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sweetpinkpixie · 06-05-2013, 10:53 AM

Okay. So the man was no good at making up situation role plays. He probably should have come up with a better location and setting, but hopefully a majority of students would cut him some slack and humoring him. Maybe he should have just told them they were all muggles lost in a forest somewhere because they had misplaced their campsite. Point was that this was something that even wizards could find useful though...

Over thinking. Time to call on some more of those raised hands.

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Putting her hand up, "Professor, I guess at first I would have to try to get my direction, like which way am I facing North, South that kind of stuff. Couldn't you figure that out by the place of the north star?" She had heard that before, whether it was true or not she wasn't sure. "Once I found that, I could figure out which direction I needed to travel to get back towards the castle." Well if the north star theory was correct it seemed like a good answer to her.

Well, somePuff was in a bad mood? What was she going on about IDs for? She hadn’t been in the Observatory that day when he had pulled that prank and....oh. Is THAT what the groundskeeper had gone for? The same prank? Didn’t explain why the girl was being so sarcastic with him unless the man had told the girl that the astronomer had told him to pull that prank on her. He had just told the man to live a little and now Airey knew that the groundskeeper was a tattletale. Not cool, mate, not cool.

Dismissing that comment for now, he instead focussed on her answer and a small smile tugged the corners of his lips. “Yes, you could,” he said with a nod before moving on. Good good.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Imagine you were lost in the forbidden forest at night? NO THANK YOU. Ella shuddered a little and looked down at her desk for reasons. She'd had nightmares about that, y'know. She was aware of things she could do to help navigate her way out, though. "Professor, locating the North Star could help," She offered quietly, shrugging her shoulders a bit. Could they be done imagining now?

Grin. Yes, Miss Ella received a grin and a little bit more moonwalk. “It most certainly would.”

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

Her hand shot into the air. "The correct and responsible thing to do would be to first make sure that there's nothing potentially flesh-eating anywhere around then you use the stars to tell you the directions. I believe a lot of people used to depend on the stars to lead them places...that being said--why would you wanna leave the forest once you got there? I mean it really would depend. Is it after exploring and having a near-death experience or the moment you get lost? Personally I wouldn't be in such a rush to leave and well my kneazle's real good at directions. I wouldn't be in the forest without him. He'd lead me back once I'm done exploring...could also bribe or befriend--really it depends on the situation--a centaur to lead you back."

But that was just her.

Flesh-eating plants. Really now, Miss Cambridge? Had to bring those up in an astronomy lesson when the previous instructor of the subject had been devoured by one. So he was just going to ignore the rest of her comment about her kneazle and actually wanting to be in the forest. “You can indeed use the stars to help you,” he nodded. Now no more talk about flesh-eating plants, alright?

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Originally Posted by Tegz

Finally he managed to put his hand up. "Depends on how clear the sky is for whoever was lost. Not me. But someone else."

Mr. Odessa’s long pause was rather alarming. Come on kid, throw him a bone here. And then he did. Sort of.

“For all intensive purposes, let’s hope for clear skies,” he said with a small chuckle.

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Originally Posted by Syd

Stuck in the Forbidden Forest at night? Jake side-glanced at Anya. Really, professor? Was it necessary to use that situation?

Taking his eyes away from the girl next to him, Jake raised his free arm the wasn't on the chair. "If the moon was full... or almost full... it could give you enough light to see where you're going." Unless you were in a really dense part and the moon couldn't shine through the trees... but Airey didn't specify that so Jake figured his answer could work.

Ah, out of the box thinking here a bit, but not what he was going for. “Ah yes, but the moon will not help you know which direction to begin your walk. The answer I was looking for will assist you even when there is no moon.”

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

"Well, If a centaur happened to be near. You could ask it how to get out of the Forrest and if the centaur is in a nice mood. It might help you."

Nigel did like playing hypothetical games. They were pretty fun.

Key word about being alone meant no one was around and that included centaurs. “I suppose if you were fortunate enough.”

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Originally Posted by hpfan18

"Professor what i would do is i would just listen to the sounds of nature first. To see if there are intruders or creatures with me. Then i would look around and find my way using the north star like Ella and Minnie mentioned. Then i know which direction i am going and i won't be hopelessly lost." That was all he would do but he wondered what other student's answers would be.

Look at that, all the Hufflepuffs were sticking together. How...endearing? Although listening to the sounds of nature sounded like something that Calista would do, so his brow did furrow for just a little. “Yes, the north star was the answer I was looking for,” he nodded.

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Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight

"Professor, locating the North Star or a constellation could help...Though if were being truthful I would run like heck!!" She would not stop and stare up at the sky looking at the stars!

“PRECISELY!” he said with a quick two finger salute. “I am not sure I would endorse running, however. You would only draw the attention of unwanted creatures with all the noise.”

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

"Honestly, Professor, I'd probably hug a tree until someone came to find me. That's what you're supposed to do when you get lost in the woods. You hug a tree and don't move, because while you're moving, your rescuers are moving, and you'll miss each other and stay lost. So even if I recognized a familiar constellation and knew it's position based on the time of year and hour of the day and could tell the direction from that, I would still stay put. But I'd be really brave and manly about it." FYI.

Under normal circumstances he was all for staying by a tree, but this was the Forbidden Forest boy. Doing so would just increase your chances of being some creatures late night snack. Although he did not actually voice this. Instead he gave Mr. Branxton a small nod and moved on - unsure as to how manly and brave the concept really was.

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Originally Posted by Nimmiii

Ryan raised his hand and said, "Well, you could just kip under a tree and then wait for morning. And then try to find your way out."

That seemed best to him.

“Same thinking as Mr. Branxton,” he nodded. Neither of them really answered his question though.

Again. He needed to work on his situation roleplays.

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Originally Posted by McFeisty

Blink…she turned her attention to the individual speakers about the classroom, her eyes lingering on certain people longer than some of the other people. Raising her hand, “You could look and check which side of the trees the moss grows on, because generally that is on the north when you are north of the equator. Then with that you know which general stars to look for in the sky – say the north star would be a great star to look out for depending – as West said” and a nod to him, “you’ll only be able to see it depending on how clear the sky is.” She smiled, and nodded and eyed a certain person again. "I don't want to go into the forest...nope, not at all" she did mutter to herself afterwards. What? She wasn't a LETS-GO-POKE-IT-WTH-A-STICK gryffindor... she was a Claw and all previous knowledge of that forest made her feel a little nervous for the class. Then it hit her. "Actually I'd try and find a Centaur and ask it for help, because they are smart...and they like Astronomy maybe say I'm in an Astronomy class?"

Yeah? Forests fine....forbidden forests. Nope. Never. Nada. Not unless she was working with the best and smartest person in class.

Moss. Herbology. Didn’t know much about that so he was going to sort of ignore that part of her answer. Not to mention that the Ravenclaw had given him several answers when he really just had wanted one - although all of them were valid to a certain extent. He knew which answer he had been hoping for, which was why he was a bit sad that she had ultimately gone with asking a centaur. “Interesting...”

Now he was just going to moonwalk over this a way.....

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Originally Posted by LilFox06

Anya bit her lip and looked down. Lost in the forest. Lovely. She cast a sideways glance at Ella. And then she avoided eye contact with Jake. They'd talk later, she had a feeling.

She closer her eyes for a few seconds before raising her hand. "Stars." she suggested. "Or moss. Or depending on how far you're in, you might be able to just see the castle." True story.

Or... "Build a fire. And then bam, forest gone. You can escape pretty easily at that point."

Airey was just about to praise Miss Phillips for her stars answer when she kept going. Burn down the forest? Ha. Now wasn’t that some unique thinking. Take some advice from someone who nearly burnt down the Headmaster’s quarters - fire was not the best method of finding something. “While also putting all of the forest’s creatures out of a home,” he said with quick tap of his nose. “Stick with your initial notion of the stars, Miss Phillips.”

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Originally Posted by Lockhartian

Why, of course, Lottie didn't even think of centaurs, like Lex had, she thought of someone else, ~~and we're not talking Ents, Mo,~~ "If you happened to be lost at the Forbidden Forest, without a wand, at night, then there's nothing to worry about, the Groundskeeper will FIND you and take away the pygmy puffs he can find while on his way out." Oh, she was being serious, hence why her hand had been raised, "It has happened before." Just sayiiiing. "Not the lost part, because we weren't lost." THAT needed to be clarified.

She might have flipped her hair after answering.

Someone didn’t like the groundskeeper very much. And what was she going on about with pygmy puffs? Was the groundskeeper a collector of the things? Fine by this astronomer, just as long as he kept the things out of his way. Airey realized that he had just been staring at Miss Wisteria for a long while with a raised eyebrow and tried to cover up the awkward pause with a nervous chuckle.

“Always an, um, option I suppose.”

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Originally Posted by xXxPandora

Everyone else was talking about the North Star. Did they even know how to locate the north star? It wasn't as if that start had label on it that says it's 'North'. So, what would a Beezus Castell do? She raised her hand. She was probably going to sound like Jonathan Kim on this one. "Professor, it's called the Forbidden Forest for a reason. It's forbidden. So....I simply won't venture there.

Tehee. Sheepish smile.

“Not even if it was required for a lesson?” he smirked in reply to the Ravenclaw prefect. Ooooooooooh, get some ice for that burn....or something.

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Originally Posted by THE Govoni

"I think...it'd depend on how deep into the Forest I am. I know that the trees and foliage get more dense the further in you are. So, there'd be no way to map the stars to find your way out." He knew about people using stars like compasses. Sailors did that sometimes..."That's something interesting to think about."

...Not that Dylan would EVER be without his wand. He'd be the first to admit that he'd be completely lost without it.

"....I'm assuming that's the answer you were looking for, though. Using the stars?" He asked, hopeful.

Aw, did the quidditch captain still have his wand in a knot? Someone ought to untie it for him and get him a nice big bowl of chocolate ice cream while they were at it.

“I was,” he said with a small nod. “But yes, visualization does play a key factor as Mr. Odessa brought up earlier. However, if one were trying to use the stars to navigate I would hope they would move to a less dense part of the forest....or climb a tree.” Because THAT was fun and innovative thinking.

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Originally Posted by DecemberMoon

She blinked a few times at this question. Well obviously he wants us to mention the North Star or following a set of stars somehow but WHY would you be out there without a wand, or at all really, anyway? The situation seemed highly unlikely, but she raised her hand anyway. "Well I know you could use the North Star like some have said, Professor, but if you're um...like me, and don't really know which direction the castle would be from North...well that wouldn't help much anyway." Not with her sense of direction at least. "So maybe if you were in the Forbidden Forest without a wand, you'd be a bit mental anyway and would just feel comfortable climbing a tree and staying the night out there," she said with a teasing little crinkle near her eyes. She hoped Airey was feeling receptive to jokes today, no matter how unfunny, because she was feeling chatty and chipper, which brought out her cheekier side. Always just in good fun though.

Oh look! Someone else who thought that the pastime of climbing trees was fun. “Actually, it is said that finding North and making your body face that direction helps the mind create a map that can then navigated based on memory,” he said with a faint smile. But more on that in a little bit.

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Originally Posted by Sonea

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The young girl opened her eyes and stared at the professor, she knew that she would be lost there… But what had that to do with the lesson? The young girl raised her hand and spoke hesitating, not liking the thought to tell the class that she was not good in something. “I think that I would be lost and that I would be in danger there without my wand.” The young girl paused for a few seconds and asked a question. “But what has this question to do with the lesson?”

Airey simply smiled at the first year. “Buckle up and hold tight,” he winked. “You’ll see soon enough.” Because what they were about to cover today seemed like the sort of thing that could save this little snake’s life were she to actually find herself in this situation.

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Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife

But she couldn't say that because she has been there before in her fourth year... and she didn't even lose house points. She was just probably lucky that the former Groundskeeper (Gibbins, was it?) didn't see them. Anyway... she'd have to answer, but everyone else seemed to have the same response as her. Oh well... "The North Star," Kat simply said after raising her hand. "If you know how it looks like and if you could see it in the dark sky." So many if's.

“Very good, Miss Hudson,” he said with a nod. “BUT! Don’t be so sure about knowing what it looks like. It is a common misconception that the North Star is the brightest star in the nigh sky, but this is incorrect.”

Don’t worry, he was not saying that you were assuming such. He had said it for the benefit of the entire class.

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Originally Posted by cheeseStrings

"Theoretically you can use the stars to navigate," she started, "but then it would be hard to see the constellations if you're in the forest, with all the trees and stuff covering most of the sky." She paused, thought for a second before adding, "I'd personally curl up in a hollow of a tree and wait for morning to come, then just follow my instincts and go back to the castle. Yes."

Okay okay...he got the point kids. Forest had been a bad example but...well...they would see that it was a very practical situation. “Just make sure that that hollow tree is not occupied before you crawl in.” Heh.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Laura looked at the Professor and raised her hand, "Professor I would look at the stars, you see, you can tell using stars which is which way, it is how some ships used to find land when they were lost at sea, they would follow the stars and use them as a map, I would try and do the same thing." Laura would and if that didn't work, she would just scream the Forbidden Forest down until a Professor or animal came to her and she could demand they rescued her.

Airey was pleased that she had mentioned lost at sea. Yes, THAT should have been the example he had used instead of the Forbidden Forest since students were getting caught up on logistics and details. Then again, he was rather detailed oriented and demanded students be and...

Oh right she was still talking.

“Very good, Miss Hyde.”.

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Originally Posted by Princesspower

Sarah raised her hand "well, as we know the Forbidden Forest is in the Northern Hemisphere, we can use the North Star to guide us. Or we can use Orinions belt as it goes from east to west. Yet one can really push it by looking at the sky as a whole and seeing where the stars are more prominant. Where there is pollution there will be less stars." That was out of the box. Then she added as a postscript "these will only work if you can see the sky though"

“Stellar, Miss Edwards,” he said while giving the Gryffindor two thumbs up. Bonus points to her for mentioning the Northern Hemisphere. Although she needed to work on her pronunciation of Orion.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Whhhaaat? The Forbidden Forrest? Lost in it without a wand? Jory wondered why the Professor in the Suit had asked such a question. Anyway, he thought about his answer and then raised his hand. "Er...I would use my logic to try and get out, following any landmarks to get back to the Castle,'' the badger said. "And if possible, find a nice thick tree branch to use as a defence.'' You never kinow what you may run into.

Landmarks, yes, those were also helpful he thought as he nodded along to the seventh year’s answer. He wasn’t so sure about how much a thick stick could be against some of the more terrifying creatures out there, but better have something than nothing, no? “Interesting thinking, Mr. Stonewall.”

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Originally Posted by Shanners

"I'd leave bread crumbs on the way in, especially if I didn't go in with my wand. Not...that I would." Even if she didn't intend to get lost.

Food for all.

“Ah, like in the muggle fable Hansel and Gretel,” he chuckled. That didn’t end too well for the pair. Not at all. “What if something were to eat those crumbs though, just as in the tale?”

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Originally Posted by CassiopeiaAKTF

"Well, isn't it that the deeper you go in to the forest the thicker the trees and the darker it gets? So i would look at the sky from time to time to and when the view gets blocked by the leaves i'd turn around and walk the other way." He was pretty sure that the answer had something to do with some kind of star that they could follow but since a few already mentioned that he decided to twist it a little.

AHA! Now here was a Slytherin who was throwing him a bone and working with the situation. “Very good, Mr. Katharos,” he nodded. Using a combination of things to find your way out that is.

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Originally Posted by Emzily

Siiiiiigh, here goes.

First off, a person wouldn't be stupid enough to stroll the Forbidden Forest on their own at night, just saying. But Theo did imagine it for a moment, and he wouldn't deny that it would be scary. "I would make a blanket out of leaves and sticks, then camouflage myself against a bush until morning." Because could you REALLY trust stars to find your way home? Theo had heard about the whole 'follow the North star' idea.

But it sounded like a load of rubbish to him.

"And then I would just go the same way I came in."

Mmmmhm, flawless plan.

“Very resourceful, Mr. Kinsley,” he laughed. What? The image of the Slytherin boy literally making himself a blanket of leaves and going all camouflage. Very VERY resourceful.

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

Although, Ascanius was surprised that he was asking a question that did NOT involve magic. Huh. And of COURSE the correct answer was the North Star... cause this was Astronomy folks. Can we think a little? Oh no, wait. Snicker.

On the other hand, he was tempted to raise his hand and give a snarky answer of GPS, but the great, big WIZARD in the room would be confused. So he just stayed silent.

Airey paused at the Slytherin boy and waited for a response, but one never came. Hmmm. Pity. No matter. Time to move on to the next student who had their hand raised.

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

Yeah... Why would ANYONE want to imagine being lost in the Forbidden Forest? And without their wands?! Why would anyone want to go anywhere that's possibly dangerous without some sort of way of protecting themselves? "Erm... Professor?" he said, raising his hand, "Well... it's like the others have said, you'd have to locate the North Star, right?" Second star to the right and straight on till morning. Yeah. If you wanted to go to Neverland.

"Is there a water source in the Forest? Because Dad has always said that if you get lost in the woods or a forest, you should try and find a water source and then... follow it towards an area of civilisation. Or... well... the castle. And that leaving markers would help people who are looking for you and help you figure out where you've been already so that you're not going round in... erm..." Gulp. "Circles." He gave the Professor a tiny smile before sitting back in his seat.

Airey nodded enthusiastically. “That was the answer I was looking for, finding the North Star, yes.” As to his other question regarding water in the forest, he could only assume that there was one or else it would be hard for vegetation and life to flourish the way it was. “Those are also good ideas, Mr. Summers. Excellent thinking.”

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Originally Posted by Hey Ju

Unless she was with Mordred, then she'd be alright. But she supposed professor Flamsteed meant what they would do if they were on their own and all that. "I'm pretty sure I wouldn't do much, professor..." Just being honest. She would probably cry her eyes out or something, because just the thought was already terrifying. "But I suppose you could try to get directions by looking at stars... and stuff." It sounded logical, but the badger was 100% sure that would never work for her.

And....stuff. “Yes, stuff,” he said with a small chuckle. For some reason he was finding her words, the way she phrased everything, rather hilarious and it was giving him a serious case of the man!giggles.

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Originally Posted by lemon

"I'd 'practically make use of the celestial bodies'," Alice announced to the professor, hand up, quoting his question in her response, because the North Star looked like any other star to her and was a really silly thing to trust when attempting to get out of a forest. In her opinion, there were smarter things to do than look for Polaris, but, anyway.

"You'd have to find the constellation Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, and Polaris, or the North Star, is at the end of the Little Dipper's handle." Just in case no one knew where it was. Was she supposed to specify? "And you can use it to find your way out, if you were doing it the Astronomy way, but I wouldn't get lost anyway, especially because it's so hard to see constellations with all the trees and canopy blocking your view." Only dumb people got lost and misplaced their wands, and Alice wasn't dumb. Clearly. It was also really, really stupid to go into the Forbidden Forest at night.

But it was also very Gryffindor.

Eh. She'd do it.

Airey’s eyes lit up and he began to bounce in place - with some subtle moonwalking thrown in there - at Miss Fischer’s response. “FANTASTIC, Miss Fischer. I hope all of you were paying attention to her response.” Because it was going to come in handy later on in the lesson.

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Originally Posted by Lollipop!

Everyone was saying the north star. Well, almost everyone. So there was no point in giving an answer that was boooring at this stage. "Your best bet is to stay put and wait for a professor because otherwise you could get even more lost."

Blue gave curly!haired!dude - Ryan - a funny look. "You can't sleep in the Forbidden Forest! Are you daft? There's all sorts of horrible things in there! Like, like, like werewolves and and and acromantulas and all sorts of horrible things that could make you dinner while you dream of hair gel!"

Shudder.

Airey pointed at Miss Gracae and around the classroom at all the students who had suggested waiting out until morning. See. Eaten. Although the Ravenclaw had somewhat contradicted herself in her own answer. Waiting for a professor could imply that one would have to wait until morning and most students he knew were unable to stay up the entire night without an ample amount of sugar.

Time to check the sundial again. Yep. Definitely time to move things along.

“You all brought up some very good things to do were one to find themselves in this particular situation. The answer I was particularly looking for was using the stars. More specifically utilizing Polaris, the North Star. Of course, as several of you also mentioned, there are certain circumstances that one would require in order to be able to use the stars to navigate, but luckily for us we have nothing but clear skies tonight.” And WHY wouldn’t they? Today was a very special day for the astronomer. Pity no students seemed to have caught on to that fact. Oh well.

“Muggles have invented many instruments to help them navigate. Many of you are familiar with a compass I assume.” Yes? He was just going to assume yes and move on. “The most recent of these navigational devices is something called a GPS, or Global Positioning System, which utilizes NASA technology to function,” he explained as he held up a device. He could pass it around if they wanted. Wouldn't do them much good since it wasn't going to work anything. Hadn't bothered to put the proper charms on it to do so. “Wizarding kind invented a spell, the Four-Point Spell, to help the caster locate North. However, both these methods have their flaws at Hogwarts due to the grounds being unplottable and magical interference, as you all know, muggle items do not work here.”

Cue a small pause as he moonwalked towards an open window and THRUST his finger at the night sky - not really pointing towards anything in particular, but just wanting to emphasize the point that they were talking about the stars.

“However, there is one thing that not even magical interference can alter!” CUE MORE DRAMATIC POINTING!

“As Miss Edwards said, because we are in the Northern Hemisphere we can rely on Polaris, the North Star, to help us find true north. How we find Polaris, as Miss Fischer shared with us, is by utilizing a couple of constellations. I will give you all some time to practice finding it in just a little while along with further instructions on doing so.” Or a review on how to for those that already did.

“Now, before we get into identifying Polaris and its surrounding constellations, what is it about this particular star that makes it special? Why would we pick this one star out of all the others to use as our guide?”

OOC: I am so sorry for the delay in moving things along guys! Thank you all for your patience Class will resume in approximately 10 - 13 hours from this post.

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sweetpinkpixie Wizarding World RPG Admin Minister for Magic Alley Proprietor Leprechaun Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: The Paths Posts: 40,105 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	astronomizzle ♧ gryffinDORK \| & the rest is drag ♣ #badluckDerf Okay. So the man was no good at making up situation role plays. He probably should have come up with a better location and setting, but hopefully a majority of students would cut him some slack and humoring him. Maybe he should have just told them they were all muggles lost in a forest somewhere because they had misplaced their campsite. Point was that this was something that even wizards could find useful though... Over thinking. Time to call on some more of those raised hands. Quote: Originally Posted by Bazinga Putting her hand up, "Professor, I guess at first I would have to try to get my direction, like which way am I facing North, South that kind of stuff. Couldn't you figure that out by the place of the north star?" She had heard that before, whether it was true or not she wasn't sure. "Once I found that, I could figure out which direction I needed to travel to get back towards the castle." Well if the north star theory was correct it seemed like a good answer to her. Well, somePuff was in a bad mood? What was she going on about IDs for? She hadn’t been in the Observatory that day when he had pulled that prank and....oh. Is THAT what the groundskeeper had gone for? The same prank? Didn’t explain why the girl was being so sarcastic with him unless the man had told the girl that the astronomer had told him to pull that prank on her. He had just told the man to live a little and now Airey knew that the groundskeeper was a tattletale. Not cool, mate, not cool. Dismissing that comment for now, he instead focussed on her answer and a small smile tugged the corners of his lips. “Yes, you could,” he said with a nod before moving on. Good good. Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Imagine you were lost in the forbidden forest at night? NO THANK YOU. Ella shuddered a little and looked down at her desk for reasons. She'd had nightmares about that, y'know. She was aware of things she could do to help navigate her way out, though. "Professor, locating the North Star could help," She offered quietly, shrugging her shoulders a bit. Could they be done imagining now? Grin. Yes, Miss Ella received a grin and a little bit more moonwalk. “It most certainly would.” Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Her hand shot into the air. "The correct and responsible thing to do would be to first make sure that there's nothing potentially flesh-eating anywhere around then you use the stars to tell you the directions. I believe a lot of people used to depend on the stars to lead them places...that being said--why would you wanna leave the forest once you got there? I mean it really would depend. Is it after exploring and having a near-death experience or the moment you get lost? Personally I wouldn't be in such a rush to leave and well my kneazle's real good at directions. I wouldn't be in the forest without him. He'd lead me back once I'm done exploring...could also bribe or befriend--really it depends on the situation--a centaur to lead you back." But that was just her. Flesh-eating plants. Really now, Miss Cambridge? Had to bring those up in an astronomy lesson when the previous instructor of the subject had been devoured by one. So he was just going to ignore the rest of her comment about her kneazle and actually wanting to be in the forest. “You can indeed use the stars to help you,” he nodded. Now no more talk about flesh-eating plants, alright? Quote: Originally Posted by Tegz Finally he managed to put his hand up. "Depends on how clear the sky is for whoever was lost. Not me. But someone else." Mr. Odessa’s long pause was rather alarming. Come on kid, throw him a bone here. And then he did. Sort of. “For all intensive purposes, let’s hope for clear skies,” he said with a small chuckle. Quote: Originally Posted by Syd Stuck in the Forbidden Forest at night? Jake side-glanced at Anya. Really, professor? Was it necessary to use that situation? Taking his eyes away from the girl next to him, Jake raised his free arm the wasn't on the chair. "If the moon was full... or almost full... it could give you enough light to see where you're going." Unless you were in a really dense part and the moon couldn't shine through the trees... but Airey didn't specify that so Jake figured his answer could work. Ah, out of the box thinking here a bit, but not what he was going for. “Ah yes, but the moon will not help you know which direction to begin your walk. The answer I was looking for will assist you even when there is no moon.” Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner "Well, If a centaur happened to be near. You could ask it how to get out of the Forrest and if the centaur is in a nice mood. It might help you." Nigel did like playing hypothetical games. They were pretty fun. Key word about being alone meant no one was around and that included centaurs. “I suppose if you were fortunate enough.” Quote: Originally Posted by hpfan18 "Professor what i would do is i would just listen to the sounds of nature first. To see if there are intruders or creatures with me. Then i would look around and find my way using the north star like Ella and Minnie mentioned. Then i know which direction i am going and i won't be hopelessly lost." That was all he would do but he wondered what other student's answers would be. Look at that, all the Hufflepuffs were sticking together. How...endearing? Although listening to the sounds of nature sounded like something that Calista would do, so his brow did furrow for just a little. “Yes, the north star was the answer I was looking for,” he nodded. Quote: Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight "Professor, locating the North Star or a constellation could help...Though if were being truthful I would run like heck!!" She would not stop and stare up at the sky looking at the stars! “PRECISELY!” he said with a quick two finger salute. “I am not sure I would endorse running, however. You would only draw the attention of unwanted creatures with all the noise.” Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin "Honestly, Professor, I'd probably hug a tree until someone came to find me. That's what you're supposed to do when you get lost in the woods. You hug a tree and don't move, because while you're moving, your rescuers are moving, and you'll miss each other and stay lost. So even if I recognized a familiar constellation and knew it's position based on the time of year and hour of the day and could tell the direction from that, I would still stay put. But I'd be really brave and manly about it." FYI. Under normal circumstances he was all for staying by a tree, but this was the Forbidden Forest boy. Doing so would just increase your chances of being some creatures late night snack. Although he did not actually voice this. Instead he gave Mr. Branxton a small nod and moved on - unsure as to how manly and brave the concept really was. Quote: Originally Posted by Nimmiii Ryan raised his hand and said, "Well, you could just kip under a tree and then wait for morning. And then try to find your way out." That seemed best to him. “Same thinking as Mr. Branxton,” he nodded. Neither of them really answered his question though. Again. He needed to work on his situation roleplays. Quote: Originally Posted by McFeisty Blink…she turned her attention to the individual speakers about the classroom, her eyes lingering on certain people longer than some of the other people. Raising her hand, “You could look and check which side of the trees the moss grows on, because generally that is on the north when you are north of the equator. Then with that you know which general stars to look for in the sky – say the north star would be a great star to look out for depending – as West said” and a nod to him, “you’ll only be able to see it depending on how clear the sky is.” She smiled, and nodded and eyed a certain person again. "I don't want to go into the forest...nope, not at all" she did mutter to herself afterwards. What? She wasn't a LETS-GO-POKE-IT-WTH-A-STICK gryffindor... she was a Claw and all previous knowledge of that forest made her feel a little nervous for the class. Then it hit her. "Actually I'd try and find a Centaur and ask it for help, because they are smart...and they like Astronomy maybe say I'm in an Astronomy class?" Yeah? Forests fine....forbidden forests. Nope. Never. Nada. Not unless she was working with the best and smartest person in class. Moss. Herbology. Didn’t know much about that so he was going to sort of ignore that part of her answer. Not to mention that the Ravenclaw had given him several answers when he really just had wanted one - although all of them were valid to a certain extent. He knew which answer he had been hoping for, which was why he was a bit sad that she had ultimately gone with asking a centaur. “Interesting...” Now he was just going to moonwalk over this a way..... Quote: Originally Posted by LilFox06 Anya bit her lip and looked down. Lost in the forest. Lovely. She cast a sideways glance at Ella. And then she avoided eye contact with Jake. They'd talk later, she had a feeling. She closer her eyes for a few seconds before raising her hand. "Stars." she suggested. *"Or moss. Or depending on how far you're in, you might be able to just see* the castle." True story. Or... "Build a fire. And then bam, forest gone. You can escape pretty easily at that point." Airey was just about to praise Miss Phillips for her stars answer when she kept going. Burn down the forest? Ha. Now wasn’t that some unique thinking. Take some advice from someone who nearly burnt down the Headmaster’s quarters - fire was not the best method of finding something. “While also putting all of the forest’s creatures out of a home,” he said with quick tap of his nose. “Stick with your initial notion of the stars, Miss Phillips.” Quote: Originally Posted by Lockhartian Why, of course, Lottie didn't even think of centaurs, like Lex had, she thought of someone else, ~~and we're not talking Ents, Mo,~~ "If you happened to be lost at the Forbidden Forest, without a wand, at night, then there's nothing to worry about, the Groundskeeper will FIND you and take away the pygmy puffs he can find while on his way out." Oh, she was being serious, hence why her hand had been raised, "It has happened before." Just sayiiiing. "Not the lost part, because we weren't lost."** THAT needed to be clarified. She might have flipped her hair after answering. Someone didn’t like the groundskeeper very much. And what was she going on about with pygmy puffs? Was the groundskeeper a collector of the things? Fine by this astronomer, just as long as he kept the things out of his way. Airey realized that he had just been staring at Miss Wisteria for a long while with a raised eyebrow and tried to cover up the awkward pause with a nervous chuckle. “Always an, um, option I suppose.” Quote: Originally Posted by xXxPandora Everyone else was talking about the North Star. Did they even know how to locate the north star? It wasn't as if that start had label on it that says it's 'North'. So, what would a Beezus Castell do? She raised her hand. She was probably going to sound like Jonathan Kim on this one. "*Professor, it's called the Forbidden Forest for a reason. It's forbidden. So....I simply won't venture there.* Tehee. Sheepish smile. “Not even if it was required for a lesson?” he smirked in reply to the Ravenclaw prefect. Ooooooooooh, get some ice for that burn....or something. Quote: Originally Posted by THE Govoni "I think...it'd depend on how deep into the Forest I am. I know that the trees and foliage get more dense the further in you are. So, there'd be no way to map the stars to find your way out." He knew about people using stars like compasses. Sailors did that sometimes..."That's something interesting to think about." ...Not that Dylan would EVER be without his wand. He'd be the first to admit that he'd be completely lost without it. "....I'm assuming that's the answer you were looking for, though. Using the stars?" He asked, hopeful. Aw, did the quidditch captain still have his wand in a knot? Someone ought to untie it for him and get him a nice big bowl of chocolate ice cream while they were at it. “I was,” he said with a small nod. “But yes, visualization does play a key factor as Mr. Odessa brought up earlier. However, if one were trying to use the stars to navigate I would hope they would move to a less dense part of the forest....or climb a tree.” Because THAT was fun and innovative thinking. Quote: Originally Posted by DecemberMoon She blinked a few times at this question. Well obviously he wants us to mention the North Star or following a set of stars somehow but WHY would you be out there without a wand, or at all really, anyway? The situation seemed highly unlikely, but she raised her hand anyway. "Well I know you could use the North Star like some have said, Professor, but if you're um...like me, and don't really know which direction the castle would be from North...well that wouldn't help much anyway." Not with her sense of direction at least. "So maybe if you were in the Forbidden Forest without a wand, you'd be a bit mental anyway and would just feel comfortable climbing a tree and staying the night out there," she said with a teasing little crinkle near her eyes. She hoped Airey was feeling receptive to jokes today, no matter how unfunny, because she was feeling chatty and chipper, which brought out her cheekier side. Always just in good fun though. Oh look! Someone else who thought that the pastime of climbing trees was fun. “Actually, it is said that finding North and making your body face that direction helps the mind create a map that can then navigated based on memory,” he said with a faint smile. But more on that in a little bit. Quote: Originally Posted by Sonea T The young girl opened her eyes and stared at the professor, she knew that she would be lost there… But what had that to do with the lesson? The young girl raised her hand and spoke hesitating, not liking the thought to tell the class that she was not good in something. “I think that I would be lost and that I would be in danger there without my wand.” The young girl paused for a few seconds and asked a question. “But what has this question to do with the lesson?” Airey simply smiled at the first year. “Buckle up and hold tight,” he winked. “You’ll see soon enough.” Because what they were about to cover today seemed like the sort of thing that could save this little snake’s life were she to actually find herself in this situation. Quote: Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife But she couldn't say that because she has been there before in her fourth year... and she didn't even lose house points. She was just probably lucky that the former Groundskeeper (Gibbins, was it?) didn't see them. Anyway... she'd have to answer, but everyone else seemed to have the same response as her. Oh well... "The North Star," Kat simply said after raising her hand. "If you know how it looks like and if you could see it in the dark sky." So many if's. “Very good, Miss Hudson,” he said with a nod. “BUT! Don’t be so sure about knowing what it looks like. It is a common misconception that the North Star is the brightest star in the nigh sky, but this is incorrect.” Don’t worry, he was not saying that you were assuming such. He had said it for the benefit of the entire class. Quote: Originally Posted by cheeseStrings "Theoretically you can use the stars to navigate," she started, "but then it would be hard to see the constellations if you're in the forest, with all the trees and stuff covering most of the sky." She paused, thought for a second before adding, "I'd personally curl up in a hollow of a tree and wait for morning to come, then just follow my instincts and go back to the castle. Yes." Okay okay...he got the point kids. Forest had been a bad example but...well...they would see that it was a very practical situation. “Just make sure that that hollow tree is not occupied before you crawl in.” Heh. Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Laura looked at the Professor and raised her hand, "Professor I would look at the stars, you see, you can tell using stars which is which way, it is how some ships used to find land when they were lost at sea, they would follow the stars and use them as a map, I would try and do the same thing." Laura would and if that didn't work, she would just scream the Forbidden Forest down until a Professor or animal came to her and she could demand they rescued her. Airey was pleased that she had mentioned lost at sea. Yes, THAT should have been the example he had used instead of the Forbidden Forest since students were getting caught up on logistics and details. Then again, he was rather detailed oriented and demanded students be and... Oh right she was still talking. “Very good, Miss Hyde.”. Quote: Originally Posted by Princesspower Sarah raised her hand "well, as we know the Forbidden Forest is in the Northern Hemisphere, we can use the North Star to guide us. Or we can use Orinions belt as it goes from east to west. Yet one can really push it by looking at the sky as a whole and seeing where the stars are more prominant. Where there is pollution there will be less stars." That was out of the box. Then she added as a postscript "these will only work if you can see the sky though" “Stellar, Miss Edwards,” he said while giving the Gryffindor two thumbs up. Bonus points to her for mentioning the Northern Hemisphere. Although she needed to work on her pronunciation of Orion. Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Whhhaaat? The Forbidden Forrest? Lost in it without a wand? Jory wondered why the Professor in the Suit had asked such a question. Anyway, he thought about his answer and then raised his hand. "Er...I would use my logic to try and get out, following any landmarks to get back to the Castle,'' the badger said. "And if possible, find a nice thick tree branch to use as a defence.'' You never kinow what you may run into. Landmarks, yes, those were also helpful he thought as he nodded along to the seventh year’s answer. He wasn’t so sure about how much a thick stick could be against some of the more terrifying creatures out there, but better have something than nothing, no? “Interesting thinking, Mr. Stonewall.” Quote: Originally Posted by Shanners "I'd leave bread crumbs on the way in, especially if I didn't go in with my wand. Not...that I would." Even if she didn't intend to get lost. Food for all. “Ah, like in the muggle fable Hansel and Gretel,” he chuckled. That didn’t end too well for the pair. Not at all. “What if something were to eat those crumbs though, just as in the tale?” Quote: Originally Posted by CassiopeiaAKTF "Well, isn't it that the deeper you go in to the forest the thicker the trees and the darker it gets? So i would look at the sky from time to time to and when the view gets blocked by the leaves i'd turn around and walk the other way." He was pretty sure that the answer had something to do with some kind of star that they could follow but since a few already mentioned that he decided to twist it a little. AHA! Now here was a Slytherin who was throwing him a bone and working with the situation. “Very good, Mr. Katharos,” he nodded. Using a combination of things to find your way out that is. Quote: Originally Posted by Emzily Siiiiiigh, here goes. First off, a person wouldn't be stupid enough to stroll the Forbidden Forest on their own at night, just saying. But Theo did imagine it for a moment, and he wouldn't deny that it would be scary. "I would make a blanket out of leaves and sticks, then camouflage myself against a bush until morning." Because could you REALLY trust stars to find your way home? Theo had heard about the whole 'follow the North star' idea. But it sounded like a load of rubbish to him. "And then I would just go the same way I came in." Mmmmhm, flawless plan. “Very resourceful, Mr. Kinsley,” he laughed. What? The image of the Slytherin boy literally making himself a blanket of leaves and going all camouflage. Very VERY resourceful. Quote: Originally Posted by fanficfanatict Although, Ascanius was surprised that he was asking a question that did NOT involve magic. Huh. And of COURSE the correct answer was the North Star... cause this was Astronomy folks. Can we think a little? Oh no, wait. Snicker. On the other hand, he was tempted to raise his hand and give a snarky answer of GPS, but the great, big WIZARD in the room would be confused. So he just stayed silent. Airey paused at the Slytherin boy and waited for a response, but one never came. Hmmm. Pity. No matter. Time to move on to the next student who had their hand raised. Quote: Originally Posted by hermionesclone Yeah... Why would ANYONE want to imagine being lost in the Forbidden Forest? And without their wands?! Why would anyone want to go anywhere that's possibly dangerous without some sort of way of protecting themselves? "Erm... Professor?" he said, raising his hand, "Well... it's like the others have said, you'd have to locate the North Star, right?" Second star to the right and straight on till morning. Yeah. If you wanted to go to Neverland. "Is there a water source in the Forest? Because Dad has always said that if you get lost in the woods or a forest, you should try and find a water source and then... follow it towards an area of civilisation. Or... well... the castle. And that leaving markers would help people who are looking for you and help you figure out where you've been already so that you're not going round in... erm..." Gulp. "Circles." He gave the Professor a tiny smile before sitting back in his seat. Airey nodded enthusiastically. “That was the answer I was looking for, finding the North Star, yes.” As to his other question regarding water in the forest, he could only assume that there was one or else it would be hard for vegetation and life to flourish the way it was. “Those are also good ideas, Mr. Summers. Excellent thinking.” Quote: Originally Posted by Hey Ju Unless she was with Mordred, then she'd be alright. But she supposed professor Flamsteed meant what they would do if they were on their own and all that. "I'm pretty sure I wouldn't do much, professor..." Just being honest. She would probably cry her eyes out or something, because just the thought was already terrifying. "But I suppose you could try to get directions by looking at stars... and stuff." It sounded logical, but the badger was 100% sure that would never work for her. And....stuff. “Yes, stuff,” he said with a small chuckle. For some reason he was finding her words, the way she phrased everything, rather hilarious and it was giving him a serious case of the man!giggles. Quote: Originally Posted by lemon "I'd 'practically make use of the celestial bodies'," Alice announced to the professor, hand up, quoting his question in her response, because the North Star looked like any other star to her and was a really silly thing to trust when attempting to get out of a forest. In her opinion, there were smarter things to do than look for Polaris, but, anyway. "You'd have to find the constellation Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, and Polaris, or the North Star, is at the end of the Little Dipper's handle." Just in case no one knew where it was. Was she supposed to specify? "And you can use it to find your way out, if you were doing it the Astronomy way, but I wouldn't get lost anyway, especially because it's so hard to see constellations with all the trees and canopy blocking your view." Only dumb people got lost and misplaced their wands, and Alice wasn't dumb. Clearly. It was also really, really stupid to go into the Forbidden Forest at night. But it was also very Gryffindor. Eh. She'd do it. Airey’s eyes lit up and he began to bounce in place - with some subtle moonwalking thrown in there - at Miss Fischer’s response. “FANTASTIC, Miss Fischer. I hope all of you were paying attention to her response.” Because it was going to come in handy later on in the lesson. Quote: Originally Posted by Lollipop! Everyone was saying the north star. Well, almost everyone. So there was no point in giving an answer that was boooring at this stage. *"Your best bet is to stay put and wait for a professor because otherwise you could get even more* lost."** Blue gave curly!haired!dude - Ryan - a funny look. "You can't sleep in the Forbidden Forest! Are you daft? There's all sorts of horrible things in there! Like, like, like werewolves and and and acromantulas and all sorts of horrible things that could make you dinner while you dream of hair gel!" Shudder. Airey pointed at Miss Gracae and around the classroom at all the students who had suggested waiting out until morning. See. Eaten. Although the Ravenclaw had somewhat contradicted herself in her own answer. Waiting for a professor could imply that one would have to wait until morning and most students he knew were unable to stay up the entire night without an ample amount of sugar. Time to check the sundial again. Yep. Definitely time to move things along. “You all brought up some very good things to do were one to find themselves in this particular situation. The answer I was particularly looking for was using the stars. More specifically utilizing Polaris, the North Star. Of course, as several of you also mentioned, there are certain circumstances that one would require in order to be able to use the stars to navigate, but luckily for us we have nothing but clear skies tonight.” And WHY wouldn’t they? Today was a very special day for the astronomer. Pity no students seemed to have caught on to that fact. Oh well. “Muggles have invented many instruments to help them navigate. Many of you are familiar with a compass I assume.” Yes? He was just going to assume yes and move on. “The most recent of these navigational devices is something called a GPS, or Global Positioning System, which utilizes NASA technology to function,” he explained as he held up a device. He could pass it around if they wanted. Wouldn't do them much good since it wasn't going to work anything. Hadn't bothered to put the proper charms on it to do so. “Wizarding kind invented a spell, the Four-Point Spell, to help the caster locate North. However, both these methods have their flaws at Hogwarts due to the grounds being unplottable and magical interference, as you all know, muggle items do not work here.” Cue a small pause as he moonwalked towards an open window and THRUST his finger at the night sky - not really pointing towards anything in particular, but just wanting to emphasize the point that they were talking about the stars. “However, there is one thing that not even magical interference can alter!” CUE MORE DRAMATIC POINTING! “As Miss Edwards said, because we are in the Northern Hemisphere we can rely on Polaris, the North Star, to help us find true north. How we find Polaris, as Miss Fischer shared with us, is by utilizing a couple of constellations. I will give you all some time to practice finding it in just a little while along with further instructions on doing so.” Or a review on how to for those that already did. “Now, before we get into identifying Polaris and its surrounding constellations, what is it about this particular star that makes it special? Why would we pick this one star out of all the others to use as our guide?” OOC: I am so sorry for the delay in moving things along guys! Thank you all for your patience Class will resume in approximately 10 - 13 hours from this post. __________________ 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