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TeafortheSoul · #1 (**permalink**) 05-05-2019, 12:50 AM

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First thing in the morning the day after the feast you find yourself visiting the Ancient Runes classroom for the very first class of the term, a seminar of sorts where students of all ages have the opportunity to learn together. Perhaps you’ve had the chance to speak with Professor Beryl already, but this is yours (and everyone’s!) first time in her classroom. What should you expect? Well, perhaps not the stool at the front of the classroom, reminiscent of the sorting hat that many encountered at the feast except with an ancient and worn-looking old cowboy boot upon its surface instead of a hat. The boot is complete with a spur. It's made from supple leather and looks like it might want to fall apart at any minute - the front of the boot is even coming up from the sole, looking oddly mouth-like, but it's clean and (despite appearances) doesn’t stink at all.

Professor Beryl stands near the blackboard and greets every student with a smile and a warm welcome. She tells you to take your turn and step up to be sorted by the boot. Sorted how? Well, simply take your own shoe off, put the boot on (it is charmed to resize itself to fit each student), hop around a few times, and it will speak out of its sole and tell you what your MBTI type is! That’s right, before class begins each and every student is expected to be sorted by their temperament.

Once you take your turn, Professor Beryl bids you to take a seat at your desk where you are expected to take out your rune sets, parchment, your rune journal, and a quill.

The blackboard behind Professor Beryl also includes instructions:

Quote:

Greetings and welcome to Ancient Runes!

Once you have taken your turn and had your MBTI type revealed to you by the temperament sorting boot, please take a seat and write your MBTI type at the top of your parchment in large font so that others can see it easily.

ooc: welcome to the first Ancient Runes lesson of the term! Please note this IS your first class with Professor Beryl and she’s looking forward to getting to know your kiddos! You have approximately one day to post arriving before the lesson will continue, however if you miss the arrival you can still include your character trying the boot and getting their results as if they were here all along.

In order to get your MBTI results, I suggest this online quiz or this one but you are welcome to use any online MBTI quiz that you prefer, or if you already know your character’s MBTI simply use that! You can RP the boot sorting your character yourself - it will tell the student their MBTI type out loud (speaking from it's broken sole ) have fun with it! Feel free to PM me with any questions you may have. edit: A/T type is optional to include

edit: the lesson is now underway, but you can still include the boot stuff in your post if you join in after this point. Check the index below for where we are at!

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MBTI List:

SPOILER!!: MBTI List

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Class Progression Index:
1) Arrival: try on the boot and get sorted by your MBTI type (this post)

Response to arrivals, informing Eleanor Smethwyck and Maxie Anderson-Belfort that they need to go get their correct shoes!

2) Mini activity: pick 3-5 keywords associated with your MBTI type, then one or two runes associated with each of those keywords

Professor Beryl walking around, helping students (if you've posted already you're definitely addressed in this post!)
Professor Beryl still helping students and discussing their choices (again, everyone who has posted at this point has been quoted!)

3) Question 1: Name some Rune Correspondence/Runic Correlations systems
4) Question 2: what benefits and what difficulties do you think there are when comparing rune meanings to the meanings found in other systems?

5) Main activity: Class working together to come up with a masterlist of rune/MBTI correlations

lazykitty · 05-05-2019, 05:27 AM

A shoe!? This development had Archer letting out one of her chuckles as she entered the Ancient Runes class and saw the boot sitting there. This had to be the weirdest way to get your temperament read. She joined the line and, once it was her turn, took her ankle boot off and slipped on the ancient-seeming cowboy boot. And actually, she had to hop around a bit to get the boot all the way on. Luckily, she didn't have to have the thing on long for it to call out "The Debater, ENTP-A!"

Sounded right. She took the boot back off and handed it off to the next unlucky soul before putting her own shoe back on and taking her seat with an "Odd choice for an activity, Professor." No offense meant.

After writing the result on her parchment, she sat back to watch everyone else.

DuckyLinJi · 05-05-2019, 07:34 AM

Dorian wasn't exactly thrilled that Ancient Runes, his second worst subject, happened to be his first class of the year caus he still felt a bit dissapointed about his O.W.L Result (A) but...what could he do about it. Actually, he supposed he should be glad that he passed the test with a positive letter at all.

He made sure that his Ravenclaw tie was properly straight and his sleeves were folded down to make sure he gave a good first impression. Dorian entered the classroom and looked for the professor first and spotted her at the blackboard. He greeted her back before he looked around for any sign on what they would be doing today. It did not take long for him to notice Calrissian trying on the boot and then he saw the sole crack open just like the sorting hat would do and it spoke. Huh...interesting.

Getting the idea of what he was about to do, the sixth year patiently waited until it was his turn and pulled off his own shoe to try the boot on when the time came. He felt a bit silly, standing there with two different kind of shoes on, not to mention that he had to hop on place which he wondered if they REALLY had to do that or if it was just for amusement but he still did it. He hopped and hopped until the sole cracked open and a voice told him..."Advocate - INFJ-T" ....alright...he was intrigued to find out what that meant. He took off the boot and put on his own shoe before finding a seat near the front of the class and placed his supplies on the desk and wrote down his result on the piece of parchment before leaning back in his seat to watch the others get sorted.

Jessiqua · 05-05-2019, 07:58 AM

Always fascinated by learning the Ancient Runes, Hanna was certainly not disappointed to head there first thing in he morning. Her brain felt sharp, her stomach was full, and her uniform, brand new, was crisp. And there was one of the many new Professors. Returning her smile, Hanna said "Good morning Professor Beryl."

And... then she saw the ancient, worn-looking cowboy boot. That they were instructed to put on. Hanna's face nearly betrayed what she was thinking. Not so much a germaphobe, Hanna didn't often put on shoes of unknown origin. Never, actually. But she also wasn't going to say no to the activity, so she removed one of her shoes and replaced it with the shoe on display. After hopping around and feeling the shoe shrink to fit her foot, the sole opened up into a mouth shape and said "Defender; ISFJ-A." Having absolutely no idea what that even meant, Hanna removed the boot, placed it back onto the stool, and headed to a free chair, offering a wave to her peers as she did so, getting her rune set, a roll of parchment, her rune journal, and quill with her new pot of black ink.

Ginevra · 05-05-2019, 08:24 AM

Daisy struggled in Ancient Runes so as she entered the classroom, she silently begged to improve during lessons. "Good morning, Professor Beryl," she greeted with a bright smile.

She read the blackboard's instructions with one of her eyebrows raised in interest. Once it was her turn, Daisy carefully took off one of her shoes and replaced it with the sorting boot. She began to hop a few times and then a voice appeared. "Defender: ISFJ-T!"

"I wonder what that means," she thought to herself as she removed the boot from her foot, placed it back on the stool and put her own shoe back on. Daisy then sat down at an empty seat near Archer and retrieved her rune journal, set of runes, quill, ink and parchment. She grabbed her parchment, quill and ink and wrote:

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Originally Posted by Ancient Runes Parchment

Defender: ISFJ-T

Samia · 05-05-2019, 09:28 AM

Missa was absolutely delighted their first class this term was Ancient Runes. Over the summer, for Spark reasons, she had gotten into a lot of reading of it - and suffice to say, she was definitely into it.

Dressed proper, and hair tied up in a pretty bow, the fourteen year old made her way into the class, greeting the professor with a wide smile, "good morning, professor. lovely day, yeah?"

Upon reading the instructions, her excitement for things only escalated, and she took no time in putting on the shoe, though for a moment she did wonder and ended up wrinkling her nose at the thought of ... all the dirty feet that had already been there.

And no sooner had she put it on, the boot announced: Protagonist - ENFJ-T.

Curious, so curious, the brunette found herself a seat - and wrote it down as instructed.

sweetpinkpixie · 05-05-2019, 09:29 AM

Not a bad way to start off the term, if the fourth year did say so himself. Ancient Runes had been a little inconsistent since he began Hogwarts, almost feeling like a cursed course considering the turnover of the position. So he was curious to see how this new professor this...Professor Beryl approached the subject. It was one of his favorites next to Potions and Transfiguration, so hopefully it would not disappoint.

And stepping into the Ancient Runes classroom greeting the professor silently with a polite nod, brought him nothing but skepticism.

A boot. To sort their MBTI type? What did that even mean? Still Eiji was perfectly capable of follow instructions when given and so he waited in line behind his peers until it was his turn to slip the boot on. Did he really have to hop though? He didn't even do that when he was testing out new shoes for purchase. ".....does it matter which foot?" he asked with a raised brow while watching those before him for any sort of hint. Though there seemed no real rhyme or reason to which, likely the dominant foot if he had to guess. But before he could receive a response, it was his turn and he decided to just not think too hard about this and slipped off his left shoe and then fitted it into the boot. No hopping here, though he did flex his foot and push up on to his tip toes and roll back on to his heel instead. It was while he had rolled back on to the heel that the boot had initially attempted to announce this type rubbish, but it was muffled and spoken into the ground and therefore came out like utter nonsense.

Likely what he was going to find this whole M...MBTI type busisness to be.

So, flattening his foot, he allowed the boot a second attempt to speak.

"ISTJ-A...SENTINEL...LOGISTICIAN!"

"....right."

He knew what sentinel meant and he could figure out what logistician meant, but so what?

Glancing over at Professor Beryl again inquisitively before sitting himself beside Missa and wrote down what the boot had said on his parchment and then.......waited. "Protagonist," he smirked at her in amusement. "Interesting." What did this have to do with the Elder Futhark, exactly?

Felixir · 05-05-2019, 10:37 AM

Okay...

A boot. Not what Kaiser had been expecting, but then again, it wasn't really wise to go into any Hogwarts classroom expecting anything. Expect the unexpected and all that.

With regards to the professor, Kaiser offered his greeting - "Morning..." Uh, again - and then listened to her instructions regarding the boot. So, like the sorting hat, but it went on the foot. Easy enough concept, even for him. When it was his turn, Kaiser stepped up, removed his shoe, and tried on the funny looking boot, leaving his foot hovering up in the air, as he'd already seen exactly what part it spoke from.

"ISFP-T... The Adventurer..."

Adventurer? Well, that... okay, that sounded about right to him. Kaiser slipped the boot back off and replaced it with his own shoe, then headed to his desk and started getting out what he needed. He had a rune set, he had a rune journal... ah... he did not have parchment, or a quill, or ink...

Problematic.

Kaiser had forgotten about that. He looked around, seeking out a friend or a least an acquaintance who might be willing to donate to his cause.

RandomRaven · 05-05-2019, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

A shoe!? This development had Archer letting out one of her chuckles as she entered the Ancient Runes class and saw the boot sitting there. This had to be the weirdest way to get your temperament read. She joined the line and, once it was her turn, took her ankle boot off and slipped on the ancient-seeming cowboy boot. And actually, she had to hop around a bit to get the boot all the way on. Luckily, she didn't have to have the thing on long for it to call out "The Debater, ENTP-A!"

Sounded right. She took the boot back off and handed it off to the next unlucky soul before putting her own shoe back on and taking her seat with an "Odd choice for an activity, Professor." No offense meant.

After writing the result on her parchment, she sat back to watch everyone else.

Aurora wasn't sure if she had to take ancient runes this term because her OWL result for this lesson was... Acceptable. Runes wasn't really her strongest subject but it was just interesting, and Aurora was eager to learn more ~~and not to mention she had a thing for a strong woman like this professor ahem.~~ so... Here she was. Her first class at Hogwarts, whew. Putting on her uniform (and this time she already had her Hufflepuff tie on so it would look less plain boring), the girl stepped in to the classroom and found the professor was there standing near the board. "Good day, Professor." Her peach-tinted lips curved into a smile as she greeted the woman.

A temperament sorting boot, huh?

The Hufflepuff looked curiously before taking of one of her flat shoe. First there was a sorting hat that was used for sorting her into the house and now... this. Interesting, the thought. She put her right foot into the boot and it didn't take a long time before it spoke. "ENTERTAINER, ESFP-T!"

..... huh.

So she's an Entertainer. Did this mean she should pursue a career in entertainment industry after Hogwarts? Let's just not thinking about that first. "You don't mind if I sit here, do you?" Aurora decided to join Archer after dealing with the sorting boot. Just like what the instruction had said, she wrote her type at the top of parchment.

aRogueOne · 05-05-2019, 10:59 AM

Walking into his first lesson of the year, Ewan couldn’t help but have a positive outlook on what the year had in store for him, despite a few uh...personal issues of the heart that were still left untouched “Good morning Professor Beryl”

With a big grin on his face as he entered, he couldn't help but notice the stool that had been placed at the front of the class with the most peculiar item astride it. An old cowboy boot. Not being able to help himself he turned to the professor “Uh Professor, please tell me you’re a secret cowboy? I mean, what happened to the other boot? Did you lose it in some type of stand-off?”. Small waves of laughter emulated from him as he waited patiently to try on the boot, excitement building as he watched some of the previous students hopping up and down in a cowboy boot, looking slightly ridiculous yet somewhat amusing.

Finally, after a few minutes, it was his turn to try on the tattered, well-worn boot. Slipping his shoe off quickly, he picked up the boot, give the spur a little spin and then carefully slid it onto his foot before finally looking down at it wide eyed with amusement. "Hey guys, watcha think? Is this a good look for me?” sticking his leg out with the boot on as it to model it. Without further ado, he hopped on the boot for a few seconds before it finally shouted out

“ISFP- Adventurer”.

“Uh...Professor, are we supposed to know what that means?” unsure exactly what ISFP exactly meant, he took the boot off and handed it to the next person. Adventurer? Well that sounded cool and all but the rest of it? That he would have to research at the library later if he didn’t find out this lesson. Taking a seat a little off to the left, he pulled out his items and made a note of exactly what the old boot had said at the top of his parchment.

siriusblackliveson · 05-05-2019, 11:19 AM

Patrick walked into the classroom noticing sooo many students in there before him. Well hopefully he wasn’t actually late. He hoped that the open door meant he wasn’t. He didn’t mind so much when he was Captain to walk in right as the door was closing but now he felt like at least on the first day he should at least try to be on time. Noticing the boot up at the front of the room he got a confused look on his face.

Why on earth would they—OHHH. It somehow told them what MBTI they were... well what ever that was. He figured the worst thing that would happen was it tried to tell him he was something he was not. That would be the icing on the cake for him.

FINALLY stepping up to the boot he placed it on his foot. Set it to the ground. No sooner had he rolled his weight to the ball of his foot did the boot holler out,
“Campaigner, ENFP-A!”

Patrick shrugged his shoulder and turned to go grab a seat. He headed back to grab a seat. When he walked by Aurora he gave her a small waive. He remembered meeting her in Diagon Alley. He ended up behind her but near Kiaser. He noticed he looked frazzled, ”You okay man?”

natekka · 05-05-2019, 11:57 AM

If Tessa had learned anything during her six years at Hogwarts, it was to go into ~~everything~~ every lesson with an open mind. It was often impossible to guess what any given lesson would involve and this lesson seemed, at first glance, to be no different. At the front of the classroom was a stool and on that stool was a tatty old boot. It made no sense at all.....until she read the instructions on the blackboard. Ah, so this boot was a weird sorting device. Was it as.....sentient as the sorting hat, though?

The blonde approached the front of the classroom. "Good morning, Professor," she greeted the new professor as she wiggled her right shoe off. "What's your" - Tessa squinted at the blackboard - "MBTI type, Professor?" Surely that was a reasonable thing to ask, considering all the students were revealing theirs. She slipped on the old boot without too much thought. Was the hopping necessary? Not that she minded doing it.....it just seemed like a strange requirement is all.

..........Hop. Hop. Hop.

After a few moment, a voice sounded from the cracked sole of the boot.

"ESFP-A.....ENTERTAINER!"

Entertainer..... Now that sounded PERFECT to her. What else could she hope to be? She had heard some other students get thing like Logistician, Protagonist, and Campaigner shouted at them. She didn't know what exactly they implied, but they sounded boring in comparison to Entertainer.

Tessa took a random seat towards the front of the classroom and, after retrieving parchment, ink, and a quill from her bag, wrote her type in LARGE writing at the top of the parchment.

oh its Erik ok · 05-05-2019, 12:05 PM

Weird Flex, but ok

Eloise was tired like she normally is on the first day of classes no matter what year. But she had enough sense to realize there was writing on the board and yeah seriously a boot. She would take the creepy hat over a boot every time.

"No offense, Professor but this is weird even to Hogwarts standards"

At least it didn't smell was her thought as she took off a shoe and well tried on the boot. Guess it was supposed to shout out what she was judging from what it was doing for everyone else.

"Entrepreneur, ESTP-A"

Eloise couldnt say that was wrong or anything since she had no idea what was even happening right now.

Entrepreneur sounded fun tho. As quick as possible she took off the boot and back into her own shoe and made her way to to a seat and wrote down what she asked. Also what did this have to do with Runes.

Sounded like more an Arithmancy thing?????

Lady of Light · 05-05-2019, 12:21 PM

A boot. Really.

Lenora frowned. Was this necessary? It was better to go with the flow and all that but.. yeah, well, she wasn’t sure if this was something she was going to like. Hm. She watched as the other students got sorted by the boot.. a rather gross looking boot, she might add.

She waited for a while, knowing that she might as well get it over with. It was just like the sorting hat, yeah? Except that it was a sorting boot. Eh. Ugh. The Gryffindor got up, put on the boot as quickly as possible but just as she set her foot on the ground ——

“Campaigner, ENFP - A!”

Like that was supposed to make sense to her. It didn’t. She put her own shoe back on and went back to her seat. The fourth year sat down, already wishing this lesson was over and she could go back to practising her violin in the music room.

Jean Granger · 05-05-2019, 12:55 PM

Jade had decided to take up Ancient Runes this term, now that she was a SECOND YEAR and a whole lot older and wiser. Her dad was really pleased with her decision, since he was a curse breaker at Gringotts and loved everything to do with runes. And so the twelve-year-old skipped into the Ancient Runes classroom for her very first lesson...

... and saw her classmates taking turns trying on an old boot. Okay.

It didn't take her long to figure out what this was about. So this shoe was charmed like the Sorting Hat? and it told you what your temperament was?? That was some amazing magic. Even though the thought of putting on a shoe that a dozen other people had already worn was disgusting, she was still willing to try it and see what her result would be. When it was her turn, she stepped up, took off her own shoe and put on the old sorting boot, which shrunk a little bit to fit her small foot. Imitating the students before her, she hopped around a few times (she was in a good mood, after all) and heard the boot say, "The Commander, ENTJ-A!"

The Commander, she liked it. "Good morning, Professor Beryl!" Jade said to the new teacher as she put on her own shoe and went to take a seat. She then took out her equipment, arranged it neatly on her desk and wrote her MBTI result on top of her parchment in large letters so that everyone in the class could see that she was a Commander.

Bazinga · 05-05-2019, 12:58 PM

Ancient Runes gave her anxiety and she didn't even know why she was going to try to it. She figured she would be rubbish at it, but if she didn't try how would she know and how could she say it was rubbish is she never set foot in it. So here she was and foot was exactly what she was staring at once she went through the door.

Watching the others and waving at a few friends, she waited her turn to put on the boot. It was snug but fit well once it formed to her small child size foot. Taking a look at everyone watching her Chloe blushed a bit, because she did want to be noticed by some of her peers more, but not like this. This was going to be something she probably tripped over her own two feet and fell in front of those peers.

Taking a leap, she tried to think of the dance experience she had being that her mom owned a studio. She could do this without falling, she could do this without falling, she could...

Nope

her next leap she tripped up and fell but caught herself. Getting back up she chuckled embarrassed but jumped again before it looked super bad. Thankful that she heard a voice "Campaigner ENFP-T".

Bending down she took the boot off and gave it to the next person waiting. "That was... interesting. Good morning professor, I'm Chloe McCarthy." It was always good to introduce herself, right?

Moving to find a seat she wrote the words big on her paper.

Campaigner
ENFP-T

Felixir · 05-05-2019, 01:08 PM

Kaiser was still trying to catch the eye of anyone who might be able to help him out, when Patrick turned up and spoke to him. He turned to face the other boy a little better, and tapped his fingers on the desk.

"I..." he began quietly, glancing at the professor-healer briefly before going on. "I do not have parchment." He paused. "Or a quill." He paused again. "Or ink." Another pause, and no explanation as to why he had nothing at the very start of the school year. "Do you have anything spare?"

*Kolyander* · 05-05-2019, 01:12 PM

Right. Way to kick-start the beginning of a new term, Hogwarts. While just a few months ago she wouldn't have been thrilled about attending a Runes lesson her very first morning back, Rylee was here in high spirits. Runes had been one of the subjects she spent a good deal of time focusing on over the summer. All she had to do was see how well that studying had done for her.

"Good morning, Professor Beryl," Rylee greeted warmly as she entered the classroom able to get to far without noticing there was a line near the front of the room. That was than she noticed the writing on the board instructing them all to put on a 'boot' to learn what their MBTI type is. Different but nothing to out of the ordinary for this place.

Waiting in line wasn't to bad. When she reached the front of it was her turn, Rylee slipped off her own shoe and picked up the very old half falling apart cowboy boot that had surely seen better days. Sliding her foot into the boot and waiting for it to magically adjust to her size only took a moment.

Hop. Hop. Hoppity-hop. Hop.

Uhhhh... how long was she supposed to hop about?

It was right as she was about to hop another time that the sad looking boot called out loudly,

"CONSUL, ESFJ-T!"

Welp, that just answered her question. Consul huh? That sounded somewhat interesting to her. Taking the boot off and putting her own shoe back on, Rylee made her way to seat. Quickly taking her quill, journal, parchment and rune set from her bag and setting them all on her desk. Her bag was than set on the floor beneath her set, ankles crossed and legs swinging gently back and forth.

siriusblackliveson · 05-05-2019, 01:48 PM

Patrick leaned closer. Kaiser often was hard to hear when he spoke but he liked the guy none the less. Rummaging in his bag he pulled out the spare items from his bag. “Here man.” he made as little of a deal about it as possible. He knew what it was like to be out on the spot for something like that. And he for sure knew that it was no fun to start the term in the negatives... fourth year flashbacks ew.

Leaning back he grabbed his own and quickly jotted down his MBTI personality in big bold letters and hoped the professor had not noticed. He didn’t need any attention drawn to him helping a housemate out.

Shanners · 05-05-2019, 03:13 PM

The best part about being back here was that Odaline was able to throw herself back into learning without worrying about what was happening in her life away from here. Or if there was a life away from here. Luckily, she knew she was able to stay for the winter holidays which gave her parents until next summer to come home. Now was not the time to think about that or anything. Now was learning time.

She clutched her satchel of the school supplies she had been given close, not wanting to think about the trouble she would get in if they were to be lost or stolen and entered the classroom. Oda looked straight at the new Professor, choosing not to say anything in greeting and fly under whatever radar she possibly could.

However, this stupid boot thing drew all the attention to her when she put it on and Odaline began to feel extremely at risk with people knowing things about her. She didn't have people. She didn't have friends. This was extremely exposing, but she took her shoe off and put on the boot herself. Quick enough for the answer and quick enough to hurry to get seated so someone else could have eyes on them. Her eyes specifically, because Oda wanted to know what made these people tick. How she could get under their skin if they annoyed her. Which they did. Always. By smelling like teenagers and acting like teenagers and not taking their education seriously.

She had wrote out at the top of her parchment, though. Whatever it meant.

'O. Buchanan
INTJ-T
Architect'

And watched.

gritandgrace · 05-05-2019, 03:57 PM

Eniola stumbles through the door of the Ancient Runes classroom, trying to keep hold of her supplies. She was excited to be back, but she was also worried about having a new professor. Putting her things down on to a desk near the front she looked at the blackboard and read. MBTI? What is that? Oh well, no harm, no foul. She shrugged her shoulders and stepped forward. Taking her shoe off she was kind of worried about putting her foot in some old boot. Who thinks of this? She though as she took her shoe off and placed the boot on.

It felt strange, as it started to fit to her foot. It was moving or vibrating as it determined what her type was.

"ENFP-T the Campaigner! Oh, how fun this class will be." Eniola wondered what that was supposed to mean as she slipped her shoe back on and made her was to her seat.

*Nordic Witch* · 05-05-2019, 04:26 PM

Ellie had to appease her stepmother’s wishes decided to take up Ancient Runes this term. It couldn’t hurt the newly transferred third year reasoned as she entered the classroom in her new and very crisp uniform and with comfy sneakers on her feet. Her long brown hair was tied back in pig tails too as Ellie didn’t want that to distract her in her very first class.

Turning her gaze to the professor Eleanor smiled kindly over at her. "Good morning, Professor Beryl!" It was then that she took note of the very ragged and worse for wear looking boot and the message nearby. They had to be sorted by a boot, resisting the acute urge to roll her eyes and curse widely Ellie just opened and closed her fists for a moment as thoughts ran around in her head. Hadn't being sorted by the sorting hat just the night before been enough? That sorting had left her in a state of shock and with many uneasy feelings and unanswered questions. What would this boot do to her?

Joining the line to get it over with Ellie didn’t have to wait long until it was her turn. Toeing off her sneaker she slipped her foot into the boot and felt how it by magic shrunk to fit perfectly with her foot. Hopping around on the spot several times, Ellie soon heard the boot say out loud "The Campaigner - ESFP-T!"

Relieved that it was over Ellie toed off the sorting boot and slipped on her own shoe again before she looked around for somewhere to sit. Choosing an empty desk Ellie sat down and wrote in big letters on a piece of parchment for her peers and professor to see. Then she finished putting up her other needed supplies on her desk.

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Originally Posted by Parchment

Eleanor Smethwyck
Gryffindor, Third year
The Campaigner
ESFP-T

Stormdancer · 05-05-2019, 04:26 PM

If she was excited for getting to start learning about creatures this year, that was nothing about the thrill she got at the idea of getting to learn about runes. Runes! How cool was that??? With a smile on her face, the Slytherin walked into the Ancient Runes classroom for the first time, all the while attempting to not look like a fascinated, excited nerd about it… but she couldn’t help it. She was excited!

Waving, she smiled. ”Good morning, Professor.” She looked curiously as she noted the line her classmates had made as they… tried on … a boot?? Blinking, she made her way to wait for her turn, all the while reading what was on the blackboard. Okay. Sure.

As she waited for her turn, she loosened the lace on one of her new shoes so that she could put on the boot when it was her turn. She eyed everyone that was before her, hoping that their feet didn’t smell. Merlin, she hoped they didn’t have anything wrong with them either.

When it was finally her turn, she slipped the boot on and did what Professor Beryl had suggested and hopped around on the spot a few times before the broken sole (did it have a soul? Was that how it could talk?) said to the classroom; ”Logistician - ISTJ-T type”.

Well, okay.

Slipping her foot from the boot, she pushed her foot into her own heeled brogue before taking the seat that the Professor pointed out for her. Once she had her runes, books and supplies on her desk she neatly wrote ‘Logistician - ISTJ - T type’ on the top of her parchment.

And then she waited.

emjay · 05-05-2019, 04:41 PM

"Good morning, Professor," Gunnar greeted the woman politely as he entered the Ancient Runes classroom. And no, he did not yet remember her name being the first class of the first day. Three different teachers for the same subject in three years made it difficult to keep track, and he half wondered if he should even commit this one to memory.

But his attention was soon drawn to the cowboy boot and the person in front of him trying it on before it shouted out a serious of letters. What was this? As he was instructed to take his turn, the fifteen year old stepped up to the stool, took off his own shoe, and stepped into the boot. Hopefully the professor knew the value of sanitation charms because he knew how sweaty his own feet could get after a good run. And, although he was freshly showered, he didn't have faith in everyone else in this room. Everyone else who had their own feet in this boot.

"ISTJ!" the boot shouted out suddenly from a mouth shaped hole in it's sole. What did that mean? It didn't spell any word that he could pronounce at least.

Gunnar removed the boot from his foot and replaced it with his own shoe once he put it back on the stool. And, even though it was new term, he took a seat at the desk where he usually last year, soon pulling out all of his runic supplies. A quick glance at the board reminded him to write out those letters on his parchment - ISTJ. Also, what did MBTI mean?

Kimothy · 05-05-2019, 05:50 PM

Drewett was actually excited that runes would be his first lesson for the term. It was his second favourite, behind Charms mostly because he loved Charms first, but he could easily say that both subjects were equal on his list now. "Good morning, professor," he greeted the woman with a small smile. Except, when his eyes fell on the old cowboy boot on the stool, he briefly stared at it in confusion. Were they...going to cast stones into the boot? That seemed unlikely, but it was new content either. It wasn't until he read the instructions on the board that he realized what he needed to do. That must explain why everyone was putting it on. Apparently, the boot was supposed to tell what their MBTI type was.

...For some reason, MBTI sounded familiar. The Ravenclaw wondered if he's read that somewhere.

However, as all Drewett Slinkhards were, the fifth year removed his shoe and put on the boot when it was his turn. It was strange at first, feeling the boot enclose around his foot to fit his size. He flexed his toes a little as he stood up and briefly walked around, before he hopped in place. This was embarrassing. Drewett didn't want to do this for too long. Maybe he'd just—"INFJ-T, the advocate!"

He knew exactly what that was now. It made sense that it was familiar. In fact, Drewett had read about personality types before, just recently during the summer on his free time. Yeah, he read almost about everything so that came to no surprise, but personalities and identities were topics that the Ravenclaw had found rather intriguing. The objectivities in the subjective were topics that interested him. "M-Myer Briggs, professor?" He asked as he removed the boot from his foot, replacing it on the stool and wearing his own shoe again. He had thought about what his MBTI type would be before, but it was nice to finally know what it was. Perhaps the sorting boot, whatever its name was, was a reliable source.

After writing down his MBTI type on the parchment as instructed, Drewett went to take a seat beside Lenora. "Hey," he said with a smile as he took out the necessary things from his bag.

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