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Clara blinked several times as another figure made its way into the room. By this time, after four years at Hogwarts, she had grown pretty used to ghosts floating around the halls without a care. It was, however, considerably rare that they actually take the time to barge into a class. She raised her eyebrows when the ghost began talking about professors and tattoos. Clara herself did not have anything about tattoos, or professors having tattoos. But she didn't really see the significance. It was their business, to be honest. It didn't affect their teaching methods, anyway. When the ghost mentioned Sir Isaac Newton, Clara actually paid some attention, staring at the figure rambling on and on. Apples and Newton were indeed connected; that was a point that she wished she had made earlier, but it was obviously too late now. The ghost asked about gravity and Clara sighed with relief. Of course she knew about gravity - who didn't? The only difficult thing was putting it into words succinctly. Clara's hand shot up in the air as she gave a response, "Gravity is why we stand on the ground. Gravity is a force that brings all things together. For example, it brings humans to the ground. Otherwise, we might float...like in space. But we need not worry about a non-gravity bubble unless we are astronauts or something." |
Fiyero considered Professor Flamsteed's question. A truth about apples? Well, they made good pies (especially the way Grandma Jones made them) but that probably wasn't the type of answer he was looking for. His eyes darted from his apple to the one on Evie's desk, then back again. What did they have in common? They both had a skin. He was surprised no one had brought that up yet. He raised hisi hand to answer, but before he could speak... MERLIN"S BEARD! What was that?! A ghost Fiyero had never seen before appeared out of nowhere. He didn't think he was ever going to get used to that! All he could to was stare dumbly at the scene unfolding in front of him. Was this ghost actually flirting with Professor Flamsteed? He choked back a giggle as she called him a "studmuffin". He had to hold his notebook in front of his face to hide the blush rising as the conversation turned to Professor Flamsteed's tattoo. That was more information than Fiyero ever wanted to know about his head of house. And it just got even more awkward from there! Why did every female at Hogwarts have to drool over Professor Hirsch?! It certainly made Defense Against the Dark Arts classes less fun... Fiyero looked up as the ghost- whoever she was - asked a question about gravity. Well, at least she'd said something somewhat normal this time. "Gravity is the force that keeps us tied to the earth, sort of like a magnetic attraction," he said before realizing what a poor choice of words it was. What were the consequences of mentioning attraction to this ghost? "It's the reason I can do this:" He dropped his quill pen; it landed with a soft clatter on the floor. "Without gravity, the quill would float away." |
The astronomy professor ghost had randomly decided to interrupt and start teaching now? Fine, whatever, as long as they were learning. Penelope wouldn't describe Newton as a stud muffin the way that Burbage did, but Newton's contributions to physics were pretty impressive, and obviously intelligence mattered just as much if not more as looks. Unfortunately, it was difficult to find boys who were single, about her age, smart, hot "stud muffins," and were nice people. It turned out that most boys were immature jerks and idiots in some way. Sometimes it seemed better to just not bother with boys at all. Penelope smiled when Burbage said "well done darling" for mentioning the apple story. What was that about Professor Flamsteed having a tattoo? Of celestial movements when his little bundle of joy was born? PROFESSOR FLAMSTEED HAD A BABY??? She looked at Professor Flamsteed "You have a baby?" There were so many questions to be asked about the baby. If Flamsteed wasn't going to tell, she would just have to ask Burbage about it later. This tattoo thing sounded a lot like an astrological birth chart, not that Penelope would even dare to mention that word in this room. Right, back to the lesson. What had they been talking about? Hot guys? Oh wait, that was when Burbage came in. It was time to focus on Sir Issac Newton and gravity. "Gravity is a force of attraction between everything in the universe. The greater the mass of an object, the greater the gravitational pull. The greater the distance between objects, the weaker the gravitation between them. Gravity is responsible for the formation, shape, and orbit of planets and other celestial bodies." Could they go back to the whole Professor Flamsteed has a baby thing if there was time at the end of the lesson? |
H I L A R I O U S. This lesson was GOLDEN. Like, he was GLAD he came... because to miss this would be a sad sad thing. LULZ. Zeke didn't much care about the 'gravity' thing, or the baby thing (as cute as baby things were, cause, BABY) but FLAMSTEED, TATTOOS?! WHAT? Really? REALLY?! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOL! He wanted to see this. "Show us your tat, Admiral!" he called out, winking before sinking his teeth into his apple again. Well done, Burbage, well done! Tooooooo funny. He'd HAVE to tell Maggie about this for sure. |
SPOILER!!: BURBAGE. FUNNY STORY. Brian Woods had completely forgot that he had Astronomy today and was VERY CLOSE TO TAKING A GOOD SLEEP until about fifteen minutes before the lesson when all his supremely athletic dormmates had taken it upon themselves to sling their bags across their shoulders and walk out. And when he asked one WHY they were doing that right before they disappeared from view, he was VERY HARSHLY REMINDED THAT CLASS WAS A THING. And he had to scramble to get his stuff together which wasn't all bad but then that was enough to set him back by a good five minutes - because the boy was not going to class with drool on his face, no siree - which left him with TEN MINUTES TO CLIMB SEVEN FLIGHTS OF STAIRS. Which might be okay for a normal person to run up with the moving staircases cooperating but with a boy with a leg that was practically non-functional? Nope. Just nope. Anyway, he burst through the door arrived at the classroom PANTING AND HEAVING and found himself just in time to hear Burbage's lecture on gravity and NEWTON and how Newton was super cool and - "SORRY PROFESSOR I FORGOT THERE WAS ASTRONOMY TODAY AND I TRIED TO CLIMB ALL THOSE STAIRS IN TEN MINUTES BUT LEG." - super smart which he loved to hear but then she said to summarize gravity into his own words. And it wasn't exactly how he would have planned it but his bad leg gave way and LOOK EVERYONE, THERE WAS A CRUMPLED HEAP OF HUFFLEPUFF ON THE FLOOR. "That wasn't me. It was gravity." It counted. He was pretty sure. Yeah, not moving. |
Was... the ghost taking over the lesson...? So much was happening. She was telling them SECRETS though, and while his attention was still very much focused on the story of her death - what plant? Why plant? HOW HAD THIS COME ABOUT? - he was still pretty able to focus on the idea of Airey having A TATTOO of STARS and STUFF. He stared at the astronomer's side, as if willing it to appear. He wouldn't ever show them though, right? Something something inappropriate et cetera. What a shame. He was unsure about answering the ghost's question, because she wasn't the professor right now right? But... everyone else was. "Gravity's the thing... force? That pulls things together. And all the planets and moons and stars and stuff have their own, and they're different mostly. But they keep you from floating off the planet and they keep moons and stuff from taking off into the universe." He looked at a Ravenclaw (Clara) after she had answered and shook his head. "You don't gotta be an astronaut to experience other gravities though! Professor Flamsteed has a spell for that. He taught it to me!" WERE THEY GONNA USE IT TODAY?! Jaemin looked at Airey excitedly. More gravity spell adventures? Please? |
At the mention of the "Hufflepuff dude", Carl smiled at the Gryffindor (Bec). However, his attention was quickly grabbed by the appearance of Ms Marion Burbage. Or the ghost of her, anyway. Wasn't she the Ex-Astronomy Professor? She was swallowed by a plant? That must have been horrible. The Second Year was glad for the change of topic, Sir Isaac Newton / studmuffin. He had forgotten that he had something to do with apples and gravity. He decided to write his answer onto his parchment, seeing as he was not too knowledgeable on the subject and it would be good to note his classmates' points down. 'Gravity is the force that pulls things towards the center of the earth.' Much like the way the older Hufflepuff was lying on the floor instead of floating around, Carl guessed. |
Wait, what? They had a guest lecturer today and she was spilling the tea? Professor Flamsteed with a tattoo??? Now that was something Janelle didn't see coming. In her mind Flamsteed and tattoos were mutually exclusive. The man almost flatlined when he was anywhere near a cat. Janelle just couldn't picture him undergoing......the needle. She guessed that old saying that you can't judge a book by it's cover Shaking the mental image of a tatted Professor Airey out of her head, Janelle turned her attention back to Ex-Professor Burbage. She had a question and Janelle raised her hand to answer it. "Gravity is the force that keeps our feet planted on the ground. If it wasn't for gravity, we'd all be floating around in the air." Or maybe in space, Janelle wasn't sure. She knew that was a gross oversimplification of what gravity was and not really a definition, but......she figured she'd leave the Ph.D. level explanations to those who were into that. |
Ilia was not really enthusiastic about anything today, teenage girl problems mkay? The Apple on her desk did not look like a thing to eat at all. No, no it didn't. She would not be eating it later either. Why? Because even though Airey head had assured them that said fruit orb was not in fact tainted, she didn't believe him. Nope, professors were not to be trusted with any form of comestible. Not any professors, even the beloved Professor Myers had decieved her. So no, professor shove your shiny apple where the atmosphere didn't matter. The annoyed snakette sat with her arms crossed through the entire apple questioning process. Dumb...a lot of her peers were dumb or crazy it seemed. Yup, another day at Hogwarts for you. The ghost didn't surprise or bother her at first....until she heard it call Airey head a studmuffin....that was just....disgusting. She might have vomited in her mouth a little. Yeah. Instead she chose to stare at Zeke eating his apple, he was crazy to trust it, but she loved the disobedience. What the ghost said next disrupted her thoughts.....Aire head had a tattoo!!??? Say what? Okay...this ghost knew way too much about male professors....did she die by the plant because she was stalking guys from the bushes? Like what even? Gravity....she wasn't her dear but whatever. "Gravity is the force that holds things together. The glue of the universe. What goes up, comes back down unless it possesses enough force to break orbit. The stellar pull at the core of our worlds that keeps planets and moons aligned and in sync...and keeps even such mundane things as an apple on your desk in order instead of letting it float away." It would not however keep her from chucking said apple at someone today if they crossed her. |
"Hello Marion. I read about you in Hogwarts, A History," Kitty said, thinking that this was a good moment to brag. It was true, she had read about her in history - right around the same time that she had discovered the news clippings concerning the tapestry. On to the next question. Kitty raised her hand when it was turn. "Gravity is an invisible force that keeps us firmly planted on the ground. If not for gravity we would all be like Aunt Marge when Harry Potter inflated her - floating aimlessly through the sky." And that was not a comfortable thing to imagine. "Since this is Astronomy, I guess we are going to be talking about the gravity on other planets and in outer space. In outer space there is no gravity, and in the moon there is much less of it. Last year Professor Flamsteed enchanted this room to have low gravity, so that when we jumped it was almost as if we were flying. It was one of my favorite Astronomy lessons." As she finished saying that she turned to smile at Professor Flamsteed. |
What in the name of all things really loud?! Hadleigh blinked her eyes at Marion recalling having read about the ghost many a times in her texts being the avid reader she was. However was the loudness of the ghost lady needed especially when she had no problem just blurting out things about their Professor? Sure if she had to admit it the brunette would say she was rather surprised about the newfound information she was getting about Airey Flamsteed. He had a baby as well as a tattoo. The baby wasn't much a bit deal as lots of people had children including their professors but she didn't think of him as a tattoo person. Then again most wouldn't think she had a tattoo as well but she did. Annndddd she was sure that if the man wanted them to know about it he would've told them. Secrets were meant to be kept. Shifting in her seat a little she kept her mouth closed and all thoughts to herself allowing everyone around her to give their answer. She did take out a quill and sheet of parchment from her bag. Neatly she wrote her answer on the parchment glad she didn't have to speak because she wasn't sure if she could manage it again. Quote:
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Don't. Stop. Writing. This was pure gold. After the ghost showed up the class seemed to get infinitely more interesting. Yes, quill, you were correct; his Head of House was possible seeking some inner youth and last thrills when he got whatever decoration she now said he had on his side. How come they never got to see? He wouldn't have minded and could have spun a brilliant story from that as well. Was the quill getting the gestures and expressions too? Every detail mattered, no matter how embellished they would appear after. We're not worried about the man, Burbage. Whether he regains his senses or not, you are free to continue teaching. "Gravity's that thing that keeps Gryffindors from reaching the sun on their own!" |
Mason stayed quiet throughout the lesson, jotting down anything that she thought was significant. She gave a little snort when the professor said pseudoscientific hokum, though, since she didn't have a clue what that meant. . . She wasn't about to eat that apple anyways, since Mason had completely lost her faith in the professors of Hogwarts, since it seemed that they were wont to spike their 'friendly-little-food-offerings'. So it was safe to say that her apple would remain whole until the moment she threw it into the nearest trash-can. Universal truth about apples? What? Mason glanced at the apples placed on there desks, paying attention to each stem and each's color . . . hmmmm. Before she could even answer though, a . . . ghost? WHAT THE HELL WAS WITH THIS SCHOOL AND ITS TOLERANCE OF THE SPIRITS OF DEAD PEOPLE WANDERING AROUND AND TERRORIZING THE STUDENST??!! Merlin! That laugh! Could she throw this apple at Ghost-Lady? Please? That would define gravity perfectly. . . |
Oooh. The ghost was a teacher as well? That was pretty awesome! She'd heard and read about ghosts teaching in the past, but she hadn't known ghosts taught now! She liked that. It was pretty amazing. She was so going to write to her mother to tell her all about the ghost teacher. It was super cool. But first she needed to answer the question. Gravity. She knew about gravitiy. Beaming, Hattie put her hand up into the air. "Gravity is what keeps us from floating into space. So it's really super important. Cause there is no air in space. So like if we floated off we'd die. Which would be super sad" |
Maddie, for one, was all set with seeing Flamsteed's tat. It did sound interesting and all but it was hiding behind clothes somewhere and she was definitely okay with him keeping it covered up, just saying. Hirsch, on the other hand...Well she'd be happy to see his tattoos. She was also happy not to repeat what gravity was as the monotony of it all was making her terribly bored. Instead, she scribbled down her take on the subject. Quote:
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A ghost, a tattooed Admiral Flamsteed, and just...that former Astronomy professor that has a huge obsession with Isaac Newton. Jace closed his mouth as he stared at the figures up front, and wondered if Astronomy teachers are naturally hyperactive. It does make up for a rather boring subject, doesn’t it? Quietly, he got his notebook out and scribbled down his answer about the topic for the night. Quote:
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Unfortunately, dear old Marion was dragging them back to the actual subject at hand. No thanks... Dot would rather dish about Flamsteed some more. "Gravity keeps your feet on the ground. It keeps us all spinning around the sun, and it keeps the moon spinning around us. It's totally invisible, but it's one of the most important and powerful forces in nature. How big is this tattoo?" |
Isabella raised her hand. "Gravity's what gives people and stuff weight. It holds us on the earth, and it's why apples fall from trees!" she said. Tilting her head, she looked at the ghost thoughtfully. An astronomy ghost seemed like a good warning to be careful in the astronomy tower, she thought. She wondered why her mother hadn't said anything about an astronomy ghost, though... Isabella looked down at the apple on her desk and sighed wistfully. This class was going to seem very long with the apple sitting there the entire time. |
Melbourne looked over to Professor Burbage and then back to Hads…oh…right, she’d never told Hads about the Ghostly Professor she had met last term. Looking back at Professor Burbage she grinned at the comment about the decorations being exquisite. Maybe she would have to ask about it? Or inquire as to how Professor Burbage saw it? Mel raised her eyebrow at Professor Burbage’s question. “Um…Professor…I’d have to say…um…gravity is a force that holds things in place?” She chewed her lip a bit. |
They were talking about apples, and Rula wasn't planning on answering that question for now since some of the others had already said what she would've answered, and then suddenly there was a really LOUD ghost lady in the classroom chattering about how handsome Sir Isaac Newton was - ???? - and talking about how Professor Flamsteed had a new decoration??? Was this really information they needed to know? Although, she had to admit, it was really nice if the ghost lady was telling the truth and the tattoo was about his "little bundle of joy". That was SO SWEET AND CUTE. Awww. Maybe that was something she and her future husband would do too whenever she was married and had kids. It was a neat idea! And she definitely agreed with the lady that Professor Handsome Hirsch was a "studmuffin". Hehehe. Wait, they were going back to astronomy stuff now? Boringggg. Rula would've much rather they continue to talk about handsome guys. That was tons more fun and interesting than gravity. Oh well. She scribbled down something quick so she could go back to her daydreaming. Quote:
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open claim for someone in purple SPOILER!!: everything before Marion’s arrival Moving on from Miss Moss, Airey was just about to call on the next raised hand in the semi circle when the man was stunned silent. Someone may as well have hit him with a Full Body-Binding Curse and Silenco’d him. Or maybe just Stupefy’d him. He could have done with being unconscious throughout the entirety of what came next. OOC: I am sorry to everyone who came after Marion’s interruption as Airey is a bit beside himself and cannot offer up individual replies to you. Your posts HAVE been read AND are appreciated *snugs* SPOILER!!: oooooooooh sweet solstice...Marion Burbage .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... The astronomer quite literally heard NOTHING of what had been said after Marion had made her boisterous and completely unnecessary entrance. Airey admired the woman and had attended several of her lectures and even worked closely with her on occasion while she had been alive….and he may have forgotten her adoration of gossip...not to mention her fondness for Sir Isaac Newton. And he did not even want to dwell on how she knew about his body art. Somewhere around Mr. Jones’ quill demonstration the Astronomy professor came back to reality and stopped staring blanking ahead - which probably meant he had been staring at a student for an uncomfortably long time with his jaw hanging open. Quite unfortunately so for the next thing the man heard was Miss Wright’s personal question. Eleven years now and he had managed to keep his personal affairs just that. Personal. Sweet solstice whhhhhhhhhy? Clearing his throat, and pointedly ignoring the inquiry, Airey began piecing together just how far Marion had commandeered his lesson and was ready to take back the reigns - because regaining control of his classroom would help with the bright red hue of his ears - when none other than Mr. Zeke SHOUTED that out. “qaQaHQo'!” the man barked. Although not an accurate turn of Klingon phrase given the actual translation of that was ‘I refuse to help you’....but it would work. The man was DISTRAUGHT! So...the refusal of helping was...was...WAS TO ENCOURAGE THESE YOUNG MINDS TO THINK ABOUT HIM WITHOUT A SHIRT ON. YES. THAT WAS IT. YES. Why DID students seem to want to see him without a shirt on? Marion...did actually have a point. He was rather pasty. “And cease your consumption of that apple at once, Mr. Zeke.” And then there was Mr. Woods arriving late. Were the man in better spirits - as in the VEIN not present and currently bulging from his forehead - he may have reacted differently. But, as it were, the young man was LATE. Late...and FORGOT. “10 points from Hufflepuff for your tardiness, Mr. Woods,” Airey festered while counting down from 10 in his head in Klingon. Although the numbers were practically being SHOUTED in his cranium at this point. It took a moment or two, but he did eventually come down from his little toddler-like temper tantrum and while still with the vein...moderately less so. SO...tiny bit of slack coming your way young man. Just a tiny bit. “But accurate portrayal of gravity...so you may have 3 points back for that. And would someone kindly help escort Mr. Woods to his seat? You may need to remind him where it is at since he may have forgotten.” Rubbing his temples, hard enough to create little rosy circles where his fingers pressed, the professor closed his eyes and...counted again. From five this time because he needed to somehow regain control of the classroom. No offense, Marion. Upmost respect for you. “YES, ACTUALLY,” he suddenly erupted, finger pointing dramatically towards Mr. Song. Oh sweet solstice thank you for giving him the in he needed, young man. “You all will be learning and practicing that spell in just a moment and use it in a bit of a blood pumping activity afterwards.” AGGRESSIVELY CHOOSING TO IGNORE CERTAIN INQUIRIES - LOOKING AT YOU MISS SLYTHERIN PREFECT - Airey loosened his tie a little and looked down at Pebbles in his hand to ground himself a bit. “Marion, thank you for stopping by...but I’ve got things from here,” he said to the ghost with forced pleasantries. He would be having a bit of a discussion with her later about proper etiquette should she wish to do this again. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAS….I believe we were discussing...GRAVITY. As I..er...believe many of you have already stated…” The man was distracted, alright? “...gravity is what pulling everything toward the ground. It is a force and the natural pull of objects toward each other. In fact, without gravity there would be no life on earth as everything, even air itself, would fly off into space. You can think of gravity as the invisible super glue, for those familiar with the muggle product, or the Permanent Sticking Charm that holds our world together. Not just our world, but other worlds as well. You can’t physically see it but it’s always there. Thanks to the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, we now all know that what comes up…” And it was at this precise moment that the astronomy professor took a step...a step that just so happened to be right on the apple kicked away by Mr. Prince. “.............................must come down,” the astronomer wheezed, wind almost entirely knocked out of him. The man took a few moments, wheezing all the while, and somehow managed to blurt the next question out. “We say gravity pulls down…*WHEEZE* but does it really pull down? *WHEEZE* Under this terminology...why don’t...penguins *WHEEZE* in Antarctica *WHEEZE* get pulled down off our round earth?” OOC: this will be the last question before we dive into the activity section of this lesson. Apologies again if you did not receive an individual reply this time, I PROMISE it is nothing personal <3 I believe Marion will be back to respond to things as well, so no one lament if certain questions of theirs were not answered. |
Olly was simply delighted at the turn this lesson was taking. All of his lessons lately seemed to be so full of entertainment. First shrinking in Herbology and now all this ghostly interruptions and gossip in Astronomy. It was amazing. And it was kind of funny to see Professor Flamsteed so...flustered. They were learning all sorts of things about his personal life. Olly could barely understand Flamsteed's next question. He was on the floor and breathing very heavily and his speech was punctured so much it took him a bit of thinking to figure out what he was saying. But he thought he understood the question. Or at least got the gist of it. "Gravity is pushing us toward the ground," he said. That's how he always understood it, at least. "Toward the Earth." Never away from it, not even if they were on the very southernmost part. |
gah overlap :3 SPOILER!!: catch-up Burbage, Mel, Zeke / before Pixie's last post Well ok, so Flamesteed can flame-on (geddit?) if he was pushed to disrobing. Kinda scary…. For a 12 year old. Just wait till he gets a little older and a little taller hehehehe…. ……Aaaaand down he goes. On the floor. "TIIIIMMMBERRRR…." he chuckled as he muffled his jest wit his hands. And now for penguins! Why aint they dropping off the face of the planet? Well that would normally stump anybody thinking that the universe had an up, down, left right forward or backward "Earth makes gravity Professor. It comes from the center, its not outside, its inside. That’s why penguins stay on Antarctica and why the rest of us arent flying off this planet as it spins." |
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