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Auden Azarolla
Ravenclaw First Year |  *catches up* <.< >,> v.v ^,^!
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Originally Posted by Con_Stripes 
"Hello Ivory." Truebridge noted the prefect badge.
"Thank you Arya."
Ah so those two were still attached at the hip. Good to know.
SPOILER!!: Arya ^,^ Quote:
Originally Posted by grangerfan8 Ancient Runes wasn't her favorite class and it certainly wasn't her best, but the young Hufflepuff had heard that Truebridge was teaching this now, so she had to attend, right? Right. Ambling into the classroom, a bounce in her step and a smile on her face, she allowed her eyes to lazily scan the classroom, settling on the professor long enough for a pleasantries. "Hey, Professor Truebridge. It's awesome to have you back."
Choosing a seat wasn't terribly difficult as she weaved through the desk and took a seat at a table that occupied her best friend. Tossing her bag off her shoulders and onto the table, being mindful of the book Ivory placed there, she gave the girl a quick hug. "Hey." The music was foreign to her ears, but it was rather catchy and she found herself drumming her fingers on the table along with the music as she let her curious eyes wonder around the classroom.
Grinning at the Professor, Ivory turned just in time to see her best friend. A quick hug back and she was dragging her friend to the windows pointing to the warm runes.
SPOILER!!: Prof XD Quote:
Originally Posted by Con_Stripes
The music went a little quieter so that it was only a bit of background. The board stopped writing on itself in anticipation.
""Ancient Runes. I've heard many people in my life call the subject 'boring' or 'useless'. As with any subject however, it is one that you will get as much out of as what you put in." Truebridge looked around.
"You each have a textbook in front of you on the table." He flicked his hand and from the shelf came a textbook which duplicated itself dozens of times over.
"Don't open them." No really, don't. "Before we get to that point, perhaps you would each raise your hand and tell the class something you know about Runes, and if you don't know anything, please share your opinion on whether or not you think Runes are a useful subject so that I know who needs convincing."
But then the Professor was quieting the music and it was time to go back to their seats. Taking out her maroon colored leather bound journal, Ivory dipped her quill in her favorite scented ink and began to take notes.
Boring? Well, she for one had never thought it was boring per se. It wasn't charms that was for sure but it was interesting in its own right. She had a good feeling about this term however. Truebridge never failed to make a class interesting. In her opinion it was very useful or could be, if the situation arose. Her hand moving swiftly across the filling pages, she continued to jot down the little side notes he made.
SPOILER!!: More Professor Quote:
Originally Posted by Con_Stripes "Some good answers." Though truly Truebridge had expected more. "We're going to be focusing on a particular runic system this term, the Elder Futhark." He began.
"Some of you mentioned the 'runic alphabet'. While I don't mind this term, and on occasion may use it myself, it is worth noting that it is not an entirely correct term. While it is reasonable to compare a rune to a letter, strictly speaking runes are not an alphabet. Alphabet is a term for the latin based alphabet which we use, 'A B C.." and so forth, based on the names of the first two letters in Latin, Alpha and Beta. The equivalent term for the Runes we will be focusing this term on is 'futhark' and for much the same reason. The first six runes make up the name 'futhark.'"
The book in front of you is an introductory book only." Truebridge continued. "It summarises and introduces but that is all. The intent is to provide direction for your future research, and indeed for your homework assignments. This textbook is simply a guide, it is up to you to find a path, just like Runes themselves indicate the changing journey and not the final destination. You may of course use any textbooks you like as reference, but do be sure to credit your sources."
He looked around. "So for today, I suggest we skip the 'boring' stuff - you can do that for homework." Ethan Truebridge of course, never found anything truly boring, but his mind was rather different to most. "Instead we're going to make magic." He waited for the class to absorb that.
ooc: please read the Code of Conduct and refresh yourselves on the rules. Points losses will happen if there are more after this point 
I'm working on the next post now... running out of words in this one.
Make magic. In runes?!
Grinning, she absentmindedly began to twiddle her quill through her fingers as she waited for him to elaborate.
SPOILER!!: Prof Quote:
Originally Posted by Con_Stripes
"I was speaking of the shape of each rune symbol themselves, however it would be an interesting experiement, Kurumi." Truebridge answered. "Certainly what you carve the rune into has some bearing on the magic, so it would make sense for the shape of what you carve the rune symbol into to have some bearing in a magical sense at least."
As for everyone else.
"I know that some of the concepts are hard to get your mind around. But we'll begin now by opening our books to chapter five." He waited for the books to open and then continued.
"The twenty four runes of the Elder Futhark are listed here, along with a few magical and divinatory meanings associated with each one. The tables you are sitting at are each made of wood and I think are rather bare. So today we're going to choose runes to carve into the tables, based on the magical associations of each rune, and activate the magic of each one, hopefully to provide beneficial effects on your learning."
Yes. They'd be carving up the furniture.
"So take a look at the list. What kind of runes do you think would be good to carve into a desk that you do schoolwork on? What kind of effects would you think might be beneficial? Put your hand up if you can see one here, and do feel free to think outside the box, there is a lot of opportunity for that. You're welcome to say a rune someone else has said, but do try to share a different magical association to that rune as well as why you think it'd be
useful."
ooc: be creative, go ahead and say as many runes as you want, as long as your character can say why they think it'd be beneficial to be on a school desk/table.
Peering into the book, Ivory huddled down over it. Reading through the different meanings. For her desk? Well, hmm.
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