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Term 56: September - December 2020 Term fifty-six: Finders Keepers (Sept 2102 - June 2103)

 
 
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Old 09-13-2020, 02:36 AM
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Today it definitely felt like FALL in the castle. Gabi was waiting at her desk at the front of the classroom as you enter. She was feeling extra fall-y today and was wearing an oversized scarf and leaf earrings with her outfit. See? She could be FUN and COOL when she felt like it! Some days the chill in the air just made you feel like you needed to celebrate the weather, you know?

"Come on in everyone - please have a seat, we will get started shortly," she announced as the first group of students began to enter. There was no hint to what the lesson could be about today - nothing on the board, no knick knacks on the desks. Just Gabi, waiting patiently for everyone to arrive.


OOC: Hello! First off - welcome to your first History of Magic class of the term! While we are still rather early in the term please note your characters have had a handful of lessons with Gabi already since a month has already passed, so she is already familiar with your characters and vice versa. Second, I'm so sorry I didn't post an announcement! Time got away from me and we just finished up moving into a new house, so things got crazy with some unexpected internet issues and my usual work schedule on top of that. Don't worry, though, we'll have plenty of time to still do what we need to do in the lesson! Be sure to read the classroom rules and SSRPG rules before posting. We will move on in roughly 22ish hours. CLASS HAS STARTED! Please pretend your character has been here the whole time or risk losing points. Thanks!

CLASS PROGRESSION:

Mini Activity - Name some magical families and their impact on history
Question 1 - Name a member of the Weasley family!
Question 2 - Why were the Weasley's looked down upon by their fellow pureblood families?
Main Activity - Make your own family clock!
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Uhhhhh... What was happening?? Did the professor just YELL at her dormmate and make her cry?? Granted, she didn’t know Emmerson all that well but it was HER opinion, right? It was a wrong opinion but.. that was no reason for her to get yelled at. And honestly, who made Aboli a prefect?? Was she even allowed to yell at a younger student? Why was she so RUDE? Valentina frowned, making a mental note to avoid that girl.

..... oh, right. Activity. She pulled out a parchment distractedly and got to working on it, kind of wishing she could give her dormmate a hug. This was all so unfair, really.. but she really couldn’t do anything about the situation so might as well finish this assignment.

SPOILER!!: activity
Clock hands -
Valentina
Victor
Isabella
William

Locations -
Home
Hogwarts
St. Woboldos
Lost
Class
Ministry
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Chaos lived in the castle this year, huh? He was a little shook by Cambridge's take on wizarding families, her rhetoric sounded, like a hundred years old, but he was even more surprised by Aboli. Cambridge was a first year. She could be taught. Older students needed to keep a LID on their anger, k?

And then, surprise of ALL surprises, Cece stepped in.

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This class today. Woah.

But when they moved onto the next activity, Kale's attention was completely diverted. Cuz he was expected to do his fam on a magical clock and ugh. His father. He did not wanna think about that mean, jerk-face man today.

He had been the WURST as of late. Headmaster Daddie was always, like, a grumpy gus. But this term he took a hard turn into being straight up terrible. And Kale could say that cuz it was his father. So.

With a snit on his face, Kale started to scribble:

SPOILER!!: Trent Fam

The Trent Family:
Hands:
-Mean Person Responsible for My Birth and the Burden of My Actual Saint of a Mother Malachi
-Tally
-Kale
-Mavis

The Twelve Locations:
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-Hogwarts
-Ministry
-Grandma's House
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-Singing Studio
-Prison
-Mortal Peril
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-Diagon Alley
-Hogesmeade
-Lost
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"Sure," she responded. "I'm a little distracted today, but I'll do my best."
Violet looked over at the fellow Slytherin who had volunteered to be her partner earlier, to see if she had anything to add to the discussion. She had hoped the other girl might have come up with something more interesting that the Gamp family, which had been the only think she could think of at the time.

She also absently got out a quill and parchment so as to be ready to try to do the assignment.
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The Professor was reprimanding her in front of the WHOLE class. She could feel people’s eyes on her as it happened and her face felt so hot, like the kind of burning where if she’d touched her fingers to her cheek they’d be scalded. She didn’t like this kind of attention, she’d decided.

Her parents were going to be disappointed in her for this, she imagined. And Emm looked like she was going to cry, which made Cecelia feel even worse. Her own eyes began to water and she looked down, not offering an apology to anyone, not sure she could swallow the lump that was now in her throat.

Focusing on her parchment, the fourth year started on the assignment. Anything to distract from how she was feeling right then.

SPOILER!!: Clock Planning

Family:
Ella
Alec
Cecelia
Samuel

Times/Locations

12-Home
1-Hogwarts
2-Quidditch Pitch
3-Grandpa’s
4-Papa’s
5-Diagon Alley
6-Hogsmeade
7-Mungo’s
8-Traveling
9-Park
10-Mordaunt’s
11-Dragon Reserve
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While she was waiting to see if her partner was going to add anything to their discussion, Violet started jotting down her Clock Planning exercise:
SPOILER!!: Clock Planning
Keystone Family Clock
Ignatius Blackthorne
Horatio Blackthorne
Hamlet Blackthorne
Helicanus Blackthorne
Ignatius Blackthorne
Violet Blackthorne
Helena Keystone Hurst
She looked at that last name and thought. She didn't know where her mother was, or even if she was still alive, but she belonged on that clock just the same.

She paused a while, chewing on on the end of her quill, thinking. Well, she still considered her governess a part of the family, even if her grandfather had fired her last year, so she added:
Miss Jane Howard
She paused again, thinking very hard and spitting out the bit of feather she had gotten in her mouth from chewing her quill (note to self--don't chew on the end of your quill anymore). Well.....he didn't deserve to be on the clock, and if it were a real one, her family would never permit him to be added, but, well, he was her father, even if he was a Muggle and a scoundrel, so she also added...
Sam Hurst
There, there was that part done. Now for the 12 locations, starting with the family home:
The Rookery
Hogwarts
Diagon Alley
St. Mungo's
Ministry of Magic
In Transit
England
Scotland
The Continent
The Americas
Prison
Who Knows Where


She sat back and surveyed her work--yes, that ought to do it. Maybe the professor thought that 'prison' one had been a joke, but it was probably where her father was right now--or if not, where he should be.

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Mamie kept working on her clock design. She finished coming up with her 12 places, then started trying to determine where her family all was.

She was at School, obviously. Given the time of day, her brothers were probably at their own School, and her Mama was probably at Work.

Her Papa and Babulya could be practically anywhere, though...She tapped her quill on the desk while she thought. She could just guess. She decided to put her Papa at Home, and Babulya at her Aunt Kat's House. That seemed like a reasonably guess, plus then everyone wasn't in the same places.


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My Family Clock

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  • Papa (at #1)
  • Mama (at #2)
  • Babulya (at #4)
  • PJ (at #3)
  • Alex (at #3)
  • Mamie (at #3)

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  6. Paris
  7. Hospital
  8. Shopping
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  10. Swim Team
  11. Outdoors
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Catherine was unfazed by the outburst of some of her classmates - Cecelia included - and simply watched the commotion with a neutral expression. It wasn't until people started crying that she rolled her eyes. Merlin, they needed to develop some self-control, honestly.

By the time the professor snapped and raised her voice herself, Catherine was interested to see what would happen. For the first time since she started at this school, Catherine kind of wanted to laugh at how the Slytherin prefect was being treated. It was well deserved; yelling never did any good and got people nowhere useful. The Ravenclaw, however, managed to keep her expression neutral. A great example of self-control, in her humble opinion.

As for Cecelia, Catherine chose not to make eye contact with her friend as she was being told off because that had been enough humiliation for the blonde, she was sure. Her friend should also learn to control herself.

Although Catherine was listening to professor Recard scold Cambridge, she grew more and more bored. Obviously, the first year had terrible poor judgement, but what did they expect? She was a Gryffindor first year. She clearly had been spoiled rotten and was just an obnoxious little girl. They should all just move on.

Catherine had to admit that clock was interesting. It did stir up mixed feelings within her, though. On the one hand, it would be useful and kind of nice to know where her family members were at all times - if she was bothered to know -, on the other hand, she wouldn't necessarily want them to know what she was up to at all times. Not that she was ever up to no good, but she liked her privacy.

As she herself had a relatively big family - not like the Weasleys, but really, who did -, she started by listing them all.

Text Cut: Parchment

Mordaunt Clock

Family members
Dad
Mum
Noah
Catherine
Scarlett
Mackenzie

Locations
- Home
- Garden
- Hogwarts
- Ministry
- Mordaunts'
- Campbells'
- Macmillans'
- Rastricks'
- Summers'
- Diagon Alley
- Park
- Lost


She considered for a moment whether it would make sense to add pets, but there would be so many that their clock would easily overtake the Weasleys' in the subject of crowdedness.

Looking over at Cecelia's work, she couldn't help but notice her own family's name on her list. She looked up at her friend and gave her the smallest of smiles because she was both happy to see they had thought alike but also because she knew her friend was feeling bad and, although Catherine wasn't the greatest at comforting people, Cecelia was her best friend.
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Talk about drama. Claudine was on the fence about the situation. On one hand, she was disgusted by Emmerson’s remarks and on the other, appalled at Aboli’s reaction. Reccard was right: Aboli needed to act in a leadership capacity. As for Emmerson? Well, she was still young and the Snakette seriously hoped that the Lioness’s opinions would change as she lived her life and make her own experiences. Claudine reflected on her own blood status. As a pureblood, how easy it would have been for her to think like Emmerson… but no, Claudine had made her own observations and formed her own opinions. She may not be a fan of humans in general, but she would never dislike someone for their blood status.

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Onto the activity.

If friends were also accepted for this list, surely a mixture of friends and family would work too. Claudine didn’t think her Head of House would mind. She got to work making her first list that consisted of three friends, three family members and herself.

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  • Heath
  • Fiona
  • Curtis
  • Eivan
  • Eddie
  • Camden

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  • Lost
  • Hogsmeade
  • Diagon Alley
  • Prison
  • Blaze Mansion
  • St. Mungo’s
  • Ministry
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  • In Danger
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The class all seemed to have taken the hint that Gabi was not to be trifled with - well, it wasn't really a hint. She had flat out said it. Everyone was working hard on their activity and Gabi smiled to herself as she walked around, peering over the shoulders of her students to see what they were working on. Oh. Ashley's clock was...somber. But if her mother had passed, having a "dead" option wasn't out of place...

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Emmerson stared with wide eyes while the Slytherin Prefect laid into her, gaping at a loss for words the entire time. She didn't know what she'd done to set the girl off. The Professor had asked her opinion. As far as she knew, an opinion was personal and could never be wrong by virtue of being just that, an opinion.

Yet.

Yet now she was under verbal attack and the Gryffindor found herself shrinking into her bestfriend's side in a futile effort to get away from the older girl who was obviously VERY VERY angry at her. She'd never had someone yell at her for THINKING before, never had someone tell her she needed to feel bad for something that floated about in her head. It was things she'd been told, things that had been passed about the manor without much thought or second glance. How could she know it would set anyone off?

She looked over to Cece, eyes still wide with confusion. This had escalated quickly and the little girl still wasn't sure what had gone wrong.

The Professor reprimanding her was possibly the icing on this proverbial chaos cake. The little girl was still trying to figure out why she'd been asked for an opinion then told off for it. Did Kizzy know?

Emm's eyes moistened until they blurred but the First Year managed to nod her head--if only to prevent further stern words. Quite defeated by whatever had just happened, she remained slumped and kept her eyes cast downward.

Whatever the professor said after had completely gone over her head. Listening? What was that? By the time they got to the activity, all Emmerson could do was scribble the names of her family onto the bottom of the parchment she'd been using for her and Kizzy earlier. It was a half hearted gesture, one done more to have something to do than because she had any real plans to complete the activity.

The little girl sniffled once, wiped at her eyes, then continued scribbling.
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For the record, Kinsay James had no problem staying on track. Keeping a focus was something she was very good at. Only… she liked to decide the focus herself. And right now, the basilisk was way more interesting than the Weasley family, so Kiz was kind of hoping they could make that the focus of the lesson instead. It didn’t seem to work too well though. ”Okay! I like books with pictures the best.” She thought she’d throw that in there so that Professor Recard could keep it in mind while she thought of some recommendations. So helpful.

Leaning into Emm some more, Kiz stayed quiet as everyone continued answering. But what started out as a seemingly peaceful discussion started escalating really quickly and Kizzy was growing more and more uneasy by the minute. It all started when the slytherin prefect started yelling at Emmerson (aka the BEST friend). And Kizzy wanted nothing more than to yell right back at the prefect in defense of Emm (who did not deserve to be yelled at!), but fighting made her uncomfortable and she didn't like yelling and Cece was already jumping to her defense.

Kizzy tried to exchange looks with Phoebe because she was overwhelmed and Phoebe always made things better, but when Professor Recard started, Kiz found herself looking back to Emm with lots of worry in her eyes. She was being SO mean to Emm! Emm was only answering the question! There was too much happening.

It was this back and forth conflict that made Kizzy feel really uncomfortable, but worse than this was how it was probably making Emm feel. The only thing worse than feeling terrible is when Emm felt terrible. That's when Kiz felt it double. In an attempt to comfort her, Kiz pulled Emm closer and wrapped her arms around the girl.

”Emm?” She whispered, her eyes filled with worry. She didn’t even hear the instructions for the big activity because she was too busy worrying about Emm. She paused thoughtfully for a moment before raising her hand into the air. ”Professor, we have to use the bathroom. It’s an emergency.” Technically it wasn’t even lying.
Gabi's heart sank as she saw that Emmerson was clearly upset over the situation. It was hard to tell exactly WHAT was upsetting her - Gabi's scolding, or the outburst from the prefect - but either way, Gabi couldn't blame her. She hadn't LIKED having to snap like that in front of the class like that, but she also needed to know that what she had said had not been ok.

This situation had to be approached delicately, so she walked over to Kinsay and shook her head. She appreciated what the girl was trying to do to comfort her friend, but she also didn't want them to spend the rest of the class hiding in the bathroom together. She walked over and crouched down next to Emmerson, lowering her voice so only the two of them could hear. "Miss Cambridge, I don't think you meant anything malicious by what you said, but do you understand why others may have thought it was hurtful? Especially your muggleborn classmates?" she asked her softly.

She looked at Kinsay and shook her head before turning back to Emmerson. "Miss Cambridge, if you need a moment to go relax in the bathroom, you may. Miss James, I appreciate your concern for your friend, but I'd like you to stay here and please try and complete the activity. If you truly do have to go to the bathroom you can go when she comes back," she added, just in case she truly DID have to use the bathroom she didn't want to deprive her of that - but she doubted it. She was a young first year once too, believe it or not. "I believe you both have a free period next hour if you need to take some time to decompress together," she added as a suggestion.
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The Professor was reprimanding her in front of the WHOLE class. She could feel people’s eyes on her as it happened and her face felt so hot, like the kind of burning where if she’d touched her fingers to her cheek they’d be scalded. She didn’t like this kind of attention, she’d decided.

Her parents were going to be disappointed in her for this, she imagined. And Emm looked like she was going to cry, which made Cecelia feel even worse. Her own eyes began to water and she looked down, not offering an apology to anyone, not sure she could swallow the lump that was now in her throat.

Focusing on her parchment, the fourth year started on the assignment. Anything to distract from how she was feeling right then.
Phoebe didn't appreciate Aboli yelling at her pseudo-baby sister, and she was gratified when Cece stepped in to protect her. But the professor didn't seem to appreciate that Cece was being brave and normal and wonderful (but she was French... no one was perfect), and Phoebe sidled closer to her friend with her parchment as they started working.

"Hey. I'm going to make a Starkies clock. That way we can send it to Tavie and she'll always know what we're doing. Do you think that's a good idea? Or maybe we should make two so we know what she's doing." That was the debate, then, but she could worry about it after the clock was made.

They were really making the clock, right?

"You were so brave. I'm proud of you."

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Starklets:
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Teddy
Cece
Yoyo
Tavie
Flynn

Times/Locations

12-Stark House
1-Fifi & Teddy's House
2-Cece's House
3-Yoyo's House
4-Flynn's House
5-Hogwarts
6-Hogsmeade
7-Mischief
8-Traveling
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The class all seemed to have taken the hint that Gabi was not to be trifled with - well, it wasn't really a hint. She had flat out said it. Everyone was working hard on their activity and Gabi smiled to herself as she walked around, peering over the shoulders of her students to see what they were working on. Oh. Ashley's clock was...somber. But if her mother had passed, having a "dead" option wasn't out of place...

Gabi's heart sank as she saw that Emmerson was clearly upset over the situation. It was hard to tell exactly WHAT was upsetting her - Gabi's scolding, or the outburst from the prefect - but either way, Gabi couldn't blame her. She hadn't LIKED having to snap like that in front of the class like that, but she also needed to know that what she had said had not been ok.

This situation had to be approached delicately, so she walked over to Kinsay and shook her head. She appreciated what the girl was trying to do to comfort her friend, but she also didn't want them to spend the rest of the class hiding in the bathroom together. She walked over and crouched down next to Emmerson, lowering her voice so only the two of them could hear. "Miss Cambridge, I don't think you meant anything malicious by what you said, but do you understand why others may have thought it was hurtful? Especially your muggleborn classmates?" she asked her softly.

She looked at Kinsay and shook her head before turning back to Emmerson. "Miss Cambridge, if you need a moment to go relax in the bathroom, you may. Miss James, I appreciate your concern for your friend, but I'd like you to stay here and please try and complete the activity. If you truly do have to go to the bathroom you can go when she comes back," she added, just in case she truly DID have to use the bathroom she didn't want to deprive her of that - but she doubted it. She was a young first year once too, believe it or not. "I believe you both have a free period next hour if you need to take some time to decompress together," she added as a suggestion.
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For the record, Kinsay James had no problem staying on track. Keeping a focus was something she was very good at. Only… she liked to decide the focus herself. And right now, the basilisk was way more interesting than the Weasley family, so Kiz was kind of hoping they could make that the focus of the lesson instead. It didn’t seem to work too well though. ”Okay! I like books with pictures the best.” She thought she’d throw that in there so that Professor Recard could keep it in mind while she thought of some recommendations. So helpful.

Leaning into Emm some more, Kiz stayed quiet as everyone continued answering. But what started out as a seemingly peaceful discussion started escalating really quickly and Kizzy was growing more and more uneasy by the minute. It all started when the slytherin prefect started yelling at Emmerson (aka the BEST friend). And Kizzy wanted nothing more than to yell right back at the prefect in defense of Emm (who did not deserve to be yelled at!), but fighting made her uncomfortable and she didn't like yelling and Cece was already jumping to her defense.

Kizzy tried to exchange looks with Phoebe because she was overwhelmed and Phoebe always made things better, but when Professor Recard started, Kiz found herself looking back to Emm with lots of worry in her eyes. She was being SO mean to Emm! Emm was only answering the question! There was too much happening.

It was this back and forth conflict that made Kizzy feel really uncomfortable, but worse than this was how it was probably making Emm feel. The only thing worse than feeling terrible is when Emm felt terrible. That's when Kiz felt it double. In an attempt to comfort her, Kiz pulled Emm closer and wrapped her arms around the girl.

”Emm?” She whispered, her eyes filled with worry. She didn’t even hear the instructions for the big activity because she was too busy worrying about Emm. She paused thoughtfully for a moment before raising her hand into the air. ”Professor, we have to use the bathroom. It’s an emergency.” Technically it wasn’t even lying.


She heard Kizzy call her name, quiet as her friend was being, but the First Year kept her eyes trained on her parchment. It wasn't so much that she was ignoring her, more that she was still feeling the sting of first the prefect's then the professor's reprimands. Things had turned quickly--so quick that Emm wasn't sure what or where they went wrong.

A trip to the bathroom though, that could've been good. If they played their cards right, they could miss the whole rest of the lesson.

The second voice, she wasn't expecting. Again, Emm kept her eyes down on her parchment and her hand busy but she did listen. To the question, she managed a shake of her head no. It wasn't an attempt at being difficult, the little girl genuinely didn't understand what had gotten her such a heated response. It had been a thoughtless response, one she'd forgotten almost immediately after saying.

It was how her family talked. If there was a different way to think, she didn't know it.

So, no, she genuinely didn't know.

"I'm fine." She managed to mumble. If Kizzy couldn't go with her to the bathroom, she'd stay here and focus on her parchment and not talk in case the prefect found something ELSE to yell about.

At least her list was finished.

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  • Kinsay James

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  • Grandpa's House
  • Somewhere They Won't Say
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  • St. Mungo's
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Ah, leave it to some Gryffindors - and Aboli Song - to spice things up a little bit. It was a struggle not to laugh at the minor situation that unfolded - okay, maybe 'struggle' was too strong a word, though Nem was briefly tempted - but they managed.

One thing they were making a mental note of? Cambridge's little declaration. Namely, to make sure the exact wording regarding the money situation was passed along to their little brother. Nem was past the point of caring that they belonged to a family with ostensibly more children than money, and the Gryffindor's words were leagues from touching any nerves. Ezra though. Ezra's reaction could be something else, given their alleged friendship.

Anyway. Moving on.

Apparently unaffected by any of the conflict or subsequent dressing downs, Nem found a new piece of parchment to get to work on. This... this was something that was maybe touching a nerve though. Possible slightly grazing a single nerve ending, for a millisecond. Or two. That bloody clock. Jake had taken inspiration from the Weasley clock, had one of his own back home. Total surveillance state; Nem couldn't wait until they could figure out a way to Confund it or something, give it a little adjustment. Maybe next summer they'd set the thing on fire and get rid of whatever was left of it; though that lacked a certain elegance it would certainly solve the problem, and deeply upset father dearest to boot.

"What?"

Grantham was talking, Nem realised, coming back to the current moment with a jolt. She was adding more to that other parchment too, so Nem sat by, working on this clock nonsense until she was done. They didn't bother trying to replicate Jake's family clock. Surveillance state.

upstead clock two point zero

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By the time they had scribbled a few things down, Grantham seemed to be done adding to the earlier activity parchment, so Nem switched their attention to that. "First off," they said as they wrote, eyes on the parchment. "You're not Muggleish, you're a witch. So jot that down." Nem had an extremely low opinion of muggles, it was true, something that was just never going to change. Muggleborns were down there too, but not so far as they once were. In fact, they were now more or less equal with purebloods and all the rest. Nem judged based more on other factors these days, which had the benefit of making it even easier to play nice. "And second, Heath doesn't donate, or make bargains like that. I dunno, Jake doesn't let him see us all that much, and he's kind of a jerk. But I know he'd be more likely to invest in something or whatever, so..." Nem shoved the parchment back again. "... best go find your thinking cap."

Family: Black
Individual: Sirius

Impact
- first azkaban escapee ACTUALLY first known azkaban escapee at the time, actually the second; did such a gGryffindor (aka BRILLIANT glaringly obvious) job of it that everyone knew he'd escaped right away OK HANG ON, how come you think Barty 2.0 escaped first?! he was smuggled out of prison a year after he was sentenced, different books give different explanations but most agree with that timeline of events - i can point you to some books, if you like
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- unregisterd animagi, which is just plain cool IT IS not that COOL. Dare you to tell Eris to his face his fox-thing isn't THAT cool. ok. for a price.
- being an animagi takes intelligence, you know - debatable, you can do it with just magical skill and patience
- co-inventor of the legendary Maurauder's Map
- used intelligence, GREAT INTELLECT, skill, ruthlessness, cleverness, sheer willpower, determination, and initiative to disguise himself to escaped prison ACTUALLY single-handedly ALL BY HIMSELF while disguised as a dog
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- exposed Peter Pettigrew but no one paid attention
- told Snape to shampoo
- TRAGICALLY killed by his own cousin in a TRAGIC VERY tragic and shocking duel in the Department of Mysteries where no one some people gets to go


Family: Upstead
Individual: Grandpop Upstead Heath aka "Grandpop Upstead"

Impact
- ACTUALLY a Yaxley
- totes knows a thing or two about being a wizard
- started a whole new family tree TBH
- invented the name Upstead the name upstead was invented for him as infants cannot intelligently invent names OK rolled w/the name Upstead
- rich??? (possibly?!) (Nem, hey, hey, hey, r u rich? can I get a grant pweez?) a very wealthy and occasionally generous man
- made sure whole fam is still alive!!! an underrated accomplishment!!!
- some CEO of some business
- key factor in overpopulation (hang on, whut? how many of you ARE THERE?!) too many big time procreator, apparently?
- may or may not provide DEFINITELY grants upon all requests - bernie, are you well?
- allows nine of his grandchildren to suffer financially due to the misplaced pride of their father sorry u have a lame dad, Nem, welcome to the club
- but a real swell guy
- GREAT? grandpa also? twice over at the last count


Oh, also. "I don't eat that stuff, really. Could do with a hat though. Might be I could send a letter off to the ol' Upstead patriarch if I could wrap up warm for the owlery." Not necessarily, but free stuff was free stuff.
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To say Kizzy was displeased would be an understatement. She was sort of hoping they could skip out without any questions. Emm was upset and it wasn’t going to get any better if they had to sit here and do an assignment. She could feel it and the feelings weren’t good. They were horrible. So she gave their professor a look to show she was upset, before turning back to Emm.

Scooting even closer to her friend (as if that were even possible), Kiz began scribbling on her own piece of parchment (though her mind was far removed from the activity).

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Places:
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Lost
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She wished they could be done soon so that they could get ice cream and help Emm feel better.
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Aboli was seething. There were so many reasons she was seething, and maybe some of them didn't even have to DO directly with what Emm had said, but despite this, she glared at Cecelia, a fourth year, and chose not to say anything. She already KIND OF blown up once, and she didn't need to give in to that anger again. It SCARED HER, what she felt like doing when she was angry.

I am not like him...I am not...I am not like my dad....I don't do stupid things when I'm angry...I don't WANT TO HURT PEOPLE

Goodness did she feel like hurting people :|

But when Recard yelled at her (them) she blinked a whole lot and...nodded. Not an example? Was she NOT an example for all that is GOOD in the world?! Shouldn't you SPEAK UP when you hear something that is just not right? Perhaps she was hanging out with too many Gryffindors, but it was something her mother had ALWAYS said. She could feel her brother's reaction to this story already, though, and could hear his advice about being outspoken without...speaking. Perhaps she needed to learn from her very quiet brother. "I just don't think that being respectful of someone's ignorant opinion should tolerated is all. I apologize for yelling, though." Her reply was curt and cold, but that was only because she had willed her face, shoulders, and body to just... chill. Her fists tightened, and the sound her gloves made as she did this...ugh.

Aboli had no will to do the activity. She had zoned out during the directions, and was now looking around at everyone continuing to work with...confusion. What ... ?

It was then that she caught sight of the first year's MOIST EYES that Aboli felt herself holding her breath. Damn it. So she HAD gotten to her...and effectively made her cry. Lovely.

Cue the guilty conscience.

SHE HAD MADE A FIRST YEAR CRY.

She put her head down. NOPE. THIS ACTIVITY WAS A NOPE TO THE NOPE.
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Whoa. Leave it to a conversation about blood status to cause so much drama.

Avalon had been somewhat taken aback by the Gryffindor's comment, but she had brushed it off quickly, reminding herself that the girl was only eleven years old, and she probably didn't know any better that such comments could be offensive. Likewise, she didn't judge Aboli for reacting so strongly, either. The topic was really sensitive for some people. The Slytherin had a right to be upset. But on the other hand, outright yelling at a first year was a little unprofessional, especially for a Prefect. It was a sticky situation all around.

Thankfully, Professor Recard was able to get the class back on track. Avalon was very fascinated by this fancy clock. How come her family never thought of anything like that? It was such a nifty way to know where everybody was! The Ravenclaw immediately got to work jotting down her ideas. In addition to her parents and siblings, she included the family pets. Clementine and Shadow, although felines, were just as important - and they received their own special "place" on the clock, on the prowl. And Avalon had to include her brother's and sister's respective schools, too. She debated including "dead" on the list. It was a bit...morbid. But in all honesty, she would rather know than be left wondering.

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Family
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-Madeleine Sinclair
-Archer Sinclair
-Amelia Sinclair
-Avalon Sinclair
-Clementine Sinclair
-Shadow Sinclair

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-Ilvermorny
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Phoebe’s attempt at a distraction was more useful and Cecelia turned her attention to the blonde, liking her idea. ”Tavie will like that. We should make two. I’d like to know what she’s up to.” What she really wanted was Tavie here with them. She missed her so much.

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Ah, leave it to some Gryffindors - and Aboli Song - to spice things up a little bit. It was a struggle not to laugh at the minor situation that unfolded - okay, maybe 'struggle' was too strong a word, though Nem was briefly tempted - but they managed.

One thing they were making a mental note of? Cambridge's little declaration. Namely, to make sure the exact wording regarding the money situation was passed along to their little brother. Nem was past the point of caring that they belonged to a family with ostensibly more children than money, and the Gryffindor's words were leagues from touching any nerves. Ezra though. Ezra's reaction could be something else, given their alleged friendship.

Anyway. Moving on.

Apparently unaffected by any of the conflict or subsequent dressing downs, Nem found a new piece of parchment to get to work on. This... this was something that was maybe touching a nerve though. Possible slightly grazing a single nerve ending, for a millisecond. Or two. That bloody clock. Jake had taken inspiration from the Weasley clock, had one of his own back home. Total surveillance state; Nem couldn't wait until they could figure out a way to Confund it or something, give it a little adjustment. Maybe next summer they'd set the thing on fire and get rid of whatever was left of it; though that lacked a certain elegance it would certainly solve the problem, and deeply upset father dearest to boot.

"What?"

Grantham was talking, Nem realised, coming back to the current moment with a jolt. She was adding more to that other parchment too, so Nem sat by, working on this clock nonsense until she was done. They didn't bother trying to replicate Jake's family clock. Surveillance state.

upstead clock two point zero

hands
rebecca
jacob
nemesis
pax
ezra
jonah
jackson
hunter
leigh
mason
charlie

locations
alpha centauri
albania
down a well
locked in a trunk
auror custody
challenger deep
upstairs
downstairs
behind you
somewhere else
dead
mind your business


By the time they had scribbled a few things down, Grantham seemed to be done adding to the earlier activity parchment, so Nem switched their attention to that. "First off," they said as they wrote, eyes on the parchment. "You're not Muggleish, you're a witch. So jot that down." Nem had an extremely low opinion of muggles, it was true, something that was just never going to change. Muggleborns were down there too, but not so far as they once were. In fact, they were now more or less equal with purebloods and all the rest. Nem judged based more on other factors these days, which had the benefit of making it even easier to play nice. "And second, Heath doesn't donate, or make bargains like that. I dunno, Jake doesn't let him see us all that much, and he's kind of a jerk. But I know he'd be more likely to invest in something or whatever, so..." Nem shoved the parchment back again. "... best go find your thinking cap."

Family: Black
Individual: Sirius

Impact
- first azkaban escapee ACTUALLY first known azkaban escapee at the time, actually the second; did such a gGryffindor (aka BRILLIANT glaringly obvious) job of it that everyone knew he'd escaped right away OK HANG ON, how come you think Barty 2.0 escaped first?! he was smuggled out of prison a year after he was sentenced, different books give different explanations but most agree with that timeline of events - i can point you to some books, if you like
- Harry Potter's uncle Godfather
- unregisterd animagi, which is just plain cool IT IS not that COOL. Dare you to tell Eris to his face his fox-thing isn't THAT cool. ok. for a price.
- being an animagi takes intelligence, you know - debatable, you can do it with just magical skill and patience
- co-inventor of the legendary Maurauder's Map
- used intelligence, GREAT INTELLECT, skill, ruthlessness, cleverness, sheer willpower, determination, and initiative to disguise himself to escaped prison ACTUALLY single-handedly ALL BY HIMSELF while disguised as a dog
- broke into Hogwarts
- exposed Peter Pettigrew but no one paid attention
- told Snape to shampoo
- TRAGICALLY killed by his own cousin in a TRAGIC VERY tragic and shocking duel in the Department of Mysteries where no one some people gets to go


Family: Upstead
Individual: Grandpop Upstead Heath aka "Grandpop Upstead"

Impact
- ACTUALLY a Yaxley
- totes knows a thing or two about being a wizard
- started a whole new family tree TBH
- invented the name Upstead the name upstead was invented for him as infants cannot intelligently invent names OK rolled w/the name Upstead
- rich??? (possibly?!) (Nem, hey, hey, hey, r u rich? can I get a grant pweez?) a very wealthy and occasionally generous man
- made sure whole fam is still alive!!! an underrated accomplishment!!!
- some CEO of some business
- key factor in overpopulation (hang on, whut? how many of you ARE THERE?!) too many big time procreator, apparently?
- may or may not provide DEFINITELY grants upon all requests - bernie, are you well?
- allows nine of his grandchildren to suffer financially due to the misplaced pride of their father sorry u have a lame dad, Nem, welcome to the club
- but a real swell guy
- GREAT? grandpa also? twice over at the last count


Oh, also. "I don't eat that stuff, really. Could do with a hat though. Might be I could send a letter off to the ol' Upstead patriarch if I could wrap up warm for the owlery." Not necessarily, but free stuff was free stuff.


Bernie couldn't help it; she liked watching read: staring at Nem working on their magical clock. Holy smokin' salamanders, that was a LOT of hands for a clock. Did the Upsteads put the Weasleys to shame?! Were all pureblood families this large, then?!? These were questions she had but knew better than to ask at this very moment.

Not Muggleish, totally a witch, she wrote in her Muggle notebook, with her Muggle pencil, that she kept on her desk only for her eyes only. (Mostly it contained ideas for things Schmoe should be teaching to the wizard kids, but there were also some TOP SECRET THOUGHTS in there, so.)

She took the parchment back and studied Nem's edits closely, finally deciding that this bit was done and played out, and she could turn it in, she supposed, even though Recard would likely want a clean copy. Whatever. Bernie didn't have the patience to rewrite everything and hadn't learned how to copy chunks of text yet with magic, so she just rolled it up and sealed the parchment with a tap of her wand.

"Right, I'll take your book recommendations for how to break ou--- I mean, about those who have successfully broken out of Azkaban prison, and in exchange for a letter to your grandpop, I'll even throw in a hat." Bernie nodded. "What colors do you not like, or can I make it a lot of colors?" Because she definitely had some green and red and purple yarn she was hoping to use up before Christmas...

As for Bernie's pathetic little clock? Wellp, she sighed and redirected her focus to finishing it up. She supposed she could toss her actual family on there, if only because they each came with their own signature locations.

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-Bernadette Grantham
-Blake Ryan
-Ilya Belrose
-Phoebe James
-Juliette Zabini-Riddle
-Edward "Skid" M. Grantham
-Pippa Grantham
-Harry Grantham
-Georgie Grantham
-Ruthie "Gran" Grantham

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-Class
-Lost
-The Kitchen
-Skid's Flat
-Gran's
-Work
-Mortal Peril

Yep, that would do, she was done, whatever. Bernie wrote her name at the bottom with a flourish, rolled it up and sealed it for fun, and then shoved her two parchments off to the side. She went back to her notebook and pencil to start doodling crocheted hats. Maybe she'd do a whole fall/winter collection for gifts this year.
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Truth be told, the first year’s comment made Heath more than a little uncomfortable, but he mostly ignored it, other than making a mental note to steer clear of her so as not to embarrass her with his affinity for muggle things. That sounded a lot like something his grandma would say, which got him thinking… maybe that girl came from a pureblood family with a similar ideology, and she hadn’t learned any different yet? For now, he would take his own answer to heart and try to understand where she was coming from… which was more than he could say for some people.

He nearly jumped out of his seat as a sudden LOUD voice startled him. He inwardly groaned; he didn’t even need to look up from his notes to know whose voice it was. Blaboli… again. Oh for Merlin’s sake, did that girl ever think before she spoke?! He had to literally bite his tongue to stop himself from telling her exactly what he thought of her lack of tact, but he supposed it was pointless. Cece had already put her in her place, and he was sure Professor Recard would handle it… and handle it she did! Wow, he never knew she could be that stern. It was kind of cool to see, honestly! You’re so right, he thought in response to the prefect’s apology… which was why he had no respect for her opinion or the first year’s. Both sides showed an unwillingness to understand each other, which only proved the point he just made.

Heath was so flustered by the girls’ drama that he didn’t register the praise his own answer got. He sighed quietly, pinching the bridge of his nose as he tried to focus on the activity. Oh, they were doing a family clock like the Weasleys’? That sounded pretty fun, especially if he got to actually build one! He wondered what spells it used; maybe he would ask about it later. For now, he considered who to put on the clock. He debated putting the entire Ryder-Jones clan on his clock, but that was a massive amount of people with all the grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. He decided to pare it down to just his immediate family: himself, his parents, and siblings.

Now that he had the people, he just had to think of the places. Some of them were easy… home, work, Hogwarts, hospital, vacation. He thought about adding “shopping” to the list, but that seemed a little… nonspecific. Maybe he should go with London instead? His family hardly ever did their shopping outside of London, and that way, the location could be used for other purposes too. If he added London, shouldn’t he also add Canada for Fiyero? But then he remembered his brother was trying to get transferred to a team closer to home. He would put “quidditch” instead so it could be used wherever he played. If Fiy’s interest was represented on the clock, it seemed only fair that his own (and their dad’s) was there too, so he added “theatre” to the list.

Heath looked over the list he had so far… only eight locations. He still had four to go, and he was running out of ideas! Where else was his family likely to be? He thought for a minute. The only other places he could think of that they frequented were the grandparents’ houses and Uncle Ad and Aunt Emmy’s… seemed as good as any locations to add to the list. Might as well add “danger” to the list as well. After a term like the last one, it might be useful! He still had one location left, and he was drawing a blank. He set his list aside, and as he did so, he saw his incomplete parchment from the last activity. Maybe taking a break to finish that would help him think of something else to add to his clock. He picked up his quill and wrote:

SPOILER!!: Parchment from mini activity

The Dumbledores
Individual: Aberforth

- Took care of younger sister, Ariana
- Saw Gellert Grindelwald’s ideology was wrong early on and tried to make Albus see it too
- Former owner and operator of The Hog’s Head Inn
- Watched over Harry Potter after Albus’s death and sent Dobby the house elf to help him escape Malfoy Manor
- Provided food, water, and passage to/from Hogwarts to students in hiding during the 1997-98 school year; passage was later used as transportation during the Battle of Hogwarts


As Heath finished writing, he suddenly remembered what he was going to say to Claudine before they moved on. Should he tell her now? She seemed busy… maybe she wouldn’t want to be disturbed. “Claudine?” he said quietly. “I didn’t get to tell you earlier, but I’d never thought of Bellatrix Lestrange in that light before. I can see why you admire her.” He stopped short of pointing out the similarities he saw in her, fearing she might take it the wrong way, and turned back to his work. As he did, he caught a quick glimpse of her list and saw his name on it.

Heath was careful not to let on that he’d seen, but his heart skipped. Would she be angry if he added her to his list too? As he considered it, he realized she was the only close friend he had, and if hers was the only name other than family on his list, it would be a dead giveaway of his feelings for her. Not that he was ashamed of them, of course! He knew these were the sort of emotions that could be used against him if seen by the wrong person, and he didn’t want her to be bullied because of him! Then another thought occurred to him. What if she got angry if he didn’t add her to his list? Merlin, this was confusing!

After a lot of thought, he decided to include Claudine for now and take her name off his list if it became an issue later, and just to throw off any prying eyes, he also included his two favorite cousins’ names. Hopefully people would assume those were the names of other students or friends he had back home! Adding the names gave him an idea for his final location, and he was at last able to complete his list:

SPOILER!!: Heath’s Clock


People:
Christopher
Adelon
Fiyero
Ariel
Heathcliff
Claudine
Zira
Kiara


Places:
Home
Work
Hogwarts
Hospital
Vacation
London
Quidditch
Theatre
Grandparents’ house
Uncle Ad & Aunt Emmy’s house
Danger
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Violet sat quietly looking down at her parchment and waited for the lesson to go on, and thinking. All kinds of hurtful things had been said and now kids were angry at each other and crying and the teacher was reprimanding folks and saying who knows what. Violet didn't know how she felt about it all. Last year she might have jumped in to defend her Muggle father, but after finally meeting him and spending that awful year in New York, she wasn't sure how she felt. None of the Muggles she had met on that trip seemed very nice at all. But she was half-Muggle, and she wasn't going to hate herself. She really didn't have enough experience, at anything, to know what she thought any more.

One thing she did know--it was dangerous to come out and say whatever was passing through your head out loud, and she was glad she hadn't spoken much.
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Aboli was seething. There were so many reasons she was seething, and maybe some of them didn't even have to DO directly with what Emm had said, but despite this, she glared at Cecelia, a fourth year, and chose not to say anything. She already KIND OF blown up once, and she didn't need to give in to that anger again. It SCARED HER, what she felt like doing when she was angry.

I am not like him...I am not...I am not like my dad....I don't do stupid things when I'm angry...I don't WANT TO HURT PEOPLE

Goodness did she feel like hurting people :|

But when Recard yelled at her (them) she blinked a whole lot and...nodded. Not an example? Was she NOT an example for all that is GOOD in the world?! Shouldn't you SPEAK UP when you hear something that is just not right? Perhaps she was hanging out with too many Gryffindors, but it was something her mother had ALWAYS said. She could feel her brother's reaction to this story already, though, and could hear his advice about being outspoken without...speaking. Perhaps she needed to learn from her very quiet brother. "I just don't think that being respectful of someone's ignorant opinion should tolerated is all. I apologize for yelling, though." Her reply was curt and cold, but that was only because she had willed her face, shoulders, and body to just... chill. Her fists tightened, and the sound her gloves made as she did this...ugh.

Aboli had no will to do the activity. She had zoned out during the directions, and was now looking around at everyone continuing to work with...confusion. What ... ?

It was then that she caught sight of the first year's MOIST EYES that Aboli felt herself holding her breath. Damn it. So she HAD gotten to her...and effectively made her cry. Lovely.

Cue the guilty conscience.

SHE HAD MADE A FIRST YEAR CRY.

She put her head down. NOPE. THIS ACTIVITY WAS A NOPE TO THE NOPE.
"Admirable as your intentions were, this is my class, and I shall deal out the discipline," Gabi told her prefect firmly, her lips pursed in mild irritation. Hopefully she understood that that meant this was her final word on the matter.

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She heard Kizzy call her name, quiet as her friend was being, but the First Year kept her eyes trained on her parchment. It wasn't so much that she was ignoring her, more that she was still feeling the sting of first the prefect's then the professor's reprimands. Things had turned quickly--so quick that Emm wasn't sure what or where they went wrong.

A trip to the bathroom though, that could've been good. If they played their cards right, they could miss the whole rest of the lesson.

The second voice, she wasn't expecting. Again, Emm kept her eyes down on her parchment and her hand busy but she did listen. To the question, she managed a shake of her head no. It wasn't an attempt at being difficult, the little girl genuinely didn't understand what had gotten her such a heated response. It had been a thoughtless response, one she'd forgotten almost immediately after saying.

It was how her family talked. If there was a different way to think, she didn't know it.

So, no, she genuinely didn't know.

"I'm fine." She managed to mumble. If Kizzy couldn't go with her to the bathroom, she'd stay here and focus on her parchment and not talk in case the prefect found something ELSE to yell about.

At least her list was finished.

SPOILER!!: List
  • Family:
  • Alexa Cambridge
  • Sayid Pappadeaux
  • Fox Janvier
  • Yolanda Luna
  • Kinsay James

    Places:
  • Hogwarts
  • Ministry of Magic
  • Cambridge Manor
  • Wizarding World Network Station
  • The Ardennes
  • Madrid
  • Off Doing Auror Things
  • Photography Studio
  • Grandpa's House
  • Somewhere They Won't Say
  • London
  • St. Mungo's
Gabi knew nothing of the Cambridges, quite honestly - she had long been gone from the Ministry before Alexa came in - so she wasn't aware of how Emmerson just simply said what she had heard at home. She could guess and assume, though. She nodded and cleared her throat a little. How could she make this clear for the young girl?

"Well, believing that poor people are dirty is something called a stereotype. It is a generalization about an entire group of people that is meant to hurt them and make fun of them. And if you were poor and you heard someone call you dirty, wouldn't you be upset?" she posed the question to her.

She looked up at the clock and stepped up to her full height. Her personal lesson with Emmerson on harmful stereotypes would have to wait for now. She cleared her throat and clapped her hands once. "Alright everyone, class is dismissed! You guys are doing some great work! If you need a few minutes to wrap up, please take it, and turn in your mini activity AND your clocks on my desk before you leave, please."

"For homework, select ONE member of the immediate Weasley family and write a 10 inch essay on their impact of history,"
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Ashley pitied Emmerson a tiny bit. She disliked her intensely, but it must suck to live in a place where everyone said things like that. But she was still mad because that doesn't mean you have to be like that. She sighed, placed her work on the desk, nodded at Aboli, and made her exit. She mentally remembered what her clock looked like so that she could make a new one later for herself.
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Oh great, homework already. Violet approached Prof. Recard's desk, eyeing her cautiously to see how bad a mood she was in, and carefully slid her family clock assignment onto her desk. "Goodbye, Professor," she said quietly, then quickly exited the classroom before anything else happened.
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