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laurange · 02-17-2020, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by GD2204

Ewan couldn’t help but look up at the approaching steps, knowing what it would be but still not exactly prepared for what was about to happen. Meeting her narrowed eyes and pursed lip with a stone-cold expression of his own, he just sat there for a moment listening to her mini rant about how he wasn’t setting a good example.

“Finished?” the prefect replied, his own voice surprisingly steady considering he was talking back to a teacher, something he’d never actually done in his life. “You want to talk about setting a bad example? Let’s just look at the one your setting right now” his own voice rising a little now. Sure, he’d walked in and put his head down on the table without actually talking to her but he hadn’t exactly done all that much wrong. “A good teacher who actually cared would ask what’s wrong first instead of just assuming I’m setting a bad example on purpose. Have I ever been late? Nope. Have I ever done this before? Nope. So why not ask me a question instead of chewing me out in front of everyone, only making things worse?” kind of like he was right now. Sure, he knew this wasn’t helping but he didn’t care right now. He had other priorities in his life that didn’t include school. The Ravenclaw shook with adrenaline as he stood up, unsure of what to do for a moment. This was not like him at all. He’d never had detention in all his time at school and now he’d just spewed all of that verbal diarrhoea over Professor Sandhu without really meaning to. He knew the consequences were going to be big. Huge even but right now, he didn’t care. All he wanted to do was to leave. To get out from her gaze and to go somewhere alone to think before he really did something stupid.

Completely ignoring the professors lesson in its entirety, he just headed back towards the door to leave, knowing full well there was no coming back from this today, oblivious to the rest of the room.

Now, Simran was aware that she was usually one of the more chill professors, in a manner of speaking. Of course, that did not apply now, when a prefect (and one who'd really always been a dear, at that) thought it was appropriate to speak to her in this manner.

Or lack of manners, even.

"Intention and effect can be mutually exclusive, Master Jones, and when you break rules, it is punishable, whether or not it was part of your plan," she said, colour rising to her face as her fingernails dug small crescent moons into her hands. "As for making this worse -- you're right. I love making things worse. That will be another 10 points from Ravenclaw, and detention, where we can discuss all your numerous problems and my terrible teaching."

Her eyes followed him as he headed towards the door. "And if you leave, it will be another fifty points."

Do NOT test her. Really. Don't.

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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi

Minjae was a morning, day and night person. It really did not matter what time of the day it was he was generally excited. And today was no exception. While he got up from his seat to jog around the observatory, the fourteen year old overheard Ewan’s words towards the professor and he jogged in place. Cause, you know…this was far more interesting because he had never heard the Ravenclaw Prefect talk back to a professor.

Before he got caught eavesdropping, the fourteen year old jogged further, hoping to catch small bits of the conversation between them and when he was back to the starting point…he saw Ewan walking towards the classroom door.

Wait, was he actually leaving? Minjae frowned from his friend…they were friends right? At least he thought they were… to the professor before he jogged towards the Prefect and placed a hand on his shoulder ”Are you really leaving class because of one argument?” he asked. ‘Cause if he was he was going to be a bit disappointed… ”Come on” he said cheerfully and tried to drag him back to his seat. He’d answer the next question, getting Ewan back to his seat was more important right now.

Simran would, if she was in a better mood, have awarded Minjae points for his attempt. Unfortunately, a better mood she was not in and all he got was a tight smile for his efforts as she returned to the centre of the room.

She'd not been so stressed in a classroom for a very long time.

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Isla had just chosen a seat and was about to greet the professor, when the lesson got underway. She'd make up for it when she gave her goodbyes at the end of the lesson. Then she blinked. Wait. What? They were going to start the lesson by taking two laps around the observatory? ~~Maybe she wouldn't give a proper goodbye after all. Heh. Kidding.~~

Regardless, the first year took to the floor and made two laps around the observatory. Being a former dancer, she was kind of used to this sort of thing, and it didn't really bother her to exert the energy. It just kind of annoyed her. But whatever. It was all over and done with now.

Once she was back her seat, she looked up at the constellations. Raising her hand, as she had spotted the one associated with her birthday, she said, "I see Aquarius." She had read it had something to do with a man pouring water, but she didn't see it. "It looks like an uppercase E to me."

"Very good, Miss Bellchant. Aquarius, the Water Bearer is one of them."

As she spoke, the name of the constellation was written above the corresponding collection of stars. "To be entirely honest, I'm not sure where the water or the bearer is in it, but constellations are largely arbitrary anyway."

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Originally Posted by MatchMadeWithMalfoy

Heath couldn’t help but notice that Professor Sandhu seemed a little… off tonight, but he had no idea why. Had he done something wrong? Was he not supposed to try to form constellations with the dots on the board? He quickly put down his quill and looked up from his parchment, but his confusion and concern only grew as the professor spoke. Huh? They looked tired? He didn’t think he did, but then again, he hadn’t exactly stopped to look in the mirror before he left. So apparently they were running laps now…

Heath thought the request was a bit odd, but he didn’t complain. He got up and joined his classmates in running around the room as fast as he could… which, admittedly wasn’t very fast. He was no athlete, not like his older quidditch player brother! When he was done, he returned to his seat, shaking his dark hair out of his eyes. He sat bolt upright, his eyes glued to the board. He was determined not to disappoint Professor Sandhu again!

Oh, so he was right… the dots on the board were constellations! Heath stole a quick glance at the parchment he’d been working on before class started. He was pleased to see he’d correctly identified about half of them in the time he had, but since the professor only asked them to identify one, he went with the one associated with his own star sign. His hand shot into the air. “That one’s Virgo,” he said, pointing out the constellation that sort of resembled a bug with long antennae. For the second part of the question, did the professor mean specific branches of magic associated with each individual constellation or the one branch of magic that united them all? Since he didn’t know, he decided to try to answer both. “Virgo is associated with healing magic, particularly that of the abdomen or nervous system. It, along with the other eleven constellations on the board, makes up the western zodiac, which is associated with astrology.”

Was he talking too much? Probably. Sorry, everyone! He didn’t mean to dominate the conversation; he just got overly excited. So yeah, he was just going to… go back to being quiet now.

Simran's lips twitched slightly as the younger Jones gave his answer. Of course the boy was a little bit overeager -- she'd generally expected as much. It was rather endearing, and made her feel at least less frustrated in general.

"Very good, Master Jones," she nodded as the constellation was labelled in turn.

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Originally Posted by FebruaryLover19

Claudine saw Bernie coming into the room and half expected the Gryffindor to go sit with Blake but the Slytherin was secretly pleased as this wasn’t the case. Not to mention she was a lot smug. Not even the nudge bothered her. “Why are you so full of energy? Don’t you know it’s time to sleep?” Although, due to the fact that the lesson was starting, it might help in waking Claudine (so long as they weren’t covering a boring topic).

But then…

What?

Laps?

Not all of them looked sleepy, like Bernie and Cole. Whatever. Claudine was not in the mood to throw any sort of tantrum so she just grabbed Bernie’s sleeve to tug the girl to her feet. They’d do these laps together. Mercifully, the laps passed before she knew it and she was back in her set. Admittedly, the Snakette did feel wide awake. And Sandhu was surprised that so many of them were ‘out of it’? Did the woman think that being a student was a hoot? How could it be when there was so much homework to be done? All that , spell practice? Not to mention many of them were a part of clubs as extracurricular activity. Sandhu should try being a student.

Claudine usually held Sandhu in high esteem but not tonight. This time, it was she who was disappointed but she simply focused on the board. Her eyes sought Leo, her own astrological sign. To her, Leo looked like a rat with its tail held high. It was located but she wasn’t in the mood to raise her hand in order to provide any answer.

Simran was no mind reader, but she did at least know what it was like to be a student, contrary to popular belief. It might have been a while since she was a student at Hogwarts, but some parts stuck with you long after you've moved past them.

But no response from Claudine also meant nothing from Simran, and her gaze glossed over the Slytherin in search of a hand that was raised.

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Chloe sat still in her seat, she watched Ewan and the Professor and really thought the professor to be out of line. Ewan did have his head down, but was he hurting anything or anyone? It wasn't like he had said anything or done anything. Could she be a mind reader and he had horrible thoughts? She glanced at Ewan and back to the professor, hoping that wasn't the case, because if it was, maybe she was doing it to others in the class. At this point, she felt she needed to take her eyes away, but she just couldn't, everything in her wanted to help her best friend, but she bit her lip.

Chewing her lip trying to figure out what to do she did whisper, calm down Ewan, hoping he heard her but not sure if he did since she didn't lean closer in fear that she'd be next in the Professor's rath. She felt her nerves jump knowing she most likely caused some of his mood and hating that she did.

"This is Taurus, it looks like a wishbone, hence why I can always remember it.""

Simran nodded as Chloe named Taurus, and the chalk labelled the constellation. "Very good, Miss McCarthy. It is, indeed."

As for the rest, she remained blissfully oblivious. It was probably for the best that she was no mind reader, or most of her students would be in a good spot of trouble.

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

When Cole came and sat beside her, Naya gave him a smile. “Hey Cole.” “ I do think that is what we’ll be doing”, she responded with a whisper. At that moment, class was beginning and Naya shifted her attention, not wanting to get on the professor’s bad side. Apparently, not everyone was in the same frame of mind. Naya looked with wide eyes when Ewan and the professor got into a bit of verbal sparring. She wondered what was wrong. He didn’t seem the type to sass a professor and her response had seemed a little over the top.

When they were tasked with running laps, Naya was definitely not pleased. She didn’t mind running, in fact she usually enjoyed it. This was not one of those times, however. She was awake and prepared. Why should she have to participate in the wake up run? Grudgingly, she stood up and went to complete her required to laps.

When they returned and got back on task. Naya raised her hand to answer the professor’s constellation question. “I see Libra. That always looks like a crooked house on its side to me.” This one Naya knew because Libra was her zodiac sign. She couldn’t forget it.

As the chalk labelled the next constellation, Libra, Simran smiled. "A crooked house on its side is an interesting descriptor," she nodded, eyebrows furrowing in thought.

"It does go to show how arbitrary some of these names are."

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Originally Posted by FeelsLikeLove

It was pretty much impossible to sit tucked away in the corner of a classroom which was specifically set up more like a circle. And yet, somehow, Kaiser was managing to give off the air of doing exactly that. It was, quite frankly, an achievement. About the only achievement he'd managed recently, if you asked him.

Sitting quietly at the end of the back row of seats, Kaiser kept his eyes downcast, running his thumbnail over what seemed to be a years-old carving in its surface. Over and over, back and forth, he traced the name Prince that had been gouged into the wood, glancing up once when he heard the sudden scraping back of a chair. At that point, he noted the Ravenclaw prefect was behind the noise, the returned his focus to his desk again.

Until Sandhu spoke in that same old way that meant she was addressing the class as a whole, at which point he half tuned in, but kept looking down.

But then she said that, and he sighed irritably, but quietly, the sound camouflaged by the noise of the class getting to their feet. But, all the same, he stood with the rest and did those laps around the room. At walking pace, because he was zero percent in the mood for any of it, and she never explicitly specified they needed to run. By the time he dropped back into his seat, Kaiser was fully regretting having turned up at all, given he wasn't even taking the NEWT. The only reason he was showing up to all the extra classes was to keep his mind occupied by the external world, for all the good it had been doing.

Resuming his tracing of the engraving on the desk with his thumbnail, Kaiser went back to half listening, half brooding (... maybe one fifth listening, four fifths brooding). Again he glanced up at the mention of what was on the board, and gave the constellations there the once over as he reflected on Sandhu's question.

The shapes drifted before his eyes, melting into each other, twisting around themselves, and equally distorted names and facts and memories of past class discussions tumbled over each other in his mind. Kaiser blinked hard, shook his head to clear it, lowered his eyes again, and said nothing.

Yes, she knew that the running was unpopular, and in hindsight, suboptimal to make everyone do it -- and Kaiser's pace meant that despite the relatively small space of the Observatory, that she lost a good bit of teaching time.

But no matter, they would still be finished before curfew. Probably. All the same, she did always appreciate that Kaiser showed up despite not being in her NEWT class.

However, no response from the Slytherin meant that she, too, had nothing to say now and moved along to the next raised hand.

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Originally Posted by hermionescrush

Sandhu seemed....... different. A little off.

And he didn't know why.

His eyebrows furrowed and the smile turned into a small frown. He shouldn't take it personally, should he? He hoped not. A large part of him wanted to believe that Sandhu was just having a bad day, but there was another part, a nagging part, that was starting to wonder if he had anything to do wi-

........

...................

Uh, it looked like Sandhu wasn't the only one in a bad mood.

Lucas' eyes widened as he watched Ewan - EWAN, of all people - talking back to Sandhu? Uh?? What? Was? Going? ON?? This wasn't like him, was it? He didn't know a lot about the sixth year, apart from his name and the fact that he was the Ravenclaw Prefect, but he didn't seem like the type to, uh, make a stand. What against, he didn't know. His mind was buzzing too much to make sense of any of........ this.

And then it got worse.

Laps? They had to run LAPS?!

Oh no oh no oh no.

Eyes closed, the Gryffindor paused to take a very long and very deep breath. This reminded him all too much of his first year at the school and all the laps they had to do then. Every morning. It was a memory he'd tried to suppress all these years but couldn't do so now that Sandhu was asking them to do the same thing.

It was also a memory that made him want to scream into a void but this...... wasn't the time.

As he stood up to start these - sigh - laps, all he could do was hope that this had nothing to do with the lesson. What running had to do with Astronomy, he didn't know. And he didn't even want to know. He kept his eyes focused on the floor, not paying attention to who he was running next to. If they had to do pushups next, he was going to think he was in a nightmare.

After the two laps were done, Lucas flopped down onto his seat, breathing a little heavily and feeling worse than he did before. But he had no time to think on that before Sandhu started talking about..... being disappointed? Was this why she seemed off today? Or was it still because of-

ASTROLOGY?!

A tiny hint of a smile crept on his face, but it had nothing to do with the topic. His mind was immediately jumping to the one person he knew who wouldn’t like this at all. It was a good thing Mr Flamsteed wasn’t here.

She saw that smile, Lucas Dakest, and it brought a small one to her own face, her anger seeming to subside just about as quickly as it rose to the surface. She knew, and she knew that he did too, that Astrology was unpopular among most Astronomers who considered themselves scientists, but it was an important topic to bring up all the same.

A little disappointed not to see his hand (or any other hands, for that matter) raised, her gaze swept over the room once more.

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Originally Posted by love-for-HP

Blake blushing deeply at the Professors comment about staring .. jeez... she ccertainly seemed out of sorts today ... but none the less he was determined to make it a good day. So jogging about the room as requested, but what appeared to be a rather cranky astrology professor, Blake then turned his attention to the constellations in front of him.

Blake raising his hand said "They look like the Zodiac signs... that one there." he pointed at one that looked liked an upside down Y "I'm pretty sure looks like 'Cancer'" Hopefully with a right answer he would at least gain some 'points' back from the staring comment.

"Very good, Master Ryan," she said, nodding. "They are indeed the Zodiac constellations, and that one is indeed cancer."

A wrong answer wouldn't have been as unwelcome as he thought, though. They were all here to learn, after all.

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Well. Whitney hadn’t been in a mood before, but she certainly was now! Laps just because some people were tired. For one thing, Professor Sandhu’s classes were always so late in the day (which she knew couldn’t be helped because Astronomy, but still) and for another, they had those stupid dolls to take care of for Muggle Studies. So, all the fingers were pointing at the professors for that. She fully agreed with her prefect. Was she the type to stick her neck out for someone else, though? Not really. So she stood and did the laps, pacing herself so as to not tire herself out.

”You know, doctors actually recommend exercise to insomniacs to help them fall asleep easier……. she said saccharinely. True facts. So, again, Professor Sandhu had only herself to blame if any of them fell asleep during the course of things. ”And that constellation is Capricorn, which is one of twelve zodiac signs.” The last part was said in her normal voice, of course.

Simran's eyes narrowed at the Ravenclaw. "Tone, Miss Quartermaine, will see one point taken from you."

"While two laps around the Observatory is in no way strenuous work, exercise is also recommended to people complaining of fatigue, and results in the production of endorphins, which triggers an improval of brain function. It seems that exercise in general might be a good idea. Would you like to take another few laps?"

Truly, the sass in this class.

"And yes, it is, indeed Capricorn."

Anyway, moving on. "The western horoscope has been a subject of debate for decades. Many astronomers will have absolutely nothing to do with astrology, aside from acknowledging that these twelve constellations actually are in the sky."

"However, some research links these signs to certain magical tools we have at our disposal. Aries, for instance, is strongly associated with fire magic -- and specifically work with candles."

On the blackboard, with their corresponding constellations, came the magic forms most strongly associated with them.

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Originally Posted by Blackboard

ARIES: Fire/Candle Magic
TAURUS: Fixed/Earth Magic
GEMINI: Air/Knot magic
CANCER: Lunar Magic
LEO: Actualisation/Reading
VIRGO: Herbalism
LIBRA: Visionboarding/Color Magic
SCORPIO: Spellwork
SAGITTARIUS-Chaos/Travelling*
CAPRICORN: Ceremonial/Crystalwork
AQUARIUS: Communal/Astrology
PISCES: Cleansing/Akashic Records

"Travelling, for Sagittari, is in theory not limited to things like apparition. Buddhist Seers say that they have a better connection to their karmic cycle, and the intersecting planes of existence."

"It isn't just our sun sign which is believed to be important, in these things, but ascendants and houses. However, due to the general disdain of the Astronomical community, and the highly specific nature of the art, not much research in the area can be done."

"What do you, personally, think of astrology?"

It didn't have to be particularly scientific, but it would be nice to see some supporting (even if anecdotal) evidence.

OOC: Hello, everyone, and sorry for the delay! It's been a bit of a day for me, but we'll be moving this lesson along in about 24 hours.

02-17-2020, 03:24 PM	#24 (permalink)
laurange DERP & DMLE Ramora Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kita's pocket Posts: 5,228 Hogwarts RPG Name: Aslan Archer Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Rose Woods Gryffindor Second Year Ministry RPG Name: Amrita Sandhu Law Enforcement Ministry RPG Name: Laleh Kiani x9 x6	½ of Lauralie \| Koala \| The being in Ern's pocket \| Baby Smurf \| Prouf member of The Flock Quote: Originally Posted by GD2204 Ewan couldn’t help but look up at the approaching steps, knowing what it would be but still not exactly prepared for what was about to happen. Meeting her narrowed eyes and pursed lip with a stone-cold expression of his own, he just sat there for a moment listening to her mini rant about how he wasn’t setting a good example. “Finished?” the prefect replied, his own voice surprisingly steady considering he was talking back to a teacher, something he’d never actually done in his life. “You want to talk about setting a bad example? Let’s just look at the one your setting right now” his own voice rising a little now. Sure, he’d walked in and put his head down on the table without actually talking to her but he hadn’t exactly done all that much wrong. “A good teacher who actually cared would ask what’s wrong first instead of just assuming I’m setting a bad example on purpose. Have I ever been late? Nope. Have I ever done this before? Nope. So why not ask me a question instead of chewing me out in front of everyone, only making things worse?” kind of like he was right now. Sure, he knew this wasn’t helping but he didn’t care right now. He had other priorities in his life that didn’t include school. The Ravenclaw shook with adrenaline as he stood up, unsure of what to do for a moment. This was not like him at all. He’d never had detention in all his time at school and now he’d just spewed all of that verbal diarrhoea over Professor Sandhu without really meaning to. He knew the consequences were going to be big. Huge even but right now, he didn’t care. All he wanted to do was to leave. To get out from her gaze and to go somewhere alone to think before he really did something stupid. Completely ignoring the professors lesson in its entirety, he just headed back towards the door to leave, knowing full well there was no coming back from this today, oblivious to the rest of the room. Now, Simran was aware that she was usually one of the more chill professors, in a manner of speaking. Of course, that did not apply now, when a prefect (and one who'd really always been a dear, at that) thought it was appropriate to speak to her in this manner. Or lack of manners, even. *"Intention and effect can be mutually exclusive, Master Jones, and when you break rules, it is punishable, whether or not it was part of your plan,"* she said, colour rising to her face as her fingernails dug small crescent moons into her hands. "As for making this worse -- you're right. I love making things worse. That will be another 10 points from Ravenclaw, and detention, where we can discuss all your numerous problems and my terrible teaching." Her eyes followed him as he headed towards the door. "And if you leave, it will be another fifty points." Do NOT test her. Really. Don't. Quote: Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi Minjae was a morning, day and night person. It really did not matter what time of the day it was he was generally excited. And today was no exception. While he got up from his seat to jog around the observatory, the fourteen year old overheard Ewan’s words towards the professor and he jogged in place. Cause, you know…this was far more interesting because he had never heard the Ravenclaw Prefect talk back to a professor. Before he got caught eavesdropping, the fourteen year old jogged further, hoping to catch small bits of the conversation between them and when he was back to the starting point…he saw Ewan walking towards the classroom door. Wait, was he actually leaving? Minjae frowned from his friend…they were friends right? At least he thought they were… to the professor before he jogged towards the Prefect and placed a hand on his shoulder ”Are you really leaving class because of one argument?” he asked. ‘Cause if he was he was going to be a bit disappointed… ”Come on” he said cheerfully and tried to drag him back to his seat. He’d answer the next question, getting Ewan back to his seat was more important right now. Simran would, if she was in a better mood, have awarded Minjae points for his attempt. Unfortunately, a better mood she was not in and all he got was a tight smile for his efforts as she returned to the centre of the room. She'd not been so stressed in a classroom for a very long time. Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana Isla had just chosen a seat and was about to greet the professor, when the lesson got underway. She'd make up for it when she gave her goodbyes at the end of the lesson. Then she blinked. Wait. What? They were going to start the lesson by taking two laps around the observatory? ~~Maybe she wouldn't give a proper goodbye after all. Heh. Kidding.~~ Regardless, the first year took to the floor and made two laps around the observatory. Being a former dancer, she was kind of used to this sort of thing, and it didn't really bother her to exert the energy. It just kind of annoyed her. But whatever. It was all over and done with now. Once she was back her seat, she looked up at the constellations. Raising her hand, as she had spotted the one associated with her birthday, she said, "I see Aquarius." She had read it had something to do with a man pouring water, but she didn't see it. "It looks like an uppercase E to me." "Very good, Miss Bellchant. Aquarius, the Water Bearer is one of them." As she spoke, the name of the constellation was written above the corresponding collection of stars. "To be entirely honest, I'm not sure where the water or the bearer is in it, but constellations are largely arbitrary anyway." Quote: Originally Posted by MatchMadeWithMalfoy Heath couldn’t help but notice that Professor Sandhu seemed a little… off tonight, but he had no idea why. Had he done something wrong? Was he not supposed to try to form constellations with the dots on the board? He quickly put down his quill and looked up from his parchment, but his confusion and concern only grew as the professor spoke. Huh? They looked tired? He didn’t think he did, but then again, he hadn’t exactly stopped to look in the mirror before he left. So apparently they were running laps now… Heath thought the request was a bit odd, but he didn’t complain. He got up and joined his classmates in running around the room as fast as he could… which, admittedly wasn’t very fast. He was no athlete, not like his older quidditch player brother! When he was done, he returned to his seat, shaking his dark hair out of his eyes. He sat bolt upright, his eyes glued to the board. He was determined not to disappoint Professor Sandhu again! Oh, so he was right… the dots on the board were constellations! Heath stole a quick glance at the parchment he’d been working on before class started. He was pleased to see he’d correctly identified about half of them in the time he had, but since the professor only asked them to identify one, he went with the one associated with his own star sign. His hand shot into the air. “That one’s Virgo,” he said, pointing out the constellation that sort of resembled a bug with long antennae. For the second part of the question, did the professor mean specific branches of magic associated with each individual constellation or the one branch of magic that united them all? Since he didn’t know, he decided to try to answer both. “Virgo is associated with healing magic, particularly that of the abdomen or nervous system. It, along with the other eleven constellations on the board, makes up the western zodiac, which is associated with astrology.” Was he talking too much? Probably. Sorry, everyone! He didn’t mean to dominate the conversation; he just got overly excited. So yeah, he was just going to… go back to being quiet now. Simran's lips twitched slightly as the younger Jones gave his answer. Of course the boy was a little bit overeager -- she'd generally expected as much. It was rather endearing, and made her feel at least less frustrated in general. "Very good, Master Jones," she nodded as the constellation was labelled in turn. Quote: Originally Posted by FebruaryLover19 Claudine saw Bernie coming into the room and half expected the Gryffindor to go sit with Blake but the Slytherin was secretly pleased as this wasn’t the case. Not to mention she was a lot smug. Not even the nudge bothered her. “Why are you so full of energy? Don’t you know it’s time to sleep?” Although, due to the fact that the lesson was starting, it might help in waking Claudine (so long as they weren’t covering a boring topic). But then… What? Laps? Not all of them looked sleepy, like Bernie and Cole. Whatever. Claudine was not in the mood to throw any sort of tantrum so she just grabbed Bernie’s sleeve to tug the girl to her feet. They’d do these laps together. Mercifully, the laps passed before she knew it and she was back in her set. Admittedly, the Snakette did feel wide awake. And Sandhu was surprised that so many of them were ‘out of it’? Did the woman think that being a student was a hoot? How could it be when there was so much homework to be done? All that , spell practice? Not to mention many of them were a part of clubs as extracurricular activity. Sandhu should try being a student. Claudine usually held Sandhu in high esteem but not tonight. This time, it was she who was disappointed but she simply focused on the board. Her eyes sought Leo, her own astrological sign. To her, Leo looked like a rat with its tail held high. It was located but she wasn’t in the mood to raise her hand in order to provide any answer. Simran was no mind reader, but she did at least know what it was like to be a student, contrary to popular belief. It might have been a while since she was a student at Hogwarts, but some parts stuck with you long after you've moved past them. But no response from Claudine also meant nothing from Simran, and her gaze glossed over the Slytherin in search of a hand that was raised. Quote: Originally Posted by Bazinga Chloe sat still in her seat, she watched Ewan and the Professor and really thought the professor to be out of line. Ewan did have his head down, but was he hurting anything or anyone? It wasn't like he had said anything or done anything. Could she be a mind reader and he had horrible thoughts? She glanced at Ewan and back to the professor, hoping that wasn't the case, because if it was, maybe she was doing it to others in the class. At this point, she felt she needed to take her eyes away, but she just couldn't, everything in her wanted to help her best friend, but she bit her lip. Chewing her lip trying to figure out what to do she did whisper, calm down Ewan, hoping he heard her but not sure if he did since she didn't lean closer in fear that she'd be next in the Professor's rath. She felt her nerves jump knowing she most likely caused some of his mood and hating that she did. "This is Taurus, it looks like a wishbone, hence why I can always remember it."" Simran nodded as Chloe named Taurus, and the chalk labelled the constellation. "Very good, Miss McCarthy. It is, indeed." As for the rest, she remained blissfully oblivious. It was probably for the best that she was no mind reader, or most of her students would be in a good spot of trouble. Quote: Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 When Cole came and sat beside her, Naya gave him a smile. “Hey Cole.” “ I do think that is what we’ll be doing”, she responded with a whisper. At that moment, class was beginning and Naya shifted her attention, not wanting to get on the professor’s bad side. Apparently, not everyone was in the same frame of mind. Naya looked with wide eyes when Ewan and the professor got into a bit of verbal sparring. She wondered what was wrong. He didn’t seem the type to sass a professor and her response had seemed a little over the top. When they were tasked with running laps, Naya was definitely not pleased. She didn’t mind running, in fact she usually enjoyed it. This was not one of those times, however. She was awake and prepared. Why should she have to participate in the wake up run? Grudgingly, she stood up and went to complete her required to laps. When they returned and got back on task. Naya raised her hand to answer the professor’s constellation question. “I see Libra. That always looks like a crooked house on its side to me.” This one Naya knew because Libra was her zodiac sign. She couldn’t forget it. As the chalk labelled the next constellation, Libra, Simran smiled. "A crooked house on its side is an interesting descriptor," she nodded, eyebrows furrowing in thought. "It does go to show how arbitrary some of these names are." Quote: Originally Posted by FeelsLikeLove It was pretty much impossible to sit tucked away in the corner of a classroom which was specifically set up more like a circle. And yet, somehow, Kaiser was managing to give off the air of doing exactly that. It was, quite frankly, an achievement. About the only achievement he'd managed recently, if you asked him. Sitting quietly at the end of the back row of seats, Kaiser kept his eyes downcast, running his thumbnail over what seemed to be a years-old carving in its surface. Over and over, back and forth, he traced the name Prince that had been gouged into the wood, glancing up once when he heard the sudden scraping back of a chair. At that point, he noted the Ravenclaw prefect was behind the noise, the returned his focus to his desk again. Until Sandhu spoke in that same old way that meant she was addressing the class as a whole, at which point he half tuned in, but kept looking down. But then she said that, and he sighed irritably, but quietly, the sound camouflaged by the noise of the class getting to their feet. But, all the same, he stood with the rest and did those laps around the room. At walking pace, because he was zero percent in the mood for any of it, and she never explicitly specified they needed to run. By the time he dropped back into his seat, Kaiser was fully regretting having turned up at all, given he wasn't even taking the NEWT. The only reason he was showing up to all the extra classes was to keep his mind occupied by the external world, for all the good it had been doing. Resuming his tracing of the engraving on the desk with his thumbnail, Kaiser went back to half listening, half brooding (... maybe one fifth listening, four fifths brooding). Again he glanced up at the mention of what was on the board, and gave the constellations there the once over as he reflected on Sandhu's question. The shapes drifted before his eyes, melting into each other, twisting around themselves, and equally distorted names and facts and memories of past class discussions tumbled over each other in his mind. Kaiser blinked hard, shook his head to clear it, lowered his eyes again, and said nothing. Yes, she knew that the running was unpopular, and in hindsight, suboptimal to make everyone do it -- and Kaiser's pace meant that despite the relatively small space of the Observatory, that she lost a good bit of teaching time. But no matter, they would still be finished before curfew. Probably. All the same, she did always appreciate that Kaiser showed up despite not being in her NEWT class. However, no response from the Slytherin meant that she, too, had nothing to say now and moved along to the next raised hand. Quote: Originally Posted by hermionescrush Sandhu seemed....... different. A little off. And he didn't know why. His eyebrows furrowed and the smile turned into a small frown. He shouldn't take it personally, should he? He hoped not. A large part of him wanted to believe that Sandhu was just having a bad day, but there was another part, a nagging part, that was starting to wonder if he had anything to do wi- ........ ................... Uh, it looked like Sandhu wasn't the only one in a bad mood. Lucas' eyes widened as he watched Ewan - EWAN, of all people - talking back to Sandhu? Uh?? What? Was? Going? ON?? This wasn't like him, was it? He didn't know a lot about the sixth year, apart from his name and the fact that he was the Ravenclaw Prefect, but he didn't seem like the type to, uh, make a stand. What against, he didn't know. His mind was buzzing too much to make sense of any of........ this. And then it got worse. Laps? They had to run LAPS?! Oh no oh no oh no. Eyes closed, the Gryffindor paused to take a very long and very deep breath. This reminded him all too much of his first year at the school and all the laps they had to do then. Every morning. It was a memory he'd tried to suppress all these years but couldn't do so now that Sandhu was asking them to do the same thing. It was also a memory that made him want to scream into a void but this...... wasn't the time. As he stood up to start these - sigh - laps, all he could do was hope that this had nothing to do with the lesson. What running had to do with Astronomy, he didn't know. And he didn't even want to know. He kept his eyes focused on the floor, not paying attention to who he was running next to. If they had to do pushups next, he was going to think he was in a nightmare. After the two laps were done, Lucas flopped down onto his seat, breathing a little heavily and feeling worse than he did before. But he had no time to think on that before Sandhu started talking about..... being disappointed? Was this why she seemed off today? Or was it still because of- ASTROLOGY?! A tiny hint of a smile crept on his face, but it had nothing to do with the topic. His mind was immediately jumping to the one person he knew who wouldn’t like this at all. It was a good thing Mr Flamsteed wasn’t here. She saw that smile, Lucas Dakest, and it brought a small one to her own face, her anger seeming to subside just about as quickly as it rose to the surface. She knew, and she knew that he did too, that Astrology was unpopular among most Astronomers who considered themselves scientists, but it was an important topic to bring up all the same. A little disappointed not to see his hand (or any other hands, for that matter) raised, her gaze swept over the room once more. Quote: Originally Posted by love-for-HP Blake blushing deeply at the Professors comment about staring .. jeez... she ccertainly seemed out of sorts today ... but none the less he was determined to make it a good day. So jogging about the room as requested, but what appeared to be a rather cranky astrology professor, Blake then turned his attention to the constellations in front of him. Blake raising his hand said "They look like the Zodiac signs... that one there." he pointed at one that looked liked an upside down Y "I'm pretty sure looks like 'Cancer'" Hopefully with a right answer he would at least gain some 'points' back from the staring comment. "Very good, Master Ryan," she said, nodding. "They are indeed the Zodiac constellations, and that one is indeed cancer." A wrong answer wouldn't have been as unwelcome as he thought, though. They were all here to learn, after all. Quote: Originally Posted by lazykitty Well. Whitney hadn’t been in a mood before, but she certainly was now! Laps just because some people were tired. For one thing, Professor Sandhu’s classes were always so late in the day (which she knew couldn’t be helped because Astronomy, but still) and for another, they had those stupid dolls to take care of for Muggle Studies. So, all the fingers were pointing at the professors for that. She fully agreed with her prefect. Was she the type to stick her neck out for someone else, though? Not really. So she stood and did the laps, pacing herself so as to not tire herself out. ”You know, doctors actually recommend exercise to insomniacs to help them fall asleep easier……. she said saccharinely. True facts. So, again, Professor Sandhu had only herself to blame if any of them fell asleep during the course of things. ”And that constellation is Capricorn, which is one of twelve zodiac signs.” The last part was said in her normal voice, of course. Simran's eyes narrowed at the Ravenclaw. "Tone, Miss Quartermaine, will see one point taken from you." "While two laps around the Observatory is in no way strenuous work, exercise is also recommended to people complaining of fatigue, and results in the production of endorphins, which triggers an improval of brain function. It seems that exercise in general might be a good idea. Would you like to take another few laps?" Truly, the sass in this class. "And yes, it is, indeed Capricorn." Anyway, moving on. "The western horoscope has been a subject of debate for decades. Many astronomers will have absolutely nothing to do with astrology, aside from acknowledging that these twelve constellations actually are in the sky." "However, some research links these signs to certain magical tools we have at our disposal. Aries, for instance, is strongly associated with fire magic -- and specifically work with candles." On the blackboard, with their corresponding constellations, came the magic forms most strongly associated with them. Quote: Originally Posted by Blackboard ARIES: Fire/Candle Magic TAURUS: Fixed/Earth Magic GEMINI: Air/Knot magic CANCER: Lunar Magic LEO: Actualisation/Reading VIRGO: Herbalism LIBRA: Visionboarding/Color Magic SCORPIO: Spellwork SAGITTARIUS-Chaos/Travelling* CAPRICORN: Ceremonial/Crystalwork AQUARIUS: Communal/Astrology PISCES: Cleansing/Akashic Records "Travelling, for Sagittari, is in theory not limited to things like apparition. Buddhist Seers say that they have a better connection to their karmic cycle, and the intersecting planes of existence." "It isn't just our sun sign which is believed to be important, in these things, but ascendants and houses. However, due to the general disdain of the Astronomical community, and the highly specific nature of the art, not much research in the area can be done." "What do you, personally, think of astrology?" It didn't have to be particularly scientific, but it would be nice to see some supporting (even if anecdotal) evidence. OOC: Hello, everyone, and sorry for the delay! It's been a bit of a day for me, but we'll be moving this lesson along in about 24 hours. __________________