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sweetpinkpixie · 01-18-2013, 12:48 PM

As he waited, Airey couldn't help but feel a little bad that he had left Pebbles in his office. He was sure that she would have wanted to come and meet all the students and participate in the lesson...but with what he had planned for today it would only end in mild disaster. Pebbles was a rock after all and having a floating rock in the planetarium with students...just not a good idea. Although...maybe he could just tuck her away somewhere when they got to the practic----

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Originally Posted by Tegz

Astronomy? Yessss West was excited for it and rocked on up READY. There'd only been one good lesson last term, and it wasn't enough to whet his appetite. Rockets were AWESOME but he wanted MORE.

So he chose a seat front and centre with the best POSSIBLE VIEW of the stuff happening on the projector and also of the professor.

"Sup, sir."

Oh look a student! First one to his lesson in fact and Airey was very tempted to award the young man points simply for being the first to show up, but refrained. The man was easily excited after all.

"Hello!" he greeted with a grin as the boy found his seat. "No need for sir, just professor is fine." Sir reminded him of training and that made his cheerful persona less, erm, cheerful.

And nope, the sup was not seen as offensive or rude at all.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella had used the lint roller outside the classroom with a curious smile on her face. What a...strange rule, yeah? Anywhoo....The blonde was EXCITED because astronomy meant stars! BEAM! And stars were lovely and pretty to look at and reminded her of...things. BLUSH.

Speaking of pretty to look at, Ella was pretty impressed with the setup. The projection screen was just...wow and the fifteen year old badger had trouble taking her eyes off of it. She had other things to focus on though, right? Like the Professor who she hadn't met properly yet. "Hello Professor, I'm Ella." The blonde greeted, giving the man a smile. "Brilliant suit." Cause really, the guy was quite a snappy dresser. Ella could appreciate style almost as much as she appreciated nice hair. Mhm!

Looking around, she spotted a seat in the middle of the room and plopped down, taking out her things and waiting for class to begin.

Oh yes, that suit compliment earned this Hufflepuff a wide grin. "Thank you, Miss Ella," he said with a nod. What? He didn't know her last name as she had failed to include it in her introduction. Oh...WAIT! Ella...as in yearbook student editor! As in the student he was helping run the yearbook with with Medea. RIGHT! "Or would you prefer I call you Miss Bishop?" Nice recovery, right? AND he did so in style.

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

Nigel was excited for class. Last year was fun and now they have a new professor who liked awesome suits.

"Hello, Professor. Awesome Suit"

He turned from the professor and saw the pickling jars and thought nothing of them. They were pickling jars after all. It did look to be a relaxing class with the projector and the comfy chairs. He walked over to a chair and sat down. Now what where they going to do in class today.

"Hello hello," he said, giving a warm nod to the Ravenclaw as he entered. Suit compliments would get you far with Airey - but not TOO far.

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Originally Posted by Awarlesta Black

Ah. Astronomy. One of her favorite subjects. She had a blast last year. That is...before the teacher was gobbled up by a plant. Tragic.

The planetarium looked utterly comfy. She was afraid she might accidentally fall asleep in the middle of the lesson. After all, she fell asleep under the stars for most of the summer.

Awar settled herself in one of the chairs, closing her eyes for a quick nap before the lesson started.

ALAS! This one didn't say hello OR compliment his suit! THE HORROR! Airey still managed a smile and a nod towards the young Hufflepuff as she took a seat and...already started taking a nap? Sweet solstice...it was only early afternoon!

Maybe she needed to sleep better at night? Oh well, if she didn't wake up by the time the lesson started a simple and well placed Aguamenti would do the trick.

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

It was time for cat food man. He was REALLY well dressed. Did he know that? Oh merlin, was he one of those feminine guys who spent hours fixing his hair and adjusting his tie. She hoped not. Those guys were extremely tiring and also a majority of the Slytherin house. Seriously, Slytherin guys and their hair. The seventh year would NEVER understand their obsession with it.

WAS HE A SLYTHERIN?! O.O

Collecting herself somewhat, she walked into the planetarium. It looked pretty much the same as when, Merlin bless her soul, Burbage had worked here. Huh, Selina wondered if Astronomy would now be like the Defense Against the Dark Arts curse during Harry Potter's time at school. She hoped not. The guy was too nicely dressed to be eaten.

Waving at him, she said, "Morning Professor." Looking him up and down she was impressed AGAIN, "Nice suit."

"Afternoon, Miss Skylar," he said with a grin and a good long glance at the girl's Head Girl badge. Yep, one of the Gryffindors that he was sure would not ~~get killed off~~ get injured too badly...hopefully. He did have some protective gear ready for when the time came.

And she got a grin as well for the suit compliment.

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Originally Posted by lemon

ASTRONOMY.

The one class she'd been looking forward to, apart from Flying and Runes. She didn't actually care for anything but brooms, but Runes and Astronomy both had Professors getting eaten in them last term, so why not, yeah? She chose a nice seat in the front, centered, too, so she would have a nice view of the Professor in general. Y'know, just in case he was eaten. ALSO. His suit was very pretty. Mhm. And Alice had a very nice staring view from her seat. "Hey, Professor." Did he have a name? "I'm Alice. Awesome suit. Except it's got a stain, there.." she commented, pointing to a perfectly clean area of the man's snappy outfit.

So she sat there. Staring at the imaginary suit stain. Admiring it, even. Ignoring the projector. Life was good.

"Good afternoon, Miss Fischer," Airey replied, nodding towards the other safe Gryffindor. Perhaps a little more safe than Miss Skylar simply because her badge was a captain's badge and they almost always made it out alive when it came to missions. There were exceptions, of course, but he was going to dismiss any Pike references for now. "Why tha----" WHAT?! That was impossible! He had JUST had this suit pressed and cleaned and everything! There was NO way there was a stain on this suit!

Thrown into a mild panic, Airey looked down at his suit and pulled the fabric away from himself to try and see just where this stain was...only there was nothing there.

....

What was this one going on about? Could he take points away for teasing and lying to a professor about a stain on their suit? The astronomy professor was tempted. VERY tempted.

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Originally Posted by hpfan18

OOOOH Astronomy. Belle was very interested in coming to this class. She knew the teacher was amazing. Belle also had an interest in the stars and what they mean. She loved looking at the night sky. It cleared her head and escape from the world.

As Belle made her way to the planetarium, she noticed the professor. Belle smiled and said, "Hello Professor, how are you? By the way i am loving the suit!" After she said her hello, she starred at the sky and amazed by it all. She had a feeling this was going to be a good lesson.

Still grumbling and shooting the Gryffindor Quidditch captain sideways glances, Airey turned his attention to the next student to walk in. "Good afternoon, Miss Lecium. I'm doing quite well...I think... Say, do you see a stain on this suit?" Because Hufflepuffs were especially good finders and if there was a stain on this suit then she would find it, yes?

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Originally Posted by Rosa Chispa Princessa

Oichi headed up to the observatory feeling super awesome. Astronomy had always been one of her favorite classes. Learning about stuff of the great beyond was always fascinated. Oichi entered the Observatory and was completely amazed by the scenery. The projection of the night sky was crazy cool and she was floored as she saw the comet pass by in projection overhead. She looked back at the professor, "Professor Flamsted, this set up is amazing, I can't wait to see what you have planned for this class!!!". With that said Oichi took a seat as she took out her supplies and continued to enjoy the scenery as she waited for class to begin.

Grinning at the next Gryffindor to enter, Airey glanced up at the domed ceiling and nodded. It was rather nice, wasn't it? No replacement for the real thing, of course, but still nice. "I am glad you like it," Airey grinned. "Remember, the planetarium is always open to student use." Just break anything and it was a one way ticket to ~~Azkaban~~ detention.

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Originally Posted by LilFox06

Anya happily entered the Planetarium. It was ASTRONOMY timeeeeee. Woo! She loved stars. And, more importantly, she loved Planetarium. And yes, that really was more important.

Even if the Professor was a little weird.

He seemed to have a thing against Gryffindors. What were the chances someone would let her borrow their badge...?

Meh. That sounded like a lot of work.

Instead she just adjusted her sweater trying to hide as much red as possible. There. She could totally... pretend to be a Slytherin or something. Yeah...

"Hello Professor." she said probably a little too brightly. ... now... what exactly did Snakes do? Like... strut...?

And... in a lame strut attempt, Anya found a seat... and immediately stared up at the ceiling. ... possibly with an open mouth. The girl loved stars.

"Hello," Airey greeted as he eyed the way this young lioness was walking. Merlin, had she got in a fight with a kneazle or something? Those things WERE vicious after all. They attacked and clawed and hissed and were just monsters. "Are you alright? You appear to be limping just a bit..."

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Originally Posted by Lockhartian

OH THIS WAS WICKED COOL!

Lottie beamed the moment she stepped inside, until she saw the suit wearing the man. Burgundy really didn't suit him. "Professor Flamsteed, how are you, Sir?" she beamed again, before walking a little closer to him, "Burgundy doesn't really match, you know?" What? She wanted to help.

They have something in common, might as well help him make good fashion choices. And she knew what colors blended well together. Most of the time.

The girl proceeded to find a seat, close to Queen Alice.

"Glad to see you made it with plenty of time to spare, Miss Wisteria," Airey replied with a quick wink in her direction. Not that he doubted she would be late. She had made it quite clear in his office that she was the sort to be on time. And there was that 'sir' again. No need for the sir, kids. Seriously.

Wait...what?

"Just as well as yellow and black does, Miss Wisteria," he said with another wink. You know, unless one wanted to look like a bumblebee which is all he could ever see looking at Hufflepuffs in uniform. Had thought so as a student too and had even attached a few stingers to some as a student. Heh. Memories.

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Originally Posted by Syd

Jake was actually looking forward to this class. A lot. He loved Astronomy, and he was excited to find out what this new teacher would be like. Honestly, he'd probably be happy with anyone, since the last one was eaten by a plant. Which... made Jake wonder if the new guy was worried the same thing might happen to him. Poor chap.

After lint rolling sufficiently outside of the classroom, Jake entered the room. He made sure his Prefect badge was nice and shiny and noticeable, just in case he got in any unforseen Gryffindor-like problems that the badge would cover for. Seeing Flamsteed in front of him, Jake waved. "Hello, Professor. I like the suit. Is it new?"

He glanced around the room, his eyes lighting up when he saw the roof, before his eyes fell on Anya. She looked... happy. Making his way over to her, he sat on the seat next to her and smiled. "Hey," he greeted before looking back up. "This is really cool..." He liked stars. He liked Astronomy.

Ah yes, here was the other safe Gryffindor wearing an especially shiny badge. Not that the amount of shine had anything to do with anything. "Good day to you, Mr. Keller. Is is indeed! Thank you for noticing." New AND freshly pressed at the muggle dry cleaners before coming to Hogwarts. Amazing places, those dry cleaners.

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Okay, can she just be the first to say...this guy was weird. Not weird in a bad way, but weird in a 'were you once a Hufflepuff' kind of way. In other words, Sierra wasn't too sure if the guy was going to annoy her or not. She'd just have to wait and see.

She was actually surprised to see him standing, too. The only other time she'd seen him, he'd been sprawled across the floor in Defense class. She gave him a grin and said, "Hello, Professor." With the necessities out of the way, Sierra headed further into the classroom and joined the others.

"Hello, Miss Greingoth," he replied with a nod in the Slytherin's direction. "I must say that your natural hair color suits you much better." Than the blonde wig she wore at the auction that is. You know, cause she had complained about it and how uncomfortable it was.

Okay, so Airey kind of sort of was awful at complimenting students. Women in general really, but that wasn't the point.

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Originally Posted by iBeJenn

Melanie walked to class, trying to remember all the twists and turns of the school. Astronomy was hard. And confusing. And she just didn't get it but supposed she might try to take the OWL for the class... so she'd actually have to attend the class. She huffed and puffed all the way up to the tower and eyed the lint roller outside the classroom.

Did she really have to use it? She was pretty sure her robes were clean and all. Melanie picked it up anyways and tried to free herself of any lint that was there. She also tried to be extra careful. ~~That was one of the rules since she didn't have a badge~~. After finishing she entered the classroom. Oh. Pretty. Melanie smiled as she looked around. Oh... pretty sky... She wanted the ceiling of her roof to look like that. She stood there for a little while longer, just staring at the ceiling before pulling herself out of it. She was here for a lesson! Not to stare.

"Hello Professor~" Melanie greeted him before taking a seat. Then she tilted her head back up... and stared at the ceiling.

Pretty....

N'aw, now wasn't that sort of adorable the way that Miss Sung was just standing there oogling at the stars above?! Perhaps he really should hold an informal stargazing session in the Tower Patch at some point. "Nice to see you again, Miss Sung," Airey said with a smile as the young Gryffindor entered the planetarium and took her seat. "Pebbles will be disappointed she didn't get to see you." Since he had left the poor thing in his office and all.

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Originally Posted by Yourenodaisy

This, this was one thing Kaiden hadn't missed about Hogwarts. Climbing so many flights of stairs wasn't fun, even for someone who was used to doing things like hiking. Making his way up to the planetarium, he eyed the lint roller. Yeah, his uniform was already clean and lint free. "Hello sir." the boy said greeting the professor before finding a seat and settling in.

There was that sir again! Maybe he should have put that in the rules too. No sir. Just professor. "Good afternoon," he replied, smirk still on his face. "Please, just professor. Or Professor Flamsteed or Professor Airey."

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Afterusing the lint roller, Jory headed into the Planetarium. Astronomy was one of his favorite classes and he was looking forward to it. As soon as he entered, it was projector screen that caught his eye. "Cool!'' he thought.

"Hello, Professor,'' the Puffer said catching sight of the man in the suit. "Awesome suit.'' Grin. He looked around at the other students before going off to find a seat.

Nodding as another ~~bumblebee~~ Hufflepuff student made their way towards a seat, Airey adjusted his tie just a little at the compliment. "Good afternoon, and thank you."

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Originally Posted by McFeisty

Mika made her way to the Astronomy tower. She grabbed that special lint-roller thingy and wanted it over her clothes until not a spec of anything was left behind. Now, she had to go and enter the room right?

She was pretty sure she had followed all of the rules - and with that had brought all the needed supplies with her. Glancing over to the Professor she realized he had been the one at the feast to eat the fancy feast...right.

Don't bring up fancyfeast should have been on his rules.

"Hello Professor Fah-" she quickly glanced at her timetable. "Flamsteed...sorry really horrid with names." And she'd almost called him Professor FancyFeast. Quick smile, flushed cheeks and a compliment on the suit would do her good right? "Love the suit Professor Fah-Flamsteed." Again with the near misses.

Woah there. Was this one about to sneeze? Oh, no. She was only struggling to remember his name. Hmmmm. Deciding to dismiss thoughts about how his last name should be one that all students of astronomy should know - and NOT because he was big headed - he simply smiled at the young Ravenclaw. "You got it now," he said with a two finger salute.

Sort of.

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Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight

Astronomy.. Her favorite class. Her now favorite professor. Could the day be any better?

Nerida stopped as she reached the door. Did she really have to use the lint roller? Sighing she used the lint roller before entering. Professor Flamsteed may have been her favorite professor...But he was a weird one wasn't he! The blonde couldn't help but look up at the pretty projection screen..What ever it was called. She quickly took her eyes off...She was in a class... Other things to focus on!

Like the Professor and his amazing suit! "Hello! Snazzy suit Professor Flamsteed!" No need to say who she was, that had already been done. Though the Ravenclaw did greet him with a smile. She loved his various suits... She wondered if he had 365 suits for each day of the year...That would be cool....

Finding a seat in the somewhat middle area, Nerida plopped down into one of the comfy chairs.

Snazzy, now there was a phrase he hadn't heard in a long time. "Hello, Miss Eventide," he replied with a nod. Snazzy. Heh. That was a fun word to say - even if only in one's head. Snaaaaaaaaazzy.

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Originally Posted by Macavity

Astronomy...one of the only classes taught at Hogwarts that could easily be taught at a muggle school all the same. Perhaps the only one if Ellura really thought about it. Regardless the third year was just as interested in seeing what developed as he rest of the classes.

So at the appropriate time, the girl entered the planetarium, clear of any lint as per the rules. Ellura still wasn't quite sure what was up with the comment on Gryffindors but she certainly hoped her house didn't mark her as a bad egg right of the bat for the man. "Good evening, Professor," she greeted with a polite nod as she moved further IMO the room, taking a seat in one of the empty chairs.

Smiling as another Gryffindor entered the planetarium, he squirmed a little nervously and wondered if he should have prepared more padding and protective gear just in case... "Good afternoon," he replied, slight eyebrow raise at the word evening in the girl's greeting, but not lingering on it much. She was probably just getting into the mood that the projection was creating. He knew that he easily got lost in such a setting. Then again, he got lost and easily distracted often...

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Originally Posted by HaRoHeGiNeLu

Well, OBVIOUSLY, he didn't use the lint roller. Because that kid ahead of him had it. But, really, he wouldn't have used it anyway. Partly because he didn't know what it was, and partly because he was a twelve-year-old boy and couldn't care less about the lint on his robes.

Not to mention, Aidan wasn't the most excited about coming to Astronomy. At all. Burbage was practically his favorite professor last term. And she was awesome! And she let them make bottle rockets! Which were AWESOME! But her being gone made Aidan sad. And surely, this guy with his lint rollers and his suits wouldn't be nearly as much fun. Not nearly.

The boy tried to hide the pout on his face, though, as he took a seat in the back.

Ravenclaws.

People were always saying that Hufflepuffs were the weird ones - which was still true - but Ravenclaws were an odd bunch as well. Like this boy. Sitting ALL the way in the back and with a pout on his face before the lesson had even started! Not to mention no greeting OR compliments about the suit. Tragic really. Still, he gave the young Claw a small wave and a smile from his position beside the projector.

SPOILER!!: GlassXRose - just going to pretend that is a Hogwarts uniform <3

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Originally Posted by GlassXRose

Kanna was pretty excited for the first Astronomy lesson. In the past, and even at the moment, she was never excited for Astronomy itself. Astronomy was just one of those subjects you had to have your heart in. Space was all very interesting, but she was sad that she didn't find it THRILLING, like the professor did. Nevertheless, his enthusiasm was a great thing, and she was enthusiastic for the class today.

She wasn't wearing just any old Hogwarts uniform. To be honest, Kanna only had ONE set of the usual Hogwarts robes. But she was dressed to impress today, nonetheless, lint-free and everything. Not for any particular reason, noooo... But it was in his rules, no? Hogwarts uniforms/SUITS? She had the Ravenclaw emblem on the jacket, and the tie was house colors, so it counted. She had even combed her bright red hair today... before teasing it gently as usual. But no one would know she even owned a comb. It was her little secret.

"Good day, Professor!" The Ravenclaw called happily, pausing only briefly to adjust her tie the exact same way Professor Space often did, pointing with the other hand. "Nice suit." It was. It was a nice suit.

Kannalynne crossed over and, for the first time ever in Astronomy class, claimed a desk in the front row. Off to the side, of course, but in the front nonetheless. This was his chance to sell Astronomy. It was now or never. MAKE ME LOVE IT. She removed the jacket, since it was such a nice temperature without it, and hung it safely on the back of the chair. She pulled her notebook out of her bag, and, lucky him-- an elegant, black and blue pheasant feather quill, one of her favorites. She also set to the side an old baseball glove. Her father had to be owled to send it along, and it hadn't been used in quite some time, but it had, indeed, been used. And, tucked in her bag, was a Ravenclaw baseball cap. It would have been worn to class, but there was a debate over whether or not that would have been overkill. She was ready to spring into action, though, if the occasion called for such enthusiasm.

This woman was totally ready ~~for anything~~.

"Miss Basthowe, nice to see you again," Airey smiled at the somewhat normal Ravenclaw girl as she made her way towards a seat. Oh, look at that! She had even brought a baseball glove. First he had seen if he wasn't mistaken. They were not a requirement, but the girl did earn a couple of awesome points in his book for owning the muggle item. Perhaps even a vintage one at that!

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Originally Posted by JeshieRAWR

Daphne Hughes was outside of the Astronomy classroom, using one of the lint rollers as much as possible because honestly, she was sort of scared to come to this class. Astronomy was really cool to learn about, but the Professor's rules freaked her out. Not really the rule about lint rolling, which was definitely weird, but the rule about being a Gryffindor and not having a badge. That was what scared her.

After getting off every single spec of lint from her robes, she set the lint roller back down, and walked into the classroom. She was fascinated by the projection screen but she wondered why the Professor didn't just use magic to do that. But she wouldn't ask, just in case the Professor would get mad at her. As she neared the Professor though she gave a small little wave and said, "Hello Professor." She wasn't going to introduce herself, just yet, because if he didn't know her name then he couldn't hate her.

Smirk.

She immediately walked over to one of the chairs and took a seat, looking around as all the other students filed in. Now hopefully this class would go quickly and calmly.

"Hello to you as well," Airey grinned in reply. He sure wished that students would introduce themselves though. Not knowing names was going to drive him supernova and he HATED the idea of name tags and plaques. Unnecessary clutter as far as he was concerned - especially name plaques. There was only so much desk space with the chairs in the planetarium anyway. No sense in making students suffer ~~more~~.

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Originally Posted by JennMarie

OH HAIIII A NEW PROFESSORRR!!!

ariana hoped into the classroom "Gooood Evening Professor! Nice Suit I must say!" and i hope you dont get eaten this term! though the suit was snazzy.. wow.. was she suppose to wear a suit........... she didnt get that memo.. weirddd. she took a seat and pulled out a piece of parchment and simply waited.. and waiteddd

Another one that seemed to be caught up in the night sky display. "Good afternoon," he winked.

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Alyssa quickly entered the Astronomy tower and was glad to see that even though there were already other students present, that class hadn't started yet. She noticed the new Professor standing in front of the projector.

Walking up to him, she greeted him with a smile. "Hello Professor. The place looks really nice." she told him before walking over to an empty seat. Placing her backpack down on the floor, she dug inside until she found her journal and textbook. Pulling them both out, she opened up her textbook and started reading it as she waited for the class to start.

"Afternoon," he replied with a confident smile. Ah yes, but complimenting the planetarium was not going to make up for certain things he had overheard at the auction. Especially certain things said about his suit! No, Airey was not the sort to hold grudges for such a petty thing...but that didn't mean that he wasn't acting like a wailing toddler who was told no dessert after dinner on the inside. "Glad you like it. As I told another student a little bit ago, you are more than welcome to use this space in your free time."

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Where was the lint roller? 'Cause it wasn't outside.....

Oh well. Sky just charmed as much of the lint off her uniform as she possibly could. That would just have to do. What was the big deal about lint anyway? Was Professor Flamsteed afraid that lint would attract Mr. Bumpy or something? Because was pretty sure he only liked socks.

Entering the class, she quickly found herself a seat and sat. "Hello, professor!" Yep, he got a bright, cheerful greeting, even though she thought the thing with the lint roller was weird. Though, she had no worries about the other odd thing on his list of rules: the Gryffindor thing. She was a Slytherin. *Beam.*

Now this was one happy snake - which instantly made Airey suspicious. VERY suspicious. It was like she was trying to cover up for something...

"Hello hello," he sang. What? Did no one here know the Beatles? Too vintage for the Hogwarts youth?

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Originally Posted by cake.ninjak

Dustin FINALLY made it up the stairs of the Astronomy tower to the classroom. He flew brooms. He didn't need to EXERCISE. Brooms did the work for you. Panting with his hands on his knees outside of the classroom, he looked up to see a table that had held something...or maybe it was just there. Who knew? That Burbage lady was weird, so Dustin figured it was probably just some strange way to decorate.

He strolled into the classroom, now that he had regained his composure and could look put-together, and stopped short. The first reason being that OOOOOOO STAAAARRSSSSSS, and the second - there was a youngish man (everyone was old in Dustin's eyes, but Miss Lady had taken it to another level; she was ancient and had a weird affection toward older men. Dustin would never understand girls) standing at the front of the classroom with a smirk on his face.

"Umm...hi...man. Where is that other lady?" Dustin asked, looking around. He had been terribly aloof for 99% of last term...and at the welcome feast....and in general. He was surprised he had even made it to his second year. "And who are you and what is your name and why are you smirking like that? Did you..." he leaned in close and whispered, "pass gas? Not like....interplanetary gas, but like....flatulent gas."

It seemed an important question to ask. He really needed to know before he went and sat down, which, he spied a spot next to Golden Seeker Boy, AidAn, and motioned for the fellow second year to save the spot for him.

The man couldn't help but frown at the boy's question. "I am afraid Professor Burbage has passed away, young man," he replied. Poor thing must have gone into shock at the news and just blocked it out because how in Merlin's beard could he not know? It was even in the Daily Prophet.

And then...interplanetary gas happened...

...............RAVENCLAWS!

Airey sort of just stood there and stared at this young boy for a good several looooooong moments. Had he really just asked what the professor thought he had just asked? Pausing again with his mouth just hanging open in shock, Airey eventually came back to his senses and BURST into a fit of laughter. "HAHAHA. No no, nothing of the sort," he said, patting the boy firmly on the back. "Just glad to be here and eager to get going."

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

She wasn't late!! She knew for a fact that she wasn't late because she'd made an extra effort to be early and eveyone knew that a little effort was all it took to accomplish anything. So it was, she told herself she wouldn't be late and as luck would have it she arrived when eveyone else was too. She was about to bolt into the classroom but then she remembered about that lint roller thing and pretty soon she was remembering that whole Gryffindor rule.

How ruuuuuude. It wasn't like the Gryffies planned to get the place exploded or get themselves killed! Didn't the Professor have any faith in them? What was the worst that could happen?

Lex looked over at another girl by the entrance? Wait. They couldn't find the lint roller? Pity. Oh well, she'd just have to walk in and hope to learn through all that prospective lint clots all over her robes. Pfffff. Seriously. A lint roller.

"Hello Professor!" BEAM. "I think I should let you know the lint roller pulled a disappearing act." So yes, she was probably riddled with lint at the moment. Problem? She gave him another smile then took a seat by Lottie. This should be fun! Burbage had manage to make this one of her favourite subjects, the Professor was a now guy, she didn't want anything to change her mind about that.

This was where he brought out the sodas and making the students happy!

And his other maze buddy had arrived. "Good afternoon, Miss Cambridge," the astronomer replied with a wink and a grin before his face fell just a little. "What do you mean disappearing act?" Eyebrow raised he eyed the girl for a moment. Now, he was one to appreciate the occasional muggle magic trick, even tried his hand at a few himself, but NOT when it came to his things. His things always had a place. A proper place. A place that was best suited for the thing that needed a place and they did not just vanish.

Marching his way out of the planetarium and to the table outside the room where had put the lint roller, Airey let out a manly squeak at the lack of said item. This.Was.Not.Funny.

"Alright...who TOOK the lint roller?"

Because they were ~~getting sucked into the black hole of detention!~~ in trouble.

SPOILER!!: Oh my Rowling XD Mo, Anya, West, & Peyton

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Originally Posted by Bubbles

Peyton didn't skip to class like she's done with the rest. The stairs. They were a problem. You see, coming from all the way from the dungeons wasn't so nice. Peyton was tempted to FLY up here. That'd be waaaay easier and her legs wouldn't ache. Too bad she couldn't do that.

She stopped before entering the classroom, looking for the lint roller they were supposed to use. What was up with the cleanliness? It reminded her of her mother. Uuuugh.

O.o

There was a problem though.

The lint roller wasn't there. Strange. She'd read the rules properly and she was sure a roller was to be provided. Maybe someone took it and thought it was funny? It wouldn't be funny if she lost points 'cause of it.

Peyton marched into the classroom, glancing around. "Where's the lint roller at?" And may she please have it.

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The lint roller brush was a pain. Literally. As in, it was currently stuck in Mo's hair, and he had no earthly idea how it had happened. Perhaps he'd been lint rolling his head, but it had seemed a good idea and...

Oops?

Mo headed into the classroom with the roller still attached to the top of his head and gave the professor a polite nod, nearly poking his own eye out as the handle of the brush crashed against his forehead. "Good day, Professor. Looking forward to your class."

He took a seat near West, giving his friend a wry look and hoping SOMEONE would remove the roller brush from his head for him. PLEASE? HELP SOMEONE HELP?

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Anya smiled. "Yeah. I love planetariums..." she said in a soft awe. And yes, she knew that was Jake without even looking. But... she should look anyway. Because it was rude not to. ~~...andshekindoflikedhisface.~~ She then glanced at his badge. Hmm... wasn't she just thinking about stealing one? Maybe Jake would... let her keep his?

Anya had to stifle a giggle seeing the boy with the lint roller in his hair. Not the brightest move, Ravenclaw. She stood up and leaned over the seat. "I've gotcha covered, Birdie." she said getting to work gently pulling the boy's hairs away. Yeah. She wasn't even going to ask. Why? Because... she was pretty sure lint rollers to the hair was not fashion statement.

And because she was Anya. She just did things. Then asked questions.

"Why did you-" she began to ask. ... then she remembered the announcement. She was so concerned with being a Lion, she forgot ALL about the lint brush. ... crap. She could still pretend to be a Snake, right?

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"Thanks," Mo leaned forward and let Any save him from the dreaded lint roller of DOOOOOOM. It hurt a bit to have the sticky surface wrested from his hair, taking some with it, but it was better than carrying the thing around like a gigantic curler he'd forgotten to remove that morning.

"It seemed like a good idea at the time. Like maybe my hair was dusty too," Mo reached out to take the brush from Anya and gave her arm a polite roll in return. We clean you up, mmmk?

"I'll owe you. Thanks for that. I was about to lose an eye or something."

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"What IS a lint roller?" Really. WHAT was it? West had no clue. Not that he'd need it anyway since as a matter of course his clothes were all charmed by his dad since... well, West was the sort of kid who NEEDED his stuff charmed. But West didn't make that connection, he had nooooo clue.

He'd seen it on that rules thing but how could you use a thing when you didn't know what it was?

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So no one was going to hand it over? Fine, but if she got in trouble 'cause of it then Peyton would just blame whomever was sitting next to her.

She went and sat down and turned to the person she'd blame...

...Oh and he didn't know what a lint roller was. She'd tell him. It'd make blaming him much easier. ^__^

"It's this roller thing. It's sticky and you use it to rid your clothes of lint." Simple, no? M'hm! Of course she knew what it was. Living near half-bloods had its advantages. "Have you seen it by the way?" 'Cause she wanted to use it. :3

Airey turned around from the entrance of the planetarium when he heard all sorts of ruckus going on and let out another manly squeak with what he saw.

HOW IN ORION'S NAME HAD THAT BOY MANAGED TO GET A LINT ROLLER STUCK IN HIS HAIR!?

"MY LINT ROLLER!"

Ravenclaws...they were going to be the death of him. He could feel it.

Marching right back into the planetarium and towards the foolish boy with his lint roller stuck in his greasy dirty hair, he snapped his head to the young Gryffindor girl who had saved it. "Thank you for saving my lint roller," Airey said with a slight grumble to his tone. "5 points to Gryffindor." Because his lint roller was safe and out of Ravenclaw hair. "If I could please have that back. It it not fit for use as is." All dirty and stuff.

"As for you," he said, turning to the Ravenclaw boy who apparently thought that lint rollers made for nice hair decorations. "See me after class...in my office. And minus 5 points for improper use of a lint roller!" Not a request, mind you. And he was lucky Airey didn't take away a billion points for improper use of a lint roller!

He was just about to return to his position in the front of the class and get things started when he overheard the conversation between two Slytherins on ~~his poor traumatized lint roller~~ lint rollers and couldn't help but chime in a little - especially when the one showed so much curiosity.

"Thank you for explaining to your classmate," Airey said to the young she-snake. "5 points to Slytherin for doing so." And now to explain a bit further to the boy. "Just as your classmate said, a lint roller is a muggle device that is made up of a roll of one-sided adhesive paper on a cardboard or plastic barrel that is mounted on a central spindle, with an attached handle," he elaborated - somewhat quoting his Muggle Studies textbook - while reaching his arm into his breast pocket up to his elbow and pulling out a lint roller.

Undetectable Extension Charms. Totally awesome.

"This is one," he said as he handed it to the boy to use or poke or do what he wanted with. "As to why this over charms, afraid the only answer I can give you is that I love and appreciate certain aspects of muggle life. Lint rollers are one of them." Dry cleaners were another, but he didn't mention that for now. After all, he was here to teach Astronomy and not Muggle Studies.

Which he really should get to...

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He had finally managed to get at the astronomy tower after a quick bite in the great hall. He was always a bit jealous of students in the Lion or Claw house cause their dorms were closeby. But then he figured he shouldn't complain since THEY had to walk down and back up everyday and the Slytherin only when he had astronomy or Divination.

As he pushed the door open, Daichi wondered how the first lesson would go. From what he had seen and heard in the office, Professor Flamsteed was a pretty cool guy who luckily wasn't a crazy Pyroman. "Hello Professor~" he greeted with a smile and he waved his hand enthusiastically at the man.

"Mr. Katharos, nice to see you again," Airey said with a grin as the boy waved to him. Airey had taken precautions before coming to the planetarium today. Precautions that involved making sure that his duck tie was locked up and secure in his office just in case the SlytherPuff went all snake ambitious on him and tried to break in to steal it.

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Laura had finally managed to make it to the Astronomy tower, she walked into the classroom and smiled at the Professor. "Good day Professor, hope you had a great summer." Laura went and sat down, but whilst she was moving she was thinking to herself, what a weird suit he was wearing, Professor's didn't normally wear suits.

"Good day," the tall man replied with a nod. "I did indeedy! I hoep yours was good as well." Because he knew how important summer vacations were to students. Have a bad summer and it made going back to school feel even worse. At least that is how things had been for him.

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Christmas entered the astronomy classroom and said "Good evening professor" Christmas was looking forward to this lesson

"Good afternoon," he replied. Maybe he should have left the display overhead with an afternoon look instead of evening?

Pausing for a moment, Airey turned his attention towards a small sundial and checked the time. Not that it really mattered what the sundial read because they were all indoors without any sun and therefore rendering the piece of equipment useless.

Hmm...he should probably get things started, yes?

With a quick flick of his wand towards the doors, the Astronomy professor charmed them shut and then stood up on the elevated platform that the projector was on. Could everyone see him? Yes? Good.

"Hello and welcome to Astronomy! I am Airey Flamsteed and will be your professor this term." And hopefully future terms assuming the post wasn't cursed. "You may call me Professor Flamsteed or Professor Airey, whichever you prefer. Just a bit about me before we begin, and you should probably start taking notes. You will find a pull out desk surface on the right of your seat." He waited a moment to allow them all to do just that. "I was once a Hogwarts student myself, a Gryffindor in fact, and before coming to Hogwarts I worked at the mission operations directorate of NASA in Houston, Texas in America. I enjoy suits, science fiction, and... " He paused for a moment to add emphasis on what he was about to say next. There WAS a reason to his madness. We promise. "...singing." Pausing again, Airey jumped off the platform and began to walk around the circular area to make. "I know that standard procedure is to go over the definition of what astronomy is, but I trust you all to have already read about that in your textbook and if you have not, well, then please do so after class." He didn't want to waste any time on trivial things like that. Unless students were getting this noble subject mixed up with that rubbish that was Astrology. THEN there would be issues and THEN they would go over definitions.

But! Back to singing.

"Singing has been a favorite past time of mine since I was a Hogwarts student. Singing sad songs often has a way of healing. Happy songs help you channel your positive energies. Best of all is that anyone can sing, perhaps not well, but anyone can do it and there is a song for every situation." And he jumped back up on to the platform. "There are even songs that relate to Astronomy. Both directly and somewhat indirectly. Take for example the muggle childhood classic Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." He paused to clear his throat before singing the first two verses.

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.

When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. "

Applause, yes?

"We see from these lyrics several connections to astronomy. The more obvious connection is the use of star. It is also connected in that it shows man's curiosity of the cosmos and even gives a little bit of scientific explanation as to when most stars are visible in the sky. Most because there was a very VERY big star, our sun, that is most visible during the day because the Earth is rotating around it. When our part of Earth faces it, the sun's blue light - the same light that makes the sky blue, mind you - is so bright that it makes all other stars appear to vanish. BUT ANYWAY! I want you all to take a moment to think about what songs you know that you think have a connection to astronomy. Muggle and wizarding music, it doesn't matter. No connection is too small! Please only share one song please. No need to go into too much detail as to why it connects to astronomy. You may sing a few verses as well if you wish. " In fact, he highly encouraged it. "Oh, and if you could please say your name before you answer I would appreciate it."

And for those students who were probably rolling their eyes at this exercise, the was a point to be made! A very valid point in fact. Yep.

OOC: this lesson has officially begun! Please do NOT post your student arriving after this post or else risk losing points for your house. Please just pretend as though you have been here all along!

You can use a real song or make one up! Try not to repeat the same answer as someone else and be creative! There is no right or wrong answer to this question This lesson will hopefully continue tomorrow around noon GMT+9.

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sweetpinkpixie Wizarding World RPG Admin Minister for Magic Alley Proprietor Leprechaun Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: The Paths Posts: 40,116 Hogwarts RPG Name: Briallen Ashburry-Hawthorne Gryffindor First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Nyle Harden Hufflepuff Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Iris Harden Ravenclaw Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Calliope Barrington Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Diamond Marchbanks Gryffindor Sixth Year Ministry Department Head: Charles Hollingberry Minister's Office Ministry Department Head: Airey Flamsteed Mysteries Diagon Alley Proprietor: Zachaël Lufkin Owl Post x12 x12	*Class has officially begun! loves on you all* you all make me giggle <3 astronomizzle ♧ gryffinDORK \| & the rest is drag ♣ #badluckDerf As he waited, Airey couldn't help but feel a little bad that he had left Pebbles in his office. He was sure that she would have wanted to come and meet all the students and participate in the lesson...but with what he had planned for today it would only end in mild disaster. Pebbles was a rock after all and having a floating rock in the planetarium with students...just not a good idea. Although...maybe he could just tuck her away somewhere when they got to the practic---- Quote: Originally Posted by Tegz Astronomy? Yessss West was excited for it and rocked on up READY. There'd only been one good lesson last term, and it wasn't enough to whet his appetite. Rockets were AWESOME but he wanted MORE. So he chose a seat front and centre with the best POSSIBLE VIEW of the stuff happening on the projector and also of the professor. "Sup, sir." Oh look a student! First one to his lesson in fact and Airey was very tempted to award the young man points simply for being the first to show up, but refrained. The man was easily excited after all. "Hello!" he greeted with a grin as the boy found his seat. "No need for sir, just professor is fine." Sir reminded him of training and that made his cheerful persona less, erm, cheerful. And nope, the sup was not seen as offensive or rude at all. Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow** Ella had used the lint roller outside the classroom with a curious smile on her face. What a...strange rule, yeah? Anywhoo....The blonde was EXCITED because astronomy meant stars! BEAM! And stars were lovely and pretty to look at and reminded her of...things. BLUSH. Speaking of pretty to look at, Ella was pretty impressed with the setup. The projection screen was just...wow and the fifteen year old badger had trouble taking her eyes off of it. She had other things to focus on though, right? Like the Professor who she hadn't met properly yet. "Hello Professor, I'm Ella." The blonde greeted, giving the man a smile. "Brilliant suit." Cause really, the guy was quite a snappy dresser. Ella could appreciate style almost as much as she appreciated nice hair. Mhm! Looking around, she spotted a seat in the middle of the room and plopped down, taking out her things and waiting for class to begin. Oh yes, that suit compliment earned this Hufflepuff a wide grin. "Thank you, Miss Ella," he said with a nod. What? He didn't know her last name as she had failed to include it in her introduction. Oh...WAIT! Ella...as in yearbook student editor! As in the student he was helping run the yearbook with with Medea. RIGHT! "Or would you prefer I call you Miss Bishop?" Nice recovery, right? AND he did so in style. Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner Nigel was excited for class. Last year was fun and now they have a new professor who liked awesome suits. "Hello, Professor. Awesome Suit" He turned from the professor and saw the pickling jars and thought nothing of them. They were pickling jars after all. It did look to be a relaxing class with the projector and the comfy chairs. He walked over to a chair and sat down. Now what where they going to do in class today. "Hello hello," he said, giving a warm nod to the Ravenclaw as he entered. Suit compliments would get you far with Airey - but not TOO far. Quote: Originally Posted by Awarlesta Black Ah. Astronomy. One of her favorite subjects. She had a blast last year. That is...before the teacher was gobbled up by a plant. Tragic. The planetarium looked utterly comfy. She was afraid she might accidentally fall asleep in the middle of the lesson. After all, she fell asleep under the stars for most of the summer. Awar settled herself in one of the chairs, closing her eyes for a quick nap before the lesson started. ALAS! This one didn't say hello OR compliment his suit! THE HORROR! Airey still managed a smile and a nod towards the young Hufflepuff as she took a seat and...already started taking a nap? Sweet solstice...it was only early afternoon! Maybe she needed to sleep better at night? Oh well, if she didn't wake up by the time the lesson started a simple and well placed Aguamenti would do the trick. Quote: Originally Posted by fanficfanatict It was time for cat food man. He was REALLY well dressed. Did he know that? Oh merlin, was he one of those feminine guys who spent hours fixing his hair and adjusting his tie. She hoped not. Those guys were extremely tiring and also a majority of the Slytherin house. Seriously, Slytherin guys and their hair. The seventh year would NEVER understand their obsession with it. WAS HE A SLYTHERIN?! O.O Collecting herself somewhat, she walked into the planetarium. It looked pretty much the same as when, Merlin bless her soul, Burbage had worked here. Huh, Selina wondered if Astronomy would now be like the Defense Against the Dark Arts curse during Harry Potter's time at school. She hoped not. The guy was too nicely dressed to be eaten. Waving at him, she said, "Morning Professor." Looking him up and down she was impressed AGAIN, "Nice suit." "Afternoon, Miss Skylar," he said with a grin and a good long glance at the girl's Head Girl badge. Yep, one of the Gryffindors that he was sure would not ~~get killed off~~ get injured too badly...hopefully. He did have some protective gear ready for when the time came. And she got a grin as well for the suit compliment. Quote: Originally Posted by lemon ASTRONOMY. The one class she'd been looking forward to, apart from Flying and Runes. She didn't actually care for anything but brooms, but Runes and Astronomy both had Professors getting eaten in them last term, so why not, yeah? She chose a nice seat in the front, centered, too, so she would have a nice view of the Professor in general. Y'know, just in case he was eaten. ALSO. His suit was very pretty. Mhm. And Alice had a very nice staring view from her seat. "Hey, Professor." Did he have a name? "I'm Alice. Awesome suit. Except it's got a stain, there.." she commented, pointing to a perfectly clean area of the man's snappy outfit. So she sat there. Staring at the imaginary suit stain. Admiring it, even. Ignoring the projector. Life was good. "Good afternoon, Miss Fischer," Airey replied, nodding towards the other safe Gryffindor. Perhaps a little more safe than Miss Skylar simply because her badge was a captain's badge and they almost always made it out alive when it came to missions. There were exceptions, of course, but he was going to dismiss any Pike references for now. "Why tha----" WHAT?! That was impossible! He had JUST had this suit pressed and cleaned and everything! There was NO way there was a stain on this suit! Thrown into a mild panic, Airey looked down at his suit and pulled the fabric away from himself to try and see just where this stain was...only there was nothing there. .... What was this one going on about? Could he take points away for teasing and lying to a professor about a stain on their suit? The astronomy professor was tempted. VERY tempted. Quote: Originally Posted by hpfan18 OOOOH Astronomy. Belle was very interested in coming to this class. She knew the teacher was amazing. Belle also had an interest in the stars and what they mean. She loved looking at the night sky. It cleared her head and escape from the world. As Belle made her way to the planetarium, she noticed the professor. Belle smiled and said, "Hello Professor, how are you? By the way i am loving the suit!" After she said her hello, she starred at the sky and amazed by it all. She had a feeling this was going to be a good lesson. Still grumbling and shooting the Gryffindor Quidditch captain sideways glances, Airey turned his attention to the next student to walk in. "Good afternoon, Miss Lecium. I'm doing quite well...I think... Say, do you see a stain on this suit?" Because Hufflepuffs were especially good finders and if there was a stain on this suit then she would find it, yes? Quote: Originally Posted by Rosa Chispa Princessa Oichi headed up to the observatory feeling super awesome. Astronomy had always been one of her favorite classes. Learning about stuff of the great beyond was always fascinated. Oichi entered the Observatory and was completely amazed by the scenery. The projection of the night sky was crazy cool and she was floored as she saw the comet pass by in projection overhead. She looked back at the professor, "Professor Flamsted, this set up is amazing, I can't wait to see what you have planned for this class!!!". With that said Oichi took a seat as she took out her supplies and continued to enjoy the scenery as she waited for class to begin. Grinning at the next Gryffindor to enter, Airey glanced up at the domed ceiling and nodded. It was rather nice, wasn't it? No replacement for the real thing, of course, but still nice. "I am glad you like it," Airey grinned. "Remember, the planetarium is always open to student use." Just break anything and it was a one way ticket to ~~Azkaban~~ detention. Quote: Originally Posted by LilFox06 Anya happily entered the Planetarium. It was ASTRONOMY timeeeeee. Woo! She loved stars. And, more importantly, she loved Planetarium. And yes, that really was more important. Even if the Professor was a little weird. He seemed to have a thing against Gryffindors. What were the chances someone would let her borrow their badge...? Meh. That sounded like a lot of work. Instead she just adjusted her sweater trying to hide as much red as possible. There. She could totally... pretend to be a Slytherin or something. Yeah... "Hello Professor." she said probably a little too brightly. ... now... what exactly did Snakes do? Like... strut...? And... in a lame strut attempt, Anya found a seat... and immediately stared up at the ceiling. ... possibly with an open mouth. The girl loved stars. "Hello," Airey greeted as he eyed the way this young lioness was walking. Merlin, had she got in a fight with a kneazle or something? Those things WERE vicious after all. They attacked and clawed and hissed and were just monsters. "Are you alright? You appear to be limping just a bit..." Quote: Originally Posted by Lockhartian OH THIS WAS WICKED COOL! Lottie beamed the moment she stepped inside, until she saw the suit wearing the man. Burgundy really didn't suit him. "Professor Flamsteed, how are you, Sir?" she beamed again, before walking a little closer to him, "Burgundy doesn't really match, you know?" What? She wanted to help. They have something in common, might as well help him make good fashion choices. And she knew what colors blended well together. Most of the time. The girl proceeded to find a seat, close to Queen Alice. "Glad to see you made it with plenty of time to spare, Miss Wisteria," Airey replied with a quick wink in her direction. Not that he doubted she would be late. She had made it quite clear in his office that she was the sort to be on time. And there was that 'sir' again. No need for the sir, kids. Seriously. Wait...what? "Just as well as yellow and black does, Miss Wisteria," he said with another wink. You know, unless one wanted to look like a bumblebee which is all he could ever see looking at Hufflepuffs in uniform. Had thought so as a student too and had even attached a few stingers to some as a student. Heh. Memories. Quote: Originally Posted by Syd Jake was actually looking forward to this class. A lot. He loved Astronomy, and he was excited to find out what this new teacher would be like. Honestly, he'd probably be happy with anyone, since the last one was eaten by a plant. Which... made Jake wonder if the new guy was worried the same thing might happen to him. Poor chap. After lint rolling sufficiently outside of the classroom, Jake entered the room. He made sure his Prefect badge was nice and shiny and noticeable, just in case he got in any unforseen Gryffindor-like problems that the badge would cover for. Seeing Flamsteed in front of him, Jake waved. "Hello, Professor. I like the suit. Is it new?" He glanced around the room, his eyes lighting up when he saw the roof, before his eyes fell on Anya. She looked... happy. Making his way over to her, he sat on the seat next to her and smiled. "Hey," he greeted before looking back up. "This is really cool..." He liked stars. He liked Astronomy. Ah yes, here was the other safe Gryffindor wearing an especially shiny badge. Not that the amount of shine had anything to do with anything. "Good day to you, Mr. Keller. Is is indeed! Thank you for noticing." New AND freshly pressed at the muggle dry cleaners before coming to Hogwarts. Amazing places, those dry cleaners. Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana Okay, can she just be the first to say...this guy was weird. Not weird in a bad way, but weird in a 'were you once a Hufflepuff' kind of way. In other words, Sierra wasn't too sure if the guy was going to annoy her or not. She'd just have to wait and see. She was actually surprised to see him standing, too. The only other time she'd seen him, he'd been sprawled across the floor in Defense class. She gave him a grin and said, "Hello, Professor." With the necessities out of the way, Sierra headed further into the classroom and joined the others. "Hello, Miss Greingoth," he replied with a nod in the Slytherin's direction. "I must say that your natural hair color suits you much better." Than the blonde wig she wore at the auction that is. You know, cause she had complained about it and how uncomfortable it was. Okay, so Airey kind of sort of was awful at complimenting students. Women in general really, but that wasn't the point. Quote: Originally Posted by iBeJenn Melanie walked to class, trying to remember all the twists and turns of the school. Astronomy was hard. And confusing. And she just didn't get it but supposed she might try to take the OWL for the class... so she'd actually have to attend the class. She huffed and puffed all the way up to the tower and eyed the lint roller outside the classroom. Did she really have to use it? She was pretty sure her robes were clean and all. Melanie picked it up anyways and tried to free herself of any lint that was there. She also tried to be extra careful. ~~That was one of the rules since she didn't have a badge~~. After finishing she entered the classroom. Oh. Pretty. Melanie smiled as she looked around. Oh... pretty sky... She wanted the ceiling of her roof to look like that. She stood there for a little while longer, just staring at the ceiling before pulling herself out of it. She was here for a lesson! Not to stare. "Hello Professor~" Melanie greeted him before taking a seat. Then she tilted her head back up... and stared at the ceiling. Pretty.... N'aw, now wasn't that sort of adorable the way that Miss Sung was just standing there oogling at the stars above?! Perhaps he really should hold an informal stargazing session in the Tower Patch at some point. "Nice to see you again, Miss Sung," Airey said with a smile as the young Gryffindor entered the planetarium and took her seat. "Pebbles will be disappointed she didn't get to see you." Since he had left the poor thing in his office and all. Quote: Originally Posted by Yourenodaisy This, this was one thing Kaiden hadn't missed about Hogwarts. Climbing so many flights of stairs wasn't fun, even for someone who was used to doing things like hiking. Making his way up to the planetarium, he eyed the lint roller. Yeah, his uniform was already clean and lint free. "Hello sir." the boy said greeting the professor before finding a seat and settling in. There was that sir again! Maybe he should have put that in the rules too. No sir. Just professor. "Good afternoon," he replied, smirk still on his face. "Please, just professor. Or Professor Flamsteed or Professor Airey." Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Afterusing the lint roller, Jory headed into the Planetarium. Astronomy was one of his favorite classes and he was looking forward to it. As soon as he entered, it was projector screen that caught his eye. "Cool!'' he thought. "Hello, Professor,'' the Puffer said catching sight of the man in the suit. "Awesome suit.'' Grin. He looked around at the other students before going off to find a seat. Nodding as another ~~bumblebee~~ Hufflepuff student made their way towards a seat, Airey adjusted his tie just a little at the compliment. "Good afternoon, and thank you." Quote: Originally Posted by McFeisty Mika made her way to the Astronomy tower. She grabbed that special lint-roller thingy and wanted it over her clothes until not a spec of anything was left behind. Now, she had to go and enter the room right? She was pretty sure she had followed all of the rules - and with that had brought all the needed supplies with her. Glancing over to the Professor she realized he had been the one at the feast to eat the fancy feast...right. Don't bring up fancyfeast should have been on his rules. "Hello Professor Fah-" she quickly glanced at her timetable. "Flamsteed...sorry really horrid with names." And she'd almost called him Professor FancyFeast. Quick smile, flushed cheeks and a compliment on the suit would do her good right? "Love the suit Professor Fah-Flamsteed." Again with the near misses. Woah there. Was this one about to sneeze? Oh, no. She was only struggling to remember his name. Hmmmm. Deciding to dismiss thoughts about how his last name should be one that all students of astronomy should know - and NOT because he was big headed - he simply smiled at the young Ravenclaw. "You got it now," he said with a two finger salute. Sort of. Quote: Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight Astronomy.. Her favorite class. Her now favorite professor. Could the day be any better? Nerida stopped as she reached the door. Did she really have to use the lint roller? Sighing she used the lint roller before entering. Professor Flamsteed may have been her favorite professor...But he was a weird one wasn't he! The blonde couldn't help but look up at the pretty projection screen..What ever it was called. She quickly took her eyes off...She was in a class... Other things to focus on! Like the Professor and his amazing suit! "Hello! Snazzy suit Professor Flamsteed!" No need to say who she was, that had already been done. Though the Ravenclaw did greet him with a smile. She loved his various suits... She wondered if he had 365 suits for each day of the year...That would be cool.... Finding a seat in the somewhat middle area, Nerida plopped down into one of the comfy chairs. Snazzy, now there was a phrase he hadn't heard in a long time. "Hello, Miss Eventide," he replied with a nod. Snazzy. Heh. That was a fun word to say - even if only in one's head. Snaaaaaaaaazzy. Quote: Originally Posted by Macavity Astronomy...one of the only classes taught at Hogwarts that could easily be taught at a muggle school all the same. Perhaps the only one if Ellura really thought about it. Regardless the third year was just as interested in seeing what developed as he rest of the classes. So at the appropriate time, the girl entered the planetarium, clear of any lint as per the rules. Ellura still wasn't quite sure what was up with the comment on Gryffindors but she certainly hoped her house didn't mark her as a bad egg right of the bat for the man. "Good evening, Professor," she greeted with a polite nod as she moved further IMO the room, taking a seat in one of the empty chairs. Smiling as another Gryffindor entered the planetarium, he squirmed a little nervously and wondered if he should have prepared more padding and protective gear just in case... "Good afternoon," he replied, slight eyebrow raise at the word evening in the girl's greeting, but not lingering on it much. She was probably just getting into the mood that the projection was creating. He knew that he easily got lost in such a setting. Then again, he got lost and easily distracted often... Quote: Originally Posted by HaRoHeGiNeLu Well, OBVIOUSLY, he didn't use the lint roller. Because that kid ahead of him had it. But, really, he wouldn't have used it anyway. Partly because he didn't know what it was, and partly because he was a twelve-year-old boy and couldn't care less about the lint on his robes. Not to mention, Aidan wasn't the most excited about coming to Astronomy. At all. Burbage was practically his favorite professor last term. And she was awesome! And she let them make bottle rockets! Which were AWESOME! But her being gone made Aidan sad. And surely, this guy with his lint rollers and his suits wouldn't be nearly as much fun. Not nearly. The boy tried to hide the pout on his face, though, as he took a seat in the back. Ravenclaws. People were always saying that Hufflepuffs were the weird ones - which was still true - but Ravenclaws were an odd bunch as well. Like this boy. Sitting ALL the way in the back and with a pout on his face before the lesson had even started! Not to mention no greeting OR compliments about the suit. Tragic really. Still, he gave the young Claw a small wave and a smile from his position beside the projector. SPOILER!!: GlassXRose - just going to pretend that is a Hogwarts uniform <3 Quote: Originally Posted by GlassXRose Kanna was pretty excited for the first Astronomy lesson. In the past, and even at the moment, she was never excited for Astronomy itself. Astronomy was just one of those subjects you had to have your heart in. Space was all very interesting, but she was sad that she didn't find it THRILLING, like the professor did. Nevertheless, his enthusiasm was a great thing, and she was enthusiastic for the class today. She wasn't wearing just any old Hogwarts uniform. To be honest, Kanna only had ONE set of the usual Hogwarts robes. But she was dressed to impress today, nonetheless, lint-free and everything. Not for any particular reason, noooo... But it was in his rules, no? Hogwarts uniforms/SUITS? She had the Ravenclaw emblem on the jacket, and the tie was house colors, so it counted. She had even combed her bright red hair today... before teasing it gently as usual. But no one would know she even owned a comb. It was her little secret. "Good day, Professor!" The Ravenclaw called happily, pausing only briefly to adjust her tie the exact same way Professor Space often did, pointing with the other hand. "Nice suit." It was. It was a nice suit. Kannalynne crossed over and, for the first time ever in Astronomy class, claimed a desk in the front row. Off to the side, of course, but in the front nonetheless. This was his chance to sell Astronomy. It was now or never. MAKE ME LOVE IT. She removed the jacket, since it was such a nice temperature without it, and hung it safely on the back of the chair. She pulled her notebook out of her bag, and, lucky him-- an elegant, black and blue pheasant feather quill, one of her favorites. She also set to the side an old baseball glove. Her father had to be owled to send it along, and it hadn't been used in quite some time, but it had, indeed, been used. And, tucked in her bag, was a Ravenclaw baseball cap. It would have been worn to class, but there was a debate over whether or not that would have been overkill. She was ready to spring into action, though, if the occasion called for such enthusiasm. This woman was totally ready ~~for anything~~. "Miss Basthowe, nice to see you again," Airey smiled at the somewhat normal Ravenclaw girl as she made her way towards a seat. Oh, look at that! She had even brought a baseball glove. First he had seen if he wasn't mistaken. They were not a requirement, but the girl did earn a couple of awesome points in his book for owning the muggle item. Perhaps even a vintage one at that! Quote: Originally Posted by JeshieRAWR Daphne Hughes was outside of the Astronomy classroom, using one of the lint rollers as much as possible because honestly, she was sort of scared to come to this class. Astronomy was really cool to learn about, but the Professor's rules freaked her out. Not really the rule about lint rolling, which was definitely weird, but the rule about being a Gryffindor and not having a badge. That was what scared her. After getting off every single spec of lint from her robes, she set the lint roller back down, and walked into the classroom. She was fascinated by the projection screen but she wondered why the Professor didn't just use magic to do that. But she wouldn't ask, just in case the Professor would get mad at her. As she neared the Professor though she gave a small little wave and said, "Hello Professor." She wasn't going to introduce herself, just yet, because if he didn't know her name then he couldn't hate her. Smirk. She immediately walked over to one of the chairs and took a seat, looking around as all the other students filed in. Now hopefully this class would go quickly and calmly. "Hello to you as well," Airey grinned in reply. He sure wished that students would introduce themselves though. Not knowing names was going to drive him supernova and he HATED the idea of name tags and plaques. Unnecessary clutter as far as he was concerned - especially name plaques. There was only so much desk space with the chairs in the planetarium anyway. No sense in making students suffer ~~more~~. Quote: Originally Posted by JennMarie OH HAIIII A NEW PROFESSORRR!!! ariana hoped into the classroom "Gooood Evening Professor! Nice Suit I must say!" and i hope you dont get eaten this term! though the suit was snazzy.. wow.. was she suppose to wear a suit........... she didnt get that memo.. weirddd. she took a seat and pulled out a piece of parchment and simply waited.. and waiteddd Another one that seemed to be caught up in the night sky display. "Good afternoon," he winked. Quote: Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Alyssa quickly entered the Astronomy tower and was glad to see that even though there were already other students present, that class hadn't started yet. She noticed the new Professor standing in front of the projector. Walking up to him, she greeted him with a smile. "Hello Professor. The place looks really nice." she told him before walking over to an empty seat. Placing her backpack down on the floor, she dug inside until she found her journal and textbook. Pulling them both out, she opened up her textbook and started reading it as she waited for the class to start. "Afternoon," he replied with a confident smile. Ah yes, but complimenting the planetarium was not going to make up for certain things he had overheard at the auction. Especially certain things said about his suit! No, Airey was not the sort to hold grudges for such a petty thing...but that didn't mean that he wasn't acting like a wailing toddler who was told no dessert after dinner on the inside. "Glad you like it. As I told another student a little bit ago, you are more than welcome to use this space in your free time." Quote: Originally Posted by lazykitty Where was the lint roller? 'Cause it wasn't outside..... Oh well. Sky just charmed as much of the lint off her uniform as she possibly could. That would just have to do. What was the big deal about lint anyway? Was Professor Flamsteed afraid that lint would attract Mr. Bumpy or something? Because was pretty sure he only liked socks. Entering the class, she quickly found herself a seat and sat. "Hello, professor!" Yep, he got a bright, cheerful greeting, even though she thought the thing with the lint roller was weird. Though, she had no worries about the other odd thing on his list of rules: the Gryffindor thing. She was a Slytherin. Beam. Now this was one happy snake - which instantly made Airey suspicious. VERY suspicious. It was like she was trying to cover up for something... "Hello hello," he sang. What? Did no one here know the Beatles? Too vintage for the Hogwarts youth? Quote: Originally Posted by cake.ninjak Dustin FINALLY made it up the stairs of the Astronomy tower to the classroom. He flew brooms. He didn't need to EXERCISE. Brooms did the work for you. Panting with his hands on his knees outside of the classroom, he looked up to see a table that had held something...or maybe it was just there. Who knew? That Burbage lady was weird, so Dustin figured it was probably just some strange way to decorate. He strolled into the classroom, now that he had regained his composure and could look put-together, and stopped short. The first reason being that OOOOOOO STAAAARRSSSSSS, and the second - there was a youngish man (everyone was old in Dustin's eyes, but Miss Lady had taken it to another level; she was ancient and had a weird affection toward older men. Dustin would never understand girls) standing at the front of the classroom with a smirk on his face. "Umm...hi...man. Where is that other lady?" Dustin asked, looking around. He had been terribly aloof for 99% of last term...and at the welcome feast....and in general. He was surprised he had even made it to his second year. "And who are you and what is your name and why are you smirking like that? Did you..." he leaned in close and whispered, "pass gas? Not like....interplanetary gas, but like....flatulent gas." It seemed an important question to ask. He really needed to know before he went and sat down, which, he spied a spot next to Golden Seeker Boy, AidAn, and motioned for the fellow second year to save the spot for him. The man couldn't help but frown at the boy's question. "I am afraid Professor Burbage has passed away, young man," he replied. Poor thing must have gone into shock at the news and just blocked it out because how in Merlin's beard could he not know? It was even in the Daily Prophet. And then...interplanetary gas happened... ...............RAVENCLAWS! Airey sort of just stood there and stared at this young boy for a good several looooooong moments. Had he really just asked what the professor thought he had just asked? Pausing again with his mouth just hanging open in shock, Airey eventually came back to his senses and BURST into a fit of laughter. "HAHAHA. No no, nothing of the sort," he said, patting the boy firmly on the back. "Just glad to be here and eager to get going." Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo She wasn't late!! She knew for a fact that she wasn't late because she'd made an extra effort to be early and eveyone knew that a little effort was all it took to accomplish anything. So it was, she told herself she wouldn't be late and as luck would have it she arrived when eveyone else was too. She was about to bolt into the classroom but then she remembered about that lint roller thing and pretty soon she was remembering that whole Gryffindor rule. How ruuuuuude. It wasn't like the Gryffies planned to get the place exploded or get themselves killed! Didn't the Professor have any faith in them? What was the worst that could happen? Lex looked over at another girl by the entrance? Wait. They couldn't find the lint roller? Pity. Oh well, she'd just have to walk in and hope to learn through all that prospective lint clots all over her robes. Pfffff. Seriously. A lint roller. "Hello Professor!" BEAM. "I think I should let you know the lint roller pulled a disappearing act." So yes, she was probably riddled with lint at the moment. Problem? She gave him another smile then took a seat by Lottie. This should be fun! Burbage had manage to make this one of her favourite subjects, the Professor was a now guy, she didn't want anything to change her mind about that. This was where he brought out the sodas and making the students happy! And his other maze buddy had arrived. "Good afternoon, Miss Cambridge," the astronomer replied with a wink and a grin before his face fell just a little. "What do you mean disappearing act?" Eyebrow raised he eyed the girl for a moment. Now, he was one to appreciate the occasional muggle magic trick, even tried his hand at a few himself, but NOT when it came to his things. His things always had a place. A proper place. A place that was best suited for the thing that needed a place and they did not just vanish. Marching his way out of the planetarium and to the table outside the room where had put the lint roller, Airey let out a manly squeak at the lack of said item. This.Was.Not.Funny. "Alright...who TOOK the lint roller?" Because they were ~~getting sucked into the black hole of detention!~~ in trouble. SPOILER!!: Oh my Rowling XD Mo, Anya, West, & Peyton Quote: Originally Posted by Bubbles Peyton didn't skip to class like she's done with the rest. The stairs. They were a problem. You see, coming from all the way from the dungeons wasn't so nice. Peyton was tempted to FLY up here. That'd be waaaay easier and her legs wouldn't ache. Too bad she couldn't do that. She stopped before entering the classroom, looking for the lint roller they were supposed to use. What was up with the cleanliness? It reminded her of her mother. Uuuugh. O.o There was a problem though. The lint roller wasn't there. Strange. She'd read the rules properly and she was sure a roller was to be provided. Maybe someone took it and thought it was funny? It wouldn't be funny if she lost points 'cause of it. Peyton marched into the classroom, glancing around. "Where's the lint roller at?" And may she please have it. Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin The lint roller brush was a pain. Literally. As in, it was currently stuck in Mo's hair, and he had no earthly idea how it had happened. Perhaps he'd been lint rolling his head, but it had seemed a good idea and... Oops? Mo headed into the classroom with the roller still attached to the top of his head and gave the professor a polite nod, nearly poking his own eye out as the handle of the brush crashed against his forehead. "Good day, Professor. Looking forward to your class." He took a seat near West, giving his friend a wry look and hoping SOMEONE would remove the roller brush from his head for him. PLEASE? HELP SOMEONE HELP? Quote: Originally Posted by LilFox06 Anya smiled. "Yeah. I love planetariums..." she said in a soft awe. And yes, she knew that was Jake without even looking. But... she should look anyway. Because it was rude not to. ~~...andshekindoflikedhisface.~~ She then glanced at his badge. Hmm... wasn't she just thinking about stealing one? Maybe Jake would... let her keep his? Anya had to stifle a giggle seeing the boy with the lint roller in his hair. Not the brightest move, Ravenclaw. She stood up and leaned over the seat. "I've gotcha covered, Birdie." she said getting to work gently pulling the boy's hairs away. Yeah. She wasn't even going to ask. Why? Because... she was pretty sure lint rollers to the hair was not fashion statement. And because she was Anya. She just did things. Then asked questions. "Why did you-" she began to ask. ... then she remembered the announcement. She was so concerned with being a Lion, she forgot ALL about the lint brush. ... crap. She could still pretend to be a Snake, right? Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin "Thanks," Mo leaned forward and let Any save him from the dreaded lint roller of DOOOOOOM. It hurt a bit to have the sticky surface wrested from his hair, taking some with it, but it was better than carrying the thing around like a gigantic curler he'd forgotten to remove that morning. "It seemed like a good idea at the time. Like maybe my hair was dusty too," Mo reached out to take the brush from Anya and gave her arm a polite roll in return. We clean you up, mmmk? "I'll owe you. Thanks for that. I was about to lose an eye or something." Quote: Originally Posted by Tegz "What IS a lint roller?" Really. WHAT was it? West had no clue. Not that he'd need it anyway since as a matter of course his clothes were all charmed by his dad since... well, West was the sort of kid who NEEDED his stuff charmed. But West didn't make that connection, he had nooooo clue. He'd seen it on that rules thing but how could you use a thing when you didn't know what it was? Quote: Originally Posted by Bubbles So no one was going to hand it over? Fine, but if she got in trouble 'cause of it then Peyton would just blame whomever was sitting next to her. She went and sat down and turned to the person she'd blame... ...Oh and he didn't know what a lint roller was. She'd tell him. It'd make blaming him much easier. ^__^ "It's this roller thing. It's sticky and you use it to rid your clothes of lint." Simple, no? M'hm! Of course she knew what it was. Living near half-bloods had its advantages. "Have you seen it by the way?" 'Cause she wanted to use it. :3 Airey turned around from the entrance of the planetarium when he heard all sorts of ruckus going on and let out another manly squeak with what he saw. HOW IN ORION'S NAME HAD THAT BOY MANAGED TO GET A LINT ROLLER STUCK IN HIS HAIR!? "MY LINT ROLLER!" Ravenclaws...they were going to be the death of him. He could feel it. Marching right back into the planetarium and towards the foolish boy with his lint roller stuck in his greasy dirty hair, he snapped his head to the young Gryffindor girl who had saved it. "Thank you for saving my lint roller," Airey said with a slight grumble to his tone. "5 points to Gryffindor." Because his lint roller was safe and out of Ravenclaw hair. "If I could please have that back. It it not fit for use as is." All dirty and stuff. "As for you," he said, turning to the Ravenclaw boy who apparently thought that lint rollers made for nice hair decorations. "See me after class...in my office. And minus 5 points for improper use of a lint roller!" Not a request, mind you. And he was lucky Airey didn't take away a billion points for improper use of a lint roller! He was just about to return to his position in the front of the class and get things started when he overheard the conversation between two Slytherins on ~~his poor traumatized lint roller~~ lint rollers and couldn't help but chime in a little - especially when the one showed so much curiosity. "Thank you for explaining to your classmate," Airey said to the young she-snake. "5 points to Slytherin for doing so." And now to explain a bit further to the boy. "Just as your classmate said, a lint roller is a muggle device that is made up of a roll of one-sided adhesive paper on a cardboard or plastic barrel that is mounted on a central spindle, with an attached handle," he elaborated - somewhat quoting his Muggle Studies textbook - while reaching his arm into his breast pocket up to his elbow and pulling out a lint roller. Undetectable Extension Charms. Totally awesome. "This is one," he said as he handed it to the boy to use or poke or do what he wanted with. "As to why this over charms, afraid the only answer I can give you is that I love and appreciate certain aspects of muggle life. Lint rollers are one of them." Dry cleaners were another, but he didn't mention that for now. After all, he was here to teach Astronomy and not Muggle Studies. Which he really should get to... Quote: Originally Posted by CassiopeiaAKTF He had finally managed to get at the astronomy tower after a quick bite in the great hall. He was always a bit jealous of students in the Lion or Claw house cause their dorms were closeby. But then he figured he shouldn't complain since THEY had to walk down and back up everyday and the Slytherin only when he had astronomy or Divination. As he pushed the door open, Daichi wondered how the first lesson would go. From what he had seen and heard in the office, Professor Flamsteed was a pretty cool guy who luckily wasn't a crazy Pyroman. "Hello Professor~" he greeted with a smile and he waved his hand enthusiastically at the man. "Mr. Katharos, nice to see you again," Airey said with a grin as the boy waved to him. Airey had taken precautions before coming to the planetarium today. Precautions that involved making sure that his duck tie was locked up and secure in his office just in case the SlytherPuff went all snake ambitious on him and tried to break in to steal it. Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Laura had finally managed to make it to the Astronomy tower, she walked into the classroom and smiled at the Professor. "Good day Professor, hope you had a great summer." Laura went and sat down, but whilst she was moving she was thinking to herself, what a weird suit he was wearing, Professor's didn't normally wear suits. "Good day," the tall man replied with a nod. "I did indeedy! I hoep yours was good as well." Because he knew how important summer vacations were to students. Have a bad summer and it made going back to school feel even worse. At least that is how things had been for him. Quote: Originally Posted by Saz Hale Christmas entered the astronomy classroom and said "Good evening professor" Christmas was looking forward to this lesson "Good afternoon," he replied. Maybe he should have left the display overhead with an afternoon look instead of evening? Pausing for a moment, Airey turned his attention towards a small sundial and checked the time. Not that it really mattered what the sundial read because they were all indoors without any sun and therefore rendering the piece of equipment useless. Hmm...he should probably get things started, yes? With a quick flick of his wand towards the doors, the Astronomy professor charmed them shut and then stood up on the elevated platform that the projector was on. Could everyone see him? Yes? Good. "Hello and welcome to Astronomy! I am Airey Flamsteed and will be your professor this term." And hopefully future terms assuming the post wasn't cursed. "You may call me Professor Flamsteed or Professor Airey, whichever you prefer. Just a bit about me before we begin, and you should probably start taking notes. You will find a pull out desk surface on the right of your seat." He waited a moment to allow them all to do just that. "I was once a Hogwarts student myself, a Gryffindor in fact, and before coming to Hogwarts I worked at the mission operations directorate of NASA in Houston, Texas in America. I enjoy suits, science fiction, and... " He paused for a moment to add emphasis on what he was about to say next. There WAS a reason to his madness. We promise. "...singing." Pausing again, Airey jumped off the platform and began to walk around the circular area to make. "I know that standard procedure is to go over the definition of what astronomy is, but I trust you all to have already read about that in your textbook and if you have not, well, then please do so after class." He didn't want to waste any time on trivial things like that. Unless students were getting this noble subject mixed up with that rubbish that was Astrology. THEN there would be issues and THEN they would go over definitions. But! Back to singing. "Singing has been a favorite past time of mine since I was a Hogwarts student. Singing sad songs often has a way of healing. Happy songs help you channel your positive energies. Best of all is that anyone can sing, perhaps not well, but anyone can do it and there is a song for every situation." And he jumped back up on to the platform. "*There are even songs that relate to Astronomy. Both directly and somewhat indirectly. Take for example the muggle childhood classic Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." He paused to clear his throat before singing the first two verses. "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. When the blazing sun is gone, When he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. " Applause, yes? "We see from these lyrics several connections to astronomy. The more obvious connection is the use of star. It is also connected in that it shows man's curiosity of the cosmos and even gives a little bit of scientific explanation as to when most stars are visible in the sky. Most because there was a very VERY big star, our sun, that is most visible during the day because the Earth is rotating around it. When our part of Earth faces it, the sun's blue light - the same light that makes the sky blue, mind you - is so bright that it makes all other stars appear* to vanish. BUT ANYWAY! I want you all to take a moment to think about what songs you know that you think have a connection to astronomy. Muggle and wizarding music, it doesn't matter. No connection is too small! Please only share one song please. No need to go into too much detail as to why it connects to astronomy. You may sing a few verses as well if you wish. " In fact, he highly encouraged it. "Oh, and if you could please say your name before you answer I would appreciate it." And for those students who were probably rolling their eyes at this exercise, the was a point to be made! A very valid point in fact. Yep. OOC: this lesson has officially begun! Please do NOT post your student arriving after this post or else risk losing points for your house. Please just pretend as though you have been here all along! You can use a real song or make one up! Try not to repeat the same answer as someone else and be creative! There is no right or wrong answer to this question This lesson will hopefully continue tomorrow around noon GMT+9. __________________ When you're stuck in a moment and your spark has been stolen .................................................. ........... this is our time to own it, so own it..................................... baby we were born with fire and gold in our eyes