Dahlia couldn't help but sit there and watch the little inch worm make its way up and down her arm. It was her main focus on keeping her breathing calm and even. Everything was silent except for the giggles of one of her classmates. Well almost silent. When she listened close enough she could hear the sound of birds in the trees, the gentle breeze blowing through the leaves, the sound of buzzing as a bug flew past her ear.

Her eyes had fluttered closed for a brief moment just before the professors voice broke through her calm relaxed thoughts. Slowly opening her eyes, Lia smiled to see the inch worm was still there. She raised her hand slowly waiting to be called on. "I can hear the sound of the bugs as they fly past me and the birds chirping in the trees. Well.. I think the sounds of nature around us can tell us a lot of things. Like right now everything seems calm, all of our little visitors seem really content and trusting."

Jordyn had definitely lost her mojo once the little critter had arrived on her mat. It was hard to concentrate on the sounds of nature when she was really focused on keeping the insects off of her body and out of her personal space.

The professor announced that the insects were there for a reason. They were going to help with the day’s lesson. That was fine, as long as they kept their distance. Jordyn remained on the lookout, just in case one or several decided to come her way.

For now though, her attention went back to the professor and the question she posed. Jordyn raised her hand and attempted to give her response. ”I heard the breeze, the birds and my own deep breathing. To be honest, I kind of lost my concentration when something crawled on me.” Then she addressed the second part of the question. “Sound can help us become better diviners if we focus and really pay attention to what we hear. There is so much that we miss out on because a lot of times we don’t really listen. Who knows what messages we may receive if we only take time to listen.” Did that make sense? Did she answer the question?

What Violet had mostly been hearing was the sound of other students whispering to each other. But at one point all the outside noises had seemed to fade away into the background and all she could hear was... "The wind. I could hear the wind, starting, stopping...It was almost as if I could hear which way it was blowing," she eventually said out lous. "I guess...well, maybe it might be good for predicting the weather?" Violet felt a little strange--had she been having a 'moment'? Usually she didn't feel much in Divination; this was a bit unnerving.

Relieved she was to hear that they wouldn’t be doing too too much yoga. She offered Professor Euka two thumbs up before plopping down on the mat. Lisa directed her attention to Claudine briefly. Was she good at Divination? Well she wasn’t terrible at it. “I’m a good storyteller,” smirked Lisa as she looked to Claudine. Then she focused on Serena who sat down beside her whom she flashed a BRIGHT grin. Her best friend and savior was here!! Teeehee.

Before she could ask any questions or chat, they were being instructed to chill and close her eyes. Listen… Relax.

It was hard to relax. Lisa couldn’t help but fidget occasionally. She was one that could rarely sit still when she got excited. However, eventually she was able to focus and find peace. Rustling of leaves, breathing, and….

It was over rather quickly and the Professor was asking a question of them. What did they hear? “Heavy breathing, my heart, and the rustling of leaves….” Now what did it mean? She had no clue!

When they were told to open their eyes, Evan did so, looking down and blinking at the rather large beatle now perched on his left knee. That was... unsettling. But he supposed it was kind of pretty with it's iridescent looking back, so he just ignored it for the time being, instead focusing on the question and raising his answer to give a response. "I heard Kins laughing." A fact, not something judgmental from him. "But also my own deep breathing." There probably should have been more, but he had not been focused on sound as the primary sensory with his eyes closed, but rather the touch of the ground and things brushing against him. Which he now knew to be bugs.

As for how it could make them a better diviner? "Is there a way to talk to the bugs? Don't animals and insects have a better sense of bad things coming than humans?" Which he supposed was just something due to their biology.

Meda was enjoying these answers, her students were really being one with nature and that was so impressive. She was very proud of them at this very moment. As she went around to hear their answers she loved all the observations they made.




"I am delighted at how well you did this first activity. Many of you are growing and becoming more like diviners every day. Even if you don't want to become a diviner it is always a great thing to learn ways about yourself and nature to help calm you when you feel stressed or upset. A morning session like this always does so much good." She would certainly put that in.

"Also, before I forget if someone could wake our sleeping ones that would be great." Yes Atlas it was time to wake up and join the class. "Now today we are going to be doing a specific divination form that involves insects. The form we will be working with is Entomancy and it is a lovely form that has you observing your fellow creatures all crawling around. I would like if you have any on you to gently let them back in the grass." She was going to give them a moment to do this.

"Now this form involves seeing insects and what they are doing as well as if you have possibly harmed them in anyway, thankfully I don't think any of you killed any so that is a success so far." She hoped they didn't at least. "Now I would like you to get up and walk around. Enjoy nature a bit and see what insect pops out at you. When one does pay attention to just that one insect and see what it is doing, where it is located. Just observe it in it's space."

Wasn't this just an enjoyable activity.

Violet had given a halfway decent answer--in Divination Class! Things were looking up.

Looking down at her knee, she looked for the ants she had noticed earlier crawling across her leg on their way to....somewhere else. But they all seemed to be gone now, headed to their mysterious destination. Shrugging, she stiffly rose to her feet, brushed herself off, and slowly walked off in a random direction.

As she approached some bushes, a bumblebee suddenly barrelled out at her face, causing her to draw back in alarm...but just for a minute. Violet generally didn't mind insects--if you didn't bother them, they wouldn't bother you, she believed. And she wasn't allergic to any stings, that she knew of. So she quieted down and stood still a moment, trying to avoid startling the bee, and she watched it fly clumsily back and forth in front of her, finally circling back toward the bushes. Violet followed it, to see what else it would do.

Her palms were only slightly sweaty. But she had left that out of her comment.

But the comment that she had earned from Professor Euka about having a great observation and being in tune with herself was a great compliment. She was her own spunky cadet indeed.

Now the activity was to have a nice walk and observe the insect life. Lisa cast her gaze from left to right, scanning the area for any sight of insects and then spotted a lone bumblebee lazily floating around. A small smile graced her lips as she watched the bumble float as if it had no cares in the world.

It was certainly a silly question to ask if they could actually talk to bugs, but considering there was a way to communicate with snakes he'd taken his chances on the question. Observing their behaviors in their surroundings certainly made a lot more sense though. Unsure if they were supposed to write down what they saw, Evan grabbed a notebook from his bag before gently brushing off the beetle from his leg and standing. Given Professor Euka's instruction to wake those who were sleeping, and seeing everyone else moving on already, Evan moved first towards the sleeping lion, leaning down to gently poke his shoulder with his muggle pen. Evan wasn't a fan of being touched by people he didn't know, and figured it was polite to not do it to others so... a pen seemed the easiest way. "Hey.. Flamsteed. Professor Euka wants you to wake up. We're.. observing bugs. You might be able to start with the grasshopper on your head."

In case he wasn't aware.

He wasn't sure if Quinn was sleeping either, but knew the two were friends so he figured he'd leave that wake up to Atlas, if necessary. Not waiting to see if his attempt was successful, the Ravenclaw stood and followed the beetle that had previously been perched on him, watching as he weaved his way through some of the other bugs and stopped to push at a few leaves. Was he creating himself a shelter? Did beetles do that?

Ah, her answer had been a good one. Lia smiled warmly at Professor Euka as she went on to talk about how they would be using bugs in today's lesson. She wasn't quite sure how that was going to turn out for her but anytime she was able to work with a creature, she was up for it!

Now the third year was perfect happy sitting where she was and observing the inch worm that still happened to be on her arm. Why she wasn't able to keep that one she wasn't sure but okay, she was going to follow the rules. Carefully setting the inch worm down on the grass near her yoga mat, Lia watched it very very slowly make it's way along a blade of grass. After a minute or so, she got to her feet and started to look around.

A couple of minutes of wandering around, she saw it. A little cricket hopping about from one blade of grass to another. Kneeling down very careful she watched it quietly to see if it would do anything else.

"No need to apologize, I understand a good case of the giggles, but please try to focus." She didn't want the class to think they couldn't react to something funny, just wanting them to learn to try to control themselves.


"Thank you Evan." She was glad someone was waking one of them up, now if the other two stirred they wouldn't miss much.

Talking softly from where she was standing she didn't want to disturb the observations too much. "Now if your bug has noticed you depending on the bug it could end with a bit of a bite, sting, or just getting away from you. Maybe your insect hasn't noticed and stopped for a snack or a meeting with a friend, maybe they landed in a unique spot for their type. Whichever it is I hope you have remembered or written it down."

She watched a few bees fly close to her before zipping off, [b] "While you are watching an insect don't forget about others around. If something strange happens or you are distracted by another there could be a good reason that you aren't aware of. We are going to observe the insects for a little longer.

ooc: we will be moving on to the next part in about 24 hours.

It was a nice morning and the ants were enjoying climbing up the legs of the ones sleeping, possibly trying to take some of the leg hair they saw to use for building. When one moved a bit a few decided to get out and find safer ground.

A group of bees hanging on some flowers felt the brush of a foot and decided that wasn't going to be taken nicely and swarmed a few students heads.

While students were watching other insects a butterfly fluttered around watching all that was going on. She thought the bright color of the mats was a perfect place to land and take a rest.