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A turtle? Ethan sat back in his chair as he tried to find the correlation between Divination and the turtle that Professor Cassie was holding. Was there something so special about turtles that they can predict the future? Does it have anything to do with moving in slow motion? Or is it...something about their shell? Its shell pattern perhaps? Hmm. It was worth a shot. Ethan raised his hand and waited for his turn. “Turtles have fancy patterns on their shells, and there are actually marking on them which indicates their growth...like, the rings you’d see on tree trunks when you cut it.” The Slytherin placed his hand down and got his parchment and quill ready. Seriously, that turtle that the professor was holding looked like it was judging the class. They are not going to dissect it into bits, right? |
Janelle smiled at Professor Cassie. "I'm doing great", she replied. It was true. She was feeling especially good today and was ready to get to work. Before she knew it, class was beginning and out came the turtle. Cool. Janelle loved animals so seeing one in Divination class was a plus. She couldn't imagine what it had to do with Divination. Surely they would be finding out very shortly. As the first question was asked, Janelle raised her hand. What did she know about turtles? "I know that turtles come in different sizes, from tiny to very large." She had seen some very big turtles at a muggle aquarium once. "I'm not quite sure how we can use them for Divination though." Janelle continued to listen to the discussion and found that her classmates had some very interesting ideas. |
There Was A TURTLE! His fear of coming to this lesson again after the Professor had made them go to a cemetery vanished instantly at the sight of the animal. He did not know how but he thought turtles were the cutest animals. But as he had wanted to buy one at the menagerie in diagon alley he was held back by his parents because it was too expensive to buy one. He had now come to Hogwarts with no pet because he WANTED A TURTLE! And nothing else… The Gryffindor raised his hand in the air although he did not knowing how much information he could give. Well, she did say everything and anything right? “Turtles are adorable just like me” he beamed brightly. “And you probably have it because turtle shells can be used as a form of divination….that I can’t remember..you know how much I have to read for my owls?!” he pointed to his divination textbook and laughed out loud. Chill Yoongi…. |
Angel was totally happy with this lesson, she could already feel that this lesson would be amazing and she hoped she could pet the turtle before the end of the lesson but for now she had to try and think of a fact about them which was going to be hard since she didn't know may turtles, there wasn't one in the Wind and the Willow right? Angel raised her hand and decided to make a guess at something. "They can live for years, they can even out live muggles right?" Angel knew that some wizards and witches had live for ages, but she had never heard of a muggle living for 600 years. She wondered how hard it must have been living through that many years seeing what they did. |
"I'm good thank you Professor Cassie, how are you?" Zhenya was excited for another Divination lesson, and was always happy to be in the classroom, learning about the subject. Zhenya snapped at all the proud moments Professor Cassie read out, and then they got down to business. Turtle business. She almost let out a laugh when Professor Cassie said no 'it's a turtle' answers, because she could have gone with that answer. She didn't know too much about turtles, but there was just one very interesting thing she knew about them, so that would be the fact she shared. She raised her hand, "Some turtles can live for 130 or so years," she said. She knew the big ones lived a long time but she wasn't sure about the small ones. |
Some people had the weirdest freaking things that they were proud of. Grayson was doing something he was very good at and silently judging some of the snaps in the snap cup. Proud of keeping on top of all the homework? That sounded like a freaking miracle right there. Jeez, the workload this year was ridiculous, man. Before he could grumble and start internally complaining about how he was too pretty for this unfair life, Professor Cassie started talking again so the seventh year turned his attention to her and.......... her turtle. Yep. The woman was holding a turtle up there. What did he know about turtles? Hardly anything else from what the others had said. So, he was gonna go ahead and guess something else. Hand raised, Grayson stared dead at the turtle for a moment or two before saying, "Alright, sooooo see the way we used cats and their behaviour to predict the future and whatnot? Are we gonna do the same with turtles and their behaviour? Or their shells, actually, since they move too slowly and we'd be here all day if we were trying to monitor their behaviour and all." What? It was a guess. |
Did she have any adventures lately? Would facing heights in class count? Because if so, Lux had more than enough to last her a lifetime. Nodding her head, she was about to elaborate when class began. Snaps were given to each proud moment. Snap. Snap. Snap. Yay everyone and their amazing accomplishments. AND THERE WAS A TURTLE. It was so cute. Could Lux pet it?? Raising her hand she said, "turtles are very slow and they can live for a very long time. Like over a hundred years." As to what they would be doing this lesson, Lux wasn't as sure. "Will we be studying the patterns on their shells?" |
See the one thing about divination that always got him, was the fact that one day they could come in and talk about gas noises, and the next they could talk about the cloud patterns or something and it'd all be the same. WHERE was the CONSISTENCY? The right answers?? They organization? It really didn't make any sense to the Gryffindor, but then again... Arithmancy only made sense occasionally and that actually had a science to it. But Zander was going to give his best attempt seeing as his OWL score proved to mean he had some potential for the inner eye, or whatever it was that Professor Morgan was always on about. The question about turtles sort of got him though. Were they going to see the future with turtles? Strange. Though they did it with cats so at this point... It wasn't even that weird. That's saying something. Man. But Zander did like creatures, so he was willing to give this a go. Only he didn't really feel like offering up facts because he was currently doodling on his parchment, but that's besides the point. Also, at least it looked like he was taking notes. HEh. |
SPOILER!!: Le Professor Cassie <3 Kace beamed at Professor Cassie's energy. She always seemed so happy and bubbly that he loved it. "I am doing well Professor." he replied back. He hoped he enjoyed this lesson as well. I mean he knew he would because Professor Cassie was awesome. Anyways back onto the lesson, he noticed the Professor brought out a turtle. He tilted his head and he wondered what turtles had to do with Divination. He literally had NO idea. What did he know about turtles in general? Hmm maybe he could put some input on that question. "Professor I know turtles can live very long. They can live longer than dogs and other animals." I mean he heard that rumor but he didn't know if that was really true. Let's see what the Professor had to say. |
Still holding Bob the box turtle, Cassie walked around the room so everyone could get a better look. She loved having him visit and was so glad her brother didn’t mind. Auntie Cassie was always good with her animal family members. She was positive he trusted her more with the animals then his child. Looking for some hands she found the first one and called on Hady. SPOILER!!: Answers Moving back up to the front of the room, Cassie turned still holding Bob. “You all had wonderful answers and deserve so many snaps. If I wasn’t holding Bob you would be getting them.” Bob had to be taken care of though so no snaps for now. As many of you said turtles come in many forms. They have different species, different sizes, and different traits. If I would be holding a snapping turtle right now I probably would have lost a finger, a painted turtle would be trying to get free and hissing more, but like I said earlier that could only mean he is pushing the air out of himself to fit into the shell. If I was with a sea turtle they would be bigger in size. So many fascinating qualities in turtles.” She turned and set Bob on the floor. “Now I said earlier that people have taken turtles and made them pets. They actually are pretty good pets. They are very low work, just making sure their heat lamp is on during the day, their water is clean, feeding them the right amount, and having a good amount of dry land for them to walk on and water to swim. What many people aren’t aware of is that you can teach a turtle to do things like come to its name and play. I’m really hoping Bob is comfortable enough to show you what I mean.” She pulled out an exercise ball and put it on the floor near him. “Now he isn’t mutant or anything, but he does love chasing his ball.” She stood and watched a moment before laughing and snapping for Bob. Just wonderful!! “Now a few of you said about looking at the shell for Divination. We are going to do that and as it was mentioned this form of Divination is one of the oldest forms recorded. It uses the turtle’s shell to read about what’s to come. Can anyone tell me what that form is called and how would we go about reading a shell.” OOC: I will post again at on or a bit after 10:30 a.m. EST tomorrow. I found another adorable turtle video if anyone would like to watch it.. Had to share! |
Zhenya just had to let out a giggle watching Bob chasing his ball. He was cute and it was funny watching something so small chasing around something so big. Zhenya hadn't really thought of how she could use the shell of the turtle to perform divination, but apparently it was a method. But she had heard something, using some bone or something or rather to read but she had no idea what specifically it read. Raising her hand she said "Professor there's something to do with Scapul... scapula-imancy or something like that. People read the bones of dead animals, but obviously a turtle can be alive with its shell and all its designs on the shell intact." Thank Merlin it was a turtle and not an innocent animal they would have to do unthinkable things to. |
Aww...no petting the turtle today but it was all good. He definitely not wanting to lose a finger in fear it would bite him if it did. Henric was content just admiring professor Cassie's turtle from afar. He listened to the professor and indeed nodded agreeably to everything that had been said about turtles. He craned his neck so he could see what Bob would do with the ball. He couldn't believe it, Bob could do tricks too?! Brilliant! Maybe he should adopt a turtle too and teach it how to play muggle football with him.How cool would that be?! They could read turtle shells to predict the future? That was a little strange but incredibly interesting to hear. Henric did not answer this one because he had no idea what form of reading this was. Turtle-shell reading? |
Kace had no idea that they could teach a turtle how to play with a ball. I mean turtles were animals too they could do whatever they wanted. He would try to get his cousins turtle to do this eventually. He chuckled at the idea and now onto the question at hand. He had NOOO idea what the form was called. I guess maybe it had the word shell in it? He shrugged and listened to the Slytherins answers. Oh right it was Zhenya, she seemed to be knowing what she was talking about. "Professor I am gonna agree with Zhenya here and go with scapulaimancy. It sounds pretty legit to me." He was just backing up the girls answer to make her feel more confident is all. |
Oh, right! Adi had really forgotten about turtles being swimmers too! He nodded happily at Professor Cassie, totally missing his snaps. But then again she was holding the turtle... which couldn't be petted or patted or snugged or anything. Maybe it was a good thing. The poor thing would probably get tired of everyone. The Hufflepuff's eyes followed Bob and his ball as he listened to Cassie. Mutant? Like the Ninja turtles? Hehe. Wouldn't it be SO darn awesome if Bob was one of those? Then it could teach the class ninja moves! HIIIIIIYA! With his eyes still fixed on Bob, Adi raised his hand. "I'm not sure of what the method is called but is it possible the correct method reading is done by the seeker asking a question then fixating on one of the designs or pattern on the turtle's shell to do a reading to get answers to his or her question?'' And could they just watch Bob and his ball for this lesson? The turtle was so fascinating and amusing! |
Eden smiled a little. "I'm good, Professor," she said simply. Heh. Today was going to be a good. This would be a good class, she just KNEW it. She had the VIBES for it....and when Professor Morgan read her snap cup entry, Eden beamed. BEAMED. THAT WAS HERS! SHE WAS ALL CAUGHT UP ON HOMEWORK. HEHEHE. It made her happy and she snapped for herself because Eden McGee deserved snaps for herself sometimes, gosh darn it! TURTLE!!!! Omg. Eden almost died right on the spot. SHE KNEW A THING OR TWO ABOUT TURTLES! REPTILES, YEAH! She was going to raise her hand and say ALL KINDS OF THINGS ABOUT TURTLES--like how turtles didn't deal with the cold well, and that Europe only had TWO kinds of turtles, really--and that-- Oh she could have gone on. She could have. She loved turtles. Snakes, more, but turtles were cool, too. But she was so focused on which facts she should say...when... They moved on. It was such a pity, Eden frowned SLIGHTLY but then....just relaxed. Because they were talking about Divination turtle things. Eden didn't think this was the answer Morgan was looking for, but she raised her hand and cleared her throat. "Well..I know some people used to use them in oracle bone readings..." |
Angel had no idea what this form of divination would be called and so she decide that she would have a guess, she raised her hand and looked at the Professor. "I'm not sure if this is right but isn't it something like Oracle bones, and you have to clean the shell of meet and other stuff so that you just have the shell, otherwise the reading might be wrong." Angel smiled as she stopped there she hoped that this was right. |
Ethan gave Bob the turtle a finger wiggle as soon as the pet and Professor Cassie passed by. Merlin, such judgemental turtle he was. Did anyone take not of its face? And speaking of face reading…he came across this kind of Divination when he was researching about Physiognomy! Professor Cassie dropped a clue, saying that the form of divination that they will be learning today was one of the oldest recorded form of divination. That being said, the Chinese were the first to practice it, same with Physiognomy! But what was it called??? Zhenya had mentioned Scapulamancy… “No…no it’s not Scapulamancy…that one uses an ox’s scapular bone…” he muttered to himself as he fished out his notes, and flipped through his research on Physiognomy. He knew he wrote it somewhere… China…Turtles…aha! Ethan raised his hand with his notes covering his face. “Uh…it’s Plastermancy…? No…not plaster. Merlin, I can’t even read my own handwriting. Er…Plas…Plastromancy. Yes. Plastromancy because…the Chinese people used a turtle’s plastron…or its underside for it?” Whoops. Nerd alert! But whoa wait. They are not going to do the reading on Bob right? Because…well…ugh. Never mind. Ethan placed his hand down, feeling his face go warm. He’s not used to giving such precise answers. Well, he can’t be blamed though. He’s on a mission to master a certain form of reading, so it was just natural to come across another form of Divination, especially if it came from the same provenance. Turtle-underside reading happens to be one of them. |
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It was...taking on the ball. Was it some sort of natural instinct or did the turtle really realize it was locked into a game. A game he could not possibly hope to win. For the ball would never tire. Nature knew what it was doing when it brought balls and turtles together for only a turtle was a match for a ball, able to age at about the same rate. Locked in a battle of time. Maybe that was just it. Turtles being a symbol for time and thus being thought of as being privy to the past as well as the present in some society somewhere when people were first recorded using the animals for divinatory purposes. Cutty put his hand up to offer an answer he knew couldn't possibly be right. "TURTURMANCY!!!" He laughed a bit at the way that sounded. Then considered naming his first born son Turturmancy if for no other reason the joy of calling him in for dinner, cause of course he'd be out in the streets running amok and learning things. "I think you'd probably read a shell by looking looking at the patterns on the bach. All the little..." his finger created many mini air circles. "Swehrls and dark bits." |
Janelle started writing as soon as the first student began to speak. She wanted to write down all the information she could about turtles. Never knew when that info might come in handy. The writing continued as Professor Cassie talked about turtles as pets. Janelle had a friend once who had a pet turtle and he was kinda fun to watch. Not as much fun as Bob the turtle though. This animal did tricks. Janelle had to hold back a laugh when Bob began to chase the ball. Now that was something you didn't see every day. Then a question. Janelle wasn't sure of the answer, but she decided to give it a shot. She raised her hand tentatively and started to speak. "I think you might read a turtle's shell by looking at the patterns in it. Maybe where the lines are means something specific." As for the particular form of Divination, Janelle had no idea. |
So they WERE going to read a turtle to tell the future. Huh. Divination just got stranger and stranger by the minute. It really was a wonder why he stayed in this class after OWL level. Merlin. But how the heck was he supposed to know what turtle reading was called? The Gryffindor listened to answers some of the others gave and furrowed his brows together in deep though because what the absolute HUH was an oracle bone? No, no those answers made absolutely no sense. For the first time in history, Cutty Mordaunt's answer made the most sense out of anyone's. Something must be going wrong with the world. After a few more seconds of thinking and doodling on his parchment, the Gryffindor slowly raised his hand. "Is it called, uh, Turtle-Shell-Oh-mancy?" It was like a rule. All the forms of divination ended with --Omancy, so really his guess was just as good as anyone else's. |
Alright so Benny was listening to Professor Cassie and his classmates around him as the next question and discussion was raised. It seemed as if most if not all he did lately was just listen and take notes. Not because he didn't know the answer, even if he didn't in this case, but because he lost his voice along with his best friend. The Gryffindor 6th year had slipped back into the shady quiet existance he had before Adi had pulled him, rather unceremoniously, out of his shell. Oh....that would be a way to use a turtle. The idea came to mind, but one or two students already appeared to have mentioned it. So he'd just wait for them to move on. The sooner things flowed...the better. |
Awww man. AJ was completely bummed out about not being able to hold Bob. She was pretty sure the turtle would love her. AJ had that way with animals. Maybe professor Morgan was a greedy turtle owner. Actually, she could understand that because she wouldn't be letting just anybody touch her unicorns... you know, when she got them. A ball!!! Was he going to keep his balance on it? She was even more intrigued than she was earlier. Zander got a snort. Yes, he did. "I agree with Zander." His made the most sense in her mind. It sounded like something Divination would use as a name. The lion prefect had her vote. "I think maybe we could do the readings based off of how soft or rigid the markings on his shell is?" Maybe as an add on to them using the markings as readings. |
Leah smiled at Jackson as he joined her at her She laughed out loud, watching Bob the box turtle chase his exercise ball. He must be the CUTEST thing that ever set foot on this Tower. Anyway, back to the discussion. There was this question again, guessing the name of the Divination form. As Leah had no idea what it was called, she listened to her friends' replies. "I think I agree with Cutty's answer," she said DEAD SERIOUSLY. Well, it made the most sense, riiight? Zander's seemed right too but Turturmancy sounded better. As for HOW to read a shell, she honestly remembered reading it in her textbook. It was just that she did not understand a word of what it was talking about. The Fifth Year opened her journal and took notes on what her classmates were contributing, except the bits that just sounded wrong. |
Toby wanted to hug the turtle. He really really did. Did they like hugs, orrrr...? They didn't seem cuddly but then even the non-cuddly things in life would probably appreciate hugs, just nobody ever wanted to provide them. That was kinda sad. But then what if they DIDN'T want hugs, and they were just non-hugging things, so that was why they LOOKED like they weren't very huggable. Huh. It was a good minute or two before Toby realised his thoughts had gone very very much off track, what with thinking about turtles and hugs and all of the things, and by the time he'd tuned back in everyone else was providing answers to the questions he'd missed. But he could sort of guess what the questions had been by the sort of responses coming from everyone else. "Turtolomancy, maybe," he provided, hand raised, because people were providing what sounded like probable titles for turtle divining. And it ALSO sounded like she'd asked about... the methods? "And I dunno how to do it. But I bet it has something to do with whatever these are." Toby lowered his hand again and used it to pokepokepoke at the vials in the middle of the desk, looking at the professor expectantly for either denial or confirmation. |
Jackson was quite distracted watching the turtle chasing the ball. Hehehe. He always found creatures were adorable. But then Professor Cassie asked another question. Using the shell of turtle as the form of divination? He'd never heard about that before, though himself came from one of the countries in East Asia but... Hey! He's from Seoul, South Korea and there are some countries there like... China! Okay, maybe it originally came from China. And he didn't have any idea about what it was called. "I dunno what it was called but I think we uh... read the pattern of the shell?" The Korean boy answered doubtfully. |
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