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Atypical Ravenclaw Bookworm // Hair Flipper Pro / / the edgy starbuckian // Hot Messie
[COLOR="Navy"]Mina winced as she hurt the sound of Patroclus hit the ground. The sheer sound from the collision told her that he could have hurt himself. More concerned with Patroclus, she barely remembered that the ball had made it over the net and was rocketing toward her. Remembering at the very last second, she pushed her racket forward to connect with the ball. With a loud whack, the ball bounced off her racket and shot forward back over the net.
Being that her return wasn't at all well planned or executed well, the ball shot out of bounds and she dropped her racket. Running over to the other side of the net, she knelled beside time. "Hey, are you okay?"
Sidney makes her way to the Room of Requirements. She’s startled to find not a door, but a blank wall. Sidney has read about this room, but she’s never checked it out before. She needs a quiet, discreet place to make and concentrate her runes. Sidney walks back and forth in front of the wall and thinks about what she wants. After the third pass a door appears. She opens it and goes in. What she finds amazes her. Sidney is not in a room, but a meadow. The place has several ancient rune tables and stones scattered all around. She walks around and finds an altar. The perfect place to make her runes. Sidney pulls out her pouch of stones and places it on the altar. She has decided since the stones are very hard that she’s not going to try and carve the runes. Instead, Sidney will paint the runes on each stone and then seal the paint using a sealing charm. Since she using her magic to create the runes, she hopes this will increase not only the magic of the stones, but also their relationship to her. Sidney also takes out her Ancient runes text book and finds the page where the twenty-five stones are illustrated. She then divides the stones up choosing the ones that have a flat side. The book says you need at least one flat side to paint your runes on. After she has decided on the stones she’s going to use, Sidney takes her wand out of its holster. What color should I use? The stones are bluish in color, so black would show up really well. Sidney consults her notes.
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3. Your own blood: if you're a woman in childbearing years, you have a readily available supply. If not, I suggest asking for a vial "to take home" (make up what excuse you will) the next time you donate or give blood for tests. You'd be surprised at the people who will accommodate such a request. Otherwise, get ready to prick your finger many times to stain your runes; or get a friend with a medical kit and training to take a vial. If you have access, you'll need the vial with the lavender top. This contains heparin; an anti-clotting agent. You really do need this as the blood begins to clot almost as soon as it leaves your body, rendering it unusable. I would recommend two full lavender-topped tubes be drawn; freeze as immediately as you can until you are actually ready to stain your runes. A way of fudging on the blood is to prick a finger and squeeze a drop into a tablespoon or so of red paint or stain. Some authors advocate the use of other bodily fluids; saliva, semen, urine and sweat, but blood is the most traditional of these as the "fluid of life". It is up to you which you feel best suits your purpose for the bodily fluid you do use makes the runes uniquely "yours". If another person picks up your runes, they cannot leave their psychic mark on them because your blood remains to cancel out other influences.
[Sunny's comments: red ochre powder mixed with linseed oil or red acrylic paint are both good for reddening the runes. Put a few drops of blood into the ochre mixture or paint.]
Blood! I need to use blood to color the runes. I don’t think so. I know we’re suppose to make these as accurately as possible, but I’m not going to bleed to make runes for class no way. I’ll go with the second idea of red paint. Now lets see what the ritual is for carving I mean painting the rune symbols on the stones.
SPOILER!!: Formation Ritual[quote
1. Prior to the ritual, lightly pencil the runes onto the different disks, laying the symbols against the grain . Softly chant the name of each rune as you draw it. Draw all the component parts of the staves downward, to draw energies into the rune symbol. Cut two or three extra disks to cover cracked runes and missteps of your cutting tools, etc.
2. Set aside a sacred space in whatever way you feel comfortable; ideally in the workshop area of your harrow (altar). It is highly appropriate to do the Hammarsettning, or Hammer Ritual in the cardinal four directions as well as Above, Below and Center.
3. Invite into your space the Gods and Goddesses of the runes: Odin, Balder, Freya and Freyr, the Norns, etcetera. If you have a particular affinity for any one God/dess, invite that Deity also to witness and lend their energies to the proceedings. Invite also your lineal ancestors, especially those who worked magick in their own lives, your power animal allies, local land spirits or any other wights you may wish to have present. Pour a tot of milk, apple juice or wine in offering to the Gods and ask them to guide your hands and lend you their powers in the work you are to do.
4. Place your cut disks or tablets on the workbench or other safe space, with the Fehu disk in a clamp. Lay a white cloth napkin or other clean white cloth in front of your workspace to place the finished runes on.
5. Draw the sign of the hammer over the disk to sain it and placing your lips close enough to vibrate the wood, "galdor " the rune (intone the rune sound) strongly into the disk while holding a strong visualization of the one thing that means "Fehu" to you. This could be one of the traditional meanings, such as "money" or "cattle" or something that is extremely intimate and personal only to you. Whatever it is, hold the visualization strongly and begin to carve, Dremmel or burn the rune into the wood.
6. When you are finished with the first rune, take it out of the clamp, put it on the white cloth in front of your workspace and clamp the second rune in. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you have all twenty-four Runes done. Ideally, you should try to do this all in one session. If this is impossible, do three separate workings, each encompassing one of the three Ættir (rows of eight Runes) until you are done.
7. When you have all of the Runes done, assemble them in order on the white cloth. Fix your gaze intently upon each one in turn, again galdoring intensely the vibration of each Rune into the wooden disks. When you have galdored the last rune, galdor the Ansuz-Laguz-Uruz formula "Ahhhluuu!" (meaning "It is sealed"/"So mote it be") over the rune set.
8. Ground the sacred space (and yourself), thank the Gods, and dismiss any minor wights you might have called.[/quote]
Boy, I didn’t know this would be such a drawn out process. I’d better get started.
SPOILER!!: Sidney drawing the Runes
Sidney picks out a stone and places it in front of her. She places the tip of her wand on the stone and says, Tracer Crayon. Sidney then moves her wand downward drawing the outline of the rune, Ansuz. While she does this, she chants “Ansuz, Ansuz,” over and over again. When the rune has been drawn in pencil on the stone, Sidney finds a place to the side of her work station to place the runes that she has outlined in pencil. She places a white cloth there and puts the first rune on it. Sidney continues the process with the Berkanan, Dagaz, Ehwaz, Ihwaz, and so on until all the stones have the outline of a rune drawn on them. Sidney then places the blank stone with other ones. She starts inviting the Norse gods to join her here. “Ancient gods and goddesses of the North, Odin, Balder, Freya, Freyr, the Norns, and all the others, I invite you here to my humble meadow to witness me creating and consecrating this new set of runes. I ask you to lend me your magic to strengthen the power that dwells within these stones. I also ask my magical ancestor to join me too, so that I may add their power to mine and create a set of runes that will be uniquely mine.” She pours a glass of wine as an offering for the gods. Sidney then places a second white cloth the the right of the first one. She places the blank rune on it. Sidney then places the Ansuz stone in front of her. She draws the outline of Thor’s hammer over the rune with her wand and enchants the stone with a temporary sticking charm, so it will stay in place. Sidney then places her lips close to the stone and chants the runes name while she visualizes the god, Odin. While Sidney does this, she chants Odin, Odin, Odin to the runes. After the rune has been intoned the rune sound into the stone, she then places the tip of her wand at the top of the longest line and says “Tracer Farve Rouge”. Red paint flows out of the tip of her wand. It fills in the outline of the Ansuz rune. Sidney picks the stone up by the edges and places it on the cloth to dry. She then finds the Fehu stone and starts the ritual over again. This time Sidney chants cattle to the stone and visualizes them while she paints the symbol on the stone. Then she does the Uruz visualizing a wild ox followed by the Thurisaz rune. With this rune Sidney visualizes a giant as she energizes the stone and paints the rune on it. She places the stone on the white cloth and grabs the stone with Raidho’s outline. She follows the ritual and thinks of a chariot while she paints the rune. Next is the Kenaz. It’s symbol is a beacon or torch. The red paint flows from her wand and fills in the outline of this rune. She places it on the cloth and works on the Gebo rune. This one is easy. The symbol is an X. She chants gift to the rune and visualizes a gift while she paints the X on the stone. Then she does the Hagalaz rune. Sidney runs into trouble when she chants the word for this rune. Hail starts to fall in the meadow. The Room of Requirement misunderstands her chant. It thinks Sidney wants hail. She quickly repairs the problem and paints the funny looking H symbol on the stone. Sidney places it on the cloth and works on the Nauthiz rune. Its symbol looks like a lower cast t except the crossing line is done at an angle. She had trouble visualizing need while she paints the rune. When its finished, she places it on the cloth and starts on the Isa rune. It’s another easy rune to paint. It’s symbol is just a vertical line. Sidney draws it in a downward motion while visualizing ice. A chill runs up and down her backbone. The next rune is Jera. Sidney chants good harvest then tries to fill in this rune. It takes a few tries to get this one perfect. She very carefully places this stone on the white cloth. Sidney doesn’t want to smudge the paint. The first cloth is full. Sidney conjures a second white cloth and places it to the right of the first one. Sidney enjoys painting the Eihwaz rune. Its symbol is the yew tree. She finds that funny since the rune doesn’t look a thing like a yew. Sidney places the finished rune on the cloth on to the next rune. Perthro’s symbol is a lot cup and boy is this one hard to draw. The Algiz rune looks more like a tree. She chants protection to energize the stone and then thinks of her father protecting her from a dragon as she draws the rune using a downward motion. Sowilo looks like a funny shaped S. The runes symbol is the sun. Sidney has not trouble thinking about the sun while she sits in the bright meadow. Two third of the runes are finished only eight more to do. She checks the ones on the clothes. They appear to be drying perfectly in the sun. Tiwaz is an easy rune draw. It looks like an arrow. Sidney has trouble visualizing Tyr, the sky god, but she does her best. Berkano rune is another tough one to draw. This runes symbol is the birch goddess another difficult one to visualize. Sidney places the finished rune on the cloth and finds the Ehwaz one. This rune is shaped like a M. She chants two horses to the rune and then visualizes them as she draws the rune. That was easy. Mannaz is a funny looking M. I love the crisscross center to this one. The symbol is man, another easy one. Sidney has no trouble with this one. The next one is Laguz, a funny looking small r. Water is its symbol another easy one to visualize and an easy rune to draw. She places it on the cloth and moves over to the next one. Ingwaz is a funny diamond shaped one. Sidney chats “earth god, earth god” to the stone over and over again. She then draws the diamond using a downward stroke. Six down; two more and Sidney will be done. I love the look of the Dagaz rune. I think it’s one of the prettiest of the group. It’s also one of the more difficult to draw. Sidney chants dawn to the stone and imagines a beautiful sunrise while she draws the rune. She places it on the cloth and retrieves the final rune, Othala. Sidney chants ancestral property to the stone and wonders what the heck that’s suppose to be. She does her best to visualize it while she draws the strange looking rune. When she finishes this one, she can now start performing the sealing charm on them.
Mina winced as she hurt the sound of Patroclus hit the ground. The sheer sound from the collision told her that he could have hurt himself. More concerned with Patroclus, she barely remembered that the ball had made it over the net and was rocketing toward her. Remembering at the very last second, she pushed her racket forward to connect with the ball. With a loud whack, the ball bounced off her racket and shot forward back over the net.
Being that her return wasn't at all well planned or executed well, the ball shot out of bounds and she dropped her racket. Running over to the other side of the net, she knelled beside time. "Hey, are you okay?"
Laying on the ground, Patroclus could feel the pain slowly subsiding, it had hurt, but not a lot. Hearing the ball hit Mina's racket and bounce along way off, Patroclus knew he had just won his frist point. Hearing Mina's pressence beside him, he rolled onto his back and starred at her, "15 love, my point!" he said with a cheeky grin. At that moment he began to burst out laughing, he couldn't stop himself. His mammoth dive, and his success at getting a point by doing nothing was to much to handle, so he laughed and could not stop!
Wiping a tear from his eyes, he got up and gave Mina a hug, "Thanks for caring!"
Atypical Ravenclaw Bookworm // Hair Flipper Pro / / the edgy starbuckian // Hot Messie
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Originally Posted by PattyH.
Laying on the ground, Patroclus could feel the pain slowly subsiding, it had hurt, but not a lot. Hearing the ball hit Mina's racket and bounce along way off, Patroclus knew he had just won his frist point. Hearing Mina's pressence beside him, he rolled onto his back and starred at her, "15 love, my point!" he said with a cheeky grin. At that moment he began to burst out laughing, he couldn't stop himself. His mammoth dive, and his success at getting a point by doing nothing was to much to handle, so he laughed and could not stop!
Wiping a tear from his eyes, he got up and gave Mina a hug, "Thanks for caring!"
Mina frowned slightly as she heard his laughter. She really was concerned about him and he was laughing. Seriously, her kind heart just couldn't catch a break, could it? Shaking her head, she hit him in the arm and stood up. "Patroclus, it's not funny." Standing up, she turned her back to him and huffed slightly with her arms crossed.
Feeling him give her a hug, she shook her head again. "Next time something possible harmful happens to you, I'm just going to take my shot and not come to see if you are okay." She so could have gained a point if she had taken the shot and not been more concerned for him.
Mina frowned slightly as she heard his laughter. She really was concerned about him and he was laughing. Seriously, her kind heart just couldn't catch a break, could it? Shaking her head, she hit him in the arm and stood up. "Patroclus, it's not funny." Standing up, she turned her back to him and huffed slightly with her arms crossed.
Feeling him give her a hug, she shook her head again. "Next time something possible harmful happens to you, I'm just going to take my shot and not come to see if you are okay." She so could have gained a point if she had taken the shot and not been more concerned for him.
"Hey!" Patroclus said as he walked around to face her, "Don't get angry! It did hurt, badly but it was really funny. So I am sorry! Forgive me!" He smiled at her, his green-blue eyes shimmering like pools of earnst. He hadn't meant for her to get upset, and it was warming to know she cared so much. He blamed on his over-competitiveness, if only he had let the ball go, he would never has dived and landed so spectaularly.
Atypical Ravenclaw Bookworm // Hair Flipper Pro / / the edgy starbuckian // Hot Messie
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Originally Posted by PattyH.
"Hey!" Patroclus said as he walked around to face her, "Don't get angry! It did hurt, badly but it was really funny. So I am sorry! Forgive me!" He smiled at her, his green-blue eyes shimmering like pools of earnst. He hadn't meant for her to get upset, and it was warming to know she cared so much. He blamed on his over-competitiveness, if only he had let the ball go, he would never has dived and landed so spectaularly.
Mina shook her head and uncrossed her arms. She really did hate being laughed at for her caring so much for her friends. It wasn't her fault that she was a rather caring person and didn't like to see people hurt. "You should know, I don't like being laughed at." she explained. Yes, it was good to laugh things off, but she really thought he could have been hurt badly and even her competitive side of her couldn't take advantage of that. Silly girl, always caring for others before herself. "I'll forgive you, this time." she shrugged after thinking about it for a second. "But, don't be surprised if next time, I don't do anything," she added as she stuck her tongue out at him.
Sidney checks the individual stones to make sure the sealing charm has taken. They seem to be perfect. Now its time to concentrate her runes.
SPOILER!!:
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TO CONSECRATE YOUR RUNES
Ask the help of the god you feel will help you most with the runes.
Say each rune's name aloud during the ritual gives each rune its identity.
Do the Hammarsettning ritual:
Face North and say: Hammer in the North hallow and hold this holy-stead! Around me and in me Asgardhr and Midgardhr!
Face East and say: Hammer in the East hallow and hold this holy-stead! Around me and in me Asgardhr and Midgardhr!
Face Sorth and say: Hammer in the Sorth hallow and hold this holy-stead! Around me and in me Asgardhr and Midgardhr!
Face West and say: Hammer in the West hallow and hold this holy-stead! Around me and in me Asgardhr and Midgardhr!
Look up and say: Hammer above hallow and hold this holy-stead! Around me and in me Asgardhr and Midgardhr!
Look down and say: Hammer below hallow and hold this holy-stead! Around me and in me Asgardhr and Midgardhr!
Kiss them or blow on them giving yourself to them... becoming one with them.
Place the runes in the bag transforming them from mere stones/wooden disks to tools for divination and guidance.
Once you've completed the ritual, the runes are ready for you to use.
Keep them with you; carry them in your drawstring bag in your purse or briefcase, put them under your pillow at night. Practice working with them, and they will become a part of you. And they will never let you down.
Sidney reads over the instructions for concentrating her rune stones. According to this, I need to decide on a single god or goddess and call on them to help me with my task. This homework is turning into a long dragged out affair. Sidney looks in the back of her Runes Textbook for the list and biography for the Norse gods. I like Baldar. He’s the god of light, joy, purity, beauty, innocence, and reconciliation. Those sound like good traits for my runes to have. Here goes nothing. “Hail mighty Baldar, god of light, joy, pruity, beauty, innocence, and reconciliation. Please come her to this humble meadow and help me concentrate these my personal runes. I need you here to give your seal of approval on these stones.” Sidney feels so stupid doing this, but it’s necessary to concentrate these stones. She waits a few minutes to make sure Baldar has had plenty of time to arrive. Now I need to give each stone its identity and then do the Hammarsettning Ritual. That looks like a long ritual, and it has to be done for each stone. This is going to take a while.
SPOILER!!: Concentration Ceremony
Sidney picks up the first rune, Algiz. She holds the stone close to her mouth and says, “Algiz, Algiz, Aligiz. Sidney then puts the stone down on the altar, takes out her wand and places it in her flat hand. “Point Me!” Her wand points to the north. She faces in that direction. “Hammer in the north hallow and hold this holy-stead! Around me and in me Asgardhr and Midgardhr!” Sidney then turns to the East and says, “Hammer in the east hallow and hold this holy-stead! Around me and in me Asgardhr and Midgardhr!” She then turns to the south and says, “Hammer in the south hallow and hold this holy-stead! Around me and in me Asgardhr and Midgardhr!” Sidney turns to the west and says, “Hammer in the west hallow and hold this holy-stead! Around me and in me Asgardhr and Midgardhr!” She kisses and blows on the Algiz rune and places in the bag she made in class. Sidney then finds the Ansuz. She holds the stone up to her mouth and says, “Ansuz, Ansuz, Ansuz giving the stone its identity. Sidney then repeats the ritual. When she is finished, she kisses and blows on the stone, and places it in the bag. She has given the stone its identity. Sidney picks up the Berkanan rune. She places it close to her lips and chants the stones name to it. Sidney then performs the ritual and then places the stone in its special bag. She then picks up the Dagaz stone and holds it to her lips. Dagaz, Dagaz, Dagaz, she chants giving this rune its identity. She then performs the special ritual, blows and kisses the rune, and place it in its bag. Sidney repeats the ritual with the Ehwaz, Ihwaz, Fehu, Gebo, Hagalaz, Ingwaz, Isa, and Jera runes. [I]Boy I never realized there were so many runes. I need a break. Sidney stands up and walks around the meadow looking at the Ancient Runes stones.
Sidney decides to sit down and just relax for a while. Who knew concentration runes would be so draining. She lies down on her back and watches the clouds float by. Sidney is amazed how realistic this meadow is. This is her first time in the Room of Requirements. She’s read about it in the History of Harry Potter, but the author’s descriptions did not prepare her for actually experiencing the room. Sidney could lie here for hours and create various creatures out of the clouds, but she needs to get finish with her runes. This assignment is due tomorrow. Sidney stands up and brushes off the loose grass and leaves from her robes. She walks back over to the altar and gets back to work.
SPOILER!!: Concentration ritual continued
Sidney picks up the Kenaz rune. It’s also called Kaunan. She holds the rune up to her lips and chants its name, Kenaz, Kenaz, Kenaz, over and over again. Sidney then puts the rune aback on the altar and, using her wand, finds north. She turns to that direction and says, Hammer in the north hallow and hold this holy-stead! Around me and in me Asgardhr and Midgardhr! Sidney then turns to the east and says, Hammer in the east hallow and hold this holy-stead! Around me and in me Asgardhr and Midgardhr! She then turns to the south and says, Hammer in the south hallow and hold this holy-stead! Around me and in me Asgardhr and Midgardhr! Sidney then turns the west and says, Hammer in the west hallow and hold this holy-stead! Around me and in me Asgardhr and Midgardhr! She then kisses and breathes on the rune. When the ritual is complete, Sidney places the Kenaz rune in her pouch with the other runes. She repeats the ritual with the Laguz, Mannaz, Nauthiz, Othila, and Perth runes each time chanting their names, saying the ritual, kissing and breathing on them, and putting them in her pouch. Sidney picks up the Radio rune, says Radio, Radio, Radio over and over again to it, says the ritual chant, breathes on it and kisses it, and finally places it in her pouch. She contiues to pattern for the last five runes (Sowilo, Tiwaz, Thurisaz, Uruz, and Wunjo) placing each stone in the pouch when she is finished. Sidney then picks up the pouch and plays with it in her hands. The more you use your runes, the more they will become a part of you. She picks her stuff up and puts everything in her bag. Sidney gets up and walks to the place she entered the meadow. A door appears out of nowhere. She opens it and walks back into the Hogwarts hallway. The door disappears. Sidney heads back to her common room. She has more homework to do.
got to start getting ready for work, so i may not reply. ^_^
Professional Twirler Mourned and Missed
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Originally Posted by DH Vixen
Mina shook her head and uncrossed her arms. She really did hate being laughed at for her caring so much for her friends. It wasn't her fault that she was a rather caring person and didn't like to see people hurt. "You should know, I don't like being laughed at." she explained. Yes, it was good to laugh things off, but she really thought he could have been hurt badly and even her competitive side of her couldn't take advantage of that. Silly girl, always caring for others before herself. "I'll forgive you, this time." she shrugged after thinking about it for a second. "But, don't be surprised if next time, I don't do anything," she added as she stuck her tongue out at him.
"Oi" He laughed as she stuck out her tongue.
Releasing that this had all been a misunderstanding, Patroclus tried to get Mina to forgive him, "Mina, I wasn't laughing at you, I was laughing at how stupid i was for diving for the ball, I thought you would be laughing too it would have looked hilarious!" Patroclus proceeded to reanact his fatal dive in slow motion, with humerous sound affects, "Nooooooooooooooooooo, BOM!" He waved his arms around his head in big cirlces, as if he was falling again, and he pulled a deathily grimace as his crash face.
"Do you want to keep playing, or should we do something else?" He didn't want her to keep playing if she was upset.
"Well thank you" Avery blushed at her comment. Things were going to be perfect tonight, this Avery was certain. "Jason I'm so glad that you asked me out tonight." Avery couldn't believe that she was here in this moment. This was everything that she ever wanted. Avery flicked her wand and the sparkling grape juice poured itself into the two make shift wine classes that were on the candle lite table. "I thought this may be the best setting for us." Avery flahsed a smile at him.
Jason smiled at the girl. It was nice to not be put through so much drama with her. She was sweet, and kind; everything that he looked for in a girl. “I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.” He said, bending down and kissing her on the forehead. There was something that was uncomfortable about her though, maybe it was the fact that she was a second year, and all of his friends would probably make fun of him, but it didn’t matter.
He took the glass and held it out to her. “To our first date.” He said.
Jason smiled at the girl. It was nice to not be put through so much drama with her. She was sweet, and kind; everything that he looked for in a girl. “I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.” He said, bending down and kissing her on the forehead. There was something that was uncomfortable about her though, maybe it was the fact that she was a second year, and all of his friends would probably make fun of him, but it didn’t matter.
He took the glass and held it out to her. “To our first date.” He said.
"To our first date" Avery mimicked him and raised her glass. Avery was glad that things were they way they were. "Jason, I know that things with Reed just ended. And that I'm only a second here. So please don't feel as if you have to be here." Avery had that on her mind all night. She wasn't going to fool herself, she really liked Jason and she could see them being able to make it work. But Jason was a fourth year and Avery was only a second year. She didn't want to put pressure on him.
Atypical Ravenclaw Bookworm // Hair Flipper Pro / / the edgy starbuckian // Hot Messie
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Originally Posted by PattyH.
"Oi" He laughed as she stuck out her tongue.
Releasing that this had all been a misunderstanding, Patroclus tried to get Mina to forgive him, "Mina, I wasn't laughing at you, I was laughing at how stupid i was for diving for the ball, I thought you would be laughing too it would have looked hilarious!" Patroclus proceeded to reanact his fatal dive in slow motion, with humerous sound affects, "Nooooooooooooooooooo, BOM!" He waved his arms around his head in big cirlces, as if he was falling again, and he pulled a deathily grimace as his crash face.
"Do you want to keep playing, or should we do something else?" He didn't want her to keep playing if she was upset.
Mina shook her head and attempted to stand her ground. She didn't want to give into the laughter, no she wanted to stand strong. But it was harder by the minute to resist. Patroclus was making it really hard for her to stay mad and not laugh. Wincing as she heard him hit the ground again, she looked at him and faintly smiled. "I seriously don't understand why you boys find falling so funny," she voiced. The mind of a boy was a mystery and she sure didn't want to know about it. Boys were after all nothing but trouble in her mind.
"I'm game for playing more, but if you'd prefer to do something else, I'm okay with that as well," she shrugged. Another set would be fine with her, but she was giving him the option to do something else if he wanted.
Whit nodded as she saw the simple blue that was like most guys. "They're perfect!" Then when Kel agreed that the roller coaster she had picked out was good she jumped and told him she'd be right back. "Time to change!"
Returning almost 10 minutes later, she wondered if she had taken longer than Kel. Perhaps he had gone off to find something to do or check out the other rides? "Keeeeel!" She yelled, looking around though staying in the same spot. Was it possible that he was still changing? She always thought girls took longer to change.
Yup. Guys definitely change clothes faster than girls. It took Kel all of three minutes to change into his swimming suit and put a clean, white shirt on. Then, he went for food. Because he had a feeling that Whit would take longer than he had.
And he was right. When Whit called for him, he went back to the changing rooms, a small, half-eaten ice cream in one hand. "I would've gotten you one, but I didn't want it to melt, since you took about an hour in there." he winked, and hurriedly finished his ice cream. "Ready to go roller coastering?" Ahem... made up words FTW.
"To our first date" Avery mimicked him and raised her glass. Avery was glad that things were they way they were. "Jason, I know that things with Reed just ended. And that I'm only a second here. So please don't feel as if you have to be here." Avery had that on her mind all night. She wasn't going to fool herself, she really liked Jason and she could see them being able to make it work. But Jason was a fourth year and Avery was only a second year. She didn't want to put pressure on him.
Occ: It's really wierd writing this because my friend who plays reed its here with me!
"Um, it's fine. I think I can make this work. Things just aren't working well with Reed. I don't think she'll ever forgive me." He wiped a hand on his face and the long, red tear marks burned as he touched them. "It's ok that your a second year. It doesn't matter how old we are, but that we love each other. My mom was older than my dad." He said. Three years older, to be exact. He just couldn't help thinking about the girl he broke up with, and how he was already being torn apart by that fact. Tearing Reed out of his heart would never heal, and it was time to make room for Avery. He took a sip of the juice and asked, "So, should we go somewhere, or is here just fine?"
Occ: It's really wierd writing this because my friend who plays reed its here with me!
"Um, it's fine. I think I can make this work. Things just aren't working well with Reed. I don't think she'll ever forgive me." He wiped a hand on his face and the long, red tear marks burned as he touched them. "It's ok that your a second year. It doesn't matter how old we are, but that we love each other. My mom was older than my dad." He said. Three years older, to be exact. He just couldn't help thinking about the girl he broke up with, and how he was already being torn apart by that fact. Tearing Reed out of his heart would never heal, and it was time to make room for Avery. He took a sip of the juice and asked, "So, should we go somewhere, or is here just fine?"
Avery noticed the red tear on Jason's face earlier but she thought it was best not to mention them. But now Avery knew where they had come from. a Swell on anger grew inside her at the thought. Like and angry monster wanting revenage. But Avery was able to compose her self with nothing more than a flash acrossed her eyes about the situation. "I just wanted to let you know that there would have been no hard feelings." And with that Avery let the subject go, no sense in dwelling on it any longer than needed. "we can do anything you'd like to. I'm fine with staying here, but if you have a better idea." Avery smiled wondering what he was thinking about.
"I was actually going to ask you a question." Avery blushed a little but what hoping that he would say yes. "Would you like to go to the ball with me."
lives in a hobbit hole || Ern and Touz's Nuzzle || roflysst || looking at a seed packet
Cela was sure, in her heart of hearts, that a dead branch equalled runes with no life to them. So she was pleased with the blooming apple branch she had. The blossoms smelled beautiful and she had a smile on her face as she did the three times concentrate-y thing that got her into the room of requirement. What she required was simply a room with a workspace, some quiet and a few jars holding stuff that she’d need during the process. No tools, she was more comfortable using her wand considering her wand had already been consecrated to the Norse Gods when she’d inscribed it with several runes a few years back. It was her tool and as much a part of the making process as she was. The room itself was her Ve and her harrow was simply a small table which she knelt in front of, a white cloth covering it and the jars nearby in easy reach.
The apple branch was long enough for her to cut her twenty four runes plus have a few spare disks, and just over an inch in diameter. She tapped the wood a few times with her wand, measuring out the branch and making little marks where she’d make the cuts. Once she was satisfied they were the right width she used her wand to neatly sever the wood until she had twenty six blank pieces. Cela put two of them aside and spent a moment regarding the other twenty four, the ones that would be her new rune set. She lay them out, allowing her fingertips to get to know the grain of each and every one of the currently blank runes.
She had no need to check the directions, Celandine knew North without having to use a charm to confirm it, she’d done runic ritual stuff enough times after all.
Facing Nordhr, Cela stood and began, intoning clearly and holding her wand firmly in her left hand. “Hammer of the North hallow and hold this holy stead.”
She turned to face Austr. “Hammer of the East hallow and hold this holy stead,” Sudhr next, “Hammer of the South hallow and hold this holy stead!”
West now.
“Hammer of the West hallow and hold this holy stead!”
Celandine raised her wand and looked up, Yfir.
“Hammer of above, hallow and hold this holy stead!”
She looked down, not at the ground but what would be Undir the runes and her harrow. “Hammer of below hallow and hold this holy stead!”
Celandine breathed out and focused on the center of the area where her blank runes were laid out.
“Hammer of all hallow and hold this holy stead!”
She was facing north again, and finished with, “Around me and in me Asgardhr and Midgardhr!” Her wand punctuated this as she drew the sign of the hammer in the air in front of her.
That done, she sat down again quietly, put her wand aside and picked up the first rune. It was blank right now of course, but soon it would be Fehu. After making the hammer sign again, she pressed it to her lips and intoned the Galdr for it so that she could feel the vibrations against the wood.
“fehu fehu fehu
f f f f f f f f f
fu fa fi fe fo
of ef if af uf
f f f f f f f f f.”
Cela moved the wood away from her mouth and pointed her wand at the wooden surface. She cast an engraving charm silently, Intaglio. and carefully, so that the symbol for Fehu appeared etched in the flat of the wooden rune.
The first Aettir took the longest. After that Celandine found a rhythm to it. She chanted each of the Galdr, one for each rune, then inscribed the runic symbol into the wood. When she completed them all she intoned, "Aaahhhhluuuuu!" For Ansuz-Laguz and Uruz to seal the whole process.
She poured a little bit of milk into a cup and made a polite request to the Gods to help her with the consecration. Next Celandine reached for one of the jars, it contained linseed oil. To this she added some red ochre powder from another jar, and then quite calmly sliced her palm, allowing her own blood to fall into the mix. She mixed it together and then began applying the red paint and blood mixture to her runes, painting it into the inscribed wood. It would absorb and make the marks permanent, visible and all the more powerful. As she painted her blood mixture into each one, Celandine quietly chanted the Galdr, almost non-stop, transitioning into each bit of it apparently unbothered about how weird it probably sounded. Good thing nobody was there with her.
When she completed them all she intoned, "Aaahhhhluuuuu!" For Ansuz-Laguz and Uruz to seal the whole process and quietly used a drying spell.
She dedicated the finished runes to the Gods, then packed them up, burned the white cloth and finally left the room, the runes held carefully in her shirt. She’d be off to make a bag for them now.
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love is like a letter wrote :: and life is like an envelope
be careful who you give it to :: they might not give it back to you
Mina shook her head and attempted to stand her ground. She didn't want to give into the laughter, no she wanted to stand strong. But it was harder by the minute to resist. Patroclus was making it really hard for her to stay mad and not laugh. Wincing as she heard him hit the ground again, she looked at him and faintly smiled. "I seriously don't understand why you boys find falling so funny," she voiced. The mind of a boy was a mystery and she sure didn't want to know about it. Boys were after all nothing but trouble in her mind.
"I'm game for playing more, but if you'd prefer to do something else, I'm okay with that as well," she shrugged. Another set would be fine with her, but she was giving him the option to do something else if he wanted.
A smile!
It was small, but it was a smile nonetheless. Patroclus had felt terrible about her worrying, but was pleased that his mime routine had won her over in the end, however much she wished not to admit it. "We men are a wondrous bunch," he said in a faux pompous voice with his racket tucked under his arm, and his hand in his pocket, he strolled around Mina, "We are fine specimens to observe, but are like all creatures of the Savannah, a mystery to understand." He smiled a cheeky grin, hoping that by flashing his pearly whites, we could blind her on her hurt feelings.
"I am more than happy to play again," as he strolled back to his position on one side of the net, "after all, we are tied, Zero each." He smiled again, but this time, it was a smile of friendship, no joking, no pleading for forgiveness, just a smile of contentment.
Avery noticed the red tear on Jason's face earlier but she thought it was best not to mention them. But now Avery knew where they had come from. a Swell on anger grew inside her at the thought. Like and angry monster wanting revenage. But Avery was able to compose her self with nothing more than a flash acrossed her eyes about the situation. "I just wanted to let you know that there would have been no hard feelings." And with that Avery let the subject go, no sense in dwelling on it any longer than needed. "we can do anything you'd like to. I'm fine with staying here, but if you have a better idea." Avery smiled wondering what he was thinking about.
"I was actually going to ask you a question." Avery blushed a little but what hoping that he would say yes. "Would you like to go to the ball with me."
Jason smiled and his face flushed. She probably couldn't see because it was already red. "I was supposed to say that!" He laughed. "Yes, I will. Is there no reason not to?" He smiled at her embarassment. She was so.. Different. But that was a good thing. "We can stay here." He said, putting the grapejuice down and running a hand through his hair. "We can play truth or dare. I'll go first. Truth or dare?"
Jason smiled and his face flushed. She probably couldn't see because it was already red. "I was supposed to say that!" He laughed. "Yes, I will. Is there no reason not to?" He smiled at her embarassment. She was so.. Different. But that was a good thing. "We can stay here." He said, putting the grapejuice down and running a hand through his hair. "We can play truth or dare. I'll go first. Truth or dare?"
Avery's face lite up when Jason agreed to go with her! This was great! She had a date for the ball! She wouldn't have to go alone! Avery had never been so excited. "Great, thank you! I'll need to find the perfect dress now." Avery giggled as Jason suggested truth or dare. "Okay, I'm going to start off lame. Truth." Avery told him and waited to see what question Jason was going to start off with.
Yup. Guys definitely change clothes faster than girls. It took Kel all of three minutes to change into his swimming suit and put a clean, white shirt on. Then, he went for food. Because he had a feeling that Whit would take longer than he had.
And he was right. When Whit called for him, he went back to the changing rooms, a small, half-eaten ice cream in one hand. "I would've gotten you one, but I didn't want it to melt, since you took about an hour in there." he winked, and hurriedly finished his ice cream. "Ready to go roller coastering?" Ahem... made up words FTW.
'About an hour?'"Um, I took about two hours, thank you very much." Okay, so Whit knew she only really took about nine and half minutes, but it was a lot longer than needed. She had to make sure her hair looked nice. She was still getting used to being a brunette again.
"And it's okay, I don't think I'm gonna want anything in me when we get on the roller coaster. Soooo.....good luck!" She replied, patting his shoulder. It was only a little ice cream, he'd be fine, or at least she hoped he'd be okay. "Alright let's go!" No, roller coastering wasn't a real word, but whoever said they couldn't go add it to a dictionary?
Whit skipped all the way to the ride, not looking back to see if Kel was skipping too, though she figured he wasn't. And seeing as he wasn't ahead of her she figured he had just been walking behind her. Arriving to the ride, she noticed that there wasn't anyone to start the ride. "Kel? .....We forgot to have people running the rides." It was cool to not have people running the booths but someone had to start the ride if they were both on it. "Can we just ask the room for someone?" She wasn't sure if it worked that way.
Aidella | King of Confusion | Brittana | Forever ACROMANTULA
Ah, the Room of Requirement. Aiden had heard about this room, although he hadn't found out how to open it or even make it appear. Hence, it took him nearly an hour before the Gryffindor actually paced past it three times, and - voila - it appeared. He walked in, the room was filled with comfy furniture and all sorts of muggle knick-knacks. Computers, television. Felt much like his home, really. He released a noisy sigh as his body fell onto the couch.
Ah, the Room of Requirement. Aiden had heard about this room, although he hadn't found out how to open it or even make it appear. Hence, it took him nearly an hour before the Gryffindor actually paced past it three times, and - voila - it appeared. He walked in, the room was filled with comfy furniture and all sorts of muggle knick-knacks. Computers, television. Felt much like his home, really. He released a noisy sigh as his body fell onto the couch.
Savannah raised an eyebrow as she walked into the room, what was this ? It was like...some crazy amazing filled with muggle stuff, oh...she felt at home right now. This was the best, Savannah's eyes then laid on a figured sitting on the couch, the room just got even better. It was Aiden."Uhm..hey..."She said a bit awkwardly,she wasn't exactly sure what to say. She had just gotten into a huge fight with Ella so this wasn't good."i'm sorry..."she said, walking over to him and standing in front of him.
Aidella | King of Confusion | Brittana | Forever ACROMANTULA
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Savannah raised an eyebrow as she walked into the room, what was this ? It was like...some crazy amazing filled with muggle stuff, oh...she felt at home right now. This was the best, Savannah's eyes then laid on a figured sitting on the couch, the room just got even better. It was Aiden."Uhm..hey..."She said a bit awkwardly,she wasn't exactly sure what to say. She had just gotten into a huge fight with Ella so this wasn't good."i'm sorry..."she said, walking over to him and standing in front of him.
Aiden lifted his head a bit to see who had just walked in. He was a bit surprised to see Savannah walking in his direction. Well.. the surprising part was more so the fact that she was actually kind of.. uncharacteristically nervous? And an apology as well. He had to admit, she was improving on the whole not acting like a snob thing. "What are you sorry for?"
Atypical Ravenclaw Bookworm // Hair Flipper Pro / / the edgy starbuckian // Hot Messie
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A smile!
It was small, but it was a smile nonetheless. Patroclus had felt terrible about her worrying, but was pleased that his mime routine had won her over in the end, however much she wished not to admit it. "We men are a wondrous bunch," he said in a faux pompous voice with his racket tucked under his arm, and his hand in his pocket, he strolled around Mina, "We are fine specimens to observe, but are like all creatures of the Savannah, a mystery to understand." He smiled a cheeky grin, hoping that by flashing his pearly whites, we could blind her on her hurt feelings.
"I am more than happy to play again," as he strolled back to his position on one side of the net, "after all, we are tied, Zero each." He smiled again, but this time, it was a smile of friendship, no joking, no pleading for forgiveness, just a smile of contentment.
Mina couldn't hold it any longer and started to giggle slightly. "Wondrous bunch, really?" she asked with a shake of her head. Boys were really a mystery and she still wondered if she really wanted to understand them. "More like a mystery that may never be solved," she teased.
Shaking her head, she moved back over to her side of the net. Picking up her racket, she nodded and smiled. "Okay, but no more nice Mina," she teased as she stuck her tongue out again. Twirling her racket in her hand, she accio'd the tennis ball and gave it a bounce. Bouncing it twice, she took a breathe and tossed it in the air. Following through, she served it and sent the ball rocketing toward Patroclus.
9 3/4 ticket holder / The SS Mentalist / Sherlock / The Master Of Everything / Josh + <3 = Ev
Once he stepped out the Gryffindor Common Room, Joshua walked in the deserted seventh floor corridor making his way to the point Evelyn showed him before, the point one should stand if he or she would like to see the door to Room of Requirement.
Once he was there, after a couple of minutes, he saw that the Slytherin girls had not arrived yet which was quite natural since it was quite a long way to the seventh floor from the dungeons. Then he was going to be the one to make the room appear. 'I need a place to talk to my friends without being caught, i need a place to talk to my friends without being seen or heard' he thought repeatedly pacing in the corridor until what looked like a wooden door appeared on the empty wall
''Coolness'' the boy murmured with a smirk and opened the door.
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Auror • YATIL_.________The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy... ...but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.
Super Slytherin Buddy | | ⅓ She-Snake Trio | | a normal girl with normal knees
Why Josh said he wanted to talk, Evelyn had nooooooo clue. There could've been many reasons, one more likely than the other. However, she couldn't narrow down her thoughts, and they just...kept racing through her mind! Almost to the point that she forgot Destiny was following her.
So much in fact, that she didn't even remember where she was going until she realized she was...on some floor. What floor was she on? Frowning, the hazel eyed Slytherin looked around, before just...walking down the corridor. Perhaps she'll find a portrait and ask. How humiliating. Didn't even know where she was. And she wasn't about to ask Destiny. That would be even more embarrassing.
Turning the corner, Evelyn stopped in her tracks when she saw someone pacing. Someone, of course, quite familiar. Seemed like she was on the seventh floor, and the pacing the boy was doing, well then. Smiling, the girl silently walked towards the Gryffindor, making sure to stay out from his line of view before sneaking up behind him and peaking through the open door. "Seems like you got this down pat." she said quietly in his ear, a small smirk appearing on her face.
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