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Feel like looking at some stars? You've come to the right place. From here in the Hogwarts Observatory you can see a tiny fraction of the 400 billion or so stars found in the Milky Way Galaxy. This circular but spacious room has been locked and opened as many times as there have been Astronomy professors staffed at the school. The huge telescope that former Hogwarts Astronomy professor, Professor Anteres, had put in years ago is still here and fully operable. Students are very welcome to try and use it. If you need a hand Professor Flamsteed is always somewhere close by and can lend you assistance. If the giant telescope is too much there is always smaller telescopes stored away in the cupboards around the room which you can borrow and use as you please as well as other astronomy objects.
Large star charts are pinned to the walls which anyone is free to study for own leisure or school assignment. Don't try and take the charts down though, as they are charmed to warn if somebody tries to remove them.
Stargazing is an activity best practiced at night and therefore the observatory remains unlocked. Students adhere by a curfew and after that hour no students should be found out of bed. If you desire to study the heavens after curfew, you need a signed note from Professor Flamsteed showing that you are allowed to stay up after hours. If caught after hours without a signed note you can expect that there will be consequences like loss of house points or detention.
The observatory is place for scientific inquiry much like the library is a place to immerse yourself in books, since it’s a shrine to our massively beautiful universe. Please respect any teacher or student spending time in the observatory by not running around or shouting in high pitched voices. Just because Professor Flamsteed isn't currently in the observatory doesn't mean he isn't watching what is going on.
OOC: you do not HAVE to RP your character asking permission from Professor Flamsteed in his office before posting here after hours and may pretend that you received permission. Also, please keep in mind that while looking at the stars can be a romantic endeavor, that is not the purpose of the observatory and any mischief may result in points being deducted or detention.
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SPOILER!!: Kace
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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin
SPOILER!!: Lux and Bromance Bay :3
He grinned back at Lux, "Oh don't tempt us.." he winked jokingly of course. Oh? So she wanted to see Saturn eh? Well let's see what we can all do together. As Lux was looking into her telescope, "Ermm Lux there is something covering your telesco..." he began but she figured it out. He chuckled at that. It was something Emmy would do.
He heard Bay finding the Big Dipper! Sweet! Umm yeah he wanted to see this constellation himself. "Alright mate what is the latitude and longitude for this?" he asked with a quill and his hand at the ready to write it on.
everything was just so much fun with these two together. "theres so much temptation!! help!" he lifted his hand to his head and put his head back acting like he was going to faint and then he fixed himself. snorting he coughed as Kace told Lux that her cap was still on. "oh Lux" he said as he was nursing his eye.. he was fine.. but he might get a little bruise.
Bay yelled out the lat and long to Kace as he moved out of the way because Lux was looking in his telescope.
SPOILER!!: Cucumber
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Originally Posted by Squishy
Oh, gosh. This was embarrassing. "I'm an Aspiring Astronomer and I can't take the lens cap off." SNORT. That was actually kind of funny when she thought about it. What wasn't funny though was Bay banging his eye into the telescope. Wincing, she hoped he was okay. "I'm sorry, Bay. Want me to kiss it better?" What? It was a valid question, and it was her fault he had got hurt since she had made him laugh.
Awesome! Big Dipper had been found! While Kace asked what the coordinates were, Lux opted for going over to Bay's telescope and looking through it. "Wow, that's so cool." Now she needed to figure out how to find it on her own once that lens cap was off. "Okay, so how do I figure out coordinates? I usually just randomly look through the sky." Yep. That was her system.
D'awwwwww "thanks for the offer love.. but its just a little tender" he moved his hand and put his face close to hers. "is there a bump or bruising?" if you knew Bay then you knew that he loved his looks..
Night time, always the best time to venture out. Except Hogwarts had rules against that. EH. Like really? What was so bad about being out after hours? Either way, just for today, Abbi made sure to get permission before heading towards the Observatory. That was a huge thing for her to do, okay? Cause usually the way she worked, rules were almost always broken. So this WAS HUGE. See?
The second year walked past the seventh floor corridor and then entered the Astronomy Tower where she eventually reached the observatory. There she put down her snack bag and then lay on floor, literally.
Who needed those silly telescopes anyways?
Was so much better to look with your own eyes. MHHHHM. So beautiful, like little crystals in the sky.
Night time, always the best time to venture out. Except Hogwarts had rules against that. EH. Like really? What was so bad about being out after hours? Either way, just for today, Abbi made sure to get permission before heading towards the Observatory. That was a huge thing for her to do, okay? Cause usually the way she worked, rules were almost always broken. So this WAS HUGE. See?
The second year walked past the seventh floor corridor and then entered the Astronomy Tower where she eventually reached the observatory. There she put down her snack bag and then lay on floor, literally.
Who needed those silly telescopes anyways?
Was so much better to look with your own eyes. MHHHHM. So beautiful, like little crystals in the sky.
Now where was the best friend? HMMM?
Permission slip in his back pocket and Lila the kneazle by his side, Donnacha made his way up to the Observatory. Time for some star gazing with the best friend..! Donnacha levitated a snack for Lila around just out of her reach, grinning to himself as he started the long way up the tower. Lila didn't mind where she was going as long as there were snacks or things to fetch, so this was perfect.
When he finally reached the top of the stairs, Donny took a moment to catch his breath. "Stop lookin at me like that, Lila, I essercise regularly." Donny said, eyeing the beast suspiciously. Nobody had ever told him how judgemental kneazles were. Whew. Okay. Donnacha let Lila eat the sweet and looked around for Abbi. Where was the bestie?!
Oh, heeeey. There she was. Had she heard him yet? Maybe not.. maybe not. Why was she lying on the floor? DID SHE DIE?! It was a long way up, it must've happened to at least one student or professor at some point. Donnacha skipped over and prodded her side with his left foot. "YOU ALIVE?!"
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Permission slip in his back pocket and Lila the kneazle by his side, Donnacha made his way up to the Observatory. Time for some star gazing with the best friend..! Donnacha levitated a snack for Lila around just out of her reach, grinning to himself as he started the long way up the tower. Lila didn't mind where she was going as long as there were snacks or things to fetch, so this was perfect.
When he finally reached the top of the stairs, Donny took a moment to catch his breath. "Stop lookin at me like that, Lila, I essercise regularly." Donny said, eyeing the beast suspiciously. Nobody had ever told him how judgemental kneazles were. Whew. Okay. Donnacha let Lila eat the sweet and looked around for Abbi. Where was the bestie?!
Oh, heeeey. There she was. Had she heard him yet? Maybe not.. maybe not. Why was she lying on the floor? DID SHE DIE?! It was a long way up, it must've happened to at least one student or professor at some point. Donnacha skipped over and prodded her side with his left foot. "YOU ALIVE?!"
SUCH SUCH BEAUTIFUL STARS! Like WOWEEE.
See who needed to learn about them in such detail anyways? They still all did the same thing and shone so brightly. Okay..okay..maybe the detail was a little interesting but STILL. Why not just enjoy them like this WITHOUT having to worry about tests and remembering and bla shma bla.
This was way too cool. Ugh. Donny was missing out, really. Or was he?
MERLIN JEEPERS. Was she just kicked??????? (Even if that was lightly)
"EXCUSE YOU, DONNACHA ANDREW HARPER!" Yes, full name and everything."What does it look like I am? Do I LOOOK dead to you?" WELL DID SHE? HMPPPPHHHHHH?
See who needed to learn about them in such detail anyways? They still all did the same thing and shone so brightly. Okay..okay..maybe the detail was a little interesting but STILL. Why not just enjoy them like this WITHOUT having to worry about tests and remembering and bla shma bla.
This was way too cool. Ugh. Donny was missing out, really. Or was he?
MERLIN JEEPERS. Was she just kicked??????? (Even if that was lightly)
"EXCUSE YOU, DONNACHA ANDREW HARPER!" Yes, full name and everything."What does it look like I am? Do I LOOOK dead to you?" WELL DID SHE? HMPPPPHHHHHH?
MERLIN. That was a long walk. Ok. Better start working out soon, Donnyboy. Impress girls and stuff. Heh. And because it was healthy and all that. Not that he had to impress Abbi, best friends didn't care. Nope, nope.
FULL NAMED. RIGHT IN THE HEART.
Donnacha Andrew Harper gasped, he didn't realise that Abbi had turned into his mam. If he'd have known he would've bothered doing his hair. He was rocking the bedhead look though. Cool kid.
"PARDON ME, ABIGAIL BAILEE CAMPBELL, I WAS JUST CHECKING." Donnacha shouted in return. Abbi wasn't one to be calm and quiet and he wasn't either. IT WAS A POSSIBILITY, ABBIIII! "What'chu doins then?"
Something interesting, no doubt.
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MERLIN. That was a long walk. Ok. Better start working out soon, Donnyboy. Impress girls and stuff. Heh. And because it was healthy and all that. Not that he had to impress Abbi, best friends didn't care. Nope, nope.
FULL NAMED. RIGHT IN THE HEART.
Donnacha Andrew Harper gasped, he didn't realise that Abbi had turned into his mam. If he'd have known he would've bothered doing his hair. He was rocking the bedhead look though. Cool kid.
"PARDON ME, ABIGAIL BAILEE CAMPBELL, I WAS JUST CHECKING." Donnacha shouted in return. Abbi wasn't one to be calm and quiet and he wasn't either. IT WAS A POSSIBILITY, ABBIIII! "What'chu doins then?"
Something interesting, no doubt.
ARGH. Could you tell her good mood had just become a slightly meh one?
The third year sat up, just so she could have a better view of Donny. You know talking wasn't easy when looking at someone from the ground. "WELL I'm FINE, THANK YOU." No need to kick her and everything. He could of just called her name like that would of worked too. hehhhh
Was he really still standing? Like SIT DOWN Donny, honestly the floor wasn't poisonous or anything. Was THAT why he thought she had died? Strange. REALLY. But hey weird was interesting and best friends were interesting to each other, weren't they?
"SIT. We're watching the stars, okay?" REALLY? She was in an observatory..it was made to gaze at stars. "Did you bring snacks?" Important question was important.
ARGH. Could you tell her good mood had just become a slightly meh one?
The third year sat up, just so she could have a better view of Donny. You know talking wasn't easy when looking at someone from the ground. "WELL I'm FINE, THANK YOU." No need to quick her and everything. He could of just called her name like that would of worked too. hehhhh
Was he really still standing? Like SIT DOWN Donny, honestly the floor wasn't poisonous or anything. Was THAT why he thought she had died? Strange. REALLY. But hey weird was interesting and best friends were interesting to each other, weren't they?
"SIT. We're watching the stars, okay?" REALLY? She was in an observatory..it was made to gaze at stars. "Did you bring snacks?" Important question was important.
So she was fine. That was good to know. Only being a good friend, like he always was. ALWAYS. TAKE HINTS, ABBI.
"I was ooonly checkin, Abbicadabbi." Donnacha skipped over to sit next to his best friend. Bit chilly, wasn't it? Spring, you're allowed to do the thing now! "You could still FREEZE, you know. You could!" Abbi, did you bring a blanket? Girls were smart like that right?
Watching staaaars. Being pensive, all that stuff. Hardly exciting. "Lets.. Lets see if we can finds the conste- consta thingies." Shapes in the sky, that stuff. Big bear, little bear. "HOW DO THEYY EVEN LOOK LIKE AMINALS?!" He didn't understand. How. What kind of animal was it supposed to be, because they definitely didn't look like a bear. Like the modern paintings, they didn't ever resemble anything. Ever.
Abbi might know. Or have a funny explanation, at least.
"Of course I did!" Every now and then Donny would come prepared, ok. Snacks were too important to forget. Donnacha searched his backpack and took a few snacks out. "I've got... brownies, chocolate frogs and liquorice wands!"
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Checking shemcking. HEH. Her glares were slowly subduing but boy they were still there.
"Fine, whatever. I forgive you." Like when didn't she forgive him? ...Or maybe that wasn't such a good question to answer. Cause, you know, usually she was kinda bossy and stubborn. But HEY LOUD, CONFIDENT personalities had a little bit of drawbacks too. Nobody was perfect NUH UH.
Freeze? Like really? Were they stuck in a Frozen movie? ...Or well..okay Hogwarts had been cold lately.
Smaaal sigh.
"I've got coats and all, I won't freeze. Even magic could stop that." Like did he remember that he was a wizard there?
All was forgotten as soon as the star talk came about. A beam was formed and the third year was only too glad to share her previous discovery. "I donno all the names and that of them but I think you connect the stars together. Like a dot to dot picture, you know?" Now where was that smiley she had found AH. "Look if you put those stars there together it makes a smiley face."Meaning what exactly..she didn't know.
YUUUUUM. "BROWNIES! Give you best friend some?" No please, because it was Donny. Like she needed to be polite shmite around him. Plus she deserved a reward for that star discovery. RIGHT?
Checking shemcking. HEH. Her glares were slowly subduing but boy they were still there.
"Fine, whatever. I forgive you." Like when didn't she forgive him? ...Or maybe that wasn't such a good question to answer. Cause, you know, usually she was kinda bossy and stubborn. But HEY LOUD, CONFIDENT personalities had a little bit of drawbacks too. Nobody was perfect NUH UH.
Freeze? Like really? Were they stuck in a Frozen movie? ...Or well..okay Hogwarts had been cold lately.
Smaaal sigh.
"I've got coats and all, I won't freeze. Even magic could stop that." Like did he remember that he was a wizard there?
All was forgotten as soon as the star talk came about. A beam was formed and the third year was only too glad to share her previous discovery. "I donno all the names and that of them but I think you connect the stars together. Like a dot to dot picture, you know?" Now where was that smiley she had found AH. "Look if you put those stars there together it makes a smiley face."Meaning what exactly..she didn't know.
YUUUUUM. "BROWNIES! Give you best friend some?" No please, because it was Donny. Like she needed to be polite shmite around him. Plus she deserved a reward for that star discovery. RIGHT?
Merlin. What's with the glares? He was her best friend, he was like exempt of the Abbi-glare. Or should be. That's what best friends were for. You could be stupid but they weren't allowed to be mean about it.
Better. Of course she forgave him. "Good!" He smiled. It'd be a bad thing if she didn't forgive him. He was Donny. Donny the cutiepie. Who COULDN'T forgive such a cutie? LOOK AT THIS FACE! Donnacha prodded his cheek, this cuteness had better be permanent.
Sigh sigh sigh. Abbi was ever so dramatic. Was was that sigh even for? He raised an eyebrow and gave his best friend a look. Whaaat?
"You know that like some places are so could that like um.. like.. you can blow bubbles and they'll freeze instead of popping." SEEN IT ON THE INTERNET. The internet was full of stuffs. All true. No lies. No. But she had a point. He supposed that they could do some magic-y stuff to stop the cold from bothering them. Details. "I knoooow." Abbi was the clever one, not him. Just when it came to sea mammals.
Abbi's information really didn't do much to help him. He'd done the dot to dot thing before, but it was still more like some drawing his brother had made. Weird and stuff. Not anatomically correct. Scientist."I think.. I think that the star science-y people really should've asked biologists about animals and stuff first.. because they don't look it." Siigh.
Heh. Brownies. Time for brownies. "Of course!" He got the brownies out and offered her one before getting one for himself. Manners and all that, girls first. Manners didn't really matter around Abbi, though. Best friends didn't need manners.
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Merlin. What's with the glares? He was her best friend, he was like exempt of the Abbi-glare. Or should be. That's what best friends were for. You could be stupid but they weren't allowed to be mean about it.
Better. Of course she forgave him. "Good!" He smiled. It'd be a bad thing if she didn't forgive him. He was Donny. Donny the cutiepie. Who COULDN'T forgive such a cutie? LOOK AT THIS FACE! Donnacha prodded his cheek, this cuteness had better be permanent.
Sigh sigh sigh. Abbi was ever so dramatic. Was was that sigh even for? He raised an eyebrow and gave his best friend a look. Whaaat?
"You know that like some places are so could that like um.. like.. you can blow bubbles and they'll freeze instead of popping." SEEN IT ON THE INTERNET. The internet was full of stuffs. All true. No lies. No. But she had a point. He supposed that they could do some magic-y stuff to stop the cold from bothering them. Details. "I knoooow." Abbi was the clever one, not him. Just when it came to sea mammals.
Abbi's information really didn't do much to help him. He'd done the dot to dot thing before, but it was still more like some drawing his brother had made. Weird and stuff. Not anatomically correct. Scientist."I think.. I think that the star science-y people really should've asked biologists about animals and stuff first.. because they don't look it." Siigh.
Heh. Brownies. Time for brownies. "Of course!" He got the brownies out and offered her one before getting one for himself. Manners and all that, girls first. Manners didn't really matter around Abbi, though. Best friends didn't need manners.
Hella GOOD. Gosh he was lucky to have a best friend like her...but okay, okay she was real uber duber lucky she had him too. They were total opposites in many aspects though, but that usually worked for them..well sometimes.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. REALLY?
He had her intrest BOOF like that and everything about that earlier kick was forgotten. She was utterly amazed to think that bubbles could actually freeze. Question time, YEP. This girl wanted more information. "Do they then look like mini snow globes floating about? Or round snowflakes? Like WHAT exactly happens?" Answers then? YES? Come on, share the wisdom..if it was really that well insight or experience. Whatever it the information was categorized under she wanted to hear all.
Nod...to the I know, of course. Sometimes he just needed her tiny bit of assistance to think and sometimes she needed his awesome yet crazy thoughts to inspire that mind of hers into genius-ity.
He had a point there. They DIDN'T look it. She one hundred and thousand percent agreed with him on that one, but hey it wasn't like you could move the stars, could you? You'd be super amazing if you could. "They didn't place the stars did there did they? They just tried to make connections, you know? Not everything always suits everyone..UNFORTUNATELY." Those tended to be the scenarios that got sassy Abbi to be SUPER sassy Abbi. Things were just always better her way. MHHM.
NOT ANOTHER WORD because...
NOM NOM NOM. That grabbed brownie was being nommed away and real fast. Always so good. Gosh. It was utter brilliance for Abster.
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