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sweetpinkpixie · 10-21-2015, 12:16 AM

SPOILER!!: Sophie! with Zander

All of it.

Of course.

What he got for asking a Ravenclaw.

Chuckling at the Head Girl's lesson suggestion, although not entirely dismissing it either, he merely shook his head while a faint smile tugged at the corners of his lips. A man who took great pride in his family history, it was more of a game with him to see how long it took the general population of Hogwarts to notice the connection. Nearly a decade now...give or take the inquisitive student here and there. Same reason he did not want the Observatory rolling out the red carpet when he arrive.

Among other reasons. Ahem.

"I'll think on it, Miss Brown," he saluted. If nothing else he could break out of his Spock comfort zone for Halloween? Next year.

...

oh.

Ahem. Anyway?

"Well, although I am sure you have already read this elsewhere, this room is one of the last the surviving interiors by Sir Christopher Wren who the architect of St. Paul's chruch in London. But that is more a significance for modern times, I suppose. Originally, this room was used by astronomers to observe eclipses and comets. And those two clocks over there by the entrance, just to the left of the door were crafted by Thomas Tompion in 1676. However, Flamsteed's widow sold them and they were made into long case clocks, so those are replicas you see now. The one there on the far right indicated sidereal time, which was essential for use of the long telescopes you see by the windows." He paused and gestured towards a pendulum in a case elsewhere in the room. "Although that over there is the pendulum from one of the original clocks. Flamsteed and ompion agreed to use a new type of mechanism in these clocks called the dead-beat escapement which became the standard for precision pendulum clocks, not unlike the one we have in the Clock Tower at Hogwarts."

Although that was a multipurpose clock, as are most things in the wizarding world.

Looking down, the Astronomy professor checked his sundial watch and managed to mask his disappointment.

"Sweet solstice, look at the time," he said, showing the watch to both the Head Boy and Head Girl - who probably could not make heads nor tails of it since the watch never seemed to actually "work." "Almost time to start heading back to our, er, meeting location."

OOC: this thread will be closing today, approximately 5 hours from the time of this post. SO LAST CALL FOR PARTICIPATION POINTS!

10-21-2015, 12:16 AM	#113 (permalink)
sweetpinkpixie Wizarding World RPG Admin Minister for Magic Alley Proprietor Romanian Longhorn Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: The Paths Posts: 39,834 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!!: Sophie! with Zander Quote: Originally Posted by feeheeheeny Text Cut: THE BOYS Did she think he'd ever visited this place before? Oh yeah, she counted on it. This was the man's HISTORY. His FAMILY. She wouldn't have been surprised if he'd been there, like, hundreds of times because he was a big nerd like that. What kind of knowledge ~~was she~~ were they seeking, though? Without the slightest hesitation, Soph shrugged and responded, "All of it. Everything." When had she been one to not want all the nitty gritty details, Flammy? She wanted to know everything there was to know, or at least anything he thought was important enough to share with them. While she was wiggling to make herself comfortable on the sofa, Zander's question was answered - the man had a favorite spot in the ROOM, for Merlin's sake. Yeah, she guessed he'd been there quite a few times. At his pointing upward, she craned her neck and gave a long, hard squint at John Flamsteed. So that was him, huh? "I think you should dress like that some class, professor. You should teach, like, a whole lesson on your family history. All about the Flamsteeds and their many successes and advances in astronomy. Like, not in a bragging way or anything, but it's an important part of history, wouldn't you say? Your family's legacy?" She was smiling, genuinely believing that this was a very good idea, and she also wanted nothing more than to see the man tear up over such a sentiment. What? So she wanted to make a professor cry. Sue her. She'd humor him, though, and offered up a question, her gaze flickering to Zander's and silently attempting to communicate to him that HE should ask questions, too, because animated, passionate Flammy was the BEST Flammy. "What's the significance of this room? Why's his portrait here of all places in the house, or are there loads more portraits of him elsewhere?" Was it just because it had a nice view of everything? Or did something big happen in THIS room? All of it. Of course. What he got for asking a Ravenclaw. Chuckling at the Head Girl's lesson suggestion, although not entirely dismissing it either, he merely shook his head while a faint smile tugged at the corners of his lips. A man who took great pride in his family history, it was more of a game with him to see how long it took the general population of Hogwarts to notice the connection. Nearly a decade now...give or take the inquisitive student here and there. Same reason he did not want the Observatory rolling out the red carpet when he arrive. Among other reasons. Ahem. "I'll think on it, Miss Brown," he saluted. If nothing else he could break out of his Spock comfort zone for Halloween? Next year. ... oh. Ahem. Anyway? "Well, although I am sure you have already read this elsewhere, this room is one of the last the surviving interiors by Sir Christopher Wren who the architect of St. Paul's chruch in London. But that is more a significance for modern times, I suppose. Originally, this room was used by astronomers to observe eclipses and comets. And those two clocks over there by the entrance, just to the left of the door were crafted by Thomas Tompion in 1676. However, Flamsteed's widow sold them and they were made into long case clocks, so those are replicas you see now. The one there on the far right indicated sidereal time, which was essential for use of the long telescopes you see by the windows." He paused and gestured towards a pendulum in a case elsewhere in the room. "Although that over there is the pendulum from one of the original clocks. Flamsteed and ompion agreed to use a new type of mechanism in these clocks called the dead-beat escapement which became the standard for precision pendulum clocks, not unlike the one we have in the Clock Tower at Hogwarts." Although that was a multipurpose clock, as are most things in the wizarding world. Looking down, the Astronomy professor checked his sundial watch and managed to mask his disappointment. "Sweet solstice, look at the time," he said, showing the watch to both the Head Boy and Head Girl - who probably could not make heads nor tails of it since the watch never seemed to actually "work." "Almost time to start heading back to our, er, meeting location." OOC: this thread will be closing today, approximately 5 hours from the time of this post. SO LAST CALL FOR PARTICIPATION POINTS! __________________ 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