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As you walk through the trap door things might seem a little odd, but really when have they been normal? The smell of lavender fills the room. Long science lab looking tables sit neatly in pairs with four stools around them. At each table there are four vials of something red and four vials with something yellowish. The note of the board says not to touch until instructed. Professor Cassie is sitting in her usual seat at the front of the class sipping some tea. The table near her has tea cups for anyone who would like some. As always a little snap cup is sitting where all the students can see.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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.
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"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.
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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."
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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?"
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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.
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Sitting in her chair she sipped at her tea excited and nervous about the day. She knew the lesson was going to be a little different then some might be comfortable with for certain reasons, but she hoped they would learn something new from it. Looking around and making sure she had everything the trap door open and her first student headed into the room.
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"Good afternoon Kace, how are you?" It was very nice to of him to say kind things about her as well as the lesson. "I'm so glad you enjoyed it, I hope you enjoy this one as well." It didn't flow together like she usually liked, but there was a little trend she had this term.
Looking at her watch she decided that it was certainly time to get started. Moving out from behind her table she beamed at her class, "Good afternoon everyone. Thank you for joining me in another lesson." They saw her weekly she knew, but it was an elective so they didn't have to be here. She wanted them to know she appreciated that they were. "You are all probably wondering what we are going to do today, but hold on for a bit longer it will all be explained soon." Suspense was fun and a great way to keep interest!
Though first she had to turn to the snap cup and get the positive flowing. [b] "Remember to please snap for each and every persons proud moment, because they are all great moments that deserve noticed! "I sang a high note that I was never able to hit before. Ooooh that is just wonderful! Snaps for high notes!!" She snapped excitedly for the person. "I am proud that I made someone happy today. OHMYGOSH!!! Making someone happy is the best feeling EVER!! Snaps for making people happy." She snapped for this person as well. I am proud of the fact that I kept up with all of my homework this week. Keeping up with homework how wonderful! Snaps for keeping up." What wonderful snaps these were she was so proud of her students. As she read each and every one of their snaps and made sure they all got a good snap she came to the last one, "I'm proud to be alive and well today. Being alive and well is always a blessing! Snaps for being alive!!" She gave her final snaps before turning with a huge grin.
"I have a friend here with me today and I hoped you could tell me a bit about him." She leaned down behind her table and pulled out a friendly little turtle. "Now I know you all know what this is so please no it's a turtle answer. Tell me about turtles in general. Everything and anything you might know about them and why you might think I have him in class today."
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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.
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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.
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Hady had been running just a little later then usual today however she'd made it to class on time. With a small smile and wave to Professor Morgan as well as her fellow mates. Taking notice to the classrooms layout she raised a questioning eyebrow wondering just what it was they'd be doing.
However there was no time to think about this for the lesson began fairly shortly after she'd entered the room. Pulling out her parchment, quill and textbook she set up her area once she'd selected an empty seat to sit on. Listening silently as the professor spoke Hady eyed the turtle for a moment before raising her hand, "They have a hard shell on their backs which they can hide in." Yep. Short, sweet and simple. She'd leave the other longer things about turtles to the others in the room.
“Very good they do have hard shells and these shells are very protective. When you hear them hiss and push back in their shell it doesn’t always mean they are hissing at you. That is a way for them to get all their air out of their stomach to fit their head and legs into their shells.” Just a little known fact that many didn’t know.
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Anyway, no more time for smirks! Cassie and her snapping were starting. Hehe. There was one particular proud moment he really liked.The one with making someone happy. Adi couldn't agree with his Professor more. That was one of the best things ever. When all the snaps were over, he found himself looking at a turtle. It was so tiny! The boy raised his hand. "Turtles are super slow. We're probably going to use these liquids...''He gestured at the red and yellow things in the vials. ''... to make him a little faster so that we can predict our futures by analysing his speed.'' What the heck, Adi? Did you even think before saying that?
“That actually depends on where they are at. Some turtles are slow on land, but a painted turtle can be quicker when trying to get away. All turtles are faster swimmers though. So in water they do have a fairer advantage when it comes to speed.” She glanced at the liquids and gave him a small smile, “That’s a great guess, but we won’t be using the liquids for that.” She’d be giving snaps if she wasn’t holding a turtle in her hands.
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Okay, so... yes. THAT was a turtle. Toby didn't actually know a whole lot about turtles, as he'd never met one before, but what he DID know was that he wanted to say hello to this one. He craned his neck, trying to get a good look and resisting the urge to get up and go pet it. It took some restraint, but he about managed it. Just.
But um... uuuuuummmm... answers. Did he have an answer? Apparently, because his hand was up in the air.
"Aren't turtles the ones that can swim?" As opposed to tortoises, he meant. Aaaand as for why he was along today... "Are we... gonna, like... um... read his... shell?" Maybe? Eh, he had no idea, but it was worth a shot.
“Turtles do swim, very well too. If you have ever seen a turtle swim, they like to have their bodies under water with their head sticking up just enough to see. Some even sleep fully in the water.” They were very interesting creatures. Toby was so smart, she gave a grin, “We will be using turtle shells today for a reading very good.”
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As she listened to all of the proud moments, she beamed at whoever wrote about doing all of their homework. AJ was usually not one to turn all of her assignments in, but she had done so this week... so an extra beamy face happened. It actually felt kind of nice being on this side of life. If the fourth year was actually able to keep it up though, now that was the question.
Her eyes kept sweeping over the vials. How much longer before they would find out all of the info? AJ was not a patient person by any means. As Adi said his answer, AJ couldn't help but to snort because she was actually thinking along the same lines. Only, she thought that the yellow and red liquids represented the lion and badger house because what other houses were there? Cassie probably had another turtle somewhere and she was going to have a race between the two to further prove that Gryffindors were the best. Because they would be the winners, obviously.
"Can I hold the turtle?" Turtle kisses, please. She did have something to add though. "They have a hard shell that they use like a shield... you know in case of falling rocks and stuff." Falling rocks was legit. She had seen the road signs.
When she got to Aj and heard her questions, she first looked to Bob and then back. “Bob isn’t the most social of turtles, him letting me do this is actually very good. He only trust his owners, which is my brother and his wife. Though I’m hoping if we are quiet enough he will do a small trick for us.” She’d be showing them soon. “Their shells are used like a shield though from many forms of dangers.” Wonderful answers!
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Jackson just sat there, didn't talk much even he was sitting next to Leah. Dunno why but... he just kept silent. And speaking of, why on earth he was sitting next to her? Well.... he couldn't move to the other seat now because the class already started.
Oh look, a turtle!
Wait, it's a divination lesson right? Or somehow it turned into care of magical... but turtle is not a magical creatures. Well... they're gonna use turtle for divination? How could? The Korean boy had never heard about that before. And what did he know about turtles? Jackson then raised his hand and spoke. "I dunno why but turtle is a very slooooooooooow animal. It walks very slowly, does it because of the shell?"
Looking towards Jackson next Cassie smiled, “They can be slow creatures very good. That is a very interesting question. One that I’m not fully sure I know. Their shells would probably way them down a bit, but I don’t want to say something wrong for the full answer.” Though she could ask her brother if Jackson really wanted to know.
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"Umm professor, can I hold him next please?"he asked politely."Professor I think they are very adaptable creatures but unfortunately they are one of the many endangered species. So, we must do something to protect them from extinction,"he answered. But oh wait...why did the professor bring a turtle in this science lab? Alarmed, Henric shoot his hand up in the air,"Professor, will the turtle be safe? We're not going to do any experiments on it,right?"he asked,concerned.
Looking to Henric next she gave a small shake of her head, “Like I told Aj we won’t be holding Bob today, but maybe if I find a friendlier one sometime you can hold that.” She couldn’t risk Bob maybe biting someone. No that wouldn’t be good. “Turtles are adaptable and have been around for a very long time. They are protected in many places, people are asked to leave them in the wild if they see them, but still some take them home as pets. Bob here was found injured and taken in and cared for soon becoming part of the family.” So even though he should be in the wild her brother had his reasons. “Oh yes the turtle will be very safe, no experiments on him. My brother would not have permitted me to bring him if he thought he’d be harmed.”
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Divination class. Which hopefully wouldn't be another one on interpreting flatulence but fortunately, Professor Cassie seemed to find different things to divine each lesson. And she had a TURTLE with her today which made it just about worth it for the trek to the Divination tower. Turtles didn't do much, but they were definitely some of the more interesting creatures and no doubt something to do with with their lesson today because Professor Cassie wasn't one to bring something without reason.
It's a turtle. Well duh.
But actually there was an something about the turtle that she was pretty sure she'd read about in a history book once. "Professor?" Tia addressed after raising her hand and waiting her turn, "I once read about something East Asian culture in using the cracks on the shell of a turtle for divination purposes."
Someone got it spot on and Cassie was thrilled. Almost dropping Bob to give snaps to Tia, Very good! We will be looking into that form of Divination today! The form did originate in East Asia and is one of the oldest forms of Divination.” It was so amazing when a student got the answer when she wasn’t sure if any would.
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Norah grinned and waved at Leah as she sat beside her, opening her mouth to say hello right as Professor Cassie began to speak to the class. Alrighty then. She closed her mouth again and snapped along to the proud moments because respect, remember? Apparently it was important if you wanted to be nice, which she did. Manners was LAME.
Her hazel eyes widened as Professor Cassie revealed a TURTLE. Oh man, OH MAN. She shot her hand in the air, keeping a close eye on the turtle because look how CUTE. Could she play with it? Could she hold it? Could they be best friends? Could she name it, at least? Thomas the turtle. She liked it already. "Turtles are slow, so I think they can't actually beat hares in races like that muggle story says." Wait. Was that a turtle or a tortoise? Both were cute and super cool, she knew that. "or maybe that was a tortoise. I forget. Okay nevermind can I say another fact? The ocean kind of turtles lay a million bazillion eggs on the beach and then they all hatch and the ickle baby turtles all go to the ocean and it's super cool"As much as she'd begged, she'd never actually seen them at it but she HAD seen pictures which totally counted. She hadn't mentioned that they have to lay a million bazillion eggs because not all of them would survive and stuff, 'cause what if Thomas the Turtle HEARD her? Then he'd get sad. Turtles were much to cool for sadness.
She nodded as Norah said her answer and then changed it to another answer, the girl really knew some facts about turtles. “Very good, Sea Turtles do come up on land and lay many eggs. There are so many varieties of turtles and they are all so unique in their own ways.” Just like people!
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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?
Ethan said a very unique fact and Cassie gave a nod. “They do have growth patterns on their shells. If you’ve ever watched one peal their shell as they grow it’s very interesting. Pieces start flaking off like your skin if you are sunburn and as that happens the shell grows bigger for the turtle. It’s very fascinating.”
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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.
“They do come in many different sizes. Some so small they are the size of a sickle. Then we have some very big ones. It’s okay that you don’t, you will learn very soon what we are going to do.” She gave her a little wink and moved to the next answer.
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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….
Looking to Yoogi, she nodded to his answer. Another spot on, well done! “Very good their shells are what we will be using for Divination today. Wonderful answer!” His remark about OWLs made her laugh out loud, “Oh goodness I know, but you will get through it! You’ll do wonderfully!” She had faith in all her students.
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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.
“They can live for years, very good. This is a key reason people like to look to turtles with Divination. Their shells hold many secrets and wisdom of the world.”
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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.
“Very good Zhenya, they can live for a very long time. That length and wisdom as brought high respect for their species with many groups of people. They look to them as wisdom and see that they have adapted through the years and have survived when others have not.” Wonderful creatures turtles were.
[qyote=hermionesclone] 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."
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She listened to Grayson and nodded at his answers. “You are correct in some ways, we won’t be using their behaviors and they are a bit slow to really watch and get a good reading. Though watching them can be very fun.” She’d show them that in a moment, “We will be using their shells for readings today. Great job!”
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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?"
“Very good! They are slow and do live a long time. We will be using their shells, but not quite for the patterns that you are probably thinking about.” Nope there will be a different type of pattern.
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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.
[]b “Very good Kace, turtles can live a very long time. They out live many animals and most humans.”[/b] There was the exception with Wizards, but they got the point.
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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.”
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Look at it.
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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 lab table. He was really quiet though, which made her wonder if there was anything wrong. The lesson was beginning though, which only gave her enough time to return Norah's wave before she turned her attention to Professor Cassie.
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.
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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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