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| | Term 41: Sept - December 2015 Term Forty-One: Operation RHS (Sept 2087 - June 2088) | |
10-14-2015, 12:32 AM
| | |  Astronomy Lesson 2 :: Field Trip to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
The Astronomy classroom is set up in it's usual semicircle of desks and windows are closed to keep the chilly January winds. The professor's desk at the front of the room has an array of peculiar things placed upon it that are not to be touched until instructed to do so. A large box of bum bags also sits on the desk besides these objects. The chalkboard behind the desk simply reads:
Quote: - Take a bum bag each.
- Inside you will find a Royal Observatory pamphlet and envelope containing muggle money.
- Please give your permission slip to the professor.
- Portkey in half an hour.
- No pips today.
Professor Flamsteed stands just off to the right of his desk with eager hands waiting for the permission slips and already has his bum bag on and is ready to get this show on the road as he rocks back and forth on his heels.
Did you remember to use the lint roller on the small table outside of the classroom? The one absent of the pips that have become second nature by this point. It was there next to the sign that reads, "Not to be used as a brush for your hair" and has the signature of a former student in the bottom right corner.
So come on in and get ready to boldly go where no has gone before!
⌦Lesson Progression
▸ question 1 :: what is the significance of the prime meridian?
▸ action one :: grab a portkey! GO GO!
▸ action two :: portkey SWOOOOOOSH and away we go!
▸ class dismissed!
OOC: You do not need to fully copy paste the entire permission form here, but it is available if you want to in the Sky News thread. Just be sure to include handing it over the permission form in some way in your RP post! Bum bags are luck of the draw so you can pick which one your student ends up with
Please be sure you are familiar with Professor Flamsteed's rules BEFORE you post in this lesson. We will know if you haven't read them! All SnitchSeeker site rules apply.
Also, please keep in mind that while this is the last OOC lesson of the term I will host, it is NOT the last lesson IC as it is only January IC when this lesson takes place 
Class will officially begin approximately 13 hours from the time of this post.
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10-16-2015, 04:39 PM
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You know who'd been his choice of travel buddies was? The Head Boy. Phillip didn't exactly KNOW the boy well enough but he had the coolest object for a Portkey so naturally, that was what Phillip had based his selection off of. The ice tray was cool as well but the lamp. The IRON MAN LAMP. HELLO?!
You know what would be a cool idea? Getting someone to animate the lamp so that he could have an arm wrestle. But he needed the right person to do that and his eyes immediately went towards the Head Boy himself, looking him up and down. Was he good at magic? Could he be convinced? Was it going to be HARD to convince him? All of these were important questions.
So, he started motioning towards the boy, which included a bright smile and a wa--
Oh, they were leaving? Well, NEVERMIND THEN. Not like he had important questions to ask.
Clearing his throat, the boy caaaaaaasually pretended that he had raised a hand to run through his hair before placing a hand on the lamp itself and gripping on tightly. He even closed his eyes because he KNEW what was coming. That jerking feeling, the unstable landing and then the feeling of sickness that followed. Wasn't using Portkeys fun?
But, before he knew it, he was off with a POOF!
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10-16-2015, 05:39 PM
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Did it really matter who they went with? Probably not. Caleb decided to just go with Flamsteed. Even though the professor was clutching a pet rock like it was a REAL pet, he felt safest with him for some reason.
As the countdown began, he clutched the portly tightly and braced himself for the feeling of disorientation, and then...WHOOSH! They were off!
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10-16-2015, 06:23 PM
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Daxton still could not make a decision. He stood, more or less frozen, looking back and forth and reasoning that he could just stay behind and at least he would get to keep the money they had been given. There were spaces around Dakest's portkey, but was there enough space?
He dithered for a moment longer, eyeing the strange soft toy... thing, and when Airey Flamsteed called that it was time to go and began counting down, Daxton was gripped with momentary panic. He was a very impatient boy, but he did not like being rushed. He flapped his hands as they got closer to the moment that the portkeys were due to leave, stuck in his moment of indecision. But when the count reached 'two', Daxton suddenly stepped forward to the group around Dakest and quickly grabbed hold of the plush toy, which looked like a weird mushroom, standing sideways so that nobody would touch him.
He immediately regretted his choice, as the texture of the fabric was vile and harsh against his fingers, but at that moment the countdown was over and they were whisked away by the portkey with the uncomfortable jerk he had read about.
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10-16-2015, 06:55 PM
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Angel was totally looking forwards to this trip and now it seemed that it was time to go and she was wishing she could just go without using the portkey because she was nervous every time she used it.
Angel grabbed the closet one to her and she waited until it was time to go, suddenly with a jerk she felt herself being sucked into the portkey and she felt a little bit funny.
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10-16-2015, 06:58 PM
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Chloe's anxiety started to burst and bubble as the whole room erupted into chaos. People were picking travel leaders and Professor Flamstead was getting ready for everyone to go.
Her little chest was rising and falling in rapid breaths.
In panic, she wandered over to the Head Girl and grew more and more and more and more and more and more anxious with the wait. Why they couldn't all go together she didn't know. This was stressful. Hiding behind her frizzy, blonde hair was happening.
And it was the hiding behind her hair that caught her off guard when all of the sudden the space around her went poof and off they went.
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10-16-2015, 07:23 PM
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Hugs from Miss Sophie Brown and nice words and he really was right beside her. As much as he disliked the bag she had been given by Professor Flamsteed, Rooney took a hold on it alongside the other members of his group, only after giving a curious look to Mister David Truebridge and the Bellaire kid that wasn't Bentley, nor as cool as Bentley. AND THEN MISS SOPHIE BROWN GOT HIS BIG EYES AND SMILE AND HELLO HEAD GIRL U SO PRETTY. Oh wow oh wow oh wOW this was going to be so fun.
...... Fun, he thought.
GOODBYE HOGWARTS, SEE YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
OMG. OMG. OMG.
It was go t-- woah.
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10-17-2015, 01:33 AM
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COOL they were gathering quite the group.
Norah, Yoongi, and Ava. And then they were shortly followed by Candice which was strange considering how he was pretty sure the girl thought he was insane and some little Slytherin. He smiled hello at both of the new additions to the group, even opening his mouth to ask for the little boy's name before--
UH OH.
Well not "uh oh", but they were getting a countdown which meant, "HOLD ON TIGHT!!" But um, actually... Zander didn't know what would happen if they didn't hang on tight? So uh, hang on tight but also maybe don't? Eh.
He wasn't an expert on this stuff. But he was WOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.
Ahem.
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10-17-2015, 01:58 AM
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Sabel almost laughed before they were off. The responses from his two arm-rests couldn't have been more different. Zeke looked like he had swallowed something sour and Hady looked about the happiest child on the world. A good bunch this was. A good bunch indeed.
And then there was the countdown, and Sabel did a double check, making sure that everyone was holding on tight and proper. Didn't need to loose anyone, or worse.
Three...two....one.... "GERONIMO!"
And then he did laugh, because how could one not laugh when Lynch had started to so freely beside him. Even in the turning, tumbling, pulling and falling, he laughed.
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10-17-2015, 02:17 PM
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| | Crup
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He didn't stop sulking, but he DID grab hold of a piece of the portkey to avoid being left behind or...well...WOULD he have been left behind? He was attached to Four Eyes afterall and if he was being tugged along by magic...wouldn't it take him too? It'd probably hurt a whole lot though, being dragged along by cuffs so yeah, he'd hold on like everyone else did and prepared for that annoying tug that would signal their departure.
Soon enough, there is was and the classroom disappeared from before him.
Know something? He'd probably have been more excited about this field trip and getting to GO SOMEWHERE NOT INSIDE THE CASTLE WHERE EVERYONE WAS FORCED NOT TO USE MAGIC but 'cept he was attached to....you know who.
Talk about a trip killer.
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10-17-2015, 03:15 PM
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Oliver hurried over to Flamsteed. He was sure that he would not be left behind, but he didn't want to take any chances. FIELD TIP TIME! He made sure his bum bag was secure and grabbed on to the portkey. He was looking forward to the arrival, but not so much to the transportation. Travelling by portkey was not something he enjoyed.
Ready? Deep breaths. Oliver squeezed his eyes closed as they departed.
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10-17-2015, 07:37 PM
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Henric and Chloe had joined her group, and Soph gave them both warm, welcoming smiles - especially little Chloe who looked very, very nervous - and as Flamsteed started to count down, Soph joined the ranks of the anxious and nervous, too.
Even though she'd portkeyed loads of times, it was STILL exciting and nerve-wracking every time. WHAT IF THEY ENDED UP SOMEWHERE ELSE? WHAT IF THEIR PORTKEY WAS TAMPERED WITH? What if Flamsteed wanted her and her group to end up somewhere else and test how she dealt with a trying situation? ...No, what if he did that to ZANDER? Or her AND Zander's group?!
Sweet Merlin.
Before she could dwell on it too much longer, the end of the countdown was nearing so Soph encouraged, "Hold on tight, guys," and THEY WERE OFF.
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10-17-2015, 11:41 PM
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She could sign her own permission slip on right? She was of age now. If not oh well guess she wasn't going then.
Oh crap!
Cinna must have been somewhere off in lala land or a daydream. Or something. Whatever it was it had distracted Cinna from getting to the porkey.
Almost at the last few seconds Cinna got to a porkey. And they were off.
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10-18-2015, 12:06 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazenhani  Sabel almost laughed before they were off. The responses from his two arm-rests couldn't have been more different. Zeke looked like he had swallowed something sour and Hady looked about the happiest child on the world. A good bunch this was. A good bunch indeed.
And then there was the countdown, and Sabel did a double check, making sure that everyone was holding on tight and proper. Didn't need to loose anyone, or worse.
Three...two....one.... "GERONIMO!"
And then he did laugh, because how could one not laugh when Lynch had started to so freely beside him. Even in the turning, tumbling, pulling and falling, he laughed. Oh, time to go? And what was a geron..mimo? Geron-nono? What was he talking about? Was it gobbledygook? Was Dakest, in spite of his very pretty profile, actually part goblin? He looked fully human, but so did lots of people who ended up to have troll hearts.
But then the portkey kicked in, and Dot tightened her grip as nausea swept over her. And they were gone.
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SWOOOOOOOOOOSH!
Landing on his feet, Airey waited for everyone to get their bearing and deal with whatever nausea may have occurred during transit.
"Class dismissed," he announced, his chest puffed out with pride. "No homework for you over the weekend, but there will be an extra credit assignment posted in the coming weeks."
So live long, be inspired by all you had seen, and prosper.
"Oh! The bum bags are for you to keep."
You're welcome!
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