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sweetpinkpixie · 09-15-2014, 12:28 PM

SPOILER!!: Lottie!

Next year? Oh, he had been expecting her to launch right into university come graduation from Hogwarts to to each their own. "Well, I certainly will not need THAT much time to complete it," he mused, sipping on his tea briefly. "I can probably have it to you by the time the holidays roll around." Sort of as a Christmas gift? Ish. He wasn't the sort to gift his students anything save for perhaps graduations, so this was as close a 'gift' as Miss Wisteria would get.

"Of course," he said, returning the wink as he relaxed a bit more into his chair.

"Certainly was. The digs proved most eventful and uncovering an archaeoastronomy shrine was stellar...save for the basilisk..." And then his face fell ever so slightly. Greece...she HAD said Greece, yes? If he were able to emphasize with creatures, he would have felt like a kicked cruppy. But even entertaining the thought of him being a cruppy was absurd and quickly dismissed. Although he couldn't deny that he was a bit gutted that it seemed as though the intellectual opportunity he had presented as a trip to Greece was not good enough for her to have joined. Her and Miss Cambridge, actually. Which was a real pity considering it was their last opportunity to have gone on one during the time at Hogwarts.

He did, of course keep this all to himself. Save for the quiet, "Oh," he uttered before taking another sip. Forced sad cruppy face tugging at his features.

SPOILER!!: Alexa!

He gave a small shrug. "Precautionary sort of gesture. Hoping that one does not cause the very thing they wish would not happen to occur or not occur. Jinxing yourself." Again, not that he entirely believed in that sort of thing. Especially when he saw people knocking on things that were not wood - like his head while he was a student.

End of term feast? Oh, well then! Miss Cambridge was really going to throw herself into this research and preparation for her futile attempt at removing Sir Nicholas from Hogwarts. Again, not that he was going to go crush her dreams. There was a sliiiiight chance - 0.001% really - that she would actually be successful.

Chuckling a bit as he continued to scribble on the piece of parchment, giving a last elaborate little flourish of his quill as he signed his name and dotted all the 'i's'. "Here you are, Miss Cambridge," he said as he passed the little piece of parchment to her. "Now do go making me regret that I endorsed your research. Treat everything in that section with respect or I'll never hear the end of it."

SPOILER!!: Kevin!

Airey rubbed the back of his neck and kept a neutral face as Mr. Hirase got a small taste of humility. Wasn't very often that the young man was left speechless, so the astronomer was going to bask in this moment for as long as possible. Merlin, this must have been what it had felt like for his own professors. Interesting...and unfortunate.

He didn't explain the deal just yet, instead electing to observe the boy a bit more (silence didn't last too long. Pity) and simply chuckled with what the Gryffindor said next. "House points or not, I had something that students felt was worth putting out the extra effort for," he replied. His noticed hadn't specifically mentioned house points as far as he could recall, so that was an assumption on the students' part that could have been entirely wrong. "People will do just about anything....with the proper incentive."

HEH.

Which brought them back to the wager at hand.

"Now, Mr. Hirase, your hat. It is safe and undamaged. I have made sure of that. You will get it back on the condition that you make an attempt to channel that abundance of a personality into something constructive. Being outspoken, defiant, and having fierce independent streak. All are excellent and expected qualities in a Gryffindor." Airey was forcing the confidence in his tone right now. Pep talks still were not his thing. How on earth did Seren manage to do this? "I don't want to see your talents overshadowed by what has been called a poor attitude and a bright mind like yours eclipsed by a lack of respect. You have talent and drive, Mr. Hirase, show me you know how to use it and prove people wrong about you. Then you will get your hat back."

SPOILER!!: Penelope!

Welcoming the second year into his office, he flinched slightly at her question and tried to think of how best to explain things without setting the Ravenclaw into a panic.

"Well, Miss Wright, as you know I quite enjoy overly active pursuits in my lessons. Thing to keep everyone on their toes and burn some energy...and since the use of safety bubbles was of great discomfort to you, I wanted to make sure that the likes of helmets and elbow pads was acceptable." To, you know, avoid any panic attacks and tears. Especially the tears.

Summoning his kettle, Airey conjured water and charmed it to begin heating itself before taking a seat as his desk and gesturing for her to take one as well.

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sweetpinkpixie Wizarding World RPG Admin Minister for Magic Alley Proprietor Leprechaun Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: The Paths Posts: 40,002 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!!: Lottie! Quote: Originally Posted by Lockhartian Well, she didn't mean right now, but he could get started on it, for sure. She knew he had plenty of responsibilities as a Professor, and even more so being Head of House now, so, his time was precious and he should occupy all his spare time to write this letter. High expectations on it and all. ~~Lotus would probably cry.~~ "Not exactly. I'll be applying next year, but I'd rather have as many things ready as possible." Can't blame her. She really likes to be prepared ahead of time. No sentiments whatsoever, got it. And now she could see how that could be taken if someone from Oxford heard. Laughter happened. A quick laugh, that is. "And that shall stay between us," she said, with a wink, "But yes, sort of. Though not as it sounds." She could do a masters there. Maybe. Let's see if Stanford takes her first. Chorts, of course. She read about it in the Prophet, thought of Zander the second she started with the article. The Gryffindor probably still believed it was Romanos' fault. "As long as they don't come back...," because Lotus would find a way out before the vortex-phase starts. She sipped her tea as she kept on listening, eyes on Flamsteed the entire time. Eyebrows raised at the mention of getting others killed. "Greece sounds... eventful." Would she hear about this story? Probably not, since she didn't know anyone who'd been on the trip well enough. "I went to Greece, too." And she was missing it so badly. Next year? Oh, he had been expecting her to launch right into university come graduation from Hogwarts to to each their own. "Well, I certainly will not need THAT much time to complete it," he mused, sipping on his tea briefly. "I can probably have it to you by the time the holidays roll around." Sort of as a Christmas gift? Ish. He wasn't the sort to gift his students anything save for perhaps graduations, so this was as close a 'gift' as Miss Wisteria would get. "Of course," he said, returning the wink as he relaxed a bit more into his chair. "Certainly was. The digs proved most eventful and uncovering an archaeoastronomy shrine was stellar...save for the basilisk..." And then his face fell ever so slightly. Greece...she HAD said Greece, yes? If he were able to emphasize with creatures, he would have felt like a kicked cruppy. But even entertaining the thought of him being a cruppy was absurd and quickly dismissed. Although he couldn't deny that he was a bit gutted that it seemed as though the intellectual opportunity he had presented as a trip to Greece was not good enough for her to have joined. Her and Miss Cambridge, actually. Which was a real pity considering it was their last opportunity to have gone on one during the time at Hogwarts. He did, of course keep this all to himself. Save for the quiet, "Oh," he uttered before taking another sip. Forced sad cruppy face tugging at his features. SPOILER!!: Alexa! Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo An apotropaic tradition in western folklore. Well, sure, why not? Lex would let him have that one. Not like she had any counter arguments about it. "Does the knocking mean anything in particular? Why's it done?" Don't mind her, just trying to understand and all that. As for letting him know, she gave a solemn nod. "You'll be the second one to know." Sir Nicholas being the first,of course. "With any luck he'll be saying his goodbyes with the rest of us at the end of term feast." Now if only that would get here soon enough. Did they really have to sit through a whole nothing year of school before they could be free of this place? Seemed a bit excessive, didn't it? What would they do here in the coming year that they couldn't outside? And what was with that look? Lex paused her sipping to fix the Professor with a look of her own. He shouldn't be confused. It was why he'd told her to stop by. Think Professo--Oh! He remembered! Alexa leaned closer and waited eagerly for words to begin appearing on the parchment. Those were the most important part afterall. He gave a small shrug. "Precautionary sort of gesture. Hoping that one does not cause the very thing they wish would not happen to occur or not occur. Jinxing yourself." Again, not that he entirely believed in that sort of thing. Especially when he saw people knocking on things that were not wood - like his head while he was a student. End of term feast? Oh, well then! Miss Cambridge was really going to throw herself into this research and preparation for her futile attempt at removing Sir Nicholas from Hogwarts. Again, not that he was going to go crush her dreams. There was a sliiiiight chance - 0.001% really - that she would actually be successful. Chuckling a bit as he continued to scribble on the piece of parchment, giving a last elaborate little flourish of his quill as he signed his name and dotted all the 'i's'. "Here you are, Miss Cambridge," he said as he passed the little piece of parchment to her. "Now do go making me regret that I endorsed your research. Treat everything in that section with respect or I'll never hear the end of it." SPOILER!!: Kevin! Quote: Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi Kevin had a blank expression on his face as the astronomer talked and when he was finished he tried to argue back about how wrong he was and that his succeeded attempt of stealing the blanket had NOT been a way of an exchange , but he couldn't. Instead, he looked more like a dumb fish trying to gasp for air and then closed his eyes for a second. He hated it when Professors were right. "I do want it back..." he said after a while of looking around, trying to spot the hat. *"Okay, what is this exchange* you keep talking about and DON'T say i have to say...that word cause i won't, i'd rather battle a dragon than say...that". Please was just not in his vocabulary. His next words made him snort though and without asking if he could he sat down on the sofa and made himself comfortable by leaning back and held his hands behind his head. "You do realise that they only helped out for the house points right? They would have ignored that message on the student board otherwise so please don't say that they willingly assisted , or whatever that means.." .................. ............................ ..................................He had said please hadn't he? O_______o Airey rubbed the back of his neck and kept a neutral face as Mr. Hirase got a small taste of humility. Wasn't very often that the young man was left speechless, so the astronomer was going to bask in this moment for as long as possible. Merlin, this must have been what it had felt like for his own professors. Interesting...and unfortunate. He didn't explain the deal just yet, instead electing to observe the boy a bit more (silence didn't last too long. Pity) and simply chuckled with what the Gryffindor said next. "House points or not, I had something that students felt was worth putting out the extra effort for," he replied. His noticed hadn't specifically mentioned house points as far as he could recall, so that was an assumption on the students' part that could have been entirely wrong. "People will do just about anything....with the proper incentive." HEH. Which brought them back to the wager at hand. "Now, Mr. Hirase, your hat. It is safe and undamaged. I have made sure of that. You will get it back on the condition that you make an attempt to channel that abundance of a personality into something constructive. Being outspoken, defiant, and having fierce independent streak. All are excellent and expected qualities in a Gryffindor." Airey was forcing the confidence in his tone right now. Pep talks still were not his thing. How on earth did Seren manage to do this? "I don't want to see your talents overshadowed by what has been called a poor attitude and a bright mind like yours eclipsed by a lack of respect. You have talent and drive, Mr. Hirase, show me you know how to use it and prove people wrong about you. Then you will get your hat back." SPOILER!!*: Penelope!* Quote: Originally Posted by griffin What? What activity would they be doing that required protective gear? Penelope didn't mind protective gear, but it was what she needed to be protected from that she worried about. "Why do I need protective gear?" She ran her fingers through her hair, twirling hair around her finger. It was whatever she needed to be protected from that was the problem. Any activity that required protective gear was not an activity that she wanted to participate in. Still worrying about astronomy class activities, Penelope entered Professor Flamsteed's office. Maybe cookies would take the professor's mind off of protective gear and dangerous activities. Penelope was in need of some tea after hearing about needing protective gear for an activity. Welcoming the second year into his office, he flinched slightly at her question and tried to think of how best to explain things without setting the Ravenclaw into a panic. "Well, Miss Wright, as you know I quite enjoy overly active pursuits in my lessons. Thing to keep everyone on their toes and burn some energy...and since the use of safety bubbles was of great discomfort to you, I wanted to make sure that the likes of helmets and elbow pads was acceptable." To, you know, avoid any panic attacks and tears. Especially the tears. Summoning his kettle, Airey conjured water and charmed it to begin heating itself before taking a seat as his desk and gesturing for her to take one as well. __________________ 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