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Lockhartian · 01-21-2013, 06:09 AM

Text Cut: OMG! So funny! XD

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

And he was distracted again by another hand being raised.

Oops. He had apparently hit a nerves with Miss Wisteria. He had been joking and somewhat teasing there, hadn't meant to offend or anything. Merlin was this one tricky and somewhat hard to read Hufflepuff.

"THIS! YES! THIS RIGHT HERE!" Airey said, clearly excited by the words of Miss Wisteria to the point that, yes, he jumped up on her desk and did a sort of happy dance there as well. "I hope you all were paying attention just now to what Miss Wisteria said." And had been taking notes.

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Looking around the planetarium for any other hands that may be raised before checking his sundial again. Yep, it was time to move on.

"Very good all of you! While other relevant astronomical bodies where also mentioned, the one I was looking for was a meteor. Just to recap a bit. What people refer to as a shooting star begins its existence as a meteoroid which is a solid object, space debris moving in interplanetary space that is less than 1 mile in size. It becomes a meteor when it has entered the Earth's atmosphere and creates a visible path of the meteoroid across the sky and lasts about a fraction of a second. This visible path is what is referred to as a shooting or falling star." He paused for a moment to allow students to catch up with their notes and to let all this sink in. "A meteoroid that has passed through the Earth's atmosphere and made it all the way to the ground, surviving the impact, is called a meteorite. Many of your classmates brought up meteor showers. These are when many meteors appear seconds or minutes apart and seem to originate from the same fixed point in the sky." And it just so happened that there would be a surprise for them all at the end of the term. Best not mention that now though seeing as he needed students to be alert for this activity. "So, shooting or falling stars are not real stars at all. Stars are made up of gases, as I explained to Miss Potter earlier." Bits of information that would become very VERY important here in a moment. "Shooting or falling stars are essentially just small rocks flying through the atmosphere really fast. As Miss Phillips mentioned, in relation to the song I assume, one probably does not want to actually try and catch them."

Cue a pause for dramatic effect as he looked around the classroom and made eye contact with each student.

"HOWEVER! That is precisely what we are going to do!" WASN'T THIS EXCITING?!

With another wave of his wand, the lyrics to Catch a Falling Star vanished from over head and soon what could only be described as a meteor shower appeared in its place. Only there was something different about this shower as the streaks of light zooming across the room were two very distinct colors - blue and yellow.

Airey stood in front of the students with a smirk on his face that just seemed to get bigger and bigger with each passing moment. Heh. THIS was going to be fun.

"I would like you all now to, if you have not brought one yourself, to please grab a muggle baseball glove from this box," he said as he levitated a large cardboard box filled with gloves of all sizes for students to see. "When you have a glove I would like you to also put on this protective gear," he continued as he levitated another box with gear in each house's respective colors. "Once you have your glove and gear on please come and stand in front of the projector. Oh...you...um...you may want to use a Sticking Charm on your things, or if you are not confident in your Charms abilities you can put your things in this box and pick them up at the end of the lesson." Airey indicated an empty box to the right of the one containing all of the protective gear. "And no, we will not be playing baseball."

That was for Muggle Studies.

"So, hop to it!"

OOC: I am so sorry for the delay everyone! Two week old baby had a few fussy days along with a hospital appointment so those kept me away from all you lovely people *wibbles* Please RP your character grabbing the proper equipment and following Professor Flamsteed's instructions. Activity instructions will be posted in a few hours.

EDIT :: once instructions for the activity have been posted there will be no more catch up posts accepted for credit.

OH DEAR MERLIN! YES!

Heh. Thank you, Professor Flamsteed. We also hope people were listening.

What do you mean they were going to catch shooting stars?! Which, weren't shooting stars, but yeah, whatever.

Oh. Sticking charms. Lottie smirked. She knew them very well. Those were excellent for pranking people, didn't you know? Hogwarts students, of course, because magic outside of Hogwarts was a definite and resound NO.

HOWEVER, what if something happened? She - most decidedly - placed her things in the box...and suited up. It was the most uncomfortable thing. That suit. Not the glove, really, but she didn't truly enjoy the protective gear.

Nevertheless, here we are, smiling sweetly, waiting for more instructions.

Ready to catch meteors. ^^

01-21-2013, 06:09 AM	#135 (permalink)
Lockhartian Kappa Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Eyrie Posts: 14,978 Hogwarts RPG Name: Ashton P. Walker First Year x11 x11	Eagle Eye [⅓ Badger Trio] Felon & Kafka ♥ Gilderoy Lockhart <3 [TEAM 947!] Text Cut: OMG! So funny! XD Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie And he was distracted again by another hand being raised. Oops. He had apparently hit a nerves with Miss Wisteria. He had been joking and somewhat teasing there, hadn't meant to offend or anything. Merlin was this one tricky and somewhat hard to read Hufflepuff. "THIS! YES! THIS RIGHT HERE!" Airey said, clearly excited by the words of Miss Wisteria to the point that, yes, he jumped up on her desk and did a sort of happy dance there as well. "I hope you all were paying attention just now to what Miss Wisteria said." And had been taking notes. ** Looking around the planetarium for any other hands that may be raised before checking his sundial again. Yep, it was time to move on. "Very good all of you! While other relevant astronomical bodies where also mentioned, the one I was looking for was a meteor. Just to recap a bit. What people refer to as a shooting star begins its existence as a meteoroid which is a solid object, space debris moving in interplanetary space that is less than 1 mile in size. It becomes a meteor when it has entered the Earth's atmosphere and creates a visible path of the meteoroid across the sky and lasts about a fraction of a second. This visible path is what is referred to as a shooting or falling star." He paused for a moment to allow students to catch up with their notes and to let all this sink in. "A meteoroid that has passed through the Earth's atmosphere and made it all the way to the ground, surviving the impact, is called a meteorite. Many of your classmates brought up meteor showers. These are when many meteors appear seconds or minutes apart and seem to originate from the same fixed point in the sky." And it just so happened that there would be a surprise for them all at the end of the term. Best not mention that now though seeing as he needed students to be alert for this activity. "So, shooting or falling stars are not real stars at all. Stars are made up of gases, as I explained to Miss Potter earlier." Bits of information that would become very VERY important here in a moment. "Shooting or falling stars are essentially just small rocks flying through the atmosphere really fast. As Miss Phillips mentioned, in relation to the song I assume, one probably does not want to actually try and catch them." Cue a pause for dramatic effect as he looked around the classroom and made eye contact with each student. "HOWEVER! That is precisely what we are going to do!" WASN'T THIS EXCITING?! With another wave of his wand, the lyrics to Catch a Falling Star vanished from over head and soon what could only be described as a meteor shower appeared in its place. Only there was something different about this shower as the streaks of light zooming across the room were two very distinct colors - blue and yellow. Airey stood in front of the students with a smirk on his face that just seemed to get bigger and bigger with each passing moment. Heh. THIS was going to be fun. "I would like you all now to, if you have not brought one yourself, to please grab a muggle baseball glove from this box," he said as he levitated a large cardboard box filled with gloves of all sizes for students to see. "When you have a glove I would like you to also put on this protective gear," he continued as he levitated another box with gear in each house's respective colors. "Once you have your glove and gear on please come and stand in front of the projector. Oh...you...um...you may want to use a Sticking Charm on your things, or if you are not confident in your Charms abilities you can put your things in this box and pick them up at the end of the lesson." Airey indicated an empty box to the right of the one containing all of the protective gear. "And no, we will not be playing baseball." That was for Muggle Studies. "So, hop to it!*" OOC: I am so sorry for the delay everyone! Two week old baby had a few fussy days along with a hospital appointment so those kept me away from all you lovely people wibbles* Please RP your character grabbing the proper equipment and following Professor Flamsteed's instructions. Activity instructions will be posted in a few hours. EDIT :: once instructions for the activity have been posted there will be no more catch up posts accepted for credit. OH DEAR MERLIN! YES! Heh. Thank you, Professor Flamsteed. We also hope people were listening. What do you mean they were going to catch shooting stars?! Which, weren't shooting stars, but yeah, whatever. Oh. Sticking charms. Lottie smirked. She knew them very well. Those were excellent for pranking people, didn't you know? Hogwarts students, of course, because magic outside of Hogwarts was a definite and resound NO. HOWEVER, what if something happened? She - most decidedly - placed her things in the box...and suited up. It was the most uncomfortable thing. That suit. Not the glove, really, but she didn't truly enjoy the protective gear. Nevertheless, here we are, smiling sweetly, waiting for more instructions. Ready to catch meteors. ^^