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OOC: For the sake of timeline ease, let's say this lesson is occurring BEFORE all the acromantulas attacking the castle.
Spring had finally arrived in Scotland, and with it came warmer weather. Though it was currently raining outside, it was a warm rain, and if you looked carefully you could probably spot some denizens of Hogwarts out for a stroll in the light shower. Other than the extra lights Professor Tanner employed to combat the gloomy weather, there isn't much different about the room that would give a hint as to the day's activities. The abundance of cobwebs seen around the castle, however, is not as bad in this room, as Tiara arrived early to clean up as much as possible.
Professor Tanner, dressed in summery mustard-yellow robes, stands at the front of the room ready to greet her eager Arithmancers as they enter.
Maggie looked genuinely lost, trying to at least take notes on what the other people were saying. Yes, she knew what people meant when they said karma. But not where it came from or anything. Like ??????????
There was a song about karma and a chameleon or something. Was that relevant?
Just in case, she added "karma karma karma karma karma chameleon, you come and go" to her notes.
Soph was giving him looks today, and Toby didn't know what those looks were about, so he just grinned in response. And wrote his notes. And stuff. Lots of notes. They hadn't even done enough to write all those notes yet, so what was he writing? Who knows.
But GOSH THOUGH. Everyone was so stuck on the negative today jeeeeeeez, people. Was it the cobwebs? It was the cobwebs, wasn't it, they were good vibe traps. Like dream catchers, but the other way around. He knew it.
Soooooo. Where did karma come from? That... was a good question... that Toby didn't have an answer to. Uhhhmmmm. Huh. The Hufflepuff screwed up his face a little in concentration, before finally stretching his hand up to the sky.
"Maybe people wanted to have a reason for bad stuff happening to them because they felt super mega ultra guilty about things and wanted to take responsibility and stuff, and THEN they realised it could work in a GOOD way too, and then that was karma." Yes. That sounded logical to Toby and his guilt complex. Yep.
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KARMA.
That seemed to be the topic of today's lesson. Or well at least that's what the first and second question asked was about. How Karma came about though she had no idea. Not even a guess that made some sense. So rather then raise her hand Hady choose to listen to those around here as they gave their answers. Most made pretty good sense and she couldn't help but wonder for a brief second how they all knew this stuff. Granted some of her mates were older then her but still it had her thinking maybe she had missed something in her lessons or wasn't studying as much as she should.
Getting her parchment and quill together the third worked on her notes making sure not to miss anything that could be important. Therefore that meant she simply wrote down everything.
Angel looked at the Professor as she raised her hand. "Professor I'm going to say it has to do with World war 2." Angel didn't know. "See Hitler thought he was all mighty and powerful and then Karma struck and his Army lost their way and they lost the war, even though at one point they had totally been close to winning." Angel wondered what it would be like if they had though she was tots glad that they hadn't.
Sophie paused in her note-taking when a new question was posed, and she considered this for a little while. Did the generalized definition of karma come from arithmancy-related karma, or was it the other way around? Did the ancient arithmancers come up with the concept in the first place and people adapted the general idea of it from that? The Ravenclaw actually had no clue - it felt like that chicken and the egg concept that people always made a big deal about - but she knew there must've been a solid, concrete answer with this one, at least. She just didn't know what it was.
She didn't quite agree with Kate's answer, and Sophie didn't know enough about India to know if "karma" was even an Indian word. Adi seemed to know what he was talking about, though, especially since he said his MUM had told him so. So that meant he was probably totally right, then, yeah?
Tobes' answer was the best generalized guess she could've come up with, though. People wanted to pinpoint a reason for things that had happened, and maybe that answer combined with Adi's answer was the right one - maybe the people of India created the word for all the reasons in Tobes' explanation. That was the answer she was going with, yep, but she didn't raise her hand to voice that she was agreeing with them because it didn't matter.
She was just gonna keep her ears open and keep trying to resist the urge to playfully rile up Tobes.
Spent over an hour starting a reply... then the laptop died. >.<
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Kate had no idea where the idea of karma came from. She didn't even know where to start. Well, yeah, she did know where to start--it was called WILD GUESS. Accepting that fact, she raised her hand. "It's probably just common sense, because most people know you're going to get out of something what you put in to it," she said. "If you act lazy, you're going to get something lazy in return. If you treat someone rudely, they're going to stick you the first chance they get. People probably just knew they'd reap what they sowed, and so they invented a word for it."
A very Ravenclaw reply, that was. Practical, logical. "But is it only common sense because karma has been around so long, OR did the common sense mold the idea of karma into being? Phoenix or flame.." A slight digression, and mostly rhetorical, but worth the thought.
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Janelle was happy that her answer had made sense to the professor. Sometimes she tried to explain things, but they didn't quite come out of her mouth as clearly as they were in her head. Before she could dwell on it though, another question was asked.
After thinking about it for a moment, Janelle raised her hand. "I'm not sure who first thought up the idea of karma, but I'm going to guess that it came from someone in India. 'Cause karma just sounds like an Indian word" That probably didn't answer the question, but that was the best that Janelle could up with.....for now.
Tiara nodded her head. "It does sound quite exotic, yes? India is a distinct possibility, Miss Guidry." Not that she was well-learned in the languages of the Indian subcontinent.
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LOL, AJ. You were funny. Adi was used to the jokes but this new AJ could take some getting used to. He was used to the one who was late and hated early classes. But he could also see she was trying her best this term and he was proud of her. SUPER proud.
....................
Yep, pretty much everyone's description of Karma was the same. Onto the next question... which was pretty much one of the easiest Tanner could ever ask. Or so he thought, because he could be wrong about his answer. "What Janelle said, Professor. Ancient India, I think. Karma is a Sanskrit word and those words are pretty old, at least that's what my mother told me.'' The woman looooved those Sanskrit music... him, not so much. It bored him. Hand down, the Hufflepuff thought of his mom. He missed her though she was still bothering him about him being with AJ. Buuuut, he had a lesson to focus on and notes to make!
Sometimes she really wished she could have listened in on the Sorting Hat's debates. Aditya Rehman seemed to know everything, prompting her to wonder.. "Ancient Sanskrit was certainly spoken in the region of India, as Miss Guidry guessed." Smart mother.
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????????
Why was everyone so clever?????
What even WAS Sanskrit??
What was she doing in this class????
Maggie looked genuinely lost, trying to at least take notes on what the other people were saying. Yes, she knew what people meant when they said karma. But not where it came from or anything. Like ??????????
There was a song about karma and a chameleon or something. Was that relevant?
Just in case, she added "karma karma karma karma karma chameleon, you come and go" to her notes.
Despite the teaching pedagogy manuals saying that walking around the classroom helped keep the room under control, this was the real reason why Tiara circled the students during discussions: gems like this. Miss Traulton was scribbling about chameleons coming and going. Were these deep, philosophical musings about the ebb and flow of the universe?? Too bad Tiara wasn't one to force students to speak up, because that could have been a top notch idea!
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Soph was giving him looks today, and Toby didn't know what those looks were about, so he just grinned in response. And wrote his notes. And stuff. Lots of notes. They hadn't even done enough to write all those notes yet, so what was he writing? Who knows.
But GOSH THOUGH. Everyone was so stuck on the negative today jeeeeeeez, people. Was it the cobwebs? It was the cobwebs, wasn't it, they were good vibe traps. Like dream catchers, but the other way around. He knew it.
Soooooo. Where did karma come from? That... was a good question... that Toby didn't have an answer to. Uhhhmmmm. Huh. The Hufflepuff screwed up his face a little in concentration, before finally stretching his hand up to the sky.
"Maybe people wanted to have a reason for bad stuff happening to them because they felt super mega ultra guilty about things and wanted to take responsibility and stuff, and THEN they realised it could work in a GOOD way too, and then that was karma." Yes. That sounded logical to Toby and his guilt complex. Yep.
Still circling and listening! And what a very Tobias-like answer! He was the type that would search for any possible way to assuage his feelings of grief and guilt and bring back the happy happy happy. "It certainly does lend a sense of purpose, of meaning in an otherwise chaotic world; humanity has striven for such an explanation since the dawn of man."
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KARMA.
That seemed to be the topic of today's lesson. Or well at least that's what the first and second question asked was about. How Karma came about though she had no idea. Not even a guess that made some sense. So rather then raise her hand Hady choose to listen to those around here as they gave their answers. Most made pretty good sense and she couldn't help but wonder for a brief second how they all knew this stuff. Granted some of her mates were older then her but still it had her thinking maybe she had missed something in her lessons or wasn't studying as much as she should.
Getting her parchment and quill together the third worked on her notes making sure not to miss anything that could be important. Therefore that meant she simply wrote down everything.
Another quiet Slytherin. Had Cecelia talked to her house about being quiet in class and taking notes? Because that was certainly what the Snakes were doing today. But better than constantly disrupting, at least.
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Angel looked at the Professor as she raised her hand. "Professor I'm going to say it has to do with World war 2." Angel didn't know. "See Hitler thought he was all mighty and powerful and then Karma struck and his Army lost their way and they lost the war, even though at one point they had totally been close to winning." Angel wondered what it would be like if they had though she was tots glad that they hadn't.
Now this idea was something Tiara had at least heard of. "I think most people would agree that is an excellent example of karma in the muggle sense. However, the origin of the term is much earlier than just last century."
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Sophie paused in her note-taking when a new question was posed, and she considered this for a little while. Did the generalized definition of karma come from arithmancy-related karma, or was it the other way around? Did the ancient arithmancers come up with the concept in the first place and people adapted the general idea of it from that? The Ravenclaw actually had no clue - it felt like that chicken and the egg concept that people always made a big deal about - but she knew there must've been a solid, concrete answer with this one, at least. She just didn't know what it was.
She didn't quite agree with Kate's answer, and Sophie didn't know enough about India to know if "karma" was even an Indian word. Adi seemed to know what he was talking about, though, especially since he said his MUM had told him so. So that meant he was probably totally right, then, yeah?
Tobes' answer was the best generalized guess she could've come up with, though. People wanted to pinpoint a reason for things that had happened, and maybe that answer combined with Adi's answer was the right one - maybe the people of India created the word for all the reasons in Tobes' explanation. That was the answer she was going with, yep, but she didn't raise her hand to voice that she was agreeing with them because it didn't matter.
She was just gonna keep her ears open and keep trying to resist the urge to playfully rile up Tobes.
What was wrong with Sophie Brown today? She was unusually quiet and seemed to keep shooting looks at Tobias. Perhaps she was likewise suffering from emotions.
Must not get choked up. Must not get choked up. Must not...
Alright, those sounded like good answers. "Karma was first solidified as a religious, philosophical idea in the early seventh century BC in India, just as Miss Guidry and Mister Rehman guessed." She nodded to them each in turn. "One of their religious texts, the Upanishads, reads, 'and whatever deed [a man] does, that he will reap.' Then later on, Buddhism and Jainism used the same idea." But it wasn't just Eastern religions that had this concept. "Then in the first century AD, the Christian New Testament says, 'Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.' They don't use the actual term, but the idea is there nonetheless."
Now a bit more background info before they could start their activity. "As was already mentioned today, the main Arithmancy categories are Karmic Lessons and Karmic Debts, but we'll be focusing on the Debts." Except this was just an overview lesson, meant to get them acquainted with the five basic karmic debts. "Four of the debts are bad, while one is good; so one credit and four debits, if you will. The idea is that if you have one of these debts in your personal numerical profile, that is an area you are deficient in. Some cause has happened previously to make the debt effect." Did that make sense? Hopefully. They would catch on when she showed them the debts.
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GOOD KARMA/credits TEN (10): The Wheel of Fortune
A karmic debt has been paid, you're free to begin again; you're called to use courage, independence, and leadership to bring rebirth.
BAD KARMA/debits THIRTEEN (13/4): All Work and No Play
Purpose: become conscious of how you express yourself without being critical and develop discipline.
FOURTEEN (14/5): The Temptations
Purpose: learn the value of freedom and the discipline required to earn it without abusing it through irresponsibility and a lack of accountability.
SIXTEEN (16/7): The Abuse of Love
Purpose: counteract past failure to act responsibly in matters of love or commitment by removing selfishness and distortions of love feelings.
NINETEEN (19/1): The Abuse of Power
Purpose: learn to be independent and use power unselfishly without being blind to the needs and desires of others.
She gave them a minute or so to write down these summaries. "Right, now again, this is a general overview, not meant to be conclusive. We are going to move into our main activity for the lesson, so I need to you finish up writing and move all your personal belongings to the sides of the room." They needed LOTS of space. "While you do so, I would be happy to field any questions you may have!"
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Kate kind of knew she didn't have the right answer. She had a good, logical answer, but she knew it wasn't the right answer. No way could she have randomly know what Adi knew. Kate nodded in reply to what the professor said about her answer. She was thinking about that whole 'phoenix or flame' question, too.
Kate copied down the notes about karma, but did she also have a question? She didn't think so.
Ah, so India WAS correct. Well, good on Janelle and Adi, then, for their extensive knowledge. But then Tanner went onto explain further, and Sophie Brown just kind of... looked at the professor. Lots of words were happening, but the sixth year spaced out the moment Tanner began to elaborate further - so she found herself hoping that no one was expecting to depend on her notes today. Zander would hopefully be okay without her sharing her notes with him this time, wouldn't he?
Heh. He was going to have to be.
She tuned back in and sentences started making sense again when Tanner began to explain about Karmic Lessons and Debts, and Sophie quickly began scribbling down everything that was on the board. Four bad debts, only one good one? Tobes probably wasn't going to like that, as it was well-known that he liked focusing on the goods more than the bads, and he saw far more good things than bad things in general. This many bads outweighing goods was going to make him unsettled, wasn't it? She caught herself watching his reaction to this again, but then realized she was falling behind in the notes and hurried to copy the rest of the board down. But her thoughts stayed on Tobes and his ever-optimistic (or naive?) viewpoints of the world.
They were getting UP, then, though, and moving everything off to the sides of the room. What in Merlin's name were they going to be doing, though? This wasn't a class that they often had interactive activities where they needed space like this, so uh... WHAT WAS GOING ON? Her interest piqued, Soph obliged with the professor's wishes and started moving all her things to the side of the room nearest to them. And as for questions... well, Sophie wouldn't even know where to start since she hadn't processed a single part of Tanner's explanation more on the religious part of karma, so she just kept silent and close to Tobes. If they needed partners, HE WAS CLAIMED.
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Guessed? Adi had not guessed, actually. It was only because of his heritage that he knew that answer to he question otherwise he most likely would have been sailing. And he certainly knew about the Upanishads. Anywayyy, onto the note making. Adi took careful notes because he found this topic fascinating.
But it was the activity that intrigued him. Once he was done with his notes, the Puffer hopped to his feet to move his stuff to the side of the room as instructed. Wheeeee! All set for the activity, Professor! Also, he had no questions.
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Good guess. Karma was related to India......and a lot of other things. Janelle wrote down the history of Karma, as Professor Tanner explained the particulars. She had never stopped to think about all of this, so now she was being enlightened.
Then it was on to the Karmic Debts. Good Karma, Bad Karma.......more notes to write......more details to remember. Once Janelle had finished copying down all of the important information, she was ready to find out what the main activity would be. Questions. Nope. She was ready to go.
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Alright, those sounded like good answers. "Karma was first solidified as a religious, philosophical idea in the early seventh century BC in India, just as Miss Guidry and Mister Rehman guessed." She nodded to them each in turn. "One of their religious texts, the Upanishads, reads, 'and whatever deed [a man] does, that he will reap.' Then later on, Buddhism and Jainism used the same idea." But it wasn't just Eastern religions that had this concept. "Then in the first century AD, the Christian New Testament says, 'Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.' They don't use the actual term, but the idea is there nonetheless."
Now a bit more background info before they could start their activity. "As was already mentioned today, the main Arithmancy categories are Karmic Lessons and Karmic Debts, but we'll be focusing on the Debts." Except this was just an overview lesson, meant to get them acquainted with the five basic karmic debts. "Four of the debts are bad, while one is good; so one credit and four debits, if you will. The idea is that if you have one of these debts in your personal numerical profile, that is an area you are deficient in. Some cause has happened previously to make the debt effect." Did that make sense? Hopefully. They would catch on when she showed them the debts.
She gave them a minute or so to write down these summaries. "Right, now again, this is a general overview, not meant to be conclusive. We are going to move into our main activity for the lesson, so I need to you finish up writing and move all your personal belongings to the sides of the room." They needed LOTS of space. "While you do so, I would be happy to field any questions you may have!"
Maggie had given up on taking notes after trying to spell the word 'Upanishads' five times. What was this?? She was so confused. Karmic Debts. She added that as a headline to her piece of parchment and underlined it. Debits and credit. That sounded like credit cards. Or you know, debit cards. What?
She got up off her seat when Professor Tanner told them to move their things. Could she leave? Would anyone notice if she left? Carrying all her things to one side of the classroom, she just stared at the professor for a moment. Questions? Where to start...???????? But she didn't want to appear dumb so she remained quiet. Nope. No questions. All clear.
Angel wrote everything down and then she started to move her things just like she was instructed too, this lesson was going to be very hard she could tell as soon as she read the writing she had done, she was lost and she hoped that the main part of the lesson would be on something else but she knew it wouldn't be.
Angel raised her hand. "Professsor, I have a question if that's okay?" Angel hoped the Professor realised that... that wasn't the question that she was asking. "Professor is it possible to have more than one of the numbers?" Angel wondered what that would be like.
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Glancing up at the board Hady continued to copy down what was now there. Most of that didn't make much sense at the moment but it was okay for now. The third year was sure it would all become clear within a few moments. Or at least she hoped so anyhow.
When she finished her note taking she put her things back into her bag. It seemed whatever activity they would be doing this lesson needed room. Not having any questions right now Hady took her bag with her as she got up off her seat and moved to the side of the room glancing around for cobwebs before she set her bag at her feet. There. Now what?
By this point, Toby had begun balancing his quill on his upper lip as he watched Professor Tanner circle the room, glancing at the others when they gave there answers and then back again when the professor responded. He'd merely grinned at her when his own answer turned out to be a good one, and went right back to balancing the quill.
When Tanner got to the lecture-y teach-y bit of the lesson, Toby quickly halted the quill balancing act and got to writing down as much as he could. Which was hard because of listening AND writing but-
... wait...
Squint.
FOUR bad debts? ONLY ONE GOOD? Well... that was... hmph. Why couldn't there be four good and one bad? Or just FIVE good? Yes, that would be best. Toby was just wondering who he'd need to send a letter to in order to arrange such a thing when suddenly everyone was mOVING AROUND. Oop. The Hufflepuff quickly scribbled down the rest of those summaries into his notes and then did what everyone else was doing. He didn't have too far to get to the side of the room, sitting near a window and everything, so mainly just loitered near Soph.
But. He had a question, ahem.
"Why not five good?" Toby asked, looking imploringly at the professor, not considering it might be a tricky question to answer OR that simply that was just how it was. But yes. Ahem. Five good?
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Angel raised her hand. "Professsor, I have a question if that's okay?" Angel hoped the Professor realised that... that wasn't the question that she was asking. "Professor is it possible to have more than one of the numbers?" Angel wondered what that would be like.
"Of course that's okay, my dear!" she laughed. After all, the woman had asked if anyone had them. Tiara nodded her head, saying, "Yes, it is possible, and good question! Over the course of a lifetime I would say it is fairly likely, if one subscribes to the use of a name change use. Hopefully no one gets more than one or two," she finished with a wink.
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"Why not five good?" Toby asked, looking imploringly at the professor, not considering it might be a tricky question to answer OR that simply that was just how it was. But yes. Ahem. Five good?
So the whole quill balancing act had actually been a bit impressive. Herself? She would have sneezed far too often to make that work. But the question asked by said balancer was not surprising to her in the least. "Well, the older you get, the more you will realize that you are a rarity, Tobias. The population as a whole tends to focus on the negative aspects of life." Hence more bad than good.
But enough of that, it was time to play learn! "Watch yourselves now," she commanded as she made a large, fluid sweeping motion with her wand. Instantly the room became brighter as a giant game board appeared on the floor, covering almost the entire floor.
"Everyone head towards start, you are each your own pawn! I have several ten-sided dice here for you to share. When it's your turn, roll and move that many spaces." The numbers they could roll were 1 through 10, obviously. "Now if you land on a space that says Karma Card, you have to do what it says. They're color-coded." And though finishing first would be bragging rights, it was really all a game of luck. Or karma!
OOC: The point of this isn't to be first, it's just to RP having a fun time and letting your characters familiarize themselves with the karmic debt numbers and what they stand for. Your post number determines what your character rolls. For example, a post number ending in 0 rolls a 10, while ending in 6 rolls a 6, et cetera. The game board and all five karma cards are included below in the spoiler tags. The board is numbered every five spaces where possible. Please make a note of what space your character ends on so it's easier to keep track of. Questions? Shoot me a VM/PM/IM! Otherwise, go for it! You've got three days to play, so it's not a huge rush.
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Adi made a mental note of the answers to the questions asked by Toby and Angel. He would make notes of those later but right now he was just too excited to see what Tanner had in store for them. And then she was doing things with her wand that caused a ginormous board game to appear on the floor.
OH MAN!
This was SUPER COOL!
Adi listened to Tanner explain about the game and he understood it instantly based on that and what he saw. Roll the ten sided die, move that amount of spaces and grab a Karma card based on the colour of the square to do what it said.
AWESOME!
The Huflepuff found himself at the start of the game. When his turn came, he grabbed a die, shook it heartily then let it roll. One! He moved a single step ahead. He grabbed a card. Ooooh! Good Karma! COOOOL!
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HAHAHA. Good one, professor. AJ wished she could partake in this broom travel she spoke of because ever since she learned she was witch a broom was something she really wanted. In fact she heard about quidditch but has yet to play it. So far into her daydream she was that she completely missed the second question.
Adi and Jenelle were going on about India. Whoops. She needed to pay better attention next time. As the professor went on about debts and karma, AJ got a little bit lost. She was scribbling down notes because she would be needing them later. No doubt about that.
Ohhh. A game. Super cool. AJ loved games. When it was her turn, she grabbed the die and gave it a good shake. Plop. On the floor it went and it landed on a two.
One step. Two steps. She was on a space that didn't have a karmic card to pull. Bummer. Who's turn was it next?
... Rarity? Huh? Toby was totally confused by the initial response from Tanner there, because at first it didn't seem to have any connection to the question he'd asked. Until it did, of course. But... then he was even MORE confused, and it probably showed on his face. The population as a whole tends to focus on the negative aspects of life.
Blinkblinkblinkblinkblink.
Yep, that did not compute, but luckily Toby didn't have to think on it for much longer, because it was on with the activity. Still, he stowed it away in his memory for later, a statement to be re-examined at his leisure or, perhaps more likely, to be forgotten for weeks and then suddenly come back to him at an inopportune moment and send him into a state of even higher confusion than he was in now. BUT THAT WAS A PROBLEM FOR ANOTHER DAY.
Because suddenly they were stood at the edge of a GAME BOARD, and Toby's eyes went all wide and sparkly because playing games in lessons was always super awesome. He listened closely to the instructions, and it was good that they were pretty simple because that meant he could easily grasp the concept. Sooooo, could they start now? Yes? YES. He headed to the start space while a couple other kids went first, and then Toby went ahead and took his go, throwing one of the ten-sided dice and seeing what number he got.
THREEEEE.
In a few quick bounds, Toby was THERE, on the number three space. Nothing for him to do now, just wait 'til his next turn. GOOD PLAN.
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OHHH, this looked awesome! Kate wasn't one to enjoy Arithmancy, but this was something she could take a liking to. Awesome. Very awesome. Smile on her face, Kate followed the others to the large game board. She studied it with her blue eyes wide with wonder. It almost looked so much fun that she wouldn't mind playing it outside of class, too! Well, that depended on those karma cards, too.
She waited in line, and when her turn came up, she rolled the dice. "Four," she said to herself, and she walked forward four spaces. Kate looked down a the fourth space and saw that it was blank. Boring. Kate had honestly hoped she would land on a karma card and draw one just to see what that was like. Oh, well.
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Adi watched the others have a go. They were all doing great though some of them rolled small numbers like he had. Anywhoooo, it was his turn again! Wheeeee! He was soooo enjoying himself. Here's to another good roll though his RPer hopes for him to have to go 19 steps back!
Shake the die!
Roll the die!
FIVE!
One step, two steps, three steps, four steps, five steps!
Whaaa! Another yellow Karma card! Adi took ten more steps forward then look around at his classmates. Who was next? He swear he wasn't cheating this game. He just happened to roll the crazy numbers.
Maggie could certainly play a board game. That didn't appear to be TOO hard.
Yes. She could totally do that. It didn't involve numbers....or well, it DID but she could just count along while walking you know. She didn't have to CALCULATE anything. Or take notes on where karma came from. Just roll the dice and do the thing.
Magdalena Natalie Traulton was READY.
Standing next to Toby at first on the start space, Maggie took the dice from the person in front of her and rolled it. Six....that wasn't so bad. Walking six spaces ahead she passed Toby and grinned at him.
Out of the corner of his eye, Toby noticed someone stepping into his range of vision and passed him, and he turned to see who it was. Ah, Maggie! He grinned right back at her as she kept going, ending up three spaces ahead. DOUBLE how farr he'd gone; SUPERB dice rolling skills!
When his own turn came again, Toby picked up one of the dice, held it in his cupped hands and SHOOK SHOOK SHOOK IT, and then roooooooooooolled.
It... rolled pretty far, and Toby wasn't entire sure what the number read, which was an issue. But no matter; he simply left his square for a moment, remembering he was on a three, and headed across to see what number he'd rolled.
AHA. SEVEN.
Because of going across to look at the dice and all, Toby was actually already right by that number. But instead of walking straight to it from where he was, the Hufflepuff scooped up the dice and went back to the three - passing the dice off to the next person who didn't have one to hand - and then walked the seven spaces so that he was standing on the number 10 space. DOUBLE DIGITS, BABY.
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Adi watched Maggie and Toby then a few other of his friends roll the die to move their paces. It seemed like everyone was having fun. He knew he certainly was. Then it was his turn again. Shake, shake, shake the die and let it rip! Woops! It seemed he tossed his a bit too hard for the die skittered quite a fair distance across the board. No worries! He would just go grab it.
The Puffer bounded over to the tiny object. Eight. Cool! He bounded back to 26 to walk eight paces forward, passing some classmates. Thirty four and no Karma card. Wheeee! No problemo.
Maggie frowned once she saw what she number she'd gotten when she'd rolled the dice next. A nine. So that meant she would end up on 15. Why 15? Why not 16? 16 had that cool yellow thing. It would've just been one more space. One more.
WAS THAT WHAT KARMA WAS????
But then again, she hadn't done anything to deserve this.
What if she moved an extra space? Would anyone notice?
Once she'd reached 15 Maggie stopped but then glanced around. But if someone noticed that it would be embarrassing. Right? Yeah.
Batterrrrrrrr UP. Except not really. It was actually Toby's turn, and he wasn't a batter or anything, mainly Beaters held bats, and he'd never played as a Beater before. But that phrase was from a muggle sport anyway, and Beaters didn't take turns, aND THE POINT WAS THAT TOBY WAS GOING TO ROLL THE DICE NOW.
Which he did, though this time the Hufflepuff was careful to flick it so that it wouldn't fly halfway across the room again, and he could actually see what he'd rolled.
A TEN. Man, that was awesome. BIG NUMBER, WOO! Toby grinned to himself and moved ten spaces forward, doubling his process in one move and stopping on the number twenty. Still no karma cards though. SUSPICIOUS. Or just coincidence.
While he waited for his next turn to come, Toby bounced on his toes in a move reminiscent of his days as a much younger student. Bouncebouncebounce.
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Arithmancy Lesson 2: Good Karma, Bad Karma 
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Rolled 8, Ends on 34 
