Originally Posted by Kace

Kace heard Professor Cassie comment on his burp. He grinned sheepishly and he was glad she wasn't offended. I mean he was happy to show people the sound of burping. Maybe he shouldn't have eaten too much? Aahh well he was growing boy he could do what he wanted. He wanted to know more about the sounds and such. He couldn't wait for her to talk about that. Then he saw the picture of a cemetery and he backed away from his desk as requested. He heard her questions and it got Kace thinking. He wrote down the first one and then he began to answer it.

"Professor I think people would be able to hear the sounds from six feet down because if it is a loved one, I mean you share a connection with someone. I mean for all I know it could be their soul mate. Sometimes if you have a soulmate you have a great bond with someone." As for the different noises, he didn't know what other sounds he could hear besides stomach gurgling. He skipped that one. As for the steps, he was stumped. I mean shouldn't she be teaching them what to do? He thought about it and suggested some steps.

He looked around and saw Emmy was there. He walked over to her and asked her what she would do. "Hey Emms..." he greeted her with the assignment. But as he was gonna ask her, he heard her answer and he went with her assumption. Now Professor Cassie moved on and he really had no idea what the steps were. They needed to practice the sonorous charm? Hmm interesting idea Professor Cassie. Interesting idea. He looked atEmmy and asked, "You ready to practice the spell

Originally Posted by Zahra

....hahahahaha THIS KID THOUGH. Zahra laughed and laughed again. She REALLY lost it as the step by step instructions, including to "RELAX YOUR BUTT."

Hilarious. Gryffindors win.

Anywho..... now they were supposed to listen to ancient farts. So basically that meant, since Zahra just wasn't all that great with her wand, she was going to wander around and speculate for a while. "I bet ancient dead people farts could kill you. Like, legit, you just die at the smell on the spot. Then it starts this cycle. Though, I gotta be real, sometimes Mikey Toussaint can fart like an ancient zombie. Like burns your nose hairs." She meandered through the nearby graves, patted the stones, and otherwise tried to look busy.

Originally Posted by Natalia

Part of their activity was to listen to actual sounds in the stomachs of corpses under the graves? Uhhh... Natalia couldn't decide what was more terrifying: the thought of leaning close to the graves or hearing the uncanny sounds of the stomach... if Nat would be skilled enough to detect it at all.

"Umm...Professor?" An unsettling question was spiraling in her mind. "Are these...real graves?" Hopefully these were just realistic imitations of what a real cemetery would look and feel like, which would make the most sense, because the entire classroom couldn't have just apparated to a different location, right? But then again, no one could be certain of the full extent of magic.

Reluctantly, Natalia strolled to the nearest grave in a sideways manner, as if she was afraid to encounter some sort of apparition if she walked face forward. The fourth year Lioness dropped to her knees gingerly, feeling the soft green grass under her palms. Uncertain what to do next, Natalia slowly bent her back and positioned left ear (her good year) toward the ground. Was this what she was suppose to do? Yes, or how else would she be able to hear the gastric noises?

At first, Natalia detected no evident sound. It was time to pull out her wand and use that sound-amplifying spell! Being in a rather uncomfortable position, Natalia twisted her arm to reach into her back pocket (not a very safe place to store wands, but whatever) to grabbed out her wand. Pointing the wand tip directly toward the ground, she muttered: "Sonorus!"

.....

Natalia could hear absolutely nothing. Not even worms.

"Sonorus!" Applying the charm again did not help to amplify the sound either

Originally Posted by Echo

It was Zhenya to the rescue yet again. Seeing and hearing her coming over to help was great. "sor-NOHR-us" she giggled, it seemed like such a silly spell. "it doesn't sound too hard, and all i have to do is point at my target?" it sounded really easy... but thank goodness she had the older snake to help her.

*gulp* "im not good with the grave thing...." her eyes shifted "do you think theres...... theres.......... anyone ... like... in there?" she really hoped there wasn't.

Her hand shaking she pointed her shakey wand at the grave and said "Sonoris" and she didn't think anything happened... and she realized what it was, she was so nervous for the grave she didn't say the spell right... her brain couldn't really function to much right now.

Originally Posted by Ophelia

It was all making sense now. Before, Ophelia didn't know head or tails of this gasto- gaso- gas something. However, after hearing it explained a couple of times, it was starting to click. So gas for your tummy and the -mancy because when you put -mancy at the end of something, it made it seem more mysterious and magical. Basically, they were going to do tummy magic, and while that was a weird concept, it was better than tea leaves or crystal balls or all of that jazz.

Wait, did the term 'gas' for flatulence come from gastrointestinal, or whatever their professor said before? Wasn't gas just your tummies way of saying it wasn't happy about something? Like when she was hungry and her tummy started growling. Or when she had to go to the bathroom. Or when she ate something weird and her stomach was having a hissy fit. She wanted to ask, but the etiquette she was taught from her parents prohibited her from doing so in the middle of class. So the thirteen year old sucked up her curiosity and waited until the end.

And another question came up. Wow, she usually wasn't this alert and aware in Divination. It was a strange, strange day for the youngest Clarke child. But the question was, 'how did the dead person respond?' Did they make tummy noises back? Did graveyards in the magical world all just sound like a really gross recording a twelve year old boy would play? Or did the person feel their tummy rumble out an answer. This was important.

And so, for the first time in forever....... RAISE HAND.

"Professor, how exactly did the communication between the dead and living work in this situation? Did the living person ask and then heard a dead person stomach rumble, or did the magic make THEIR stomach rumble the answer?" Important question was important. And at least she was asking questions this time instead of getting frustrated with the lack of results in her work.

There was so much good information here, Ophelia would have to take notes later. She was getting really into her schoolwork apparently, lately, asking questions in class, answering questions the Professor had asked, it was strange. But not completely horrible. The thirteen year old spent the entire summer acting out, and now that she was back in Hogwarts, learning was the perfect distraction to all of the problems she might face. And if that meant that she had to throw herself into her books, then so be it.

Ophelia walked over to the nearest grave and pointed her wand at the ground. Okay, she could do this. It was one simple spell and she was a thirteen year old child. It wasn't like she was dumb enough to point her wand at her face or anything, so this should be a piece of cake. Merlin's beard, now she was hungry for cake!

"Sonorous!" And after she cast the spell, the small girl listened to the ground, wondering what kinds of noises it was supposed to make. Rumbling? Sneaking sounds? Dead people sounds? Well, what did dead people sound like?

She refused to think about that question or topic anymore. It was reminding her of THAT, and that was not allowed to be thought about. Ophelia had herself on restriction so she couldn't get sad or angry or anything. She was a teenager now, heck, an adult in some cultures and adults didn't get sad.

Taking a deep breath in, she decided to focus on the sounds of and beneath the earth instead, hoping one would stand out as dominant among the many. It seemed like a much softer approach, and it was an approach that would help her pick out anything strange without thinking of the dead that made it. Good plan. A+ planning to Ophelia.

Originally Posted by Adi and Zhenya

Adi was on a roll, yo!

Admittedly, he was blindly pouring out information but he was doing this only after careful thought. Anywayyyy, he followed Zhenya as she took off. "Don't you think being connected or related to the dead would make the readings easier?'' he asked her, wondering what she thought about that.

But now he was now standing over a grave. Still no grim reaper around? Hehe. Don't ask why he was so fascinated with the thing... he just knew it started during his fourth year. As Zhenya helped some students out, Adi got started on his own practice. "Sonorus!'' He pronounced the incantation loudly and clearly while directing his wand at the ground.

Sooooo... uh... was he supposed to be hearing things now? The Puffer tilted his head to the left side, trying to hear anything. Nope, nothing. "Sonorus!'' HelllOOOOOoooooOOOo?! He was waiting to hear things!

Zhenya was frowning, because the dirt was NOT talkin'. No worms no bugs no nothing. Especially no farts or burps. She was still trying to hear when Adi spoke. She got an image of something and started laughing. Her tummy was hurting! "What you mean if you're already familiar with their gut sounds?" she laughed again. "I'd probably recognise my Uncle Archer's farts." More laughing. She was sure that wasn't what he meant, so when the laughing had stopped she said "I'm not sure. It makes sense that it would I guess… being familiar and already having a connection with them." That was a good question!

Originally Posted by Rowan and Zhenya

Rowans eyes were wide as she listened to everything, and she was itching to take notes on every single thing that was being said, but she knew that even if this was a more note-take-y class she wouldn't be able to keep up, so her eyes just followed the discussion around the room, pausing occasionally to try and think up a reply, but coming up short.

It was fascinating, really! Rusty was really excited to learn new divination things, but it was just a lot for her little brain to handle. She was used to the same twelve people in her classes, most of them helping her out when she got stuck, and the teaching being taught at a pace that they could all easily keep up with... and even though she loved it here, it was kinda crazy trying to keep up with anything when there were so many people here... and this week had kinda worn her out. Maybe she should just try some yoga later and see if that helped...

BACK TO THE CLASS, ROWAN... she'd never get anything done if she kept getting distracted.

..."What's the sonorous charm?" she asked, addressing the question to nobody in particular. She'd never heard of it before, and if someone had mentioned it earlier it'd zoomed in one ear and out the other whilst her brain tried its best to cling to bits of information. Also what did she have to say to get it to work? Maybe it was just the same as the name of the spell, but she wasn't always sure...

Goodness she was going to need a cleanse or something after today.
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Zhenya was just about to say the incantation when she heard someone ask what the charm was, and saw someone look a bit… worried. Zhenya walked over to them both and said "The incantation for the amplifying charm is Sonorus. Said soh-NOHR-us. And just direct your wand at the target." She gave a friendly smile, hopefully letting them know they could ask more questions if they wanted.

Then she pointed her own wand down and said "Sonorus," aiming down at the grave.