Runes.

He had NO idea how he felt about the subject after the whole 'under the sea' experience. Nevertheless, he was here... willing... and as curious as ever.

Upon entering the room, he noticed things looked NORMAL, though, the plants lined along the side of the room were a little odd for a non-herbology class. That much could be overlooked. Unless they were growing beanstalks to visit giants and steal their treasure... .... ..... or something, cause that would be all sorts of weird he didn't have much care for.

Zeke was immediately taken with the name tags on the desks. WHERE WAS HISSSSSS?!... and so as a consequence, everything in the room was forgotten.

Zeke...

Zeke....

Zeke......

AHUHHHH!!! THERE IT WASSSS! Dropping his bag at the foot of his desk, Zeke took to his seat and pulled out his things.

OH! Was Botros here?!?!!? Zeke looked up and turned in his chair to see.

Ian walked into the Ancient Runes class and noticed Zeke was there. Ian gave him the head nod and then went to greet the professor. No professor though. He wandered through the classroom and found his name tag. Setting his satchel down, he grabbed hold of his parchment, quill and textbook. It would appear there was to be no more 'practical' portion of the lesson. That was sort of a fun way to learn runes without really knowing you're learning. Doing the homework had shown Ian that the professor had provided practical, real-time application of runes. Waiting for class to begin, Ian began to doodle a bit.

Stepping into the Ancient Runes class the very first thing Hady took notice to was all the plants. Smiling slightly at that she realized everything else seemed to be back to normal. Where was the Professor though? Not seeing the Professor right away she turned to look for her name tag.

Moving to the front of the room she let her eyes skim over each and every name until she found hers. It really wasn't all that hard given her name was at a desk in the front row which suited her just fine. Taking a seat she set her bag down at her feet and waited for class to start but not before waving at Zeke and giving him a friendly smile.

It didn't surprize Lex to find the class in perfect order like it used to be before Trident. Like she already knew, the effect didn't last forever, in fact it didn't last that long. In truth, it was more annoying than serious giving her even less reason to care. People would get possessed and people would get over their possessions. She was already hit meaning she was home clear for when graduation rolled around. Nothing stopping her now.

Entering, she noted the rows of plants on the ground and found herself praying this wouldn't be a joint class with Herbology. Lex got enough of Professor Walton in any one week thank you very much and didn't need him showing up all the way on the fifth floor to ruin her morning too.

"Good day Professo--" Or....no Professor? When she never saw him standing at the door, she figured he might have been inside but...apparently not?

Lex walked over to her normal seat and plopped down. Again, no looks to the plants while she silently hoped.

It had only occurred to him that he was the first in class when Ian arrived. Whoa.

"Heya," he greeted, returning the Puffers head nod. It was a man thing, head nods, yep.



Soon he wasn't the only of two in the room, because Hady made it tooo! Heh, a badger, a snake and a lion... would the next be an eagle?! A RAVENCLAW? He was tempted to stare at the door, but he returned Hady's greeting first. All bright smiles and a wave too. "How've you been?" he asked conversationally, he was tempted to move to the table next to her... would the Professor mind if he swapped the name tags around a LITTTTLEEE bit? Hhmmm?



Watching the door didn't yield the result he had hoped for. Had he hoped for it? Mehh... it'd have been cool, but Lex was pretty cool too. "He's not here.." their merman king professor, not yet at least. BUT, on that note."If you still need someone to brush your hair this lesson I'm cool to help you out with that." He was probably going to pay for that comment, but he couldn't keep from grinning. It was a hilarious joke when you thought about it. Lex, hair brushing... yeah, SO FUNNY.

Hady had gotten both a bright smile and a wave from Zeke. He was either in a good mood this morning or happy to see her? Or it could be the simple fact that she'd both waved and smiled at him first. Either way it was all good to her. "I've been alright. You?" She asked shifting in her seat to be able to see both him and the doorway at the same time. It was true she had been doing well so far. She hadn't gotten sick yet, not even a cold so that was a plus right there. Though she did tend to miss her best friend back home at times. That wasn't important though right now. At least she was making friends here.

Not wanting to be rude she gave a wave to Lex and Ian as well. Better to make friends then enemies.

Ian saw the return greeting from his buddy, Zeke. He returned to his doodling, noticing a discernible shape appearing. He watched as others walked in as well, returning the wave from Hady.

As he was drawing, he reached up to adjust his beanie . He read a little bit more about Wunjo and Jera as he waited for class to start and more people to show up.

Angel walked into the classroom and was about to say hello to the Professor when she realised that the Professor wasn't there... this was weird and now she would just sit down and wait for the lesson to start. She wondered where her sister and her boyfriend and Adi was.

Norah walked into the Ancient Runes classroom and looked around, waving to Ian as she slid into an empty seat. Plants, eh? And no professor? The second year decided not to question what was going to happen and busied herself with pulling her materials out of her bag. Another glance around the room informed her that she was somewhat early, so she dipped her pen in bottle of ink and began to doodle vines on the corner of her parchment.

Were they going to be hovering and floating around in this class too? Adi stepped into the classroom to find out. Nope. His feet remained solidly on the floor. He noted that the class's setting was back to normal with the name tags and everything.

Adi waved to Zeke, Hady, Norah and Angel as he headed to find his seat. Ian got an acknowledgement as well in the form of a nod.

So...where was his seat? Oh! It was right there, right in front of him. He sat, wondering where old Botros was and what they'd be learning about during this lesson.

Burdened by no less than four satchels stuffed full of parchment scrolls, books, supplies and sundries, Andrew stumbled into the Ancient Runes classroom. The regret he was already feeling about his visit to the library before class intensified with every aching throb in his shoulders, and his relief when he spotted his seat near the front of the classroom was almost tangible. Slumping down in his spot and tucking the bags away by his feet, he let out a long, drawn out sigh before cocking his head to the side, and then back the other way, as if he'd only just realized where he was.

He turned around in his seat and spotted a familiar face. T'was Adi! He gave the boy a friendly wave and settled in for today's class.

Jasmine arrived at The Ancient Runes classroom, hoping that everything and everyone would be back to normal. Stepping inside, she was happy to see that the room seemed to be in order. Professor Botros was nowhere to be found and Jasmine didn't know whether that was good or bad.

As she walked toward her desk, Jasmine noticed that some of her friends we're already there. She gave a little wave to Norah and Adi. Then she sat down and took out her things. Placing her bag on the floor, Jasmine sat back and prepared o wait for class to begin.

Ian looked up occasionally as more students entered the classroom. As he received greetings, he returned them. Norah got a wave and Adi received an acknowledging nod. Things weren't perfect with the prefect, but they seemed to be improving bit by bit.

He noticed Angel was there. He hadn't talked to her too much since they encountered one another near the library. He was grateful for the talk and her counsel. He looked at his doodles and noticed a clear theme. Fish.

So Ancient Runes, then.

The last time he'd been in this class, the classroom had transformed into an underwater palace or whatever it was and they had to go and find a crab named Sebastian. Had it been a good lesson? WELL. It had been fun to not have to do any proper work and note taking, that was for certain. It was also fun to forget that the OWLs were a thing for an hour or however long the lesson had been so thank YOU, Botros.

And speaking of Botros, where was he?

Because Grayson was here and he couldn't see the Professor at all. Wasn't he usually waiting by the door? Or had that been just that one time to get into their good books? MAN. Instead, there were a bunch of plants lining the side of the claassroom which was something the boy was gonna ignore for the time being. Besides, Botros wasn't planning on making his own grand entrance, was he?

Eh. Seat? He was gonna take one. Right.........

..... by........

........... OH! THERE was his nametag! Brilliant. Grayson took a seat and took out his things before waiting for the class to begin.

Kace was excited to be in Runes. He remembered last lesson their classroom was the under the sea theme. It was an interesting class but he was glad it was back to normal. As he entered the classroom he noticed others were already here. He looked to the right and didn't see the professor here yet. He might be sleeping in or just exploring the castle? Ah well! He saw plants on the window sill and wondered if they would work with plants today. He found his name tag and sat down. He didn't see Lux, Cinna, Emmy or Bay. Well he did wake up early so they might be getting ready.

He got out his notebook and decided to do some doodles while waiting for the professor to come into the room and his friends.

Ancient Runes...

Benny didn't remember the last class. It had been during his period of craziness and blank memories. So it felt weird when he stepped inside the classroom, feeling as if he was missing whatever everyone else knew about what they were studying. He hadn't even registered the fact that he should have probably checked someone's notes for the lesson. But it was too late now. Too late to prepare himself for any awkwardness that might be in place.

At least the classroom looked like it had before. Thank goodness for small favors. Benny spotted Angel and Adi already there and offered weak smiles at his best friend and girlfriend before moving in search of his own nametag. Finding it, the fourth year took a seat down in the matching chair with a sigh. Could he ask for a normal class for a normal day?

Twitchy. Really quite twitchy. And fidgety. That was the best way to describe Toby as he entered the Ancient Runes classroom today. The Hufflepuff gave the classroom a routine cursory glance as he stepped inside, and started looking for his name tag on the desks.

He must have passed it two or three times, but eventually Toby paid attention long enough to see it as he made to pass the same desk yet again, and finally took his seat. Textbook and writing things out, Tobias sat in his seat, fidgeting and fiddling with his quill and parchment, and distractedly flipping the pages of his book. His foot tapped incessantly under the desk and thought about all the studying he'd still not managed yet.

So twitchy. All this OWL studying... it was driving him round the twist.

Sophie kind of liked King Botros, honestly, so she was a little disappointed when things had turned back to normal. The classroom was neat and tidy and, as she walked inside, her feet stayed planted firmly on the floor.

Disappointing, wasn't it?

There was no professor in sight, though, which was something out of the ordinary and Soph immediately worried about the man's health. He was all right, wasn't he? He hadn't... had a heart attack or something? What else would keep him from being on time to his own scheduled class? Nothing good, she thought, and silently prayed to Merlin that Botros wasn't in some sort of harm.

She found her name tag and took a seat, setting out her dragonhide gloves atop her notebook and keeping a keen eye on the door. Maybe he was just running a little behind or fell asleep, hm?

AJ hummed Under the Sea all the way to the classroom. Ancient Runes happened to be another lesson that was crazy. As she made her way to the door she noticed that the class was all back to normal. There wouldn't be any swimming for her today.

Her mouth was opened to greet the professor when she realized there wasn't a professor to greet. Hmmm... No worries. AJ looked around until she found her name tag. Once it was found, she plopped herself down and waited to see what they would be learning today. Her eyes glanced over to the plants. Odd.

Coral held on tightly to her notebook, her knuckles and joints had a slightly red tint to them.

She knew the anti gravity charm wasn't on the room anymore but every time she made the trip down here, she couldn't help but feel the tiniest bit nervous that her feet were going to come up off the ground again. Which... they didn't. Stepping further into the room, she peered around, a sigh of relief escaping her lips.

See? Totally normal again. Everything was fine.

Now to hunt down her name tag...

She made her way across the room, walking by Sophie's desk and drumming her fingernails along it with a grin before finding her name just a little down the way.

Now.... where was the professor?

Marigold was wide-eyed and panicked-looking as she entered the classroom.

OWLs.

Runes.

Things she didn't know.

AH.

Forgive him for being a little nervous about any and all Hogwarts lessons.

Gabriel had been tentative about entering the classroom....but at seeing it looking rather ordinary and normal, he proceeded....with some caution, mind. The rows of potted plants got an exasperated scowl...but other than that, his expression remained neutral. The stress was maybe under control...for now. Maybe.

As instructed, Gabe looked for his name tag....hoping he wasn't forced to sit with some loud, obnoxious girl. He was getting better at pretending they didn't exist....and his marks had improved somewhat. It'd be difficult to maintain sitting beside one.....unless....Well....


..........Unless they were CB.

Considering probability and simple math....what were the odds that his name tag would be right beside hers?.....because it was. Right beside hers, he meant.

Flushing...brilliantly, Gabe carefully took his seat, cutting his eyes towards the girl in question.

Nod.

Merlin, help him not embarrass himself....including bodily functions that produced vomit.

If there was one thing that really irritated Layla about classes at her muggle school it was at the beginning of the year when the teachers used to make all the students sit in a seating plan so that they could remember each of their names and stop them from getting distracted by their friends. Walking into this Ancient Runes class and being forced to find the desk space that had her name on it caused the frown that was already etched across her face to grow even stronger.

The Professor did not receive a smile for the Ravenclaw’s mood had tumbled from bad to worse and he was partially to blame. Not that there was anyone around here that she particularly wanted to sit with anyway. “Hello Professor” she spoke so as to not appear rude. Manners and all. This was a ‘posh private’ school compared to her previous Muggle academy. If you could call it that..

She slipped her satchel off of her shoulder and down onto the ground before shoving it gently underneath the desk. She had already received her parchment and quill from its depths and her attention was focused on the row of plants which also received a typical frown.

Urgh. She wanted to leave already.

The Gryffindor walked into the classroom with a reluctant look on his face-- whatever a reluctant look meant. It wasn't because he hated runes, which he didn't, but it was because he wasn't really sure what to expect this time around. Last time they were swimming around in water so really it could go anywhere.

However, when he walked in everything seemed to be back in order... So without wasting any time, the Gryffindor began searching for his name tag. And now, they wait.