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Lexers · 01-21-2014, 08:57 AM

SPOILER!!: Whit/Alicia, Greetings

Lucas gave Lux a HUGE grin. Ugh YES? Maybe there'd be telescopes and he'd discover like a new PLANET. How cool would that be!? And as Adi sat down, Lucas squinted a little.

"Uh.. mate is that a-" and he pointed to his head before he frowned realising that it was kind of SUPER impolite to point something like that out. Uhm. Best keep quiet. "-fishtank?" he finished lamely, pointing at what clearly was a fish tank. Um. Awkward.

SPOILER!!: Flamsteed

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

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?"
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Lucas grinned in surprise as Professor Airey (really?! He was dropping the formalities now after all that?!) dropped the egg unceremoniously. But Lucas was PREEEETTTY sure he knew what was up. He'd grown up in a largely muggle community and knowing your basic science stuff was kind of prerequisite.

"The big bang!" Lucas piped up. "But I don't think a guy in a suit dropped an egg and created the universe. But yeah. Close enough." And anyway it was a COOL demonstration. Way cool.

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Lexers Mooncalf Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: GMT +10 Posts: 7,484 Hogwarts RPG Name: Lucas L. Rodemiere Third Year x3	SPOILER!!: Whit/Alicia, Greetings Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy Lux had only been sitting for a few minutes when she saw that Lucas had arrived. "Hey, Lucas!" She beamed when he took a seat beside her. This lesson would be a lot of fun now that she had one of her best friends sitting with her. "Are you ready for this lesson? I am!" The thought of learning about space was interesting to her, because she had never really studied Astronomy properly before. Hearing Sander address her, she looked over in his direction and shook her head. "Hey, Sander. I'm good, how are you? I haven't seen her in hours," she admitted while wondering where on earth the girl was. Hopefully Tessa would not be late for class and get in trouble. Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Adi was still brooding about his grey hairs. In addition his mind was in hyper drive. Was this grey hairs linked with the sluggishness he had been feeling earlier? What was happening to him? He wondered if this was happening to anyone else... Now, who was that shouting his name? "Lucas! Hey!'' Or should Adi refer to him as Broomhead as Robin did? He glanced at the seat, welcome for a friendly distraction. ''Sure, buddy.'' He grinned. "So what's up?'' Lucas gave Lux a HUGE grin. Ugh YES? Maybe there'd be telescopes and he'd discover like a new PLANET. How cool would that be!? And as Adi sat down, Lucas squinted a little. "Uh.. mate is that a-" and he pointed to his head before he frowned realising that it was kind of SUPER impolite to point something like that out. Uhm. Best keep quiet. "-fishtank?" he finished lamely, pointing at what clearly was a fish tank. Um. Awkward. SPOILER!!: Flamsteed Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie 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?" [/indent][/FONT][/COLOR] Lucas grinned in surprise as Professor Airey (really?! He was dropping the formalities now after all that?!) dropped the egg unceremoniously. But Lucas was PREEEETTTY sure he knew what was up. He'd grown up in a largely muggle community and knowing your basic science stuff was kind of prerequisite. "The big bang!" Lucas piped up. "But I don't think a guy in a suit dropped an egg and created the universe. But yeah. Close enough." And anyway it was a COOL demonstration. Way cool. __________________ Captain Awesome?_________________________________ _________________________________.....Fidget works too.