Divination Lesson Two
 

An evening class was different for Divination, when Meda enjoyed the early afternoon time slot, but this lesson needed the perfect atmosphere and the astronomy tower after dark was exactly what they needed, plus the vines were on her last nerve in her Divination tower and this spot seemed a little more open.

Seats are set up around the tower for all students to be able to see the sky and to see the professor. As students enter they can see that a board is lit in the front telling students to pick a seat and open their minds for the lesson to begin. Meda is at the front of the room looking up at the sky.

Lesson Progress
Hello All
Mini Activity
What did you see?
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Divination at night was certainly a new thing, but Violet was glad. She always enjoyed night classes (certainly better than early morning events!). Violet felt at her best at night, when other people were growing tired, and she hoped that maybe this would help her in a class in which she seldom excelled.

"Good evening, professor," she murmured, not sure if the woman had heard her. Violet found a place as she absently read the directions on the glowing board. Open her mind?!? What in heaven and earth did that mean?! Sighing, she sat down and looked up at the sky, not sure what she was supposed to be doing at all.

Night time in the astronomy tower was always a good time. Even if it was odd it was for Divination. Reaching where the Professor and peers were already gathering, he offered a head nod at Professor Euka, "Good evening, Professor." With pleasantries out of the way, he made his way to an open seat before getting settled.

... Did Astrology have anything to do with Divination? Was that why they were up here?

She had known she had changed the time of the lesson on short notice today, but she hoped more students would be around soon. Checking her watch she figured she'd give a few more moments. Maybe some went to her tower first by mistake.




Glancing at her watch again she decided it was time to start the lesson and as if on que the sound of thunder off in the distance started to rumble. "Good evening everyone. Thank you for coming to a last minute switch lesson, but as I had warned earlier that I needed to perfect weather for this and wanted to find when nature did it instead of magic. Too many times with Divination I have to manipulate with magic or objects do to time or space, so it is nice to actually get to experience the real authentic ways once in awhile."

It did not make the lesson any less, but it did help having the real thing present at the time. "Now, just so we are all aware of our surroundings, you do have some raincoats under your chairs if you would need them. Books that could be ruined are probably best left in bags for this lesson, I will put any information you need up here. You may use a protection spell on your parchment if you are needing to take any notes."

She looked up at the sky and pointed, "What do you think we are studying tonight?"

What were they doing here? Violet often wondered that in Divination Class. She usually had no idea, but ventured a wild guess--"Astrology?"

The unexpected switch from an early afternoon class to an evening class had been a surprise to the Hufflepuff. And at first, he felt upset with the sudden change but accepted it quickly after understanding that it was out of his control when Professors decided to change the time to teach them. She must have had a pretty good reason for it. One he was hearing as he was busy placing his books back inside of his bag. He did not want them to get wet when it started to rain.

Glancing up at the sky as Professor Euka pointed at it, Daniel thought for a quick moment. What was a form of Divination that required the evening sky and rain?

".........Rain Divination?" even he didn't sound sure of himself and he usually was. Divination, like Flying, was not his favoured class.

Truthfully Evan did not know enough of the types of divination to offer any real guess on what they might have been studying. But as his classmates were shooting their shot, while truthfully seeming just as clueless as himself, he decided it didn't hurt to try to contribute to the discussion as well. Evan raised his hand and waited to be called on. "Lightning and thunder patterns?"

It seemed more like a meteorology type of subject, but if they could come up with predictions using tea dredges... he could imagine something could be determined from the time it took between thunder claps and lightning strikes. Besides, that would make sense why they'd had to wait for a specific time, right?

Which speaking of, he went ahead and packed away his book and charmed a sheet of parchment for his notes. The rain poncho was also pulled closer, just in case.

Been here the whole time! ^_^
 

Unusual time and place for a divination lesson, was Heath’s first thought upon entering the astronomy tower. He’d said hello to Professor Euka on arrival and taken a seat near Claudine, greeting her with a smile and a quiet “hi”. He glanced up, transfixed by the night sky. Merlin, it was going to be hard to remember that this was divination and not astronomy, let alone pay attention!

Finally jerked out of his thoughts as the lesson began, Heath reluctantly tore his eyes from the sky and looked to the professor. Wait, raincoats under the desks? Books getting ruined? Protection spells on parchment? HIs eyes momentarily flicked toward the sky. Was Professor Euka expecting a sudden downpour? Just in case, he cast a nonverbal Impervius on his parchment. He blinked, unsure what to make of the question. His initial thoughts turned to stars, but that didn’t make sense. If that were the case, this lesson could’ve taken place any evening.

Then he remembered she’d mentioned needing perfect weather - probably rain, if the coats were any indication. Maybe something to do with the way rain droplets fell. Was that a form of divination? That didn’t quite make sense either! Then why would the lesson need to take place in the evening specifically? Completely stumped, he kept quiet for now.

Bonnie glanced up at the night sky an evening class, how exciting. Wait what was that? Raincoats under seats and protection charms on parchment? Bonnie hated the rain, infact despised would be a better word. She ducked under her chair and grabbed the raincoat, hastily shoving it on - no way was she getting wet.

She looked around at her classmates and decided to follow suit, casting a charm on her parchment ready for taking notes. Her head darted here and there listening to the suggestions of her classmates. Divination, outside, at night, in the rain. What could they possibly be doing?

Bonnie nervously raised her hand "Is it something to do with the rain, perhaps how fast the drops are falling?"

Hearing the words come out, she began to blush. Of course it's not, we could do that in a lesson during the day. She slowly tried to shrink down in her chair.

Meda was looking up again as another rumble of thunder echoed in the sky, she glanced around pointing at students as they rose their hands;



"Everyone had great guesses and many were very close. We will be working with the weather this evening, which is why we are here right now while the storm is coming in. It isn't supposed to be a bad storm, but perfect for observing the lightning and thunder." The rain started to come in a light stream as she continued to talk.

"The form we will be using this evening is ceraunoscopy and it is the form of Divination that reads thunder and lighting. What I would like you to do first is just observe the storm. Take note on the thunder sounds and what the lightning looks like. I'm going to give you time, you can walk around the tower and observe the storm where you would like. Weather is a beautiful thing and can talk to us in so many ways."


**So sorry for the delay, we had a family emergency that ended up in the hospital yesterday. I should be back on track now, so for a mini activity please have your character observe the sky, I will be posting the narrator for some patterns soon.

As the class was discussing the storm was coming closer, thunder was getting louder and a few booms could be felt vibrating the area. As the rain picked up, the lightning started darting across the sky. A long think bolt first then another that looked as if it was zig zagging straight for a tree.

Violet didn't like thunderstorms; they made her nervous. She couldn't sleep if there was one outside, but sat huddled under her bedcovers reciting potion recipes to herself to calm herself until the storm passed. Now, up here in the tower, practically right next to the storm, she felt like she was about to jump out of her skin.

She did actually physically jump at the sound of a particularly loud thunderclap drawing close, following on the heels of what looked like a giant bolt of lightning, headed straight for a tree. She was so startled that she didn't really notice what the lightning really looked like--obviously she was not going to be very good at this particular form of divination (though she was not very good at any of them, so no surprise there). She felt a prick of worry for the tree, though, and hoped the lightning wouldn't blast it (and in the back of her mind, she rather hoped the storm might blast away a few of the dangerous vines on campus)

The thunder rumbled low for a few seconds before the sky opened up and the rain started to come down harder soaking everything in it's path. Everything goes silent for a few moments and it seems maybe the storm is going to pass when a loud crack of thunder echoed and a thick straight lightening bolt went across the sky.

Daniel had been a bit disappointed when his answer had not been the correct one and that they weren't going to be studying about rain today but about the patterns of lightning and thunder.

When the Hufflepuff had heard thunder for the first time in his life, he had run to the head maid for protection. He remembered that he had wanted his mother to console him but she had been at work at that time. But after being convinced that he was safe, Daniel hadn't felt frightened of the thunder anymore.

The loud noises it made was something else. But he wasn't afraid of that either he only felt uneasy hearing them.

After casting a spell that would keep his notebook dry, he knew that casting it on himself would be dangerous. Especially since his wand had a mind on its own from time to time. Look at him learning from past mistakes!

While Daniel was busy putting on his raincoat, he had missed the zig-zag bolt of thunder going straight for a tree and when he had zipped up the raincoat he began to walk around with his notebook and pen in hand. He wasn't sure what he was supposed to be jotting down but at least he looked like he knew what he was doing. As everything went silent for a few moments, Daniel looked up at the sky and then jumped a little when a loud crack of thunder echoed through the sky.

He did not like that. Was this even a safe thing to do? What if the lightning hit someone in the class? Or more importantly, him?!