bobthewizard | -she's very young to go so far away-

~~..she's disappeared again, hasn't she? Not hiding from my revenge. That would not be like her. But in that case.....~~

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I hope you've all finished stitching the signatures on your syllabaries. The next step is to prepare the spine to accept the binding. Those of you who used vegetable paper for your signatures will want organic adhesive; if you used parchment, a synthetic glue will balance its magical signature more effectively.

Once you've affixed the cheesecloth to the spine and left it to dry, come up to the supply case and select boards and end-papers of the proper sizes. For cover material, choose from the following list:

Birch cloth
Ash cloth
Snakeskin (for small books)
Skin of cephalopod
Woven horsehair
Lead foil
Leather
Canvas
Felt

The physical portion of the binding will take about half the class and incorporate one of the three forms of binding that your textbook does not elucidate: the binding of one material to another with intent to create a new object. Since your book will contain magical syllables, you will do well not to let your mind drift, or you will find throughout the year that the syllables will... leak.

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[[Harry, you have bound spellbooks before so this should not be too hard. Come down to my office before class and I'll lend you a set of books until you can obtain your own.]]

[[Mr. Daisya... be sure to review the binding chapter again before class.]]

[[Professor Robin, you may be interested in Revoe Masao's article in Transfiguration Today; it has a fascinating section about the consequences of runes being transfigured along with the objects on which they are inscribed.]]

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Has anybody seen Miss Harnet?

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[[By 'signatures', Bob means the folded sheets of paper, sewn together, which sit side by side to make up a book. Feel free to have your character find another meaning in Bob's class instructions. XD Re Izumi: he hasn't seen her for a few days and is afraid she's ill again, not that he'll say it aloud. Again, the bracketed notes can only be read by the people they're meant for.]]

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Oh yeah. *blushes slightly at forgetting*

*blinks and nods in understanding but still stares at all the books* .... My workload for the year is going to get worse now isn't it. *is stated idly more than asked, nudges a book as if it would bite him, which considering where he was...*

*a bit sympathetically* I did warn you.

*the book does not snap, as some of the library books might, but it does give the faint impression that it's looking at him....*

Yeah, you did. *ever so slight pout, resigned sigh, unshoulders his bag and sets it next to the pile of books, starts shrinking them one by one*

-she's very young to go so far away-

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