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Oooh. They got to go in the lake. Or at least they did in a bit! That was so cool. Hattie beamed, taking her shoes and socks off. She wanted to do that, since she figured that her hands would get dirty again. So she didn't want that to happen. She wiggled her toes a little, glad that she had at least painted her toe nails! They were a nice golden colour, to match her house. But now to get on with the task. The carefully picked up three stones, one circular, one triangular, and one square. The girl smiled, heading to the side of the lake, and she carefully washed her hands. This was so that she could be sure that the stones were clean when she looked at them. Now Hattie realized that she could make sure they were clean using the charm, but first she wanted to wash her first stone by hand. She looked carefully, making sure that there was no dirt on the circular stone, before dunking it in the lake water, and making sure it was clean. "Perfect" She murmured, with a smile, before she moved onto the other two stones, just using the scouring charm to clean them this time. |
So stepping into the water didn't sound too appealing considering the creatures that lurked in the lake and the possible spots where murkiness made it impossible to see the bottom. She really needed to find an entourage like Kitty had because once she did, she could boss them to do the washing and wading and divining for her. It'd take ages and ages and ages to put a competent group together, though. SIGH. She supposed that meant she'd need to do this herself. Starting with removal of socks and shoes and following it up by rolling of trousers and sleeves, Junia kept herself busy. Once that was handled, she eyed the rocks. One square, one triangle, and one circle. Hm. The brunette supposed the more accurate the shape was, the better, so it took her quite a few minutes to decide on three stones. Stones that felt like they should be hers, you know? Finally, though, she had her selections and took them down to the water's edge to wash them off. Her hands, too. |
Giving an example for first years on Scourgify Her hands were already clean, so there wasn't any need to wash them in water. That left the rocks, which were dirty here and there. Normally she would have preferred to clean the rocks with water. She usually preferred the Muggle way of doing things (except for healing and easy makeup) but she thought it was her obligation as a prefect to help younger students if they wanted to use Scourgify. Kitty raised her wand so that all first years nearby could see her and spoke loudly. "Okay, I'm going to use Scourgify. You just point your wand at the rocks like this." She demonstrated the correct way of holding the wand. "And then the correct incantation is 'Scourgify.' Like this. Scourgify!" The particles of dirt and mud vanished as soon as she uttered the spell. Smiling in a self-pleased way, she held up the stones for them to see. |
Well these were going, she sat on the ground and took her shoes and socks. Yep those were the first thing to go. She stood up rolled up her pants legs, and her sleeves. Her feet needed freedom! She dashed over to the lake and splashed in. Weeee. She took her wand, no she was going to do this by hand, that was much more fun. She washed her hands off in lake, There was done. Going back on lands she went to make her stone selections. Round, square and triangle shaped ones. After she had her stones picked out she went back into the lake and washed them off completely until they were squeaky clean, and so was her hands... again. Now all she had to do was get them dried off. There was a spell for that. |
Scourying charm? OH WAIT. She meant the cleaning spell...thing. He didn't realize that was the proper name for it. Thankfully, Kane was a fan of anything that made chores easier, so he'd learned it fairly early on during his first year. Smiling to himself at how AHEAD he was just from that, he walked up to the stone piles and started to examine them. HMMMM...that round one looked good. As good as any other round one...he picked it up off the pile and then muttered "Scourgify!" as he moved his wand over it. It didn't look dirty, but now it definitely WASN'T. Next, a triangular one...he was a bit more particular with this one. He decided to go with one with more rounded edges...because why not? "Scourgify!" he said confidently, waving his wand and performing the spell again. Finally, a square rock - this one was pretty easy. The one Kane picked up looked almost TOO perfect to be true! Like it was a piece of kitchen tile or something. "Scourgify!" he muttered for the final time, cleaning off his square rock and then adding them to his pile with the other two. He then bent down and rolled up his pant legs, taking off his shoes and socks as well. Thank goodness he wasn't shy about his feet! He then walked over to the lake and washed his hands off in it, even though he knew he could charm his hands clean, he just felt like they'd be CLEANER in the lake water. Which he knew made NO sense, but whatever. |
Olivia jotted down the factors that could possibly affect water divination. Clarity was one of them. She smiled and continued writing in her notebook before returning to pay attention to the lesson. Alright. Choose three different shaped rocks, wash, and dry them. Okay, she could do that enough. One square, one circular, and one triangular! Perfect. All three. She eyed her wand and debated whether or not to perform the scourgify charm for a moment. She decided to wash it the good old fashioned muggle way. Slipping out of her shoes and socks, Olivia rolled up the bottom of her trousers and sleeves. Then she headed towards the water. One toe at a time, right? Ohhh... That was cold. She felt the hairs on her legs stand up and a shiver run down her spine. Biting her lip, she continued to inch her way a little more into the water. When the water surrounded her ankles, she bent over and began washing each of the stones. Once they were scrubbed and free of dirt, she glanced down at them. Hmm... She'd have to find a way to make sure that they were bone dry. Perhaps a Hot Air Charm would work? Pulling out her wand, she performed said charm with a complicated flick. All nice and dry. Right, stones and hands were clean. What next? |
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum. Hold up. Zoryn’s answer was NOT on the blackboard. And Professor Vance said ALL THE FACTORS they brought up can affect the accuracy of water reading. Not SOME of the factors EXCEPT FOR ZORYN SPINNET’S answer. And the first year felt very left out. ”Professor, I think you forgot my answer on the board,” she raised her hand and nodded loads. ‘Cause words were a big part of reading and how were you supposed to read the water without the words so if anything her answer was the MOST important of them all. As for the rest of the stuff, Zoryn thought it all sounded pretty lame. So she unenthusiastically kicked off her shoes and peeled off her socks. The first year then picked up the three different stones (only somewhat paying attention to the shapes) held them one arm, grabbing Derf’s arm with her other free hand and tugging towards the lake. Professor said they had to wash stuff in the lake. Which meant they could probably try to find the mermaids while they did it. See, strategy. Zoryn was BRILLIANT. |
Them Hydromancy gig.... kinda complicated wasnt it? Or at least seems more complicated than the fun of skipping stones. At the Professor's prompt, the Curly Top folded up his pants and took off his shoes and socks. Man he misses his home where he could just leap onto one of the boats along the shore and just much about the lake. He then picked up the stones as instructed, a circular one-- perfect for stone skipping-- a squarish one and a triangle one. Aaaaand time to clean? Aww yea. He padded onto the lake shore to do some initial clean up of his stones there, plus this was kinda like playing in the water, which is funnnnn. When he thought its been sufficiently cleaned, he padded back to his spot and ran the stones under a wave of scourgify spells. And then the drying charm. The one good thing about being a messy Gryffindor? You'll end up mastering the cleaning spells, whether you like to or not. |
Brent hated to admit as much, but this Divination lesson was actually pretty interesting. He still didn't think it'd tell too much about his future, or at least be accurate about it. The lesson seemed pretty cool, though. He could maybe handle this. Grinning to himself he produced his wand and began to clean his hands until he was sure they were free of dirt. Inspecting them, he noted they were also dry and therefore good to go. Okay, cool. Let's get this done! He inspected the piles of stones in front of him, looking for one that seemed to just jump out at him. He finally found a circular one he liked and claimed it for himself. Pointing his wand at the stone, he gave a strong, "Scourgify!" then moved his wand in an S-like movement. The stone hadn't really seemed dirty to start with, but even if it had been before, it wasn't now. He had his stone looking good! He then went back to inspecting the piles of stone and chose a triangular-shaped one that looked equally as awesome. It, too, good a Brent-approved clean. "Scourgify!" he exclaimed, moving his wand around. Pretty soon, he also had a square stone claimed, as well. It had a bit of dirt particles on it, but he had this! "Scourgify!" he said, cleaning the last of his stones. He finished the activity by rolling up the sleeves of his trousers and taking off his shoes and socks. Duuuude. He looked like a dork. |
Zara continued to jot everything down as she heard it. Smiling and nodding as she listened. Maybe she was actually starting to pick up something and her first Divination lesson wouldn’t be a disaster as she feared. She didn’t completely think she would be good at it or understand it fully, but she was looking forward to trying at least. |
Her quietness during the discussion hadn’t been due to Elle not having answers. Granted, she’d never considered Divination one of her strong suits, but she could have answered if she’d wanted. If she’d had an answer that no one else had already said. However, in this case that wasn’t true, so instead she’d just taken notes quietly. Water divination wasn’t exactly surprising, although she still wondered what exactly the stones were for. The earlier idea that they were skipping them didn’t seem to be happening. She doubted they’d need to clean the stones if all they were doing was skipping them. They’d been given an activity though, which caused her to set her notes down, carefully weighing them down with one of her shoes since those had to come off anyhow. At least it could be used to make sure her notes didn’t blow away, if a breeze came through. She set her other shoe down next to the other before slipping her socks into her bag and rolling her jeans legs up a few inches. Once that was done, she shifted until she could look at the pile of stones nearby closer, looking until she found three that somewhat matched Professor Vance’s descriptions. One round, one square, and another vaguely triangular in shape. Setting them down near her shoes, she took her wand out and Scourgified her hands once, before picking up one rock and Scourgifying it as well before laying it on her lap so it wouldn’t get dusty again. Afterward, she repeated that twice for the other two stones, before Scourgifying her hands again just to be safe. This was going to be slightly more difficult outside, but she was determined to keep everything clean. |
Truth of the matter was, Derf was too disappointed to be paying attention to much of anything. Although, if he was being honest which he almost always was, he would have had a REALLY hard time paying attention to everything Professor Vance was saying anyway. So, really, the outcome was essentially the same. Just this way his toes ended up much more sandy as he dejectedly poked them around in the sand before him. Poke poke diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig poke poke Quote:
SHE COULD TAKE BACK HIS TWO POINTS IF IT MEANT THEY COU--- And then there was a certain Gryffindor tugging on his arm....and it really wasn't until that moment he actually came out of his mopey thoughts - sort of - and yelped pathetically with surprise like a crup. "Whaaaaaa?" he gaped, looking from her to the other students and back at the professor because HE HAD MISSED EVERYTHING apparently. Rocks? People were holding rocks...why? Three? HE NEEDED TO GRAB THOSE, RIGHT?! His eyes darted to the sand - because apparently this professor liked writing things in unconventional places - only to see that there were NO instructions there at all and only a long list of reasons on the board. UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH. But he DID see that his friend had three stones, so THAT he could handle, which was why he quickly slipped out of her grip and haphazardly took those from the pile before slipping his arm back in hers for her to keep dragging him to the lake...which he immediately made sure he stepped into when they got close enough. EEEEEEEEEEEE the water was cold! But...now what? The first year looked around with his bright blue eyes to try and figure THAT out so he did not look completely clueless in front of Zoryn. Washing...they were washing...OKAY...he got that much based on his keen sense of observation as well. Kneeling down, Derf began washing his rocks with his hands and used his thumb to scrub the spots where the dirt was being especially pesky. "Psssssssssst," he whispered to Zoryn. "Fere are some neat skipping stones in the water." He even nodded his head towards some between them that were being gently lapped by the lake's waves. Aaaaaaaaaaaaand one rock cleaned...so into his pocket it went and on to the next one. |
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As for cleaning them... well it would be way more fun to splash in the lake, so Charlotte kicked off her shoes and since she had shorts on, rather than trousers, she was ready to go. TIME TO WASH HER STONES! And her hands! And probably get her feet wet and then get distracted again lets be honest! |
Barley able to suppress a moan after hearing the task she needed to do she closed her eyes for a moment. She was going to fail for this lesson, she was sure of it! How was she supposed to do such a thing as a water reading? She was good in making things up so… Maybe she could just… use her imagination during this lesson? Hmm… Again sighing out loud she picked the tree stones she needed and placed them before her on the ground. Pulling out her wand she pointed it at the stones and muttered; “Skur-ji-fy” and quick she made a S shaped movement to complete the spell. Satisfied she saw that the spell had worked and quick she put her wand back in her pocket in a desperate attempt to NOT get the attention of a first year who wanted her help with the spell. The professor had said that the students who were able to use the spell could help those who couldn’t but… Well… She didn’t wanted to so she wasn’t going to do it! Looking even more annoyed than she had been while entering the classroom she checked if her hands were clean and when she was satisfied she started to roll up her sleeves and trousers… But, she HATED it! Can I fake sickness so that I can skip this lesson? Wondered the second year and she quick shot a look at the professor and looked thoughtful. Maybe I can do as if I’m fainting because of exhaustion she thought but then she shook her head. That would be too obvious, everyone knew that she didn’t wanted to be here… |
Well her uncle Oliver would have to at least be a little proud of her since she had managed to get a couple of questions right. Trixie managed to make a few points on her parchment before dropping her quill in search of the three stones that the Professor had instructed them to find. She went through the pile and picked out a round stone, one that looked fairly square in shape and a triangular one. Trixie grinned over at Jacob before standing and heading down to the water. She could probably do the cleaning spell if she really tried but it would probably be quicker and a lot more fun to just wash them in the water. It took her a good fifteen minutes to get all the stones scrubbed clean along with her hands now all she had to do was dry them. |
After giving her stones a good wash in the lake water (which also involved paddling around a bit), Char returned to the shore and got her wand out. This she used to dry the stones off with a hot air charm. And her hands too of course. BONE dry, the professor had said. Charlotte figured that drying it without her wand wouldn't be BONE enough. But it looked good now. All three of them looked super dry and.... and she was bored again now. ........ maaaybbe she could paddle more? Char edged closer to the water. |
Oliviaaa <3 and Slate Ashley saw the boy shift seats next to her. She gave him an encouraging smile before turning her focus to the Professor. She listened intently as she jotted down whatever the professor said, including the list on the black board. All the factors had something to contribute to spoiling the reading. And they might all happen. TOGETHER. Great.. and they were going to do this water divining soon. Hope we don't have to deal with every one of them. Did she mention water creatures? CREATURES??? Ashley shifted from her seat and leaned towards the pile of rocks, her mind totally on the said creatures. What would they be? Would they bite? She shuddered a bit. Just a teeny bit. She looked through the pile, trying to find the rocks. The circular one was easy to find. She picked one and placed it on her table. She found the triangular and square ones a a few seconds later. She watched as Olivia went to the lake. Ashley turned towards Slate. "Come let's wash them" Unless he knew that Scourgy-whatever charm the lady had mentioned. Ashley stood and walked towards the lake, turning around to see if Slate followed suit. The boy seemed a bit off-put. Wonder what's bothering him. She dipped one stone at a time into the lake and scrubbed the dirt off them carefully. Professor had said super clean. Super clean it shall be. After washing them individually, she took them collectively and gave a final dip to remove the residue dirt, if any. She brought them back to her table and placed them gingerly on the surface. Ashley watched with awe as Olivia brought out her wand and did something. What was she pulling at? And the stones looked dry. "How did you do that?" she asked. "Can you teach me?" |
Janelle continued to take notes and paid extra attention when the professor began to explain their first activity. She smiled when she realized that they would in fact, be wading into the lake. But first things first. She had work to do before the fun part could begin. Getting up slowly, Janelle walked over to the rocks and began her selection process. She would need three and they had to be the right ones. So which ones were the right ones? Janelle wasn't exactly sure, but she figured she'd know them when she saw them. After a few moments, she found a nice smooth, circular stone. Running her fingers along the surface, she knew it was the right one. Finding a triangular stone was surprisingly easy. The square one, however, was another story. This one took Janelle quite a bit longer to find. At last, she found the sort of square stone and hoped that it would be good enough for the task. With Divination you never knew. If something was off just a bit, you were doomed. Three stones gathered, Janelle took out her wand. "Scourgify", she said, cleaning the stones one by one. When she was finished, she used the drying charm to clear all traces of water from the stones. Next, Janelle took off her shoes and socks and rolled her pants up to just below the knee. Finally, she repeated the Scourgify charm and cleaned her hands. Let the wading begin. In the meantime, Janelle looked around to see if any of the younger students needed help. |
Tim did as the professor said, but not after taking down all the notes she could about hydromancy. Once she set her pen and notebook down, Tim got up and carefully grabbed three stones. A triangle-shaped, a circular one, and a square one. The blonde then carefully walked near the bank of the lake and started washing them off. Sure a charm would've been easier but what's wrong with getting your hands a little dirty? Afte the stone were all nice and clean, Tim casted a drying charm on them and placed them on top of her bag. Doing what the professor asked next, she took off her shoes and socks. But rolling her pants up would be a bit of a challenge. Tim did the best she could with rolling her pants and sat back on her spot. Though she really wouldn't mind if they got wet at all. |
Charlie was pleased to see that she was still in the ballpark with her answers and made sure to take note of the factors and all other information given. SPOILER!!: Charlie's parchment She had figured the stones of the pile would be used in the reason in some way, shape, or form, but the need for specific shapes is what perplexed her. What would a triangular stone do that a circular stone couldn't? Most stones weren't truly any specific shape, anyway. It was her nature to continue on anyhow, and she did just that- after waiting for the professor to finish talking, of course. Once Professor Vance had finished her spiel, Charlie took to removing her shoes and socks, balling up the socks and putting them into one of the shoes. She sat the shoes at the corner of her mat, then moving to roll her jeans up to mid-calf. It would be a shame for them to get dirty! She then crawled over to pick out the stones from the pile. It took her about 3 minutes to find a triangular, circular, and square-shaped stone, as lots of the stones seemed to skew towards circular. She cradled the stones in her hands and walked towards the edge of the lake, setting them there and plopping down herself. One by one, she ran the stones through the water, making sure to get all dirt and other particles off of them. She kept them in her hands so as not to get them dirty again, and she walked back to her mat. The stones were still wet, so now she had to figure out how to dry them. Charlie fortunately picked up on some of the older students explaining how to do the scouring charm, and she decided to attempt it. Setting the stones down in a group on the mat, she pulled out her wand and made her first attempt. "Scourgify!" She went, her wand pointed at the stones. Nothing happened, and she frowned, resolving to take another go at it. "Scourgify!" she repeated, a little more forceful that time around. She was excited to see three perfectly dry stones as that meant she'd actually succeeded in completing a spell! Wow. Charlie folded her hands in her lap and waited for further instructions. |
All the information about Hydromancy went in one ear and out of the other. And it wasn't until the professor instructed them with the first task thay Mason sat a bit more upright. He leaned forward to reach for the three rocks he needed and checked them. He thought they were pretty clean for a rock but he still wanted to play safe and took out his wand. Of course he already knew the spell that Kitty was demonstrating so he paid no attention to her. Instead, he focused on trying the spell nonverbally. "Scourgify" .....nothing...of course not. He tried 3 more times but failed each time "Scourgify" he muttered out loud and did the same tasks to the other stones. When he was satisfied he checked his hands and was pleased that they were clean and dry enough. Wait, they were going in to the water? Uh okay? The sixteen year old rolled up the sleeves of his uniform and then pulled off his shoes and socks. Then he stood up to roll up his pants when a tingling and kind of painful sensation went through his feet. He winced as the blood went back in to his sleepy feet and stood quite still, not daring to move for a couple of seconds until he was sure that the sensation was gone and he proceeded with rolling his pants up to his knees. |
Well this was going to be a bit interesting, wasn't it? She listened to the discussion and took down notes. Her eyes shifted around for some of the students to see their reactions about what was going on. The instructions seemed clear enough and soon Natalia was standing to get her stones. She looked around in case a first year did need any help, but it seemed that Kitty was doing a demonstration. Good less the seventh year had to do. Grabbing the three stones, one of each, she went back to her seat. With her wand out she cleaned off her stones and then her hands, because the dirt was not good for someone who played with their hair as much as Nat did. |
Hadley Denaker was a very perceptive person. She noticed a lot of things. The way the light glittered off the lake's surface. The smell of summer that still hung lazily in the air. How good Ace's hair looked today. And she totally noticed the fact the stones came in different shapes. Yep. Completely noticed that, she did. You can't prove otherwise. She scooped up a handful of stones, extracted one of each shape and put the rest back into the pile. Then she rolled up her sleeves and headed down to the water's edge. Despite being summer, the water of the lake was ice cold...either that or her month spent back in California weakened what little resistance to the cold she'd managed to develop over the years. Hads hurried to scrub the stones clean as the tips of her fingers started going numb. Was it possible to get frostbite in summer? Did the new healer know how to magically reverse frostbite? .... You know what? The stones were clean enough. Hadley carried them back to where she was sitting and pulled out her wand. A hot air charm quickly dried her stones, and conveniently thawed her fingers too. Okay, fine. The lake wasn't that cold, but it was cold. |
So all the history stuff behind hydromancy Skylar found rather boring, BUT she would try to absorb all the information because it could be on a future exam. Or she'd just cram later. Probably the latter. The Professor didn't need to tell Sky twice though when she started talking about the practical aspects of the lessons. Even if she was doubtful of divining techniques, the brunette found herself intrigued by the fact that they were going to be wading in lake water Three stones. Three different stones. She'd need to clean her hands, but she reckoned she should probably clean them before AND after the other tasks she was meant to do, because one couldn't be too careful. Casting aguamenti, she rinsed her hands off under the stream of water. She then proceeded to next pull off her shoes and socks and rolled up her trousers the rest of the way to her knees After spending a good five minutes deliberating stones and selecting ones that seemed already quite clean, she muttered "Scorgify" to clean them even more of dirt and particles. And then cast a hot-air charm to dry them. She proceeded to do the same on cleaning and drying her hands one more time. Okay, she was all cleaned up and wondering what next if they weren't going to be skipping stones as Tenacius suggested and she had previously thought similarly .... |
When Laurel deemed that the majority of the students were done with the tasking of cleaning and drying both themselves and stones up she took a moment to go around among them and inspect their hands and stones. When she was satisfied she motioned the students to form a circle around her as she conjured up some cauldrons which she placed at her feet. |
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