A room of runes
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Interacting with @Ava Winchect | @Mahlioz Evethisawe Date - 18/09/24 WC 260/200 Color Legend - Mylo | Thoughts The library was pretty quite, at least at the spot Mylo was in, hearing only the soft chatter from some other students a bit away, the soft crackling of the fire and the pattering of rain on the windows. Mylo had wanted to go outside and do some reading, but books and water really weren't a great combination at all, and they didn't fancy ruining their books just so he could sit outside. So the library was a great second option.
They'd come into the room and had been very happy to see that it wasn't insanely busy, probably due to the fact that it was close to the beginning of the year and thus not many students were stressing about exams and such yet. But Mylo hadn't come to study, at least not for any subjects they currently had.
Mylo had heard some older students talking about runes, and that they had so much homework to do for it. Which had interested Mylo, they had learnt some runes when he was younger, and they had always fascinated him. So having grabbed a few books of the shelves he started reading about them, preparing themselves for when they would learn about them properly in years to come, a bit sad that he wouldn't be learning about them this year. But that wasn't to be helped.
The chairs near the fire were so comfy though, and the fire was not to hot and not too cold, and they slowly sunk away into the books about runes, not noticing anything around them.
ABILITIES | STATS
Perfectionist | Wandmaker [Dragonheart, Elm wood]
sta • 8 | eva • 6 | str • 5 | wis • 9 | arc • 6 | acc • 6Code by Ara Villa
| sta • 8 | eva • 7 | str • 5 You will grow strong wis • 10 | arc • 7 | acc • 8 | Perf. | Wand. | Calm. pres. In the softest way ability | ability | ability |
A room of runes
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september 18 2024 | after classes
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@Mylo Atkins @Ava Winchect
A room of runes
They told me all cages were mental, so I got wasted like all my potential
This year Ava was trying to put herself out there more. Her summer had been quite eventful, and all she wanted was things to go back to how they had been. Before she was worrying about all of the family drama that had taken place years ago.
She didn’t have the greatest track record surrounding her grades. In fact, she was barely passing the majority of them last year. Whether that was because of her poor study habits or some lack of smarts that her classmates had.
Whoever said studying in the library was the greatest, was clearly not the greatest themselves. In her experience, the library was the perfect place to nap. Or attempt to steal restricted books. Or plan escape routes for future chaos.
Studying? Never. She could see a few familiar faces around her that she was itching to chat with, and was using all her self control to not go over and converse.
One of those faces? Mahlioz, who was chatting with another student about runes. Ava was sure that subject was somewhere in her stack of homework to complete.
Ava leaned over and glanced around nervously. She was more worried that one of them would shush her instead of engaging in the conversation that may have served partially to allow her to avoid the stack of work.
"I don’t think runes could be interesting unless it’s some crazy prophecy. When am I ever going to use it?" Ava complained, unaware and content in not knowing that one of the three was willingly reading about the subject.
@Mylo Atkins, @Mahlioz Evethisawe
A room of runes
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Interacting with @Ava Winchect | @Mahlioz Evethisawe Date - 18/09/24 WC 474/200 Color Legend - Mylo | Thoughts Mylo had gotten a decent way through the current book they were reading and was currently on one of the chapters about the history about Elder Futhark, something they found fascinating as they were learning about the origins of the writing and how it was used. Mylo was looking forward to taking the class next year and learning even more about the ancient writing system and how they tied into the magical world around them.
As they were wondering if the runes they were reading about had any practical applications in the magical world and if they could maybe find a book on that in the library at some point he was brought out of his thoughts by a student approaching them and talking to them, startling him a bit.
"Oh, uhm... hey. Oh, no. Just doing a bit of reading as I've don't have much homework at the moment." Realising the student before them likely was actually taking the class and might actually need the book they were reading or one of the several others that could be found in the pile next to them Mylo turned to her.
"Sorry, did you need this book? Or any of the others?" They quickly offered, motioning to the pile next to them, hoping that their slight nerves at potentially keeping a student away from important study wasn't too visible. As they waited for an answer a second student came up to them, this one seemingly not as enthralled by runes. In fact she seemed to think them completely useless which Mylo wholeheartedly disagreed with, and unfortantely for her Mylo knew several uses for runes and for some reason their anxiety that would usually stop them from rambling had left the building.
"Oh, there's actually several uses for runes. Many old texts written in old English are actually written in runes so if you want to be able to read those you need to be able to translate them." They mentioned, pointing to one of the books that lay closed in front of him which was completely written in Elder Futhark. "Also if you work for the ministry of magic uses them for administrative purposes so if you want to work for them you'd need at least a basic understanding of the written system if not also of the history behind them."
Realising the ramble they had gone on that likely wasn't welcome due to the fact that one of them didn't like runes in the slightest and the other was studying for it and thus likely already knew this information Mylo felt their previously disappeared anxiety come back in full force. Leaving them trying to subtly calm themselves down by tapping their fingers rhythmically on their thigh and hope that the other two didn't mind the info dump they had just been unwilling participants of.
OOC- Info I used https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Rune
ABILITIES | STATS
Perfectionist | Wandmaker [Dragonheart, Elm wood]
sta • 8 | eva • 6 | str • 5 | wis • 9 | arc • 6 | acc • 6Code by Ara Villa
| sta • 8 | eva • 7 | str • 5 You will grow strong wis • 10 | arc • 7 | acc • 8 | Perf. | Wand. | Calm. pres. In the softest way ability | ability | ability |
A room of runes
Banner was made by the incredible Evpraksiya Vinogradova
september 18 2024 | after classes
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@Mylo Atkins @Ava Winchect
so sorry for the extremely late reply T-T
A room of runes
Ava glanced between the two of them before rolling her eyes, finding that she probably shouldn’t have been shocked to find nerds at the library. She bet neither of them needed to study as badly as she did. They both discussed runes excitedly, although she wasn’t sure what about the topic could be considered exciting. It was far too close to academics, which she despised.
Her many pages of untouched homework left untouched on the table, and she flipped one of the assignments over to begin doodling. She was hardly an artist in the artsy sense of the word, but she had a flair for drama. She was also creative, which she put into use in her schemes often. She drew rough sketches of each floor, starring one of the towers.
Her mind raced with ideas as the two spoke, particularly interested in something that Mahloiz had said. Runes were like graffiti, but with magic. She wasn’t particularly skilled in graffiti, but it had the same basis as her destructive pranks. She smirked as she began to mark off spots in corridors and in classrooms, idea forming.
“Ordinarily, runes sound very…dull.” She decided, glancing between the two. “But in practice…theoretically, they could make a great prank. Leave notes written in runes all over the castle, have students pick them up, have them all say something insulting about the professor. Like ‘You stink’ or ‘Your hair needs cut’. And once the first years can’t figure it out, they bring it to the professor to translate…”
She giggled, continuing to mark off heavy traffic areas, especially ones where first years liked to hang out in. She wondered if she could leave some notes outside. Maybe under a rock to prevent them from flying away? What about the students who could read runes, would they see the notes and laugh, or bring them to the professor?
Ava also wasn’t quite sure how to professor would react. Although she was taking the class, she usually passed that time napping or planning more chaos. Never listening or observing. And definitely never learning.
She leaned back in her chair, pushing the floor plans toward the other two and watching to see their reaction to the idea. Maybe they would laugh, maybe not. She hoped they would agree to do it with her, because she didn’t even know how to read runes, much less write them.
@Mahlioz Evethisawe, @Mylo Atkins
A room of runes
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Interacting with @Ava Winchect | @Mahlioz Evethisawe Date - 18/09/24 WC 340/200 Color Legend - Mylo | Thoughts It seemed like at least one of them didn't mind the info dump they had just received, which was a bit of a relief although the other one seemed less interested in the subject having started to doodle in a book.
As the other student continued to speak about the runes Mylo couldn't help but agree, runes were cool. They had so many uses and he just loved the look they had when things were fully written in the ancient writing system, enthusiastically nodding along with what the older student was saying they realised they hadn't introduced themselves yet as they asked for his name.
"I'm Mylo, you guys?" They returned the question, not wanting to seem rude.
The girl who had seemed quite uninterested in the conversation she had stepped into seemed to perk up at the mention of graffiti, seemingly having come up with a prank she could play. Although Mylo wouldn't classify it as a prank but just plain bullying, and as much as their anxiousness hadn't left their body yet one thing they didn't like was people bullying others. Taking a deep breath they turned towards the girl that had suggested it.
"Honestly that doesn't sound like a prank to me, that sounds like just straight up bullying. Which is against the rules of the school and just etiquette in general so I'd think again about that idea." He stated, even surprising themselves at what they had just said. They usually weren't this confrontational but the giggle the girl had let out after she had voiced her idea had apparently set them off as they couldn't stand the idea of people thinking bullying was funny.
What also surprised them was the fact that their anxiousness didn't spike after having said their piece, although it was still their they could manage it with their tapping. They just hoped that the girl he had just told off wouldn't react strongly, as they weren't the best with confrontation, in start contrast with what their previous statement would tell people.
ABILITIES | STATS
Perfectionist | Wandmaker [Dragonheart, Elm wood]
sta • 8 | eva • 6 | str • 5 | wis • 9 | arc • 6 | acc • 6Code by Ara Villa
| sta • 8 | eva • 7 | str • 5 You will grow strong wis • 10 | arc • 7 | acc • 8 | Perf. | Wand. | Calm. pres. In the softest way ability | ability | ability |
A room of runes
Banner was made by the incredible Evpraksiya Vinogradova
september 18 2024 | after classes
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@Mylo Atkins @Ava Winchect