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sweetpinkpixie · 07-13-2014, 12:13 PM

SPOILER!!: he dies a little every time she says astrology XD omg XD

"Fascinating and factual," he grinned. Just the way he liked it. When it came to magazines anyway. Of course the man enjoyed his fiction, but the sort he read weren't masquerading as the truth.

She thought he was joking. How....quaint? He honestly didn't feel like correcting her on the matter as to just how offensive the mistake was to his livelihood. Arguing with a Divination professor on the validity of astrology was only going to result in migraines. Science versus pseudoscience. He had been there once with Calista after he had also argued with her about her hugger mugger at best seating area.

Why did she keep glancing at her purse? No, actually...he really didn't want to know. Really.

Hmmm...interesting. Miss Cambridge had always been outspoken - and pat on the back to himself for identifying the student correctly before it was finally revealed to him - but he was having a hard time visualizing her standing up and declaring something 'rubbish' in the middle of a classroom. Simply wasn't a term he had heard the prefect used often, if at all. Not only that, but acting as a tattletale of sorts, which was the precise image he was getting from Cassiopeia's words. So he really had no idea what to say to all this. "I'll have a word with her."

He glanced down anxiously at his sundial watch and then returned to drumming on his thighs.

SPOILER!!: spinning Ravenclaw weeeeeee

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Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles

This seat was sort of bouncy! Did Flamsteed know? Man, Kyroh would NEVER let go of such a bouncy seat if it was HIS choice. Kyroh even bounced a couple of times. SO COMFORTABLE! The first year did a quick spin before stopping after a single 360 just because the Professor was talking again. "REALLY?" He could go faster? It had a pretty good spin to FASTER YEAH!? The first year tugged off his shoes and threw them to the ground. DON'T WORRY SHOES HE'D COME BACK FOR YOU.

Kyroh just needed to go FASTER okay? Tucking his knees in quite easily (at least probably easier than a grown adult would-ahem- the first year wiggled his butt a bit, grabbed onto the desk and was OFFFF!!! "OPTIMAL SPINNNINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG POWERRRRR YEAAAHHH!" The world around him became a blur and there was no more office, no more tie collection no more Flamsteed, just COLOURS and they went by FAST TOO!!

Finally the chair began to slow down and the spaceman came back into focus. "....It's alright sir." Like he'd been in faster but NO BIG DEAL, YEAH? Also-"You can take a seat Professor." Like in that non spinning chair over there! Did he not want to sit?

He was ABOUT to spin again but then Flamsteed started speaking and it would be rude to continue speaking so instead Kyroh just enjoyed the seat and comfortably wiggled his butt a few times. "So i'll only get a dentition if I ask a illegitimate question? Alright!" He could handle that! No illegitimate questions....even though he didn't know what illegitimate questions were.

Er-the Star Trek talk was sort of hurting his brain. Kyroh knew what cell phones were he'd seen them before. Portable telephones. Computers too! He knew them. He'd even used a computer before but the idea that the show just invented something out of the blue that in turn became a real creation? "Were the creation of Star Trek Seers then? Because they like knew stuff." They had to be Seers right? They just had to be. "Do you like Star Trek because of that? The Altair 880? The solar system stuff?"

Airey was torn between taking a step forward and taking a step back as the Ravenclaw turned into a spinning blur. Just...don't fall of the chair, okay? Please?

"Oh no, I'm fine where I am," he nodded. He only sat in HIS chair and it was currently being occupied against his better judgement. But his slight frown was turned upside down by Mr. Scabior's inquiry. "The probability will certainly increase depending on the subject matter, but I would hope that I am a rather tolerant man that encouraged curiosity." Within reason at least.

Seer. Twitch. No...certainly not that, but to a first year like the boy in front of him who - at least from his observations - did not seem to know too much about the muggle world it WAS the logical conclusion to come to. Even if he had not too positive of opinions on Seers. "Visionaries, would be my preferred term. Scientific and technological visionaries who tapped into their creativity and applied it to the technology of the time and saw ways to improve it." Not Seers, okay?

He placed both hands on his desk again, after giving Pebbles a few taps on top of her rocky head, and leaned against it. "My interest in solar system stuff," he said, using air quotes around the boy's term. "Came from watching Star Trek, but it is certainly not the sole reason why I enjoy it, but my adoration for the franchise comes from something else entirely." Was he seriously about to share some of his feelings with a first year? An endearing and inquisitive first year, but still a student that he was not too familiar with yet. Sharing this side of him was...quite personally really. "It gave me something to aspire to. To boldly go where no one has go before."

SPOILER!!: our Number One ^^

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Originally Posted by Lockhartian

Perhaps she was being rather selfish, but there was a part of her that was glad his dreams got crushed and life granted him a place at Hogwarts. So it was okay to be slightly selfish when it was probably thanks to the turn of those events that Lotus Wisteria was now going to pursue a career in Astronomy. The sixth year smiled and then took her tea back to drink more of it. Yes, those words she knew very well. Even the reboot ended with them. "Maybe it was taken too literal back then." Like, actually go, physically. The words could oh-so-easily, and creatively, be taken far less literally and go to these places with our imagination, yes? Yes. But as a kid, you don't consider this. "At least it was incredibly inspirational." Also, Airey, it's very accurate to say your mind has boldly gone where no man has gone before, soooo... no harm done. Whatever that means.

She understood, though.

There was something wrong with California. The fact that it was too far away wouldn't really affect her decision, if it didn't take her far away from someone who'd have issues about this. But the future was so uncertain. If there was a way of knowing... then she still wouldn't want to know. Before jumping to conclusions and missing opportunities, she decided to give it a chance, yes? Happy coincidence? Not exactly sure about the happy part, but it was a coincidence, nonetheless. So she smiled, brightly, as the man kept talking about other schools. Universities. Got it. Oxford and Sussex would be good, too. Apparently not the best? "I could visit Stanford this summer, see if I like the environment and all." That was important, too, you know? She'd loved New York, but what if she didn't particularly like Stanford? Also, "So, Stanford would be the best, then." Because that's what he meant, yeah?

OMG ALICE.

NO.

UNBELIEVABLE.

SHE WAS GONE, and yet here was Airey casually mentioning Miss Fischer. Hmmmmmm. Thanks for the advice but it's highly unlikely she'll ask Miss Fischer anything now.

Lotus thought things through as she sipped her tea, and eventually nodded at the man. Stanford was sounding more and more appealing because she was certain that was one name she wouldn't have to hear over there. ~~She still likes Queen Alice, though, but was still bitter about not being first.~~ The girl had Quidditch, what more did she want? At least we know Miss Wisteria will be making all the discoveries, of course. "I'd try to, yes," she said, with a smile and a nod, "Can't say I knew she's studying astronomy... what with being a Quidditch player and all...," THIS IS WHY SHE WAS HIS FAVORITE, WASN'T IT? Because she could also get him tickets and souvenirs and whatnot. Whatever, whatever.

Speaking of...

..."I went to New York last summer and made something for you, Professor." Yes, she was still gonna give the drawing to him, even if Fischer was the favorite one.

Literal? Airey chuckled for a brief moment. That was the job of a child, wasn't it? To take things literally like that. "That is entirely possible, although at 4-years-old I went running around declaring I was going to be the next Captain of the Enterprise." Which really made no sense because there was a clear canon timeline for who was to become the captains and not once had there been an Airey Flamsteed mentioned there or anywhere within any crew on any ship. Alas. Childhood dream crushed. "Once I was old enough to accept that that dream was just a tad beyond my reach, I turned to the next best thing - an astronaut."

And how many people could say that becoming an astronaut was their back up plan? Hmm?

He nodded. "Definitely a good idea," he agreed. Standing in the very location would help confirm that it was the place for her. Miss Wisteria was driven and knew what she wanted, so he had no doubts that she wouldn't be successful wherever she ended up...but he had opinions on where he thought would be best. "I believe so, yes." See? Strong opinion.

He took another long sip from his tea before speaking again. "Not sure how she manages it myself," he said with a small shrug. He was fairly positive he wouldn't have been able to do it himself, extra distraction and all. He was good at keeping himself distracted with no outside help. "But as long as my students, current and former, continue to grow and are passionate about what they do, I can't complain." And there was an added grin there, just for you Miss Wisteria.

NEW YORK?! Did that mean she went to Broadway?! Surely she must have. It was THE thing to do in New York, you know? "Really? Something for me from New York?" A something she had maaaaaaaaaaaaaaade? Would it be terribly unprofessional if he went all grabby hands towards...whatever it was?

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Originally Posted by Emms

Simon nodded with a wide grin as he listened to Professor Flamsteed explain that back in 2011 that an engineer had outlined this super cool plan for a ship just like the Enterprise. He blinked. How could have that man come up those ideas to generate a ship like the Enterprise when they didn't have the exact technology or resources to build it back in 2011? Simon chuckled when he heard Professor Flamsteed informed him that NASA had probably only taken the plans to humour the fan. However, if NASA already had the plans, there was a possibility that they could have been starting to work on building various parts of a ship like the USS Enterprise.

When Simon took hold of the minimalist book, a sudden feeling of mirth passed through him. He was excited- so excited that he began turning the pages rather carefully so that they wouldn't crease. This book was worth more than the price of gold to him. An even bigger smile played on his lips. "I'd love to borrow it. Thanks Professor Flamsteed- this is awesome. I'll take good care of it," he promised. He'd also make sure to keep it somewhere special. "When do you want me to bring it back by? Next week?"

The astronomer leaned back in his chair, his mind still wandering back to the boy's father and his Bones cosplay. But he couldn't think of a way to ask about the man without coming across as a total creeperdoodle. Scientific term, creeperdoodle.

"By the end of the term is perfectly fine," he chuckled. "I am not reading or using it at the moment, so no need to feel rushed with it." Because he really should take his time and enjoy it rather than speed through it. Although that was precisely what he had done...and then gone back and reread it once or twice while sitting by the fireplace with a nice warm cup of tea.

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sweetpinkpixie Wizarding World RPG Admin Minister for Magic Alley Proprietor Romanian Longhorn Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: The Paths Posts: 39,835 Hogwarts RPG Name: Briallen Ashburry-Hawthorne Gryffindor First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Nyle Harden Hufflepuff Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Iris Harden Ravenclaw Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Calliope Barrington Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Diamond Marchbanks Gryffindor Sixth Year Ministry Department Head: Charles Hollingberry Minister's Office Ministry Department Head: Airey Flamsteed Mysteries Diagon Alley Proprietor: Zachaël Lufkin Owl Post x12 x12	astronomizzle ♧ gryffinDORK \| & the rest is drag ♣ #badluckDerf SPOILER!!: he dies a little every time she says astrology XD omg XD Quote: Originally Posted by Bazinga To each their own she thought as she shrugged his I’ve heard off with a smile. She didn’t care what the others thought, but if there were going to be two children trying to hex each other in the classroom because of some ‘rumor’ she wanted to have a heads up and that little paper was just the thing to help her stay in that crowd control loop. “Oh I be that’s interesting too. “ Cassie loved reading, so anything new was always welcomed, maybe she’d even have to look at it. Her green eyes widened a bit, he would what? Then she started giggling and snapping, “Oh that’s so funny, you are such a funny man. Throw a poor child in detention just because they confuse a subject. Good one. “ No one would ever throw a child into a detention just for confusion. Oh she knew better, professors were to teach the difference and help them with their confusion, not scare them into hating things. She switched legs that were crossed and glances at her kitty purse, the two little ones she never went anywhere without were still hidden away snoozing. She glanced back up that the man as he questioned when the child called her lesson rubbish on account of him. “No it had been at the very start of class. We were speaking of Astrology and what it was and she immediately started about you calling the subject rubbish. When I told her that I think she misunderstood you, because I just know an educated man like yourself wouldn’t be belittling someone else’s career or topics of that career in front of students, Miss Cambridge went on again how you have multiple times.” She kept her sweet smile through all of this, because of course it was a misunderstanding and she was now going to get that misunderstanding fixed. "Fascinating and factual," he grinned. Just the way he liked it. When it came to magazines anyway. Of course the man enjoyed his fiction, but the sort he read weren't masquerading as the truth. She thought he was joking. How....quaint? He honestly didn't feel like correcting her on the matter as to just how offensive the mistake was to his livelihood. Arguing with a Divination professor on the validity of astrology was only going to result in migraines. Science versus pseudoscience. He had been there once with Calista after he had also argued with her about her hugger mugger at best seating area. Why did she keep glancing at her purse? No, actually...he really didn't want to know. Really. Hmmm...interesting. Miss Cambridge had always been outspoken - and pat on the back to himself for identifying the student correctly before it was finally revealed to him - but he was having a hard time visualizing her standing up and declaring something 'rubbish' in the middle of a classroom. Simply wasn't a term he had heard the prefect used often, if at all. Not only that, but acting as a tattletale of sorts, which was the precise image he was getting from Cassiopeia's words. So he really had no idea what to say to all this. "I'll have a word with her." He glanced down anxiously at his sundial watch and then returned to drumming on his thighs. SPOILER!!: spinning Ravenclaw weeeeeee Quote: Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles This seat was sort of bouncy! Did Flamsteed know? Man, Kyroh would NEVER let go of such a bouncy seat if it was HIS choice. Kyroh even bounced a couple of times. SO COMFORTABLE! The first year did a quick spin before stopping after a single 360 just because the Professor was talking again. "REALLY?" He could go faster? It had a pretty good spin to FASTER YEAH!? The first year tugged off his shoes and threw them to the ground. DON'T WORRY SHOES HE'D COME BACK FOR YOU. Kyroh just needed to go FASTER okay? Tucking his knees in quite easily (at least probably easier than a grown adult would-ahem- the first year wiggled his butt a bit, grabbed onto the desk and was OFFFF!!! "OPTIMAL SPINNNINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG POWERRRRR YEAAAHHH!" The world around him became a blur and there was no more office, no more tie collection no more Flamsteed, just COLOURS and they went by FAST TOO!! Finally the chair began to slow down and the spaceman came back into focus. *"....It's alright* sir." Like he'd been in faster but NO BIG DEAL, YEAH? Also-"You can take a seat Professor." Like in that non spinning chair over there! Did he not want to sit? He was ABOUT to spin again but then Flamsteed started speaking and it would be rude to continue speaking so instead Kyroh just enjoyed the seat and comfortably wiggled his butt a few times. "So i'll only get a dentition if I ask a illegitimate question? Alright!" He could handle that! No illegitimate questions....even though he didn't know what illegitimate questions were. Er-the Star Trek talk was sort of hurting his brain. Kyroh knew what cell phones were he'd seen them before. Portable telephones. Computers too! He knew them. He'd even used a computer before but the idea that the show just invented something out of the blue that in turn became a real creation? "Were the creation of Star Trek Seers then? Because they like knew stuff." They had to be Seers right? They just had to be. "Do you like Star Trek because of that? The Altair 880? The solar system stuff?" Airey was torn between taking a step forward and taking a step back as the Ravenclaw turned into a spinning blur. Just...don't fall of the chair, okay? Please? "Oh no, I'm fine where I am," he nodded. He only sat in HIS chair and it was currently being occupied against his better judgement. But his slight frown was turned upside down by Mr. Scabior's inquiry. "The probability will certainly increase depending on the subject matter, but I would hope that I am a rather tolerant man that encouraged curiosity.*" Within reason at least. Seer. Twitch.* No...certainly not that, but to a first year like the boy in front of him who - at least from his observations - did not seem to know too much about the muggle world it WAS the logical conclusion to come to. Even if he had not too positive of opinions on Seers. "Visionaries, would be my preferred term. Scientific and technological visionaries who tapped into their creativity and applied it to the technology of the time and saw ways to improve it." Not Seers, okay? He placed both hands on his desk again, after giving Pebbles a few taps on top of her rocky head, and leaned against it. "My interest in solar system stuff," he said, using air quotes around the boy's term. "Came from watching Star Trek, but it is certainly not the sole reason why I enjoy it, but my adoration for the franchise comes from something else entirely." Was he seriously about to share some of his feelings with a first year? An endearing and inquisitive first year, but still a student that he was not too familiar with yet. Sharing this side of him was...quite personally really. "It gave me something to aspire to. To boldly go where no one has go before." SPOILER!!: our Number One ^^ Quote: Originally Posted by Lockhartian Perhaps she was being rather selfish, but there was a part of her that was glad his dreams got crushed and life granted him a place at Hogwarts. So it was okay to be slightly selfish when it was probably thanks to the turn of those events that Lotus Wisteria was now going to pursue a career in Astronomy. The sixth year smiled and then took her tea back to drink more of it. Yes, those words she knew very well. Even the reboot ended with them. "Maybe it was taken too literal back then." Like, actually go, physically. The words could oh-so-easily, and creatively, be taken far less literally and go to these places with our imagination, yes? Yes. But as a kid, you don't consider this. "At least it was incredibly inspirational." Also, Airey, it's very accurate to say your mind has boldly gone where no man has gone before, soooo... no harm done. Whatever that means. She understood, though. There was something wrong with California. The fact that it was too far away wouldn't really affect her decision, if it didn't take her far away from someone who'd have issues about this. But the future was so uncertain. If there was a way of knowing... then she still wouldn't want to know. Before jumping to conclusions and missing opportunities, she decided to give it a chance, yes? Happy coincidence? Not exactly sure about the happy part, but it was a coincidence, nonetheless. So she smiled, brightly, as the man kept talking about other schools. Universities. Got it. Oxford and Sussex would be good, too. Apparently not the best? "I could visit Stanford this summer, see if I like the environment and all." That was important, too, you know? She'd loved New York, but what if she didn't particularly like Stanford? Also, "So, Stanford would be the best, then." Because that's what he meant, yeah? OMG ALICE. NO. UNBELIEVABLE. SHE WAS GONE, and yet here was Airey casually mentioning Miss Fischer. Hmmmmmm. Thanks for the advice but it's highly unlikely she'll ask Miss Fischer anything now. Lotus thought things through as she sipped her tea, and eventually nodded at the man. Stanford was sounding more and more appealing because she was certain that was one name she wouldn't have to hear over there. ~~She still likes Queen Alice, though, but was still bitter about not being first.~~ The girl had Quidditch, what more did she want? At least we know Miss Wisteria will be making all the discoveries, of course. "I'd try to, yes," she said, with a smile and a nod, "Can't say I knew she's studying astronomy... what with being a Quidditch player and all...," THIS IS WHY SHE WAS HIS FAVORITE, WASN'T IT? Because she could also get him tickets and souvenirs and whatnot. Whatever, whatever. Speaking of... ..."I went to New York last summer and made something for you, Professor." Yes, she was still gonna give the drawing to him, even if Fischer was the favorite one. Literal? Airey chuckled for a brief moment. That was the job of a child, wasn't it? To take things literally like that. "That is entirely possible, although at 4-years-old I went running around declaring I was going to be the next Captain of the Enterprise." Which really made no sense because there was a clear canon timeline for who was to become the captains and not once had there been an Airey Flamsteed mentioned there or anywhere within any crew on any ship. Alas. Childhood dream crushed. "Once I was old enough to accept that that dream was just a tad beyond my reach, I turned to the next best thing - an astronaut." And how many people could say that becoming an astronaut was their back up plan? Hmm? He nodded. "Definitely a good idea," he agreed. Standing in the very location would help confirm that it was the place for her. Miss Wisteria was driven and knew what she wanted, so he had no doubts that she wouldn't be successful wherever she ended up...but he had opinions on where he thought would be best. "I believe so, yes." See? Strong opinion. He took another long sip from his tea before speaking again. "Not sure how she manages it myself," he said with a small shrug. He was fairly positive he wouldn't have been able to do it himself, extra distraction and all. He was good at keeping himself distracted with no outside help. "But as long as my students, current and former, continue to grow and are passionate about what they do, I can't complain." And there was an added grin there, just for you Miss Wisteria. NEW YORK?! Did that mean she went to Broadway?! Surely she must have. It was THE thing to do in New York, you know? "Really? Something for me from New York?" A something she had maaaaaaaaaaaaaaade? Would it be terribly unprofessional if he went all grabby hands towards...whatever it was? Quote: Originally Posted by Emms Simon nodded with a wide grin as he listened to Professor Flamsteed explain that back in 2011 that an engineer had outlined this super cool plan for a ship just like the Enterprise. He blinked. How could have that man come up those ideas to generate a ship like the Enterprise when they didn't have the exact technology or resources to build it back in 2011? Simon chuckled when he heard Professor Flamsteed informed him that NASA had probably only taken the plans to humour the fan. However, if NASA already had the plans, there was a possibility that they could have been starting to work on building various parts of a ship like the USS Enterprise. When Simon took hold of the minimalist book, a sudden feeling of mirth passed through him. He was excited- so excited that he began turning the pages rather carefully so that they wouldn't crease. This book was worth more than the price of gold to him. An even bigger smile played on his lips. "I'd love to borrow it. Thanks Professor Flamsteed- this is awesome. I'll take good care of it," he promised. He'd also make sure to keep it somewhere special. "When do you want me to bring it back by? Next week?" The astronomer leaned back in his chair, his mind still wandering back to the boy's father and his Bones cosplay. But he couldn't think of a way to ask about the man without coming across as a total creeperdoodle. Scientific term, creeperdoodle. "By the end of the term is perfectly fine," he chuckled. "I am not reading or using it at the moment, so no need to feel rushed with it." Because he really should take his time and enjoy it rather than speed through it. Although that was precisely what he had done...and then gone back and reread it once or twice while sitting by the fireplace with a nice warm cup of tea. __________________ 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