Mooncalf
Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Camp Half-Blood
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Violeta X. Escalante Gryffindor Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Yulietta Escalante Slytherin Second Year x8
| That's Rough Buddy | Be the Flower | Moon & Stars Text Cut: ...before class. Tegz. Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegz "A sticky roller.... thing...." West turned and looked at Mo immediately. Soooo it was that thing? That thing he'd had in his hair? Now here was a dilemma. Did he rat his friend out?
He looked at that Peyton girl and frowned slightly, ignoring her question. "Why not just use charms? There's no lint on me on account of charms." Not charms HE had spelled there but ones that were put on his clothes as a matter of course.
He smiled. "Thanks for telling me what it is though." But it didn't explain why that was in the rules?
He stuck his hand up, "Hey professor? How come a lint thing is in the rules? Lint roller thing." His eyes flickered to Mo again but again he stayed silent. It wasn't like it wouldnt' be noticed but he wouldn't be the one to draw attention to the fact that his friend, Mo Branxton, had STOLEN the professor's lint roller.
Peyton looked over at the Ravenclaw boy the same time the West kid did. Did HE know where the roller went? 'Cause she needed it, though her uniform was spotless. She turned to West again.
Why was he asking her?
It was the funny professor's idea. " I dunno," she shrugged. "Maybe he's like this clean freak, muggle enthusiast?" Could be. Her dad was except for the clean freak part. He was too cool for that, her dad was. "You're welcome," she grinned, just as the professor walked in. Peyton was SO ready to point her finger at West when... Text Cut: Professor Airey. :3 Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie
Airey turned around from the entrance of the planetarium when he heard all sorts of ruckus going on and let out another manly squeak with what he saw.
HOW IN ORION'S NAME HAD THAT BOY MANAGED TO GET A LINT ROLLER STUCK IN HIS HAIR!? "MY LINT ROLLER!"
Ravenclaws...they were going to be the death of him. He could feel it.
Marching right back into the planetarium and towards the foolish boy with his lint roller stuck in his greasy dirty hair, he snapped his head to the young Gryffindor girl who had saved it. "Thank you for saving my lint roller," Airey said with a slight grumble to his tone. "5 points to Gryffindor." Because his lint roller was safe and out of Ravenclaw hair. "If I could please have that back. It it not fit for use as is." All dirty and stuff.
"As for you," he said, turning to the Ravenclaw boy who apparently thought that lint rollers made for nice hair decorations. "See me after class...in my office. And minus 5 points for improper use of a lint roller!" Not a request, mind you. And he was lucky Airey didn't take away a billion points for improper use of a lint roller!
He was just about to return to his position in the front of the class and get things started when he overheard the conversation between two Slytherins on his poor traumatized lint roller lint rollers and couldn't help but chime in a little - especially when the one showed so much curiosity.
"Thank you for explaining to your classmate," Airey said to the young she-snake. "5 points to Slytherin for doing so." And now to explain a bit further to the boy. "Just as your classmate said, a lint roller is a muggle device that is made up of a roll of one-sided adhesive paper on a cardboard or plastic barrel that is mounted on a central spindle, with an attached handle," he elaborated - somewhat quoting his Muggle Studies textbook - while reaching his arm into his breast pocket up to his elbow and pulling out a lint roller.
Undetectable Extension Charms. Totally awesome.
"This is one," he said as he handed it to the boy to use or poke or do what he wanted with. "As to why this over charms, afraid the only answer I can give you is that I love and appreciate certain aspects of muggle life. Lint rollers are one of them." Dry cleaners were another, but he didn't mention that for now. After all, he was here to teach Astronomy and not Muggle Studies.
Which he really should get to...
"Mr. Katharos, nice to see you again," Airey said with a grin as the boy waved to him. Airey had taken precautions before coming to the planetarium today. Precautions that involved making sure that his duck tie was locked up and secure in his office just in case the SlytherPuff went all snake ambitious on him and tried to break in to steal it.
"Good day," the tall man replied with a nod. "I did indeedy! I hoep yours was good as well." Because he knew how important summer vacations were to students. Have a bad summer and it made going back to school feel even worse. At least that is how things had been for him.
"Good afternoon," he replied. Maybe he should have left the display overhead with an afternoon look instead of evening?
Pausing for a moment, Airey turned his attention towards a small sundial and checked the time. Not that it really mattered what the sundial read because they were all indoors without any sun and therefore rendering the piece of equipment useless.
Hmm...he should probably get things started, yes?
With a quick flick of his wand towards the doors, the Astronomy professor charmed them shut and then stood up on the elevated platform that the projector was on. Could everyone see him? Yes? Good.
"Hello and welcome to Astronomy! I am Airey Flamsteed and will be your professor this term." And hopefully future terms assuming the post wasn't cursed. "You may call me Professor Flamsteed or Professor Airey, whichever you prefer. Just a bit about me before we begin, and you should probably start taking notes. You will find a pull out desk surface on the right of your seat." He waited a moment to allow them all to do just that. "I was once a Hogwarts student myself, a Gryffindor in fact, and before coming to Hogwarts I worked at the mission operations directorate of NASA in Houston, Texas in America. I enjoy suits, science fiction, and... " He paused for a moment to add emphasis on what he was about to say next. There WAS a reason to his madness. We promise. "...singing." Pausing again, Airey jumped off the platform and began to walk around the circular area to make. "I know that standard procedure is to go over the definition of what astronomy is, but I trust you all to have already read about that in your textbook and if you have not, well, then please do so after class." He didn't want to waste any time on trivial things like that. Unless students were getting this noble subject mixed up with that rubbish that was Astrology. THEN there would be issues and THEN they would go over definitions.
But! Back to singing.
"Singing has been a favorite past time of mine since I was a Hogwarts student. Singing sad songs often has a way of healing. Happy songs help you channel your positive energies. Best of all is that anyone can sing, perhaps not well, but anyone can do it and there is a song for every situation." And he jumped back up on to the platform. "There are even songs that relate to Astronomy. Both directly and somewhat indirectly. Take for example the muggle childhood classic Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." He paused to clear his throat before singing the first two verses. "Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. " Applause, yes?
"We see from these lyrics several connections to astronomy. The more obvious connection is the use of star. It is also connected in that it shows man's curiosity of the cosmos and even gives a little bit of scientific explanation as to when most stars are visible in the sky. Most because there was a very VERY big star, our sun, that is most visible during the day because the Earth is rotating around it. When our part of Earth faces it, the sun's blue light - the same light that makes the sky blue, mind you - is so bright that it makes all other stars appear to vanish. BUT ANYWAY! I want you all to take a moment to think about what songs you know that you think have a connection to astronomy. Muggle and wizarding music, it doesn't matter. No connection is too small! Please only share one song please. No need to go into too much detail as to why it connects to astronomy. You may sing a few verses as well if you wish. " In fact, he highly encouraged it. "Oh, and if you could please say your name before you answer I would appreciate it."
And for those students who were probably rolling their eyes at this exercise, the was a point to be made! A very valid point in fact. Yep. OOC: this lesson has officially begun! Please do NOT post your student arriving after this post or else risk losing points for your house. Please just pretend as though you have been here all along!
You can use a real song or make one up! Try not to repeat the same answer as someone else and be creative! There is no right or wrong answer to this question This lesson will hopefully continue tomorrow around noon GMT+9.
...the professor began distributing and taking points. Yikes!
It didn't matter though, 'cause she earned some of those said points. She beamed up at the professor, forgetting about blaming the West kid. It was his lucky day it seemed. And how awesome was it that she got points? Huh? Huuuh?
Mega awesome.
Peyton blocked out most of what the funny professor said next. Sticky roller. Takes lint off. That's all she needed to know. Instead she took out parchment and a quill. That way she was prepared when he asked them to take notes...about him? Someone was full of himself. *inner giggle*
The third year wrote some stuff down. She then went ahead a drew a miniature bunny next to Professor Airey's name. He reminded her of one. :3
Her hand stopped, though, when he mentioned singing. Was this Astronomy: A Musical or something? Don't get her wrong. Peyton enjoyed singing...when she was in the shower, or flying, or when no one was listening. But in front of an audience? Um, no. They'd have to pay at least five sickles to hear her voice. She did have a song though. A song that she loved. And the professor better be grateful of her sharing it. "I'm Peyton Baltazar." Okay. Here goes. *Ahem* "Fighting evil by moonlight,
Winning love by daylight,
Never running from a real fight,
She is the one named Sailor Moon.
She will never turn her back on a friend,
She is always there to defend,
She is the one on whom we can depend,
She is the one named Sailor...
Sailor Venus,
Sailor Mercury,
Sailor Mars,
Sailor Jupiter.
Secret powers all so new to her,
She is the one named Sailor Mooooon."
Heh.
Hehehe. "It's from Sailor Moon," she said, not realizing her cheeks had gone all red. "She's my favorite superhero," she said, going all bashful all of the sudden. And she felt he needed to know that 'cause she had to sing. So there.
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