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Originally Posted by Goblinfrog

Kitty raised her hand and gave the textbook definition, modified somewhat."Arithmancy is a study of the magical properties of numbers, which one can use to do such things as predict the future (similar to Divination) but is more commonly used to learn things about yourself and others around you. In previous years we studied 'birth numbers' and what they mean to you."

Rafael listened as Kitty spoke and quickly jotted down the main key points she had brought up…sure, she was a talkative one this Prefect…merlin it was like she had prepared for a debate…which was good, preparing was always a good thing right?

He was honestly quite pleased that a student had taken that much care for his class. “Nicely said Miss Valentine,” he smiled over to her and gave her a small nod…yes she was definitely a wordy one but she had good points and that was helpful…now she didn’t have to be as wordy as she had been but really there was no harm in it.

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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline

It was December but Cassie still didn’t know what to think of Arithmacy. She managed not to get too bored or feel stupid while working out things but she wasn’t super skilled at it either. Mediocre maybe. Yet she wasn’t giving up on it, just wasn’t holding her breathe on the matter. And thus she was still attending classes, her feet making their way to the appropriate classroom when it was time, the girl making her way inside and taking note of things.

“Good day, Professor,” she greeted, making her way to her seat. Making up her name tag, full name as instructed, Cass set it on the desk before eying the orange. Maybe later when she earned it with doing her best at what they were presented with. She didn’t want to get distracted with food and get completely lost.

Soon enough the man began class anyway and the Ravenclaw was listening as he spoke and described his plans. No cursebreaking it seemed but something else. Bloody poltergeists. But questions first…always questions. “Arithmancy would be the study of numbers and their various meanings,” she answered after raising her hand. It certainly felt right and her own words. “Its purpose would be…um…to try and find a connection between yourself and the world and numbers around you.”

Okay, maybe not the best with that one.

Ah…Miss McNally had the floor – polite…that was the first thing he had noted about the way she had conducted herself in this class and the prior classes. ”Thank you Miss McNally,” Raf grinned as he took a rubberband ball off of his desk and proceeded to toss it into the air and catch it as he listened to what the students were saying.

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Swallowing hard as he saw the professor, Jace inclined his head immediately wishing he could take back what he said. Well, at least Professor C isn’t mad at him, right? “S-sorry, professor.” He said in almost a whisper, sparing Azura a glance. Merlin. When did the professor arrive? Was he too enamoured with other stuff, lately? It doesn’t help, however, that Christmas is just around the corner. Three weeks off of school, and just hanging out with his family and friends in Japan? It sounds exciting! However, the idea of side-apparating didn’t appeal to him. He ought to ask his dad to book plane tickets instead.

Clearing his thoughts, and banishing the idea of vacation, Jace leaned back on his seat as he listened to the professor. Merlin, if it weren’t for Peeves and Miffy, they would’ve learned something about curse-breaking. A highly logical topic, that would surely satisfy Jace’s brain. After letting the others answer, Jace raised his hand to answer. “Arithmancy, to me at least, is not just about connecting numbers to ourselves. It is about exploring the magical properties of each number, and use it to counter or enhance a spell...like in breaking a curse...or to augment one.” He said scratching the side of his head. “Perhaps, one could treat it like...how Runes work...sans the galdr portion.”

Now...was that a textbook response? He was sure it wasn’t. But...it may have made the others sleepy. Not his fault though. Arithmancy can be boring, especially if one is not that inclined to magical maths. Again, not his problem.

When Jace spoke Raf grinned. An honest grin, here was a kid that had taken the whole giving his own answer to a question and really he seemed to be going for it. ”very good point Mr. Reed, I do find that when working with numeric curses that indeed Arithmancy can be used to decipher what curse is being used” he paused for a moment before added ”often when you delve into this it is alongside Ancient Runes and can be used as a way to decipher the curses that are in place.” Yes, this kid was definitely going somewhere.

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Originally Posted by Govoni

Numbers. Heh. Olivia was not.... confident about how this lesson was going to go for her at all. She simply wasn't talented when it came to this particular subject matter, and to be honest, she'd been struggling since the beginning of the year. Given that this wasn't their first Arithmancy lesson. So, it was like an hour of stress and disappointment every week.

Where was Ethan?! She was in desperate need of him....

Also, they'd already filled out nametags, as again, this wasn't the first lesson of the year. So, Liv took hers from her bag and plopped it down on the desk she'd chosen for today. She'd smeared glitter on it in her free time.


"it's hard and confuses me." The blonde Gryffindor was already so defeated, couldn't you tell? "They were invented to confuse and stress people out. They should be ashamed of themselves, honestly."

When Olivia Phillips spoke all Raf could do was frown. ”I am sorry that it stresses you our Miss Phillips” he paused for a moment as he made a mental note to talk to the whole class about what Miss Phillips had expressed – stress was the main reason he had flexible office hours.

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Whooooops! Pick pick pick them scattered chocolate pieces. And GOBBLE. Yeah 5 second rule whatever whatever GRYFFINDOR GUTS can take ANYTHING YAH!

But oh ok class was starting "Its Magical Maths!" he replied, thats what always been in his head and now he's articulating it. Thats always a good thing right?

And what is its purpose? "To look impressive!" because MATHS. "I mean just look at where it can be applied on-- curse-breaking, tangible divination, even creating arts and music...." pretty darn impressive to him.

Crazy-curl-kid was…well, excitable to say the least. Still, he had some good points as the kid seemed to excitably rattle off the different things that Arithmancy could be used with. ”Good point Mr. Salander, don’t get ahead of the class though – still, I have to say five points to Gryffindor thinking out of the box” see he was a nice Professor now wasn’t he?

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Originally Posted by FwooperOnYourLeft

Az shook her head at Jace as he settled down next to her.. "My birthdays isn't for a few days silly, the 22nd!" She said with a smile, right in time for break so no one could celebrate it with her.. ehh Maybe she could have a party when they all got back?

Who knew.. she bit her lip as the Professor spoke to Jace and she gently squeezed his hand.. hoping to reassure him that everything was all right..

All right Professor.. here came the text book version.. she apologizes in advances.. honestly!

She raised her hand and said

"Arithmancy is the study of the magical properties of numbers.. it can also be used to predict the future by way of Numerology.." She said with a nod.. "For me personally it's challenging due to the fact that I struggle with numbers, but the magical aspect helps out and last year with curse breaking it was facinsting.."

Oops.. she talked too much.. sorry Professor..

Raf grinned when he listened to the young purple-eyed Ravenclaw’s words. Yes, she did have a point when she mentioned the ties to Numerology…”Nicely done Miss Snow,” Raf grinned.