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Govoni · 05-22-2017, 07:06 AM

Aww, really? All this writing... Olivia was excited for something a bit more practical and artistic. As it had been during the previous term. Maybe for the main activity? Perhaps they were gathering all this information to design a poster or something. Hopefully...

Right, soooo, looking at the Professor's compiled list, for the sake of keeping it simple, Liv decided upon Draco, the dragon. For no other reason than dragons were cool, and she thought she remembered a bit of the mythology behind the constellation. It was easier to work with what you know, right? Her textbook would be making the assist, of course...but there was some base knowledge already in play. A good starting point, in her opinion.

Pulling a fresh sheet of parchment, the blonde carefully drew out the header, Draco, the Dragon, in a calligrapher's hand. With a few extra doodled stars to add to the effect....and make it match with the previous note-page. She was into the cohesive and aesthetics. Opening her book shortly after, Liv began flipping pages. What she already knew, in regards to Draco, was that the dragon was killed by Cadmus. After he'd been slain, his teeth had been buried into the ground, where soliders had sprung forth. Soliders...Warriors, it was all the same. The warriors then battled for their place among the first to inhabit the gorgeous city of Thebes.

SPOILER!!: Draco!

Doing an awful lot of scribbling and such, she barely paid any attention to what was going on around her. What her seatmate was doing for her star, what her classmates were doing for theirs.... If anyone was asking questions... Needless to say, she was pretty absorbed, considering how boring simple writing actually was. The sooner she got this done, the better, right?

05-22-2017, 07:06 AM	#75 (permalink)
Govoni MO & DMLE Blast-Ended Skrewt Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Dragonstone Posts: 15,583 Hogwarts RPG Name: Lyric Bayliss-Black Slytherin Fourth Year x12 x12	Zombie Apocalypse Team Leader ★ ★ in a crown of pepperoni and artisan cheese Aww, really? All this writing... Olivia was excited for something a bit more practical and artistic. As it had been during the previous term. Maybe for the main activity? Perhaps they were gathering all this information to design a poster or something. Hopefully... Right, soooo, looking at the Professor's compiled list, for the sake of keeping it simple, Liv decided upon Draco, the dragon. For no other reason than dragons were cool, and she thought she remembered a bit of the mythology behind the constellation. It was easier to work with what you know, right? Her textbook would be making the assist, of course...but there was some base knowledge already in play. A good starting point, in her opinion. Pulling a fresh sheet of parchment, the blonde carefully drew out the header, Draco, the Dragon, in a calligrapher's hand. With a few extra doodled stars to add to the effect....and make it match with the previous note-page. She was into the cohesive and aesthetics. Opening her book shortly after, Liv began flipping pages. What she already knew, in regards to Draco, was that the dragon was killed by Cadmus. After he'd been slain, his teeth had been buried into the ground, where soliders had sprung forth. Soliders...Warriors, it was all the same. The warriors then battled for their place among the first to inhabit the gorgeous city of Thebes. SPOILER!!: Draco! Olivia Lynn Phillips Gryffindor Fifth Year 17 October, 2092 Draco Constellation Notes Technical ○ eighth-largest constellation ○ derived from the Latin draconem, meaning "huge serpent," ○ constellation literally snakes its way through the northern sky ○ one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy ○ best seen in July at 9 p.m. local time Mythology ○ guarded the golden apples in the garden of the Hesperides ○ slain by Cadmus ○ used for his dragon teeth that bore warriors to fight for a place in Thebes by Minerva's command. ○ eventually placed in the skies by Juno for his services to the Gods and Goddesses • Doing an awful lot of scribbling and such, she barely paid any attention to what was going on around her. What her seatmate was doing for her star, what her classmates were doing for theirs.... If anyone was asking questions... Needless to say, she was pretty absorbed, considering how boring simple writing actually was. The sooner she got this done, the better, right? __________________ We live in cities you'll *never* see onscreen..._______________________________________________ So very pretty, and we sure know how to run things..._______________________________ Livin' in ruins of a *palace, within our dreams...____________ We're on each other's team*._____