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The sun has disappeared beneath the horizon and the sky dotted with countless stars shining brightly against its dark canvas. Arguably the brightest object in the sky this evening is not the stars, but the moon itself as its full moon glow dances through the windows and paints the floor in its heavenly, but eerie, light.
As you enter the dimly lit the room off the Great Hall, you find it is organised just like another classroom: there are desks with burners and empty cauldrons upon them and an empty blackboard up in front. Despite their best efforts, there are still cobwebs clinging to various spots along the stone walls and draped across some windows. The desks, mostly cobweb free, are positioned in a semi circle and there is a big vacant space in the front of the room whose purpose shall remain a mystery for now. The professor's desk is pushed off to the left with three chairs squished behind it. Professor Culloden is sitting on one of them, mulling over some sort of deep thought, while Professor Dakest stands leaning against the desk with one hand on it and his other idly twirling his wand between his fingers with a placid look about his features. Only Professor Flamsteed stands in the middle of the semicircle of desks where the glow of the moon pouring in from the outside seemingly forms a spotlight in which he stands.
The overall atmosphere is somber yet ethereal and leaves you feeling both comfortable and uneasy as you make your way towards your seat.
So come on in and take a seat. The lesson will begin shortly.
Class will officially begin in approximately 14 hours from the time of this post. You may post your character arriving and greeting the professors, but please try to keep chit chatter to a minimum <3 This lesson has officially started! Please do not announce your character arriving late and just pretend like they have been in class all along. You are free to jump in any time and should use the lesson progression links to keep up.
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Originally Posted by Cassirin
On command, Dot GASPED LOUDLY and clapped her hands on her cheeks when the StarMan said werewolves like that. WHAT OH NO WEREWOLVES THE HORROR. He was asking for a big reaction with how he revealed the topic, so it was basically just the rest of the class not playing along. Lame.
She popped to her feet and took up the ball on a stick, not bothering to answer since everyone had already answered. New moon. Got it. Wait. Was lunation even really a word? Was Gabe making up words? COULD THEY JUST MAKE UP WORDS? Or was that a strictly Ravenclaw thing?
She bopped him with her moon. "Lunation. Turned you into a moon. Boom. Poof. Magics." Oh, also, StarMan? She was totally the earth and blocking the light from her moon. "Last class, I was the moon... so next class, I'll get to be the sun."
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Dot, pls.
Gabe bopped her back, however, pulling a silly face to undercut the serious nature of the lesson. "I don't think you were fully committed to that spell. Poor form, Wojack." Whisper, whisper...Yes, it was teasing. Lunation wasn't a spell. It was simply a fancier term for 'lunar cycle'.
He bopped her a second time for good measure.
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"No problem,"Henric smiled. Adi seemed to like his gift,that was a relief. He glanced over to where Benny was seated and couldn't help feeling bad for them both. He sighed mentally inside and wished they could just make up and resolve their problems soon. It wouldn't be good for them all if they keep being like this.But his sad thoughts flew away when everyone else came to wish Adi happy birthday as well. Henric silently gave each of them a smile because he already knew most of them...well...except for Leah. His face fell at the sight of her so he turned away quickly and pretended to be busy taking out his notebook from his bag.If she didn't want to talk to him, then...y'know...fine...he would be an invisible to her like she treat him to be.
Class starting now and Henric forced himself to listen intently to Professor Flamsteed lecture. He was silent throughout until they were instructed to make a moon-stick thingy? Why were they making the moon? Was it for the werewolves? Alright then...he grabbed a piece of stick and poked through the ball. He was doing pretty well so far until clumsy Adi 'accidentally' smacked his own moon-stick thingy onto his forehead. He slightly narrowed his eyes at Adi."Yeah right...but I'm going to let it go this time,birthday boy,"he told Adi, rubbing his forehead in the process. Oooh...the room getting more darker and the only light source he saw was this ball of fiery blue flame in front of him.Woahh...nice....
Oh right...the question! Hmm..he was going to go along with Adi's answer because honestly, he had no idea. New moon? Was was this..the Twilight Saga? Hahah...alright that wasn't funny...but it had to be said.
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Originally Posted by Tiro MacMhuirich
Yup, she was ridiculous, awfully happy. Sorrrryyy! Wheeee.
Following Lance, she sat down next to him and poked his side slightly. ”Cheer up. I’m here… what could go wrong?” Giggle grin. Sooo much could go wrong with a pair of first years, everyone knew that.
WHATWASTHAT!?
He flinched before squirming in his seat after Marsha poked him, trying hs very hardest to keep his side blocked off my his arm. Not cool, Marsha. Not cool. No doubt be feeling that ticklish feeling all lesson now.
However, that didn't stop him from grinning back at the Gryffindor. "You know what."
SPOILER!!: Professor Flamsteeeeeeed
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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie
Giving one last glance towards his colleagues, he firmly nodded his head and removed his wand from the holster tucked away in his enchanted breast pocket.
"Good evening, everyone. Please take your seats and get situated. Welcome to PAD - a Potions, Astronomy, and Defense Against the Dark Arts joint lesson," he announced as he turned his back briefly towards the class to enchant the chalk on the board to write one word in very large print:
WEREWOLVES
"Allow me to put your minds at ease at just what will be the focus of today's lesson," he said, now turning back towards the class. Although he thought the topic was rather obvious given the three subject, but perhaps it was the approach that the three professors were taking that would surprise students more. "Werewolves. Before we get into them specifically, let us all back up to what is arguably the most important aspect of these beings, the Moon. More specifically, the lunar cycle."
Yes, he knew. Boooooo BRING ON THE WEREWOLF TALK! But logistics first, Hogwartians. They would get to the real meat of things soon.
With a flick of his wand, Airey summoned some supplies from the box on the desk and levitated them towards each of the students - and his fellow professors. "As we have been discussing in Astronomy so far this term, the Moon plays a key role in relation to our planet, Earth. It primarily controls the tides, it helps regulate our climate by slowing the Earth's rotation and creating our 24 hour days, nights would be MUCH darker without it, and it helps maintain our axial tilt. Now, these are all very large scale things. Perhaps so large that, for some of you, it is difficult to grasp just how influential. But, as you are all aware of, it doesn't just influence the natural world...but it plays a key role in many aspects of the magical world."
With all the props not floating in front of the faces of students, Airey conjured a MASSIVE bluebell flame that spun itself into a floating sphere - he had become quite partial to them this term - and left it floating in font of the semi-circle of desks.
"If my colleagues will allow me this brief introduction," which, well, they didn't really have too much of a choice because here he went. "...a werewolf is a human being who, upon the complete rising of the full moon, becomes a fearsome and deadly near-wolf. To quote your textbooks." Because that was the extent of his knowledge. Mostly.
"What I would like you all to do now is to pluck your Styrofoam ball on a stick and stand by your desk with it," he instructed. "We will be going over the moon phases with a brief demonstration to start." Waiting a moment until everyone was out of their seats with their moon-on-a-stick, he waved his wand again to put out any other light in the classroom. Even the shine from the moon outside seemed to have dimmed and he no longer stood in a spotlight. For now, at least, the only real source of light was the giant floating bluebell flame.
"Now, we can only ever see half of the moon from earth. This is because the other side is always turned away from us. As the moon orbits around the earth, we see different fractions of the same face of the moon as it is lit by the sun. Please lift your moon-on-a-stick up and hold it between your face and the floating bluebell flame, please. Your head is acting as the earth. The bluebell flame, the sun. There is no light falling on the part of the moon you are looking at. Who can tell me what phase of the moon this is or share a fact slash bit of fun trivia about this particular phase?"
OOC: class will resume in approximately 17 hours from the time of this post.
Please note your character DOES NOT have to answer the question, but it is imperative for participation points that they follow Professor Flamsteed's instructions with what to do with your moon-on-a-stick <3 Just don't try to poke each other's eyes out with them, okay?
His smile slowly died down as the lesson began, blue eyes trained on the giant words 'WEREWOLVES'. So, okay, that was a really cool topic. Maybe he wouldn't fall behind in this class after all- no, nope that...that didn't work. He didn't expect the sudden dive into an astronomy lesson with the moon so soon. Difficult to grasp how influential the moon was?
He was having a hard enough time grasping the concept of any of his studies...
The young Gryffindor fiddled with the objects on his desk somewhat as he tried to pay attention to what was being said. Though he was proud of himself for understanding the definition of what a werewolf was. Everyone knew that though, right? Eager to stand up however, he shimmied out from his seat and put together his makeshift moon stick thing which was kinda fun to just wave around and poke Marsha with it. You know, pay back...for poking his ticklish side.
BLUE BALL OF FLAME WHAT.
That was cool.
Holding the moon in front of his face, he stared at the side facing him... only to end up slowly moving it closer and farther from his face, eyes crossing each time he did so. "Has anyone ever seen the other side of the moon?"
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Lux was pleased to see Adi in such a good mood but then it was his birthday. She had noticed that things seemed strained with Benny lately though she hadn't been sure if she should ask about it. Even if they were close, it wasn't exactly her place to intrude on their business. She was still there for them both.
The comment about her being 17 soon got a smile, and she was about to comment on the cucumber sandwich comment when Professor Flamsteed started speaking. Someone didn't seem to be in the best of moods and Lux wondered if it was related to poor Pebbles. Giving Adi a wink, she listened as the lesson began. Werewolves, huh. Sounded pretty interesting if not creepy. She wasn't really a fan but so long as she never encountered one she would be fine. Professor Dakest probably had a lot to say about them as well seeing as he taught the subject dealing with DARK CREATURES.
Notebook at the ready, Lux made sure to record everything important even though she already knew about the moon cycle. Never hurt to be thorough.
Flammy was covering the transformation, Dakest would be covering the creatures themselves, so...what would Culloden be teaching about? Unless...
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Was someone here a WEREWOLF?!
Shuddering, Lux hoped to sweet Merlin she was wrong. At least she had a moon on a stick to distract her from unsettling thoughts. Task completed in a few seconds, she stood up and held her little moon between her face and the bluebell flame. Raising her hand, she said "this is a new moon. It is the first phase of the moon!" Hence it being called NEW.
At first, Sabel wasn't sure what the turn-out for the lesson would be, given the hour and the tendency for food to make the brain sluggish. There were already a few bets riding on the lesson, one of which he was surely going to lose as the first students started trickling in, each looking rather bright-eyed and bushy tailed. The wand twirling slowed enough to accommodate more of his attention being focussed on the arrivals.
Text Cut: Individual Greetings
SPOILER!!: Norah
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Originally Posted by Sararara
She walked past Professor Culloden first, giving him a wave and a bright "Hello!" before getting to Professor Dakest. She was very thankful for the dim light because her cheeks went about 50 million shades redder as she passed him for who knew why. The fourth year let out a soft "HiprofessorDakest," and hugged her bag even closer to her chest before speeding up to get to the last Professor. "Hi Professor Flamsteed." Norah gave the Astronomy Professor a quick salute, taking a seat right at the front of the semi-circle thing they had going on.
The first one was Kittredge, who seemed a little more jittery than he remembered. The young girl got an arched eyebrow albiet with a pleasant return greeting. "Evening Miss Kittredge."
And before he could advise her to slow down for worry of tripping over her words, she was gone. In the blink of an eye, it seemed she had moved from the doorway to her desk. Right then.
SPOILER!!: Henric
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Originally Posted by Symphora
"Hello professors, and nice to see you again, professor Flamsteed...umm..."he stopped himself from speaking, he didn't want to upset professor Flamsteed further by asking if he had found pebbles yet. Instead he went to find a seat near the front of the classroom.He wondered what were they be learning today...were they making polyjuice potion for some reason...it was his best guess so far.But wasn't it hard to make that? He didn't know if it was illegal too...
And yet another rather awkward turned greeting. Nicolei got a nod of the head from Sabel, while Flamsteed got a sidelong glance. Apparently, when there was nothing to follow through, silence was a safe bet.
His wand got an extra flick, twisting around his fingers with renewed speed.
SPOILER!!: Grayson
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Originally Posted by hermionesclone
So, Grayson half-walked, half-strutted into the room, a small smirk spread across his face. Why? Merlin knew. And he was early and all, which was new. Jeez, way to look like an eager beaver, Whitty. He readjusted his grip on his bag as he headed up towards a seat near the top of the semi-circle. A seat that would give him a good view of everything in case anything interesting happened. Gotta be prepared and all.
"Heeeeeey Professors Culloden, Dakest and Flamsteed," he said, giving each of them a 'sup nod as he took a seat.
And Culloden got a big smile. Obviously.
Ah at last. A proper and full greeting of an enthusiastic and unawkward nature. Sabel caught his wand and returned a hearty nod. "Good evening, Mr. Whitlock."
SPOILER!!: Adi
[QUOTE=FearlessLeader19;11766422]"Hello, Professors!'' [/B]Adi grinned at each of the men, though he wasn't sure if Culloden heard him.[QUOTE]
Maybe it was just the nerves of the being the first to enter a dark room where classes weren't often held. Confidence came in numbers in uncertain circumstances. Seemed the students grasped that concept, even if by a subconscious nature.
"Mr. Rehman. Patronus going well?" He wondered if the boy had made any further progress since he had last spoken to him on the bridge.
SPOILER!!: Kace
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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin
He gave him the sup notion and saw Professor Flamsteed was there. He gave him a polite nod and turned towards him. "Hello Professors.." he said noticing Professor Dakest was here too. "I am interested in what we are going to be learning today." he told them both honestly. After giving them their greetings, he turned around and began to walk to find his seat.
Being interested in a lesson? Well, that was....good. Good to have interested students. He imagined the uninterested ones wouldn't show, but kept such thoughts to himself. Lecium got a acknowledging nod, Flamsteed doing well to take care of the conversation.
SPOILER!!: Lancelot
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Originally Posted by Roselyn
Gripping the strap of his satchel tightly, the young lad slowly entered the room he'd seen all the other students enter, still pondering whether to stick this out or take a get out of jail free card and call in sick. Still pondering as he smiled and gave a little wave to all the professors in the room. Even more pondering as he plopped down in the first empty seat his feet guided him too.
Stiiiill pondering.
Still wanting to go home too.
And speaking of uninterested students....
Sabel watched McWitty quietly as the boy made his way to his seat without a peep. They had a runner. A glance at the other Professors. Did they notice? The kid that might scamper away at any second. That, or melt under his desk.
He caught his wand, tempted to send his patronus over to give the boy some sort of reassurance, but refrained. This was hardly the class for fancy, unassociated magic. Instead, he settled for a word or two of acknowledgement. Harder to leave once you'd been addressed. "Evening Mr. McWitty."
SPOILER!!: Janelle
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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11
As she approached the toom off the Great Hall, Janelle was surprised at the absence of the lint roller. Hmmm. Interesting. Entering the room, she extended her greetings. "Hello Professors. I can't wait to see what you have planned for us." Then she gave a quick, "Hello all", to her classmates. Janelle found a desk that was to her liking and took a seat. She would amuse herself by observing the students as they arrived. That would make the wait go faster, she hoped.
"Good evening Miss Guidry." And any further greeting or words were abruptly halted by Flamsteed's own greeting. Sabel blinked and sort of stared blankly. Was this the type of night it was going to be?
Merlin help him if it was.
The young girl got a smile and an agreeable nod. Enjoyable. Hopefully. Teeth sinking? Hopefully not.
SPOILER!!: Benny
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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline
So when he wandered back down to the Great Hall he was clearly distracted. Ben didn't care how the room was situated or what rules he had looked over to be ready for the lesson. He vaguely registered the three men there waiting on them the students to arrive. "Hello Professors..." he greeted, including them all together before turning to look for a seat.
The sixth year shuffled to a random seat near the back and plopped himself down in the chair. His limbs almost moving robotically as he took out some supplies to be ready for the lesson to start.
Could this be over before it began?
So far, Sabel had thought that a lot of the drama and moodiness had been left in the morning and patronus associated classes. There had been more than enough of that in that lesson to last him a year of teaching. But, kids were a never-ending source of emotional distress, and it seemed evening classes were no different.
Except that this time, it had nothing to do with happy thoughts. Perhaps low blood sugar levels? Did Atreyu not eat dinner? Sabel's wand started twirling the other way.
"Mr. Atreyu."
SPOILER!!: Eden
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Originally Posted by kayquilz
She was nervous. She hadn't dabbled in potions in awhile, since she didn't take it after OWL level, and she just...ugh. Seeing Culloden would make her nervous. WHAT IF HE HELD AN ENORMOUS GRUDGE AGAINST HER FOR NOT TAKING POTIONS ANYMORE?
Gosh.
She was majorly claw!overthinking this. She waved to all the professors, didn't say anything, and slipped into her seat.
Right. Here we go, McGee.
Increase the count of runners to two. The quietness of this one had him glancing at his colleagues, wondering if the light made them look intimidating or something. Sure, they could have used a bit more light in here, but he was beginning to understand Flamsteed's interest in a dramatic flair.
That, and he had to admit, it added an intriguing essence to the pre-instruction atmosphere. McGee got another glance and a return wave-salute of some sort.
SPOILER!!: Zhenya
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Originally Posted by Jessiqua
She walked into the Great Hall, and the smile sort of wavered. All three Professors were there, but Zhenya was a bit confused as to who to say hello to first, how loud she could be, or if she should sit down and just acknowledge them. But that wasn't in her nature, she'd have to say hello. So she did the rounds.
Walking up to Professor Culloden, who looked deep in thought, Zhenya felt a bit like she were intruding. She didn't want to do that, so she just quietly said "Hello Professor," so that he might acknowledge someone had spoken to him or not, but she wasn't rudely pulling him from his thoughts. She hoped anyway. He could be onto something, like a great world breaking potions formula or something. She didn't want to interrupt that.
Professor Dakest was next, and she decided to say hello to him too. "Hello Professor," she said, still quietly. She just felt a need to be rather... quiet and peaceful. It didn't bother her, she liked quiet.
And then in the middle was the fabulous Professor Flamsteed. "Hello Professor," she said with a big grin. "What lovely lighting you have," she commented, looking up. Would they be playing with water and tides today? She couldn't see how they would tie in nicely with Potions or Defence against the dark arts, so perhaps they wouldn't be. But still, it was lovely.
And the point was adequately proven by the next face to enter the room. Though, it looked more like Burton had walked directly into a wall, rather than a classroom.
Her scale of greeting was something of interest too. From one to the next, it seemed her confidence and her voice increased. The lighting by far got the most renown.
Sabel was sorely tempted to burst out in the most energetic greeting he could muster, but he feared doing so would frighten the young Slytherin right out of her shoes. So he settled for a simple "good evening."
SPOILER!!: Sophie
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Originally Posted by feeheeheeny
And, as she entered the room, Sophie faltered. And... just kind of looked at the three of them.
...This WOULD be interesting, wouldn't it?
Crossing deeper into the room with her necessary materials for class, Sophie nodded at them and offered a polite, "Gentlemen," in greeting, and she was going to leave it at that, but as she went to take a seat, she turned to address them again and added a pensive, "This is a weird combination." Of classes, she meant. Just so they knew. "But it's interesting, 'n m'glad it's with three of my favorite professors." She looked POINTEDLY at Dakest and Culloden now at the desk, as she'd been primarily addressing Flamsteed in the middle of the semicircle before, and gave them a very uncertain, apprehensive look, almost as if to say you're all my favorites so please get along. It was mostly to the Potions Master, though. He would behave and not step all over Dakest's toes, wouldn't he? And this whole thing would PROVE to him that Dakest wasn't brainwashing anyone, and that he was actually a very good professor?
Riiiiight?
Then there was Brown. A less energetic and more reserved Miss Brown. Eyeing them. Eyeing....he glanced over his shoulder at Culloden, noting that there was nothing significantly different about the man than when he had last checked. Soooo, what were the stares for then?
"Miss Brown." She got a nod and an arched eyebrow, as if to ask why all the gaze-fuss. But then he was promptly delivering said fuss to Flamsteed. What was....were these types of jokes normal?
Righty-o then.
SPOILER!!: Dot
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Originally Posted by Cassirin
Or maybe none of them, because maybe there would be a variation to her hello and Professor Best Friend would feel slighted or Professor HandsomefacePatronus would be miffed or Professor StarMan would cry. He looked like a crier.
"Hello, professors." She looked about to explode out the top of her head, and she hadn't even hugged anyone yet. "Nice night for class." She was so disappointed in herself.
His attention was drawn from Flamsteed by what sounded like a rather repressed greeting from Wojack-Gusey. The young girl got a warm smile from Sabel, as well as a curious look. "Good evening Miss Wojack-Gusey. Good to see you."
Now why did she look like she was about to burst at the seams?
SPOILER!!: Lux
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Originally Posted by Squishy
Lux was forward to this lesson. Her favourite subject combined with two other favourites. Could potions be added to every lesson?
Entering the classroom, she smiled at each Professor in turn. "Hello, Professors! I hope you are all doing well."
"Miss Carrington, good evening." He nodded at the Hufflepuff. "I have some chocolate and marshmallows about to go off. You wouldn't know of anyone who wants s'more supplies, would you?"
Flamsteed got a side eye for his less than enthusiastic response. A stark contrast to his jokes, and Sabel found he much preferred said jokes.
SPOILER!!: Beverly
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Originally Posted by Deezerz
Shaking off that feeling, she proceeded, glancing at each man in charge and shot them a polite nod. "Professors."
Taking her seat, the Slytherin rested her wand and hands on her lap. Yep. She was ready. Call her paranoid, but she hardly put her wand away since last term. It made her feel more at ease knowing it was in her grip, ready.
It seemed the somber mood wasn't lost on everyone, and even had a few students a little jumpy. Sabel noted the wand already out and in Wayne's grasp. Constant diligence? Or paranoia? Or were they the same thing?
He returned the nod. "Good evening, Miss Wayne."
SPOILER!!: Angel
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Originally Posted by Harry174
Angel was totally looking forwards to this lesson, she so wanted to know what was going to be involved in this lesson since three professors were going to be involved in this lesson. "Hey Professors." Angel smiled, this was going to be an awesome lesson, she could tell. "How are you all today?"
Trust Valentine to bring the mood back up to a more pleasant tone. "Well, thank you Miss Valentine."
SPOILER!!: Jackson
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Originally Posted by RandomRaven
Entering the lesson, Jackson noticed that the Professors were already there. He's not late, was he? "Err... Hello, Professors." He smiled and bowed politely to all of them.
Err? Sabel blinked, glancing at Hwang. He couldn't tell if the kid held some reservations to the appearance of the class, or perhaps three Professors or if, like some of the other students, he was simply having a hard time trying to figure out how to address them all.
Hello was a good choice. Sabel nodded both in greeting and approval, not familiar with the bowing himself. "Evening, Mr. Hwang."
SPOILER!!: Marsha
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Originally Posted by Tiro MacMhuirich
Hehe. With a wide smile on her face, she waved at her Head of House, before turning to look at Professor Dakest who also was greeted with a smile. ”Good evening, Professors.” She hoped that Professor Culloden would look up in time to see the wave that was aimed for him. ”I hope you are all happy and having a good day today.”
And yet another student he could always count on to raise the energy levels of any confined space. "Good to see you, Miss Hanover."
SPOILER!!: Toby
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Originally Posted by Felixir
So he entered the Great Hall with a strange sort of jittery bounce to his step, not really needing the atmosphere of the room to put him on edge. As ever, he twirled his wand as he moved along, in what had become an almost perpetual action these last few weeks.
Toby eyed each of the professors, considering saying his hellos to each of them. It would be polite, but he'd by now noticed the tone of the room, and felt a little conflicted, so he stayed quiet. Also, he was pretty sure that if he opened his mouth just to say hi, he might get stuck in the 'on' position and never shut up again. Sooooo instead, Toby just nodded at them all and went ahead to go sit by Soph, where he continued twirling his wand (just like Dakest, he'd noticed, which had actually made him falter for just a moment, but not enough to make him stop). As he sat there, he jiggled his legs and hummed as quietly as he could in an attempt to keep moving and appease his brain but hopefully not bother anyone.
Gotta keep moving, gotta keep moving, lalala. Maybe he should have gone for another run before the class, mhmm mhmm mhmm.
Truth be told, he had been wondering whether Fuller-Thompson would show up for the class. Or any of his classes again, combined or not. So he didn't mind being proved completely wrong when the young man showed up. There was something different about him this time, perhaps the lack of a patronus topic had him in a less flighty, albeit more fidgety mood.
The kid got a nod of acknowledgement for a greeting, given he didn't seem to be in the mood to converse and well, Sabel wasn't interested in saying something to scare him right back out of the room. He'd leave that tactic up to Flamsteed.
SPOILER!!: Zander
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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack
The Gryffindor walked into class, a little apprehensively, taking note of where everyone sat before walking towards his Professors. "Hello, Professor Culloden..." Where did Potions fit into this? Erm. "Good evening Professor Dakest." For the record, Zander DIDN'T think he was evil. 'Cause normally he'd eat that stuff up or be very skeptical about it but the Prophet's number one mistake was including Sophie Brown 'cause there was no way she was evil. Just sayin'. Then making his way towards his Head of House, the Gryffindor gave him a bright smile. "Hi, Professor Flamsteed, the moon looks amazing tonight, huh?"
And then he took a seat. 'Cause what the heck would they be doing in an Astronomy, Potions, Defense joint lesson?
Another hesitant one. It seemed that the presence of three Professors was a occasion not normally encountered and not easily addressed. So far, however, most tongues and brains were handling it relatively well.
Including Mr. Adair who held none of the stutter he had displayed in his office a short while ago. "Good evening, Adair."
SPOILER!!: Cutty
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Originally Posted by SlytherinSistah
He saw this class as a challenge and it seemed to the growing hellion that most of his professors thus far understood his favourable response to this. The only exception being Botros, whom Cutty did not like. Carrying his items needed for the class, Cutty entered and gave man!nod greeting #34 to Professor Culloden and Dakest firstly. "Good evening Professors Culloden, Dakest and...Nice light magic, Professor Flamsteed. Gettin' the moon to spotlight yer." Cutty assumed it was done on purpose.
It was the first time that Sabel took to eyeing one of the students warily. Mordaunt had hit his radar since the first lesson he held, and hadn't left yet. Still, no reason to be rude or offstandish, and so the young man got an affable nod. "Mordaunt."
SPOILER!!: Yoongi
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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi
He hadn't had realised that he had entered the room off the great hall already and it was only when he heard the chatting around him. Now, where were the professors? a quick look around and he spotted them. "Hiya sirs" he waved before taking a seat and grabbed his chapstick to use.
Hello. Hi. Hey. Hiya.....
"Howdy, Mr. Hyland." And yes, he would be ignoring any looks from his colleagues. It made greetings interesting, to try and mix them up a bit. And a 'hiya' was practically an invitation for such a thing.
SPOILER!!: Leah
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Originally Posted by nanyjj
Leah entered the dimly lit room, rubbing her eyes to adjust to the lighting. It was already late evening, couldn't the light be brighter? At least the moon was bright. Eerily bright. So... cauldrons and wands and the moon. What a combination. Naturally, Leah was EXCITED.
She walked past all three Professors, giving them waves. "Hello Professors Flamsteed, Culloden and Dakest."
This one looked like she had just woken up from a nap. Or was debating a nap. And the atmosphere was definitely conducive to such an activity. However, the young girl's chipper tone dispelled some of his concerns.
He gave her a warm smile. "Evening, Miss Abbott."
SPOILER!!: Agatha
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Once again, Agatha looked like she had just sniffed a pile of dragon dung. This time, it wasn't because of the people around her, but the situation. THREE lessons in one? Three topics? Three professors to stare at her as she gets things wrong?? Three adults to call her attention? Three different subjects, all at the same time? How? HOW?
This was madness and Agatha did not appreciate it one bit. She didn't even want to come, but she guessed that wasn't an option anymore. So she came. Not looking happy at all, but she came. She stared at professor Flasmteed for a second as a 'greeting' and glanced towards the other two before turning away.
And then there was Miss Hapgood, who appeared to have discovered something highly unappealing. Judging by the stares they three were getting, Sabel surmised it had something to do with them. A quick glance at his colleagues showed that once again, nothing had changed. Culloden wasn't face-first drooling onto his papers, Airey wasn't dancing in the moonlight and as for himself he hadn't the opportunity to ruffle his appearance.
The young woman got a raised eyebrow in response to her stare.
SPOILER!!: Marigold
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Marigold was very apprehensive about this. She was reasonably good at Astronomy and Potions and dreadful at Defense, but she wasn't quite sure how this would work. Plus, three professors? This was going to be TOUGH. Like, emotionally aND brain wise.
"Hello, professor Culloden." Pause. "Professor Dakest, professor Flamsteed."
Another bundle of nerves. Another bought of hesitation. But an actual greeting. One which was promptly returned. "Evening Miss McAlistor."
Merlin the three of them weren't that intimidating were they? Thoughts back to some of the meetings he had held with students brought one firm reminder. Points and grades. They cared about those, almost more than the content of the lesson it seemed, in many cases.
Sabel caught the glances spared by Flamsteed to himself and Culloden, giving a return nod to the man in the spotlight. Whenever he was ready. There were no more students trickling in through the door, and so it seemed about time.
Catching his wand in his hand, Sabel deftly returned it to its holster on his forearm as he pushed away from the desk and went to close the door as Flamsteed kicked the lesson off.
SPOILER!!: Flamsteed/beginning of lesson
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Giving one last glance towards his colleagues, he firmly nodded his head and removed his wand from the holster tucked away in his enchanted breast pocket.
"Good evening, everyone. Please take your seats and get situated. Welcome to PAD - a Potions, Astronomy, and Defense Against the Dark Arts joint lesson," he announced as he turned his back briefly towards the class to enchant the chalk on the board to write one word in very large print:
WEREWOLVES
"Allow me to put your minds at ease at just what will be the focus of today's lesson," he said, now turning back towards the class. Although he thought the topic was rather obvious given the three subject, but perhaps it was the approach that the three professors were taking that would surprise students more. "Werewolves. Before we get into them specifically, let us all back up to what is arguably the most important aspect of these beings, the Moon. More specifically, the lunar cycle."
Yes, he knew. Boooooo BRING ON THE WEREWOLF TALK! But logistics first, Hogwartians. They would get to the real meat of things soon.
With a flick of his wand, Airey summoned some supplies from the box on the desk and levitated them towards each of the students - and his fellow professors. "As we have been discussing in Astronomy so far this term, the Moon plays a key role in relation to our planet, Earth. It primarily controls the tides, it helps regulate our climate by slowing the Earth's rotation and creating our 24 hour days, nights would be MUCH darker without it, and it helps maintain our axial tilt. Now, these are all very large scale things. Perhaps so large that, for some of you, it is difficult to grasp just how influential. But, as you are all aware of, it doesn't just influence the natural world...but it plays a key role in many aspects of the magical world."
With all the props not floating in front of the faces of students, Airey conjured a MASSIVE bluebell flame that spun itself into a floating sphere - he had become quite partial to them this term - and left it floating in font of the semi-circle of desks.
"If my colleagues will allow me this brief introduction," which, well, they didn't really have too much of a choice because here he went. "...a werewolf is a human being who, upon the complete rising of the full moon, becomes a fearsome and deadly near-wolf. To quote your textbooks." Because that was the extent of his knowledge. Mostly.
"What I would like you all to do now is to pluck your Styrofoam ball on a stick and stand by your desk with it," he instructed. "We will be going over the moon phases with a brief demonstration to start." Waiting a moment until everyone was out of their seats with their moon-on-a-stick, he waved his wand again to put out any other light in the classroom. Even the shine from the moon outside seemed to have dimmed and he no longer stood in a spotlight. For now, at least, the only real source of light was the giant floating bluebell flame.
"Now, we can only ever see half of the moon from earth. This is because the other side is always turned away from us. As the moon orbits around the earth, we see different fractions of the same face of the moon as it is lit by the sun. Please lift your moon-on-a-stick up and hold it between your face and the floating bluebell flame, please. Your head is acting as the earth. The bluebell flame, the sun. There is no light falling on the part of the moon you are looking at. Who can tell me what phase of the moon this is or share a fact slash bit of fun trivia about this particular phase?"
OOC: class will resume in approximately 17 hours from the time of this post.
Please note your character DOES NOT have to answer the question, but it is imperative for participation points that they follow Professor Flamsteed's instructions with what to do with your moon-on-a-stick <3 Just don't try to poke each other's eyes out with them, okay?
Once the doors were closed, Sabel made his way back to the desk, getting there in time to retrieve the floating ball and stick from the air. He put the two together, half-listening as he leaned backwards, eyeing whatever it was that Culloden seemed to have been so immersed in. Difficult to see in the dimly lit room, even more so when the lights were killed and all that was left was the firey glow of Flamsteed's demonstration.
With a final twist, the styrofoam ball was on the stick and he was back on his feet. He moved quietly around the gathered students, hands clasping the stick and ball behind his back as he walked around the circle, making sure that no one was going to trip, fall or otherwise break something in the dark.
Which meant that he got plenty a good look of the suspecting and suspicious expressions lacing some of the students faces. And the stares, some of which seemed to be directly honed at him. Those that were got a toothy grin in return. Just because he could, and well, the lighting was perfect was it not?
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Penelope had been staring at the light from the full moon since she had entered the room. There was something about the full moon that she found very alluring. It was so beautiful... She could hear Professor Flamsteed talking, but her eyes remained fixated on the window and the moonlight. When the bluebell flame sun appeared and dimmed the light of the moon in the room, Penelope snapped out of her trance like state. Had she missed anything? This was somewhat worrying. She was usually able to stay focused on the lesson and keep caught up with notes. It seemed like the lesson today would be about werewolves, with the astronomy portion of the lesson focused on lunar cycles.
Grabbing her moon on a stick and standing up, Penelope held it out between her and the sun as Professor Flamsteed had instructed. Yes, you could only see half of the moon from earth. "We always see the same half of the moon from earth." Penelope looked at her moon on a stick. This phase of the moon was the new moon, when the moon was not visible from earth. Penelope moved her arm to the right so that more light illuminated the half of the styrofoam ball that she could see. The amount of light that you could see on the moon depended on what angle you looked at it from. When she reached the point that her styrofoam ball looked more or less like a full moon, she held it there and looked at it. The full moon was beautiful.
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Werewolves! of course! it all made sense to have these classes as a joint one now. First of the werewolf is a dark creature so thats the defence against the dark arts bit, next was the moon that changes the human in to a werewolf and its related to astronomy and last the wolfsbane potion. BRILLIANT!
He grabbed the Styrofoam ball after it was levitated towards his desk by Professor Flamsteed , who looked the same as in his office, gloomy, and used the stick to press and hold it. He then got up from his seat after a quick look around to see what the others were doing. He held the styrofoam ball or the moon to his face and faced the bluebell flame. Almost immediately some students began to answer the question and Yoongi did not even bother answering. Not...not that he did not know the answer ..ahem... No, he was simply wondering if there was a reason to hold a werewolf class, was someone a werewolf?! THAT WAS SO COOL! WHO?
Don't mind him, just suspiciously looking around at y'all
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...Werewolves. Cool. Eden thought the subject was interesting..and now that she thought about it, it made sense...with the three subjects squished together in this way. She smiled because maybe they wouldn't be doing TOO much potion making.
That was her hope.
She pushed the stick into the styrofoam and winced at the awful feeling and noise...she did NOT like it. But she did it, and stood up, too, as Professor Flamsteed said. She lifted up her styrofoam against the light of the flame and squinted. So..it was a full moon? There apparently was a more technical name for it, since everyone was using "new moon." Right.
Eden just cleared her throat and remained quiet for now.
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Oh look at this...Flamsteed was starting the lesson.
Ben briefly wondered if there was a reason for that, other than the fact Astronomy was the first alphabetical. Or that the astronomer was the first one hired and as a head of house had special priviledges. However as the man began spouting information, including the revelation of the topic of the class, the Gryffindor didn't have the time to think further on the matter.
Not that he really cared.
Titling his first sheet of parchment, WEREWOLVES, he began listening and jotting down anything important, especially stuff he hadn't previously known. Watching at the sphere sticks floated to each of them on the professor's wordless instruction Ben managed to avoid getting hit by one in his distractions. Now that would have been bad, not that he would have cared about being hurt physically while he was struggling emotionally.
He slowly, almost reluctantly, got up to his feet as instructed, taking a position beside his desk. Ben would be a quiet, unhappy earth as he raised the rod infront of him, the pseudo-moon moving with it to block his sight of the bluebell sphere while the rest of the lights went out around him. The Gryffindor heard the first question but was beaten out from answering with what came to his own mind.
New moon sounded right, but there was no point in repeating it as a bunch of the other students had already given it. So he simply stayed in his position, quietly awaiting the new directions to be given.
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Wait......what?
That had to mean that the Wolfsbane Potion would be the topic of the Potions portion of class, right? Also, why even bring up werewolves unless......oh Merlin, there was one in their midst wasn't there? Okay, who was it? Better not be a Gryffindor. Needless to say, Heather was watching her classmates very closely for any indication that they were the wolf.
Unless it was a professor......
She was so consumed with these thoughts that she'd nearly missed Professor Flamsteed's instructions. Casting another look around the room, plucked the ball-on-a-stick from the air and hurriedly stood up with it between her face and the ball of light. It obviously represented the new moon, but people had beat her to the punch with the answer, so she stayed silent and continued staring around the room. Looking around the room for the potential werewolf.
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Hold up. Werewolves? Norah's eyes widened as she pulled some parchment out of her bag and laid it on her desk, then wrote the word in big letters at the top. Yeah, this was a night for sparkly ink. The dim light and weird eeriness that was going on made sure of that. She tuned out of Professor Flamsteed's introduction to concentrate on her quill, which was adding a pair of eyes, ears, and a big nose to the 'W' on her page. There. Now her little wolf was cute. She didn't have to worry about it as much anymore, no? Cute stuff wasn't as scary...usually. That was the hope, anyways.
She looked up from her parchment to see a white squishy ball thing and a stick floating in front of her, which she reached out to take with eyes still wide 'cause what was this supposed to be? Stupid wolf doodle. Who did it think it was, distracting her from whatever she was supposed to do with this thing? The Hufflepuff looked around at the other students and mimicked them as they stood and held the ball-on-a-stick in front of the big blue thingy which would've been AWESOME if she'd been paying attention to what it's supposed to be. It looked kinda invisible from where she was standing, though, 'cause all the light was on the other side. Was it broken? Norah inspected it closely, coming to the conclusion that it was kind of impossible for the thing to be broken, so maybe she was broken.
Oh. OHHH. A new moon. Mari had said it and Mari was a prefect so obviously it was right. She watched the white sphere with renewed interest. Why'd he choose this foam stuff when he could've used cheese? That'd look a bunch more realistic AND would make for a nice snack. She'd need to recommend it for next time. Ahem. Class. Right. Norah stood still holding her moon up, not sure what to add to the conversation considering she'd only found out it was called a new moon about a minute before. Why was it called 'new' anyways? It didn't look new, it looked like nothing.
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Werewolves. Oh.
That made LOADS of sense. Huh. The topic hadn't really crossed his mind come to think of it, but now that Professor Flamsteed mentioned it... Did make TONS of sense. 'Cause werewolves and full moons, so Astronomy. Werewolves and wolfsbane for Potions. And werewolves and-- well, werewolves were dangerous, so Defense. Heck, they probably could've thrown Care of Magical Creatures into the bunch as well if they wanted to. Though PADCoMC sounded a little ridiculous, so maybe this was for the best.
Anyways, what were they doing now? Moon-on-a-stick. Oh, okay sir! Zander followed instructions and grabbed a stick and plucked it into his Styrofoam ball. Then he got up by his desk to do whatever it was they were doing now. Oh, they were doing a demonstration. The Gryffindor held up the moon-on-a-stick and followed instructions to show that there was no light on the moon that he was facing.
Instead of answering the question though, he chose to stay quiet as there were already plenty of repeat answers. Anyways, was it just him or did the moon look a bit dimmer? Hm. Interesting.
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Looking over at the person next to her, Beverly smiled faintly at Cutty, whispering her usual greeting to him, as well as returning the nudge. They were soon joined by Agatha, who received a greeting nod as well as a smile. Beverly noted her friend take her wand out. Good girl.
One never knew at Hogwarts, that much she's learned.
Werewolves.
Well...that was interesting. Her sharp gaze fell upon Professor Dakest...he didn't have any relations to them, yeah? There was sketchy stuff said about him, and if the Daily Prophet got word he was teaching about werewolves they'd probably come up with a story of how he was now, not only a cult member, but a werewolf. Wouldn't that make a story for her dad.
First off was the cycle of the moon. Of course. Astronomy was part of the lesson too. Although this wasn't her best subject, the Prefect found herself engaged in what Professor Airey was saying.
Standing from her seat and taking the moon-on-a-stick, she raised it up so it was between her face and the bluebell flame. This might not be her subject of expertise, but she grasped what he was doing. This was a new moon, yeah?
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Werewolves! This had potential to be considered a favorite lesson of hers. Adi was lucky that such a cool lesson was taking place on his birthday. Lucky duck. He was get showered in gifts too. Mr. popularity over there. Hopefully all this love didn't go to his head or else AJ would be glad to deflate it. Of course if he got loads of sweets she could take some of those off his hands too. There definitely was benefits to dating a popular dude that loved sweets as much as she did.
Whyyyy did Airey have to go first? AJ didn't have anything against him, but the man could talk and out of the three subjects, he definitely had the most boring one. Blah, blah, blah. Bring on the werewolves. She didn't care about the moon. Although, it was looking pretty marvelous right about now. That was as far as her caring went though. Phases... PPFT. yawn city. The flame her head of house made was mad wicked, and Airey actually redeemed himself a bit with that one. Still wasn't a DADA professor though.
Put a ball on a stick? She could do that! AJ stuck the ball far enough on the stick so that it wouldn't fall over in mid orbit or whatever crazy thing it was supposed to represent. Now that would be silly. She stood beside her desk for good measure too. The brunette had to admit it was pretty cool looking, but as far as his question went.... yeah, she had nothing. She continued to stare at her ball and the flame.
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Werewolves
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Oh, well this was going to be interesting. Was one of the professors a werewolf? Nah that was a ridiclous idea. Anyway when you think about it Werewolves were really the only thing that could tie the meaning of this lesson up in a a little bow altogether. Werewolves.
Sticking the Styrofoam ball on her stick she stood up by her desk. Listening to Professor Flamsteed as he told them the instuctions. Phases of the Moon. Fun. Hey, who turned out the light? It was competely dark. Except for a blue flamey light. Ohhhh. Head toward the lightttt. Oh no, not really. Cinna moved the "moon on a stick" in front of her face. Between the flame. Hello earth she would have done some weird waving to her at this point but no. Serious time. Hmmmm
As it was already clear this was the new moon as already mentioned. The sixth year, just sit back and twirled her moon on a stick between her figures.
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Bloody merlin this lesson got a whole lot cooler when Professor Airey mentioned Werewolves. This was gonna be a wicked lesson he could tell. He heard Airey doing the necessary teaching explanations and what not. He got out his notebook and began to scribble down some notes. He was so excited about this topic it was like no joke. As he heard Flamsteed mention they needed to put a stick into their white foam ball, he found them on his desk and he poked them. He saw Cinna twirling hers and he chuckled. He did the same thing she was doing. I mean he heard the other students mention the New Moon phase so why bother repeating it. He kept quiet and admired his new toy for now.
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Linty astronaut professor say whaaaat? Werewolves? Janelle had not seen that coming. Should she be scared? Well, they were just learning about them, not hanging out with them.......right? Janelle decided that she would focus her thoghts on the moon part of it rather than the werewolf part of it, for now. She took notes, then it was time to go to work.
Janelle picked up her ball on a stick and did as she was instructed. She held her contraption and stood in front of her desk. The lights went out and there was only the bluebell flame to guide them. Janelle held the foam ball and stick in front of her face. Then she positioned herself in front of the bluebell flame so that the ball was in the middle.
As for the Professor"s question, Janelle listened as most of classmates her classmattes seemed to vote for the new moon. She could not argue with that answer so she decided that she needed to come up a fact about the new moon. Unfortunately, Janelle could not think of anything at the moment........nothing that hadn't been said already anyway. She tried to come up with something while waiting for the next set of instructions.
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SPOILER!!: Before class starts :P
"No problem,"Henric smiled. Adi seemed to like his gift,that was a relief. He glanced over to where Benny was seated and couldn't help feeling bad for them both. He sighed mentally inside and wished they could just make up and resolve their problems soon. It wouldn't be good for them all if they keep being like this.But his sad thoughts flew away when everyone else came to wish Adi happy birthday as well. Henric silently gave each of them a smile because he already knew most of them...well...except for Leah. His face fell at the sight of her so he turned away quickly and pretended to be busy taking out his notebook from his bag.If she didn't want to talk to him, then...y'know...fine...he would be an invisible to her like she treat him to be.
Class starting now and Henric forced himself to listen intently to Professor Flamsteed lecture. He was silent throughout until they were instructed to make a moon-stick thingy? Why were they making the moon? Was it for the werewolves? Alright then...he grabbed a piece of stick and poked through the ball. He was doing pretty well so far until clumsy Adi 'accidentally' smacked his own moon-stick thingy onto his forehead. He slightly narrowed his eyes at Adi."Yeah right...but I'm going to let it go this time,birthday boy,"he told Adi, rubbing his forehead in the process. Oooh...the room getting more darker and the only light source he saw was this ball of fiery blue flame in front of him.Woahh...nice....
Oh right...the question! Hmm..he was going to go along with Adi's answer because honestly, he had no idea. New moon? Was was this..the Twilight Saga? Hahah...alright that wasn't funny...but it had to be said.
Was it just him, or were students actually making all sorts of curious and accusing looks around the room? Well, from what he COULD see through the dimly lit area as his eyes adjusted to the new environment. But no, really. Suspicious much? Particularly towards himself and his colleagues? Particularly towards Sabel who was only encouraging their speculations with that look he was wearing about his face. Sweet solstice...he had some shiny white teeth, didn't he?
Oh Professor Dakest, what white teeth you have!
Excusing himself, and his muffled chuckles, he squinted out at the semi-circle of desks with his own moon-on-a-stick held up in front of his face to help demonstrate. You know, in case instructions were confusing. Or something.
No one was going to nod off during all this...right? RIGHT?
...and his eyes were finally adjusting enough now that he could see a few raised hands. Enough to at least point in their general direction so as to allow them to speak.
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Angel stood beside her desk and raised her stick making sure it was between her face and the flame. Angel raised her free hand after struggling for a minute before she spoke. "Professor, I'm not sure but is this called a total eclipse?" Angel had heard the saying before, on an advert when someone had eaten a Jaffa cake.
He had to wait until the hand spoke before he was able to figure out just who he had called on, but it took no time at all to know the voice belonged to Miss Valentine.
"Not exactly, Miss Valentine," he said with a small shake of his head. "A new moon occurs whenever the Moon is on the same side of the Earth as the Sun, like we have right now with your moon-on-a-stick right now, but it may or may not be on a level with the Sun. And because the Moon's orbit is inclined with respect to the Earth's orbit, it will not always line up perfectly like it needs to for an eclipse. THAT being said, a new moon is necessary for a total solar eclipse and are quite rare." He paused for a moment to smile softly into the darkness. "Stellar inquiry, Miss Valentine. Take a point."
SPOILER!!: MOONbop kiddos <3 HAHA geddit?
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Still have time? What? Toby blinked at Airey, still rather fidgety, very confused as to what he was on about for a moment. But then, ohhhh. "Oh no, I'm fine, Professor Airey," he assured him, not even embarrassed about the misunderstanding. "Just, y'know." JUST KEEPING ON MOVING. Yeah. And then an afterthought occurred to him, so he lowered his voice conspiratorially even though there was no need. "I know where bathrooms are, too. Been here nearly seven years." Y'KNOW. SEVEN? Wasn't it CRAZY? Hard to believe, he knew, as he still ACTED more like a first year and... sort of had the baby-face of a third year, but SEVEN YEARS. Toby thought that was crazy. He nodded impressively. Seven. Years.
He might have gone on to talk about how totally crazy that was, but Airey had moved on, and then the lesson was starting, which meant they had to stop talking and listen and pay attention and learn and probably he should stop spinning between his fingers now but it kinda helped him focus so he didn't.
WEREWOLVES, huh? That was pretty cool. Though Toby had actually figured as much. Because WEREWOLVES were related to the moon AND there was a potion for the transformation AND there was a chapter in their DADA textbooks, and it had been the only overlap Toby could think of. SO THAT WAS COOL. Yeah.
While Airey went on about the moon and stuff, Toby did as instructed, setting his wand down on the desk before getting one of those sticks and impaling a styrofoam ball with it. Huzzah, he held the MOON. It was a lot more difficult to twirl THAT between his fingers, but you better believe he still tried. When it didn't work out so well, Toby brandished it around randomly. "Bibbidi... bobbidi... BOOP!" he said, bopping Soph on the head with it, before quickly getting up and standing by the desk as instructed as though nothing had happened, smiling like BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT.
Ahem, yes, anyway. What was happening? Toby stood there, bouncing on his toes in a manner remniscient of when he had been a first year, bopping himself on the head with his moon now and trying to focus on what Airey was saying. Hmkay, so... they had to hold it out (he did so) between their faces and the flames, so they were looking at the dark side of the moon (WHICH, by the way, IMMEDIATELY got a song in head head, which was very distracting yes right okay).
People were saying words about things, but Toby had another factoid. "It's SUPER COLD there, Professor," he supplied, raising his hand and extending up onto his toes, while turning to face where he thought the professor was but still keeping the styrofoam moon in front of his face. "Super cold and MYSTERIOUS and stuff."
Mysterious aaaaas the dark side of tHE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON.
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A howling... good... time? "Howling" was not an adjective she had ever heard Flamsteed use, even though he used plenty of weird ones, so that rose some suspicions there. Howling...?? Must've had something to do with the lesson, then. The man thought he was so funny, didn't he? He was also a giant nerd, just like the Hufflepuff boy who sat next to her. So silly, the pair of them.
And there it was: werewolves. Lunar cycles, yes, she could then see the point of all of that being involved in this class about werewolves... and what about potions and defense against the dark arts? Would they be brewing the wolfsbane potion? Was that the potions component? And was there a REASON they were studying this? Was Dakest not a Dark wizard, but a werewolf? Was THAT what was weird about him? But then... surely Culloden would've known this about him, right? Wouldn't Dakest need some access to his store room? So then Culloden would know he wasn't a Dark wizard, and he wouldn't be so suspicious of him. So... there went that theory.
So maybe this was just an everyday, normal lesson. Mega lame. But it DID make sense, these three classes combined now. Flammy was right.
Soph fidgeted with the stick and ball until Flamsteed gave them the instruction to create their moon-on-a-stick, and she followed his instructions, combining the two items and moved to stand beside her desk with it... when BONK! came Tobes' moon colliding with her noggin, and Soph tilted her head to give Tobes a lopsided, goofy grin of amusement. "You dork," she accused quietly, bopping HIM on the head with HER styrofoam moon, too, and giggling shortly thereafter.
Two could play that game, nerd.
She stood tall when Flamsteed went along to give more instruction, but she was distracted, keeping an eye on Tobes to make sure he didn't try to retaliate again - because she would very shamelessly bop him over and over again. These professors wouldn't yell at her or be truly upset with her, she just figured they'd give her a light reprimand. Totally worth it, if the occasion called for it.
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On command, Dot GASPED LOUDLY and clapped her hands on her cheeks when the StarMan said werewolves like that. WHAT OH NO WEREWOLVES THE HORROR. He was asking for a big reaction with how he revealed the topic, so it was basically just the rest of the class not playing along. Lame.
She popped to her feet and took up the ball on a stick, not bothering to answer since everyone had already answered. New moon. Got it. Wait. Was lunation even really a word? Was Gabe making up words? COULD THEY JUST MAKE UP WORDS? Or was that a strictly Ravenclaw thing?
She bopped him with her moon. "Lunation. Turned you into a moon. Boom. Poof. Magics." Oh, also, StarMan? She was totally the earth and blocking the light from her moon. "Last class, I was the moon... so next class, I'll get to be the sun."
The thing about his position in the classroom was that, with his back to the massive bluebell flame, he was seeing a bunch of full moons bobbing about the classroom. So he saw ALL of that! Just wasn't entirely sure WHO was doing what.
Although he was positive that one of the moon bopping students was Miss Wojack - who had displayed perfect tact in 'ooh-ing' and 'awe-ing' in all the right place - and recalled where her particular seat was.
"Please, everyone, can you keep your Moons to yourselves?" he scolded gently. He supposed he really could only blame himself for that one. He hadn't said NOT to hit each other with them.
Teenagers. You give them an inch, they swim all over you.
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Holding the moon in front of his face, he stared at the side facing him... only to end up slowly moving it closer and farther from his face, eyes crossing each time he did so. "Has anyone ever seen the other side of the moon?"
"Back in 2020, China had hoped to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon, but these ambitions never fully came into fruition. Likewise, NASA has had some plans for exploration as well, but the window of opportunity only comes once every 25 months," he explained to the first year. "One day soon, I imagine, this will happen and humans will step foot on its -280° Fahrenheit surface."
Since Mr. Toby had mentioned it being COLD.
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Grabbing her moon on a stick and standing up, Penelope held it out between her and the sun as Professor Flamsteed had instructed. Yes, you could only see half of the moon from earth. "We always see the same half of the moon from earth." Penelope looked at her moon on a stick. This phase of the moon was the new moon, when the moon was not visible from earth. Penelope moved her arm to the right so that more light illuminated the half of the styrofoam ball that she could see. The amount of light that you could see on the moon depended on what angle you looked at it from. When she reached the point that her styrofoam ball looked more or less like a full moon, she held it there and looked at it. The full moon was beautiful.
"Indeed," he nodded towards Miss Wright. Something he had already said, but still an important bit of information. "Just a moment, Miss Wright. Let's not get ahead of things just yet," he winked at her - not that she could really see - in a casual tone. They would get to making full moons here in just a moment.
SPOILER!!: new moon answers! HUZZAH!
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What's going on with Flamsteed? He didn't look hyper as usual and he barely greeted nor bowed back to him. And he just replied the others' greeting in short way, not like usual. His head of house sometimes could act veeeery strange and The Korean boy could see that he's not... really in a mood for teaching. Was this because his pet rock still missing? Hmm...
Back to the lesson topic.
Werewolves... Ah! So they're gonna learn about moon that caused the human transformed into werewolves then... Pretty sure that Dakest would teach them how to handle it and Culloden would teach them how to brew wolfsbane, perhaps? Maybe. Picking up the Styrofoam ball, Jackson observed the moon-like ball. "It's a new moon, right Professor?" The Korean boy answered as he raised his hand. "I heard that people in Saudi Arabia use Lunar calendar for religious purpose and new moon means start of the new month."
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Marigold's jaw dropped.
WEREWOLVES?!?!?!!?!???!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!
Duuuuuuuuuuuude. This TOTALLY changed her state of mind. They were learning about WEREWOLVES. This was SO COOL. SO. COOL. She snapped to attention as Flamsteed started talking. OHHHH, that was why they had been learning about the moon so much. That makes sense.
She stabbed her Styrofoam ball with the stick and stood up. Ooooh, it got DARK. Okay, the ball was in front of her face. No light on the visible part of the moon, which me meant that it was slightly "invisible." She raised her hand.
"Is it a new moon, sir?"
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Interesting. That's the thought that came to mind when Hady realized this was going to be a three lesson joint class today. As she had made her way into the classroom she wasn't sure how she was feeling about it or just what would occur from it. The third year wasn't sure at all how Potions, Astronomy and DADA went together.
However that was quickly changed the moment Professor Airey began to speak. Werewolves. It all made more sense now really with each word he spoke. She didn't really get to think about it though as they were being given instructions already on what needed to be done. Picking up the styrofoam ball she examined it for a brief moment before pushing it firmly down onto the point of her stick without poking herself.
Getting to her feet Hady remained beside her desk and raised her 'moon' up to her face effectively blocking out the bluebell flame thing. Raising her hand she gave an answer, "I think it's called the new moon." She wasn't entirely sure but it sounded right to her.
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Astronomy, Potions AND Defence?!
This was one lesson he would most certainly not miss. Which was why he'd spent the entire day relaxing and clearing his mind so that he would be able to focus tonight. He might hate relaxing but he did begrudgingly admit that it was useful at times.
Like now, for instance. Now he could summon up ALL his energy and be excited about WEREWOLVES.
... Or the moon. You know. That too, he guessed. Lifting up his moon stick, Benzi put it between his face and the flames. Ah yes - now he couldn't see it. Very clever Professor Flamsteed.
Up went his hand. "It's a dark moon sir, when the moon is completely invisible from earth... it lasts between one to three days I think, and the new moon happens sometime in the middle of that."
Yes, he might have studied on Christmas break. He'd had a LOT of free time.
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Gabriel had been so ready for this lesson, ever since seeing the announcement on his notice board. No, he wasn't the biggest fan of Defense right now...but Potions and Astronomy were his jams. And...with a Flamsteed and Culloden present, the Ravenclaw felt like he could be...better? More comfortable. More...receptive to learning and retaining the material. Yes.
Smiling in a covert way at two of his most favorite professors, a more respectful nod was offered to the third. He hadn't felt as bonded with Professor Dakest...but the man knew his stuff. So, that deserved respect. #RavenclawLogic
Anyway, werewolves: the subject matter of the day. Gabe was already seated comfortably; notebook, his favorite quill, and post-its out and at the ready. He didn't know if it was because of the particular teachers involved with the lesson or not, but he found himself anxious; in the good way. Strange.
Hand already flying over parchment, Gabe took in everything being explained. The Lunar Cycle. That was an obvious important factor in wolf transformation from what he'd read beforehand. Pre-lesson study. NBD. And yes, they had had that lesson. In fact, Gabe had to wonder now if it had been in preparation for this class...or was it simply a coincidence?
Near-wolf. Gabe snorted. Punny.
...and a demonstration. They were doing one...
Abandoning his notes, he did as instructed with his Styrofoam ball and stood quietly by his desk. With the bluebell flame casting strange shadows over everything, Gabe thought the mood had definitely been set. Very mysterious. A+ for atmosphere. If he wouldn't have been surrounded by professors, he would've been nervous. Or...well...he was STILL a bit nervous, but that was only because that's what Gabes did.
...and yes, it was a new moon, described as the moment when the Moon and the Sun have the same ecliptical longitude, if he wasn't mistaken. But...in the spirit of adding information and participating..."The beginning of a single lunation is marked by the new moon."
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SPOILER!!: Before the class! We love you guys! <3
Yay! A salute for him from Flamsteed! Adi of course returned a rather smart one to the man. Errr... no hard feelings from the class when the Hufflepuff had mistakenly offended the man and his voice, yeah? Nah. Professor Starman was too cool for that.
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Settling back happily in his seat as he retrieved his parchment, textbook, quill and ink, Adi called back a greeting to Kace but his attention was diverted by Henric. Ohh, more birthday wishes! And a present! Whaaa! Adi was mighty curious as to what Henric had gotten him so he took an enthusiastic peek into the box. His eyes widened at what he saw. “This is so cool! Thanks, man!’’ Weren’t these the expensive type of quills? He knew all about Henric’s life and knew this might have been a bit out of his budget but that made Adi appreciate the gift all the more. Adi’ll keep it forever… just like how he planned to keep the MU badge.
The sixth year looked at the Room’s entrance at that precise moment when Benny walked in but he looked away. His seventeenth birthday was supposed to be special for another reason because it would have meant practicing his Transfiguration over the summer at Benny’s. For the first time since their misunderstanding, Adi felt a pang of sadness. Luckily, there was another distraction in the form of a hug… from Zhenya! Ohh, she had gotten him something too! Adi grinned and sniffed at the bag. “I smell chocolate,’’ he whispered as he hugged back his friend then stashing her gift in his bag. Nothing edible here, Professors. Nope. “Thanks, Zhenya!’’ And there were even more birthday wishes! “Thanks, Lux!’’ He laughed. “You’ll get there someday.’’ She had a gift too? “Is it a cucumber sandwich?” Also, hiiii, Jackson! “Dongsaeng! Thank you! Don’t worry about that.’’ Nope, nope. A wish was enough for this content Puffer! But if he was so content, why did he feel as though something was missing?
Great Hippogriffs! Leah had remembered too! And there were more presents for him as well. “Hey, thanks a ton, Leah!’’ He grinned and took the box. Joke stuff! Adi could see the WWW on it. His Puffer friend knew him well! He grinned happily. He had some awesome friends.
"More like PADADA,'' Adi thought in amusement as the class began and his eyes shifted to the board. WEREWOLVES! HOW EPIC! Did this mean they were going to learn to defend themselves against werewolves and brew the Wolfsbane Potion? Cue even MORE excitement on his part!
But first... there were things floating in front of him. The Puffer grabbed the stick and the ball, whacking Henric in the process of sticking the ball on the thin thing (by accident, of course. But with Adi, who could tell if it were accident or not? ) "Woops. Sorry, buddy.'' He jumped up, enjoying the giant flame in the room but the view quickly vanished when he did as instructed- hold the stick-ball between his face and the flame.
Adi raised his hand. "It's a new moon also called the dark moon. This moon is the most difficult to see and I think this is when the moon is starting it's cycle.'' If he remembered what he had read correctly, then he was on track.
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Zhenya was super excited to get started with this lesson, but for some reason she was having a mental block. She couldn't actually figure out what the lesson was about, combining potions, astronomy and DaDa together. Until it became quite obvious in written letters. Werewolves. OH MERLIN, Zhenya shook her head, how could she not have connected that? Well, anyway, werewolves! Perhaps they would be learning about the astronomy of the moon in connection to werewolves, how to brew a wolfsbane potion, and then how to defend themselves against werewolves? Not that there was much of a way to do that, but perhaps there were some defensive tools or spells to use.
Zhenya listened to Professor Flamsteed speak about the moon and werewolves, saw that a ball on a stick had been put in front of everyone, and they were then instructed to hold it and stand behind their desks. So, Zhenya stood up beside her desk as instructed to do, and Zhenya held up her moon in front of her face, or the earth, with the other half facing the bluebell flames, or the sun. Cool, this was already interesting.
Now what was that about what phase of the moon this is? The clue was when Professor Flamsteed said there was no light on the part of the moon they were looking at, which was the earth. So, basically the earth couldn't see the moon? Well, Zhenya remembered that bit immediately from those astronomy books Mr. Kitridge had lent her. But just as she was about to say what phase of the moon it was, others started saying it. What facts did she remember about it? Zhenya raised the hand that wasn't holding the styrofoam moon, "The new moon is hidden from earth during a new moon, except for during a lunar eclipse when you might be able to see the outline of the moon," she said. Although that was about all she knew about the new moon phase, she was already mentally writing notes based on what Professor Flamsteed had said, as well as the answers from her classmates.
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Kate turned her attention to Professor Flamsteed as he kicked off the lesson. Werewolves. The moon. Right. She followed all that. She scooped up her styrofoam moon and plucked it on a stick. Pushing herself out her seat, she stood with her moon!stick and listened to the next set of directions. When the lights dimmed, she focused on the bluebell flames, the only source of light she could see.
Kate lifted her moon!stick and fixed it in between her face and the bluebell flames. She tried to keep up with what roles her face and the flames were playing. She knew exactly which phase this was---"This is the New Moon phase, right?" she asked, raising her hand. It was when the moon couldn't be seen, because it was directly in between the Sun and the Earth. Or, at least, this is how Kate pictured things with her face being the Earth, and the flames being the Sun.
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Lux was pleased to see Adi in such a good mood but then it was his birthday. She had noticed that things seemed strained with Benny lately though she hadn't been sure if she should ask about it. Even if they were close, it wasn't exactly her place to intrude on their business. She was still there for them both.
The comment about her being 17 soon got a smile, and she was about to comment on the cucumber sandwich comment when Professor Flamsteed started speaking. Someone didn't seem to be in the best of moods and Lux wondered if it was related to poor Pebbles. Giving Adi a wink, she listened as the lesson began. Werewolves, huh. Sounded pretty interesting if not creepy. She wasn't really a fan but so long as she never encountered one she would be fine. Professor Dakest probably had a lot to say about them as well seeing as he taught the subject dealing with DARK CREATURES.
Notebook at the ready, Lux made sure to record everything important even though she already knew about the moon cycle. Never hurt to be thorough.
Flammy was covering the transformation, Dakest would be covering the creatures themselves, so...what would Culloden be teaching about? Unless...
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Was someone here a WEREWOLF?!
Shuddering, Lux hoped to sweet Merlin she was wrong. At least she had a moon on a stick to distract her from unsettling thoughts. Task completed in a few seconds, she stood up and held her little moon between her face and the bluebell flame. Raising her hand, she said "this is a new moon. It is the first phase of the moon!" Hence it being called NEW.
"Stellar," he applauded each student's answer. "This first position here is indeed the phase known as a new moon and is the first phase of the lunar cycle. It is, as you can see, when the side of the moon facing the Earth is not illuminated by the Sun and we therefore have zero visibility of it from our perspective here on Earth."
Clearing his throat and turning his back to the class, he held up his moon-on-a-stick once again and continued. "Now, if you all could please rotate yourselves slowly to the left while continuing to hold your moon in place," he instructed as he began to do so himself. "You will see that light begins to shin on your moon, growing little and little from the right side of the sphere. This is known as 'waxing,' a term which means growing, and is used to describe the moon as it grows from new moon to full moon. This first sliver of light you see here is known as the 'waxing crescent'...and if you keep rotating yourself you'll see what is called the 'first quarter,' or literally, when the moon has completed 1/4 of its orbit around the earth. But, for us, this will look as though the Moon is a half-moon - half illuminated and half not. Please continue to rotate until the surface of your sphere is entirely illuminated."
He paused for a moment to rotate himself around so that he was now facing the class again...and all their backs now to him. Hurrr....hadn't thought this through so well, had he? Awkward.
"Who can tell me what terminology is used once we pass the first quarter moon phase? It is no longer a waxing crescent, but a what?"
Yes, not the most riveting of exercises nor discussion at the moment, but Cosgrach would be handed the reigns soon...and he was hoping students would forgive him once he started, despite it going against some of his classroom rules, a special surprise to everyone. Nothing like bribing through the stomach, right?
It sort of worked on the astronomer. Sort of.
OOC: class will resume approximately 24 hours from the time of this post.
I apologize for the clear cut questions, but your characters actions in participating in the demonstration are more important <3
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This lesson was going to be interesting, not because of the topic (although it was one of the most interesting in magical world) but because of the man sitting next to him who, quite interestingly, was twirling his wand. It was the icing on the cake after the Daily Prophet and the conversation with Sophie yesterday. The students wouldn't be the only one Cosgrach was going to observe today, although he knew far better than to show this to Mr. Possibly Cult Member.
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She walked past Professor Culloden first, giving him a wave and a bright "Hello!" before getting to Professor Dakest. She was very thankful for the dim light because her cheeks went about 50 million shades redder as she passed him for who knew why.
The certainly-not-in-puberty Norah.
Cosgrach didn't really greet her, but just nodded, because that was what adults did.
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"Hello professors, and nice to see you again, professor Flamsteed...umm..."he stopped himself from speaking, he didn't want to upset professor Flamsteed further by asking if he had found pebbles yet.
"Hello," Cosgrach said simply, since the boy wanted to ask Airey something - but then he didn't. Okay.
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"Heeeeeey Professors Culloden, Dakest and Flamsteed," he said, giving each of them a 'sup nod as he took a seat.
And Culloden got a big smile. Obviously.
His good ole Grayson, smiling extra big at him. HEHEHE. Cosgrach saw his past self in the boy, to be honest. Same arrogance and charm. Ah, to be young again! Grayson was the boy to distract him from his thoughts as he greeted back with a "Welcome!" Good to see him here, really.
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"Hello, Professors!'' Adi grinned at each of the men, though he wasn't sure if Culloden heard him. The man seemed lost, yo.
Cosgrach did hear him, but since the others greeted the boy, he didn't say anything but just smiled back.
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Cosgrach was too busy greeting the other students to notice people were congratulating his birthday, but had he known, he would have totally embarrassed the boy.
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"Hello Professors.." he said noticing Professor Dakest was here too. "I am interested in what we are going to be learning today." he told them both honestly.
Cosgrach smiled at the boy genuinely. "Welcome, Kace" he said.
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Stiiiill pondering.
Since this tiny man didn't greet anyone, Cosgrach preferred to just nod at him once. Did he see it? He didn't think so. Oh well.
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"Hello Professors. I can't wait to see what you have planned for us." Then she gave a quick, "Hello all", to her classmates.
Cosgrach smiled at her. Janelle. Of course she was here.
"You'll find out soon enough," he said amiably. Hehe.
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"Hello Professors..." he greeted, including them all together before turning to look for a seat. Against his wishes, his gaze found his best friend, as always seated besides Henric.
"Hello Ben," Cosgrach greeted the boy, and absent-mindedly followed him to -
Wait, not next to Benny? What was wrong? Why weren't they sitting together? Should... Cosgrach ask? He'd think about it later.
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Right. Here we go, McGee.
Oh, a student Cosgrach never saw in his class. What was she called? Ugh, he forgot her name, because she didn't even take potions.
Oh well... here's hoping she didn't make a mistake, because he wouldn't hesitate to address her as 'YOU, GIRL!'.
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Walking up to Professor Culloden, who looked deep in thought, Zhenya felt a bit like she were intruding. She didn't want to do that, so she just quietly said "Hello Professor," so that he might acknowledge someone had spoken to him or not, but she wasn't rudely pulling him from his thoughts. She hoped anyway. He could be onto something, like a great world breaking potions formula or something. She didn't want to interrupt that.
Cosgrach wasn't that much in deep thought, so he saw and smiled at Zhenya.
"Hello there," he said. It was nice to see his good students here.
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Crossing deeper into the room with her necessary materials for class, Sophie nodded at them and offered a polite, "Gentlemen," in greeting, and she was going to leave it at that, but as she went to take a seat, she turned to address them again and added a pensive, "This is a weird combination." Of classes, she meant. Just so they knew. "But it's interesting, 'n m'glad it's with three of my favorite professors." She looked POINTEDLY at Dakest and Culloden now at the desk, as she'd been primarily addressing Flamsteed in the middle of the semicircle before, and gave them a very uncertain, apprehensive look, almost as if to say you're all my favorites so please get along. It was mostly to the Potions Master, though. He would behave and not step all over Dakest's toes, wouldn't he? And this whole thing would PROVE to him that Dakest wasn't brainwashing anyone, and that he was actually a very good professor?
Ah, Sophie. Cosgrach nodded at her and caught her look. Pfffft, they would still SEE about Dakest. But he wouldn't make a scene, of couse. He knew far better than that.
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"Hello, professors." She looked about to explode out the top of her head, and she hadn't even hugged anyone yet. "Nice night for class." She was so disappointed in herself.
It was only fitting that Dot entered right after Sophie. Cosgrach smiled at the girl - but wait, why weren't they sitting together? Huh. First Adi & Benny, then Sophie & Dot. What was happening in Hogwarts?
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Entering the classroom, she smiled at each Professor in turn. "Hello, Professors! I hope you are all doing well."
Well, 'well' was a very subjective term, so he just nodded at her.
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Shaking off that feeling, she proceeded, glancing at each man in charge and shot them a polite nod. "Professors."
Beverly. "Hello," he said to her. Nice to see her here too.
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"Hey Professors." Angel smiled, this was going to be an awesome lesson, she could tell. "How are you all today?"
"Hey Angel," Cosgrach greeted her. At least she would sit with Benny, yes?
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Entering the lesson, Jackson noticed that the Professors were already there. He's not late, was he? "Err... Hello, Professors." He smiled and bowed politely to all of them.
Ah, Jackson the Asian. It even rhymed, hehe. "Hello," he said, and bowed from where he was sitting. Excuse him, he was sort of squeezed here so he couldn't get up.
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”Good evening, Professors.” She hoped that Professor Culloden would look up in time to see the wave that was aimed for him. ”I hope you are all happy and having a good day today.”
Again, 'good day' was subjective. "Hello Marsha," he said simply and smiled. Hopefully, the girl would enjoy this class. She looked like a very bright young witch.
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Sooooo instead, Toby just nodded at them all and went ahead to go sit by Soph, where he continued twirling his wand (just like Dakest, he'd noticed, which had actually made him falter for just a moment, but not enough to make him stop).
Cosgrach nodded back. He didn't know why Toby didn't verbally greet them, but the boy didn't look especially sad, so he didn't question it much.
...well, okay, maybe it was better for Dot to give the couple some alone time. Cosgrach was glad Toby sat by Sophie, because they rarely did that, so it was nice.
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"Hello, Professor Culloden..." Where did Potions fit into this? Erm.
Cosgrach snapped out of whatever he was thinking to grin at Zander.
"Hello, Mr Adair," he said. He didn't know why he still intimidated the boy, but he did, and it amused him further. HEHE. Funny boy, he was.
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Carrying his items needed for the class, Cutty entered and gave man!nod greeting #34 to Professor Culloden and Dakest firstly. "Good evening Professors Culloden, Dakest and...Nice light magic, Professor Flamsteed. Gettin' the moon to spotlight yer." Cutty assumed it was done on purpose.
"Welcome, Cutty." The man bowed at the boy.
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"Hiya sirs" he waved before taking a seat and grabbed his chapstick to use.
Cosgrach remembered his face from his class, but he couldn't remember his name, so he just said "Hello," at him.
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She walked past all three Professors, giving them waves. "Hello Professors Flamsteed, Culloden and Dakest."
Ah, Leah came too. "Welcome," he said and smiled at her.
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She stared at professor Flasmteed for a second as a 'greeting' and glanced towards the other two before turning away.
Agatha... was especially hostile today, wasn't she? Cosgrach eyed the girl while she wasn't looking at him, and tried to remember how HE had been when he was her age.
Teenagers were weird.
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"Hello, professor Culloden." Pause. "Professor Dakest, professor Flamsteed."
"Hello, Ms Prefect." He suddenly remembered that it was her last year and... well, sad, wasn't it?
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On command, Dot GASPED LOUDLY and clapped her hands on her cheeks when the StarMan said werewolves like that. WHAT OH NO WEREWOLVES THE HORROR. He was asking for a big reaction with how he revealed the topic, so it was basically just the rest of the class not playing along. Lame.
Cosgrach gasped at Airey too when he revealed werewolves! like that. The man sure knew how to impress! But upon close inspection, it looked like only he and Dot gasped and, well, it was lame.
Well, at least Dot had a sense of humour.
Airey was moving on, though, so Cosgrach listened to him...
Well, he used to h a t e Astronomy back in the day, but Airey's class actually looked pretty cool. Huh. Astronomy ought to be boring, not enjoyable!
He made a mental note to compliment the man later.
~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ It be like that sometimes.
Adi just kept grinning at Henric. Really, it had been an accident but he would let Henric think it was not. It was more fun that way. Hehe.
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Yay! New moon! Adi had read and remembered correctly. Was this how it felt to be a Ravenclaw who was confident about their answers because he sure felt like one right now. Okay, moving on! The sixth year started rotating sloooooowly though with MUCH enthusiasm to the left as instructed by The Suit. Wheeeeee! This was fu- woah! He got a little feet tied there in his giddiness and almost crashed into Henric. TOO MUCH ENTHUSIASM! But luckily he managed to keep his balance. His Housemate might not be so forgiving if he took him down even though it was the older boy's birthday.
Anywaaaayyy, Adi righted himself, the 'moon' in front of his face and continued rotating, noticing exactly what The Suit had said about the light growing from the right side. FASCINATING stuff this was! He wished he could right it all down for reference but on second thought, this was much more fun.
The Puffer kept his eyes focused on the moon until the entire thing lit up. Cool! And there was Flamsteed with another question, his voice floating over to the class as Adi realised that they were all backing the man. Had this been set up on purpose? But! Onto the question. Gibbous. He thought the answer had to do something with gibbous. Hand up, he said to the room in front of him. "The Waxing Gibbous, maybe.'' Er... should he shout that answer? Could Flamsteed hear properly with since the class was facing the other way?
So, Soph had gotten him right BACK with a bop on the head, and Toby was quite prepared to keep the back and forth going for as long as necessary. He'd just looked over and raised his moon to return the favour again when Airey's voice rang out telling them to keep their moons to themselves. But Toby, who usually did evERYTHINGHEWASTOLDBYPROFESSORSOMGRULES!!!11!1!!ON E!!, was feeling ESPECIALLY fidgetyandimpulsiveandmischievous today, and super quickly whapped Soph on the head just ONE LAST TIME. Hehe. Last hit. Hehehe.
Okay. He was done now. Promise. Ahem. "Sorry Professor Airey," Toby whispershouted, just for good measure.
But he couldn't keep his moon still, because he was Toby, so instead it ended up being carefully brandished about again, occasionally throwing the light from the bluebell flames onto his face. Lalala, don't mind him. Oh, but... they were supposed to be doing things. Rotating. Right. Toby did that too, rotating on the spot so more of the light could hit his styrofoam moon until he basically had a full moon... before using it to write his name in the air, just 'cause. That was until the question was asked and he raised his hand... the one holding the moon, and waved it around.
"Waxing gibbons. GIBBOUS. Waxing g i b b o u s. Don't wax gibbons." He fidgeted on the spot and bounced on his toes, before looking over his shoulder to see what else was going on that he was missing because he wasn't looking.
Then back at the moon, all lit up. "Full moon," he said to himself, before lowering it down so his body blocked the light and couldn't reach it. "Total eclipse." Hehe. Toby looked over his shoulder so he could see Airey again. It felt rude to stand with his back to him, even if they'd been told to.
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The little foam sphere became a moon as Cutty stabbed it with the stick and held it up to his face blocking the light from the bluebell flame casted expertly by Professor Flamsteed. No wandwork required. Happygoody should be glad. As the Astronomer Royal related the phases of the moon to their little foam samples it gave the tactile learner a better sense of a thing he'd seen described many times in many ways in books.
He lifted a heel out to the left and took a step, the foam sphere moon took on some light on the right side. The crescent. A familiar sight. He inched again to his left to see the first quarter, which had to appear as half of course for being half of the half of the moon they could see. Standing there in the dark, he then began to shift his moon to the right and to the left giving himself the visual of all of it's phases. A part of him wished for Headmistress Truebridge as he would've liked her input on what Flamsteed was saying earlier about the effects of the lunar phases great and small.
"Gibbous. The Waxing Gibbous moon, sir." To the riiiiight. To the leeeeeft went the little foam moon.
Henric sneaked a glance at Professor Dakest..rumour has it that the DADA professor might be ...a...a...werewolf!? If it was true...Henric would find it supercool. A werewolf professor teaching in Hogwarts...man...how epic was that?! Of course... he wouldn't want to meet one in real life, uh uh..no. He bet Professor Flamsteed was probably expecting a scary reaction from the students too but...y'know after experience three years of weird happenings and tragic loss of a housemate...he was pretty sure most of them were immune to it by now so...it was not surprising in a way...? Anyhuu....Henric thought this lesson was still going to be a brilliant one...indefinitely, he mused.
He held his moon-stick up right in front of him and moved his head slightly to the left, oh wait... were they supposed to go around it? Ohh...oops...left rotate around Henric....rotate...slowly now. There! He saw it! That waxing crescent! Woaah...what a beautiful sight that was....he couldn't help feeling amazed. Adi seemed to try really hard containing his excitement, He chuckled at the older puff boy, Adi being all Adi again.Yup.
Urgh...the rotating was making him dizzy so he stopped after seeing enough of the new moon transition. Cool.
Question time...again...he had no idea on how to answer Prof.Flamsteed.
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"Indeed," he nodded towards Miss Wright. Something he had already said, but still an important bit of information. "Just a moment, Miss Wright. Let's not get ahead of things just yet," he winked at her - not that she could really see - in a casual tone. They would get to making full moons here in just a moment.
"Stellar," he applauded each student's answer. "This first position here is indeed the phase known as a new moon and is the first phase of the lunar cycle. It is, as you can see, when the side of the moon facing the Earth is not illuminated by the Sun and we therefore have zero visibility of it from our perspective here on Earth."
Clearing his throat and turning his back to the class, he held up his moon-on-a-stick once again and continued. "Now, if you all could please rotate yourselves slowly to the left while continuing to hold your moon in place," he instructed as he began to do so himself. "You will see that light begins to shin on your moon, growing little and little from the right side of the sphere. This is known as 'waxing,' a term which means growing, and is used to describe the moon as it grows from new moon to full moon. This first sliver of light you see here is known as the 'waxing crescent'...and if you keep rotating yourself you'll see what is called the 'first quarter,' or literally, when the moon has completed 1/4 of its orbit around the earth. But, for us, this will look as though the Moon is a half-moon - half illuminated and half not. Please continue to rotate until the surface of your sphere is entirely illuminated."
He paused for a moment to rotate himself around so that he was now facing the class again...and all their backs now to him. Hurrr....hadn't thought this through so well, had he? Awkward.
"Who can tell me what terminology is used once we pass the first quarter moon phase? It is no longer a waxing crescent, but a what?"
Yes, not the most riveting of exercises nor discussion at the moment, but Cosgrach would be handed the reigns soon...and he was hoping students would forgive him once he started, despite it going against some of his classroom rules, a special surprise to everyone. Nothing like bribing through the stomach, right?
It sort of worked on the astronomer. Sort of.
Penelope returned to the position that made a new moon when she heard Professor Flamsteed telling her not to get ahead of things. Slowly turning to the left when the professor told them to, Penelope looked at the waxing crescent. She continued to move until half of the sphere was illuminated, the first quarter. Now was the time for making a waxing gibbous, and then a full moon. Penelope stared at her full moon. It wasn't quite the same as the real full moon, but it looked like a full moon. She listened to Professor Flamsteed's question, keeping her eyes fixed on her full moon on a stick. "After the first quarter moon is the waxing gibbous moon, and after that is the full moon." Penelope didn't look away from her styrofoam ball moon while she answered the question. Was she getting too far ahead? The waning gibbous moon came after the full moon, then the third quarter, the waning crescent, and back to the new moon. The lunar cycle. It took about 27.3 days for the moon to complete a lunar cycle. Fascinating. The moon was one of her favorite things to study in astronomy, especially the full moon. She could stand here all night just staring at the moon.
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And they were moving again. Doing as told, Benzi swiveled around on his foot until his back was to the flames and the little moon was... dark. Not what the professor was talking about at all. This was what is known as an eclipse, where his head was much too big to let any light illuminate the ball.
Stretching his arm out far, he grinned when the silhouette of his head appeared on his little moon. A semi full Benzi eclipse. BUT, okay, he'd play with the rest of the class and get to the full moon, lifting his arm and therefore eliminating his shadow from the white ball.
Hello full moon.
And as for the question... Toby and Cutty and others had already answered it so he just nodded and continued to mess around with his moon. Of course, he was nodding at the wall since they were now facing away from the professor but whatever. Flamsteed would see an inverse nod from the back of his head.
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Marigold followed along, turning her ball on a stick with Flamsteed. She made a solar system out of styrofoam balls once, in muggle primary school. They did it every year, actually. Did they think the planets were so easy to forget? My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nachos. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Viva Pluto or whatever.
"Waxing gibbous," she said, even though others had already said her answer. "Professor, this may be a stupid question, but for the moons of Jupiter and other planets, are the phases the same? Or, because the distance from the sun is different, do they act differently?"
Norah added all the moon stuffs to her notes in sparkly ink which was TOTALLY fitting even though she hadn't even been thinking of glowing moons when she'd chosen her ink color for the class. Man. She was totally a seer. A seer of INKS. If only Professor Cassie was a part of this three way class thingy, she'd be so proud.
The Hufflepuff fiddled with a strand of hair as she thought about the next question. She KNEW this, right? She'd learned the moon stuff before with her dad but she'd already forgotten about the new moon so really who even knew what she knew. Uh. So there was the full moon and the new moon (apparently), and then there was waxing stuff and waning stuff and crescents and quarters and gibbous. She knew that bit, but how was she supposed to know about the order? Was gibbous even a real WORD? It sure didn't sound like a word, if you asked her. Gibbousgibbousgibbous. She didn't even know what it sounded like, but it sure didn't sound like a real word. Biting her lip, Norah stuck a hand in the air, figuring she could at least take a shot at the answer. She just had to mix 'n match some of the words she knew, right? Just like she did with her socks in the morning 'cause matching socks were a total waste of two perfectly individual feet. The opposite of waxing was waning and the opposite of crescent was gibbous so she'd just go with that, yeah? It was worth a try, anyways. "Is it a waning gibbous? What does gibbous even mean?" she asked, hand in the air.
Well. She hadn't exactly answered the question but she'd asked two of her own which had to count for something, yeah?
They were spinning. Eden wanted to dance. She paid attention to her styrofoam moon, though, and did try to take note of the way the light played on the ball...it did look like a legit moon. Cool. She was dying to take notes, though. ugh. She'd have to jot everything down once they got a chance to sit. Or...should she try to scribble some notes down right now.
Ugh.
The woes of being studious.
...but as for the terminology, Eden wasn't sure. Hmm. Waxing. How odd to call the moon phases....waxing. It reminded Eden of cleaning a car. Hmph. She still had no idea, but she quickly set down her styrofoam to JOT DOWN ALL THIS STUFF BECAUSE DEAR MERLIN EDEN WAS PANICKING ABOUT NOT REMEMBERING IT TO WRITE IT DOWN.
Beverly made mental notes on what Airey was saying, but she was sure it was on their textbook considering that's where she had read about the phases of the moon. Rotating as he suggested, Beverly's brow rose. That was the waxing crescent. Rotate, rotate. And this was the first quarter.
Neat.
Rotating happened once more, she tilted her head at her moon-on-a-stick, her hand slowly going up into the air. "A waxing gibbous moon..." Yeah. That was after the first quarter happened. She remembered her textbook saying that.
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Blah, blah, blah... they could start rotating themselves. Yeah, that was all she got out of the latest rant. In fact she was SO excited about being able to do something that required movement that she missed the tid bit about going at it slow. AJ wanted to be the BEST moon spinner ever so she began to twirl around in warp speed. We're talking olympic moon spinning here. Everything was a blur because she was going THAT fast. So naturally she missed the whole "everybody else was spinning like a sane person slowly" thing.
Whhhhheeee. It was lots of fun... you know, the first couple of minutes. The wind on her face and the way her hair fell behind her was magical.
Then...
That unmistakable watery feeling in the back of her throat happened. Vomit was coming and she was too far in. Immediately she stopped spinning, but the world was still moving around her. Stumbling a few paces, she actually managed to get closer to Airey that she previously was.
"MMM... crescents." Trying to play off this whole little situation here. He asked something about crescents which was kind of weird. What did those buttery rolls of goodness have to do with the moon?
No mattered how many times she swallowed something was coming up. It was happening. Oh no.
BLEEEERGH...
A huge puddle was right at Airey's feet. His shoes most likely got splattered a bit, but she wasn't paying much attention to that at the moment. Her stomach was still turning and she was trying to keep the remainder of her food in her stomach.
Just as she was feeling better, her moon ball fell off of her stick, and rolled right into the vomit. Of course it did. Talk about adding insult to injury. Whoops. She had forgotten to hold her stick the right side up while she heaved in front of everybody. Honest mistake when you were moon spinning.
"ERM... sorry about that." Professor head of house sir.
...Tobes was absOLUTELY asking for it, BOPPING HER EVEN AFTER FLAMSTEED LIGHTLY REPRIMANDED THEM. Sophie WRINKLED HER NOSE playfully at her best friend, grinning all the while, and debated her options - she could bop him back again, or... oooooorrrrr... hehehehehh. HEHEHEH. Yes. That would do just fine. But she had to bide her time first and STRIKE WHEN HE LEAST EXPECTED IT.
Very innocently, Sophie tuned back into Flamsteed's instructions and obediently rotated slowly to the left, still holding the moon out in front of her. This activity was simple and kind of boring, but effective for demonstrative purposes, so it was okay. Aroooound she went slowly, turning even more as the professor spoke, and stopped when the surface of the moon was fully bathed in light.
Tobes had a weird answer to Flamsteed's question, and then he was murmuring alternative names to himself for his full moon - and that was when she made her move, reaching her hand not holding her moon-on-a-stick and - as to not disOBEY Flamsteed and she WAS keeping her moon to herself - she lightly dug her fingers into Tobes' side and tummy and tickled him for a few long moments before stopping.
That was proper retaliation and a sure win. Boom. GOT HIM.
He hadn't been expecting it. Not for one second. Not THAT. Not from SOPHIE BROWN. Whom he TRUSTED.
Toby was still looking back over his shoulder, then leaning right back instead so he could watch Airey all upside-down and everything. Hehehe. Hi Flamste-
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The effect was immediate. Toby was deathly ticklish, and it took only the slightest touch to the ribs to send him into hysterics. But with the angle he was at, and having not expected it at all, Toby let out a strange mixture of a GASP, a SQUAWK, and a SQUEAL. The tickling didn't last for very long, but it was long enough for Toby to collapse into weird gasps of laughter, trying VERY HARD not to be OBVIOUS whilst LOWKEY BABBLING AT SOPH TO STOP.
"ASKHDskksdkshkSOPhaAHEHEHEE!" Oh. OH. SHE HAD ALREADY STOPPED. Oh. Oh. Okay. He could breathe. Doing that now. Okay. Just... gonna stand back up again, and... ahem. Nothing to see here. Only Toby was definitely gonna get Soph back for that. Later.
As for right now, he kept his arms PINNED to himself in case of further attack, and gave a shudder. Merlin.
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Professor Dakest's comment about the s'mores supplies almost had Lux putting her little moon right in the fire. That wouldn't be good at all but fortunately she managed to save herself. Crisis averted. Raising her hand, she silently told him that she wanted them without interrupting Flammy's lecture. See, she was a good student.
...And now she wanted s'mores.
Soooooowly rotating herself to the left, Lux held her moon in place and watched as the light began to shine on it. Oooh, how pretty. Her moon was waxing. Smiling, she kept her eyes on the growing light on the right side of it.
Oh, another question. Lux raised her hand. "It's called the Waxing Gibbous." Nod.
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This seemed like a very awkward dance, in hindsight...but Gabriel did as was instructed, paying close attention to how the bluebell flame first appeared as a crescent and then grew. And after it reached the halfway mark, it seemed to swell out further.
...which was what the Gibbous name referred to: swelling, bulging, or convexed.
Gabe almost answered the question...when someone had asked...but he couldn't make out the owner of the voice and alas, it wasn't his place. That, and he wasn't facing anyone...and it was strange to talk with your back to people.
So, he remained silent this go around.
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Kate began the awkward transition of rotating slowly to the left while trying to keep her moon in place. It was awkward, because she found herself eyeing the moon, trying to keep it still, while also trying to move another part of her body. Kate had remembered studying the moon phases when she was being homeschooled by her mom. The moon always seemed like it was growing, even though it wasn't.
Then there were times when the moon seemed like it was shrinking, or waning she should say. "Is it the waxing gibbous?" she asked, her hand raised. It was the phase where the moon was almost full but not quite.
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Holding his moon as still as he could was starting to become quite the task. You know, he never realized how hard it was to stand still up until now. Merlin's pants this was hard. Especially since the moon depended on it, y'know? But anyways, he was still. SUPER still and SUPER concentrated. New moon. Got it.
Man, Flamsteed sure knew how to talk.
Which he only noticed 'cause he was trying to stay really still.
Alright, finally time to move. The Gryffindor moved as slooooowly to the left as he could, still holding the moon in it's place. And yeah, the light was starting to grow on the right side. Huh. Waxing. This was much more interesting that the wave stuff from last term. Constellations were fun though. But this demonstration was better. At least, in Zander's humble opinion.
He continued to follow along with the demonstration, doing his best to follow along as Professor Flamsteed moved about. Again he chose to stay quiet when the next question was asked, realizing that the same answer had been repeated just about a million and three times. No need to make it a million and four, y'know? He did notice Sophie and Toby though and couldn't help but snicker. This was too good. OOPS.
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Cue even MORE excitement on his part!
) "Woops. Sorry, buddy.'' He jumped up, enjoying the giant flame in the room but the view quickly vanished when he did as instructed- hold the stick-ball between his face and the flame.
