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Text Cut: Ashley
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Originally Posted by astrocat View Post
Ash was in an... okay mood. She was fine. Yeah. She walked into the room. She waved at the professor. She smiled. She spoke. She even made a joke. "Hey professor! Did I miss the memo on school picture day?" See she was fine. She went through the motions. She laughed. Look at her. She was fine today. Just fine. Nothing more. She took a seat.

Shreya hoped it was a good sign that the first student to enter to the classroom was in a seemingly good mood. It was her goal to keep a positive aura in the Potions classroom this year, after the tumultuous previous term. "Good afternoon, Ms. Fox! Not quite, but I would start practicing your best pose," she replied with a smirk.

Text Cut: Dahlia
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Each and everyday of lessons brought her one day closer to holiday break. Which only could mean that Lia was in a great mood and the warm cheery smile on her face showed it. There wasn't a thing that could get her down right now.

Stepping into the classroom, the small second year had to do a quick double-take to make sure she was in the correct room. She was. Well okay then! She could totally get behind whatever this was! "Good afternoon, Professor Varma! Are we going to be having some sort of photo shoot today?" Cause that's what it looked like to her. Which clearly meant only one thing.. FUN.

Lia smiled at the only other person in the room, her fellow Claw, Ash. She then went to sit at a workstation up near the front of the room.

Another smiling student! Shreya couldn't help but grin in return. Yes, today was going to be a lovely lesson indeed. "Hello, Dahlia," she replied with a wave. "Of some sort, I'd say!" It was no mystery what today's lesson would be about. Shreya just hoped that her students would enjoy it.

Text Cut: Tadhg
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Tadhg was counting down the days until Christmas break, he couldn't wait for it ti begin. He was in high spirits and in a good mood singing and humming Christmas songs to himself. He was in a great mood and it was clear in his eyes and smile that he was happy.

Walking into the classroom he looked around and looked back at the door. Uh... he knew he was in the right room, but what happened to it? It looked like a photo studio or so, but it was pretty cool looking. Walking towards Professor Varma, he gave her a soft warm smile. " Good Afternoon Professor, I hope you're well." Seeing Lia and Ash he smiled and waved at Ash. "Hey Ash, how are ya?" Directing his attention to Lia he smiled sitting beside her.


" Hey Bubbles, think we're taking some pictures today?" Looking around the the classroom and back at her he shrugged. Whatever it was, he knew that it was going to be fun for sure.

The Potions professor chuckled a bit at the young Slytherin's double take. At least she was keeping the students on their toes with the changes in the classroom decor. "Hello, Mr. O'Neill. I'm doing wonderful, thank you," Shreya said with a smile. So polite, these students. It warmed her heart.

Text Cut: Scarlett
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"Falalalalaaaa lala la laOHH, COOL!!!!!!" was Scarlett's greeting when she walked into the classroom studio that day.

She loOOOoOOooved the poinsettias, the garlands, and the BACKDROPS. All very COOL and NICE and she hoped with ALL HER HEART this would be a FUN lesson because she was already in HIGH SPIRITS because CHRISTMAS BREAK WAS HAPPENING SOOOOOON, WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But for now, lesson. ALRIGHTY!!

The Hufflepuff almost felt the urge to take a seat by the backdrop and request a photo of herself, but it wasn't REALLY an urge, and she actually didn't FEEL like going up there just yet for some reason. Nah. Watching the backdrop change as MORE fun than being having her back to it.

OH, LOOKIT, how PRETTY!!!!!!!!!!!

Something about the Christmas spirit put Shreya in an instantly better mood. And the fact that the students were partaking in it made her even happier. "Good afternoon, Scarlett!" With another flick of her wand, the backdrop changed to a large lake, sparkling under the summer sun.

Text Cut: Violet
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Originally Posted by MadAlice View Post
Violet was in a good mood as she walked into her favorite class and nodded a greeting to Professor Varma. But as she walked over to a workstation and began to set up, she looked curiously at what appeared to be some sort of photographic equipment around the perimeter of the classroom.

What in the world? Were they going to brew developing potions, or what? It just could never be a normal class at Hogwarts, could it. Well, Violet figured she'd find out what was going on soon enough.

"Good afternoon, Violet," Shreya nodded in return to the talented Slytherin potioneer, taking in her look of curiosity. Yes, indeed, she'd figure out what the lesson was about shortly.

Text Cut: Lisa
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Well this was NOT what she was expecting to see in the Potions classroom. Instead of the classroom, they appeared to be in a studio which was certainly interesting but the workstations were still there so it was kind of normal for the potions classroom. Eyebrows raised, she entered the room with a curious glance around the room.

The Professor was dressed up very festively this December day. Lisa was thoroughly impressed. She should have dressed up too!

Hi Professor. Love the dress robes!” she beamed.


"Why thank you, Lisa," Shreya replied with a warm smile, ruffling the cranberry-red robes. The Potions professor would take any excuse to get dressed up, and the holidays were better occasions than most. Christmas was one of her favorite things about living in the United Kingdom. And given that this was her first proper holiday at Hogwarts, she would certainly be soaking it all up.

Text Cut: Phoebe
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Phoebe was a bit on autopilot this afternoon. Something about having to spend so much time indoors during this season had her brain on the fritz. She wanted sunshine. She wanted blue skies. She did not want winter, and it was really only just beginning.

Phoebe made it all the way to her seat before realizing how rude she'd been not to greet the professor properly. "Good afternoon, Professor," she blinked and then offered an apologetic smile. "It is afternoon? Yeah." Not that they could tell in the dungeon, but whatever.

The Gryffindor certainly seemed to be making a beeline for her seat. Something about Phoebe's facial expression gave Shreya the impression that she was a bit on edge. "It is indeed. Hello!" she answered, returning the smile with a twinkle in her eye. It certainly was hard to tell the time of day in the dungeons. Which was exactly why Shreya was trying to spruce it up a bit down there.

Text Cut: Evan
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Originally Posted by Chelliephone View Post
Evan was exhausted and out of breath. Of course he'd managed to forget his books for Potions, a rare thing for him, and had to book it allllll the way up to the Ravenclaw common room and then alllllll the way back down. He'd heard people warn about this all the time, but he was feeling off and had managed to pull the classic mistake anyways. Perhaps it was the upcoming holiday, and how much he realized he did not want to return home, as much as he wanted to see his brother and cousins.

But anyway.

Pausing outside the door, he straightened his robes before entering the class and ... blinking at the set up. A photoshoot? He was quite curious to find where this and the setting would tie into potions. Hopefully not love potions and 'dates' with the odd background. Other students might be into dating and people, but that bug had yet to bite this Nam. "Hello Professor Varma." He offered his greeting, before moving more into the room and finding himself a seat.

"Good afternoon, Evan! Everything alright?" Shreya asked, noticing the slight flush to the Ravenclaw's cheeks. Had he been running? She glanced at the clock instinctively—still a few minutes before the lesson began, so he wasn't late. Perhaps he was just feeling the chill in the air.

Text Cut: Gracelyn
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December had arrived, and it was proving hard for Gracelyn to stay entirely focused on lessons and the normal day to day things at Hogwarts. Especially when decorations were starting to pop up and it reminded her that it was probable she’d get to actually go home to see her papas and family this year for the holidays. That and she wondered about mistletoe, but that was something else entirely.

The appearance of the Potions classroom only continued the thoughts, but she had still given the professor a grin as she moved to take a seat near Phoebe. “Good afternoon, Professor Varma. Are we learning a potion related to how we get our pictures to move today?,” she added, just out of curiosity. The classroom did look like a holiday photo studio after all. With the addition of their usual potions workstations.

"Good afternoon, dear!" Gracelyn had hit the nail on the head, but Shreya didn't want to give the lesson away quite yet. A part of her enjoyed the excitement and mystery buzzing around the classroom. "Something of the sort," she replied with a wink. "You'll find out shortly."

Text Cut: Noah
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The fifth year Gryffindor made quick work of the stairs from his last lecture down to the dungeons for his Potions class, bothered by just how cold it's gone since a few weeks ago. Winter in Scotland was a tad bitter and colder than in Sheepscombe, he'd have to say. That all changed when he reached the classroom and was greeted by a very homey setup. It was just like home; cheery, warm, inviting, and-- oh. OH. Today was his dad's birthday.

Blinking away the sudden realization, Noah quickly schooled his face into a cheery emotion, matching the rather festive decoration as he went further inside to greet the Potions mistress. "Afternoon, professor." he said in passing with a grin on his face as he snagged a seat and workstation with Ash. A lazy salute was offered to the younger student as he got his writing implements out for note-taking. It looked like they were to develop...well, a developing solution.

The cheerful look on the Gryffindor's face elicited a similarly warm smile from Shreya. "Good afternoon, Noah," she replied. She gave him a satisfied nod when she noticed him preparing his note-taking materials. It always made her happy when her students took initiative.

Text Cut: Kinsay
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Potions was OKAY. Kinsay didn't love the class, but she didn't hate it either. It was solidly in the middle. Though she was really trying to make a bigger effort to pay more attention during lessons - if only to prove everyone who voted her as 'Most likely to burn up a cauldron in a Potions seminar' wrong.

Kinsay still thought about that sometimes. It had been a hurtful thing to read.

Um. Anyway. She slowly made her way into the room with less energy than usual. "Hi, Professor. You look nice in red." That was maybe the best she could do as she moved to find a place to sit. Seeing as the workstation beside Phoebe was taken, Kinsay opted to take a seat at the one next to Evan instead. "Hi."

The third year's recent efforts in the subject had not gone unnoticed lately. Shreya always appreciated when her students made an effort, which was why the Gryffindor's arrival elicited a friendly wave from the professor. And to be fair, she didn't at all think that Ms. James was in danger of burning up a cauldron. "Thank you, Kinsay," Shreya replied with a genuine smile, her heart warmed at the compliment. "I figured red today, green tomorrow." And then alternate the two colors until the Christmas holiday.

Text Cut: Nemesis
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The holidays were coming up; close enough for Nem to have set some plans in motion, but still far away that they didn't linger on thoughts of the break. It didn't really matter, one way or another, where they were. The result was always much the same.

They were back to showing up to lessons with some degree of regularity again - for the most part, testing out just where the line was to get the Headsman off their back - and so today Varma would get the benefit of their presence. She had a way of engaging them with the material a little better than others, though that was more true when they got into potions-related discussions. It had been happening less and less of late, and so they entertained their thoughts and ideas and experiments privately instead.

For all the reaction Nem gave when they entered the classroom, they might have expected the set-up, or simply not noticed it. Neither was true; it was just difficult to be surprised by any kind of classroom arrangement in this school, they varied so much. At any rate, Nem was more likely to complete this lesson than most of the others, given they fairly obvious hints regarding what was likely on the agenda.

Offering nothing but a vague nod that might have been a greeting for Varma, Nem silently took up a seat in the back corner of the room, and waited.

Shreya wasn't at all surprised by Nemesis's indifference. It was often difficult to detect the Slytherin's opinions. Nevertheless, she felt a sense of contentment that they were attending her lessons...and not outwardly seeming to despise every minute of them. "Good afternoon Nemesis," she replied, returning their nod.

Text Cut: Fiona
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Fiona found the classroom's set-up rather fantastic as she entered the room. "Good afternoon, Professor Varma," she greeted with a smile. Finding her way to a workstation near Violet, the Snakette sat down and gave the girl a smile in greeting.


Another smiley Slytherin meant another smile from Shreya. "Good afternoon, Fiona!" She only hoped that all this positive energy could continue throughout the lesson.

Text Cut: Claudine
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Heating Charms kept her warm for her trek to the Potions classroom. Luckily she wouldn’t have to worry about them wearing off as the classroom she’d just walked into was warm as well, and festive too it seemed. The entire setup was rather intriguing but Claudine kept any hunches she had about today’s topic to herself. “Hi, Professor. Love the robe.”

That greeting out of the way, the Snakette went further into the room. She acknowledged her friends with a nod then selected a station next to Lisa. “Hi, Lisa. Watched any movies recently?”

Shreya found herself rearranging some of the candles, trying to distribute the heat evenly throughout the room. Sure, it might have been easier to just cast a warming charm over the entire room, but there was something special about bluebell flames and enchanted candlesticks. "Hello, Ms. Blaze. Thank you!" She gave a swish of her robes in reply.

Text Cut: Atlas
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In case it had not been officially acknowledge, Professor Varma was OFFICIALLY officially cool in Atlas' book. He had already, mostly, come to this conclusion last term...but this term she was appeasing and encouraging the Gryffindor and his curiosity based antics. It was just a pity that he continued to be such a disaster in her lessons. It was odd how he, someone who worked well with precise numbers and calculations, could struggle so much with a subject that required so much precision. Measurements, chopping, slicing, stirring, heat levels...all things that SHOULD fit nicely into the second year's niche and yet...well, she ought to ask Quinn since it was the same with baking.

...or maybe she shouldn't ask Quinn. Quinn was still ignoring Atlas' existence and, as the Gryffindor was trying to accept, doing whatever the Ravenclaw could think of to avoid him. Lessons and meals were the only time this wasn't possible...but even then...

...well...anyway...

Greeting the professor with a soft smile and sheepish wave, Atlas looked around for a station to sit at and felt his insides wiggle and giggle a bit as he took note of the vacancy beside one Nemesis Upstead. But seeing as this was one of his weakest subjects and needed to keep whatever wits about him he currently had, which was maybe four wit braincells shared between himself and Aries, the blonde moved a station or two away from the older Slytherin and sat on his own.

The scenes the professor kept switching between were pretty cool. Especially the snowy one. It got him excited for the coming holidays.

Shreya would be quite satisfied to hear that she was officially cool in Atlas's book. Not that it was her goal to be a cool professor, per say, but she did want to be someone that her students could relate to and rely on. "Hello Atlas!" Shreya returned the wave and watched as the Gryffindor selected a seat.

Text Cut: Morgan
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Morgan had a lot of restless energy today, likely exacerbated by how close it was to the winter holidays. He was eager to go home and take a little break from school, especially after not being able to go home last Christmas.

"Afternoon, Professor," he politely greeted Varma as he walked in and found his usual seat. Already distracted, he turned his eyes towards the front of the room and idly watched as the scene continued to change.

The almost-holiday-break jitters were not at all uncommon—Shreya had detected the excitement in several of her students today. And she couldn't blame them. It was a busy time of year. "Good afternoon, Mr. McCarthy." She flicked her wand again, changing the backdrop to the winding, decked-out streets of Diagon Alley, bustling with witches and wizards shopping for holiday gifts.

Text Cut: Eden
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Potions was Eden's favorite.

Before this particular class, she'd taken great care to do her hair (tightly secured in one long plait) and her makeup (not too much, had to look ~serious and studious~). She wanted Professor Varma to know from the second she walked into the dungeon lab that Eden Tilly meant business. That she took this brewing business and Professor Varma's outfits SERIOUSLY. Okay.

"Good afternoon, Professor," keepitcoolkeepitcoolkeepitcool. "It's so festive in here!" Was that lame? Oh no.

She looked around the class for somewhere to sit. She was curious about Atlas Flamsteed, but he wasn't so great at Potions and even her loyalty to Quinn wasn't enough for her to risk a bad grade in this class. Even though she wasn't completely sure they'd be brewing today at all - the room looked like a photography studio more than a Potions lab.

Someone had already claimed the spot next to Ash - probably for the best, too, 'cause who knew when some random thing would trigger le war flashbacks.

Nemesis Upstead never ceased to intrigue her, but they also seemed to never cease disrespecting professors, and Eden didn't want Professor Varma to think she was a troublemaker.

Sooooooooo she sat by herself at an empty workstation in the middle of the room. The seconds she'd spent looking around already felt like far too long.

Eden's put-together appearance did not go unnoticed. Shreya was excited that her students were also using the holidays as an excuse to get a little spruced up. "Good afternoon, Eden. You look lovely today," she replied with a smile. Making her way over to one of the garlands, she plucked a piece of pine and offered it to the Ravenclaw. "Tuck this into the end of your plait. It'll look spectacular!" Shreya turned around, pointing out the piece of pine in her own updo. A little holiday touch.


Once the clock turned to 2, Shreya made her way to the classroom door. It had become a bit of a tradition—peeking her head out into the dungeons to make sure there weren't any stragglers. Once she was sure the hallway was clear, she clicked the door shut, clapping her hands together to call the class to order.

"Hello, hello, everyone!" She made to head toward her desk before realizing that she had moved it aside in favor of the elaborate photo backdrop. So she settled instead for the stool in the middle of the workstations. "I trust you are all getting excited for Christmas?" she asked, waving her wand at the garland to illuminate the twinkly lights interspersed throughout the greenery.

"The holiday time is a nostalgic time for many of us." She wanted to word things carefully, as she knew that not everyone had happy holiday situations at home. But nostalgia seemed like a good word to describe the feeling. "Mostly because Christmas is associated with memories." Both good and bad, likely. But hopefully, the good thoughts outnumbered the not-so-good ones. "What are some ways that we can preserve memories?"

The setup of the room might seem like a giveaway to answer Shreya wanted, but the truth was, there was no right answer here. She simply wanted to get her students in the right headspace for today's lesson.

OOC: The lesson is now underway! If you are just now joining us, post as if you've been here all along. For the first question, Shreya wants to know any way that you can preserve a memory—either wizard or Muggle methods. Pretty much anything goes here, so feel free to be creative! We will move on in approximately 24 hours.
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