch this particular Ravenclaw as there was definitely some potential in her. But also some awkwardness, it seemed. Pulling out her wand, Lolita performed the same spell she had done just a few minutes before. Seeing a perfectly-fitting toga, she quietly said, "There, that should help."
"Yes, Mr... Mordaunt, there are other ways. And we shall see what they are later on, so I will not give it away now. As for ten, it can be thought of as five and five, but I thought the combination I gave may be more helpful as a hint." She looked down at what he had so far. "Very clever to bring in the yin-yang concept." He was quite right, that was where it had originally come from.
Moving on, she came upon Miss Valentine. "A good start, dear. What else?" A first year probably shouldn't be expected to have much more yet, but it could not hurt to keep thinking. Which was exactly what Miss Abbott needed to do as well, but it appeared she was going to pair with Mr Strand.
There were so many students! She just kept circling the room. "Good start, Mr Rehman. What practical event could five symbolize?" As for Mr Moore, the first year was struggling a bit, though at least he had some initial ideas. "Perhaps Mr Rehman could help you out."
Moving to Miss Newell.. was she related to the other Newell in the class? It seemed likely. She scanned the notes. "Perfecto, chica! Excellent work." She couldn't think of a single criticism, which was saying something for Lolita. "Perhaps Mr Hair could benefit from your insight. His appears to be lacking." But at least his number were written in Spanish. That had to count for something.
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Her toga was fixed. Penelope hoped that nothing awkward like that would happen to her in class again. It was really embarrassing that her first impression on the new professor had been one of awkward togas. Her work had been great, but the toga made her seem awkward. At least nothing really bad had happened. The toga fit properly now, so there was no point in worrying about it more. "Thank you professor. Muchas gracias," Penelope whispered.
Penelope listened to what the professor had to say about everyone's answers. Her answer for ten had been spot on. Proud of herself for figuring out 10, she listened to what the professor said about 5. Love... event in your life... She took notes on some other answers. Opinion and division, harmony, love, event, male and female numbers... What was a big event in your life about love? Event about love, harmony... Penelope was on the right track now. It wouldn't be too hard to figure out what it was.
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5
Love, event in your life
Opinion and division, harmony, love, event, male and female numbers
3=harmony=unity+division
Love, unity, harmony, division
2=opinion+division
Love, unity, harmony, opinion, division
5 represents an event in your life
Event about love, unity, harmony, opinion, division
2 and 3, female and male numbers
Event, love, unity, male and female
Marriage
Marriage. It had to be marriage. What other events about love and harmony were there? "I think five is marriage."
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She had no idea what they were on about or where they were going with this but it didn't seem to have anything to do with kabobs so she was free to forget about hers while she scribbled down the notes placed on the board. These were probably in the text too but she didn't know what to do with them and didn't reckon the Professor would appreciate walking by and seeing a completely empty parchment.
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ONE: generator of all numbers, not actually considered a number; characterized reason
TWO: first female number; characterized opinion and division
THREE: first male number, combination via addition of 1 (unity) and 2 (division); characterized harmony
FOUR: second female number, represented space and matter; characterized by justice and order
5 and 10? Honestly? No idea as she would probably be able to tell by the time she hit Lex's desk. Sure she could have scribbled stuff down anyway to make herself look productive but then the lady might think she was mocking her or trying to be funny like Tag and Nigel earlier. It wouldn't have been the end of the world but it would have been inconvenient, terribly so.
Lex put the quill to the edge of her desk opposite her kabob and waited for the proper explanations to be given. Until then, she was lost.
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