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Fifth Year  x5
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Originally Posted by Felixir  BouncebouncebouncebOUNCEBOUNCE.
You might be forgiven for thinking that Toby had turned up to the lesson on his pogo stick, what with how incredibly bouncy he was today, leaping through the corridor as though he had springs attached to his shoes. But nope, no pogo stick, just pure ENERGY.
He all but burst into the Arithmancy classroom, excitable and enthusiastic. It took him a moment to notice the message on the board, at which point he automatically attempted to tone down the... whatever THIS was. With a grin on his face, Toby SALUTED Professor Tanner with the hand that held his list of music pieces. He began to greet the professor CHEERFULLY, but, like... quietly, with a "Helloooooooo Profess- oh... sorry!" The note on the board. ACCIDENTALLY ALREADY FORGOT IT. But remembering it now and SHUTTING UP.
Then off he went to his regular desk, where he sat and immediately began bouncing in his seat, already eager to get up and moving again. He set the parchment on his desk.
That list... that list had caused him problems, being that he wasn't as into music as a lot of people seemed to be. Kid never really had the patience to STOP and LISTEN to things. BUT... eventually he'd thought of three. He'd also not been sure if Tanner had wanted actual classical compositions like the one playing right now, but if THAT had been the case then Toby would have been able to list precisely zero. Hopefully this would be cooooooooooool.
OKAY. SITTING BACK. EYES CLOSED. ENJOYING.
But fidgeting. Merlin. MERLIN. Could he, like, do some star jumps? Relaxing was not a Toby thing. He peeked his eyes back open and squinted around and drummed his fingers on his desk and tapped his feet rapidly under the desk. Fidgety. So fidgety. Okay, staring out the window instead. He would channel the caaaaaaaaalm. He could try. She barely acknowledged the first student into the room. Her head nodded in his direction, but she remained seated, eyes closed. Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy Smiling, Lux walked into the Arithmancy classroom. She was about to greet the Professor when she realized that she was supposed to stay quiet. Right, hehe.
Smiling at Toby, she made her way to her seat before pulling out the list she had written up earlier. One of the selections was her theme song and the other two were from her favourite movie. Was there really any doubt over what she would have chosen? Happily, she hummed along to a song that she was playing in her head.
The next student in had clearly taken care to read the board first thing into the room. All Tiara heard was scuffling feet and a slight rustle of parchment. Quote:
Originally Posted by Emms Simon walked into the Arithmancy classroom with a bounce in every step. He was having a really, really good day today. He had finished his homework and studying for the day and had time to do some sudoku puzzles. It was a very good day. He slowed down as he walked further into the classroom and enjoyed the pleasant fresh smell of it. Ahh.. Then he stopped and read the board in the silent classroom.
Hmm... Alright, favourite songs? That shouldn't be too hard to do.
After nodding towards the Professor in a form of greeting, he made his way to the second row and grabbed his usual seat. Pulling out his notebook and pen, he readied himself for class. Now all he had to do was write his top three favourite songs. 
Now this was going to be difficult.
Simon stared at the blank page in front of him and tried his hardest to think of songs to fill it, but nothing came to his mind. His mind was almost as blank as the piece of parchment in his notebook. Biting his lip, he tapped his pen softly on the paper. He scribbled down a song, paused, scribbled down another, and then paused. He had two songs down. Great, one to go.
BUT WHICH ONE WOULD HE CHOOSE?
He was aware that the exercise shouldn't be this hard, but he was already struggling with it. Biting his lip, Simon quickly wrote down a third song. Hopefully his third choice would work... He'd keep his fingers crossed on that one. Likewise, the third student remained respectfully silent. Perhaps there was a chance for teenage respectfulness after all. Quote:
Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin Time for another Arithmancy lesson. He was quite excited he was doing well in Arithmancy for once. He was loving the teacher and she easily explained things maybe this is why. As he entered the classroom, he saw the usual Toby and Lux was there. He gave his fellow puffs waves and his eyes went wide when he saw someone he hadn't seen in AGES! His heart leapt and he saw SIMON was there. He was baffled and would surely sit next to him. He hoped Ethan was here too. He would love to see his Watson here again. As he was excited about seeing Simon he couldn't help but notice the music in the room. He didn't realllyyy like it too much. He saw the Professor was listening to it deeply and he didn't wanna disturb her.
As he took his seat next to Simon and he nudged him. "Hey mate.." he said quietly. He looked up at the board he noticed that they needed to write three of their favorite songs to date. He clicked his tongue and got his quill and parchment out of the bag and decided on three. He stared at his parchment for a while and couldn't chose a song he liked!
THIS WAS IMPOSSIBLE!
He started humming songs that came up in his head and he decided to write them down.
There he kept some of his country music taste in there. He hoped his song choices worked. Her eye cracked open a millimeter. She supposed she should have written 'silently' in her instructions as opposed to 'quietly' after all. Choosing not to scold the boy for her talking, she merely closed her eyes again and sank back into the flow of the notes. Quote:
Originally Posted by feeheeheeny Arithmancyyyyyyyyyy.
Sophie was especially interested in today's class because... what on Earth would they do with favorite songs? Was there some kind of... number component to it all that would apply to their songs? Were they going to do some kind of interpretations based on their choices? She had no idea, really, which was EXCITING. She was SO down for new things. It kept things exciting.
So, arriving at class with a big ol' smile on her face, Sophie entered the room and opened her mouth instinctively to greet the professor... until she saw the state of the woman. Eyes closed, jamming away to the music. Okay. That was... fine, Soph would just head over here and take her seat near Tobes, all right? And it wasn't until she took her seat that she read the writing on the board, and when she did, she let out a hum of understanding. Okay. Everything made sense now, yes. They were meant to be quiet and take in the music and reflect on it and what not. She could do that.
Setting her paper on the desk in front of her, she realized for the first time what they were listening to - yes, she knew this. She couldn't place the composer's name at the moment, but she was familiar with this piece. Hmmm.
Verrrryyy interesting.
In her brief look prior, she hadn't seen any Eagles in the room. Therefore she was gratified to see Miss Brown when she next sneaked a peek. And her entrance had come at a particularly moving portion of the musical piece. Fitting, somehow. Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Another Arithmancy class.
Adi was READY, yo!
He seemed to be improving in the subject area... even though he had not been that bad at it before at least he was certainly better at it now. Or so he would like to think. Stepping into the classroom, Adi paused as he perked up. Was that... music? Sweet, calming music? Though rock music was more his type, he appreciated any kind.
Oohh. It was Tanner's music. Just look at her enjoying it. Adi could understand. When everyone left you, music would always be there. His eyes trailed to the board and he read the instructions. Oh yeah. That list. That was one of the MOST DIFFICULT things Adi had ever had to do... come up with that short list. Well, maybe except for the first song... that one reminded him of AJ so naturally it was one of his favourites.
He grinned at his friends before selecting a seat next to Simon and placing his list on his desk. "Heya, Simon.'' Another one who didn't seem to understand the desire for lack of talking. She may have to rethink that idea about teens having respect for calm after all. Quote:
Originally Posted by Sararara Norah opened her mouth to say a cheerful hello to Professor Tanner but closed it again quickly when she registered how...calm it was in there. Had she walked into the wrong room? Was this not the home of the second-confusingest subject in the entire world? But then reading was a thing, and it said Arithmancers on there and stuff on the board was always true. The fourteen year old smiled at Professor Tanner before taking a seat and extracting her materials from her bag as quietly as she could.
She placed her list of songs on top of her desk, then leaned back and closed her eyes to enjoy the music for a bit before her head exploded from all the maths stuff. It hadn't been as bad this term, though. Maybe being a real live teenager for a whole entire YEAR now was actually showing up somehow. Now it just had to spread to her height. Sigh. Tiara figured it must be getting close to time for the lesson to begin, and yet she hadn't counted ten students yet. She saw a Hufflepuff entering when she checked. Her lessons always seemed to have a good deal of badgers, come to think of it. Quote:
Originally Posted by ArianaBlack The Gryffindor walked into the classroom without a smile on his face, but also without a frown? It was a neutral face, actually. Was that a thing? Because Zander Adair was going to make it a thing. He didn't feel particularly sulky today-- which was strange because ever since the forrest thing and ever since Kevin's expulsion... Anyways, he made his way into the classroom with a (yes) neutral expression on his face. As he passed by Professor Tanner's desk he didn't even notice the strange behavior when, "Hh--" Oh.
Ahem. You heard nothing. La la la running to a seat now because reading the board is apparently very imperative. The Gryffindor quickly slipped into a desk by Simon Holden, before realizing he had forgotten to make his list this morning before class???? UH. PANIC. Wait. No. He had time. Right. Before doing the sitting back, closing eyes, and enjoying thing, Zander quickly took out a spare sheet of parchment and began scribbling. Aheeeeem. La la la. He was a total master of this sneaky thing. No one would possibly know that he had just come up with all of these. Heh. So good, Adair. SO good.
.... So uh, they weren't exactly his top three favorite musical works... But they were three musical works? The only three musical works that Zander Adair could think of off the top of his head.
Sweet Merlin. Well, this one had at least caught himself part way through his greeting. She nodded in the direction she figured him to be. Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel walked into the lesson and smiled, she was about to say Hi to the Professor when suddenly she realised the Professor seemed out of it so instead she looked at the board, okay so this was strange, but she could figure out three songs right?
Angel had heard loads of songs but three stuck out in her mind, because she had been listening to them lately. Angel sat down and took out her quill and started to write on a parchment.
Angel loved these song and so she would use them, she wasn't changing them now. Tiara checked her watch just as she saw Angel walking in. It was nearly time to begin. Quote:
Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy Hady walked into the room quietly quickly looking around and noticing not one person was making a sound. Well alright then. As she made her way towards her usual desk she glimpsed a look towards the board. Ah okay not the quietness of the room made sense to her.
Arriving at her seat she slipped down into the chair placing her bag near her feet and removing her parchment that held her list of songs. It had actually be kinda hard for her to come up with them as well she wanted to make sure they would be okay and all that jazz. Anyhow in the end she managed three.
Setting the parchment towards the corner of her desk Hady leaned back in her seat closing her eyes and enjoying the music around her. And as Hady stepped into the classroom, with no sign of anyone behind her, Tiara figured it was time to get started.
The last notes in the triumphant finale of Bach's Little Fugue in G Minor faded away and Tiara gave a relaxed sigh. The professor finally opened her eyes for good and looked around. Not very many students today, just as she had originally suspected. Perhaps they were all stealing some extra minutes outside with the first hints of spring in the air?
" Good morning, class. You have been serenaded by Johann Sebastian Bach's Little Fugue in G Minor today, which has long been a personal favorite of mine." Her parents had instilled a love of classical music in her from childhood. " I identify with this work because of its complexity, the intermingling of multiple voices coming together to form a cohesive whole. It brings peace to my mind, as I view it as an allegory for life in general: amidst the turmoil, hard work, and general chaos can emerge a wondrous result well worth the effort." She hadn't meant to wax eloquently, but it stirred something profound and deep within her.
So, now it was their turn. " Tell me... what do your own musical selections stir within you? It could be any range of emotions, and you certainly don't need to have a deep philosophical explanation."
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