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Morning sunlight shined through the open arena windows onto the shiny stone floors and walls, but despite the chilly winter air having full access into the large room, it was relatively warm inside. In fact, the whole atmosphere felt...warm. Flickers of dust and particles could be seen floating through the shafts of light, almost with a glow. Almost enchanting. The ground seemed particularly shiny even, and may have been a tad slippery. Watch your footing! Even the bleak color of the arena had a certain lively factor to it. Or it could have just looked like the same boring arena, depending on one's opinion. The mats and desks were not present this time around, giving the room a more open feeling, though the Professor was still at the front of what would have been the class set up, a merry smile upon her face and waiting for the students arrive.
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"Did he chortle?" Gwen couldn't help herself. It was the first and only thing that came to her mind about some Slavic demon. Demon didn't sound good, but thankfully the word was quickly followed by 'mythology.' That meant it wasn't real. They had studied that in her fourth grade class. Well, Greek and Roman mythology, but still myths meant not-real. So why were they talking about this laughing dude?
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Could Romanos, like, talk a bit more in English? Or French. Alice could do French, too, but what in Merlin's beard was 'oospokoy sye' meant to mean? She couldn't even identify the language from which those words came.
It was rather peculiar how the rapid aging throughout the school was being pointed out by her classmates. Really, she'd just figured someone had started a grey hair trend and it was another fad working its way through Hogwarts. That was most likely it, yeah? Or people trying to play a prank. Whatever it was, the captain didn't plan to dwell on it.
Instead, she took another look at the Ravenclaw beside her. Not an unkind one, merely curious with a hint of wariness in there somewhere. Alice tried to discreetly watch her from the corner of her eye for a bit before scribbling down some notes on her parchment.
Chort. Demon. Slavic mythology. .... which she knew nothing about, so silence from this corner.
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Wide green eyes had snapped back to Professor Romanos as the loud and very foreign reprimand had rang out over the entire room, as Lily tried to figure out if she had any idea what exactly had been said. At least the lecture that had followed had been in English. That was easily understood, and she hadn’t been complaining anyway. All she had done was point out that she was perfectly ready for an activity, unlike those who had been complaining of weird aches, pains and grey hairs. She hadn’t even raised her voice, and she’d had parchment and everything out to take notes as well. Therefore, she didn’t think she had any reason to worry about getting into trouble, especially as her little movement of handing Astrid the mirror hadn’t been pointed out among everything else that had been mentioned. She’d just pay attention, and they’d been assured that a practical portion of the lesson as still coming. No reason left to complain, had she even been complaining in the first place.
Which she hadn’t. One comment, and then she’d been silent. The silence had continued as the question had been posed, and other students around her had started rattling off ideas as to who exactly Chort was. She didn’t know Slavic mythology, she hadn’t ever had any reason to have studied it, and therefore, she wasn’t about o make a stupid guess. Besides, after Ana’s animated little speech, she wasn’t sure there was anything else left to say. Instead, she’d just quietly started taking notes, wondering how a Slavic demon was going to factor into anything they could be learning in class. She doubted the professor was planning on trying to conjure it, and she doubted that Chort was responsible for more than half the class complaining about aging. She just hoped that the lesson would make sense soon.
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Slavic Mythology?
Nope.
Ella frowned slightly and glanced down at her empty parchment, then back to the Professor. "My guess would be a dark creature or person, Professor. Considering this class and all. Something associated with evil."
But others seemed to know much more about the subject than she did so she simply listened, interested.
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Professor Romanos was funny when she got all angry like that and spoke words that, most likely, no one understood.
Rhodes was laughing, and it was probably a good thing that her mouth and nose were still covered by her shirt, and that she was hiding behind the Ravvie girl still. She really didn't want to have more unfamiliar words said, especially if they were directed at just her, and after all the outbursts from the other people in the class, she didn't want to be the reason why the activity part of the lesson would get canceled.
Deep breath. She could do that now. No crazy germs could get through her shirt!
And she could also, kind of answer the question about Chort. Kind of. "His appearance is closely compared to the Greek god Pan. Only, going by what everyone else said, he's scarier." Pfft. Not that she'd be scared, of course. Pfft.
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Delilah raised an eyebrow at the professor's outburst. What language was that even? The Hufflepuff remained quiet and leaned back against her seat. She was glad that it wasn't going to be a theory lesson, though. That would have been super boring.
Chort.. The evil demon? Why did they have to discuss bad/horrible things in almost every class? Meh. Delilah raised a hand, looking a bit sulky. "Uh.. professor, it's a demon with horns." That's all she knew, anyway. She dropped her quill on the parchment before leaning back against her seat.
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Ian had tried to follow the directions and instructions. He had just got the point where he had out his parchment and quill when it seemed the professor asked a question. As he was inattentive, he had missed the questions but he tried to catch what the other students were saying. Of course it sounded all muffled and difficult to decipher. Why couldn't these kids speak up so he could hear.
Fortunately for him, he heard something about Chort. He didn't know one things about anything named chort. Maybe it was some odd tea flavor from this professor's home country because obviously she wasn't from around here. He just tried to appear engaged so he wouldn't fall asleep during the lecture.
Chort. Ana actually knew about this! And not from studying either! Her hand quickly shot into the air as she answered.
"Chort is said to be a demon of pure evil and as my classmates have mentioned he's the son of the god Chernobog and the goddess Mara. He goes by several other names as well. Along with Chort you may find him referenced as Chor, Chorabash, haspyda, didko, irod, and kutsyi," Ana mentioned excitedly. "In Russia some sayings such as 'Chort poputal' meaning mixed up by demons and 'Tysiacha chertei' translated as thousands of demons use his name," Could you tell that Ana was quite enthused about this topic of conversation?
"Interestingly enough he is also believed to be allied with witches and warlocks in our folklore," because she was Russian so it was her folklore, even if not the folklore of some other people.
"However, Chort is not the only demon of his kind, the Chors can be both good and evil in folklore, and like Bay said they can interact with the human world. While in Christianity it is believed that Chort is a servant to the devil this I believe wouldn't stand true as the Chors, like humans, have free will," was she talking too much? Maybe. But she really liked this topic of conversation.
"My Babushka told me that Chort was believed to be able to control the weather, and would apparently appear during whirlwinds or hurricanes, and had the ability to shape shift into animals such as a black cat, a pig or a snake. He also convinced people to do terrible things," but she didn't want to mention what due to the young age of some of the children in this class.
See all of this! Cutty was writing it down as quickly as he could with his popping wrists. Whether or not it was true didn't seem to matter since he'd sort of privately decided that Defense Against the Dark Arts was mostly for entertainments purposes, though he liked the class indeed. He just didn't expect to learn very much regarding what the actual topic was.
Konstaninova. The girl he'd done the try-outs with. He remembered her. Appreciated the input too since they were dead last. "Like what? Convince people to do things like what?" He asked curiously, trying to keep the faint smile from appearing on his faintly bearded face.
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Caleb was still worried about his graying hair, but when he saw that Gryffindor boy melt down - WOW. He could have gotten it a lot worse, right? And the dude was OLDER. Look at him. And they said Gryffindors were the brave ones. This was pathetic.
Watching him intently, Caleb sat up a bit straighter and took out his quill, his parchment already on his desk. What would crying Gryffie do next, hmm? This was way more interesting than class!
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Mythology... Sophie knew nothing about mythologies.
So the seventh year just sat quietly, listening to her classmates' answers. Painted in fire? Wut! That sounded mad! ...And a tad interesting, actually. But dangerous and crazy at the same time. Sophie did like fire, though, if it was a safe and harmless one - aka magical fire and stuff. Those were the best.
But since this was Defence Against the Dark Arts, this Hufflepuff was sure that was no friendly fire. So that fact, if true, only made this creature dangerous. The good thing is that they were in a Defence Against the Dark Arts, so they'd be learning how to defend themselves and stuff, so aaaall good.
That was, if this mythological creature were real, of course. "If it's a mythological creature, then Muggles probably think it's definitely not real, yeah?" ....Okaaay, maybe that wasn't the most helpful response, but it was something...
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But wouldn't it be more useful to bring the matter out in the open.. ADULTS... The ones at Hogwarts sometimes seemed like a different breed to the ones at Edwoods. Discuss it in private.. she would probably be turned away and all, it was good to have students as witnesses so they KNOW that Sarah brought it up.
Another lesson going on about mythology.. Was't school meant to teach fact... Divinition, AR and now this. When will it stop. No Sarah did not know what the teacher was talking about, and she was not at concerned with superstitions, which was what myths were. Her mother said that you don't bother the evil spirits or try to summon them up or whatever - they will leave you alone.
So Sarah just sat there, listening to the make believe.
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Fine! She would take out some parchment and her quill but she was NOT happy about it. Where was Ian when she needed him? She really couldn't be bothered with bending over and getting what she needed out of her bag. UGH! She was ready to flip her desk.
What was the question again? Something about a demon. Hmmm... did she know anything about this? Hmmm... Hannah honestly didn't feel up to answering any questions. She glared at the professor as if it was her fault that she was having problems. For all she knew the professor could be the culprit. Hannah didn't trust anyone. "He will steal your soul." She was pretty sure what she said was false, but she felt as if somebody had stole her soul so there... that was her answer. She sat with her arms folded.
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Ian heard Hannah's voice and wondered how he hadn't gotten to sit close to her. He would have laughed at her for saying the Chort was a soul stealer. She looked kind of irritated.
He wondered why she had folded her arms like that. She didn't look very comfortable.
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... Yeah. He was concerned. That outburst. Romanos was okay, right?
He didn't know how long he had been sitting there blinking over at the Professor but it might have been a while. Never ever in his... past six years of being taught by this woman had he ever seen her blowing off. Shouting. Whatever you wanted to call it. This made Alec a bit uncomfortable. Half of him wanted to give her a hug until she was smiling, like she had done at the beginning of the lesson, and another half of him wanted to shrink down or get out of here.
... All of this... led to him almost missing the question.
Right. Yeah. Lesson. And he was ready, parchment and quill and all.
The Hufflepuff shot her a small smile before looking around at the other students. Chort? Slavic mythology? No, the boy didn't know anything about that. From the sound of the other answers, though, he... did gather that this Chort person wasn't a good one. Plus, it was Defence Against the DARK Arts.
Having no input, the boy sat back and fiddled with the end of his quill, his eyes now on Romanos. Notes would follow. Soon.
Sophie didn't know anything about demons nor Slavic mythology, but she was sad. Saaaad. She would have been TOTALLY okay with a theoretical lesson for once, but then everyone was yelling and having a cow and brooding from their seats - except a few other quiet ones who had just done what the professor told them to, like herself. She liked all of those kids. Unfortunately, they were outnumbered. So. She was going to enjoy just sitting comfortably against the wall and relaxing while she could.
What could they do later on that would involve demons, though? Could they defend themselves? That sounded like dangerous territory. Sophie eyed the professor and a few students who provided information on the topic, but followed directions and scribbled down some things on her parchment, using her knee as a flat surface for it. She gave an extra long, skeptical stare to one particular Slytherin girl who... seemed to know EVERYTHING about it. Without looking at her textbook at all. Hadn't she been super knowledgeable in one of her other classes recently, too? That girl was a force to be reckoned with.
And Sophie figured she was probably actually a robot or something.
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Alexa had her quill ready to begin taking notes. The Professor promised this wouldn't be a theory class but rather that they needed some info first. She was fine with that. Completely fine or well trying to be. Just as she got set to start taking notes she realized it wasn't info but rather a question and her classmates providing the info. As for her? What did she know about the Chort guy? WELL
"He won't be busting through any of the windows any time soon and probably isn't allowed on the school cirriculum--you know, in case he's actually real."
No way was she getting her hopes up when the guy would never be able to make an appearance in one of their lessons and who them all first hand why people have kept his name around from generation to generation. "It's just as well. He's not known to be the life of the party anyway." As disappointing as it was, those were the hard facts right there and the Gryffindor had little problem accepting them.
Lex was used to things not being allowed on the cirriculum in a place that had man-eating plants and dementors crawling around.
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Having only been expecting perhaps one or two students to know a thing or two about the myth, she was pleasantly surprised at the growing list of answers. Either that or she should be suspicious. Kid's knew their mythology these days it seemed. "Right. They don't chortle..." She smiled to the two students whom answered with laughter. "But most of you have the right idea about it. Ve'll get into their good versus evil behavior later. For now..."
"You are partially right, Miss Cambridge." Her explanation on whyyyyy was halted as she adjusted her position with Victor to wave her wand towards the class. A single parchment appeared upon the desks next to them portraying an image of a strange looking creature. "The Chort isn't in your school curriculum, not because it's not allowed, but because they are territorial beasts, keeping to a specific area. There hasn't been a single sighting of them near or in vestern Europe. Until now. As you all can probably guess vhere I'm going vith this, the Chort is not a myth. They are indeed real creatures...and haff created quite a concern for both vizarding and muggle public during the past few years during their slow migration vest from eastern Russia."
There was a short pause to let the information settle into their minds. "I'll tell you now though, there is truth in every story told about the Chort...except the idea that they can transform into other animals. These ideas vere somehow mixed up vith the interaction of animagi and other creatures. But, the stories about bringing vith them ice, destruction, and disease vherever they go, are true. Their...persuasive natures...on the other hand, is more due to the unpleasant situation you'd find yourself in if you unluckily come across one and not particularly due to any verbal or telepathic ability."
Yay for putting it lightly? "Does anyone know vot type of magic is useless against these creatures?"
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Having only been expecting perhaps one or two students to know a thing or two about the myth, she was pleasantly surprised at the growing list of answers. Either that or she should be suspicious. Kid's knew their mythology these days it seemed. "Right. They don't chortle..." She smiled to the two students whom answered with laughter. "But most of you have the right idea about it. Ve'll get into their good versus evil behavior later. For now..."
"You are partially right, Miss Cambridge." Her explanation on whyyyyy was halted as she adjusted her position with Victor to wave her wand towards the class. A single parchment appeared upon the desks next to them portraying an image of a strange looking creature. "The Chort isn't in your school curriculum, not because it's not allowed, but because they are territorial beasts, keeping to a specific area. There hasn't been a single sighting of them near or in vestern Europe. Until now. As you all can probably guess vhere I'm going vith this, the Chort is not a myth. They are indeed real creatures...and haff created quite a concern for both vizarding and muggle public during the past few years during their slow migration vest from eastern Russia."
There was a short pause to let the information settle into their minds. "I'll tell you now though, there is truth in every story told about the Chort...except the idea that they can transform into other animals. These ideas vere somehow mixed up vith the interaction of animagi and other creatures. But, the stories about bringing vith them ice, destruction, and disease vherever they go, are true. Their...persuasive natures...on the other hand, is more due to the unpleasant situation you'd find yourself in if you unluckily come across one and not particularly due to any verbal or telepathic ability."
Yay for putting it lightly? "Does anyone know vot type of magic is useless against these creatures?"
Bay was slightly moved by Professor Romanos when she needed to get her wands out.. he didn't mind he was quite comfortable where he was.. He looked down at the parchment with the picture.. man this thing looked scary. "what type of magic is useless against the Chort?" Bay had no idea, he pretty much has said everything he knew about them already. Bay sat there quietly staring at the photo. yup scary.
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Yay for putting it lightly? "Does anyone know vot type of magic is useless against these creatures?"
Fascinating and scary. So they didn't chortle but Adi wasn't going to lie- that image of the Chort on the parchment was scary. He looked away from it and began to write his notes as Professor Romanos spoke. Darn his slowness! If he missed something (and there was a great chance of that), he hoped he could borrow someone's notes to copy later. The slowness was starting to make him feel grumpy again.
Okay so onto the next question. Er. Adi had no idea so he'd sit this one out and let the others speak.
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Sander took a long time to think of an answer to the Professor's question and then decided to hazard a guess. Raising his hand, he said, Professor can we assume that charms will definitely not work against it. Charms are not powerful enough to defeat a creature of this magnitude." Sander gave his answer even though he suspected it was wrong.
Ew ew EW. WHAT WAS THAT THING. Sophie stared at the image long and hard. It made her skin crawl and the hair on the back of her neck stand up and she could feel the goosebumps on her arms, but she couldn't look away. What a horrid, evil-looking thing.
Even worse, Romanos was telling them they actually did exist. And... they hadn't been spotted around western Europe 'until now.' Okay. Cool. That wasn't super ominous or anything. NOW Sophie wanted a practical lesson on how to... stop this thing or defend themselves from it or SOMETHING. Disease? Destruction? Why hadn't she heard of it before if it was so bad? It sounded kind of like a Nundu in its level of threat to wizardkind. She raised a hand, "Professor, question - sorry - why do they bring disease and destruction? I mean, it's a demon, but is it just what they do? Or do they have to be given a reason to be so vicious? What's their purpose? Is it just in their nature to just wreak havoc wherever they go?"
And she had no idea what type of magic might be useless against one. Probably all, if the wizarding community had reason to be concerned. Or maybe Chorts were just really hard to stop? Also like Nundus, Sophie thought, which was also terrifying.
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The fact that the Chort was a real thing scared Lux, and she suddenly wished Bay was beside her because he was good at comforting her when she was upset. Meh, why did the Professor have to teach such a scary topic? Looking away from the picture of the creature, she tried to think of a good answer to the question they were being asked. Honestly, she had no clue, so she stayed quiet.
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Louis took a couple of notes on his parchment as the professor explained what, exactly, the Chort was. But he REALLY hadn't been expecting that picture! GYAH! That thing was real!? Shudder. If something liked that walked into his room in the middle of the night he'd jump out the nearest window without thinking twice about it. Seriously. That thing looked demonic.
Ice, destruction and disease?!
Louis stared at the picture with horror for a moment before raising his hand. He didn't have an answer for her question, but he had a question of his own. "Um. Professor, why exactly are these creatures migrating west?" As in, IN OUR DIRECTION. Why couldn't they just stay in Russia and far, far away?
Kace was doodling in his notebook again but then he noticed the professor was moving on. He looked up and noticed on the board there was a picture of a hairy looking creature. It looked quite scary....He gave the picture a quizzical look. Kace didn't know how he would even react to the creature if he ever came face to face. Would he laugh or stare at it in pure terror? Interesting questions.
Now to answer the professor's question. What kind of magic is useless on it. He smirked and raised his hand, "Professor would the body bind curse be useless on it since it looks like a huge creature?" He gave a logical answer and if he was wrong....welp then he was.
Tobias looked from the professor to the picture, trying to figure out exactly what she was getting out here. The fact was, because he knew practically nothing about the creature... demon... myth... whatever, he couldn't really give a very good answer. Well, he COULD but, there was a high chance that Professor Romanos might think he was being a walking entity of sass or something.
Still, he raised his hand. Maybe Romanos knew him well enough to realise he wasn't the sassy type.
"... Charms? Like, I don't see a colour-changing spell being very much use."
............... Also that thing was scary. There, he said it. Or thought it. Whichever.
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