|
Post by Zea Winters on Dec 4, 2007 12:10:51 GMT -5
[[Due to the fact that I am late starting this thread because I have not been around, it will be kept open until next Sunday at noon, when I start Week 4.]]
Zea sat in the classroom, in her usual position with her feet up on the desk. She looked somewhat excited today, and wasn't wearing her usual navy blue robes. Instead, she was clad in blue jeans, hiking boots, a flannel button down, and her brown fedora.
There is a brown bag sitting on the desk, various interesting implements hooked onto it.
|
|
|
Post by Arcturus MacDougal on Dec 4, 2007 13:48:16 GMT -5
Arcturus wandered into class, seeming almost as though he came by accident. He was very early, class didn't start for 20 minutes yet. He sat at his desk, took a book out from the pocket of his robes and read until the other people in the class started filing in. He kept looking down at his book, but if you looked closely, you would see that his eyes weren't actually moving, but fixed on one spot on the page. He was actually listening to the students as they filed in.
|
|
|
Post by Zea Winters on Dec 5, 2007 9:06:54 GMT -5
Zea grinned at Arcturus.
"Early. Very good."
As the students filed in, she clapped her hands.
"Okay, shut up now. Today we're going to go on a field expedition. Yes, I know we're supposed to be learning about Cuneiform, which you will when you read the four pages about it in your book. No, today, each of you is going to take a piece of paper and a stick of charcoal, and walk around the school. When you find an interesting pattern, or even phrase, carved into the stone, do a rubbing of it. Here, I'll demonstrate."
She took a piece of parchment and placed it on the stone wall, then rubbed the charcoal over it.
"There is a message in Cuneiform that I've placed SOMEWHERE in this school. If you can find it, do a rubbing, and bring it to me, twenty points will go to your house."
|
|
|
Post by Arcturus MacDougal on Dec 5, 2007 22:10:07 GMT -5
Arcturus raised his hand.
"How long do we have?"
((OOC: Do I post in this thread, or in the hallways?))
|
|
|
Post by Zea Winters on Dec 6, 2007 23:10:19 GMT -5
"Twenty minutes before the end of class, report back here!"
[[In OOC terms, this means be back "in class" by Saturday afternoon.
Also, just post here. Easier. Just specify what hallway you're in.]]
|
|
|
Post by Arcturus MacDougal on Dec 7, 2007 17:44:47 GMT -5
Arcturus nodded and left.
He wandered randomly through the halls, looking at the walls, floors and even ceilings for something that looked vaguely like what he thought was cuneiform writing.
Finally despairing in ever finding it in the winding hallways of Hogwarts, he went to the Great Hall where he knew he could find something, even if it wasn't right. There were centuries of carvings in those tables.
As he walked down the aisles, inspecting the tables, he found lots of AD+JE, but also a lot of interesting stuff. He stopped by one carving on the Slytherin table that said: TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT
Creepy.
Ah-ha! he thought. He'd found something that was really weird. If you squinted at it, it sort of might have looked a little bit like cuneiform, but it seemed more likely to just be a blend of the many different carvings all around it. You could see where other carvings merged into it. It was very fascinating, almost hypnotic. When he banged his shin on the bench, he realized his nose was about three inches from the table, and the weird thing was that the table seemed to be coming up to meet him! But, as he jumped back, it went back to normal. He was pretty sure he'd just imagined it. Despite his vague misgivings, this had to be the sweetest carving he could find, including her cuneiform writing. He put his paper down over it and carefully rubbed it onto his paper before skipping back to class.
|
|
|
Post by Zea Winters on Dec 13, 2007 23:11:15 GMT -5
Zea watched as the students filed back into the classroom, handing in sheets of paper.
"Good, good. I'm going to look these over, and I'll announce the winner next class! Please read the next chapter for next class, it's only a few pages. Any questions, drop by my office!"
|
|
|
Post by Arcturus MacDougal on Dec 14, 2007 16:09:52 GMT -5
Arcturus nodded as he left. He couldn't help but keep thinking about that design he'd copied. It seemed almost burned into his mind. Except . . . it kept moving and swirling around in his mind. He shivered a little while he was walking through the door.
|
|