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notice of Nat So many words…All they did was make Elle that much quieter, as she’d actually been looking out the window during much of the lecture. That didn’t stand to reason that she wasn’t paying attention, nor had she fallen asleep like some of the others. She was just quiet, hoping that her mind understood or at least retained most of what was being said. As it was, she was fairly certain she wouldn’t have been able to take notes fast enough, so when the little paper plane had landed on her lap and she’d unfolded it, she was grateful to find out it contained at least a basic outline of the lecture. But now they were being instructed to actually do some calculations. A few of which she was certain she’d done before in previous terms, but she didn’t happen to have her notes from those terms. It meant she’d have to redo them all, but at least the numbers they were calculating were the simpler ones. She’d turned her head to look at Nat first though. Something told her the other girl wasn’t actually asking to go to the loo. She wouldn’t say anything however. Instead, she merely shifted the lap desk closer to herself and got a piece of parchment ready. Time to do some calculating. SPOILER!!: calculations And none of that made sense to her. Even trying to go back and read the descriptions, it sort of seemed like it fit her but she still didn’t understand how. |
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She'd discovered from previous years, that not all professors noticed when she needed help, or even paid any attention when she outright asked for it, but she wasn't yet sure about this one so after a few minutes of flipping back and forward, Char thrust her hand up. "I'm lost, professor." She confessed. Yeah. She needed extra help with the actual calculations part before she could even begin to decipher what all the rest of that stuff meant. |
Notes, notes and more notes. Janelle tried to keep up because it seemed like all of the information was important. She was still writing when the professor started to explain what they would be doing for their activity. Trying to multitask, Janelle kept writing, while paying attention to the lecture. Fortunately the instructions were on the board, so she could always sneak a peek while she was working. The task seemed pretty straightforward. Once she caught up with her notes, she was ready to tackle the assignment. Picking up her quill, she began to write. SPOILER!!: Janelle's notes Well alrighty then. When she finally put down her quill, Janelle took a moment to look over her notes. She was going to need more time to try to figure out what all of this meant. So she went from book to notes and back again, trying to make sense of it all. |
Tailbone. Oh. The first year still failed to see how that had ANYTHING to do with smell though. Some of the other points seemed to make sense...but tailbone? Derf's attention was back on Yeti...who had abandoned him to go sit on the Ravenclaw prefect it seemed. Sigh. ...........and then there was A LOT of stuff on the board...and numbers...and information...and the first year's eyes somewhat glazed over at the overload of EVERYTHING that was coming all at once. He wasn't following...at all...but he COULD read just fine sooooooo he could kind of follow the next set of instructions. Probably. Getting his quill out and a fresh piece of parchment, Derf set to...er...trying to do this properly. So...to start he needed his name and birthday. HE KNEW THAT! Merlin he was going to be glancing back and forth between the board and his notes for this. Quote:
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It was kind of the Professor to offer her another quill- but it might have been more useful if she’d offered the handout before she started talking. Still, it was good to write down what was going on in your own words, right? “Thank you, Professor,” Sinead said with a small smile, scanning over the handout with interest. It didn’t hold her attention for long, though; not far away Natalia’s voice broke into her thoughts and she watched with slightly parted lips, amazed that anyone- let alone the Head Girl!- would talk to a teacher like that. But- she was right! This wasn’t what Sinead had expected from Arithmancy at all, and okay, the teacher was nice, and she was still trying to enjoy the subject- but Natalia’ favourite subject was Arithmancy, she’d said so, and she was the Head Girl so she must be good at it- and she thought they weren’t studying real Arithmancy. Which meant that Sinead herself was being disadvantaged by this teacher who weirdly loved yoga! Professor Grevyson’s answer kind of explained things, but not really, and even if they did have some real numbers now it still seemed pretty basic. Sinead could have done this when she was, like, five. So Natalia was clearly a bit of a hero right now, saving their class from probably all failing all their Arithmancy exams ever. But now she was leaving, just as soon as they got to the real maths? That was… weird. But oh well. Even if this was a weird assignment, she was still going to do it. With a last awe-struck glance at Natalia, Sinead bent over her page, the borrowed quill feeling odd in her hand as she carefully scratched out the numbers. Quote:
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......Her brain was starting to hurt, thanks to all this numbers talk... and the sheer amount of information. There was so much. There was actually no realistic way that she could copy all this down, even with the short breaks in speech from their Arithmancy professor, but she needn't have worried. By the end of it, everything had been compiled into a master list for them... Thank you for small miracles, considering the Gryffindor was taking this all very seriously. Or trying to, at least. Doing well gave her a sense of purpose again, much like with correct answers and their ability to provide confidence. She'd had a good run the term before. If it wasn't broke.... .... Anyway, Olivia did as was instructed, pulling the strange lap desk over. It took some maneuvering, shifting and rearranging her legs, but she eventually got comfortable, and in a position to write out calculations. Calculations. Ugh, why was she still subjecting herself to this?! Blasted numbers. They did nothing for her current temperament. Quote:
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QUESTION!!!!!!! *beams* So while Skylar was ordinarily fascinated by Arithmancy, she had to admit that the Professor was using WAY too many words and the third year was getting very confused and just gave up attempting to take notes on the subject. She set her quill down and just listened. Was she supposed to memorize all this, because she definitely was not absorbing any of the information right now... And like yea, she was pretty sure that those students who had zero interest in the subject were probably bored to tears right now, considering she had some interest and was zoning out herself. Oh FINALLY they were doing some calculations, which seemed easy enough considering they just involved her birthdate, no assigning of numbers to letters in her name just yet. And yes she may have side eyed her house prefect just a little, cause it wasn't really any of her business, as she excused herself to go to the loo. Back to her calculations though, because that was the task at hand.... SPOILER!!: notes She did notice all the sixes and eights in her chakras. But her last number, well Skylar was unsure over it because well there was the master number of 11 listed on the list of numbers and she was pretty sure 22 and 33 were also master numbers - at least for regular arithmancy... The third year raised her hand to call over to the professor for clarification. "Professor? Uh my path number, before I reduced, I had a 22, which I believe is one of the master numbers, but is that not true for Chakra Arithmancy?" |
Oooh. They got to do some calculations. Now to be honest, this was the bit that Hattie struggled with, but she was more determined than ever to get better at the subject. She didn't want to give up just because she couldn't do it, and to be honest, she couldn't really get any worse. It could only get better, and so Hattie was going to make sure she did her best, so that she would hopefully get it right. She carefully listened to the professor, making some notes. She knew making notes was good, so that she could go over it and make sure that she really understood what was going on. It was a lot of concentration, but it would be worth it if she could end up doing the calculations right. And now to do the calculation herself. She concentrated, trying to do it to the best of her ability SPOILER!!: Hattie's notes And she was done. Actually she hadn't found that too hard. Success! And now to have a little read about what that all meant. |
Carlton struggled this lesson. It was a lot to take in. He was still thinking about the musical bowls. When could they try those out?! Bounce, bounce, bounce. But he knew calculations! Muggles did this too! He knew how to add and substract numbers. Well, add at least. Which is what they were supposed to do. He hadn't understood SPOILER!!: Carlton's notes! After adding all the numbers and checking them off from the list he put down his quill. He hoped he had done the math right because he didn't understand any of the other things. No idea what it meant. Nope. None. |
Nope. Professor Greyvson had supplied them with an awful lot of notes and Daisy looked them over thoughtfully, still trying to understand what they were all talking about. Daisy could've sworn that this was the very first time she had ever wished they were dealing with numbers already. OH. Here they came! Shuffling herself closer to the laptop desk, the fifteen year old got her quill back from where it had dropped to the floor and started scribbling. See, this part was easy, she just had to follow the calculations Professor Greyvson had done. The really hard part was, of course, interpreting it all, but honestly - who had time for that? Look, even the Head Girl didn't care! Quote:
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Cassie was listening to all that the professor and her fellow students were saying, trying to make sense of it all. Chakras? Chanting? Definitely hinted to the things better associated with subjects like divination but she wasn’t going to knock it or complain. Nothing wrong with trying something new and she still liked the smells coming from the incense. Professor Grevyson then went on to talk about the subject of the day, the Ravenclaw adding it to the top of her notes before following it with what appeared on the board. Tantric Numerology. And finally the calculating that always played a part in Arithmancy lessons. Well most of the time if not all. Cass wrote down her name and birthday into her notes as she had done several times before, adding the numbers associated with them beneath. With that all done and double checked, she got to work, doing the calculations of the various numbers. She got three out of the five but wasn’t quite getting the last two. Karmic numbers? Where was gift numbers even talked about? SPOILER!!: Notes/calculations |
SPOILER!!: DOG! Mid-breath, Rooney was sat on by someone...or something... and began to groan as he tried to catch his breath and balance in one moment. Instead of being able to do any of that, he fell backwards and took the dog with him, paws pressing into his chest and all sorts. And then...the licking started and Rooney's eyes opened instantly as he started to swat the dog away. "OmgaAAAHD." Pls pls pls get off. Ugh. "PROFESSOR, YOUR DOG IS TRYING TO SNOG ME. THIS IS SO INAPPROPRIATE." Wiggling his arm, Rooney managed to grab and unwrap the sausage sandwich from his satchel and offer it to the dog in an attempt to regain his personal space. NO INDIVIDUAL SHOULD BE THIS CLOSE TO A TAKEN MAN. AND A TAKEN MAN WAS WHAT HE WAS. Oh goodness, Liv was here. She had seen the dog trying to snog him. Wait, why was everyone writing? Oh..no...what had he MISSED???? Nothing boring, he hoped? Seeing as that was why he had fallen asleep. |
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So Kane still had NO clue what the professor was talking about, but there were calculations to do now, and thankfully Kane was good at plugging numbers into equations and figuring it out. He got one of the lap desks and pulled out his parchment, scribbling down the equations and then using his birthday to calculate things out. Now THIS he could follow... SPOILER!!: Le calculations And what now? |
So Katerina was pretty much lost, after the Chakras? All the confusion was happening. All she wanted was to add up the numbers. That was all she wanted to do. She had lost focus on the lesson until she heard Nat. she was kind of wondering what the point of the bowls were, at least into connection with Arithmancy. She still didn't know where this lesson was going. But now that she seen the numbers that she could now calculate. She got her things together to do her work and started to get to work on it. SPOILER!!: Notes |
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Everyone had done wonderfully, really. Really it had gone better than she ahd excepted. Sure, she had been expecting strained and confused faces but…seeing that only a few people had fallen asleep and her little pup hadn’t pee’d on anyone that was a good start. ”Sorry about him,” Imogen called over to the boy that was being dramatically licked…clearly Yeti wasn’t snogging him. She watched as Yeti crawled off off of the poor fellow and began to devour the sandwich….of course he had had a sandwich on him that made perfect sense. ”Alright everyone, I want you to save the calculations we did today, we will be using them later as these numbers will also be useful in other forms of Arithmancy,” she gave them all smiles. Imogen smiled over to Skylar as she asked her question. ”Oh, Miss Diggory good question. With the Path Number you would calculate it down to the 4, however keep the master number as well. As you may have noticed the path number is a variation of the life-path number in Chadlean Numerology…so in the end your calculation would be 22 over 4…as there isn’t a body relating to the number 4 yours would be the neutral meditative mind…does that help?” she asked the girl and smiled over to her. Oh…someone wanted to leave? ”If you could just wait one moment Miss Franks-Mundie our class time is almost up.” Imogen gave her a kind smile and then turned to the rest of the students. ”now you guys are probably wondering what this is all about, I do have an optional assignment for all of you that goes along the line of this lesson.” She took a calming breath and looked around at all of the students. ”As you know I have the ‘relaxation’ room that I developed for students just around the corner, and I want all of you to try and use it.” Yes, she had developed a full term project for them, something simple and easy. ”I will be posting a notice on the board for a project concerning the relaxation…zen? Room? It is completely and utterly optional but please, do have fun and try and relax and get rid of some of your stress.” Imogen grinned over to the students. ”you are all dismissed!” ooc: sorry for the delay something came up in my real life that took my away from SS for the past few days. Anyhow, thank you all for coming you were wonderful! I really wanted to reply to everyone but I have been having a bit of technical difficulties lately with my net provider :( everyone feel free to finish up - i\'m leaving the class up for 12 hours and then closing it! |
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