<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=172858.msg8198715#msg8198715">Quote from: Caela on 10-05-2013, 03:39:53</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="floatleft">(http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae282/caela_ecub/Brunettes/f9fe5328-dfec-48c4-9ebd-efcbba03efc1_zps882dd06b.jpg) (http://s980.photobucket.com/user/caela_ecub/media/Brunettes/f9fe5328-dfec-48c4-9ebd-efcbba03efc1_zps882dd06b.jpg.html)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Athena Stargazer-Smith<br/><strong>Position:</strong> PhD Student/Beginning Divination Professor<br/><strong>Location:</strong> Outside the Dorms<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong> Kiran<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Athena actually laughed at the Indiana Jones reference, not so much because it was funny, though it was amusing, but because it reminded her of a evening spent watching those exact movies with her mother, and the utterly confused looks her mother had given her on trying to understand them. Being a Pure Blood herself, many of the references were simply lost on someone without a basic understanding of the Muggle world. Something she was gaining through her marriage to an American businessman, but still hadn't really perfected and Athena had often made jokes or reference that her Mother didn't fully understand but simply chalked to her daughter straddling two worlds.<br/><br/>Giving her head a small shake she explained her laughter...when she could breath again, "I'm Half-Blood, Dad's a Muggle and while Mom made sure I had, and followed, plenty of magical lessons, we pretty much lived in the Muggle world. One weekend I got her to watch Indy with me and she was just <em>totally</em> lost. It was actually more fun watching her react to the movies, than watching the movies themselves and your comment made me remember the look on her face at times," she said, her laughter fading but a small smirk still curving her lips.<br/><br/>"As for my own free time, I enjoy the normal things, parties, clubs, dancing, movies, friends. When I can get away and be near the ocean, particularly near reef formations, I <em>love</em> to dive. I modified the Bubble-Head charm so that I can actually stay under as long as I want, it draws in oxygen from the water around me instead of just holding a finite amount. I can spend entire days underwater!" she added, her enthusiasm for her diving obvious. "The Divination doesn't really help with magical traps, so much as helps to clarify the rare Prophecy that hits me, at least if I use my cards quickly. They can expand on what I see sometimes. Mostly though, it's just useful in forcing a person to acknowledge an answer, or question, they've been avoiding," she said with a small shrug before suddenly chuckling at herself and shaking her head gently, "I certainly seem to be talkative today so it is now you're turn to ramble; where are you from Kiran, and why dueling?"<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div></div></div><br/><div align="center">(http://imageshack.us/a/img96/3453/henrycavillupstreetmaga.jpg)<br/><strong>&gt;«¤~ Kiran Reed ~¤»&lt;</strong><br/>Ø Athena<br/>Ø Castle Grounds, just outside the Dorms<br/></div><br/><strong>"I see."</strong>Kiran simply nodded his head as he processed all the information she supplied him with about divination and her personal life. Personally, he had never been one for the subject. The only thing close to anything that could be brought into relation with divination was his acquired skill to read his opponent in dueling and try and predict what they would do next. That was more a matter of experience, quick thinking, and a keen eye though.<br/><br/><strong>"I was born and raised in London,"</strong>he began to explain when Athena asked where he was from.<strong>"I'm Half-Blood, but both my parents are magical. They run a pretty successful potions company that supplies a lot of stores both locally and on an international level, so can't really say we've ever been tight on money."</strong><br/><br/>He paused for a moment and sighed softly, a small crack appearing in his otherwise easygoing and cheerful demeanor. Smiling again, he continued,<strong>"My parents are very supportive and all, but there was always this pressure to find something I can do well to become as successful as them, you know? After going from hobby to hobby for years, I discovered dueling at the age of fourteen, when I was at a meet in France with a friend. It was probably the most memorable time of my life. It instantly enchanted me, you could say. The way the participants fought. The speed. The adrenaline rush; it was all just so appealing to me. Ever since then I've began training to become a top dueler. I'll tell you, the high octane pace of the combat really gives you a certain rush."</strong>