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sweetpinkpixie · 01-23-2014, 06:22 AM

SPOILER!!: Kevin being a drama llama and all other related parties <3

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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi

what what what WHAAAT?!

Kevin reached for the hat as it levitated off of his head and towards the Professor but he missed by an inch and he nearly tripped over the table. This was it, his "secret" was revealed. He quickly covered the top of his grey hair with his hands and GLARED at the man. "I DON'T GET YOU PEOPLE!" He SHOUTED throughout the class and even slammed his fist on the table. "You ALL tell me that i should be NICE and i was and its STILL not good?!" That was it, he knew that being calm and nice was just for losers. He had been right all along. Grown ups were mean and did not care about anything but themselves. "From now on i'm NEVER being nice again, ever!" and then he leaned back in his chair, crossed his arms over each other ~~because everyone probably already saw his greying hair~~ and placed both of his legs on top of his desk. Narrowing his missmatched colored eyes at the Professor as he kept staring at him with a glare.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

As for the little bee boy Ella had met at the hives, the eighteen year old looked in his direction and furrowed her brow. She understood the poor kid's feelings about his hair, which was gray. Like...O__O What was with the gray hairs? The blonde knew she was getting some from stress given NEWTs and Head Girling and such but him? That kid was a tiner! Strange...really strange. Him yelling about it and being all huffy didn't change the fact he lost his hat, though. You didn't behave like that, not in any class. It just wasn't a thing and the blonde had a feeling Airey was going to boot the kid out if he didn't get his act together. "Excuse me, show Professor Airey some respect. You throwing a temper tantrum isn't going to get your hat back any quicker, y'know." Merlin, KIDS THESE DAYS. No manners! Didn't he see he was only hurting himself by behaving like a little lion cub?

ANYWAY.

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Originally Posted by carpediem

Woah, something intense was going on. The redhead couldn't help but turn her eyes towards the kid with the hat. Or now without the hat. Meh, she didn't like the hat anyway. No offense to him or his hat, but it didn't seem to work with him. In a weird fashion way.

He was SHOUTING. Like loudly. It made her jump. Weren't you not supposed to shout in class? The Ravenclaw couldn't help stare, though it was rude.

Woah, outburst. She couldn't catch all of it, but it was something about adults being selfish and being nice meaning nothing. All over a hat and some grey hair? Her hair was a weird colour of red, but she wasn't freaking out. Maybe the circumstances were different?

And she wanted to tell the kid that she actually liked his hair and that he looked cool without the hat, -even just to calm him down, but she did like the hair- but she wasn't sure if she was allowed to do that in class. She didn't want to lose housepoints again! Those things seemed to be important. At least Rockwell and her mom told her they were. But seriously, the kid needed someone to tell him that the hair looked cool.

"Actually, I like your hair. I mean, it's different. Not to say that you're hair is bad. It's actually cool. I never saw a kid with grey hair." And she wasn't going to get into the discipline stuff because someone else had already done it. And she was only a firstie. She didn't know how to discipline people. No matter how mature she tried to be at times. Also, failing at speaking while trying to calm someone down like that was the reason she would never be a therapist. Seriously.

The blue-eyed girl couldn't help but giggle behind her hand at his anwser though. It was really funny. And just out there.

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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi

Kevin GLARED at the direction of someone, a young girl, when she spoke about his hair. So she wanted to make fun of him huh? Well, Kevin was ready! "This isn't about my stupid hair, its about Professors and....wait" his voice grew quieter as he stared at her now. "Y-you ...like my...hair?" he asked as his cheeks began to burn. "You actually...like it?" CRAP! he was getting softer than a ice-cream! Must.put.on.frowny.face!

The FROWN was back again but then his missmatched colored eyes found the beehives Head Girl and they softened again. She was nice , he thought. About the only person not that he knew many people. Friendship was not his thing. Oh and Bart was okay. And then she said *temper tantrum* and he lost it again. "I do NOT have a temper tantrum!" he said through his gritted teeth. He turned his look at the Professor for a second before turning to beehive Head Girl and then sighed.

He did not say an apology to the Professor ~~he never will~~ but he did however lower his legs off of the table and placed them on the floor. OK SEE! HE WAS CALM!

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl

And then a little firstie exploded. Metaphorically speaking. Or something. Obviously not literally. A couple people already spoke up, but she still wanted to point something out. Not to correct or scold him or say something about his hair - because she really didn't care what a first year's hair looked like - but just to let him know something else, even though Flamsteed probably would be perfectly capable of explaining it too in a moment.

"Y'know, even being nice won't get you what you want all the time," she said. "But it'll still get you what you want more often than being mean will." Not that being nice to people should be about getting what you want anyway, but she felt like the kid probably wouldn't understand that if he had a problem with just being nice itself for whatever reason. So yeah, those were her two knuts on the temperamental kid.

Sweet solstice. What in Merlin's point hat and grey hair was all this about? Airey simply stared at the Gryffindor for a few moments in complete shock about how obsessed someone could be over their hair. If it had been over a clean uniform or a suit, sure, he could understand. But it was hair. Maybe this boy should go talk to LeoBALD about this. They could wallow in their woes of bad hair days together.

Thankfully, Miss Ella stepped in and said something. So at least he didn't have to demand some respect from the boy. Cross one thing off the checklist of things to say to him now. When Miss Winters spoke, complimenting the boy and his hair, Airey chuckled and then realized just HOW many of his students were graying already.

But first, to deal with this class disturbance...once Miss Greenwell finished her piece. True words too, Miss Greenwell. Didn't they say that nice guys finish last or something to that regard? Then again, there was a saying for just about everything and a counter saying for that saying, so he was just going to let that rest and have the boy figure those things out on his own just like everyone else. He had a lesson to teach.

"If you do not like the way I handle my classroom, Mr. Hirase, you can go discuss the matter with your Head of House. Just know that doing so will not help you get your hat back any more quickly," he said as he tapped the wood beside the hat on his desk. "A few grey hairs is no reason to cause such a scene in my, or any professor's, classroom."

And since they were on the subject of grey hair.

"I hope you all are not stressing yourself so early into the term," he said while pointing to his head to indicated the whole hair situation he was observing among the students. "Or perhaps some of you should go see the Healer about the possibility of alopecia areata tomorrow." Small pause. What? He had read about that in a book somewhere.

He paused and looked around the classroom some more before his eyes fell on Mr. Hirase one last time. "Now, if you don't mind I would like to continue my lesson."

Now where was he...oh yes, looking for raised hands.

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Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife

Anywaaaaaaay... Astrid listened. So the universe was super young, about a hundredth something-something. Blablabla. Astrid was scribbling that too fast on her parchment to catch up with what the Professor had said. Gosh. That was a lot.... but then, growth spurt. YES SHE KNEW THAT. OH SHE DID. Astrid raised her hand almost immediately after the question was asked. "It experienced some sort of expansion... which I think is called inflation!" She got that right, didn't she?

Airey grinned at Miss Asteroid and gave her a thumbs up. "Very good, Miss Asteroid! After the Big Bang, things cooled off very quickly, but then things began to heat back up again and all this caused the universe to undergo an extremely rapid exponential expansion."

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Originally Posted by Tegz

What was that look for? Again West didn't answer, he just sat back and listened to other answers. Why not, right? Give other people a chance to speak up? Sounded good to him. Not that he was taking notes mind you, just... listening.

Hmmmmmmmm. Airey did not linger this time, not wanting to draw more attention to the quiet quidditch captain. Maybe tryouts had the boy exhausted? All the quidditch captains were looking a little worse for wear. Or...was something else up?

He really needed to stop reading the school's gossip rag.

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Originally Posted by Saiai

Ana put her hand up, stifling a yawn as she did so. "Actually Professor Airey it's Konstantinova," repeat it with her please, "Constantinople was a city," which Ana thought might be called Istanbul now. But I think the name for that period is inflation," she finished off with another yawn as she put her hand down. She was too tired for class at night.

Oh...oops. How could he have forgotten that? He was usually good with names. "Oh, right, forgive me, Miss Constantin.....Konstantinova," he said with an apologetic bow of the head. Sweet solstice he had nearly just done it again. "Not the name of the period, exactly, but still correct. We must all place special attention to detail with our terminology whenever we can. Inflation is not the name of the period, but the act the early universe undergoing an extremely rapid exponential expansion."

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Originally Posted by Rosa Chispa Princessa

Well, I goth both answers wrong and the lecture to pay attention. Certainly deserved that. Thankfully the lesson being on the Big Bang theory, I know a lot about that too from reading astronomy books for fun. Oichi raised her hand and responded, "The first step after the Big Bang is called Planck epoch. In this time gravity was believed to be in equal force as every other force on Earth. It is basically a time when the universe is a hot dense of molten energy that is incredibly unstable as evolution happened out of the blue because there was no force to hold it back. Toward the end of the Planck era it is said gravity starts to gain and exceed all other forces on Earth by a tiny margin shaping the direction of the next steps in the evolutionary process.".

Airey got excited with the Gryffindor's answer initially, but then his face dropped quite suddenly. Earth? Surely the seventh year had confused a few theories in her head, right? "While you are correct in the first step being called the Planck epoch in the timeline of the universe according to the Big Bang Theory. Up to 10 to the –43 second after the Big Bang took place to be specific. Earth will not come into the picture until at at least 9 billion years after the Big Bang."

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Adi grinned at Professor Airey's EGGACTLY response. What do you know. ~~Yawning through~~ Watching those space documentaries with his dad had actually paid off. But maybe if he had paid more attention to them, he just might have been able to answer the next question. But as it was, he did not have the slightest clue so he sat quietly at his desk and scribbled in his book. These en steps sounded quite interesting.

Airey simply gave the Hufflepuff an approving nod for his attentive listening and note taking. Good to see good to see.

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Originally Posted by Lexers

He wrote down QUARKS in big letters on his parchment just because he liked the way it reminded him of ducks and then started jotting down what Oichi was saying. Because that girl was spouting some cool stuff that definitely sounded right. And anyway, surely there'd be a question he'd actually know some stuff about?

Note taking from the funny Gryffindor. Good good. He flashed the boy two thumbs up as he passed, not taking the time to really read what all the boy was writing since there was another hand raised.

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Soon a beat was in his head and he was bobbing it a bit to his tapping. Thoughts way out of the classroom until others started talking. Was there a question dung.. What was it? He listened to others and put his hand up, "Inflation, yep that's the answer I knew it." Really he might have just said whatever he just heard The blonde near him say, but still he said an answer that was what the man wanted right?

The astronomer couldn't resist carrying the boy's beat himself by drumming a little on his desk and ending it all with a quick rap of his knuckles. Which ended up cracking again and the professor winced as he pulled his hand back to rub them. Ouchy.

"Very good, Mr. Bartholomew."

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Originally Posted by Edward Penguin

He slid his hand up in the air to answer the next question and it shook rather noticeably. Professor, the step is called inflation. Kind of like a balloon as it expands, except for expansion at an infinite rate. Those books he had read from Stephen Hawkings and other Cosmologists were really coming in handy, even if he didn't understand all the physics terms. Fortunately, some of the concepts had been broken down Barney style.

TWO THUMBS UP TO YOU! Students seemed to really like to compare the universe to a balloon, but hey, if it helped them visualize how things worked then he was all for it. "Very good, Mr. Tinker."

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Originally Posted by Lottiepot

He raised his hand but a lot of others had got to it first. He racked his brains, thinking of some extra information which could help him stand out from the rest of the answers. Urgh, why was recalling information so difficult when you really needed it? "As a few have previously mentioned, I believe the process is called inflation." That much was obvious, everyone else had answered with that. "The theory was primarily first used in the 1990's" At least that was what he thought. Long time ago. "I think I've read somewhere that initially the 'inflation models' were used to solve 2 very important issues that Astronomists and Physicists had at the time. Something to do with horizons and flatness." He wasn't going to expand on that. A. the information might have been misquoted though he was fairly certain that it wasn't and B. he didn't know enough about it to speak anymore.

He gave the boy a few nods while a grin spread across his face. He hadn't planned on going into the history of things too much since he wanted this lesson to be a general overview, but if students were going to bring it up then why not, right? "Some would argue that the initial notion of inflation actually dates back to Albery Einstein and his introduction of the cosmological constant. However, it was Alan Guth who is credited for proposing inflation in 1980." Very close, young man. "I am afraid I do not have time to go into these models you mentioned today, but if you or anyone else is interested in a bit of extra reading you can find some information in your textbook on page 901."

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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi

As for the question, the Gryffindor rolled his eyes. Stupid question was stupid. Who cared about a growth spurt HE was having a freaking AGE spurt!
"It was probably called the universal growing spurty spurt "

"While not the scientific name, if it helps you remember the real term then by all means keep using that in your mind," he saluted the boy.

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Originally Posted by carpediem

"Well after the Big Bang-that-wasn't-a-bang-at-all the universe had to expand to make all of... everything, correct? So it was like created and then it hit it's growth spurt and got bigger?" Unhelpful anwser was unhelpful. She thought she had a grasp of it. Maybe a half grasp was just as well. And wasn't she supposed to be taking notes?

Oh, Airey still considered it a bang, but it was not a bang in the traditional sense. Out of the box thinking sort of bang. "In laymen's terms, yes, that is a good way to look at the way things occurred. Although, I would recommend replacing the word bigger with expanded. A growth spurt and expanded."

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Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow

Bay looked around and everyone seemed to have the same answer in his head that they have said out loud. He raised his hand anyway. "why not give it a try" he thought while waiting to be called upon.

SPOILER!!: if called upon

He grinned at the Gryffindor. "Yes, very good." Thumbs up to you too. That would open up the can of worms of matter and anti-matter, but there was not enough time this lesson to go into detail regarding that.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Inflation. Okay. "I think it was getting cooler during this 'Inflation' period as well, Professor." Just so he didn't think she wasn't paying attention.

He nodded to the Head Girl, appreciative for both her answer and her assistance with the roudy Gryffindor earlier.

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Originally Posted by Presley Black

Tentatively she raised her hand, nothing like the enthusiasm of her last answer. "Is it inflation?" She asked the question really quietly. Maybe if she was wrong, he would think she had said something else. She glanced around the room, a little resentful. All of these kids had grown up learning the basics of these things in every day life. Gwen hadn't had that luxury. She was still getting used to the idea of dragons and charms and plants that were venomous. It wasn't fair.

"It is indeed!" he grinned at the Ravenclaw...who had seemed to have lost her voice? Was it cooler in here than he thought? Maybe he should turned up the heat and re-administer the charms. Couldn't have students getting sick and losing their voices.

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Originally Posted by Lady of Light

"It's called inflation, professor.. and that period in which it occurs is called inflationary epoch." Delilah said, after raising her hand.

"Very good, Miss Starr," he grinned at the girl. Was she aware that her name was fascinating? There seemed to be many students this term who had names that were very intriguing to the man. Very intriguing indeed.

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Sander was about to raise his hand and provide the answer but the other students beat him to it. He suspected that after the fifth person saying the word 'Inflation' the Professor would be eager to move on with his lesson. So Sander stayed quiet and just jotted down notes whenever one of his fellow classmates came up with something interesting.

He nodded towards the Hufflepuff seventh year as he made his way around the semicircle. Note taking appreciated!

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Originally Posted by aaetha

"Universe puberty," Adrienne suggested, taking down a few notes as people mentioned things like 'expansion' and 'inflation'.

Airey snorted and choked back on some laughter at her response. "Surprisingly fitting, Miss Colbert. While not a term astronomers would use, that is a good way to think about things. Universe expanding much like you all grow in your teen years. Matter and anti-matter, protons and neutrons collided to make deuterium...new things popping up all over the place like pimples on faces..."

Alright, he was going to stop before he started reliving his teen years and became even more awkward than he already was.

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

... He turned bright red and bent his head down to take some more notes. What were they talking about? Growth spurt? Linked to the universe? He could agree with the others, yeah? Inflation. It sounded right. Nodnod. ... Could he... offer something else? "I heard that it... didn't last very long, this inflation period," he said, his hand in the air.

Oh dear, maybe it was too hot in the classroom? "You alright there, Mr. Summers? Should I open a window or call the Healer? You are looking a little flushed," he said as he looked at the Head Boy.

Oh, but he had a question. Of sorts.

"While the actual duration is unknown to astronomers at present, it is guessed that the inflationary epoch ended around 10 to the –32 seconds after the Big Bang occurred."

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Originally Posted by Felixir

There was a question he wanted to ask, and a point he wanted to make, but they'd passed that opportunity now. Toby even started to raise his hand and then lowered it again a couple of times while he tried to decide whether or not to speak, but in the end just made a note at the top of his parchment to go see Airey again at the end of class if he didn't go into more detail over the course of the class.

For now, Toby just sat patiently and quietly, but as fidgety as ever. And watched that Gryffindor's temper tantrum. And tried not to get annoyed yet AGAIN. What was it with Gryffindors? All the ones he personally knew were awesome people.

Hmmmm? Was the boy just stretching his arms? Airey noticed Mr. Tempus' hand go up and down a few time out of the corner of his eye a few times and debated whether or not to ask the boy if there was something he wanted to say, but instead opted to let the boy speak on his own terms. He did give a smile to Mr. Tempus before moving on, however.

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

So it wasn't a BOOM, but more like...growth? Ok, that made sort of sense to him. He quickly jotted it down in his notes and then raised his hand.

"Is it expansion?" he asked. He was a little lost but he figured he'd give it a try anyways.

"That IS what happened, but it is not the name we will use because much more than just expansion happened at this point in the universe's timeline. But a good guess."

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Originally Posted by Princesspower

Sarah listened with interest, and thanked the professor for bearing that in mind. She listened as the answers rolled off the tongues of those around her... what was the expansion called? Sarah actually did not know... although the name 'inflation' that the others were giving did seem to fit. She did not care about this part of science to much, it was going to be contested forever more. Instead she wanted to hear everyones opinions on it and as what people thought always interested her (unless they were about her... which did not faze her too much).
She listened carefully, in case she needed the information later

Miss Edwards received a nod and a faint smile from the astronomer. He was a bit concerned that her silence was in relation to the egg incident. Did this mean that the usually very talkative Gryffindor was giving him the silent treatment?

He sort of wiggled his way past her and on to the next raised hand.

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Originally Posted by HazelStone101

Oooh. This man was PUNNY. Emma smirked, jotting down notes as the man continued discussing the Big Bang Theory and all the events that happened with it. One of them in particular they were now being asked to name.

She of course had no idea what the name of this growth spurt THING was called, so she continued to lay low, scribbling down notes as the other students answered. Better to be silent than stupid.

And he kept wiggling his way past the Ravenclaw as she took notes. Wiggle wiggle OUCH....oh, that had been a misstep. He stopped his wiggling and rubbed his back and walked like a normal person....

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

Nigel was a sucker for puns. Ask Alice. So of course he appreciated the eggcellent pun that Alec said.

Punny

See Nigel was right. Never drop an egg on your suit unless you got to his magical muggle cleaners. Seems they were awesome at cleaning suits. Note to self, Find out name of cleaners sometime in future. Or before he graduates. So it was the Big Bang. Nigel did not actual know the answer to this one. So he start drawing surfboards in his parchment and heard the answer. Inflation.

But doesn't that have to do the money and not astronomy? Interesting.

...right on past the Ravenclaw prefect. Pausing to see that the boy was not taking notes...but doodling surfboards?

"Do tell me, Mr. Barrington, what surfboards have to do with the Big Bang," he asked, arms folded and eyebrow raised. Ah the benefits of having the classroom arranged in a semi circle.

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Originally Posted by Awarlesta Black

Did he just call me Mr. Tempus...? Did she happen to look rather masculine today or something? Awar looked at him strangely, but continued to listen. So the Big Bang did not go splat exactly, got it.

She contemplated the question for a moment, but when she couldn't come up with anything smart she went with, "Erm...The Great Expansion?" Good guess, right?

OOC: we weren't

it was in reference to an RP in the courtyard involving gravity. Literally looked towards her classmate <3

Airey nodded his head towards Miss Black at her response. "Not officially, but a good title to help you remember what did occur during the inflationary epoch."

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Originally Posted by UnicornDragonPatronus

Tessa quickly scribbled down notes, pulling her robes a little tighter around her. She mentally thanked the Professor for the heaters, she didn't like the cold. She had been quiet so far in the class, mainly getting a feel for how the class was run. However at the next question, she tapped her cheek thoughtfully.

"Would it be Inflation? Or the Great Development?" That was important sounding. She sat back in her chair, waiting to see what some of the other answers were and what the Professor would say.

"Inflation, you got it," he said, giving the girl a thumbs up.

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

So yeah. He knew the answer. Was he gonna answer? Pfft. Nope. Ascanius silence.

Silence. Nothing out of the ordinary from this Slytherin. Airey simply walked right past him and on to the next student.

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Originally Posted by Squishy

Lux was happy that she had managed to get the first question right, but that was about the end of what she knew; as the Professor started to explain things, her head began to hurt. Sighing inwardly, she started to jot down what was written on the blackboard as she tried to understand what was being taught to them. Not even having a guess as to what the answer to the next question was, she stayed quiet and let her classmates answer that one.

And kept on walking past the next student, giving Miss Carrington a nod as he did.

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Originally Posted by HOPEendures

She raised her hand. "Er...exponential expansion?" That could be a rather big and fast growth spurt right? It was the answer she was going to go with anyway and this time it wasn't too complicated to understand, yes?

"You are on the right track," he nodded while giving her a thumbs up. "It WAS a period of exponential expansion, by a factor of at least 10 to the 26
power in linear dimensions to be precise."

SPOILER!!: Miss Blue Lace hehe

Stellar. Airey was looking forward to seeing that masterpiece at the end of the lesson.

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl

But the Big Bang thing wasn't actually a big bang? That was misleading. But he was still talking so she couldn't ask her question just yet, so she waited until he'd asked another question and stuff. It was one she couldn't remember the answer to, at least not until other people were already giving the answer, so this was definitely a good time to speak. She raised her hand. "Why is it called the Big Bang Theory if there wasn't actually a 'big bang'? Why not call it the Big Expansion Theory or something like that?" Seemed weird to her to call it something that it wasn't.

Airey chucked and rocked back on his heels at Miss Greenwell's question. "That is something interesting to think about now, isn't it. That story actually begins with Sir Fred Hoyle who thought of the universe as bursting into existence similar to how you see the word POW and BANG and KABLAM written in vintage muggle comic books. He referred to this as 'cartoon physics' and the term Big Bang was meant to mock the theory...but it evidently stuck. However, Georges Lemaître called it the "hypothesis of the primeval atom" originally, but obviously that name never stuck." In fact, in an interview with Hoyle he said about Lemaître's theory jokingly, "that other theory, the one that made the Universe start with a Big Bang". Suppose the joke is on him now, isn't it?"

Oooooooh wasn't astronomy a hoot? He certainly thought it was and the way he was laughing loudly, with the occasional snort here and there, illustrated as much.

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Originally Posted by lemon

Why was Aireyhead giving out random points to other kids and none to her? Hmph.

No professors showed proper favoritism these days. It was really sad.

"Everyone else is right when they say inflation, but that's the name of the theory," Alice started, still rubbing her knee. The pain had subsided a bit, which meant she was less cranky now. And more willing to answer, so hand up. "The actual period was called the inflationary epoch, sir."

Did SHE get points too? Ahem. Ahem ahem. Expectant looks here.

Airey couldn't help himself and he did wink at Miss Fischer. "You are correct, Miss Fischer." And just as Miss Starr had mentioned earlier. "Very good."

Two for you, Miss Star. And no for Alice Fischer.

....

Just kidding. None for either of you.

SPOILER!!: Alexa! *dies*

Good. Now that it seemed as though Miss Cambridge understood where he was coming from then that was settled. He was still going to keep an eye out for any fishy business regarding Tiberius as he peacefully swam around in his tank while he listened to the lecture.

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Originally Posted by Saraie

And everyone had answered it right. While most, some wasn't so lucky. Or he didn't hear them either "Its called inflation as many have already said." Nod.

Airey gave the Slytherin a nod in return. Yep. Spot on.

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

Mo grinned broadly at the professor's pleasure over his quote, and he immediately started wracking his brain for another one. Not that such a trick would work twice.... he probably ought to answer for real.

Or not. Not when everyone else seemed to already know the answer. Mo jotted a few notes onto his parchment before pausing to massage the aching muscles in his leg again. "Sounds more like the universal equivalent to the Terrible Twos, Professor."

Yes, thank you Mr. Branxton for reminding him why having children was terrifying. Anything that had the word terrible in it surely was not worth it, right? It didn't take a Ravenclaw to figure that much out.

"Whatever helps you remember the process, Mr. Branxton," he nodded as he squirmed his way back to the center of the semi circle to continue the lecture.

"Alright, in our timeline of the universe's formation we have reached a period of exponential expansion and as it is expanding it is also cooling. During this time, light chemical elements were created. These were created within the first three minutes of the universe's formation. Despite these elements being present, it was too hot for light to shine and it would take about 380,000 years before matter cooled enough for electrons to combine with nuclei to form neutral atoms. We are skipping over several stages of the universe's evolution here, but this phase of neutral atoms forming is called recombination and is a term I would like you to remember. As these electrons were absorbed, the universe to become transparent and light was finally unleashed. This light is still detectable today."

Which was pretty neat, right? That even now we were still able to catch a glimpse of some of the first light in the universe.

"However, after the era of recombination came something I like to call the Cosmic Dark Ages, which is said to have lasted between 150 million to 800 million years after the Big Bang." He paused for a moment and wished he had some water with him. Awful lot to talk about and his throat suffering. "You may use your textbooks for this next question if you wish, but who can tell me in your own words, what the HUDF.YD3 is and why is it significant? Try to keep your response as concise as possible. Stick to the big picture if you can."

OOC: keep doing what you are doing guys because you all are awesome <3

Class will resume sometime my tomorrow. Giving a precise time frame is obviously not working out for me so well, but expect at least 24 hours before class moves on <3

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sweetpinkpixie Wizarding World RPG Admin Minister for Magic Alley Proprietor Romanian Longhorn Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: The Paths Posts: 39,796 Hogwarts RPG Name: Anna Walles Hufflepuff Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Sage Ransom-Kruus Slytherin Seventh Year Ministry Department Head: Charles Hollingberry Minister's Office Ministry Department Head: Airey Flamsteed Mysteries Diagon Alley Proprietor: Zachaël Lufkin Owl Post x12 x12	*rearranges some things* astronomizzle ♧ gryffinDORK \| & the rest is drag ♣ #badluckDerf SPOILER!!: Kevin being a drama llama and all other related parties <3 Quote: Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi what what what WHAAAT?! Kevin reached for the hat as it levitated off of his head and towards the Professor but he missed by an inch and he nearly tripped over the table. This was it, his "secret" was revealed. He quickly covered the top of his grey hair with his hands and GLARED at the man. "I DON'T GET YOU PEOPLE!" He SHOUTED throughout the class and even slammed his fist on the table. "You ALL tell me that i should be NICE and i was and its STILL not good?!" That was it, he knew that being calm and nice was just for losers. He had been right all along. Grown ups were mean and did not care about anything but themselves. "From now on i'm NEVER being nice again, ever!" and then he leaned back in his chair, crossed his arms over each other ~~because everyone probably already saw his greying hair~~ and placed both of his legs on top of his desk. Narrowing his missmatched colored eyes at the Professor as he kept staring at him with a glare. Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow As for the little bee boy Ella had met at the hives, the eighteen year old looked in his direction and furrowed her brow. She understood the poor kid's feelings about his hair, which was gray. Like...O__O What was with the gray hairs? The blonde knew she was getting some from stress given NEWTs and Head Girling and such but him? That kid was a tiner! Strange...really strange. Him yelling about it and being all huffy didn't change the fact he lost his hat, though. You didn't behave like that, not in any class. It just wasn't a thing and the blonde had a feeling Airey was going to boot the kid out if he didn't get his act together. "Excuse me, show Professor Airey some respect. You throwing a temper tantrum isn't going to get your hat back any quicker, y'know." Merlin, KIDS THESE DAYS. No manners! Didn't he see he was only hurting himself by behaving like a little lion cub? ANYWAY. Quote: Originally Posted by carpediem Woah, something intense was going on. The redhead couldn't help but turn her eyes towards the kid with the hat. Or now without the hat. Meh, she didn't like the hat anyway. No offense to him or his hat, but it didn't seem to work with him. In a weird fashion way. He was SHOUTING. Like loudly. It made her jump. Weren't you not supposed to shout in class? The Ravenclaw couldn't help stare, though it was rude. Woah, outburst. She couldn't catch all of it, but it was something about adults being selfish and being nice meaning nothing. All over a hat and some grey hair? Her hair was a weird colour of red, but she wasn't freaking out. Maybe the circumstances were different? And she wanted to tell the kid that she actually liked his hair and that he looked cool without the hat, -even just to calm him down, but she did like the hair- but she wasn't sure if she was allowed to do that in class. She didn't want to lose housepoints again! Those things seemed to be important. At least Rockwell and her mom told her they were. But seriously, the kid needed someone to tell him that the hair looked cool. "Actually, I like your hair. I mean, it's different. Not to say that you're hair is bad. It's actually cool. I never saw a kid with grey hair." And she wasn't going to get into the discipline stuff because someone else had already done it. And she was only a firstie. She didn't know how to discipline people. No matter how mature she tried to be at times. Also, failing at speaking while trying to calm someone down like that was the reason she would never be a therapist. Seriously. The blue-eyed girl couldn't help but giggle behind her hand at his anwser though. It was really funny. And just out there. Quote: Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi Kevin GLARED at the direction of someone, a young girl, when she spoke about his hair. So she wanted to make fun of him huh? Well, Kevin was ready! "This isn't about my stupid hair, its about Professors and....wait" his voice grew quieter as he stared at her now. "Y-you ...like my...hair?" he asked as his cheeks began to burn. "You actually...like it?" CRAP! he was getting softer than a ice-cream! Must.put.on.frowny.face! The FROWN was back again but then his missmatched colored eyes found the beehives Head Girl and they softened again. She was nice , he thought. About the only person not that he knew many people. Friendship was not his thing. Oh and Bart was okay. And then she said temper tantrum and he lost it again. "I do NOT have a temper tantrum!" he said through his gritted teeth. He turned his look at the Professor for a second before turning to beehive Head Girl and then sighed. He did not say an apology to the Professor ~~he never will~~ but he did however lower his legs off of the table and placed them on the floor. OK SEE! HE WAS CALM! Quote: Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl And then a little firstie exploded. Metaphorically speaking. Or something. Obviously not literally. A couple people already spoke up, but she still wanted to point something out. Not to correct or scold him or say something about his hair - because she really didn't care what a first year's hair looked like - but just to let him know something else, even though Flamsteed probably would be perfectly capable of explaining it too in a moment. "Y'know, even being nice won't get you what you want all the time," she said. "But it'll still get you what you want more often than being mean will." Not that being nice to people should be about getting what you want anyway, but she felt like the kid probably wouldn't understand that if he had a problem with just being nice itself for whatever reason. So yeah, those were her two knuts on the temperamental kid. Sweet solstice. What in Merlin's point hat and grey hair was all this about? Airey simply stared at the Gryffindor for a few moments in complete shock about how obsessed someone could be over their hair. If it had been over a clean uniform or a suit, sure, he could understand. But it was hair. Maybe this boy should go talk to LeoBALD about this. They could wallow in their woes of bad hair days together. Thankfully, Miss Ella stepped in and said something. So at least he didn't have to demand some respect from the boy. Cross one thing off the checklist of things to say to him now. When Miss Winters spoke, complimenting the boy and his hair, Airey chuckled and then realized just HOW many of his students were graying already. But first, to deal with this class disturbance...once Miss Greenwell finished her piece. True words too, Miss Greenwell. Didn't they say that nice guys finish last or something to that regard? Then again, there was a saying for just about everything and a counter saying for that saying, so he was just going to let that rest and have the boy figure those things out on his own just like everyone else. He had a lesson to teach. "If you do not like the way I handle my classroom, Mr. Hirase, you can go discuss the matter with your Head of House. Just know that doing so will not help you get your hat back any more quickly," he said as he tapped the wood beside the hat on his desk. "A few grey hairs is no reason to cause such a scene in my, or any professor's, classroom." And since they were on the subject of grey hair. "I hope you all are not stressing yourself so early into the term," he said while pointing to his head to indicated the whole hair situation he was observing among the students. "Or perhaps some of you should go see the Healer about the possibility of alopecia areata tomorrow." Small pause. What? He had read about that in a book somewhere. He paused and looked around the classroom some more before his eyes fell on Mr. Hirase one last time. "Now, if you don't mind I would like to continue my lesson." Now where was he...oh yes, looking for raised hands. Quote: Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife Anywaaaaaaay... Astrid listened. So the universe was super young, about a hundredth something-something. Blablabla. Astrid was scribbling that too fast on her parchment to catch up with what the Professor had said. Gosh. That was a lot.... but then, growth spurt. YES SHE KNEW THAT. OH SHE DID. Astrid raised her hand almost immediately after the question was asked. "It experienced some sort of expansion... which I think is called inflation!" She got that right, didn't she? Airey grinned at Miss Asteroid and gave her a thumbs up. "Very good, Miss Asteroid! After the Big Bang, things cooled off very quickly, but then things began to heat back up again and all this caused the universe to undergo an extremely rapid exponential expansion." Quote: Originally Posted by Tegz What was that look for? Again West didn't answer, he just sat back and listened to other answers. Why not, right? Give other people a chance to speak up? Sounded good to him. Not that he was taking notes mind you, just... listening. Hmmmmmmmm. Airey did not linger this time, not wanting to draw more attention to the quiet quidditch captain. Maybe tryouts had the boy exhausted? All the quidditch captains were looking a little worse for wear. Or...was something else up? He really needed to stop reading the school's gossip rag. Quote: Originally Posted by Saiai Ana put her hand up, stifling a yawn as she did so. "Actually Professor Airey it's Konstantinova," repeat it with her please, "Constantinople was a city," which Ana thought might be called Istanbul now. But I think the name for that period is inflation," she finished off with another yawn as she put her hand down. She was too tired for class at night. Oh...oops. How could he have forgotten that? He was usually good with names. "Oh, right, forgive me, Miss Constantin.....Konstantinova," he said with an apologetic bow of the head. Sweet solstice he had nearly just done it again. "Not the name of the period, exactly, but still correct. We must all place special attention to detail with our terminology whenever we can. Inflation is not the name of the period, but the act the early universe undergoing an extremely rapid exponential expansion." Quote: Originally Posted by Rosa Chispa Princessa Well, I goth both answers wrong and the lecture to pay attention. Certainly deserved that. Thankfully the lesson being on the Big Bang theory, I know a lot about that too from reading astronomy books for fun. Oichi raised her hand and responded, "The first step after the Big Bang is called Planck epoch. In this time gravity was believed to be in equal force as every other force on Earth. It is basically a time when the universe is a hot dense of molten energy that is incredibly unstable as evolution happened out of the blue because there was no force to hold it back. Toward the end of the Planck era it is said gravity starts to gain and exceed all other forces on Earth by a tiny margin shaping the direction of the next steps in the evolutionary process.". Airey got excited with the Gryffindor's answer initially, but then his face dropped quite suddenly. Earth? Surely the seventh year had confused a few theories in her head, right? "While you are correct in the first step being called the Planck epoch in the timeline of the universe according to the Big Bang Theory. Up to 10 to the –43 second after the Big Bang took place to be specific. Earth will not come into the picture until at at least 9 billion years after the Big Bang." Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Adi grinned at Professor Airey's EGGACTLY response. What do you know. ~~Yawning through~~ Watching those space documentaries with his dad had actually paid off. But maybe if he had paid more attention to them, he just might have been able to answer the next question. But as it was, he did not have the slightest clue so he sat quietly at his desk and scribbled in his book. These en steps sounded quite interesting. Airey simply gave the Hufflepuff an approving nod for his attentive listening and note taking. Good to see good to see. Quote: Originally Posted by Lexers He wrote down QUARKS in big letters on his parchment just because he liked the way it reminded him of ducks and then started jotting down what Oichi was saying. Because that girl was spouting some cool stuff that definitely sounded right. And anyway, surely there'd be a question he'd actually know some stuff about? Note taking from the funny Gryffindor. Good good. He flashed the boy two thumbs up as he passed, not taking the time to really read what all the boy was writing since there was another hand raised. Quote: Originally Posted by Bazinga Soon a beat was in his head and he was bobbing it a bit to his tapping. Thoughts way out of the classroom until others started talking. Was there a question dung.. What was it? He listened to others and put his hand up, "Inflation, yep that's the answer I knew it." Really he might have just said whatever he just heard The blonde near him say, but still he said an answer that was what the man wanted right? The astronomer couldn't resist carrying the boy's beat himself by drumming a little on his desk and ending it all with a quick rap of his knuckles. Which ended up cracking again and the professor winced as he pulled his hand back to rub them. Ouchy. "Very good, Mr. Bartholomew." Quote: Originally Posted by Edward Penguin He slid his hand up in the air to answer the next question and it shook rather noticeably. Professor, the step is called inflation. Kind of like a balloon as it expands, except for expansion at an infinite rate. Those books he had read from Stephen Hawkings and other Cosmologists were really coming in handy, even if he didn't understand all the physics terms. Fortunately, some of the concepts had been broken down Barney style. TWO THUMBS UP TO YOU! Students seemed to really like to compare the universe to a balloon, but hey, if it helped them visualize how things worked then he was all for it. "Very good, Mr. Tinker." Quote: Originally Posted by Lottiepot He raised his hand but a lot of others had got to it first. He racked his brains, thinking of some extra information which could help him stand out from the rest of the answers. Urgh, why was recalling information so difficult when you really needed it? "As a few have previously mentioned, I believe the process is called inflation." That much was obvious, everyone else had answered with that. "The theory was primarily first used in the 1990's" At least that was what he thought. Long time ago. "I think I've read somewhere that initially the 'inflation models' were used to solve 2 very important issues that Astronomists and Physicists had at the time. Something to do with horizons and flatness." He wasn't going to expand on that. A. the information might have been misquoted though he was fairly certain that it wasn't and B. he didn't know enough about it to speak anymore. He gave the boy a few nods while a grin spread across his face. He hadn't planned on going into the history of things too much since he wanted this lesson to be a general overview, but if students were going to bring it up then why not, right? "Some would argue that the initial notion of inflation actually dates back to Albery Einstein and his introduction of the cosmological constant. However, it was Alan Guth who is credited for proposing inflation in 1980." Very close, young man. "I am afraid I do not have time to go into these models you mentioned today, but if you or anyone else is interested in a bit of extra reading you can find some information in your textbook on page 901." Quote: Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi As for the question, the Gryffindor rolled his eyes. Stupid question was stupid. Who cared about a growth spurt HE was having a freaking AGE spurt! "It was probably called the universal growing spurty spurt " "While not the scientific name, if it helps you remember the real term then by all means keep using that in your mind," he saluted the boy. Quote: Originally Posted by carpediem "Well after the Big Bang-that-wasn't-a-bang-at-all the universe had to expand to make all of... everything, correct? So it was like created and then it hit it's growth spurt and got bigger?" Unhelpful anwser was unhelpful. She thought she had a grasp of it. Maybe a half grasp was just as well. And wasn't she supposed to be taking notes? Oh, Airey still considered it a bang, but it was not a bang in the traditional sense. Out of the box thinking sort of bang. "In laymen's terms, yes, that is a good way to look at the way things occurred. Although, I would recommend replacing the word bigger with expanded. A growth spurt and expanded." Quote: Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow Bay looked around and everyone seemed to have the same answer in his head that they have said out loud. He raised his hand anyway. "why not give it a try" he thought while waiting to be called upon. SPOILER!!: if called upon "Professor, I believe step number two is Inflation..where distribution of matter in the universe occurs. He grinned at the Gryffindor. "Yes, very good." Thumbs up to you too. That would open up the can of worms of matter and anti-matter, but there was not enough time this lesson to go into detail regarding that. Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Inflation. Okay. "I think it was getting cooler during this 'Inflation' period as well, Professor." Just so he didn't think she wasn't paying attention. He nodded to the Head Girl, appreciative for both her answer and her assistance with the roudy Gryffindor earlier. Quote: Originally Posted by Presley Black Tentatively she raised her hand, nothing like the enthusiasm of her last answer. "Is it inflation?" She asked the question really quietly. Maybe if she was wrong, he would think she had said something else. She glanced around the room, a little resentful. All of these kids had grown up learning the basics of these things in every day life. Gwen hadn't had that luxury. She was still getting used to the idea of dragons and charms and plants that were venomous. It wasn't fair. "It is indeed!" he grinned at the Ravenclaw...who had seemed to have lost her voice? Was it cooler in here than he thought? Maybe he should turned up the heat and re-administer the charms. Couldn't have students getting sick and losing their voices. Quote: Originally Posted by Lady of Light "It's called inflation, professor.. and that period in which it occurs is called inflationary epoch." Delilah said, after raising her hand. "Very good, Miss Starr," he grinned at the girl. Was she aware that her name was fascinating? There seemed to be many students this term who had names that were very intriguing to the man. Very intriguing indeed. Quote: Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Sander was about to raise his hand and provide the answer but the other students beat him to it. He suspected that after the fifth person saying the word 'Inflation' the Professor would be eager to move on with his lesson. So Sander stayed quiet and just jotted down notes whenever one of his fellow classmates came up with something interesting. He nodded towards the Hufflepuff seventh year as he made his way around the semicircle. Note taking appreciated! Quote: Originally Posted by aaetha "Universe puberty," Adrienne suggested, taking down a few notes as people mentioned things like 'expansion' and 'inflation'. Airey snorted and choked back on some laughter at her response. "Surprisingly fitting, Miss Colbert. While not a term astronomers would use, that is a good way to think about things. Universe expanding much like you all grow in your teen years. Matter and anti-matter, protons and neutrons collided to make deuterium...new things popping up all over the place like pimples on faces..." Alright, he was going to stop before he started reliving his teen years and became even more awkward than he already was. Quote: Originally Posted by hermionesclone ... He turned bright red and bent his head down to take some more notes. What were they talking about? Growth spurt? Linked to the universe? He could agree with the others, yeah? Inflation. It sounded right. Nodnod. ... Could he... offer something else? "I heard that it... didn't last very long, this inflation period," he said, his hand in the air. Oh dear, maybe it was too hot in the classroom? "You alright there, Mr. Summers? Should I open a window or call the Healer? You are looking a little flushed," he said as he looked at the Head Boy. Oh, but he had a question. Of sorts. "While the actual duration is unknown to astronomers at present, it is guessed that the inflationary epoch ended around 10 to the –32 seconds after the Big Bang occurred." Quote: Originally Posted by Felixir There was a question he wanted to ask, and a point he wanted to make, but they'd passed that opportunity now. Toby even started to raise his hand and then lowered it again a couple of times while he tried to decide whether or not to speak, but in the end just made a note at the top of his parchment to go see Airey again at the end of class if he didn't go into more detail over the course of the class. For now, Toby just sat patiently and quietly, but as fidgety as ever. And watched that Gryffindor's temper tantrum. And tried not to get annoyed yet AGAIN. What was it with Gryffindors? All the ones he personally knew were awesome people. Hmmmm? Was the boy just stretching his arms? Airey noticed Mr. Tempus' hand go up and down a few time out of the corner of his eye a few times and debated whether or not to ask the boy if there was something he wanted to say, but instead opted to let the boy speak on his own terms. He did give a smile to Mr. Tempus before moving on, however. Quote: Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom So it wasn't a BOOM, but more like...growth? Ok, that made sort of sense to him. He quickly jotted it down in his notes and then raised his hand. "Is it expansion?" he asked. He was a little lost but he figured he'd give it a try anyways. "That IS what happened, but it is not the name we will use because much more than just expansion happened at this point in the universe's timeline. But a good guess." Quote: Originally Posted by Princesspower Sarah listened with interest, and thanked the professor for bearing that in mind. She listened as the answers rolled off the tongues of those around her... what was the expansion called? Sarah actually did not know... although the name 'inflation' that the others were giving did seem to fit. She did not care about this part of science to much, it was going to be contested forever more. Instead she wanted to hear everyones opinions on it and as what people thought always interested her (unless they were about her... which did not faze her too much). She listened carefully, in case she needed the information later Miss Edwards received a nod and a faint smile from the astronomer. He was a bit concerned that her silence was in relation to the egg incident. Did this mean that the usually very talkative Gryffindor was giving him the silent treatment? He sort of wiggled his way past her and on to the next raised hand. Quote: Originally Posted by HazelStone101 Oooh. This man was PUNNY. Emma smirked, jotting down notes as the man continued discussing the Big Bang Theory and all the events that happened with it. One of them in particular they were now being asked to name. She of course had no idea what the name of this growth spurt THING was called, so she continued to lay low, scribbling down notes as the other students answered. Better to be silent than stupid. And he kept wiggling his way past the Ravenclaw as she took notes. Wiggle wiggle OUCH....oh, that had been a misstep. He stopped his wiggling and rubbed his back and walked like a normal person.... Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner Nigel was a sucker for puns. Ask Alice. So of course he appreciated the eggcellent pun that Alec said. Punny See Nigel was right. Never drop an egg on your suit unless you got to his magical muggle cleaners. Seems they were awesome at cleaning suits. Note to self, Find out name of cleaners sometime in future. Or before he graduates. So it was the Big Bang. Nigel did not actual know the answer to this one. So he start drawing surfboards in his parchment and heard the answer. Inflation. But doesn't that have to do the money and not astronomy? Interesting. ...right on past the Ravenclaw prefect. Pausing to see that the boy was not taking notes...but doodling surfboards? "Do tell me, Mr. Barrington, what surfboards have to do with the Big Bang," he asked, arms folded and eyebrow raised. Ah the benefits of having the classroom arranged in a semi circle. Quote: Originally Posted by Awarlesta Black Did he just call me Mr. Tempus...? Did she happen to look rather masculine today or something? Awar looked at him strangely, but continued to listen. So the Big Bang did not go splat exactly, got it. She contemplated the question for a moment, but when she couldn't come up with anything smart she went with, "Erm...The Great Expansion?" Good guess, right? OOC: we weren't it was in reference to an RP in the courtyard involving gravity. Literally looked towards her classmate <3 Airey nodded his head towards Miss Black at her response. "Not officially, but a good title to help you remember what did occur during the inflationary epoch." Quote: Originally Posted by UnicornDragonPatronus Tessa quickly scribbled down notes, pulling her robes a little tighter around her. She mentally thanked the Professor for the heaters, she didn't like the cold. She had been quiet so far in the class, mainly getting a feel for how the class was run. However at the next question, she tapped her cheek thoughtfully. "Would it be Inflation? Or the Great Development?" That was important sounding. She sat back in her chair, waiting to see what some of the other answers were and what the Professor would say. "Inflation, you got it," he said, giving the girl a thumbs up. Quote: Originally Posted by fanficfanatict So yeah. He knew the answer. Was he gonna answer? Pfft. Nope. Ascanius silence. Silence. Nothing out of the ordinary from this Slytherin. Airey simply walked right past him and on to the next student. Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy Lux was happy that she had managed to get the first question right, but that was about the end of what she knew; as the Professor started to explain things, her head began to hurt. Sighing inwardly, she started to jot down what was written on the blackboard as she tried to understand what was being taught to them. Not even having a guess as to what the answer to the next question was, she stayed quiet and let her classmates answer that one. And kept on walking past the next student, giving Miss Carrington a nod as he did. Quote: Originally Posted by HOPEendures She raised her hand. "Er...exponential expansion?" That could be a rather big and fast growth spurt right? It was the answer she was going to go with anyway and this time it wasn't too complicated to understand, yes? "You are on the right track," he nodded while giving her a thumbs up. "It WAS a period of exponential expansion, by a factor of at least 10 to the 26 power in linear dimensions to be precise." SPOILER!!: Miss Blue Lace hehe Quote: Originally Posted by Cedric With her peripheral vision, Schuyler could see Airey walking past her. Only then he stopped. And he was talking to her all quietly like he was sharing a secret. Oooh, secret. Schuyler wanted to know. Okay, no secret. He was telling her to take notes. She looked at him from behind long lashed eyelids. Notes? All that had happened was he dropped an egg and they established that it symbolized the Big Bang. But she smiled at him and gave a nod. "Of course, Professor." He didn't mind that she still doodled too though, yeah? Apparently not, because he was asking to keep said doodle. She nodded an affirmative answer, still a light smile on her lips. "Sure." It was as good as his. It wasn't any great work of art, though. Just mindless doodling. But he was lecturing again and Schuyler was listening and jotting some notes down. Did he see? Big Bang --> Expansion --> Inflation: young universe, speedy growth spurt And then she drew some weeds next to that last part. Growth spurt. Growing like a weed. Get it? Visual aid. Stellar. Airey was looking forward to seeing that masterpiece at the end of the lesson. Quote: Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl But the Big Bang thing wasn't actually a big bang? That was misleading. But he was still talking so she couldn't ask her question just yet, so she waited until he'd asked another question and stuff. It was one she couldn't remember the answer to, at least not until other people were already giving the answer, so this was definitely a good time to speak. She raised her hand. "Why is it called the Big Bang Theory if there wasn't actually a 'big bang'? Why not call it the Big Expansion Theory or something like that?" Seemed weird to her to call it something that it wasn't. Airey chucked and rocked back on his heels at Miss Greenwell's question. "That is something interesting to think about now, isn't it. That story actually begins with Sir Fred Hoyle who thought of the universe as bursting into existence similar to how you see the word POW and BANG and KABLAM written in vintage muggle comic books. He referred to this as 'cartoon physics' and the term Big Bang was meant to mock the theory...but it evidently stuck. However, Georges Lemaître called it the "hypothesis of the primeval atom" originally, but obviously that name never stuck." In fact, in an interview with Hoyle he said about Lemaître's theory jokingly, "that other theory, the one that made the Universe start with a Big Bang". Suppose the joke is on him now, isn't it?" Oooooooh wasn't astronomy a hoot? He certainly thought it was and the way he was laughing loudly, with the occasional snort here and there, illustrated as much. Quote: Originally Posted by lemon Why was Aireyhead giving out random points to other kids and none to her? Hmph. No professors showed proper favoritism these days. It was really sad. "Everyone else is right when they say inflation, but that's the name of the theory," Alice started, still rubbing her knee. The pain had subsided a bit, which meant she was less cranky now. And more willing to answer, so hand up. "The actual period was called the inflationary epoch, sir." Did SHE get points too? Ahem. Ahem ahem. Expectant looks here. Airey couldn't help himself and he did wink at Miss Fischer. "You are correct, Miss Fischer." And just as Miss Starr had mentioned earlier. "Very good." Two for you, Miss Star. And no for Alice Fischer. .... Just kidding. None for either of you. SPOILER!!: Alexa! dies Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo His bestfriend was a fish in a tank.... .... ........ Alexa took the Professor for many things, but lonely wasn't one of them. She would have imagined that a man like him must have had a couple hundred friends rolling off his shoulder at every turn or at the very least people who didn't have scales and wiggle their butts to get around. This was something new and would take some time to internalize. A side glance at Lottie had her left with puzzled looks. Had she said something wrong?....No...? Lex didn't know but there was no time to ask with the Professor going off about something or another. Not even bothering to tell her she was right just because she wanted to blow up what might have been a nice snack for the Giant Squid. She saw how it was. Suffice to say the Gryffindor knew nothing about the technical terms in Astronomy and would be sitting out this question. The answer sounded like it was being offered by everyone else anyway...... Good. Now that it seemed as though Miss Cambridge understood where he was coming from then that was settled. He was still going to keep an eye out for any fishy business regarding Tiberius as he peacefully swam around in his tank while he listened to the lecture. Quote: Originally Posted by Saraie And everyone had answered it right. While most, some wasn't so lucky. Or he didn't hear them either "Its called inflation as many have already said." Nod. Airey gave the Slytherin a nod in return. Yep. Spot on. Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin Mo grinned broadly at the professor's pleasure over his quote, and he immediately started wracking his brain for another one. Not that such a trick would work twice.... he probably ought to answer for real. Or not. Not when everyone else seemed to already know the answer. Mo jotted a few notes onto his parchment before pausing to massage the aching muscles in his leg again. "Sounds more like the universal equivalent to the Terrible Twos, Professor." Yes, thank you Mr. Branxton for reminding him why having children was terrifying. Anything that had the word terrible in it surely was not worth it, right? It didn't take a Ravenclaw to figure that much out. "Whatever helps you remember the process, Mr. Branxton," he nodded as he squirmed his way back to the center of the semi circle to continue the lecture. "Alright, in our timeline of the universe's formation we have reached a period of exponential expansion and as it is expanding it is also cooling. During this time, light chemical elements were created. These were created within the first three minutes of the universe's formation. Despite these elements being present, it was too hot for light to shine and it would take about 380,000 years before matter cooled enough for electrons to combine with nuclei to form neutral atoms. We are skipping over several stages of the universe's evolution here, but this phase of neutral atoms forming is called recombination and is a term I would like you to remember. As these electrons were absorbed, the universe to become transparent and light was finally unleashed. This light is still detectable today." Which was pretty neat, right? That even now we were still able to catch a glimpse of some of the first light in the universe. "However, after the era of recombination came something I like to call the Cosmic Dark Ages, which is said to have lasted between 150 million to 800 million years after the Big Bang." He paused for a moment and wished he had some water with him. Awful lot to talk about and his throat suffering. "You may use your textbooks for this next question if you wish, but who can tell me in your own words, what the HUDF.YD3 is and why is it significant? Try to keep your response as concise as possible. Stick to the big picture if you can." OOC: keep doing what you are doing guys because you all are awesome <3 Class will resume sometime my tomorrow. 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