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(good I had typed out a long, witty, but rather assholish comment in response, and right before I clicked submit I thought "what if she's not talking to me?" and wisely decided to seek confirmation first, bullet...dodged)

Patchouli entered the classroom she was a bit more awake than before "Sorry I'm late Ferris, I was researching somethings and lost track of time" She apologized
"I see your starting with the elements already but I think you are mistaken on one of them, ice is not a primary element is a byproduct of two elements wind and water," She corrected "Though in some cultures ice is believed to be a primary element so it depends on what culture you plan on teaching" She quickly added
"I much more prefer the following elements to be primary- earth, wind, water, fire, and metal. You see class primary elements are your basic starting point for any elemental spell, learning to combine these elements will create sub elements for example wind and water can create rain, earth and fire can create lava," Patchouli explained as she drew her examples on the board "I'm sure you all can think of other combinations and combining the same elements may yield different effects for example fire and water will make steam, or if mixed differently you can create scolding water"Patchouli finished she looked at the class wondering if people would understand her small lecture

(Short Circuitness - not trying to steal your class sweatdrop just trying to show my view on elemental magics
also please assume that Suwako and Utsuho made it to class on time,
sorry for last night guys I crashed infront of the computer sweatdrop

(not using the naruto elements as much as using the standard chinese elements only i didn't include wood as i believe earth and wood are the same thing,

secondly if you think of elements as colors, you can create dark by mixing multiple colors, white would happen if you didn't mix any I was going to wait for some one to ask that in the rp though.

the other approach is that dark and light are more advanced elements so are actually the beginning of the chain, so you would have light and dark at the top, move down to the primary elements, and then to sub elements

or some cultures don't believe in there being a dark or light element as light needs a source and darkness is the absence of light.

i also never believed in ice being a primary element you can use wind and water to make snow (i always believed to make cold you used air and lowered the temperature then again i'm canadian so when i hear wind I think cold), increasing the effect would create ice this is why I way I didn't go with Ferris's explanation, just a concept I can't grasp

either way magic isn't exactly a one way street you can have different beliefs in it and it will still be correct, If you prefer Ferris's explaination and that works for you then go for it, I prefer my own belief on the matter as I've been studying it since elementary school and it works better for my character so I'll will stick with it)

(Haha yeah, i wasn't really going to so ice but i decided to incase people would go all ranty because ice is so awesome which it is. Wood and earth are actually very different. wood is more planty while earth is rock and ground. You could say the same for metal and earth, metal is just the earths mineral cept more refined. You can tell where i got that from. XD I was going to get to sub-elements later on but i guess thats been dealt with. There are also alot more combinations. Though i dont really get why everyone thinks earth plus fire equal lava. In reality you get clay. Then theres also things like smoke, steam, and then there are more complex element combinations that only exsist in my imagination. Like, water plus wind plus light equals storm. 8D )

(Sorry. Didnt mean to fall to sleep sweatdrop Well.... yeah sorry D: )

(everyone is in Ferris's and Patchouli's advanced magic class at the moment

I guess that's true about earth being more rocks and wood being more plants, just usually when I see earth users they tend to have control over both so how does this sound though for the elemental chart for this rp?

wood - plants/life
metal - rocks and minerals
fire- heat and fire
water - water and cold
wind - air

we can include dark and light as advanced elements or the ones at the beginning of the chain if people want.)

Kairi listened but dident completely understand.she turned to look at Rei to see if she got it.Kairi had never lirnt about elements.she would turn into a water controler when she was really bord in the lab.the lab was a pretty boring place when they wernt running experements on you.the water was achly the way she escape the place.Rei was stairing off into space comprehending all the teacher was saying.if you looked hard enof you could see the code of the words running threw her eyes.