As had been foretold in the corn husks, it was a sunny cloudless day at Hogwarts. Perfect conditions for what was to come and had the usually resigned centaur in an almost playful spirit as he stood beside his stump in anticipation of the two-legged one's (your) arrivals with the Forbidden Forest to his back. Sitting on the stump is a wooden bowl filled with colorful edible flowers carefully selected and plucked from the earth by Thereos and a few select younglings from his colony.

A pleasantly crisp breeze shifts his peppered brown locks, signaling the arrival of Hogwarts students and the rise of his chest. Upon making eye contact, his warm eyes of earthy hues reflective of the forest and the autumnal leaves seemingly bore into your very soul, he instructs you to pick one or two flowers from the bowl to consume. "Take this time to slow down. It is vital to your success here today. Use all your senses to see it, touch it, smell it, and sense it. Once you have become acquainted with your selections, gently slip each into your mouth. One at a time. Allow each petal to melt against your tongue. Sense it. Savor it. Smile between each wave of floral flavor. Let it linger and then swallow it. After you have swallowed it, let your lips turn up slightly and smile."

The flowers are all perfectly safe. No harm will come to you. Trust. Centaurs are not prone to such deceitful methods of instruction.

So come. Take your flowers and mindfully eat them. Instruction will begin shortly.

LESSON PROGRESSION
- Arrive at the stump at the edge of the Forbidden Forest; mindful floral eating (this post)
- Entering the Forbidden Forest; what do the trees tell you of our purpose here today? (link)
- arriving at a sacred crooked grove; what natural order and rituals have brought you here on this path to Hogwarts?(link)
- preparing for a dendromancy reading (link)
- BOWTRUCKLES!(link)
- BOWTRUCKLES ATTACK! (link)
- BOWTRUCKLES CONTINUE THE ASSAULT (link)
- BOWTRUCKLES CONTINUE BEING RELENTLESS (link)
- Thereos calls the class to him (link)
- BOWTRUCKLES SURROUND THE CLASS (link)
- Thereos addresses concerns & 'speaks' to the bowtruckles (link)
- BOWTRUCKLES ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE (link)
- class dismissed; (link)

OOC: Hello and welcome to your first OOC Divination lesson of the term! A reminder that IC this is not the first lesson your character would have/could have participated in this term and would be well acquainted with Thereos by now.

Please be sure you you have acquainted yourself with the rules and guidelines prior to posting.

The next set of instructions will come in approximately 24 hours from the time of this post.