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SPOILER!!: Professor Romanos!

With her hand still upon her chest she looked worriedly from Professor Romanos to the Professor on the floor and she asked again a little less frantic,"A-are you sure?" When the Professor went to tell her to take a seat and relax, Violet paused looking down at the Professor on the floor for a moment, bringing her finger up to her lips and biting on it briefly, I suppose from being nervous, but then she nodded and then began making her way towards a mat on the floor.

When she sat down she got herself settled and then went onto to answer the Professor's next question,"It was quite enjoyable if I must say.." She smiled a little bit and then asked."Did you enjoy your summer, Professor?" Her violet eyes slowly began trailing down at the Professor on the floor once more, but only for a brief moment. Then they went back to Professor Romanos as she waited patiently for her to answer her.

plus Flamsteed || and bringing my observer in ;)

SPOILER!!: Medea

The man isnt there for some kind of sacrificial ritual? The youngun tilted her blond curly head quizzically as she looked back at the man on the floor. She didnt know what to make of him there... maybe this was something men usually do? She wouldnt know for certain, being raised by Priestesses, so this will definitely go into her scrapbook. Wizards are trouble AND prone to face-planking yup.

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Corin turned quietly down the corridor towards the DADA classroom. It was strange how the familiarity of navigating the school hasnt really left him after all these years, although he might be a little foggy with some of the secret passages he had discovered that wasnt even in the history books. He had a map of the school.... where did that go?

His thoughts drifted momentarily to his nephew ransacking through his old things in the attic when he stopped short just beside the doorway. There was a crowd of students milling about the Defense Instructor. Although she looked to be ok-- exchanging snippets of conversation with some of the students. It was when he shifted his piercing blue gaze towards the ground did his brows crease up-- there was a man on the floor... and judging by the suit (as he seems to be the only one fastidious enough to wear it everyday)-- the Astronomy Professor?

He set himself aside against the wall, in case this was a teaching method of hers and he didnt want to interrupt that. Pleasantries can be for later, although he did try to catch the eye of the brunette woman, giving her a searching look if everything indeed was ok?.... or should he step in and try to help the other Professor too stiff to have fallen unconscious?

She was such in a good mood. Totally in an undoubtedly very good mood. Why though, she didn't know. But that wasn't something one should ponder hard upon, no? At least it wasn't the opposite. Granted, with the atmosphere her head was currently swirling on, she was all smiles as she entered the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

....New mats?

Oh. Why, it looked as though someone's paying their lovely Professor a visit. Hmm. "Hello Professor Flamsteed!" Beezus greeted the man with a slight nod. "And good day Professor Romanos." Will they be holding the class together? Or did the Astronomy Professor just want to watch and satisfy himself with Romanos' face. Gigglesnort.

Also...

Something might have occurred here before she arrived. Wonder what that could be.....

Augusta walked in and sat down cross legged on a mat. 'OMG I love yoga' she thought to herself.

"Hello Professor." she said enthusiastically with an American accent "I'm Augusta Yvette le Blanc de la Valliere." She always got a look when she introduced herself, but it was a noble's namesake so what could she do? "Please just call me Augusta."

Good to know that he wasn't late.

Because that's not funny if a Head Boy came late, right? Gary still tried to be a good Head Boy even himself still refused this. He walked entering the classroom and stared... Heh? What's wrong with the new Astronomy Professor? Did he eat too much cat food at the feast?

He tried to hide his surprised expression and noticed that Professor Romanos was there, still in her yoga position. "Hello, Professor Romanos." said him politely. Then he took a seat at the corner and tried not to laugh.

Defense against the Dark Arts was the latest class on her schedule. However it was one of the lessons Ellura was unsure about seeing as it was one of the more magically inclusive topics like charms and transfiguration. So she felt she had a disadvantage having not been surrounded by parents and family doing similar spells in front of her growing up. Her grandfather had taught her a few things but she was likely still a year behind students her same age.

Making her way to the classroom, the first thing that she noticed was how different the room was set up from the rest of the areas she had been in so far. Mats and cushions and smalll desks denoted each space rather then table and chair. What WOULD they be doing today? Something normally done it appeared since most of her fellow students entered and took a seat without much qualm to anything. So Ellura opted to follow suit, spotting both defense professor and another adult near the front of the space.

"Hello Professor....Professors," she greeted politely and correcting herself when she identified the laying man as another professor. The Gryffindor then moved to find and empty mat and took a seat down upon it.

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Originally Posted by Roselyn (Post 11297436)

"Good morning...Miss...Baltazar." Ahem, it took her a moment to remember the girl's name. Alas, she was bound to stumble on a few names of the how many kids she had to remember.

Peyton had tilted her head to the side at the professor's pause, and was about to stick her bottom lip out when Professor Romanos said her name. Phew. She remembered it and Peyton grinned. When people didn't remember her name, Peyton grew sad. So far that hasn't happened. But there was always that suspenseful moment when she thought they'd forget her name.

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Originally Posted by Bumblebee (Post 11297242)

Seth walked in with his trademark facial expression. He waved at the Professor and hunted for a place to sit. As he made his way, he noticed someone laying on the floor?

Is he dead?...already?Am I late? Seth thought to himself as he raised a brow and marched towards a seat. Rest in peace, dude. he continued with his thoughts.

"I spy with my blue eyes, RED!." Seth chimed, as he spotted his number one target. "You're on a roll! Are you being paid, to attend class?" he always had a snarky comment for the young, Snake.

Lucky for Peyton, he found a spot right next to her! xD

Uuuuugh!

:errr:

Why did HE have to sit next to HER? And why was she on the ground? Peyton just realized she wasn't sitting on a chair at a desk. See what the dude on the ground did. SIGH. Well, she was sure there was a perfectly good explanation for this.

Anyway. Seth. Why was he still alive? "And I spy with my pretty green-gray eyes an idiot," she shot back, rolling her eyes at him. "For your information, I've attended all my classes on freewill." So. THERE.

Pffffft, Seth, pffffffft!

As Nerida arrived she took a sigh of relief..It was nice to know she was not late...She hated being late.. Seeing Professor Flamsteed on the ground, she asked "Is Professor Flamsteed all right?" Was it okay that she kinda wanted to prod him with a stick to see if he was okay. Hearing some of her classmates joke about pouring stuff on his suits...

She wondered if he would stay on the ground when he heared those. She smiled over at Professor Romanos and said "Hello Professor Romanos, hope you had a great summer." She looked down at Professor Flamsteed and said to him as well "Hello Professor Flamsteed, I hope the same for you as well." After saying hello to both of the Professors, she found a free mat in the front and took a seat on it.

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Originally Posted by Roselyn (Post 11296937)

Alas, someone who didn't pay mind to all of this. "Good morning, Miss Somerland. Hope your summer vos memorable."

Cassia blinked at the professor who didn't call Cassia by her last name. Because an 'N' you know changed the name ever so slightly but it still changed it. The girl thought of correcting the woman was apparently busy with the Astronomy professor. What were they doing anyway. So no need to bother. Somerland was cool too, Cassia just hoped the Professor didn't change it to something horrible!

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Originally Posted by grangerfan8 (Post 11296947)

"Morning, Professor!" The standing one, not the the one sitting on the floor. Dora just glanced at him in passing and shrugged.

They had new pillows? She kinda studied one before taking a seat beside Cassia and smiling at the girl. How were they gonna do yoga with this big pillow part in the way? Dora fiddled with the strap of her wand holster and waited for the lesson to begin.

Oh Dora! Cassia grinned at her friend, who was curious about the pillows. Which was natural, Ravenclaws were most of the time curious. Especially Dora, so seeing her inspect stuff was so normal. Following suit Cassia reached for her wand in the new holster and waved it with smile. Mhmm..She had bought a new holster like Dora recommended her to do so. So now she was safe and wasn't likely to break her wand. All good.

Hello lesson that's starting *waves*

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Originally Posted by WeasleyGirl (Post 11297444)

Defense Against the Dark Arts was next and first time Nina was excited to actually go to class. Stepping into the room she noticed few things, first there were no desks except a little ones and there were pillows too but what caught her attention most was the man on the floor. What was he doing? Nina stared at him. Weird.

But she recognized him.

He was Flamsteed, she remembered meeting him at the kitchens. Anyways, she looked at Romanos and greeted "Hello professor" and with that she went to find a comfy seat.

"Good morning, Miss Doherty." Medea smiled to the Slytherin girl.

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Originally Posted by SilverTiger (Post 11297455)

DADA was always an interesting class, in Kendall’s opinion. Especially now, when there was the possibility of learning more spells that could be used in battles later on, although she’d never tell Professor Romanos that. Something told her that the lessons really were supposed to be more theoretical right now, not for them to be going in already planning on having to use them sometime. In any case, she was even okay with doing yoga again, as long as people didn’t crack again. That had been scary, even though Beezus had been fine, and the lessons that had been after that had gone okay too. It didn’t look like they were going to be climbing walls again, at least, as she’d stepped into the room only to see the yoga mats and tiny desks back in place. Except for a couple differences, namely the little pillow things attached to the mats now. That and the professor lying face-down on the floor in front of Professor Romanos, but she decided to ignore him for now. She didn’t see any cats around, so she figured Professor Flamsteed was fine.

Well, he’d be fine if the prefects didn’t cast Bombarda Maxima on him, but that was between him, the prefects and Professor Romanos. “Hi Professor Romanos!,” she said to the DADA professor, carefully stepping over the other professor on the floor on her way toward an open mat. She didn’t think he’d appreciate a boot in the side or anything, and as far as she could tell, she managed to get past with no incidents. Therefore, she settled onto her chosen mat, sliding her bag underneath the little desk thing as she leaned back onto the pillow a little. She might as well be comfortable before the lesson began, and she found herself watching the stiff Astronomy professor for reactions. There was probably going to be some reaction if the DADA professor allowed the spells to be cast, at the very least. She wasn’t about to miss that.

Another familiar face to enter the room, leaving the warm and welcoming smile still seen upon the professor. "Good day, Miss Quinn."

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl (Post 11297460)

Defense. One of the classes Penelope really needed to start focusing hard in. Hopefully they'd be learning some really cool and/or easy spells today. That would be a good motivator to start with, if they were easy to cast. She could only hope.

Those pillow mat things looked pretty comfortable too. Another motivator maybe? Work hard, and maybe they'd continue to have these in the rest of the lessons. That would be good.

But...why was there another professor lying there face down on the ground? Was he trying to be one of the pillow mats? Was this part of the lesson? Hmm...

"Hi, Professor," Penelope greeted Professor Romanos before glancing at one of the pillow mats and then at the professor on the floor. "Can I sit on him instead?" Because if he was trying to be like the mats, she should test if he was comfortable like they were, right? Made sense to her.

"Good morning, Miss Greenvell." she said light and cheerfully, almost in what could have been a singing tone. Oh, but the Gryffindors request's, there was a moment of silence while Medea...tried to wrap her head around it. Penelope wanted to sit on their Astronomy professor?

...Well, she didn't particularly see a problem with that but, "Ve're going to start soon, Penelope. Best you find a mat before they're all taken."

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Originally Posted by Tegz (Post 11297463)

Well actually West didn't notice anything weird at all when he walked in. Sure he saw that one new professor... but oh well. He chose a cushion and left a few empty around him so cool people could sit with him. That was how it was done after all.

Oh and, "Hi professor Romanos." West said casually.

No bouncing today.

Oh, where was their energetic Slytherin? "Good morning, Mister Odessa." Medea greeted with as much welcoming warmth and light-hearted tone as she did with the other students.

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Originally Posted by GlassXRose (Post 11297490)

Horror. Sheer. Bloody. Horror.

Kanna was almost late for Defense Against the Dark Arts, and, upon arriving, was sad for that. Kanna bid Professor Romanos a good afternoon upon entering, and as she moved to her desk, eyed Professor Space uneasily. Didn't he know that planking could set wrinkles in his suit? Of course he did. But it was talk of what the other students were suggesting to do that made her uneasy for the fate of her newfound friend... er... professor.

Nevertheless, she knew... or at least hoped, that the Astronomy professor had his wits about him, and so, as she crossed to her desk on the right side of the classroom, she had to acknowledge him. But what to say... She quickly filed through her list of potential witty comments, and rested on "I didn't know you admired the color purple so much, Professor."

Seriously. What was wrong with purple?

Kanna adjusted her shiny Ravenclaw tie as she sat down and pulled out her class materials, and as she tucked her bag under her chair, she chuckled very quietly at Professor Space's antics. What was he up to...?

Purple?

Was that to...her? Or to...Airey?

Medea glanced down to the Astronomy Professor. Hmmmmm.

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo (Post 11297519)

There was no dragging her feet as she headed to her next class of the day. Nope. That was reserved for those subjects that didn't even deserved to be named.

OhLookit!

There was cushion-y stuff now!...And Professor Flamsteed...okay then. She wouldn't exactly question it, everything usually had an explanation so she'd just wait for this one. In the mean time. "Hello Professor!" She said, beaming over at her DADA Professor. The woman was already getting into that yoga stuff...it was kinda expected. "And Hello Professor Flamsteed, are you here to learn about protecting yourself from the dark arts too?" If he needed a lesson then she didn't think she felt very safe knowing he was one of the people in charge of her safety.

"Good morning, Miss Cambridge." Oh, what a good question for their guest. Yes, was he here to learn too?

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Originally Posted by SweetPeea (Post 11297560)

"Quite positive." You know, it would be mighty welcoming if Airey twitched or something, to show that he was indeed alright. And not twitch in the way where it looked like he wasn't alright. Alas, Violet seemed to calm down a bit. "How vonderful." She said in reply to the girl's summer. "I did, yes. It was rather relaxing."

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Originally Posted by Steelsheen (Post 11297567)

Corin turned quietly down the corridor towards the DADA classroom. It was strange how the familiarity of navigating the school hasnt really left him after all these years, although he might be a little foggy with some of the secret passages he had discovered that wasnt even in the history books. He had a map of the school.... where did that go?

His thoughts drifted momentarily to his nephew ransacking through his old things in the attic when he stopped short just beside the doorway. There was a crowd of students milling about the Defense Instructor. Although she looked to be ok-- exchanging snippets of conversation with some of the students. It was when he shifted his piercing blue gaze towards the ground did his brows crease up-- there was a man on the floor... and judging by the suit (as he seems to be the only one fastidious enough to wear it everyday)-- the Astronomy Professor?

He set himself aside against the wall, in case this was a teaching method of hers and he didnt want to interrupt that. Pleasantries can be for later, although he did try to catch the eye of the brunette woman, giving her a searching look if everything indeed was ok?.... or should he step in and try to help the other Professor too stiff to have fallen unconscious?

She was expecting students, not adults, but than again, with the surprise of Airey showing up...doing whatever it was he was doing, this man shouldn't have been any different. Although, if she remembered correctly, she'd seen him at the opening feast, sitting at the board of governors table. His name however, had slipped her.

Well, if he wanted to join her lesson, that was fine with her!

Medea caught the look. She smiled with a shake of her head, mouthing 'He's fine'.

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Originally Posted by xXxPandora (Post 11297572)

Glancing down to her watch, she frowned and tapped the glass. Ahem, had the time gone by that fast already? Oh! "Good morning, Prefect Castell." Her smile brightened a little more. "Congratulations."

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Originally Posted by snitchrose (Post 11297620)

Oh, what a mouthful of a name. And accent? Didn't have too many of those around here. Honestly though, Medea was a little glad that the young Hufflepuff said to call her just Augusta. "It's nice to meet you, Augusta." she smiled, glancing down to her watch again. Yup, it was indeed that time. "Why don't you take a seat? Ve'll be starting soon."

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Originally Posted by RandomRaven (Post 11297626)

One of the remaining badge students to show up. "Good morning, Mister Rush." she smiled with the usual warm and welcoming smile she had during the beginnings of her lessons. "Congratulations on Head Boy."

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Originally Posted by Macavity (Post 11297627)

Oh, another new student. Medea had to try and remember the girl's name for a moment. Names were fine. Names to faces however...a little more difficult. "Good morning." she smiled, deciding that she'd catch the name of the girl later.

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Originally Posted by Luna_Midnight (Post 11297686)

One more glance to her watch. It was about time they started.

"Good morning, Miss Eventide." she smiled towards the Ravenclaw, adjusting her position on the mat to become a little more comfortable. "I did haff a good summer, yes." Although the question to be returned wasn't going to happen. Class had to start.

Taking out her wand, she waved it towards the arena doors. They slowly closed shut. Any stragglers, she would know. Taking a deep breath, she cleared her throat quietly. Time to switch accents and talk normally. Well, as normally as she could for the students to understand. She was getting better! Honest!

"Alright, it's about time for us to start." she spoke up, waiting for the talking students to hush down. "I hope you all had a good summer. Today will be more theoretical based than practical to wake up those sleepy minds of yours." Ahem, they fall asleep on these pillows, they were going to have a cold wake up call. "We'll be covering a topic that we have gotten to in the past with spell practice, but never really talked about." Pausing for a moment, she sighed as her gaze unwillingly landed on the Astronomy Professor.

"We do have a guest with us today. You may recognize him as your Astronomy professor; Professor Flamsteed. He's...erm..." Just WHAT was he doing!? She bit the inside of her cheek, trying to figure that out. Invading her lesson, that's what he was doing. With a flick of her wand, a chalk board in the corner of the arena rolled it's way to the front of the class and stopped behind her. The chalk on the board floated up, beginning to write seven letters:

DUELING

"Can anyone tell me the definition of this word?" Just ignore Professor Flamsteed for the time being.

Dueling? As in....DUELING? Ella's eyes lit up a little and she glanced over at Messy with a half-smile on her face. He'd be her partner if they were doing this, yeah? Heh.

Raising her hand, the blonde waited to be called on. "Professor, dueling is when two people have an arranged fight with the same erm...weapon and rules. So here we'd use wands...obviously." Shuffle. Maybe that last part had been a bit obvious but still.

Christmas thought and raised her hand and said "Dueling is when two people arrange to battle each other through the same weapons and rules and try there best to win"

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Originally Posted by Roselyn

Glancing down to her watch, she frowned and tapped the glass. Ahem, had the time gone by that fast already? Oh! "Good morning, Prefect Castell." Her smile brightened a little more. "Congratulations."

"Err, thank you Professor." The brunette bowed slightly as she grinned at the woman. She wasn't too fond of being called the title but hearing it from important people from time to time alleviated the stress she was getting from her duty. With a nod, she proceeded to a vacant mat and waited for class to begin.

.....

And then they were starting. She noticed the Professor's accent had gone better over the summer, or was that just because she was growing fond of the woman even though their lessons always made her body sore?

Beezus nodded as Professor Romanos said they'll be working more on practical this time. So, they'd actually be practicing spells that can counter dark magic? And then practice and duel? Yeah? Most likely, right? And she had guessed correctly because as soon as letters appeared on the board, the word she'd been thinking earlier was formed.

Dueling.

Hand up. "Professor, dueling is a confrontation between two or more persons in an attempt to disarm, injure, or kill each other with the use of a certain set of rules and customs and the same article of weaponry in order to force submission." Were they really going to duel duel duel? She wanted to go against Mordred!

Laura smiled at the Professor as she raised her hand a question she could answer. "Professor dueling is where two or more people get annoyed with each other, maybe over something stupid like an animal or maybe other something serious like a boy or a girl if your a boy." Laura was a bit confused there. "Anyway the people who are dueling want to fight over the said boy so they try and hurt each other, or kill each other, or in some cases just embarrass them."

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 11297353)

Light as a feather stiff as a board...or, well, just the latter really since that other bit wasn't included in the muggle trend that Airey was showcasing at the moment. So, still as a board - or plank rather - it was for now. And these students? HILARIOUS! Minus the one who kicked him with their toe? Did they NOT read his rules about NOT touching the suit?! Or had they assumed that that meant with their hands and feet and SHOES were alright? Did they not realize there their shoes had been?! What if they had just come from Care of Magical Creatures and now he had hippogrif dung all over his freshly pressed suit?!

He was just about to launch into full panic mode when he heard Daichi and Oakey talking about using...wait, WHAT SPELL? Hah, funny. Clearly Medea had put them up to this to try and make him move from his planking position. Well, guess what Professor Crazy Cat Lady?! Challenge accepted!

So, Airey remained right where he was. Face first into the floor and still not moving but with the slightest of smirks on his lips for anyone who was observant enough to notice.

Of course, Daichi would never use such a dangerous spell on a person. He was just trying to scare the man in to getting up because all the other attempts from students and even the Professor had failed.

His father used this tactic on him occasionally when he didn't want to get up in the morning and it was Always pretty effective to the Slytherin. But it seemed that the Astronomy Professor didn't care to be ..exploded... eh?

Wait, maybe there IS something wrong with him?!

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Originally Posted by Roselyn (Post 11297436)

With all this talk about levitation spells and bombarding spells, perhaps it was wise for their Astronomy professor to move. Either that or she could take the more obvious route and put an end to it, no matter how amusing it was. "Vell, vith two Prefects such as yourselves..." Emphasis on the prefects, and an eyebrow raise. They did remember their actions were being watched by the younger students, right? "...I'm sure you're fully capable of levitating Professor Flamsteed...vith the obviously correct incantation of Bombarda Maxima."

She eyed the Astronomy professor for a split moment. Movement? Yes? No?

"Though I think ve'll keep him here just for the time being, if you don't mind, you two."

"He-he's really okay?" he asked again, concern in his voice as he looked down at the Astronomy Professor. The Prefect blush slightly at the emphasis of the word Prefect and quickly lowered his wand.

Leave him there? okay~ "If you need any help Professor, Oakey and I can help move him" he smiled before he holstered his wand back in his wrist holster and sat down.

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Originally Posted by Roselyn (Post 11297795)

Taking out her wand, she waved it towards the arena doors. They slowly closed shut. Any stragglers, she would know. Taking a deep breath, she cleared her throat quietly. Time to switch accents and talk normally. Well, as normally as she could for the students to understand. She was getting better! Honest!

"Alright, it's about time for us to start." she spoke up, waiting for the talking students to hush down. "I hope you all had a good summer. Today will be more theoretical based than practical to wake up those sleepy minds of yours." Ahem, they fall asleep on these pillows, they were going to have a cold wake up call. "We'll be covering a topic that we have gotten to in the past with spell practice, but never really talked about." Pausing for a moment, she sighed as her gaze unwillingly landed on the Astronomy Professor.

"We do have a guest with us today. You may recognize him as your Astronomy professor; Professor Flamsteed. He's...erm..." Just WHAT was he doing!? She bit the inside of her cheek, trying to figure that out. Invading her lesson, that's what he was doing. With a flick of her wand, a chalk board in the corner of the arena rolled it's way to the front of the class and stopped behind her. The chalk on the board floated up, beginning to write seven letters:

DUELING

"Can anyone tell me the definition of this word?" Just ignore Professor Flamsteed for the time being.[/color]

His brown eyes were still trained on Professor Flamsteed with a hint of concern now when a movement caught his attention. He turned his gaze away when a blackboard rolled to the front of the room.

Dueling?

eeeeh.... Daichi suddenly shifted a little uneasily where he was seated. He was never a star in dueling and if they had to duel he was afraid he would have to set an example now that he was a Prefect. Oh great.... Better answer the question first. "Professor Romanos, dueling is a formal fight between two people...most of the time" he answered after he had raised his hand.

Dylan had arrived and was judging people...as per usual. He couldn't be bothered with trying to figure out the crazy antics of his Professors...or those of his co-Leaders. Just couldn't do it.

Not that he didn't love Professor Romanoes. She was a cool lady.

...but WHO was this new Professor? He was...in a suit...and quirky. Dylan needed to investigate.

Class was starting for now, though...

What was Dueling...?

"It's.....a verb?" BEAMS. "...It's basically combat between two or more people...with some type of weapon involved. Wands, swords...." He shrugged.

He just smiled when she congratulated him for the Head Boy badge. "Thank you, Professor." He waited until the class officially started even himself still wondered how could the Astronomy Professor was here. Maybe Romanos had invited him to do the demonstration. Maybe..

Okay, let's just ignore him and move to the lesson. Dueling? So, today they would learn about duelling? Sounded... cool. "We can say dueling as a formal fight since they have rules and manner." he spoke after raising his hand.

Alyssa smiled as Professor started her class.

'Here we go.' Alyssa though to herself as she heard the question, listened to her fellow students give their answers before she raised hers.

"Professor dueling is a formal way of fighting using weapons in order to settle ones honor."

Did that mean NO MORE YOGA? West perked up and threw his hand up so hard that it was a wonder he didn't dislocate his shoulder.

"Duelling, its from Medieval Latin duellum which originally meant 'war' and grew to mean 'combat between two persons' AND," West paused "That changed to be Bellum in Latin, which also means war and is where we get words like Bellicose and Belligerent, which makes sense on account of usually people what get into duels are feeling a bit belligerent, professor." Paaaaause, "Except where its duelling pianos. I seen that at a restaurant place that my dad took me and Aspen one time." That was cool too.

Ignore Professor Flamsteed. Not a problem at all. Let the man enjoy while he has the time of his life, planking on the floor.

... *IGNORE*

Kat watched as Professor Romanos' piece of chalk wrote stuff on the board. The blonde squinted at the board before finally deciphering what was written. DUELING. Immediately, a grin grew on Kat's face. Were they going to DUEL again? Just like during her first year? ~~Where that girl she remembered, named Jesifur, cast the Sneezing spell on her~~. Bad memories, yes... but WHO CARES? Let's make better memories and make time worth it.

Oh right. The question needed an answer first. Kat raised her hand up. "Professor, I agree with the others that dueling is when two wizards or witches face each other and use magical means of combat," she said. "In addition, there's the formal duel and the... informal duel, where they don't bow before the duel begins." Uhm, that was okay. I think.

the last bit is for the Question.

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie (Post 11297353)

Oh this Professor was good, not even talks of accidently blowing him up would ge thim to stand. In fact Oakey was surprised he and Daichi were getting away with saying such things.

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Originally Posted by Roselyn (Post 11297436)

Mmmhmmm...

With all this talk about levitation spells and bombarding spells, perhaps it was wise for their Astronomy professor to move. Either that or she could take the more obvious route and put an end to it, no matter how amusing it was. "Vell, vith two Prefects such as yourselves..." Emphasis on the prefects, and an eyebrow raise. They did remember their actions were being watched by the younger students, right? "...I'm sure you're fully capable of levitating Professor Flamsteed...vith the obviously correct incantation of Bombarda Maxima."

She eyed the Astronomy professor for a split moment. Movement? Yes? No?

"Though I think ve'll keep him here just for the time being, if you don't mind, you two."

Oakey pouted as Professor Romanos had not caught on to his and Daichi's act to scare the Professor up. She did have point though that they needed to act more responisibly, but even Prefects should have fun. They weren't really going to explode the Astronomy Professor. "We won't touch him, unless instructed." Oakey nodded to Daichi who said they would be more than willing to help the Professor get him out of the way if she needed it.

Oakey took a seat back down onto his pillowmat and listened as Romanos began her lesson. They were gonna duel today, soon, at some point this term...maybe! SO COOL!!! Oakey quickly answered the DADA Professor's question. "Dueling is a an agreed upon fight between two people to settle a matter. Duels usually have a set of rules that both parties need to abide by before the fight begins."
He finished answering her question and moved his eyes to the Astronomy professor for any kind of movement.

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Miss Frowny Face. "Good Morning, Miss Greingoth." Medea said extra bright and cheerfully. Lets see a smile on that face!

Sierra heard her name and suddenly jerked her attention away from the dead Astronomy professor. "Hello, Professor," she said, giving her a grin. See, she could be sunny and happy, too...

...when it meant points were on the line. Hello, brown-nosing mode.

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So were they just going to let the Astronomy professor chill right there on the ground?

... Okay, fine, but if he tripped her on the way out or something, it was on. Just on.

Sierra drew her attention back to Romanos then raised her hand in the air. "Dueling is when two people face off against one another. They use whatever resource they can to defend themselves and overcome their opponent," she said. "They can use things like spells or...anything around them really to try and reach the goal of the duel."

Hey, professor, can I shoot a couple of spells at the Astronomy professor?! PLEASEEEE!

Maybe they would be practicing Dueling today. That would be pretty awesome. Nigel was impressed that the new astronomy professor was still laying on the ground even after Oakey and the slytherin prefect tried to "levitate" him. Nigel hoped Professor Romanos will do something funny to him before class was over.

"A Duel is a agreed fight between two people and the fight has rules"

Nigel wondered if there were two versus two duels. Now that would be awesome.

Belle was glad the professor had an amazing summer. "I had a wonderful summer professor, i was kept very busy that is for sure." she smiled at her.

Then Belle saw the professor looked uncomfortable with another professor in the room. When class started she felt the tension. Then she looked at the board and saw the word Dueling....

Hmmm what is dueling..? Belle remember doing it in DADA in previous classes previous years. She was quite good at it but to get the task into definition form was hard. Belle was forming the right words before she spoke. Once she got it, she raised her hand...

"Professor, Dueling comes from the latin word Duellem which means war. Dueling is when two people come together for some type of combat training."

Susan looked up at the board as the letters started to make a word. Dueling? Like actual dueling? Didn't the muggles do that with guns and all kind of rules? Sue had never seen wizards duel but she knew the main concept, instead of guns you used wands.

Sue raised her hand and answered the professors question "Dueling is when two people agree to fight with certain rules to follow." Sue always thought dueling was kind of silly...who wanted agreed on terms before they started fighting..it seemed weird. Maybe the professor could shed some light on the topic.

Sues eyes then slid over to the professor lying on the floor. What was wrong with him...why was he still just lying there? Sue hoped he didn't trip and hit his head...but he probably wouldn't look as stiff as a board if he was knocked unconscious. Hmmm...curious. If he didn't get up by the time class ended Sue would make sure he was at least still breathing. Wonder why the DADA professor isn't worried?