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Old 03-06-2021, 06:20 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Text Cut: Ashley
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This was mad weird. Why were there movies playing? It made her slightly on edge, like when someone is really nice all of a sudden and the betrays you immediately. But. She enjoyed this class. The professor was one of the few professors she still respected, and therefore willing to address with a title. "Hey Professor Varma." She actually smiled. She recognized some of these movies. Maybe this class wouldn't be too bad. She took a spot near the front. It's going to be okay.
Okay?
Okay.
Shreya was more than relieved to see a smile on the young Ravenclaw's face. Whether or not it meant that her classroom was a place of solace for those held captive, Ashley's smile caused a similar one to break out on the professor's face. "Hello, dear. Welcome."


Text Cut: Nemesis
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Even before they'd stepped completely into the classroom, Nem could see something was different, what with the lighting. They glanced very briefly at Varma before turning their attention to the clips being projected onto the wall.

Stopping in place, still close to the door and half lit up by the glow of the projector, Nem looked towards Varma again.

"Muggle stuff?" This was probably sanctioned, and there was likely a point to this, in the same way that so many lessons this term had been anti-muggle, but Nem just wanted to bring it up anyway. Maybe it wasn't sanctioned. Maybe there'd be trouble. Nem knew which eventuality they preferred, but didn't bother hoping.

Not that it mattered. They were a very proactive individual, after all.
Shreya simply nodded at Nem's comment. While the students wouldn't know her real motivation for showing the films, she'd be explaining her Neo-Alliance-approved reason shortly. And honestly, she didn't want to go over it more than she had to. One time would be enough. "Good morning," she said simply. "I'll explain soon."


Text Cut: Bernie
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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl View Post
Once the handlers allowed the Room students into Potions, Bernie looked around and frowned, and of course her frown today was because of what the projector was playing. Why was she doing this? Why was she showing M U G G L E motion P I C T U R E S?

This likely wouldn't end well. Berns tsked under her breath to herself but remained standing beside Nem, because of course she did, and also because they were much better at potions than she was. It was practically a tradition by now to stick with Nem in Potions. Could she really be blamed for wanting to partner up with Upstead? Also, did she look like she cared that she was nearly clogging up the doorway?

Besides all that, a greeting was in order for the pretty professor. "Hi," Bernie stated flatly, then added one for Nem. "Hello."
"Hello, Ms. Grantham," Shreya replied, noticing the slightly uneasy look on the Gryffindor's face. Was there a reason why the two were so hesitant to enter the classroom? "You can come in, you know. I know those potions don't smell too pleasant, but I promise it won't be so bad," she said with a smile.


Text Cut: Minjae
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Potions. One of his favorite classes next to Defense Against the Dark Arts....when Headmaster Trent had taught the subject. Minjae approached the dimly lit classroom with a scowl on his face. No matter how many times he had gone through it, he still was not used to Rosier's guards escorting them from place to place. This was not a school anymore, it had become a prison for the muggleborns and some trouble makers

"Professor" he greeted, his gaze towards the floor and his hands in his pockets as he passed the woman . At first the Hufflepuff did not even realize that a projector was projecting clips on a loop on the walls until he looked up. He recognized the Star Wars one but the others were a complete mystery to him. Not that he cared. He stopped caring about a lot of things lately. Also why were Bernadette and Nemesis just standing there and nearly clogging up the doorway? "move it" he said as he send both of them an annoyed look before he pushed himself in between the two to get to his table.
Another disheartened-looking student. The sight of the Hufflepuff brought an uneasy feeling to the pit of Shreya's stomach. She couldn't imagine what these children must be going through. "Hello, Minjae," she greeted, giving him a warm smile nonetheless. Normally, she would have been shocked by his abruptness in pushing Nemesis and Bernadette aside, but honestly, she didn't blame him for his irritability. She would irritable too if she was in his situation.


Text Cut: Violet
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Violet found herself feeling just a bit more interested in life as she entered the Potions classroom; it was her favorite subject, and brewing always made her feel better. She edged around the students standing in the doorway and made her way into the room, but stopped in her tracks as she saw the new setup. What was going on? Films were playing, and Muggle films at that--Violet recognized a few of the titles and had seen one in rerun on the television in her father's motel room. What did those films have to do with potions? (And how did Professor Varma dare to show them this year?) Still looking at the moving pictures in puzzlement, Violet made her way to one of the potions stations and waited for class to begin.
"Good morning, Ms. Blackthorne," Shreya said to the Slytherin as she entered. She looked a bit perplexed by the films as well. All would be explained soon.


Text Cut: Claudine
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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 View Post
Claudine recognised the Star Wars characters the moment she happened to glance to the front of the class. Thanks to Heath, of course. Her nerdy boyfriend’s obsession with the movies and characters had of course been shared with her. Most of the other movies were not recognised. But was it a good idea for Varma to be showing these scenes? Claudine looked nervously at the woman. “Hi, Professor.” Choosing not to say anything about the scenes playing, she moved further into the classroom.

The Slytherin followed Minjae to a station, ignoring everyone else. She dropped her bag on the ground beside the station, eyes fixed on the cauldrons. Um… were they going to be changing into the person they were sitting with? Was it a good idea to sit with Minjae then? Um…
Shreya waved at the Slytherin as she appeared in the doorway. One who was imprisoned not for her blood status, but for sticking up for her friends—Shreya had seen it happen in the courtyard. And she very much commended that. "Hello, Ms. Blaze," Shreya said with an encouraging smile.


Text Cut: Phoebe
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Phoebe was so busy babytalking her wand and coddling it once it was handed over for class that she barely noticed the projector running and the movies on the screen. It was more the tension that she read from classmates that finally drew her attention, and even then, it took her a moment to understand why they were so stressed. Muggle stuff. Was that what she'd heard Nem say when they spotted the screen?

Muggle stuff. "Hello, Professor!" Phoebe took a spot at one of the desks and peered into her cauldron. So... polyjuice smelled gross. Hopefully they'd brewed it right, because she wasn't interested in ingesting whatever this was and having it NOT work.
"Hello, Phoebe," Shreya said, wanting to both chuckle and frown at Phoebe's coddling of her wand. It was a silly sight, but it was also sad—Shreya's wand was like her lifeline. When she was without hers, she felt an inexplicable emptiness. And these students had to be without it for the majority of the day. At least they were still allowed to use them in classes. Hopefully that wouldn't be the next change Rosier made to the rules.


Text Cut: Ivy
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Ivy carefully slipped around Bernie and Nemesis at the doorway, her brow furrowed upon seeing the film scenes playing on the wall. Muggle films obviously. Professor Varma surely would've had to get Rosier's permission for this but...for why? Why would he allow it?

She was...very curious about this. It was so unexpected, and even a little bit comforting, seeing short clips of films she had watched with her family.

"Hello, Professor," she said before grabbing a seat at one of the work stations.
"Good morning, Ivy," Shreya replied, giving the girl a friendly wave—but not without noticing her furrowed brow. All would be explained in a few minutes. Though Shreya was dreading it more and more by the second.


Text Cut: Fiona
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Entering the room, Fiona was slightly confused at the sight of the Muggle movie moments being screened. It was a rather odd sight.

"Good morning, Professor Varma," Fiona greeted before finding herself a spot behind Claudine.
"Welcome, Fiona." She greeted the Slytherin with a wave. The look on the girl's face told her that she, too, was familiar with the Muggle nature of these films. Shreya was surprised that so many of the students had seen some of these movies before.


Text Cut: Atlas
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Atlas had been miserable the entire month, ever since they had started brewing their respective polyjuice potions in fact. The Gryffindor hated it...everything about the assignment now that he knew what he knew. Someone had brewed this very thing...and gone around as his own father for who knows how long. He felt nauseous even thinking about it...how many times this impostor had hugged him and Aries, listen to them cry over whatever, pretending like they cared. Then there was the whole headmaster polyjuice situation which, thankfully in retrospect, the Gryffindor had very little experience with. It was just another harsh reminder that what they were brewing with for a CLASS and for HOMEWORK was...harmful. Unfathomably so.

And stepping into the classroom to see all these ancient films being projected on the screen was not helping maters...nor was the fact that Nemesis Upstead still lurking in the general doorway along with Bernie.

Did this mean he...shouldn't sit either? With Professor Williamson under lock and key especially, the first year wanted to continue to trust Professor Varma...but this polyjuice business felt like it was inviting...bad things. After all, everything could possibly go wrong with a bunch of teenagers and polyjuice. So ... all in all he did not end up offering any sort of greeting and instead sort of just lurked behind Bernie and Nemesis like a little Gryffindor shadow.

He was also pretty sure that his potion was not even remotely brewed correctly.
Atlas seemed quite hesitant to enter the room. Come to think of it, he had been quite hesitant over the past month in class. Shreya understood...somewhat, at least. Polyjuice potion was always a tricky one to teach, and given the recent events at Hogwarts and in the Wizarding World, it was even more troubling of a topic. Shreya patted the young Gryffindor on the back comfortingly, giving him a reassuring smile. She didn't feel the need to say anything—she simply wanted the boy to know that she was here for him.


Text Cut: William
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What were they doing?! Move...move move! Will was getting really frustrated with the fact that Nemesis, Bernie, and ...uh Flamsteed twin...just stood there in the doorway. He had to get into the class because he was just given his wand and he wanted to go and sit and just quietly watch these movie clips there were playing in the class. This was the closest thing to entertainment that he suspected wouldn't last long in the class.

He pushed past Flamsteed Twin then the two older fifth years and grabbed an empty station with the Polyjuice Potion they had worked their butts off making in front of them. William found Potions class to be the next best thing he could begin to like from last year. Potions was similar enough to cooking and he might as well figure it out. But Brewing polyjuice potion was a slog of a task and he hated every step of it.

Now he had to deal with it's smell while he attempted to concentrate on the films playing before him.
Now this one was not putting up with the loitering in the doorway, and his sheer persistence to get by them was surprising. "Hello there," Shreya said with a smile as the boy took his seat. She noticed his nose start to wrinkle at the scent of the potion. Indeed, basic Polyjuice was not known for its pleasant odor.


Text Cut: Dahlia
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Potions. Not one of her top three lessons but also not her least favorite either. It fell somewhere in the middle which wasn't too bad of a spot to be in. It was one of those lessons where she didn't love it or hate it, she was simply not the greatest at it. She was trying her best though and with any luck it showed.

Dahlia quietly made her way towards the classroom having become increasingly more used to being ushered around the corridors by Rosier's Hooded Minions. The situation was what it was and she was doing her best to take it all in stride. Much easier said than done. Despite the front she was trying to put on anytime she was outside of The Room, Lia was still very much a mess. A small, young, quiet, broken mess.

Silently side-stepping around those lingering near the doorway, Lia moved further into the room quickly taking note of several key things. One, the potions brewing at each station which were most definitely the ones they had been working on all month. Polyjuice potion. She was sure that she was somehow going to mess it up even though she was paying as close attention to all the instructions as possible. Second, the movie reel playing very old but nonetheless still classic movies. It was this second thing that unnerved her even more than the potion. Muggle movies in a Potions lesson. Why? It didn't make sense to her eleven year old self and it made even less sense with everything that's taken place this term. What was the point of this?!

Having to pull her gaze from the movie clips, Dahlia forced herself to move more quickly towards her work station. "Morning, Professor Varma," she greeted only loud enough to be heard as she sat down on a chair.
Dahlia seemed very disturbed by the current situation, although again, Shreya didn't blame her. It must be quite distressing to be escorted to and from class by the hooded figures. Class was about to begin, so hopefully Shreya's explanation would help quell the Ravenclaw's anxiousness. "Good morning, dear."


Text Cut: Heath
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With every passing day spent in The Room, Heath became a little sadder, a little angrier, a little more broken. He massaged the back of his neck, hoping to get rid of the crick from sleeping on the floor as he made his way to potions alongside the other students being escorted, but the pain in his neck was nothing compared to the pain in his heart. He stopped short of running into a group of students gathered in the doorway. Why were they-? Never mind, he didn’t want to know. Whatever this was, he wanted no part of it! “Excuse me,” he mumbled, stepping around the others.

It was only as he stepped farther into the room that he noticed the films playing… Singin’ in the Rain, The Sound of Music, The Wizard of Oz, The Breakfast Club, and… Star Wars, specifically The Empire Strikes Back. Of course. As an aspiring actor, he’d spent many hours studying great performances of the past, so he knew all of them. Had this lesson happened prior to his imprisonment, he would’ve felt a rush of excitement and probably started quoting the lines from each scene, but now it just reminded him of his own folly… how he cast aside his muggle interests, like acting and the Star Wars franchise, in a misguided attempt to get in Rosier’s good graces. But it had all been in vain.

“Hello, Professor,” he greeted flatly, looking at her just long enough for the pain in his eyes to show. Then he stalked away to a workstation in the back.
"Good morning, Heath," Shreya replied, picking up on the Ravenclaw's sadness. It broke her heart to see her once-enthusiastic pupils so glum. She watched as he walked with his head down toward a workstation, trying not to let her frown show.



A quick peek down the corridor showed that everyone had arrived, so Shreya closed the door quietly—taking care not to let it slam. Didn't want anyone getting alarmed by sudden noises. She waited at the back of the room until the current rotation of the montage finished before waving her wand. The movie stopped playing, the screen rolled up, and the lights in the Potions lab flickered back on.

"Good morning, everyone," she greeted them again, as she made her way toward the front of the room. "As you've probably deduced, today, we'll be really diving into our Polyjuice unit. Your potions have been brewing for a month now, so they are finally ready to use." How exactly they would be using them, Shreya would let them know soon. She paused for a moment, furrowing her brow as she contemplated her next statement. "I'm sure you may have recognized some of those film clips. Absolutely disgraceful attempts at acting from Muggles," she started, the words sounding foreign as they came out of her mouth. Her voice even sounded far away. These were some of her favorite films. Acting was an art. She loved Muggle theater and movies. And now she was bashing it.

Though she deeply hoped that showing the clips, if only for a few moments, brought a brief moment of enjoyment and comfort to the students. Even though she had to ruin it now with a Neo-Alliance explanation.

She swallowed, forcing herself to go on. "And again, it just goes to show how inferior they are. Trying to convince their counterparts that they can be someone else. In the Wizarding World, we have much better option at our fingertips. One that puts Muggle acting to shame." She looked at the class, her eyes filled with sadness. She hoped they would someday forgive her. Really hoped.

"The Polyjuice Potion." She motioned to their cauldrons, relieved that she could move on to the first question. Perhaps she could turn the mood of this class around now. "But before we begin, I'd like to ask you all something." She took a seat on top of her desk, letting her legs hang over the side. "If you could be anyone in the world for a day, who would you be and why?" Shreya just hoped that the students wouldn't mention any Muggles. That could end poorly.

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