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It was booooring..Very boring. The professor was talking about runes? Or asking about them. Though it was better than last year as Cassia was able to understand the words. But still it was too early and the Snake could barely get herself to think and even if she did she wouldn't have been able to gather her strength and raise her hand and speak out the answer. And considering she was sitting at the back she needed to fully raise her arm. How much effort would that require, tons!

And the students were answering..so many of them but their voices were like a soothing rhythm for the third year's ears. She was being lolled to sleep. Why couldn't they speak loudly so that she would wake up .And what made it worse was the Professor's old look. He reminded Cassia of her grandmother and naturally that made her sleepy. Of course he was a man but still.

So with all that, the thirteen years old felt her eyelids automatically close. She tried willing them to stay open but they felt very heavy that she failed at that. With her eyes closed and her hand supporting her head the snake sat listening to students murmuring answers.

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Oh yeah, the last professor was... eaten... That was really sad... Sophie sat quietly as the class took a moment of silence and raised her eyebrows when Oakey's stomach made it clear that he, unlike the... plant, hadn't eaten anything.

Biting her lip to suppress a chuckle - how rude of her, that's true, but she couldn't help it, that sound couldn't have come in a more inappropriate moment and that was so Oakey. In a cute way, obviously. That was good, because moments of silence seemed to last longer than they were supposed to, most of times.

Aand there they went. Ancient Runes... '...mostly a theoretical one...' Uhh... Sophie's shoulders lowered at the sound of that. boring class was going to be boring. And she already had no idea what professor Botros was talking about.

Though Odin was a fun name!

Since she had absolutely no idea how to respond to his question, the Hufflepuff remained quiet as she looked around, listening to her classmates answers.

Ugh, that sounded so duullllll. She placed her elbows on the desk in front of her and rested her chin on her hands. Sigh.

Okay. Some were not so interested in answering his question or opening their books to find something to say. Botros waited for a moment in case either one of the silent ones had a eureka moment before moving on...

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Originally Posted by ortalismusicoh

Runes of Odin? Who in the colour of purple name of Merlin was Odin?

Old guy, wasn't going to ask that was he? Because if he was then all Nessie would do is stare. She had never had much knowledge when it came to this subject at all and she tended to struggle a lot.

Thank goodness Old Guy's question was a little more simple.

For once she could answer in this class. The red head raised her hand and waited her turn."A rune is basically and alphabetic letter, right. Professor?" That's what she remembered it to be.

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Professor Betros is his name. Belle made a mental note. Then once he greeted her and he said he was doing fine, Belle relaxed. The professor seemed so nice. She might have fun in this class. Then the professor gave a moment of silence for all the other teachers in this class. Belle bowed her head in respect. Once the moment of silence was over, he asked a question.

Now he wanted to know what Runes were. Belle only had a faint idea of what they were. She never really studied this subject so much before. Belle raised her hand, "Professor Runes are roman symbols of the roman alphabet." That is all she knew so far. She wanted to learn more about them.

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

Scribble... scribble... scribble...



Oh, Runes man was speaking! Alec took one swift glance over the parchment before looking up at the Runes Man. ... Botros. Okay. Easy name to remember. The fourth year placed his elbow on the table and his chin on the palm of his hand, his grey-blue eyes stuck on the Runes Man who...

BLINK.

Well... that was awesome! A bit... unexpected but awesome. Good on you, Botros. ... BLINK AGAIN. What in the name of Superman's super senses were Odin Runes? They weren't... something they had to now already, right? Because Alec knew as much about those as he did about dancing. ... Which... was next to nothing.

So... the question. What were Runes? Alec furrowed his eyebrows in concentration, his eyes wandering towards a pile near someone else's desk. Runes... runes... runes... OH. "Professor?" he asked, raising his hand tentatively, "Erm... well... when someone says 'runes', to me that means that... erm... well, they're a set of symbols that represent an old language? Like a sort of ancient alphabet?"

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It's a pleasure to be here again?

The new Ancient Runes Professor is a Hogwarts alumni? He didn't know this. Wonder which house he's in when he's still a student, maybe he should visit and ask him after class. As Messer walked toward his seat, he could feel like he's being watched by the Professor. Or probably its just his feeling so he just shrugged it off.

Runes? What are runes?

The fourth year raised his hand before he speak "Runes are alphabets which were used by people before we have Latin alphabet." Basically its an ancient alphabets. Insert imaginary nod here.

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Christmas raised her hand and said "Runes are a study of the alphabet from back in Roman times"

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Well, that much she could remember. Rowan shyly raised her hand. "Professor, rune means mystery or secret and is a sort of alphabet." She seemed to recall something about the Norse but wasn't sure so she decided to leave off that part.

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Alyssa thought for a moment. Professor Theoros has asked them that same question a couple of years back. She sniffed. She would miss him.

But in his honor, she would continue to attend his classes. So she raised her hand and replied. "Professor, Runes are a form of ancient alphabet which was commonly used to pass on secret messages, or for divination and magic. "

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Just a mere hair of reaching the cover, he was caught in the act. Looking back at the Professor with his hand still outreached he saw the words printed in a larger size than ever on the board behind him. Point well taken then, as Wade instead let his hand brush his hair back. "Yes, sir." Leaning back in his chair slightly in a more comfortable position.



Professor Botros. Wade let that name sink it to memory... Wait, one of the late professors taught this class?! Well then.. Wade sat up straighter to give his respects in silence... Before the lesson continued.

Runes, runes, runes.. they sound like lovely gems to Wade. Given the different names of runes, and well.. the Professor said they were going to learn how to understand them.. that kind of thinking led Wade to raise his hand, "Sounds like runes are some sort of code.. like a language."

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Originally Posted by Steelsheen

As if she wasnt rattled enough that morning, there she goes being an embarrassment in front of her Professor. She clutched her parchment and things as she watched her things levitate towards a chair next to the loud Gryffindor (Alexa) "Thank you" she mumbled in a small voice as she hurriedly tried to get her things in order and totally failed

But at least she managed to scribble out her name on the parchment



Yeah adding that house in because she was so thrilled to actually be sorted in the house where she made her first friends purely on accident (or foresight who knows...)






She angled her head inquisitively before bowing it in their moment of silence. This much she understood, the solemnity of respecting those who passed away. What she didnt understand was that there seemed to have been a Professor that died prior to this one.

O_____O

What like a heart attack? Disease? Or like....*gulp* killed?


....When the discussion started Aquila started to twirl one of her curls at the end of her index finger. Runes... she knew only the very basic of this, and that was only because the Priestesses insisted that their ancient text be learned just as they are. She raised her hand as she replied "Uhm... Runes are really really old alphabets from.... the North." Well she's from Wales, everything else about this is just North to her.

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.... okay, so far the naughty boy did not cause a riot of any kind. That was good. "Good mor--" He paused, looking at the apple the girl just left on his desk. His smile was back instantly, it was for him, right? He loved this kid. Not only did she bring food this early in the morning (which meant she was one of those who had breakfast) but she brought a healthy kind of food. Could he go and pat her head? He didn't, seeing as the girl already was seated. "Thank you for the apple." And he took a bite off it to make her happy. It was polite, too.



"Good morning everyone and welcome to your first Ancient Runes class this term." Botros started, giving looks to those not paying attention to him. The piles were obviously too intriguing for young people. "I'm Abraham Botros, your new Runes professor. Before we start I'd like us all to take a moment of silence in honor of the unfortunate professor before me." He bowed his head and clutched the cane with both his hands.

....

One moment was done. He raised his head slowly and continued, "This subject, as you all will see, is mostly a theoretical one which tends to give the wrong impression on most scholars" Tsk tsk tsk, shame. "Together we'll try to take small gradual steps in order to understand the sacred runes of Odin - Runic magic, in particular." They were wizards and witches afterall. So no, they were not about to learn how to write in runes. That was too boring.

He moved to the side and waved his wand at the blackboard, removing the earlier instruction. "Runes of Odin, runic magic, runic inscriptions. I keep repeating the word rune. Who knows what are runes? Or what does the word rune mean literally?" Positioning himself on the middle of his desk, he leaned on it and waited. "Raise your hand first, please."

Was it too late for her to run out of the classroom before she was sentenced to detention? Natalie was worried that the odds of her pleasing the Ancient Runes professor with that apple were not in her favour. Maybe she should have taken Arithmancy instead. All of her worries went away when the old man thanked her for the apple, though. She excitedly sprung upright in her seat when he took a bite. Aww! What a sweet man he was! Rather than loudly reply from her seat, Natalie simply gave him one of her signature smiles. Gold star for you, Professor Botros!

And then class began after a moment of silence. Natalie couldn’t help but glance around the classroom after the professor mentioned the person whom he had replaced. What happened to the former professor? Making note to look into that later, this girl’s mind went right to work when the class was asked what runes were. She had read a bit about runes before, so she was confident in raising her hand. “Professor, the word rune means ‘secret’ or ‘mystery.’ They are symbols that were used by Germans a very long time ago.”

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Originally Posted by ForeverYours

Runes. Ancient Runes. This class...didn't make any sense to her. At all. All the symbols floated around in front of her eye and didn't mean anything. Even after two years of studying it. She was SO glad she didn't NEED it in life. No being a code breaker or what-not for her. Nu-huh. She'd just stick with singing or caring for animals. NODNOD. This year though, she'd try extra hard to understand, though she didn't expect brilliant result. Maybe this new Professor would be amazing and she'd finally understand.

Hopefully..

Listen carefully then, Bliss, she thought to herself and brought her attention back to the Professor. She needed to buckle down if she was going to have any chance of understanding this at all. What were runes? Seemed like...simple enough a question. Good for a simple answer. Even if it was wrong. Bliss raised her hand and waited..."Runes are essentially an ancient alphabet," she said semi-confidently. Right? She was right, right? MELLOW.

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Originally Posted by DecemberMoon

The twelve year old listened carefully as the new professor introduced himself. Professor Botros, okay. ...But wait. What? The LATE professor? Did Professor Christensen DIE?! She glanced around the room quizzically. How did I not know that? He was...he was nice enough. What on earth could have happened? She tried to pull her focus back and decided she would have to talk to Ethan after class. Maybe he knows what happened.

She raised her hand like others had already, and though she did not have a new answer, she wanted this new professor to see that she was trying. "Professor Botros, runes are symbols that make up an ancient alphabet and was and can be used for magical purposes." She hoped that was a good enough answer.

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Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife

Botros. Yep, gotta remember that name. Hopefully.

So now that the class started, Kat gave her full attention to the professor. He asked about Runes... Which is obviously the question every Rune professor has asked since forever during their first class. To answer his question... "They are the letters in the runic alphabet," she said. Cos that is, like, the definition of Runes since forever.

Good enough, I guess. Oh well.

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He was talking slow.

Lex nodded slowly, mimicking the speed of his speech with her head motions. Maybe he was trying to make a point...? If he was she wasn't getting it but she'd smile and pretend she did.

Her mouth fell open at his correction. "It is too a word, honest!" It had to be. She'd been using it for too long for it to not exist! What proof did he have?




JAKE!

"Hai!" She whispered excitedly when her Runes Buddy finally arrived. Now she'd be all set if things started giving her a headache or something! Yay!

And she could start writing up her parchment in peace.



Because the house was obviously important.

Sigh.

It had already started. He was talking about complicated things that she didn't know. Well, at least he wasn't doing it with some accent that she couldn't understand. That would have been simply tragic. She sat back in her seat and listened as he went on about runes; what else would they talk about in this class? Oh? And now he was asking what they were. Ahem. She knew this answer. Her hand flew up and she waved it around to grab his attention so he wouldn't be able to say he didn't see her raise it first. "Those are the squibbly stuff that ancient people used to make messages because they didn't know about the alphabet as yet. I think we took it over and started using it for other stuff but I don't know that other stuff..." Just thought she'd put that out there while she was at it.

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Minerva went into a deep frown when he brought up the late professor. She was trying to avoid thinking about that, especially in this class. The classroom they all last saw him. Thankfully she had left quickly at the end of that class and did not see him taken by that horrid plant. She put her head down for a moment in honoring him. He deserved that much, he was a good professor, and always so mysterious with the owls and leaving at different times.

Now time for class to start, listening she was at least glad she could understand this professor and he did seem nice. Placing her hand up Minerva tried to answer the question at the best of her ability. "Professor, runes is an alphabet that was used before the Latin alphabet was created. It had symbols for each letter." Putting her hand down, Minerva got ready to take any notes she felt needed to be taken.

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Originally Posted by MagicGlitter

McCall stifled a yawn as the class began. She very much disliked Ancient Runes. No, 'dislike' was not strong enough. She hated Ancient Runes. Her father would always try to teach her the basics of it back at home, but she was always bored out of her mind when he would talk about it. She supposed she could attempt to give it a fair shot this term. After all, she probably shouldn't be judging a class that she's never been to before.

What are runes? Sort of an easy question. She had heard enough from her father about it to know the basic definition. After raising her hand, she began to say her answer. "Basically, runes are just symbols. They are symbols that represent the different sounds of the Runic alphabet." She could go on about the Elder Futhark, but no, she didn't want to bore herself or her classmates too much on the first day of class.

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Jory raised a hand after listening to some responses. "A rune is a letter of a German alphabet but is related to the Latin alphabet,'' he said.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Runes. Runes. Runes. Ella scribbled on her parchment and mentally went over everything she knew about the subject which...well it wasn't that much, actually. She really did think the subject was interesting but last term had been a bit...well scary and things didn't exactly work out in favor of the Runes Professor...Sad story, really. Anywhooo...hopefully Professor Botros could catch them up and manage not to get eaten or anything, that would be really nice.

What was a rune? Ella scrunched up her face and thought and tried to remember what she knew on the subject from previous terms. Well...runes were symbols, yeah? And they were used in a kind of alphabet? ...Seemed legit. Raising her hand, the blonde badger waited for her turn to speak.

"Professor, runes are letters used in an alphabet. And they...well they have meaning associated with them erm...well like sowilo and the sun."

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Scratch. Scratch. Scratch.





Alice LIKED the old man Professor. Botros reminded her of her own Gramps, and he was polite, too, giving the old teacher a moment of silence and honor and all. But she did not like the subject he taught, nope, runes were too confusing. What in the name of Merlin were Odin runes? Her specialty was Quidditch, that this mumbo jumbo that the man was talking about. Despite her total lack of knowledge, she decided to raise her hand anyway, for participation and whatnot. "Professor, aren't runes those squiggly things that are involved in some kind of alphabet? Some kind of German thing that's related to Latin and Roman and are magical symbols. Or something." She thought for another minute, and then added, "They look kind of like noodles to me."

THERE. That was a complete Alice answer. She was pleased.

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Originally Posted by MagicalWorld

Dylan smiled and nodded as the professor said that he was fine, not that he was interested in how the oldie was but its cool that he wanted to offer up how he was. "Thats cool professor" he said to the professor.

Just then the professor made him jump as he yelled out at Dylan across the classroom, he looked at the professor a little scared with his heart going boom boom in his chest. He looked at those eyes just looking at him *gulp* He just looked at the professor and kept his hands to himself, phew! well at least he didnt lose any points for wanting to touching that pile.

He listened as their professor went onto talk about some magic runes or something, he wasnt really listening.. since his ears were still ringing from being yelled at not moments ago. He then composed himself and he wasnt going to take that no way! He was going to show the professor that he wasnt going to take being yelled at like that!

He exhaled and calmed himself down and he heard the professor asking them what runes were. "A bunch of old letters or something" he said a little more bluntly than he had planned to since he was not pleased at being yelled at. His parents could yell at him like that but he was not too pleased about his professors yelling that loud at him, he was on his list to be pranked on. He just had to choose a good one for this professor.

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Taylor raised her hand, "Professors, runes are symbols and the word rune means letter... I think..." She blushed and sighed. Tay felt so stupid right now that it wasnt funny.

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Nigel was beginning to like this new Ancient Rune Professor. Nigel was reminded of a certain butler for his favorite super hero. But he would lay off judgement since it was only the first class. Nigel did wondered if he would ever fall asleep in the middle of class. Like he had narcolepsy or something. Now that would be funny.

Now what was the exact definition of a rune? Nigel had no idea. But he did know what a rune was and he could start there.

"Professor, Runes are letters in an alphabet and were used in Germanic Languages."

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Anya busied herself with her name card thing. In fact, she barely noticed a question being asked. What were runes...? ... that was the question, right?



She propped up her name and then raised her hand. "They're the..." What was the word? "Old symbols. And there were the alphabet at the time. But, the runes also have magical meaning, and not just... erm... a... language meaning." That made sense, right? They were letters in an alphabet and they also held magical significance.

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Okay, right. Runes, what were they? "They're symbols used to apply a spell or some sort of protection to something," Sky replied, mentally patting herself on the back both for remembering that and summing it up that well in one sentence. Good practice for History of Magic, anyway. But maybe this professor would want them to elaborate? In which case, she was out of ideas. Oops?

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Originally Posted by Jessiqua

Zhenya smiled at the Professor. He was very kind. She was sure Runes might turn out being a good lesson, after all.

Now - What are Runes? Well, she studies a new type of lettering, and all runes meant something. She raised her hand and said "Professor, Runes are an alphabet, like a language." She wasn't sure if that was tooooo basic, or if he needed more of an answer but that was just about all she knew. That, and the other type of runic alphabet they used.

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Originally Posted by xXxPandora

Hmmm. Yeah. Professor Abraham Botros. The Headmistress had already introduced him back at the Start of Term Feast. As more of her peers came in, the brunette silently observed the new teacher, wondering how he was going to bring a new outlook of this subject that not many enjoyed. Also, she briefly wondered how old he was.

When they were all in, or so it seems.....she poured all her attention to the Professor as he spoke. Beezus grimaced slightly when he mentioned the former Ancient Runes Professor. Darn. She was going to miss Professor Christiansen. She'd been rather fond of him even though she couldn't understand a word of what he was saying. May he rest in peace.

...So, what were runes?

Literally.

Raising her hand, the Prefect answered, "Runes are letters in a certain set of ancient alphabet used to write various Germanic languages before the Latin alphabet was adopted."

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Rawdon flipped open the cover of his yellow and black (thanks a lot, mum) notebook and wrote down the title of the notes:Runes of Odin - Runic Magic.

Wait. Were runes those funky scratches on the little bits of wood that mum keeps in that old mustard colored velvet bag? She yelled at me when I wanted to trick the gnomes into thinking they were food! Mum said that they were, um, ancient, some, er, letter-type things that made up, uh, an, um, alphabet thingie. Blah, blah, blah.

He slowly raised his hand. "Professor, runes are, um, characters or letters that form an alphabet . . . a runic alphabet," Rawdon answered.

When he finished giving his short answer, he noticed that the Dent Head girl was in the class. I wonder what magical potion she's taking to hide the dents created by that stupid real Bludger she just had to have....

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Originally Posted by WeasleyGirl

The old man was...cute. I mean just look at him it was like having her grandpa here. Nina was surprised to know the former Ancient Runes professor passed away, so sad. After the moment of silence, the professor...Bottom? Boto? Umm well something like that, asked the first question which was an easy one.

What are runes? The girl raised her hand "They are letters that have different meanings and compose the runic alphabet " said Nina "And I think it means whisper" fingers crossed.

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Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight

Runes...Runes...The Ravenclaw hoped she would actually pay attention this term then the last couple terms...She was a stickler for not paying attention. Nerida raised her hand and said the most basic answer she knew, "Runes are characters or letters that compose the runic alphabet." Yeah she wasn't going to add anything onto that....

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Originally Posted by mellamaet

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James Silsbury
Fifth Year

After scribbling his name down, James leaned back against his seat and listened as Professor Botros as he discussed what they were going to be learning in the next few months. Which apparently was the sacred runes of Odin. Fascinating.

When he asked the classes what Runes were, the 5th year's eyebrows knotted in concentration as he tried to recall lessons with his grandfather before raising his hand - and hoping that he recalled the right definition. "Professor, Runes are letters which makes up the runic alphabet and were used by Germanic tribes before they adopted the Latin alphabet." Merlin knows why - runes were so simple looking compared to Latin.[/QUOTE]

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SPOILER!!: Peyton's Parchment

Peyton Baltazar
Third Year

Peyton finished writing down her name on the parchment and placed it at the front of the desk so the man-who-looks-like-her-grandfather could see. She stared at him for a while before shifting her gaze down when he asked for a moment of silence.

It was creepy. Like, the professors dying and stuff. Her dad had told her that in any case of an emergency she was to run like the wind without a backward glance. Then her mother suggested she could use a Hufflepuff as a shield. She wasn't planning on disobeying either one, heh.

After the moment of silence, Peyton attempted to focus on Professor Botros...but she was far too curious about the pile that was covered up. Touch it or not touch it? Meh, she'd wait until someone else did and if they still had their fingers intact then she might poke it. Yep, that was the plan.

With that decided, Peyton turned her full attention on Professor B. Ugh. Runes. Her family looooved them, but she...well, she didn't like school related stuff besides Quidditch. And Runes wasn't an easy subject for her as was Divination and a few other subjects. But, she didn't want to just sit there like a loser.

Peyton raised her hand slowly, looking a bit shy. "They are magical figurines...that work in different ways..?" There. Totally not a bad answer.

Mellow.

Maybe she should have sat down next to a Ravenclaw or that smart kid that spoke for ages.

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Originally Posted by hjhm

After the whole greeting with each student that came by to attend the subject, class finally started. Good, because the faster they start, the earlier they finish. Juliet is quite excited to have an early lunch. She's been having dreams of steak last night. Will they have them today? Oh, she'll be crossing her fingers for that.

Runes... What are runes? What does the word literally mean?

Juliet faced and focus on the professor. Juliet is bad at Ancient Runes and she happily accepts such facts but she loved answering word origins. At least she can answer this. Her hand shot up "Professor, the word rune means secret, mystery, dark mysterious statement" according to the book that she have read. Technically, it was more of skimming through but it's an answer that she remembered. "It's a bunch of old letters that is known as the Runic Alphabet. " like really REALLY old.

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Originally Posted by EW_FAN

Harvey listened as he said to observe a moment of silence for their previous professor which he did, she had been kind of a cool professor even if she did have a thing for old people.. maybe she and this professor would have gotten along quite well.. not that he was implying anything of course. Oo they were going to do something different this term? well it sure did soun like it. Runic magic? they had done something like that before.. no? he could be mistaken though. What are runes? mmm "Runes are letters that were used before the latin alphabet as we know it came to be used.. right?" he asked to confirm he was right cause he was not sure himself but it was something along those lines he was sure

A bunch, more than half of the class really, knew it was sort of an alphabet. Some went ahead and gave more details, which only made them make more mistakes, but he appreciated the effort and nodded smiling at each and every one of them. "Runes are an alphabetic script, yes. That is correct." However, it's an incomplete answer...

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Originally Posted by JustAlice

Botros, right. Professor Botros. Aurora committed this name to memory and chewed the end of her quill absentmindedly but... oh of course. She bowed her head and looked at the table for a moment, it was WEIRD to think of professors dying and stuff. They were supposed to be invincible and whatnot. Anyway...

What are runes? O___O They were those little squiggles right..? Aurora raised her hand, "They're symbols that have magical properties when used in a certain way." she said. Well, that was her understanding anyway... she struggled a lot with runes, so she poised her quill ready to take notes.

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Originally Posted by DJ ExpelliarMOOSE

Oakey sighed and smiled as Sophie took a seat beside him. He adjusted himself up in his chair and bowed his head just as Professor Botros did for the late Professor Christiansen. he held his stomach as it growled quietly during the moment of silence. He peered around and at the Professor to make sure no one one caught how disrespecful his organ was being.

When the moment of silence was finished he lifted his head and continued to listen to the New Old Professor speak about Runes.
"Runes are letters from ancient germanic alphabets, which hold magical properties to them when used on items or people." Oakey spoke as he shot his hand in the air.
That was an ACCEPTABLE answer was it not?

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Originally Posted by Syd

Resting his elbows on the desk, Jake leaned back in his seat and waited for the lesson to start. He tuned out all the greetings, only returning his attention to the professor once he started the welcome. Professor Botros.

Yawning again, Jake rubbed his face with his hand and sat up straight. He should have chose a better seat for sleeping. But since he was in the front, he might as well pay attention. He thought about the question asked for a second, then raised his hand. "Runes are an ancient alphabet. They're believed to have magical properties... even the word rune comes from the English word meaning secret or mystery."

...Yeah. Jake had had a lot of free time over the summer, and only textbooks to fill that time.

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

Uggh, basic review. Alex figured he should probably be grateful for this, what with NEWTs coming up and all that and he really needed to go over that basic stuff. He cleared his throat and then raised his hands.

"Runes are an ancient form of alphabet that existed before the current alphabet we use. They not only were used to spell out words but are also used to enhance spells," he explained.

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Zarifa raised her hand "Erm, Professor.... I think it means mostly theoretical subject that studies the ancient runic scripts of magic." she said quietly while taking down her hand,

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Originally Posted by Rosa Chispa Princessa

Eh, runes, what are they? Stupid, annoying, rediculous, not saying those things out loud. Might as well answer the question properly and make the best of this class. Oichi raised her hand, "Runes are codes that represent something, sometimes something magical.".

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Okay, well...this was it. Sierra's seventh and final year of Ancient Runes. Right after the class took a moment of silence for the dearly departed, Sierra took her own moment of silence to acknowledge the fact that she'd already survived six years of this dreadful subject. Blast the day her mother decided the Minister's daughter should be well-rounded and take every class out there.

She raised her hand at the sound of the first questions. "Runes are an alphabet that we can use for things like communication through writing, divination, and of course magic," she said. "There's certain symbols we use for each part of the alphabet, and we call the symbols runes, too."

...and this guy was pretty old, wasn't he? He wasn't going to drop dead on them or anything, was he? ...because that had happened before. Twice.

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Good morning... Captain

Dylan smirked at the older Professor. So far, they were getting off to a good start...because he loved being called Captain. So, for that...the Slytherin was going to be especially cooperative in this lesson.

BEAM.

So, the most basic question was being asked first...What are runes? Hmph. It seemed everyone was eager to answer and had...So, what could he offer? He hadn't really heard what answers had been provided....So many people were speaking at once. Merlin...

Raising, his hand as was instructed, the Slytherin grinned. "It's a mark of mysterious or magic significance..."

... now those gave more related answer. "Mentioning their magical properties is important since it's one of the significant reasons Ancient Runes is taught to young witches and wizards." Still, some answers were partially incorrect. He would correct them in a bit.

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Runes. Ohhhhh, runes. Theo always got Ancient Runes and Arithmancy mixed up, so he was kind of glad that he wasn't needing to stretch his number and letter brain this morning. What IS a rune? Probably the most simple of questions...

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"A funny alphabet."

His hand dropped slowly back to the table. Yup... that was two years worth of Ancient Runes RIGHT THERE.

Botros gave the boy a steady look. "I'm not sure what you mean by 'funny', but I don't see any of your classmates laughing their heads off yet." Because runes were not funny. They were pretty serious business. The boy would see in a minute. Still, he'd get points for having the guts to make fun of them.

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Braison always TOLD Elodie about Runes when they were talking about school. And she was pretty certain she was going to be good at this subject, and piped up her answer, along with her hand in the air.

"Well, sir, my older brother told me that Runes are the German alphabet. That one day, a super long time ago - a really wise, important Wizard asked a group of children to draw the alphabet. Of course, they weren't even old enough to know the alphabet properly and so.....yeah." Elodie grinned then, and set her hand back down, leaning her head into it.

..... Why was no one else giving the same answer?!?!?!

BRAISON?!?!?!?!!!


Oh dear.

He was amused the Hufflepuff girl felt the need to mention her source. Botros was sure though that her brother was not taught runes by him, because this horrible version of Odin's story (if she even was referring to Odin) was way off. "Nice story, I think I have to meet your brother if he's going to continue help you with your study." Smiling and patting the girl's shoulder as he passed by. Again. The real story will be told in a minute.

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Laura smiled at the Professor as he spoke to her, she then listened to the question, she was trying to work this out her first thought was that ruins were old building but apparently that was the wrong type of ruins, Laura raised her hand and smiled. "Professor isn't runes some sort of maths from ancient times, it's also uses stones if I remember rightly?" Laura wasn't really sure but she thought she'd guess anyway.

Leaning slightly on his cane, Botros continued to walk between desks avoiding the piles until another Hufflepuff raised her hand. "That'd be a cross between Ancient Runes and Arithmancy I believe." He joked, not really though. "No, though. Not maths. But good effort."

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Thank you, Prefect? Prefect?!

Daichi looked at the Professor with a slight frown on his face. He wondered why the man hadn't called him by his name when he remembered that he never truly introduced himself.

Well... At least the old man's eyes were still good cause he had seen him wearing a badge. Anyways, on to the question!

Despite that Ancient Runes was probably Daichi's worst subject ever, he wasn't that dumb that he didn't know the basics....

The Slytherin raised his arm in the air and waved his hand to get the old man's attention. "Professor Bo..."what was his name again?!.... Bomos? ...bofos?

"Botox!" yeah that sounded about right~ "Rune means letter or script but it can also mean secret" why? He had no idea!

Uhh.... "Botros." He told the boy gently. His answer was acceptable, too.

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Runes, hmm? Which were entirely different things from ruins, thank you, and also were probably not German, although he wasn't 100% sure and didn't bother correcting his classmates. Mo was pretty sure they were from somewhere north. Norway or Iceland or the North Pole. Somewhere really cold.

After his classmates had answered, Mo's hand shot up in the air, and he wiggled around in his seat for a moment. "So... so like it's an alphabet, right? Which means that it spells words and people used to use it to write, only no one speaks in those languages anymore, so you'd think it would be a dead language like Latin. Except that, like Latin, we still make use of Runes to do really awesome things. But not just swapping letter for letter, because it wasn't like those ol' Rune-speaking people used English spelling or anything. But you can use runes for Divination and like... charms and things." FYI.

Ab smiled and nodded at the brilliant boy. A Ravenclaw, why wasn't this surprising? "Good thinking, young boy. And correct answer."

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A moment of silence? Man. That was hard. Probably the hardest part of the whole class. West twitched but with superhuman effort managed to stay quiet. HOW LONG WAS A MOMENT ANYWAY?

He mentally reenacted the Quidditch game he'd seen with Aurora and Theo. And then he thought a bit about his new guitar and the lessons he was getting from Dylan. And then he decided he was still hungry and got jealous of the professor's apple, and then -- oh the moment was up!

His hand went up. "Rune comes from the root run- meaning 'secret' or 'whisper'." Which was a bit weird right? Secrets and whispers were hardly the same thing. "In Old Norse, run means 'mystery.'" Which made more sense to West since really, runes totally WERE mysterious. Mysterious and AWESOME. "In old Irish and Scotch Gaelic, run means 'secret' or 'mysterium,' and so does rhin in Middle Welsh." Was it clear that this was a topic dear to his heart?

"The root run- can also be found in the Baltic languages meaning 'speech', and if we're talking about the Elder Futhark runes --cos there's lots of different kinds of runes, they're magical symbols and they represent like, a real cool story of.... of like.... life, the universe, and everything." West's arms spread wide, theatrical emphasis, and he nearly knocked Theo in the face.

"They're a writing system and all that for sure," He waved a dismissive hand at some people who had said that. Boring answers. True but boring, "But they're also SOUNDS and POSTURES and INCANTATIONS they're basically magic without wands." He nodded excitedly, all big eyes. "They're for communication, divination and invocation, one of my books says that, professor." And he was spent. West slumped back in his seat as if he'd just put on a long and epic performance.

Encore?

Botros had to find him a spot on one of the desks to lean on and listen to the next Slytherin boy - he obviously had a lot to say. Most of what he said was impressive and managed to make Ab's aging insides to move. Like, from affection to all the runic enthusiasm. "That's brilliant. Great job summarizing what you know about runes." He would pat the boy's head too if he wasn't three desks away. Maybe later.

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After she had watched everyone introduce themselves she realized she'd forgotten to write down her nametag herself. Quickly writing it down and pinning it to her cloak she raised her hand.



Hopefully Professor Botros liked her answer.

"Professor I believe Runes were one of the first written Germanic languages - they came before the Latin alphabet and are used commonly in magic as a divination form." She smiled brightly. "Rune magic came into light more because of a Scandinavian writer's poetic Eda. That being person being the infamous Snorri Sturluson. He wrote all the Scandinavian tales of Thor, Freya and the other gods and goddesses of Norse mythology." Yeah as usual she went DEEP into the history. "It was found in these books that i've been reading over break."

Oh another enthusiastic Ravenclaw. Botros nodded, smiling widely, at the little girl. She had her sources, too, apparently even if she went off the course a bit. "Great answer, too. We'll help you organize your information more." He turned around slowly and headed for his desk again.

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Seriously?

That was an OLD MAN!!!

As he was playing with the parchment* that had his name and year on it, Rich tried not to laugh. A slight snort escaped him though then he pretended to drop his quill to the floor so he could laugh a bit under the desk. Picking his quill up took some time as he silently chuckled under the desk and he had to swallow more laughter down when he finally sat up.

Merlin! He did not know what was so funny but it was just funny. The old man was funny. Hopefully, he managed to keep himself silent as they waited in silence for a moment and....he saw Aurora when she spoke up answering the old man's question. Whaat...what was he doing there in the back row while she was sitting there. Silently but quickly, the Slytherin boy collected his stuff and went to sit next to her.

''Morning, beautiful!'' he whispered in her ear before kissing it. This old man was probably both deaf and blind anyway.

Now to the question.

''Magical old letters'' Fair enough.

MERLIN'S GIDDY AUNT!

Botros stood straighter than he originally was and his voice quickly boomed, "Mister Turner!" This was a big, big mistake in Ab's class. Whispering into his classmate's ear right in the middle of class and causing her face to be as red as Thor's beard. "I'm going to ask you to get your things and come sit on my desk for the remainder of this class." He shot an angry, disappointed look at the fourteen? fifteen? years old boy. He was not going to interrupt his class and draw attention of younger innocent girls to this... whispering. GLARE.

...

Once the Slytherin was seated on his desk, Botros climbed the two steps and went to stand exactly by him on the chair, using the boy's shoulder as a cane. Much more comfortable than the wooden stick.

"Runes, as many of you have already noted, are letters in a family of ancient alphabets known as runic alphabets. They were used as a method of communication across Scandinavia and in other Germanic nations from around the 3rd century CE to around the 13th century, when they were displaced by the Roman alphabet." He dug a bit into the Slytherin's shoulder while turning around to the blackboard and waving his wand to write the main points of the upcoming lecture. "The primary runic alphabet is often known as Futhark, in a reference to its first six letters. The runic alphabet was probably derived from the Etruscan alphabet which was once in wide use in Italy, and it characterized by angular characters, with no curves or soft edges like those found in the Roman alphabet." His face turned to the students, making sure they were writing down notes, and continued, "This is common to alphabets developed during this period, since they can be readily chiseled into stone."

Botros moved away from the boy and the desk, to the side, allowing the kids to see the texts on the blackboard. "The runes were given to humankind by the central God of Norse mythology Odin, who hung himself upside down on the World Tree in a self sacrificing ritual." Did any of them fall asleep yet? Hopefully not. "After nine nights of suffering upon the tree, Odin died and passed on to the realm of the afterlife where he gained wisdom and was then reborn. Odin passed on his newly acquired wisdom to his people in the form of Runes." Pause. "The runes must be considered an instrument given to us by Odin to help us bring order and clarity to our lives." So, no one should be confused.

"Three aspects of the runes are the sound, the shape and the secret knowledge that are associated with the runes. A good rune master is one who has mastered this threefold nature of the runes. " That was related to what the enthusiastic Slytherin boy implied at with his answer. "But this is not something we're going to dwell on too much today." The old man offered a small smile before waving his wand toward the blackboard.

Above the writings appeared a drawing of someone. "Who can tell me who this is?" He stared at the picture along with the students. "What is the tool he's holding called? And why would we discuss them both in this class?" Go.