If anything, Brooklyn figured that no one could say she didn’t give the new professors a chance. Granted, it was all to determine if they respected her and therefore deserved her respect, but she still was open to trying their lessons. She reserved the choice to give them up if she decided she didn’t like them, after all. So far, she hadn’t had any complaints. Not that she’d felt like she’d have problems with Muggle Studies anyhow, just due to her background. There didn’t seem to be any bubble wrap or other odd items in the classroom as she’d entered, either. It was promising.

“Good morning, Professor Stewart,” she said politely, giving the woman a faint smile as she made her way to an open seat on the left hand side of the room. She wasn’t avoiding anyone t the moment, so that made seat selections easier. Nor was she particularly interested in the laptop and projector on display. She’d find out why they wert her soon enough.

Salamander -- yep that’s Haddie "Ey there Denaker!" he greeted his Ravenclaw buddy. "Havent seen one of these since Dad took me to the Smithsonian." he chuckled. He knew how projection works-- they have their own magical (and more efficient) equivalent. The Muggle variety though, very amusing in its old-skool charm.

And back atcha for the others who greeted him too-- Azura, Noelle, and of course a wink back at Prefect Dot with the red red hair. And of course Mel. "Mellybean whaddup?" Other than what you're trying to hide with your oversized sweaters? Man if he could just say that out loud-- he'd never live long enough to grow out that ugly hair lol.

Someone asked if there was internet on this thing. "Uhm… lets see if its connected to a network…. And what that network is connected to." Curiously looks the Professor. Do they even have Hogwarts LAN?

Melbourne grinned to herself as she looked around the room. “…was that one of the trips I stowed away on?” Melbourne asked leaning over closer toward Hads and Ace. “I used to do that y’know when I lived with my brother…he never was able to go on trips so I always snuck on the Salander’s trips…” it was the truth. She was basically their little stowaway…maybe that was what they called her? The Stowaway.

THE STOWAWAYS! That was what she would have to call her band if she ever were to start one. Pulling her little journal out of her pocket she jotted down the new addition to the list of band and future story names down before looking back up at Ace…”Mellybean?” She grinned.

“I like it.” Because she did, she was one of those girls that enjoyed new nicknames…especially from childhood friends. “Eh…I –“ wait…she furrowed her brows at him almost daring him to make the comment he was itching to say. It was almost obvious what with him looking at the sweater. “wha…er whats up with you?”

Curses.

She still managed to sound lame, lamer than hell.

Bella always enjoyed Muggles Studies and couldn't wait to see what they would be learning about today. She already knew a good amount about the muggle world, mostly from reading, but actually seeing and touching certain things was a different story.

"Hello Professor Stewart." She greeted with a polite smile, before moving to find a seat. Her attention was immediately drawn to the laptop and projector in the back of the room. "Oh oh... I’ve seen that thingy before." Bella was tempted to get a closer look, but decided it was probably best if she didn't. She took a seat instead and prepared for class to start.

SPOILER!!: Tenacius! LOL <3

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Originally Posted by Steelsheen

Time to learn about the Muggle things. And try not to miss Ms Moxley too much. Focus on Professor Stewart. Because rawwr. Yes distract yourself with that curly top.

"Hey Professor how are y-- ooohhh!!" the Gryffindor began to greet her when he was IMMEDIATELY distracted by the contraption at the back of the room. Buzz around it like a moth to the light he was. A laptop and a projector circa Harry Potter! Of course this Gryffinclaw will be all over it.

So tempting to tooooooooouuuuch.....

Excellent! Her first student for today’s lesson had arrived. He seemed very much awake which pleased Kay greatly. “Hello, Mr Salander! I am quite well, thank you for asking. I trust that you are as well?’’ A wide smile graced her lips as she watched the young man get roped in the attention of the laptop and projector. “Just reminder not to touch,’’ she called to him. He may look as much as he liked.

SPOILER!!: Teen Haddie! <3

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Originally Posted by Callie

Hadley Denaker entered the classroom, early for once, still sucking the syrup off her fingers from the morning's pancakes. It was a small thing, but easily conjured images of when she'd be a seven year old for anyone that saw her then.

Speaking of which, Hadley put it off too long already.

She dropped her bag at a desk near the back of the middle row on the right and made her way to the front. "Uh, look, Professor Stewart," 'Kay! She paused a moment, watching Salamander inspect the laptop from every angle. Wizard-borns. "I just wanted to say sorry for bursting into your office a few weeks ago. You know, when I was seven...Salamander, what are you doing?" She couldn't help it, the boy was distracting her.

Sometimes she thought she kept her seven year old attention span after being cured...

Not even a greeting from this one when she arrived. Kay stood silently watching her, giving Haddie a chance to remedy what seemed like rudeness. She was right to do that. Oh? An apology? The Professor had not been expecting that because she thought there was no reason for Haddie to apologise. “Ms, Denaker, your apology is accepted. From what I understood, it was simply a Potion gone wrong. It happens to the best of us.’’ She smiled. “I found seven year old Hadley quite fun,’’ she added, her eyes twinkling.

SPOILER!!: Katerina! <3

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Originally Posted by SarcasticStrawberry

As per usual Katerina skipped to her lessons. Muggle studies had to be one of her favorite subjects right behind herbology, defense against the dark arts and charms of course. Anyway, the second year, wondered into the classroom.

Looking around she noticed that she could take either a left side or a right side. Mmmm she thought about it for a millisecond, before her blue eyes noticed something else. A laptop, she walked closer to it and stop. Look but don't touch, Katerina. She walked around the table carefully. "Hello professor Stewart. How's your day?"

Choosing the left side the blonde took the closest seat to the professor on that side. She settled into the chair, crossing her legs indian style into the desk. She liked being small enough to sit that way in seats.

Here came a Hufflepuff! She too seemed full of energy and ready to learn. “Hello, Ms Delgado! It’s going quite fine so far.’’ She smiled as she watched the girl cross her legs in the chair. Kay didn’t mind. She liked her students to be comfortable as long as they don’t go over the edge with things. So, she had a Gryffindor, a Ravenclaw and a Hufflepuff so far. Would there be a Slytherin next?

SPOILER!!: Az! <3

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Originally Posted by MunchyBubbles

Azura walked into class with a wide albeit fake smile on her face. The early morning didn't bother her, she didn't sleep much last night anyways and ended up in the common room working on her homework and a song she had been writing for Noah..

If she looked pale or if there were dark circles beneath her dull purple eyes.. Azura wasn't paying attention to them. Her Raven hair was pulled back neatly into a bun.

"Good Morning Professor Stewart."" She said in a bright voice as she looked around and then headed for the right side of the room. She saw Haddie talking to Tenacius and she waved at them both before taking her seat. She sank back into the comfy chair for a moment before she pulled out her Emerald Green Quill and some parchment. There, she was prepared now. Ready to be a good student and prove to the world that she was fine!

Hopefully the Professor didn't know.

No, another Ravenclaw came in next. There was nothing wrong with that. A Slytherin would arrive soon. “Good morning, Ms Kennedy! How are you?’’ She was concerned about this one and made a mental note to speak to Leo again to ensure that Azura was coping well. The pale skin and circles under the girl’s eyes were something Kay didn’t like seeing on such a young, pretty girl. Her blue eyes followed Azura. “Pens or pencils only, Ms Kennedy,’’ Kay said to her in a soft voice. She must be distracted hence she had not remembered the rules.

SPOILER!!: Katherine! <3

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Originally Posted by StarShine

Katherine took permission from Professor Moxley last year to attend Muggle Studies even though she was just a second year, and she didn't see the necessity to ask Professor Stewart again. If she didn't want her there, she would leave alright. But of course she was completely awake that morning as she always was for classes. She entered, nodded at the students there and sat at one of the left-front desks.

Was that a projector?

Yeah, she had read even the electives over the summer.

Here was another face Kay knew quite well. She smiled and returned the nod to Ms Moss. Not much of a talker the girl seemed to be this morning. Kay did hope that she would participate verbally in the lesson. On the bright side, Katherine did seem awake.

SPOILER!!: Kitty! <3

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Originally Posted by Goblinfrog

Muggle Studies was Kitty's favorite subject at Hogwarts. One of the reason was that she knew muggles in real life and found them simply adorable, and another was that there was never any danger when it came to studying muggles. Also, she was liking the new professor. So Kitty was in a cheerful mood as she made her way to the muggle studies classroom that bright and sunny morning.

"Good morning Professor Stewart." Kitty smiled pleasantly at the professor before making her way to the left side of the room. She waved to her Ravenclaw friends Haddie (back to her proper age) and Azura (who was starting to look as pale as Kitty) before sitting at a seat in the front row a few seats away from Katherine.

Her eyes sparkled when she noticed the laptop. "Ooh professor, is there internet here?"

It seemed all the Ravenclaws were just eager for their lessons. Kay smiled as Kitty appeared. “Good morning, Kitty!’’ Wasn’t it just wonderful how the students would acknowledge their friends’ presence? Kay loved that about them. Her eyes found Kitty and she smiled again. She knew that the Ravenclaw was very familiar with muggles. “Not in the classroom but if you’d like to use the internet, I suggest you visit the Fun Room.’’ For now she had limited the access to her office and the Fun Room.

SPOILER!!: Skylar! <3

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

One GOOD thing over Muggle Studies lessons was that they were only on the first floor. Which meant Sky could practically roll out of bed and make it to class on time, instead of having to climb five bajillion flights of stairs. And having the stress of the staircase MOVING on you generally right where you wanted it to go and thus having to recalculate your route. Stress. Honestly, whoever designed the Hogwarts castle was desperate keep students physically fit.

Not that any of it was a concern for the first year today, as she only had to climb two flights of stairs to make it from the dungeons. She did feel SLIGHTLY bad for the Gryffindors and the Ravenclaws who had to come down from their towers.
Entering the classroom, again Sky was faced with the decision over where to sit. Choosing again to sit somewhere in the middle ... second or third row from the front, because she didn't want to seem to eager, but didn't want to seem like a slacker either.

"Morning Professor," Sky greeted politely. Another good thing about this class was that the professor was also a new face to Hogwarts (at least in terms of recent years. Whether or not she attended as a student would have meant she hadn't been there in awhile)

Kay thought her class would be deprived of any Slytherins but here came the very first one; a first year. It was always so nice to see the younger ones making the effort to get to classes. “Good morning, Ms Diggory!’’

SPOILER!!: Noelle! <3

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Originally Posted by ChanceCoeur

Muggle studies.
Why did you have to be so early?? Early meant that Noelle had to wake up even earlier to do some training before class. She was already tired and it was only the first class of the day.

Noelle stretched her aching muscles as she walked into class. At least muggles studies was going to be an easier class since she was half blood. Or so she hoped.

Noelle looked around at who all was in here. She noticed that the class was divided. She saw Tenacious and Hads. Then Kitty and Katherine. Oh and Sky. Hmm. She should probably steer clear of her just in case Noahs hatred for her had been passed on. Noelle sat on the other side of the classroom and made herself comfortable.

She got her desk ready and smiled at the professor and... Oh a laptop!! She loved those things.

Kay had her eyes on Noelle as the Gryffindor approached the class stretching. Surely the girl hadn’t only just woken up. She would keep an eye on her to see if she fell asleep during class. For now, she returned the smile. Hello there, Ms Summers.

SPOILER!!: Blaise! <3

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

Muggle Studies. Again. Ugh. As if the feast back in September hadn't been enough of a slap to the face, now he had to see the woman that wasn't Moxley every time he came to what used to be his favourite lesson. It's what he got, he supposed. The Third Year should have known there was no such thing as a subject you could love in a place like Hogwarts. The castle ALWAYS found a way of messing everything up, always. It was no wonder the boy never looked pleased to be here and this morning was no different.

Had Professor Airey not already had him on a watch list for his tendency to...not attend lessons, he might have added this one to said list. There was still time he supposed.

Professor Stewart received the usual grumble of greeting from him as he walked by her with his quick quotes quill and notepad floating in tow.

Inside the room, Blaise didn't take much of a look around. It was never that he'd liked Muggle Studies, but that it had his favourite Professor and didn't require him to use magic. Consequently, the contraception sending light to the front of the room? It didn't matter to him what it was.

The boy slumped into his seat at the back, his reluctance at yet another of these lessons quite evident.

Oh dear. Here came Mr Bellaire looking unhappy to be here as usual. This attitude from him disappointed her but she didn’t blame him. Kay knew he missed Meredith Moxley. “Good morning, Mr Bellaire!’’ she said brightly in reply to his grumble. “Please remember that you are to use only pens and pencils.’’

SPOILER!!: Echo! <3

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Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow

One of her favorite classes were about to start and she was really excited, hopping into the class room she noticed that there were two sets of desks and not to mention a laptop. ohhh are they going to be learning about this today, if they were Echo knew a lot about it.

"Hi professor" she waved as well

Finding a seat kind of hear the wall she took our her parchment paper and quill out of her bag then she had to fish on the bottom of her bag for her ink. she had to remind herself that she needed to buy inkless quills. "maybe i'll owl mom and dad to send me a few" she thought while writing her name and date on the top of her page.

This fifth year came in with quite a lot of energy. This pleased Kay. “Hello, Ms Duchaness!’’ She shook her head when she saw Echo pull out a quill. She knew the students were accustomed to using quills for every other lesson so she didn’t mind giving them a reminder. “Pens or pencils only, please.’’

SPOILER!!: Mel! <3

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Originally Posted by Optimist

Melbourne Johanson ran all the way to the muggle studies classroom. Somehow she had managed to get to the fifth floor classroom in time…why had she run down to grab food before the class? It probably wasn’t her wisest decision with the time crunch and everything…not to mention…Running. She’d need to ask older girls HOW they did it without being all ugh.

Yep.

That potions class had made her feel…a little awkward about how she would end up being. Even now after taking the anti-potion the second year Gryffindor was bundled up in an absurd amount of bulky way too large for her sweaters. They were so large in fact that the sleeves hung down every time she moved her arm. It was as if they were sized to be a dress…in fact there was a chance that she had simply charmed her own uniform sweater to be bigger…stretchier. So stretchy that she could tuck her knees up under the sweater and not show off any of her legs or feet to the world as she did so.

The Gryffindor second year waved over to Hadley, Tenacius, and Kat…and that was when she saw Azura and gave her a smile. She was going to be fine. Azura was a trooper obviously…and if not Mel’d help make some potion to make people think she was happier than she was.

She was a good friend like that…oooooh Kitty! Mel waved over to the Ravenclaw girls, and even gave Katherine Moss a nod and wave. Noelle of course got a grin as well and a wait…were these computers and and projectors? Were they watching a movie? Or learning about the internet or something awesome like that? The Gryffindor girl grinned up at Professor Stewart. “Hello Professor Stewart….” She smiled over to the Professor before pointing her wand at her sweater and muttering the counter spell that she had simply cast to be able to run easily.

There.

She looked like a well-dressed student…It was still lumpy but that was because of the unfortunate mounds of flesh that were sadly stretching it out. Darn it. Shifting she sat down with a thump near Hadley and Tenacius. “Hey…” she smiled as she picked up the laptop on her desk and hugged it to her before putting it down. Yep.

Totally a sane reaction to seeing muggle tech.

Melbourne got a look of curiosity from Kay. Why was she wrapped in so many sweaters? “Hello, Ms Johanson. Is everything okay?’’ Even as she spoke, the Gryffindor returned her sweater back to normal, now looking very neat in appearance. She also trusted that there would be no more use of magic in the class.

SPOILER!!: Dot! <3

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

Muggle Studies would NOT be the same without Moxley, just like the school wouldn't be the same without that cheerful, intelligent woman leading them. Just like the classroom would be bland and boring without the fabulously weird costumes Moxley used to dream up.

But she wasn't going to toss the new professor out the door completely... yet. She had a chance to win Dot over.

"Good day to you, Professor," Dot smiled politely and nodded at the professor before taking a seat. She also gave Blaise a ruffle to his hair and Ace a wink. Gotta keep her ickles close.

“Good day, Ms Wojack-Gusey!’’ Kay greeted one of the Slytherin prefects. Such a polite one she was. Kay smiled to herself as she saw Dot affectionately greet two younger ones. It was always great when the older ones were fond of them.

SPOILER!!: Rach’s Corn on the Cob! <3

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Originally Posted by Deezerz

As he made his way towards Muggle Studies, Cornelius busied himself with attempting to fix his tie. His tongue was stuck between his lips as he tried to concentrate. With no avail he slumped him shoulders as he arrived at the door of Muggle Studies. His bottom lip stuck out as he glanced up at Professor Stewart.

"Hullo," he smiled through his spoiled-boy pout. Life was hard, okay? "I seem to have a problem." He lifted his tie. "It won't let me tie it properly and rules are that I have to be properly dressed in your class and I don't want to lose points. Could you help me, please?" Or let him go into the classroom without point deduction.

Kay couldn’t help but smile when she saw Cornelius approaching and trying to fix his tie at the same time. “Quite right you are about the rules, dear.’’ She found his poutiness so adorable and she readily took up the little challenge to help him out. “Let’s fix this stubborn tie so that its owner can look really smart and handsome.’’ Kay leaned closer to him and carefully did the motions knot the fabric. When she was done, she adjusted Cornelius’s shirt collar neatly around the tie. “There you are, Mr Baltazar. There is definitely no chance of you loosing points now.’’

SPOILER!!: Kangaroo! <3

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Originally Posted by Shanners

WHAT A PLEASANT DAY IT WAS TODAY!

Rooney burst through the door into the Muggle Studies classroom with a grin. "Goooooood morning BallltiMOOOOOOOOOOREEEE!" Kind of. They were in Hogwarts. Which was in Scotland. Which...he guessed could be his Baltimore. For now! IT DIDN'T EVEN MATTER. Rooney Bronwyn was on cloud nine and no questions about that could bring his mood down. HE had an audition this Christmas. He had a fantastic opportunity for the next summer and it was THE BEST. Something he had wanted for a very, very long time.

Noticed.

Noticed by a GREAT place for GREAT people who thought that HE WAS GREAT TOO.

"Hello to you too, Professor Stewart. You're looooking lovely!" Nothing more to say, Roo winked and found his way to a seat and continued to hum his song, tapping his foot in time.

Swoooooooooooooning at life.

SWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON.

Kay jumped a foot in the air at the loud greeting the entire classroom received from Rooney. She had not been expecting it, alright? “Mr Bronwyn! Good morning to you!’’ Ehem. She tried to regain her calm composure. No one noticed that embarrassing moment, did they? Even if they did they were not allowed to speak of it. But wasn’t Rooney just a sweetheart? “Thank you, dear. That was quite an entrance there.’’ Except for her jumping, she liked the enthusiasm of the greeting.

SPOILER!!: Janelle! <3

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

Janelle arrived at Muggle Studies class ready for whatever. At least she hoped she'd be ready. As she entered the classroom, she offered a cheerful greeting. "Hello Professor Stewart", she said, before proceeding to the nearest empty desk.

Plopping down in the seat, Janelle reached for her backpack and pulled out her notebook and pen. She felt like she was back in Muggle school again, for a quick moment. Putting that thought aside, Janelle leaned back and stretched out her legs. Might as well get comfortable while she waited for class to begin. In the meantime, she wondered what the professor had in store for them today. Spotting the laptop and the projector, her curiosity was really piqued. She'd just have to be patient and wait to find out.

Here was yet another cheerful student. “Hi there, Ms Guidry!’’ Kay’s eyes followed the Ravenclaw to her seat and immensely pleased to see that she had remembered that they were to be using pens or pencils. Good girl, Janelle!

SPOILER!!: Esme! <3

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Originally Posted by Squishy

Muggle Studies wouldn't be the same without Professor Moxley, but that didn't mean that Esme wasn't going to give the new teacher a chance. This woman had big shoes to fill and the Hufflepuff was confident that she would do a good job of it.

"Hello, Professor Stewart." Yes, she saw the projector and no it didn't cause any reaction in her. Not like Esme was foreign to muggle objects or anything. Maybe they were going to watch a movie today and that was something she was more than fine with. As it was, she waved to her friends and took a seat before pulling out everything that she needed for the lesson.

One half of the Darcy twins had arrived. Was it Esme or Juno? Kay was yet to learn to differentiate the two. The good thing was that she called her students by their surnames so no one would know she couldn’t tell the difference. “Hello, Ms Darcy!’’

SPOILER!!: Evie! <3

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Originally Posted by Danielle_Daughn

This was one class that Evie was glad for, everything here would be her "normal". As she approached the classroom she saw the professor by the door. "Hello Professor, what a wonderful day!" She grinned up at the woman as she walked by. Entering the classroom she was pleased to see school desks and Was that a laptop?!?! Could she check her emails? What if her dad had been trying to contact her?" She decided to ask after class about that. She took a seat near the back beside the laptop and projector, finding comfort in the hum of the machines. Pulling out paper and an ink pen from her father's bank she sat back and waited on class to begin.

Such a cheerful girl Evie was. Kay grinned back. “Hello, Ms Bailey! Indeed it is! I hope you’ll enjoy the lesson today.’’ As usual, her eyes followed her student as she took her seat and was pleased to see Evie had remembered the golden rule about the use of pens.

SPOILER!!: Oliver! <3

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Originally Posted by littledhampir

Olly had almost forgotten that Moxley was gone. He didn't usually see her very often of course, but she was always around for lessons. Except this year she wasn't. He was more bummed about it than he'd expected to be. It wasn't like they were very close after all, but he did like her. She was a good professor. Of course this professor was probably very good as well but she wasn't Moxley.

Olly entered the room quietly and looked around. He glanced up at not Moxley for a moment before his attention was caught by the decor. Those were computers, he knew what they were. He'd never really used one because he was a wizard after all, but one of his dads was muggleborn so he understood the basics. He took a seat close to Dot, because he hadn't seen her much this term and he missed her. And if he had any trouble he was confident she'd be able to help.

Oliver chose not to say anything but this didn’t detour Kay in anyway. “Good morning, Mr. Thomas-Borzekowski!’’ Merlin, that name was a mouthful.

SPOILER!!: Kaycee! <3

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Originally Posted by LilFox06

Muggle studies was always interesting. Usually because it meant food or candy or something exciting. After OWLs last term, Kaycee really craved something low key.

She hoped this Professor would be able to provide that.

"Hello Professor." she greeted before taking a seat. Bring on the knowledge.

“Hello, good morning, Ms Richards!’’ It was nice to see the student leaders setting the example by being early to class. Two thumbs up to them!

SPOILER!!: Henny! <3

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Originally Posted by Symphora

Henric entered the classroom with a smile on his face. Of course, he didn't forget to fix his tie, with his hair combed sleekly to one side and his badge polished and ready to shine! Not bad, hmm? The Headboy must looked exemplary for the young ones to follow suit. It wouldn't do if he was dressed sloppily. "Good morning Professor Stewart, lovely to see you." As much as he would miss Professor Moxley's lesson, he wasn't at all complaining. The new professor was quite a looker, and had and attractive smile too. Hopefully, he would enjoy her lesson very much.

Alright, time to find a seat! Now... which side would he choose today? Left or right? Hmm. Shrugging, he chose the one he would like to seat. At the very back, on the left near the windows. He noticed the projector running... and a laptop beside it, nothing unusual there. Were they going to watch a movie or documentaries perhaps?

Speaking of student leaders, here came the Head Boy. “Good morning, Mr Nicolei! Might I say you’re looking quite smart in that hairdo.’’ Kay approved of the extra neat appearance and even that gleam of the badge.

SPOILER!!: Clara! <3

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Originally Posted by marshmallowXpie

Worried that she had arrived late as she saw half the seats filled up, Clara panicked and checked her wristwatch, only to find that she was still over ten minutes early. Breathing a sigh of relief, she scanned the room for an open spot.

Muggle Studies had always been one of her favorite courses, even though she did have one muggle parent. However, learning about the perception of muggles through the eyes of wizards had to be one of the most fascinating things Clara had ever known.

Many eyes were goggling at the projector and laptop in the room, but she didn't take much notice, to be honest. It was pretty common in her home, and throughout primary school. Seeing a spare seat in the corner of the front row on the left side, Clara excuse-me'd her way through a few other students and sat down. Taking her writing instruments and parchment out, she shifted her focus to the professor at the front of the classroom, eagerly waiting for class to begin.

Another silent student but Kay greeted her with a cheerful smile, anyway. “You’re not late, Ms Simelanu,’’ she assured the girl, having noticed her checking her watch.

SPOILER!!: Fiyero! <3

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Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy

Fiyero leaned on the railing at the bottom of the stairs, huffing and puffing to catch his breath. Why did the Muggle Studies classroom have to be so far from Gryffindor Tower?! He could've spared himself the trouble by dropping the subject - He was a halfblood, after all. He'd spent the first eleven years of his life in the Muggle world with his father's side of the family, but he thought maybe taking this class would help him understand why his father hated the wizarding world so much.

He stood up a little straighter, running a hand through his blond hair as he saw Professor Stewart standing in the doorway. "Hello, Professor," he greeted her, smiling warmly as he straightened his tie. He didn't see why it mattered if his tie was a little crooked, but Professor Stewart seemed like a stickler for appearances... and he didn't want to lose any of the points he'd earned in Herbology.

Fiyero took a seat in one of the middle rows on the left side of the room, taking out a quill and a few sheets of parchment. As he glanced behind him, he saw a laptop sitting on a table. It kinda looked like the one Grandpa Jones used... except older, a lot older. Wait, what was that thing?!

Fiyero did a double take as he noticed the large contraption hooked up to the laptop. He'd definitely never seen one of those before! He got up to take a closer look - hey, Professor Stewart said not to trouble it; she didn't say anything about looking at it. He examined the strange object from all angles, taking special care not to bump the table. It almost looked like a camera...

Hmm, maybe we're learning about Muggle technology, Fiyero thought as he returned to his seat.

Didn’t it seem as though Fiyero looked tired? Kay couldn’t blame him. She reasoned he had trekked all the way from the Gryffindor Tower. “Hello, Mr Jones! Please take a seat to catch your breath.’’ A well rested student concentrated better in classes. “Please remember to use your pen or pencil.’’

SPOILER!!: Juno! <3

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Originally Posted by Suziella

Juno walked quietly into the room, noting where her twin sister was sitting before greeting the professor. She put on a sleepy smile, "Morning Professor." This new professor looked like she was going to be really cool.

She quietly walked over to her sister and sat down. "Hey Es," She said quietly before pulling out all the supplies she would need for the lesson. She also noticed the laptop at the back of the room, and started to wonder what they would be doing today.

Both of the twins were here now! Still Kay couldn’t tell which this one was. “Hello, Ms Darcy!’’ Her eyes followed the Hufflepuff and her keen ear picked up her calling the other twin ‘Es’. Oh! So the one that just arrived must be Juno.

SPOILER!!: The Little Samurai! <3

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Originally Posted by Stefan

Muggle Studies, surprisingly, isn't such a boring subject even if he was mostly brought up in a muggle environment. It was always a joy to learn from his classmates who were brought up in the wizarding community-- and see how fascinated...and curious they get if the subject is exciting enough to pique their interest.

Tugging down his Ravenclaw tie, Jace walked briskly towards the Muggle Studies classroom, and stopped to face the woman at the door. "Ohayo gozaimasu, Stewart-sensei." he said bowing politely and grinned at the former Ravenclaw.

With a grin, he showed himself inside the classroom, and immediately took a seat with Azura and Katherine. "Ohayo..." he said to both girls as he got his notebook and muggle pen out. "Are we going to watch a movie?" he asked eyeing the laptop and projector up front.

Hmm.

Ah, the little half Japanese Ravenclaw. Kay admired his manners; he was such a polite kid. She smiled and bowed back but did not answer in Japanese for she didn’t want to mess up the greeting and offend Jace. “Good morning, Mr Reed.'' When she straightened up she said, ”You must teach me Japanese greetings so that I can reply to you correctly.’’

SPOILER!!: Brooklyn! <3

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If anything, Brooklyn figured that no one could say she didn’t give the new professors a chance. Granted, it was all to determine if they respected her and therefore deserved her respect, but she still was open to trying their lessons. She reserved the choice to give them up if she decided she didn’t like them, after all. So far, she hadn’t had any complaints. Not that she’d felt like she’d have problems with Muggle Studies anyhow, just due to her background. There didn’t seem to be any bubble wrap or other odd items in the classroom as she’d entered, either. It was promising.

“Good morning, Professor Stewart,” she said politely, giving the woman a faint smile as she made her way to an open seat on the left hand side of the room. She wasn’t avoiding anyone t the moment, so that made seat selections easier. Nor was she particularly interested in the laptop and projector on display. She’d find out why they wert her soon enough.

Kay glanced at her watch. It was almost time to get started but she would wait a minute or two for any stragglers. Good thing she made that decision for Brooklyn arrived at that moment. “Good morning, Ms Andrews!’’

SPOILER!!: Isabella! <3

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Salamander -- yep that’s Haddie "Ey there Denaker!" he greeted his Ravenclaw buddy. "Havent seen one of these since Dad took me to the Smithsonian." he chuckled. He knew how projection works-- they have their own magical (and more efficient) equivalent. The Muggle variety though, very amusing in its old-skool charm.

And back atcha for the others who greeted him too-- Azura, Noelle, and of course a wink back at Prefect Dot with the red red hair. And of course Mel. "Mellybean whaddup?" Other than what you're trying to hide with your oversized sweaters? Man if he could just say that out loud-- he'd never live long enough to grow out that ugly hair lol.

Someone asked if there was internet on this thing. "Uhm… lets see if its connected to a network…. And what that network is connected to." Curiously looks the Professor. Do they even have Hogwarts LAN?

Yes, it was definitely time to get started. Kay was about to shut the door but spotted Isabella at the moment. “Good morning to you, Ms Miklos!’’ When the girl had entered, she shut the door. It was time to get started! “I am certain that you have. It’s called a computer.’’ She offered her a smile and at that moment caught Tenacius’s look.

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Someone asked if there was internet on this thing. "Uhm… lets see if its connected to a network…. And what that network is connected to." Curiously looks the Professor. Do they even have Hogwarts LAN?

“There is no internet access here in the classroom but you’re welcome to check out the Fun Room.’’ She winked and moved to stand in front of her desk.

“Welcome to yet another Muggle Studies lesson! You must be wondering what today’s lesson will be all about. Well, I was thinking about going a bit back to our younger years. Maybe we wouldn’t even have to go back any years at all for some of you.’’ Her blue eyes twinkled in the general direction of the class. “Now, some of you may think that you are too old for what we’re about to talk about today but I must say I would disagree.’’

Kay gracefully walked towards the back of the room, waving her wand to temporarily close the windows so that the classroom was plunged into enough darkness so that the projector could be used. “For those of you who are not familiar with these apparatus, this here is a laptop computer and this is a projector.’’ She pointed at them both individually. “The projector does as the name says- projects images onto a surface. The images are stored on the laptop.’’ Kay powered on the two. “Now, I have five images here. I want each of you to name one and tell me what the five have in common.’’

A slide show began, putting pictures on the whiteboard at the front of the room. She allowed about ten seconds between each image so that the students could get a good look.

Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4 Image 5

OOC: Howdy, guys! So class has officially started. Remember not to post any late arrivals, for those of you now joining, but simply pretend as though you and your charries have been here all along The lesson will resume in about 24 hours. If you have any questions, contact me via Skype/MSN, PM or VM! <3

Hady had highly considered not attending this mornings lesson. It wasn't anything at all to do with the lesson itself or the fact that it was yet another new Professor teaching it. What it did have to do with was the fact that she was exhausted...so much so that she probably appeared ill to anyone that looked at her.

Yawning quietly into the crook of her arm as she entered the room she cast a very quick glance around only long enough to ensure that this room in fact had desks today. Nothing more mattered to her honestly as she made her way for the first empty seat after casting a small half-hearted smile in the direction of Professor Stewart. It wasn't her normal greeting but it was all that she could currently manage at the moment.

Slipping down onto the chair Hady silently took out her things for the lesson. The remainder of her time while she waited for the lesson to began was spent skimming the tip of her finger of the wings of one of the butterfly tattoos that had taken to fly across her skin and landing on the inside of her left wrist. Each time her finger brushed over the red and gold butterfly it's wings would flutter or it would fly in a small circle to land right back where it had been moments earlier.

The voice of the Professor barely caught her attention but slowly she lifted her eyes upwards towards the front of the room and the pictures that were being projected there due to the projector and laptop that happened to be in the room. Why she hadn't noticed them earlier she had no idea. What she did know was what each photo was being as she was mostly raised in a muggle home. Slowly her hand lifted into the air. "The first one is Pikachu he's from a show called Pokemon. All the photos are from old muggle cartoons," Hadleigh replied quietly barely above a whisper her hand dropping down the moment she spoke. She really didn't want to be here right now..would anyone notice if she went back to her dorm room?

Well the professor was definitely friendly enough, that was for sure. If Sky had to gesture a guess, the woman was likely a Hufflepuff if she even attended Hogwarts. Mostly because her parents were some of the friendliest and most cheerful people that she knew.

As she began, Sky tried hard to focus on the images displayed. Honestly, she didn't know too many of them, except for the one wearing orange rags that he called a shirt. Her brother probably knew more of them then she did, but she did know one thing about all of them in common.

"All of them are the stars of their own cartoons," Sky commented upon raising her hand. Even someone with little cartoon knowledge should recognize that much.

Chloe knew a bit about one of those drawings from her comics. She didn't read Pokemon but she heard about it peripherally enough times to know that was Pikachu. Pikachem? Picka?

Something like that.

She rose her hand quickly and contributed, "One of them is a pokemon, I think." Did that mean the rest of the them were pokemon? Probably. That looked like the theme.

SPOILER!!: Jace and replies to Kay before class

Azura turned to look at Jace as he sat next to her and she gave him the barest of smiles. Truthfully she wanted to give him a hug and cry all over him, but she couldn't do that now! "Hi Jace." She whispered out to him, before turning back to her workstation..

Azura blinked a little as she stared at her desk,, something wasn't right!! The young Ravenclaw started to panic as she realized she hadn't pulled out a pen!! Or her notebook! She was furiously trying to put her parchment and quill away and was in the middle of pulling out a pen when she heard the teacher speak to her..

The flustered girl looked up at the teacher and nodded.. Trying to keep the tears from her eyes as she held out a pen. "I'm so sorry, it won't happen again. " she swallowed hard as she took a deep breath. She could do this!!

Despite her mistake in the beginning of class, Azura was determined to be perfect the rest of class, and her purple eyes snapped towards the projector as she looked at the slides that were shown them. She knew a few of them!

Especially the first one! And since she knew a few of the others, she could deduce what they all were!

Her hand went into the air as she spoke. "The first image is Pikachu, from a muggle cartoon called Pokemon." She used to watch that show with her cousin Wes. "Pikachu and the rest of the images are all characters from Muggle Children's cartoons."

Well she knew three of them were at least.

Hadley almost blushed. Almost. Any redness in her cheeks was just a delayed reaction from her journey to the classroom, 'Kay? The 13 year old nodded with a small smile and returned Fairy Princess's and Kitty's waves.

"Hey, Bernie!" She watched the exchange between Melon and Salamander curiously. Was something up between them? Mel did seem a bit colder to Tenacius when she saw Haddie and him having a picnic...so maybe. Either way, she didn't want to get in the middle of it. So, ignoring. "Can internet even work inside Hogwarts?" There were spells to get muggle items to work off magic instead of electricity, but she didn't think that extended to signals being sent to and from the computer. "And what's up with the sweaters, Bernard?" 'Cuz Bernie was short for Bernard.

Class started with pictures of cartoons and the seven year old still lingering inside Hadley's eyes lit up. Which is also to say, Haddie's eyes lit up before she could stop them. "Number 3 is Bugs Bunny. And they're all traditional, hand-drawn cartoon characters, as opposed to computer generated." Ha, suck on that Davvy...Er...no. She promised Rachel last year she'd try and be friends or at least civil to him. Nevermind.

Ooh. Lesson was starting. Harriet was really excited. She liked Muggle Studies. or at least she thought she would. Her mother had told her some stuff, but there was nothing as good as learning about it properly. So she was really excited about the job. She smiled as she looked at the five images that came onto the screen. Ooh. She knew some of them. That was good. She didn't want to not know things. This was a good start

Raising her hand, Hattie smiled. "The last image is Scooby doo. He's from an old cartoon originally called "Scooby Doo -where are you?" She had watched a few of those shows. They were funny. "And I believe all of the photos are from muggle cartoon shows"

Now this was a class Rula was always really curious about. She wasn't completely ignorant of everything Muggle-related, but she definitely wasn't an expert either since she didn't exactly have a ton of experience with it, growing up in a magical family. She had heard of computers and such at least, so that laptop being here wasn't too strange.

The pictures were strange though. Or...maybe more unfamiliar than strange, actually. So she had no idea what their names would be. What they had in common though? She could take a guess at that, at least.

"They look like they're all drawn or something," she said, raising her hand. "Like, they're not something real that someone took a picture of with a camera." So kind of like portraits, but in a much different style. And those pictures weren't moving right now.

Evie squirmed in her seat with the showing of the first image "Pikachu!!" The brunette sung out. Pokémon had been one of her favorite Saturday Morning cartoons for as long as she could remember. She grinned as she watched the next few slides "Professor, they are all cartoons, and very popular ones at that." The girl remembered the "history" lesson her father had given her when she was about five or six on cartoons and just how old some of the footage was, older than her grandparents even.

One by one she wrote each of the characters names down

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Pikachu-Pokémon
Cosmo -Fairy Odd Parents
Scooby Doo
Bugs Bunny
Fred Flinstone

Janelle turned her attention to the professor when class was called to order. She listened as Professor Stewart explained about the laptop and projector. Janelle tended to forget that everyone didn't know about muggle objects. Of course they didn't, but it was always fun to see witches and wizards react to all things muggle.

When the slideshow began, Janelle began to smile. This she definitely knew. Raising her hand, she gave her answer. "One picture is of Fred Flintstone and all of those characters come from muggle cartoons." Janelle loved cartoons. She, her brother and sister would always watch muggle cartoons with their dad. Of course Janelle loved the old ones best. Especially Bugs Bunny. That was her all time favorite. If the lesson had to do with cartoons, she was all in.

Kitty loved Muggle cartoons. Admittedly, her favorite one was a dark animated movie known as Coraline - based on a book by brilliant writer Neil Gaiman. Sometimes Kitty wondered if Neil Gaiman was secretly a wizard. Coraline was about a girl who discovered a world where there was a fake copy of everyone she knew, but they all had button eyes. It was dark for a cartoon, but definitely one of her favorites.

She recognized Scooby Doo and Pikachu. "Pikachu, I choose you!" Immediately after saying it she felt embarrassed. "That's Pikachu, from Pokémon," she explained to everyone, pointing to the picture. "He's the main character in a cartoon that is also a video game series and trading card game."

'They are all Muggle cartoons. Muggles are very good with movies, aren't they."

OOOOOOOOOOOOOH. OOOOOOOOOOOOOH.

Funnily enough, Rooney could name all of those characters that were shown -- like...everyone else. Oh. He didn't think that people would know this stuff. Wasn't the knowledge of Muggle things limited in the Wizarding World..? How did everyone know this stuff? Rude. Roo was more interested in the projector, because he loved to use things like that when it came to movies.

AND he'd had one at his huuuuuuge birthday party over the summer.

He said nothing. Everyone else was saying things and he just wanted to know how they knew everything.

THEY WERE WIZARDS AND WITCHES FOR MERLIN'S SAKE.

Dot squinted her way through the luridly colored drawings the professor showed on the screen, but the first two were totally unfamiliar to her. Was this art? Were they going to study Muggle artists who...

Oh! She knew that one! "That third one is Bugsy Bun Bun. Or, sorry, that's what my brother calls him. Bugs Bunny. He's a cartoon character from over a hundred years ago. Very cocky and self assured. Pretty sure he's a Gryffindor." Alba-querque.

Melbourne grinned at Professor Stewart as she asked if everything was okay. The question in and of itself was harmless but it made the short (still as short as she was a first year) girl just nodded. “I…yes, I am alright Ma’am.” Mel smiled up at her.

“I like your laptop, its very…nice” Mel grinned over to the Professor before raising her eyebrow at Hadley. “Uh…I don’t think the internet can work here because of the fact the school is unplottable” she shrugged her shoulder and grinned over to her. Aaaaaaand the sweaters.

“Um…” she scribbled down the words on a note and handed them over to Hadley. The…potions class…aging remember? Puberty. Sweaters are um…to hide it she adjusted the sweater again and tucked her knees up underneath herself.

Raising her hand, “The dog is Scooby Doo…from the similarly named cartoon…” she paused for a moment, “it like the other shows used an action called tweening which originally was drawn out by hand and later on computer programs…it makes it look like the characters are moving” Melbourne grinned to herself. It was also one hell of a way to get carpel tunnel syndrome.

It still felt weird to have a different professor. Was this a normal thing for Hogwarts? Because he'd had the same teachers in his Muggle school for all of his Muggle school years. Jaemin had come to class anyway though, because he had to he was good at Muggle Studies, what with being part Muggle...

That was not helping him in the least with this lesson though. He knew the laptop, and the projector, of course. Technology wasn't difficult, because the Muggle world revolved around it. The cartoons though... he had been watching cartoons for as long as he could remember, and he had never seen these characters before. They had to be cartoons, right? They each had a very different drawing style, but they were coloured drawings, which usually meant either cartoon or comic book, and they didn't seem like comic book-style.

The small boy squirmed a little in his seat and looked at those around him. Pokeman? Scooby Doo? His prefect called out the bunny one, and while the name had a familiar tug to it... it just didn't draw any sort of memories forward. How old were these cartoons??? They had to be super old, like at least as old as Professor Myers, right? He sunk down a little lower, chewing on his bottom lip as he stared at the back of the laptop as if it might tell him the answer itself.

The Professor's enthusiastic greeting was met with a stare of indifference before he'd taken his seat earlier. No comment made on pens and pencils. It didn't matter what he wrote with, his quill wrote for itself. It wasn't as if HE was using it so the boy left it floating above his shoulder while he pulled out the pen Professor Stewart seemed so intent on him using.

Slumped in his seat, Blaise was prepared to remain quiet for the duration of the lesson, except, she said something about going back a few years and not very far for some and he was ALMOST curious enough to sit forward and look attentive. Almost. The action was stopped when he did in fact see the pictures appear (but it wasn't magic. He'd learned that. Muggles did things the hard way and there was a lot of science involved).

"That shouldn't take any of us back by 'a few years', Professor. I don't think I've ever seen most of those. My grandpop knows about the one on the end though. Says it used to be his favourite show when he was a kid." So if she wanted to take anyone back it would be the old man and not them which left him surprised and somewhat....dumbfounded by just how so many of his classmates--especially that Gryffindor firstie (Evie) could easily recognize and spout facts about them. What did they do? Binge olden classics over their summer? Sorry, he'd rather surf with his cousin than be taken back to hundred year old humour. "They were popular for their time." He corrected, sparing the girl a glance. "But they're ancient now. Classics. I don't even think they're still in circulation over muggle media."

Brian was just getting more irritated by the second but he couldn't help but hear the end of what Blaise was saying. It was difficult not to pay attention from the next desk anyway. He was pretty amused that so many people knew stuff about ANCIENT things, but then again, it wasn't surprising. The wizarding community was centuries behind on technology, it only made sense that they would be over 80 years behind on media.

"They're not. In circulation," he said, before he could be bothered to stop himself and put his thought process through a filter. "These were ancient. Really really ancient. I've never seen anything produced before 2050, and I've only seen them in antique stores. So I guess the only thing they have in common is that they're all defunct, and didn't last long enough to remain entertaining or relevant to current muggle society."

Which they weren't.

Especially if one was a caveman.

The end.

Kaycee grinned. THIS was why she loved Muggle Studies.

"That one is Scooby Doo! They're all cartoons." And, little known fact, Professor Myer had a Chia Pet featuring that dogs head. How did the Prefect know this? She'd given it to him of course.

Best student evah.

Cornelius Orion Baltazar was DEAD.

D-E-A-D.

He couldn't believe Professor Stewart was doing his tie and calling him smart and handsome. What this how heaven felt? Because if it did Cornelius neeeever wanted to leave. A rosie tint rose in his dimply cheeks as he smiled at the blue-eyed woman. From this close up he thought they resembled crystallized water. Like...deep ocean water.

When Professor Stewart finished adjusting his tie and shirt collar he nodded, his smile growing more and showing off those dimples of his. "No chance." Of losing points. Never. Not in her presence. "Thank you, Professor Stewart. If you need a helper this lesson, I'm your guy." He jabbed a thumb at himself. He. Cornelius Orion Baltazar. Yep.

Stepping into the classroom the boy shook his head, ruffling his curls as he did, and snapping out of whatever spell he had been under. Woah. That was a crazy rush. He took a seat next to the girl who was scared of insects (Katherine) and flashed her a grin that was a bit on the teasing side.

Oh, everyone shut up. Class was starting! Professor Steward had Cornelius' undivided attention. He studied the images carefully, and slowly raised his hand up, still studying the images. These were ancient but he knew about them because of his godfather who was ALL into antiques and collected those things. That and his dad was muggle-stuff-obsessed.

"They are animated cartoons. My godpop says they are different from films. Like...they are drawn. Like, each scene and stuff." By real hands and real people.

Clara sat up straight as the professor reassured her that she was not at all late. And soon enough the class began, and Clara was glancing at each one of the displayed slides. A smile formed on her face as she realized that she did indeed recognize all of these figures. Unfortunately, she couldn't quite remember the names of all of them, but 3 out of 5 wasn't so bad after all. (She could not think of the names for the last two, no matter how long she tried.)

"Professor, these are all cartoons. Very old cartoons, actually. My grandparents and parents watched these a lot, but I don't know much about them. Well, um...cartoons, especially in the muggle world, were a form of entertainment that transformed the art world, making animated art, which can seem childish, accessible to all. And I cannot recall all their names, but I do know for sure that Image 2 is Cosmo! He's a green-haired fairy from the cartoon 'The Fairly OddParents' and he's married to Wanda, the pink-haired fairy." Clara ended her statement with a smile, satisfied with her answer. It wasn't perfect, but she had tried her best.

Hehehee.

Noelle was so intrigued as the lights went out and the professor pulled a projector out. She knew what one was because her mum used them while she home schooled them. She grinned. Then the images flashed across the screen and she grinned even wider.

Pikachu.
That.....cartoon thing. Noelle wasn't completely sure what that meant. Some fighting thing.
Then more cartoons! Some she knew, and some she didn't.
Bugs Bunny she knew. It was her mums favorite cartoon.

Noelle smiled and raised her hand. See professor? Not sleepy.
"Cartoons! " That's what they had in common.