Good Omens...And Bad: Prophecy in Theory and Practice, Lab Five

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Friday, October 6, Second Period

The room is arranged in a combined of big, extremely comfortable looking armchairs and piles of large, also comfortable looking cushions and pillows. The lights are dimmer than usual, there is the faintest hint of a scent, as if of fresh spring air, and very soft music is playing.

"First off, I want to remind everyone to hand in your take-home test from last week. And in honor of Homecoming, there will be no homework today.

We're veering from the printed syllabus a bit for today's class, because I want to match our labs a little better to the class lectures. On Monday, we discussed dream interpretation. Today, we're going to experiment a bit with our dreams.

Before we begin, I want to stress two things to you. First: this lab exercise is entirely voluntary. Anyone who feels uncomfortable participating need only speak up, and I will assign a different exercise. Second: you are completely safe. This room is protected from any outside interference, and the only...energies, so to speak, that will be able to access it are those that are connected to you personally. The source of your own sight, your own prophetic abilities. Nothing can hurt you, and I will be keeping a close watch on everyone.

Now, the exercise. I want you to get comfortable. Curl up in one of the chairs, find a place on the cushions, whatever you prefer. Count to one hundred, or recite Latin verbs, or whatever it is you usual do to calm your mind so that you can sleep. I'll help you along, so that once you're in a relaxed state, you'll be sure to fall asleep. You may not reach a dream state, but if you do, once you awaken I'd like you to write down anything you recall about the dreams you had in your journal. You won't be sharing these with the class, although you are more than welcome to come and see me next week if you have anything you'd like to talk about with me."

Anyone who decides to participate in the lab will find that the atmosphere of the room is incredibly relaxing, and very conducive to sleep. The naps will actually only last about twenty minutes, leaving plenty of class time afterwards for writing down notes or chatting with the other students.

[ooc: As the professor says, this is an entirely voluntary lab exercise. If your character is absolutely dead set against trying it, just let him know. Anyone not participating might be asked to help monitor the others. If you do dream, and you want something to happen, please ping me in the OOC thread so I know to keep watch on your character specifically. Please wait for OCD threads are up. Have at!]

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Sign In

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Unless you want detention with Vader!

Re: Sign In

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn Summers

Hand In Your Homework

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Handwavey is fine, actual answers are love. :)

Re: Hand In Your Homework

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

1. You should always borrow a friends supplies when performing divination.

FALSE

2. Chiromancy (or chieromancy) is the art of divination by the bumps on a person's head.

FALSE

3. The line on the palm known as the Life Line is an accurate way of telling how long a person is going to live.

FALSE

4. The Head Line indicates a person's tendency toward either creative or analytical thinking.

TRUE

Short Answer

5. What preparations and/or precautions should you take before beginning an attempt at divination?

THE PERSON DOING DIVINATION SHOULD MAKE SURE THEY ARE IN A SAFE AND COMFORTABLE PLACE. THEIR EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE CLEAN AND WELL TAKEN CARE OF.

6. Explain why a person might want to know the future?

MOST OFTEN PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW THE FUTURE FOR PERSONAL GAIN. THE DESIRE TO AVERT DISASTER IS ALSO POPULAR.

Bonus Question: What is Gyromancy?
GAINING HIDDEN KNOWLEDGE THROUGH DELIGHTFUL GREEK FOOD MADE WITH LAMB.

Re: Hand In Your Homework

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia totally handwavily as her mun is focused on crazy dream writing turned in the assignment.

Re: Hand In Your Homework

[demonbelthazor]

1. False.

2. False.

3. False.

4. True.

Short Answer

5. You should make yourself feel safe and comfortable.

6. So they can change it.

Bonus Question: Gyromancy involves writing the alphabet on the ground in a largish circle around the diviner. From there, the diviner will spin on their feet until they stop and stumble upon a letter, which then is recorded.

Re: Hand In Your Homework

[sensethevisions]

Alas, as Phoebe wasn't in Fandom last week, she knows nothing of this test...

Re: Hand In Your Homework

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

1. You should always borrow a friends supplies when performing divination.

False. Bad idea. Bad bad idea. That's like borrowing a teammate's mouthguard or jockstrap, and gross.

2. Chiromancy (or chieromancy) is the art of divination by the bumps on a person's head.

True?

3. The line on the palm known as the Life Line is an accurate way of telling how long a person is going to live.

False.

4. The Head Line indicates a person's tendency toward either creative or analytical thinking.

True.

The rest of the test was handwaved due to brain-no-worky was kind of incoherent.

Re: Hand In Your Homework

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

1. False.

2. True.

3. Of course!

4. Yes.

Short Answer

5. You should make sure to wear as much armor as possible, and wash behind your ears, and make sure to have a full stomach.

6. So they can change it?

Bonus Question: The art of summoning gyros.

Re: Hand In Your Homework

[likethegun]

Sam turned in the handwavey because mun is neck deep in pings assignment.

Re: Hand In Your Homework

[daemonridden.livejournal.com]

Lyra turned in her test. most of the answers were right.

[ooc: I have to go to class in 10 minutes. I'll try to reply to this with actual answers later, but just in case...]

Re: Hand In Your Homework

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

1. False
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. Make sure you're somewhere safe and comfortable, if you can. Sometimes this isn't always possible of course.
6. So they can be prepared for it. Or change it, if possible. But it can't always be changed, even with prior knowledge.

Bonus question: totally handwaved

Re: Hand In Your Homework

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair handed in a handwavy test.

Re: Hand In Your Homework

[singasoloduet.livejournal.com]

1. FALSE

2. False

3. False

4. True

Short Answer

5. You should be somewhere safe, since you can't really focus on the future when you're trying to avoid getting poked with a spear.

6. For personal gain, morbid curiosity, so they can have more things to worry about. Also, it's quite convenient for funeral planning.

Bonus Question: What is Gyromancy?
Fortune telling by spinning in circles. Which makes little sense to me, since I would expect that the main future you would be able to tell is that you're going to fall down or throw up.

Re: Hand In Your Homework

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

1. You should always borrow a friends supplies when performing divination.
False. Totally mucks up their mojo with bad juju.
2. Chiromancy (or chieromancy) is the art of divination by the bumps on a person's head.
False. HAnd jobs, not giving head readings.
3. The line on the palm known as the Life Line is an accurate way of telling how long a person is going to live.
Sorta. More like a strife line.
4. The Head Line indicates a person's tendency toward either creative or analytical thinking.
True.
Short Answer

5. What preparations and/or precautions should you take before beginning an attempt at divination?
Lock the doors, light the candles, hand on the holy water, and someone for backup.

6. Explain why a person might want to know the future?
To take action. Prepare for the inevitable or change the outcome.

Bonus Question: What is Gyromancy?
Using lamb cuts in a pita to predict the future Using a dreidle to predict the future.

Re: Hand In Your Homework

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

Marty handwavy turned in his test and probably got most of them right.

Lab Exercise

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

You're feeling sleeeeeeepy.....

Re: Lab Exercise

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi finds a comfy place to sit and waits to see if her lab partner would like her to sit with him while he tries to have a dream.

Re: Lab Exercise

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia stretched out on a big nest pile of cushions, setting her dream journal down well within easy reach.

Was she a bit nervous?

Well, yes. But Mr. Aziraphale promised there would be no outside influences or anything.

She wondered if Rambaldi counted.

Re: Lab Exercise

[demonbelthazor]

Bel refused to participate.

Re: Lab Exercise

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Like Bel, Anders decided to opt out of this one.

Re: Lab Exercise

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair got comfortable on a cushion and eventually stopped bouncing enough to nod off to sleep.

Talk to the Professor

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Opt out of the exercise, ask questions, or just chat.

Re: Talk to the Professor

[daemonridden.livejournal.com]

Lyra stayed a moment afer class.

"Sir? Did you want to speak with me here? Or in your office?"

Talk Amongst Yourselves

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Just not while the others are sleeping, please.

OOC

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Sorry about the early post. The meds for my back are forcing me to bed earlier than usual. Trust me, you don't want this going up while I'm high on muscle relaxants.

Re: OOC

[nadiathesaint]

Oh hell yeah. I've been waiting for this.

Er, is it alright if Nadia has a super-cracktastic dream involving horrible things happening to her and her friends (from canon, no less), combined with scribbling random things into a notebook while she does it?

*flutters eyelashes innocently*