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sweetpinkpixie · 03-10-2014, 12:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lemon

Could she guess again? Alice wanted to guess again.

"Jupiter, Mars, and Neptune." 'Cause the last had to be a gas giant, right? He'd mentioned that, and Mars was a terrestrial planet. Someone had already said Saturn, and she'd guessed Uranus, so.... yes? Please?

Merlin, she needed to study her visible planets.

DING DING DING!

"Stellar, Miss Fischer," Airey grinned at the quidditch captain. Sweet solstice what he would have given to be able to do one last desk jump properly. It was his last lesson with the Gryffindor too and...

Alright. Old man feels. Not going to go there.

"Jupiter, Mars, and Neptune are precisely the three we will be able to see right now."

Quote:

Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

"I agree with Alice. If two of the three are Jovian, and you've already ruled out Saturn and Uranus, it has to be Neptune, Jupiter, and Mars."

Thumbs up to you, Miss Ella!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin

Kace raised his hand and gave a guess, "Professor will we be able to see Saturn? Or maybe...Jupiter?" He was unsure but if he was wrong, he was wrong.

"Nope, no Saturn just yet. Perhaps you will be able to see it when you wake up, however," he replied. Assuming they didn't sleep through too much of the morning.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

Not wanting to talk out of turn like with the nutella she slowly reached for the gold coin in the chocolate cauldron of the kid next to her and fished it back to her then nibbled on it quietly while she watched them all name planets. She could name planets too...'cept her mouth was full, see?

Merlin, hopefully Miss Cambridge wouldn't go to bed with a tummy ache tonight with the copious amount of chocolate she was eating. All for the brain, of course.

But if she did end up in the hospital wing it was SO not his fault!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squishy

Okay, this was clearly a hard question because not even the really smart students like Ella and Sander could get the answer right. And. They. Knew. Stuff.

Curiously she watched, remaining silent. So Jupiter and Mars were definitely involved while Saturn and Uranus had been ruled out. When Alice and Ella offered that the other planet was Neptune, she nodded her head in agreement. Yes, that choice made sense in her mind. And they were smart.

He gave Miss Carrington a slightly disgruntled smile as he remembered that he had missed his after dinner stewed prunes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

"Can we see Jupiter, Mars and...Neptune?" he guessed. No one had guessed Neptune yet!

"Precisely," he nodded, still with that slight scowl on his face.

Pruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bazinga

That's when he heard others talking about planets. Oh Whoops, he must of said planets not parents. Bart scooted down in his chair a little, maybe the professor didn't hear him. So planets they were talking about them, because... He thought a bit, and looked up. Probably the ones they could see, was that it. He put his hands up again. "Professor can you see Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn." He loved Saturn it was his favorite.

"No Saturn until about 5 am," he replied with a firm shake of the head. "But if you rise like the break of dawn..."

And yes, he did sing that last bit. Apparently stewed prunes were temporarily forgotten.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ivana R

Another guess.... another guess... Annabeth's feet pattered nervously on the floor, she had heard something about it on the corridors... Mars was definitively one of them... Three... Mars and Saturn... of course! She raised her hand "Jupiter pops out at nightfall. So, we can see Jupiter, Mars and Saturn."

"RISE LIKE THE BREAK OF DAAAAAAAAAWN...........and you can see Saturn."

His already short attention span combined with old age resulted in an even more insane man.

Quote:

Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Wait the Professor had said none of those he mentioned were correct, but others had mentioned Jupiter and Mars and they seemed almost correct. Sander decided to chalk it up to poor hearing on his part. So he decided to hazard a guess again as he raised his hand.

"Professor could it be Jupiter, Mars and.....Neptune, since we've crossed out the other remaining Jovian planets," Sander gave his answer, trying to use some sense of possible logic in his explanation, while agreeing with Alice and Ella.

He had said any combination would have been incorrect, not that Mr. Strand was entirely incorrect. The young man's answer of five had triggered the astronomer's Mr Grumpy McGrump Pants and made his response more senile, unfortunately.

Oh, there was the thought of stewed prunes again. Mmmmmmmhmmmm.....

But two thumbs way way up for you this time around, Mr. Strand. "Roger that!"

Quote:

Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

So Venus wasn't correct. So much for an educated guess. Hmph. But his utterly wild guess of Mars had been correct so yay! for him.

But the Puffer still had no clue about the other two. So instead he sat back and listened to the others put forwards their answers. Professor Airey was bound to give them the correct answer soon enough.

Not meaning to, he was just thinking about how hungry he was for his prunes, he gave the Hufflepuff the stink eye. He wasn't exactly LOOKING at the young man, more like the door to the classroom and contemplating just how long it would take for him to hobble to the kitchens to get some.

Or maybe he could summon a house elf to bring him some? That seemed like a plan...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anna Banana

...and then they began playing the guessing game. Sophie sat back, all Slytherin style, and tried to do trial and error based on what her classmates were told. She began striking out combinations in her hand and finally, she came up with--"What about Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn?" she asked, raising her hand.

"Yes yes and no," he replied. He wasn't going to sing again because his voice was already feeling a bit horse from doing so twice. Sweet solstice...were his singing days numbered as well?

That was a depressing thought.

"As many of you concluded, tonight we will be able to see Mars, Jupiter, and Neptune before it is time to dismiss the lesson," he announced as he tried to stand. "And, while it is NOT a planet but since so many of you are such.......fans for it, Pluto will also just barely be visible to the West." So there were four celestial objects he would like for them to look for in the night sky - although in his mind he was making Pluto optional because, well, NOT a planet. "While you can see these with the naked eye, that is not nearly as fun as seeing them close up by using a telescope," he continued, giving his wand another study tap against his desk to conjure powerful personal telescopes for each student in front of their desks. "Using the telescopes in front of you, you are to move about the classroom and try to spot each of these four celestial objects. You may not be able to see them all out of the same window, but thankfully the classroom is circular which gives you plenty of angles to work with. If you know how to manually focus one of these telescopes you may do so, but given the time constraint you may use Lens Focalis."

Finally standing, he hobbled over to the front of his desk and leaned against it.

"You have about 25 minutes to do this. First person from each house to complete this may receive a little bonus something." Smiiiiiiiiiiirk. "You may BEGIN!"

for your RPing reference, he is what the sky looks like.
This was done using a online star chart that shows the sky at any date and time anywhere in the world.

OOC :: hidden in various locations on the Hogwarts Grounds are the following symbols for Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto:

I have hidden 35 of EACH, so there should be plenty for you to find but you only need to find ONE OF EACH. Meaning 1 Mars, 1 Jupiter, 1 Neptune, and 1 Pluto.

To "find" the planet, you will need to quote the post that the symbol has been edited into and RP finding the planet in this thread. So this will look something like this:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Your post in this thread

Something liiiiiiiiiike.....Airey gave his wand a swish and a flick before performing Lens Focalis. Peering into the lens, he began searching the night sky until he spotted something. "FOUND YOU!"

With more creativity and effort than I put in obviously

Quote:

Originally Posted by post somewhere on the grounds

la la la la there will be words here. Lovely words from other people. Probably stalkable things too. Lovely lovely words selected at random. LA LA LA LA LAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Please TITLE your post with the thread you found the planet in and the post number. For example: The Whomping Willow, #203.

Only ONE planet per post please and absolutely NO DOUBLE POSTING. This means you should have at least 4 thoughtful posts for this activity. You CAN post not finding anything if your character is the sort to struggle with this sort of thing <3

I have a master list of where everything is that I will use to check and make sure that no one has spotted the same post as someone else and will post periodically with updates.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask me via VM or PM

You will have at least 36 hours from the time of this post for this activity

Please remember that while you OOC are looking at threads on the grounds, your character IC is looking at the sky

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sweetpinkpixie Wizarding World RPG Admin Gladrags Mod Minister for Magic Alley Proprietor Leprechaun Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: The Paths Posts: 40,984 Hogwarts RPG Name: Professor Cox Ravenclaw Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Briallen Ashburry-Hawthorne Gryffindor Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Nyle Harden Hufflepuff Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Iris Harden Ravenclaw Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Calliope Barrington Slytherin Fourth Year Ministry Department Head: Charles Hollingberry Minister's Office Ministry Department Head: Airey Flamsteed Mysteries Diagon Alley Proprietor: Victor García Massey Ollivanders x12 x12	astronomizzle ♧ gryffinDORK \| & the rest is drag ♣ #badluckDerf Quote: Originally Posted by lemon Could she guess again? Alice wanted to guess again. "Jupiter, Mars, and Neptune." 'Cause the last had to be a gas giant, right? He'd mentioned that, and Mars was a terrestrial planet. Someone had already said Saturn, and she'd guessed Uranus, so.... yes? Please? Merlin, she needed to study her visible planets. DING DING DING! "Stellar, Miss Fischer," Airey grinned at the quidditch captain. Sweet solstice what he would have given to be able to do one last desk jump properly. It was his last lesson with the Gryffindor too and... Alright. Old man feels. Not going to go there. "Jupiter, Mars, and Neptune are precisely the three we will be able to see right now." Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow "I agree with Alice. If two of the three are Jovian, and you've already ruled out Saturn and Uranus, it has to be Neptune, Jupiter, and Mars." Thumbs up to you, Miss Ella! Quote: Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin Kace raised his hand and gave a guess, "Professor will we be able to see Saturn? Or maybe...Jupiter?" He was unsure but if he was wrong, he was wrong. "Nope, no Saturn just yet. Perhaps you will be able to see it when you wake up, however," he replied. Assuming they didn't sleep through too much of the morning. Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Not wanting to talk out of turn like with the nutella she slowly reached for the gold coin in the chocolate cauldron of the kid next to her and fished it back to her then nibbled on it quietly while she watched them all name planets. She could name planets too...'cept her mouth was full, see? Merlin, hopefully Miss Cambridge wouldn't go to bed with a tummy ache tonight with the copious amount of chocolate she was eating. All for the brain, of course. But if she did end up in the hospital wing it was SO not his fault! Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy Okay, this was clearly a hard question because not even the really smart students like Ella and Sander could get the answer right. And. They. Knew. Stuff. Curiously she watched, remaining silent. So Jupiter and Mars were definitely involved while Saturn and Uranus had been ruled out. When Alice and Ella offered that the other planet was Neptune, she nodded her head in agreement. Yes, that choice made sense in her mind. And they were smart. He gave Miss Carrington a slightly disgruntled smile as he remembered that he had missed his after dinner stewed prunes. Quote: Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom "Can we see Jupiter, Mars and...Neptune?" he guessed. No one had guessed Neptune yet! "Precisely," he nodded, still with that slight scowl on his face. Pruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunes. Quote: Originally Posted by Bazinga That's when he heard others talking about planets. Oh Whoops, he must of said planets not parents. Bart scooted down in his chair a little, maybe the professor didn't hear him. So planets they were talking about them, because... He thought a bit, and looked up. Probably the ones they could see, was that it. He put his hands up again. "Professor can you see Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn." He loved Saturn it was his favorite. "No Saturn until about 5 am," he replied with a firm shake of the head. "But if you rise like the break of dawn..." And yes, he did sing that last bit. Apparently stewed prunes were temporarily forgotten. Quote: Originally Posted by Ivana R Another guess.... another guess... Annabeth's feet pattered nervously on the floor, she had heard something about it on the corridors... Mars was definitively one of them... Three... Mars and Saturn... of course! She raised her hand "Jupiter pops out at nightfall. So, we can see Jupiter, Mars and Saturn." "RISE LIKE THE BREAK OF DAAAAAAAAAWN...........and you can see Saturn." His already short attention span combined with old age resulted in an even more insane man. Quote: Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Wait the Professor had said none of those he mentioned were correct, but others had mentioned Jupiter and Mars and they seemed almost correct. Sander decided to chalk it up to poor hearing on his part. So he decided to hazard a guess again as he raised his hand. "Professor could it be Jupiter, Mars and.....Neptune, since we've crossed out the other remaining Jovian planets," Sander gave his answer, trying to use some sense of possible logic in his explanation, while agreeing with Alice and Ella. He had said any combination would have been incorrect, not that Mr. Strand was entirely incorrect. The young man's answer of five had triggered the astronomer's Mr Grumpy McGrump Pants and made his response more senile, unfortunately. Oh, there was the thought of stewed prunes again. Mmmmmmmhmmmm..... But two thumbs way way up for you this time around, Mr. Strand. "Roger that!" Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 So Venus wasn't correct. So much for an educated guess. Hmph. But his utterly wild guess of Mars had been correct so yay! for him. But the Puffer still had no clue about the other two. So instead he sat back and listened to the others put forwards their answers. Professor Airey was bound to give them the correct answer soon enough. Not meaning to, he was just thinking about how hungry he was for his prunes, he gave the Hufflepuff the stink eye. He wasn't exactly LOOKING at the young man, more like the door to the classroom and contemplating just how long it would take for him to hobble to the kitchens to get some. Or maybe he could summon a house elf to bring him some? That seemed like a plan... Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana ...and then they began playing the guessing game. Sophie sat back, all Slytherin style, and tried to do trial and error based on what her classmates were told. She began striking out combinations in her hand and finally, she came up with--"What about Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn?" she asked, raising her hand. "Yes yes and no," he replied. He wasn't going to sing again because his voice was already feeling a bit horse from doing so twice. Sweet solstice...were his singing days numbered as well? That was a depressing thought. "As many of you concluded, tonight we will be able to see Mars, Jupiter, and Neptune before it is time to dismiss the lesson," he announced as he tried to stand. "And, while it is NOT a planet but since so many of you are such.......fans for it, Pluto will also just barely be visible to the West." So there were four celestial objects he would like for them to look for in the night sky - although in his mind he was making Pluto optional because, well, NOT a planet. "While you can see these with the naked eye, that is not nearly as fun as seeing them close up by using a telescope," he continued, giving his wand another study tap against his desk to conjure powerful personal telescopes for each student in front of their desks. "Using the telescopes in front of you, you are to move about the classroom and try to spot each of these four celestial objects. You may not be able to see them all out of the same window, but thankfully the classroom is circular which gives you plenty of angles to work with. If you know how to manually focus one of these telescopes you may do so, but given the time constraint you may use Lens Focalis." Finally standing, he hobbled over to the front of his desk and leaned against it. "You have about 25 minutes to do this. First person from each house to complete this may receive a little bonus something." Smiiiiiiiiiiirk. "You may BEGIN!" for your RPing reference, he is what the sky looks like. This was done using a online star chart that shows the sky at any date and time anywhere in the world. OOC :: hidden in various locations on the Hogwarts Grounds are the following symbols for Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto: I have hidden 35 of EACH, so there should be plenty for you to find but you only need to find ONE OF EACH. Meaning 1 Mars, 1 Jupiter, 1 Neptune, and 1 Pluto. To "find" the planet, you will need to quote the post that the symbol has been edited into and RP finding the planet in this thread. So this will look something like this: Quote: Originally Posted by Your post in this thread Something liiiiiiiiiike.....Airey gave his wand a swish and a flick before performing Lens Focalis. Peering into the lens, he began searching the night sky until he spotted something. "FOUND YOU!" With more creativity and effort than I put in obviously Quote: Originally Posted by post somewhere on the grounds la la la la there will be words here. Lovely words from other people. Probably stalkable things too. Lovely lovely words selected at random. LA LA LA LA LAAAAAAAAAAAAA Please TITLE your post with the thread you found the planet in and the post number. For example: The Whomping Willow, #203. Only ONE planet per post please and absolutely NO DOUBLE POSTING. This means you should have at least 4 thoughtful posts for this activity. You CAN post not finding anything if your character is the sort to struggle with this sort of thing <3 I have a master list of where everything is that I will use to check and make sure that no one has spotted the same post as someone else and will post periodically with updates. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask me via VM or PM You will have at least 36 hours from the time of this post for this activity Please remember that while you OOC are looking at threads on the grounds, your character IC is looking at the sky __________________ We broke into a million pieces, and we can't go back......................................... But now we're seeing all the beauty in the broken glass..................................... The scars are part of me, darkness and harmony My voice without the lies, this is what it sounds like