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Gryffindor Seventh Year
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Transportation
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SPOILER!!: RandomRaven Quote:
Originally Posted by RandomRaven  The moment when Professor Beryl started talking, Aurora was... starstruck, yep. There was just something from this professor that captivated her. Perhaps it was her charisma and this girl right here wouldn't mind to spend her time in this ancient runes class even though this wasn't her strongest subject. Was that too early to claim Professor Beryl would be her favorite? Probably not.
Let's get back to the lesson, Chae. Right. So.... This MBTI business was an introspective assessment tool, huh? How's it related to ancient runes then, this Hufflepuff was quite curious. Aurora listened to the Professor more about the correlation between this assessment and ancient runes. The connection between no-maj and wizarding knowledge, that's intriguing. Reading the handout deeply about the explanation, she circled the ESFP part which was according to the boot, was her. Hehehe, this type seemed quite accurate for her.
Getting the runes textbook, Aurora then tried her best to interpret the suitable rune that seemed associate with the runes.
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Aurora Chae | Hufflepuff | Sixth Year
Personality type: ESFP
Words and Runes that associated with ESFP:
Enthusiastic - Ansuz
Friendly - Mannaz?
Lively - Fehu
Expressive - Wunjo?
Well... She did mention about trying, right?
"A good start, Miss Chae," Professor Beryl said, walking by and reading the girl's name off her parchment. "Perhaps you should elaborate your answers to explain why you picked each of those runes so that you have a record of it." She said with an encouraging smile. SPOILER!!: lazykitty Quote:
Originally Posted by lazykitty Archer wasn't really one for soul-searching, thanks. But, she would be lying if she said she wasn't at least a little intrigued by this whole thing. And she did have to admit that her MBTI type did fit her almost to a tee. Not that she would admit this out loud or anything.
She gave the handout another look over, choosing the traits that looked easiest to match to a rune and writing them down. Once she had a few noted, she opened her runes textbook as a first resource and got to hunting. Quote:
Sterling Archer Calrissian
MBTI Type: The Debater (ENTP-A)
Properties:
Lively: Sowilo
Energetic: Sowilo
Adaptable: Dagaz, Jera
Quick-witted: Uruz...?
Spontaneous: Inguz
Honestly, the whole process was harder than she thought it would be, plus she wasn't at all sure she'd gotten any of them right. Pretty sure runes weren't meant to be used this way, but whatever.[/COLOR]
"And how are you getting along, Miss Calrissian?" She asked the prefect upon winding by the girl's desk. She had certainly seemed to be on task, and it was lovely to see a prefect setting such a good example. SPOILER!!: Samia &sweetpinkpixie Quote:
Originally Posted by Samia Missa wasn't sure what to think of being a 'protagonist' - she didn't even b believe it, in all honesty, because she didn't feel like one. Nonetheless, she gave Eiji an amused look with a roll of her eyes at the tease.
When the professor started speaking, the girl wrote everything down carefully. The handouts and everything about it making her more interested in the lesson than she initially had been. And that was saying something.
So without further delay, she too started scribbling down what had been asked, though her usual overthinking did make her frown at the choice of words about her in this handout the professor had given to them.
Was she REALLY like this?
"Do you think - this is all true?" she asked Eiji quietly as she wrote things down. "Is this how I am? Is it all set in stone? Or do you think one's personality can change?"
Once the traits - somewhat - written down, she pulled open their textbook, and then again glanced at Eiji, "how do you think I can narrow my traits down with these runes?" Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Eiji was having a hard time not picturing his new professor in a form fitting purple dress and dark-purple lips at the moment. And no, he was not the sort to usually have boyish fantasies about people...but the last name Beryl brought up other vivid imagery and it caused him to snort under his breath at the Healer Beryl. He really needed to get the notion of Queen Beryl out of his mind if he was going to be of any level of efficiency this lesson.
Efficiency that included listening to what the woman was lecturing. Unfortunately...the Slytherin only really started tuning in when the handout was mentioned and then his attention was drawn to what was written there and trying to find what his four letters had been on it. Thankfully...his was at the top, so that saved a bit of time as he transcribed from handout to his own notes.
Only...what had been this A business and why was it not listed on this handout?
There was more instruction being given, and Eiji was not entirely sure what he felt about this. Personalities were not fixed as far as he was concerned. They could evolve and shift given life experiences. Though it was interesting to note that the other in the class that shared his same four letters were also Slytherins. That was a sort of case study he may be more inclined to look into, which houses were more prone to which of these random letters. Connecting them haphazardly to runes? Eh. He preferred Headmistress Hawthorne's approach to direct practicality of the uses of runes to this.
But.....he would...try.
Was there a rune of indifference and sarcasm? That was the one for him.
Thankfully, Missa's presence was calming. Enough so that his annoyance with this was dulled. Though she was clearly more into this than himself seeing as she practically had a full parchment of notes where as he had...only the bits that directly related to himself. He saw no need to make any notes about this personality type business other than what related to himself anyway.
"Hmm?" he murmured while tickling his nose with his quill as he glanced over to her. Of course, she was using that Ravenclaw brain of hers and rattling off a billion questions. Well, four for the time being but questioning with Missa was like chopping off the head of a hydra. Once one was gone, two more grew back in its place. But he would indulge, as he always did. "No," he shrugged easily, lifting one finger to indicate that he was responding to her first question and then lifted a second finger to move on to the second. Though first he peered over to look at her notes and smiled a bit. "Yes." And now for the third finger. "No." A fourth. "Yes. Though personality traits are stable over long periods and why the Sorting Hat is not premature decision making, per say. Stable for somewhere around 40 years, I've read."
And now to prepare for the follow up of eight questions.
But first... back to his notes real quick to narrow his traits down.
"I think you should list Sowilo in association with 'warm'," he noted casually while glancing over his select four and considering his own options. "Or Ingwaz." Quote:
Originally Posted by Samia
She had assumed that's exactly what he might say, and it was comforting because some of these things in the list - made her seem like an ultimate sacrificing pushover and she honestly wasn't happy about it.
Nodding to suggestions of the runes, the brunette scribbled some more on her notes:
After a bit of reading, and writing and re-writing the runes, she again turned to Eiji, "does this sound right?"
Here was another industrious pair, on task and discussing their choices. Professor Beryl noted their names when she walked by their desks. "How are you getting on, Mr Rasting, Miss Renaldi?" SPOILER!!: Jean Granger Quote:
Originally Posted by Jean Granger Taking the piece of paper that came flying to her desk, Jade read the explanation of the four scales, then her dark brown eyes moved all the way down the paper to take in the keywords associated with her own personality type - ENTJ. Hmm, she had to admit they all described her pretty accurately. Though she didn't like the feeling that her whole personality was being reduced to four letters and a bunch of words, because clearly she was so much more than that.
After adding her name to the top of her parchment, the second year began her task. She thought the words "innovative" and “energetic” in particular were in line with her own characteristics. Looking through the handout again, she realised that most of the keywords were quite positive. But everyone had weaknesses, even awesome people like herself. So she decided to add a not-so-nice word to her list - “stubborn”. See? She DID recognise her problems and… tried to fix them wherever possible.
Next, Jade opened her rune dictionary and searched for runes that matched with her choice of words. She thought the creative aspect of Kenaz was related to the word “innovative”, perhaps Uruz could be associated with “energetic”? What about “stubborn”? The thing about these runes was that they did not perfectly match the MBTI personality traits and some of them just seemed completely random, like Ehwaz symbolising transportation. Tiwaz, associated with authority, could possibly imply stubbornness as well. Jade wrote all of this down on her piece of parchment before she forgot.
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Innovative: Kenaz
Energetic: Uruz
Stubborn: Tiwaz
Stopping by the next young girl, Carmine looked at her paper. Oh, no name? "Hello! How are you getting on? What's your name, Miss...?" SPOILER!!: Jessiqua and GD2204 Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessiqua
Hanna was enjoying the confusing thoughts she was having. Of course she wasn't in Ewan's head, so she merely read his list and formulated her own opinions. She was interested in hearing what his interpretations were, though, so she listened to his reasoning and nodded along. "I can see that. So... so for example perhaps Quidditch. You get your hands into it, because it interests you, and Fehu it's kind of like you win or earn something. Like a trophy? Or even just winning a game?" She hoped she wasn't on the complete opposite of what Ewan was saying.
She looked over at the part of the textbook Ewan was snortling over and cracked a laugh herself. With that in mind, she looked at Fehu and something clicked a bit more. "I suppose if you look at the reversed meanings from Fehu you can see it indicates failure. And if you can relate it to getting stuck into something that interests you, the reverse of winning at whatever it is would be failure."
And there was Professor Beryl, giving them insight to the runes they were discussing. She was about to ask whether the Merkstave meaning would be used, but it was answered almost as soon as she thought it. She looked back to her textbook to see if she could stretch any of the Merkstave of her runes to the traits she had picked out.
"So if I look at Reliable as a trait, I chose Eihwaz because it seemed very fitting." And here, she looked for her own Eihwaz rune, and placed it reversed. "But if it was reversed, something like confusion and dissatisfaction could be used to represent persistence. Because if I don't understand something, I might be confused about it, and dissatisfied with this black hole of something I don't know. And my persistence in trying to understand said thing comes about from being confused and dissatisfied." She paused to think over what she'd just said. "Is that an acceptable interpretation?" She asked both Ewan and Professor Beryl.
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Originally Posted by GD2204 Ewan could literally feel his brain start to fry as both Hanna and Professor Beryl both discussed the runes and interpretations further. Watching carefully as the professor demonstrated the difference between the runes and the way they fall, he jotted a few notes down paraphrasing her words so that he could re-read it later when his brain was a little bit less fried.
”So am I right in saying that no matter where they fall or how they do, it does depend on the situation and interpretation” He really didn’t want to repeat her words, just try to put them into his own so he could understand better. Moving ever so slightly now to face both Hanna and the professor, he put down his pen to make sure he gave them both his fullest attention. He may not be the brightest but he had no choice but to focus and try his best to understand.
Ewan really did find it interesting to see the reasoning behind some of the runes that Hanna had matched with certain characteristics. Running one of his hands through the copious amounts of curls, he gave her a reassuring nod, showing that he agreed with her reasoning.
”That may work as long as you’re still being persistent in finding the answer. Although, couldn’t Dagaz maybe work for that too?”. Pulling out his rune to show them both now, he plopped it down on the table the right way up. ”Making a breakthrough on something that you've been struggling with and then being aware when it’s okay to try a different method or way forward could also show persistence because you’re trying different methods to find the right answer”. Pausing briefly, not wanting to get his own thoughts mixed up, he continued “ Also, it mentions having the power of will so maybe that could link to persistence although i'm not really sure if it'd work for being reliable too. ”.
One thing that was certainly going to take away from this lesson is the fact that the runes are very much up for interpretation. "Its always better to go with the regular meaning over the merkstave in these cases, however when runecasting there are times where the runes will come up merkstave and you will need to take that into account in your interpretation." Carmine said, eyes twinkling. Whether the children realised it or not, they were going exactly in the necessary direction for the rest of the school year's general curriculum - this line of thought would set them in good stead for later lessons. "And yes, it very much depends on the situation and interpretation. You have to learn to trust your intuition and practice how to read the runes so that finding meaning comes more naturally to you. I'll leave the pair of you to it, we have a few more minutes on this task before we'll move on. Nice work both of you." Professor Beryl said, moving along to check on more students. Quote:
Originally Posted by 2111jen . He sighed and nodded. Yeah. He understood what she was saying. He got back to his work. Okay. The other traits...what would go with it? "Alright, keep working." Carmine said, not unkindly. As the healer she certainly would do her best to help the boy out, but she couldn't let it throw her lesson off or interfere with her methodology or how she taught the other children. The hard work would have to come from Mr Spencer himself. SPOILER!!: ArianaBlack Quote:
Originally Posted by ArianaBlack Whilst she had accomplished the task at hand, she still continued skimming through the pages of her textbooks. Incase there were any better choices she could have made, nothing was ever quite finished. She only paused to look up when she felt her Professor looming over head.
Looking up, the Slytherin tilted her head at the woman's observations... and, the question. "Um," she didn't want to share the connections or her thought process. Her discomfort caused her back to stiffen. It was twice now that the new Professor was asking her to do something that she didn't want to do. The odds were against Professor Beryl and Nina was too. Officially.
You see, if she shared her thought process then others may overhear. The last thing she needed anyone in this classroom to know was how seriously she took the subject and how hard she worked. Because she liked having pretty boys tutor her.
Nina gave Professor Beryl a wide-eye, empty sort of stare. "...I just chose the prettiest ones..." While it wasn't the best thought out lie, it had been the most accessible. "Stay after class please, Miss Castillo." Was all Professor Beryl said, giving the girl a knowing look and then moving on. SPOILER!!: Felixir Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir Kaiser raised his eyes from his parchment to Professor Beryl as she passed him, and met her smile with a small one of his own. He thought very briefly about asking for a little bit of help with what he was doing, but decided that he would at least try for himself first.
With that in mind, he began the process of trawling through his rune dictionary, look between it and his parchment every now and then to refresh his memory on the traits he had already written down. This wasn't particularly difficult, he had to admit, given that they were able to reference the book and everything, rather than rely on their memory of the runes. It was mostly a question of staying on task.
Working slowly, but working nonetheless, Kaiser got more written on his parchment as the time passed. Eventually he had what, in his opinion, could certainly pass for a completed activity, and he sat back in his chair and allowed his attention to wander.
"Nice work, Mr Kaiser." Carmine said, stopping to take note of his answers thusfar. SPOILER!!: PhoenixRising Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Maeve wasn't particularly sure about what being a 'campaigner' meant. She also wasn't sure how any of this connected to the study of ancient runes. Listening to some of peers speak, she couldn't help but overhear Nina saying about choosing the pretty ones and Maeve quirked an eyebrow at her. Okay, so she didn't know the girl at all - other than recognizing her from being a transfer mid-term - but even to her own untrained ear, that seemed to be a lie.
She then glanced towards the two students who had been told to change into correct footwear and made a note to inform at least the Gryffindor one of a very helpful spell in these situations.
Right. Back to looking at these runes. Taking the handout from the Professor, the blonde stared on it a moment along with moving her finger down the list to her MBTI type. And staring it in with red ink to highlight it some more on her handout before taking out a fresh piece of parchment for her own notes.
*** ENFP
Enthusiastic, Creative, Passionate, Open-minded, Gregarious, Imaginative, Empathetic, Spontaneous, Sociable, Unconventional, Supportive, Adaptable, Expressive, Forward-thinking, Warm, Whimsical. ***
Maeve Walsh
ENFP - Campaigner
And that was all she wrote. Could she just pick the traits starting with each letter of her MBTI? Deciding to try it, she continued on with picking three traits, because there was none that started with N
Maeve Walsh
ENFP - Campaigner
Enthusiastic -
Forward-Thinking - Ehwaz: Gradual development and steady progress are indicated
Passionate - Kenaz: passion
Spontaneous - Uruz: Physical strength and speed, untamed potential
And added Spontaneous to the list, because as she read the Rune Handout, Uruz seemed to stick out for that one. And she did like to think she did things spontaneously? Glancing around, she looked for other campaigners who might want to discuss with her, but for the life of her, couldn't remember who else the boot had announced her letters for. "Working hard, Miss Walsh?" Carmine made her way to this girl's table noticing that she was certainly putting some effort in, which was what she liked to see. "Kenaz for passion is one of my favourite associations." She added, inviting the girl to discuss her choices if she'd like to. SPOILER!!: hermionesclone Quote:
Originally Posted by hermionesclone Oh.
UH.
He hadn't expected this.
No sooner had he put his quill down, the Professor was right there, asking him questions. The thirteen year old's eyes widened, slightly taken-aback by her sudden appearance. Was he in trouble? Already?? He hadn't done anything wrong, as far as he could remember.
It was a moment or two before he realised that her question was her helping and so, he turned back to his piece of parchment. "Yeah, uh, I did the thing?" he said, giving the notes a small tap, "But I'm..... not sure? I mean, some of the runes have very specific meanings so I don't know if this works? I just made some links...." His voice trailed off, not knowing how to tell her that this was his way of thinking and making connections that might not be there.
"Do you think it works?" At this, he pushed the parchment forward a little so she could see it better.
Listening to Mr Dakest intently, Carmine nodded. "I can see that you've put some thought into it. Lets elaborate a bit on each of those runes and why you picked them, shall we? That way you'll have the reference there for later too. What about each of those runes felt right for you? Take them out of your rune set and feel them while you work too, you may find the energy of the runes helps when making the associations." She encouraged. SPOILER!!: SneakySeverusSnape Quote:
Originally Posted by SneakySeverusSnape Analiese felt a tap on her shoulder and looked up. It was Austin. Then he walked off. Weird. She beamed at Professor Beryl when she came around to check her work. "I'm not getting disheartened, professor. I was just tired. I woke up quite early this morning." A little snort came out of her when she heard someone saying they just chose the prettiest ones. Then she continued writing.
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Analiese Allanach-Senchuri
Ravenclaw - First Year
INFJ-T
The Advocate
I have chosen four key words and traits that describe my personality type. I have written the rune translation as well.
1. Dedicated (Rune: Eihwaz) - I have chosen this rune because it means dependability and strength, which are quite close in meaning to dedicated. Also, I have chosen this rune because when it is reversed, it means dissatisfaction and destruction.
2. Innovative (Rune: Kenaz) - I have chosen this rune because it means creativity and technical ability, which are both parts of innovation. When reversed, it means instability and exposure, and that is another reason why I chose this rune.
3. Caring (Rune: Ingwaz) - I have chosen this rune because it means family love and warmth, which are parts of being caring.
4. Observant (Rune: Mannaz) - I have chosen this rune because it means intelligence and awareness, which are close to observance. When reversed, it means cunning and craftiness. Cunning is also a part of observance and craftiness is a part of innovation - another aspect of people with my personality type.
"You'll get used to your school schedule soon enough I'm sure. But if you do have any trouble, come and see me in the hospital wing, won't you?" Professor Beryl said kindly. Wouldn't want the tiredness to be an ongoing thing! "Good insight and thought in your work, keep it up." SPOILER!!: Lady of Light Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady of Light Lenora listened to what the professor said carefully, taking notes as and when required. She considered the assignment for a moment or two, wondering if it would be okay to ask the professor for some help..but people seemed to be doing it all on their own so she might as well give it a try. She didn’t want to be the only one asking for help anyway. She took a deep breath and started to read the handout for a while before shifting her attention to the relevant chapter in the textbook.
Taking her quill, she started to write on the parchment, starting with her name and MBTI type.
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Lenora Bell
ENFP
The Campaigner
Enthusiastic - Thurisaz
Creative - Kenaz
Passionate- Uruz
Sociable - Mannaz
Having completed the task that had been given, she stared at her parchment for a while, wondering if she was right? Eh, she’ll know soon enough. Lenora continued flipping through the pages of the textbook, reading about other runes and their significance. It was quite interesting. Hm. "Miss Bell," Carmine addressed the girl, reading her name off her parchment. "How are you getting on?" She could see she'd picked out some keywords and worked to choose some runes. "Try elaborating on the rune meanings and why you picked each one for that particular keyword - even if you think its obvious, it'll be useful in your notes for when you refer back to it later." SPOILER!!: Kolyander Quote:
Originally Posted by Kolyander Rylee spent the better portion of listening to the professor speaking, taking down notes. She had a very strong feeling that notes were going to be important here and without them she wouldn't get very far at all. When the handouts were being sent around she did pause for several moments to look it over, setting it beside her parchment to use should she need it.
With her quill still in her hand she started to work on what her own MBTI Type meant. Hopefully she was doing this correctly. Quote:
Rylee Prichard
Fifth Year Gryffindor
ESFJ-T Consul
EXTRAVERTED - Outgoing
OBSERVANT - Notices things quickly
FEELING - Compassionate
JUDGING - Having an opinion or deciding on something after lots of thought
TURBULENT - Always questing for self-improvement
Well this was somewhat interesting to say the least. Now to just find the proper runes that went with these words... Rylee stared at her parchment for a moments in thought before looking over the handout that was given to her to see which Runes would match up best. "Miss Prichard." Carmine took a look at the girl's parchment. "Which keywords do you plan to use?" It wasn't immediately clear from her work so far, as it appeared she was simply defining each of the scales. SPOILER!!: siriusblackliveson Quote:
Originally Posted by siriusblackliveson Patrick quickly looked over at Professor Beryl when she mentioned he looked deep in though. He chuckles a bit which shook his broad shoulders. ”Uh, yeah I kinda am. The more I look at adaptable the more i wonder how well Laguz works for adaptable. Because water ebs and flows so that would make sense but I’m still not totally sure.” man he really needed to work on his rambling. Get it together Dooley
He glanced back down at his notes again. Thinking about them way harder than he should have probably.
"That's an excellent choice, Mr Dooley. Very good insight." She said approvingly, giving the prefect a smile. "Keep at it." SPOILER!!: Bazinga Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazinga She was looking through her book trying to find which rune would go with her words, but they all seemed to be reading together or something because she struggled with understanding the words, it was hard to take knowing first years were in the room seems to know how to do this class better than her. As she flipped the page again she noticed the professor and looked up.
"Well to be honest ma'am this isn't my best subject and the words confuse me. I mean my words are very much me, but trying to find the runes is what I'm struggling with." Which shouldn't be that hard being they were in front of her, but some of them she wasn't sure. "Like one of my words is Socialble and I can't find a rune with that. There is social success, does that work together or not? " "That's very much alright, Miss McCarthy." Carmine assured her. "You don't have to be the best. The Study of Ancient Runes is a journey, I'm still on mine too." She listened to the girl's question. "Try not to lock yourself in too tightly to the exact words, my dear, this task is about interpretation and intuition. Lets try something and see if it helps you. Sociable could be considered friendly, a focus on interpersonal relationships and fellowship. Some runes that have related meanings to these things are Gebo for personal relationships and generosity, Wunjo for joy and pleasure in fellowship, Mannaz for your attitudes towards others and theirs in return, or Fehu for social success. So many options as you can see! So lets take those runes out of your rune set, and I want you to hold each one in turn as you think about the question and the associations, and see which feels most right for you. Lets see if you are receptive to the energy of the runes guiding you." Professor Beryl instructed in her warm and soothing way. She wanted even the children who struggled with the subject to walk away feeling they had learned and grown from her lessons, especially them, really.
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Originally Posted by Fireheart Avalon glanced up as Professor Beryl commented on her work. "Thank you, Professor," she said, giving her a smile. She put her quill down, resting it on her ink pot. "I only wish that I could come up with some more creative adjectives! I'm afraid mine are quite boring. But I do find it interesting how several different runes can apply to one trait!" She was certainly curious if traditional ancient rune interpretation was accompanied by such freedom of thought. "You can always revisit this activity later to challenge yourself." Carmine suggested with a smile. "And you've certainly hit the nail on the proverbial head. That is the exact goal of this task - its all about interpretation and following your intuition." One really must stretch one's mind in order to find true meaning after all.
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"Five more minutes and we'll be moving on, everyone!" She said, addressing the class as a whole. ooc: You guys are doing great, I hope you're having a good time! I'll be moving the lesson on in around 10-12 hours time! In the meantime, questions can be directed my way via PM or VM or general other nudging if needed and I'll answer them when I get back on later. Please read the first post of the lesson and check the index if you're wanting to jump in! It should be easy to do so at any point.
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