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The usual Ancient Runes Classroom was set up with rows of desks and chairs as usual, with the students' nametags perched on each of their desk. The professor was standing in front of his big desk, leaning on his cane and waiting for the students to file in quietly. There was an empty space in the far back of the classroom clearly been emptied of any chairs or desks for a purpose.
Walk in, take your assigned seat, and try to keep quiet. Botros is watching!
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- This class is held on March, 31st (IC).
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The thought of which occupations used Runic Magic had never occurred to Lux. Curse breaker was obvious - anyone could guess that career, but other options weren't as clear to her. Toby had mentioned Ancient Runes Professor, and Grayson mentioned Archeologist. Both were good answers, and she wanted to provide an answer like that of her own thinking but nothing was coming to her.
Aaaaah, this was hard. Maybe she just didn't have anything worthwhile to contribute for this question since all the career options she had considered were for her, and as interesting as the subject was she didn't want to work in this field.
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Ooohhh, occupational stuff. That was neat.
Curse breaking seemed the obvious choice, and though he didn't know much about it at all, he nodded along. Really though, he didn't know what people really needed Runes for. Like, it seemed a dying magic. Something only the oldies really understood and used... ahem... no disrespect intended.
BUT, he did remember rifling through Emily's books when she had let him sit in her office with her, and SHE had Runes books, and old notes and scribbles in margins and all sorts! That meant that she used it right? Cause she was trained to use it in the YETY thing too.
Raising his hand, Zeke offered his idea. "Magical Law Enforcement, Professor? They sometimes use Runes when they're tracking the bad guys, and cause the bad guys might use Runes as magical booby-traps which they'd have to counter and stuff?"
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Once they all were seated, Ab closed the class' door with a flick of his wand and turned to the students. "Good morning everyone and welcome to yet another one of my lessons. Today, I opted to talk about something more practical concerning the Runes magic." He reached the blackboard and wrote 'Occupational Uses of Runic Magic'. "As everyone knows, once you graduate your schools and finish your education, you're going to start working your desired jobs using what you learnt in school." He leaned on his desk and asked. "Runic magic is ancient, very powerful, and trickier to tame than our wand magic. Can anyone guess what occupation would benefit most from using Runic magic? And how?" Hmm? Don't forget to raise your hand.
Zhenya felt her heart sink. Occupational Uses of Runic Magic? She didn't even know how she could use runes, let alone in a career. She would be jobless if she had to use runes in her career, whatever career she would choose to do. But, she had to guess. She just had to. If she didn't guess, then she wouldn't be putting herself out there. She raised her hand slowly, gulping loudly. "Erm, maybe runes can be used for uh…" She tried to think of who would actually use the runes in her thought of way. "An explorer? Or… maybe a healer who needs to find a certain plant, if there was a map they had to read with runes. If they couldn't understand runes, then they couldn't read the map." She almost shook her head at herself for her silly answer. Seriously, like there wouldn't be updated modern maps now days?
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Jasmine thought about what occupation could benefit most from Runic magic. When her classmates mentioned curse breakers, she thought yes, that was probably the right answer. However, other professions could also benefit in some way. She raised her hand to add her slightly offbeat answer..
"I know they my not get the most benefit, but healers can use Runic mgic to help heal thir patients. Just as we practiced in our last class, they could use runes to their advantage." Well it could happen.
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What she was going to do after school was something that had crossed her mind, but not something that she spent a whole lot of time thinking about. She was only a second year so she would have plenty of time to figure it all out.
As far as the what job would benefit from rune magic, well that was something she wasn't quite sure of. Other students had all said some interesting things. AJ raised her hand. "What about a curse breaker?" Had anybody said that yet? AJ wasn't that good at listening all of the time.
Angel listen to the Professor and then she raised her hand. "Professor I'd say a curse breaker because they are going to be going into ancients pyramid which might have some runes signs that you have to figure out." Angel wasn't sure if she was right but well they did go into Ancient places.
"Aha! Great answer, yes. Curse-breakers still use Runes to break several cruses, specially in ancient places like the pyramids and tombs of pharaohs." Good, good.
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"I think curse-breaking too, like that would benefit most. But also what about,maybe... an Ancient Runes professor?" Toby tried with a big smile on his face, waggling his fingers as he held his hand in the air. Super serious answer, but also one he hoped might elicit a smile from some people. "'Cause, like, you need to teach the magic to people who might become curse-breakers, after all, so you'd need to demonstrate it and so that means you benefit from using it."
Botros chuckled, finding great amusement in Tobias' answer. He didn't expect anyone to mention being a professor but seeing that someone did remember mentioning it, it was so lovely. "Yes, Tempus, an Ancient Runes professor does need to be a master in the field, no less."
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Kace raised his hand and answered, "Professor I think the curse breakers could benefit learning about the runes because knowing me I wouldn't want to have any curses put upon me plus you don't want to give the wrong information because that can end badly." I mean think about it if you gave the wrong rune to someone and they translate it completely different. That would not end well.
"Curse breaking again, yes that is correct. Not only in the exploratory way but also defensively." Mhmm, good.
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Another answer? Looking up again, Grayson raised his hand up in the air. "Archaeologists have to deal with ancient artefacts and whatnot. They'll need to know what the runic symbols on them mean and would need to know if the item they're dealing with has a curse on it or not. Dead useful."
"Yes! I would say this is the most common use of runes nowadays. Sometimes archaeologists know if an artifact is a fake from the symbols written on it. Sometimes the symbols indicate a curse, like the others mentioned, or a warning, or a spell unknown to us. Very good."
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Zhenya felt her heart sink. Occupational Uses of Runic Magic? She didn't even know how she could use runes, let alone in a career. She would be jobless if she had to use runes in her career, whatever career she would choose to do. But, she had to guess. She just had to. If she didn't guess, then she wouldn't be putting herself out there. She raised her hand slowly, gulping loudly. "Erm, maybe runes can be used for uh…" She tried to think of who would actually use the runes in her thought of way. "An explorer? Or… maybe a healer who needs to find a certain plant, if there was a map they had to read with runes. If they couldn't understand runes, then they couldn't read the map." She almost shook her head at herself for her silly answer. Seriously, like there wouldn't be updated modern maps now days?
... oh wow, that's pretty... difficult. Botros nodded at her, anyhow, agreeing. "That would be one case in which Runes will be extremely helpful, yes." Though not considered an occupational use. Still correct.
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Jasmine thought about what occupation could benefit most from Runic magic. When her classmates mentioned curse breakers, she thought yes, that was probably the right answer. However, other professions could also benefit in some way. She raised her hand to add her slightly offbeat answer..
"I know they my not get the most benefit, but healers can use Runic mgic to help heal thir patients. Just as we practiced in our last class, they could use runes to their advantage." Well it could happen.
"Healers! Definitely. Great answer," because it showed she was paying attention to their previous class. Botros gave her a warm smile.
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Raising his hand, Zeke offered his idea. "Magical Law Enforcement, Professor? They sometimes use Runes when they're tracking the bad guys, and cause the bad guys might use Runes as magical booby-traps which they'd have to counter and stuff?"
Aaaand finally someone mentioned the MLE. Botros clapped for Rogers lightly after he finished. "You guessed what we're going to focus on this today, son." The old man beamed at him. "Runic magic can be used for tracking and catching suspects." He paused. "If you remember from few terms ago, for those who I taught before, we learned about Runic Wards. They're just like curses, a series of integrated runes bound together to serve a purpose. Runic wards can be used in security and tracking. It is a lot harder and trickier to use than the usual spells, but runic magic, once done properly, is a lot harder to break or override-- for lack of better word." Botros hoped someone was writing those things down...?
"What rune or runes, do you think, will be most helpful to the MLE department?" For security and tracking purposes, of course.
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Whoops. It seemed that the curse breaking profession had indeed been mentioned. It was safe to say that AJ needed to put her listening ears on. All she knew for sure was that runes were not going to be needed in the line of work that she ended up doing. Runes and Arithmancy were foreign to her.
As far as the next question was concerned, AJ thought she had a good answer for that one. It was being asked to the whole class and not just Zeke, right? Either way AJ had an answer and she was just dying to give it. Her hand was raised. "What about Ehwaz? It's supposed to bring you power." And power was definitely something you would need if you worked in law enforcement.
Runic Wards. Toby remembered something about Runic Wards, he was sure, except it was difficult to remember if he'd been taught about them in class or if he'd read about it and was now just conjuring a false memory of being taught about them. But no, yeah, he knew about them, either way.
Okay, so the MLE? Uhhhh... well. Being that Toby always focused on the good in life, he never thought about people like Magical Law Enforcement, because that meant thinking about criminals and bad people and he liked to believe that those people didn't exist at all. But he could look at this from a theoretical, rhetorical sort of viewpoint. Sure.
After a moment's thought, Toby raised his hand.
"Algiz," he offered, doing the usual little finger waggling thing as he held his hand in the air. "Because it's used for hunting, and what the law enforcement people do is sort of like hunting, when they try catching people. Also in the textbook its associated with Heimdallr and he's a protector, and the law enforcement people are protectors." Toby went to lower his hand but quickly raised it again. "Maybe also Thurisaz. Defensive forces and discipline and clearing out bad situations. Seems like it'd fit."
Aaaaand Tobias was going to stop there. He could have kept giving lots of runes, with all sorts of arguments for using them, but didn't want to keep talking too long.
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Ah yes. Aurors would find this subject rather useful. Way, to go Little Lion Man aka Zeke! Adi continued to make his notes and using the time to think about an answer for the next question.
"I think Sowilo could be one, Professor,'' the fourth year Puffer said after some moments and raising his hand. That rune had something to do with success, right? The MLE people would want success at finding the bad guys.
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Aaaah, those Runic Wards again. Lux could remember how difficult she had found them during her Second Year when she was new to this subject. Hopefully this lesson wouldn't turn out to be too complicated for her since she was only starting to gain her confidence in Ancient Runes. Though challenges were nice for someone like her, so she supposed it wasn't a bad thing either way.
After giving the next question some thought Lux raised her hand to give an answer. "What about Wunjo. It deals with motivation and success in any endeavour. So it's useful to motivate the MLEs and give them success in catching the bad guys." Made sense to her at least.
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Like with most lessons, Gabriel was doing an insane amount of writing; attempting to get everything written down that would have importance for OWLs. So, of course, that meant everything (in his eyes). Yes, perhaps he was planning to be over-prepared, but he wanted to do well. Surely, that wasn't so bad.
.......Also, he was double checking answers from his peers....and then writing them down. It wasn't meant to be a jerk move. Gabe just didn't leave his grades in anyone's hands but his own, thanks.
After several moments and another question being asked, he raised his hand, having a rune to offer........It was a pretty good one, too, he thought. "Tiwaz, professor."......There was a pause as he'd flushed a little. ".....victory and success in legal matters; leadership and authority.........uh, self sacrifice?"....Which, that seemed important for wizards and witches putting their lives on the line.
Maybe.
SPOILER!!: Runes notes!
Gabriel P. Banner
Ravenclaw Fifth Year
April 20, 2085
Ancient Runes classroom
Ancient Runes: Wizard Cops
Occupations: Where is Runes Study useful? Curse-breakers
Archaeologists
Magical Law Enforcement
Healers
Runic Wards When used for curses...they are a series of integrated runes bound
together to serve a purpose; usually activated by touch or chanting. When used for security and tracking...it is a lot harder and trickier to use than the usual spells, but runic magic, once done properly, is a lot harder to break or override.
Runes in the MLE: which are most helpful? Ehwaz; teamwork and loyalty
Algiz; hunting and protection
Sowilo; enlightenment
Tiwaz; leadership, authority, willingness, and self sacrifice
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Magical Law Enforcement. Did that mean her bestie? Because Alexa Cambridge will become the greatest Auror of all time... if patience and wisdom allow this to happen, that is. The potential was there, definitely. Issues with authority were also present, sooooo....
....a rune.
Lotus listened as each student gave their input, and she agreed with Tobias when it came to Thurisaz, mainly because that's the first one that came to her mind. And since she wasn't going to repeat an answer, then she considered the others. The list grows long, though, for each rune can bring something useful to the MLE, yet one in particular came to mind. Hand raised, "I'd say Ansuz." Wait, she had her reasons, of course. "For wise decisions, and justice." Wise. Yes, her best friend needed wisdom. But seriously, mind and body balance? That also seemed like a perfect fit for MLE.
Kace smiled and was glad the professor appreciated his hard work. This is why he loved coming to this class. He wasn't too hard on you if you got the answer wrong. Him and Bostros were cool. Now onto the next question he heard. He wondered what runes could be used for MLE. Kace thought to himself what runes could be benefit someone working in the law enforcement. He flipped through his book and found one that could work. He raised his hand and said,
"Professor I think Uruz could work because it deals with physical strength and speed and can bring out your untamed potential." I mean hey you might need speed to catch criminals and to find out your potential while dealing with the law.
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While the class had gone into their discussion on runes and the occupations they'd be best suited for, Lex kept her focus toward the back of the class with the missing furniture. Apparently it was missing on purpose, no fault of the book's this time and she could put that aside but that only raised the question of what they'd be doing around the back now that the space was cleared. Not even a little hint? Perhaps the hint wasn't given because she'd missed her chance to ask and now the Professor had properly started the class. Oh well.
Without her consent, her attention snapped back to the Professor at the posing of his second question. Know why? Because he mentioned Law Enforcement and that would be her before the year was out so yeah, she was officially paying attention. Fully focused. Hi.
"What about Hagalaz? It's good for breaking destructive patterns and removing unwanted influences. Those would be like...the Dark Wizards that congregate down in Knockturn Alley and other places around Britain, yeah?"
She was sure they'd have liked to remove them, it was kinda like their job afterall.
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Zhenya had been writing down the suggestions from her fellow students as they had been said, and slotted in the feedback from the Professor underneath each one. She had scribbled everything he had been saying, wanting to have it all on paper. She could understand the writing, but wasn't sure if anyone else could.
Zhenya wasn't sure what runes would be helpful for tracking purposes. No idea at all. She barely knew any runes, so she raised her hand to give a suggestion of the only rune she did know by memory, "Professor, perhaps Thurisaz could be used as a tracking rune? It means… giant, and if someone is trying to track someone, they can put a Thurisaz rune on them to make them giant, then the magical law enforcers would easily know where they would be. Because they'd be giant."
Magical Law Enforcement, hm? Sophie could see that, and she had a lot of respect for people who chose that occupation. She liked hands-on stuff just as much as them, probably, and she was plenty brave and smart and could think like the enemy, but... that wasn't a career choice that had ever appealed to her. Maybe that was just the kind of influence her Hit Wizard father had on her.
What kind of runes would be most helpful to them, though? Soph wasn't sure off the top of her head - there wasn't one that just jumped out at her - so she remained quiet and listened to... a LOT of other suggestions. Merlin. Lots and lots of options, weren't there? She wasn't so sure that she liked that there wasn't a clear-cut answer and it was up to interpretation - in some classes she liked those, but in a subject she struggled with, she wished it was all right by the textbook and she could look up the right answer, not have to go through a bunch of thought processes and ponder the possibilities. No, that put too much stress upon her to come up with something extra creative and insightful and make her feel like she HAD to try to be impressive.
Sophie didn't feel like she could be impressive with runes today, no, so she kept her mouth shut and wrote down answers that were interesting to her.
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HE GUESSED WHAT THEY WERE DOING?!?!!?!?! The boy was BEYOND excited, ecstatic and any other emotion that would have him bouncing in his seat - which in fact he WAS doing. Bouncing. BOUNCING. Cause HELLOOOOOO!!!! HE WAS LEARNING THINGS THAT COULD BE USEFUL! So... come summer, when he'd be back in the Ministry, he could like.. HELP them with their cases and like, TEACH them about the Rune stuff! He could show them how to traaaaccckkkkk!!!!
From the little he knew about Runes, all he could do was flip through the text book and hope to be useful... of course, everyone else seemed to beat him to it. But he DID find SOMETHING, that MIGHT be useful...
Hand raised, and still more bouncing in his seat, "What about Laguz? It says it's good for uncovering hidden things? Maybe the baddies have hidden magic or like how they try to cover their tracks... so Laguz might be good for uncovering them, right?" Please say he was right and that he could be EPIC and write home and tell EVERYONE about his awesomeness. Zeke was completely okay with bragging about this. COMPLETELY.
As far as the next question was concerned, AJ thought she had a good answer for that one. It was being asked to the whole class and not just Zeke, right? Either way AJ had an answer and she was just dying to give it. Her hand was raised. "What about Ehwaz? It's supposed to bring you power." And power was definitely something you would need if you worked in law enforcement.
"Yes, it brings power but power can be obtained via easier ways than runic magic. I personally can't see an officer bothering with runes just to boost his power." He smiled at the girl. Botros so would use runes for that.
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"Algiz," he offered, doing the usual little finger waggling thing as he held his hand in the air. "Because it's used for hunting, and what the law enforcement people do is sort of like hunting, when they try catching people. Also in the textbook its associated with Heimdallr and he's a protector, and the law enforcement people are protectors." Toby went to lower his hand but quickly raised it again. "Maybe also Thurisaz. Defensive forces and discipline and clearing out bad situations. Seems like it'd fit."
Aaaaand Tobias was going to stop there. He could have kept giving lots of runes, with all sorts of arguments for using them, but didn't want to keep talking too long.
Aha! Botros clapped twice to indicate how important this was. "Yeees, yes, very good. Algiz is definitely a part of the runes used for tracking and capturing. It is used for the protection after the hunt." He beamed at his apprentice.
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Ah yes. Aurors would find this subject rather useful. Way, to go Little Lion Man aka Zeke! Adi continued to make his notes and using the time to think about an answer for the next question.
"I think Sowilo could be one, Professor,'' the fourth year Puffer said after some moments and raising his hand. That rune had something to do with success, right? The MLE people would want success at finding the bad guys.
Sowilo? Hmmm. "Maybe, if you explain why you think so." He smiled at the Hufflepuff.
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After giving the next question some thought Lux raised her hand to give an answer. "What about Wunjo. It deals with motivation and success in any endeavour. So it's useful to motivate the MLEs and give them success in catching the bad guys." Made sense to her at least.
Aww, that was cute. Botros chuckled and nodded his head. "That's a brilliant idea. Maybe we should make them pendants with Wunjo carved on it to keep it at their offices." He was 100% serious, Ab loved the idea.
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After several moments and another question being asked, he raised his hand, having a rune to offer........It was a pretty good one, too, he thought. "Tiwaz, professor."......There was a pause as he'd flushed a little. ".....victory and success in legal matters; leadership and authority.........uh, self sacrifice?"....Which, that seemed important for wizards and witches putting their lives on the line.
Maybe.
Aaah. "Teiwaz would be another inspirational rune for the MLE department, yes. I wouldn't say they use it in their practical activities, though." But Botros was thinking they could add it to the Wunjo pendant Lux had come up with. Oh he loved his students' minds.
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Lotus listened as each student gave their input, and she agreed with Tobias when it came to Thurisaz, mainly because that's the first one that came to her mind. And since she wasn't going to repeat an answer, then she considered the others. The list grows long, though, for each rune can bring something useful to the MLE, yet one in particular came to mind. Hand raised, "I'd say Ansuz." Wait, she had her reasons, of course. "For wise decisions, and justice." Wise. Yes, her best friend needed wisdom. But seriously, mind and body balance? That also seemed like a perfect fit for MLE.
Oh! Another bingo! Botros clapped twice once again, urging the class to pay attention to this one. "Ansuz is one of the essential runes used in tracking! It's not just about wisdom, it is about communication and signal-tracking." It might have been a lucky shot by Wisteria but he beamed at her all the same.
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"Professor I think Uruz could work because it deals with physical strength and speed and can bring out your untamed potential." I mean hey you might need speed to catch criminals and to find out your potential while dealing with the law.
"Great answer!" He clapped in Kace's direction, too. "Let me tell you all a secret. When we're making Runic charms, Uruz can almost always be added to strengthen the bonds or the magic of the runes." He smiled at the Hufflepuff kid for guessing right, too.
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"What about Hagalaz? It's good for breaking destructive patterns and removing unwanted influences. Those would be like...the Dark Wizards that congregate down in Knockturn Alley and other places around Britain, yeah?"
She was sure they'd have liked to remove them, it was kinda like their job afterall.
"That's a great theory, yes. Hagalaz would be great for interrupting a disturbance. Maybe form a protective ward that repels ill-willed magic. It'd require great care, though." He scratched his chin thoughtfully, his eyes showing how exciting this was to him.
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Zhenya wasn't sure what runes would be helpful for tracking purposes. No idea at all. She barely knew any runes, so she raised her hand to give a suggestion of the only rune she did know by memory, "Professor, perhaps Thurisaz could be used as a tracking rune? It means… giant, and if someone is trying to track someone, they can put a Thurisaz rune on them to make them giant, then the magical law enforcers would easily know where they would be. Because they'd be giant."
Ohhh dear Odin. Those students were brilliant. Botros chuckled, and knowing that Thurisaz didn't work that way, he didn't have the heart to crush the girl's fantasy. "That sounds a great plan, dear. Though using a rune for that purpose would be impossibly difficult. And pointless." It wasn't easy to invoke a rune and get it to be magical, after all.
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HE GUESSED WHAT THEY WERE DOING?!?!!?!?! The boy was BEYOND excited, ecstatic and any other emotion that would have him bouncing in his seat - which in fact he WAS doing. Bouncing. BOUNCING. Cause HELLOOOOOO!!!! HE WAS LEARNING THINGS THAT COULD BE USEFUL! So... come summer, when he'd be back in the Ministry, he could like.. HELP them with their cases and like, TEACH them about the Rune stuff! He could show them how to traaaaccckkkkk!!!!
From the little he knew about Runes, all he could do was flip through the text book and hope to be useful... of course, everyone else seemed to beat him to it. But he DID find SOMETHING, that MIGHT be useful...
Hand raised, and still more bouncing in his seat, "What about Laguz? It says it's good for uncovering hidden things? Maybe the baddies have hidden magic or like how they try to cover their tracks... so Laguz might be good for uncovering them, right?" Please say he was right and that he could be EPIC and write home and tell EVERYONE about his awesomeness. Zeke was completely okay with bragging about this. COMPLETELY.
Botros was still impressed with the boy's effort. "Aah, Laguz sure would be useful in that case. It's not in the usual tracking charm, but if added, it would help detect any shams in the atmospheres. Magical shams." He nodded, beaming at the young Gryffindor.
Anyway. It was time they got on with the real deal.
Botros went to stand in front of the blackboard, his wand in hand and obviously preparing to explain some serious matters. "Well done everyone guessing those runes. Today, we're going to learn about the real track and capture charms. They're not traditionally used by the MLE because they require excellence in the Ancient Runes field and it's usually time-consuming. Though, I do believe they use the capture charm for extra security in the red-code cells." Red code? Super important and secure? Get it?
"So, to make a tracking charm, we need to draw the runes in a circular series, like so."
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"Uruz is used to strengthen the Runic charm, and to boost the other runes' magic. We have Ansuz as the main rune, repeated four times, and it is because it's a rune of signals and communication. It follows and tracks the magical signals or energy of the wanted person, or object if it was powerfully magical." He paused before continuing, "Then we have Perthro, the rune of mystery and hidden things. It directs the other runes to look for the hidden magic and leave the uncovered magic out of the tracking processing. Then in the middle..." He pointed at the rune. "... we have a combination of Raidho and Isa."
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"I have two questions for you. One, why did I draw the runes as a circle? Not a triangle or a straight line?" He was counting on his fingers. "Two, what do the runes Raidho and Isa, bound together like that, mean or have to offer to this tracking charm?" It was really easy if they looked into their textbooks.
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It was time to bust out her textbook. If you needed to be super smart in the runes department to work for the MLE, then that was one job that she could scratch off of her list. This was not for her. It would be pretty cool to catch bad guys, but not cool enough to have to study this subject more than necessary.
AJ flipped her pages until she found the two runes that the professor talked about. So Raidho had to do with lifestyle direction a larger perspective. Isa has to do with a challenge or frustration, but it also reinforces other runes around it. Ummm... AJ was lost. Why did they go together?
She would still give it a go. Her hand was in the air. "It says here that Isa reinforces other runes, so could it be because it makes Raidho stronger? Because Raidho helps you make the right moves." Was she even close? As far as why he drew them in a circle, she had no idea. "Maybe because they go together and a circle symbolizes that," she added with her hand still raised.
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....and more writing. Gabriel was grateful for this self-inking quill in times like these, for sure. After copying all the answers down and adding a small explanation beside each one...he started on the new information presented by the teacher.
He couldn't draw that well....So, Gabe went with the written approach. It was for the best, anyway, as he was able to get the provided explanations down.
"Uh.....I think putting them in a circle...like that, let's them focus their energies better?" Was that making sense? Gabe frowned a little, concentrating on his words. "....With the bound rune in the center, it helps the surrounding runes to lend their runic magic more efficiently..."
He paused to do more writing....
"One means 'travel'...and the other means 'ice'.....So, perhaps it helps to slow down the tracked person's travel?....making them easier to catch up with."
SPOILER!!: Runes notes!
Gabriel P. Banner
Ravenclaw Fifth Year
April 20, 2085
Ancient Runes classroom
Ancient Runes: Wizard Cops
Occupations: Where is Runes Study useful? Curse-breakers
Archaeologists
Magical Law Enforcement
Healers
Runic Wards When used for curses...a series of integrated runes bound
together to serve a purpose; usually activated by touch or chanting.
[]When used for security and tracking[]...it is a lot harder and trickier to use than the usual spells, but runic magic, once done properly, is a lot harder to break or override.
Runes in the MLE: which are most helpful? Ehwaz; teamwork and loyalty
Algiz; hunting and protection
Sowilo; enlightenment
Tiwaz; leadership, authority, willingness, and self sacrifice
Wunjo; motivation and success in endeavors
Ansuz; wise decisions and justice
Uruz; strength and speed
Hagalaz; breaking destructive patterns and removing unwanted influences
Thurisaz; giant?
Laguz; uncovering hidden things
Runic Charm: Tracking Uruz; to strengthen the Runic charm (and to boost the other
runes' magic)
Ansuz; the main rune, repeated four times (signals and communication; follows and tracks the magical signals or energy of the wanted person, or object if it was powerfully magical)
Perthro; the rune of mystery and hidden things (directs the
other runes to look for the hidden magic and leave the uncovered
magic out of the tracking processing)
Raidho + Isa; in the center (bound)
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So very pretty, and we sure know how to run things..._______________________________ Livin' in ruins of a palace, within our dreams...____________
We're on each other's team._____
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Jasmine continued to take thorough notes because she needed all the helpful information she could get about runes. Sitting out the last question, she vowed to respond to the next one. When Professor Botros did ask not one, but two questions, Jasmine raised her hand. "Raidho has to do with a journey and Isa has to do with stopping a process. The two of them combined would relate to ending the journey of the person being being tracked so that they could be found or caught."
As for the runes being in a circle, Jasmine took a guess. "A circle is never ending. Maybe if you are tracking someone using the circle, they can't escape. It makes them easier to be caught because they're like a hamster on the wheel...with nowhere to go." Did that make any sense? It did in Jasmine's mind so she hoped it didn't sound crazy.
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Angel was totally lost about what she had to do but she listened to the Professor and decided that she was going to try and figure something out and at least attempt to answer these question. "Is it so that we know that the journey is over and that everything is complete?" Angel wasn't sure but she decided to attempt it. "So that is why we go round in a circle with this rune because it's the end."
As Botros spoke, Toby listened closely, completely captivated by all of this stuff. It was real interesting to know not just what runes were supposed to be used and why, but also about how many of each rune, what position they were and the whole set up of the thing. He tried as hard as he could to get everything down into his notes, but felt that he must surely have missed something or other. Not that it was too much trouble; Tobias could simply bring it up next time he visited Botros' office.
Why a circle though? Uhhhh... Toby didn't know but he could give it a guess, and raised his hand.
"Is it maybe a circle because... I guess a circle is a pretty strong shape. There's no weak points, I mean... no edges or corners." Eh? Maybe? It was a long shot. But, that rune in the very middle then. What was it about? "And then in the middle... well, Isa can be used to stop something, to freeze it." Like ice. "And then Raidho means... journey and change..." Tobias paused for a moment to think before going on. "So it's like... freezing a journey? The journey of the person you're trying to catch. And then it makes sense if that bound rune represents the person that's being hunted, 'cause all the other runes are sort of surrounding it as though it's been captured."
Yeah? No? Maybe.
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Kace was proud of himself to give a thoughtful answer and the professor approved of it. He smiled and wrote down his rune in his notes. Then he heard the professor go to his lecture and he began copying down his notes. It seemed like a lot but he looked up and noticed the diagram he drew on the board. He began to understand it and he heard the professor's question and thought about it. Why did he draw it in a circle? He thought about it logically.
He raised his hand to answer the first question, "Professor I know that a circle can represent something that can be never ending like Jasmine mentioned. I think it does deal with power and that is can never be taken and it can always be used over and over again.." That his was answer to the first part of the question, he heard the second question and began to search through the book.
Flip.....flip.....flip....
He found Isa and Raidho and wondered why they are bound and how they can relate to the tracking charm. He read the description first and thought about it. He raised his hand and offered, "Professor I think Raidho can relate to the tracking charm because it means seeing the right move for you to make and deciding upon it. It also means travel which you need to use for a tracking charm. As for Isa I think it relates to the tracking charm because it represents a challenge.." That is all he could find for Isa. Now to see what professor thought about his thinking.
~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ It be like that sometimes.
Right. He had not really provided an explanation earlier so Adi would give one now. "Sowilo is associated with success, Professor. The people could do with that whenever they are in the field or interrogating the bad guys.''
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So. Tracking Charm. Now this was very much interesting. Adi listened carefully to what Botros had to say about the charm as he made notes. And of course questions followed. The Puffer thought then raised his hand.
"The circle represents all the powers of the runes being trapped within...since a circle has no edges, it would mean that the bad guys have a less chance of escaping." O__O Adi was very unsure there. Moving on! "Isa means Ice and Raidho means journey, so putting them together that would mean ceasing a journey.''
Ancient Runes Lesson III : Runes and MLE 
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