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Originally Posted by Tegz  "Ruby Banner." After sitting next to her brother, Ruby did the whole name tag thing and was kind of surprised it worked but she didn't SAY that obvy. She was oblivious to any question being asked by Professor Suit, until people started answering and then she worked out what it had been.
But didn't much have anything to say except with a little wave of her fingers that would do well enough for raising her hand, "Stars are romantic."
Was that boy drawing people? He could draw HER if he wanted. Ruby wouldn't mind at all. Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie
Airey found himself nodding at the Ravenclaw. "At it's most basic level, yes. This is precisely what astronomy is about."
Although he had a THING with the term....stuff. Stuff was rather vague and astronomy was a precise science.
Was that an announcement...or an answer? Airey chuckled at the Gryffindor and nodded his head. Yup. Planets and stars YUP!
Star Trek knowledge common sense? Airey could only dream of a world where that was true. Unless that wasn't what the second year was referring to...in which case it should be common sense. Right? Right.
He gave Mr. Scabior an approving salute before addressing his response.
Which was...an amusing one.
Study astronomy to seem less conceited with ourselves. Some would argue it the other way around, but interesting sentiments nonetheless. "Very interesting thought process," he chuckled. "Very interesting indeed."
And was giving him ideas for a possible extra credit essay topic for homework. HMMMM...
Airey gave the Slytherin prefect a quick wink as his eyes glazed over him. He could see the gears in the young man's head turning. The attentive listening was always appreciated.
Stuff. There was that word again. It should be a forbidden word in his classroom. Stuff. Force students to use proper terminology and stretch their minds.
But the Hufflepuff had an excellent little addition to what Mr. Scabior had said - studying celestial bodies to make humanity seem less egotistical and what not. "Excellent, Miss Kittredge." Especially on the cool and awesome usage.
What was that about being conceited? Heh.
"Perfection of the clashes," he repeated, his blue eyes widening with delight at that particular string of words. "I like that. Very good, Miss Robles"
The professor didn't have time to respond to the two girl's answers, both excellent for the record, before strange things began happening. Sweet solstice why was it always the Ravenclaw females who...did this sort of thing? Furthermore, why had he not figured out a way to deal with said panicked looks?
Bedside manner of a Vulcan.
Taking a few casual strides towards the pair so as not to draw too much attention, he leaned over just enough to his right - balancing on his right foot with his left hovering slightly in the air - to whisper to them. "Miss McGee, Miss Wilde. You both may be temporarily excused if necessary."
To the ladies room perhaps? Girls still did that, yeah? Go to the loo in small groups.
Stellar. The promise of pogo!
Oh, another very insightful little answer! Airey stopped right where he stood - about the middle of the semi circle - and gave Mr. Tempus a loud golf clap. "STELLAR, Mr. Tempus. Absolutely STELLAR!" He paused just long enough to scurry forward from where he stood to LEAP onto the Hufflepuff's desk. "This is something that the study of astronomy does in so many different ways from human interest level you speak of to the atoms that make up our being. Take 2 points for that answer."
Okay, time to jump off Mr. Tempus' desk.
Also time to try not to laugh at Mr. Adair's name tag. Which he only somewhat succeeded in doing. "Not to worry, Mr. My Name's. Simply give it another tap while saying Vaco Reverto and you can give it another go."
The Gryffindor got two thumbs up for his answer.
Airey gave an appreciative nod towards Miss Carrington. "Some of the most beautiful sights in the universe exist out there in space and it is only through human's curiosity manifested in the study of astronomy that we have discovered them."
Airey threw the Gryffindor a thumbs up for not messing up her name.
And yes, comic talk could certainly happen.
The Slytherin sounded like a science fiction fan in the making - if he was not one already - which earned the first year an enthusiastic grin from the professor.
"Perfectly alright not to know, Mr. Foster. Hopefully by the end of this discussion you will have more of an idea as to why," he winked. After all, there really wasn't just ONE answer to his question.
Airey threw a curious look over his shoulder at the OTHER Ravenclaw girls who were...having their moment...and then back to Miss Wright who...was not.
Merlin help him if all three of them had MOMENTS during this lesson. In which cause he would just pass them off to their prefect. Miss Guidry had been stellar with handling Ravenclaw female angst and drama in the past.
That was...well...that was one way to wear a name tag for certain. Airey couldn't help but stare at her chin for a few moments, utterly confused as to WHY. Merlin, Ravenclaw teenage girls. Just Merlin.
There was that word again, stuff.
Shaking his head to refocus again on her chin the astronomer failed to respond to her answer and instead simply said, "Interesting beard."
..................destinies?
Airey both wanted her to elaborate and not at the same time for fear of the Gryffindor proving his suspicion that she had confused his subject for another. One that was NOT a science by any stretch of the imagination.
"Good, Miss ........... Wolfworesworth," he said, completely butchering her last name. Not on purpose, of course. But butchering it nonetheless. "One must be careful with what one means by....interpret, however. Astrology is not, and never will be, Astronomy for example."
Even if that was not what she had been referring to, still something that needed said because...just no. NOPE.
STUFF!
Alright, that was it. He was fixing his classroom rules to say that stuff was taboo. Oh, maybe he could make it like a little hex of sorts...like how Voldemort had done with his name. Slight modification of the Taboo curse...
The professor tapped his chin thoughtfully and nearly tuned out the rest of her answer. "Ah, yes, good Miss Samson."
Right then, Mr. Zeke it would be. Which would save the astronomer the image of the first year wearing cardigans and singing about it being a lovely day in the neighborhood. Just some classic muggle American television thoughts.
Ahem.
AND LOOK AT THAT STELLAR ANSWER! Save for that very first sentence because Airey also had no idea what the young man meant by that. BUT AN EXCELLENT ANSWER! AND WHEN THE ASTRONUT WAS EXCITED HE...
"NAVIGATION AND ONE GIANT COSMIC ECOSYSTEM!" Wooooooooooo flailing arms above his head as he stood on Mr. Zeke's desk. WOOOOOOOOOOO! "Outstanding, Mr. Zeke. Take 4 points for that answer!"
Still standing on Mr. Zeke's desk, Airey did some dramatic pointing towards Mr. Mordaunt. DRAMATIC pointing. "Outside of magical means. YES! Stellar! Take a point for that."
He was a little sensitive to astronomy being overshadowed by the magically based subjects. MAGIC magic that is. Science was it own variation of magic, after all.
"YES. Good, Mr. Stark," he nodded at the Gryffindor. Yes yes yes.
And he was off Mr. Zeke's desk now, by the way.
Oh, Mr. Mordaunt wasn't done just yet. Airey took a few steps backwards to stand in front of the Slytherin again. "A very good question, Mr. Mordaunt. One that the wizarding community can be divided over at times. Naturally, there are many connections between astronomy and magic. Werewolves being an example, and the influence of the moon on potion brewing - much like it has an influence over the tides. There is also research being done, and students participated in several terms ago, on the effects of solar and lunar eclipses on different categories of spells. To say that science and magic are incompatible is a bit too generic and frankly naive. I strongly believe that as science allows humanity to look back further and further into the creation of the universe, that we may discover the very point in time that the molecules and atoms that made magic possible will be discovered. However, at this point in time this discovery has yet to be made."
His eyes flickered over to Miss Wisteria. Perhaps a discovering that was just over the horizon?
"Take another point, Mr. Mordaunt."
And another essay topic popped into existence. Merlin students made it so easy to assign homework!
"Excellent, Miss Andrews, very well put" he nodded. And no probably about it. It was everything "up there".
And she hadn't used the word stuff. Even better.
Airey was standing just far enough away that he couldn't see that Mr. Baines had made a little oopsie with his name tag, which was probably for the best considering the young man's nerves, he instead BEAMED at his answer and threw him two very excited thumbs up.
"Stellar, Mr. Baines. Well said! Take a point for your thoughts."
"Very good, Miss Valentine," he nodded towards the Ravenclaw. Short and concise, just the way he liked it.
Oh ho ho hooooooo look at her referencing Star Trek right there. Airey's lips curled into a smirk as he gave the prefect a Vulcan salute. "Very good."
JUST studying....JUST? Airey wore a forced pained expression on his face before relaxing and chuckling at the latter half of her response. It was such a human thing to say, going back to what Mr. Scabior had said earlier. How incredibly...human...the notion of being the first was.
"Interesting, Miss Valentine. Very interesting."
"Good, Miss Lynch. Very good," he nodded towards the Slytherin. Stellar to see a first year contributing.
Pity, he wasn't going to get a peek into the second year's mind and how she constituted a comic book reader. What was he going to do with all his natural curiosity NOW!?
Oh, well, listening to her answer was a good place to start. Yes.
Which was certainly an out of the box one. Chuckling loudly, Airey approached her desk and gave it two firm knocks with his knuckles. "Very amusing, Miss Cooper. I hope your brother takes your interest in stargazing to heart." Or something.
And there was that word again. STUFF.
Excellent, a bit too textbook at times, but excellent. Especially what the Ravenclaw was hinting at towards the end. "You raise a very interesting point, Miss Montgomery. For 50 or so years now, astronomers have been toying with the idea that we may in fact live in a multiverse - meaning that the universe we and everything we currently know may be just one of an infinite number of universes. Not a topic we will be diving into today, but a FASCINATING topic of research."
HEH. Well, that was one way to spell the Gryffindor's last name...he supposed. Hopefully she had heard what he had said to Mr. Adair on how to fix the situation.
"Very good, Miss Duchannes. You may even be able to see the Northern Lights from here at Hogwarts if the conditions are right." Which they were...on the rare occasion. Especially if there was a little magic involved.
Ahem.
Students really seemed to be in to aliens this term, hmmmm....he supposed he could tweak things a little....maybe.
"Very good, Mr. Rehman."
"Excellent, Miss Valentine," he nodded. And not just because she had quoted Star Trek. Ahem.
The unknown. It was quite an ominous term, wasn't it? Ominous but spot on at the same time. He gave the Hufflepuff prefect an appreciative salute before moving on to the next raised hand.
Airey was.............................flabbergasted. And perhaps a little in awe. And may have looked a bit sparkly eyed with his chest puffed out in admiration if he were the sentimental sort. The reality was, however, that he just stood there in front of the Head Girl for a good solid minute in complete awe at the words that had just been spoken. Not just the words, but the VOLUME of words that had just been spoken. He quite literally was speechless, in a good way, and found that he only could speak when she mentioned the name tag.
"HUH?" he said, mouth still hanging open slightly. "OH. That. No, I suppose it is not mandatory, just be sure not to lose it because I will be needing to send those off to a colleague of mine for security clearance."
The vein in Airey's forehead was definitely starting to bulge now. STUFF.
"Good, Mr. Newell. Good good good. Big and ever expanding!"
STUFF
Airey was....distracted when his eyes fell on Mr. Toros' robes. How in Merlin's soggy socks had he not noticed the...adjustments before? It was...well....it wasn't BAD per say, but uniforms were UNIform for a reason. Imagine if astronauts had decided to customize their spacesuits! Sweet solstice the disasters that could occur...
"Mr. Toros...while I always wish to encourage the art of self expression, perhaps you could refrain from doing so with the very threads of your uniform?" Just then, a ball of parchment came out of no where and got stuck right in the boy's mass of hair. 3 POINT SHOT!
"And could you, Mr. Striker, refrain from wasting paper and tossing it at your classmates?" Although he did have to applaud the boy for his good aim. Just in his head because, well, needed to be professional.
And Mr. Toros' answer was as sparkly as his robes. So thumbs up to you, good sir!
"Give it another tap and say Vaco Reverto to return it to its original state. As long as you visualize your name clearly in your mind, it should appear correct." If it didn't well, oops? Let it be a lesson to the astronomer to not save galleons on the cheaper magical name tags next time?
He gave a small nod to Mr. Lecium's answer. Mmmhmmm, Astronomy was a stellar teaching tool. Heh.
Airey...was VERY intrigued by this one. And not just the answer, but the student behind the answer. Very inquisitive and with the out of the box sort of thinking he appreciated. Not to mention she had said Picard was the best. Obviously a great head on her shoulders.
"Excellent, Miss Wojack. I too have always thought that astronomy encouraged human curiosity and the desire to know more." Something that he hoped his own teaching method reflected.
In all honesty, Airey was expecting a bit more from the seventh year. Or at least an answer that did not have the inflection of uncertainty. He gave the boy a curt nod and wondered if perhaps he was getting enough sleep.
"Very good, Miss Wayne," he applauded the prefect with a grin. Another student to touch on the nature of human curiosity. It did his heart good to hear that.
That was...not a name he was going to call the Slytherin. For the record.
Airey simply raised an eyebrow and cleared his throat before responding to his answer. And chuckled. "It is indeed. Thank you, Mr. Barrington."
"Insightful, Mr. Whitlock," he nodded. Also a very Slytherin sounded answer if one were to read into it a bit.
Oh, er, staring contest in the middle of a lesson? Airey could play...he supposed. As long as no other students voiced that they felt they were being ignored because he was only locking eyes with the Ravenclaw.
"Yes," he replied, using few words as well and eyes widening as the staring contest began.
Definitely still engaged in his staring contest with Mr. Banner, Airey caught the Hufflepuff out of the corner of his eye and raised his index finger to wiggle in the air. "Excellent, but without the sit next time."
STARE.
He caught Miss Brown out of the corner of his eye as well, busy scribbling away on her parchment. Attentive listening and note taking was always appreciated, but he had to admit that he was just the tiniest bit disappointed not to hear her answer. They were always interesting and insightful.
............stuff. Sweet solstice.
The smidge comment, however, made him smirk. Because it was actually all of them that had a smidge of the universe within each of them.
"Thank you, Mr. Kim."
Okay....accent....he could do this. Even if he SWORE that her accent had slipped every now and then during the field trip...which confused him greatly. Hanging on her every word, he nodded slowly and smiled. "Very good, Miss Janvier."
The astronomer nodded at the Gryffindor, although he personally felt that 'night sky' was a bit narrow minded to be applied to astronomy. But still a good answer. "Thank you, Mr. Atreyu."
Note taking. Stellar. He saluted the Ravenclaw before moving along to the next raised hand.
"We will certainly be using a lot of Physics in this classroom," he nodded. Perhaps dive into a little of it today, although today's lesson was a little bit more opened minded and not as SCIENCE centric as previous terms had been.
Oh sweet solstice!
"I believe they heard you all the way down at the lake, Mr. Toussaint. Including Bartholomew."
He pointed excitedly at the Hufflepuff. "Precisely why we took a field trip to Greece," he said while bouncing in place. Well, that and Airey really just wanted to go to the beaches there, but that was the unofficial reason that he only really disclosed to Medea. "Thank you, Miss Aldrich."
Figuring her fingers must have fallen asleep, hence the finger wiggling - terrible feeling, but at least it wasn't her leg - he gave a small nod towards the young lady. "Which means I have a doctorate in romance," he laughed....at his own horrible joke.
Yep. Professor Flamsteed. Doctor of Romance and smooth as chunky peanut butter.
"Very good, Miss...." small pause before he attempted her name. "...Zanthapoulas." That was close...yeah? These long names...Merlin.
Airey just sighed when he heard the shout. Without even saying another word, the astronomer BANISHED the name tag and summoned another. "Again, Mr. Hirase." In the past the astronomer hadn't been as short with the young man, but he wasn't a first year anymore and should know better. Third year and all...third time's the charm? Although the Gryffindor should know by now to not to shout and draw attention to something he was doing wrong.
A smirk then spread across the man's face at the answer the third year had given. But that was all that was done in reply. A smirk. Heh.
*****
Looking around to see that there were no more hands raised, Airey returned to the standing in front of his desks and tugged on his suit jacket to look a bit more presentable. The desk jumping had given things a slightly disheveled look that he quickly fixed. There. Now he could continue teaching.
" Your textbook defines astronomy as the branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole...but as you have heard from your classmates, astronomy is much more than this series of brief words," he said as he began the brief lecture portion of the discussion. " Astronomy is more of an umbrella term wherein there are various subfields of study, and while many may consider it to be more of a modern science...has in fact been around since the dawn of humankind. We all are descended from astronomers and we all have within us, sometimes hidden quite deep, the innate curiosity to look up to the sky and wonder why."
He trailed off at the end for a moment to gaze longingly out the window at the clear blue sky above the grounds. How could anyone NOT want to study that breathtaking sky and what lay beyond it was...baffling to him. Simply baffling.
" But when we study astronomy, we are not only learning about the universe, or universes, we exist in...but we are learning about ourselves as well and seeing how the very atoms that make up our bodies are a part of the grand design that is the universe. Astronomy connects us all."
Alright..that had become a bit more cheesy than he had intended. What was the point of all this? Oh, yes. There was the thought.
" Now, because universe is ever expanding and many reverse outer space with awe, there is much overlap with the scientific community and pop culture - namely with science fiction." He paused for a moment and gave the blackboard a firm tap to make a series of photographs appear with numbers below them. He PROMISES that there is a reason behind this slight apparently Muggle Studies inspired detour. There was always a method to his madness. 
*click for a larger view*
" Can anyone identify any of these characters or the film or muggle telebox series they come from? Please just one per person." If not they were more than welcome to venture a guess or observation about what sort of character they could be. OOC: I am SO sorry for the delay guys, but you all gave me so much to respond to so it took more time than I had anticipated! But I wouldn't have it any other way <3 so thank you for your patience.
Class will resume...hopefully in less than 24 hours from the time of this post (more like 19? No promises though!) Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegz Wat.
A Doctorate in romance? Was Professor Suit hitting on her? A split second after that initial reaction, she decided not based on how awkward he sort of had seemed in Greece, maybe he just sort of said things sometimes. Well she could just say things sometimes too, and if it helped her grade or provided some kind of entertainment then all the better.
"I bet you were top of your class, sir." Ruby rejoined. He was energetic at least. And she approved of his suit of course. Her eyes glazed over a little at all the talking after that though and she inspected her nails instead. Boring. Right up Gabe's alley though right? She glanced at her brother and then up at the board.
SHE didn't recognize any of the pictures but Ruby DID pick out one common thread so she stuck her hand up again. "Professor, they aren't very attractive." The girl one was okay possibly, for a cartoon, but as usual Ruby's attention skimmed over that in favour of the others. "Is that because space messes up people's bodies? Does it mess up their faces too? The one with the tattoo on his head is okay I guess, but he looks cranky. Some of them look like aliens. They all look kind of moody. Are they the bad guys?" Because it looked like none of them got the girl, or they'd look less grumpy and more smiley.
Gabriel continued to stare at Professor Flamsteed, hoping to keep the anxiety down with his tunnel vision. For the most part, it was working like a charm....but then his sister took a seat beside him and he noticeably relaxed.
It was probably because Ruby was someone familiar...and though Gabe wouldn't admit it out loud, he had missed her. Anyway, he'd naturally assumed she'd be right at home at Hogwarts...due to how social she was. Ruby made friends easy and he just did not. Yes, he'd made a couple...Ceorlic and Jeremiah...and maybe Clara...(if you could call her constantly annoying him being 'friends')....and Dot. Dot was okay. Kinda felt like she had zero time for him now.
...Anyway, he was back to writing things when the photos went up on the board. He recognized a few of the images...but he settled on Frieza. Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. Professor Flamsteed liked Dragon Ball? Gabe was regarding the older man was just....resigned awe. Yes, resigned awe. Nailed that emotion.
...and if someone else had mentioned Frieza, Gabriel was far too focused on Flamsteed to notice. ".......Uh, number four is....uh, Frieza...from uh, Dragon Ball anime." He reached down and grabbed one of his sister's hands; whether she liked it or not. To center himself... "...Emperor of Space. Leader of the Planet Trade Organization. Ghost Warriors allegiance."
__________________ We live in cities you'll never see onscreen..._______________________________________________
So very pretty, and we sure know how to run things..._______________________________
Livin' in ruins of a palace, within our dreams...____________
We're on each other's team._____
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