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When you enter the room next to the main Arithmancy classroom, your eyes may immediately be drawn to the peculiar shape of the room - a decagon. One wall is where you just entered and the remaining nine walls are numbered one through nine, each wall painted a pale color scheme related to the number. There's various pillows, cushions, yoga mats scattered throughout the room, giving you the perfect place to sit and contemplate the future.
In the center of the room, there's a beverage cart, complete with various tea kettles, cups and saucers along with a seemingly endless supply of boiling water.
Major exam coming up? Fight with your housemates? Will you earn that coveted spot on your house Quidditch Team or Gobstones Team? Does your crush like you back? Whatever dilemmas happen to be facing you, there's a tea that can help. Use the chart displayed at the center tea station to work out what number tea would best suit your desired outcome.
SPOILER!!: Tea and Herb Recommendations
1: color RED -Independence
Key Words: Pioneering spirit, direction, strong-willed, originality, innovative, ambitious, courageous, determined, adventure, and symbolic of beginnings.
TEA/HERBS: Dandelion root tea, sage, ginger and elderflowers
3: color YELLOW - Joyful Self-Expression
Key Words: Creative, optimism, gift with words, enthusiasm, wit, ease, animated, imaginative, dramatic, emotional, self-expression, charity, generosity.
TEA/HERBS: Rosemary- culinary or as a tea, fennel root or essential oil and cinnamon
4: color GREEN - Stability and Security
Key Words: Hard work, planning, cautious, conventional, management and order, building, symbolizes putting things into form, foundation, organization, power, practical, wisdom.
TEA/HERBS: Hawthorn Berry- consume as a tea
5: color BLUE - Change Is the Name of the Game
Key Words: Freedom, change, progressive, curious, investigative, rebellious, unconventional, resourceful, visionary, expansion, movement, healing, mercy.
TEA/HERBS: Red clover blossom- drink as a tea or elixir.
6: color INDIGO - Comforting and Responsible
Key Words: Duty and responsibility, love of family, humanitarian, artistic, nurturing, balanced, community service, protector, provider, passion, grace, simplicity, intuition, sympathy, marriage number.
TEA/HERBS: Mint- consume as a tea or chopped fresh in food.
7: color VIOLET - Analytical and Mystical
Key Words: Intellectual, inner wisdom, scientific-technological minded, metaphysical and occult mysteries, loner, eccentric, intuitive, private, skeptical, reserved, analyst, education, calculation, logic, ritual, reason, dignity.
TEA/HERB: Lavender- consume as a tea or in cooking (make sure it’s culinary). The essential oil of lavender is also beneficial. Lotus root and petals can also be effective.
8: color ROSE - Power, Money, and Success
Key Words: Authority, achievement, money karma, problem solver, power, expansion, business, mastery, manifestation, skill, efficiency, status, appearance, material.
TEA/HERBS: Valerian or passion flower tea
9: color PURE WHITE - Completion and Compassion
Key Words: Endings, universal oneness, highly intuitive, fortunate, multi-talented, perfection, dramatic, artistic, spiritual, compassion, humanitarian, benevolence, dedication, impersonality, the Higher self, self-sacrifice, suffering.
TEA/HERBS: Black Dragon Pearl, Earl Grey, Keemun, and Chai
ooc: credit to the lovely Birchwoodmom for the inspiration behind this room
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The first sign something was off came when Iris bit into a toffee and it tasted like lake water.
Not just any lake water, mind you, Hogwarts lake water. Brackish, kelp-tinged, with an unmistakable undertone of Grindylow musk and coppery old magic. She gagged so violently she nearly choked on her own confusion and by the time she recovered the flavor had shifted again, this time to the cinnamon-sugar tang of her mum’s Sunday scones. By Wednesday, it was happening constantly. Not the Hogwarts lakewater aftertaste, but flavors where they should not be. A sip of pumpkin juice turned to cold fireplace ash and old paper. Pear slices gave way to steamed broccoli. Gravy tasted like a kiss she hadn’t had yet. Toast reminded her of train tracks. She didn’t know how she knew these things exactly, the most maddening bit about it all, but she just… did.
Worse still, everything she tasted came with a crawling unease she couldn’t quite name. Like the feeling you get when an owl arrives five minutes too late or someone says your name from an empty room. For as long as she could remember, her relationship with taste had always been weird...but it was her weird. Her weird tested, trialed and Department of Mysteries approved weird. It had rules. It usually needed the proximity of emotional context. Now? Something was scrambled and Iris hated scrambled ― not even generous amounts of ketchup could even make her enjoy scrambled eggs.
So, somewhat begrudgingly, she made her way to the Arithmancy Tea Room. Time and time again her feet had brought her here in spite of having other destinations in mind. By the eighth time, she finally surrendered these nonsensical wanderings to something greater than herself. That perhaps Hogwarts itself was heavily hinting at her that she needed to head this direction because, well, help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who deserve it...and after barely sleeping the last couple nights due to being woken up by the inexplicable tastes assaulting her mouth, she sure did deserve some peace of mind. She told herself it wasn’t because she was desperate. She didn’t even really believe in places like this with themed teas and intention charts, rooms shaped like a decagon and what that meant with sacred geometry. It all felt a bit too much like weaponized whimsy...but the cushions were soft, the lights were gentle, and no one asked questions.
The blonde traced her hand along each of the softly colored walls as she circled the room, wishing just for a moment that she had Nyle’s gift for touch. She decided she could stomach a bit of whimsy, just this once, closed her eyes, and continued her slow, silent parade around the space. She was waiting for some sign, any sign, to tell her when to stop.
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Aurora had heard about the tea and meditation room, but she hadn’t had an opportunity to check it out until now. Today felt like the perfect day for some tea and relaxation. She wasn’t sure exactly what tea she was in the mood for, but she figured she could sort that out as soon as she saw the options.
Expecting to be alone, she was surprised to see a girl in the room. And not only that, she was circling the room and touching the walls. Umm, hi,” she said softly. She didn’t want to scare her when her eyes were closed. That would make her feel bad. ”What are you doing?” Rory wasn’t judging, she was just curious.
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Calliope Barrington
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Iris hadn’t heard the door open seeing as she’d been too wrapped in her own rhythm consisting of the quiet shuffle of her boots against the floor and the faint rustle of her sleeve brushing the decagon’s numbered walls. Pale colors shifted behind her eyelids like a kaleidoscope of mood and meaning and though she wasn’t entirely convinced the walls would "tell" her anything...she’d given herself permission to lean into the whimsy for once and never admit to her brother that she had done so. Hogwarts was full of stranger things than magical numerology, after all.
She’d just begun to think maybe wall number three (or was it five?) felt warmer than the others when a voice broke softly through her concentration. Her eyes blinked open and she stopped mid-step, hand still resting lightly on the pastel-painted wall of a still to-be-identified color.
The third year immediately stepped away from the wall, cheeks tinged with embarrassment, and pivoted to face her fellow Hufflepuff. "Numerological alignment. Seeing if any of the walls produced a measurable instinctive reaction." Then, as a slightly panicked afterthought, "Hello."
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When the girl turned around, Aurora saw that it was Iris. Though she wasn't very familiar with the younger girl, she had seen her in classes and around the school. And Aurora knew that she was Nyle's twin sister.
"Hello, Iris." Aurora gave her a friendly smile and let her get over her embarrassment. Though honestly she didn't really have anything to be embarrassed about. Rory was more curious than anything. And what the girl said next made her raise her brow. She had never heard of anyone trying to do that by touching walls. "Wait, are there people who can actually do that?" Huh. If so that was pretty cool.
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Iris blinked at the girl, the brainfog of embarrassment lifting just enough to process that she not only knew this intruder peer but it was Aurora.
"Not exactly," she said, voice clipped but polite, as if keeping a lid on whatever deeper explanation might be brewing while also masking her disappointment that she was far too frazzled to enjoy this encounter to the fullest. "My mum does, sometimes...it's part of her Seer gift...but I was just trying to… I don’t know, sense something." She smoothed the front of her cardigan needlessly again and shifted her weight to one leg in quiet discomfort. "It’s nonsensical," she added quickly, like slapping a bandage over the wound before anyone could comment on its presence. "But I couldn’t taste anything properly this morning, so I figured maybe this place might help."
Iris glanced toward the tea cart and shrugged, "Or at the very least accessible boiling water and a decent cuppa."
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When Iris said ‘not exactly’, Aurora wanted to inquire more, but then the other girl went on. Ohhh right, the Seer gift. She felt a little silly for not realizing that herself. It was too bad that Iris hadn’t been able to make it work. Unless she tried again and was more successful. Now Rory was feeling a little bad for interrupting. But then she had just wanted to have some tea. She blinked at what the girl said next. ”Is there something wrong with your tastebuds?”
Her eyes travelled to the cart. ”Ooh, yes. I was wanting tea as well.” That and maybe a nap if she relaxed enough. The cushions looked comfy.
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Briallen Ashburry-Hawthorne
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Nyle Harden
Hufflepuff
Third Year
Hogwarts RPG Name: Iris Harden
Ravenclaw
Third Year
Hogwarts RPG Name: Calliope Barrington
Slytherin
Second Year
Hogwarts RPG Name: Diamond Marchbanks
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Ministry Department Head:
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Iris gave a small shrug, already pivoting toward the tea cart. "I probably just burned my tongue on the shepherd’s pie at dinner," she said quickly, her next words seeming as if she were reciting from a textbook. "Heat damage to taste receptors can distort gustatory input. It's a completely normal and not at all that peculiar thing." A slight lift of her chin followed, as if that settled it the query.
It didn’t, not really, but it was easier than explaining what she couldn’t.
Her eyes scanned the numbered options once more just in case some sign from the beyond graced her with inspiration ― it did not ― and untimately went for the set up of her favorite color. Seven. Violet. Analytical. Mystical. Reserved. Words that felt less like abstract descriptors and more like subtle echoes of the way she manifested in this world down to the very atoms that she comprised of and how she moved through the world. Always the one asking why instead of simply feeling.
She used to think that’s why dad understood her best. He had never sugar-coated the world for her, never danced around discomfort or tried to soften hard truths. Dad was logic and quiet intensity, the kind of man who treated her questions like they were worth real answers.
But even he had... changed.
And it was perhaps the first time since arriving at Hogwarts that Iris felt a sharp undeniable ache for the softer comfort she had always associated with mum. Not the intellectual challenge or blunt honesty of her father’s affection, but her mother’s warmth with arms and scent of cinnamon that always clung to her curls. Both her parents had arms that never asked for proof or explanation before wrapping around her...but dad's embraces had become les frequent since the exorcism and his warmth was horrifically missed.
There was something in her tone that made it sound like she wasn’t just talking about tea anymore. Still, she measured the leaves calmly, a faint, private smile twitching at the corners of her mouth. "Iris...goddess of the rainbow, daughter of Thaumas, herald of divine messages, embodiment of wonder... I like to think she’d appreciate the novelty of me circling pastel walls in search of cosmic insight. Turns out rainbow-based name alignment isn’t the cheat code I hoped it’d be. So, plan B it is then, go with your favorite color. Almost always reliable."
And with that, she poured the hot water with care and brought the cup to her lips, hoping the aroma alone might settle the churn in her chest.
"If you're going with your namesake, I'd suggest orange or rose...maybe red or yellow... since Aurora means 'dawn' in Latin and associated with the Roman goddess of the sunrise and all."
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When you're stuck in a moment and your spark has been stolen .................................................. ........... this is our time to own it, so own it..................................... baby we were born withfire and gold in our eyes
♥s her SS family l Wifey is MINE | Naughty Niffler l Whittysaur l #awkwardturtle<#
Oh right. Aurora nodded at Iris' explanation and followed her towards the tea cart. She gave it a glance over, then nodded again as iris spoke further. "Hopefully the tea won't make it worse." Personally she didn't like having hot drinks when her tongue was burned, but she supposed Iris was different.
She scanned the different tea options while trying to figure out what she was feeling in the mood for, definitely less in thought than Iris was. But then that made sense since she was here just to have some tea, and not gain any specific insight. "So do you think you can get the wall thing to work if you try again? Or is there some other way that you can gather that insight?" Aurora did not know because she did not have the gift of Sight.
At the mention of her name and the meaning of it, Aurora smiled. She hadn't considered trying something that connected back to her name. Why not? She scanned over the different options again, considering what tied to her name, and then settled on orange. Harmony sounded good to her.
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