Ariella just stared in awkwardness. Why did there always have to be so much drama? She looked down at the floor below her, hoping everyone would stop. She kept her mouth shut, but had the urge to yell. She didn't want anyone to cost their house of points....especially any Gryffindors. She turned her head back to her Astronomy book, rereading all the information they had covered.

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" Thank you for explaining that to me professor" Willaim told him. " I never thought about the weather on Mars could be very deceptive" William explained to the professor.


"We weew discussing the elements of the planets" Willaim told Alex. " I think that is what we had been discussing" Willaim said to Alex. William did not like the argument and no one tells a Gryffindor in front of him that thay are stupid.

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Eino picked up Alex's jaw and closed his mouth. "An acromantula could have crawled in your mouth." He explained. But he was right, the girl was rude. Eino just hoped that Ravenclaw wouldn't pay for the girl's uncalled for behavior. He looked at Alex and shrugged. He knew something was going to happen, and was completely confused as to why the Professor hadn't apprehended her before. He hoped Kurumi wouldn't mind the insult and just ignore it, and he certainly hoped the rest of the Gryffindors wouldn't follow her out. That would not be good. On the bright side, he didn't have to listen to that girl's annoying voice anymore. "I suppose we were taking about aliens and whatnot..." Although, they had exhausted the subject of discussion.

"Right," Alex said with a nod. "Well, as the professor said I'm guessing that just because a planet has the ability to sustain life, that doesn't mean it CAN, like with the example of Mars..."

He really didn't know where to go after that. Especially since his attention was then caught by an INCREDIBLY rude Ravenclaw who was now causing a scene in the back.

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Throughout the lesson Stella had been minding her own business, she used the time to fix her hair and redo her flawless nails. But, she also listened to the very calm and quiet discussion. Haha. She didn't want to interfere the discussion the girls were having, even though she wanted to help the poor little Ravenclaw. The argument the girls were having was rather entertaining, she just wished she had with her a bag full of low-fat popcorn to make this feel like a real drama series.

She watched the small girl stalk out of the classroom, and she wanted to become involved in the small argument. Hearing how the Slytherin laughed at the girl, Stella flicked her hair over her shoulder and deviously said, "Oi, there's nothing funny about this. You stupid Huffies are completely wrong here."

Because obviously they were all being stupid, so by default they were Hufflepuffs. Mmhm.

Gosh, was EVERYONE in the mood to argue now?! Alex glared at the ignornant Ravenclaw who just called all the Hufflepuffs in the class stupid, even though the girl she was addressing was CLEARLY not a Hufflepuff. Was she colorblind? Those were GREEN robes, girl. And she was calling the HUFFLEPUFF house stupid. Weren't Ravenclaws supposed to be...you know...smart?

"Oi! Enough! What's with all the name calling? Where is the love, yo?" he said desperately to the troublemakers. This was beyond ridiculous. Hufflepuffs may not be the smartest house in the school but, judging by all the idiotic behavior going on here, ALL the houses had it's fair share of stupid people.

GAH. This class hurt his head enough as it was...all this arguing was just making him angry enough to slap someone.

Kimalia raised an eyebrow after hearing a student leave in a huff. Such drama, at least that girl wasn't in Slytherin, we didn't need a student to ruin our own housemates effort in all those points. She merely smiled after seeing the door slam and waited for the Professor's next set of instructions. "I don't have any other questions, so feel free go on please, Professor."

" I know you are right' William told Alex. " You are very intelligent" William said to Alex " I am not too bad either even though I am in Gryffindor and you are a HufflePuff" William laughed. He was trying to lighten the mood for Alex.

'Um...Professor, I do have one more question. Aliens are said to be green, so they make Photosynthesis, like the plants. But they are said to behave like humans. And then, what are they? Some kind of mixture?, the girl asked.

Gwen started thinking it wasn't so genious of her to ask that. No one knows, so what was the point in asking? Astronomy started sounding more and more weird to her.

She was not just keeping quiet so far throughout the class. Aiden has been observing and reasoning the informations she has received from the class by scribbling them down on a piece of parchment.

Realising that Professor Antares is open for questions, Aiden raises her hand calmly while her eyes are still fixed on the parchment before they move over to the professor. "Is it possible, sir, that they are extraterrestrials living in our planet right now? For us, we have the Polyjuice Potion and Animagus. Perhaps that they too, have some sort of specialty that enables them to transform into human beings or any familiar creatures?"

William can;t wait for the professor to teach more anout Astronomy.

Savannah's mouth dropped open. So many numbers! "Um...professor...are we suppose to remember all this?" Savvy asked. She definetly hope not. But it's astronomy class after all. She understand most things that the professor's saying, but...SHE DOESN'T WANT TO MEMORIZE BIG NUMBERS!

Presley stared off into space. Literally. She wasn't really paying attention to anything that was going on, though she should have been. Presley loved to learn, but a classroom setting was hard for her because she couldn't ask all of the questions others thought were stupid when there were 50 kids in a room. So she twirled her quill between her fingers and vowed to look this stuff up at the library later.
Gwen was asking something about aliens. Whatever they were. Presley spotted William. "Hey," she whispered, standing next to him. "What are we talking about?" She really needed to learn to pay attention in class.

"We were talking about extra- terristials living on other planets"William whispered to Presley.

"Like plants?" Presley had no idea what an extra-terrestrial was, but she knew that people couldn't live on any other planet. Well, at least she didn't think they could.

OOC: Lol sorry, SS was unavailable for me all weekend... :/
Did anyone else have that problem? I just got it back this morning.

"That's enough!" Risu said loudly, slamming a hand on his desk for emphasis. (It would end up hurting for the rest of the day.)
He looked genuinely angry, something even the students who had been at Hogwarts for longer had probably never really seen. "Miss Di Marco, your knowledge and insight are appreciated, but I can't have you taking this tone with your classmates. Five points from Ravenclaw. Miss Skylar, you are very close to losing some as well." He glared around. "As are Misses Swan and Stewart-Quinn. Drop it..." He shook his head angrily. "Does anyone else have a pressing need to readjust their house's points?"

This did not seem to be the case. Risu had to admit that just one year ago he would have been a little embarrassed about his outburst, but in his absence things had generally changed a little. He was easier (or, perhaps, for the first time) to anger these days.

He sighed and stepped out from behind his desk, massaging his hand. "Now..." he said, sounding much more calm again. "Are there any other questions before we're done for the day?"

"I'm glad someone's still thinking about the class," he commented a little sourly. "It's possible, I suppose, but without any evidence to say either way, little more than speculation. Unless you can persuade every human being... or, well," he amended, "every apparent human being to a DNA test, you couldn't say for sure, I guess. Of course, someone could just say that these aliens are so advanced that they can even mimic human DNA..." He shrugged. "So while I would say it's possible, it's unlikely. For some of the reasons we talked about in class."

"Erm..." Risu paused. "In popular culture they're often thought of as being green, but that wouldn't mean that there really is a green-skinned alien civilisation out there." He pursed his lips. "But now that you mention it, I do wonder where this idea of aliens being green comes from. Does anyone happen to know?"

Risu shook his head. "No, no, most definitely not. This was just an example - and I would not ask you to remember specific numbers in any case. I don't see the educational value in that. Any other questions?"

EEEHHH, scary professor. Scarrryyy. Zara remained silent. No, no more questions. Nothing. Nada.

Except for, 'What's the homework?' But she decided to just wait. He'll probably announce it soon.

Helena's eyes went wide, as professor Antares seemed to have gone mad. Of course, he didn't get mad at her, but still... professors could look scary. But anyway, we wasn't acting like this for nothing.

And... there, he was back to normal again.

Aww, the class was over already? But no, Helena had no more questions.

Savannnah let out a sigh of relief. Thank Merlin. "Nope, no more questions." Savannah replied. Just waiting for the homework assignment.

Thea had been keeping quiet this lesson, often scribbling down notes on her parchement. She decided she liked Astronomy, she found it interesting! It was odd for Thea to sit still for this amount of time and not ask at least one question...

Putting down her quill, Thea tucked her dark hair behind her ears. Homework next.. She thought to herself.

"I... I'm sorry Professor..." Aurora hung her head.

"Erm, so is it possible that there could be aliens that are a plant/animal combo?" she asked. "And I guess that not all alien sightings are nothing. But then I suppose some of them could be magic-related."

Sophia's head fell forward a little bit when Professor Antares took five points from Ravenclaw. She saw it coming, she really did, but still. It sucked.

She sighed, as other the other students got reprimanded as well. Now she KNEW she had to do well on this homework to make sure there weren't any more points taken away. Even though it wasn't her fault...

Gah. She looked around the room waiting for anyone else to ask questions. She just wanted to LEAVE right now.

So tempting to just walk out. Sighing slightly, she slid back in her seat and stared at Professor Antares until he was done.

"Again... There's no way to say for sure. 'Plant' is, of course, a concept that we apply to a certain class of living things here on Earth. If we discovered an alien race that, for example, sustained itself via photosynthesis, would they be 'plants'? I don't know how good of an idea it is to classify alien biology using a system we apply to our own planet. How useful would it really be?"

He let the question hang for a few moments. "Alright. Homework, then." He wandered back to his desk to pick up his wand. "To be handed in before the next lesson." He tapped the blackboard, and the assignment appeared.


Astronomy 1 - homework

Choose one of the following:

1. On the basis of what you learned this lesson, discuss the merits of searching for extraterrestrial life. Is it even worth looking for it? Are there better ways of going about it, and if so, what would they be? One roll of parchment maximum (3 paragraphs).

2. For the more creatively inclined among you: Come up with your own planet!
You will need to provide a short description of the planet itself (Does it have a name? Does it have moons? What does it look like?). Then, describe the sort of life this planet might have. What do the inhabitants look like? Do they walk upright like us? Do they breathe air? How do they live? Is there something like "magic" on this planet as well?

This assignment needs to be handed in by Friday, 17 June, at 11:59pm GMT. It is worth 10 points. Make sure to read the homework submission guidelines, and don't hesitate to ask if you have questions. (IC or OOC.)

"There you go," he said, putting the wand down on the table. "Enjoy the rest of your day. I'll be here for a few more minutes if you have any questions that did not come up in class."

Oh. Angry professor. Very angry professor. Nika didn't even comment or anything. No points shall be taken from the lions. She quickly wrote down her homework as she grabbed her books and skipped out of the classroom.

Kimalia nodded writing down her homework in her planner. For a student of Ravenclaw she sure wasn't very smart in creating this drama in a classroom. Kimalia rolled her eyes, at least she wasn't in Slytherin. Kimalia then blinked, Wow, did I just think badly about someone I hardly know.. Hmm, well that girl did attack another one randomly so it was fair think badly of her. Swinging her bag over her shoulder she got up. "Thanks for the lesson Professor." and walked out waving good-bye.

Kurumi's eyes narrowed at a moment and she reached out for Selina's arm just in case the second year decided to pounce on anyone.

Kurumi's expression didn't change much after the professor took five points from Ravenclaw for the girl's action. Shw was lucky that she had gotten off that easy. In any other class she was sure there would have been more points taken and perhaps a detention thrown in for good measure. Kurumi would have rather an apology from the girl. All she was trying to do was stir the pot without contributing anything herself.

Returning her attention to her notes, Kurumi wrote down the homework and began to pack up her things. After doing so, she then went up to Professor Antares and offered him a weak bow. "Excuse me, Professor," she said as she tucked a strand of black hair behind her ear. "May we submit a drawing or a diagram with our work? I sometimes find that I am able to explain things better visually than pure written form."

Selina jumped back a little when the Professor slammed his hand down on the desk. After the else Ravenclaw had stormed out he deducted five points. She eyed Kurumi who was beside her and the two shared a look of understanding. The girl deserved to lose much more for provoking a fight and calling Selina several names. All Selina did was merely stand up for herself. Then again, in a classroom, being righteous rarely ever had its place. So Selina sunk down into her seat and repeated what she had said before, "I'm sorry sir. I promise I'll find the girl after class and reconsile our differences. No more interruptions. Just please don't punish my house for my moment of outrage at some meaningless name calling."

Selina then notced that Kurumi had a grasp on her arm as if to say that she was keeping watch on the situation. Selina's temper wasnt that bad...? yes it was

Helena could only stare and blink at the homework. Create a planet?

Blink. Blink.

Eh, she might try that one. And if she didn't feel that creative, she had the other part of the homework, which was good.

After she wrote down the assignment, Helena packed everything and stood up, then walked towards the door. "Goodbye, professor," she smiled, then spun around and left the classroom.

Zara copied down the homework, unsure if she'd be able to do it. But she wrote it down anyway. All of this Patroclus incident has kept her mind busy, Zara's losing it. She can't keep up with classes anymore--though she was a bit active for this one--and doesn't do homework anymore after it. GAHHH, whyy?

With her mind drifting a little out of discussion, Zara finished writing down her homework, and looked around to see if they were good to go. But she decided she had a question. Raising her hand, she asked, "Professor, is it okay if we do both?" Then she bit her lip. Why'd she have to ask when there's probably a 50% chance she won't do it. Oh well.