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Jacob smiled at Trixie one last time before class officially began. When Professor Vance greeted him by name, he felt a blush begin to creep its way up his cheeks. "Hello, Professor," he said in return. He hadn't meant to ignore her while coming in; he was just caught up in thinking, and now he felt like something of a jerk. He hoped she wouldn't take it personally Before he knew it, she was asking the class a question. Maybe he could redeem himself here. What did he know about water divination? He had just been reading about that not too long ago, hoping to improve his performance in divination as a whole... He raised his hand, remembering a fact, and answered, "Water divination can be done either indoors with a smooth bowl of water or outdoors with a natural body of water." He remembered reading that and thinking it would be hard to do it outdoors because there would be so many environmental factors causing the water to move. How would the diviner know which ones were useful and which were just a fish swimming or something? |
SPOILER!!: Vance! Whoops? It was afternoon, wasn't it? Olivia couldn't believe that it was already afternoon. The day was half over and she hadn't done much other than complete some homework! Well at least she was being productive, she grinned back at the Professor then at Ashley. But she did get 1 house point for being early which she felt rather chuffed about it. The lesson prompted shortly thereafter. Water divination? They were learning about water divination? Did this involve reading shells and rocks from the Lake? Ohh... Olivia's eyes wandered to the rocks that were neatly organized in front of her. Ahh... She thought she was catching on. Rocks and a body of water. Would they be watching the water and analyze its patterns? But where did the rocks come in. Were they going to be making their own patterns with said rocks and analyze those patterns? So they were potentially going to be dropping the rocks in the water? Once she had heard another student speak about dropping things in water, her eyes widened with a potential answer. Yes, she could say that. That seemed okay. It was a guess. She raised her hand and spoke only after she was called on. "Adding on to a previous comment about dropping things into the water, Professor... Does water divination involve reading ripples and patterns in the water whether they are caused by the flow of the river or another object?" Though what would they be looking for? Velocities? It was just water, right? There couldn't possibly be a hidden message. That seemed silly. Though at Hogwarts, Olivia was slowly learning that the impossible seemed to be more possible every day. |
"I am quite fine too, thank you," Kitty answered the Professor's return greeting cheerfully. Yes, she was feeling quite happy that morning, and being awarded two points for not touching anything just made her happier. Not that that meant she understood water divination. It probably wasn't a very obscure branch of the subject, but since Kitty had disliked the subject until last term she hadn't bothered to study very much. She would have to take an educated guess. Kitty raised her hand. "I haven't studied water Divination, but I guess it's connected to tea leaf reading, since tea consists of water. Maybe tea leaves are like the middle man and going to the water is more direct?" It wasn't a very scientific answer and she couldn't help but worry if she'd embarrassed herself. But it was worth a guess! |
We've been here the whole time. What were the stones for? That was the question Hadley was dying to know. That and she was finding it hard not to play with the stones. It was even enough to distract her from the beauty of the Great Lake, which was her favorite place. And Professor Vance wasn't telling them yet. Didn't Professor Vance know there were curious Ravenclaws in the class dying to know? She should. She's a divination professor. Water divination? Ummmm... "It involves water...presumably." Yeah, it was a lame answer, but honestly, Hads had no idea what water divination involved beyond the fact that it was called water divination. So, yeah. Don't judge her too harshly, 'kay Professor. |
Junia quite liked water. Drinking it was good for her and swimming in it was fun. She also enjoyed looking at her reflection in the water and noting how it changed when she ran a hand through it, distorting her image. When it came to this water divination, though, the third year didn't know many specifics. Hand raised and displaying her very pink nail polish to the class, she waited for her turn and then offered up the only thing she could think of on the spot. "Well, you can get messages and predictions, depending on the reading-if that's what it's called-that you do." |
Echo thought so far the class was going okay, nothing crazy happened and she didnt have to play with dirt so thumbs up from Echo. She raised her hand "water divination can mean so many different types, would tea reading be apart of that classification as well because... well you know your using water for the tea?" she was trying to think outside of the box on that one. Who knows it could be right? |
Looking at the stone before her she sighed out loud and shook her head, it wasn’t interesting her at all what they were going to do with the black stone, and… To be honest, she actually hoped to NOT find it out so that she didn’t needed to work during this lesson. And then, the question… Well… Was she really supposed to give a answer? Hmm, difficult question. Her mom had always thought her not to lie but saying something about water divination she didn’t believed and, she was sure of that, wasn’t true so, if she would say something about it, then she was lying right? Ha! For a short moment she grinned and shook her head, knowing perfectly well that she was making a excuse for herself so… She decided to act dump and to fake that she didn’t knew the answer to the question. But, of course she knew what the professor wanted to know, she wasn’t stupid but, she just… Didn’t wanted to attend or be active during this lesson so, faking could be best right now! Yes, that was it! Nodding to herself she tried to look innocent and she even frowned as if she was trying very hard to think about a good answer… But, she kept silent! |
Janelle smiled as the professor responded to her greetings. "My summer was great. It went by way too fast though." That was the truth. It seemed as if she had just left Hogwarts and here she was at the castle again.......for the last time. Shaking those thoughts from her head, Janelle listened as class began. The professor wasted no time getting to the point. They were dealing with water today, hence the location by the lake. Janelle wondered if they too would get to wade in the lake. Just then, the first question was posed. Water Divination. What did she know about that? Raising her hand, Janelle began to speak. "One type of water Divination involves reading the waves, patterns and ripples in a body of water. They have to be interpreted and it involves a great deal of concentration" That was true of most kinds of Divination and it had always been the greatest challenge for Janelle. |
Water divination? Rooney fought off the urge to roll his eyes and moved to get himself comfy, straightening out his long legs against the ground and listening to the answers provided by his peers. All potential answers which he scribbled down into his Divination notebook with the names of who had said them or...a quick sketch of their face with distinguishing features if he didn't have a name. This was the problem with the beginning of term.. Rooney hadn't had time to collect information on new students yet. He was working on it, indeed. But he had nothing to add, which was normal for him in classes nowadays and so he sat scrawling in his notebook and ensuring that he didn't get a cramp in his long legs from the sitting out here. |
There was no arguing with that logic. His cousin was right, the lake DEFINITELY beat that stuffy old classroom. Could they have more classes out here? Even if they had nothing to do with water divination? He promised he'd be more likely to pay attention this way. The Fifth Year confirmed the brilliant summer he had when asked by the Professor and would have gone on to tell her EXACTLY what made it so brilliant but the Gryffindor was easily distracted. Didn't take much for the Hufflepuff Firstie from the feast to catch his attention. Nope, kid was yelling in mermish and suffice to say, Blaise didn't wanna know. 'Sides, he was pretty stuck on the fact he'd now somehow gotten the reputation of the "Gryffindor Pizza Party Guy". "I go by Blaise too," He offered. "Works real neat." Kid had enthusiasm, he'd give him that. Speaking of enthusiasm, there was the other one he'd marked down for that. Zoryn. Blaise gave her a nod of greeting, much like the one he'd offered Derf. Firsties were alright sometimes, y'know? Blaise leaned back resting against his elbows as he listened to the answers being offered. He figured two points for not touching the rocks gave him enough of a cushion to let this one fly by him. Besides, what could he say that wasn't already said? Kid wasn't in the mood for repetition. |
Jonas couldn't think of anything as he tried to think back to his notes from last year. Oy. What would it be? Nope, nothing. |
Wow, Kane hadn't been expecting all these PEOPLE to come say hi to him and sit by him! He was getting popular, wasn't he? Hehe..that might have made his head swell JUST a bit. As each person sat down, he grinned and gave a 'what's up' head nod towards them. Oh and there was Brent! He hadn't seen him in like..two whole days. It was weird, especially since he'd seen Brent every DAY over the summer The professor already knew his name?! And she asked him about his sorting...she had a good memory, didn't she? Well, she kind of HAD to have a good memory if she was the Divination professor, right? Wasn't that like...an important part of it or something? "It was great, thanks! Weird, but fun, and I love my house," he added in response to her question. The fact that she remembered so much about him gave Professor Vance quite a few brownie points in his book. Maybe this class wouldn't be SO bad. She was so nice, after all! AND she'd just given them all 2 house points! BOOM! ON THE BOARD! Water Divination? That sounded way harder than regular Divination. Weren't they supposed to do things with tarot cards and tea leaves and stuff? He tried to think about his intro to Divination book and the different types of weird, obscure divination he'd read about before finally raising his hand. "You can read the water differently depending on what type of Divination you're doing, right? Like...you can use the ripples to interpret the future. OR you could use the reflection of things in the water...or something," he explained. Or at least he think he explained - he had no idea if that made sense or not. |
"Oh, Mermish. That's really cool," Charlie replied to Derf in a hushed tone, not really familiar with it but able to draw conclusions anyhow. In the context of the situation, seeing as they were by the lake and her friend had been talking to the professor, Mermish was likely the mermaid language. It made complete sense, actually. Unfortunately, she only spoke English, but maybe Hogwarts would be the place where she'd expand her lingual horizons. Charlie smiled back at Zoryn, and determined that she was in the presence of very spirited individuals. There was nothing bad about that, though. She just wasn't quite on the levels of her two friends. The nice lady professor started speaking to the class as a whole, and Charlie was relieved to find that she'd gotten her name right. It would have been embarrassing for otherwise to happen. She was even more relieved- quite excited, actually- to hear that she'd already earned some house points, just for not touching the stone. She was off to a pretty good start! The professor was right to assume that she and they wanted to know the why's of their setting. The straw mats made sense, because they'd need a place to sit that wasn't the bare ground. Sitting on the bare ground would likely dirty up their trousers. The stone piles, however, were a bit more of a mystery. Charlie figured they'd somehow be using them to manipulate the water to predict the future, but how exactly she couldn't conjure up. The professor's question also threw Charlie for a loop. She had little knowledge on Divination in general, much less the water variety. Well, she had to try to give a fact anyway, didn't she? Right. "Um.... With Water Divination, you use different methods to manipulate water, and you determine your readings from the patterns of the ripples, or, waves." Well... at least it sounded right. |
After telling the professor about her wonderful summer she smiled as she saw El come join her and Tim. "Who knows, these things get weirder and weirder at times." She looked at both girls before starting to laugh. Whatever it was it didn't matter they got to be outside and wear normal clothes. As the professor got started she talked about the forms of divination involved water. She tried to think of an answer, but all she could think of was the bird and water thing, but really wasn't sure if that was the correct thing or not. Her thoughts went to what that actual form was called. Though there was another form she could think of. "It's not really water, but it deals with around water. There is a form I can't remember the name of it, but you look at footprints. So you need around water where the dirt was soft and footprints would work." |
Cassie looked up from her staring at the pile of stones in front of her as Professor Vance spoke up once more to begin the lesson. Cool…2 points was 2 points. She may have been curious about the pile but she hadn’t dared touch them in case there was a set order. As for wondering why they were outside, on mats, by the lake, the Ravenclaw had also be curious, but then figured the lake might have had something to do with the type of divination they were going to learn how to work with. And alas…what do you know? Water divination. The fourth year tried to think of something to say about the subject, listening as the other students around her gave their own answers. Finally, she raised a hand to be allowed to speak. “Is it like working with a mirror, where you use a flat, reflective surface for the divination technique?” |
This was Ava's very first Divination class, and she really didn't know anything about water divination. In the books she had read before coming to Hogwarts, she didn't come across much featuring divination. She was just going to listen and see what she could learn before raising her hand. She listened to her classmates answers with fascination, some people had very interesting answers, and others seemed to know just as little as she did which was comforting. |
Skylar was beginning to feel slightly worried when no one sat near her. Surely she had made friends in her two years at Hogwarts besides those she knew before...? if she had to gesture a guess she blames the new foreign students; foreign students were always vastly more interesting. But just when she thought she might be sitting alone, Junia showed up. Smiling at her roomie, she realized all too late she probably should have waited and walked down to the lake with her but truth be told, she hadn't even had the chance to discuss what classes they were both taking. And then Professor Vance was greeting her back and complementing her shirt and Sky tried to remember if the blond had been a snake. But honestly she had no idea of where any of her professors went to school. "Thank you. No, truth be told I bought it at a muggle clothing store. Muggles apparently are obsessed with the idea of our world," Sky said quietly, shaking her head in disbelief. ... And after most of her peers had arrived, they were starting. Water divination. Thinking about it, the third year was about to offer her two knuts on the subject when Tenacius totally stole the words right out of her mouth. Not cool, Mr Salander, not cool. What else might she know about water divination besides what others had mentioned like with ripples and stuff? "Uh, you need to use a large body of water? Like just a small bowl in the classroom wouldn't get the same effect." |
Kethcup! I'm a hot dog Dora gave the Professor a LOOK. She felt like she was being chide for curiosity. She was a Gryffindor, tho. If there was something around that she didn't know... she wanted to poke it with a stick. Wasn't Professor VANCE aware of this inherited trait? HMMMM? But she kept her mouth shut and watched the little Hufflepuff touch the STONES. HEHEHEE. She liked him already. And what was that he was tugging on? Curiosity getting the best of her, she leant over and watched him grab at the worm. ... WHY WAS EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT MERMAIDS? Didn't they know that Dora was fluent in Mermish and LONGED to be amongst the creatures in the water?! A small sigh escaped the blonde as she looked longingly out across the lake. Why didn't she have gills? I mean, she had used the Gillyweed that Spike had sent her last term, but it wasn't the same. She was sure it wasn't anyway. Oh. But water Divination. Dora raised her hand and said rather boredly, "Can't you use water to scrye. And Scrying is a form of Divination." SHe thought she had that right, anyway. Also, Sam got a smile, Echo got a wink, and she just stared longingly at Casper... wishing he was closer to her. Alas. |
Isa was excited to find out just what exactly they were going to be doing. She had some ideas of what it might be, but she couldn't be sure until the professor announced what they would be doing. Yay, the lesson was starting! They all got points just for following the instructions! That was great! Oh, water divination? That explained why they were out by the lake. Isa had not tried this before, but she had read about it and had heard some things about it. "There are some forms of divination that involve looking at movement or ripples in bodies of water." Was that what they were going to be doing today? Were the stones for dropping in the lake to create ripples? This would be fun! Penny always said this sort of divination was best when done at night when there was a full moon. Isa wasn't so sure about that though. She would have to ask the professor about that. "Professor, is it true that it's better to perform hydromancy during the full moon?" Penny seemed to think so. However, Isa was unsure about the whole moon thing. Divination in practice was not usually Isa's strong suit, but she found the concepts fascinating. Isa was very curious about how the moon might affect hydromancy. Perhaps they would learn more about that particular point later on in the lesson. Isa loved being out here by the lake. She ran her fingers through the sand and took a deep breath of fresh air. This lesson was amazing! |
When the last student had offered up her guess and it seemed that nobody else wanted to speak Professor Vance deemed that it was high time to continue. "You've all offered up good guesses and most of you have even touched on the method of Divination called Hydromancy that we are going to learn about and practice with the aid of our beautiful lake for the remainder of our lesson." Here she paused to let her glance run over Timila and Isa. |
Keeping it short A good guess. Ashley smiled. Now this class might turn out to be interesting. She listened intently as the professor gave explanation for the various answers. She brought out a quill and parchment. DIVINATION. WATER DIVINING. HYDROMANCY. And she started jotting down the ones that she said were close to correct. Factors that affected? What would affect a still water? Ripples. Her hand shot up in the air. "Accuracy would be affected by disturbances during the seeing" What do you call the seeing into future part? Divining? "it could be anything.. turbulence, some sort of disturbance that keeps shifting the water" That seemed logical right? "So we can't be sure, the water keeps changing" |
Oh good, she'd been on the right track. That was always nice to hear, particularly when you didn't have much experience dealing with the subject matter. It felt like maybe she wouldn't be awful at this and that was a relief because a Botros was supposed to do well. They just were. At the mention of disturbances, Junia nodded her head. That made sense. "Creatures within the water could create those kind of disturbances, right? Like if the giant squid surfaced and caused the water to change when we were trying to get a reading, that would change how the reading came out." Possibly. |
Awww so this wasnt a class where they divine who can throw the most skips on a lake? And he was just about itching to show his moooooves..... But right, Hydromancy. The leonine lad angled his head and pondered the next question. What else could affect a water reading? He could say the container-- but then it seemed like the Professor was intending for them to use the lake. So was she aware that a lake is hardly ever still? Unless it ices up.... He raised his hand and answered this, because really he couldnt really think of anything else that could affect a water reading on a lake "If you're not really concentrating on the divining things?" You know, like him. |
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Text Cut: Nordic Witch Putting aside all the talk about fishing poles and dowsing rods, Brent turned his focus to what the lesson ended up actually being about--Hydromancy. Since he really had no idea what that was and how it was done, he listened to the professor share what she knew. It sounded pretty easy...using water to tell the future, which would explain why they were having class at the lake today. So...what could affect the readings in the water? "What about the weather?" he asked, his hand in the air. "Rain's still water, but if it's beating down in the lake, it can probably mess things up." Brent hated the rain. He'd played many Quodpot games in storms, but he really hated to. He could imagine Divination in the water would result in many of the same feelings. |
Oh there was A LOT that could interfere with one of those reasons, ranging from the more obvious ones to the less conspicuous ones--and even the ones that seemed downright way off. Like say...if someone snuck up behind you and dropped a huge rock in the water you were reading. Not only would there be disturbance but you'd also damn near have a heart attack that scares you right out of the reading mode completely. Hard to come back from that. Just think, you'd have to dunk the person in the water for ruining your reading, they'd resist, you'd soon find yourself in a wrestling match and all out water war. Of course by now you wouldn't even remember what sort of reading you were trying to do in the first place. Fancy that. "If you're a skeptic about this sort of thing, you can expect a huge block in your reading. All you'll see is water, then ripples of water and everything will seem like coincidence." Which it probably might have been in some cases but couldn't exactly say THAT now could he? Wait, why couldn't he say that exactly? It was fair comment, no? [b]" |
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