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Roselyn · 05-17-2014, 04:17 AM

Despite the chilly Fall air, the arena windows were wide open, letting the morning sunlight pour into the room and light up the stone floors while the earthy aroma of the great outdoors twirled under noses. Flickers of dust particles floated through the shafts of light with a glow; enchanting almost. Purple mats and small desks that looked more like stools were laid evenly in three rows in the middle of the arena. Professor Romanos herself was sitting on her own mat at the front of the class, lotus style, giving each student a warm smile as they passed by.

OOC: Class has begun! If you're just now joining us, please don't post arriving late. Just jump in with the rest of us as if you've been here the entire time.

TeafortheSoul · 05-18-2014, 01:47 AM

West stuck his hand up. "Undead is another way of saying Living Dead yeah? So that includes Zombies, Inferi, and Vampires, except that Zombies and Inferi are categorized as non-beings, and Vampires are categorizes as beings."

Probably because you could have a conversation with a vampire, and part-vampires made excellent musicians.

Cassirin · 05-18-2014, 01:53 AM

The professor's question brought back the field trip to Peru, and Mo pulled several faces as his classmates started answering. He hadn't really had time to be scared when they were being chased, and it wasn't until after they returned to England that Mo realized how much danger they'd all been in.

Of course they'd been in danger. It was a Hogwarts field trip.

He raised his hand. "Professor, the inferi we saw were pale white and extremely creepy looking. But they aren't really brought back to life in the sense that they... return to how they were, right? They generally don't have any sense of self and have to serve a master."

Casey O · 05-18-2014, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Sararara

Norah rubbed her eyes as she walked into the classroom, hoping she was entering an exciting class to help wake her up. Woah, they were sitting on the floor? COOL! She smiled at the adult seated at the front of the room, and said "Hello, professor" as cheerily as she could.

She looked around the room, stifling a yawn, and spotted a familiar face on one of the purple mats. Hey, she knew her! It was the girl who she had talked to at the feast! Norah navigated her way through the mats to sit down next to the girl. What was her name again? She recalled someone calling her Goldilocks, but even though she was blonde Norah didn't think the girl seemed like a Goldilocks to her. At least she didn't seem like the type to be as picky as the girl in the story. She beamed at the girl, suddenly more awake, and said "Hello!" What was it? Ooooh right! Marigold! "Do you mind if I sit here, Marigold?" she asked, gesturing to the mat beside her. She might as well show she remembered~~ish~~ the older girl's name, right? Right. And anyway, maybe since she was older she could give Norah some help in this class, because she definitely had no idea what was going to happen.

Marigold was taking out her notebook to prepare for the first question. She gave a smile and a nod to the girl - she still needed to find out her name! - then focused back on the professor. The undead? She shivered a bit, not only because of the undead. It was also kinda cold. She raised her hand. "They are dead." Nod. "But reanimated to act as if they are alive." She grinned and winked to the girl next to her. Marigold had nice, perfect answers, yes. Model student. "They are dead." Sometimes Marigold had to just giggle at her own jokes.

Kaos.Doodles · 05-18-2014, 02:23 AM

SPOILER!!: Dima, Maddie, Zahra

Oooooh Dima was smart! That was a good question. Kyroh opened his mouth to ask another when he was suddenly smacked on the head. Uh...ow? Looking at the person who had done it Kyroh squinted. OOOOH he knew her! That girl. Zahra. Zahra the Kettleburn.

She was NOT a nice person.

He turned his attention back to the nice Ravenclaws. "That makes sense!" Kyroh said agreeing. Hi Boddie! "So has to be nap time then. Yeah? Let's sleep to prepare to beat bad guy butt?

SPOILER!!: Professor

Oops. No nap time.

Taking a seat on the mat like everyone else, Kyroh was a bit bummed out. But the Proffessor had basically said it wasn't for nap time so he'd go along with it.

....Also she sounded like a vampire.

Or... she did. For a second. Kyroh blinked as her accent disappeared. Maybe she was a secret Vampire? It didn't matter though, the boy raised his hand. He knew a bit about the undead. Zombies, Inferi, Vampires were also considered undead by Kyroh didn't find that very nice. "They don't like fire." The first year started simply. Undead things liked to be COLD.

....It was why Superman had laser eyes.

Waddles · 05-18-2014, 02:29 AM

The undead? Disregarding the fact that a year ago she would have laughed the idea off, Kate thought seriously about the question. Well, whatever undead Professor Romanos was talking about, they were neither alive nor dead. Maybe Kate could actually contribute to this discussion by guessing. She raised her hand.

"They're not alive, so they can't be killed normally," she said. Hopefully that was helpful.

FearlessLeader19 · 05-18-2014, 02:32 AM

The Undead. Adi knew a bit about undead...yep. Though he was quite lost about the whole field trip thing, having been unable to go because of his age. Declan had mentioned something about it at the Feast, however...

Anyway, the boy raised his hand to answer the question. "Undead are those that are living but dead at the same time. Living dead I think it's commonly referred to and it include zombies. Oh and Inferi.'' Inferi and Zombies were kind of like the same thing, right? Though West was saying something about beings and non beings?

Hey Ju · 05-18-2014, 02:39 AM

Agatha should have expected something like this to come up in a Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Undead?? Who spoke about the undead?? That was creepy and it sent shivers down her spine.

The third year did know they were neither dead nor living, but apart from that she couldn't give any better explanation so she decided to stay sitting quietly on the mat as the others spoke.

brelovesweasleys · 05-18-2014, 02:41 AM

Okay, start of a brand new class. Abel's mother didn't know a whole lot about the dark arts, so he hopes that he wont fall behind. When class started he straightened up in his chair taking note of everything the Professor said, which he now learned was Professor Romanos. Good, he was learning names.

Abel had heard about inferi, but he really knew nothing about it. So he thought it was wise to stay silent and listen to other people's answers. After all, he didn't want to look like an idiot asking questions that everyone else knew except him. They might be able to answer his questions for him, without even saying anything.

Deezerz · 05-18-2014, 03:01 AM

Interesting subject. Not one Beverly would get into out of choice. But she did know a few things. She raised her hand.

"They are beings who's bodies no longer function like that of living person, but are still 'alive.'" Did that make sense? The living dead. Whatever. "For example, an Inferius, it's a dead body brought back by the use Necromancy." She'd accidentally learned that when she had 'accidentally' wandered into the part of the manor's library she wasn't supposed to be in...and learned a ton of stuff she shouldn't have. Mellow.

oh its Erik ok · 05-18-2014, 03:14 AM

All Nigel was expecting from this lesson was to relax, answer a couple questions, and do some yoga. Not have to deal with Zahra. But....seems like he won't be so lucky this time. Still it is not like he could not appreciate the awesome mini guitar session. He was confusing himself constantly now.

"Morning Zahra and loud as ever."

Anyway back to the lesson that had just started. Really, she was going to bring up those things on the field trip. Which reminded Nigel that he had to ask Mo if he took any pictures of those things. For Science and amusement purposes of course.

"They are a contradiction. Living But Dead."

It took Nigel a few seconds to notice her normal accent was gone completely basically. Impressive

lemon · 05-18-2014, 03:22 AM

Text Cut: Maddie and Zahra and Romanos and Kyroh!

Between Zahra smacking his head and the professor lady's funny accent, Dima was SO confused. Was it or was it not for nap time? And why did Gryffindors hit so hard? Merlin, ow.

Looking quite puzzled, the first year settled into the mat between Kyroh and Maddie, then lied down. 'Cause... 'cause she HAD said something in response to Maddie about being 'vell rested', right? He could do that! And then he could beat bad guys and stuff like everybody else! Yeah!

"Do Charmed Skeletons count?" he asked the ceiling.

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"They are a contradiction. Living But Dead."

Oh! Hey! He knew what that was. "Oxymoron," Dima offered helpfully, also to the ceiling.

Ceiling and him were tight, yo.

Stefan · 05-18-2014, 03:24 AM

SPOILER!!: Romanos

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Originally Posted by Roselyn

Ooooooh goood! She gave a little finger wave to the first student to arrive, which just so happened to be Lux. "Good morning, Miss Carrington. I'm vonderful, thank you. I hope you had a pleasant summer." It seemed like a summer that would be pleasant.

Oh, yees, she was sure this was one of the new tranfers. Apart from the other not soon to be forgotten events during the opening feast, this one's sorting had given quite the first impression. "Good morning, Mister Mordaunt." she smiled to the young lad with a short nod. Best hope his attention didn't wander in class.

The sixth year may have been new to the school, but Medea already knew her quite well. "Good day, Miss Guidry. A pleasure to haff you in class." Brownie points for the summer trip having not scared off the students? Or bored them to tears and fears of attending lessons.

"Good morning, Miss Edayson." she smiled, adjusting her lotus position momentarily. Just in the nick of time to get an itch on her foot.

Great.

"Good morning, Miss Wayne." It was always nice to see familiar faces.

While familiar faces were pleasant to see, she was thrilled to see just who the new students were. He was the Scabior boy, wasn't he? Baring questions. Goodness, she hadn't been asked that question in a long while. "I vouldn't..."

Oh? With the pair of first years joining in, eyebrows raised a little. Mostly...out of amusement.

"Technically, being vell rested does give you an advantage." Ahem. "Good morning to you all."

Alas! "Good morning, Miss Somerland. Congratulations on being chosen for Head Girl."

And for accepting it too!

Only a few of the students whom had joined the trip had arrived already and she was already wishing it was still summer. "Good morning, Mister Hazelvood. It's vonderful to see you in class." Just...

Don't hurt yourself. Oh my.

She had to really listen to what the sixth year was saying. Well, honestly it wasn't that hard. Even whispers were easy to hear in such an arena. "I'm doing very vell, thank you. It's vonerful to haff you in class." He'd done very well during the summer trip. The class shouldn't be too much of a trying time for him.

After somehow getting that itch on the bottom of her foot fixed...or maybe she'd just been imagening it, who knows, she smiled up at the second year who had JOGGED into the arena. Well, goodness! Don't see that every day! Least not with students who weren't late. "Good morning, Miss Abbott. It vos nice, yes. Thank you."

"Good day, Miss Andrews." She smiled and nodded to the second seventh year to arrive. Which was wonderful in any case. She could save the emotional thoughts of this being their final year till the end of the year.

...Yo?

She chuckled under her breath a little, shoulders shaking somewhat to keep it in, though the smile on her face said otherwise. "That's vonderful, Mister Hirase. If you need any help, just let me know."

They had a plentiful amount of first years this term from the looks of it. Or they all just showed up early. Either way, it was a wonderful sight to behold. "Oh, it's vonderful to meet you, Miss Peterfield." That name...didn't roll off her tongue right. No matter.

Just look it up later.

And the third seventh year to show up.

"Good morning, Mister Barrington." she smiled warmly to the Ravenclaw, giving a short and welcoming nod.

Oh! One of the more happier greetings she'd recieved that morning so far, despite the...conditions. "Good morning, Mister Rehman!" she greeted just as brightly. She couldn't deny, it perked her up a bit.

And...that was perhaps one of the more polite greetings this morning. They were all polite of course, but just something about it... "Good day, Mister Atreyu." Though, what a fun nickname to have. Hippogriff? Did she hear that correctly?

And the loudest of greetings went to...

"Good morning, Miss Kettleburn." she chuckled lightly, giving a little finger wave to the fourth year in return.

Oh dear, it wasn't that chilly in the arena was it? Shifting on her mat, her eyes may have narrowed a little as she focused on the temperature, but, even then, it was fine. Cold, but not awful. Or maybe she was just used to it. "Good morning, Mister Vhitlock." she smiled to the boy.

"Good morning, Mister Bay." she smiled warmly to the Gryffindor.

"Good morning, Miss Hapgood." she gave a little nod to the Slytherin.

Oh, now there was a somewhat grumpy expression entering the arena. Although, she'd missed the previous smile the girl had, yet she didn't miss the new one! A gold star for the attempt! "Good morning, Miss Newell."

"Gooooood morning, Miss Cambridge." she smiled to the sixth year, adding an extra little song like tone to her greeting.

Oh dear. A good handful of the students didn't look like they could make it to the start of the lesson, much less finish it without falling asleep. "Try to keep those eyes open, Miss Czesanka." Or else, unpleasant consequences.

Like jumping jacks.

"Good day, Miss McAlistor." she smiled to the fourth year. "I'm doing fine, thank you."

"Good morning, Miss Messer." More first years! Yeeess!

The fourth seventh year to show up. Small handful of students, a great fistful of emotions. Such happy thoughts that it was only the beginning of the term and not the end. "Good morning, Mister Stark." she nodded sligtly to the seventh year. Although, she could perhaps do without all that...looking. "Oh, thank you."

"Good day, Miss Gallavay." She smiled a bit extra as she spoke. Hehe, that rhymed. Though she was surprised to see the fourth year taking a seat NEAR the window. Quite frankly, those were going to be the only seats left soon enough.

Oh, now how could she forget Marcus' greetings? Always so polite. "Good morning, Mister Branxton." Another seventh year to add to the list. The list could stop growing now. Goodness. Five was enough to be saying goodbye to at the end of term.

"Good day, Mister Lecium." she greeted with a small nod, noting the stretches he was doing. "It vos splendid, thank you."

"Good morning, Miss Brown." she smiled warmly to the third year. Ahem. The cold was making it a little difficult to smile now. Her cheeks were actually hurting. Guess one could smile too much...given the right conditions.

She'd lost count of how many first years had arrived. "Good morning." she perked up, having caught herself becoming a little slouched over the past few minutes.

In all honesty, she had to glance down the staff table at the start of term feast when this youngster's name had been called. Though any relation to the librarian was squished due to the difference in spelling of last names. "Good morning, Miss Kittredge." she smiled.

"Gooooood moooorning." she somewhat sang, giving a little finger wave to the second year as she passed by.

It could never be said that Hogwarts didn't have polite students. Goodness. "Good morning, Miss Mordaunt."

"Good morning, Miss Visteria." she smiled to the sixth year before checking the...

Oh. Right. No watch.

Smiling, she gave a wave back to Silas, not minding the more quiet greetings.

In fact, they could be some of the best at times.

Mmhmmmm. Which one...was this one?

"Good morning." she smiled warmly to whichever of the Valentine kids she was. Aubrey or Angel?

It should have been around the time they started the lesson, right? She may have had no watch, but the feeeeeeeeeling...it was a feeeeeling that they were to start the lesson. "Good morning, Miss Greenvell." She smiled to the seventh year, inwardly sighing. Another one to miss by the end of the year. Goodness gracious.

Standing up, she took out her wand and flicked it to the double arena doors. They slowly creaked shut and closed with a soft rumble that echoed throughout the room. "Now is a good of time as any to start. Do be seated, please. Don't vorry...ve'll become varm soon enough."

Re-holstering her wand, she took a deep breath and smiled. What a wonderful turn out today. Though she supposed it was time to lose the accent as well. "I do hope you all had a lovely summer. I'd noticed on our curriculum there was a particular subject we are to go over that corresponded with this past summer's field trip .I hope you don't mind. I've moved the subject up to today."

Cue the grin. "So...what...do we know...about the undead?"

Ethan settled down on one of the purple mats, as instructed by their professor and got his notebook and writing material out from his satchel. This is the class that he thought he should pay close attention too, because if he doesn't, he will be good as dead if Mordred finds out.

Yep.

So onto the discussion. Too bad he wasn't around when the field trip thing happened, but he raised his hand nonetheless to contribute his answer about the undead. "The undead are actually dead beings...but is being controlled by an outside force...or maybe a spell that make them seem to be alive. Erm...like a zombie." Waaaas that a good answer?

Expecto-Penguin · 05-18-2014, 04:25 AM

Kace felt the professor close the windows and he was glad. He was shivering. He let out a sigh of relief and now his goosebumps can be gone. Wait...Hold the Hippogriff! The professor lost her accent? That was new. Now she was talking about the field trip he missed. He wished he could have gone to it.

But he heard the professor's question and he thought about it. Hmmm...he heard the Ravenclaw Prefect's answer and he agreed with him. But he raised his hand and said, "Professor would the undead be like Zombies? Or...would they be like the inferi??" he questioned.

feeheeheeny · 05-18-2014, 04:35 AM

Oh, right. She had forgotten that all the older kids had gone on a summer field trip - what had actually happened ON that field trip? Where did they go? What did they do? Sophie had no idea, as she'd seen the minimum age requirement on the announcement, scoffed, and not read on any further. She totally forgot that they went on it, actually, and hadn't even asked her friends who were there how it was or what happened.

But then when the topic of today's class was revealed, Sophie quirked an eyebrow upward and her head tilted to the side. What... in the world had happened on the field trip that correlated with the undead? And why was Mo making all sorts of faces?

...Oh. His answer. They actually saw inferi? What kind of horrifying field trip was that? No wonder no one had told her about it. Sparing her the nightmares, certainly.

She didn't have an answer that the others hadn't already given, but the class had already become considerably more interesting than any past Defense Against the Dark Arts class she could remember.

Sararara · 05-18-2014, 04:58 AM

The undead? How could something be dead and not dead at the same time? She had a rabbit that died once but she was pretty sure it had stayed dead, considering they buried it in the backyard and everything. Yikes. Norah shivered, partly from the cold and partly from the thought of pale, white dead-but-not-dead doing whatever creepy things inferi do. Her life had been thankfully devoid of the undead, so she had no facts to the add to the discussion. Instead, she set her quill to the parchment and began to take notes.

Poolicious · 05-18-2014, 05:08 AM

Candice sat down on one of the mats and waited for the lesson to begin. She was taking out her notebook from her bag when she heard a soft rumbled noised coming from the door. Oh, the Professor already shut the door. Was that mean they're about to begin the lesson?

Undead? They're talking about undead? What do they know about undead? Hands up. "They're dead people that don't stay dead, Professor." Seriously dead people need to stay dead because its just creepy like those muggle movies about Zombies.

sweetpinkpixie · 05-18-2014, 05:17 AM

Research had gotten the best of him again and thus the Astronomy professor was running uncharacteristically behind. Medea would forgive him, right? As long as he didn't make too much of a scene when he came in....which meant he would have to tone down his dancing a little and hum rather than belt it out. Which was a real shame considering the particular song. Classic King of Pop, you know?

Quietly opening the door to the dueling arena - heh, was Mr. Hirase in here? - he ~~not so~~ subtly began to dance his way along the wall until he made his way to the front, all the while humming a certain tune and trying (sort of) not to be to much of a distraction. The crimson hue of his suit made him stand out like a sore thumb in the sea of school robes.

Arriving at the front of the room, the astronomer changed his course and made his way in a very counterproductive way towards Medea until he was standing beside her. "Figured I could lend you a hand," he smirked as he removed exactly that from his enchanted suit pocket, his blue eyes twinkling mischeviously.

Stefan · 05-18-2014, 05:27 AM

Ethan was busy doodling a zombie on his notebook when a moving something caught his attention. Professor Flamsteed? What was he doing here? Is the subject that tough, that they actually need two professors in Defense? Ethan just sat there as he watched the professor dance his way towards Romanos with an amused grin. And since he couldn't stop himself, he mimicked Flamsteed's movements discreetly.

He did however, stopped as soon as the Astronomy Professor got a severed arm out of his pocket. Cooooool! Ethan leaned to his side and nudged Agatha. The Slytherin gestured his fellow snake to take a look.

Awarlesta Black · 05-18-2014, 05:58 AM

Oh, gosh. They were talking about zombies?? Did this have to do with the fact THEY ALMOST GOT EATEN ALIVE during the summer? Yes? Well, he learned that using fire spells was not a good idea against them. They just kept getting closer and smelt like already-dead burnt flesh. He shuddered at the memory. In his defense, he thought they were Inferi, okay?

"They go 'uuunnnnnhhhh!'" That's the sound they make. Yep. He was there.

Oh look it was Flamsteed. 'Thriller'-ing his way up to the front...

Dec hid his face in his knees, feeling some sort of second-hand embarrassment from the Professor's little show.

Presley Black · 05-18-2014, 06:13 AM

Miss Mordaunt? Gwen didn't know Cutty really at all, but she'd been in classes with him. She was fairly certain the professor had gotten his gender mixed up there. Poor Cutty. His name really didn't indicate gender, did it?

The undead! That was something Gwen knew a little about. Well, a little about in the muggle world. It hadn't taken her long to learn that often what she knew was slightly off center from the reality. Muggles tended to spread garbled rumors. She raised her hand anyway. She might be right. And if she wasn't, the professor would certainly correct her. "They are sometimes called zombies?" Right? That was what she meant by the undead? Or did she mean like vampires or inferi?

nanyjj · 05-18-2014, 07:07 AM

SPOILER!!: Adi & Ben

Leah pulled her bag closer to her, hoping to get warmer. It worked a tiny bit. She rubbed her hands against her arms. Better. She instantly warmed up more when her friend Adi sat down at the mat next to her. "Hey Adi!" she said, waving. "Nothing much, really. It's really chilly today." she replied. And another boy came up next to Adi. It was... Ben. Yep, that was his name. "Hello. Why do you call him Hippogriff?" Adi looked nothing like one.

SPOILER!!: Professor

We'll become warm? Leah was very encouraged by this. Did this mean the professor would close the windows, or start a fire? Eh, the latter was unlikely. She turned her attention to the lesson. So there was a field trip that Leah had not heard about... she frowned.

"The undead does not mean that they are NOT dead. Like vampires." The second year stuck her teeth out, hoping that they would look like fangs. People had already mentioned zombies. That was when Professor Flamsteed entered. Were other professors allowed to walk into other classes? Or dance in, for that matters.

Weasley174 · 05-18-2014, 10:09 AM

Angel raised her hand. "They can't die because they are already half-dead." Angel beamed. "Basically they are doomed to wander the earth forever." Angel didn't know if that would be a good thing or a bad thing but in someway she though it would be a good thing because well they could do anything but in other ways she thought it would be a bad thing, just think of all the wars and things they would have to see.

Emzily · 05-18-2014, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Roselyn

Cue the grin. "So...what...do we know...about the undead?"

Well... this sounded like a charming subject.

Theo didn't know much about the undead, other than a few creatures that fell under that category. Vampires... zombies... okay, that was pretty much it. He raised his hand as he gave off another one of his dumb answers. "They're dead people... but alive." Ehhh, maybe people was the wrong word.

Oh, Flamsteed was here. Wonderful. Dancing, too. Even more annoying.

Chiara · 05-18-2014, 10:32 AM

The undead? Lucy's dad had talked to her about these creatures..
She raised her wand and said:" The undead include Zombies and Inferi..
They are the dead who have returned to live, like Living Dead.."

Mad Eye Touz · 05-18-2014, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

All Nigel was expecting from this lesson was to relax, answer a couple questions, and do some yoga. Not have to deal with Zahra. But....seems like he won't be so lucky this time. Still it is not like he could not appreciate the awesome mini guitar session. He was confusing himself constantly now.

"Morning Zahra and loud as ever."

Anyway back to the lesson that had just started. Really, she was going to bring up those things on the field trip. Which reminded Nigel that he had to ask Mo if he took any pictures of those things. For Science and amusement purposes of course.

"They are a contradiction. Living But Dead."

It took Nigel a few seconds to notice her normal accent was gone completely basically. Impressive

Zahra ACTUALLY felt the sting of that a little. Most things rolled off of her like water on a duck's back, but this one little comment about her volume sunk in.

SO.... Zahra went quiet. Eyes forward. This was usually the part of the lesson that lost her anyway, and today was no exception. She had to TRY THOUGH because House Points were a thing. Her effort would just have to be QUIET because apparently she was LOUD.

"I think we're supposed to set them on fire." Or something. QUIET ANSWER WAS SO QUIET no one probably even heard.

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