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Con_Stripes · 02-12-2009, 11:06 AM

Ethan wandered into the classroom a good ten minutes before the lesson was due to start. He was humming and carrying the rather large gramophone from his office, various records stacked on top. Zan set up the gramophone and took a few moments to choose a record to play.

After a moment he selected the soundtrack to one of his favourite musicals and charmed the gramophone to wind itself so it would play. Humming along, Ethan walked around the classroom, nudging the desks with his booted feet so that they were all crooked. He stopped at his old desk and stroked it once, thinking about the inscription carved on the underside and the fact that the pattern of the wood on this particular desk looked kind of like an antipodean opal eye if you squinted at it in the right light.

Professor Truebridge wandered back to his own desk and slowly lowered himself into it, kicking his feet up and crossing them on the desk as he surveyed the empty clasroom to be sure everything was how he liked it. Humming to himself absently, Ethan flicked his wand at the door to unlock it and slid his sungglasses on, patiently waiting for the students to trickle in.

Yaya · 02-13-2009, 01:30 AM

Emiliano listened to the professor's instructions. He was still thinking what time period he would study, what type of questions he would make. But it seemed easy, he just loved to be inqusitive. He looked around, someone to talk History of Magic with?

Hedwig18 · 02-13-2009, 01:46 AM

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"We talk aboiut history of Magic." Melanie said matter-oh-factly. "So, If you could study any of those eras which would it be?" she asked, plopping down in a seat next to Ana. "Personally I want to know a bit more about the goblin rebellions."

"Yeah that's intersting. I would like to know more about the era, i mean the time when Harry, Ron and Hermione fought Voldmort." she said. "But we can start with the goblis. So what do you think about the goblins." she asked with a smile

Waddles · 02-13-2009, 02:04 AM

Imagine yourself as a journalist, check. That was simple, because what Juniper knew of journalists was that they wrote stuff. And she was perfectly good at writing stuff. Choose a ten-year period. That was... more difficult. Hmmmm... she would get back to that. Work together? Juniper looked around the room, immediately spotting anti-nature girl. That was an easy partner. Juniper leaned in the older girl's direction.

"Pssssttttt. Willow Kovac," Juniper hissed, for some reason reluctant to speak loudly. "Be my partner?"

Hopefully she would say yes. Then all she would have to do would be to choose a ten-year period and write three questions related to it. Oh, and she would have to discuss. But anti-nature girl would have to lead the discussion. Lucky for her, she was pretty sure Kovac was a talker. More than Juniper, anyway.

Lindzers · 02-13-2009, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Hedwig18

"Yeah that's intersting. I would like to know more about the era, i mean the time when Harry, Ron and Hermione fought Voldmort." she said. "But we can start with the goblis. So what do you think about the goblins." she asked with a smile

"Cool, we can talk about them next." Melanie said, giving her friend an encouraging grin. "Well, I think goblins are a bit selfish if you know what I mean... But they're fascinating too. I like that they stood their ground and rebelled... unlike house elfs. Of course though the elves are happy that way.." she said thoughtfully.

Hedwig18 · 02-13-2009, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by moonyroxs

"Cool, we can talk about them next." Melanie said, giving her friend an encouraging grin. "Well, I think goblins are a bit selfish if you know what I mean... But they're fascinating too. I like that they stood their ground and rebelled... unlike house elfs. Of course thought the elves are happy that way.." she said thoughtfully.

"I agree with you they are selfish, like for example that rule about the truly owner" she said. "And yes it was good for them to rebel. But like people said they are not very trustful"

Angie · 02-13-2009, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Waddles

Imagine yourself as a journalist, check. That was simple, because what Juniper knew of journalists was that they wrote stuff. And she was perfectly good at writing stuff. Choose a ten-year period. That was... more difficult. Hmmmm... she would get back to that. Work together? Juniper looked around the room, immediately spotting anti-nature girl. That was an easy partner. Juniper leaned in the older girl's direction.

"Pssssttttt. Willow Kovac," Juniper hissed, for some reason reluctant to speak loudly. "Be my partner?"

Hopefully she would say yes. Then all she would have to do would be to choose a ten-year period and write three questions related to it. Oh, and she would have to discuss. But anti-nature girl would have to lead the discussion. Lucky for her, she was pretty sure Kovac was a talker. More than Juniper, anyway.

Still tapping her chin with her quill as an absentminded movement, the Ravenclaw brunette barely hear the whisper -or was it a hiss- coming from someone addressing to her.

Oh, it was. . . Goodwin. And she'd just used her entire name. What a strange girl. "Yes, Juniper Goodwin." Hah.

Packing her belongings, the young Ravenclaw went to sit down in a seat that was not particularly close to Goodwin's --she enjoyed having her personal space, thank you very much-- but close enough that she would able to talk to her without difficulty. "What period should we discuss?"

Cassirin · 02-13-2009, 03:17 AM

Again with the partnering up? Didn't these teachers ever let people work by themselves? Copernicus gnawed at his lip and glanced around at the other students. Who wasn't partnered up yet?

Waddles · 02-13-2009, 03:17 AM

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Still tapping her chin with her quill as an absentminded movement, the Ravenclaw brunette barely hear the whisper -or was it a hiss- coming from someone addressing to her.

Oh, it was. . . Goodwin. And she'd just used her entire name. What a strange girl. "Yes, Juniper Goodwin." Hah.

Packing her belongings, the young Ravenclaw went to sit down in a seat that was not particularly close to Goodwin's --she enjoyed having her personal space, thank you very much-- but close enough that she would able to talk to her without difficulty. "What period should we discuss?"

Oh good. Anti-Nature Girl had agreed to be her partner. Juniper practically beamed. That girl was smart! Surely ~~Kovac~~ the two of them would find some ~~nature-related~~ fantastically interesting ten year period to focus on.

Or not.

Juniper literally gaped at the Ravenclaw Quidditch captain when she asked which period they should discuss. Kovac was asking her? She had been about to ask the older girl for ideas. Mouth opening in closing in a way quite resemblant of a fish, Juniper simply stared at the fifth year for a moment as she scanned all the dates in history that she knew off the top of her head, in search of a grouping of ten years that had the most dates.

"Errrr... how about the first ten years that Lord Voldemortist was in power?" Lots of things had happened in those ten years, right? Hopefully. And if not... well, Juniper would be surprised if anti-nature girl could come up with a better idea.

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Again with the partnering up? Didn't these teachers ever let people work by themselves? Copernicus gnawed at his lip and glanced around at the other students. Who wasn't partnered up yet?

As Juniper gazed around the room--there was no reason for her to look anywhere specific, after all. She didn't want to look at Kovac, and where else would she look?--she noticed that Copernicus didn't have a partner. Not bothering to ask Kovac if she minded, Juniper waved the boy over. "Do you want to work with us, Copernicus? We don't mind."

Anna Banana · 02-13-2009, 03:24 AM

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"So. I'd like for you all to imagine yourself as a journalist. Choose any ten year period- preferably one where you can provide dates to work with- and think about what was happening at that time. I'd like each of you to write 3 questions that you would ask people to get more information on whichever event or person you think is the top story of that time. You can work with others and discuss it amongst yourselves; infact I encourage it as long as you stay on topic. I'll be listening in." Ethan stroked the cat again and stood, carrying the... minky? Whatever its name was, and sitting in his chair again.

ooc: Yeaaah I have to go but Truebridge IS STILL HERE and WATCHING so be aware of that. Stay on topic or risk losing points. Feel free to discuss and debate and speculate.

Feeling as if she'd been out of the loop for the entire class, Anna finally perked up and glanced at the professor. Imagine herself as a journalist? She was a journalist, though---for The Quill. Ahhh, well, no sense in focusing on trivial matters at the moment. Anna closed her eyes for a moment and imagined herself working alongside Clara Belle and Getti Forde at the Daily Prophet. Anna hd always secretly thought those two were just too cool. It'd be really awesome to work alongside them both.

Okay, so this next little assignment didn't seem too difficult. She could easily pick out a few dates and whip up a few questions. All she needed now was a partner. Darn. It appeared that most others already had one. It'd really be rather boring if she ended up working alone...

Angie · 02-13-2009, 03:31 AM

If Willow were being one hundred percent honest with herself, she had to admit that Juniper Goodwin was not as bad as she used to. Perhaps that year she had spent in Africa had somehow . . . changed her? Whatever. Point was, she did not annoy Willow nearly as much. In fact, the girl didn't annoy her at all.

But that did not mean they were friends. Yes, that's right.

Ignoring the expression that had taken over Juniper's face, Willow shrugged and asnwered simply, "Sure, I guess that's fine." Lord Voldemortist. Willow didn't need to read -which she didn't- to know who that man was. Everyone knew who he was.

And then Juniper was telling some boy Willow did not know to join them. Weell--at least it was a Ravenclaw boy, which meant that he had to be smart. But then, the sorting hat made mistakes sometimes. Or so she thought. "What do you know about Lord Voldemortist?" Asked the girl, looking at him.

Cassirin · 02-13-2009, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Oesed

If Willow were being one hundred percent honest with herself, she had to admit that Juniper Goodwin was not as bad as she used to. Perhaps that year she had spent in Africa had somehow . . . changed her? Whatever. Point was, she did not annoy Willow nearly as much. In fact, the girl didn't annoy her at all.

But that did not mean they were friends. Yes, that's right.

Ignoring the expression that had taken over Juniper's face, Willow shrugged and asnwered simply, "Sure, I guess that's fine." Lord Voldemortist. Willow didn't need to read -which she didn't- to know who that man was. Everyone knew who he was.

And then Juniper was telling some boy Willow did not know to join them. Weell--at least it was a Ravenclaw boy, which meant that he had to be smart. But then, the sorting hat made mistakes sometimes. Or so she thought. "What do you know about Lord Voldemortist?" Asked the girl, looking at him.

Copernicus shifted his chair over toward the girls. "If you really don't mind, I would be honored to join you. Were you planning on discussing the time period that Lord Voldemortist was seeking the Book of Mysteria here at Hogwarts?" He was actually pretty excited to discuss the topic, considering it was the one he'd mentioned in class. He turned to Willow. "I'm called Copernicus Kettleburn," he bowed his head and offered his hand.

Angie · 02-13-2009, 03:49 AM

Upon hearing the boy speak, Willow had to actually blink a few times. He was so. . . polite. It reminded her a lot of her grandfather, and she had to admit that meeting a boy that spoke like that was refreshing somehow. "Yes, the very same." She nodded, before gazing into space thoughtfully for a second, "That was time when some professors were resurrected by some kind of draught... I forgot its name." She was too busy being thankful that she had NOT attended to Hogwarts during that time.

Shaking the boy's hand briefly before letting go of it, Willow said, "Nice to meet you, Copernicus Kettleburn. I'm Willow Kovac."

TeafortheSoul · 02-13-2009, 03:50 AM

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Tobi leaned forward and poked Celandine gently in the center of the back, she was easily his favourite history partner, and he hoped he could entice her to work with him, "Hey Cela," he whispered. "If you had to chose, would you rather study the last decade of Merlin, or the last decade of Grindelwald's freedom?"

"Hmmm." Celandine turned around and thought about the question, "Grindlewald!"
She turned back to Tobi, "So I guess we have to figure out what is important to ask; like... not questions relating to specific people since we only have three.... I think a 'whats your opinion' type of question is a good start and... what else was going on in history at that time?" Celandine looked around, spotted Copernicus and waved at him, making a mental note to catch him later to give him the little thing she'd gotten.

She paused and looked around, "Anyone else want to work with us? Anna?"

Cassirin · 02-13-2009, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Oesed

Upon hearing the boy speak, Willow had to actually blink a few times. He was so. . . polite. It reminded her a lot of her grandfather, and she had to admit that meeting a boy that spoke like that was refreshing somehow. "Yes, the very same." She nodded, before gazing into space thoughtfully for a second, "That was time when some professors were resurrected by some kind of draught... I forgot its name." She was too busy being thankful that she had NOT attended to Hogwarts during that time.

Shaking the boy's hand briefly before letting go of it, Willow said, "Nice to meet you, Copernicus Kettleburn. I'm Willow Kovac."

"Yes, that was when the ghost professors came back to their corporeal bodies," Copernicus nodded. "So... if you were a journalist, what sorts of things would you want to know? That could help us brainstorm some good questions."

Anna Banana · 02-13-2009, 04:17 AM

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"Hmmm." Celandine turned around and thought about the question, "Grindlewald!"
She turned back to Tobi, "So I guess we have to figure out what is important to ask; like... not questions relating to specific people since we only have three.... I think a 'whats your opinion' type of question is a good start and... what else was going on in history at that time?" Celandine looked around, spotted Copernicus and waved at him, making a mental note to catch him later to give him the little thing she'd gotten.

She paused and looked around, "Anyone else want to work with us? Anna?"

Anna, who'd begun to think she just might have to work alone this time, sat up straight and practically beamed when she heard Cela ask if she'd like to join her little group. Thank Merlin! It had been sort of awkward sitting there all alone with no one to discuss the assignment with. "Oh, of course!" Anna remarked, scooting herself closer to Cela and Tobi. "Thanks for asking me. I was actually starting to think I'd be stuck working alone, which didn't seem to be all that exciting." Anna picked up her quill and prepared herself for a little note-writing. "Alright, so, one of you catch me up. Have you two decided on a particular time period yet, or no?" she asked, looking back and forth between Cela and Tobi.

Waddles · 02-13-2009, 04:20 AM

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"Yes, that was when the ghost professors came back to their corporeal bodies," Copernicus nodded. "So... if you were a journalist, what sorts of things would you want to know? That could help us brainstorm some good questions."

Oh, good. They had covered the basics like each other's names and what had happened during their period quickly. Tapping her quill on the palm of her hand, Juniper brainstormed. If she were a journalist...she would not be writing about history, that was for sure. She would be journaling about nature. Hmm.

"If I were a journalist, I would want to know how many of the events in these years took place outside," Juniper said. "But... that's probably not helpful." No. It was most definitely not helpful. Because Anti-Nature Girl was herself, and Juniper doubted that Copernicus or anybody else really cared whether events were indoors our outdoors.

Angie · 02-13-2009, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

"Yes, that was when the ghost professors came back to their corporeal bodies," Copernicus nodded. "So... if you were a journalist, what sorts of things would you want to know? That could help us brainstorm some good questions."

Distractedly, she began to chew on her bottom lip as she pondered the boy's question. Well, she was already a journalist so that part she didn't have to pretend. . .

. . . "I would most likely ask the people that died and resurrected, what it felt like to die and if that changed their perspective on life, and such." Oh, it would definitely change hers. But then, what did she know? It wasn't like she had died before, or anything. And then she shrugged just because. "Why wouldn't that be helpful?" She inquired, turning to look at Juniper.

Cassirin · 02-13-2009, 04:28 AM

Cope wrinkled his nose to consider all of the possible questions they could ask. "It sounds like we each might have different aspects of that time period. Juniper is interested in... perhaps the impact Voldemortist's interests had on... the environment?" He gave her a rueful smile to let her know it sounded idiotic and she was welcome to tell him to shut his mouth. "And Willow has a very human interest angle, wondering about the professors who were brought back to life and the potion. And I think I am most interested in knowing more about how Voldemortist continued to get access to the castle and renewed safety measures that stemmed from that. So that's very diverse."

druidflower · 02-13-2009, 04:28 AM

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Anna, who'd begun to think she just might have to work alone this time, sat up straight and practically beamed when she heard Cela ask if she'd like to join her little group. Thank Merlin! It had been sort of awkward sitting there all alone with no one to discuss the assignment with. "Oh, of course!" Anna remarked, scooting herself closer to Cela and Tobi. "Thanks for asking me. I was actually starting to think I'd be stuck working alone, which didn't seem to be all that exciting." Anna picked up her quill and prepared herself for a little note-writing. "Alright, so, one of you catch me up. Have you two decided on a particular time period yet, or no?" she asked, looking back and forth between Cela and Tobi.

Tobi smiled at his Prefect, he almost never really spoke to her, but she seemed nice enough. "We thought we'd go with the last ten years before Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald. Does that work for you?"

Tobi understood how she felt about working alone, it was okay, but much more fun to meet new people, if it hadn't been for classes, he wouldn't know lots of great people. Too many to count really.

"We haven't got any questions mapped out yet, though. Shall we brainstorm about that then?" he suggested.

Mrs. Weasley · 02-13-2009, 04:43 AM

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Cope wrinkled his nose to consider all of the possible questions they could ask. "It sounds like we each might have different aspects of that time period. Juniper is interested in... perhaps the impact Voldemortist's interests had on... the environment?" He gave her a rueful smile to let her know it sounded idiotic and she was welcome to tell him to shut his mouth. "And Willow has a very human interest angle, wondering about the professors who were brought back to life and the potion. And I think I am most interested in knowing more about how Voldemortist continued to get access to the castle and renewed safety measures that stemmed from that. So that's very diverse."

Abby walks over carrying her chair to where Copernicus is discussing questions with some girls. "Can I join you'll?" Abby puts on her best puppy dog face.

Anna Banana · 02-13-2009, 04:44 AM

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Tobi smiled at his Prefect, he almost never really spoke to her, but she seemed nice enough. "We thought we'd go with the last ten years before Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald. Does that work for you?"

Tobi understood how she felt about working alone, it was okay, but much more fun to meet new people, if it hadn't been for classes, he wouldn't know lots of great people. Too many to count really.

"We haven't got any questions mapped out yet, though. Shall we brainstorm about that then?" he suggested.

Anna, pleased to be working with such a hard-working Gryffindor (and a hard-working Ravenclaw for that matter), returned Tobi's smile. "That time period works just fine. So, let me think...Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald in 1945, right? So we're roughly looking at 1935 to 1945, "Anna said, jotting down a few notes on her parchment. "Well, according to history, Tom Riddle, or Lord Voldemort as he's known, was officially invited to Hogwarts in the year 1935. Oh, and in the early 1940's, Dumbledore became the Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts," she added. "What, in particular, are we focusing on? The general events in those ten years, the most important events, the events only related to Dumbledore, or...what?"

Waddles · 02-13-2009, 04:51 AM

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Cope wrinkled his nose to consider all of the possible questions they could ask. "It sounds like we each might have different aspects of that time period. Juniper is interested in... perhaps the impact Voldemortist's interests had on... the environment?" He gave her a rueful smile to let her know it sounded idiotic and she was welcome to tell him to shut his mouth. "And Willow has a very human interest angle, wondering about the professors who were brought back to life and the potion. And I think I am most interested in knowing more about how Voldemortist continued to get access to the castle and renewed safety measures that stemmed from that. So that's very diverse."

Impact on the environment. Juniper stared, slightly awestruck, at Copernicus. He clearly had a way with words that she could never hope to have. But now they had three general topics, and that was good.

"So we just have to think up three questions, and we'll have the time period basically covered," Juniper concluded with a tiny smile. "I've got one: 'How was the giant squid affected by the commotion that Voldemortist caused around the castle?' Because the giant squid lives in the lake, and changes around the lake would affect the lake and thus the squid, so knowing about the squid would let us know about everything else in the general vicinity, too."

Another student walked over and asked to join them, and Juniper glanced at her housemates, unsure of what they would say. She was not about to say no, but she had already invited someone to join without asking Willow. It would be just plain rude to do it again.

Cassirin · 02-13-2009, 04:55 AM

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Abby walks over carrying her chair to where Copernicus is discussing questions with some girls. "Can I join you'll?" Abby puts on her best puppy dog face.

"I have no objections if it's alright with everyone else," Copernicus gestured at an open spot.

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Impact on the environment. Juniper stared, slightly awestruck, at Copernicus. He clearly had a way with words that she could never hope to have. But now they had three general topics, and that was good.

"So we just have to think up three questions, and we'll have the time period basically covered," Juniper concluded with a tiny smile. "I've got one: 'How was the giant squid affected by the commotion that Voldemortist caused around the castle?' Because the giant squid lives in the lake, and changes around the lake would affect the lake and thus the squid, so knowing about the squid would let us know about everything else in the general vicinity, too."

Another student walked over and asked to join them, and Juniper glanced at her housemates, unsure of what they would say. She was not about to say no, but she had already invited someone to join without asking Willow. It would be just plain rude to do it again.

"You could take it one step further and ask what sort of long term spell damage occurred on the grounds," Copernicus offered to her. "It might be interesting to know if all of that fighting and such caused damage to the plant life, or if it frightened any of the Magical Creatures other than the squid. That's a good one," he nodded. "Is it three questions each? I think we could easily come up with nine... I mean twelve questions."

Angie · 02-13-2009, 04:56 AM

It was very hard for Willow not to chuckle at Copernicus' idea -because the boy probably didn't know how right he might be- but that would probably make her look like an idiot, which is why she settled for a grin. Juniper would mind about the impact Lord Voldemortist had on the enviroment. "You know, Copernicus, you sound like my grandfather." And that was not a bad thing. "I mean, not as in your voice, but as the way you speak." She shrugged.

She was scribbling down all the topics they would be covering when someone else decided to join them. A girl. "Um," she looked at the other two, "Sure, I guess that's fine."

And then she was distracted by Juniper question. The Giant Squid? Seriously? "How was the people that live in Hogsmeade affected by all the things that happened at Hogwarts?" She added.