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Marion stood behind her desk, feeling rather snug in a sweater that was a little too big for her. She had decided to shut the windows to keep the chilly air from breezing in but the room was still a little cold.
Walking over to one of the windows, she peered down through the glass. She admired the view whilst she waited for the kids to arrive. She smiled slightly, looking forward to seeing her students again.
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All of them were smart? HUFF. That was so an overstatement overly stated.
The Ravenclaw, still pouting mind you, crossed her arms and listened as the Astronomy Professor went around their answers, then gave hers, a simplified, brief summary somewhat of the responses tossed around by her classmates. 88? Already? See? Was something that supposedly did not exist grow to that number when it's not true in the first place? Professor Burbage was backing her up........HUH?! WHAT? Beezus eyes wiiiiiiiiiiideeeeeeneeeeeeeeed when she heard the woman said those words. From Kurumi's mouth it was hurtful, but from the Professor's, it was devastating.
That wasn't right. Constellations were true! Her father said it were, and that whenever she'd miss him, she would just find their constellation so it was true! It was true! Deep-breathing. More pouting.
Okay, okay. Maybe scientifically, it wasn't. But for her, it was reaaaaaaaaaaaal.
One constellation eh? She had 88 to choose from, so...which one?
....Head turn to the constellation right violator....
He was kidding, right? Burbage Constellation? There was no such thing as Burbage constellation. Beezus EYED the Hufflepuff. He was definitely talking nonsense, and using their Professor's name in vain..
...hold on.....wait......freeze.....
He was giving senseless answers because the Astronomy Professor approved of it, and even delighted on it. Yeah, no offense Burbz, but yeah.. Clever, yes. That was very wise of you Hufflepuff. BUT...that was a very clear infringement to the list of constellations, a disgrace, a desecration. And nope, Beatrice Castell wasn't going to let you get away with that. She was a stargazer and that was a punch to her pride.
Oh Professor, I've got an answer! The Ravenclaw raised her hand, "Professor Burbage, I believe there is the Elijah constellation," she started, shooting the other Elijah with a furtive look. "..It is also NOT real...and it is the MOST harmful constellation to the human eyes."
GLARE.
At first Elijah hadn't really clicked as to what was going on, but when his own name eventuuuaaallllyy made a connection with his brain, he was suddenly aware that Beezus was talking about... well, him. It seems the poor dear was taking out her frustrations of never being able to get a guy as handsome as himself, and was therefore saying NASTY things to compensate.
Watch this space.
Cue a little lip wibble, a dash of sadness upon one's face and a bit of forced-watery eyes and you had a rather HURT looking, Hufflepuff. "BULLYING," he said loudly... oh and *SNIFF* *SNIFF*, "Is not kind Beezus. *SNIIIIIIIFF* What did I... I.... *SNIFF*.... ever do to... to...to *SNIFF* you." He turned to the Professor and gave her his BEST, wounded, puppy dog eyes.
He reached into his robe pocket and pulled out his engraved handkerchief and made a big song and dance about blowing his noise and muffling his sobs at the CRUEL, HARSH, BULLYING of the Ravenclaw girl who clearly just wanted Elijah.
Well, she should have tried flirting or maybe even sending him chocolate because NASTINESS was a turn OFF. Hopefully his little act got the little cowbag some point deductions, or even better, a detention.
*SNIFF*
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Originally Posted by Marion Burbage
Marion smiiiiiled at their responses. This was exactly why she looooved teaching the subject. The students were sooo enthusiastic. She waited for everyone to answer before she beeeeamed at all of them. "All of you are smart. Good job!"
"In a way, you're all riiiiight." Marion nodded, still smiling.. "A constellation is a formation of the stars, perceived as a design or a shape of some kind. Eighty-eight of the constellations are now recognized, a few of them more popular than the rest." Marion's eyes twinkled before she added, "And like someone pointed out rightly, Constellations are not reeeeal. They are a way to help us understand how the stars are aligned in the sky."
"Sinceee you all have an idea as tooooo what a constellation is, I would like you all darlings to name one constellation and tell me something about it." BEAM.
This lady was so positive and upbeat and enthusiastic. It made Sierra want to just groan. She never could understand how people could be so happy all the time. It was confusing and unnatural. Ehh... Sierra guessed she'd rather Burbage be this way than hard to deal with.
She raised her hand. "The constellation Draco forms the shape of a dragon," she said. That one was easy to think of, since it related to their school motto.
Max kept a straight face the whole time Elijah spoke, but very curiously turned to watch him explain the Burbage constellation. It was a stupid way to get some attention, Max knew it, but it was... kind of amusing all the same. And it became even more entertaining when good ol' Beezus retaliated with the Elijah constellation. Suppressing laughter, Max pulled his gaze away from the small feud and tried his best to mind his own business.
After listening to the comments of others for awhile, Max finally decided to offer up an answer. "Hydra," he said, a hand in the air. "It's the largest and longest of all the constellations. It's... located in the southern hemisphere," he was pretty sure, "and its name means water snake. It's called Hydra because... well, it looks like a long, twisting snake." But it only had one head in the sky.
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At first Elijah hadn't really clicked as to what was going on, but when his own name eventuuuaaallllyy made a connection with his brain, he was suddenly aware that Beezus was talking about... well, him. It seems the poor dear was taking out her frustrations of never being able to get a guy as handsome as himself, and was therefore saying NASTY things to compensate.
Watch this space.
Cue a little lip wibble, a dash of sadness upon one's face and a bit of forced-watery eyes and you had a rather HURT looking, Hufflepuff. "BULLYING," he said loudly... oh and *SNIFF* *SNIFF*, "Is not kind Beezus. *SNIIIIIIIFF* What did I... I.... *SNIFF*.... ever do to... to...to *SNIFF* you." He turned to the Professor and gave her his BEST, wounded, puppy dog eyes.
He reached into his robe pocket and pulled out his engraved handkerchief and made a big song and dance about blowing his noise and muffling his sobs at the CRUEL, HARSH, BULLYING of the Ravenclaw girl who clearly just wanted Elijah.
Well, she should have tried flirting or maybe even sending him chocolate because NASTINESS was a turn OFF. Hopefully his little act got the little cowbag some point deductions, or even better, a detention.
*SNIFF*
Yes, that was the Elijah constellation. An infuriating, annoying, umbrage sight if you ask her. She was getting tired of how the Hufflepuff was getting his way around so easily without getting punished for it. He caused trouble, he brought trouble, he was trouble.
The Ravenclaw had barely leaned back on her seat comfortably when she heard the irritating git talk loudly. Immediately, her eyes darted to his direction. Come again? Bullying? PSSSHH. Was not he the one who started it? "No. I wasn't--" ...WHAT IN MERLIN'S TROUSERS WAS HE DOING?!
O.o
He was completely making it look like she was being rude and not kind! Hold on, yo. That wasn't right. So not riiiiiiiiiiiiiight! And he was wiping his eyes with a handkerchief! Merlin! Merlin!
Beezus' mouth hang open in disbelief, eyes almost popping out of its sockets. She couldn't believe it. That troublemaker was crying, no, he was ACTING to get Professor Burbage's sympathy! How...manly Elijah....really... She clenched her fists, trembling a bit at how he was once again taking advantage of the situation. "Why you...." She was so ready to blow him off with the meanest things her mouth could muster. But then...it hit her. If he was going to play it like this, why shouldn't she do the same to make things fair?
Replacing her glare and furrowed eyebrows with a theatrically hurt face, she also turned to the Astronomy Professor. "Professor...I wasn't bullying anyone.." ..then to the pain in the behind.. "Shouldn't you be happy that I actually used your identity for that constellation and how appropriate its definition was? More so, you are not the sole Elijah in this planet...don't think too much of yourself." The brunette even brought a hand to her chest, shaking her head. "Is that how you show your thanks? By accusing me?"
The last laugh won't be awarded to you Elijah. NOPE.
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"Sinceee you all have an idea as tooooo what a constellation is, I would like you all darlings to name one constellation and tell me something about it."
Jory racked his brains for a constellation before raising his hand. "There's Chamaeleon, Professor. And it's made up of nine stars.'' It was about the only one he remembered apart from the dragon one.
Cora absolutely ADORED the professor. She felt comfortable enough to participate in class, which was not such a huge accomplishment for others but for Cora it was big.
She let her thoughts wander to the nights she spent laying out and watching the stars. She had mapped constellations dozens of times. They both intrigued her and terrified her. Thinking of all the unknown out there. But Cora knew her favorite. Yep, she did. With wide eyes, she twirled a lock of her curly brown hair and answered, as if she was in a whole other world altogether. "My favorite is Monoceros," she said with a very practiced greek pronunciation which might seem obnoxious to anyone paying attention but was not meant to be. "It is named for a Unicorn," which just so happened to be Cora's FAVORITE animal (if she had to choose one), "by a Petrus Plancius. It is very difficult to see, since its stars are not quite at the same brightness as many of the other constellations. Alpha Monocerotis only has a visual magnitude of 3.93."
Just like Cora. Difficult to see, but wonderful if determined enough to seek it.
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"Sinceee you all have an idea as tooooo what a constellation is, I would like you all darlings to name one constellation and tell me something about it." BEAM.
Nerida smiled she loved astronomy when she knew stuff about it at least. She raised her hand and said "Theres the Circinus constellation. It is also known as the compass....The compass that helps draws the circles not the direction compass...It kinda looks like a sideways very thin V, in a way... Its also the fourth smallest constellation!"
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Kurumi couldn't help but turn in her seat a little to catch Elijah and his mild 'flirting' with Professor Burbage. Hopefully there would be no mention of studmuffins to inflate his already ridiculously large ego even more. Setting her quill down for a moment - although she really hadn't added much to her notes anyway - Kurumi listened to her classmates list off some constellations before raising her own hand to answer. "There is Taurus, the bull which is also one of the zodiac constellations, and is found in the northern hemisphere's winter sky." Which meant that they could look outside now - if it were night - and see it in the sky.
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SPOILER!!: professor
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Originally Posted by Marion Burbage
Marion smiiiiiled at their responses. This was exactly why she looooved teaching the subject. The students were sooo enthusiastic. She waited for everyone to answer before she beeeeamed at all of them. "All of you are smart. Good job!"
"In a way, you're all riiiiight." Marion nodded, still smiling.. "A constellation is a formation of the stars, perceived as a design or a shape of some kind. Eighty-eight of the constellations are now recognized, a few of them more popular than the rest." Marion's eyes twinkled before she added, "And like someone pointed out rightly, Constellations are not reeeeal. They are a way to help us understand how the stars are aligned in the sky."
"Sinceee you all have an idea as tooooo what a constellation is, I would like you all darlings to name one constellation and tell me something about it." BEAM.
That was silly. They couldn't all be right. West decided that he was the rightest and mollified himself with that thought. The last bit confused him though. Constellations not being real and to understand alignment? And why was Burbage saying words funny? Sinceeeeeeeeeeee?
But he could name a constellation and something about it, since he knew all 88 by heart.
Hand up.
"Ophiuchus is a cool one. Some people think its the thirteenth zodiac sign that comes between Scorpius and Sagittarius. It used to be called Serpentarius and its brightest star is Rasalhague."
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She was smart. The Professor just said so. Clearly there would be a game later on in the lesson and as that was the case she would happily wait. For now she would stay focused; work before play and all that formal stuff.
While the professor went on with the class she began rocking back and forth on her chair, trying to picture the pretty dots in the sky. There were so many of them and they were all so prettiful when you took the time to get to know them. Her chair came to a halt when the next question was posed. Wait...the pictures in the sky had names...?
...
Yeah...
Yeah they did, didn't they? Come to think of it, she could remeber her cousin trying to explain them to her one night. There were tonnes of them and it wasn't easy for her to remember all of them BUT she did remember one in particular. "You also have the big dipper!" The ice-cream scooper as her cousin had called. It was hard to miss when it was out.
"I think the others stars use it during those big parties in the sky, for ice-cream and other goodies." You know the kind her step-mother kept telling her she would send her to. "but there's no proof of that...I guess..."
West made a pfffffffft noise and looked at that Alexa girl.
"That's not a constellation, that's an asterism. Its part of Ursa Major." He was only being helpful, telling her where she was wrong.
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Yes, that was the Elijah constellation. An infuriating, annoying, umbrage sight if you ask her. She was getting tired of how the Hufflepuff was getting his way around so easily without getting punished for it. He caused trouble, he brought trouble, he was trouble.
The Ravenclaw had barely leaned back on her seat comfortably when she heard the irritating git talk loudly. Immediately, her eyes darted to his direction. Come again? Bullying? PSSSHH. Was not he the one who started it? "No. I wasn't--" ...WHAT IN MERLIN'S TROUSERS WAS HE DOING?!
O.o
He was completely making it look like she was being rude and not kind! Hold on, yo. That wasn't right. So not riiiiiiiiiiiiiight! And he was wiping his eyes with a handkerchief! Merlin! Merlin!
Beezus' mouth hang open in disbelief, eyes almost popping out of its sockets. She couldn't believe it. That troublemaker was crying, no, he was ACTING to get Professor Burbage's sympathy! How...manly Elijah....really... She clenched her fists, trembling a bit at how he was once again taking advantage of the situation. "Why you...." She was so ready to blow him off with the meanest things her mouth could muster. But then...it hit her. If he was going to play it like this, why shouldn't she do the same to make things fair?
Replacing her glare and furrowed eyebrows with a theatrically hurt face, she also turned to the Astronomy Professor. "Professor...I wasn't bullying anyone.." ..then to the pain in the behind.. "Shouldn't you be happy that I actually used your identity for that constellation and how appropriate its definition was? More so, you are not the sole Elijah in this planet...don't think too much of yourself." The brunette even brought a hand to her chest, shaking her head. "Is that how you show your thanks? By accusing me?"
The last laugh won't be awarded to you Elijah. NOPE.
AND THAT WASN'T A CONSTELLATION EITHER. OR an Asterism.
West looked at that Ravenclaw. Dylan's one, thoroughly distracted by her weird ranting.
Twelve years old and what is this?
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Kat raised her hand. Man, they knew a lot of those constellations. Kat's almost running out of answers. "There's Libra the Scales," the fourth year said.
"The constellation kinda looks like a quadrangle of some sort if it's at its brightest."
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Cassia paused listening to what other students mentioned. Her knowledge about constellation and astronomy in general was poor actually. But she was sure that her fatjer had mentioned something in front of her. The problem is that she rarly paid attention to what he says. Hmmmm...She should listen more in the future.
But then she did remember one, She raised her hand excitedly to say what she remembered afraid that it might poof from her memory, "There's one named the Unicorn." Or was it another animal. "And I don't know anything about it." With that she lowered her hand. She couldn't possibly answer everything! Leave that to the Ravvies! Or good students like West and others who seemed to know about all this.
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West made a pfffffffft noise and looked at that Alexa girl.
"That's not a constellation, that's an asterism. Its part of Ursa Major." He was only being helpful, telling her where she was wrong.
Lex was distracted from all the happenings in the class when she heard a faint noise. Turning, she could tell by the look on West's face that he didn't agree with what she had said. She thought to ask what his problem might be when he started going on about her constellation NOT being a constellation then using big words that she'd never heard before in her life. "Riiiight..." What was one to say when they didn't understand half of what was said to them in the first place...?
"Thanks?" That was it, wasn't it?
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Welp, since people were naming the zodiac constellations..... "There also the one called Aquarius, or 'the water carrier', that is also a sign of the zodiac. It also lends it's name to something called the 'Age of Aquarius', but I don't know what that even is....." Something to do with some kind of song or something? Emmanuelle had always been more concerned with the sign anyway. Not that she really believed in all of that zodiac stuff, but she was still pretty proud of being born under Aquarius.
And all of the made up constellations people were mentioning? Gold, just gold. Em was having a hard time hiding her amusement. In fact, if one looked at her face, they would see an very amused smirk.
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Marion smiiiiiled at their responses. This was exactly why she looooved teaching the subject. The students were sooo enthusiastic. She waited for everyone to answer before she beeeeamed at all of them. "All of you are smart. Good job!"
"In a way, you're all riiiiight." Marion nodded, still smiling.. "A constellation is a formation of the stars, perceived as a design or a shape of some kind. Eighty-eight of the constellations are now recognized, a few of them more popular than the rest." Marion's eyes twinkled before she added, "And like someone pointed out rightly, Constellations are not reeeeal. They are a way to help us understand how the stars are aligned in the sky."
"Sinceee you all have an idea as tooooo what a constellation is, I would like you all darlings to name one constellation and tell me something about it." BEAM.
Befelda thought of other constellations that were not yet mentioned by class. Aaah!, she said. She raised her hand at once.
"Professor, another Constellation is the Scorpius or sometimes known as the Scorpio. It is a large Constellation near the Milky Way. According to Greek mythology, the Scorpio was associated to Orion. It was written that Orion boasted to Goddess Artemis and her mother Leto, that he would kill every animal on the earth. Though Artemis was a hunter herself, she offered protection to all animals. She sent a Scorpion to deal with Orion. Orion was killed. Zeus, the king of the gods, raised the scorpion to the heavens, as well as Orion to serve as a reminder for mortals to curb their excessive pride.", she said.
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Lex was distracted from all the happenings in the class when she heard a faint noise. Turning, she could tell by the look on West's face that he didn't agree with what she had said. She thought to ask what his problem might be when he started going on about her constellation NOT being a constellation then using big words that she'd never heard before in her life. "Riiiight..." What was one to say when they didn't understand half of what was said to them in the first place...?
"Thanks?" That was it, wasn't it?
"An asterism is what its called if its not actually an official constellation." West said quietly, guessing that she didn't know what he meant. "Like if a bunch of people looked up there and found a new pattern, like.... like a clabbert or something, if enough people agreed that it was a clabbert, but it wasn't recognised officially as a constellation, then it'd be an asterism."
See how helpful he was? He totally was.
.... also was it just him was Alexa being less weird and stuff? Did someone fix her? He gave her a sort of tentative smile type thing.
West then looked at Burbage and added, "Sorry professor."
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"An asterism is what its called if its not actually an official constellation." West said quietly, guessing that she didn't know what he meant. "Like if a bunch of people looked up there and found a new pattern, like.... like a clabbert or something, if enough people agreed that it was a clabbert, but it wasn't recognised officially as a constellation, then it'd be an asterism."
See how helpful he was? He totally was.
.... also was it just him was Alexa being less weird and stuff? Did someone fix her? He gave her a sort of tentative smile type thing.
West then looked at Burbage and added, "Sorry professor."
Oooooooohhhhhhhhh!
Lightbulb moment!
So that's what the big word meant! Heh, it didn't seem so big now. And this was something worth adding to her notes--just in case so she quickly scribbled it down near the top of the parchment. Look at that, she was getting smarter already.
Looking up from her parchment she found him giving her a weird smile. Weird because it wasn't like those smiles you gave when you were genuinely happy. "Are you okay?" She asked in a quieter voice; no need to get in trouble just for expressing concern. And with that question came a raised eyebrow.
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Marion smiiiiiled at their responses. This was exactly why she looooved teaching the subject. The students were sooo enthusiastic. She waited for everyone to answer before she beeeeamed at all of them. "All of you are smart. Good job!"
"In a way, you're all riiiiight." Marion nodded, still smiling.. "A constellation is a formation of the stars, perceived as a design or a shape of some kind. Eighty-eight of the constellations are now recognized, a few of them more popular than the rest." Marion's eyes twinkled before she added, "And like someone pointed out rightly, Constellations are not reeeeal. They are a way to help us understand how the stars are aligned in the sky."
"Sinceee you all have an idea as tooooo what a constellation is, I would like you all darlings to name one constellation and tell me something about it." BEAM.
Now they were talking about stars right now in astronomy, which appears to be more normal than talking about famous astronauts or something similar. Tiffany just doesn't like their way of discussing about famous people, she was more interested in learning about the stars and planets. So now everything goes onto the right track which is definitely GOOD.
"Professor, Cancer is one of the constellation and it actually means a crab. Basically its symbol represents a crab, but then people also say that it's a general symbol for all sea creatures,"she paused, thinking of something more that she could talk about. "Well...it's also known as the 'Northern Gate of Sun' while some say it's the 'Dark Sign'."
Surely, she could think of more to say about this constellation but she would rather save it and listen to others' thoughts. She wasn't in the mood of talking that much.
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Marion leaned back contentedly against her desk and listened as the students filled the Astronomy Classroom with constellation after constellation.
Clapping her hands excitedly she cooed when the last student quiet down. "Good, very good darlingsssss, you’ve all impressed me with your wide knowledge of both actual and made up constellations" She shot Elijah and Beatrice small winks and giggles. They had amused her.
Averting her gaze to young master Odessa she nodded in approval. "2 points to Slytherin, an asterism is like Mr Odessa explained very nicely with his clabbert metaphor a pattern of starts that are not part of an official constellation. An example of a known asterism is the Brocchis star cluster."
Looking down at her watch Marion’s eyes widened. Oh dear they were running out of time already. Shaking her head she looked up to address the class. "Constellations are like zodiac signs, both are named after a creature of some sort which Professor Elwood I’m sure has taught you about in Divination classes."
"This was all we have had time for today daaaarlings. I’ll post the homework assignment later today on your bulletin boards. Class is dismissed!" Marion announced.