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Agatha looked up at Merlin, it sounded like she had memorised the whole textbook! Agatha was trying her best to keep up with the speed as she scribbled away, her handwriting and grammar worse than ever. The Slytherin frowned when she noticed that, but the professor's next words made her look up and momentarily forget about her parchment. Grilled veggies?! Sounded healthy! And Agatha was healthy! As the other students got up and helped themselves, Agatha stood up like a lady - that toga thing made her feel like a goddess, mind you, and she was loving it - and walked over to where the grilled veggies were. She waited for her turn and got only one - because she was a lady. "Thank you." She said politely as she looked up to the older woman, whose hair called her attention. "I like your hair, professor." Agatha commented before returning to her seat. She looked around and watched some of her classmates eating the kabob before she did so herself. |
Zander wanted to argue and mention that HE wasn't the one with his feet on the desk, but ugh. It was a lost cause. He didn't want to make Gryffindor loose points. So he'd take one for the team and give that Austin kid a glare in the process. And here was the explanation of the smell, on a silver platter. Literally. It was food. Grilled vegetables. Ugh. Vegetables. Zander got up and out of his seat to walk towards the front. Maybe it wasn't just vegetables? Upon further inspection of the tray, NOPE JUST VEGETABLES. The third year tried to do his best to keep his toga in place, as it was STILL WAY TOO BIG. It was sliding off his shoulders and drooping in places that it shouldn't be drooping. So he ran back to his seat to save himself from an embarrassing disaster. But didn't take any kabobs with him. Because blegh veggie kabobs. |
Apologies if anyone was missed SPOILER!!: Lux, Bay, Cris, Sophie, Grayson, Kace, and Beverly Ah, at least several of them were enthusiastic about the food. That should wake them up from their glazed looks and feverish writing. "De nada," she repeated as several students thanked her. "I am pleased with the number of you who seem to have remembered their manners. Good good." She would remember that before she got angry at their antics. Or at least she would try to. SPOILER!!: Agatha But then there was this young lady, who OBVIOUSLY had excellent fashion tastes. "Miss... Hapgood," she began, scanning the room for the girl's name tent. "Gracias indeed! Take a point for Slytherin for such excellent manners and obvious style skills." That girl was going far, yes she was. Unlike... SPOILER!!: Zahra This chico. "How..." She wasn't even sure what English word was needed here. "¿Chico encantador, no?" She grimaced. Restrain yourself, Lolita. Show restraint. She settled for an eye roll. SPOILER!!: Zander Now for a bit of housekeeping before they moved on. She took out her wand, pointed it at the no-respect-for-school-property boy, and watched as the fabric shrunk down to size. "Careful, chico." No, she didn't want ill-fitting clothing to cause any accidents in her classroom. Because accidents bring anger, lawsuits, and suspicion. Can't have any of that. Moving on, then. "Now that you're all fed, I'll continue. The Pythagoreans believed odd numbers were male and associated them with goodness and light; even numbers were therefore female and associated with darkness and evil." Clearly they had never met Lolita Domingo, the very picture of perfection! "But they also had special properties for each number." With another wave of her wand, the first few appeared on the board. Quote:
"You may scribble down your thoughts in your notes or share your ideas with a partner; either is acceptable. I will wander the room for five minutes to hear your thoughts, then summarize them on the board." She paused for questions, but they could just ask her as she walked around. "Empiec... ay. Begin!" The Spanish was going to be hard to keep out of her instructions, she could see that right now. . OOC: Feel free to ask Lolita a question or for help |
Agatha truly wasn't expecting that at all. It was like she was seeing the professor in a complete new light. There was a hint of sparkle in her eyes when the older witch gave her a point for 'excelent manners and obvious style skills'. Was the teacher's hair glowing now? Agatha could swear it was! What an amazing woman... wow! "Thank you!" The third year managed to say before getting too happy and proud of herself. Professor Domingos had her full and absolute attention now, but that didn't mean Agatha was understanding the subject. It... didn't make any sense to her. Why were numbers associated with genders? Who came up with that? And why were the female ones evil?? The girl tried to make sense of it all, because she trusted the amazing professor to know what she was talking about, but... what? She couldn't understand that! The Slytherin blinked at the board and the first thing she noticed was that the first number that was actually considered a number was a 'female' number. Even not understanding it, the information made Agatha proud. The first number was a female one! Girl power! Yes!! There was something for them to do already. Agatha listened to the instructions and reread the information on the board. She blinked several times and frowned, trying really hard to make sense of it. .......Nothing. She needed to look like she was doing work, though, so she jotted down a couple more things on her parchment. Quote:
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Partners, anyone? Zander smiled at the new fit of his clothes. AH, much better. He looked up at the Professor and said a polite, "Thank you," even though she kept accusing him of mistreating school property. Which he hadn't. Hmph. But that was probably better than being called Mr. Hair, or even worse, Mr. Cheeks. So again, he'd keep his thoughts to himself. Now to all this number nonsense. Zander's mind was all over the place and she had hardly even started talking about the matter. Ugh. Arithmancy is awful. And even though Zander normally kept to himself if given the option, he had no idea what he was doing, so a partner would probably be the best way to go... Looking around the room he let out a small sigh. Anyone... Anyone need to partner up?" He said rather shyly. If not, uh, no big deal. He could try to work it out himself. SPOILER!!: Notes so far? |
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This had to be the best way to bribe students to pay attention and take notes. It was clearly working for Beverly as she didn't feel like dozing off and the words no longer came through as blah, blah, blah. The Slytherin had to hold in a snort. Females were associated with darkness and evil? HA! They were just too powerful for men to handle. Beverly was going with that. Finishing her food, she cast a quick Scourgify on her hands and area. It was time to get down and thinking, and she didn't want smudges of any kind on her parchment. So, they were to guess what 5 and 10 were. Okay...just...add things together and make sense of them. Yes. She had this! SPOILER!!: Beverly Wayne's notes There. Beverly left her parchment uncovered for in case Professor |
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Text Cut: Angreh Adi! <3 Cutty smiled at the Hufflepuff boy. Who was now, possibly his favourite Hufflepuff since Toby did the thing that he did, which was actually nothing. But Cutty thought it was something so there you have it. Anyway, it was just a friendly bit of thievery. No need to get all upset, Adi-bro. Before Cutty could answer with a plain and shameless, 'Yes.', they were moving on. Text Cut: "She was Lo, just plain Lo..."-Nabakov Wizards=good. Witches=evil. This wasn't a hard concept for Cutty to digest, though he still made note of it on his parchment. Along with the following... Quote:
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Cris ^^ This part was unusually interesting. Numbers representing boys and girls. Though a bit very mean saying that women associated with dark and evil. Meh, usually boys were dark. Hello, Lord Voldy was a guy! Not very happy with the information, Leah copied down notes from the board and thought about the question. Hmm. "Pssst, Cris." she whispered to the older student who happened to be near her. "Can we er- share ideas?" she smiled, peeking at his notes and failing. She. Had. No. Ideas. What was that thing about two plus three? |
Anybody wanna help a super confused firstie? Say what? The first year blinked a few times and tried to focus on what the professor was going on about, but it made absolutely no sense to her. If only their kabobs weren't veggies, then that would at least put her in a better mood, but veggies just didn't do anything for her. The lion copied down the notes on the board, but she had NO idea about the other numbers and their meanings. She was still trying to work out why numbers had to be a certain gender. Was she missing something? Deciding that it was a 50/50 chance that she got the correct gender, AJ began to jot down notes. Quote:
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Adi shot Cutty another look as Professor Domingo continued. At first he was confused but as he re-read what was on the board, it became a bit clearer. Deciding he would work solo, the Hufflepuff began scribbling: SPOILER!!: Adi's Parchment Okay. He was done. |
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Wait, WHAT?! Sophie would have TOTALLY complimented the woman's hair if that's all it took to get extra class points. She glared at the girl who'd beaten her to the punch. Well, it was a MENTAL glare. Sophie was totally thinking about that glare and how she wished she thought to give hair compliments first. BOO, YOU SNAKE. Okay, so they had an assignment to do. Sophie dipped her quill in ink then began writing. Five is equal to 2 plus 3, and 10 is equal to 1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4. ONE: generator of all numbers, not actually considered a number; characterized reason TWO: first female number; characterized opinion and division THREE: first male number, combination via addition of 1 (unity) and 2 (division); characterized harmony FOUR: second female number, represented space and matter; characterized by justice and order FIVE: Five is a combination of two plus three, and since two is a female number and three is a male number, I think five could represent love. It sort of makes sense to me, since we weren't told that we could also combine 1 and 4 to equal 5. It's like we purposely added just the female plus male numbers. <333 TEN: Ten is a combination of ALL the numbers listed above. We were told it comes from adding combinations of 1, 2, 3, and 4, and since we also got to 5 by adding 2 and 3, I think ten means EVERYTHING. So it would equal reason (1), opinion/division (2), harmony (3), justice/order (4), and love (5). Mmkay. Now that wasn't so hard. Sophie had never really been good at Arithmancy, but what she WAS good at was coming up with good guesses. That's what all this was, too--guesses. |
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Everyone is in here somewhere Lolita nodded to Agatha. "De nada, chica." It was WELL deserved in her eyes. She had been the ONLY one to compliment the fantastic outfit so far. SPOILER!!: Zahra This young lady needed some refinement, that was certain. "Yes, that sounds excellent. I expect your findings on the matter on my desk by next week Thursday." Perhaps that would teach her some refinement, no? The Latina began to stroll around the room. May as well start with the stylish girl (Agatha) first. "Good start, dear. What else?" After all, she had only had a few seconds before Lolita got there. Next was Mr Newell. After a short pause, she nodded approvingly. "Clever, noticing both were combinations of male and female. Keep going: what happens when the two genders are joined together as one?" He was soooo close. Next up, the boy whose toga now fit him (Zander). Hmmmm, he could use some help. "Found a partner yet?" she asked him while searching around. "Perhaps Miss Carrington?" The girl appeared to have quite a bit written down, so perhaps they could collaborate. And now she came upon Bean Girl. With a quick peek at the name tent, Lolita knew she would never forget the name Zahra Kettleburn. "Very creative, Miss Kettleburn. Yes, pair with Mr Newell, that out to help you both out." Maybe. After all... meat and ice cream? Not sure where that had come from besides an overactive imagination. She continued her circuit around the classroom, coming next to Miss Wayne. "Bueno, can you think of what five could represent practically speaking, an event in our lives?" Both her and Caleb were very close. And nearby was Mr Strand, who was likewise on the right track. "Same comment: what event could five represent in our lives?" SPOILER!!: Penelope "Bravo, Miss Wright. Your ideas for ten are spot on, and I like your creativity for five as well." And only a first year? She would have to watch this particular Ravenclaw as there was definitely some potential in her. But also some awkwardness, it seemed. Pulling out her wand, Lolita performed the same spell she had done just a few minutes before. Seeing a perfectly-fitting toga, she quietly said, "There, that should help." SPOILER!!: Cutty "Yes, Mr... Mordaunt, there are other ways. And we shall see what they are later on, so I will not give it away now. As for ten, it can be thought of as five and five, but I thought the combination I gave may be more helpful as a hint." She looked down at what he had so far. "Very clever to bring in the yin-yang concept." He was quite right, that was where it had originally come from. Moving on, she came upon Miss Valentine. "A good start, dear. What else?" A first year probably shouldn't be expected to have much more yet, but it could not hurt to keep thinking. Which was exactly what Miss Abbott needed to do as well, but it appeared she was going to pair with Mr Strand. There were so many students! She just kept circling the room. "Good start, Mr Rehman. What practical event could five symbolize?" As for Mr Moore, the first year was struggling a bit, though at least he had some initial ideas. "Perhaps Mr Rehman could help you out." Moving to Miss Newell.. was she related to the other Newell in the class? It seemed likely. She scanned the notes. "Perfecto, chica! Excellent work." She couldn't think of a single criticism, which was saying something for Lolita. "Perhaps Mr Hair could benefit from your insight. His appears to be lacking." But at least his number were written in Spanish. That had to count for something. . OOC: A few more hours before we'll move on. Keep those ideas coming! |
The vegetable that is now in his stomach should help him clear his mind, yes? Ethan just deadpanned as he looked at the writings on the board. …what? The Slytherin copied the entire thing on his parchment, and after doing so, read it over and over and over again. Nope. Not getting it? Shrugging, he copied the same thing on another parchment and made his own deduction. Mordred always told him to go for the obvious ones first, before delving into another layer of the problem. Hmmm. That could work. Ethan crossed out the unnecessary words in the problem, and this somehow helped him decode it. SPOILER!!: Ethan’s Deduction and Notes He knew the Greeks loved Philosophical things, and hopefully his notes made sense. MERLIN. He needs more veggie kebabs. Just saying. |
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He blinked. Wow. This Professor was fiery. She was pretty cool though. He continued to copy notes in his book, listening to the rest of his classmates answer or ask questions. Arithmancy wasn't his best subject. It took him a while to understand it. It was as if she was teaching the whole lesson in Spanish. O.o SPOILER!!: Simon's notebook Simon picked up his quill and continued working. He tried to reason through what five and ten could've meant based on the meanings of one through four. This was hard. SPOILER!!: notebook again He glanced at his notebook again. Yeah, he didn't feel too happy about not being comfortable with the answers on his notebook. He bit his lip. Well, he'd find out sooner or later if there was some sense to his guesses. |
SPOILER!!: professor Her toga was fixed. Penelope hoped that nothing awkward like that would happen to her in class again. It was really embarrassing that her first impression on the new professor had been one of awkward togas. Her work had been great, but the toga made her seem awkward. At least nothing really bad had happened. The toga fit properly now, so there was no point in worrying about it more. "Thank you professor. Muchas gracias," Penelope whispered. Penelope listened to what the professor had to say about everyone's answers. Her answer for ten had been spot on. Proud of herself for figuring out 10, she listened to what the professor said about 5. Love... event in your life... She took notes on some other answers. Opinion and division, harmony, love, event, male and female numbers... What was a big event in your life about love? Event about love, harmony... Penelope was on the right track now. It wouldn't be too hard to figure out what it was. Quote:
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