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Perhaps the first thing you notice as you enter Professor Flamsteed's office is that it is...clean. Ridiculously clean. While he is not exactly obsessive compulsive about cleanliness, Professor Flamsteed highly values organization and keeps everything in a specific location. Needless to say, if one of his quills is at an odd angle ... he will notice. The wood cabinets above his desk are filled with all sorts of reference books on all branches astronomy on the left side while the right side is filled with works of muggle science fiction ranging from Douglas Adams to H.G. Wells to Robert Heinlein and everyone in between. His desk is mostly empty except for some black accents and a comfortable looking pink pillow.
On the walls are a few framed pieces of abstract line and paint splatter artwork that Professor Flamsteed has collected over the years along with a drawing given to him by a student in a black frame. There is a black sofa up against one of the walls with a pet house on the floor beside it where Pebbles sleeps when not on the pink pillow on the desk. To the right of the black sofa and is a wooden closet where Professor Flamsteed keeps a few freshly pressed suits from his extensive collection, just in case, and to the left of this is a rather impressive looking tie display case. Located opposite of Professor Flamsteed's desk is yet another display case, but this one is filled with all sorts of muggle science fiction models that he has built and painted himself - a hobby of his when he is not busy teaching, grading, or researching.
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Despite the apparent eternal loss of Pebbles, Airey was somewhat back to his usual cheery self - mostly in thanks to him no longer having any limbs covered with feather - and had been up at the crack of dawn obsessively lint rolling his office. He tended to do this when he was depressed, only he would not admit that because he was NOT depressed. Just in denial.
Hearing a knock at the door, Airey ceased his lint rolling of the floor, got off his hands and knees, and went to the door. "Oh, good morning, Miss Wisteria," he greeted. "Lovely to see you! Come in."
ooc: WELCOME BACK! You can post inside now :3
BEAM. Why, of course it was lovely to see her, Airey Flamsteed. And she was bringing good news today, that was extra lovely. Not at all expected since she mostly came here to complain about something, but... not this time, yeah?
"Good morning, Professor Flamsteed," it was a very good morning. Excellent one. "I brought you a muffin." And he better accept it even if he doesn't eat muffins.
First things first, though. Without touching absolutely anything, and noticing the lack of Pebbles around the are, the Hogwartian took a seat and didn't even move the chair this time. See? She'd learned things.
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Airey closed the door behind them as they entered and walked over to his desk and would have taken a seat right away when he was presented with baked goods. "Oh, I did not know you baked," he smiled as he accepted the muffin. "This will go fantastic with my morning coffee." Which had just finished its brewing, in case she was interested, and there was a rather pleasant cinnamon hazelnut smell filling his office. He was usually one for tea, but mornings recently needed something with a bit more punch. "Had I known you would be stopping by I would have gone with my raspberry cream blend." Or would she rather some of his brew?
Settling into his seat, he looked across his desk towards Miss Wisteria and smile. "Raspberry tea for you, Miss Wisteria?"
Not ice cream. He would never lift a spoon near the stuff ever again.
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Airey closed the door behind them as they entered and walked over to his desk and would have taken a seat right away when he was presented with baked goods. "Oh, I did not know you baked," he smiled as he accepted the muffin. "This will go fantastic with my morning coffee." Which had just finished its brewing, in case she was interested, and there was a rather pleasant cinnamon hazelnut smell filling his office. He was usually one for tea, but mornings recently needed something with a bit more punch. "Had I known you would be stopping by I would have gone with my raspberry cream blend." Or would she rather some of his brew?
Settling into his seat, he looked across his desk towards Miss Wisteria and smile. "Raspberry tea for you, Miss Wisteria?"
Not ice cream. He would never lift a spoon near the stuff ever again.
LOL! What? Neither did she, actually. Does placing the cupcake mix inside the oven count as baking? If so, she even had one witness that could account for this extremely odd event. "It's from the Great Hall, Professor." You know, they had the elves back, why bother making things when things were done for you. She didn't know what sort of muffin, she just took the first two she saw. Also, she smiled, widely, "Excellent!" See, her timing was ultimately flawless.
Hmmmmm. There are different blends for this? No, wait, that's not what she meant. What she actually meant was: Airey has different blends for coffee? A voice resembling Ascanius was in her head all of the sudden. "That's alright, I don't really drink coffee." She'd rather have tea.
Or those iced coffee things for summer, you know? Even then, she'd rather take one of Oakey's smoothies.
"Always, Professor Flamsteed."BEAM. N'awww, he remembers.
OKAY, so why she was here? "So, my brother got sorted into Slytherin." She said, and eyed her own muffin before, very slowly, eating bits of it. Huh, blueberry.
Airey had temporarily forgotten to breathe, which is why he suddenly gasped and gulped for air like a trout when Hufflepuff's Peter Pan spoke again. Oh thank Newton the boy was fine. Or at least said he was fine. Maybe he should send a patronus to Cece an have her look at him just to be safe. Then again, he didn't really fancy the Healer showing up here giving him more 'if looks could kill' glances. Had had plenty of those at the opening feast, thank you.
"Oh, well, stellar," he said before rubbing the back of his neck anxiously. And the boy was giving him more credit than he deserved, but he wasn't about to go telling his student that he had mistaken him for a dementor. So it was just smiles and nods for now. "How about you bring that device into my office and we can more important matters. Your timing is actually quite perfect as there is something I wish to ask you."
ooc: go ahead and bring us inside the office
The device Professor Starman was referring to was, Tobias supposed, the pogo stick. He give a BIG BIG GRIN and an enthusiastic salute before following the professor into his office. The Hufflepuff was certainly curious about what it was that the man had to ask him; he couldn't think of a single thing it could be. Probably an awesome thing though, 'cause the Starman was basically a legend in Toby's eyes.
He'd never been in Flamsteed's office before, and Toby was immediately stunned into silence. Not only was it very CLEAN but it was also extraordinarily NEAT. The boy even found himself kind of subconsciously straightening his tie so he didn't feel quite so out of place in the office (which is very hard to do when you're trying to keep hold of a pogo stick at the same time). Tobias' clothes were charmed so as to repel things such as fur and small amounts of dirt one might usually pick up on one's clothes throughout a regular day, but constant activity meant that his tie was often slightly loosened and he just LOOKED like he had been out flying on his broom for hours on end, kind of windswept and, maybe by Flamsteed's standards, scruffy?
Top button done up and tie straightened as much as he could manage, Tobias grinned over at the professor again. "You're office is well neat." In more ways than one. The Hufflepuff didn't even want to touch anything.
Which would make sitting down a slight problem. He would just... look at it. Yeah.
... were those models? In the display case? "Coooooooooool..."
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SPOILER!!: BLUEBERRY!
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Originally Posted by Lockhartian
LOL! What? Neither did she, actually. Does placing the cupcake mix inside the oven count as baking? If so, she even had one witness that could account for this extremely odd event. "It's from the Great Hall, Professor." You know, they had the elves back, why bother making things when things were done for you. She didn't know what sort of muffin, she just took the first two she saw. Also, she smiled, widely, "Excellent!" See, her timing was ultimately flawless.
Hmmmmm. There are different blends for this? No, wait, that's not what she meant. What she actually meant was: Airey has different blends for coffee? A voice resembling Ascanius was in her head all of the sudden. "That's alright, I don't really drink coffee." She'd rather have tea.
Or those iced coffee things for summer, you know? Even then, she'd rather take one of Oakey's smoothies.
"Always, Professor Flamsteed."BEAM. N'awww, he remembers.
OKAY, so why she was here? "So, my brother got sorted into Slytherin." She said, and eyed her own muffin before, very slowly, eating bits of it. Huh, blueberry.
"Oh, well thank you for thinking of me," he smiled as he took a bite into his blueberry muffin. Ah yes, how he had missed REAL Hogwarts food. The house elves as well as they were always pleasant and tidy, but it was the food he had been really missing all last term. He had been able to keep his part of the castle tidy on his own without any house elf assistance. "Ah, blueberry. One of my favorites." And it went quite well with his coffee.
Summoning a clean cup, Airey prepared a cup of raspberry tea for Miss Wisteria and then placed it down in front of her.
And then she got right down to business. Pretty serious business in fact. The sort of business that Airey had learned to tread lightly around the Slytherpuff who had more hiss in her than badger. "Your brother is starting Hogwarts this year?" he asked, momentarily distracted by his curiosity. Right. Back on topic because this clearly was going to be affecting Miss Wisteria. "I see...and were you hoping he would be sorted elsewhere?"
SPOILER!!: pogo pogo pogo pogo pogo pogo
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Originally Posted by Felixir
The device Professor Starman was referring to was, Tobias supposed, the pogo stick. He give a BIG BIG GRIN and an enthusiastic salute before following the professor into his office. The Hufflepuff was certainly curious about what it was that the man had to ask him; he couldn't think of a single thing it could be. Probably an awesome thing though, 'cause the Starman was basically a legend in Toby's eyes.
He'd never been in Flamsteed's office before, and Toby was immediately stunned into silence. Not only was it very CLEAN but it was also extraordinarily NEAT. The boy even found himself kind of subconsciously straightening his tie so he didn't feel quite so out of place in the office (which is very hard to do when you're trying to keep hold of a pogo stick at the same time). Tobias' clothes were charmed so as to repel things such as fur and small amounts of dirt one might usually pick up on one's clothes throughout a regular day, but constant activity meant that his tie was often slightly loosened and he just LOOKED like he had been out flying on his broom for hours on end, kind of windswept and, maybe by Flamsteed's standards, scruffy?
Top button done up and tie straightened as much as he could manage, Tobias grinned over at the professor again. "You're office is well neat." In more ways than one. The Hufflepuff didn't even want to touch anything.
Which would make sitting down a slight problem. He would just... look at it. Yeah.
... were those models? In the display case? "Coooooooooool..."
Airey made his way towards his desk and promptly sat down in his seat, gesturing towards Mr. Tempus to do the same - unless he was going to offer a demonstration of what it was that device of his did. The astronomer was still very much distracted by...whatever it was. If there was one thing Airey enjoyed more than teaching, it was learning. And today it seemed as though he was going to become the student and learn a thing or two from the second year. Stellar.
"I am going to assume you mean that in the clean definition of the word," he chuckled. "I prefer organization and cleanliness to the lived in look. Comes from my years training in NASA where even the tiniest bit of dust in the wrong place could cause an entire shuttle to explode."
Good going, Airey Flamsteed. Traumatize the kid.
Catching the boy's bewildered gaze, Airey followed it to his mecha display case and couldn't help but puff his chest out a bit. "Ah yes, my mecha collection. All models that I built and painted myself. It's a hobby of mine, collecting and building these muggle things. Perhaps once we have finished discussing things you would like to try your hand at painting one? Mr. Gunter assisted in painting that one there on the middle shelf third from the left."
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Airey made his way towards his desk and promptly sat down in his seat, gesturing towards Mr. Tempus to do the same - unless he was going to offer a demonstration of what it was that device of his did. The astronomer was still very much distracted by...whatever it was. If there was one thing Airey enjoyed more than teaching, it was learning. And today it seemed as though he was going to become the student and learn a thing or two from the second year. Stellar.
"I am going to assume you mean that in the clean definition of the word," he chuckled. "I prefer organization and cleanliness to the lived in look. Comes from my years training in NASA where even the tiniest bit of dust in the wrong place could cause an entire shuttle to explode."
Good going, Airey Flamsteed. Traumatize the kid.
Catching the boy's bewildered gaze, Airey followed it to his mecha display case and couldn't help but puff his chest out a bit. "Ah yes, my mecha collection. All models that I built and painted myself. It's a hobby of mine, collecting and building these muggle things. Perhaps once we have finished discussing things you would like to try your hand at painting one? Mr. Gunter assisted in painting that one there on the middle shelf third from the left."
WOW. He trained in NASA?! Had he ever mentioned that in class before and when Tobias had not been paying his full or something? Because that was fantastic. And it kind of showed how he was so enthusiastic and stuff. "Wow." NASA. Wow.
"Yeah, definitely that," Tobias eventually managed to respond and he took a seat and rested the pogo stick up against his knees... but keeping the part that usually hit the floor resting on top of his foot. Just because he was overly conscious about touching anything in here. "But also neat like 'super fantastically cool'." Like, for instance, those models. Toby couldn't help but to turn around in his chair to star at them a bit more as he listened to the explanation, nodding every now and then to show he was listened.
Middle shelf, third from the left... Tobias' eyes sought the very one Airey was talking about and he grinned a little, before whipping back round to look at the man. "Really?!" he beamed. CHYEAH he'd want to try his hand. "Yeah, that'd be awesome!"
Neat. NEAT. All kinds of neat.
Now he was sat down there came the difficulty of sitting still. Tobias took a moment to take in the room a bit more, his gaze lingering on the tie display case with all its COLOURS. Meanwhile his hands fidgeted with his robes and each other and his knee bounced continuously. "You said there was something you wanted to talk to me about Professor...?" the Hufflepuff said to the man, but still looking at the tie display case for a lot of the sentence. He eventually dragged his gaze away from it to look at Airey and gave him a BIG TOBY SMILE.
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WOW. He trained in NASA?! Had he ever mentioned that in class before and when Tobias had not been paying his full or something? Because that was fantastic. And it kind of showed how he was so enthusiastic and stuff. "Wow." NASA. Wow.
"Yeah, definitely that," Tobias eventually managed to respond and he took a seat and rested the pogo stick up against his knees... but keeping the part that usually hit the floor resting on top of his foot. Just because he was overly conscious about touching anything in here. "But also neat like 'super fantastically cool'." Like, for instance, those models. Toby couldn't help but to turn around in his chair to star at them a bit more as he listened to the explanation, nodding every now and then to show he was listened.
Middle shelf, third from the left... Tobias' eyes sought the very one Airey was talking about and he grinned a little, before whipping back round to look at the man. "Really?!" he beamed. CHYEAH he'd want to try his hand. "Yeah, that'd be awesome!"
Neat. NEAT. All kinds of neat.
Now he was sat down there came the difficulty of sitting still. Tobias took a moment to take in the room a bit more, his gaze lingering on the tie display case with all its COLOURS. Meanwhile his hands fidgeted with his robes and each other and his knee bounced continuously. "You said there was something you wanted to talk to me about Professor...?" the Hufflepuff said to the man, but still looking at the tie display case for a lot of the sentence. He eventually dragged his gaze away from it to look at Airey and gave him a BIG TOBY SMILE.
Airey attempted to muffle an amused chuckle at Mr. Tempus. NASA probably sounded more impressive than the reality of the matter was. He had never made it into space or held a position in Mission Control, although he had delved into many other areas. It still pained him thinking about the one dream he had hoped to attain and even wished on "shooting stars" as a child had been the one thing that had not come true.
See how pointless it was to wish on comets? You just ended up disappointed.
Thankfully conversation was back on his mecha models, as it often did in his office. He couldn't blame students. They were pretty fantastic things. The whole mecha concept was fascinating. Very creative, muggles were. He would like to see wizards construct such massive pieces of metal and make them do the things they did in science fiction without the means of magic. He was convinced that it would be a nearly impossible feat. Wizardingkind was too dependent on magic as a means to make things happen. At least in his personal opinion.
"Ah yes, there is something I would like to ask you about," he said as he summoned two cups and filled them with tea - a special herbal blend with the slighted hint of honey to it - and then passed one to the Huffflepuff. "You may not be aware, Mr. Tempus, but I am one of the staff sponsors for the school's yearbook, along with Professor Romanos. We were wondering if you would be interested in joining it, as a writer. Your work ethic and school spirit are stellar and just the sort of thing our team needs to keep working efficiently."
Mmmmmmmmmmmmhmmmm. Tea was delicious, wasn't it?
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"Oh, well thank you for thinking of me," he smiled as he took a bite into his blueberry muffin. Ah yes, how he had missed REAL Hogwarts food. The house elves as well as they were always pleasant and tidy, but it was the food he had been really missing all last term. He had been able to keep his part of the castle tidy on his own without any house elf assistance. "Ah, blueberry. One of my favorites." And it went quite well with his coffee.
Summoning a clean cup, Airey prepared a cup of raspberry tea for Miss Wisteria and then placed it down in front of her.
And then she got right down to business. Pretty serious business in fact. The sort of business that Airey had learned to tread lightly around the Slytherpuff who had more hiss in her than badger. "Your brother is starting Hogwarts this year?" he asked, momentarily distracted by his curiosity. Right. Back on topic because this clearly was going to be affecting Miss Wisteria. "I see...and were you hoping he would be sorted elsewhere?"
N'awww. We're not gonna make a habit out of this, so don't get any ideas, Airey. "No problem."Smile. It was no problem, honest, since she'd been looking for a muffin for her too. So, yeah. The smile only widened when she heard his next words. NOTED. Blueberry is Airey's favorite and now we know what to get next time. Hopefully, the elves won't mess up and move the muffins around a lot.
And now she had tea. See? It paid to be nice to Professors and authority sometimes. Vinteren should've been nice to her. "Thank you." ^^
Airey shouldn't look worried about this, she was okay. Finally. So, the girl smiled and nodded, "First year," and just as Slytherin as she was, he lacked the loyal trait sometimes, though, "No, I mean, I kind of figured that's where he'd go, it... didn't surprise me, it was expected...," as much as she'd expected to be a Slytherin back then, but..., "It's all fine, really, my family sent me a bunch of letters to make sure I was alright." She smiled again. He knew about how she felt they didn't care about this, but they did care about her, and were proud of her too, soooo, "That definitely cheered me up." And we're sharing with you, Professor Airey, because this is the end of the story she'd been telling you all along.
He should know the ending. Now we can drink some tea.
Airey attempted to muffle an amused chuckle at Mr. Tempus. NASA probably sounded more impressive than the reality of the matter was. He had never made it into space or held a position in Mission Control, although he had delved into many other areas. It still pained him thinking about the one dream he had hoped to attain and even wished on "shooting stars" as a child had been the one thing that had not come true.
See how pointless it was to wish on comets? You just ended up disappointed.
Thankfully conversation was back on his mecha models, as it often did in his office. He couldn't blame students. They were pretty fantastic things. The whole mecha concept was fascinating. Very creative, muggles were. He would like to see wizards construct such massive pieces of metal and make them do the things they did in science fiction without the means of magic. He was convinced that it would be a nearly impossible feat. Wizardingkind was too dependent on magic as a means to make things happen. At least in his personal opinion.
"Ah yes, there is something I would like to ask you about," he said as he summoned two cups and filled them with tea - a special herbal blend with the slighted hint of honey to it - and then passed one to the Huffflepuff. "You may not be aware, Mr. Tempus, but I am one of the staff sponsors for the school's yearbook, along with Professor Romanos. We were wondering if you would be interested in joining it, as a writer. Your work ethic and school spirit are stellar and just the sort of thing our team needs to keep working efficiently."
Mmmmmmmmmmmmhmmmm. Tea was delicious, wasn't it?
Tobias' attention was well and truly CAPTURED by both thoughts of NASA and those awesome models. It was probably mainly the colours that meant Tobias couldn't stop himself glancing around every once in a while.
But then there was TEA and it smelt REALLY GOOD and also it kind of reminded Tobias about his manners. Y'know 'cause his grandparents were big on manners and his grandparents drank tea. But not this kind of tea, by the smell of it. But yes, he made sure he faced the Starman from then on.
While Professor Airey started to speak, Toby picked up his cup of tea and held it to his lips. He smelt it before sipping, because it just seemed like a smart idea. Usually nice smelling things tasted nice.
Except shampoo.
Tobias managed only the slightest sip before he heard what Flamsteed said, at which point the cup moved away from his lips again and he gaped at the professor, eyes wide.
Yearbook writer? Work ethic? School spirit?
Those were all GOOD THINGS. The professor was saying SUCH AWESOME THINGS.
Before he even thought about it, Tobias found himself nodding automatically.
"I'd love to! That'd be totally awesome," he squealed said enthusiastically. "At home and in my old school everyone thinks I'm not that academic or that I don't want to be clever or do smart stuff because I'm so bouncy. But I really really do want to prove that I want to be a really good student and do extra good at school and just do MORE and this is perfect. I'd really love to, Professor. I would! Thank you thank you!"
The words had just kind of fallen out of Toby's mouth before he could stop them. He was excited. He didn't even know if this was a big thing or coveted by people, but to HIM it was HUGE. Finding no other was to expend energy, Tobias took a large gulp of tea.
HOT HOT HOT. It seared the inside of his mouth but Toby seemed not to notice, because he was still GRINNING. He'd probably pay for that later though.
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SPOILER!!: he is still anxious about this conversation XD
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Originally Posted by Lockhartian
N'awww. We're not gonna make a habit out of this, so don't get any ideas, Airey. "No problem."Smile. It was no problem, honest, since she'd been looking for a muffin for her too. So, yeah. The smile only widened when she heard his next words. NOTED. Blueberry is Airey's favorite and now we know what to get next time. Hopefully, the elves won't mess up and move the muffins around a lot.
And now she had tea. See? It paid to be nice to Professors and authority sometimes. Vinteren should've been nice to her. "Thank you." ^^
Airey shouldn't look worried about this, she was okay. Finally. So, the girl smiled and nodded, "First year," and just as Slytherin as she was, he lacked the loyal trait sometimes, though, "No, I mean, I kind of figured that's where he'd go, it... didn't surprise me, it was expected...," as much as she'd expected to be a Slytherin back then, but..., "It's all fine, really, my family sent me a bunch of letters to make sure I was alright." She smiled again. He knew about how she felt they didn't care about this, but they did care about her, and were proud of her too, soooo, "That definitely cheered me up." And we're sharing with you, Professor Airey, because this is the end of the story she'd been telling you all along.
He should know the ending. Now we can drink some tea.
Airey took another bite of his muffin and chewed it slowly while he listened to her speak more about her brother. Very slowly because he was focusing on every word. EVERY word. He was really looking for a subtle hint that he didn't have to prepare a pep talk again regarding houses. That hadn't gone entirely well last time he had tried, but Miss Wisteria was still coming to see him which meant it had not been a total disaster.
And the vibe he was getting from her was that she really was alright. Which was good. Stellar even.
"It sounds like you have a very loving family, Miss Wisteria," he smiled, sipping on his tea some more. He was thankful for that. It always sadden him when students mentioned depressing home lives.
SPOILER!!: oh my my Tobias!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir
Tobias' attention was well and truly CAPTURED by both thoughts of NASA and those awesome models. It was probably mainly the colours that meant Tobias couldn't stop himself glancing around every once in a while.
But then there was TEA and it smelt REALLY GOOD and also it kind of reminded Tobias about his manners. Y'know 'cause his grandparents were big on manners and his grandparents drank tea. But not this kind of tea, by the smell of it. But yes, he made sure he faced the Starman from then on.
While Professor Airey started to speak, Toby picked up his cup of tea and held it to his lips. He smelt it before sipping, because it just seemed like a smart idea. Usually nice smelling things tasted nice.
Except shampoo.
Tobias managed only the slightest sip before he heard what Flamsteed said, at which point the cup moved away from his lips again and he gaped at the professor, eyes wide.
Yearbook writer? Work ethic? School spirit?
Those were all GOOD THINGS. The professor was saying SUCH AWESOME THINGS.
Before he even thought about it, Tobias found himself nodding automatically.
"I'd love to! That'd be totally awesome," he squealed said enthusiastically. "At home and in my old school everyone thinks I'm not that academic or that I don't want to be clever or do smart stuff because I'm so bouncy. But I really really do want to prove that I want to be a really good student and do extra good at school and just do MORE and this is perfect. I'd really love to, Professor. I would! Thank you thank you!"
The words had just kind of fallen out of Toby's mouth before he could stop them. He was excited. He didn't even know if this was a big thing or coveted by people, but to HIM it was HUGE. Finding no other was to expend energy, Tobias took a large gulp of tea.
HOT HOT HOT. It seared the inside of his mouth but Toby seemed not to notice, because he was still GRINNING. He'd probably pay for that later though.
He couldn't help but chuckle a bit at something he said. "I am not one to consider bouncy a non academic trait, Mr. Tempus." Honestly. The man himself had a hard time sitting still.
Airey clapped his hands together once enthusiastically. "Stellar!" he exclaimed. "Professor Romanos and I will be holding a meeting next month for all returning and new members of the yearbook. One of us will be in contact with you with further details." Like the location and time.
His attention was now on the device the boy had brought with him, you know, since the school business had been taken care of on his end. "Now, would you be so kind as to tell me about that?" he asked as he pointed to the....thing.
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He couldn't help but chuckle a bit at something he said. "I am not one to consider bouncy a non academic trait, Mr. Tempus." Honestly. The man himself had a hard time sitting still.
Airey clapped his hands together once enthusiastically. "Stellar!" he exclaimed. "Professor Romanos and I will be holding a meeting next month for all returning and new members of the yearbook. One of us will be in contact with you with further details." Like the location and time.
His attention was now on the device the boy had brought with him, you know, since the school business had been taken care of on his end. "Now, would you be so kind as to tell me about that?" he asked as he pointed to the....thing.
Tobias gave a little smile. BOY. He knew a good few people who saw bouncy folk as the unfocused kind. And yeah, okay, Tobias WAS often unfocused but he ALWAYS bought it back. In fact, bouncing HELPED him pay attention. Unfortunately people like his parents who were driving to their absolute limit with it.
Stellar! Stellar inDEED! Toby's smile widened to a grin. "Awesome." AWESOME. Though stellar was a way better word. Tobias mulled over that as he took a sip of tea, much more cautious than last time.
And THEN Airey brought the subject around to one of Toby's SPECIALTIES. POGO.
His features positively lit up as he looked at the muggle contraption and held it slightly out from himself with one hand. All the better to SEE it.
"This is a pogo-stick, Professor Airey!" Tobias said excitedly. It was all he could do not to bounce in his seat. But... you know... hot tea. "I dunno if wizards have them, but it's a muggle thing. People call them toys, but they aren't just toys." Like his skateboard. SO NOT A TOY. They were both a method of transportation AND a sport. "The part down there that's on my foot? Well, that's the only part that touches the ground. You put your feet on these... foot... holdy... parts-" shhhhhhhhhh, technical term "-and hold the handle at the top and then..." (Tobias paused for dramatic effect here because it was totally necessary) "... you bounce!"
He grinned and grinned and sipped more tea and grinned. "It's not easy at first, but it just takes practice. Did you-" don'tlaughdon'tlaughdon'tlaugh "-want a go?"
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Airey took another bite of his muffin and chewed it slowly while he listened to her speak more about her brother. Very slowly because he was focusing on every word. EVERY word. He was really looking for a subtle hint that he didn't have to prepare a pep talk again regarding houses. That hadn't gone entirely well last time he had tried, but Miss Wisteria was still coming to see him which meant it had not been a total disaster.
And the vibe he was getting from her was that she really was alright. Which was good. Stellar even.
"It sounds like you have a very loving family, Miss Wisteria," he smiled, sipping on his tea some more. He was thankful for that. It always sadden him when students mentioned depressing home lives.
This was all very different from last term, even the tone. So, why was Airey watching closely for any outbursts of tears or anything at all? Sure, she wasn't the happiest person alive, but she was doing perfectly fine, thank you.
At least now, today, not yesterday. But that was the past, yes?
"I think so. I love them." She smiled, rather sweetly too, she really did love her family, and her grandfather had helped her pack, with magic, because her mind hadn't been in the right place for packing back then. Things happen that make you distracted, right Airey? The girl took more bites out of the muffin before speaking up again, "I guess you'll have two Wisterias from now on." Nothing to fear, her brother isn't as talkative as she is.
Aaaanyway, drinking some tea now, "I thought of you over the summer, by the way," she said, casually, and drank more tea, "Did you go anywhere exciting?" Or not? Eyes on you, Airey.
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Tobias gave a little smile. BOY. He knew a good few people who saw bouncy folk as the unfocused kind. And yeah, okay, Tobias WAS often unfocused but he ALWAYS bought it back. In fact, bouncing HELPED him pay attention. Unfortunately people like his parents who were driving to their absolute limit with it.
Stellar! Stellar inDEED! Toby's smile widened to a grin. "Awesome." AWESOME. Though stellar was a way better word. Tobias mulled over that as he took a sip of tea, much more cautious than last time.
And THEN Airey brought the subject around to one of Toby's SPECIALTIES. POGO.
His features positively lit up as he looked at the muggle contraption and held it slightly out from himself with one hand. All the better to SEE it.
"This is a pogo-stick, Professor Airey!" Tobias said excitedly. It was all he could do not to bounce in his seat. But... you know... hot tea. "I dunno if wizards have them, but it's a muggle thing. People call them toys, but they aren't just toys." Like his skateboard. SO NOT A TOY. They were both a method of transportation AND a sport. "The part down there that's on my foot? Well, that's the only part that touches the ground. You put your feet on these... foot... holdy... parts-" shhhhhhhhhh, technical term "-and hold the handle at the top and then..." (Tobias paused for dramatic effect here because it was totally necessary) "... you bounce!"
He grinned and grinned and sipped more tea and grinned. "It's not easy at first, but it just takes practice. Did you-" don'tlaughdon'tlaughdon'tlaugh "-want a go?"
You had him at the word mugggle, Mr. Tempus.
Airey's undivided attention was no longer on the Hufflepuff but one the thing called a pogo stick. Pogo, well, wasn't that just a silly sounded term and rolled off the tongue nicely? "And what exactly is the function of this pogo stick?" he asked, too excited about the muggle contraption to allow the boy to finish his explanation. But when he did, Airey was far from disappointed. "You...BOUNCE? Wow, now isn't this a useful little device! Can you use it to bounce a bit higher to reach things just out of reach?" he asked. Not that Airey every really had a problem with this, being tall AND a wizard. But it was the muggles he was thinking of.
Not to mention how this was the PERFECT thing for the likes of him who preferred movement as opposed to being stationary. Why, if he had one of these he could BOUNCE to every meal instead of boring old walking. This. Was. Bloody. Brilliant.
"Do I want a go?" Airey asked, his eyes sparkling like a kid in a Honeydukes being told they could have anything and everything they wanted. "Blazing comets YES! CAN I?!"
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This was all very different from last term, even the tone. So, why was Airey watching closely for any outbursts of tears or anything at all? Sure, she wasn't the happiest person alive, but she was doing perfectly fine, thank you.
At least now, today, not yesterday. But that was the past, yes?
"I think so. I love them." She smiled, rather sweetly too, she really did love her family, and her grandfather had helped her pack, with magic, because her mind hadn't been in the right place for packing back then. Things happen that make you distracted, right Airey? The girl took more bites out of the muffin before speaking up again, "I guess you'll have two Wisterias from now on." Nothing to fear, her brother isn't as talkative as she is.
Aaaanyway, drinking some tea now, "I thought of you over the summer, by the way," she said, casually, and drank more tea, "Did you go anywhere exciting?" Or not? Eyes on you, Airey.
Airey was relaxing a bit - the tea and especially the muffin were helping - and a wider smile spread across his face. "I consider myself lucky then," he nodded, sipping some more on his tea at the two Wisteria's comment. "Your brother has a lot to live up to." Which was meant to be a compliment to Miss Wisteria. She was one of his brightest students.
Airey set his cup down and proceeded to eat away at what was left his muffin. Perhaps he would head down to the Great Hall after this for some sausage and egg...with a side of beans on toast. And some coffee. He had several rather, erm, unique flavors he had been wanting to try that he had purchased at a wizarding coffee shop over the summer. Strangest had to be this taco flavored one. It was...yes. Odd.
"Oh?" Airey chuckled. "Not so much this summer, not or pleasure at least. I had some Astronomer Royal work that took me to other places in Europe, but did not have enough time for sightseeing I'm afraid." He had mostly spent the summer trying to get over the guilt he felt about the ice cream for last term and how helpless he had been to prevent or protect his students. "What about you, Miss Wisteria? Good summer I hoped. Refreshed and recovered from last term?"
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Huh? Did she had head him correctly? Had his pet stone a house and a pillow? But how was that possible? A stone wasn't alive, right? Or was this a special pet stone? She was now really curious about the pet stone from the professor and she hoped that Sir Blue and Little Princess could find the pet stone! And... she would have done something good this time and NOBODY could say that her rats were stupid because her rats were really smart if they could do this! Yes... She would prove that her rats were the best pets EVER!
"Okay, but... are you afraid of my rats?" asked Sonea looking at the professor, he didn't seemed to like them much... "I can keep them away from you if you want" offered Sonea, proving again that she could behave herself, she wasn't all bad... not all the time and if she WANTED to behave herself, of course...
But when the third year old stepped inside his office, for the second time since she was studying here at Hogwarts, she looked around her with a worried frown. She liked it if a place was clean because if something was clean she was sure that there were no spiders and... She hated spiders!!!!!!! Brrr... they were HORRIBLE and DANGEROUS and she was really afraid for them! So... it was a good thing that his office was clean, but it also was a bad thing because it would be difficult for her rats to smell something in here. But, if they were lucky than her rats would be able to smell something from the pillow and the stone house, or... How did she needed to call a house for a stone?
She looked around her and... she saw the stone house, and... IT WAS PINKKKKKKKK!!!! "Oh, i love that house!" Yelled Sonea and clapped in her hands. "It's pink!!! It's so lovely!" She turned around to look at professor Flamsteed and clapped again in her hands. "Oh, you know that i like pink, right? Pink is the best color EVER and EVER and EVER!!!" She pointed to the house, "Is it okay that Little Princess and Sir Blue are smelling it?"
Airey's undivided attention was no longer on the Hufflepuff but one the thing called a pogo stick. Pogo, well, wasn't that just a silly sounded term and rolled off the tongue nicely? "And what exactly is the function of this pogo stick?" he asked, too excited about the muggle contraption to allow the boy to finish his explanation. But when he did, Airey was far from disappointed. "You...BOUNCE? Wow, now isn't this a useful little device! Can you use it to bounce a bit higher to reach things just out of reach?" he asked. Not that Airey every really had a problem with this, being tall AND a wizard. But it was the muggles he was thinking of.
Not to mention how this was the PERFECT thing for the likes of him who preferred movement as opposed to being stationary. Why, if he had one of these he could BOUNCE to every meal instead of boring old walking. This. Was. Bloody. Brilliant.
"Do I want a go?" Airey asked, his eyes sparkling like a kid in a Honeydukes being told they could have anything and everything they wanted. "Blazing comets YES! CAN I?!"
RIGHT? Airey, man. AIREY. He underSTOOD.
"Yeah, totally!" Tobias nodded his head frantically. "When I bounce I can get even taller than Wade." Head Boy Wade. Y'know. *namedropping* "It takes practice to be able to pogo with no hands, but it can be done! I'm learning how to do it now. So far I've learned how to bounce with one hand on the handle."
Did Airey care? Probably not. DIDN'T MATTER. POGO TALK.
The fact that the Starman was just as starSTRUCK by the device as Tobias was made the Hufflepuff SUPER ENTHUSIASTIC. He BEAMED and did his best not to bounce in his seat, though what Toby didn't realise was that he was already doing so anyway. Bouncebounce. "Sure you can!" he nodded again and even held it out a little bit. Now? Did he want to try now? 'Cause that was FINE. "You can even borrow it if you want! I'm busy with tryouts at the moment so I don't have much time to pogo what with practicing for those."
HE JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE POGO APPRECIATION, OKAY?
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Airey was relaxing a bit - the tea and especially the muffin were helping - and a wider smile spread across his face. "I consider myself lucky then," he nodded, sipping some more on his tea at the two Wisteria's comment. "Your brother has a lot to live up to." Which was meant to be a compliment to Miss Wisteria. She was one of his brightest students.
Airey set his cup down and proceeded to eat away at what was left his muffin. Perhaps he would head down to the Great Hall after this for some sausage and egg...with a side of beans on toast. And some coffee. He had several rather, erm, unique flavors he had been wanting to try that he had purchased at a wizarding coffee shop over the summer. Strangest had to be this taco flavored one. It was...yes. Odd.
"Oh?" Airey chuckled. "Not so much this summer, not or pleasure at least. I had some Astronomer Royal work that took me to other places in Europe, but did not have enough time for sightseeing I'm afraid." He had mostly spent the summer trying to get over the guilt he felt about the ice cream for last term and how helpless he had been to prevent or protect his students. "What about you, Miss Wisteria? Good summer I hoped. Refreshed and recovered from last term?"
Consider himself lucky? For having both her and her brother in classes? That was a bit too much, yes Airey? We already like you. Though, it wasn't until he spoke his next words that Lottie couldn't help but BEAM his way. Between Professor Flamsteed and Lex, there was no way she could feel about the whole Houses thing. It was almost impossible. Unless there was an activity involving House competition, Quidditch being an exception."Thanks, Professor." We'll pass this message along.
See, she thought that was the most interesting part, yet he didn't seem to think so. Probably because she's never attended any of those meetings he goes to or witnessed whatever it is he did over there, but it was just so exciting! THAT was an adventure. Filled with brilliant people, surely. "Well, I think that is exciting." Even if he failed to mention what kind of work.
Her summer. Her summer. It was rather sunny all summer, so she had a really good one. Mmhmm. Last term, thanks for mentioning that. "Excellent summer," she nodded and continued, "Yes, I kind of learned my lesson of not accepting ice cream from others...," there was a small smirk on her face as she sipped more of her tea. You know WHO we're talking about, Airey Flamsteed. "...of course, some things are accidental." Because he couldn't have known.
Let's leave that in the past, shall we? "Over the summer, a friend and I got a pet turtle--" she stopped, reaching the topic she actually had been meaning to discuss, sort of, eyes on Pebbles house, "--have you considered getting a new pet, Professor?" Perhaps a shiny red one, resembling a ruby?
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Huh? Did she had head him correctly? Had his pet stone a house and a pillow? But how was that possible? A stone wasn't alive, right? Or was this a special pet stone? She was now really curious about the pet stone from the professor and she hoped that Sir Blue and Little Princess could find the pet stone! And... she would have done something good this time and NOBODY could say that her rats were stupid because her rats were really smart if they could do this! Yes... She would prove that her rats were the best pets EVER!
"Okay, but... are you afraid of my rats?" asked Sonea looking at the professor, he didn't seemed to like them much... "I can keep them away from you if you want" offered Sonea, proving again that she could behave herself, she wasn't all bad... not all the time and if she WANTED to behave herself, of course...
But when the third year old stepped inside his office, for the second time since she was studying here at Hogwarts, she looked around her with a worried frown. She liked it if a place was clean because if something was clean she was sure that there were no spiders and... She hated spiders!!!!!!! Brrr... they were HORRIBLE and DANGEROUS and she was really afraid for them! So... it was a good thing that his office was clean, but it also was a bad thing because it would be difficult for her rats to smell something in here. But, if they were lucky than her rats would be able to smell something from the pillow and the stone house, or... How did she needed to call a house for a stone?
She looked around her and... she saw the stone house, and... IT WAS PINKKKKKKKK!!!! "Oh, i love that house!" Yelled Sonea and clapped in her hands. "It's pink!!! It's so lovely!" She turned around to look at professor Flamsteed and clapped again in her hands. "Oh, you know that i like pink, right? Pink is the best color EVER and EVER and EVER!!!" She pointed to the house, "Is it okay that Little Princess and Sir Blue are smelling it?"
Airey grumbled under his breath and did not make eye contact with the young girl. Afraid? Not exactly. Calista was the one who had the real fear of rodents. "I'm just not particularly fond of creatures," he said as he continued to try his best not to look at her or her whiskered companions.
A momentary smile graced his face as she got all excited about the house. Yes. Pebbles had been excited as well when she had first been put in it. Hadn't moved from it for days and only did move when Airey insisted she go somewhere else for a change of scenery. "I do now," he said, even managing to chuckle a bit. "There is also a pillow on my desk that she often rested on. Hopefully one or both of those will be of use to you and your rats."
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RIGHT? Airey, man. AIREY. He underSTOOD.
"Yeah, totally!" Tobias nodded his head frantically. "When I bounce I can get even taller than Wade." Head Boy Wade. Y'know. *namedropping* "It takes practice to be able to pogo with no hands, but it can be done! I'm learning how to do it now. So far I've learned how to bounce with one hand on the handle."
Did Airey care? Probably not. DIDN'T MATTER. POGO TALK.
The fact that the Starman was just as starSTRUCK by the device as Tobias was made the Hufflepuff SUPER ENTHUSIASTIC. He BEAMED and did his best not to bounce in his seat, though what Toby didn't realise was that he was already doing so anyway. Bouncebounce. "Sure you can!" he nodded again and even held it out a little bit. Now? Did he want to try now? 'Cause that was FINE. "You can even borrow it if you want! I'm busy with tryouts at the moment so I don't have much time to pogo what with practicing for those."
HE JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE POGO APPRECIATION, OKAY?
Airey's blue eyes widened. "You can pogo WITHOUT hands?! You know what that means?!" he said, jumping out of his seat now. "If you can bounce around like that without the use of your hands, then you can carry a wand, and if you can carry a wand then you can cast spells!" Just IMAGINE how much being on a pogo stick would throw of one's opponent in a duel. Or just everyone in general.
And now Airey was getting ideas for future lessons. Not with pogo sticks, because those had little to do with Astronomy, but with moon shoes. Those was a rare muggle artifact, but he had found some in a muggle hobby shop over the holidays.
skdfjskljfsdfssdlfjsdljs Hufflepuff say what?!
"I CAN?!" Airey said - and if he had been a teen his voice would have cracked here with all the excitement. "Can I have a go on it now?" Or, well, maybe not IN his office. He had mecha figurines and other things he did not want to get damaged. But first, he needed to see if Mr. Tempus was willing to part with it for now. "You could teach me how to. Perhaps somewhere on the grounds?"
Please? Before the man started to drool all over his desk like an excited crup.
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Consider himself lucky? For having both her and her brother in classes? That was a bit too much, yes Airey? We already like you. Though, it wasn't until he spoke his next words that Lottie couldn't help but BEAM his way. Between Professor Flamsteed and Lex, there was no way she could feel about the whole Houses thing. It was almost impossible. Unless there was an activity involving House competition, Quidditch being an exception."Thanks, Professor." We'll pass this message along.
See, she thought that was the most interesting part, yet he didn't seem to think so. Probably because she's never attended any of those meetings he goes to or witnessed whatever it is he did over there, but it was just so exciting! THAT was an adventure. Filled with brilliant people, surely. "Well, I think that is exciting." Even if he failed to mention what kind of work.
Her summer. Her summer. It was rather sunny all summer, so she had a really good one. Mmhmm. Last term, thanks for mentioning that. "Excellent summer," she nodded and continued, "Yes, I kind of learned my lesson of not accepting ice cream from others...," there was a small smirk on her face as she sipped more of her tea. You know WHO we're talking about, Airey Flamsteed. "...of course, some things are accidental." Because he couldn't have known.
Let's leave that in the past, shall we? "Over the summer, a friend and I got a pet turtle--" she stopped, reaching the topic she actually had been meaning to discuss, sort of, eyes on Pebbles house, "--have you considered getting a new pet, Professor?" Perhaps a shiny red one, resembling a ruby?
Astronomer Royal meetings had the potential to be interesting, but this one hadn't exactly been a quidditch match - if you know what we mean. "I'm afraid this time things were not very interesting," he said. Honestly. It hadn't been. "Mostly checking various calculations done by other astronomers and pointing out where they had been wrong. Not to mention this one fellow who thought he had spotted a new star in the sky and written a full report about its unusually low luminosity when it had just been, in fact, the man's failure to keep his tools clean."
See? THAT was why he was not a fan of dust. Among other reasons, but this was a very good example.
Airey's face dropped at the mention of ice cream and he visibly squirmed in his seat. He was going to forever feel guilty about that, you know. So you had something on him, Miss Wisteria. Something you could dangle in his face and give you the advantage should you see it. "I am terribly sorry about that ice cream, Miss Wisteria. I put you and the entire student body in danger without knowing." And he was now done with ice cream forever, by the way. Not even in his coffee - and he HAD rather enjoyed that.
A turtle? He slightly approved of that choice in pet. No fur. But before he could respond she was asking him a question about........Pebbles. "The thought has crossed my mind," he nodded slowly. It had been over half a year since her dramatic disappearance. "I miss companionship."
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Astronomer Royal meetings had the potential to be interesting, but this one hadn't exactly been a quidditch match - if you know what we mean. "I'm afraid this time things were not very interesting," he said. Honestly. It hadn't been. "Mostly checking various calculations done by other astronomers and pointing out where they had been wrong. Not to mention this one fellow who thought he had spotted a new star in the sky and written a full report about its unusually low luminosity when it had just been, in fact, the man's failure to keep his tools clean."
See? THAT was why he was not a fan of dust. Among other reasons, but this was a very good example.
Airey's face dropped at the mention of ice cream and he visibly squirmed in his seat. He was going to forever feel guilty about that, you know. So you had something on him, Miss Wisteria. Something you could dangle in his face and give you the advantage should you see it. "I am terribly sorry about that ice cream, Miss Wisteria. I put you and the entire student body in danger without knowing." And he was now done with ice cream forever, by the way. Not even in his coffee - and he HAD rather enjoyed that.
A turtle? He slightly approved of that choice in pet. No fur. But before he could respond she was asking him a question about........Pebbles. "The thought has crossed my mind," he nodded slowly. It had been over half a year since her dramatic disappearance. "I miss companionship."
Wrong. Things are always interesting in the Astronomy world, Airey Flamsteed, mainly because she had no idea what was going on other that what happened at classes and the occasional news and whatnot. So, yes, interesting. But when Airey started to explain.... Lottie burst out laughing. She was not expecting to hear something like that, EVER. "I'm sorry. It's just amusing... though I understand how annoying it must have been. And what a waste of time." For everyone. No kidding.
Low luminosity. HAHA!
Er, well, we didn't mean to cause this much pain, Professor. Even if she did deserve an apology. Lottie just sipped her tea and watched him through her cup. Nod, nod, exactly. Thanks for that, really. "I understand. That's why I said accidental." People weren't listening anymore or what? Apology accepted. Barely.
Now back to Pebbles. The Hogwartian nodded, "You should do it." Maaaaybe she'll give him something for Christmas. MAYBE. She might get in trouble if it's not disguised appropriately. And she should discuss this with Lex, too. "I mean, if Pebbles comes back... she'll have someone else to hang out with anyway, so there are no losses." IT WAS JUST A ROCK.
Airey's blue eyes widened. "You can pogo WITHOUT hands?! You know what that means?!" he said, jumping out of his seat now. "If you can bounce around like that without the use of your hands, then you can carry a wand, and if you can carry a wand then you can cast spells!" Just IMAGINE how much being on a pogo stick would throw of one's opponent in a duel. Or just everyone in general.
And now Airey was getting ideas for future lessons. Not with pogo sticks, because those had little to do with Astronomy, but with moon shoes. Those was a rare muggle artifact, but he had found some in a muggle hobby shop over the holidays.
skdfjskljfsdfssdlfjsdljs Hufflepuff say what?!
"I CAN?!" Airey said - and if he had been a teen his voice would have cracked here with all the excitement. "Can I have a go on it now?" Or, well, maybe not IN his office. He had mecha figurines and other things he did not want to get damaged. But first, he needed to see if Mr. Tempus was willing to part with it for now. "You could teach me how to. Perhaps somewhere on the grounds?"
Please? Before the man started to drool all over his desk like an excited crup.
"Sure can!" No hands. None at all.
Well... he HAD them but if necessary Tobias could pogo sans hands. Sans one hand maybe. But there WERE people who could theoretically do what Airey was suggesting, and Toby's eyes went saucer-like and shiny at the very idea of it. What a wizard, pogo-ing through on his noble steed, shooting spells at enemies.
Airey, man. Airey had VISION.
But before he could comment on ANY of that, more important matters were at hand.
"Yeah! Totally!" ZOMG. POGO-ING WITH THE PROFESSOR. Role reversal. GRASSHOPPER BECOMES THe... erm... teacher? Something like that. WITH REAL GRASSHOPPERS. Or... well not really. BUT CLOSE ENOUGH. "Outside. On grass." Because, you know, concrete was painful. The pathways was a good idea.
COULDTHEYGONOW?!
Tobias was right on the edge of his seat, ready to MOVE. GOSH. BOUNCING.
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Originally Posted by Lockhartian
Wrong. Things are always interesting in the Astronomy world, Airey Flamsteed, mainly because she had no idea what was going on other that what happened at classes and the occasional news and whatnot. So, yes, interesting. But when Airey started to explain.... Lottie burst out laughing. She was not expecting to hear something like that, EVER. "I'm sorry. It's just amusing... though I understand how annoying it must have been. And what a waste of time." For everyone. No kidding.
Low luminosity. HAHA!
Er, well, we didn't mean to cause this much pain, Professor. Even if she did deserve an apology. Lottie just sipped her tea and watched him through her cup. Nod, nod, exactly. Thanks for that, really. "I understand. That's why I said accidental." People weren't listening anymore or what? Apology accepted. Barely.
Now back to Pebbles. The Hogwartian nodded, "You should do it." Maaaaybe she'll give him something for Christmas. MAYBE. She might get in trouble if it's not disguised appropriately. And she should discuss this with Lex, too. "I mean, if Pebbles comes back... she'll have someone else to hang out with anyway, so there are no losses." IT WAS JUST A ROCK.
Airey was a bit startled by her sudden outburst of laughter, but soon joined her. It WAS funny looking back on it, just not in the moment. He disliked being called away from Hogwarts for other business just in case something were to happen to his students or on the off chance that Pebbles was found and to go all the way there for dust. Sweet solstice the nerve of some people.
"Perfectly alright, Miss Wisteria. Sometimes one needs to laugh at the low luminosity of others." It was hard having a bright mind sometimes.
And he was just going to nod at the whole ice cream convo. A sort of silent agreement to just agree and drop it, yes?
The professor smiled at Miss Wisteria's assertiveness - not that he was exactly going to let a student tell him what to do, but he would take her suggestion into consideration. "And what sort of pet would you see me getting, Miss Wisteria?" You know, for curiosity's sake. He would not be getting another pet rock, that much he knew. He felt as though that would be cheating on Pebbles and he was far too chivalrous for such a thing.
SPOILER!!: THEY ARE! Imagine if they had been at Hogwarts together XD
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"Sure can!" No hands. None at all.
Well... he HAD them but if necessary Tobias could pogo sans hands. Sans one hand maybe. But there WERE people who could theoretically do what Airey was suggesting, and Toby's eyes went saucer-like and shiny at the very idea of it. What a wizard, pogo-ing through on his noble steed, shooting spells at enemies.
Airey, man. Airey had VISION.
But before he could comment on ANY of that, more important matters were at hand.
"Yeah! Totally!" ZOMG. POGO-ING WITH THE PROFESSOR. Role reversal. GRASSHOPPER BECOMES THe... erm... teacher? Something like that. WITH REAL GRASSHOPPERS. Or... well not really. BUT CLOSE ENOUGH. "Outside. On grass." Because, you know, concrete was painful. The pathways was a good idea.
COULDTHEYGONOW?!
Tobias was right on the edge of his seat, ready to MOVE. GOSH. BOUNCING.
This was precisely the sort of thing that Airey needed. Not only was it active, but he would be learning a new skill at the same time. Two fwoopers, or four when he could manage it, with one stone was how the man functioned. One thing at a time was so inefficient - unless it was lint rolling or painting his models. Those required the utmost concentration.
"Stellar!" he exclaimed as he walked out from behind his desk and over towards his closet to grab the appropriate matching fedora.
"You just lead the way, Mr. Tempus and I will follow." His eyes drifted to the pogo stick. Should he give it a go NOW on their way to the grounds? Or perhaps he should observe the Hufflepuff boy while on their way to their new location. The latter was probably a more logical path to take, but he reeeeeeally want to just go bouncing now. "Are the stairs difficult to manage on that?"
You know, moving staircases. Small surface areas. Seemed like it could be a bit of a challenge.
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Airey chuckled at her confidence. Very Slytherin, wasn't it? Although Gryffindors were also known for their overconfidence - which is why his grandfather was a Slytherin and his father a hatstall between Slytherin and Gryffindor, so said his mother.
That also meant he could take one, yes? Because he already had and was about to take a bite into it as she said she would like some tea. "Well, come on in then," he nodded as he paused and covered his mouth with one hand as he chewed. She didn't need to see chewed up brownie.
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Adelaide giggled at his eagerness to eat the brownies. She smiled and got out of the chair, holding the plate of brownies in her hand. "Verdict?" Yes. She noticed the bite he'd taken.
She entered his office, taking a look around. She looked at the tie cabinet and figured that made a lot of sense with all of the suits he was always wearing. Adelaide noticed the pink pet house, but had no idea he had a pet besides the rock he was obviously missing. Then she spotted the cabinet of the very familiar looking models.
"Never thought I'd see those things here. My dad has a ton of them." Yes. Her dad was a closet nerd with a study full of the little models that Professor Flamsteed seemed to like as well.
Airey grumbled under his breath and did not make eye contact with the young girl. Afraid? Not exactly. Calista was the one who had the real fear of rodents. "I'm just not particularly fond of creatures," he said as he continued to try his best not to look at her or her whiskered companions.
A momentary smile graced his face as she got all excited about the house. Yes. Pebbles had been excited as well when she had first been put in it. Hadn't moved from it for days and only did move when Airey insisted she go somewhere else for a change of scenery. "I do now," he said, even managing to chuckle a bit. "There is also a pillow on my desk that she often rested on. Hopefully one or both of those will be of use to you and your rats."
Eh...? where was he talking about? Not very fond of creatures? Rats were really cute so she didn't understood at all where he was talking about, but maybe he didn't liked more than only rats... If that was the matter than it was a good thing that he wasn't teaching the care of animal lessons.... he wouldn't be a good teacher there, she was sure about that! "Eh... than... i will keep them away from you" said Sonea, not knowing what she could say more about this, she wasn't really the most tactic person so she decided to not say more now!
She was still looking at the wonderful PINK pet house when she turned around to look at the pillow. But than... she frowned. "It is really clean here... I will try to find you pet stone with my rats, but i don't want to give you false hopes..." The third year old looked apologetic at the professor and placed her two rats on her hand and brought her hand closer to the pet house and next toward the pink pillow. Her two rats smelled for a long time but when she placed her two rats on the ground, they didn't started to ran around the office to follow some smells, no, they just sat there and looked up at her. "I'm sorry professor, but you office is too clean for my rats to smell anything." she grabbed her rats and opened her pocket for her rats to hide themselves there. "I hope that you will find you pet" said Sonea disappointed that her rats weren't able to find anything here...
Airey was a bit startled by her sudden outburst of laughter, but soon joined her. It WAS funny looking back on it, just not in the moment. He disliked being called away from Hogwarts for other business just in case something were to happen to his students or on the off chance that Pebbles was found and to go all the way there for dust. Sweet solstice the nerve of some people.
"Perfectly alright, Miss Wisteria. Sometimes one needs to laugh at the low luminosity of others." It was hard having a bright mind sometimes.
And he was just going to nod at the whole ice cream convo. A sort of silent agreement to just agree and drop it, yes?
The professor smiled at Miss Wisteria's assertiveness - not that he was exactly going to let a student tell him what to do, but he would take her suggestion into consideration. "And what sort of pet would you see me getting, Miss Wisteria?" You know, for curiosity's sake. He would not be getting another pet rock, that much he knew. He felt as though that would be cheating on Pebbles and he was far too chivalrous for such a thing.
And he was joining her in this laughing matter! Excellent! See? See? Airey Flamsteed was her favorite ever! Only he really wasn't because she can't do favoritism. Except he really was her favorite Professor, but you didn't hear anything. AND THEN WHAT HE SAID! She beamed, widely, "I completely understand," it was just even better that Airey agrees to that.
Low luminosity. HAHA! She loves that.
Ice cream conversation was done. FOR ALL ETERNITY.
Hmmmmm, she didn't actually want to say what she had in mind, but she thought of something else, "Well, if you don't want another rock... you could go with wood." LOL! Yes, she was joking, but her voice was so certain, you couldn't possibly tell. She focused on her tea before smiling at Airey. Yes, a piece of wood, even a branch found somewhere in the forest would be a good pet for him, yes? Sorry, not sorry.
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Adelaide giggled at his eagerness to eat the brownies. She smiled and got out of the chair, holding the plate of brownies in her hand. "Verdict?" Yes. She noticed the bite he'd taken.
She entered his office, taking a look around. She looked at the tie cabinet and figured that made a lot of sense with all of the suits he was always wearing. Adelaide noticed the pink pet house, but had no idea he had a pet besides the rock he was obviously missing. Then she spotted the cabinet of the very familiar looking models.
"Never thought I'd see those things here. My dad has a ton of them." Yes. Her dad was a closet nerd with a study full of the little models that Professor Flamsteed seemed to like as well.
Airey opted to give her two thumbs up as a response rather than talking. He was still very busy chewing on the delicious chocolatey goodness in his mouth. In fact, he had now popped the rest of the brownie into his mouth. He would be needing another one of those ones he got the tea situation all figured out.
"Your father? Really?!" he asked excitedly as he looked at his display case. "Building them has been a hobby of mine ever since I was young. Have always built them the muggle way as well. Never magic." Airey noted a smudge on the glass and quickly removed a handkerchief from his breast pocket to clean it up. There. Perfect. "Your father has good taste, if I do say so myself."
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Eh...? where was he talking about? Not very fond of creatures? Rats were really cute so she didn't understood at all where he was talking about, but maybe he didn't liked more than only rats... If that was the matter than it was a good thing that he wasn't teaching the care of animal lessons.... he wouldn't be a good teacher there, she was sure about that! "Eh... than... i will keep them away from you" said Sonea, not knowing what she could say more about this, she wasn't really the most tactic person so she decided to not say more now!
She was still looking at the wonderful PINK pet house when she turned around to look at the pillow. But than... she frowned. "It is really clean here... I will try to find you pet stone with my rats, but i don't want to give you false hopes..." The third year old looked apologetic at the professor and placed her two rats on her hand and brought her hand closer to the pet house and next toward the pink pillow. Her two rats smelled for a long time but when she placed her two rats on the ground, they didn't started to ran around the office to follow some smells, no, they just sat there and looked up at her. "I'm sorry professor, but you office is too clean for my rats to smell anything." she grabbed her rats and opened her pocket for her rats to hide themselves there. "I hope that you will find you pet" said Sonea disappointed that her rats weren't able to find anything here...
Airey was grateful, by the way, about her keeping her four legged furry creatures away from him. He really was. Their beady eyes somewhat frightened him. And those TEETH. The only way they could look more terrifying would be if they were as shiny and white as his two replacements. Then again, the slightly yellow tinge wasn't exactly pleasant either.
And to think he had toyed with the idea of getting himself a rat? Ha.
"That's alright. I appreciate the gesture," he smiled gently at the Slytherin and, yes, even at her rats. Too clean. That did not surprise him at all to be honest. Especially considering how he tended to disinfect things at least once a month. Minus Pebbles' pillow and house. Those went untouched. Logic was telling him that it would be rather difficult for a rock to have a scent distinct enough for, er, rats to pick up. So he was trying his best not to look too disappointed right now. "Take two points, one for each of your rats, for your effort." And out of this world thinking and pet talent.
Which got him curious. "Did you train them to do that? Become great mouse detectives?"
SPOILER!!: go there? Oh yeah. I did
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Originally Posted by Lockhartian
And he was joining her in this laughing matter! Excellent! See? See? Airey Flamsteed was her favorite ever! Only he really wasn't because she can't do favoritism. Except he really was her favorite Professor, but you didn't hear anything. AND THEN WHAT HE SAID! She beamed, widely, "I completely understand," it was just even better that Airey agrees to that.
Low luminosity. HAHA! She loves that.
Ice cream conversation was done. FOR ALL ETERNITY.
Hmmmmm, she didn't actually want to say what she had in mind, but she thought of something else, "Well, if you don't want another rock... you could go with wood." LOL! Yes, she was joking, but her voice was so certain, you couldn't possibly tell. She focused on her tea before smiling at Airey. Yes, a piece of wood, even a branch found somewhere in the forest would be a good pet for him, yes? Sorry, not sorry.
Of course Miss Wisteria did. If there was anyone in his classes that he knew would understand the references and astronomical thinking behind things it was her. And his sense of humor - minus black holes and few other critical slip ups.
He chuckled a bit. A stick? Now that was just too out there for him. "Knowing my luck I would have picked up a bowtruckle or a dugbog." And then he would be off sticks forever. Creatures had never been a subject he excelled in. It was almost a metaphor for him and human relations really. Oil and water. Which is why what he was about to say was quite the paradox. "I've been pondering the idea of getting a.....REAL pet."
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