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Cedric · 01-21-2014, 05:22 AM

SPOILER!!: Flamsteed

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Airey had a very hard time making eye contact with this particular student as she walked in. Not that he was looking anywhere he ought not to be. Unless the ground was inappropriate, because that is where his eyes were at the moment. He did glance up when she greeted him and all he could see was a blue lace woman's support garment. "Evening, Miss Emmons," he greeted as his voice cracked like a teenage boy's. "I, ahem, hope nothing else has been borrowed from you recently."

And if it had, he really didn't want to hear about it. Probably shouldn't have even asked.

Checking his sundial watch one more time, the professor decided that it was time to get things started. With a quick flick of his wand he shut the door to the classroom and then walked towards the center of the semicircle while holding his lower back with his right hand for the extra support he had been needing recently.

"Good evening and thank you all for coming," he greeted as he clapped his hands together twice to get everyone's attention. "Welcome to Astronomy, NOT to be confused with Astrology. For those of you who do not know me or may have forgotten my name, I am Professor Flamsteed and you may call me such or Professor Airey or sir." Hmmm. Odd. No matter. "Today we are going to travel back, figuratively speaking that is, nearly 14 billion years ago. To do this, I need to ask you all a unusual question." He then walked over to the black box on the table. Yep. Time for the big revealing - which really was not all that exciting. With one swift movement, Airey removed the lid and reached into the box to pull out nothing more than a measly chicken egg.

"Which came first, the phoenix or the flame? Or, as muggles will put it, which came first, the chicken or the egg?" he began as he held the egg up for everyone to see. "Originally intended to point out the futility of identifying the first case of a circular cause and consequence, but serves another purpose. It also evoked the questions of how life and the universe in general began, something that plagued mankind for centuries and still, to a certain extent, remains unknown." He idly tossed the egg in his hand, watching it rise and fall. "I want you all to pretend that this egg is thousands of times smaller than a pinhead. Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiny tiny and is also hotter and denser than anything our human minds can imagine." He paused and looked around the classroom at everyone, were they all visualizing this? Yes? Good.

Then, without warning, he tossed the egg especially high into the air and took a BIG step to the right and simply allowed the egg to fall to the ground of the classroom with a SPLAT.

"Can anyone tell me what this was a crude illustration of?"

OOC: This lesson has officially started! Please do not post your character arriving now or else risk loss of house points for your house or some other punishment that Professor Flamsteed feels is appropriate. If you are joining us now, please just pretend as though your character has been here all along

Remember to say just ONE thing that your character sees as a difference between the two. Points will not be rewarded solely for correct answers <3

Class will resume at least 24 hours from now. I had some RL things come up that may keep me away from SS all of tomorrow. So I am sorry for the delay in advance <3

Schuyler bit back a grin when Professor Flamsteed couldn't seem to meet her eyes. And the way his voice cracked! Precious. She actually made a mental note, when the thought popped in her head, to see if she could dig out some old yearbooks from the library. See what her professors were like as students at Hogwarts. Three guesses that Airey tripped over himself three times as much back then as he did now.

"Nothing else borrowed, fortunately." And it was nice of him to ask.

But now she was in her seat and they were starting class. And Flamsteed was dropping an egg onto the floor. Her blue eyes followed it up above his head and then the splatter after it had fallen. What did this symbolize? Big Bang. Didn't have to be a pro astronomer to know that one. And a lot of other people started spewing out this answer, so Schuyler just wore a little smile and dipped her quill in her ink before beginning to doodle a stylized sun in the margin of her paper.

01-21-2014, 05:22 AM	#91 (permalink)
Cedric DERP Mooncalf Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Winterfell Posts: 6,734 Hogwarts RPG Name: Samuel Chevalier Graduated x2	Aidella \| King of Confusion \| Brittana \| Forever ACROMANTULA SPOILER!!: Flamsteed Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Airey had a very hard time making eye contact with this particular student as she walked in. Not that he was looking anywhere he ought not to be. Unless the ground was inappropriate, because that is where his eyes were at the moment. He did glance up when she greeted him and all he could see was a blue lace woman's support garment. "Evening, Miss Emmons," he greeted as his voice cracked like a teenage boy's. "I, ahem, hope nothing else has been borrowed from you recently." And if it had, he really didn't want to hear about it. Probably shouldn't have even asked. Checking his sundial watch one more time, the professor decided that it was time to get things started. With a quick flick of his wand he shut the door to the classroom and then walked towards the center of the semicircle while holding his lower back with his right hand for the extra support he had been needing recently. "Good evening and thank you all for coming," he greeted as he clapped his hands together twice to get everyone's attention. "Welcome to Astronomy, NOT to be confused with Astrology. For those of you who do not know me or may have forgotten my name, I am Professor Flamsteed and you may call me such or Professor Airey or sir." Hmmm. Odd. No matter. "Today we are going to travel back, figuratively speaking that is, nearly 14 billion years ago. To do this, I need to ask you all a unusual question." He then walked over to the black box on the table. Yep. Time for the big revealing - which really was not all that exciting. With one swift movement, Airey removed the lid and reached into the box to pull out nothing more than a measly chicken egg. "Which came first, the phoenix or the flame? Or, as muggles will put it, which came first, the chicken or the egg?" he began as he held the egg up for everyone to see. "Originally intended to point out the futility of identifying the first case of a circular cause and consequence, but serves another purpose. It also evoked the questions of how life and the universe in general began, something that plagued mankind for centuries and still, to a certain extent, remains unknown." He idly tossed the egg in his hand, watching it rise and fall. "I want you all to pretend that this egg is thousands of times smaller than a pinhead. Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiny tiny and is also hotter and denser than anything our human minds can imagine." He paused and looked around the classroom at everyone, were they all visualizing this? Yes? Good. Then, without warning, he tossed the egg especially high into the air and took a BIG step to the right and simply allowed the egg to fall to the ground of the classroom with a SPLAT. "Can anyone tell me what this was a crude illustration of?" OOC: This lesson has officially started! Please do not post your character arriving now or else risk loss of house points for your house or some other punishment that Professor Flamsteed feels is appropriate. If you are joining us now, please just pretend as though your character has been here all along Remember to say just ONE thing that your character sees as a difference between the two. Points will not be rewarded solely for correct answers <3 Class will resume at least 24 hours from now. I had some RL things come up that may keep me away from SS all of tomorrow. So I am sorry for the delay in advance <3 Schuyler bit back a grin when Professor Flamsteed couldn't seem to meet her eyes. And the way his voice cracked! Precious. She actually made a mental note, when the thought popped in her head, to see if she could dig out some old yearbooks from the library. See what her professors were like as students at Hogwarts. Three guesses that Airey tripped over himself three times as much back then as he did now. "Nothing else borrowed, fortunately." And it was nice of him to ask. But now she was in her seat and they were starting class. And Flamsteed was dropping an egg onto the floor. Her blue eyes followed it up above his head and then the splatter after it had fallen. What did this symbolize? Big Bang. Didn't have to be a pro astronomer to know that one. And a lot of other people started spewing out this answer, so Schuyler just wore a little smile and dipped her quill in her ink before beginning to doodle a stylized sun in the margin of her paper. __________________