Divination Class
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hh_mirrorFirst class, and Daniel was admittedly nervous. It had been ten years since he’d lectured, and he had no idea if he could still do it.
Appalled by the tower’s former décor, he’d gotten rid of the poofy chairs and rather disturbing tablecloths, and replaced the shelves and tables with simple furnishings of dark polished wood. Being Daniel, he’d also had to hang up all kinds of weird artifacts from all over the world, including an extremely disturbing Benin ceremonial mask. At each of the desks he had placed a book, special-ordered from an esoteric book store in Indonesia.
Around the room, on much larger desks, were all kinds of odd equipment--everything from candles to long sticks to some bowls of nuts.
Once everyone was seated and more or less quiet, he scanned the crowd and launched gently into his lecture.
“All right, I’ve given each pair of you a book--your textbook didn’t cover most of what I wanted to teach. We’re going to do this a little differently; I want you to pair off, take your book, and rotate around each of these stations. I’ve marked each section in your book relevant to the divination process, so you’ll know how to do it. Rather than demonstrate, I want to see what you can make of each on your own--I’ll move around, in case anyone has questions.” He’d placed a notebook at each of the six stations, detailing how each divination method worked--Ifa, Chiromancy, Lithomancy, Runecasting, Cartomancy, I Ching, and Aura-Soma.
“Some of these are probably familiar--Chiromancy, more commonly called palm-reading, is common through most of the Western world. Some of them are more obscure, but none of them should be terribly confusing--again, if they are, don’t hesitate to ask questions.”
The list of partners was hung up on the front of Daniel’s desk, and read as follows:
Damien Thorn and Chance Silvey
Agnes Nutter and Molly Michon
Harry Dresden and Laura Palmer
Charles Ofdensen and Galadriel
Benton Fraser and Stephanie Brown
Jack Harkness and Susan Sto-Helit
Ayuma Kasaga and Penny Creighton-Ward
Max Headroom and Indiana Jones
Janet Fraiser and Shaun West
Provenza and Nealan of Queenscove
Camilla Macaulay and Henry Winter
Catelyn Stark and Sidney Reilly
Appalled by the tower’s former décor, he’d gotten rid of the poofy chairs and rather disturbing tablecloths, and replaced the shelves and tables with simple furnishings of dark polished wood. Being Daniel, he’d also had to hang up all kinds of weird artifacts from all over the world, including an extremely disturbing Benin ceremonial mask. At each of the desks he had placed a book, special-ordered from an esoteric book store in Indonesia.
Around the room, on much larger desks, were all kinds of odd equipment--everything from candles to long sticks to some bowls of nuts.
Once everyone was seated and more or less quiet, he scanned the crowd and launched gently into his lecture.
“All right, I’ve given each pair of you a book--your textbook didn’t cover most of what I wanted to teach. We’re going to do this a little differently; I want you to pair off, take your book, and rotate around each of these stations. I’ve marked each section in your book relevant to the divination process, so you’ll know how to do it. Rather than demonstrate, I want to see what you can make of each on your own--I’ll move around, in case anyone has questions.” He’d placed a notebook at each of the six stations, detailing how each divination method worked--Ifa, Chiromancy, Lithomancy, Runecasting, Cartomancy, I Ching, and Aura-Soma.
“Some of these are probably familiar--Chiromancy, more commonly called palm-reading, is common through most of the Western world. Some of them are more obscure, but none of them should be terribly confusing--again, if they are, don’t hesitate to ask questions.”
The list of partners was hung up on the front of Daniel’s desk, and read as follows:
Damien Thorn and Chance Silvey
Agnes Nutter and Molly Michon
Harry Dresden and Laura Palmer
Charles Ofdensen and Galadriel
Benton Fraser and Stephanie Brown
Jack Harkness and Susan Sto-Helit
Ayuma Kasaga and Penny Creighton-Ward
Max Headroom and Indiana Jones
Janet Fraiser and Shaun West
Provenza and Nealan of Queenscove
Camilla Macaulay and Henry Winter
Catelyn Stark and Sidney Reilly
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Date: 2007-04-12 05:04 am (UTC)He read through the meanings. "Your own personal ruin. Impressive. Either that, or your past was filled with mystery." He snorted. "No offense, Ms. Silvey, but join the club. Your challenge is going to weather. Welcome to Scotland, then. As for your future, you need to embrace the cyclical nature of life, and realize that if it's hard now, it will get better later. Your issues seem to be either stalled ambition or romantic in nature." An eyebrow went up at that, but Damien said nothing else. "And your outcome is a gift. Your can either accept or refuse what is going to be offered to you."
He stared at the two sets of runes with her. "To no ulcers and heartburn," he said, raising the notebook in a mock toast. "May we eat well and enjoy spicy foods to the end of our days."
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Date: 2007-04-12 05:10 am (UTC)