Juni was sitting in her own little world as she sat quietly, waiting for the lesson to start. Of course she grinned as soon as she seen a certain Slytherin showed up in the courtyard classroom… for lack of a better description.

She gave him a little wave, as he made his way over next to her. ’Hey.” She whispered. She was still wondering about what they were going to do with the mirrors. Juni bust out into a giggle. She didn’t mean to laugh out that loud but she really couldn’t help it. ”I’m pretty sure that the only thing chicken wing bones could predict was that you enjoyed your meal.” She shook her head.

This boy all he could think about was food, and Juni was quite okay with that.

Since lunch had just been finished and Natalie had a full tummy, she was in a rather good mood as she made her way outside to Divination class. And she was in an even better mood because she didn't have to walk up a million stairs just to get to the divination tower! It was outside today! It was a bit chilly, but.. no stairs!

Finding Jessa and Cam, Natalie plopped down by them, scooting closer to Cam for some warmth because that Autumn breeze was rolling through. "Hi, guys," she greeted with a smile as she set her bag down. She did hear Slate's comment about reading chicken wing bones and... resisted the urge to roll her eyes.

Boys.

She was a little torn really. Bel liked lessons to be outdoors, but it was so COLD in Scotland that if you did go out for a class, you couldn't just BE, you had to wrap up in lots of layers. Or she did anyway.

Note to self to find out if there's a spell to stop wool itching.

Bundled up, Bel considered where to sit and opted for the spot that was most sheltered by people already seated. Yup. Time to hunker down.

And to think, it wasn't even winter yet.

"Hello professor." Brrrrrr. She could do with some tea herself, actually.

Divination...maybe that would predict whether she would actually find a way to talk to and meet people. But really, she didn't believe in fate, so why Night Dixon found herself in the Scotland cold again was beyond her. But whatever. Let's just get it over with. Maybe she'd actually get something out of the class.

Nathan groggily walked out to the courtyard, a little annoyed that he had to shield his eyes from the sun's glare and the cold at the same time. He pulled his robes tighter around his body. Already wishing they could have their classes inside where its warm and a desk to lay his head on. "Morning professor..."he muttered under his breath.

Divination wasn't one of Isabel's favourite lessons by any means, but it was easy enough and she DID like the teacher. That in itself was enough to make it bearable.

"Hello, Professor," she said with a smile as she walked in and took a seat. She was curious to see what they would be learning about today.

Divinations class…Melbourne grinned as she made her way outside to the courtyard for Professor Vance’s class.. The class was fun even if she didn’t always understand it. Glancing around she grinned at everyone in the room.

Oh…looooook little Emmalyn was there.

”Hey Emmalyn” she waved as she walked over to an empty table and sat down.. ”hey Isabel” she waved over to the blonde Gryffindor girl before looking over to Professor Vance.

”Hey Professor Vance – are you having a nice day?” she asked happily.

Vi was feeling a little bit better about the whole career choices search today. Perhaps she was feeling so good because she had had a big cup of coffee before coming here and had even packed a travel mug filled with tea. Hehe. Perfect. In fact, there was even almost a skip to her step as she headed towards the Courtyard. It was time to head out and enjoy the sunshine on the chilly October day. Fortunately today wasn't too chilly since the sun was out.

"Hello Professor Vance! How are you?" she asked with a grin before taking a seat near Isabelle and Mel. Merlin. Open seats near fellow Lions- how cool! She plopped her bag down on the ground and then took a seat. "What's going on?" she asked the two of them. "Ready for Halloween?"

Divination was her favorite class. She's looking forward to attend this class as soon as she back to Hogwarts. And she's very happy that Professor Vance decided to do the class outside, that mean she doesn't have to deal with a lot of stairs today. Best day ever! Yet.

The red hair made her way toward the courtyard where she saw little outdoor classroom Professor Vance set up for them. "Hello, Professor. I hope you're doing well today." She gave her a polite nod before she went to sit next to Nathan. "Hi. You don't look so good." Was it because the weather?

Divination being outside wasn’t exactly normal. Not in Stasya’s opinion, or the fact it was during the day. Although, if she really thought about it, Astronomy lessons being during the day would be weirder. Not that it really mattered, since she doubted that Professor Kennedy would have considered an afternoon Astronomy lesson. She’d shown up from the completely opposite direction of the others, anyway. Nobody had said she absolutely had to eat lunch in the Great Hall, so she’d taken her food out to the barns to eat with the creatures. That and maybe had slipped a few bits of said lunch to some of said creatures, but that had only been because they’d asked. It wasn’t like she could deny them.

The presence of the basic classroom layout out in the courtyard had surprised her, though, and she’d stopped for a moment in the outside entrance before she finally kept walking over. At least she hadn’t been the first one to arrive. “Good afternoon Professor Vance,” she greeted the professor as she tried to decide where to sit. Past terms she’d sat with Derf and Jessa and Abey and Emmeline, but she’d only given each of them, plus Bel, a grin as she made a beeline over to the table where Liv was seated. Nobody minded, did they?

No matter how much Shera liked Professor Vance, she would be lying if she even tried to claim that she like divination.

It didn't make sense to her. She didn't understand what she was meant to feel. She definitely didn't have a gift for divination. Buuuutttt... Professor Vance was lovely and she did love being able to plop down on the pillows. That in mind, she walked into the room managing to beam at the Professor as she did.

"Morning... Afternoon? Um... Hey Professor Vance," she stuttered over her introduction, but while it had subdued her for all but a moment she had perked up again immediately. "I love your teacup, what kind of tea are you drinking today?"

Because that would give her ideas on what to request from the house elves, but that was another point all together. With hellos done, she dropped cross legged to the ground on a pillow and waited for the class to begin.

Even though Divination didn't make to much sense to her right now, perhaps it would someday. The professor was always nice and the lessons were generally calming but that didn't mean she always understand all that was going on in them. Maybe it was her age or that she just wasn't as fully interested in the subject to grasp it all. Either way, Rylee attended the lessons and always did the work to the best of her abilities.

Getting to have a lesson outside in the courtyard was a nice little change of pace that the eleven year old welcomed fully. Plus it was a Friday afternoon which meant she was almost free for a weekend full of exploring! "Good afternoon, Professor!" Rylee greeted warmly waving. A quick glance around at the tables lead her to follow her feet right over to a familiar face. "Hi, Shera!" Sitting herself down on one of the comfy pillows set up on a chair. "I wonder what we'll be doing today, do you think we'll get to work together?" Working with a partner was always fun.

The autumn weather was perfect for a lesson outside and the little badger was excited. She didn't quite understand Divination... Surely some students would be more inclined to it? Or more talented. It wasn't something people talked about at home.
However, she liked Professor Vance, with her funny tea drinking habits. To Mara, she resembled a soothing presence.
"Good afternoon, Professor Vance." She greeted the teacher joyfully. She grabbed at seat alone at the front of the improvised classroom and adjusted her robes, staring at the blackboard.

Her quietness lasted only a second, and she quickly pulled her quill, along with parchment from her bag, while her wand rested carefully on the table. Afterwards, she took a quick glance around and greeted some fellow Hufflepuffs she would occasionally encounter in the Common Room.

Divination... The ability to divine or foresee happenings that have not yet come to pass.. Also... A load of Hippogriff poo, but here Miranda was, walking out into the courtyard.. Mmmm Chilly.. Casts a warming charm over herself as she greets the professor with a polite smile and and ' Hi, how are ya?'

Good afternoon, Professor.. This looks interesting.. Can't wait to "see" what you've got in store for us today..", Randa smiled with a wink on the word see.. Yup..
Ms. Blaze could be witty sometimes..

Giggling to herself she turned to find the perfect pillow to plop her already tired self onto. After doing so she pulled her book she liked to read whilst waiting for lessons to begin, from her bag and into it shoved her attention.

Kye maaay have overdone lunch, but hey story of her life, right? These Feasts would be the death of her, and that was okay. Oh the joy at not having to walk all the way up to the Divination Tower for today's lesson!

Kye made her way through to the courtyard where she found a replica of the classroom waiting for her.

"Hello, Professor Vance," Kye greeted, with a nod and smile to her Head of House.


She picked a table and took a seat, letting her food settle was a good idea.

It was a beautiful day and Jessi was happy to having class outside. She was in such a good mood, she almost skipped to Divination class. Somehow she managed to contain herself. I mean she was a first year, but she didn’t have to flaunt it.

When she arrived at the courtyard, Jessi saw that there were already plenty of students present. “Hello Professor”, she said with her usual enthusiasm. As she looked around for a seat, she also took a moment to notice which of her classmates had already arrived. Rylee and Daniel got waves. So did her prefect Vi and her Potions angel Skylar. Finally, Jessi found a seat, plopped down in it and began to organize her materials for class. She would be ready, when the professor said go.

Sometimes, the classes that happen just right after lunch time made Vivian a little bit sleepy. It felt like the prime time to be heading to bed after enjoying a nice meal at times, y'know? But at least she was awake enough to drag herself to Divination class with a sweater over her clothes. The weather was pretty great to be outside, but it was still rather chilly.

And it wasn't all the time they spent classes outside, so Vivian felt it was necessary to make the most out of it today. "Good afternoon, Professor Vance," the prefect greeted her head of house with a smile before joining the rest of the class. She settled for a seat beside Vi and gave the Gryffindor a light nudge to mark her arrival. "Hi, I hope you don't mind me taking this seat." Or, at least she hoped Tenacius wouldn't mind.

How’s this for a switch-up? A glass on the grounds instead of in one of the tall towers of the castle. Sure it wasn’t the first time but it was soemthing that didn’t occur all that often and while it was a little nippy, Cass was grateful for the more openess of the courtyard versus the classroom. She still had a coat and gloves on to keep the coolness out so she could concentrate on whatever they were to be learning about for this lesson. That and the sun that still managed to be out should be plenty good in that department.

Slipping out into the courtyard, she couldn’t help but notice that the divination classroom seemed to be transported into its new location. What with all the round tables like usual and chairs and cushions and blackboard greeting her. “Good afternoon, Professor Vance,” she greeted the woman before taking her seat at one of the tables. “Hey,” she greeted her table mates with a smile as she settled herself down and took out her supplies for notes.

Now to see what was to come.

Straightening up fully from her casual stance, Professor Vance, made her floral cup with the cold peppermint tea disappear with a flick of her wand that she had pulled out of its waist holder. Making her smile bigger she turned her gaze to assembled students. "Welcome everyone to this afternoons outdoor divination class with the courtyard and the warm sunlight as a wonderful backdrop."

Taking out her wand a second time Professor Vance tapped the blackboard lightly making an image of human fingernails appear, stripped and decently clean without any visible nail polish or decorative art.

SPOILER!!: Nail image

While the students looked at the image Professor Vance moved to stand on the other side of the blackboard. Tapping it lightly to get attention she asked "Today our focus is going to be on our fingernails. Before I tell you why can someone tell me how we can use our nails for purposes of Divination?"

OOC: Class has started! Catch up posts are allowed throughout. If you are just now joining please pretend as if your student has been there from the start or subject yourself to Prof Laurel's wrath . First question is simple just answer how your character thinks nails can be used for Divination purposes. All answers are welcome both right, wrong and funny. I'll move on in 24 hours @ approx 9am GMT+2 tomorrow. Sorry for the wait, my comp ate all my replies last night and I didn't have energy then to rewrite it all.

Daisy thought about what using fingernails for Divination could mean. She had heard something from a Muggle doctor. She raised her hand, totally unsure. "Is it to do with spots on the nails and their relation to health?"

Them caulderon with water and these scented oil bottles got Ace to toy with the idea of cobbling together a makeshift diffuser. But the class had begun and his focus shifted to.... his hands? Nails. They were gonna talk about nails.

Sometimes he wished he has his grandma on speed dial because goodness the things she knows about all these divinatory stuff. Tentatively he raised a hand "Professor, there are a lot of beliefs associated with the half-moon of fingernails, like its got to do with longevity or immunity or something." To which if he would believe in it, he better start writing out his last will and testament because he barely had any white anything on his nails.

Clear head? Were the scented oils poisonous?!

Flushing at the professor's comment, Daehyun meekly put the lid back and set the oil bottle on the table, catching sight of Jessi waving at him, to whom he waved back before the lesson started.



His eyes flew to the blackboard when a picture of nails showed up, self-consciously moving his fingers into fists under the table to hide his own, praying they wouldn't be getting manicures or anything of the sort. What did they even have to do with Divination?

... and just as that question had popped in his head, she'd voiced it aloud. He stared down at his nails, clean but torn at the ends, and some bitten short as a nervous habit. Since he'd developed a liking for creatures, and lately Herbology too, his nails were just-unfortunate victims. He supposed someone's nails told many things about that person, like his said about him that he wasn't the kind of person to care about getting his hands dirty or one to shy away from work in fear or messing them up, but he couldn't tell what their use could be in Divination. Were they going to see the future in their nails?

Daehyun decided to stay quiet, since he could think of no valid reason to use their nails. He just hoped there wouldn't be any group work.

WEeeeeeell Bel didn't know the answer in relation to divination, but you could tell plenty about people by their nails, so she decided to say something along those lines. Unable to see her own glove covered nails right then, she stuck her hand up.

"I dunno about for divination but you can tell a bunch about someone by their nails. If they keep 'em clean. If they keep 'em long or short. And old people nails look different to young people nails. All that stuff. So maybe actually nails can't be used for divination, only for applying your intuition when you see someone's, ya know, professor?" Oh wait. Bel covered her mouth. Whoops. "Wait, was that rude to say? I didn't mean to offend you or anything." Because, you know, she was a divination professor and everything.

Oh. They were looking at nails? That kind of confused Hattie to why they were outside then. They could see their nails perfectly fine in the classroom. Unless there was something else they were going to do. She supposed that they would find out soon. The outside was a little distracting though, which was okay now, since she could take a little time to think about her answer. She hoped that she wouldn't get too distracted from the class though. That would not be good. She'd not learn anything if she was distracted by the pretty views. That was the only downside of outside lessons. She really did enjoy looking at the views, but she had to try hard to make sure that she wasn't going to get distracted. She eventually tore her gaze from the pretty grounds, to look at the picture of the blackboard again. Hmm. she could probably answer now.

So the blonde smiled, and put her hand up in the air. "I believe you can interpret a person's personality from looking at their nails" Though she honestly didn't really get it. She hadn't really paid attention to many finger nails, but they mostly all looked the same. So she didn't get how they could all mean different things. Maybe she'd find out in the lesson today!

"I'm great, thanks Professor." Although she could use some warm tea if the Professor still has some. Alyce took out her notebook and quill as the Professor started the lesson. Fingernails? They're doing fingernails divination today? Hmm...Interesting.

How can they use fingernails for divination? She heard about this kind of Divination before but she's not really sure. What's the name again? Onysomething. The Slytherin raised her hand up in the air "From the markings on someone fingernails? It said that the marking could foretell events of the future." But she didn't really know how to do that though.