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Due to the Weasley Swamp having now overtaken the middle of the first floor corridor, it is nearly impossible to get to class without getting wet. But Professor Glendower had come up with an ingenious idea to save her students from having to dive in! She was able to construct and duplicate rafts and oars to help get the students of Hogwarts from one side of the corridor to the next - namely to her classroom! They are stacked along one side of the swamp as you get to it and there is enough for everyone to get across and go to class. Just leave them at the other side so you can get back across when class is over.
Once you arrive at the classroom door you are greeted with the large sign that hangs outside - one that a returning student probably was already expecting.
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Respectfully
As you enter the room, you may become increasingly aware of the soft, yet upbeat music playing that the professor is also singing along to as she looks over her notes at her podium. Come on in and take a seat.. class will begin shortly!
OOC - The swamp isn't that deep - only about waist-high - no drowning or serious injury, please. But it does block the way to class, so rafts are your best bet
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Yeahhh Ruby didn't know. Literally anything she knew had been said, what their names were or whatever. She didn't knowwwww anything. Not about them anyway.... though by association....
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"Professor! There was a great tragic romance. Rowena Ravenclaw's daughter, who is now the Hogwarts house ghost, was totally killed by the Slytherin house ghost because he was sooo in love with her." Basically. Paraphrasing. "Rowena Ravenclaw was sick and dying and she sent the Bloody Baron to go get her daughter to see her one last time but Helena wouldn't come so he totally killed her in a rage, and then killed himself out of regret. I wonder how that felt to Rowena, on her death bed and everything, if she felt like it was her fault?" Sigh. So tragic.
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Margo scoffed slightly at the Professor's comment about the swamp...... didn't she realize that there were students who had a fear of water....or even gross water. Jeepers, there had to be a better solutions. Margo shivered at the thought I've having to try and cross back over that thing.
Trying to move on Margo was thinking about the founders. What did she know about them. Raising her hand Margo as ready to take a stab at it. "There were four founder Professor" Margo said "Our four houses represent them and what each valued most in students. For example Hufflepuff *cough the best house cough* valued loyalty, Gryffindor bravery, Ravenclaw wisdom, and Slytherin cunning." Margo smiled, she was finally excited about a subject.
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Could anyone else notice how perfectly fitting Z's and Ruby's answers were? Marigold stifled a giggle at both of her friends' answers, then raised her hand for her own. "Salazar Slytherin ended up leaving Hogwarts, before which he put a basilisk in the castle, specifically the Chamber of Secrets. All three of the other founders stayed at Hogwarts a little longer." Pause. "Did the founders teach subjects? Or do we not have record of this?"
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SPOILER!!: Beginning of class things ahem. Housekeeping
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Oh my. Nessa paused, mid-song as she had been still singing to herself, as she observed the newest arrival to class. ”Hi, Zander,” she started, giving the boy the most sympathetic look she could muster. ”Did you fall in?” The poor dear. She had hoped that the rafts would prevent that, but she also supposed that an accident or two was likely.
She opened her mouth to suggest a charm or two for the muck-covered boy, when.. oh goodness. Nessa’s eyes got wide with surprise at the sudden appearance of.. ”Hello, Ægis,” she said to the boy tentatively, watching him carefully. That was Ægis, wasn’t it? ”Very.. interesting piece of performance art.. yes, creative.” Mhmm, she was convincing herself that that was what all that was between the two boys as she was soon nodding to herself and smiling a bit bigger. But, goodness, what a mess!
And there was Zahra. Nessa appreciated the girl’s creative soul and she smiled brightly as the Gryffindor sang her own interpretive lyrics to a classic song whilst walking in. ”Hello there, Zahra!” She sent her an enthusiastic wave right back, though her eyes did fall on the oar she brought in with her as it dripped everywhere. ”Ooh, careful, dear..” She wasn’t sure just what she was meaning to do with it, though maybe the girl thought it could be used for a prop as she probably expected something like that in class.
Then her eyes snapped to Ægis again as he spoke to his housemates. Oh! She put her hand to the side of her mouth as she stage whispered, ”Watch your language, dear.” Remember to keep things classroom appropriate! She gave the three of them a big smile as they headed towards seats. ”Zander, try a Scourgify or Tergeo. That might help with the smell,” she told him before he left her immediate presence. And that is exactly what she as doing to the floor now to clean up the sludge the three of them dripped in. No worries, though.. sometimes a mess had to be made for creativity’s sake.
Did it bother him that Zahra was completely ignoring him after accusing him of being cowardly? Absolutely. Uh, absolutely not. Didn't bother him one bit.... Okay, so that was kind of sort of maybe a little... Lie. But still. If she wanted to play it like-- Hey?! How come she was smiling at Aegis and-- Pft. Totally didn't bother him at all. Zahra was a monster of a girl anyways. Hmph.
"Scourgify... Right Professor," he'd do that now, yeah? And just as he began taking his robe off... Puck happened. Smelled like death? "... Thanks..... Exactly what I was going for," and with a sigh, he turned back to his robes. So uh, hopefully this would take care of the 'death' smell... "Scourgify!" Hm, okay... Not too bad. Didn't smell anymore, at least? Though oh Merlin, class was about to start so maybe he'd just have to live with the fact that they were soaking wet. It was only one class. He could totally do it. Sigh.
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"Today we are going to delve into the history of Hogwarts," she began in a dramatic voice. "Namely... the Founders!" Yay, exciting! "But first, let's start off with a discussion.. what do you know about them?" Surely, they'd each at least know something, but hopefully more than their names as that was pretty much common knowledge. But that gave them a jumping off point for discussion.
As for the question though... He only knew a select couple of things about the founders of Hogwarts... Most of which were already said, but he did feel the need to add on to something in particular. Raising his hand slowly, "Even though the founders look for specific traits in people for their house, it's not all clear cut... Some of the lines are blurred because well, there isn't just one type of bravery, one sort of badger, or one kind of Slytherin." Looking directly at you Zahra Kettleburn. HMPH. Not Hufflepuff, okay?
Though... His point kind of strayed from the topic, didn't it? And uh, he felt the need to redeem himself okay? So before Professor Glendower would be able to move on from his answer, he quickly added in the second bit. Ahem. "But uh, it's kind of cool how the first letter of each of their first names is the same letter as the first one in their sir names." Sorta redemption? Eh. All the good answers were already taken, okay? Give him a break. Please?
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A faint blush rose to Beverly's cheeks at Professor Glendower's compliment. The Slytherin almost had the urge to cover her face with her hair, but resisted and shot the woman a polite nod instead. And she wasn't turning to her companions until her cheeks simmered down. Jeez, face. Learn to take compliments. Beverly was sure this was a hereditary thing.
She raised her hand after the question and a few comments were voiced. "Many historical documents theorize that Rowena Ravenclaw chose the location and name of Hogwarts." Maybe that answered her Snake's question. "Apparently she went through with it because of a dream she had of a warty hog that lead her to a cliff by a lake." Interesting dreams that woman had.
Hers were better. They involved dragons majority of the time. Rawr.
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Okay, so this was her first class post-prison detention time. So, Ro had only assumed rowing to class was a regular thing here at Loontown. Except, she hadn't really rowed, she just hopped into the raft of an unsuspecting cretin and let them do all the work.
Entrance-wise, like the sign on the door was instructing, Rorie kept it simple. She merely just didn't. How did she manage to just appear in the classroom? Only Marina knows. The power of the Rorie.
As for the question being asked, that was also a simple thing. Straightening up her posture and raising her hand slowly (Quentin forbid she gets thrown into the dungeons again), she spoke gallantly, "One of the founders was named after me." OBVIOUSLY, it was a joke. (looking at you, "fellow" snakes and "unfellow" ravens) Although, does logic really apply in this place? Not really.
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It was time for class to start and it looked like they would be talking about the Hogwarts founders. Professor Glendower threw out the first question and Janelle raised her hand, preparing to answer it. While she waited to be called on, she wrote down some of the facts presented by her classmates. Everyone seemed to know a lot about the founders.
When it was her turn, Janelle shared her tidbit. "Rowena Ravenclaw had a diadem that was supposed to make the person who wore it have more wisdom." Answer given, Janelle went back to taking notes.
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He got a hey Hugh. Because that was HIM, yo. And no other name besides Hugh was his...ahem. The W stood for nothing. Like a silent W.
Anyway, he briefly philosophised about something before tuning into his peers. Who were, currently, all talking about the founders. Did they not speak about them enough here? Everything was Gryffindor that, Slytherin this, Hufflepuff this and that...and well, Ravenclaws too.
He was sick of hearing about them.
But he did have a thought. He had many of them, actually.
"Uh...they all lived a thousand years ago. Which explains the drastic social and racial gape between houses." Purebloods, mixed, muggleborn and everywhere inbetween. They were uncivilised then. Poor things.
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The Puffer shook his head at this bestie. "You need to lighten up, Toothless." Sometimes, anyway since he liked Benny being shy. It meant there was less chance of someone else claiming him as their bestie. Yep.
Adi eyed AJ. Did she reallllly have to be so greedy when it came to him? "Pssst. Janelle. Don't mind her, she just doesn't like to share me but I promise you and I'll sit together in all the other classes. We'll forget about AJ.'' Hehe. Oh and hey, Angelfish, sitting away from them. What gives?
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Soooo, the Founders of Hogwarts. Awesome! There were so many things about those four that Adi didn't know where to begin. Fortunately, his classmates started responding immediately thus narrowing down possible answers. Finally he raised his hand. "Helga Hufflepuff was born in Wales and Godric Gryffindor in Godric's Hollow." Pause. "Er, I forgot where the other two were born.'' What? There was no shame in someone forgetting something.
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Bambi was 100% done with this swamp. Her life seemed to practically revolve around it and she was pretty sure she could constantly smell it, even way up in the Ravenclaw tower. Which was why she was not amused with the rafts, and yet had to hand it to the History of Magic professor - it was a good idea.
Founders of Hogwarts? Huh. She didn't know much, just their names and things. Oh, wait there was one thing. "The sorting hat belonged to a founder, Godric Gryffindor. They enchanted it to sort into the four houses once they died," she raised her hand, and then went quiet. Bambi was in an uncharacteristically bad mood - take a stinky, wet, muddy swamp and group it together with her number one least favourite class and you got yourself a grumpy Bambi.
Although she had to give credit to Professor Glendower for making this horrible, horrible subject almost bearable. Almost. Nothing could make a History of Magic exam fun. NOTHING.
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The swamp is fine. Scott is quite fond of it, to be honest. He doesn't mind taking the raft for every History class. It'd be fuuuunnn! And the professor seems to be in a good mood, so it's going to be even more fun!
What does he know about the founders? Not much. "Salazar Slytherin was Voldemort's great, great, great... Uhmm... Great grandpa..?" Well, he knew that much.
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Ooooh, talking about the founders today. Cool! Evie liked learning about them, even if they seemed to be brought up in discussion a lot. The Ravenclaw tapped the end of her pen on her chin while she considered the founders and which random, floating fact in her brain was interesting enough to say in front of the class.
Finally, she raised her hand. "Godric Gryffindor was the most successful duelers in his time and he fought against Muggle discrimination." So he was really good at magic and not a jerk about it.
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SPOILER!!: Professoorrrrr
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[ COLOR="indigo"]Nessa was still singing along to the music, vaguely aware that class would be starting soon and that students should be presenting themselves at any minute. Hopefully. She knew the swamp might prove troublesome, but at least she provided what she was certain was a helpful solution. She was starting to get carried away with her singing when she heard a couple voices greeting her. “Oh!” Somewhat startled by their sudden appearance, Nessa looked up and soon smiled at the two students who had come in together. “Hello, Ruby.. hi, Dante..” She watched them find seats then turned her attention to the doorway, figuring it was about that time..
SPOILER!!: Adi and Benny
And in came a couple more students. Nessa beamed brightly as Adi burst through the door belting out the lyrics to the song. Oooh, did he know this one? It was one of her favorites! “Hi, Adi!” she exclaimed happily, clapping her hands in delight to his entrance. “Oh, you’re quite welcome! We couldn’t possibly have students trying to wade through to get here.” Sure, it took her a little time to get that all together, but she was happy to do it for her students.
And there was Benjamin coming in right behind him. Nessa would guess that he did not know the words as he wasn’t singing along with Adi. Ah, well.. it wasn’t for everyone. She still beamed brightly at the boy. ”Hello, Benjamin.” Hopefully he didn’t have too much trouble with the swamp, but she figured maybe the two of them helped each other.
Looking over her notes a final time, Nessa looked up and smiled as she saw another student come in, making a quieter entrance. ”Hello, Kace,” she beamed, then nodded at his words. ”Thank you, dear.” She certainly liked it!
Nessa smiled at the newest student to arrive. ”Hello there!” Hmm, he looked familiar but his name escaped her. She hated when that happened.
Oh, wow! Nessa loved Beverly’s pirouette into the class.. how wonderful! ”Simply lovely!” she exclaimed as she gave her a bit of applause. Perhaps she had been practicing with Agatha? ”And good day to you, too, Beverly.”
Nessa turned to the doorway again as she heard a voice greeting her by name and she smiled brightly as Penelope entered. She watched her twirl around a few times then her eyes lifted towards the ceiling as she watched the butterflies take flight. “Oh, wonderful!” she exclaimed, giving her a bit of applause. What a creative entrance! And it was very appreciated. “Did you make all of those yourself?” Nice work!
Ooh, there really were some talented acrobats at this school, weren’t there? Nessa could do cartwheels and round-offs, but she wasn’t sure she could walk on her hands like that. Hmm.. Maybe she should give it a try sometime. ”Hello, dear!” Nessa smiled brightly at the girl. ”Very nice walking handstand!”
Nessa returned the new Gryffindor prefect’s smile with a smile of her own. ”Hello, Puck!” Oh, so she was a fan of the stage as well? Nessa was sure she must be if she could recognize that the song was from a musical, even if she couldn’t quite place it. ”It’s from a show called Violet.. and thank you. Was just in the mood for something uplifting today.” Didn’t really have much to do with the actual lesson, but that didn’t matter much to her.
SPOILER!!: Zander, Aegis, and Zahra
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Oh my. Nessa paused, mid-song as she had been still singing to herself, as she observed the newest arrival to class. ”Hi, Zander,” she started, giving the boy the most sympathetic look she could muster. ”Did you fall in?” The poor dear. She had hoped that the rafts would prevent that, but she also supposed that an accident or two was likely.
She opened her mouth to suggest a charm or two for the muck-covered boy, when.. oh goodness. Nessa’s eyes got wide with surprise at the sudden appearance of.. ”Hello, Ægis,” she said to the boy tentatively, watching him carefully. That was Ægis, wasn’t it? ”Very.. interesting piece of performance art.. yes, creative.” Mhmm, she was convincing herself that that was what all that was between the two boys as she was soon nodding to herself and smiling a bit bigger. But, goodness, what a mess!
And there was Zahra. Nessa appreciated the girl’s creative soul and she smiled brightly as the Gryffindor sang her own interpretive lyrics to a classic song whilst walking in. ”Hello there, Zahra!” She sent her an enthusiastic wave right back, though her eyes did fall on the oar she brought in with her as it dripped everywhere. ”Ooh, careful, dear..” She wasn’t sure just what she was meaning to do with it, though maybe the girl thought it could be used for a prop as she probably expected something like that in class.
Then her eyes snapped to Ægis again as he spoke to his housemates. Oh! She put her hand to the side of her mouth as she stage whispered, ”Watch your language, dear.” Remember to keep things classroom appropriate! She gave the three of them a big smile as they headed towards seats. ”Zander, try a Scourgify or Tergeo. That might help with the smell,” she told him before he left her immediate presence. And that is exactly what she as doing to the floor now to clean up the sludge the three of them dripped in. No worries, though.. sometimes a mess had to be made for creativity’s sake.
And now the floor was sparkling clean again. Nessa smiled brightly at Lux as she danced into the classroom. She added a few of her own tap steps in time with the music to go along with her. ”Hello, Lux!” She loved to see students in a great mood for class!
Oh and who was this? Must be a new first year and Nessa smiled brightly at her as she walked in. ”Hello there! Welcome to History of Magic!’
Oh, goodness.. Another to fall into the swamp? At least he didn’t seem upset about it. Nessa wiggled her fingers in a return wave to him. ”Do you know your cleaning charms?” If not, she could lend him a hand.. unless he wanted to remain slimy all class.
Her signature beaming grin still firmly in place, Nessa turned her eyes to the doorway once more as the next student to arrive walked in. ”Hello, Hady,” she greeted her brightly in return before the girl went to find a seat.
Humming to the music a bit as she waited for more students to enter, she looked up as another student walked in. ”Hello there!” she greeted him brightly, her grin matching his, as he took a seat.
Weeeeeeeeee! Nessa looked up with a beaming grin, clapping as the girl skipped and leaped into the room. How fun! That was always an important part of her class. ”Hello, Norah!”
Nessa smiled at Grayson as he was the next to walk in. He certainly had his own style about him, which she was always pleased to see from her students. ”Hello, Grayson!” she greeted in return, wiggling her fingers at him before he went to find a seat.
Oooh, the crab walk! A classic and always fun. And it was nice to see.. um, Aubrey? Yes, she’d decide it was Aubrey.. she was starting to get a handle on the sisters’ individual personalities. Anyway, it was nice to see Aubrey all smiles as she came in. Because Nessa was all smiles too. “Hello, dear!” Just in case she was mistaken about which sister..
Nessa turned her expectant eyes towards the door again as the next student came in. Oh, must be a new first year! She beamed as he made his introduction, then gave him a curtsey in response to his bow. Noah Gardner.. he must be Gabben’s boy. ”Professor Glendower,” she replied in kind. ”Welcome to History of Magic, Noah.. and I’m glad you enjoyed them both.” Huckleberry Finn.. what a fabulous way to look at it!
Nessa smiled widely as Toby was the next to arrive with his fancy jazz hands. [b]”Hi, Toby,” she returned his greeting brightly as he headed towards his seat. She always appreciated his presence and thought contributions to their discussions.
Hmm? Nessa was certain she heard a tiny voice from somewhere, speaking her name. She looked around a moment, not seeing anyone.. until she looked down. It was then that she SQUEALED with delight upon seeing one tiny Cutty Mordaunt. She watched, fascinated, for a moment as he managed to his seat and brought himself and his materials back to the proper size when she promptly began clapping her hands. ”What a wonderfully inventive entrance, Cutty! Well done!” Oh yes, she enjoyed that very much.
When Nessa was thinking that there were some acrobats in this school, she had been right. Just look at that.. three backflips in a row! Angel got a bit of applause and a bright smile. ”Oh, unfortunately I don’t have any medals on my person.. though I suppose I could make you one out of construction paper after class if you’d like.” Er.. what? ”Hm, yes.. no, I probably wouldn’t care for a holdup,” she said with something of a forced chuckle. After the sneak attack from Kevin a couple terms ago, she didn’t really need any students pointing their wands at her, thank you very much.
Nessa smiled widely at the small girl as she walked into the classroom. ”Good day, Brooklyn!” She could always appreciate good manners which the girl seemed to have.
The song was coming to a close which meant that class was due to begin. Nessa turned and smiled as Agatha made her way into the classroom, though she did kind of expect the ballerina to come pirouetting in. Or at least hoped. No matter, she was still happy to see her. ”Hello, Agatha.. and thank you..” She grinned then bowed a bit in gratitude for her compliment.
Did she hear whistling? It was hard to tell over the music playing in the classroom, but she thought she just might and soon enough, a student appeared in the doorway. ”Bonjour, Gregoire!” she responded in kind, big smile on her face as she watched him walk in. ”Why, thank you!” It was also nice to know – as far as she could tell by his appearance – that he didn’t go swim in the swamp to get to class. Perhaps he got all of his exploration inklings out the last time.
”Well, how about a ‘hello, Professor!’?” Nessa beamed at the girl that she was sure was a first year and threw out her arms dramatically. Greetings were always nice when students came in. ”I hope you didn’t have too much trouble with the swamp.” She really did do her best to accommodate them, but there wasn’t much else she could do being unsure of what exactly was going on with that swamp.
Hmm.. not in a very good mood today? Nessa still smiled at the prefect as he came in and flopped into his seat. ”Hello there, Caleb.” Of course, she couldn’t forgo a greeting for anyone who had come in.
Nessa beamed brightly as Cinna came spinning into the classroom, blowing kisses. What a lovely entrance! She gave the girl a two handed blown kiss in return. ”Good morning, Cinna! I’m doing just lovely, thank you.. I hope you can say the same as well..” How nice of her to ask!
Oh, that was interesting! Nessa watched intently as the girl roooolllllllleeedd into class, beaming brightly as she got up again. ”Hello, Hayden!” She had not seen that sort of entrance before.. unique!
Oh my. Someone was not in a good mood at all. Nessa watched as the young Slytherin stomped her way to her seat and still gave her a cheery smile. Smiles were contagious, you know. ”Hello, Dot!”
Oh another quiet one. At least he wasn't stomping grumpily? Nessa still gave the boy a bright smile as he entered. "Good day, Hugh!"
Still smiling brightly, Nessa turned her brown eyes onto the next student to arrive. What was it with all these quiet children? That needed to change! "Hellloooo!" she called out to her in a sing-song voice as she beamed in her direction.
Oh, look! It was Dima's signature entrance and Nessa beamed brightly at the boy as he crab-walked into the room. "Hi, Dima!" she exclaimed, just as enthusiastically. Such a delightful addition to her class.
And the very end of her song. That meant it was probably about time to get things started and Nessa looked towards the door to see if anyone else was coming that she might have missed before she began class. And there was another student. She smiled brightly as she watched the girl walk over, then she bowed in return. How very respectful! "Hello! Welcome to class!"
And yes, she was overdue to begin class but the quick glance to her watch. Anyone that came in after right now would just have to catch up. Nessa stepped towards the center of the room and smiled brightly at the entire class. "Good morning everyone! For those of you who don't know me, I am Professor Glendower and I teach Historyyyy of Maaagiiic!" She waved her arms dramatically as she spoke. How she loved the subject she taught.. and those that were not familiar with her style soon would be! "And for my lovely returning students... welcome back!!" Were they as excited as she was to be back in class? Of course they were!!
"I do hope no one had too much issue with the swamp. I'm really not sure what's going on with it.." Her eyes drifted towards the doorway as she trailed off, lost in thought a bit. But she was sure they'd get it figured out before her next class. The rafts were sort of a last minute deal, but they seemed to work out well enough. "Anyway!"
"Today we are going to delve into the history of Hogwarts," she began in a dramatic voice. "Namely... the Founders!" Yay, exciting! "But first, let's start off with a discussion.. what do you know about them?" Surely, they'd each at least know something, but hopefully more than their names as that was pretty much common knowledge. But that gave them a jumping off point for discussion.
Cleaning Charms? Did he know them? OF COURSE he knew them, but that was besides the point. "If it's all the same to you Professor, I'd like to keep my slime as it is." He wanted to use it, run tests on it, or... just... well he wasn't ready to part with it. Not to mention he still had to head back out over the swamp anyway.
Zeke settled himself down and took out his things. Note taking stuff, his textbook, all that stuff. Yep. He was ready.
Listening, Zeke considered their topic. The Founders... that was cool enough, though he found that once everyone started contributing to conversation, he didn't really have ANYTHING left to add. Boo.
"What they said, Professor," he nodded, gesturing at nobody in particular, just AROUND the room at ALL the people and ALL the answers. Yep. There was no point in repeating what had been said, that would be daft.
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There was a swamp trouble at the first floor of castle. Yeah, she did know that. So, was she gonna miss History of Magic class? NO. History was her favorite lesson. Weird, maybe. But man, History of Magic was interesting!
And now they're talking about the Hogwarts founder. She put her hand up in the air and spoke. "One of the founder is Salazar Slytherin. He's a parselmouth, I think that's why Slytherin house emblem is snake.. And he really wanted that Hogwarts only accepted pure blood students..." And she did disagree with that. What's wrong if she was a half-blood? She's a half blood and she's a Slytherin. Nowadays even muggleborn students belonged in Slytherin.
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Toby had been sitting relatively quietly in his seat, watching the other kids and waiting for class to start, eventually ended up leaning right back on his chair's two back legs (though his own legs were so short he never got far off the ground without falling back forward again). He stayed quiet after the question, looking at his quill as he turned it and thought while many of the available answers were given by others.
Eventually, he raised his hand, the one still habitually twirling the quill.
"They're where a lot of the feud stuff started. House rivalry and that. Which is, y'know, sad. It was for sad reasons." Pointless reasons. It was much better to think that all the house feud stuff was basically gone, now. Toby paused then, before speaking again in a sort of half-distracted way. "Jeremy Gryffindor. We had a professor once who insisted one of them was called Jeremy Gryffindor."
That was a weird year. The beards. So many beards.
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"Today we are going to delve into the history of Hogwarts," she began in a dramatic voice. "Namely... the Founders!" Yay, exciting! "But first, let's start off with a discussion.. what do you know about them?" Surely, they'd each at least know something, but hopefully more than their names as that was pretty much common knowledge. But that gave them a jumping off point for discussion.
Oh-Oh! Aegis did know something pretty damn cool about Mr.Gryffindor! He did. "Professor! Like Zahra said." he pointed to her "Gryffindor had a Sword! and He also had the Sorting Hat!" He pointed to the Ravenclaw girl who pointed that out. He was feeling like a sword right now..so pointy. "He made sure that only True Gryffindors..." Like him, clearly he could pull that sword from that Hat, no big deal "Could pull his sword from the Sorting Hat." He didn't need to read a stinky History Boo to know that. It was Legend!!
"Before the founders came along there really wasn't any sort of cohesive magical education, was there? It's thanks to them that we all know basic charms and potions. Although, they disagreed on who should get an education." And if Glendower asked him, he'd tell her straight up that he found Helga Hufflepuff's approach to be the most fascinating. Mix it all up and make a little chaos. Why not. The restriction of certain snakes was just plain blasphemous to the ideal of capital and opportunity.
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... Zahra could always count on Puck to be the coolest of all. It made so much sense that SHE was Prefect. Zahra performed her own little bow for her dormmate's praise. Hehe.
As to those other two though.... mostly Zander got ignored. Once he started stammering and defending his weird-cowardly lion ways, Zahra tuned out. But this Aegis had Zahra's attention. She grinned his way, finding she liked his STYLE very much.
And yeah yeah, she was being careful with her oar. Mostly. Like good enough.
"Oh man. Professor. I got this. GODRIC GRYFFINDOR founded our House and basically he was awesome. And he fought with a sword. And I feel strongly that you should arm the Gryffidors with swords today in class in his honor."
Cutty found himself envisioning what this could lead to. Showy brandishings, trips to Healer Murdoch's wing to re-grow ears and free haircuts for all. Pleeease, let there be cake the end of class and pleeease let the Gryffindors try to cut said cake with their swords. It would, in Cutty's mind be much like giving heavy artillery to demiguises. Who knew what would happen.
He sat there, twisted in his chair facing Zahra with a look which combined furrowed, thoughtful brows and vacant, blank gazing.
Until Ruby Banner pulled him out.
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Yeahhh Ruby didn't know. Literally anything she knew had been said, what their names were or whatever. She didn't knowwwww anything. Not about them anyway.... though by association....
Hand up.
"Professor! There was a great tragic romance. Rowena Ravenclaw's daughter, who is now the Hogwarts house ghost, was totally killed by the Slytherin house ghost because he was sooo in love with her." Basically. Paraphrasing. "Rowena Ravenclaw was sick and dying and she sent the Bloody Baron to go get her daughter to see her one last time but Helena wouldn't come so he totally killed her in a rage, and then killed himself out of regret. I wonder how that felt to Rowena, on her death bed and everything, if she felt like it was her fault?" Sigh. So tragic.
TRUTH! Slytherclaw was one of the most intense things Cutty had ever experienced and at times, he felt certain Eden could lead him to ruin.
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Grayson snorted. LOL, Ruby was a good girl? LOOOOOOL. Whatever you say, Ruby Banner.
The Slytherin was dead amused by his own thoughts and they certainly weren't things he'd want Glendower or anyone else to accidentally overhear sooooo he was gonna stay silent. He did, however, wink over at the girl sitting next to him. Just because.
Oh! They were getting started! And with a question about the Founders too, which was a topic that a lot of people seemed to know a lot about. Jeez, man, had everyone swallowed a textbook without him realising it? Or was this common knowledge between Hogwartians? The talk of the town whenever gossip was at an all time low? Because scandal amongst the founders didn't sound like a bad topic of conversation to him.
ANYWAYS. Did he know anything? He sure did! So, Grayson raised his hand right up into the air. "I find it kinda ironic that Slytherin had a locket that had an S on it and, because it was a horcrux or whatever, it was destroyed by the sword of Godric Gryffindor. Kinda links back to their feud all those years ago." Kinda.
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Nessa turned to the doorway again as she heard a voice greeting her by name and she smiled brightly as Penelope entered. She watched her twirl around a few times then her eyes lifted towards the ceiling as she watched the butterflies take flight. “Oh, wonderful!” she exclaimed, giving her a bit of applause. What a creative entrance! And it was very appreciated. “Did you make all of those yourself?” Nice work!
Ooh, Professor Glendower liked the butterflies! Penelope wanted to try something similar to this again when the hall wasn't covered in a swamp. "I made them myself!" She liked butterflies. Professor Glendower had taught her how to make origami butterflies. Penelope looked up at the butterflies. Was she supposed to do something with them? She was just going to let them hover there. The classroom looked good with a bunch of origami butterflies.
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And yes, she was overdue to begin class but the quick glance to her watch. Anyone that came in after right now would just have to catch up. Nessa stepped towards the center of the room and smiled brightly at the entire class. "Good morning everyone! For those of you who don't know me, I am Professor Glendower and I teach Historyyyy of Maaagiiic!" She waved her arms dramatically as she spoke. How she loved the subject she taught.. and those that were not familiar with her style soon would be! "And for my lovely returning students... welcome back!!" Were they as excited as she was to be back in class? Of course they were!!
"I do hope no one had too much issue with the swamp. I'm really not sure what's going on with it.." Her eyes drifted towards the doorway as she trailed off, lost in thought a bit. But she was sure they'd get it figured out before her next class. The rafts were sort of a last minute deal, but they seemed to work out well enough. "Anyway!"
"Today we are going to delve into the history of Hogwarts," she began in a dramatic voice. "Namely... the Founders!" Yay, exciting! "But first, let's start off with a discussion.. what do you know about them?" Surely, they'd each at least know something, but hopefully more than their names as that was pretty much common knowledge. But that gave them a jumping off point for discussion.
They were going to be talking about the founders of Hogwarts! "Rowena Ravenclaw valued intelligence and wisdom." Penelope knew more about the founders than that, but there were other people in the class who should have opportunities to answer. This was going to be so exciting! Professor Glendower's classes were always fun. It was a shame about the swamp though. Hopefully they would do something about it soon.
Did it bother him that Zahra was completely ignoring him after accusing him of being cowardly? Absolutely. Uh, absolutely not. Didn't bother him one bit.... Okay, so that was kind of sort of maybe a little... Lie. But still. If she wanted to play it like-- Hey?! How come she was smiling at Aegis and-- Pft. Totally didn't bother him at all. Zahra was a monster of a girl anyways. Hmph.
"Scourgify... Right Professor," he'd do that now, yeah? And just as he began taking his robe off... Puck happened. Smelled like death? "... Thanks..... Exactly what I was going for," and with a sigh, he turned back to his robes. So uh, hopefully this would take care of the 'death' smell... "Scourgify!" Hm, okay... Not too bad. Didn't smell anymore, at least? Though oh Merlin, class was about to start so maybe he'd just have to live with the fact that they were soaking wet. It was only one class. He could totally do it. Sigh. As for the question though... He only knew a select couple of things about the founders of Hogwarts... Most of which were already said, but he did feel the need to add on to something in particular. Raising his hand slowly, "Even though the founders look for specific traits in people for their house, it's not all clear cut... Some of the lines are blurred because well, there isn't just one type of bravery, one sort of badger, or one kind of Slytherin." Looking directly at you Zahra Kettleburn. HMPH. Not Hufflepuff, okay?
Though... His point kind of strayed from the topic, didn't it? And uh, he felt the need to redeem himself okay? So before Professor Glendower would be able to move on from his answer, he quickly added in the second bit. Ahem. "But uh, it's kind of cool how the first letter of each of their first names is the same letter as the first one in their sir names." Sorta redemption? Eh. All the good answers were already taken, okay? Give him a break. Please?
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Okay, so this was her first class post-prison detention time. So, Ro had only assumed rowing to class was a regular thing here at Loontown. Except, she hadn't really rowed, she just hopped into the raft of an unsuspecting cretin and let them do all the work.
Entrance-wise, like the sign on the door was instructing, Rorie kept it simple. She merely just didn't. How did she manage to just appear in the classroom? Only Marina knows. The power of the Rorie.
As for the question being asked, that was also a simple thing. Straightening up her posture and raising her hand slowly (Quentin forbid she gets thrown into the dungeons again), she spoke gallantly, "One of the founders was named after me." OBVIOUSLY, it was a joke. (looking at you, "fellow" snakes and "unfellow" ravens) Although, does logic really apply in this place? Not really.
Puck was almost to her seat when she had heard what Zander had said. She was just pointing out a fact…wasn’t history of magic about facts? SMELLING LIKE DEATH WAS A FACT RIGHT NOW GRUMPY PANTS. Yes. She was being an infant. She didn’t care. She would NEVER care.
Some of the lines are blurred? Yes she was listening to his answer and maybe even though she wasn’t facing him had HUFFED and rolled her eyes. Still. Puck chuckled when she heard what Ruby said. After her? C’mon Rowena Hazlewood that would make you somewhere around 1,184 years old…or more.
“I never realized you were ancient Ror,” she grinned over to her before raising her hand. “According to Hogwarts, A History” she flushed realizing how she sounded nerdy. She was not a nerd. “Well…Helga Hufflepuff was the ancestor to a rather…wimpy Hufflepuff? One Zacharias Smith who didn’t even fight in the great war though he was a member of the group called Dumbledore’s Army” Puck chimed in….it wasn’t really founder related…but founder’s heir related.
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Zeke was like a sponge... a little, soft, spongey sponge. He was practically SOAKING up all the information as he listened, or well... okay, he wasn't, BUT he felt like he was. And that's all that mattered right? The feeling that he was actually learning when really he wasn't going to remember half of this stuff once he walked out the classroom (and rowed back over the swamp).
Still, he wondered what they were actuallyyyyyy studying today. The founders, yes, but what about them?
While he was waiting for things to be written up onto the board he something, he took the time to ink his quill. Ready to go!
Eden had been here all along, yep. History of MAGEEECA. IT was one of her favorite classes. While her brain didn't retain historical facts easily, she didn't do poorly on her OWL. SO. Yeah.
And today, it was aaaalllll about the history of the FOUNDERS! Exciting. Only Eden couldn't think of anything AMAZINGLY detailed about them at the moment. She was distracted by none other than Cutty Mordaunt, who was...speaking so eloquently and being all smart and stuff.
Totally hot.
She stared at him for a few minutes before clearing her throat and raising her hand. "Um--Well--" Crudddddikins. She didn't know squaaaaat about the founders, she was realizing. "Well, Rowena was brunette."
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Professor Glendower was SO PERKY. And so nice. So nice.
Dima loved her, okay? Best lady ever. Why couldn't she be his MOM?
But he managed to snap out of his odd thoughts long enough to raise his hand and produce an answer. "Rowena Ravenclaw supposedly chose the name and location of Hogwarts, based on a dream that she had about a warty hog taking her to a cliff edge by a lake." Yeah! They had a SUPER ASTUTE founder. Which meant he was in a super astute house.
Therefore, Dima was super astute. Good logic, huh?
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Benny fought the urge to stick his tongue out of Adi. It was only Professor Glendower beginning class that had stopped it, having no desire to get in trouble for making the gesture in return for his friend's remark. Toothless...ha! The dragon was allowed to be more reserved then the other boy if he so chose.
Onto talk of the founders. Sure he knew who they were and what they did. And technically what they represented seeing as the houses of Hogwarts were all connected to it. Benny listened as his classmates listed off in what else they knew, the Gryffindor trying to see what he could and should add. Oh wait...he could help Adi out, the Hufflepuff having only answered for Hufflepuff and Gryffindor.
"Rowena Ravenclaw I believe was from the glen...or Scotland and Salazar Slytherin was from the fen...possibly around Norfolk ."
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Bleu quietly raised her hand and waited to be called on. "Didn't he-who-must-not-be-named use personal items from Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw as horcruxs? Slytherin's locket, Hufflepuff's goblet, and Ravenclaw's diadem." She was pretty sure that was how Harry Potter defeated the Dark Lord, by destroying those items.
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