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sweetpinkpixie · 05-19-2016, 03:48 AM

SPOILER!!: everything before Marion’s arrival

Moving on from Miss Moss, Airey was just about to call on the next raised hand in the semi circle when the man was stunned silent. Someone may as well have hit him with a Full Body-Binding Curse and Silenco’d him. Or maybe just Stupefy’d him. He could have done with being unconscious throughout the entirety of what came next.

OOC: I am sorry to everyone who came after Marion’s interruption as Airey is a bit beside himself and cannot offer up individual replies to you. Your posts HAVE been read AND are appreciated *snugs*

SPOILER!!: oooooooooh sweet solstice...Marion Burbage

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Originally Posted by Marion Burbage

"OH HO HO HO HO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Shrill and jovial laughter echoed throughout the Astronomy classroom before the one and only Marion Burbage made her boisterous appearance known by appearing through the chalkboard and gliding effortlessly towards Studmuffin Flamsteed.

"Oooooooooooooooh did someone say Sir Isaac Newton? Ooooooooooooh were I to have been alive in a different time he would have been a diviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine match. Ooooooooooooh goodness gracious HEAVENS ABOVE what a brilliant mind and ooooooooooooh quite the STUDMUFFIN himself! I do hope you brought a visual aid with you today, dear."

A comment that was directed towards the professor himself and of cooooooourse if Newton was to be discussed Marion would simply HAVE to make an appearance.

"Oh fret not Airey, dear," she cooed at the Astronomy professor with a giggly pat on the cheek. "You're still a studmuffin in my eye as well. OOOOOOOOOH especially with that delightful little decoration you've got there on your side now. Has he shown you darlings?" The ghost turned her attention towards the semi circle of occupied desks and gave a little jovial wiggle. "Has he? It's aaaaaaaaaaaall the way up his right side. OOOOOOOOOOH and the STORY behind it is siiiiiiiiiimply marvelous! Oh DO dell them Airey darling. DOOOOOOO tell."

Or she could. Marion was never fussed with spreading little nuggets of gossip such as this.

HO HO HO HOOOOOOOO!

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Originally Posted by Marion Burbage

MARION WAS AGHAST!

Actually...she was torn between aghast and flattered. This DARLING little Ravenclaw had just implied that she was NEW and therefore NOT OLD which was siiiiiiiiiiiiiimply divine.

"Oh gooooooodness gracious HEAVENS ABOVE," she clucked at the girl. "I have been at Hogwarts in this form for several years now my dear. I died just out there in that very Tower Patch. Horribly plant just swallowed me whole! Buuuuuuuuut all water under the bridge now, darling. Although I doooooooooo suggest you brush up a bit more on your Hogwarts, A History."

"YEEEEEEEEES, my dear. Oh it is quite exquisite really."

Was the professor turning a bit pink in the face? Oh pish posh the man needed to lighten up a bit if he was.

Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaturally before allowing the man himself to answer, Marion took it upon herself to enlighten the room.

"He does INDEED, my dear," the ghost hooted. "Oh but no dragon. No no no. It is....oh doooooooooo let me tell the story, son." She wiggled herself in front of the Astronomy professor. Although he could still be seen through her semi transparent form. "It is quite the intricate design drawn by your professor himself! Oooooooooooooh it is so divine AND animated! The celestial movements of the solar system on the day his little bundle of joy was born! Or dear, Airey. I siiiiiiiiiiiiiiimply do not understand why you insist on keeping all this so private. Look? Your darling little students are oh so curious."

Marion gave another excited little wiggle.

"Oh my darlings. Do you know who else of your professors has tattoos? Oooooooh he looks a bit more scrumptious with them than your dear pasty white Astronomy professor...NOT that there is anything wrong with that, dear," she said with a chipper glance over her shoulder towards Airey. "Your complexion is smashing as it is. Oh but my darlings, your dear STUDMUFFIN of a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor does as well. OH HO HO HOOOOOO!"

But Marion was not beginning to see how of course she had just taken the lesson - oh dear DO forgive her darling Airey - so she would do her best not to steer it back.

"You know who did NOT have any tattoos? Sir Isaac Newton. Who I dooooooooo believe is whom your professor would like to talk about next, hmmmm? Two of you little darlings did bring his name up, mmhmmm." Which had been Marion's calling card. Ooooooh how she FANCIED that man. OOOOH HO HO! "As Head Girl Wright pointed out, well done darling, the story goes that Sir Isaac Newton was sitting and perhaps napping under an apple tree one day and OOPSIE DAISY! An apple fell and knocked him right on the head THUS prompting an AHA moment...'why did the apple fall down to the ground, and not up, or sideways? WEEEEEEEEEEELL my darlings, he recognized that a special kind of force was acting on the apple. NOT just the apple...but all the objects on earth. WEEEEEEEEEEEE now know this force to be called gravity!"

OH OH OH what a clever little studmuffin he was. Good looks, good hair, and outstaaaaaaaaanding intellect!

"Which I doooooooooo believe was the point your dear professor was wishing to make with the universal truths regarding your apples AND connect them to the eternally charming Sir Isaac Newton," she nodded. Airey could correct her if she was incorrect. Once that kneazle released his tongue since the man had fallen silent. Tsk tsk. "Now my darlings, could you each please summarize gravity in your own words? You may elect to write your words on parchment rather than share aloud if you wish."

ICly OOC note: Do not fret my dears! Your Astronomy professor is still preset and will react to everything soon and I certainly have noted each of your responses. Please DO answer my question, however. Class shall resume once the poor man regains his wits.

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The astronomer quite literally heard NOTHING of what had been said after Marion had made her boisterous and completely unnecessary entrance. Airey admired the woman and had attended several of her lectures and even worked closely with her on occasion while she had been alive….and he may have forgotten her adoration of gossip...not to mention her fondness for Sir Isaac Newton. And he did not even want to dwell on how she knew about his body art.

Somewhere around Mr. Jones’ quill demonstration the Astronomy professor came back to reality and stopped staring blanking ahead - which probably meant he had been staring at a student for an uncomfortably long time with his jaw hanging open. Quite unfortunately so for the next thing the man heard was Miss Wright’s personal question. Eleven years now and he had managed to keep his personal affairs just that. Personal. Sweet solstice whhhhhhhhhy?

Clearing his throat, and pointedly ignoring the inquiry, Airey began piecing together just how far Marion had commandeered his lesson and was ready to take back the reigns - because regaining control of his classroom would help with the bright red hue of his ears - when none other than Mr. Zeke SHOUTED that out.

“qaQaHQo'!” the man barked. Although not an accurate turn of Klingon phrase given the actual translation of that was ‘I refuse to help you’....but it would work. The man was DISTRAUGHT! So...the refusal of helping was...was...WAS TO ENCOURAGE THESE YOUNG MINDS TO THINK ABOUT HIM WITHOUT A SHIRT ON. YES. THAT WAS IT. YES.

Why DID students seem to want to see him without a shirt on? Marion...did actually have a point. He was rather pasty.

“And cease your consumption of that apple at once, Mr. Zeke.”

And then there was Mr. Woods arriving late. Were the man in better spirits - as in the VEIN not present and currently bulging from his forehead - he may have reacted differently. But, as it were, the young man was LATE. Late...and FORGOT. “10 points from Hufflepuff for your tardiness, Mr. Woods,” Airey festered while counting down from 10 in his head in Klingon. Although the numbers were practically being SHOUTED in his cranium at this point. It took a moment or two, but he did eventually come down from his little toddler-like temper tantrum and while still with the vein...moderately less so. SO...tiny bit of slack coming your way young man. Just a tiny bit. “But accurate portrayal of gravity...so you may have 3 points back for that. And would someone kindly help escort Mr. Woods to his seat? You may need to remind him where it is at since he may have forgotten.”

Rubbing his temples, hard enough to create little rosy circles where his fingers pressed, the professor closed his eyes and...counted again. From five this time because he needed to somehow regain control of the classroom. No offense, Marion. Upmost respect for you.

“YES, ACTUALLY,” he suddenly erupted, finger pointing dramatically towards Mr. Song. Oh sweet solstice thank you for giving him the in he needed, young man. “You all will be learning and practicing that spell in just a moment and use it in a bit of a blood pumping activity afterwards.”

AGGRESSIVELY CHOOSING TO IGNORE CERTAIN INQUIRIES - LOOKING AT YOU MISS SLYTHERIN PREFECT - Airey loosened his tie a little and looked down at Pebbles in his hand to ground himself a bit.

“Marion, thank you for stopping by...but I’ve got things from here,” he said to the ghost with forced pleasantries. He would be having a bit of a discussion with her later about proper etiquette should she wish to do this again.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAS….I believe we were discussing...GRAVITY. As I..er...believe many of you have already stated…” The man was distracted, alright? “...gravity is what pulling everything toward the ground. It is a force and the natural pull of objects toward each other. In fact, without gravity there would be no life on earth as everything, even air itself, would fly off into space. You can think of gravity as the invisible super glue, for those familiar with the muggle product, or the Permanent Sticking Charm that holds our world together. Not just our world, but other worlds as well. You can’t physically see it but it’s always there. Thanks to the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, we now all know that what comes up…” And it was at this precise moment that the astronomy professor took a step...a step that just so happened to be right on the apple kicked away by Mr. Prince.
*THUD*

“.............................must come down,” the astronomer wheezed, wind almost entirely knocked out of him. The man took a few moments, wheezing all the while, and somehow managed to blurt the next question out. “We say gravity pulls down…*WHEEZE* but does it really pull down? *WHEEZE* Under this terminology...why don’t...penguins *WHEEZE* in Antarctica *WHEEZE* get pulled down off our round earth?”

OOC: this will be the last question before we dive into the activity section of this lesson. Apologies again if you did not receive an individual reply this time, I PROMISE it is nothing personal <3 I believe Marion will be back to respond to things as well, so no one lament if certain questions of theirs were not answered.

My hope is this lesson will continue before I turn in for the night (in approximately 10 ish hours) but it may be longer than that.

Thank you all for your participation and patience

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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	open claim for someone in purple astronomizzle ♧ gryffinDORK \| & the rest is drag ♣ #badluckDerf SPOILER!!: everything before Marion’s arrival Unlike in the past, the professor made no effort to charm the chalk to keep track of student responses. There really was only one incredibly abstract answer he was looking for and, given how he had worded things, he would be surprised if he actually got it. What happened when one went off the script in his head. Oops? SPOILER!!: Isabella! Quote: Originally Posted by Waddles Astronomy not Astrology. Got it. Isabella looked at her apple, then at the apples of her desk neighbors. What was the same about them? Well, not the color, for sure. Nor size, since hers was smaller. And not even all apples had apple smell. Bad apples, for example, smelled bad, not apple-y. Surely she could think of something, though. Isabella raised her hand. "Apples always grow on trees," she said. There used to be apple trees in her mother's garden. Her mother let her eat the apples. Isabella wiggled her toes in her shoes, trying not to visibly show how impatient she was about eating the apple. “THAT they certainly do,” the astronomer grinned, patting his nose knowingly with his index finger. SPOILER!!: Azura! Quote: Originally Posted by MunchyBubbles Azura blinked a little as she watched Professor Flamsteed toss his Apple into the air and catch it perfectly. Ahh, what coordination, what Azura wouldn't give to have that. She looked at her apple and then at the apples of the people to the left and right of her.. What were some universal truths about their apples? Her hand went into the air as she spoke, "Apples are a fruit. " They also tasted delicious, but that was just a truth to her. “Indeed,” he nodded. SPOILER!!: Kaycee! Quote: Originally Posted by LilFox06 Kaycee tilted her head to the side. Um. Creeeeepy smile was creepy. She shot a look at Dante to make sure he was saying the same thing. Kaycee gave her apple a quick poke. Normal apple. Okay. A universal truth? She could do that too. "It would probably hurt if you tossed this at someone." she offered with a grin and a half raised hand. That was what he was looking for, right? It was better than saying something about how all apples were related. This was not herbology. Oblivious to an concern regarding his grin, Airey raised a brow at the prefect. “A theory I would rather you test at another time,” he said upon clearing his throat. SPOILER!!: Dot! Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin Dear Merlin, he was dimming the lights. Was it supposed to be mood lighting? Was he putting them in the mood to learn? There was open scoffing at the very idea. Dot briefly checked for a dragon in the room (just in case), before her eyes dropped to the apple on her desk. Safe? Nope. Not sold. "They're all fruit, professor, which is to say they're the reproductive body of a seed plant." Maybe obvious, but it was important to get basic definitions out of the way. “True,” Airey nodded, suddenly reminded why he had always been cautioned for being too immature in Herbology while a student. SPOILER!!: Mel! Quote: Originally Posted by Optimist Melbourne looked down at her sweater and then up at Professor Flamsteed. “Thank you Professor, I will try that…um…in a bit maybe?” She was about to say hello to more people when she heard the Professor asked questions about Apples. There were probably many universal truths about apples and the second year wanted to hear all of them…well not all that would probably take FOREVER. She did take out her quill and parchment. The scratching sound was probably not what others would have expected someone to do…take notes on things that are true about ALL apple forms? She chewed her lip a bit before setting down her quill and raising her hand. “Apples are fat, sodium, and cholesterol free” Melbourne’s voice was almost quiet as she spoke. She didn’t after all want to sound either too much like the bookworm she truly was, or like a brash rough-and-tumble Gryffindor…which, lets be real she was both. “As long as it does not detract from your work,” he cautioned the Gryffindor. And if it did, once they got going on spellwork she could take a moment or two to try and fix her sweater. As for her answer, he simply nodded his head. SPOILER!!: Olly! Quote: Originally Posted by littledhampir Olly's feelings were hurt. He had been perfectly nice and greeted Professor Flamsteed with the customary 'live long and prosper' but had gotten nothing in return. A salute, sure. But no verbal greeting like almost everyone else had gotten. Why? Had he done something wrong? He turned his head and just stared at Flamsteed for a moment, unsure if there was something he was supposed to do. He had used the lint roller and everything. He couldn't possible have done that wrong, could he? Olly scrunched his eyebrows together, trying to think of a reason Flamsteed might not have said hello to him but he was coming up blank. Alright then. Fine. The lesson was starting now but Olly was still puzzling through what he had done differently. He missed the first part of what Flamsteed was saying but did catch the part where he said they could eat them after the lesson if they survived. If. What was that supposed to mean? He heard the question too, and glanced around him at his apples and at the apples of others. Universal truth? They were apples, did that count? Somehow he didn't think it did. "Mine's red," he offered, giving said apple a little poke. “It is indeed,” he replied to the Slytherin, brow raised. Red was not exactly a universal truth...but color wasn’t really the answer he was looking for to begin with so the professor moved on to the next raised hand. SPOILER!!: Jaemin! Quote: Originally Posted by Ameh Well. The small Slytherin was going to do his best to make sure his apple survived the class then. Because if it didn't, he was going to have to stop in the kitchens and look for one to eat before falling asleep. Jaemin returned the professor's grin with one of his own, because he was clearly not worried about anything this professor would do. He'd taught him spells and stuff. They obviously understood each other and stuff. Plus, Jaemin had already been shrunk this term, which meant Airey wasn't going to do that. Lightning never struck twice, and all that. The small boy picked up the apple on his desk just then, giving it a gentle squeeze to check how hard or soft it was. It felt good. A good apple. He held it up to his nose and sniffed it. Definitely apple-scented. "They come in a whole ton of different colours and flavours, cause they're from different kinds of apple trees... they have flowers, too," he murmured, idly playing with the stem on his granny smith. "The green ones are more tangy." Which made them better. The best. The other ones were too sweet. Jaemin looked at the other students along the horseshoe, squinting a little at their different apples. He didn't much care for the red or yellow ones at all, really. They just didn't taste as nice to him. Whenever his mom bought those ones, he didn't eat them, even if she pestered him to do so. "Isn't there an old saying, too... about apples keeping doctors away?" Something something ~~dark side~~ healthy something. Airey was unable to hear the mumbled words of the Slytherin, but did hear the finally portion in the form of a question. “Yes, yes there is. Or healer away as the magical world adapted it to.” SPOILER!!: Blaise Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Patience? Oh yeah, he completely had that. In fact, watch him move his apple to the top corner of his desk in a vein attempt to remove it from his immediate attention. Vain because the discussion so far WAS on apples and it kept drawing his eyes back to the one he had. The thing was, the longer he sat there....was the more he got the feeling he was walking into a trap. Whenever Professors fed them outside of meals, more often than not things happened that he didn't approve. So maybe it was good the apple was on that side of the desk afterall. This would not happen again. He would not grow, shrink, split, turn inside out or upside down. The knowledge they could take them with them after the lesson if they survived only served to further confuse him until the disclaimer was given. Safe apples?.....Was he SURE?? Professor Myers had withheld information. Airey wasn't just....outright LYING because that original method is no longer valid with skeptical children, was he? Something to think about later. For now, what he noticed. "They're all equally edible despite the fact they're different kinds. So it doesn't matter which you'd have put on my desk, it's still an apple and I'd have still wanted to eat it." Airey was tempted to just repeat his earlier words to Mr. Blaise, but there were not exactly accurate this go around. So instead the astronomer merely chuckled and nodded his head as he moved on to the next raised hand. SPOILER!!: Juno! Quote: Originally Posted by Suziella Juno thought about apples for a moment. They were all beautiful and unique...and of course delicious. She raised her hand, and when she was called on replied, "Well, apples are completely unique and individual. Meaning, no two are alike. Kind of like snow flakes. They all have different coloring, tastes, spots, etc. Apples are unique." She blushed a little as she finished her comments. Was that too deep? ………………...uh……...huh? Little philosopher in the making over here...so Airey was just going to smile and nod and...yes...moving along now...yes... SPOILER!!: Clara! Quote: Originally Posted by marshmallowXpie Apples. Not what most people, including Clara, thought of when thinking about Astronomy. Nevertheless, Clara dug her eyes into the red object, staring at it to glean any hidden meaning from it. The professor had asked about the apples, inquiring some truths about apples. Clara paused for a moment, seeing about a dozen other raised hands in the air. A few other students had already chimed in, so she politely stuck her hand up in the air and waited for her turn. When the focus was finally on her, Clara sunk a little lower in her seat as all eyes went straight to her face. This was not the kind of attention she really enjoyed. Nevertheless, she tried to not speak shakily as she replied, "Apples are a fruit. People eat this fruit. There are many kinds of apples. This one is red, but not all of them are. Apples look different and they taste different and sometimes they even feel different. Some are easy to find, ubiquitous to say the least. Some are more difficult to find, and are only known to reside in certain regions. But at the core, they are all apples. And they serve a purpose in this world." That...was not really what she was expecting to say, but it's not like she had weeks to plan a speech or anything. At least this one was less philosophical….well...mostly. The purpose of the world bit was getting a little deep for the man. But before that there had been a PUN. Was the young lady eve aware she had done it? It was so incredibly effortless. “Yes. Thank you for that.” Pause. “A point for the core pun, by the way.” NOW moving on. SPOILER!!: Penelope! Quote: Originally Posted by griffin So far she had managed not to die in Professor Flamsteed's class. There had been a few times where she came close to death, or so she had thought, but nothing too serious had happened. Now she was a seventh year and the Head Girl, and chances were that nothing would happen to her in an astronomy lesson. What one really had to watch out for was angry acromantulas trying to take over Hogwarts. Acromantulas could actually eat a person, and it had happened just a few years ago. Apples? Were they going to be talking about a certain physicist who had allegedly discovered gravity when an apple fell on his head? Of course that story was probably not fully true, but it would explain the apples. "Apples are made of matter and have mass. Most of these apples are of a somewhat spherical shape. It is said that Sir Issac Newton's law of universal gravitation is based off of his observations of an apple falling from a tree. Newton discovered that gravity is universal, affecting everything in the universe including planets. Theoretical astrophysics would not be possible without Newton's law of universal gravitation." Was she talking too much? Penelope had been studying physics from a muggle textbook during the summer and in her free time. There was more to be said about Newton's law of universal gravitation, but she didn't want to say too much if Professor Flamsteed was planning on talking about it. Newton's law of universal gravitation was important to astrophysics and predicting the movement of planets. Leave it to Miss Wright. The professor chuckled and rubbed the back of his head as he passed by her desk, rapping his knuckles on them thrice when she had finally finished. “That you, Miss Wright. More on all that in just a moment.” SPOILER!!: Tenacius! Quote: Originally Posted by Steelsheen His HoH was smiling. That was always a good thing when one named Tenacius is involved innit? So right, APPLES. He hastily returned the fruits to the their proper desks as discussions have started and juggling was over. What was their universal truth all these? Tenacius’ blue-green eyes skipped from desk to desk. They're not all red-- his favorite the Granny Smiths are perennially green. They are also of varying sizes too. Uhmm… "They are all a good source of vitamin C? At least thats what everybody tells me when they tell me to go eat my fruits and veggies." “*You should* eat your fruits and veggies,” he concurred. Delicious and nutritious. SPOILER!!*: Jace!* Quote: Originally Posted by Stefan Jace watched the apple get thrown upwards, and land safely back in Flamsteed's hand. Gravity. Apple. Newton. Universal truth. His initial guess the moment he stepped inside the classroom was almost validated when the professor made a very subtle example of what gravity can do. Words started to form in his head, but the Head Girl had beat him to it. Not wincing at her words, Jace took the apple from his desk and smelled it. Well, it did smell nice as all apples do...but, most probably that isn't the answer the professor wanted from him. His initial answer was given out already by the Head Girl, so he's just going to go for the more obvious answer. Raising his hand with his apple, he waited for the professor to call him out. "Most apples are dense. It isn't as watery as watermelons." And as he brought his hand back down, Jace winced at his answer. That was too shallow and obvious, wasn't it? He is so not impressed with himself tonight. Unaware, thankfully, of any Ravenclaw angst for the time being, Airey nodded his head at the young man and his response. “Yes. Good. Thank you.” SPOILER!!: Esme! Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy Well, this was... interesting. Confused as to what apples had to do with space, Esme studied hers. Could she take just one bite? She would promise not to eat any more of it until the lesson was over. Somehow she knew that Professor Flamsteed would refuse and that was why she wasn't going to ask. Instead, she raised her hand to answer the question. "Apples are round and come in all different colours and sizes. They are fruits and a lot of people like them and find them delicious." That was true, but she knew better than to state it as a fact because some people didn't like apples. "I think an apple helped Sir Issac Newton developed the law of gravity... So you can thank them for that!" Apples were wonderful. “Indeed,” the astronomer grinned, clinging especially to that last bit there for obvious reasons. The Hufflepuff earned herself a wink, however, before the man moved along to the next raised hand in the semi circle. SPOILER!!: Janelle! Quote: Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 Annnnd class was in session. Professor Flamsteed got straight to the point. What about apples? Well, it was good to know that they hadn't been poisoned, charmed or otherwise tampered with.......if you could take the proffesor's word for it. Janelle's stomach rumbled and she was already thinking about devouring the apple after class. Hopefully she wouldn't be shrinking to miniature size or anything crazy, if she took a bite. For now though, it was time to answer the question at hand. Janelle raised her hand to get into the discussion. "All apples have cores.". At least she assumed they did, that is unless they had developed some kind of mutant coreless apple. “They do,” he nodded. “As do all planets.” Oooooooooooooh! Parallels. SPOILER!!: Zeke! Quote: Originally Posted by Hera While it was true that he wasn't taking Astronomy anymore... cause like, lulz, he didn't need it and he'd failed it badly - he was still present in the classroom. He'd managed to sneak in with the general group and casually seated himself at one of the desks in the semi circle. Considering nobody seemed to be without, he was comfortable with staying here. Unlike his peers, he really had no interest in learning anything, rather, he was here to kill time and apparently to eat. The board instructions didn't apply to him, he wasn't technically a student right now, he was just loitering... and eating. Apples were grand things, and he rather liked whatever type it was he had right now. Biting into the shiny red, Zeke did spare a sideways glance both ways to see what type of apples were near him. His response - if he were to give one - would be that they were ROUND and that there was the GRAVITY thing. Cause that's what this was about right? The dude that got hit on the head with an apple and HUZZAH, gravity became a thing that was known. ……………………….. “Mr. Zeke,” Airey said upon clearing his throat. “Should I perhaps write you a note excusing you to go see the healer to have your eyes examined?” There was some very firm pointing going on at the apple being consumed by the young man. “3 points from Gryffidnor for failure to read instructions.” So..apple...down...that was an educational tool! AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL! SPOILER!!: Carl! Quote: Originally Posted by Jean Granger Carl had been sitting silently, staring at his apple, when the lesson started. He grinned - he had indeed been wondering why there were apples here and why they could not eat them. As instructed, he looked carefully at the apple in front of him, then at the ones to his right and to his left. What was true about them? The Hufflepuff raised his hand. "Apples have been around for thousands of years." He said. It was not related to Astronomy, but it was the only fact he could think of that was not already mentioned. The professor nodded. “Yes, and believed to be the earliest tree to be cultivated.” Which tied in nicely with something he hoped to bring up later once he moved on to the real meat of the lesson. SPOILER!!: Hady! Quote: Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy She had shown up. A nod might have been her only greeting but it was a polite one and she hadn't ignored the man. Sure it wasn't like her to be silent...this silent but people were entitled to off days. This just happened to be hers. Hady was trying though and apparently had made some progress with things for she managed to get to the class as opposed to not showing up which she had considered. When Professor Airey did begin the lesson her hazel eyes opened and she focused them on the man to the best of her ability. See Sir, she wasn't being rude. She listened silently to what was being said and slowly lifted a hand into the air, "They taste good and most creatures like them just as much as we do." A very simple answer really but hey, she did give one so it counted, yes? Her eyes sifted around the room without much thought as it was a normal habit of hers to know who was around her. Landing on Zeke she gave him a tiny almost unnoticeable smile in greeting. Why he was here she didn't know cause from what she could remember he had dropped the class but right now she was grateful to be seeing him and not a certain blonde. “True,” he nodded towards the Slytherin who was oozing teenage angst right now. May just...be keeping a ten foot pole between himself and that one, yes. SPOILER!!: Katherine! Quote: Originally Posted by StarShine Of course Katherine had used the lint roller and was sitting at the front row as usual. She had noted the apples too, but she had no desire to eat them. And as usual, because she liked to give a different answer than her friends, she listened to everyone first before raising her hand. "Apples were first found in eastern Turkey," she said, "and Alexander the Great found dwarf apples in Kazakhstan. He then brought them to Macedonia and apples have been a great food source in Asia and Europe since." Except, what did it have to do with astronomy? Truth be told, Airey had not known any of the history of apples prior to his preparation of this lesson so the man was quite impressed with her historical knowledge. “Thank you, Miss Moss,” he nodded at the second year. Moving on from Miss Moss, Airey was just about to call on the next raised hand in the semi circle when the man was stunned silent. Someone may as well have hit him with a Full Body-Binding Curse and Silenco’d him. Or maybe just Stupefy’d him. He could have done with being unconscious throughout the entirety of what came next. OOC: I am sorry to everyone who came after Marion’s interruption as Airey is a bit beside himself and cannot offer up individual replies to you. Your posts HAVE been read AND are appreciated snugs SPOILER!!: oooooooooh sweet solstice...Marion Burbage Quote: Originally Posted by Marion Burbage "OH HO HO HO HO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Shrill and jovial laughter echoed throughout the Astronomy classroom before the one and only Marion Burbage made her boisterous appearance known by appearing through the chalkboard and gliding effortlessly towards Studmuffin Flamsteed. "Oooooooooooooooh did someone say Sir Isaac Newton? Ooooooooooooh were I to have been alive in a different time he would have been a diviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine match. Ooooooooooooh goodness gracious HEAVENS ABOVE what a brilliant mind and ooooooooooooh quite the STUDMUFFIN himself! I do hope you brought a visual aid with you today, dear." A comment that was directed towards the professor himself and of cooooooourse if Newton was to be discussed Marion would simply HAVE to make an appearance. "Oh fret not Airey, dear," she cooed at the Astronomy professor with a giggly pat on the cheek. "*You're still a studmuffin in my eye as well. OOOOOOOOOH especially with that delightful* little decoration you've got there on your side now. Has he shown you darlings?" The ghost turned her attention towards the semi circle of occupied desks and gave a little jovial wiggle. "Has he? It's aaaaaaaaaaaall the way up his right side. OOOOOOOOOOH and the STORY behind it is siiiiiiiiiimply marvelous! Oh DO dell them Airey darling. DOOOOOOO tell." Or she could. Marion was never fussed with spreading little nuggets of gossip such as this. HO HO HO HOOOOOOOO! Quote: Originally Posted by Marion Burbage** MARION WAS AGHAST! Actually...she was torn between aghast and flattered. This DARLING little Ravenclaw had just implied that she was NEW and therefore NOT OLD which was siiiiiiiiiiiiiimply divine. "Oh gooooooodness gracious HEAVENS ABOVE," she clucked at the girl. "I have been at Hogwarts in this form for several years now my dear. I died just out there in that very Tower Patch. Horribly plant just swallowed me whole! Buuuuuuuuut all water under the bridge now, darling. Although I doooooooooo suggest you brush up a bit more on your Hogwarts, A History." "YEEEEEEEEES, my dear. Oh it is quite exquisite really." Was the professor turning a bit pink in the face? Oh pish posh the man needed to lighten up a bit if he was. Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaturally before allowing the man himself to answer, Marion took it upon herself to enlighten the room. "*He does INDEED, my dear," the ghost hooted. "Oh but no dragon. No no no. It is....oh doooooooooo let me tell the story, son." She wiggled herself in front of the Astronomy professor. Although he could still be seen through her semi transparent form. "It is quite the intricate design drawn by your professor himself! Oooooooooooooh it is so divine AND animated! The celestial movements of the solar system on the day his little bundle of joy was born! Or dear, Airey. I siiiiiiiiiiiiiiimply do not understand why you insist on keeping all this so private. Look? Your darling little students are oh so curious." Marion gave another excited little wiggle. "Oh my darlings. Do you know who else of your professors has tattoos? Oooooooh he looks a bit more scrumptious with them than your dear pasty white Astronomy professor...NOT that there is anything wrong with that, dear," she said with a chipper glance over her shoulder towards Airey. "Your complexion is smashing as it is. Oh but my darlings, your dear STUDMUFFIN of a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor does as well. OH HO HO HOOOOOO!" But Marion was not beginning to see how of course she had just taken the lesson - oh dear DO forgive her darling Airey - so she would do her best not to steer it back. "You know who did NOT have any tattoos? Sir Isaac Newton. Who I dooooooooo believe is whom your professor would like to talk about next, hmmmm? Two of you little darlings did bring his name up, mmhmmm." Which had been Marion's calling card. Ooooooh how she FANCIED that man. OOOOH HO HO! "As Head Girl Wright pointed out, well done darling, the story goes that Sir Isaac Newton was sitting and perhaps napping under an apple tree one day and OOPSIE DAISY! An apple fell and knocked him right on the head THUS prompting an AHA moment...'why did the apple fall down to the ground, and not up, or sideways? WEEEEEEEEEEELL my darlings, he recognized that a special kind of force was acting on the apple. NOT just the apple...but all the objects on earth. WEEEEEEEEEEEE now know this force to be called gravity!" OH OH OH what a clever little studmuffin he was. Good looks, good hair, and outstaaaaaaaaanding intellect! "Which I doooooooooo believe was the point your dear professor was wishing to make with the universal truths regarding your apples AND connect them to the eternally charming Sir Isaac Newton," she nodded. Airey could correct her if she was incorrect. Once that kneazle released his tongue since the man had fallen silent. Tsk tsk. "Now my darlings, could you each please summarize gravity in your own words? You may elect to write your words on parchment rather than share aloud if you wish." ICly OOC note: Do not fret my dears! Your Astronomy professor is still preset and will react to everything soon and I certainly have noted each of your responses. Please DO answer my question, however. Class shall resume once the poor man regains his wits. .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... The astronomer quite literally heard NOTHING of what had been said after Marion had made her boisterous and completely unnecessary entrance. Airey admired the woman and had attended several of her lectures and even worked closely with her on occasion while she had been alive….and he may have forgotten her adoration of gossip...not to mention her fondness for Sir Isaac Newton. And he did not even want to dwell on how she knew about his body art. Somewhere around Mr. Jones’ quill demonstration the Astronomy professor came back to reality and stopped staring blanking ahead - which probably meant he had been staring at a student for an uncomfortably long time with his jaw hanging open. Quite unfortunately so for the next thing the man heard was Miss Wright’s personal question. Eleven years now and he had managed to keep his personal affairs just that. Personal. Sweet solstice whhhhhhhhhy? Clearing his throat, and pointedly ignoring the inquiry, Airey began piecing together just how far Marion had commandeered his lesson and was ready to take back the reigns - because regaining control of his classroom would help with the bright red hue of his ears - when none other than Mr. Zeke* SHOUTED that out. “qaQaHQo'!” the man barked. Although not an accurate turn of Klingon phrase given the actual translation of that was ‘I refuse to help you’....but it would work. The man was DISTRAUGHT! So...the refusal of helping was...was...WAS TO ENCOURAGE THESE YOUNG MINDS TO THINK ABOUT HIM WITHOUT A SHIRT ON. YES. THAT WAS IT. YES. Why DID students seem to want to see him without a shirt on? Marion...did actually have a point. He was rather pasty. “And cease your consumption of that apple at once, Mr. Zeke.” And then there was Mr. Woods arriving late. Were the man in better spirits - as in the VEIN not present and currently bulging from his forehead - he may have reacted differently. But, as it were, the young man was LATE. Late...and FORGOT. “10 points from Hufflepuff for your tardiness, Mr. Woods,” Airey festered while counting down from 10 in his head in Klingon. Although the numbers were practically being SHOUTED in his cranium at this point. It took a moment or two, but he did eventually come down from his little toddler-like temper tantrum and while still with the vein...moderately less so. SO...tiny bit of slack coming your way young man. Just a tiny bit. “But accurate portrayal of gravity...so you may have 3 points back for that. And would someone kindly help escort Mr. Woods to his seat? You may need to remind him where it is at since he may have forgotten.” Rubbing his temples, hard enough to create little rosy circles where his fingers pressed, the professor closed his eyes and...counted again. From five this time because he needed to somehow regain control of the classroom. No offense, Marion. Upmost respect for you. “YES, ACTUALLY,” he suddenly erupted, finger pointing dramatically towards Mr. Song. Oh sweet solstice thank you for giving him the in he needed, young man. “You all will be learning and practicing that spell in just a moment and use it in a bit of a blood pumping activity afterwards.” AGGRESSIVELY CHOOSING TO IGNORE CERTAIN INQUIRIES - LOOKING AT YOU MISS SLYTHERIN PREFECT - Airey loosened his tie a little and looked down at Pebbles in his hand to ground himself a bit. “Marion, thank you for stopping by...but I’ve got things from here,” he said to the ghost with forced pleasantries. He would be having a bit of a discussion with her later about proper etiquette should she wish to do this again. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAS….I believe we were discussing...GRAVITY. As I..er...believe many of you have already stated…” The man was distracted, alright? “...gravity is what pulling everything toward the ground. It is a force and the natural pull of objects toward each other. In fact, without gravity there would be no life on earth as everything, even air itself, would fly off into space. You can think of gravity as the invisible super glue, for those familiar with the muggle product, or the Permanent Sticking Charm that holds our world together. Not just our world, but other worlds as well. You can’t physically see it but it’s always there. Thanks to the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, we now all know that what comes up…” And it was at this precise moment that the astronomy professor took a step...a step that just so happened to be right on the apple kicked away by Mr. Prince. THUD “.............................must come down,” the astronomer wheezed, wind almost entirely knocked out of him. The man took a few moments, wheezing all the while, and somehow managed to blurt the next question out. “*We say gravity pulls down…WHEEZE* but does it really pull down? WHEEZE Under this terminology...why don’t...penguins WHEEZE in Antarctica WHEEZE get pulled down off our round earth?” OOC:** this will be the last question before we dive into the activity section of this lesson. Apologies again if you did not receive an individual reply this time, I PROMISE it is nothing personal <3 I believe Marion will be back to respond to things as well, so no one lament if certain questions of theirs were not answered. My hope is this lesson will continue before I turn in for the night (in approximately 10 ish hours) but it may be longer than that. Thank you all for your participation and patience __________________ 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 Last edited by sweetpinkpixie; 05-19-2016 at 03:53 AM.