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Kirsten Delbin
Hufflepuff Fifth Year
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Cassie was very eager to hear everyone's answers, she really hoped that even though her last lesson was a fail.
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Originally Posted by Edward Penguin  Ian smiled at the professor's response to him.
When the class began, Ian listened to Cassie with affection in his heart and mostly likely a goofy smile on his face. She reviewed the recent misfortunes and then began the review of the previous classes. At her question, Ian raised his hand. Professor, glass helps us to see through that vessel. Mirrors are different because they are reflective. Perhaps we scry to focus more on what we can divine about ourselves. He had tried to do a 'little' research on his own as he looked to divination as a vocation. She listened to Ian and nodded encouragingly. "That is an interesting thought Ian. Mirros are different because they are reflective, but just like the crystal ball your inner eye opens up to see the images you are destine to see." She would try to show an example soon enough. Ian certainly got snaps for her thoughts. Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Adi watched Benny enter the room then drop his proud moment and stuffed dragon off. He wondered if the proud moment involved anything with Angel and was about to make a joke about that the moment the Lion sat down beside him. But then he remembered. No joking. Instead, Adi bit his tongue then said, "Hey, back at you.'' Gosh. Holding back jokes were DIFFICULT!
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Fortunately, Professor Cassie was getting started. Adi was sorry to hear about the missing snap cup. He wanted it back. This one currently being used just did not cut it. Anyway...the proud moments were being read. He smiled a bit as he watched the Divination lady. Maybe he was imagining stuff but she didn't seem to have returned to her usual bouncy self.
Hmmm...this question. Adi thought about it for a bit before raising his hand. "We look for anything out of the ordinary about our reflection,'' he suggested. Like if you were actually standing still but your reflection was suddenly waving at you. LOL. "Not exactly Adi, but good thoughts." She loved to hear everyone's thoughts and guesses even if that weren't correct so Snaps to him. Quote:
Originally Posted by Sararara HER PROUD MOMENT, IT HAD BEEN READ! Norah grinned at Professor Cassie and bounced a little on her pillow. Woooot.
So mirror scrying was a real thing? The second year had tried to block that entire class from her memory, and no information about mirror scrying was coming back to her. Sigh. She watched Ian as he answered the question, raising an eyebrow at his silly grin. What was up with him? Turning back to face the front, Norah put her hand in the air and said "I think you have to relax and do that whole breathing thing to clear your emotions just like in the crystal ball type of scrying." That made sense, right? Trying to calm down had pretty much been the only thing she had done in the last class, anyway. "Exactly!! Very good!" She got snaps for such an awesome answer! Quote:
Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Wasn't that reeeeally nice of her to ask how she was doing?? Wasn't it? Wassssn't it?? Lex grinned, giving a few firm nods of her head. "I'm splendid Professor, absolutely wonderful and I hope you are toooo!" Because everyone deserved to be happy, especially on such a nice day. Gosh it was almost like the furniture was singing. If you were mad quiet enough, chances were you could hear them too.
Oh but it was important Felix be IN the basket for class reasons. Well far be it for her to go getting in the way of this steady flow thingy that they would be having. The Gryffindor wiggled a bit in her seat to displace her kneazle then snapped in the direction of the basket. "Basket Felix, sit there." Lex watched with a wiiiide smile as Felix lazily sauntered over to the table, hopped up and curled up in the basket. Didn't seem like he'd be going to sleep but he was comfy enough for the moment. Good good.
"I don't have a necklace with me Professor, but no worries,I value my kneazle more anyway." So, see? Nothing to worry about. Precious item present.
BEAM.
As for mirror scrying, hahahaha she had NO idea. Hadn't she and Grayson made something up last class? That was hardly the answer, she was sure. Seeing her send a kneazle over to the basket Cassie should have know, she had felt the presence but was distracted. Slipping her wand out she put a protection on the other items, not that she thought the kneazle would break them or use the Micky plush as a scratch toy, but to keep the fur and allergies away, just in case. "Very good Alexa, thank you. " Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir Toby couldn't help but notice the item Zahra placed into the basket, and it made him grin super big, though Z herself wasn't looking too enthusiastic today. He'd tried to catch her eye and spread the smiling to her, bit wasn't certain if she'd noticed him.
Smiles for the professor too, 'cause she was always so happy and nice. Except when she was that queen type person, of course, but shhhhhh not thinking about that, shhhhh.
After the snapping and the start of the lesson, Toby started working on his notes at once. Even though he was putting himself under a lot less pressure these days with his OWLs, there was still that niggling thought at the back of his mind that went on about wanting as many O grades as possible. So, of course, he wanted to get as much into these notes as possible.
Toby didn't know the answer here, but figured he could give it a good guess, and so raised his hand.
"Is it more or less the same process as with the crystal balls? Getting super relaxed and not thinking about anything and then focusing on the mirror. When we used the crystal balls they all clouded over when we got into the zone and started scrying, 'cause we had to look for things in the fog. I dunno if it's the same with mirrors." A pause, and then he added, as though in afterthought. "Is it something to do with the items we put in the basket?" "Very good Toby, it is like the crytal balls and we do have to clear our minds." He got snaps and then a wider grin as he asked about the items. "It might, but you'll just have to wait to see that little part." Oh yes that was the fun part for later in class. Quote:
Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin Kace smiled and was glad the Professor liked being back to normal. He nodded and beamed and thought he would have fun with this lesson today. As he heard the SNAC moments being read out loud he snapped with the rest of the class. He thought this idea was cute. It helped show off the pride whether you are a firstie or a seventh year. But now onto last lesson. He heard the professor mention about mirror scrying and how you would do it? He remembered from last lesson all too well.
Kace raised his hand and offered what he learned, "Professor I learned that you need to clear your mind of all distractions and focus on what you want to see in the mirror. It is just all about control and I think it is easier to see in the mirror than looking through the fog in the crystal ball.." he shrugged offering his own opinion. "Yes, wonderful Kace. In any form of Scrying you must clear your mind." Giving him snaps she moved on to the next person. Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel raised her hand. "Professor... don't you have to clear your mind and then just stare into the mirror and wait until something happens." Angel had no idea if she was right or not. "We also have to make sure that everything is working great and that no one is distracting you." "Yes, exactly just as others have said, you will clear your mind just as the crystals ball scrying." Angel got some snaps too. Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixStar The snap cup apparently had been through a lot. AJ wondered if maybe somebody had stole it, although she couldn't see WHY anybody would want it. The lion listened as the professor went over everyone's proud moments. A few even received a chuckle from her. People say the darndest things.
Ah, well AJ didn't know the answer to her question, but she did have a question of her own. The second year waved her hand around in the air. "How do you concentrate when you have to stare at yourself?" It was very distracting to her the last time AJ had tried it. All she could do was concentrate on how brown her eyes were and how bad her hair needed to be brushed. "Well it is something you have to train to do. The mirror scrying is one of the harder forms. I do not expect anyone to get it right away. You might not even get it this term, but it's something that I think is valuable to learn to do." Aj got snaps for a great question. Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessiqua She smiled at Professor Cassie, who sounded lovely, then went to find her seat.
Professor Cassie began talking about something… being a queen? Zhenya was confused, but then remembered something about a fairy tail book possessing people. Right. Well forgetting it wouldn't be a problem for Zhenya, she wasn't even there in the first place. Professor Cassie wanted to start fresh, and fresh was all Zhenya knew.
Snap cup? What in Merlin's beard was a snap cup? She had overheard a few students speaking about it, but she didn't know. Maybe she would ask the Professor after class. If it was missing, maybe she could help try and find it for her.
She sat there quietly, enjoying the ambiance, listening to all of the proud moments, then listened to what Professor Cassie was saying about the previous lessons. She wasn't there, so she took notes on what had been happening so that she could study them later. For her exams. Gulp.
Scrying, she wrote, and underlined it. She had a vague understanding of scrying. But scrying with a mirror? Wouldn't it be similar to other ways, except of course that there would be more things to be distracted by? She raised her hand and said, unsure about her answer, "Well scrying in a mirror might be quite hard because the person doing it might be distracted by everything reflected in the mirror," because, you know, there was less to focus on in a crystal ball or water… "The person scrying might have to put themselves into a deeper trance, to block out from noticing the reflections, and look deeper into what messages they could see." Well, even if she was totally wrong, a guess was still better than nothing. "Very good Zhenya, It is harder, but you do the same focusing things. Some will stand off to the side a bit to be less distracted and it's always good not to have so much behind you for the mirror to pick up." she was getting snaps for such a great answer. Quote:
Originally Posted by kayquilz
Eden looked up and smiled at Professor Morgan. "I'm all right today, thanks, Professor." She said with a nod her way. So the nice lady was back to normal and BACK to being Eden's favorite professor--besides Professor Walton, of course. Morgan was just a lot nicer. Heh.
She listened....pulled out her notebook, and scribbled the date before putting down her qulll. She had NO idea how to scry. Last class hadn't been too helpful and Eden thought it was by sheer LUCK she had even seen something in the mirror. Hmph. But she raised her hand regardless. "Um...like with crystal balls, you REALLY have to clear your head, don't you?" And that was all Eden had. "Oh--don't you have to think really hard about what you want to see in the mirror?" She thought she...recollected that. Or something. "Yes Eden clearing your mind is fantastic." She got snaps, but then a side note Cassie had to make sure she knew, "Really thinking about one think could possibly make your mind clouded and not open to see what is needed. Now if you are in search of something you might want to keep it in your thoughts, but not make it your main focus." She knew that was a bit confusing, but he would try to clear it up in a bit. Quote:
Originally Posted by hermionesclone Oh look! He was joined by Tobias Tempus! Good company? He certainly hoped so. Dude was smart and cool too, so that was a bonus. Nonetheless, Grayson smiled and nodded over at the Hufflepuff when he came to sit down beside him. Eden received a smile as well because she was cool as well.
Was it incredibly awful of him to wish that the Snap Cup didn't make a return? Good. Then he was incredibly awful. It didn't stop them from having to snap people for their proud moments, though, which caused Grayson to scowl and reluctantly clap for each moment mentioned. Some were alright. He didn't MIND, it was simply a ridiculous notion.
Again, Professor Cassie was lucky that he liked her as a teacher cause otherwise, it would be harder for him to overlook what had happened during that other lesson. So, shrugging, he was gonna forget all about it and, instead, concentrate on the question. Scrying, eh? Using a mirror?
"Do you have to think of it as looking into a very still stretch of water? And concentrate hard on your question?" And wasn't this the same as looking into a crystal ball since, essentially, it was all glass anyways. "That is a very good way of putting it Grayson, but just as the crystal balls you are just looking into the glass. Though if that helps clear your mind, then certainly thinking of it as a still strip of water would be perfect." Snaps for Grayson as well. Quote:
Originally Posted by Saraie Yeah. Since that potions lesson that she was a little too happy in. She had been really really bleh. She really didn't know what she felt like this. Anyway she just made the best out of her mood or whatever it was. She noted Cassie's concerned voice in her tone when she asked if she was alright. The lioness nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine, just tired." To be completely Honest lately she had really buckled down with the lessons and homework. Which have been exhausting her out so much.
Class time! Whoop whoop. Question time. Mmmm. Everyone was saying the things that she was thinking. She raised her hand. "A clear mind. Clear your mind and lots positive vibes." Which was something that she really needed to work on given her current mood or whatever it was. Also. "I believe Toby is on to something about the personal items you asked us to bring." Nod. Nod.
Or maybe her mood was that she just needed to wake up more. Or something. Who knew she was starting to feel a bit better now. Only a bit. "Toby could be on to something, but it doesn't have to do with scrying just yet. Good guess though." Cinna got smiles and snaps as well.
Walking in front of the mirror Cassie looked at it for a few moments before turning to the class. "Now with the crystal ball I said that you find a connection with it. There is a sense of owner ship with it, but with the mirrors it's a different style of connection. You want to clear your mind just like the crystal ball. Have nothing clouding her inner eye from awakening." She closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths.
"Now once you have your mind cleared and your inner eye open, my advice is to stand not directly in front of it, but just off to the side. You might want to turn the mirror so just the wall is showing. This will help you stay less distracted. Now as you look into the mirror you should start to see a foggy like transformation before the visions start to come." Looking back at the mirror she went silent for a bit. "Oh look I see Snow White and she's singing a cute little song." She chuckled not even able to get it all out, "I'm kidding I'm kidding. See I can have some fun with the awful situation. No, really I saw Grayson at the lake and Eden at the stables." Interesting, maybe it had some meaning to them or would in the future.
"Now over here I have some bowls. What do you think the bowls have to do with scrying?"
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