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One of the best things about Hogwarts' location, to those with even a moderate inclination towards observational astronomy, was the breathtaking sight each time the sun set and the dark canopy of night swept across the sky. If one were to ask Airey Flamsteed - who is currently standing looking outwards and upwards with Pebbles nestled in his arms - what his favorite thing about Hogwarts was it would be THIS view. Lack of light pollution was a stellar thing, you know? And such a pity that humanity continued to rob itself of such a basic joy. Highly illogical, really. But the man was thankful that it was always the backdrop for his lessons.
As you step into the Astronomy classroom, you find the desks in their usual semi-circle formation with a humble little addition to each desk: a single apple. Every type from Honeycrisp to Granny Smith to Grimes golden can be found methodically placed in the center of each desk and the blackboard kindly asks you that you REFRAIN FROM CONSUMING said apple.
Did you remember to use the lint roller on the small table outside of the classroom? 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 find a seat, class will begin shortly.
⌦Lesson Progression
▸ question one :: what are some universal truths about apples?
▸ question two :: describe gravity in your own words
▸ question three :: why don't penguins in Antarctica get pulled down off the earth?
▸ spell practice :: Derivo Gravitatem
▸ main activity :: instructions!
This lesson has officially started! Please do not post your character arriving late unless you are willing to accept the IC consequences and simply pretend as though you have been there all along!
Hogwarts RPG Name: Gabriella Rose Rustokova (#CCOOCC)
Ravenclaw
First Year
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Post 3 (Still Nothing)
Otter This World ♡ Catpurrccino ♡ Slotherin ♡ Pandamonium
If there was ever a time where Hady got upset over not being able to do something know would've been that time. This whole lesson was really getting her nowhere. She had been trying and trying since Airey told them to practice to have nothing whatsoever come of it. First and second years were already getting it and popping balloons and she a very capable sixth year wasn't able to. What was the matter with her today?
Yet again setting down the apple on her desk and staring at it she was going to try. It didn't even have to hit anything, if it just stayed there up in the air like it was supposed to she'd be more then happy.
Flexing her fingers around the smoothness of her wand she pointed it at the apple. Slowly she traced the first circle in the air above it all the while focusing intently on the outcome with reciting "Derivo Gravitatem." Another circle was made along with the incantation and then a final circle as she made sure to speak clearly and close the circle at the 'tem'.
Taking the apple in her hand she tossed it upwards straight above her head. Stay. Stay...
And down it came. AGAIN.
Hady groaned catching the apple and setting it down. She tried again. And again.
AND AGAIN.
All ending in the same exact result. Nothing.
Failure. This was a complete and utter failure. Hady pushed the apple aside on her desk folded her arms on top of the desk and places her head on her arms. She was taking a break before she had a panic attack. This spell wasn't even that hard!
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Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Bread!
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15 more minutes. Yikes! Time was almost up and Janelle hadn't accomplished anything, that is unless you count accidentally popping a balloon. Now she had fifteen minutes to make this spell happen. Nothing like a little pressure to get things rolling. Janelle thought about everything she had done and everything that hadn't happened. She didn't know what she had done wrong or what she was missing. Well confidence was one thing. Soooo, she was going to try this again and this time she was going to be confident. She could do this, she was sure of it. She was the Little Train That Could. I think I can, I think I can.......yeah, enough of that.
Janelle held her apple out and cleared her throat. "Listen little apple, you are going to stay up there this time........because I said so!". And with that, Janelle began making the three circles with her wand. Forcefully and confidently, she said, "Derivo Gravitatem, Derivo Gravitatem, Derivo Gravitatem." This was her last hurrah and it was going to work. Janelle tossed the apple into the air, aiming for the nearest dart. It went up, missed the dart, but did not come back down. Thank Merlin. Finally. Even though she didn't hit anything or pop anything, she considered this try a success. Now if that apple could bounce around and actually hit something, that would be the icing on the cake.
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Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Salt!
Ability is nothing without Opportunity | | Creativity is Intelligence having FUN
SPOILER!!: Fiyero
Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy
No sooner had Fiyero hit the Hufflepuff balloon that the Slytherin prefect hit one of the Gryffindor ones. Oh, it was on now! He summoned his apple, but before he could throw it, two more Gryffindor balloons burst. He was getting frustrated! Gryffindor was losing balloons faster than he could hit the other houses'!
A loud pop startled him, and his heart sank. Not again! But then he looked up he saw that it was a Slytherin balloon that had burst. He glanced around the room in search of the owner of that apple; it turned out to belong to a fellow Gryffindor (Tenacius). "Dude, nice hit!" he congratulated his classmate.
Okay, enough pleasantries. Time to get back to work. Fiyero tossed his apple into the air where it hit not one but two darts this time. One if the darts hit a blue balloon while the other hit a green one. Wow, two for the price of one! He was on fire now!
He turned his curly head at the sound of someone calling out to him. Awwyea did he see that hit? Well Tenacius saw that guy's hits too "Alright a twofer! Niiiice!"Thumbs up for you mate!
Now where is his apple?? You know he can probably set up a fruit platter with the time it takes for his apple to come back down. Tap tap tapping his foot and blowing air out of his lips Patience is a virt--
-- Snatch. Mid-air interception ftw. Well theres also No Time to waste.
Polishing that apple, twirling the wand thrice at each beat of the chanted spell, Tenacius sends his apple up into the air again. This too was fun, it was like pitching but upwards.
.... Well maybe a little too much like pitching because lookit dat apple goooooo! It BARELED through that dart line, sending several pointy things towards the delicate inflated things.
Oops.
As for his apple? Well its now rubbing waxy surface against the balloons as well, wedging itself between them and pushing the balloon line further on to greet the speedy pointy things with melodious sounds of popping. And magical confetti of balloon debris too, courtesy of the green, the yellow oh and another green again.
Yeah there is no way he can tell either of his parents about this detail yup nope.
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++Tenacius ++🐦++ Salander++🐦++ Deo ++🐦++ Vickers ++🐦++ Huxley ++🐦+ Aquila++ Yeah thats what crazy is, when its broken you say theres nothing to fix++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++And you pray that everything will be okay, while you're making all the same mistakes
Hogwarts RPG Name: Gabriella Rose Rustokova (#CCOOCC)
Ravenclaw
First Year
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Post 4 (Finally!) (Yellow & Red)
Otter This World ♡ Catpurrccino ♡ Slotherin ♡ Pandamonium
Mumbling under her breath to herself, head still resting on her folded arms on the desk wasn't exactly going to help her learn this charm. It didn't stop her from taking another few breaths in hopes of clearing her head as well as draw in her focus onto the apple. Sucking in a deep breath one last time through her nose and slowly letting it out through her mouth Hady lifted her head from her arms.
Picking up her wand yet again she prepared herself to give it another go for whatever number of times this was now. Fingers flexing around her wand she closed her grip firmly. Wand directed at the apple she started making the circle above it, "Derivo Gravitatem." Another circle was being made, "Derivo Gravitatem." And then one more, "Derivo Gravitatem."
Hady took the apple in her hand rubbing her thumb over the smoothness of it before lifting her head back and tossing it up into the air expecting it to come right back down as it had the last eight to ten times.
Only it didn't. It rose higher and higher connecting with not one but two darts, the apple dropping back down onto her desk as the darts shot upwards. One popping a Yellow balloon while the other popped the Red balloon right beside it both disappearing as they popped. In her shock of actually managing the charm she missed the apple returning to her and it landed with a 'thud' on her desk.
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Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Bread!
It felt weird to be doing this when so many people still couldn't, somehow. Jaemin looked around the classroom, pointedly ignoring those who could do it in favour of those who couldn't. Miss Hady seemed to be one of the people struggling with it, which... while he wasn't shocked, it also made him feel bad somehow. The small boy edged closer as she tried it again, watching her wand movements intently. His attention switched to the apple when she threw it, and he held his breath in anticipation.
"You did it!" He said excitedly when the apple went uuuuuuuuup and hit the darts. Bouncing excitedly, he looked up at the balloons. "Good job Miss Hady!"
Good thing too, because offering her help would have felt absurd. The tiny Slytherin tossed his apple up again, bouncing it into the darts and taking out another pair of blue & red balloons. Why did he keep hitting the same colours?!
Toto * RotiSila * ToRo * Braveheart * Grandma & Mama Tori
This time, because the charm had worked properly, she took the Professors note from earlier - she shouldn’t need to do it again this time… But she hadn’t done it THAT well.. So would it still work?
She wasn’t sure, but figured if it didn’t work, she would know within seconds as the apple would fall straight back into her hand. So, she took aim of a dart and threw her apple skyward.
With a grin, she watched as it hit the dart easily before starting its slow, downwards sloppy syruppppy descent. Ignoring the apple, she once again watched where her dart was going.
Blue.
Blue. She’d hit a blue balloon.
AWESOME!
Once again, she accio’d her apple back to her - it was falling far too slowly for her liking, and she had a game to help play now that she had a semi-handle on the spell.
Hogwarts RPG Name: Gabriella Rose Rustokova (#CCOOCC)
Ravenclaw
First Year
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Post 4 (Blue) & Jaemin
Otter This World ♡ Catpurrccino ♡ Slotherin ♡ Pandamonium
Still staring up at the ceiling where the two balloons had popped the female snakette didn't even notice the smaller snake at her side. It was his voice that snapped her back into reality causing her to blink several times before focusing on him. He had seen the two balloons pop clearly which was reason for his praise but had he seen her fail miserably the many times before hand? Hopefully he hadn't. If he had though he wasn't mentioning it and for that she was thankful.
"Thanks Jaemin, you're doing a great job yourself." Mhmm. She watched as he tossed his apple up into the air popping two balloons. He had gotten the charm that much was for sure and that earned a light smile from her. Feeling a little better then moments earlier she scanned the area quickly for her apple which was right there on the desk where it had landed from it's fall.
Following suit of the small boy beside her she picked up the apple and tossed it upwards into the air watching it just barely tap into a dart. The dart moved upwards skimming the side of a Blue balloon. It was enough to cause the balloon to pop however which was good enough for her only with that her apple didn't come back down. "Accio apple," she cast aiming her wand at her apple and grabbing it as it floated back down towards her hand.
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Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Bread!
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While Azura was waiting for Matt to try the spell again, she gently tossed her Apple up, trying to show him what the spell looked like when it worked. However, when she threw it up..
It came thudding right back down at her!
Whattttt? She blinked a little in surprise and was so shocked the spell hadn't worked that the green apple went thudding to the ground. Fwoopers! She bent down to pick up the fruit, which now looked rather dinged up and she bit her lip a little.
This spell was hard! She had managed to get it twice, but apparently not the third time. Which was just great.. Right when she had been showing off for someone and trying to teach them.
*sigh*
Azura's face was turning bright red and she wanted to go slink off into the corner. Her self confidence was oozing out of her shoes and she didn't even bother trying the spell another time.
"See, it's hard. " She whispered to Matt. "You get it sometimes and not others. " Could she go to bed now?
Toto * RotiSila * ToRo * Braveheart * Grandma & Mama Tori
Marsha was grinning widely. She’d actually managed. It wasn’t perfect, but she had managed.
She moved around a little, under the darts until she found two that were close together. Letttts see if she could aim this right. Looking back to her apple she once again raised her wand. ”Derivo Gravitatem” She said as she created the circle. ”Derivo Gravitatem, she added as she drew the second circle. ”Derivo Gravitatem” She said as she finished the spell.
Looking where she wanted the apple to go, she lifted it into the air and watched as it hit …. TWO darts. YES! Okay… Now. She watched the darts on baited breath once again and then jumped for joy as one dart hit a Slytherin green balloon and the second hit a Ravenclaw blue balloon. AWESOME.
She then turned her eye to find her apple, only to be shocked that instead of slowly falling through syrupy air, her apple was firmly in the air. AWESOME. This was awesome!
#3 - No balloons + Azura (not quoting cos phone post)
Arts TRANSPONSTER!
Azura wasn't trying to hit any balloons because she had friends in all houses? HAHAHE! "So? It's supposed to be a FUN GAME! You should try and pop ALL the ballons!! Except Gryffindor ones." Matt griiiinned then watched as Azura showed him how she did the spell.
Empty... her mind? "Wha? HOW??" That wasn't possible!!! He did try, though. For like, a fraction of a second. "Nope, can't do it." He said, and he watched her doing the spell herself. Then test her apple whiiiich... fell back at her.
Matt laughed and waved his hand dismissively, not bothered by the fact she couldn't do it. "I have a better way to do it!" The boy said and immediately tossed his apple UPPPP towards the darts.
There wasn't enough strength to go and hit any of the darts, though. "Oop!" Matt exclaimed as he grabbed his falling apple back. "Let's try it again." He added, grinning at his friend one more time.
And UUUPPPP the apple went, not through any spell, but simply by being THROWN by Matt.
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AT THE HOGWARTS YULE BALL, YOU'LL BE HANGING OUT WITH....__________________ Maybe you'll dance, scour the buffet, or end up gossiping talking amongst yourselves!
You're happy to go with the flow and see where the Yule Ball takes you!
Rhibear ~ Madam Solo ~ Dark Brooding Girl ~ Accio Jedi ~ Gryffinclaw ~ Just a doll
After a couple more tries Fiyero was still unable to get his apple back in the air. The more time passed, the more he panicked. He was running out of time!
Come on, get it right! he told himself sternly. Gryffindor's counting on you! He repeated the spell but it had absolutely no effect. He threw his wand down angrily. See, I knew getting that spell must've been a fluke...
He tried to think what he was doing wrong. He was sure he was timing the wand.movements correctly; that wasn't it. So what was different from the last time. He thought for a minute. Well, last time he hadn't had older students shooting him angry looks, for one.thing. That was it! He'd let his classmates shake his confidence...
Picking up his wand again, Fiyero decided to try one last-ditch effort. He tried to block out everything around him-no easy task- as he recited the spell, circling his wand around the apple. "Derivo gravitatem. Derivo gravitatem. Derivo gravitatem."
Please work... He threw his apple up, and it floated midair. Yay! He was back in the game... and not a moment too soon. Fiyero quickly summon his apple back. There wasn't time to calculate which house was ahead so he just aimed at the first dart he saw. It hit, smashing a yellow balloon.
The apple had barely landed in his hand before he threw it again; this time he hit a blue balloon. He summoned his aplle back as fast as he could, but this time he just narrowly.missed a dart. Oh well, at least he got his apple back up...
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Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true...
YesJess! | Captain Goggles | Mama Badger | Eva's Soul Sister | An OG™ | It's all in the Numbers
This was definitely a very interesting activity. Skylar had written down the spell in her notebook about twenty times, just to get it sounded out correctly in her head. Observing her peers for a few moments before deciding she should probably attempt it herself because she doubted she got participation credit for being a wallflower.
Circling her wand around her apple counterclockwise, the young girl cast, "Derivo Gravitatem" now to test to see if it would work. Sky then dutifully repeated the motion two more times, each with another recitation of the incantation. Glancing upward to try and target an area where there weren't a lot of green balloons, Sky tossed her apple into the air and waited ...
.... for about a second when her apple came flying back down directly where she shot it up from. Effectively bonking her in the head and knocking her onto her bottom in shock. Well that was a fail; not to mention the headache she was going to no doubt develop later.
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___________________You should take your littlefinger and just point it in the mirror. ________________________________________Baby, maybe you're the problem✯
#4 - Green, green and yellow! (kinda cheating though, woops!)
Arts TRANSPONSTER!
The apple Matt had just tossed up, with no spell on or anything, had actually reached a dart this time. As soon as it was hit, the object shot upwards towards a green balloon which soon POPPED.
"WOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" Matt did a fist pump and jumped up once as he grabbed his falling apple again. No need for using the spell, clearly. "Here we go again." He said, never taking his eyes off the darts and balloons above his head.
He threw the apple upwards once more time, this time with a lot more force, causing it go shooooooot towards the darts quicker than before. This obviously made the dart also go a lot faster and it seemed to be going in a random direction. "WAIT, NO, NOOO, AAAAAHHHHH!!!" Matt yelled at te dart as it seemed to be going straight towards a red balloon. It was like the dart could HEAR Matt, though, because it actually popped a green... AND a yellow balloon!!! "Oh, cool! YEAH!!" Another fist pump was in order! "RAAAAHHHHH!!!!" VICTORYYYYY!!!!
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AT THE HOGWARTS YULE BALL, YOU'LL BE HANGING OUT WITH....__________________ Maybe you'll dance, scour the buffet, or end up gossiping talking amongst yourselves!
You're happy to go with the flow and see where the Yule Ball takes you!
YesJess! | Captain Goggles | Mama Badger | Eva's Soul Sister | An OG™ | It's all in the Numbers
Resilience. That's what Skylar had when she stood up after being bonked in the head with her own apple. Deciding maybe she hesitated too long between the three recitations of the incantation, she would attempt to cast again. And move aside after tossing her apple into the air... just in case!
"Derivo Gravitatem. Derivo Gravitatem. Derivo Gravitatem." She said, more quickly this time, circling her wand three times counterclockwise in conjunction with the incantation.
Spell done. Now toss to see if it worked. Except sadly she hadn't yet developed a knack for throwing things yet unless it was tantrums to get her way.
Tossing it into the air, which for Sky was about a foot upward and behind her, she whirled around to see her apple just sort of hovering behind her. Not going towards the darts. Not going towards the ground. Couldn't she just cast wingardium leviosa on it instead? She KNEW that spell well!
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___________________You should take your littlefinger and just point it in the mirror. ________________________________________Baby, maybe you're the problem✯
Still staring up at the ceiling where the two balloons had popped the female snakette didn't even notice the smaller snake at her side. It was his voice that snapped her back into reality causing her to blink several times before focusing on him. He had seen the two balloons pop clearly which was reason for his praise but had he seen her fail miserably the many times before hand? Hopefully he hadn't. If he had though he wasn't mentioning it and for that she was thankful.
"Thanks Jaemin, you're doing a great job yourself." Mhmm. She watched as he tossed his apple up into the air popping two balloons. He had gotten the charm that much was for sure and that earned a light smile from her. Feeling a little better then moments earlier she scanned the area quickly for her apple which was right there on the desk where it had landed from it's fall.
Following suit of the small boy beside her she picked up the apple and tossed it upwards into the air watching it just barely tap into a dart. The dart moved upwards skimming the side of a Blue balloon. It was enough to cause the balloon to pop however which was good enough for her only with that her apple didn't come back down. "Accio apple," she cast aiming her wand at her apple and grabbing it as it floated back down towards her hand.
If Hady said he was doing well, then he was doing well. She wouldn't lie to him, right? Right. She didn't lie. Jaemin grinned and lightly nudged Hady's arm before summoning back his apple, humming happily to himself.
"Professor Flamsteed taught me this spell last year. I worked on it all last term and over the summer and stuff too..." he looked at the apple in his hand and tossed it up again, watching it catapult into one dart this time. The dart zoomed up into another red balloon, hitting it head-on.
This game was fun. Popping balloons was fuuuuuuun.
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Truth be told, for the last five minutes the astronomer was focusing entirely on his sundial watch as he counted down the seconds until.....
"TIME!"
Waiting for all the apples to come back down, Airey looked up at the ceiling and began counting balloons.
"We have a TIE for first between Slytherin and Gryffindor," he announced. "Followed by Hufflepuff and then Ravenclaw. Well done everyone. CLASS DISMISSED!"
OOC: that's all folks! :3 I will leave this thread open a tiny bit longer for decloning and any other IC inquiries
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Oh. It was over. Wow.
That was fast.
A little stunned, but at least grateful for some progress, Brian smiled his way towards the astronomy professor a little sheepishly. "Thank you for the lesson, Professor. Err. So very sorry I was so late. I swear I would never do it on purpose. A thousand apologies."
Also he figured he could save his physics-related inquiries for when the man was a little less snippy with him. And on that note, he HIGHTAILED IT OUT OF THERE. Slowly. How do you hightail slowly? That was probably a good question but he wasn't going to spend unnecessary time waiting for the man to not be mad at him because THE VEIN was super terrifying. So goodbye, Astronomy tower. Goodbye, Professor Burbage. And Flamsteed.
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Briallen Ashburry-Hawthorne
Gryffindor
First Year
Hogwarts RPG Name: Nyle Harden
Hufflepuff
Second Year
Hogwarts RPG Name: Iris Harden
Ravenclaw
Second Year
Hogwarts RPG Name: Calliope Barrington
Slytherin
First Year
Hogwarts RPG Name: Diamond Marchbanks
Gryffindor
Sixth Year
Ministry Department Head:
Charles Hollingberry
Minister's Office
Ministry Department Head:
Airey Flamsteed
Mysteries
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Offering each student the appropriate good bye as they left, Airey waited until the last student had filed out before departing himself. Glances and words were also exchanged with Marion - ahem - just before shutting the door and locking it behind him.
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Astronomy Lesson :: Gravity 
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