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The Astronomy classroom is exceptionally ordinary this crisp autumn day, which may set you on edge as nothing is ever as it seems when it comes to Professor Flamsteed. And you are probably correct. The desks are arranged in their usual semi circle to help created a more personal and inviting environment and upon each desk is a familiar looking orange item. The early afternoon sunlight shines through the windows to give the room and the pleasant breeze through the open windows may, on occasion, blow an autumn leaf into the classroom.
In the front of the classroom is the professor's desk sitting before a massive chalk board that reads, "Please do not eat, cut, or otherwise manhandle the pumpkins." Professor Flamsteed is currently leaning against his desk reading over something important looking in a manila folder with furrowed brows and pursed lips.
Did you remember to use the lint roller on the small table outside of the classroom? It was there next to the sign that reads, "Not to be used as a brush for your hair" and has the signature of a former student in the bottom right corner.
So come on in and have a seat. Class will begin shortly.
⌦Lesson Progression
▸ question 1 :: what connections are there between Halloween and astronomy?
▸ question 2 :: what can we expect to see in the night sky on Halloween?
▸ mini activity :: preparing your pumpkin using Punktumus
▸ activity :: constellation carving time!
Class will officially begin in approximately 14 hours from the time of this post. RL happened and I unfortunately was not able to finish this post to meet my 14 hour deadline. I'll post as soon as I can after getting a good night's rest. Thank you for your patience <3 please keep chit chatter to a minimum.
This lesson has officially started! Please do not announce your character arriving late and just pretend like they have been in class all along. You are free to jump in any time and should use the lesson progression links to keep up.
ALSO, and this is my fault for not saying this sooner, please keep in mind that this is NOT your character's first IC lesson - it is October when this takes place, so a month of lessons already under students' belts
James entered the classroom and searched for an empty seat. Why he was taking this class he wasn't sure but he always did fancy the stars and space. Spotting Paloma he waved and went over to find a seat up near the kids closer to his age and house. He nodded toward the professor in greeting as he walked past and slid into a chair.
A path is not simply for walking, its purpose lies in moving forward and improving oneself.
After ignoring the lint roller outside of the room , because who even used that thing for real? not him, Kevin entered the astronomy tower with his school bag over his right shoulder. The room looked like any other times it had been , the semi circle of desks and chairs but there was one thing that was different now and that was the little pumpkins that stood on each desk.
Seeing the professor reading and frowning over some kind of official looking paper, Kevin got curious and instead of walking to a desk he sneaked up on the man and stood on his toes to try and take a peek of the file.
WAS THIS HIS FREEZING-RAY OF DOOM FOR WORLD DOMINATION?! and if so, could he be part of it? :3
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As she walked into the Astronomy classroom, after giving her robes a light roll of the lint roller outside just so nobody could say she didn’t, Brooklyn took a moment to just examine the surroundings. She’d left Casterly Rock back at home this term, since Tywin had kept wanting to play with it and she’d rather separate them for a while. Maybe they’d be making more planets, though, so she wanted to see what she could figure out. Except all she saw was a bunch of pumpkins. That wasn’t half as interesting, so finally she just made her way over to an open seat and sat down.
“Good afternoon, Professor Flamsteed,” she said, whether or not he was actually paying attention. The look on his face as he read the paper told her that a distraction probably would be welcomed, anyway. And she was always polite to people who deserved it. He hadn’t done anything to not deserve it yet, aside from the weirdness last year that she’d tried to stay out of after the argument with Alexa over evil fairies not existing. Insanity should be pitied, not counted against someone.
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Damien had debated and debated all morning. Was he really going to do this? He didn’t want trouble, he was just trying to… Be himself, and those robes. Those God-awful, disgustingly unfashionable robes were an affront to Damien Anderson-Belfort’s entire being.
So it was not his robes, but a suit he used the lint brush on, careful to get any tiny speck that might have attached itself to the grey tweed of his suit jacket and pants. He cleared his throat and walked into class, his hand coming up to adjust the perfect knot on his navy blue tie. “Morning, Professor Airey.” He said, taking the seat next to Nemo, and grinning at him. "Pumpkins... Righteous."
“What up, dude.” Damien said, fist bumping Nemo, before nodding to Aegis, his other blond dorm mate. “Sup Dane,” Did they like the duds? Of course they would, it was a beautiful suit.
Anxious energy was bubbling within him despite his cool demeanor, would he get in trouble for this? Get kicked out of class? Detention like Rorie with the… Slime? He hoped not, he wasn’t asking for trouble, he just wanted a little individuality.
Whoa...did they just fist bump!? Aegis was a tad jealous of the relationship that Damien, and Nemo had. Being the newest member of their Dorm it seemed he had a long way to go before getting any of that Action his way. "Sup, Troubs." The 1 of 3 Blone Lions who were all sitting across from each other now greeted him back using the Nick-Name he gave Damien. Yeah take that NEMO! Aegis had nick-names to dish out! "Nice suit? Are you following the Way of the Flamsteed too?"...Maybe Aegis was just the newest initiate?
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Eden slipped into the classroom, de-linting her robes as per USUAL in this weird class. Professor Flamy was quite quirky, wasn't he? Eden didn't mind so much. Weren't they all a little quirky? She smiled as she saw Nemo almost instantly, giving him a VERY enthusiastic wave. He was such a..well. She did like her some Nemo Grimm. And of course, he was sitting next to Damien...who she still wasn't sure how she felt about. With his friendship with Rorie--and--yeah, past THINGS...hmm. She did shoot him a smile though. Hi hi.
"Aye, Professor--" she waved and smiled brightly as him.
She raised an eyebrow at Aegis--"Padawan Aegis? Then I'm Padawan Eden." If he got to be one, SHE wanted to be one, TOO. Because...you know...Star Wars was...only her favorite thing in all of the UNIVERSE. She smiled at the new Gryffindor, though, and waved at Toby and Adi as she walked by them...and even ruffled Lux's hair. She was thinking of sitting next to Lux--when she noticed Aj.
"Hey that's a Great idea!"
Aegis said with a smile, he'd love to have some one as Beautiful as Eden by his said during all the Flamsteed related stuff he had to Learn...That's what a padawan was wasn't it? He could have sworn he heard that term before somewhere else though, but from what?
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Nemo noticed Eden and waved back. She seemed very happy to see him. With her usual cute smile on her cute face. But he couldn't think about her being cute. Nope. Not anymore. But he could still smile and wave.. And maybe look but not touch?
He turned to Damien, who was totally his best guy friend at Hogwarts so far. Bumping fists back, which was a new greeting for him. "Hey.." He looked at his friend's clothes. "We're allowed to wear something other than the Uniforms?" Were suits okay? Or just with Flamsteed? Cause if so Nemo would wear a nice suit over this uniform any day.
Aegis quickly interjected to Nemo's Question! "It's because we follow the Way of Flamsteed." Yeah, get with the times Nemo. He and Damien were becoming the best of friends. Soon he and Aegis will be doing the Bumping of Fists!!
Ollie quickly ran over to the Astronomy tower, not sure if he was running late or not. He had slept in, he knew that much, but with all of the rushing he did, he was hoping he'd make it just on time.
Eventually reaching the classroom, and out of breath, he watched as the people entering before him stopped to use...a lint roller. He hadn't realized Astronomy was such a clean and lint-free subject, but he followed suit and, when it was his turn, he used the lint roller on his robes and then walked in and grabbed the closest open seat that was nearest the door. Because the desks were all in a circle, he didn't want to have to walk through the middle of it, so that everyone could stop and watch and he decided on a seat, and he didn't want to walk along the outside and get stuck behind someone's seat. That would just be weird.
As he looked around the classroom, he noticed quite a few people talking to each other -- was talking allowed in this class? Instead of taking the chance of stepping out of his shell to talk to the person sitting next to him, he just pulled out his book, parchment, quill, and ink from his bag and waited for class to start.
And while waiting, he couldn't help but wonder what in the world they were going to be doing with pumpkins in ASTRONOMY.
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Turning over a page in his folder, the professor grabbed a quill from his desk and made a few marks on the paper. Someone at the British Astronomical Association did not know their placement of the Stefan–Boltzmann constant and therefore the entire document he had been asked to review was a complete waste of his morning. Granted, the fellow had only misplaced it in one of the many equations in the sequence...but once was more than enough when it came to this sort of thing.
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Astronomy!!!! Margo's favorite thing in the entire world!!!! She simply could not wait to watch the stars and learn what the heavens had to offer!! Margo had a fasination with constelations and such!
So with out further ado, Margo used the lint roller on the the table as directed, making sure to get all her little kitten care off her robes and bounced on her toes reaady for action. She pulled out her text book, some parchment and a quill just as directed....oops and her wand, good thing she didn't forget to bring her wand! She loved this thing!!!!! Her wand was the best thing about being a witch hands down.
Margo was ready for this!!!
Sighing, he scribbled a few harsh words on the front and closed the folder, tossing it unceremoniously on his desk just as the first student bounced into the room. Which almost, ALMOST, put him in a better mood. A chipper greeting to match that chipper bounce in her step would have been the ticket, but as it was she received nothing more than a curt nod from the astronomer.
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"Hello, Professor. How was your summer?" He asked because there wasn't a lot of that going around at the Gryffindor Party, asking about summers seemed very dull compared to Bungee Jumping.
Listing the numbers of pi in his head - a rather relaxing past time that he often used when he could not fall asleep at night (far more effective than counting sheep) - he had just arrived at 944 in the sequence when Mr. Grimm entered.
“Good afternoon, Mr. Grimm,” he nodded, tight lipped smile, at the fifth year. “Stellar, busy, and unusually eventful. Thank you for asking.”
Thinking back on the summer did bring a ...loose lipped smile to his face. Still grumbling internally about that report, however. Sweet solstice.
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And darn! That light. Adi reached into his robes for his glasses to put them on before one of those famous headaches came along. "Good afternoon, Professor,'' he greeted with a little smile, not at all his usual bouncy self.
Woah. Consider this astronut’s mind BLOWN. Along with Mr. Tempus, Mr. Rehman was another Hufflepuff that he never expected to look so...forlorn. Airey was of the opinion that the mind of a Hufflepuff was filled with nothing but positive thoughts, so when the expected bundles of optimism looked like dying stars...it unnerved the man. End of the world unnerved.
No tears, please. Or teenage angst. Whatever it was that was ailing the young man right now...stay back!
“Hello, Mr. Rehman,” he greeted cautiously. “Bad, er, lunch?”
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"Afternoon, Professor Airey. Having a good day?" Toby greeted the astronomer as he took his seat and immediately picked up the pumpkin (fidgety idle hands, you see) before noticing the message on the board. Oh. Uh. Well... was this considered manhandling it? Toby's gaze went back to Airey and he slowly made to put the pumpkin back on the desk with a sort of questioning look, as if to say 'yes? no? can I hold Pumpkin?'
Oh thank Merlin the world was not coming to an end!
“I was, until reading that rubbish of a report,” he said with a dismissive handwave towards the document. If he didn’t have to send it back with his Astronomer Royal signature and comments he would have Incendio’d it right there on the spot. “But nothing a good solid lesson of scientific inquiry and discovery can’t fix.” His gaze darted between Mr. Tempus and the pumpkin, reckoning that if the Hufflepuff had a tail it would be wagging bath and forth eagerly like a cruppy waiting for its master to throw a ball. “If you must hug the pumpkin...I won’t stop you, Mr. Tempus.”
Just no smashing it.
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Picking up the lint roller she rolled it over her robes and such even though she knew she was clean of fur or lint but that's alright. Setting it down again she made her way inside the classroom already enjoying the light breeze that swept through from the open windows. "Hello, Professor Flamsteed. How are you today?" She asked cheerfully giving the man a light wave in greeting as well.
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“Afternoon, Miss Lynch,” he greeted the Slytherin with a quick salute. “Hoping it will get better with all you lot have to offer this lesson.”
PRESSURE ON, STUDENTS! ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE!
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Yes Yes Yes! Finally Aegis will get to see the Wizard of Wizards at work! To Commemorate this momentous occasion of Aegis' first class with his Head of House he took to heart what the Professor told him at the Lion Party. The Tall Blonde finished un-linting himself, and walked into the classroom. His School Robe covering the suit and tie mostly, but he put enough swag into his walk to let them flow so that his suit was visible beneath. "Hello, Professor Sir." Aegis gave him a Thumbs up and took a seat near the front of the Semi-Circle row of Desks. He nearly had his rear in the seat when he felt he had forgotten to say something else...
...AH OF COURSE! Aegis shot back up and stood still facing the Astronomy Professor. "Padawan Aegis! Ready to learn all I can!"
Is was hard to keep a straight face with the way Mr. Dane was prancing into the classroom, but the astronomer managed. Sort of. He gave the young man an approving nod followed by two goofy thumbs up.
“The sir is unnecessary, Mr. Dane,” he chuckled while waving his hand subtly back and forth. Sweet solstice had he once AGAIN forgotten to add that to his classroom rules? Rudy short attention span to that sort of thing. Alas. “At ease there, you are permitted to sit in my classroom.”
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"What's Up, Professor. Just a little early for Halloween, isn't it?"
Not the Dante would complain if they made jack o lanterns the whole class.
Hadn’t they established the answer to that question last term?
“I do believe the ceiling is still up there, Mr. Barrington,” he said, swirling his finger upwards towards the tall ceiling of the classroom. “Unless you are asking about what is beyond the ceiling, in which case would require a much more lengthy answer.”
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Angel was totally looking forwards to Astronomy, she used the lint roller like she had done since she had realised it was there. "Hi Professor." Angel smiled, "Good day so far?" Angel thought she might as well ask since she it was only the polite thing to do, she looked around for clues to see what she could be learning today but at the minute she decided that she would sit and wait and see what was going on with the lesson.
“Getting better by the second,” he saluted Miss Valentine casually.
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So it was not his robes, but a suit he used the lint brush on, careful to get any tiny speck that might have attached itself to the grey tweed of his suit jacket and pants. He cleared his throat and walked into class, his hand coming up to adjust the perfect knot on his navy blue tie. “Morning, Professor Airey.” He said, taking the seat next to Nemo, and grinning at him. "Pumpkins... Righteous."
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While Airey was the first to be able to appreciate the quality of suit that Mr. Anderson-Belfort came waltzing into his classroom wearing, it was regrettably not in accordance with school policy and it PAINED him to have to say what he had to say next. Seriously. PHYSICALLY pained him. One could even see it on the man’s face. All wrinkly nosed and contorted features as though he had just stubbed his toe really hard on a stone stair.
“Afternoon, Mr. Anderson-Belfort,” he said, tapping his sundial watch a few times. “I regret to inform you that I must ask you to return to the dorms and change into your school robes.” He took a few steps closer to the young man and leaned over to whisper so that only he could hear. “At least put your robes on over that stellar suit to give the illusion that you are in uniform.”
It hurt. It hurt sooooooooooooo bad.
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WOOOT Astronomy! Caleb actually really liked this class. The actual material wasn't exactly the most exciting stuff, but Flamsteed always found a way to make it more interesting and fun. He wasn't at all worried about THIS OWL. That was for sure.
He sat down in his usual desk, finding...a pumpkin. Of course. Nothing surprised him anymore. "Good day, Professor Flamsteed," he said with a smile to the man, although he looked like he was in the middle of something so he didn't say anything else.
“Afternoon, Mr. Newell,” he saluted the prefect. The young Slytherin seemed even more confident than before, perhaps in part due to the badge now pinned to his robes? Perhaps some of that could rub off on Mr. Adair? Would be quite stellar if it would.
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Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow
Echo bounced excitedly to her next class and it was about stars and things, a subject she was very eager to learn. Spotting the professor she said hello "Hello Professor" she wasn't sure of his name yet so she introduced herself.
"Im Echo Duchannes" she stuck her hand out for him to shake. before going to find a seat with the nice pumpkins sitting on them.. "I wonder if we get to carve them??" making jack-o-lanterns would be a fun way to spend a lesson.
“I remember who you are, Miss Duchannes,” he chuckled with a quick wink towards the first year before accepting her handshake. This was not the first lesson of the term, after all, seeing as it was already October.
Still, the politeness was always appreciated.
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Now she was "ready" to enter the classroom properly. The professor was there and he got a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes. "Hello, professor." She was not going to look for him, she was NOT going to look for him. Annnd, her eyes scanned the room in search of her boyfriend. There he was. Her eyes quickly cut away from him, and she made a point to go and sit at a table furthest from him. She was still mad at him, and the whole situation really.
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Not a Hufflepuff, but always chipper in her own right...Miss Valentine’s demeanour was also unnerving. Now, the astronomer purposely turned a blind eye to students’ personal affairs, but it was hard to ignore the school publication that he was the staff sponsor of.
Anxiously, his eyes darted back and forth between the Gryffindor and the Hufflepuff as he abruptly returned her greeting. “Miss Valentine.”
Sweet solstice keep the teenage angst OUT of his classroom.
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She had seen the rule about the lint roller and it rose questions about the professor. When Evie got to the classroom, she glanced at the roller, then at her robes. She plucked a cat hair off her skirt but decided that she really wasn't very linty, so she stepped inside and looked around for a seat.
Evie was tempted to sit by the boy with the green badge, but she settled for sitting a row back and a few seats away with a clear view of the professor; he might have friends he'd want to sit by, after all. Speaking of the professor, he looked like he was reading something very intensely, so she watched him. Intensely.
Speaking of angst….here came a Ravenclaw.
Who was staring at him with those perceptive eagle eyes the house was known for. “Bedazzled by my gangly good looks?” he teased.
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Originally Posted by keepmeclose22
After using the lint roller, Austin walked into the classroom ready to prove he was a Ravenclaw. He knew he had to think outside the box in order to prove that. So he was going to. He smiled and nodded at the professor and found his way to an empty seat that wasn't near anyone. He said he was ready to think like a Ravenclaw, not be social. He wasn't ready for that at the moment.
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Another silent Ravenclaw. Airey offered the young man a polite nod as he took his seat.
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"Hello, Professor Flamsteed. Getting into the Halloween spirit early this year?"
“Afternoon, Miss Carrington,” he smiled to the Hufflepuff. Good to see that she seemed in fine spirits. He had to admit that he was a bit….concerned about the young lady.
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As he looked up he noticed the Professor was in the room. He smiled and greeted him, "Hello Professor is our activity today to carve pumpkins? Because that would be kind of awesome." He was hoping for it but something tells him they won't. "Maybe we can carve constellations?" he suggested.
“I suppose it would be,” he said smugly, tugging on his tie just a smidge. They would all just have to wait and see.
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Abby made her way towards the first Astronomy lesson of the year and she used the lint roller over her robes and made sure they were lint free and proceeded into the classroom and said "Good day Professor" Abby took a seat quite close to the front she had no idea what would happen in this lesson so she was looking forward to it
“Good day, Miss Valentine,” he nodded towards the third year. Had only taken him three terms to get used to saying that three times to three different students. Quite fitting, actually.
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... "Aye, Professor--" she waved and smiled brightly as him.
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Aye? AYE?
Was that a jab at Hooksteed? The man was uncharacteristically sensitive about that - and everyone could thank Miss Brown for that fact. So he narrowed his eyes at Miss McGee and tried not to let his lip twitch.
Aye.
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Astronomy class...
Something that had proven quite interesting last term. As such, Ben had a little more curiousity for the subject. Not to mention, it was Professor Flamsteed's class and he liked the man overall, even before he became the leader of Gryffindor house. "Good afternoon, Professor," he said, greeting his head of house before going any further.
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Airey saluted Mr. Atreyu as he entered, his blue eyes eyeing the dynamic between the group of friends. “Hello, Mr. Atreyu.”
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Only said desk had a pumpkin on it, then Finn saw the message written onto the chalkboard. Who would even attempt to eat a pumpkin like this or smash it? Not so smart people. It was on everyone's desk so obviously it meant it was for class. Anyway Finn put his hands on his desk, cupped them together and waited quietly for class to start, looking at everyone else filing in.
He caught the Slytherin enter out of the corner of his eye - his attention now primarily on the source of potential teenage angst in the middle of his classroom. He did manage a small nod towards the young man, however. Yes, welcome to another Astronomy lesson.
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So, entering the classroom she first looked at the teacher, she stared him RIGHT into his eyes, trying to judge him and see who he was, he wasn’t a cat like the other professor so that was already a good thing! “Hello, professor” spoke Cahira slowly, one eyebrow raised because she still wasn’t sure if she would like this lesson AND the professor who was teaching it!
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He was being stared at. Again. Merlin was there something on his face? Toilet paper stuck to his shoe? An exceptionally large boogie sticking out of his nose? Subconsciously batting at his nose with one hand - to, you know, dislodge any boogies that may be there - he bowed his head towards the young Slytherin. “Good day.”
Had she been speaking to her pockets earlier?
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She entered the room, said a "Hello Professor," to the Professor, waved at all the familiar faces, and sat down in a chair near them. She pulled out her text book, parchment and quill, and tapped her robes to make sure her wand was safely inside.
“Good afternoon, Miss Burton,” Airey saluted the sixth year. Stellar to see that she looked especially prepared for today.
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"Hi, professor," she greeted her best friend for one day last term, amusement apparent on her features as she recalled that day. "Nice day, isn't it?" Autumn was LOVELY, it was, but the comment was more of a forced remark of small talk to keep her composure. Alllllllllways funny, it would be.
“Hello, Miss Brown,” he replied to the Ravenclaw with a smile. He gave the sky a quick glance and an approving nod. “Some would even say that it is a stellar one.”
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All this was running through Bambi Fleming's mind as she absentmindedly used the lint roller all over her robes, forgetting herself until a cough from behind hinted at her to get moving. The blonde placed the roller back and strode into the classroom, took in the pumpkin and smiled at the professor - all teeth and pained facial muscles because, really, this was just unnatural - before picking a seat at random somewhere in the semi-circle.
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There was an interesting case study to be had greetings and dismissals based on each house. He, for one, was noticing a pattern. Particularly today.
All the silent intense staring, save for a small handful thus far, from the Ravenclaws was making the man anxious. They really were going to be the death of him. Ravenclaws.
Still, he offered Miss Fleming a small, but nervous, nod of the head.
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Spotting the Professor, Janelle headed toward his desk. "Hello Professor Flamsteed. My name is Janelle Guidry and I'm very excited for Astronomy class." After that, she made her way toward the desks and sent out a general greeting. "Hello everyone."
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Oh? Maybe there was some hope?
“Jasmine’s sister, yes, I remember,” he saluted as she made her way to her seat. Quite, er, endearing, the way some of these new students wanted to make absolutely sure that he remembered them. “I hope your sister is doing well, yes?” She had been one of the few Ravenclaws that hadn’t seemed to have a death wish out for the man.
Not that he wanted to constantly compare the two. Hardly fair to this Miss Guidry.
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Originally Posted by Ginevra
Once Cilla had removed any traces of lint from her clothes, she entered the classroom and with a wave said, "Hello, Professor." Cilla spotted Zhenya and smiled and waved at her as she sat down.
“Afternoon,” he returned in greeting to Miss Ashcroft.
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The lint roller was currently unoccupied, so Bleu grabbed it and rolled her robes. She didn't really get why they had to lint roll themselves before they came in but every professor has the quirks. As she finished, she placed the roller back in its spot for the next student.
She walked into the classroom, gave the professor a small smile and nod, saying, "Hello, Professor Flamsteed!" She then picked a seat close to Lux but not right next to her. She didn't want to be a bother. She pulled out her wand, textbook, parchment, and quill, placing them on her desk in an orderly fashion. She folded her hands in her lap and waited for class to begin.
“Hello, hello,” he greeted the Hufflepuff, this time opting for a double thumbs up rather than a salute. Which felt….strange and oh-so-wrong. He would not be doing that again.
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Originally Posted by hermionesclone
... "Hello, Professor Flamsteed." Nod for the Astro!man as Grayson went to sit down on a seat that was a safe distance away from Flamsteed and his ability to jump onto a desk with more enthusiasm than a puppy being given a bone. Though, given the arrangement, he doubted there were any safe seats in the classroom.
“To you as well, Mr. Grayson,” he replied, returning to his signature salute for a greeting. Oh yes. That felt SO much better.
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Kate eyed the pumpkins for a second then looked back at the professor. "Hello, Professor," she said, and then she took a seat in a desk with a cute little pumpkin on it. She wouldn't touch that either just for good measure.
“Good day, Miss Addison,” he smiled. First year Ravenclaws. Those were dangerous.
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Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles
The lint roller always confused him. After rolling it down his arms and the front of his robes Kyroh stuck out his tongue as he tried to do his BEST to get his back. What if there was a BUNCH of lint on the back of his robes but he couldn't even see it? What did he DODO!?!? Without even noticing it the third year slowly began to turn in circles as he attempted to get his back lint. "HI.........Professor-" Can't talk, trying to get the rest of the lint.
Okay, now this was a sight that was REALLY difficult not to laugh at. But it was hardly a laughing matter that Mr. Scabior was trying his best to follow the astronomer’s rules and thus laughing would have been incredibly counterproductive of him. “Afternoon, Mr. Scabior,” he coughed, still trying to choke back his laughter. Thankfully, for all parties involved, Miss Wright came over and helped her classmate. “Looks like you are all set now.” Salute.
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The Slytherin narrowed her eyes as soon as she stepped into the classroom. Yelling kid shouting stupid things like they were padawadas or whatever those silly Muggle terms were. Stupid Muggles. Stupid Wizards who wanted to be Muggles. Stupid Muggles who wanted to be Wizards!!! Stupid people!!
ARGH.
Bad mood. Agatha was in a very bad mood. But she sat down near one of the windows nonetheless.
Was the lesson finished yet or WHAT?
Sweet solstice. What had this one’s wand in a knot?
“Careful there, Miss Hapgood,” he said softly, not wanting to enrage the Slytherin any further for fear of teenage angst exploding all over his classroom….but also enjoying living life on the edge and having next to zero self restraint. “Your face will stay like that if you look so grumpy for too long. Try to be a proton, always positive.”
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Ever since she had gotten the cat, there was always cat fur on her robes. Penelope had her own lint roller. She pulled her lint roller out of her pocket and rolled it over her robes, rolling over some areas a few more times to get all of the cat fur off. "Hello, Professor Flamsteed."
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Ah, there she was. Airey took a deeeeeeeep breath and sloooooooowly exhaled. It would seemingly be a miracle for Miss Wright to survive all seven terms in Astronomy, although this term would be much more low key compared to the previous ones. He had a lot of Astronomer Royal work to tend to behind the scenes.
“Hello there, Miss Wright,” he saluted. “Thank you for assisting your classmate in being thorough with their lint rolling. It is appreciated. Take 2 points.”
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Astronomy. It was Lottie's subject. Oh, man. This would be weird. Suddenly, he wasn't feelin' all too jazzed about this... But still, he made his way into the class room and gave his Professor a small salute despite. That's what Professor Flamsteed, right? The saluting. "Hi, Professor, are we carving pumpkins?" Hardly related to Astronomy.... Anyways. Time to pick a seat. Always the hardest part of any class, unless you were considering potions and runes because those ones only got harder and harder. Seats were hardly the problem. ANYWAYS, sitting. Right. That's what he was going to do here. OH, Agatha looked like she needed some company. So yes. Agatha, sitting by her and the window and giving her a small smile. Mhm. Hey.
Airey offered an especially bright smile towards Mr. Adair, this generation’s Neville Longbottom. Brave indeed, considering his choice of seat. “You’ll just have to wait and see, Mr. Adair,” he winked. They certainly were not going to be dropping them from the Astronomy Tower as a demonstration of the force of gravity - although the thought HAD crossed his mind.
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"Goo-..." He'd been about to greet the man, cheeks flushed with his excitement, but Flamsteed was...reading something. Well, Gabriel didn't want to pull his focus or interrupt. So...he'd could wait.
“Kneazle got your tongue there, Mr. Banner?” Airey chuckled, understanding the true motive for the boy not finishing his thought but, as always, unable to resist teasing just a little.
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Nevertheless, Zeke grabbed the lint roller, looked at his robes, shrugged, and ran it over the front really quickly... THEN he slipped into the room. "Hey Professor," he greeted brightly before claiming an available chair. Yep yep... he should be earlier next time. Whoooops. But say what? Pumpkins? WHYYYY?
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“Afternoon, Mr. Zeke,” he saluted the Gryffindor.
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... "Hello Professor," He greeted with a smile as he passed by Flamsteed's desk to find himself his own empty spot in the semi circle of desks. Setting down his shoulder bag, he saw a bit of orange out of the corner of his eye and he turned in his seat to see before him on top of the desk, a fancy looking BRIGHT orange pumpkin. OH. The fifth year glanced around himself, noticing the other pumpkins on the desks. Why hadn't he noticed them when he had come in?! He must be losing it. Ah, well. Leaning back in his chair, he waited for the class to start, staring at the pumpkin, wondering what it'd have to do with the lesson. Hmmmmmmmmm.
“Mr. Callaghan,” Airey said with a small nod of the head.
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"H'lo, professor," Marigold said, passing him after de-linting with a smile. She found her own desk and waved/smiled over at Sophie and Toby. Hi. Friends. With a quick glance around, she prodded the pumpkin in front of her. Were they making Jack o lanterns?
“Good day, Miss McAlistor,” he smiled, squinting momentarily at...whatever word it was that the prefect had just uttered. Thankfully for her, his mood had lifted considerably and thus was not annoyed enough by her imaginary word - or was she attempting to speak Klingon? - to take points for a lack of formality.
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With a grin, she bowed her head to Professor Flamsteed to greet him. Her voice wasn't exactly clear those days, that's why she saved the words out. Once sat down, close to Eden, she looked at the giant pumpkin and tapped her fingers against the desk, trying to sound off to Bach.
The nod was appreciated, and the professor returned it with one of his own.
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*Walking into the classroom he stopped and saw the lint brush. Really? He had to clear the lint off of himself before he came in? Really!? Taking the brush he made sure to clear away any lint that had made it's way on to his robes. Once he was done he set the brush down and saw the paper with other students names on it. Was he meant to sign it after using the brush? Just in case he wrote his name down quickly and found a seat. Nodding a hello to the lint brush professor he found a seat. Setting his things down he waited for class to start.*
The Astronomy professor had not seen the Slytherin sign his name, yet, but there would be a conversation when he had. Ahem.
Nodding his head towards the young man as he entered, Airey looked at his sundial watch for the time. Just a little bit longer and they could get started.
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One good thing about being in Gryffindor was that it wasn't that far of a trip the Astronomy tower. So Heather made pretty good time and got to class on time, despite having gotten a late start. Even having had to stop and use the lint roller.
"Hello, professor," she greeted, going to her seat and sitting down. What were the pumpkins for? Also, not touching the thing was proving to be hard. Because that's exactly what she wanted to do.
Alright, lips and tongue, were you feeling flexible today? Dare we try and greet the Gryffindor with her name or stay safe to avoid eye rolling and stares of doom as you butcher it once again? Even if he had done quite well at the Gryffindor party at the start of term...and hadn’t been too terrible in recent lessons with her name.
“Hello.”
Whoops. Over thought that one and fell on his face.
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The lint roller was used, once again, to pick spiders off the wall, and then Dot was prancing into the Astronomy classroom. She made a beeline for the desks before veering off to go and look at the professor. Just to look at him. In his suit. Maybe bother him a bit, too, if he bothered to look up at her and pay attention.
She wanted to talk to him. Obviously.
Also she wanted to drop a pumpkin out the window and see it splat. Was it possible he'd notice if she accidentally-on-purpose dropped hers out the window? Dot averted her eyes from watching the professor to gauging the distance to the window.
Nor had he seen this one using it to pick up spiders - a great mystery when he had gone to collect his lint roller at the end of lessons and seen them smushed on it. He needed to amend that notice. Again.
And MORE starring? Seriously, DID he have something on his face? Or was it really that they had come to appreciate his gangly good looks?
Actually, he would rather not know the answer to that question, especially if it was the latter. Even if he had jokingly asked it earlier.
“Miss Wojack,” he greeted with a small salute.
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Puck made her way further into the room and immediately sat near Eden and Paloma. “Hey” she smiled at the two girls and gave Professor Flamsteed a nod as if saying she was going to try and do a good job this term…well more than that she wasn’t going to end up in a closet this term unless…no, that just wasn't going to happen.
Airey simply gave the prefect a quick salute in return...followed by a wink.
No, no closets this term. Hopefully.
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Norah inspected her robes for lint even BEFORE she got to the entrance to the Astronomy tower, so she was all pumped up and ready to roll that roller all over. YEAH! She did a little wriggly dance as she ran the lint roller over her SEEMINGLY lint-free robes before setting it down and entering the room with a big 'ol grin for Professor Flamsteed. The third year gave him a little salute and "Hi, Professor Flamsteed. Hope your holiday was out of this universe." She kept GRINNING and even GIGGLED a little at her own joke, 'cause she had been waiting allll summer to use that one.
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Chuckling, he beamed back towards the Hufflepuff with a coy smile. “Can’t say that it was that stellar,” he mused. “Seeing as our universe is ever expanding and that would require and exceptionally outstanding event to occur to be able to qualify those standards. Though...I suppose you could say that I did come close.” He finished his sentence with a quick wink, but was not about to divulge his personal affairs with a student. Especially not a classroom full of them.
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James entered the classroom and searched for an empty seat. Why he was taking this class he wasn't sure but he always did fancy the stars and space. Spotting Paloma he waved and went over to find a seat up near the kids closer to his age and house. He nodded toward the professor in greeting as he walked past and slid into a chair.
Airey nodded his head as the Ravenclaw entered, checking his sundial watch once again for the time. Just a few more minutes.
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Seeing the professor reading and frowning over some kind of official looking paper, Kevin got curious and instead of walking to a desk he sneaked up on the man and stood on his toes to try and take a peek of the file.
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Playfully tisking Mr. Hirase, Airey pointed towards an empty seat. “Not today, Mr. Hirase,” he chuckled. Not to mention all of the theory and mathematics were beyond the boy’s capabilities. “Not terribly interesting for you.”
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“Good afternoon, Professor Flamsteed,” she said, whether or not he was actually paying attention. The look on his face as he read the paper told her that a distraction probably would be welcomed, anyway. And she was always polite to people who deserved it. He hadn’t done anything to not deserve it yet, aside from the weirdness last year that she’d tried to stay out of after the argument with Alexa over evil fairies not existing. Insanity should be pitied, not counted against someone.
“And a good afternoon to you as well, Miss Andrews,” he saluted the young snakette.
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As he looked around the classroom, he noticed quite a few people talking to each other -- was talking allowed in this class? Instead of taking the chance of stepping out of his shell to talk to the person sitting next to him, he just pulled out his book, parchment, quill, and ink from his bag and waited for class to start.
And while waiting, he couldn't help but wonder what in the world they were going to be doing with pumpkins in ASTRONOMY.
Checking his sundial watch once more, the professor removed his wand from his enchanted pocket and was just about to charm the door closed when a tiny snake came scurrying in.
“At the buzzer, Mr. Kyle,”he chuckled, charming the door closed now, signaling the beginning of the lesson.
“Alright everyone, if you could please take your seats and cease all other conversations,” he announced, clapping his hands together a few times to get everyone’s attention. “Let’s get this show on the road! For those of you who may have forgotten, I am Professor Flamsteed, but you may call me Professor Airey if you wish. Whichever launches your rocket. And this is Astronomy.” Everyone in the right place? Good.
Strutting back towards his desk and standing in front of it, he waved his finger lazily in all the pumpkin’s directions. “I am sure you are all wondering what these pumpkins have to do with today’s lesson,” he began. “So to put your minds at ease, yes. We will be carving them, but not just yet. All will be revealed in due time.” He adjusted his tie once again, loosening it a bit and giving it a slight tug. He was rather...anxious about what he had to say next, mostly because he did not fancy another visit from Cassiopeia. “I would like to begin today’s lesson with a brief reminder that astronomy and astrology, while both based on common roots, are two very different fields of...study.” Although he would call the latter more make-believe than study, but consider that thought kept to himself. “In summary, astronomy is a science studies the universe and examines the positions, motions, and properties of celestial objects. Astrology attempts to study how those positions, motions, and properties affect people and events on Earth and was considered a part of mainstream science until the late 1600s when Sir Isaac Newton came along.” To which he owed the great astronomer SO much. SOOOOOOO much. “Now, I remind you of this because today’s study ventures back to these ancient times before telescopes and space stations and scientific theory, but in order to understand the present we must also understand the past.”
Get it? Got it? Good. Stellar even.
“So,” he continued, holding his hands behind his back as he rocked back onto his heels. “Let’s begin today’s journey with the dragon in the room, shall we? Pumpkins. October. As several of you mentioned when you came in this reminds you of Halloween, and you are right. That is precisely the feeling I was going for. But, can anyone tell me what connections Halloween has with astronomy? Anyone care to venture a guess?” Show of hands?
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Abby listened to what the professor said and raised her hand and said "Halloween has to do with astronomy cause of the moon and stars" Abby wasn't sure if that was right but it was well worth a guess better than being silent
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Bianca just sat at her desk and stared at the orange pumpkin while waiting for the class started. Dude, seriously Halloween wouldn't come till next month. Those pumpkin looked great by the way, she could steal them and baked pumpkin bread or pumpkin pie at the kitchen right now. Hmm...
Enough with the daydreaming of pumpkin dessert, Bianca Rush. the class had already started.
Okaaaaaaaaay.... The brunette then stayed focus and ready for the lesson. And she didn't have any idea about the correlations between astronomy and October. She just randomly guessed "Maybe... we can visibly see Venus at Halloween night?" She spoke as she raised her hand. Well, it's just a guess so... She didn't hope that she was right.
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As Dylan sat listening, he gave a thoughtful look at the professor's question. Hmm. He didn't know much about Halloween having to do with the stars or anything. The fifth year suddenly raised his hand when something popped into his head. "Halloween takes place at the end of a season?" He suggested. Who knows, that could do with the stars. Maybe something changed as the fall season turned into winter? He didn't quite know, just a guess.
Angel looked at the Professor and raised her hand, she had a feeling her sister was upset about something especially since she was staying away from her and the gang but she could find out later. "Is it because pumpkins are made better in the moonlight?" Angel wasn't 100% sure if she was right or not but it was worth a go at asking that, her sister had said the other thing she had thought about saying.
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Bad lunch? Adi blinked, taking a moment as he wondered what the Astronomer was on about. Ohh! His mood was showing. Heh. "Everything's bad, Professor,'' he replied solemnly. Solemn did not suit him but right now, he didn't feel like being bouncy.
While he was seated and watching AJ greet the man, Adi could see Flamsteed's eyes darting to him and AJ. No doubt he was figuring out something was wrong between the couple.
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Thank mercy the class was starting, yeah? Adi forced himself to hang on to every word being spoken by Flamsteed. Oh yes! The pumpkins... he had not thought one bit as to why there were pumpkins in the class. Carving them made a lot of sense though. Yep. Especially since Halloween was coming up in a few weeks time.
"Halloween is the day midway between the Autumnal Equinox and the Winter solstice,'' the Hufflepuff gave his response, his hand in the air. Was that right? Or had he gotten some part of his answer mixed up?
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Class was starting now, so Kate tore her eyes away from the mysterious pumpkin in front of her and looked toward the professor. All she could think of when she first looked at him was lint and suits. She still wondered what the deal was with those two things, but she planned to just wonder than until she heard somebody else mention it. No way was she going to ask!
She blinked as she listened to the professor tell the difference between Astronomy and Astrology. Whaaaaaat? He lost her at pretty much word one, but in the end, that didn't really seem to matter. They were off on a different subject now. Sooo, Halloween and Astronomy. "Is it because Halloween is not quite winter yet but getting a little too cold for the autumn?" she asked, raising her hand. Her birthday was October 30, and she was never able to have a swimming party but couldn't quite call things a 'Winter Wonderland' yet either. It had always bothered her that her birthday fell kind of in the middle of everything instead of in the thick of things. "Halloween is kind of in the middle of the two seasons." Like her birthday.
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Speaking of angst….here came a Ravenclaw.
Who was staring at him with those perceptive eagle eyes the house was known for. “Bedazzled by my gangly good looks?” he teased.
“Alright everyone, if you could please take your seats and cease all other conversations,” he announced, clapping his hands together a few times to get everyone’s attention. “Let’s get this show on the road! For those of you who may have forgotten, I am Professor Flamsteed, but you may call me Professor Airey if you wish. Whichever launches your rocket. And this is Astronomy.” Everyone in the right place? Good.
Strutting back towards his desk and standing in front of it, he waved his finger lazily in all the pumpkin’s directions. “I am sure you are all wondering what these pumpkins have to do with today’s lesson,” he began. “So to put your minds at ease, yes. We will be carving them, but not just yet. All will be revealed in due time.” He adjusted his tie once again, loosening it a bit and giving it a slight tug. He was rather...anxious about what he had to say next, mostly because he did not fancy another visit from Cassiopeia. “I would like to begin today’s lesson with a brief reminder that astronomy and astrology, while both based on common roots, are two very different fields of...study.” Although he would call the latter more make-believe than study, but consider that thought kept to himself. “In summary, astronomy is a science studies the universe and examines the positions, motions, and properties of celestial objects. Astrology attempts to study how those positions, motions, and properties affect people and events on Earth and was considered a part of mainstream science until the late 1600s when Sir Isaac Newton came along.” To which he owed the great astronomer SO much. SOOOOOOO much. “Now, I remind you of this because today’s study ventures back to these ancient times before telescopes and space stations and scientific theory, but in order to understand the present we must also understand the past.”
Get it? Got it? Good. Stellar even.
“So,” he continued, holding his hands behind his back as he rocked back onto his heels. “Let’s begin today’s journey with the dragon in the room, shall we? Pumpkins. October. As several of you mentioned when you came in this reminds you of Halloween, and you are right. That is precisely the feeling I was going for. But, can anyone tell me what connections Halloween has with astronomy? Anyone care to venture a guess?” Show of hands?
Bedazzled by his gangly good looks?
Evie continued staring at him, slightly more mortified now. ".... No..?" Drawing her eyes away from the gangly professor (the only word in his accusing statement that seemed to ring true for Evie), the Ravenclaw looked around at the other students as they filed in. That was probably safer.
A few moments later, she heard the professor's voice raise and she turned her attention back to him as the lesson began. She quickly got out her notebook and quill. They were talking about pumpkins and Halloween and how they related with astronomy in ancient times... Evie knew that she had studied this before at home, but it had just been brief. She rattled her brain and rose her hand. "Doesn't it have something to do with the equinox..?" That was all she could remember.
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Looking over at grumpy Agatha again, Zander couldn't help but wonder exactly what she was so mad about. Even for Agatha, this was weird. Grumpier than normal, you know? But anyways... Class was officially in motion and it'd probably be best if he let the Slytherin be. Especially considering the fact that it was Fifth Year and everything from this point forward would be super vital information. Merlin, how was he possibly going to manage to get through this term.
He did his best to pay attention to every little thing Professor Flamsteed said this time around, unlike past years when really he'd just ignore all the extra information and wait for the questions and activities. This time it was all important. Especially if he was planning on passing exams. As for the question... He really had absolutely no clue. None whatsoever. Though he did feel as if Flamsteed would be counting on him for an answer and he didn't need to let the guy down another time. So raising his hand-- still in mid thought by the way-- he waited for his turn. "Um, is it because it falls on a full moon this year?" Actually. He had no idea if it was supposed to fall on a full moon this year.
Welp. It was a try, okay? He'd get the next one for sure.
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"Halloween derived from ancient Celtic cross-quarter day. A cross-quarter day is a day more or less midway between an equinox and a solstice. Halloween is approximately midway point between the autumn equinox and winter solstice."
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The universe sounds like a vague enough answer to what is up. Though the ceiling works also. Anyway class was starting and they were going to be carving pumpkins. Dante's type of class. The puns did not hurt either. Whatever launches your rocket. Not bad at all.
Someone must really not like Astrology if they go that in depth to tell the difference in the first class of the year. Would they get detention by thinking this was Astrology. But back to Halloween. "You can dress up as your favorite Astronomer on Halloween"
You can if you want. Nobody would stop you.
Well whatever Halloween was cool.
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Carving pumpkins?! YEEEEEEEES! He did love to do that. But he had to sit through class first. Ugh. He put his head on his arms and watched the professor Thank Merlin for that because Astrology seemed silly to him. When you're born telling you how you behave. PFFFFFFT.
James rose his hand at the question, "Halloween is related to the equinox and solstice it's like the halfway mark or something."
Abbi sat at her desk catching her breathe after *just* making it in time for the lesson. She barely had time to even greet the Professor, and now she did everything in her power to slower her breathe so she could actually listen to him.
Astronomy..Astrology, oh yeah. She got that. Basically Astronomy was the positions and all that where as astrology was how those positions affected people? Yeah, she understood or thought she did.
As for the pumpkin, the others had beat her first thought to it. The equinox, it had to be that..but hey maybe a second guess or suggestion wouldn't hurt either way? "Professor, I'd say it's the equinox like everyone said or it could just be the fact that a pumpkin could represent a planet? You know like it's oval and all that." Lame, maybe..but hey what else was there to say?
Bianca didn't really remember when she got here. For the most part, she'd been zoning out despite the class only just starting. Hearing a question, she jolted awake and nearly tossed her notebook onto the floor. Straightening her back and smoothing her hair down, she tried her best to look interested in how Halloween and stars and astronomy and Halloween. Wait. Bianca liked Halloween.
But how did it even relate to Astronomy?
"On Halloween, you can dress planets up as people and dress people up as planets and space and stuff." See, related to Astronomy. "Also the full moon is cool and sometimes it lands on Halloween and makes things super creepy. So. HA.
There was her smart answer. She then proceeded to lean back in her seat and let people admire her smartness.
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Turning over a page in his folder, the professor grabbed a quill from his desk and made a few marks on the paper. Someone at the British Astronomical Association did not know their placement of the Stefan–Boltzmann constant and therefore the entire document he had been asked to review was a complete waste of his morning. Granted, the fellow had only misplaced it in one of the many equations in the sequence...but once was more than enough when it came to this sort of thing.
Sighing, he scribbled a few harsh words on the front and closed the folder, tossing it unceremoniously on his desk just as the first student bounced into the room. Which almost, ALMOST, put him in a better mood. A chipper greeting to match that chipper bounce in her step would have been the ticket, but as it was she received nothing more than a curt nod from the astronomer.
Listing the numbers of pi in his head - a rather relaxing past time that he often used when he could not fall asleep at night (far more effective than counting sheep) - he had just arrived at 944 in the sequence when Mr. Grimm entered.
“Good afternoon, Mr. Grimm,” he nodded, tight lipped smile, at the fifth year. “Stellar, busy, and unusually eventful. Thank you for asking.”
Thinking back on the summer did bring a ...loose lipped smile to his face. Still grumbling internally about that report, however. Sweet solstice.
Woah. Consider this astronut’s mind BLOWN. Along with Mr. Tempus, Mr. Rehman was another Hufflepuff that he never expected to look so...forlorn. Airey was of the opinion that the mind of a Hufflepuff was filled with nothing but positive thoughts, so when the expected bundles of optimism looked like dying stars...it unnerved the man. End of the world unnerved.
No tears, please. Or teenage angst. Whatever it was that was ailing the young man right now...stay back!
“Hello, Mr. Rehman,” he greeted cautiously. “Bad, er, lunch?”
Oh thank Merlin the world was not coming to an end!
“I was, until reading that rubbish of a report,” he said with a dismissive handwave towards the document. If he didn’t have to send it back with his Astronomer Royal signature and comments he would have Incendio’d it right there on the spot. “But nothing a good solid lesson of scientific inquiry and discovery can’t fix.” His gaze darted between Mr. Tempus and the pumpkin, reckoning that if the Hufflepuff had a tail it would be wagging bath and forth eagerly like a cruppy waiting for its master to throw a ball. “If you must hug the pumpkin...I won’t stop you, Mr. Tempus.”
Just no smashing it.
“Afternoon, Miss Lynch,” he greeted the Slytherin with a quick salute. “Hoping it will get better with all you lot have to offer this lesson.”
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Is was hard to keep a straight face with the way Mr. Dane was prancing into the classroom, but the astronomer managed. Sort of. He gave the young man an approving nod followed by two goofy thumbs up.
“The sir is unnecessary, Mr. Dane,” he chuckled while waving his hand subtly back and forth. Sweet solstice had he once AGAIN forgotten to add that to his classroom rules? Rudy short attention span to that sort of thing. Alas. “At ease there, you are permitted to sit in my classroom.”
Hadn’t they established the answer to that question last term?
“I do believe the ceiling is still up there, Mr. Barrington,” he said, swirling his finger upwards towards the tall ceiling of the classroom. “Unless you are asking about what is beyond the ceiling, in which case would require a much more lengthy answer.”
“Getting better by the second,” he saluted Miss Valentine casually.
While Airey was the first to be able to appreciate the quality of suit that Mr. Anderson-Belfort came waltzing into his classroom wearing, it was regrettably not in accordance with school policy and it PAINED him to have to say what he had to say next. Seriously. PHYSICALLY pained him. One could even see it on the man’s face. All wrinkly nosed and contorted features as though he had just stubbed his toe really hard on a stone stair.
“Afternoon, Mr. Anderson-Belfort,” he said, tapping his sundial watch a few times. “I regret to inform you that I must ask you to return to the dorms and change into your school robes.” He took a few steps closer to the young man and leaned over to whisper so that only he could hear. “At least put your robes on over that stellar suit to give the illusion that you are in uniform.”
It hurt. It hurt sooooooooooooo bad.
“Afternoon, Mr. Newell,” he saluted the prefect. The young Slytherin seemed even more confident than before, perhaps in part due to the badge now pinned to his robes? Perhaps some of that could rub off on Mr. Adair? Would be quite stellar if it would.
“I remember who you are, Miss Duchannes,” he chuckled with a quick wink towards the first year before accepting her handshake. This was not the first lesson of the term, after all, seeing as it was already October.
Still, the politeness was always appreciated.
Not a Hufflepuff, but always chipper in her own right...Miss Valentine’s demeanour was also unnerving. Now, the astronomer purposely turned a blind eye to students’ personal affairs, but it was hard to ignore the school publication that he was the staff sponsor of.
Anxiously, his eyes darted back and forth between the Gryffindor and the Hufflepuff as he abruptly returned her greeting. “Miss Valentine.”
Sweet solstice keep the teenage angst OUT of his classroom.
Speaking of angst….here came a Ravenclaw.
Who was staring at him with those perceptive eagle eyes the house was known for. “Bedazzled by my gangly good looks?” he teased.
Another silent Ravenclaw. Airey offered the young man a polite nod as he took his seat.
“Afternoon, Miss Carrington,” he smiled to the Hufflepuff. Good to see that she seemed in fine spirits. He had to admit that he was a bit….concerned about the young lady.
“I suppose it would be,” he said smugly, tugging on his tie just a smidge. They would all just have to wait and see.
“Good day, Miss Valentine,” he nodded towards the third year. Had only taken him three terms to get used to saying that three times to three different students. Quite fitting, actually.
Aye? AYE?
Was that a jab at Hooksteed? The man was uncharacteristically sensitive about that - and everyone could thank Miss Brown for that fact. So he narrowed his eyes at Miss McGee and tried not to let his lip twitch.
Aye.
Airey saluted Mr. Atreyu as he entered, his blue eyes eyeing the dynamic between the group of friends. “Hello, Mr. Atreyu.”
He caught the Slytherin enter out of the corner of his eye - his attention now primarily on the source of potential teenage angst in the middle of his classroom. He did manage a small nod towards the young man, however. Yes, welcome to another Astronomy lesson.
He was being stared at. Again. Merlin was there something on his face? Toilet paper stuck to his shoe? An exceptionally large boogie sticking out of his nose? Subconsciously batting at his nose with one hand - to, you know, dislodge any boogies that may be there - he bowed his head towards the young Slytherin. “Good day.”
Had she been speaking to her pockets earlier?
“Good afternoon, Miss Burton,” Airey saluted the sixth year. Stellar to see that she looked especially prepared for today.
“Hello, Miss Brown,” he replied to the Ravenclaw with a smile. He gave the sky a quick glance and an approving nod. “Some would even say that it is a stellar one.”
There was an interesting case study to be had greetings and dismissals based on each house. He, for one, was noticing a pattern. Particularly today.
All the silent intense staring, save for a small handful thus far, from the Ravenclaws was making the man anxious. They really were going to be the death of him. Ravenclaws.
Still, he offered Miss Fleming a small, but nervous, nod of the head.
Oh? Maybe there was some hope?
“Jasmine’s sister, yes, I remember,” he saluted as she made her way to her seat. Quite, er, endearing, the way some of these new students wanted to make absolutely sure that he remembered them. “I hope your sister is doing well, yes?” She had been one of the few Ravenclaws that hadn’t seemed to have a death wish out for the man.
Not that he wanted to constantly compare the two. Hardly fair to this Miss Guidry.
“Afternoon,” he returned in greeting to Miss Ashcroft.
“Hello, hello,” he greeted the Hufflepuff, this time opting for a double thumbs up rather than a salute. Which felt….strange and oh-so-wrong. He would not be doing that again.
“To you as well, Mr. Grayson,” he replied, returning to his signature salute for a greeting. Oh yes. That felt SO much better.
“Good day, Miss Addison,” he smiled. First year Ravenclaws. Those were dangerous.
Okay, now this was a sight that was REALLY difficult not to laugh at. But it was hardly a laughing matter that Mr. Scabior was trying his best to follow the astronomer’s rules and thus laughing would have been incredibly counterproductive of him. “Afternoon, Mr. Scabior,” he coughed, still trying to choke back his laughter. Thankfully, for all parties involved, Miss Wright came over and helped her classmate. “Looks like you are all set now.” Salute.
Sweet solstice. What had this one’s wand in a knot?
“Careful there, Miss Hapgood,” he said softly, not wanting to enrage the Slytherin any further for fear of teenage angst exploding all over his classroom….but also enjoying living life on the edge and having next to zero self restraint. “Your face will stay like that if you look so grumpy for too long. Try to be a proton, always positive.”
HAR HAR HAR,
Ah, there she was. Airey took a deeeeeeeep breath and sloooooooowly exhaled. It would seemingly be a miracle for Miss Wright to survive all seven terms in Astronomy, although this term would be much more low key compared to the previous ones. He had a lot of Astronomer Royal work to tend to behind the scenes.
“Hello there, Miss Wright,” he saluted. “Thank you for assisting your classmate in being thorough with their lint rolling. It is appreciated. Take 2 points.”
Airey offered an especially bright smile towards Mr. Adair, this generation’s Neville Longbottom. Brave indeed, considering his choice of seat. “You’ll just have to wait and see, Mr. Adair,” he winked. They certainly were not going to be dropping them from the Astronomy Tower as a demonstration of the force of gravity - although the thought HAD crossed his mind.
“Kneazle got your tongue there, Mr. Banner?” Airey chuckled, understanding the true motive for the boy not finishing his thought but, as always, unable to resist teasing just a little.
“Afternoon, Mr. Zeke,” he saluted the Gryffindor.
“Mr. Callaghan,” Airey said with a small nod of the head.
“Good day, Miss McAlistor,” he smiled, squinting momentarily at...whatever word it was that the prefect had just uttered. Thankfully for her, his mood had lifted considerably and thus was not annoyed enough by her imaginary word - or was she attempting to speak Klingon? - to take points for a lack of formality.
The nod was appreciated, and the professor returned it with one of his own.
The Astronomy professor had not seen the Slytherin sign his name, yet, but there would be a conversation when he had. Ahem.
Nodding his head towards the young man as he entered, Airey looked at his sundial watch for the time. Just a little bit longer and they could get started.
Alright, lips and tongue, were you feeling flexible today? Dare we try and greet the Gryffindor with her name or stay safe to avoid eye rolling and stares of doom as you butcher it once again? Even if he had done quite well at the Gryffindor party at the start of term...and hadn’t been too terrible in recent lessons with her name.
“Hello.”
Whoops. Over thought that one and fell on his face.
Nor had he seen this one using it to pick up spiders - a great mystery when he had gone to collect his lint roller at the end of lessons and seen them smushed on it. He needed to amend that notice. Again.
And MORE starring? Seriously, DID he have something on his face? Or was it really that they had come to appreciate his gangly good looks?
Actually, he would rather not know the answer to that question, especially if it was the latter. Even if he had jokingly asked it earlier.
“Miss Wojack,” he greeted with a small salute.
Airey simply gave the prefect a quick salute in return...followed by a wink.
No, no closets this term. Hopefully.
Chuckling, he beamed back towards the Hufflepuff with a coy smile. “Can’t say that it was that stellar,” he mused. “Seeing as our universe is ever expanding and that would require and exceptionally outstanding event to occur to be able to qualify those standards. Though...I suppose you could say that I did come close.” He finished his sentence with a quick wink, but was not about to divulge his personal affairs with a student. Especially not a classroom full of them.
Airey nodded his head as the Ravenclaw entered, checking his sundial watch once again for the time. Just a few more minutes.
Playfully tisking Mr. Hirase, Airey pointed towards an empty seat. “Not today, Mr. Hirase,” he chuckled. Not to mention all of the theory and mathematics were beyond the boy’s capabilities. “Not terribly interesting for you.”
“And a good afternoon to you as well, Miss Andrews,” he saluted the young snakette.
Checking his sundial watch once more, the professor removed his wand from his enchanted pocket and was just about to charm the door closed when a tiny snake came scurrying in.
“At the buzzer, Mr. Kyle,”he chuckled, charming the door closed now, signaling the beginning of the lesson.
“Alright everyone, if you could please take your seats and cease all other conversations,” he announced, clapping his hands together a few times to get everyone’s attention. “Let’s get this show on the road! For those of you who may have forgotten, I am Professor Flamsteed, but you may call me Professor Airey if you wish. Whichever launches your rocket. And this is Astronomy.” Everyone in the right place? Good.
Strutting back towards his desk and standing in front of it, he waved his finger lazily in all the pumpkin’s directions. “I am sure you are all wondering what these pumpkins have to do with today’s lesson,” he began. “So to put your minds at ease, yes. We will be carving them, but not just yet. All will be revealed in due time.” He adjusted his tie once again, loosening it a bit and giving it a slight tug. He was rather...anxious about what he had to say next, mostly because he did not fancy another visit from Cassiopeia. “I would like to begin today’s lesson with a brief reminder that astronomy and astrology, while both based on common roots, are two very different fields of...study.” Although he would call the latter more make-believe than study, but consider that thought kept to himself. “In summary, astronomy is a science studies the universe and examines the positions, motions, and properties of celestial objects. Astrology attempts to study how those positions, motions, and properties affect people and events on Earth and was considered a part of mainstream science until the late 1600s when Sir Isaac Newton came along.” To which he owed the great astronomer SO much. SOOOOOOO much. “Now, I remind you of this because today’s study ventures back to these ancient times before telescopes and space stations and scientific theory, but in order to understand the present we must also understand the past.”
Get it? Got it? Good. Stellar even.
“So,” he continued, holding his hands behind his back as he rocked back onto his heels. “Let’s begin today’s journey with the dragon in the room, shall we? Pumpkins. October. As several of you mentioned when you came in this reminds you of Halloween, and you are right. That is precisely the feeling I was going for. But, can anyone tell me what connections Halloween has with astronomy? Anyone care to venture a guess?” Show of hands?
Gabriel had the grace to blush...or, actually, that wasn't grace. He wouldn't have been himself if he wasn't blushy and flushy about one thing or another. Smiling just a little at the professor's teasing, Gabe began pulling out materials: notebook and quill....along with keeping a hand on the pumpkin.
Completely normal. Yes, he was.
When they officially began, Flamsteed when through the customary introduction phase of presenting Astronomy. He always added really neat facts here and there and though he wasn't writing it all down, Gabe would remember. Like the bit about Isaac Newton. Gabe was an Albert Einstein guy himself...but Newton was up there on his list of favorite Scientists/heroes, for sure.
These questions about Halloween and space, though. There were a few things that came to mind...as far as significance went...but since Flamsteed had specifically mentioned 'ancient times'/before modern equipment, this wouldn't be about the 2003 Halloween Solar Storm...
"It's the midway point of the Autumnal Equinox."...Also, he'd read you could see certain star clusters (like Pleiades) at midnight every Halloween. Of course, he hadn't personally seen this, so couldn't say whether or not that was true..."...and one of four traditional cross-quarter days."
See?! No stuttering at all. Progress.
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Ravenclaw Sixth Year
October 3rd, 2085
Astronomy Tower
Astronomy Lesson 1: ?? PUMPKINS!
What is the relationship between Halloween and Space? Halloween Solar Storm
Midway point of the Autumnal Equinox
Traditional “cross-quarter day"
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More people were coming in, and Lux smiled and waved at them all. D'aww Eden was playing with her hair. How cute. She thought her new friend was joining her, but Eden opted to sit somewhere else. Oh well. The seat SHOULD have been Bay's anyway but he had GRADUATED and LEFT. Pout.
Professor Flamsteed started class just then, so that was a nice distractions from sads because they were going to discuss Halloween, which was an interesting holiday. She had actually read up on it, so the answer to the first question wasn't too hard if she remembered the information correctly. Raising her hand, she gave the best response that she could. "I think Halloween is a cross-quarter day which means that it falls more-or-less between the autumn equinox and winter solstice. I believe this was done intentionally, but I'm not positive." Ancient people tended to be keen observers of the sky, so she was pretty sure it was done on purpose.
Okay, the teacher finally had started to talk and… For a few minutes she wondered where he was talking about? Newton? That was a Muggle right? Hmm, Muggles were boring so she wasn’t really interested in that part of his story! But when he started to talk about… The pumpkins she frowned. She had absolutely NO idea how to answer his question! All what she knew was that the muggles made them to scare the dead away, ghosts and the undead… But that was rubbish, of course! The muggles were just stupid to believe in such a story but… More than that she didn’t knew about the pumpkins en Halloween and she absolutely didn’t knew what it all had to do with this lesson!
Shaking her head she didn’t spoke because she really had no idea WHAT to say! She only sat still, ready to make notes but… Also listening to what the others were saying, one eyebrow raised and a questioning look in her eyes…
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Just remembering something, Gabe raised his hand again...since staring at the pumpkin reminded him of Mars for whatever reason.
"I read that...in 2005, Mars began rotating especially close to Earth...and supposedly did for the following thirteen years." He'd also read accounts where people had mentioned it looking like a pumpkin in the sky......Maybe that's why he'd remembered. Pumpkins were important, yes. "When do you suppose that'll happen again, sir?"
...for his stargazing reasons.
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There was an interesting case study to be had greetings and dismissals based on each house. He, for one, was noticing a pattern. Particularly today.
All the silent intense staring, save for a small handful thus far, from the Ravenclaws was making the man anxious. They really were going to be the death of him. Ravenclaws.
Still, he offered Miss Fleming a small, but nervous, nod of the head.
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Checking his sundial watch once more, the professor removed his wand from his enchanted pocket and was just about to charm the door closed when a tiny snake came scurrying in.
“At the buzzer, Mr. Kyle,”he chuckled, charming the door closed now, signaling the beginning of the lesson.
“Alright everyone, if you could please take your seats and cease all other conversations,” he announced, clapping his hands together a few times to get everyone’s attention. “Let’s get this show on the road! For those of you who may have forgotten, I am Professor Flamsteed, but you may call me Professor Airey if you wish. Whichever launches your rocket. And this is Astronomy.” Everyone in the right place? Good.
Strutting back towards his desk and standing in front of it, he waved his finger lazily in all the pumpkin’s directions. “I am sure you are all wondering what these pumpkins have to do with today’s lesson,” he began. “So to put your minds at ease, yes. We will be carving them, but not just yet. All will be revealed in due time.” He adjusted his tie once again, loosening it a bit and giving it a slight tug. He was rather...anxious about what he had to say next, mostly because he did not fancy another visit from Cassiopeia. “I would like to begin today’s lesson with a brief reminder that astronomy and astrology, while both based on common roots, are two very different fields of...study.” Although he would call the latter more make-believe than study, but consider that thought kept to himself. “In summary, astronomy is a science studies the universe and examines the positions, motions, and properties of celestial objects. Astrology attempts to study how those positions, motions, and properties affect people and events on Earth and was considered a part of mainstream science until the late 1600s when Sir Isaac Newton came along.” To which he owed the great astronomer SO much. SOOOOOOO much. “Now, I remind you of this because today’s study ventures back to these ancient times before telescopes and space stations and scientific theory, but in order to understand the present we must also understand the past.”
Get it? Got it? Good. Stellar even.
“So,” he continued, holding his hands behind his back as he rocked back onto his heels. “Let’s begin today’s journey with the dragon in the room, shall we? Pumpkins. October. As several of you mentioned when you came in this reminds you of Halloween, and you are right. That is precisely the feeling I was going for. But, can anyone tell me what connections Halloween has with astronomy? Anyone care to venture a guess?” Show of hands?
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Class has officially started! You do not need to wait for Professor Flamsteed to call on your student to answer, just go ahead and assume that he has done do. Remember, wrong answers count just as much as correct ones, so do not feel like you HAVE to be right. Let your character speak for themselves and get creative!
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o__________O Was he... was he scared of her or something?! Bambi wasn't scary! Did she have some gigantic spot on her face that broke out in the last hour?! What had that face been?? After making sure her face was indeed devoid of anything horrendous, Bambi stared at the Astronomy professor for the remainder of the waiting time until class started.
And then she continued to look at him because class started. So yeah. Just a lot of looking at you, weird Astronomy professor. Professor Airey Flamsteed. Who, er, clearly saw it super important to stress that Astronomy and Astrology were not the same thing. ... Kids here didn't know that?! Alarmed, Bambi looked around at the students' faces. No one looked too particularly guilty. Hmm.
Anyways, never mind. Moving on to the pumpkins and astronomical significance of Halloween. Fun! She raised her hand and spoke. "Like people have already said it's the cross quarter day which means it's the half point between the equinox in autumn and the winter solstice. The Celts celebrated that day as the end of summer, called, er, sow-in? It's spelled s-a-m-h-a-i-n, I'm not sure how you actually say it. The actual quarter cross day is somewhere between November 5th and 8th, I think," she said, and paused for a second to collect her thoughts.
Because thoughts she had. Bambi knew a lot of random points of information and Halloween happened to be something she'd researched. "There's a constellation called the Seven Sisters, or Pleiades, which the Celts believed was a window into the supernatural world and when it's almost directly overhead at midnight, the highest it goes, it's the cross quarter day," she said. She loved this kind of stuff. Weird historical facts that just never made it into History of Magic and therefore never got ruined by boring, monotonous teachers.
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Nor had he seen this one using it to pick up spiders - a great mystery when he had gone to collect his lint roller at the end of lessons and seen them smushed on it. He needed to amend that notice. Again.
And MORE starring? Seriously, DID he have something on his face? Or was it really that they had come to appreciate his gangly good looks?
Actually, he would rather not know the answer to that question, especially if it was the latter. Even if he had jokingly asked it earlier.
“Miss Wojack,” he greeted with a small salute.
“So,” he continued, holding his hands behind his back as he rocked back onto his heels. “Let’s begin today’s journey with the dragon in the room, shall we? Pumpkins. October. As several of you mentioned when you came in this reminds you of Halloween, and you are right. That is precisely the feeling I was going for. But, can anyone tell me what connections Halloween has with astronomy? Anyone care to venture a guess?” Show of hands?
Oh, he was looking back now. Dot flashed her dimples at him before saluting. Hullo, Professor Starman. "I want to talk to you about life on the moon, sir. Maybe not now, 'cause apparently you are very busy. But soon. You and me."
So that was fun. Dot skipped to her seat as class started, and she was glad they were addressing the question of the pumpkins right off. She couldn't wait to do throw it out the window. SPEAKING OF WHICH... hand up. "Can we learn about gravity by throwing our pumpkins out the window?"
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