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Text Cut: Because Airey talks LOADS. Hehehe <3 WHY WAS HE LOOKING AT HER LIKE THAT? Alice warily EYED the professor back. He was jumpy, wasn't he? Hopping from the platform to the floor and.. what was he on about now? Baseball? She had no idea what that was, and was even more clueless when he brought out those ridiculous looking gloves. They looked like exploded hands. Swollen, exploded, squishy hands. And those weird costumes.. gear, she meant. Protective gear. She was still listening intently, though, as the man continued on, and.. wait, they were going to catch a star? This man was insane, wasn't he? Truly, madly insane. Nevertheless, Alice obliged and dumped all of her belongings in the Gryffindor box. Because she.. charms.. yeah, no. And then she grabbed a glove thing from the box and slipped it on. After somehow managing to crawl into one of those creepy gear costumes, she went and stood in front of the projector. "What NOW, Professor?" Beam. She was EAGER, mmhmm. Quote:
Sherman wheeled over to the gloves and gingerly plucked one out of the box, slipping it onto his hands. HE knew what they were, yes, being a Muggleborn wizard and all. Protective gear, too? He hobbled out of his wheelchair when putting it on, leaning on a desk for support while doing so. And then he crawled back into his wheelchair, maneuvering it around the room and towards the projector. Yes. What now, professor? The old man stared intently at Airey, not blinking an eye. He was eager, TOO, y'know. |
Sky had decided to sit out the previous question since she had been about to say meteor anyway. Instead, she took notes as Professor Airey was replying to her classmates answers. Once it was time for the activity, however, she jumped up, performed the sticking charm on all of her things, then sauntered over to the box of protective gear. Where she had her first mini freak out of the term. "But none of these are purple," she wibbled quietly. She wanted purple protective gear! Sighing and deciding that she would just have to deal, she grabbed some out of the box, carefully put it on, then walked over to the gloves. Picking out one that seemed almost new, she slipped her hand into it and waited for the next set of instructions. |
BURNING BLUDGERS were they really going to catch those? What like hey lets play a game of Quidditch with a freaking fireball? Right...though fire-quidditch sounded like a good way to learn how not to get hit with a bludger. Now this wasn't something just anyone could say they attempted...besides astronauts but they didn't do it wearing simple protective gear and being awesome. They'd use big machines and spacey-things. She stood up and walked over to where the protective equipment was standing and grabbed it. She just hoped they wouldn't be on brooms while doing this - you know controlling where you are going when trying to not get knocked out by stupid hot rocks was probably a hard thing to do. "Well I hope we don't encounter any bolides then when trying to catch these" she smiled a wary smile. She knew one time or another today she'd probably pass out. |
Ellura hadn't registered the fact that the Perry Cuomo song could lead into the actual lesson activity. Or that a falling star was anything but a star crossing the sky in some way shape or form. A meteor or meteorite...THATs what it was? So cool! The third year copied down the information into her notes to show what she had learned in even the short time she had been in the class today. And now for the activity. She listened to Professor Flamsteed as the man described what he wanted them all to do before hand. The Gryffindor would certainly need to borrow a baseball glove since she hadn't brought one to the class...hadn't brought one to Hogwarts in the first place. And then protective gear was needed as well. Just what would they be doing to mimic the catching of falling stars the professor mentioned? Whatever it was, Ellura picked herself up from her seat and gathered her belongings including her notes back into her bag and headed to the front. She certainly didn't trust her sticking charms...didn't know that charm yet actually. Setting it down inside the box they had been told to, she retrieved her set of Gryffindor gear and put it on before taking ahold of a glove and moving to stand by the projector. Ready for whatever was to come. |
They were gonna catch falling sta- er, meteors? That should be fun! Right? Penelope looked up and stared for a moment when she saw the yellow and blue lights soaring through the sky. Ohh, that was pretty. But then the professor was speaking again, so she dragged her eyes away from those for now. The third year didn't own a baseball glove herself, so she got up and grabbed one of the ones he had brought. Then she picked out some protective gear for herself and quickly put it and the glove on, feeling like this activity HAD to be pretty fun and exciting if they actually had to have protective gear on. Unless he was just being over protective of them all and the activity would be super easy and harmless. But he was a Gryffindor, so that couldn't be it, right? And now...her things. Penelope felt like maybe she should get some practice in with the Sticking Charm thing, but...meh, this was Astronomy, not Charms. She could take a little break from her work-hard-at-mastering-spells plan for right now, yeah? Yeah. So she picked up her bag with her things in it and dropped it in the box the professor had indicated. |
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They were...going to...catch falling ROCKS?! ...but didn't they need a cauldron strapped to the top of their heads for this? Or, was that Creaothceann? Yeah, that was Creaothceann... She grabbed a Muggle baseball glove, because Merlin only knew she didn't have one of those herself, and then she began the process of collecting the protective gear. Once she had all the pieces to it, she put it on, although, she wasn't sure that was done exactly the right way, and then turned in the professor's direction. Heading back to her belongings, she packed them in her bag and then used a sticking charm just as the professor had suggested. With that done, she took a spot in front of the projector. Merlin, help her... |
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket? Did that mean that what they caught with those Muggle catching mitts was going to be something that Mo could tuck away in his pocket for KEEPING? Mo pondered all the many uses of a meteorite as he fastened his bag and stuck it firmly to the floor. But why... was he ask them to do this part? Was the floor going to drop out on them? Mo meandered up to examine the Ravenclaw-blue protective gear that the professor had provided. It looked cumbersome and heavy, but considering what they were going to be doing... it was probably still a good idea. The Ravenclaw third year struggled into the gear, although he left the mask up for the time being. |
'Merlin!....and I thought I was long winded!!' Alyssa thought to herself as she tried to grasp what Professor Airey was saying as he first replied to her answer and then explained to the rest of the class what his version of the phenomenon was. Alyssa tried to write down everything as fast as she could. She only stopped when the Professor finally took a breath and finished his explanation. Shaking her writing hand to allow the flow of blood back into it, she listened as the Professor gave his next set of instructions. 'Okay....now we're supposed to be on this gear and put a sticking charm on our stuff? What in Merlin's name are we going to do now?' Alyssa thought to herself as she walked up, picked up a baseball glove from the box and the protective gear with her house colors on it. Walking back to her things, she packed her writing material and journal back into her backpack. Then she unholstered her wand, pointed it at her backpack and said, "ADHAERO". 'Now that should keep it from going anywhere.' Alyssa thought to herself. Once she had holstered her wand, she began putting on her protective gear. Next, she put on the baseball glove before making her way to stand in front of the projector and waited for the others. 'Let the games begin!!' |
Text Cut: OMG! So funny! XD OH DEAR MERLIN! YES! Heh. Thank you, Professor Flamsteed. We also hope people were listening. What do you mean they were going to catch shooting stars?! Which, weren't shooting stars, but yeah, whatever. Oh. Sticking charms. Lottie smirked. She knew them very well. Those were excellent for pranking people, didn't you know? Hogwarts students, of course, because magic outside of Hogwarts was a definite and resound NO. HOWEVER, what if something happened? She - most decidedly - placed her things in the box...and suited up. It was the most uncomfortable thing. That suit. Not the glove, really, but she didn't truly enjoy the protective gear. Nevertheless, here we are, smiling sweetly, waiting for more instructions. Ready to catch meteors. ^^ |
SPOILER!!: Catch up X2 They were going to what?????!!! She picked up her bag and looked for her baseball glove. Where was it?? She rummaged for it...How hard could it be to find, it was a purple and pink baseball glove! Put on protective gear... WOAH catching a falling...Meteor?? Blue protective gear, sweet. After putting her protective gear on she grabbed her glove and went and stand in front of the projector. After setting her things in the box. She trusted people... Plus she was too lazy to do the sticking charm... |
apologies for not being colored properly Kanna scribbled down important points of information as the Professor talked. After he wrapped up his length of explanation, she withdrew her wand-- extremely confident in her charms abilities, thank you-- performed a sticking charm on each of her items, except the glove, and happily left her seat and strapped on the protective gear. Okay. This was a first. But she worked it! She was ready. She flexed the glove on her hand, making sure it was comfortable, and awaited further instruction. |
SPOILER!!: catch up 1 Lady Pevensie. Tiffany blinked as the professor addressed in this way. That made her sound a lot older than before. Even older when she was addressed as 'Miss' right? The word 'lady' was only used for her mum. "That sounds a lot older, Prof,"she pouted. "I am just Tiffany." Yea, just Tiffany. She was a girl, but not a woman or lady or miss or mrs. Back to what they were focusing right now. So she made a wrong focus on the lyrics? Was she supposed to talk about how the sun and the stars relate to each other instead of talking about relationship? "Well...those lyrics tell us about the cycle of a day..."she replied. "How the sun comes out when the stars fall back and vice versa. The universe consists of the sun and the stars that indicates our days and nights." Was she right this time? SPOILER!!: catch up 2 :P Falling star. Tiffany remembered that she once read a book which was about this topic. She loved watching shooting star in the sky as she was told that wishes would come true afterwards. Although she didn't believe they were actually going to come true, she was interested in knowing more about them. "They are actually meteoroids..."she recited. "...and as they enter the atmosphere, they become meteors." SPOILER!!: too many things X3 Was this real?!!!!! Were they literally actually going to catch a falling star?!! The lioness stared at the professor, trying to find out if he was simply kidding or playing a trick on them that he would end up jumping in front of her and laughing at them if they were taking it seriously. But he didn't seem like he was joking at all. It was real. They were really going to catch a falling star. But how could they do it? Even though the song he had just sung was something about catching one but she still doubted that. Making her way to the box containing protective gears, she took out her dad's baseball glove. She fit herself in one of those gears in red and stood in front of the projectors, waiting for further instructions after putting all her other belongings inside the empty box. If they were going to catch a shooting star with their bare hands or simply with the protection of gloves, it was definitely going to hurt...very badly. "Will it hurt?"she asked him with her arms crossed. |
Somehow this Professor loved to pause suddenly then looked very excited without any reason. Weird, he thought. And now, what would they do after this? Gary just watched Flamsteed levitated a box which was full of.. Baseball gloves. We're going to play Baseball? He wondered since the other box was full of.. protective gear that usually used by the Catchers in Baseball team. Well, they were not playing baseball actually. He put on the protective gears and gloves, then casted the sticking charm on his bag as the Professor had mentioned before and finally standing in front of the projector. What will be do now? He asked to himself. Just hoped it will be.. Interesting. Bring it on, Slytherin! |
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He tilted his head back to look up again, noting the blue and yellow streaks across the display and listening about gloves and gear and sticking stuff. Wait what? The professor got another suspicious look. Why would they need to stick their stuff? "Are you gonna make us float through a anti-gravity mist to catch meteors professor?" Because why else would their stuff need securing? Actually West hoped he was on to something since that could be kind of fun right? Like flying without a broom. He perked up again. But still, #notsureifprofessorbrilliantorjuststupid. Oh yeah, and getting stuff. His things went in the box, and then West grabbed a glove and green protective gear, then began suiting up like a boss. |
SPOILER!!: Well-Dressed Man Awesome! So she had been right about the whole meteor thing. Well, that was encouraging on a lot of levels. At least she knew that she would not be totally lost on this whole lesson- whatever the lesson was of course. As of right now all they had really done was mortify Selina into having her sing, WHICH she was never doing again. Ugh, she had to stop thinking about the whole singing nonsense. It was QUITE literally going to make her hurl if she thought about it. The Head Girl was rather sensitive about singing. She was just THAT bad at it. And then things took a turn for the weird, if the turn had already not been made back at the singing. Suit-man wanted them to catch falling stars. Um, maybe she was wrong and she hoped that she was, but weren't stars really, really hot? Merlin, hot enough to burn them? Yes, she was not exactly KEEN on loosing her hand before the first game of the season. Quidditch was rather important, you know. But that was not the point right now; no, the point was that suit man wanted them to catch falling stars. That was a hazard and she wasn't sure if the badge on her chest meant she had to address it was a hazard. Merlin, when she was captain all she had to do was enforce hazardous things. Now she might have to prevent them, well, that was no fun. Hmph. SO she decided to keep it to herself and with a small spring in her step she threw on the glove and the protective gear and uttered, "Adhaero." But then the thought crossed her mind once more about the QUIDDITCH thing.. she could NOT get hurt before the first game of the season or even practices. She did not have time for that. Raising her hand, she said sort of bluntly, "Sir, this isn't going to hurt us, yeah?" They had, after all, just lost TWO Professors the year before. No casualties this year please. |
Wow. This Professor talked a lot. Like A LOT. Thus, Beezus' attention was fully into him so as not to miss any important points that he might have mentioned. Certain regard on the difference between the terms noted by her classmates. So, the astronomical debris is termed meteoroid but is called meteor or meteorite once it enters the Earth's atmosphere and comes in contact with the ground. The path it traces on the sky as it paves its way down to the ground that could last for a fraction of second is what's referred to as the shooting or falling star. Okay. Okay. Understood. And they were precisely going to do what?! PRECISELY WHAT? O.O Holy snitch! Were they going to do what she thought they were going to do? Omg. HOLYSNITCHBLOODYQUAFFLEAMAZEBALLS! They were going to catch meteors? Of course, not real ones, right? This was going to be awesome! Her eyes widen out of excitement and her lips curved into a broad smile. Hastily, the Ravenclaw grabbed a glove from the box before slipping into a blue protective gear that Professor Flamsteed had provided for them. And yes, sticking charm. Mhmm! Then she stood in front of the projector. She was a Chaser, so she was going to catch anything aimed in her direction. Ready when you are, Flamz. |
Daichi had given up taking notes a long time ago for the Professor seemed to talk too long, too fast and which so much excitment that the Prefect was curious what they were going to do. He did not answer the shooting star questions since the other students were already answering them. Hearing a younger Slytherin (West) asking about anti-gravity, the Prefect turned his head first to the boy and then to the Professor because he thought it was a good question. And he kinda wished there would be , cause it would be fun...atleast Daichi thought so~ And it was a perfect way to practise for Quidditch. So Bring It ON! Oh right...the gear. Daichi jumped off his seat and grabbed a glove to put it on. He also went to place his stuff in a box since he did not trust his Charms abilities...not after he had failed his OWL. The Slytherin dressed up in a suit and stood in front of the projector. Chaser skillz here it comes! |
Laura did as the Professor told her to do, she was a bit scared that the Professor was telling her they were going to catch things, that was a bit scary but she didn't care, she was really good at catching things and she was sure she needed to do it. Laura smiled at the Professor as she walked over to where she had been asked to go, she was so going to catch as many things as she could and show the Professor how awesome she was at catching. |
SPOILER!!: prof Shooting star... Sarah had mentioned it, yet it was shrouded in extra information, she was going to tell him about meteor and how thetrail of fire behind the rocket is called a shooting star... when he moved onto the next question. Sarah also wanted the points the other girl got, why was the teacher satisified with the other girls answer and even gave her points when Sarah had given a lot of information and got a WRONG! Then Sarah got it, the teacher expected more of her then the other student. The teacher knew that she could do better, yet for the other girl it was harder to even get to mediocre level!!!!!! That explained it. The teacher then basically repeated what Sarah had said... oh what ever. She went to get a baseball glove and put it on her hands. This glove was HUGE! And bulky and tough. What were they going to be doing with it anyway? She had to take it off however in order to puut on all the protective gear. In the lion colours. Perhaps they were going through a minefield of Edwards boys, the brothers that punch hou when you annoy them them. She wondered how strong her gear was anyway? Oh yeah the sticking chamr, Sarah reached for her wand and preformed the charm on her satchel (zipped up), her shoes... Did she need to also put it on her clothes?She hoped not. |
SPOILER!!: Sherman! Oooooooh blazing comets. Airey wasn't so sure that this was the best idea to allow someone as, um, fragile as Mr. Clark participate in this activity. It wasn't going to be too dangerous - nothing like what he had experienced in Care of Magical Creatures as a student - but still. "If you want to, Mr. Clark, by all means please do!" Because really, who was he to deny the man the opportunity to experience and feel astronomy with students? He would just be keeping an extra eye on him to make sure that nothing went wrong. Quote:
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Glancing at the sundial once more, Airey looked around at everyone to make sure all the students were suited up and had gloves. Seeing that everyone was prepared, he clapped his hands together a few times loudly to get their attention. "Alright alright, if everyone would listen up. In a few moments I will be removing gravity from this room and you all will be floating around freely," he said with a grin and a quick look towards Mr. Odessa again. "As you all can see, there are some meteors overhead shooting back and forth across the planetarium. Your task is to catch two of these, one blue and one yellow, using your baseball glove, one of each color. PLEASE do NOT use your bare hands or anything else besides the glove. They will not burn your hand, although they will feel warm to the touch, attempting to do so without a glove will cause your hand to be severely bruised." And as a worst case a dislocated shoulder perhaps, but he didn't mention that. "I will be walking around in case you need me." Literally. Wand out, Airey summoned the lid for the box containing students' things and gave it a quick kick with his right foot to test and make sure that it was still stuck to the ground. Yep. Charm in place. All systems ready to launch. Turning his attention back to the students again, Airey couldn't help but smirk for a brief moment before giving his wand a rather elaborate wave overhead. "You all may want to hold on to something. Detravitas!" Slowly, everything that had not been stuck to the floor with a Sticking Charm began to rise into the air - including students and even Professor Flamsteed himself as he had neglected to perform a Gripping Charm on his shoes earlier. Oops. Waving his arms and somehow managing to grab on to the protector to keep himself from floating too high, Airey gave his wand another flick and instantly the chairs and floor of the planetarium were gone and instead replaced with an image of the night sky, making it literally seem like everyone was floating in space - minus the zero oxygen bit. That would have been disastrous. Blue and yellow streaks soon began to change their course, no longer just shooting back and forth horizontally across the room, but not also go up and down and diagonally and every which direction. Let the games begin! "You have 40 minutes to complete this task! Good luck and may the force be with you!" Now...to perform that Gripping Charm... OOC: it should take you at LEAST 5 quality RP posts to complete this task and to be eligible for full participation marks. Remember, you are not weightless and floating around, so feel free to bump into walls, the projector, and other students as you accomplish this task. Injuries, should you choose for them to occur, should be MILD (IE no broken bones or lost teeth or near deaths). |
OOC: I got in just after you're post so that's the only reason I am editing mine. Post # 1 Oichi felt incredibly confused. What on Earth were they gonna doing with a baseball glove and a projector? Those two things just sounded odd together. She heard some of her classmates mention catching meteors. Could be, but it also could be anything. Oichi grabbed a baseball glove and got in front of one of the projectors. She felt very nervous about whatever was to come. Soon she found out as the professor said he was removing gravity from the room. What!!!!! Before she knew it she was moving upwards and as she tried to move she felt like she was flailing in the air. Oichi did not like this. |
Post #1 and Flamsteed Heeeeeelp! Okay, so...what did he say? Professor Flamsteed sure did talk alot. He followed almost nothing of what meteors and meteorites were. Something about stuff in a star, and a lot of mumbo-jumbo. He did follow the activity they were about to do. Rushing over and waiting to get his things on Oakey grabbed a glove, charmed his things to his desk. Hurried back over to put the gear on. He managed to get the helmet, arm guard, and shin guards on. "Hold onto what?" Beofre he could slip the chest guard Professor Airey undid the gravity in the room. Oakey lifted into the air "Professor hold up!" he yelped as two little meteors pelted him in the back. "Professor." he held his glove out to catch an in coming blue shooting star but he missed and it grazed his helmet. |
Post 1 ^_^ Kat totally had her protective gear on. Oh yes, she did. They were going to be flying without brooms. Just like in History of Magic last term. How awesome was that? Of course, it would take some getting used to but... probably it would be worth it? You can definitely pretending like you're Superman and put on hand up and FLYYY. That'd be cool, of course. With gear on, she was ready to FLY without broomsticks. They were going to... Catch meteors? But her GLOVE! "Profes-" Too late. He had taken all the gravity, and Kat was supposed to wear glove. Seeing her hand glove float away from her, she kind of clinged to her seat for a while before 'flying' to get her floating glove. And while flying, she accidentally bumped into a wall. "OOOOOOOOOOOOFF!" ... Meh. |
Post # 2 Oichi flailed about untilled she finally found a good rhythm and found herself swimming through the air. It was a rather interesting feeling sensation. It felt rather awesome. She kicked harder and started to swim faster. She felt like a fish. She was having so much fun. She soon spotted a yellow ball and swam toward it. |
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