#xylomancy

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X is for Xylomancy

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[calleo-bricriu]

If you boss never yells at you what does he do when you step out or line or do things he doesn't like?

He makes me do Divination related work instead of letting me throw it at someone else.

I’ve already been into his office once to toss a handful of twigs at him and told him to get back to me once he figures out what that means and I’ll tell him if he’s right.

If he figures out that it means I’m going to make this day incredibly long and irritating for him, he’ll have read it correctly.

If not, I’ll try again when I move on to the one that isn’t entirely about looking at sticks.

Let’s hope the next one in the stack is isn’t on Haruspicy, or it’s going to get messy.

[calleo-bricriu]

Xylomancy texts again.

I've never been tempted to destroy written works, but this topic makes it so tempting.

Bunch of nonsense so obviously little more than wild guesses that it might as well have been something cooked up by Muggles.

Perhaps if I throw all the parchments on the floor and tell my superiors that the pattern in which they fell told me that the world would be best served if they accidentally met an active fireplace--

[calleo-bricriu]

Oh.

Four texts on Xylomancy.

Two with requests to translate to English.

It's tempting to translate at least one as simply, "Look for what you believe are shapes and patterns in fallen branches or twigs, and make an educated guess based on knowledge you already have of the given situation. If no naturally fallen wood is available, gather a bit, fling it about, and do the same thing," but that's a bit too condensed and I'm sure someone would notice.

It's just as well, it's not my job to inject my opinion on a topic into its translation or filing, as tempting as it may be.