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The room located off the Great Hall was set up almost like a normal classroom. There were desks scattered about in that symmetrical way into which classrooms were usually organized, only Apollo had set up three big tables in the front of the room. The first table had a multitude of two items: mugs and rubber balls. He was hoping the mugs weren’t a bad idea; he didn’t much fancy cleaning up the mess of shattered ceramic.
The second table held lots and lots of APPLES. Apollo thought about munching on one as he waited for the bright and smiling faces of the youth to appear, but he also thought that was vaaaastly rude. The chewing—the way that juice would sometimes spit out from your mouth while chewing an apple—just, no. The middle-aged man was keen on appearing as polite as possible. Polite, happy to be here(because he was) and most importantly…EXCITED about passing on his knowledge. Young people were the future, after all.
The third table was probably the most interesting, at least to Apollo. He had set up three bins; the first one had many tiny rectangles of clay, the other had many different colored wires all round together, and the last one held very wet wax. Apollo had to soak the wax…..all night? in order for it to be in correct order for today’s use, but ah, well. No matter. He really didn’t mind!
There was a blackboard in the front of the room where Apollo had written his name in curly, large letters: APOLLO. Underneath it, he had written, again in his curly writing, “Mythology: A Look Back For Modern Magic”
He was leaning back against the middle table(the one with the apples) with his arms crossed, waiting patiently for students to arrive. It had been awhile since he had interacted with students this age; his granddaughter was the only young person in his life at the moment. No, Apollo was not nervous. He was much more curious as to how they would all take his line of work, the obscure and quite unprofitable kind of magical theory.
His hat hung on the chair next to the tables, and his bag of trinkets, too, sat atop the seat.
Hogwarts was quite beautiful, wasn’t it? Apollo waited for the students to arrive, a far-off look in his eyes. He took off his glasses and wiped the lens using his overcoat.
On each of the desks, Apollo had placed little name-tag stickers, the typical kind, for their names. He wanted to know to whom he was speaking at all times. Names were important…especially to Apollo.
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A Seminar that wasn't required. Not for a grade. Had no relevance to NEWTs or any future exams he'd take. Mythology which he didn't care about. Mythology in Modern Magic that he didn't care about.
So wait a minute, why the heck was he on his way to this thing again?
Zander was SO close to turning around and had he not already made it past the half way he definitely would have turned around. Only, he had to prove to the Professors that despite the 'tidal waves' (according to his head of house) that he made, he was totally leadership material. And he actually wasn't sure if Puck was going to show up so, you know... He'd have to represent.
Upon entering, Zander definitely regretted the decision.
This looked like it was going to be lots of work. Sweet chocolate frogs. Zander was not prepared for this. And the Professor looked like a lot of work too. He looked..... uh, interesting.
Siiiiigh. Putting on a small smile-- though it was harder than it looked--the Sixth Year made his way into the room and gave the new face a small nod. "Hello Professor--I mean... Uh... Just hi?" That's it. Could Zander vote himself off the island? Professor pls. Way to go kiddo.
.... Just gonna slip into the desk behind Sophie Brown and call it a day. Oh yeah, and a name tag. What if he didn't want this guy to know his name? "Zander" That'd suffice, right?
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Seminars weren't really his thing, however, he felt as though EXPANDING HIS HORIZONS or whatever... wasn't such a bad idea, and so here he was. Zeke stepped into the room off the Great Hall and froze there for a second. Was he late? Yes? No? WHOOPS?...
Figuring since the seminar person wasn't lecturing and since nobody seemed to be writing or asking questions, he was on time, and so without a second thought, he claimed himself a seat - offering the dude a nod in passing. HI THERE.
Once seated, Zeke took out his note things, cause that's what people did at seminars, right? and proceeded to scribble his name on the name tag things that they had on their tables.
Apollo almost jumped up in excitement when the first BRILLIANTLY young face appeared. “Oh! Thank you!” he smiled and waved cheerfully. SOme of his beard hair slipped into his mouth during the exchange, and he had to spit it out--PFFT HBRFRGFYGT. No matter. Everything was cool, here, youth!
“Don’t forget the name tag!” he reminded gently, gesturing to the one on the boy’s desk.
Thornton stifled a laugh - it would be rude, after all - at the beard in the mouth. The gesture toward his desk snapped him back to the moment and he nodded. "Yes, of course, sorry," he said, turning to rummage through his bag for a quill.
Extracting it, he very carefully and meticulously printed his name, making sure it could be read with ease.
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THORNTON BAINES
3rd year Ravenclaw
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Has anyone ever sung you a lullaby?
You can fly above the rain clouds
Close your eyes
Let the melody carry you
Leave all your fears behind
You can float across a rainbowsky
to once upon a time
Apollo looked around--MORE PEOPLE. THIS. WAS. EXCITING.
...PROFESOR? Apollo just stared at the boy for a minute before clearing his throat. Gosh. Such politeness--wait, did that kid have an American accent? Apollo smiled and wondered if the boy would notice his accent...his own accent. Californiaaaa. Here we COOOOOOOOOOOME“Damien! Nice to meet you!”
He did notice the accent, and it was actually, well, kind of nice to hear someone speak like him after all the months of english slang and accents. "Yeah, yeah, nice to meet you too... You're from the west coast, yeah? I can hear it in your voice." Damien grinned, he had a good ear for accents, and Apollo sounded something like... California? Seattle, maybe? definitely West.
"Oh, I better grab a seat- " They were all filling up and he'd have t sit up front, next to Thornton seemed like an okay spot (would make goofing off harder) "Eh... " Was he supposed to say bye? See you? Just sit down, dummy.
Damien did just that. "Hey Baines." He smiled a bit at the younger kid.
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Apollo was not his real name? Ok…. Odd… and a bit dissapointing...was he adopted as well? Oh wait, he thought his real name was dull? “Can’t be that bad right?” he asked as he leaned back in his chair.
Looking down at his own name tag, Yoongi laughed. He liked this man. At least he asked how his name was pronounced before he actually said it. Many would try and pronounce his name thinking it was right but they were wrong. It was frustrating sometimes. Maybe that was the difference between adults and young ones. “It’s pronounced Yoongi" he saidType in 윤기 in google translate and click the volume cause link doesn't work oops
Apollo nodded. “I think I have it! Thank you.” Yoongi. YOOOOONGi. Apollo would do his best to remember it..but he wasn’t promising perfection or anything.
SPOILER!!: Brian
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Brian walked into the room a little skeptically. He was pretty sure the notice on the common room notice board was miswritten, especially since it said the seminar was on mythology in modern magic. Wouldn't it normally be magic in modern mythology? Or modern magic in mythology? Oh well. He wasn't the expert, so he'd just pretend he wasn't ultimately confused and go ahead with it. House points were house points.
"Hello, Mister -" Brian cdhecked the whiteboard. "Mister Apollo. Are you a fan of Greek mythology?" Because this Hufflepuff was a huge fan. He'd named his owl Hermes. Slipping into a seat, he noticed that the room was getting pretty full now. The seminar must be starting soon. HMM. He was very intrigued, he was.
A new one! Apollo whipped around and SMILED when the young boy stepped inside. Was he the youngest one here? No--was he? He glanced around quickly before looking back at the boy. “Oh, well of COURSE--” he said with a snort and wondered vaguely if the kid realized APOLLO was a Greek Mythology NAME? Ahem.
"Don't forget your name tag!"
SPOILER!!: Adrienne
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Riiiight. With everything this weirdo did, Adrienne was thinking more and more that it might have been a better idea to stay upstairs in her comfy bed, reading a book about the intricacies of the magical qualities of a rare plant that grew only in Southeast China. Hopefully the class would prove to be less crazy than the professor, that's all she could say.
"Fair point..." she admitted, though her tone was sceptical. "Sir," she added, because even though this guy might have been completely wacky, he was still her teacher, and she had to be polite. (Even though she wasn't sure he'd ever made it through university, if he'd always been this bizarre.)
And if he... okay. That just happened. At this point, Adrienne didn't even react when the guy just let his glasses fall to the floor, besides arching one eyebrow up into a very judgey expression. This was going to be... interesting.
HFDIUHFIHFI. SIR. Okay. Apollo needed to make announcements, and SOON.
SPOILER!!: Zander
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A Seminar that wasn't required. Not for a grade. Had no relevance to NEWTs or any future exams he'd take. Mythology which he didn't care about. Mythology in Modern Magic that he didn't care about.
So wait a minute, why the heck was he on his way to this thing again?
Zander was SO close to turning around and had he not already made it past the half way he definitely would have turned around. Only, he had to prove to the Professors that despite the 'tidal waves' (according to his head of house) that he made, he was totally leadership material. And he actually wasn't sure if Puck was going to show up so, you know... He'd have to represent.
Upon entering, Zander definitely regretted the decision.
This looked like it was going to be lots of work. Sweet chocolate frogs. Zander was not prepared for this. And the Professor looked like a lot of work too. He looked..... uh, interesting.
Siiiiigh. Putting on a small smile-- though it was harder than it looked--the Sixth Year made his way into the room and gave the new face a small nod. "Hello Professor--I mean... Uh... Just hi?" That's it. Could Zander vote himself off the island? Professor pls. Way to go kiddo.
.... Just gonna slip into the desk behind Sophie Brown and call it a day. Oh yeah, and a name tag. What if he didn't want this guy to know his name? "Zander" That'd suffice, right?
“Just hi is fiiiine--” Apollo was feeling so mellow right now. “Just hi right back!” he smiled…”Zander.” That was a cool name, too. And still no repeats of names, yet?
Apollo had a weird obsession with names. It was probably apparent by now, in this short period of time.
SPOILER!!: Zeke
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Seminars weren't really his thing, however, he felt as though EXPANDING HIS HORIZONS or whatever... wasn't such a bad idea, and so here he was. Zeke stepped into the room off the Great Hall and froze there for a second. Was he late? Yes? No? WHOOPS?...
Figuring since the seminar person wasn't lecturing and since nobody seemed to be writing or asking questions, he was on time, and so without a second thought, he claimed himself a seat - offering the dude a nod in passing. HI THERE.
Once seated, Zeke took out his note things, cause that's what people did at seminars, right? and proceeded to scribble his name on the name tag things that they had on their tables.
This boy got a cheerful wave as well...okay...starting any minute now…”Nice to meet you, Zeke,” he said with a nod towards the young boy. He had excited little butterflies FLUTTERING around right now. EXCITED. BUTTERFLIES.
SPOILER!!: Thornton
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Thornton stifled a laugh - it would be rude, after all - at the beard in the mouth. The gesture toward his desk snapped him back to the moment and he nodded. "Yes, of course, sorry," he said, turning to rummage through his bag for a quill.
Extracting it, he very carefully and meticulously printed his name, making sure it could be read with ease.
There we go. Apollo smiled at Thornton. “Thornton...what a proper little name you have, son!” Son. His wife said not to call people ‘son.’ It was weird. Did British people say son? Or call people son? His brain was going a thousand miles per minute right now...and he found himself staring off into space for a second before one of the lovely students spoke up.
Right.
He was teaching a thing! Soon. SOON.
SPOILER!!: Damien
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He did notice the accent, and it was actually, well, kind of nice to hear someone speak like him after all the months of english slang and accents. "Yeah, yeah, nice to meet you too... You're from the west coast, yeah? I can hear it in your voice." Damien grinned, he had a good ear for accents, and Apollo sounded something like... California? Seattle, maybe? definitely West.
"Oh, I better grab a seat- " They were all filling up and he'd have t sit up front, next to Thornton seemed like an okay spot (would make goofing off harder) "Eh... " Was he supposed to say bye? See you? Just sit down, dummy.
Damien did just that. "Hey Baines." He smiled a bit at the younger kid.
OH! “I am from California, yes.” He would probably get to all that in just a minute, though. HMPH. “You...are American, too--I just can’t place it--” Oh he wanted to ask ALLLLL sorts of questions, LIKE WHY WAS HE HERE? But he didn’t because he had a thing to start!
“OKAY! Let’s get this party started--Hi, hello, bonjour, hola, and—“ he signed the word hello in ASL, almost like a little salute. “….Welcome to my seminar! Whatever name I gave it—“ he snorted and waved his hand at the board. What had he written again? “It’s meaningless to you unless I explain it—but well—hi. My name’s Apollo….and I’ll be your….let’s call me a guide for today.” Leader was elitist. Teacher was…blegh. He had been a professor, but he hated that title, too. Guide sounded more...spiritual. He liked it.
He walked down a row and pushed the glasses up the ridge of his nose. He sat on the edge of Mari’s desk and smiled down at her. “I have….a few rules to go over before I begin the seminar. Three simple rules, I promise, I promise—“ he scooted off the edge of the desk and made his way to the front again. “Number one….please, please….call me Apollo. Not Mr. Apollo. Not Professor. Apollo. I am here to learn alongside you, to guide you…there is no hierarchy. I am not qualified to be the head of…any hierarchy, I assure you.” He grinned pleasantly. This was all so pleasant, wasn’t it? He felt so mellow, and he could tell the students were feeling all right, too. That was all he wanted. Relaxing environments made for…better brain stimulation. “Rule number two is….no notebooks are needed for this. Firstly, this is a seminar—it’s for FUN—and secondly, I don’t believe in notes. Listening and taking in all of this will be more beneficial for your spongy brains—“
Apollo couldn’t keep still. He was pacing in front of the class in a slow manner, but pacing nonetheless. “Thirdly, and I think this should go without saying—respectful and accepting attitudes are the ONLY attitudes I want inside our little cocoon here.”
Cocoon. Apollo really enjoyed this room.
“Are we ready? We’re ready.” He bounced a little to the front of the room and rihiuerhghhegiuh HE WAS GOING TO EXPLODE WITH EXCITEMENT. “Our seminar will obviously be focused around Mythology, obviously….” He cleared his throat. “I am Dr. Washerby...but please, Apollo, only... and I hail from the great land of California--I’ve studied Magical Theory for awhile now, but as a Classicist, I take a particular interest in the theories behind magic in those times. And today, we’ll be focusing on three myths...and looking at how these myths might…..have been VERY possible with magic.” Was he blabbering? Yammering?
He moved towards the blackboard and erased his name and the name of the seminar. “A very specific study I was involved in recently….we work on looking very meticulously at mythological stories...I am in charge of the Greek and Roman myths, since that’s my niche, but Norse mythology and Egyptian Mythology are two other counterparts. We’re just tipping the iceberg today, don’t worry. I won’t go into the boring details of the THEORIES. Just the fun application stuff today.”
Were they following? Was he making sense? WAS HE EXPLAINING PROPERLY? He hoped so. “Any questions before we begin?” he thought he should ask...and then he walked over to his backpack and began rummaging around for….something, it seemed.
“First things first--what myths do you guys know? Are familiar with? Heard of? Focus on Greek and Roman myths, only, now.” Though he did enjoy a good Egyptian story.
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So they were having one of those seminar things. Where various adult witches and wizards came to the school to teach on something outside the normal school cirriculum. Benny had been to a fair few, even though they hadn't been mandatory, and some he had found interesting and others had been....weird. With the topic at hand, the sixth year opted to give it a chance and made his way to the familiar room beside the Great Hall.
It seemed there were quite a few who decided to check out the latest thing, the room already including a good number of students...and a professor...and a man who was clearly the one about to lead them in the seminar. Benny made his way towards finding a seat. He was about to greet the adults out of respect when the man stepped up to begin which shut him up.
Ooops....perhaps he had been running late.
Seeing the name tag on the desk, Benny quickly scribbled his name, house and year upon it as he listened to what was being said. The boy sticking it on his robes once he was done and his full attention was back on the doctor. Apollo was the name he was telling them to use for him. Appropriate for someone teaching about mythology...eh.
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As to what he knew about myths, there were many options to chose from, the limits of Greek and Roman breaking it down a bit. "There's the story of Apollo who rides the chariot to bring the sun across the sky each day," he replied after he had raised his hand, randomly picking one he knew.
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Some one was calling his name? "That's me!'' Adi replied to the instructor with a huge smile. Obviously the man had read his name tag. Adi liked the guy, by the way. He seemed sooooo friendly. Mhmmm.
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Add 'cool' to that list! As the Hufflepuff listened to the rules being explained, he decided that adjective should be added because yay! for first names, fun and less formalities in the class, er, seminar.
Greek and Norse mythologies were something Adi had a tad knowledge on. After throwing a look in Hady's direction, he raised a hand. "There's a myth about the sole time Hades left the Underworld and that was to kidnap his wife Persephone while she picking flowers in a field but there are different versions of the myth as with the others.'' The reason he had thrown Hady the look is because Hades was the nickname he had given her ealier that school year and they had talked a bit out the Greek Gods for a while. Plus, he was fascinated by the Underworld God. Yup.
Thornton smiled a little and nodded at Damien as he sat, wondering if the older boy had brought that silly bubble pipe with him. He imagined the instructor getting a bit of a kick out of it.
The boy looked down at his parchment and then up at Apollo - merlin, would his father hate that the man teaching them went by a nickname - as he said not to take notes. The Ravenclaw hesitated, before slipping the parchment and quill back into his bag. He would... just have to remember all the things and write them down later.
Raising his hand, Thornton offered one that he had found fascinating as a child. "There's the story of Midas being granted the ability to turn whatever he touched to gold." He paused, before grinning and adding, "bit of a problem when he wanted to eat."
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Has anyone ever sung you a lullaby?
You can fly above the rain clouds
Close your eyes
Let the melody carry you
Leave all your fears behind
You can float across a rainbowsky
to once upon a time
“Chicago.” And see? Damien Anderson-Belfort knew things. Just not school things, apparently (not that he was failing, but he was no Ravenclaw). He’d like to talk to Apollo a bit more, he was interesting, eccentric and Damien was curious.
Was it weird that Damien was slightly attracted to him? Probably, then again he seemed like D’s type… Crazy.
Calling the dude by his first name would feel weird, but yeah, okay, sure. “Eh, Apollo?” He raised his hand, casually sitting back in his seat. “Firstly, can I please try your hat?” It was a serious question.
“Secondly, story of ragnarok. Thor fighting the Midgardian Serpent, the earth sinking into the sea as the stars vanish and everything cuts to black? It’s kind of more of a prophecy almost, more than a myth, but that’s one.” He’d gone off track, he realized that, but he was really excited about this.
Sorry?
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Right. Not sir then. Apollo. Which was such a ridiculous moniker that Adrienne almost couldn't believe this weird-accented weird-dressed weirdo was sincerely asking them to use it, but it seemed he was.
Weird.
Okay, Adrienne was getting far too distracted. She made a firm promise to herself to stop ruminating over the weirdness of their... "guide". Which she managed to keep just up until he said that he didn't believe in notes. What kind of seminar even was this? It wasn't even a class, it was a mockery of one, in which they didn't have a professor and had to have respectful, accepting attitudes. That did not sound like a place in which Adrienne would thrive.
Still, she did really like mythology. Grudgingly, Adrienne raised her hand.
"One of my favourites is Orpheus and Eurydice," she said, and then realising how vague that was, elaborated with a short summary. "Orpheus was, like, this really great musician, and on his wedding day his wife got killed by satyrs. He went to Hades to get her back, and his music was so good that the guy decided to bring his wife back to life," which was sexist in all sorts of ways, but Adrienne wasn't about to get into that, "but only if he didn't look at her, for whatever reason. And before they got back he turned around, and she died forever. And then later he got torn to pieces by a bunch of women," she added, almost as an afterthought.
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SPOILER!!: Adi
WAAAAAS HE LATE?!
Adi peeked in. Apparently not. Awesomeee! He practically sprang into the room though he paused to take in all the stuff on the tables. Oh yeah! This was going to be an INTERESTING seminar. And that man there had to be the person conducting it. "Hi, Hello, good day!'' he brightly greeted.
Annnd now to find a seat! Oh, heya, Professor Cassie! Adi grinned in her direction as well as Yoongi's, Hades's and Lux's, Mari's, Norah's and a few others before making a beeline for AJ. "Nice unicorn, AJ. He looks a little disproportionate.'' As in part of it was drawn bigger than the other half. Hehe. The Puffer flopped down next to his girlfriend and snagged her quill to filled out his own name tag:
The boyfriend went and took a seat by her, and he got a beam... until he went and insulted her unicorn drawing. "This baby is perfect," she said with a tad bit of crazy eyes while patting her nametag. He was pulling her leg, she knew, so no need to go full out unicorn crazy. Not yet anyways. Plus, AJ was no artist, and she was aware of this fact.
What? Adi didn't have his own quill? That seemed very unlike the prefect. Or maybe he just didn't feel like digging one out of his own bag when hers was so readily available. Made sense to her.
SPOILER!!: Greetings, Apollo.
There was no such thing as a stupid question. Not even this one! Apollo chuckled and shook his head. “No..not today, sorry….is your name Unicorn?” he asked, staring at the picture. If it was….that was cool. Or if she wanted to go by Unicorn..well...he’d oblige.
Bummer. Now she really wanted to bob for apples knowing that she couldn't. "Well, if you have apples leftover afterwards..." Fidget. "...I could take them off your hands." Needing apples may or may not be related to her original question, but no need to go all into it.
Oh, he liked her unicorn, did he? AJ beamed at him, and since he seemed totally cool with it, she decided to roll with her nametag. She nodded her head in agreement while her eyes shifted back to the mountain of apples.
SPOILER!!: Apollo (annnnd starting)
He moved towards the blackboard and erased his name and the name of the seminar. “A very specific study I was involved in recently….we work on looking very meticulously at mythological stories...I am in charge of the Greek and Roman myths, since that’s my niche, but Norse mythology and Egyptian Mythology are two other counterparts. We’re just tipping the iceberg today, don’t worry. I won’t go into the boring details of the THEORIES. Just the fun application stuff today.”
Were they following? Was he making sense? WAS HE EXPLAINING PROPERLY? He hoped so. “Any questions before we begin?” he thought he should ask...and then he walked over to his backpack and began rummaging around for….something, it seemed.
“First things first--what myths do you guys know? Are familiar with? Heard of? Focus on Greek and Roman myths, only, now.” Though he did enjoy a good Egyptian story.
Apollo was the coolest guide ever. It was as if he was speaking directly to her heart. No notes, and he was just one of the cool kids. Yup, this lion was glad that she had decided to come down to this little lesson.
FUN? AJ liked fun, she did. It was starting to become difficult to pay attention because there were so many cool looking things on the tables. And those apples though. Millions of things were running through her mind. How were they all related? Why did she care so much?
AJ knew plenty oh myths, but when he said they needed to keep it narrowed down to Greek and Roman, she checked out. This wasn't fun. Just when he hopes were going up, he went and made them think about lame stuff. The professor needed to redeem himself and get back to the fun he was talking about moment ago.
The lion fiddled with her nametag and didn't bother with notes because they didn't need them. Not that she would have otherwise.
A ship in harbor is safe — but that is not what ships are built for.
Did the guy just... do a salute? He was.. from the army? The Lioness gave an uncertain smile before saluting back with a small chuckle.
Before the interesting part of the seminar began, Natalia had to force herself to stay focused on Apollo (she made certain to stick a mental note to herself to NOT call him 'Professor', 'sir', or any respectable prefixes) and his three rules. Slightly wriggling in her seat, the Lioness doodled a little Poseidon trident in the corner of her notebook. A fiiine doodler, she was.
Anything they knew about Greek or Roman mythology? So it was like a free throw. Interesting, how Natalia just realized, that the lecturer's name, Apollo, was the name of the Greek and Roman sun god. Coincidence, much? "Question, s-s-Apollo," The fourth year had almost uttered 'sir'. "is Apollo actually your birth name or did you give it to yourself because you like mythology so much?" To the fourth year, the question did not seem to be off topic or meddlesome in any way. She kept her guiltless smile on her face.
And speaking of Apollo... "Apollo and Daphne." It was the first Greek mythological story that jumped out at her. "It was a quite tragic story, in my opinion." As with everything, Natalia merely gave one sentence of simple opinion without explaining the full story. Leave the full commentary to know-it-alls *cough* Claws.
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Lux liked this Apollo guy so far! He seemed nice and enthusiastic. "I didn't know that. Thanks for telling me, sir." It was interesting to know that her name meant 'light'. Maybe it spoke for her sunny disposition. Smiling wider as he patted her head, she watched him move on to greet the other students.
It didn't take long for the seminar to start, and she listened carefully as the rules were laid out. Right, she could do all those things even if it would be difficult to not call him 'sir' and she was really tempted to take notes. Mythology fascinated her even if she was by no means an expert on it. Would he like to hear her share legends of King Author? Because she knew quite a lot of them...
Oh.
Greek or Roman mythology. Those she wasn't as familiar with, but she could try to remember one of the stories she had read. After a moment, Lux raised her hand. "What about Apollo and Cassandra." Maybe he'd like that one because it had his name in it. Hehe.
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………This…Apollo dude was …kind of …odd wasn’t he?
Yoongi had heard him try and speak “cool” to a few of the students who entered and it did not suit him. Not at all. But this Gryffindor kind of liked the guide, not Professor and therefore remained silent and listened to his few rules. No writing notes? Uhm hello? Best guide ever! AND this was for FUN. Woohoo!
But then he had to say Cocoon instead of room and he was back to being odd again. Seemed like this man was the inbetween type. Not cool, but not uncool. ……Odd in a good way.
Sitting a bit more upright, Yoongi thought about the first question. Any myths about Greek or Roman myths? “One that pops up in my mind right now is Heracles. He was a hero in Greek Mythology and famous for his extraordinary strength and he had a lot of courage. He would have so been a Gryffindor” he said in an admiring tone.
This sir, professor, mythology man was really cool and Hugo liked him. He was the combination of an old man with the energy of a 5 year old. Mhm. At least this seminar wasn't going to be boring.
After the introduction, Hugo was glad he didn't need to write down because he was really slow at taking notes and also, he had no idea about the Greek or Roman myths but he was going to answer anyways. He raised his hand, "There was someone named Homer?" that was the first name that popped up in his mind but probably wasn't a myth, he had just heard his name many times "He wrote books, right?... Ohh and also there was Hercules" he was sure that guy was a myth.
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What in the name of Merlin?
Grayson stared at the man, not quite believing what it was that he was hearing. Did the man just speak in slang? Lol! LOOOOOOOL! Oh MAN. That was interesting, wasn't it? He'd never come across a professor -- or, according to this guy, a guide -- who was tryna be hip and cool. The dude was instantly one he approved of. Especially since he went on to say that they weren't to be taking notes.
FREAKING YES!
That was the best news EVER! The Slytherin was practically beaming as he stuffed his writing equipment back in his bag. No way way he gonna take notes if it wasn't necessary. Waste of time, that was.
What did he know about mythology? Er. Well. The Slytherin furrowed his eyebrows as he tried to think back to what he knew about the Greek/Roman myths. Which, let's be real, wasn't a lot. But he did know something at least. "Zeus was the god of the sky and ruler of all the gods. Basically, dude was incredibly important. Big leader and all that. He would throw thunderbolts at people he didn't like, which sounds like a cool way of showing what he's made of." Having that kinda power sounded epic, to be honest. [B"He was also married to Hera but had a buncha affairs."[/B]
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Right. Not calling him Professor again because that was... Uncomfortable. Merlin. Why'd he come to this again? .... And was it too late to walk out? The only thing that was keeping him sat in his seat were the apples. Hopefully if nothing, he'd at least get a snack out of this. Sigh. He watched as some students perked up at the mythology stuff, but Zander really had to sit and think of something to talk about. Uh.
Greeks. They had yogurt. And nice cities. And good food.
But mythology?
Merlin. This was starting to sound like Runes all over again.
"Wasn't there a mail man or something? .... The one with the shoes?" You know... The shoes with the things on them? The wing things?
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Henric smiled back at the seminar 'guide' when he greeted him."Hello," he said. He hadn't had much to say about the man, he seemed to have the same eccentricities with a certain Astronomy professor in his school. It would be indeed interesting to learn from him. Oh...brilliant no need for notes. Henric liked the idea, an open and fun concept to bring about a seminar.Yup. He sat, listening to the Apollo man talked about his field of work and what mythology he expertise in.
Question time....Henric hadn't read too much about the greek myths and legends, but he did love all the dragon stories and such. He remembered one though...he watched a animated movie about it too.One of the students also mentioned about it...nice....he liked the character.
"Hercules and his winged horse pegasus?" he replied to the guide, but it came out as a question more than an answer.
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Zhenya was really enjoying being 'guided' by Apollo. He was nice, and made them all feel like equals. Not that there was anything wrong with Professors, but most of the Professors here related to them on some level. Just like Apollo was doing. Cool name, too. So it was just Apollo, not Mr. Apollo or Apollo... Lastname.
What mythology did she know of? She knew bits and pieces... so she raised her hand. "Si... Apollo, I know of Medusa. She was a monster, apparently a really ugly woman and she had venomous snakes coming out of her head as hair. She was a bit like the Basilisk because if someone looked into her eyes, they would turn to stone." Well, similar to the basilisk. Stone and a mixture of petrification when looking at the basilisk's reflection, or dying if looking into its eyes.
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SPOILER!!: before starting
AN ADULT!!!!!
Apollo smiled warmly and shook her hand back. “Cassie. Nice to meet you! You’re a professor here, I take it? What do you teach? How--” but Apollo had to stop himself becaaaaause he wasn’t here to socialize. He was here to TEACH. “You don’t have to sit in the back if you don’t want to!” Really. The woman was kind of short!
Was snapping a Hogwarts requirement? Apollo began snapping back at her. Oh, this was fun. Was this a game? Apollo wanted to play.
“It is very nice to meet you as well.” She grinned towards the man. “I teach Divination.” She nodded, “The back will be just fine, I’m here to learn but don’t want to take from the students.” The students were the real audience for the seminar, but she wanted to see what it was all about.
SPOILER!!: starting
“OKAY! Let’s get this party started--Hi, hello, bonjour, hola, and—“ he signed the word hello in ASL, almost like a little salute. “….Welcome to my seminar! Whatever name I gave it—“ he snorted and waved his hand at the board. What had he written again? “It’s meaningless to you unless I explain it—but well—hi. My name’s Apollo….and I’ll be your….let’s call me a guide for today.” Leader was elitist. Teacher was…blegh. He had been a professor, but he hated that title, too. Guide sounded more...spiritual. He liked it.
He walked down a row and pushed the glasses up the ridge of his nose. He sat on the edge of Mari’s desk and smiled down at her. “I have….a few rules to go over before I begin the seminar. Three simple rules, I promise, I promise—“ he scooted off the edge of the desk and made his way to the front again. “Number one….please, please….call me Apollo. Not Mr. Apollo. Not Professor. Apollo. I am here to learn alongside you, to guide you…there is no hierarchy. I am not qualified to be the head of…any hierarchy, I assure you.” He grinned pleasantly. This was all so pleasant, wasn’t it? He felt so mellow, and he could tell the students were feeling all right, too. That was all he wanted. Relaxing environments made for…better brain stimulation. “Rule number two is….no notebooks are needed for this. Firstly, this is a seminar—it’s for FUN—and secondly, I don’t believe in notes. Listening and taking in all of this will be more beneficial for your spongy brains—“
Apollo couldn’t keep still. He was pacing in front of the class in a slow manner, but pacing nonetheless. “Thirdly, and I think this should go without saying—respectful and accepting attitudes are the ONLY attitudes I want inside our little cocoon here.”
Cocoon. Apollo really enjoyed this room.
“Are we ready? We’re ready.” He bounced a little to the front of the room and rihiuerhghhegiuh HE WAS GOING TO EXPLODE WITH EXCITEMENT. “Our seminar will obviously be focused around Mythology, obviously….” He cleared his throat. “I am Dr. Washerby...but please, Apollo, only... and I hail from the great land of California--I’ve studied Magical Theory for awhile now, but as a Classicist, I take a particular interest in the theories behind magic in those times. And today, we’ll be focusing on three myths...and looking at how these myths might…..have been VERY possible with magic.” Was he blabbering? Yammering?
He moved towards the blackboard and erased his name and the name of the seminar. “A very specific study I was involved in recently….we work on looking very meticulously at mythological stories...I am in charge of the Greek and Roman myths, since that’s my niche, but Norse mythology and Egyptian Mythology are two other counterparts. We’re just tipping the iceberg today, don’t worry. I won’t go into the boring details of the THEORIES. Just the fun application stuff today.”
Were they following? Was he making sense? WAS HE EXPLAINING PROPERLY? He hoped so. “Any questions before we begin?” he thought he should ask...and then he walked over to his backpack and began rummaging around for….something, it seemed.
“First things first--what myths do you guys know? Are familiar with? Heard of? Focus on Greek and Roman myths, only, now.” Though he did enjoy a good Egyptian story.
A guide, well Cassie did enjoy that type of title. She liked being a guide herself, so far this man had her attention. She did have to eye him, some students learned by writing. Just listening could have the potential to miss something or forget. She hoped the students that had a bit more anxiety didn’t freak out about this. Her green eyes scanning around. They all seemed alright, so she kept her pleasant smile and set her own parchment aside. She did like to take notes.
She listened as he began, boy did he seem very excitable. She wanted to snap some more over the excitement. This was just so much fun. What myths had she heard? Cassie tapped her chin and listened to the students as she thought this over.
Hugo had no idea what he was doing in a seminar about mythology but the subject sounded interesting and therefore he wanted to be there. First thing he noticed was the bunch of stuff that was in the room and then, the man with weird clothes. Very fancy. "What's up..." uhhh "Sir...Apollo?" It must be his name because otherwise he wouldn't have written it with that curly fancy type of letter.
The third year grabbed a name tag so the mythology man could recognize him and when looking for a place to seat he spotted a lonely not so lonely (because there was a girl with her) Marigold BUT he panicked in silence and sat down on the first table he was close to. Great. He let out a sigh and looked at the person who was beside him. Oh and he knew him. "Heeey you are the guy with the fishy name..." also he remembered that he didn't like to be acknowledged like that but it wasn't Hugo's fault. "Nemo, right?" and no, he hadn't seen his name tag.
SPOILER!!: name tag
Hugo Foster
Third year Slytherin
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The next kid waltzed right in, and Apollo smiled and waved. He was eyeing all of the names, trying to quickly keep a mental note so he didn’t have to keep reading nametags. It would drive him nuts! Luckily, he had a knack for remembering faces and the names they belonged to. He also should have specified that nicknames were completely okay in here...hmph.
“Nemo! Nemo...after Captain Nemo? Or….Latin reference?” He thought the boy had an interesting name on the whole….GRIMM. NEMO. Wow. Cool.
ANOTHER STUDENT!
Nemo looked at the boy next to him and smiled over at him. At least until he said the whole fish thing. Then the boy got a regular look. "Yeah, You're Hugo? Yes?" Nemo had a bad memory with younger students so he wasn't sure about what his interaction with the kid.
But you know whatever, he seemed nice enough.
Then this Apollo person was speaking to him. So he had Nemo's attention. "Like the captain. Professor. I'm assuming yours is like the God?" One of the names for the god anyway. Interesting that the man's name would have to do with the subject he was teaching. Nemo assumed this was because it was a fake name that he'd given himself Which would makes sense based on how weird the man looked.
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Marigold returned Apollo's high five with enthusiasm. COOL DUDE. COOL MYTHOLOGY DUDE. Yes. She liked this dude already.
And she wriggled excitedly in her seat. She could get used to this, having interesting subjects nOT for a grade.
What myths did she know? ALL OF THEM. Or was he expecting specifics? "Hestia was the greek goddess of home and the hearth, and she gave up her throne slash seat thing for Hephaestus, if I'm pronouncing that correctly?"
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As this one came in, quietly, and took a seat, he admired how determined her eyes looked. Sometimes silence spoke much more than words ever could. He gave this girl a little wave as he neared her desk, looking down at her nametag….
“...Penelope. A very fine figure to be named after.” He winked as he turned to stare at the girl who just walked in.
Penelope smiled at Apollo's comment on her name. Yes, she knew all about Odysseus' wife Penelope.
She knew a lot of Greek myths. There were many different stories that she could talk about. She had a whole book that was a collection of several Greek myths. "Homer's Odyssey is the story of what happened to Odysseus when he was trying to get home after the Trojan war." This myth was a special one because it was where her name came from. She had a copy of The Odyssey somewhere in her dorm. "After ten years of trying to get home, Odysseus finally gets back to Ithaca, but there are a lot of other men there who want to marry his wife Penelope." There were a lot more things that could be said about the story, but Penelope didn't want to take too long talking about what she knew about Greek mythology. There were other people who needed a turn to talk, and they might be moving on to another question soon.
So they were having one of those seminar things. Where various adult witches and wizards came to the school to teach on something outside the normal school cirriculum. Benny had been to a fair few, even though they hadn't been mandatory, and some he had found interesting and others had been....weird. With the topic at hand, the sixth year opted to give it a chance and made his way to the familiar room beside the Great Hall.
It seemed there were quite a few who decided to check out the latest thing, the room already including a good number of students...and a professor...and a man who was clearly the one about to lead them in the seminar. Benny made his way towards finding a seat. He was about to greet the adults out of respect when the man stepped up to begin which shut him up.
Ooops....perhaps he had been running late.
Seeing the name tag on the desk, Benny quickly scribbled his name, house and year upon it as he listened to what was being said. The boy sticking it on his robes once he was done and his full attention was back on the doctor. Apollo was the name he was telling them to use for him. Appropriate for someone teaching about mythology...eh.
As to what he knew about myths, there were many options to chose from, the limits of Greek and Roman breaking it down a bit. "There's the story of Apollo who rides the chariot to bring the sun across the sky each day," he replied after he had raised his hand, randomly picking one he knew.
The first one to speak up was BENNY. Hehehe. He did pick one of the best little stories first, didn’t he? “APOLLO!” he CRIED really suddenly and loudly, SWINGING his arm in excitement. “I am obviously partial to ANYTHING Apollo related--yes, very good--In some myths, Apollo and the sun are separate entities completely, and Apollo has to drag the sun up, using his chariot--other times, Apollo and Helios--the sun--are one in the same.” It was all very complicated and confusing. “Apollo is also Phoebus--in latin--” he nodded.
OOPS.
He had spewed too much knowledge just now.
Also, he found those stickers he was searching for in his bag. He peeled off a blue sticker and...walked over to Benny and STUCK THE STICKER RIGHT TO HIS FOREHEAD. ‘YOU’RE A STAR!” he cried. oHDIEHIHWFIHF
STICKERS WERE SO MUCH FUN.
Who was the next lucky victim STUDENT?
SPOILER!!: Adi
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Some one was calling his name? "That's me!'' Adi replied to the instructor with a huge smile. Obviously the man had read his name tag. Adi liked the guy, by the way. He seemed sooooo friendly. Mhmmm.
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Add 'cool' to that list! As the Hufflepuff listened to the rules being explained, he decided that adjective should be added because yay! for first names, fun and less formalities in the class, er, seminar.
Greek and Norse mythologies were something Adi had a tad knowledge on. After throwing a look in Hady's direction, he raised a hand. "There's a myth about the sole time Hades left the Underworld and that was to kidnap his wife Persephone while she picking flowers in a field but there are different versions of the myth as with the others.'' The reason he had thrown Hady the look is because Hades was the nickname he had given her ealier that school year and they had talked a bit out the Greek Gods for a while. Plus, he was fascinated by the Underworld God. Yup.
Adi! Apollo smiled as he spoke. “Ah! I enjoy that one, too--and there’s always so many versions with these myths--” He could go into detail about the WHY that was, but it was boring. And probably only interesting to those interested in the historical aspect of things. “Hades...what a dog.” He peeled off a red sticker and smacked(gently, granted) on the kid’s forehead.
YAY!
Did they like stickers? He always used stickers. Even back when he was teaching university level. STUDENTS LOVED STICKERS.
SPOILER!!: Thornton
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Thornton smiled a little and nodded at Damien as he sat, wondering if the older boy had brought that silly bubble pipe with him. He imagined the instructor getting a bit of a kick out of it.
The boy looked down at his parchment and then up at Apollo - merlin, would his father hate that the man teaching them went by a nickname - as he said not to take notes. The Ravenclaw hesitated, before slipping the parchment and quill back into his bag. He would... just have to remember all the things and write them down later.
Raising his hand, Thornton offered one that he had found fascinating as a child. "There's the story of Midas being granted the ability to turn whatever he touched to gold." He paused, before grinning and adding, "bit of a problem when he wanted to eat."
Oh, was this one trying to take NOTES? Apollo was about to commandeer that quill but Thornton was putting it back into his bag. He stopped next to the boy’s desk…”MIDAS! My main MAN, Midas!” he pulled a green sticker off his little pad and stuck it, instantly, on Thornton’s forehead.
“Lovely answer. I assume it would make a lot of things difficult…” he cleared his throat and wondered if Thornton needed another sticker. Maybe he would ask for demonstration volunteers later...or something…
Moving back to the front of the room, he waited for more answers. COME ON, YOUTH. DON’T DISAPPOINT THE MAN! He had so many stickers to give out! He had bought ten pads. TEN PADS OF STICKERS. Each pad came with TEN SHEETS. Do the math!
Ahem.
SPOILER!!: Damien
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“Chicago.” And see? Damien Anderson-Belfort knew things. Just not school things, apparently (not that he was failing, but he was no Ravenclaw). He’d like to talk to Apollo a bit more, he was interesting, eccentric and Damien was curious.
Was it weird that Damien was slightly attracted to him? Probably, then again he seemed like D’s type… Crazy.
Calling the dude by his first name would feel weird, but yeah, okay, sure. “Eh, Apollo?” He raised his hand, casually sitting back in his seat. “Firstly, can I please try your hat?” It was a serious question.
“Secondly, story of ragnarok. Thor fighting the Midgardian Serpent, the earth sinking into the sea as the stars vanish and everything cuts to black? It’s kind of more of a prophecy almost, more than a myth, but that’s one.” He’d gone off track, he realized that, but he was really excited about this.
Sorry?
Apollo eyed the boy for a minute. Not an unfriendly eye, but……..he walked over to the chair where his hat was resting and waved his wand, and the hat swiftly floated over to Damien’s head and then rested atop it. The hat was….a lot heavier than it was supposed to be, and the reason why was...difficult to place.
“Ah...Damien….that is...that is…” NOT GREEK MYTHOLOGY. SIGH. Apollo just rubbed the bridge of his nose. “But that IS a very interesting story, I’ll give you that.” And Damien did not get a sticker on his forehead. Nope.
Apollo peeled off a yellow star and patted it on top of Damien’s nose, eyebrowing him. Boy was interesting, to say the least. He was from Chicago...of course he was interesting.
SPOILER!!: Adrienne
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Right. Not sir then. Apollo. Which was such a ridiculous moniker that Adrienne almost couldn't believe this weird-accented weird-dressed weirdo was sincerely asking them to use it, but it seemed he was.
Weird.
Okay, Adrienne was getting far too distracted. She made a firm promise to herself to stop ruminating over the weirdness of their... "guide". Which she managed to keep just up until he said that he didn't believe in notes. What kind of seminar even was this? It wasn't even a class, it was a mockery of one, in which they didn't have a professor and had to have respectful, accepting attitudes. That did not sound like a place in which Adrienne would thrive.
Still, she did really like mythology. Grudgingly, Adrienne raised her hand.
"One of my favourites is Orpheus and Eurydice," she said, and then realising how vague that was, elaborated with a short summary. "Orpheus was, like, this really great musician, and on his wedding day his wife got killed by satyrs. He went to Hades to get her back, and his music was so good that the guy decided to bring his wife back to life," which was sexist in all sorts of ways, but Adrienne wasn't about to get into that, "but only if he didn't look at her, for whatever reason. And before they got back he turned around, and she died forever. And then later he got torn to pieces by a bunch of women," she added, almost as an afterthought.
Oh, Adrienne’s myth….Apollo clapped for her and stuck a red sticker on her forehead. GOOD JOB! “That one always makes me a little saaaaad-” OH he wanted to LAMENT. If ONLY he had his giant harp. He’d charm it to play a sad tune for everyone.
ALAS.
SPOILER!!: Unicorn
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SPOILER!!: Adi
WAAAAAS HE LATE?!
Adi peeked in. Apparently not. Awesomeee! He practically sprang into the room though he paused to take in all the stuff on the tables. Oh yeah! This was going to be an INTERESTING seminar. And that man there had to be the person conducting it. "Hi, Hello, good day!'' he brightly greeted.
Annnd now to find a seat! Oh, heya, Professor Cassie! Adi grinned in her direction as well as Yoongi's, Hades's and Lux's, Mari's, Norah's and a few others before making a beeline for AJ. "Nice unicorn, AJ. He looks a little disproportionate.'' As in part of it was drawn bigger than the other half. Hehe. The Puffer flopped down next to his girlfriend and snagged her quill to filled out his own name tag:
The boyfriend went and took a seat by her, and he got a beam... until he went and insulted her unicorn drawing. "This baby is perfect," she said with a tad bit of crazy eyes while patting her nametag. He was pulling her leg, she knew, so no need to go full out unicorn crazy. Not yet anyways. Plus, AJ was no artist, and she was aware of this fact.
What? Adi didn't have his own quill? That seemed very unlike the prefect. Or maybe he just didn't feel like digging one out of his own bag when hers was so readily available. Made sense to her.
SPOILER!!: Greetings, Apollo.
There was no such thing as a stupid question. Not even this one! Apollo chuckled and shook his head. “No..not today, sorry….is your name Unicorn?” he asked, staring at the picture. If it was….that was cool. Or if she wanted to go by Unicorn..well...he’d oblige.
Bummer. Now she really wanted to bob for apples knowing that she couldn't. "Well, if you have apples leftover afterwards..." Fidget. "...I could take them off your hands." Needing apples may or may not be related to her original question, but no need to go all into it.
Oh, he liked her unicorn, did he? AJ beamed at him, and since he seemed totally cool with it, she decided to roll with her nametag. She nodded her head in agreement while her eyes shifted back to the mountain of apples.
SPOILER!!: Apollo (annnnd starting)
He moved towards the blackboard and erased his name and the name of the seminar. “A very specific study I was involved in recently….we work on looking very meticulously at mythological stories...I am in charge of the Greek and Roman myths, since that’s my niche, but Norse mythology and Egyptian Mythology are two other counterparts. We’re just tipping the iceberg today, don’t worry. I won’t go into the boring details of the THEORIES. Just the fun application stuff today.”
Were they following? Was he making sense? WAS HE EXPLAINING PROPERLY? He hoped so. “Any questions before we begin?” he thought he should ask...and then he walked over to his backpack and began rummaging around for….something, it seemed.
“First things first--what myths do you guys know? Are familiar with? Heard of? Focus on Greek and Roman myths, only, now.” Though he did enjoy a good Egyptian story.
Apollo was the coolest guide ever. It was as if he was speaking directly to her heart. No notes, and he was just one of the cool kids. Yup, this lion was glad that she had decided to come down to this little lesson.
FUN? AJ liked fun, she did. It was starting to become difficult to pay attention because there were so many cool looking things on the tables. And those apples though. Millions of things were running through her mind. How were they all related? Why did she care so much?
AJ knew plenty oh myths, but when he said they needed to keep it narrowed down to Greek and Roman, she checked out. This wasn't fun. Just when he hopes were going up, he went and made them think about lame stuff. The professor needed to redeem himself and get back to the fun he was talking about moment ago.
The lion fiddled with her nametag and didn't bother with notes because they didn't need them. Not that she would have otherwise.
A quiet one! Apollo wagged his pad of stickers in front of her face. STICKERS. Didn’t she WANT ONE?
SPOILER!!: Natalia
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Did the guy just... do a salute? He was.. from the army? The Lioness gave an uncertain smile before saluting back with a small chuckle.
Before the interesting part of the seminar began, Natalia had to force herself to stay focused on Apollo (she made certain to stick a mental note to herself to NOT call him 'Professor', 'sir', or any respectable prefixes) and his three rules. Slightly wriggling in her seat, the Lioness doodled a little Poseidon trident in the corner of her notebook. A fiiine doodler, she was.
Anything they knew about Greek or Roman mythology? So it was like a free throw. Interesting, how Natalia just realized, that the lecturer's name, Apollo, was the name of the Greek and Roman sun god. Coincidence, much? "Question, s-s-Apollo," The fourth year had almost uttered 'sir'. "is Apollo actually your birth name or did you give it to yourself because you like mythology so much?" To the fourth year, the question did not seem to be off topic or meddlesome in any way. She kept her guiltless smile on her face.
And speaking of Apollo... "Apollo and Daphne." It was the first Greek mythological story that jumped out at her. "It was a quite tragic story, in my opinion." As with everything, Natalia merely gave one sentence of simple opinion without explaining the full story. Leave the full commentary to know-it-alls *cough* Claws.
“Ah, yes...Apollo and DAAAAPHNE!” he announced it like a sports announce would. Zealous and all. He pressed a blue sticker to the girl’s forehead and SMIRKED. “...turning into trees is a common occurrence in Greek Mythology, as we will see.” Ahem. Their first myth….
SPOILER!!: Lux
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Lux liked this Apollo guy so far! He seemed nice and enthusiastic. "I didn't know that. Thanks for telling me, sir." It was interesting to know that her name meant 'light'. Maybe it spoke for her sunny disposition. Smiling wider as he patted her head, she watched him move on to greet the other students.
It didn't take long for the seminar to start, and she listened carefully as the rules were laid out. Right, she could do all those things even if it would be difficult to not call him 'sir' and she was really tempted to take notes. Mythology fascinated her even if she was by no means an expert on it. Would he like to hear her share legends of King Author? Because she knew quite a lot of them...
Oh.
Greek or Roman mythology. Those she wasn't as familiar with, but she could try to remember one of the stories she had read. After a moment, Lux raised her hand. "What about Apollo and Cassandra." Maybe he'd like that one because it had his name in it. Hehe.
Lux seemed to be an incarnation of her name, her smile was so infectious, Apollo just HAD to smile back! “Oh, Apollo and Cassandra--another interesting one! Kind of sad...and Apollo is totally uncool in that one--” Sigh. Sometimes your favorite characters did dumb things. He placed a YELLOW sticker on Lux’s forehead. Yellow seemed appropriate.
SPOILER!!: Yoongi
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………This…Apollo dude was …kind of …odd wasn’t he?
Yoongi had heard him try and speak “cool” to a few of the students who entered and it did not suit him. Not at all. But this Gryffindor kind of liked the guide, not Professor and therefore remained silent and listened to his few rules. No writing notes? Uhm hello? Best guide ever! AND this was for FUN. Woohoo!
But then he had to say Cocoon instead of room and he was back to being odd again. Seemed like this man was the inbetween type. Not cool, but not uncool. ……Odd in a good way.
Sitting a bit more upright, Yoongi thought about the first question. Any myths about Greek or Roman myths? “One that pops up in my mind right now is Heracles. He was a hero in Greek Mythology and famous for his extraordinary strength and he had a lot of courage. He would have so been a Gryffindor” he said in an admiring tone.
Apollo just snorted at this one--”Good good--but--I’m not sure. Hercules, or Heracles, was...a bit of a rash...individual. And...well. He was a hero..but...not all heroes were necessarily /good/…” he sighed. Hercules was not one of Apollo’s favorites….But Yoongi, too, got a sticker STUCK right to his forehead; a blue one.
SPOILER!!: Hugo
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This sir, professor, mythology man was really cool and Hugo liked him. He was the combination of an old man with the energy of a 5 year old. Mhm. At least this seminar wasn't going to be boring.
After the introduction, Hugo was glad he didn't need to write down because he was really slow at taking notes and also, he had no idea about the Greek or Roman myths but he was going to answer anyways. He raised his hand, "There was someone named Homer?" that was the first name that popped up in his mind but probably wasn't a myth, he had just heard his name many times "He wrote books, right?... Ohh and also there was Hercules" he was sure that guy was a myth.
“Right--Homer! He didn’t write books, no...interestingly enough, he was blind. All of his stories were….spoken aloud and passed along that way. ISN’T THAT JUST SO AMAZING?! The CAPABILITIES of the human MIND!”
Apollo nearly fell OVER in excitement as he tried to reach Hugo to plant a green star on the kid’s forehead.
Which he did. After he regained his balance.
SPOILER!!: Grayson
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Originally Posted by hermionesclone
What in the name of Merlin?
Grayson stared at the man, not quite believing what it was that he was hearing. Did the man just speak in slang? Lol! LOOOOOOOL! Oh MAN. That was interesting, wasn't it? He'd never come across a professor -- or, according to this guy, a guide -- who was tryna be hip and cool. The dude was instantly one he approved of. Especially since he went on to say that they weren't to be taking notes.
FREAKING YES!
That was the best news EVER! The Slytherin was practically beaming as he stuffed his writing equipment back in his bag. No way way he gonna take notes if it wasn't necessary. Waste of time, that was.
What did he know about mythology? Er. Well. The Slytherin furrowed his eyebrows as he tried to think back to what he knew about the Greek/Roman myths. Which, let's be real, wasn't a lot. But he did know something at least. "Zeus was the god of the sky and ruler of all the gods. Basically, dude was incredibly important. Big leader and all that. He would throw thunderbolts at people he didn't like, which sounds like a cool way of showing what he's made of." Having that kinda power sounded epic, to be honest. [B"He was also married to Hera but had a buncha affairs."[/B]
He knew it wouldn’t be long before someone brought up Zeus. Apollo crossed over towards Grayson’s desk and peeled a red sticker off the sheet and smacked it GENTLY to the boy’s forehead.
HEHE.
This was fun.
SPOILER!!: Zander
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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack
Right. Not calling him Professor again because that was... Uncomfortable. Merlin. Why'd he come to this again? .... And was it too late to walk out? The only thing that was keeping him sat in his seat were the apples. Hopefully if nothing, he'd at least get a snack out of this. Sigh. He watched as some students perked up at the mythology stuff, but Zander really had to sit and think of something to talk about. Uh.
Greeks. They had yogurt. And nice cities. And good food.
But mythology?
Merlin. This was starting to sound like Runes all over again.
"Wasn't there a mail man or something? .... The one with the shoes?" You know... The shoes with the things on them? The wing things?
...The one with the SHOES.
Apollo side-stepped to Zander’s desk and sat atop, nodding thoughtfully. “Hermes, or Mercury. He had the winged shoes...and the cadeuscus...very good, Zander!” The boy seemed...sad? Off? Maybe he deserved two stickers on his forehead. Apollo stuck first a blue one and then a red one...THERE.
SPOILER!!: Henric
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Originally Posted by Symphora
Henric smiled back at the seminar 'guide' when he greeted him."Hello," he said. He hadn't had much to say about the man, he seemed to have the same eccentricities with a certain Astronomy professor in his school. It would be indeed interesting to learn from him. Oh...brilliant no need for notes. Henric liked the idea, an open and fun concept to bring about a seminar.Yup. He sat, listening to the Apollo man talked about his field of work and what mythology he expertise in.
Question time....Henric hadn't read too much about the greek myths and legends, but he did love all the dragon stories and such. He remembered one though...he watched a animated movie about it too.One of the students also mentioned about it...nice....he liked the character.
"Hercules and his winged horse pegasus?" he replied to the guide, but it came out as a question more than an answer.
Oh, HENRIC. The French boy with the not-really-mustache that Apollo had to shake his head to clear the image of. He sliiiiiid off Zander’s desk and smiled down at him. “Pegasus! What a fascinating creature---YES YES--” and Henric got a blue sticker to the forehead for a JOB WELL DONE!
SPOILER!!: Zhenya
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Originally Posted by Jessiqua
Zhenya was really enjoying being 'guided' by Apollo. He was nice, and made them all feel like equals. Not that there was anything wrong with Professors, but most of the Professors here related to them on some level. Just like Apollo was doing. Cool name, too. So it was just Apollo, not Mr. Apollo or Apollo... Lastname.
What mythology did she know of? She knew bits and pieces... so she raised her hand. "Si... Apollo, I know of Medusa. She was a monster, apparently a really ugly woman and she had venomous snakes coming out of her head as hair. She was a bit like the Basilisk because if someone looked into her eyes, they would turn to stone." Well, similar to the basilisk. Stone and a mixture of petrification when looking at the basilisk's reflection, or dying if looking into its eyes.
He jumped up at Zhenya’s repsonse--”OH OH OH ! DID YOU KNOW THAT SHE WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL AT FIRST?” He cried, LOUDLY--probably causing a few people to jump. “But she was CUUUUUUUURSED!” Poor, misunderstood Medusa!
Zhenya got a GREEN star stamped to her forehead. HEHEHE. Was he done with one sheet of stickers already?
SPOILER!!: Cassie
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Originally Posted by Bazinga
SPOILER!!: before starting
AN ADULT!!!!!
Apollo smiled warmly and shook her hand back. “Cassie. Nice to meet you! You’re a professor here, I take it? What do you teach? How--” but Apollo had to stop himself becaaaaause he wasn’t here to socialize. He was here to TEACH. “You don’t have to sit in the back if you don’t want to!” Really. The woman was kind of short!
Was snapping a Hogwarts requirement? Apollo began snapping back at her. Oh, this was fun. Was this a game? Apollo wanted to play.
“It is very nice to meet you as well.” She grinned towards the man. “I teach Divination.” She nodded, “The back will be just fine, I’m here to learn but don’t want to take from the students.” The students were the real audience for the seminar, but she wanted to see what it was all about.
SPOILER!!: starting
“OKAY! Let’s get this party started--Hi, hello, bonjour, hola, and—“ he signed the word hello in ASL, almost like a little salute. “….Welcome to my seminar! Whatever name I gave it—“ he snorted and waved his hand at the board. What had he written again? “It’s meaningless to you unless I explain it—but well—hi. My name’s Apollo….and I’ll be your….let’s call me a guide for today.” Leader was elitist. Teacher was…blegh. He had been a professor, but he hated that title, too. Guide sounded more...spiritual. He liked it.
He walked down a row and pushed the glasses up the ridge of his nose. He sat on the edge of Mari’s desk and smiled down at her. “I have….a few rules to go over before I begin the seminar. Three simple rules, I promise, I promise—“ he scooted off the edge of the desk and made his way to the front again. “Number one….please, please….call me Apollo. Not Mr. Apollo. Not Professor. Apollo. I am here to learn alongside you, to guide you…there is no hierarchy. I am not qualified to be the head of…any hierarchy, I assure you.” He grinned pleasantly. This was all so pleasant, wasn’t it? He felt so mellow, and he could tell the students were feeling all right, too. That was all he wanted. Relaxing environments made for…better brain stimulation. “Rule number two is….no notebooks are needed for this. Firstly, this is a seminar—it’s for FUN—and secondly, I don’t believe in notes. Listening and taking in all of this will be more beneficial for your spongy brains—“
Apollo couldn’t keep still. He was pacing in front of the class in a slow manner, but pacing nonetheless. “Thirdly, and I think this should go without saying—respectful and accepting attitudes are the ONLY attitudes I want inside our little cocoon here.”
Cocoon. Apollo really enjoyed this room.
“Are we ready? We’re ready.” He bounced a little to the front of the room and rihiuerhghhegiuh HE WAS GOING TO EXPLODE WITH EXCITEMENT. “Our seminar will obviously be focused around Mythology, obviously….” He cleared his throat. “I am Dr. Washerby...but please, Apollo, only... and I hail from the great land of California--I’ve studied Magical Theory for awhile now, but as a Classicist, I take a particular interest in the theories behind magic in those times. And today, we’ll be focusing on three myths...and looking at how these myths might…..have been VERY possible with magic.” Was he blabbering? Yammering?
He moved towards the blackboard and erased his name and the name of the seminar. “A very specific study I was involved in recently….we work on looking very meticulously at mythological stories...I am in charge of the Greek and Roman myths, since that’s my niche, but Norse mythology and Egyptian Mythology are two other counterparts. We’re just tipping the iceberg today, don’t worry. I won’t go into the boring details of the THEORIES. Just the fun application stuff today.”
Were they following? Was he making sense? WAS HE EXPLAINING PROPERLY? He hoped so. “Any questions before we begin?” he thought he should ask...and then he walked over to his backpack and began rummaging around for….something, it seemed.
“First things first--what myths do you guys know? Are familiar with? Heard of? Focus on Greek and Roman myths, only, now.” Though he did enjoy a good Egyptian story.
A guide, well Cassie did enjoy that type of title. She liked being a guide herself, so far this man had her attention. She did have to eye him, some students learned by writing. Just listening could have the potential to miss something or forget. She hoped the students that had a bit more anxiety didn’t freak out about this. Her green eyes scanning around. They all seemed alright, so she kept her pleasant smile and set her own parchment aside. She did like to take notes.
She listened as he began, boy did he seem very excitable. She wanted to snap some more over the excitement. This was just so much fun. What myths had she heard? Cassie tapped her chin and listened to the students as she thought this over.
Cassie was being silent but that was totally her choice, and he just smiled pleasantly at her! He hoped she was enjoying this--and didn’t find it DULL.
SPOILER!!: Nemo
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Originally Posted by Schroyers
SPOILER!!: Hugo and Apollo
Nemo looked at the boy next to him and smiled over at him. At least until he said the whole fish thing. Then the boy got a regular look. "Yeah, You're Hugo? Yes?" Nemo had a bad memory with younger students so he wasn't sure about what his interaction with the kid.
But you know whatever, he seemed nice enough.
Then this Apollo person was speaking to him. So he had Nemo's attention. "Like the captain. Professor. I'm assuming yours is like the God?" One of the names for the god anyway. Interesting that the man's name would have to do with the subject he was teaching. Nemo assumed this was because it was a fake name that he'd given himself Which would makes sense based on how weird the man looked.
Ahhh, so his name WAS related to the captain...good to know...Nemo didn’t answer the myth question either, but that was OKAY. Plenty more opportunities to get STICKERS.
SPOILER!!: Marigold
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Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104
Marigold returned Apollo's high five with enthusiasm. COOL DUDE. COOL MYTHOLOGY DUDE. Yes. She liked this dude already.
And she wriggled excitedly in her seat. She could get used to this, having interesting subjects nOT for a grade.
What myths did she know? ALL OF THEM. Or was he expecting specifics? "Hestia was the greek goddess of home and the hearth, and she gave up her throne slash seat thing for Hephaestus, if I'm pronouncing that correctly?"
Apollo thought Marigold seemed excited, at least, for all of this. He was wandering around the classroom as they all answered. They were just all SO smart-he was VERY impressed. Ugh. He loved and missed teaching so much.
He pressed a purple sticker to Marigold’s forehead and smiled. “GOOD. And yes, you did--” also GOOD.
SPOILER!!: Penelope
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Originally Posted by griffin
Penelope smiled at Apollo's comment on her name. Yes, she knew all about Odysseus' wife Penelope.
She knew a lot of Greek myths. There were many different stories that she could talk about. She had a whole book that was a collection of several Greek myths. "Homer's Odyssey is the story of what happened to Odysseus when he was trying to get home after the Trojan war." This myth was a special one because it was where her name came from. She had a copy of The Odyssey somewhere in her dorm. "After ten years of trying to get home, Odysseus finally gets back to Ithaca, but there are a lot of other men there who want to marry his wife Penelope." There were a lot more things that could be said about the story, but Penelope didn't want to take too long talking about what she knew about Greek mythology. There were other people who needed a turn to talk, and they might be moving on to another question soon.
PENELOPE THE FAITHFUL got a GREEN sticker stuck to HER forehead for her answer. “YES. One of my favorites, really--Oh Odysseus-sly, sneaky little thing--” admirable, but sneaky.
Did ANYONE else…..you know….have any more contributions? No? Apollo marched to the front of the room, almost FLAILING from excitement, and he leaned against the table with the mugs and rubber balls on it. He waved his wand, and the chalk on the ledge of the blackboard rose and began to write.
“Okay. So. I see that you all know, at least, SOME things about Mythology…” he eyed Damien. “And…...some of you know things about other types of mythology--but one of you mentioned Daphne...who...turned into a tree.” A moment of silence for Miss Daphne, aka, TREE.
*Silence*
“The first myth we’ll be talking about today is one of my favorites…” He had so many favorites. “It’s...a really sweet one. It’s most famously depicted in Ovid--Ovid? You know, the FAMOUS Roman poet--he wrote a bunch of these myths down in his Metamorphoses.” Were they following? He stopped and paused, glancing at the board as the chalk scribbled things he was saying. “The story of….” HE PAUSED FOR EFFECT. “Baucis and Philemon!!!!!!” and he BEAMED out at them and fiuerhuihiuhgihu HE WAS SO EXCITED TO TELL THEM ALL ABOUT IT.
“In this story...Zeus, or Jupiter(his Roman name) wanted to destroy mankind because of the AWFULNESS that was humanity. But...he WAS willing to give humanity one more chance. Zeus and Hermes--they hatched a PLAN. They decided to come down to Earth disguised as vagrants, pretty much--shabby, poor, homeless--and they knocked on the houses in the town that Baucis and Philemon were living in--all of their neighbors turned down poor Zeus and Hermes.
This was actually a HUGE no-no--because at this time, the idea of hospitality was...very important to the culture. The fact that these neighbors were turning down people--and GODS, nonetheless--was...well, wrong. But anyways, Zeus and Hermes came to Baucis and Philemon’s house, finally, and the older couple were so….sweet. They let the gods into their home, they fed them, they accommodated the two gods in EVERY way possible, giving all that they had just to make sure their guests were happy and comfortable.”
He had a glint in his eye, because these two...UGH. He just felt so touched by their immense generosity! “They were going to slaughter their only goose...their favorite goose….just to make sure they had something to feed the gods….and juuuuuust as the goose was about to be killed--Zeus and Hermes revealed who they really were! Zeus was so happy to have met humans who were good and kind that he swooped them up to a mountain to save them from a massive flood that killed everyone in their town--” it was kind of sad, but….Apollo tried not to think about it.
“As a reward, the couple’s house was turned into a temple, and Baucis and Philemon were made the priest and priestess. They asked Zeus that they may die together...and so, when the time came…..they turned into intertwining trees, wrapped around each other….” The chalk was drawing a VERY in-depth drawing of a the tree, and Apollo smiled.
“So. After hearing this story...can anyone explain to me….if you had to…” Hm. How to phrase this question. “So...in the story, the couple turn into trees. Think about the magical implications of this...about...EXACTLY what kind of magic is going on there. Let me hear your thoughts.” He paused for a minute. “What branch of magic would this be? And also...humans turning into trees...is no easy feat. There are possible...steps in order for a FULLY human person to become a FULLY TREE….tree. What do you think those steps would be?”
“Feel free to answer all, none, or one of the questions.” He smiled and wondered if this was too much...was it over their heads? He didn’t think it was. These were bright kids. And maybe once they had the hands on experience...he would be able to show them that this stuff was so FASCINATING.
OOC: I'll be posting again in about 16 or so hours! <3
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Soooooo... this Apollo dude was interesting, Zeke sat and listened with interest, his mouth downturned in the corners and his eyes were widened. He was clearly impressed. Yep. No notes, no rules other than BE NICE. This would be too easy.
He had refrained from participating in conversation so far, not really knowing much about myths and things, BUT... he could hazard a guess as to the magic involved.
Hand up, he offered his thoughts. "I would have guessed transfiguration at first, cause you know, changing the state of one thing into another... but I think for it to be that... permanent? of a transformation, and by another being that maybe it's a curse of some sort? Or like, a dark version of transfiguration? Even though the deaths were basically negotiated with the gods, it was ultimately the gods who had the power to enforce the change." So... not of the peoples wills... really... kinda... more or less.
Yes?
No?
Was he crazy stupid?
AND... he had a question too. "Where they, or could they have been, made into wands?" Like wand trees?
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