Nigel was pretty unconcerned. Which was pretty much normal. Not much bothered him. Plus relaxing after quidditch practice really does wonders. Not too many aches and pains. After a couple terms of practices and matches. You get use to it.

Before he knew it Mo was siting next to him. "Don't tell me you have been doing extra training?" Nigel did not think he needed it. But that hand on his shoulder for balance was telling. Sigh.

He needed to relax a tad bit more or just continue doing Yoga. But that was asking for a miracle.

Kevin didn't want to go to class despite the Astronomy tower being so close to the Gryffindor Common Room. He was embarrassed. Really, REALLY embarressed. The first year had woken up with a horrible sight. He had noticed that his hair was GREY at the top of his head while brushing his hair in front of the mirror and not knowing where it had came from and being too young to know how to get rid of it, he decided that a baseball cap was the best way to conceal it.

Outside the classroom, he used the lint roller like instructed. Normally he would have done something like do a prank on another student but not today. He didn't want any eyes on him for he felt like they were going to laugh at him. And they probably would if they saw his hair. He just wished the Professor wasn't going to ask him to take off the cap... If he did he had to refuse. Better to have some points lost than public embarrassment.

Entering the room, he immediately noticed a man sitting beside a table talking to a fish tank and the first year raised his eyebrow. Okaaaay... weird man. He chuckled at what his Prefect asked about exploding the fish but then remembered he did not like her and he pretended he hadn't heard it. "Hai Professor" was the only thing he said before he found a seat and placed a hand on top of his cap for protection. No one was going to get it off of him!

Lux had only been sitting for a few minutes when she saw that Lucas had arrived. "Hey, Lucas!" She beamed when he took a seat beside her. This lesson would be a lot of fun now that she had one of her best friends sitting with her. "Are you ready for this lesson? I am!" The thought of learning about space was interesting to her, because she had never really studied Astronomy properly before.

Hearing Sander address her, she looked over in his direction and shook her head. "Hey, Sander. I'm good, how are you? I haven't seen her in hours," she admitted while wondering where on earth the girl was. Hopefully Tessa would not be late for class and get in trouble.

My goodness. Astronomy class was going to be the death of Astrid. Why? It was in the evening, and the walk to from the Slytherin Dungeons to the ASTRONOMY TOWER was going to break her bones any moment. Making her way to the Tower was the longest walk ever in her entire life. Gosh. She was so glad that she reached the classroom before passing out. Nope. She CANNOT pass out tonight. This was the first ever Astronomy class she'd be taking at Hogwarts.

Hmm. What was that? Astrid looked closer at the thing at the entrance. OH. Lint roller. Was she supposed to use it? Looking at the people inside the classroom, she blinked. Did they really? Well, it wouldn't be out here for no reason so yeah, she had to use it. Astrid used it to clean her robes of lint and yeah... there, she was clean. Done. She entered the classroom.

"Good evening, Professor. I'm Astrid." Astrid grinned at him. And why does it have to take forever to walk from my common room to reach this place? Heh. "Oooh. Fish! What is it telling you, Professor?" She'd love to learn the art of FISHTALK, you know? Maybe she'd be able to learn it from the Astronomy Professor.

It was strange to be heading to class when it was time to be heading for bed but whatever. It was Astronomy. They weren't likely to check out the stars or planets unless they could see them, right?

She waited for her turn at the lint roller. After it was free, she worked her robes over with a few, good passes and then slipped quietly into the room. "Evening, Professor," she said as she passed him on her way to an empty seat.

She stood outside the classroom staring at the rolly-thing. She saw as students who entered the classroom rolled it upon their robes. It was clear what it was to Beverly. She was good at analyzing things, it was her thing. But...why? Did the professor think they were filthy? Well, not the Slytherins. She, for one, could vow was clean and organized with her belongings.

Either way, she picked it up and tilted her head at it. So...she just rolled it and TA-DAH! lint free? It'd be sort of silly since Kennedy charmed her robes to stay neat and clean. He was a germaphobe. Yet, the third year found herself rolling the lint roller on her sleeves, just to try out the feel of it.

Not bad.

Setting it down, Bev entered the classroom, feeling like a total rule breaker because she just used something muggle - it was against her father's rules. Spotting the professor, she paused. The first thing that came to mind was a fox. More precisely, a fox suit and fox song.

Watching him cautiously, she snatched a desk nearest to the front. "G-Good day, professor," she greeted all shy and stuff. Did he remember her? If he didn't, it'd be embarrassing. If he did it'd still be embarrassing.

Astronomy. GREAT. One of Marigold's favorite classes, next to Charms. She stopped and did the by-now-customary lint removal before stepping into the by-now-familiar classroom. She beelined it for the Professor.

Who was talking to a... fish?

"Hi, Professor. How are you?" she asked, eyeing the fish.

Arwen entered the room, skipping out on the lint roller, she didn't need to use such devices. Really who was this guy? Like a germaphob or something? First year back at Hogwarts. She didn't even understand why she had to come back. But oh well she was back. Plus would the Professor really notice if she hadn't even touched the lint roller.

"Good evening, Professor Flamsteed." Honestly was this the guy Nerida told her about that was awesome? Because really? He was talking to a fish for Merlin's sake!

Hope very casually strolled up to the Astronomy class room. She had finally been able to get excited for this class and was more than ready to take it on. At the door she cocked her head sideways as she stared at the lint roller. Odd. She inspected herself and didn't see any lint that was in urgent need of being removed so she strolled on right through the door.

The desks were arranged in a circle and on the Professors desk sat a black box. "Hello, Professor Flamsteed." She strolled up to the desk and just stared at the box. "Interesting box." She looked towards him and a wide smile stretched across her face. FISH! He had brought the fish with him to class! The urge to pet it coursed through her, but she was in class, so she crossed her arms and stared at the box. "May I ask what is in the box?"

Michael wasn't particularly fond of Astronomy the subject but Professor Flamsteed was always entertaining and so he made it worth the trek up here.

He picked up the lint roller and gave himself a quick brush over not being overly fussy as to where he was rolling it and if he was even getting any lint off. The temptation to roll it over his hair was a little overwhelming but he forced himself to put the roller down and enter the classroom.

"Evening Professor." He greeted the man and didn't blink an eyelid that the man was talking to a fish. Michael had gotten used this weirdness. He merely scanned the room for a vacant seat.

He spotted 'little bunny' up near the front and he tipped her a wink as he walked by and found himself a seat to sit in.

Ana wasn't so enthused about this lesson. Astronomy was great and all but recently she'd been getting tired more easily, as if the day to day tasks were draining all of her energy. She wasn't sure why and she was tempted to go and see the healer, but then she remembered the Slytherin party and wasn't so keen on the idea. Especially as getting to the Hospital Wing would necessitate asking someone to guide her there, and even though Terry had been nice enough to offer to guide her to classes if she needed it she didn't want to have to explain to anyone why she needed to see the Healer.

Upon reaching the classroom Ana looked dubiously at the lint roller. She was meant to use that? But, it had other peoples hair and stuff on it... Sighing, Ana decided to go for it anyway and was mortified to spot a few grey hairs on it that hadn't been there before she used it. This was horrific! If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't afford to be late for class she probably would have stood outside in shock for a little longer, as it was she moved into the classroom, stopping once more in shock when she noticed that Professor weirdo Flamsteed was the one teaching the class, and talking to a fish???!? She was right in the girl's loo, he definitely had something wrong with him.

Nevertheless she decided to be polite as she approached him, at a slower pace than normal because she was already feeling the strain of having walked upstairs. "Hello Professor, hope you haven't gotten your foot stuck in any more buckets recently," which really meant she hoped he hadn't been sneaking around in the girls loo again. Greeting given Ana walked over to a spare chair and dropped down onto it, not even looking to see who else was already in the room before dropping her head down into her arms. She was so exhausted right now it wasn't funny and would kill for a nap. She didn't dare to fall asleep though, so she made sure to keep her eyes up and focussed on Flamsteed. She didn't want to get a detention from him for sleeping in class when she'd narrowly avoided the one for supposed PDA.

Adrienne sighed as she remembered the whole 'lint roller' thing that Flamsteed was so popular for - it was dumb, in her opinion, but she couldn't exactly not oblige, since he was the professor and all. She halfheartedly rolled it over her sleeves and shoulders and dropped it back on the table before entering the classroom. Oddly enough, the evening was usually the time of day that she was most awake, so though she'd been stumbling sleepily through most of the day's classes, she was feeling perkier than usual as she chose a desk near the front of the semicircle and got out her notebook, flipping to a page neatly labelled "Astronomy".

"Evening, professor," she said, quirking an eyebrow at his fish tank. Why was he talking to it? "Have you finally replaced the pet rock," what was its name again? "with fish?" Well, if so, Adrienne mused, they were at least a bit more interesting than a rock. You know, being actually alive and all. She looked around for Tora, hoping she'd arrive soon so she wouldn't have to suffer alone. Like Transfiguration, they had very different opinions on the value of an Astronomy class.

Normally Adelaide wasn't too big on staying up that late at night, but it was Astronomy, one of her favorite classes. Wasn't one of her best, but it was one of her favorites with her favorite professor. She grabbed the lint roller and rolled herself off, picking up some stray cat hairs. Oreo really needed to stop sleeping in her robes.

She smiled at Flamsteed. "Evening professor." She raised an eyebrow at the fish tank before going to grab a seat. Best to just not question things. They'd find out soon enough what was going on.

Ignoring the lint roller as usual, Alice entered the Astronomy classroom with a slight variation to her gait. Today, there was a hint of a limp in the lioness' stride, though she tried to hide it. But ever since Alexa kicked her in the shin, her knee hadn't felt the same, and it was killing her again.

The pain had been bearable on her way to the tower, but as soon as she reached the semicircle of chairs, it gave out on her. She collapsed into a seat next to that Toussaint kid, wincing and clutching her knee and mentally praying that Kettleburn wasn't around him today, because she couldn't handle loud third years on top of this all.

"Mo-owww-rning, professor," she greeted through gritted teeth. Merlin. So painful.

She was ready for Astronomy. Yup, ready to stargaze, to clean a scope or FLY up in wings. For whatever the Professor had for them in store, she knew she was going to like it. And it felt better now that she had chosen the subjects she wanted to continue on with. This one she diffenitely wanted to keep. Though she wasn't that great, she was quite satisfied with herself.

Outside by the door, she picked up a lint roller and did what she had to do before stepping inside the class.

"Good day, Professor," Oooh, the fish. The sixth-year wondered if they'd do anything that related the fish. Did sea creatures have anything to do with the stars!? Did they? They'd probably know about that later.

Looking around, the blond smiled as she passed friends of her then chose a seat next to Adelaide. Haaaai dormmate. The ginger got a smile.

Astronomy time! Hayley was excited, really really excited. Her first Astronomy class EVER, wasn't that cool? Of course it was! She was named after a comet anyway and comets were a part of Astronomy, therefore Astronomy was cool. The long trek from the Kitchen floor was really tiring, though, and Hayley was a little bit out of breath by the time she reached the Astronomy Tower.

What was that thing over there? She squinted at it, and then looked at everyone else there and decided that it would be safe to do what they were doing and not use it as a hairbrush. She rolled it over her robes and entered the classroom, still not quite getting why they had to do that. Maybe their professor was a clean freak. That was probably it.

"Good evening, professor."

There, that was settled. Now where was Miss Astrid? She promised Hayley could sit with her. Outer Space Duo thing, y'know?

OH LOOK THERE SHE WAS! Bouncing over to the older girl and plopping herself in the seat next to her, the Hufflepuff beamed at her. "Hi Miss Asteroid," she whispered, still bouncing a little bit in her seat before taking her writing stuff out of her bag. What were they learning today?

BOUNCE.

Astronomy. This was a class that Hannah could deal with. It wasn't a favorite by any means, but it wasn't muggle studies either so she would take it. Hannah was tired and cranky. The seventh year seemed to be tired and cranky always lately. She was hoping that it was her imagination, but she even seemed to be moving slower lately, and that definitely didn't help with her crankiness!

Lint roller. She couldn't forget to roll herself down even though she always kept herself looking fabulous and lint free. Why was her arm not moving fast? It was almost as if she were moving in slow motion. Merlin... this was getting old. She was still a teenager for crying out loud. She eyed the professor upon walking completely into the classroom. "Professor." was all she could manage to get out. She was not in the mood. Hannah took a seat and waited for the lesson to start.

Sarah had been overjoyed with her O in Astronomy, and she was eager to keep it up. The stars sort of facinated her. She used the lint roller on herself and made her way to a place. "Hello Professor" she beamed. "Are you experimenting with fish and space? Like sending it up somehow or doing gravity test on the fish, that way we can determine the life of other human forms at space. Like, when there was water on mars, were there fish there too?" She had a lot of questions... and she was starting already.

Astrid was struggling. Trying not to sleep and trying not to show any sign of tiredness even if she wanted to go back to her dormitory and cuddle with Peewee, her Pygmy Puff. But then... YEAH. THAT VOICE WAS FAMILIAR. And, who else would call her 'Miss Asteroid'? Of course, Astrid knew who this was.

"Hi, Miss Comet," the Slytherin greeted her. Hufflepuff wasn't that bad. They had Alec and Ella, after all. There was an empty seat beside her too so Hayley could definitely sit. So yeah... now she wasn't that sleepy. She didn't wanna get embarrassed in front of a first year. That'd be weird, right?

Ahem. She'd love to talk to Hayley about how Hogwarts was so far but you know, there was a Professor in front. "We can talk after class, yeah?" she whispered. The Puff would understand.

Adi was still brooding about his grey hairs. In addition his mind was in hyper drive. Was this grey hairs linked with the sluggishness he had been feeling earlier? What was happening to him? He wondered if this was happening to anyone else...

Now, who was that shouting his name? "Lucas! Hey!'' Or should Adi refer to him as Broomhead as Robin did? He glanced at the seat, welcome for a friendly distraction. ''Sure, buddy.'' He grinned. "So what's up?''

Ian walked on into the classroom after taking off the lint using the supplied brush. It seemed odd to de-lint prior to entering a classroom where the main focus was on the skies, however he didn't want to be a rule breaker. As he walked in, he saw other students already seated and the professor squatting next to that empty fish tank. Not wanting to distract the professor from his 'important' professorial task, he looked for an empty seat near some other Huffie boys and sat down. He set about arranging his things for class.

Penelope sniffled a little as she entered the classroom after a lazy use of the lint roller. Her flu, or whatever it was she'd been suffering from, seemed to mostly be over by now, with only the sniffles and the occasional cough left. Not that it mattered anymore because she'd missed tryouts. Yeah, she was a little bitter over that. Stupid sickness. She might have considered continuing to avoid classes, but she was tired of laying in a bed for days, so even lessons seemed slightly fun right now.

"Hi Professor," she said simply as she walked by, not really even noticing the fish he was talking to. Though even if she had, it probably wouldn't have been weird. Seemed pretty normal Flamsteed behavior. There wasn't a lot he could do that she would consider weird for him.

The Gryffindor plopped down into a random seat and just stared at some point on the floor to wait for class to start.

Robin had so many questions and they all started with the lint roller. She rolled it over her clothes to make sure they were all clean or whatever lint rollers were supposed to do. Was she a cat or something? Or maybe the professor was allergic to cats so he didn't want any cat hairs in the room- that would make sense, especially because of the fish. She did a double take with the lint roller- in case he took points away for missed spots. She did what she had been doing for 90% of her classes and sat somewhere random, hoping no one would ask her to move. She got out her class supplies and glanced next her her, only to do a double take in surprise.
"You!" She smiled a little, a familiar face was better than a stranger...right?
She looked around for Adriennes friend Tora who always seemed to be around.
"Has Tora arrived?"

Astronomy. The class Lotus was telling her so much about. Finally! Delilah was excited, to say the least. However, the walk all the way to the seventh floor was kind of tiring. Heh. She slowly walked into the classroom, greeting the nice-looking professor with a smile... who was busy talking to the fish. GRIN.

"Hello, professor." She said, rather loudly before making her way to an empty seat. She sat down and waited for class to begin.

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Moving into class he gave the Professor a huge grin that followed with a yawn mid sentence, "Hello *yawn* Professor." oops didn't mean to yawn but it was night fall. So he would usually be zonked out in his favorite bludger and quaffle pj's. He saw him with that fish again, "I like to talk to animals too. It's fun." He wondered if the professor ever got the fish to talk back now that would be cool.

Glancing up when he heard his first student arrive, Airey grinned at the young Gryffindor. "Evening, Mr. Bart.....holomew," he greeted, remembering what a certain little fairy loving lioness had told him about the bra stealing boy. "This is no mere animal in this tank. It's my best mate, but I do enjoy conversing with him."

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"Good evening Professor." The Gryffindor's eyes were trained on the box. "Anything explosive tonight?"

Yes? No?

"Are we exploding the fish?" Lex casually strolled closer to the tank, giving it a few light taps.

The astronomer chuckled. "Got to start the term off with a bang, don't I?" he said, placing careful emphasis on the word bang as he gave the prefect a quick salute.

But then he was staring at her. HARD CORE STARING. While he usually appreciated the girl's spunk and unconventional thinking, this rubbed the man the wrong way and he scowled briefly. "No." There was an uncharacteristic lack of amusement in his tone. "That would be murder, Miss Cambridge. I doubt you would be pleased if Miss Wisteria were to turn into a bass and someone blew her up, correct?"

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"Hello Professor Flamsteed," he addressed the professor, who was talking to... "Hi Professor Dursley."

Ahem.

Yes.

Brow still furrowed in agitation, he glanced up at Mr. Tempus. "Evening, Mr. Tempus," he greeted, his tone laced in grumpiness. Blow up his best friend...HA. Kids these days. Wait..what? He shook his head and smiled at the Hufflepuff quite suddenly. "Professor Dursley says hello back, see him waving?" Very considerate of him to say hello. Yep.

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"Hello Professor Flamsteed. Nice suit as always. We won't get green beards if you peak in the black box will we?"

What was with the fish tank though. This was not Care of Magical Creatures. Whatever fish never interested Nigel anyway.

Mood lifted thanks to Mr. Tempus' greeting, he nodded his head towards the Ravenclaw prefect. "Evening, Mr. Barrington. No, no green beards this time, but you wouldn't be able to open it even if you tried."

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Still worrying about his grey hair, he took time to greet the Professor. "Hello, Professor!'' Oh the man had his fish tank. Talking to fish. That wasn't weird at all. People talked to animals all the time. "Looking forward to today's lesson.'' He grinned, eyeing the black box and wondering what was in it before heading off to find a seat.

"Evening, Mr. Rehman," he smiled at the Hufflepuff as he finally stoop up from his squatting position. Both of his knees gave a loud CRACKING noise as he did, echoing softly in the classroom. He winced a bit and rubbed both of his knees before his expression returned to a smile. "Good to hear."

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Awwwwwwwww yeaaaaah! Astronomy. Her favorite subject of all! Awar passed the lint roller, routinely, over her clothes and then set it back on the table.

"Hello there..." She started, peering at the box, then at the fish tank. "....Professor. How are you doing today?"

She picked a seat near the front, but not exaaactly the front and settled in comfortably.

Rubbing his knees again briefly, he smiled at the Hufflepuff as she entered. "Evening, Miss Black, I am doing quite stellar. Thank you for asking."

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Kace was excited to go to Astronomy. This was one of his favorite classes. I mean the teacher was always dressed nicely and he was just simply awesome. He hoped to be him someday. As he made his way to the classroom, he realized he wasn't the only one here. He saw other students. But he saw the professor near the fish tank and he went over to investigate.

"Hey Professor! Nice fish tank you got there. What kind of fishes are in there?" he asked curiously.

"Just one, Mr. Lecium," he said while holding up his index finger. "A bass to be precise. He is just here to listen and see all of his old students again." Not to mention he couldn't leave Tiberius in his office with the ferret. Too risky considering what had happened last time.

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Christmas entered the Astronomy classroom and spotted the lint roller and used it on her robes cause she knew that Professor Flamsteed was always one for getting rid of anything that lay on the robes and said "Good Evening Professor" Christmas took a seat and waited for class to start

"Evening, Miss Goldman," he said while giving the Gryffindor a quick salute.

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Stepping inside the classroom, Lux looked around curiously before heading over to one of the desks and taking a seat. Noticing the Professor by a fish tank, she saw that it was the same one who had been in the girl's bathroom with his foot in a bucket. Well.... this was certainly weird. "Hello, Professor! How are you doing today?"

Oh. Erm.

The professor squirmed internally when he saw this particular student enter. "Evening, erm, Miss Carrington," he greeted. "I'm doing just fine, thank you for asking."

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He stepped into the classroom, just in time to spot the professor talking to the fish and Lex asking the strangest question. "Hello Professor" he greeted whilst giving Lex a strange look. Blowing up the fish? What was going through that girls mind? A, that was extremely cruel to the fish and B, why would they do that in the classroom?

He sat in the desk next to her, his eyebrow raised as he looked at her.

"Evening, Mr. Radley," he greeted the boy, his eyes flicking towards who he had elected to sit next to. "Make sure she doesn't try anything funny will you?"

He took potential death threats against his bass very seriously.

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Eyeing the sign curiously, the seventh year de-linted himself before stepping into the classroom and taking a look around. Nothing weird except... for the black box at the front of the classroom. Remembering the green beard situation with Minnie, Alec decided to stay as far away from that black box as possible. Instead, he was going too concentrate in something else up at the front of the classroom. Or... someone else. "Hello Professor!" And... a fish tank? Should he... ask? Probably not. "Nice fish." Not asking.

"Hello, Mr. Summers. Getting an early start on No Shave November?" he asked with a quick gesture towards the Head Boy's chin.

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Emma cheerfully grabbed the lint roller, taking extra care to make sure that every inch of her robes got taken care of. Oh yes. Cleanliness, one of the many reasons she enjoyed this class so much.

Ooh. A fish! Maybe they were gonna do something with the fish!

"Good evening, Professor!" She cheerfully greeted the man before taking her place in the semi circle. All right, stars and moons and constellations and fish. Emma could handle that.

"Evening, Miss Smith," he saluted to the Ravenclaw as she took her seat.

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Marissa walked into the Astronomy classroom for the first time since she had never made it last term. "Good morning Professor." she said as looked around and took an empty seat.

"Evening, Miss Buratta," he said with a slightly raised eyebrow. Big difference between 8 am and 8 pm students. Perhaps he should transfigure her into a pocket watch.

And since when had he been this upset over such a slip up done by students?

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Sophie made her way through the room and passed by the professor. "Hello, Professor," she said. A tank of fish. Mmkay...

A. The professor had possibly gone mad, or...
B. Those fish were really people with the ability to change into fish, or...
C. Those were some really special fish.

Either way, Sophie thought it best to observe from afar. She chose a seat on the opposite side of the room and sat down.

"Evening, Miss Newell," he greeted the young snakette.

And the answer to your multiple choice question would be D. All of the above. Perhaps a little more emphasis on option A though.

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Anyway, Professor Airey was talking to a fish. Normally suspect behavior if it had come from anyone else but Ella wasn't surprised to see the Astronomy professor doing it. The man was in love with a particularly cheerful looking rock for Merlin's sake. Why wouldn't he have a fish for a friend too? Besides, talking to animals was nice. Ella rapped to talked to Dino, Nox, and Donatello all the time. "Hey, Professor!" Just looking at him crouched down like that hurt her back more. "Nice fish you've got there." Fish companion got a finger wiggle in greeting and then Ella looked for a seat by...

"Evening, Miss Ella," he smiled at the Head Girl. He would miss seeing her captaining on the pitch, but it seemed as though the new captain was running vigorous workouts. Assuming that is what her posture was indicating right now. "He is a mighty fine bass."

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Gwen was excited for this class. She loved horoscopes and things, and that was something like this, right? Just magical and more accurate? She practically bounced into the tower and chose a seat. This was going to be awesome. She was going to be able to tell future from the stars! And Divination too! This school was teaching her the future, and it was awesome!

He nodded his head towards the Ravenclaw as she entered. If she wasn't going to say hello, then he wouldn't either.

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With that done, he stepped into the classroom and approached the professor to greet him. "Hello Professor. Nice fish you have there." he told the Professor before wandering off to find an empty desk to sit at. He looked around and was disappointed to see that Tessa hadn't arrived yet.

"Hello, Mr. Strand," he smiled at the Hufflepuff. "Thank you, I am sure he appreciates the compliment as well."

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What on EARTH was the lint roller for? Lucas eyed it surreptitiously for about a minute before he conceded. It was a little kooky but he'd found that all of Hogwarts' Professors were a little different.

He offered the Gryffindor a nod and a tight smile.

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He got up to the classroom took the lint brush used and put it back. He walked into the room calmly but excitedly. He grinned to the Professor "Good eveing, Professor. What's up" Fist bump? because he was a cool dude, professor. Pet fish, he upgraded from the pet rock. Cool. Hello fishes. Or whatever more than one fish were called.

Airey stared at the seventh year and his fist. And no, the man had not cringe in fear of being punched in the face. Not too much anyway. "Evening, Mr. Romalotti," he greeting, eyeing the fist again before forming one himself with his right hand and each knuckle CRACKING as he did. He returned the gesture though, gently rapping his fist against the boy's.

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Oichi yawned as she made her way up to astronomy tower. Man, I get by now why astronomy class must be held so late but even after all these years I still don't like it. She sighed as she sluggishly reached the door to the tower and opened it. She walked in and saw the professor and could not help but chuckle lightly. She had seen her professors do a lot of strange things but this took the cake. She walked over to the professor and said, "Good evening professor and may I ask, why are you talking to a fish?".

"Evening, Miss Paulidine," he smiled at the Gryffindor. "Do you not converse with your best friend? That is all I am doing." Or had been since, well, he was now conversing with students.

SPOILER!!: hehe Mo

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Mo meandered his way into the classroom and squatted beside Professor Flamsteed, peering into the tank and stroking his chin as he tried to see whatever it was the professor was looking for. Hmmm. Hmm. Fish? Maybe there were fish?

And ugh, he had definitely been playing too hard at Quidditch tryouts over the past few days, Mo decided as he straightened back up and felt the muscles in his back and legs protest. Why in the world was Flamsteed standing like that when it was so brutal on his body?

Mo gave himself a roll-over with the lint roller, ignoring the sign that had been placed there specifically for him. That had been JUST ONE TIME, OKAY? Merlin, some people had long memories. He climbed over a few people to get to a seat beside Nigel, who was looking completely unconcerned. Must not be aching from all that Quidditch. "Hey, mate. These evening classes are brutal, aren't they?" He dropped a hand on Nigel's shoulder for balance as he shifted into his seat.

And maybe sighed with relief now that he was there. What a day.

"Alright there, Mr. Banxton?" he asked the quidditch captain when he saw just how much the young man was struggling. "Not overdoing the quidditch practices are you?"

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Seventh floor common room = easy hike to the Astronomy classroom.

Schuyler made her way into class with her bad slung over her shoulder. She bypassed Professor Flamsteed's desk on her way to her seat. "Hello, Professor." And she flashed a smiled, too. A little wider than usual because her memory suddenly jogged back to his flustered self at the lake. The second bra incident. Those things seemed more amusing in hindsight.

After dropping her bag on the floor, she found her seat. So, what was the black box?

Airey had a very hard time making eye contact with this particular student as she walked in. Not that he was looking anywhere he ought not to be. Unless the ground was inappropriate, because that is where his eyes were at the moment. He did glance up when she greeted him and all he could see was a blue lace woman's support garment. "Evening, Miss Emmons," he greeted as his voice cracked like a teenage boy's. "I, ahem, hope nothing else has been borrowed from you recently."

And if it had, he really didn't want to hear about it. Probably shouldn't have even asked.

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"Good evening, Professor Flamsteed," he greeted with a polite nod as he passed the croached man. Whatever it was with the fish was none of his business. The Gryffindor moving to take an empty seat to await the lesson to begin.

"Evening to you, Mr. Atreyu," he greeted the Gryffindor as he took his seat.

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Entering the room, he immediately noticed a man sitting beside a table talking to a fish tank and the first year raised his eyebrow. Okaaaay... weird man. He chuckled at what his Prefect asked about exploding the fish but then remembered he did not like her and he pretended he hadn't heard it. "Hai Professor" was the only thing he said before he found a seat and placed a hand on top of his cap for protection. No one was going to get it off of him!

"Evening, Mr. Hirase," he said with a tight smile as his eyes drifted to the thing on top of the boy's head. "I do not believe that that," he said while pointing at the hat. "...is a part of a standard Hogwarts uniform. Remove it, please."

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"Good evening, Professor. I'm Astrid." Astrid grinned at him. And why does it have to take forever to walk from my common room to reach this place? Heh. "Oooh. Fish! What is it telling you, Professor?" She'd love to learn the art of FISHTALK, you know? Maybe she'd be able to learn it from the Astronomy Professor.

"Evening, Miss Astrid," he smiled at the girl. He paused for a moment while he thought about her name. "Your name reminds me of an asteroid. Don't suppose you would be in favor of my calling you Miss Asteroid, would you?" He had to ask.

He glanced back at Tiberius. "He is just glad to be here with all you."

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She waited for her turn at the lint roller. After it was free, she worked her robes over with a few, good passes and then slipped quietly into the room. "Evening, Professor," she said as she passed him on her way to an empty seat.

"Evening, Miss Masterson," he smiled gently to the first year.

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Watching him cautiously, she snatched a desk nearest to the front. "G-Good day, professor," she greeted all shy and stuff. Did he remember her? If he didn't, it'd be embarrassing. If he did it'd still be embarrassing.

OOOOOOOOOOOOH look who it was! The adorable fox girl. Had she made any boy foxes go fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow? "Evening, Miss Wayne. Good to see you again."

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Astronomy. GREAT. One of Marigold's favorite classes, next to Charms. She stopped and did the by-now-customary lint removal before stepping into the by-now-familiar classroom. She beelined it for the Professor.

Who was talking to a... fish?

"Hi, Professor. How are you?" she asked, eyeing the fish.

"Evening, Miss McAlistor," he greeted the Hufflepuff. "I'm just stellar. Eager to get started as well." He pulled back the sleeve on his suit jacket to look at his sundial watch. Should start soon. In just a few more minutes.

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"Good evening, Professor Flamsteed." Honestly was this the guy Nerida told her about that was awesome? Because really? He was talking to a fish for Merlin's sake!

"Good evening, Miss Eventide," he saluted the Ravenclaw.

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The desks were arranged in a circle and on the Professors desk sat a black box. "Hello, Professor Flamsteed." She strolled up to the desk and just stared at the box. "Interesting box." She looked towards him and a wide smile stretched across her face. FISH! He had brought the fish with him to class! The urge to pet it coursed through her, but she was in class, so she crossed her arms and stared at the box. "May I ask what is in the box?"

Airey was pleased to see the inquisitive Ravenclaw arrive - mostly because he was curious how she would answer some of the questions in today's lesson. "Evening, Miss Evans. You MAY ask, but you may not receive an answer." She would find out soon enough anyway. It wasn't nearly as exciting as student imaginations were probably making it out to be.

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"Evening Professor." He greeted the man and didn't blink an eyelid that the man was talking to a fish. Michael had gotten used this weirdness. He merely scanned the room for a vacant seat.

"Evening, Mr. Toussaint," he saluted the Gryffindor.

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Nevertheless she decided to be polite as she approached him, at a slower pace than normal because she was already feeling the strain of having walked upstairs. "Hello Professor, hope you haven't gotten your foot stuck in any more buckets recently," which really meant she hoped he hadn't been sneaking around in the girls loo again. Greeting given Ana walked over to a spare chair and dropped down onto it, not even looking to see who else was already in the room before dropping her head down into her arms. She was so exhausted right now it wasn't funny and would kill for a nap. She didn't dare to fall asleep though, so she made sure to keep her eyes up and focussed on Flamsteed. She didn't want to get a detention from him for sleeping in class when she'd narrowly avoided the one for supposed PDA.

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Squirming on the inside quite a bit, the professor swallowed hard and forced a smile on his face as he greeted the Slytherin. "Evening, Miss Konstantinova. Nope. No more buckets."

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"Evening, professor," she said, quirking an eyebrow at his fish tank. Why was he talking to it? "Have you finally replaced the pet rock," what was its name again? "with fish?" Well, if so, Adrienne mused, they were at least a bit more interesting than a rock. You know, being actually alive and all. She looked around for Tora, hoping she'd arrive soon so she wouldn't have to suffer alone. Like Transfiguration, they had very different opinions on the value of an Astronomy class.

"Good evening, Miss Colbert," he greeted the girl. "Replace? Never. Pebbles is irreplaceable! I did purchase a pet over the summer, but not the bass. Professor Dursley found me along the Black Lake before term started. I saved his life you could say."

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She smiled at Flamsteed. "Evening professor." She raised an eyebrow at the fish tank before going to grab a seat. Best to just not question things. They'd find out soon enough what was going on.

"Evening, Miss Adams," he greeted with a wide grin.

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"Mo-owww-rning, professor," she greeted through gritted teeth. Merlin. So painful.

STARE.

Was Miss Fischer trying to tease him by MEOWING at him? His blue eyes squinted as he STARED some more at the quidditch captain while his lips tightened in a force and temporary scowl. He then noticed the manner in which the girl was walking that erased the scowl and turned it into a look of concern. "You alright, Miss Fischer?"

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"Good day, Professor," Oooh, the fish. The sixth-year wondered if they'd do anything that related the fish. Did sea creatures have anything to do with the stars!? Did they? They'd probably know about that later.

Looking around, the blond smiled as she passed friends of her then chose a seat next to Adelaide. Haaaai dormmate. The ginger got a smile.

"Good evening, Miss Somerlad," he smiled at the prefect, flashing her a thumbs up as she took her seat.

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"Good evening, professor."

There, that was settled. Now where was Miss Astrid? She promised Hayley could sit with her. Outer Space Duo thing, y'know?

"Evening, Miss Alden," he greeted the Hufflepuff. And yes, he DID hear the way she greeted her friend. Well, if she was allowed to call her Miss Asteroid, then he should too. Obviously.

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Lint roller. She couldn't forget to roll herself down even though she always kept herself looking fabulous and lint free. Why was her arm not moving fast? It was almost as if she were moving in slow motion. Merlin... this was getting old. She was still a teenager for crying out loud. She eyed the professor upon walking completely into the classroom. "Professor." was all she could manage to get out. She was not in the mood. Hannah took a seat and waited for the lesson to start.

"Miss Lockwood," he greeted as he scratched his head and.........was that....hair?

Eyes widening for just a moment, he quickly hid his hand, and the small bouquet of hair he had just pulled out, behind his back.

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Sarah had been overjoyed with her O in Astronomy, and she was eager to keep it up. The stars sort of facinated her. She used the lint roller on herself and made her way to a place. "Hello Professor" she beamed. "Are you experimenting with fish and space? Like sending it up somehow or doing gravity test on the fish, that way we can determine the life of other human forms at space. Like, when there was water on mars, were there fish there too?" She had a lot of questions... and she was starting already.

Shuffling over to the side so he could drop the hair without anyone noticing, he chuckled at Miss Edwards. "No no, I would never experiment on this bass," he replied shaking his head. "Even if he has always been a fan of muggle transportation and riding on a shuttle to Mars would be something he would be interested in."

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Ian walked on into the classroom after taking off the lint using the supplied brush. It seemed odd to de-lint prior to entering a classroom where the main focus was on the skies, however he didn't want to be a rule breaker. As he walked in, he saw other students already seated and the professor squatting next to that empty fish tank. Not wanting to distract the professor from his 'important' professorial task, he looked for an empty seat near some other Huffie boys and sat down. He set about arranging his things for class.

The Hufflepuff boy received a nod and a grumpy look from the man. Well then, he wasn't going to take the effort to greet him if he wouldn't do the same.

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"Hi Professor," she said simply as she walked by, not really even noticing the fish he was talking to. Though even if she had, it probably wouldn't have been weird. Seemed pretty normal Flamsteed behavior. There wasn't a lot he could do that she would consider weird for him.

"Good evening, Miss Greenwell," he saluted the Gryffindor. Always good to see the little quidditch star.

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Robin had so many questions and they all started with the lint roller. She rolled it over her clothes to make sure they were all clean or whatever lint rollers were supposed to do. Was she a cat or something? Or maybe the professor was allergic to cats so he didn't want any cat hairs in the room- that would make sense, especially because of the fish. She did a double take with the lint roller- in case he took points away for missed spots. She did what she had been doing for 90% of her classes and sat somewhere random, hoping no one would ask her to move. She got out her class supplies and glanced next her her, only to do a double take in surprise.

Again, he just stared at the student as she walked right by him without saying a thing. Kids these days. Pfft. Wasn't like he was asking them to walk upstairs both ways through the snow to his lesson. A simple hello would have been nice.

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Astronomy. The class Lotus was telling her so much about. Finally! Delilah was excited, to say the least. However, the walk all the way to the seventh floor was kind of tiring. Heh. She slowly walked into the classroom, greeting the nice-looking professor with a smile... who was busy talking to the fish. GRIN.

"Hello, professor." She said, rather loudly before making her way to an empty seat. She sat down and waited for class to begin.

Airey stuck his finger in his ear after the girl greeted her, his face contorted just a little. Turn down the volume a little, yeah? "Evening," he greeted her in a soft voice.

Checking his sundial watch one more time, the professor decided that it was time to get things started. With a quick flick of his wand he shut the door to the classroom and then walked towards the center of the semicircle while holding his lower back with his right hand for the extra support he had been needing recently.

"Good evening and thank you all for coming," he greeted as he clapped his hands together twice to get everyone's attention. "Welcome to Astronomy, NOT to be confused with Astrology. For those of you who do not know me or may have forgotten my name, I am Professor Flamsteed and you may call me such or Professor Airey or sir." Hmmm. Odd. No matter. "Today we are going to travel back, figuratively speaking that is, nearly 14 billion years ago. To do this, I need to ask you all a unusual question." He then walked over to the black box on the table. Yep. Time for the big revealing - which really was not all that exciting. With one swift movement, Airey removed the lid and reached into the box to pull out nothing more than a measly chicken egg.

"Which came first, the phoenix or the flame? Or, as muggles will put it, which came first, the chicken or the egg?" he began as he held the egg up for everyone to see. "Originally intended to point out the futility of identifying the first case of a circular cause and consequence, but serves another purpose. It also evoked the questions of how life and the universe in general began, something that plagued mankind for centuries and still, to a certain extent, remains unknown." He idly tossed the egg in his hand, watching it rise and fall. "I want you all to pretend that this egg is thousands of times smaller than a pinhead. Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiny tiny and is also hotter and denser than anything our human minds can imagine." He paused and looked around the classroom at everyone, were they all visualizing this? Yes? Good.

Then, without warning, he tossed the egg especially high into the air and took a BIG step to the right and simply allowed the egg to fall to the ground of the classroom with a SPLAT.

"Can anyone tell me what this was a crude illustration of?"

OOC: This lesson has officially started! Please do not post your character arriving now or else risk loss of house points for your house or some other punishment that Professor Flamsteed feels is appropriate. If you are joining us now, please just pretend as though your character has been here all along

Remember to say just ONE thing that your character sees as a difference between the two. Points will not be rewarded solely for correct answers <3

Class will resume at least 24 hours from now. I had some RL things come up that may keep me away from SS all of tomorrow. So I am sorry for the delay in advance <3