Hey Hey! Astronomy, YESSH!

After quite a rush up to the Astronomy Tower, carrying a full and heavy material school bag, and still fixing her uniform tie and robes, Paloma arrived, happy...gleeful, actually looking forward for the lesson. But before she entered the classroom, she saw the lint roller, and then she noticed a few of the things, the lints and maybe some dust, that made her robes look a little...informal. Sigh...So, she took the roller and fixed it, looking every now and then if she had missed something.

Well...well...well..."Hola...I mean," Ugh, when was she actually going to remember that she was to speak English at all times? "Hello, Professor Flamsteed." She rephrased, looking at the comic book he was reading. Sure, Star Trek. Maybe it was one of the things she still had to get into, besides Star Wars, that could actually come in handy someday.

She quickly took a seat behind Jun and the boy that he sat next to, took out her materials, then whilst looking around for someone she'd met before, began to tap her fingers against the table, as if she was playing the piano.

After going through the procedure of using the lint roller, Beverly strolled into the Astronomy classroom, immediately dropping her messenger bag next to a seat. Merlin, that thing was heavy. Especially when walking up from the Great Hall all the way up here. This is what happens when one loses track of studying and the next class.

But you know, it was OWLs year and Beverly Wayne was taking early precautions to prepare herself.

Flopping into a seat, she stifled a sigh that threatened to escape her when she directed her gaze at professor Airey. His hair was nice...as always.

"Good day, professor." Yes. Good day to him.

Okay she didn’t want to lint-roll herself. Not at all. That didn’t sound like a good idea – heck, she just wanted to pull a joke and ask whom it was who left their lint rolled outside on a table…but there was that sign and the rules and you had to think about how utterly clean the Gryffindor common room was. It was like living in a hospital room…except it didn’t have that smell. She liked that it didn’t have that smell.

Okay so the brunette didn’t know anything about astronomy really – she wasn’t going to give any witty answers…or even intelligible ones. Maybe she’d have to get one on one training by their overly skilled professor? She had looked up the school’s listed Professors before she had transferred schools – heck he had worked at Nasa.

Her eyes widened as she saw spotted the comic book. She had read that. She…should thought about commenting about it… "thats a nice comic isn't it? and show...the show is awesome" she muttered. "my favorite creatures are the Tribbles" she half whispered as she made her way fully de-linted into the room.

Soooo, astronomy. Not entirely knowing what she was thinking about the class, little Ophelia took her seat and then looked around the room, trying to discern what was happening. There was a bunch of seats and other students, and the teacher, who was reading a star trek comic book. SWEET! That's the exact book 'Ophie read three weeks ago. Yeah, she might have taken it from her older sibling and she might have brought it with her to Hogwarts, but it wasn't weird or sentimental. The kid just never got to finish, okay? She was a slow reader.

But it was crazy, ya know? Three weeks ago she was hoarding a collection of her older siblings comic books in the attic and now she was at a new school, learning magic-y stuff and attempting not to show that she was a slow as molasses reader. A pang of sadness hit the blonde's stomach, and swallowing it down, she looked quickly at the other students, and then the teacher.

"Hello, Professor. I love that comic book!" Because she actually and literally did. It was an interesting one so far. And colorful. And apparently eleven year old girls were into colorful and bright stuff, because it captured her attention thus far.

Pretty much the only that made being around so many people bearable was having familiar faces, and Eden's was the most familiar of all. Clara grinned back at her, squeezing her slightly, before rolling her eyes. "You wouldn't deny me a seat, would you?" She made a face. "I'd have to sit next to ... other people." SHUDDER. That thought didn't appeal to her in the slightest.

She hip-bumped the bag away, grinning more. "I'm glad. Same goes for you, you know?"

Clara listened intently to Eden, trying to block out everyone else's noise as she did, though it was difficult as she could also SEE everyone thanks to the desks and chair being set up in a semi-circle. Though how sound and sight were connected in this situation, she did not know. "I like science subjects, too, and wand subjects and ... most subjects, actually," she said, bouncing slightly in her seat. "I'm sure you'll enjoy subjects which you'll need a wand for soon enough. It's a lot to do with practise," she reassured her with a grin, then looked up sharply as someone else sat down on Eden's other side.

The girl looked vaguely familiar, but she couldn't place a name ... that was, until Eden said it. Clara gave the girl a once over, trying to resist the urge to judge too much, but ... heh. She seemed really ... NICE ... and proud? Of herself? "I'm Clara, as you now know," she said, looking to Eden who'd introduced her, and grinned. "It's nice to meet you, Bianca. Interesting name," she said honestly and plastered a smile of her face. She didn't seem too bad so far, not that she was trying to pick faults or anything. She was about to answer her question, too, when she looked up and saw Layla walking towards them.

But as soon as Clara made eye contact with her ... she walked off in a different direction. Ouch.

Clara turned to Eden, who was sending her looks and appeared to be fretting about it. She put her hand on top of her friends and patted it, shrugging. "Don't worry about it too much, she just doesn't like me very much." And the feeling was mutual ... which was a little bit of a shame because she hated putting Eden in the middle of it.

Lint roller? Really?

Though, she really shouldn't be so surprised. This class was taught by her head of house and she saw how he was about the common room. The place was like a hospital! And anyway, she had just come from there, so the was no way she needed the lint roller. But she used it anyway, just so she didn't make waves already this year.

Freshly lint rolled, Heather stepped into the classroom and found a seat, offering up a "Hello, professor," on her way. Ready to learn about planets now.

He was probably one of the few students who actually USED Professor Top Hat's lint roller, but it was an instruction. After all, Dima found direct orders from authoritative figures very difficult to ignore or disobey, and while Flamsteed wasn't anywhere CLOSE to Bellaire on the scary scale... well, it was his DUTY to comply, was it not?

So the kid lint rolled away.

And once he entered the classroom and greeted Airey with his usual cheery wave, he was faced with a more complex dilemma. Kyroh and Dot were sitting together, which meant he had to pick one of them to sit beside because squishing between them was rude. A familiar pang of jealousy coursed through him, and Dima did the only reasonable thing to do.

"Hi Maddie!" He'd sit by HER instead.

And Dante over there. 'Sup, broheim. Starfizzle in the hizzle. What what.

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

Knowing better than to argue with the Professor's silly requests, however, he did as was told and then walked into the empty classroom. Okay. Now this was weird. Really weird. But then he spotted Professor Flamsteed and gave the man a small smile. WAS HE READING A COMIC BOOK!?!?! Yes, yes there was a sparkle in Zander's eye. A gleaaaam if you will. Leaning forward he did his best to make out the picture on the front cover and.... "What kind of superhero is that?" That wasn't superman? Or spiderman? Or batman? Or... Was that even a super hero? Of course Flailsteed wouldn't even read the conventional good comics. Only the best ones! "And oh-uh-ahem Hi Professor," Could more people show up please? This was uncomfortable.

Turning the page of his book, the astronomer looked up when he saw Mr. Adair entered...first? Well, this was an unexpected surprise. Clearly a testament to the fact that the fourth year clearly did not see him as Medea accomplice to, well, to anything.

"Good day, Mr. Adair," he greeted with a cheeky smile. "Superhero? Well, I suppose you could call them intergalactic superheroes..." Because really, what defined someone as a superhero anyway? To himself growing up, Spock had been a superhero and he didn't even wear a cape. "Explorers is perhaps a better term, however."

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Originally Posted by Squishy

Lux was excited as she made her way to the first Astronomy lesson of the term. This was one of her favourite subjects, and it was taught by her favourite professor which made it even more awesome in her eyes. Beaming, she waved at Professor Flamsteed but then noticed that he was engrossed in a comic book. Huh. "Hello, Professor. I hope you had a good summer." There, that should get his attention.

Looking up again, he smiled to the Hufflepuff as she entered. "Good day, Miss Carrington. It was quite pleasant, thank you for asking. Save for the basilisk that is."

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Originally Posted by Hera

"Hi Professor Airey!" the Gryffindor greeted brightly, stepping into the warm light and pausing there. WHOOOAAAAAAA! THIS PLACE WAS COOL BEANS!

"What... what are those for?" he asked staring at the small metal spherical structure and the LARGER one too. Seriously. WHAT WERE THEY?! Could they climb them? Swing from them? Ride them? ... Hhhhmmm? "Can I touch it?"

"Hello, Mr. Rogers," he smiled at the Gryffindor. And no, the Sir or Knight or Lord or whatever name it was that Sir Nicholas had planted into the first year's head was not going to stick.

Following the boy's gaze, the astronomer chuckled before answering. "You must be referring to the armillary sphere. It is a a very old tool used to model of objects in the sky and their movements, but we will not be using it today."

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Originally Posted by SlytherinSistah

It was highly unusual for Cutty Mordaunt to greet his teachers. He was there simply to absorb and maintain an existence off of all that their brains had to offer. Like a parasite. He made the exception now and again. For the sensitive spy that could tell his mother of his bad behaviour and for the lanky astronomer, who'd already gone above and beyond in terms of proving useful and intelligent to the boy.

Besides, Professor Flamsteed was an alien. And if he should tell the mothership to blow the planet sky high, Cutty was hoping to likewise be made the exception to the kablooey of it all. "Good evening, Professor Flamsteed." He greeted the Astronomer lint-free and clean and with well-fitting robes this time around. He then found a seat that he thought ideally perched for his purposes.

Airey gave a quick cursory glance over his shoulder at the afternoon sky. Mr. Mordaunt must be working a bit too hard on his new entrepreneuring ways and lost track of the time. Airey still needed to make his contribution to the cause...perhaps after the lesson.

"Hello, Mr. Mordaunt. Quite the little notice you have up on the student bulletin board," he said with a salute. Mostly to let the boy know that he had, in fact, seen it and to hint at the fact that he would seek out the Slytherin's services later.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Angel walked towards the Astronomy lesson, she was totally looking forwards to it. She stopped at the lint roller and used it. She had no idea why the Professor wanted them to use it but he was cool and she would do what he said.

Angel walked into the room with a big smile on her face. "Morning Professor" Angel was in a very happy mood. "How are you today?" Angel then saw that the Professor was reading a comic book. "Sir my favourite comic book character has to be the hulk, I just love what he does." Angel beamed seriously the green monster was amazing.

Angel then went and sat down in her seat and waited for the lesson to start, she could have talked all day about comic books but she didn't want to get into trouble.

And this one had perhaps just woken up from a nap. At least she was in much better spirits than he had seen her previously. Teenagers, about as predictable as, well....as a year at Hogwarts maybe. Or the weather. You look for all signs that point to rain, find it, and end up getting a blizzard or heat wave instead.

"Afternoon, Miss Valentine," he greeted the young Gryffindor. "I'm doing well, and you seem to be doing much better as well." Again, stellar to see. Seriously. "The Hulk is a fascinating read to be sure, but not my favorite."

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Originally Posted by Saz Hale

Abby entered the astronomy lesson and said "Evening professor" Abby took a seat and waited for the lesson to start

Sisterly nap time? He could hope at least. Would mean the teenage angst had passed. "Afternoon, Miss Valentine." The other Valentine that really should have apologized for her actions.

Ahem.

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Originally Posted by GrapehSarah

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She entered the room and gave him a smile. "Evening professor." She looked at what he was holding. "Whatcha reading?" She wanted to know. It was more of a nosey thing than curiosity though.
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"Good to see you again, Miss Samson," he smiled at the first year before giving the cover of his comic a quick glance. "Just the first issue of one of my favorite little comic books series I grabbed off the shelf in my office." It wasn't his favorite FAVORITE issue, but it did well enough to pass the time while the house elves were working away.

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Originally Posted by SilverTiger

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The sight of the professor up at his desk with a comic book made her eye him, too. Of course, she hadn’t missed him at the feast either, and her opinion of him wasn’t exactly getting better. Not that the tiny redhead was planning on him knowing that. “Good afternoon professor,” she said, not long after one of the other firsties she remembered at the boats had stopped almost directly in front of her and making her skirt around him. She wanted to find her seat before anyone else stole it from her. Curiosity about the things in the room could wait, not that she had any.

"Afternoon," he greeted the Slytherin.

He then nearly facepalmed at the sudden reminder that he had not, again, placed name tags out on the desks for students to fill out . Or, well, not exactly fill out this term. He had a little something special planned than the standard paper or sticker name tags. Heh.

He would conjure them up here in a minute or two.

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Originally Posted by nanyjj

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She walked towards the table outside the classroom, picked up the lint roller and used it on her robes. Leah was familiar with the rules by now and considered the rolling part of the lesson itself. She scanned the classroom, noticing Professor Flamsteed quickly. Ooh, a comic book. "Hello, Professor Flamsteed." She greeted with a smile.
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"Afternoon, Miss Abbott," he saluted the third year. "Can I expect to see you tearing up the board with gobstones again this term?" A question asked partially out of genuine interest (because she was quite fascinating to watch in action. Such a natural talent for the game) and partially because, well, she was stiff competition. Needed to train his Gryffindors up!

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Originally Posted by Lislchen

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Upon entering she sent a polite grin to the professor...until realizing who he was. Right. He was the one who didn't like glitter - at least according to Kyroh. Famsteel. Right. Her expression hardened a bit and she swiftly made her way over to an empty desk. She wasn't going to sit with any of the losers that had arrived before her. No, thank you.
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Airey returned the smile to the first year, old to have her face suddenly turn sour. What? Was his smile not acceptable? Did he have some spinach stuck between his teeth? He was tempted to conjure a mirror and look, but settled instead for running his tongue over the front of his teeth.

Nope, didn't feel anything...

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Originally Posted by affy7ann

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She said nothing more as she waited for class to begin, but hoped the girl would introduce herself - if not before class, then after. Sapphire wanted to make new friends.

Airey subtly waved to the newcomer...whose last name was going to be the tongue twister of the century. Which was partly why he did not greet her out loud. He was fairly positive he could not pronounce it yet.

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

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So this was Flamsteed's class. Pretty cool. "Hey, Professor Flamsteed. Stellar day isn't it?" Though maybe he was into his comic book to much to notice. Looked like he was really into it. Though maybe he should tell him he finally found the Room of Requirements and that awesome skate park he thought up in his head.

Now to sit and hope he learns something interesting.

"More than you know, Mr. Barrington. More than you know," he winked at the Slytherin. "I trust you have had no more problems finding the Room of Requirement now, yes?"

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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

It was time for her first Astronomy lesson of the year, and AJ couldn't wait to see what fun activities the professor had up his sleeve today. Before entering all the way in the classroom she rolled herself down with the lint roller. Not that she had a cat or anything that would make her hairy, but whatever.

Both of her sisters were there, and AJ decided to sit by Angel. Abby still wasn't completely forgiven for all of the mess she started with Angel, and certainly not for slapping her. "Hey Angel." AJ was beaming. Could her sister tell?

Oh sweet solstice they were all three in the same room.

No teenage angst during the lesson, ladies. Okay?

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Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy

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Smiling softly Hady stepped into the classroom her eyes scanning over thing with an excited grin. "Hello Professor." Hady greeted softly as she found herself a seat near the front of the room. One might find it odd how she always sat up front but really her main reason was...she was tiny for her age. If she wasn't close she wouldn't see what was happening.
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"Good day and welcome to Astronomy," he saluted the first year as she made her way towards her seat.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Adi didn't think this grin had left his face for one moment (except when he slept) ever since that day at the Bridge. Who would have thought it possible to be happier? After using the lint roller, he slipped into the classroom and immediately greeted the Professor.

"Hallo, Professor. Hope all's well with you.'' Time to find his friends, yes? Adi glanced around the room. Oh hey there, Zander, Lux, Leah and Cutty! The four of them got a wave each. His eyes found the Valentine sisters but he made his way towards AJ and Angel. "Hey, guys,'' he greeted, choosing a seat next to the girlfriend and giving her a hair a gentle tug.

Someone was looking especially happy today. Airey threw the prefect a salute and was about to both greet and congratulate him on his new badge when he saw THAT happen. Sweet solstice why. Gossip spread through this school at warp speed so why hadn't his distaste for...THAT not spread as well? Miss (Angel) Valentine had learned her lesson about hair tugging, apparently others needed to as well.

"There will be NO hair pulling in this classroom," he said, eyes all on the Hufflepuff prefect. NONE, OKAY, NONE! "Next time there will be points deducted." Or detention. It would depend on his mood.

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Originally Posted by AmbiguouslyMe

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Bounding into the classroom, he smiled. "Hi Professor," he said with a wave. The man had been so nice to him about the whole heavy bag situation. He still meant to ask him about his telescope at home, though. Perhaps after class.

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"Good day to you, Mr. Baines," he saluted the first year. Had the young man gotten a better grasp of the charm yet? Airey could only hope so. That...and that the little Ravenclaw hadn't found his books flung all over the corridor floors again.

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

Jasmine arrived for Astronomy class to find the class pretty full already. She made sure to stop and de-lint herself before she entered the classroom. When she was properly lint free, Jasmine walked in and headed for the first empty desk. Seeing Professor Flamsteed, she said, "Hello Professor".
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"Hello, Miss Guidry, congratulations to you," he said, saluting her and then pointing towards the badge pinned to her robes. It suit her, especially after the way she always assisted Miss Wright during his lessons. Airey honestly couldn't handle the tears.

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Originally Posted by Felixir

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"Afternoon, Professor Airey," the Hufflepuff greeted with his usual smile, as he got comfortable at his seat and took his parchment, quill and ink from his bag.

And... that was it. No more talking, no bouncing, no fidgeting, no nothing. He just sat there quietly and patiently, with his elbow on his desk and head resting on his hand. It MIGHT have seemed a little concerning if you knew Tobias Tempus well, unless you saw that little smile was lingering on his face as he wrote down his name, the date, and 'Astronomy' at the top of his parchment.

Airey offered Mr. Tempus a salute and wide grin as he entered. "Afternoon, Mr. Tempus," he greeted before being taken aback a little by how...un-pogo-like the fifth year was. Although he did not want to draw attention to this change in behavior - no one liked being called out for acting a bit out of the perceived ordinary - so he instead continued to grin at the young man. "I hope you still have room in your busy schedule to teach me a new pogo trick or two this term."

Now that his back wasn't all old man like.

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Originally Posted by kayquilz

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When would class start? Oh--when would it be over? It was already running late--Eden was hungrrrrrry! She wouldn't ask the professor this--rude--but she couldn't keep her tummy quiet! It was already starting to grumble...

Looking up, she FINALLY spotted the comic in the man's hand--OHehfhfiuwhWHIRGH EDEN SQUEALED. And then noticed that she had done so...Right. Right right.

That was embarrassing.

She hid her face and just tried not to bring any MORE attention to herself. THough. She would like to tell Professor Flamsteed that Star Wars was CLEARLY better...she wouldn't.

His attention back on his comic book, for a very brief moment, his head snapped right back upwards when he heard the squeal and followed the sound until he spotted just who said sound was coming from.

A Ravenclaw. Of course.

He wiggled the comic book in her direction as a greeting.

And she could try to tell him that, but she would be wrong. On so very wrong.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

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After de-linting herself and NOT her hair, the brunette made her way confidently into the classroom. "Hey Professor, didn't know you read comics!" Was Kyroh aware of this information? He SHOULD be. Dima too. They could discuss later, yeah? At the place where things were discussed. Ahem.
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"What makes you say that, Miss Cooper?" he asked with the slightest of eyebrow raises. What made a person the sort to read comics or not read? His curiosity was certainly tickled right now.

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

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"Don't reckon that's a manual on explosions...huh Professor" That officially doubled as a 'hello' as the Gryffindor stared on curiously. It didn't look very informative on the subject but then what would she know? She'd never read a book on explosions. Practicality was her order of the day.

She threw herself into her seat but her attention stayed locked on the seemingly distracted Professor.

Airey gave his comic book another glance and laughed. "In an abstract way, I suppose you could say that it is a manual," he mused. After all, there was a bit of science behind what happened within the Star Trek universe - as fictional as it was or not. "But don't you worry, you will have your explosions today just as I promised Miss Cambridge."

And after a bit of discussion and lead in, of course.

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Originally Posted by Lockhartian

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The lint roller could only remind her of one person, so she didn't even EYE it. No need, her uniform was as clean as Airey's suit. She could trust him to have the cleanest suits ever, hopefully. What she did eye was the book he was holding. Comic book, interesting. The cover was what caught her attention. "Good afternoon, Professor!" BEAM! Late afternoon, but afternoon nonetheless. "Star Trek, I see." Wink.
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"Afternoon, Miss Wisteria," he saluted, nearly calling her Number One considering the text in his hand. He simply winked at her next comment. Star Trek. Of course.

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl

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"'Sup, Professor," he said with a nod in greeting before heading to a seat.

"Afternoon, Mr. Hensley the third," he nodded towards the Gryffindor. "I would prefer that all greetings using the term 'sup' be reserved for outside of the classroom." Just so it remained with an air of relaxed professionalism.

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Originally Posted by WeasleyGirl

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And there he was, the professor. They had met before in the innovation lounge. "Hello professor" whose last name sounded like flame and steel. The first year sat down and waited for the lesson to start. Hugo was going to be watching you, professor. He remembered how he had told him his classes were fun and it better be true.

"Hello again, Mr. Foster," he saluted the Slytherin as he entered. No pressure on the astronut to deliver a fun lesson or anything. WAH.

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Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles

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Slipping into the class Kyroh grabbed the lint roller and ran it over his arms, then paused and ran it over his upper lip as well. He had to keep his mustache area lint free after all. "Hullo Professor!" He waved at the man before stopping right in his tracks.

COMIC BOOK? Squinting to read the tittle he quickly understood. "Are you reading that to boldly go where no man has gone before sir? 'Cause other guys may have read it." He paused. "Women too." Just saying. Plopping down at the first seat he spotting - which just so happened to be next to the Headgirl herself - Kyroh wiggled his fingers at his friends. HI MADDIE AND ZANDER AND TOBY AND DANTE AND MAGDALENA (she was his friend right? If not she still got a wave)

"Hello, Mr. Scabior," he said to the Ravenclaw, eyes once again glancing at the comic book. "You bring up an excellent little tid bit of history. Excellent indeed. You see, the Captain's Oath you quoted just now went through a slight revision two decades after the original to be more inclusive." And he always suspected that a certain Captain's actor was an advocate for this. "So it now is 'where no one has gone before.' Excellent observation and inclusive thinking, Mr. Scabior."

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Originally Posted by Sararara

Norah skipped excitedly into the classroom, excited for the lesson. Astronomy lessons had the tendency to be supermegacool, yep. She stopped short upon entering the classroom. It was so...clean. Woah. Looking around, she spotted Professor Flamsteed and gave him a wave and a bright "Hello!"

She picked a seat and slid into it before taking her materials out of her bad. Hopefully she wouldn't need them, because that was always more fun.

"Good day, Miss Kittredge," he saluted the Hufflepuff.

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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

How could you completely forget to greet the professor? Apparently it was a very easy thing to do when your mind was distracted with thoughts about a certain someone. "Hello, professor," she said rather lamely from her desk. It counted though. It totally counted. Just as she was waiting to see if Angel recognized anything different with her, they were joined by none other that her current distraction.
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Yes, how COULD you!?

"Hello, Miss Valentine," he smiled. Even if it was delayed.

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Originally Posted by swaEEtt

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Hallie walked cooly into the classroom with the gait of an old Hollywood star. She paused and gave Professor Flamsteed a deep curtsy and a little bow of her head, only speaking when she fully was upright again. "Good evening, Professor." She offered him the polite kind of smile that you give to adults and authority figures before turing and trying to locate the best vantage point to sit.
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Another one who had lost track of the time? No matter, they soon all would lose time as the lesson went on. Time was such a fickle thing.

"Hello, Miss Aldrich."

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

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............... okay no THAT wasn't weird. "Are you a Trekkie, Professor?" What? He had to ask. It was better than his OTHER question: whether everyone was going to get the chance to read some comic books. Grayson would be all up for THAT. "Hello, Professor."

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"Surely that is a rhetorical question, Mr. Whitlock," Airey said, snorting back his laughter. No, seriously. That was a rhetorical question, yeah?

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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin

Time for Astronomy! This was one of his favorite classes to be in. He loved the idea of learning about the stars and plus the activities were always fun. As he entered the classroom, he realized he wasn't the only one here. He noticed a few students beat him here. He smiled and as he was gonna walk to his desk, he saw the comic book the professor was holding. It reminded him of the star trek handkerchief he used to help stop his bloody nose that one lesson. He smiled and commented on it, "Nice comic book you got there Professor...."

As he said his hello, he went to go look for his desk. He saw an empty one near the window and grabbed it. He put his bag down and got out his famous sketchbook and did his doodles.

"Thank you, Mr. Lecium," he beamed at the young man. "Although nice is a bit of an understatement. Took me ages to track this issue down in its original condition." And now had had a mountain of charms placed on it to ensure that no damage could come to it. Like the rest of his vintage comic collection.

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Originally Posted by nicole black

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"'Ello again Professor, I see zee 'ouse elves finally finished zee cleaning," Justine casually greeted, taking a seat next to a Ravenclaw girl (Eden McGee) that seemed vaguely familiar. She put down her things and crossed her long legs, one over the other, enjoying the freedom her pants had afforded her. It was another rule she didn't mind, and actually Justine was beginning to think she might start wearing pants over her skirt all the time.

"Afternoon, again, Miss Janvier," he nodded towards her. "Indeed. I will have to double and triple check their cleaning schedule to ensure this does not happen again."

And then he went on to grumble again somethings about NASA and time efficiency before settling back into his comic book.

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Originally Posted by carpediem

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And also, she was shedding. Not in the way that the stray dog she rescued did, but the firstie was finding pieces of blonde hair on her uniform. Uggh. The pain of having semi-thick hair. Picking another long strand from her clothes and tossing it casually without a second glance, 'Ophie rolled her deep brown eyes at her random hair loss. It ran in the family, hair coming out. But everyone kept their hair for really long, so that was good. Her Grandmother still had hair and she was like seventy.

Also, Professor. He had to be greeted, yes? It was what everyone else was doing. So yes. That was something that probably should be done.

"Hello, Professor. Cool comic!" the shorty was a bit of a nerd about old things, and this looked as vintage as they came. Sweet.

DID SHE JUST!? NOOOOOOOOOO!

Leaping into action, because he had actually seen the hair being tossed away just now, he removed his own personal lint roller from his enchanted breast pocket and rolled it over the ground right where the Ravenclaw had oh-so-casually tossed it aside.

Ahem.

"Hello," he greeted upwards from the floor. "Thank you."

And then he returned to his desk to lean against it like nothing had happened at all.

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Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow

Bay made his way into the classroom and smiled at the familiar sight… ahhh so good to be home.. seeing professor Flamsteed he said his hellos. "hey Professor Flamsteed, watcha reading?" he asked for anyone who was reading comic books were awesome in his books….

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"Good day, Mr. Bay," he saluted the prefect. "One of my many Star Trek comics." He then held it out a bit closer towards the boy so he could see better. Although he ought to put it away soon as the classroom was beginning to fill up properly.

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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline

Lint or no lint?

Benny looked himself over briefly before giving himself one simple brush through. There...that was good enough for him as he sent the lint roller back on the table and entered the classroom. He spotted one, two, three Valentine sisters and an Adi in the mix already there. "Good evening, Professor," he greeted politely as he noticed the man while moving furth inside to find a seat.
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"Afternoon, Mr. Atreyu," he saluted the boy. "Do me a favor and keep that lot in check, yeah?" He was half joking, as the smile dictated, half not. But since the Gryffindor had done a fine job of it at the feast, the astronomer figured he could call upon the boy's services again.

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Oh, look. A class Jun actually liked going to.
But let's not tell Flamsteed that.

Doing the usual routine of lint rolling and whatnot, Jun entered the class. "Hello, professor," Loo. Heh. Looks like the Boy Toy was now Head Boy Boy Toy. But that sounded weird with the two 'boys' in the phrase. Either way, the older boy made his way to a desk. Or at least find one. Eyes darting from side to side, he found one next to Bay. Might as well sit with someone he knew, even if it was a bit brief on the train. Sliding into the seat, he gave him a small nudge and smiled. "Hope you don't mind me sitting here,"

Because Jun was fun to sit next to. Yup.

BOY TOY!

Or no, not the boy toy. Although that would forever be a word associated with the Ravenclaw, Head Boy or not.

"Good day, Mr. Kim. Congratulations."

Would certainly be....an interesting Head dynamic this term. Just no teenage angst, please. Thank you.

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Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104

Marigold had prepared very well for this class, choosing clean and decidedly un-linty pants instead of a skirt. She was nevertheless greeted by the lint roller at the classroom entrance, though the sign had an addition which made her smile. She gave her clothing a quick roll and de-lintified, then continued into the classroom. "Hi, Professor," she said, smiling. Now this was a class she could actually succeed in. Scanning the room, she didn't see friends or boyfriend yet, so she sat in a random seat and started taking her notebook and quill out of her bag.

"Good day to you, Miss McAlister," he said, giving the young lady a firm salute. "Congratulations to you as well."

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Astronomy, another lesson close to the common room that she could take her time getting ready for the lesson and going. She was never going to be early for anything. At lease she was never late late. Mostly she was right on time.

Using the lint roller before she entered the classroom of course. She spotted Flamsteed reading a comic book. Star Trek. Yeah. No surprise that the astronomer was into that comic. Professor and her dad would get along while. Yes her dad was an athlete but he could be a bit of a nerd too. "Hello, professor!" She gave him a beamy face and took off to join Kace, Bay and Lux. Beaming at them she sit down with them.

Airey gave the Gryffindor a salute as well, since his hand was already up there against his forehead to do so. "Good day, Miss Bayless."

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Connor walked in and almost passed by the lint roller before realizing that it was a rule, right. Turning to grab it, he rolled the lint roller on his uniform and after putting it back he stepped into the classroom. "Hello, Professor. That looks like a good read." Star Trek was always great, especially the old stuff.
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Ah yes, the Gryffindor that Sir Nicholas would not stop talking about. Although Airey couldn't quite figure out why. The ghost was just always mentioned how considerate the boy was.

"Hello, Mr. Jones," he grinned at the sixth year. "It is a STELLAR read."

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Declan squinted at comic book that the professor was so engrossed in while he passed the lint roller over his robes. Pfffft... Star Trek. PUH-LEESE. It was all about Star Wars, prof. Even then, Dec preferred superhero comics. Who's his favorite superhero, you ask? (Nobody asked.) Well, he'll still tell you.

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Nope. WRONG.

Airey gave the Hufflepuff a small nod for a greeting before checking his sundial watch. Yes, he had waiting just about long enough to really get the show on the road. Just another minute or two...

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"Picard is better. Sir." And then she scamapered off to take the seat next to Kyroh. Hi, Freckle-friend.

Airey's eyes lit up like a firework at the first year's words. "I couldn't agree more!" he BEAMED as he closed the comic book and set it down on his desk. Could he give the Slytherin 200 points for her keen intuition and excellent judge of character?

Yes?

Probably not. Oh well, the thought was there.

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The first thing she noticed were the tables, which were set out in a way that made her FAR too close to other people. The second was the Professor; he appeared to be reading a comic while leaning on his desk. "Hello, Professor," she called, then added, "interesting set up you've got." She didn't know why exactly she said it, but she did ... maybe to comfort herself or something? Who knew. Anyway ... on to the task of finding somewhere to sit.

"Good day," he greeted the Ravenclaw, eyes still a little wild with excitement from the first year's words. "I am glad that you find my classroom aesthetically pleasing." He also found the semi circle to make it easier for people to focus. Harder to hid this way.

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She entered the classroom and beamed. "Yo Professor! Are you reading Naruto?" And if he wasn't why not cause Bianca would read that. "'Sup fellow classmates," she added, wiggling her fingers in greeting to the others in the class. No she did not know most of you and no she didn't care that she didn't know who any of you were except oh hey look there was an EDEN.
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Airey shook his head playfully. "You could do with just a hint more formality, Miss Caruso, and save the 'yo's' for outside of the classroom." He had no idea what Naruto was, so he didn't even know how to respond to that.

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The more she aged, the more Sophie Brown realized how hard it was to keep befriending people.

Upon de-linting her robes and greeting the professor with a salute and a cheery, "Good afternoon, professor," Soph first saw her Tobes, of course, but then she saw one friendly face after another - Zander, Leah, Jasmine, Maddie, Kyroh, Hallie, Eden, Jun, Clara - and was ultimately glad her decision was made for her. She always sat with Tobes in Astronomy, y'know?
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"Afternoon, Miss Brown," he smiled at the Ravenclaw as she entered. Always an unexpected joy in his classroom whenever she opened her mouth to speak.

And yes, he HAD noticed

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Originally Posted by ChanceCoeur

Chance was not feeling Astonomy. But, he loved the Professor. So it was an even trade. Walking slloooowwlllllyyy into class, he sloooowwlllly walked to a desk and sloooowwwllly sat down. Can you tell that he really didnt want to be here? But alas, he was. And, he was even willing to learn. So there!

He was prepared with all the mandatory items that Professor F wanted them to bring. Including, full uniform. So let's go! Get this class started!

"Good day, Mr. Coeur," he saluted towards the Gryffindor. Or maybe it wasn't such a good day for the boy. It looked as though he was wearing shoes made out of lead or something heavier.

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She plopped her bag down on the floor before getting out her equipment onto the desk. The fifth-year leaned forward resting her chin in the palm of her hand as she concentrated in front of her rather than at her peers.

Hurry up and start this lesson..

Airey simply nodded his head towards the Ravenclaw as she entered the room, offering her a quick salute when they were able to make brief eye contact. He then checked his sundial watch again and gave it a few firm taps with his index finger. Counting down from 30...


29...

28....

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Well...well...well..."Hola...I mean," Ugh, when was she actually going to remember that she was to speak English at all times? "Hello, Professor Flamsteed." She rephrased, looking at the comic book he was reading. Sure, Star Trek. Maybe it was one of the things she still had to get into, besides Star Wars, that could actually come in handy someday.
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HE KNEW THAT WORD, for the record. And that was about the extent of his Spanish. Russian on the other hand...

"Hello, Miss Robles," he replied to the sixth year.

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Flopping into a seat, she stifled a sigh that threatened to escape her when she directed her gaze at professor Airey. His hair was nice...as always.

"Good day, professor." Yes. Good day to him.

"Good day to you as well, Miss Wayne," he beamed at the fifth year. OWLs this year, his smile changed to a compassionate one. Those could be tough, but he would make sure that she did well on her Astronomy one if none of the others.

Not that she really needed the extra push, she was doing quite well.

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Her eyes widened as she saw spotted the comic book. She had read that. She…should thought about commenting about it… "thats a nice comic isn't it? and show...the show is awesome" she muttered. "my favorite creatures are the Tribbles" she half whispered as she made her way fully de-linted into the room.

He wasn't sure if Miss Greyvson meant for those comments to be directed at him or not, considering that she was muttering under her breath and all that, so he instead flashed her two quick thumbs up just to let her know that he had overheard.

If he was supposed to that is. If not then...she did not see him give her the thumbs up.

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Freshly lint rolled, Heather stepped into the classroom and found a seat, offering up a "Hello, professor," on her way. Ready to learn about planets now.

"Hello," he nodded towards the young lady. Yet another last name that was, well, it was long. So, yes, just the cheerful hello for the time being.

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And once he entered the classroom and greeted Airey with his usual cheery wave, he was faced with a more complex dilemma. Kyroh and Dot were sitting together, which meant he had to pick one of them to sit beside because squishing between them was rude. A familiar pang of jealousy coursed through him, and Dima did the only reasonable thing to do.
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Airey returned the cheery wave to the Ravenclaw, completely and blissfully oblivious to the slight internal angst over seating that took place shortly after.

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Checking his sundial watch one last time, he took a few dramatic steps away from his desk and held both of his arms up. "Alright, if you all could please wrap up your personal conversations in the next 3 seconds," he announced. "It's time to begin."

He gave his wand a firm flick towards the door to shut it and then turned his gaze towards the students seated in the semi-circle formation.

"Welcome to Astronomy. Terribly sorry about the delay. I will have a word with the house elves to make sure this mix up does not happen again," he began. "For those of you who do not know me, I am Professor Flamsteed, but you may call me Professor Airey if it suits you better, but never sir." Just to get all of that out of the way. "The first thing I would like you to do is to make your name appear on these name tags," he instructed with a flick of his wand to make some very special name tags appear on each student's desk. "All you need to do is give it a firm tap with your wand and speak your name loud and clearly. The name will appear in gold lettering exactly as you say it."

And there was NO way that the spell could go wrong - no blowing up the name tag or anything of that sort.

"Please place it on your robes when you are done. And while you do that, I want to think over the following - what does the term astronomy mean to you and why do we study it. Besides it being a required course for first through fifth years that is. When you have your answer please raise your hand and share it with the rest of the class."

Questions he had not used to start a lesson for in quite a while now, but fitting given the...theme of the term.

OOC: class will resume in approximately 24 hours from the time of this post

Please do not post your character arriving late unless you are ready to deal with whatever IC consequences Professor Flamsteed sees fit.

pffffft. Gryffindor common room is SO not like a hospital XD

Okay, so he just dove to the floor to pick up a HAIR! Yep, he was completely like her mom wasn't he? Because the Clarke woman vacuumed what seemed like every minute of every day. But he was straight up onnn theee floooor. Even her mom didn't go that crazy about stupid little blonde hairs everywhere. Seriously, they were everywhere. Her hair was a little crazy. More crazy than her mom. And her mom was crazy.

Annnd then he acted like nothing happened. Was this normal? Was this something normal that people at Hogwarts did? Or was it just this professor person? Because if it was just this Professor then this was probably going to be a fun class. Because classes where people threw themselves on the floor were always fun. ALWAYS.

Okay, name tag time. Did she want to call herself Ophelia or 'Ophie? Ophelia was her given name, but it sounded too formal for the child. But 'Ophie seemed not.... right. Was the child becoming too mature for her signature nickname? Ewww, did that mean taxes and driving was on the way? Gah-rooossss. But back to the whole naming business. Were nicknames okay? Was that allowed? She was doing it. What if she lost house points for this? All of a sudden, her throat refused to say the name. She wanted her own path, but the poor girl didn't want to become BAD. There was a difference! A stinking difference.

" 'Ophie Clarke!" Loudly and clearly. Just like the Professor said to do. Haha, was that what she was going to be called now? Because that miiiiiiggght wear a little old. And as she enchanted her name tag and then put it on her uniform, the firstie tapped her chin and thought of the question. What did astronomy mean to her? Well, that was obvious. Raising her hand, the girl blinked her deep brown eyes quickly like she did when she was excited.

"Isn't astronomy the study of what's OUT THERE? And don't we study it to see what's out there? See what's on other planets and stuff?" Because science. Okay, so that was kind of a guess. But shhh. Creativity.

Hehehehe Like a real NASA Astronaut she saluted her new Head of House and Astromony Professor back with a smile. Seriously though my dad and Airey should meet sometime. Beam me up Scotty? That was the right series? Right? shrug.

Name tags? The professor all ready knew her name? And the people that she wanted to them to know her name knew her name. The people that didn't know her name well they just didn't. She hoped to keep it that way for now. Getting her wand out she tapped firmly on the name tag "Cinnamon Bayless." Checking to see if Cinnamon was spelled correctly because same crazy people spell it Cinnamin? Really that annoyed her. A lot. She pinned it to her robes.

Cinna raised her hand "Time to study the planets and the stars." Yep. " To get a better idea of how we got here. You know the big bang.... Yes. She totally remembered stuff she learned last term. Go Cinna. Go Me.

He had just enough time to take out some parchment and his quill with Dot entered the room, and sat down right beside him. Kyroh beamed and his fellow freckled friend. Looks like he WAS going to get to sit beside one of his friends in this class AWESOME!

Or would have been awesome. If Dima hadn't walked by and not even waved. Or said hi. Maddie got a hi? Just as quickly as his smile had appeared it vanished.

He would get his hi from you later, okay Dima? Okay?....Maybe a hug too...right? Turning his face away from his friend he tried his best to focus back on the suit wearing Professor.

Excellent little tid bit of history? Excellent inclusive thinking? Kyroh's lips curled upwards slightly. "I thought that was just common sense Proffessor" Common sense to be fair, y'know? Anyways, name tags?

Why did the Professor want his name? Did he forget his name already? Flamsteed forgot his name and Dima didn't say any hi's. Today did NOT seem like it was going to be a good day. Waiting until the man was done speaking he tapped his wand on the name tag, somewhat sadly. "Kyroh Scabior." His voice was slightly mumbled but it seemed to work as it appeared right before him, gold lettering and all.

Plopping his head on his desk, he raised his hand. "Astronomy means the study of everything else surrounding earth because sometimes we're too focused and concerned about our own planet y'know? And that's kinda conceited, so with Astronomy we study the stuff around Earth that we don't really have any role in like the stars and other planets, mostly 'cause we wanna seem less conceited, and then after we do that sometimes we also study Earth stuff." Right? Right? Kyroh stuck the name tag on his shirt. "I figure, we study it, so we feel better about always studying things that humans play a big role in."

Why…do they have to have to wear a nametag in this class? Ethan can’t remember wearing one from last term, so…what is up with that, ‘fessor? Tapping the said tag with his wand, “Ethan.” His name appeared in gold, bold letters. Hmm. Maybe he should have whispered instead so the size of the letters would be smaller. Anyway, as he fixed his nametag on his school robe, the fourth year mulled over the professor’s question. The first thing that popped into his head was having the subject until Fifth Year. Ethan was tempted to drop the subject after his OWL year, but will consider it if he does well in his exams. Extra bragging rights if he gets a good mark, and that’s all that matters to the boy.

Yeah, what does Astronomy mean to him? And why in the heavens does he even try to learn it when he’s so bad at it? Well, he knows that he will not be giving any remarkable answer in this class until he graduates, and if his answer sounds dumb and such, he will not, even if points are at stake, raise his hand and give his mediocre answer for everyone to hear. He’d leave the task to…maybe Cutty, or Simon. Those dudes know their Astro stuff more than he does. Or maybe the First Years? They all have strange but interesting answers all the time, and it never fails to amuse him.

Oooooh, name tags! And they were GLITTERYGOLD! Best. Class. Ever. Grinning at Professor Flamsteed, Norah pulled her wand from her bag and tapped her name tag, stating "Norah Kittredge" in her most dignified voice. She had already been here for a year and she STILL couldn't get over how SUPERMEGACOOL magic was. Yep. Awesome stuff over here.

Sigh. Questions, of course. At least they were interesting, because astronomy was also AWESOME. YAY. Norah waved her hand in the air. "Astronomy is the study of the universe and planets and stars and stuff." Right? That made sense... "We study it because it's SUPER COOL. And also because there are a bunch of other planets and things and when you learn about other planets and why they do all the stuff they do, you can learn more about the stuff Earth does." She took a breath and nodded to herself before adding, "Plus it's cool!" Had she already said that? Oh, well. It could qualify as double-cool.

From her table, Paloma grinned as Professor Flamsteed greeted her. Still looking around, she listened to him, hoping the class would actually quiet down a bit, then looked at the name tag that appeared in front of her.

Oooh, NASA tags. With a beam, Paloma took her wand, tapped the cool tag and firmly said her name, "Paloma Robles"- and it actually appeared, just shortened, -Pal Robles, it said. With a shrug, knowing it wouldn't get better than that, and it looked better that way, kinda, she placed it on her robes and beamed, again.

A few seconds, and piano-tapping her desk had to happen for Paloma to raise her hand. "Umm, Astronomy is the study of our vast, inmense universe, its components which could be like, galaxies, stars, planets..." All those little creepy black holes she sometimes heard about on Muggle television programs. "And well, I think..." She thought, "...we study Astronmy to actually learn how amazing this universe works...the perfection of the clashes and..." Stop there. "Well, I think." Yeah, she knew she had started to mumble a bit. Maybe watching Star Wars with her nephew was doing something to her perception. Something good.

Clara was chatty today. Eden liked this, though. Because chatty Clara=happy Clara, and that made Eden the MOST happy of all. Weirdly. Hmm. She got her notebook all ready...erasing the date like 28374757585 times because she was trying to write NEATLY and it just wasn't coming out nice at ALL. Eden would just have to accept her horrible handwriting?

She played with Clara's hair a bit, admiring the red-SHINYness of it...kind of absentmindedly, before she glanced up. "Oh..yeah...we'll see about the...whole wand thing...I'm baaaad at magic--" she whispered, as the professor closed his comic. "He's reading Star Trek--I already think he's cool--" she nodded knowingly before leaning back in her chair. She had more to say but he said they had to be quiet. So..yeah. She didn't want to get YELLED at.



OKAY so the man was speaking now. She also tried not to worry too much about Layla...she didn't want the girl to FEEL bad. SIGH. Eden could never remember caring so much about people before coming here--what the heck had happened?!

She PUSHED it to the back of her mind--and glanced at the nametag thingies. Right. So she had to use her wand. This would be HORRIBLE fun. She pulled out her wand and just...liiiightly tapped the nametag. "Eden McGee..." she said, and her name appeared like....wait for it...MAGIIIIIIC. Eden smiled to herself and set her wand down next to her notebook and nudged Clara, cocking her eyebrows like, SEEE I DID IT! before thinking about the question at hand.

Astronomy. What was....Astronomy. It sounded like...a sort of Italian food to Eden, but she wouldn't dare say it aloud. NO. Eden was NOT the student to bring the lulz--she would rather be kind of correct, considering she was supposed to be smart and stuff. "Uuuumm--" What was she going to SAY? UGH. "Well--Star Trek kiiiind of has to do with Astronomy? Since space and stuff--" yes. This was Eden's brilliant attempt at adding something to the discussion.

"You got it, Professor Airey," Toby grinned back at the Astronomy professor, giving a little salute. He was ABSOLUTELY up for that. It was, after all, as much of a tradition for Toby as the Start-of-Term Feast and other things.

Oh. OH. And there were people here too. Toby blinked, not having noticed them sit near him earlier, and smiled around at them all. And the other kids he knew in class; waves all 'round, yep.

But then Airey was speaking, and the name tags appeared on the desks, and it was obviously time to get started. Toby picked up his own nametag, tapped it and said "Toby" very clearly, checked to make sure it was written correctly, then stuck it on his robes.

The question, though requiring slightly more thinking, was also a pretty simple ask. Toby thought on it for a good few moments before he raised his hand.

"I guess it's important to me 'cause I just find it interesting. But also, it's like this link between the muggle and magical worlds, right? 'Cause wizards have studied the stars and the planets for years, and in history the night skies have sort of... been associated with magic and witchcraft. And we can use magic to study the skies, but muggles also study Astronomy. I think it's important to me 'cause there's that... link." Yeah. That.

And still no bouncing.

The Gryffindor raised an eyebrow, AN INTERGALACTIC SUPERHERO!?! That was SO cool!! But then... Flailsteed changed his mind and called the guy an explorer and all glee disappeared from within the young boy's eyes. "Oh." and with that, he turned to go find a seat. Once he sat down, he noticed several of his friends come in and some of them even waved! Like Kyroh and Adi! So yup, he waved back at all of them and sat sort of impatiently in his seat. Why was he the first one in, again? Never again. Waiting was hard. Not to mention she-who-must-not-be-named walked in right after him. And of course, he avoided her gaze. Because even though he knew she was right now... He still didn't want to admit it. He had been too mean for that. Besides, admitting it to her would meant that he'd have to admit that Beautiful Bentley was really gone. And he was much more content pretending like that whole thing in the Herbology office hadn't happened at all. It was much easier denying it.

And then FINALLY class was being started and whatnot. Finally. Never being the first ever again by the way, that was a weird experience. Right then, uh.... They were making name tags? Even though all the other Professors did it this early in the term... Flailsteed was never a conventional one. So why now? But Zander shrugged and took out his wand. Choosing his words carefully because the name tags write exactly as you say it, he tapped the wand and "My name's--"

And before he knew it, the gold letters started appearing on the tag and-- NO THAT WASN'T IT!! This time in panic, "Zander Adair". But it was too late. The gold letters on the tag already read 'My name's'.

Do over!! He wanted a do over!! Letting out a small exhale of frustration, the Gryffindor angrily placed it onto his robes. His name was Zander Adair. Not "My name's". HMPHGRUMBLEHMPH. Trying to maneuver his arm over the name tag, he raised his other in the air. "Astronomy is good to understand because it's kind of relevant to everyday," dumb nametag was still dumb though "Because at night there will always be stars and the other planets, so it's good to be aware since it's apart of our lives all the time." He didn't know any of the fancy sciency terms though. And he was still mad about the tag. So that's all he could give on the subject for now.

Basilisk? SAAAAAAY WHAT?! O____O

Speechless, Lux stared at the professor but he was moving on with the lesson before she could actually say anything else. Probably for the best, knowing the crazy things that happened around Hogwarts.

Starting at the name tag, she wondered why it was needed when he already knew her name. He had BETTER know her name since he was her favourite professor and she would be sad if he didn't. With a firm tap, she said her name and placed the tag on her chest. It was sort of like wearing a badge and kind of nice. Was that how Prefects felt? She would have to ask Bay later on.

Raising her hand, Lux answered the question. "Astronomy is the study of the universe and what's in it. I think it's studied because stars and planets are pretty and it's nice to know how the Earth and Sun work." Smile. Honestly, she couldn't tell you why it was important to study the other planets and stars, so she was going with the fact that they were pretty. Yep.

Okay so she grinned at Flamsteed when she noticed he had over heard her. They were good comics she'd have to talk to him about them later eh Astroman?

Wand in hand...and then she heard it what Professor Flamsteed had said to Lux. Basilisk?

Was he serious?

Deadly SNAKE THING? In...oh who let a toad sit on a chicken egg? She glanced to Puck wide eyed. And then giggled...chuckled when she heard her answer. Puck didn't have one yet...study of the universe and matter kind of seemed more like a mix of astro and geology....which would be weird right?

"Puck Greyvson" she clearly spoke as she tapped her wand against the name tag. In a moment the tag was adorned with her name. Clearly written...or more stitched in beautiful golden writing.

NASA name tags. Cool. What was NASA? He tapped it and said "Hugo" his name appeared in gold letters. It almost looked like it was shining. Magic. He placed it on his robes. It looked nice.

After that, Flamesteel made a question. He thought for a second. Hmm..what was astronomy to him? Hugo wasn't going to take this thinking too far, so he raised his hand and said what he had on his mind. "For me it means spaceships and unknown but cool outer space things" that's right "And we study it because...it's important? Umm..I don't know" he admitted. But really, why were they studying it?

SPOILER!!: Professor Flamsteed

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Checking his sundial watch one last time, he took a few dramatic steps away from his desk and held both of his arms up. "Alright, if you all could please wrap up your personal conversations in the next 3 seconds," he announced. "It's time to begin."

He gave his wand a firm flick towards the door to shut it and then turned his gaze towards the students seated in the semi-circle formation.

"Welcome to Astronomy. Terribly sorry about the delay. I will have a word with the house elves to make sure this mix up does not happen again," he began. "For those of you who do not know me, I am Professor Flamsteed, but you may call me Professor Airey if it suits you better, but never sir." Just to get all of that out of the way. "The first thing I would like you to do is to make your name appear on these name tags," he instructed with a flick of his wand to make some very special name tags appear on each student's desk. "All you need to do is give it a firm tap with your wand and speak your name loud and clearly. The name will appear in gold lettering exactly as you say it."

And there was NO way that the spell could go wrong - no blowing up the name tag or anything of that sort.

"Please place it on your robes when you are done. And while you do that, I want to think over the following - what does the term astronomy mean to you and why do we study it. Besides it being a required course for first through fifth years that is. When you have your answer please raise your hand and share it with the rest of the class."

Questions he had not used to start a lesson for in quite a while now, but fitting given the...theme of the term.

Penelope was seated as close to the door as possible in case she changed her mind about staying in the astronomy classroom. Every astronomy lesson she had ever attended had not ended well for her, and today did not feel like it would be any different. The door shut as the professor officially started class. It was too late to change her mind now.

Name tags. There was no way that anything bad could happen to her during this portion of the lesson. All she had to do was tap the name tag with her wand and say her name, and there was no way that she could get hurt. "Penelope Wright," se said, tapping the name tag with her wand.

HER FIRST MAGIC CASTING.

MERLIN’S EARLOBE.

Tilly was bouncing with excitement. Like actually, enough to knock her knee off the desk she was sitting on. In all fairness, it was exciting stuff. Plus astrology. That was cool stuff. So the new bruise to come wouldn’t put a damper on her mood.

Her wand surfaced and she pulled the name tag forward. Her voice dropped to a low whisper as she said “Tilly C. Richards” and gave the nametag a poke, sending it scooching off the edge of the table. NOT TO WORRY NOT TO WORRY. It was probably charmed anyway so it’s not like her little bit of magic could go too wrong.

Tilly stood up slightly in her chair, looking over at what other students were doing for tips. Her voice was only a little bit louder when she gave the nametag a tap rather than a poke, seeing as that’s what everyone around her was doing. Sure enough, gold lettering etched it’s way across the nametag looking very pretty. Okay it was ‘Tillie’ instead of ‘Tilly’ but close enough. AND IT INCLUCED A C. Which is quite vital to the young girl’s identity.

MAGIC. SHE’D DONE THAT!!!

Definitely worthy of a diary entry and a letter home.

Now where to put it?? The professional, good little witch thing to do would be to stamp it just above the Ravenclaw crest on her robes but she had a deep, burning desire to stick it onto her forehead. Tilly came to a compromise and smoothed the nametag across her chin, looking like she was using it as a plaster because she’d knocked her chin off the table or something.

Once that was all done and dusted, she did shrink a little down her chair. She wanted very much to answer but she was surrounded by BIG KIDS. They were EVERYWHERE. A little segregation would’ve been nice. What if they laughed???? THEY WERE HORRIBLE. Too tall and older than her and yuck. But only because it was astronomy she raised her hand.

The Ravenclaw spoke much too fast but an answer was an answer. “Astronomy is learning about stars and galaxies and stuff. Because astronomy is really really really cool and it’s important to know as much about the universe and our home as we can.”

"Cool!" Sapphire thought at the mention of wands. This would be her first time actually using it to do magic! Even if it was one without an incantation, and Sapphire supposed, one that was probably impossible to get wrong.

She took out her wand - 14 inches, Rowan Wood, Dragon Heartstring, Unbending - and focused on the odd-looking name tag that appeared on her desk. "Sapphire Wulfweardsweorth," she said clearly, hoping Professor Flamsteed and the other students had heard. Her last name wasn't the easiest to read, especially when not heard first.

Her name appeared perfectly-spelt on the name tag - which she honestly felt quite surprised about. She pinned it on her robes as instructed and thought about the professor's question.

She raised her hand quickly, "Professor, I've always thought of Astronomy as the study of the stars and planets, anything in the universe. I think...well, people - both Muggle and Wizard - have been fascinated by the universe probably since time began. Even believed that our destinies are written on it."

Sapphire paused, a little unsure about her next statement. "Unlike Muggles however, I think we can actually interpret what we see. And use it." And be the first to know if a particularly dangerous meteorite was to enter the Earth's atmosphere. Wizards would save the whole world with some really cool magic!

Gwen was happy he remembered her name. She looked at the cover of the book. She didn't know a lot of people that read comic books. There was that one boy that was in one of her muggle classes, but she never really talked to him. She also thought it was more of a kid thing. "Cool."

She would've talked to him more because she wanted to know more...but it looked like it was time for the lesson to start. Gwen gave him one last little smile and wave and went to grab a desk. She sat quietly listening to his little spiel. Oooo first names were definitely better. Professor Airey it was for the rest of her time here then.

Gwen looked down at the name tag. NASA? Wasn't that one of the muggle space agencies? She thought it was. She looked back up at Professor Airey and nodded. She pulled out her wand and tapped that badge while she said "Gwen." Clear as day and BAM! There it was on the name tag. Awesome.

She quickly fastened it to the front of her robes. Gwen chewed on her bottom lip while she thought of Professor Airey's question. She raised her hand high after a few moments. "Well, astronomy is the study of the stars and planets and stuff. We study it so we can learn more about space and what else is out there." She smiled, quite proud of her answer.

He was still waiting for a response from Professor Airey, and enjoying the view from up here, but Gwen's entrance and wave did not go unnoticed. He returned the wave, grinning. Considering he didn't really know anyone else that was assembled, he'd likely end up sitting with her, or near her if she had other company.



Mr. Rogers? People had to stop calling him that, seriously. "Mr. Rogers was my father, Zeke will do fine...please," seeing as Sir Zeke was apparently not going to happen. He needed to find Sir Nicholas and ask him what the deal with that was. Yep. Totes on his mental to-do list, provided he remembered it later.

But more important things. Like that contraption. It looked cool. He couldn't however, follow what Professor Airey was saying. Amilitarywhatnow? "Uh huhhhhh..." he mused thoughtfully, "so it's basically a fancy model of the solar system?" he asked, wondering out loud. Comprehension wasn't his strong suit, but he did alright most of the time. It was a shame they wouldn't be using it today, but ... Professor Airey didn't explicitly say he COULDN'T touch it. Ahem. "Thank you, sir," he added as an after thought, before deciding he too should sit and prepare for the lesson.

He opted to sit with Gwen, she was a familiar face, and at least they'd both be starting all this stuff from scratch. No point sitting with a fifth year now was there? "Hey Gwen, mind if I sit here?" he asked, but sitting regardless of what her response was. Hehe. Zeke started unpacking his supplies. Ink, quill, parchment, his wand was tucked into his fancy pants holster out of sight, but he pulled that out too and rest it on the table in front of him.. and before he knew it, it really was time for the lesson to start.

The introductions were fairly straight forward, but it made him gulp. GULP! Hadn't he called him SIR just moments before? WHOOOOPSYDAISY! Still, he was alive, so it couldn't be too bad an error. He'd have probably continued stewing over it a little longer, had it not been for the distribution of blank name tags. This. Was. So. Cool. Omg. NASA! "This is my favourite class so far," he whispered to Gwen before directing his attention back to the front and following the instructions provided. He took his wand in his hand, and thinking his name before speaking it, he tapped the tag, "Zeke."

It worked. IT WORKED!..... That was his first real successful bit of magic. Awesome.

Of course, the first question of the lesson had him stumped... like REALLY stumped. What was Astronomy good for? WHY study it? Zeke pinned his tag to his chest and raised his hand. "Eeerr... well, Professor Airey," not sir, see, no sir this time, "it means a little to me, but probably not as much as it should?" He had no idea where he was going with this really. "I use it as a navigation tool, you know, constellations and what not for when I'm exploring, but that aside I don't know why we'd really study it. Except, maybe to get a better understanding of the space we live in ... and not just ON EARTH, obviously, it's more like... a GIANT ecosystem, biome, thing, like how life on earth can't exist without the sun, and the moon effects water and stuff, so perhaps we have that same effect on another planet, and so on?" Ahem. Or something like that. Cue grin. Was he at least half right?