Good Omens...And Bad: Prophecy in Theory and Practice, Class Seven

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Monday, October 16, First Period

In addition to the usual comfy chairs and breakfast spread, there are several stacks of books scattered about the room.

"Good morning. Today we're going to do something a little different. I know that lately, you've had to deal with some rather difficult topics in this class. Prophecy isn't an easy subject, and that's especially true for those of you who've already had first-hand experience with it. So today, I want you to take some time to decompress. Work with your project group if you like, catch up on some reading-" He nodded toward the books. "Or just talk quietly with your friends. I'll be here all period for anything that you'd like to discuss with me, any questions you might have about the class, or anything else. There are handouts for you that cover the class topics for today. Those of you enrolled in the lab will find some of this material familiar, but there's more in-depth information here for you.

Also, I'll need to speak with Miss Belacqua, Miss Brown, and Miss Nitt before the end of class today."

Handouts:
Chieromancy #1
Chieromancy #2
Chrystallomancy #1
Chrystallomancy #2
Chrystallomancy #3
Cartomancy #1
Cartomancy #2
Astrology/Astromancy

Homework: Look up the astrological chart for your date of birth. Write out a simple description of what it says about your personality, and note any differences of opinion between your own perception of yourself and what the chart says." [ooc: You only need to enter information for date/time/place to get a reading. Make up something for the time unless your canon is OCD enough to provide it for you.]

A Note on Group Projects: The first stage of class projects is due November 13. Remember, this is the part where you write your own prophecy. Once the projects are turned in, I will assign them to another group to be interpreted.

Syllabus
Class Roster
Classes Linkdrop

Absences:
Lyra Belacqua: one class, one lab excused
Lavendar Brown: one class excused
Agnes Nitt: one lab

[ooc: Apologies for wimping out on today's class. I promise there'll be twice as much effort put into next week's. And yes, we're a little off the syllabus. I'll be updating it soon. Please wait for OCD threads are up.]

Comments

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Both. I'm not picky."

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean chuckled. "I've offered to tell him about what Alec and I do, but Sammy all but puts his fingers in his ears and starts humming that he can't hear me."

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"You're just all kinds of evil," Dawn snickered. "I'm impressed."

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean grinned. "He's my little brother; tormenting him is part of the job description."

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure I'm supposed to be all girlfriendy here and ask you to stop," she shrugged, "but I won't. But he won't probably won't take it forever."

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Don't worry," Dean told her. "I'm not going to push it too far with him. It's fun to make him get pissy, not so much when he's actually hurt."

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Sam gets pissy?" Dawn asked. "I hadn't noticed."

Yes, she was serious.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean started chuckling, but stopped when he realised she wasn't joking. "You're serious. You've never seen him get pissy."

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

She shook her head. "Nope. Why, is it bad?"

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Not... bad per se. Just..." Dean shook his head, searching for words to describe his brother's moods. "It's hard to miss," he finally finished.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"So this isn't the kind of mood that will trap unsuspecting girlfriend type people?" Dawn wondered if she should be taking notes.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"I don't know if I'd use the word trap -- and the fact he hasn't been pissy around you yet says a lot about how he feels about you," Dean said.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Or that he's not being himself," she frowned. "I don't want a Sam on his best behavior. I want Sam to be Sam."

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"I can try to piss him off around you sometime," Dean offered. "So you can see. Should be easy enough. All I have to do is start talking about Alec."

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

She studied him quietly. "Isn't that hard for you? I mean, they kind of live to annoy each other."

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Oh, you noticed?" Dean said wryly. "And truthfully? It drives me frigging nuts."

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn stuck her tongue out at him. "Yes, I noticed. Spike and Xander were like that, too. I just wanted to lock them in a closet sometimes." She considered Dean. "You need a Switzerland flag hat. Do they make those?"

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean laughed. "I'm not really a hat kind of guy, but maybe just a flag to wave in their faces."

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"I'm totally buying you a flag now, you realize."

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"You get to explain why to Sammy," Dean said chuckling. "You might even get to see him pissy."

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Then I can whine at him and all will be right with the universe," she laughed.