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gritandgrace · 05-10-2019, 01:58 PM

SPOILER!!: Professor

"Excellent class! Really, very thoughtful answers, I think we have seen plenty of problems that arise when wanting to use predicative numerology on more than just our names," Ayana began, wrapping up the discussion part of her first lesson with a flourish of her hands, returning to stand by her desk and the curious items on it. The roped off section was still there, and she glanced at it once. She'd have to remove that charm before the class ended, or they'd all become momentarily deaf given the acoustics in here.

"The very problems we have thought of, and many more, were the motivation that ancient arithmancers had to provide a better and more accurate way of understanding the true nature of objects, and spells too. What if I want to know the state of my undetectable extension charm? Would I apply the Pythagorean system to the incantation?" Ayana allowed for a pause to give her students some time to get used to these ideas, before flicking her wrist and producing her wand. Yes, magic in Arithmancy class! All her previous students had been happy at any excuse to wave their wands and take a break from extensive analysis, and she assumed Hogwarts would be no different.

Granted, they'd yet to reach the extensive analysis part of the module. This was only the beginning.

"Today, I'd like to introduce you to a new concept of Arithmancy you might have heard of previously," Ayana grinned around at the class. "Arithmalethilogy. The truth of the numbers, as the Greeks called it. This method, discovered by ancient arithmancers thousands of years ago, reveals the very essence of the object you'd like to analyse, and subverts the need for any names at all." Pretty neat right? She certainly thought so. "I'd like for us to start with the very basic spell used in this method, the Number Revealing charm."

Ayana cleared her throat, and turned to tap the blackboard where information on the spell began to emerge, for easier note taking. "This spell is similar to the spell used by cursebreakers, but predates it by several hundred years and dates back to the beginnings of the Hellenistic empire and used in the very dawn of modern arithmancy." Before that, Arithmancy had been an immensely difficult practice that had yielded accurate results only to the most proficient of masters.

"The result of the spell is seven smokey figures which will rise from your wand as soon as you finish the incantation. The wand movements are slow, steady clockwise motions moving to the right. The horizontal movement should only start when you begin to see the first number emerge - a grey figure that will form at the tip of your wand. The incantation is Emfanizo Arithmou," Ayana said slowly, and repeated the incantation once again; 'emfaNIzo arithMOU'.

"You will come up to my desk and take one of the objects provided here in order to practice this spell. For my demonstration, I will perform the spell on the the Caterwauling Charm I have placed here," Ayana glided across the classroom, and came to stop at the roped off section. "Emfanizou Arithmou!" she cast, loudly and clearly, and as her wand moved a bright grey smoke spilled from the tip to form figures: a 6, two 4's, a 7, a 5 and a couple of 9's.

6 4 4 7 5 9 9
"The figures will only remain for about half a minute or so, so make sure you jot your findings down before they disappear. After we have managed to successfully cast the spell, we will move on to how we analyse these numbers," Ayana smiled around at her class, trying to catch some of their gazes. "You may begin."

And as the students all came up to take an object from her desk - there are only five elephants, be gentle with them! - she tapped the blackboard again to reveal the correct series of numbers they should all see once they correctly cast the charm.

Eniola was relieved to finally have some wandwork. Normally that's one of the reasons she didn't like Arithmancy because it was far too much theory and not enough wand work which is something she excelled at typically. Hopefully that's the same here. She thought as she listened carefully to what the professor was instructing them to do.

Going up to the Professor's desk she grabbed a coin purse and quickly returned to her seat to begin. She was curious to see where all of this was going.

Okay, slow, steady clockwise motions moving to the right. She thought to herself as she started to move her wand. "Em-fa-NI-zo arith-MOU." Eni said over the coin purse and she saw her numbers appear.

6 9 4 3 7 5 0
Quickly Eni jotted the numbers down in her notebook and began to think about what it could mean. Was it a code to unveil something? Was it something about the coin purse? Did the professor put a spell on each object before she allowed us to grab them? What did the numbers mean?

05-10-2019, 01:58 PM	#98 (permalink)
gritandgrace DoM & DIMC Imp Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: CANADA Posts: 403 Hogwarts RPG Name: Hey! I'm Torin Murphy. Fourth Year	SPOILER!!: Professor "Excellent class! Really, very thoughtful answers, I think we have seen plenty of problems that arise when wanting to use predicative numerology on more than just our names," Ayana began, wrapping up the discussion part of her first lesson with a flourish of her hands, returning to stand by her desk and the curious items on it. The roped off section was still there, and she glanced at it once. She'd have to remove that charm before the class ended, or they'd all become momentarily deaf given the acoustics in here. "The very problems we have thought of, and many more, were the motivation that ancient arithmancers had to provide a better and more accurate way of understanding the true nature of objects, and spells too. What if I want to know the state of my undetectable extension charm? Would I apply the Pythagorean system to the incantation?" Ayana allowed for a pause to give her students some time to get used to these ideas, before flicking her wrist and producing her wand. Yes, magic in Arithmancy class! All her previous students had been happy at any excuse to wave their wands and take a break from extensive analysis, and she assumed Hogwarts would be no different. Granted, they'd yet to reach the extensive analysis part of the module. This was only the beginning. "Today, I'd like to introduce you to a new concept of Arithmancy you might have heard of previously," Ayana grinned around at the class. "Arithmalethilogy. The truth of the numbers, as the Greeks called it. This method, discovered by ancient arithmancers thousands of years ago, reveals the very essence of the object you'd like to analyse, and subverts the need for any names at all." Pretty neat right? She certainly thought so. "I'd like for us to start with the very basic spell used in this method, the Number Revealing charm." Ayana cleared her throat, and turned to tap the blackboard where information on the spell began to emerge, for easier note taking. "This spell is similar to the spell used by cursebreakers, but predates it by several hundred years and dates back to the beginnings of the Hellenistic empire and used in the very dawn of modern arithmancy." Before that, Arithmancy had been an immensely difficult practice that had yielded accurate results only to the most proficient of masters. "The result of the spell is seven smokey figures which will rise from your wand as soon as you finish the incantation. The wand movements are slow, steady clockwise motions moving to the right. The horizontal movement should only start when you begin to see the first number emerge - a grey figure that will form at the tip of your wand. The incantation is Emfanizo Arithmou," Ayana said slowly, and repeated the incantation once again; 'emfaNIzo arithMOU'. "You will come up to my desk and take one of the objects provided here in order to practice this spell. For my demonstration, I will perform the spell on the the Caterwauling Charm I have placed here," Ayana glided across the classroom, and came to stop at the roped off section. "Emfanizou Arithmou!" she cast, loudly and clearly, and as her wand moved a bright grey smoke spilled from the tip to form figures: a 6, two 4's, a 7, a 5 and a couple of 9's. 6 4 4 7 5 9 9 "The figures will only remain for about half a minute or so, so make sure you jot your findings down before they disappear. After we have managed to successfully cast the spell, we will move on to how we analyse these numbers," Ayana smiled around at her class, trying to catch some of their gazes. "You may begin." And as the students all came up to take an object from her desk - there are only five elephants, be gentle with them! - she tapped the blackboard again to reveal the correct series of numbers they should all see once they correctly cast the charm. Eniola was relieved to finally have some wandwork. Normally that's one of the reasons she didn't like Arithmancy because it was far too much theory and not enough wand work which is something she excelled at typically. Hopefully that's the same here. She thought as she listened carefully to what the professor was instructing them to do. Going up to the Professor's desk she grabbed a coin purse and quickly returned to her seat to begin. She was curious to see where all of this was going. Okay, slow, steady clockwise motions moving to the right. She thought to herself as she started to move her wand. "Em-fa-NI-zo arith-MOU." Eni said over the coin purse and she saw her numbers appear. 6 9 4 3 7 5 0 Quickly Eni jotted the numbers down in her notebook and began to think about what it could mean. Was it a code to unveil something? Was it something about the coin purse? Did the professor put a spell on each object before she allowed us to grab them? What did the numbers mean? __________________ AT THE HOGWARTS YULE BALL, YOU'LL BE HANGING OUT WITH....__________________ It's a fairytale evening, and you want the entire event to be totally dazzling and a real experience with the friendliest people around you.