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griffin · 06-27-2021, 02:40 AM

Heads up? Devin tilted his head up towards the sky when he heard that direction, wondering what it was that he was supposed to be looking at. There was a pretty neat cloud. Was that what the professor wanted to show him? Or did the professor want him to notice the net that he presumed was some sort of safety device? His thoughts on clouds were abruptly interrupted when a ball hit him square in the chest. ”Ow!” Devin looked down to the ground where the ball had landed at his feet after hitting him. Oh. OH. That’s what the professor had meant. Catch the ball. Oops. Looked like he needed to get his head out of the clouds. Devin leaned down to pick up the ball and threw it back at the professor. He wasn’t very good at aiming though so the ball went considerably off course and a lack of power behind the throw gave it a rather short trajectory. There was a reason he preferred board games to sports games.

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Originally Posted by professor

"Alright everyone, attention this way," Kamran said to the gathered students, setting the balls aside, where they floated away to pile themselves neatly on the floor. "Thank you all for humouring that little exercise in reactions. We'll circle back around to the significance of this in a few minutes." He paused, resisted the urge to sweep the drizzly rain droplets from his hair, and folded his arms across his chest instead. "Flying isn't for everyone - though it's always a useful skill to have regardless - and some people simply hate it. I'd like for you to tell me, even if you love it, what's your least favourite part of flying? Alternatively, why do you think some people prefer to avoid flying entirely?"

This, for the record, was very useful information to know. Kamran had never feared flying, there was very little he disliked about it. Aside from the question pertaining to the lesson topic, it was just very helpful to get these perspectives, especially when it came to teaching reluctant flyers. But anyway. "I'm thinking specifically about flying on a broomstick, but if you have answers about magic carpets, winged horses, anything else magical in nature, I'll accept those too."

What was his least favorite part about flying? The answer to that was not easy. Not easy to openly talk about anyway. Flying class brought back memories to him of what should have been an innocent fun lesson turning to a horrific moment. A moment in which the very institution that he had trusted to protect and educate him and his peers had failed his classmates so very badly. The time when he witnessed his friends and classmates getting their brooms blown up beneath them with no care taken at all to ensure they wouldn’t be injured from the fall or worse. Seeing his peers treated so unfairly while he had been allowed to keep his broom really ruined flying for him. For him flying was something he mostly just did in lessons but some of the people who were deemed unworthy to fly needed to be on a broomstick just as much as they needed air in their lungs. Some of them were talented quidditch players. Some of them were enjoying the magic of being able to leave the ground behind them for the first time. Devin didn’t care as much about flying beyond it being just another class, and a decent way to get in some outdoor exercise. So what made him so much more “qualified” to be on a broomstick? The time of the people who had imposed those rules was past them now, but his bitterness for flying lessons and his memories of how it made him feel remained. How was he supposed to explain all of that? So, instead Devin opted to remain silent although the expression on his face likely revealed that he was deep in self-reflection.

06-27-2021, 02:40 AM	#12 (permalink)
griffin DMAC & DERP Snidget Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 2,710 Hogwarts RPG Name: Devin James Horton Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Deanna Joyce Horton Gryffindor Second Year x1	Been here the whole time Teapot Occamy\| gryphons&giraffes&goats,OH MY \| chaser of the truth \| flutiful❧ Heads up? Devin tilted his head up towards the sky when he heard that direction, wondering what it was that he was supposed to be looking at. There was a pretty neat cloud. Was that what the professor wanted to show him? Or did the professor want him to notice the net that he presumed was some sort of safety device? His thoughts on clouds were abruptly interrupted when a ball hit him square in the chest. ”Ow!” Devin looked down to the ground where the ball had landed at his feet after hitting him. Oh. OH. That’s what the professor had meant. Catch the ball. Oops. Looked like he needed to get his head out of the clouds. Devin leaned down to pick up the ball and threw it back at the professor. He wasn’t very good at aiming though so the ball went considerably off course and a lack of power behind the throw gave it a rather short trajectory. There was a reason he preferred board games to sports games. Quote: Originally Posted by professor "Alright everyone, attention this way," Kamran said to the gathered students, setting the balls aside, where they floated away to pile themselves neatly on the floor. "Thank you all for humouring that little exercise in reactions. We'll circle back around to the significance of this in a few minutes." He paused, resisted the urge to sweep the drizzly rain droplets from his hair, and folded his arms across his chest instead. "Flying isn't for everyone - though it's always a useful skill to have regardless - and some people simply hate it. I'd like for you to tell me, even if you love it, what's your least favourite part of flying? Alternatively, why do you think some people prefer to avoid flying entirely?" This, for the record, was very useful information to know. Kamran had never feared flying, there was very little he disliked about it. Aside from the question pertaining to the lesson topic, it was just very helpful to get these perspectives, especially when it came to teaching reluctant flyers. But anyway. "I'm thinking specifically about flying on a broomstick, but if you have answers about magic carpets, winged horses, anything else magical in nature, I'll accept those too." What was his least favorite part about flying? The answer to that was not easy. Not easy to openly talk about anyway. Flying class brought back memories to him of what should have been an innocent fun lesson turning to a horrific moment. A moment in which the very institution that he had trusted to protect and educate him and his peers had failed his classmates so very badly. The time when he witnessed his friends and classmates getting their brooms blown up beneath them with no care taken at all to ensure they wouldn’t be injured from the fall or worse. Seeing his peers treated so unfairly while he had been allowed to keep his broom really ruined flying for him. For him flying was something he mostly just did in lessons but some of the people who were deemed unworthy to fly needed to be on a broomstick just as much as they needed air in their lungs. Some of them were talented quidditch players. Some of them were enjoying the magic of being able to leave the ground behind them for the first time. Devin didn’t care as much about flying beyond it being just another class, and a decent way to get in some outdoor exercise. So what made him so much more “qualified” to be on a broomstick? The time of the people who had imposed those rules was past them now, but his bitterness for flying lessons and his memories of how it made him feel remained. How was he supposed to explain all of that? So, instead Devin opted to remain silent although the expression on his face likely revealed that he was deep in self-reflection. __________________