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Originally Posted by AmbiguouslyMe

Face full of web. FACE FULL OF WEB.

Standing just inside the doorway, Thornton Baines was frozen, able to feel the silky strand across his forehead and down his nose and, oh Merlin, it was on his lips. It was ON. HIS. LIPS.

The Ravenclaw was doing his very best not to freak out, but it was just such an unpleasant feeling and he squeezed his eyes shut, trying to brush it off with his hand. Of course, this enterprise was a complete failure, because now there was web on his face AND on his hands.

Maybe he'd just... stand here.

Wibble.

Really hamming up his inspection of the contents of the box, the Astronomy professor was not even fazed by the Ravenclaw on the verge of tears. Too busy with his box.

Sorry there, kiddo. Perhaps speak up next time?

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Getting herself together, she turned her attention to the Professor. Hello Professor Flam.....steed. What was he doing? Janelle figured she'd get the answer soon enough. "Hi there", she said to her housemate as she headed to an empty seat. Taking a tissue out of her bag, Janelle proceeded to dust off her equally web covered seat. When it looked fairly presentable, she sat down and got ready for class to begin.

"Evening, Miss Guidry," he quickly saluted before returning to his exaggerated OOOOHs and AAAAAAAAAAAAHs at the box.

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After using the link roller, the Hufflepuff bounded his way into the classroom, keeping a look out for more icky webs. "Hello, Professor! I hope you're doing well. Nice box.'' It was yellow and all. Giving the man a cheery grin, Adi went off to find a seat, next to Janelle, actually.
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"It is a stellar box," he grinned, lifting the lid to take another peek inside followed by more curious gushing.

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Oh DEAR. The messy castle syndrome was spreading, and Dot wasn't pleased about that. Even worse, it looked like more Thornton wasn't handling it very well either. Or worse, perhaps, than Dot was handling it. She eyed the lint roller dubiously before taking up Thornton's hand and tugging him into the classroom.

"Professor, are you sure you want your lint roller to double as a hairbrush? I've seen what it does to spiders, and I'm not sure this is a good idea." She had a LOT LOT LOT of long, thick hair, and she didn't want to have to cut a lint roller out of it. Too often, she had to cut things out of her hair.

Slamming the lid closed with sudden vigor, the professor straightened his back and GAWKED at the Slytherin. "It is YOU who has been using my lint rollers to mop up spiders?" he exclaimed, his tone a mixture of anguish and horror.

Although...he did have to admit it WAS rather effective...

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"AchOO!"

Ugg...these cobwebs were getting crazy. And his sneezing went right along with it. A trip to the hospital wing hadn't even helped him and Benny was muddling through. Making his way into the classroom not even bothering to clean off, the sixth year just attempted to avoid as many as he could. "Hello Professor," he greeted, not sure the mess would qualify as a good day for most. Not him at least, between the sneezing and the reminding about cobwebs and spiders and the happenings of last term....

Sneezing? SNEEZING!

Mr. Atreyu would be wise to keep those germs to himself. "Good evening, Mr. Atreyu. Can I interest you in a Bubble Head charm? Not only is it stellar for keeping out nail polish fumes, but it can keep those germs of yours out of the classroom as well."

Such a sensitive and caring fellow, your Head of House was.

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"Hello, Professor Flamsteed," she said, but she had no idea if he'd actually reply to her. He seemed really curious about some box. Oh, well. Kate had learned that most classes started with mysterious things behind curtains, in boxes, or stored secretly in corners. Kate swiped a few more cobwebs off her seat and sat down.

"Hello, Miss Addison," he waved, no longer gawking at Miss Wojack but back to petting his yellow box.

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"Hello, Professor Flamsteed." Honestly she wasn't sure if he even heard her because he seemed so intrigued with that box. Well, she couldn't blame him because she was too. Curiously she stared at it for a moment before making her way over to her seat.

"Evening, Miss Carrington," he waved. "I do believe you have something in your hair."

Just so she knew.

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Yuck...cobwebs! Henric brushed them off from his uniform with the lint roller provided. SERIOUSLY...had all the spiders in the world came to seek refuge in here? It was getting tiring to always put a self-cleaning charm upon himself every morning. He walked into the classroom to greet Professor Flamsteed with a smile,"Hello Professor, what's in the box?"he asked, curious as well. After staring for a few moments, he then went to find a seat at the front. He hoped it would be less webbier at the front than at the back. He waved his wand to clear any excess residue left before taking his seat. No lacey webby bum for Henric that was for sure ...

Taking another exaggerated peek into the box, the gangly astronomer looked up at the Hufflepuff and smirked. "None of your business, Mr. Nicolei," he winked.

SPOILER!!: Toby & Sophie

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"Evening, Professor Airey," he said at last, looking up towards the professor after blowing the cobwebs off of his desk. Toby had already opened his mouth to say something else, when he noticed the box and his brain stalled and, instead, he breathed in a cobweb that happened to be floating towards the floor, right past his mouth, from the ceiling. Toby FLAILED AGAIN, and immediately started COUGHING to try and GET THE SPIDER GRAPPLING LINE OUT OF HIS LUNGS.
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No tomfoolery in his class. But she DID give the professor a smile and wave of acknowledgement, but no further greetings from this Ravenclaw as the male Gryffindor prefect currently was the focal point of the room.

Instead, she ventured through the cobwebs and cast a cleaning charm on the cobwebs that had taken up residence on top of AND under her desk, then wiggled into her seat beside the seventh year Hufflepuff who, understandably, looked like he might perish from fear and discomfort - actually, by the look on his face, he seemed like he'd just been spazzing out over something, so... Soph offered up some encouragement in an attempt to ease his nerves.

"If I see a spider near you, I'll get it, okay? I'll be your protector." He knew well enough that Soph was relatively unfazed by spiders, so she assumed he would welcome her offer. She had his BACK.

NO DYING IN ASTRONOMY! MR. TOBY KNEW THE RULES!

Oh wait. No. All was well. Airey was about to remind the Hufflepuff that he was not wearing red and therefore his untimely demise in Astronomy not in any script, but he seemed to be...well...'alright.'

"Evening, Mr. Toby," he greeted while returning a slight nod of the head towards Miss Brown as well.

WATCHING YOU TWO.

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Originally Posted by Saz Hale

Abby entered the Astronomy classroom and got a face full of cobwebs and sighed this was a common feature around the castle what was going on and she used the lint roller on her robes and placed the lint roller back for the next student to use and made her way over to a desk and took a seat she was already had cobwebs about her so she didnt mind sitting on a cobwebby seat and said "Good morning Professor Flamsteed"

Airey checked his sundial watch. Nope. He wasn't losing his marbles. More? Again? No matter.

"Good evening."

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A mystery box. Ohhh... AJ was intrigued. Forgetting for a second that her very own head of house had BETRAYED her, she walked over to him. "Can we eat what's in there?" she asked as she rocked back on her heels. Oh, and a little side eye for you, Airey because AJ suddenly remembered the point loss thing.
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"Also none of your business," he replied with a knowing grin.

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So the Gryffindor began lint rolling his hair because Professor Flamsteeds sign said to do so. Except... The lint rolling didn't go on for very long because uh, the lint roller... It was... STUCK? "OOOOWW!" Tugging at the lint roller only tugged at his hair, which HURT. So um. Lint roller in hair and handle in hand, the Prefect walked into the classroom with a pained looked on his face. Ahem. "Uh, Professor..... I think you need to fix your sign... Also, there's a lint roller stuck on my head." That's it. He was going to get another haircut. And um, help please?

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Déjà vu. The Astronomy professor was having a serious case of it right now. Except that the boy in question was wearing different colored robes this time. Completely disregarding the comment from Miss Wojack earlier - selective hearing and all - he STARED at the Gryffindor prefect.

"What...how...WHY?"

TAKING ATTENTION AWAY FROM HIS BOX, MR. ADAIR!

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.......And then their Prefect walked in, with the lint roller stuck in his hair. Was he that naïve or? Naïve as he was, he was still a good guy who promised him to borrow his notes for his OWL studies. But he wouldn't help because the Prefect was already going to the Professor. Instead he watched with an amused twinkle in his eyes.

Still gawking at his own prefect, the professor failed to notice Mr. Hyland enter.

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Walking into the classroom slowly, Marsha had her wand out in front of her. She didn’t really want to kill the spider’s homes, but she would like to get to class and without them all over her. So she moved some to that she could get through. Finally, being small was good for something. ”Hi Professor.” She called out, though she wasn’t sure if her Head of House actually HEARD her… he looked deep in thought… about a box. Surely he knew what was in it if it was for his class?

”Ouch, Zander that looks sore.” she called out as he tried to get Professor Airey’s attention. ”I’ll do my best to help you sort it?” Y’know… if he sat in a chair and she stood on the one next to it. What was with everyone being so TALL? Heh. He could always sit on the floor and she could sit on the chair… but then the cobwebs would be all over him… if they weren’t already?

Oh Gosh.

"How are you with Severing Charms, Miss Hanover?" he asked, stepping away from the box for a moment. "Cutting it out may be the only option."

Mr. Adair needed a hair cut anyway, yes?

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Originally Posted by Lislchen

Maggie refused to use the lint roller outside the classroom. Because that implied that her clothes were dirty or, well, covered in lint. Which they were NOT. Thank you very much. She knew how to take care of herself. So once outside the Astronomy classroom, she didn't even notice that the lint roller was in fact NOT there. Nor did she read the sign.

Not that she would've used that lint roller on her hair. Like ????

She had noticed that the people walking in before her were complaining about the cobwebs. They were EVERYWHERE lately which didn't exactly put Maggie into a good mood. Luckily for her someone was right in front of her so she made sure to stay close so she would be shielded from the cobwebs. There was hardly anything that would be worse than having cobwebs in your face.

EW!

Once inside Maggie's eyes fell on Zander....and the lint roller in his hair. Wow. He was so dumb. Like. Seriously. She offered the professor a bright smile in greeting while walking past the two. Actually...wait....she turned and made her way back to where the Prefect and Professor Flamsteed were standing. "OH NO! Do you need any help with that?" The hair issue.

See, she was SUCH a nice person and-

HEY!

There was some little girl trying to RUIN her idea. EXCUSE YOU! Maggie glared at Marsha, turning her head to make sure Professor Flamsteed didn't see it.

No, girl, you are NOT stealing Maggie's thunder there.

"Actually, on second thought, Miss Traulton. Perhaps you can cut the lint roller out of Mr. Adair's hair?" Being a third year and all, surely she had more precision with the spell than a first year.

No offense, Miss Hanover.

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"Professor, Zander's hogging the lint roller," she said as she gave him a wink. Kidding. She was totally kidding. Zander definitely didn't want her kind of help. She was doing him a favor really.

"I am aware, Miss Valentine," he sighed while pinching the bridge of his nose.

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Anyway, Heather continued into the classroom using her cleaning charm. "I think thieves are afoot now, Professor Flamsteed, because your lin....." Then she saw the missing object in Zander's hair (plus two lint rolling buddies caught in the webs). "Nevermind." she finished, plopping into a seat, after giving it a good cleaning of course. Blech.

More bridge pinching. More of it.

The Gryffindor received a curt nod.

WHAT ABOUT HIS BOX? HIS BOOOOOOOOOOOOOX!

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After using her lint roller to get all of the lint and cat fur off of her robes, Penelope entered the astronomy classroom. Why were there so many cobwebs in here? It would take a lot more than one lint roller to clean that up. "Hello Professor Flamsteed!" Oooh, a box with a question mark on it? What was the box for? Penelope moved a little closer to the box, not noticing that a lint roller that had previously been tangled in cobwebs had become stuck to her back. There didn't seem to be a sign saying not to touch the box, but after what had happened to her in previous astronomy lessons she didn't want to push her luck. Brushing a few cobwebs off of a chair she took a seat and waited for class to start.

Trying his best not to manly wibble that cobwebs and lint rollers were taking the spotlight away from his BOX, he nodded his head towards Miss Wright as she took her seat.

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Norah stood beside her desk and held her bag to her chest, willing Professor Flamsteed to do SOMETHING about the mess of webs with a close-mouthed stare because mouth opening could lead to horrid things too. A spider web in the mouth was probably even WORSE than broccoli, and if that wasn't a tragedy then the HUfflepuff really didn't know what was.

".....uuuuuuuuuh, yes?" he asked the Hufflepuff, fingers prying open the box in preparation to take another peek inside.

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More spider web, eww. Zhenya was frantically trying to pull it all from her face. They were just everywhere! She didn't really see a point in using the lint roller, but she did anyway. Surely she would just get dirty again?

Professor Flamsteed was there, busy with something? "Hello Professor," she greeted him, not wanting to disturb him too much. What was in the box? Zhenya was sure she would either find out soon, and if she didn't, it would probably all be for the best.

She pulled a tissue out and wiped down the seat and table before sitting down and pulling her things out.

"Evening, Miss Burton," he greeted, checking his sundial watch one last time. Yes. Just about time too...

SPOILER!!: Thornton & Damien & COBWEBS

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Damien had not expected the cobwebs to be literally covering every inch of the classroom, nor had he been expecting to walk right through the silky, sticky, gross thread, and because he had not been prepared his mouth had been open.

HIS MOUTH. SPIDER SILK WAS IN HIS MOUTH ON HIS TONGUE, HIS CLEAN TONGUE. WHO DID THIS TO HIM??? WHAT GOD HAD HE OFFENDED??

He stood there with wide, panicked eyes, his long arms held out in front of him and his body covered and cursed the heavens. To the side, he spied Thornton, helpful, chill dude, he would save him, wouldn't he? "Dhorn. my mowth... my Mowth... Spiwer webs. Hep Meh, bwo." He said, trying his best to keep his mouth open and not swallow any of the silk.

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Had his... face just be scourgified? Thornton reached up and rubbed it a bit with his now web-less hand. Something about that spell oh his skin always made Thornton feel a little... over-scrubbed. Looking at the Hufflepuff, he nodded his head a bit. "Uh, thanks?" A towel maybe would have done the trick too... but well, at least he wasn't webby any more.



He'd barely had any time to consider taking his seat when he heard... well, he assumed it was his name, but it sounded like someone was pinching the person's tongue with their fingers. Turning slightly, he saw Damien in a predicament not unlike his own.

"I.. could try to fish it out with my wand..." like, just stick it in there and try to catch the string. But, Damien was significantly taller and so the younger student just sorta peered up at him.. would 'accio' work, he wondered?

His puzzling, however, was interrupted by a tug on his hand.



He allowed himself to be dragged away and deposited near a desk. Sitting dutifully at her command, Thornton looked up at Dot but didn't speak. This room was a mess. What were the house elves doing. Looking back over his shoulder, he felt terrible having left Damien with the web still in his mouth.

Maybe accio would work. Pulling out his wand, Thornton looked over at the older Gryffindor and cast. "Accio cobweb." Only, he hadn't focused nearly specifically enough. Which was why there were a whole host of cobwebs flying through the air, right at him.

"Oh cruppies."

Clearing his throat to begin the lesson, the professor instead found himself with a FACE WILL OF COBWEBS.

His face.

His back.

HIS SUIT.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Flailing about, the astronomer's arms knocked the box right out of the air and sent it tumbling to the ground with a dull thud and no further indication of what was inside.

"MY BOX!" he roared with dramatic flair as he literally dove for the box, cobwebs and all, and curled up with it on the floor for a moment before getting to his feet and casually adjusting his tie. As he redid the levitation spellwork to the box, he glared over his shoulder briefly towards Mr. Baines - who technically had not touched his suit himself...but was still getting phasers set to STUN looks.

Ravenclaws. WHY WAS IT ALWAYS RAVENCLAWS?!

Brushing the webs from his face, and trying to pull more of the cobwebs from his person while whimpering like a kicked cruppy, the man attempted to begin the lesson.

"If everyone could please take your seats, I would like to begin," he said, clearing his throat some more and eyeing the fiasco going on regarding Mr. Adair. "Today's discussion is VERY important," he continued, eyes drifiting towards the floating box as though he were afraid that it would vanish at any given moment. "And has to do EVERYTHING with the box you see here." Cue a quick gesture towards said box as he continued to pull webs from his person.

Totally NOT crying over here.

"Would anyone care to venture a guess as to what is in it?"

OOC: SO SO SO SOOOO SORRY FOR THE DELAY! Sleep and Women's World Cup happened.

Class has officially started and will resume hopefully 14 hours from the time of this post.

"No, I don't think so, sir. I'm pretty sure that's a standard way of dealing with spiders, and I'm surely not the one who has been rolling them up with your handy spider-catcher." She smiled just a bit and made sure Thornton was settled before adding, "I mean lint roller, of course. Not a spider-catcher."

So what if it was her? She was doing a good deed for her fellow man.

Also, sitting by Thornton was a mistake, because he apparently thought that summoning cobwebs was a genius move. Ravenclaws, amiright? "Thoooooooorny, no." She would have whapped him with her wand if he was close enough. "Leave the spiders alone. They have the advantage of higher ground and numbers for this battle."

And the box? "Are there spiders in there, sir? You seem to have... a motif."

"You're welcome,'' Adi told Thornton cheerily. Always happy to help anyone, this Hufflepuff was. 'Helpful' should have been his middle name. Hehe.
Flamsteed looked like a kid on Christmas as he peered into the box. Adi wondered if he tried to peek in if he would be rewarded with epic eyebrows again. Hmmm... but then again, one could never tell what the Suit was up to... or WHAT was in that box.
"Yep, Janelle! I bet Professor Flamsteed has a fun activity planned too.'' Adi watched the man and his box. "Wonder what's in there,'' he mused just as Benny appeared. "Heya, Benny! I thought you might take forever to get here with your sneezes.'' The poor bestie. "You need the Antillergen Potion.'' Oh, hey, Lux! A wave for you! And AJ too!
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Oho! Drama with the Professor, the box and Thornton. Hahaha! The man was such a kid indeed! Was that how Adi was going to be when he was older, too? It was needless to say the sixth year was enjoying the man's antics.

That box though.

WHAT WAS IN THE BOX?!

Apparently they had to guess. What, what, WHAT? Did Flamsteed know the amount of things that could be in there? Endless possibilities, yo! The Huffleuff was really going to give a guess that was backed by not much thought. Hehe. "Stardust, Professor.'' His hand was up, by the way. Yes, it was.

Okaaayy....was it him or Professor Flamsteed seem too 'passionate' not to reveal anything inside his mysterious box. He was going to reveal it anyway so...*sigh* Henric shrugged and held up his hands in mock surrender,"Aights...professor, none of my business like you said..."

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Henric hoped there wasn't anything unpleasant inside that box. Perhaps more OREO cookies?! Thinking about his favourite cookies, his stomach could not help but rumble. He raised his hands to answer,"Professor, is there more OREO cookies in that box?" he asked.

Airey looked like he needed a hug. Or to man up. One of either. She could help with both. Although, it wouldn't flow well if she yelled those words at him as if she Sergeant Wayne. Yeah. No. He'll grow into it in time. As for now, was he testing their divination skills? Beverly's were non existent. She raised her hand.

"Something delicate or precious enough to dive for." She couldn't exactly guess what it was. She couldn't see through objects.

Kate could do nothing but just stand in place, frozen and wide-eyed. One second the professor was calmly greeting the students, but then the next second, he was screaming and flailing and telling everybody to take a seat. Kate promptly sat down and tried not to think about people with lint brushes in their hair or professors flailing about. Instead, she tried to think about boxes.

Especially the box the professor had been mesmerized with since before Kate even stepped foot in the class. So what was in it? She had absolutely no idea. A wild guess was just about the best she could do. "A magical moon?" she suggested, knowing that with magic, anything was possible. Sure, it wasn't the REAL moon, but she could imagine a magical one being in there.

...So no one was going to help her?

Well then.

Frowning slightly, Lux continued trying to extract the cobwebs out of her hair. She wasn't pleased that her request had been ignored because her hair was all gross and she wanted them gone.

"Yuck." Spiders were gross, but she didn't have time to dwell on that thought because another accident happened around Flammy. At least there was no point loss involved this time, but she really did have to wonder what was inside the box. Apparently it was very important. Curiously, she tried in vain to see inside before raising her hand. "Is there space rock inside?" That would be cool.

Um... Oooooooookay. Zhenya averted her eyes from the happenings with Professor Flamsteed. One less pair of eyes to witness his um... show. Just in case he would be embarrassed. Was he?

The glanced at the box when it fell, but saw nothing. And in a few moments, it was back in the air. What was IN THE BOX!? Zhenya was losing patience now that the year was almost over and exams were getting closer and closer. She didn't even want to come to class because it was getting in the way of her exam studies, but of course then she would miss the work and be in even deeper. So she was here. She closed her eyes and took some deep, calming breaths, and put her frustration into her visualised balloon and let it go. Fly away balloon. She opened her eyes, feeling calmer. Professor Flamsteed was just asking people to get to their seats, indicating the start of class.

Yes, well, that was the question wasn't it Flamsteed? What WAS in the box? Zhenya raised her hand. Obviously it was anyone's guess. "Is it a new, high-tech Telescope?" She was going to guess moon, but Kate beat her to it. But seriously, was it a moon?

Cobwebs, no. He didn't like those, but he'd be lying if he said they weren't entertaining. At least in the sense that he couldn't seem to get a particular piece of cobweb off of his finger. Just...it just...

GET.OFF. MERLIN'S...beard...

Absentmindedly running his finger on the side of his desk in hopes that it'd rid of the web, the young blond leaned forward a LOT in his seat, interest peaked as he stared at the box. "Is it a BUNNY, professor?" he leaned forward even further, until he was laying atop his desk for the most part.

What's in the booooooooooooooox?!

Abby thought about what was in the box and raised her hand and said "It is something to do with Astronomy Professor" Abby wasn't sure really but it was worth a guess

Angel raised her hand as she looked at the Professor, now she had to figure out what was in the box. "Professor is it a fake solar system, you know one of those that sometime is on a projector." Angel had thought about it for a bit.

Zander thought Professor Flamsteed would be GLAD to know that he followed the rules for once. Except evidently he did something else wrong. Well, y'know, considering there was a lint roller in his hair okay there was something wrong. BUT IT WAS HIS SIGN!! Not like he would've put it in his hair on his own accord. He wasn't a Ravenclaw.

"Your sign Professor!" Why was Flamsteed so surprised??? "It said to use it as a brush," and so he did. It was that simple. Except now things weren't simple. And apparently he was causing a scene.

... oops?

SooooOOoooo about that box...


Help. YES that is EXACTLY what he needed! "Yes, please!"

Except, would Marsha be able to help? Not that she couldn't... But Zander didn't even know what spell would be useful in this kind of situation and-- Oh. More help? Help from that WAIT A MINUTE. That was the girl that STOLE his badge. Why would SHE want to help!? Oh no. Did she want Zander to owe her yet ANOTHER favor? Because... Zander hadn't even heard the first one she wanted and owing people could get messy.

Not paying any attention to the lint roller thing now, he WHIPPED his head around to look at AJ. "I'm not hogging it on pur--" O_________________O

A severing charm?

But that meant.

Uh oh. They were going to take away all his hair!! NOOOOOOOOOOO! Okay yes he was planning to get a haircut eventually, but not from a third year OR a first year for that matter.

"There's got to be some other way, sir!" PLEASE.

Also sorry yeah, not going to pay any attention to this box stuff because he had bigger issues. And a lint roller still stuck in his hair.

He looked over at the two that offered to help. "Just don't make me go bald." Or have an entire patch missing. Or actually could they not do this? He could do fine with a lint roller in his hair forever. That seemed like a fine option now. Totally fine. Zander could deal.

"OF COURSE I can!"

Maggie smiiiiiiiled at the professor before turning a little to look at Zander directly. Only to stare at Professor Flamsteed again a second later when he started crying yelling about his suit...and then his box. Seriously. What was wrong with this professor? Why had they hired him? Did he have some powerful connections inside the school? Was he the Headmistress' secret lover or something? How on Earth had he gotten this position?

ANYWAY.....back to Zander.

"You should sit down." Because he was taller than her, did he know? Yes of course he did. Which was why it was even more embarrassing for him to currently be at her mercy. His life was in her hands. Or, well, the life of his HAIR was in her hands. She pulled out her wand and just looked at him. "Unless there's a spell that can turn back time and give you more braincells I don't really think there's another way." Maggie had lowered her voice to make sure Professor Flamsteed didn't hear her remark.

So...? Shall we then?

Still waiting for Zander to do what she'd told him (like, RUDE), Maggie briefly glanced back to the box Flamsteed was on about. "Pebbles?"

Noel was staring because what the hell Zander? It was really really amusing to watch prefect wailing while the lint roller stayed stuck in his hair. And then Professor Space was dancing around with cobwebs. So just another day in the astronomy class.

His fingers drummed as Maggie tried helping Zander. Oh this will be good. It would be refreshing to see Zander bald actually. There was just too much blond going on up there anyway.

But then the cobweb dance was done and everyone's attention was on the mysterious box.

"Something to do with astronomy, definitely" he answered dryly because he honestly couldn't come up with a random answer. So .. something close to it was okay, right?

SPOILER!!: GUESSES!

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

"No, I don't think so, sir. I'm pretty sure that's a standard way of dealing with spiders, and I'm surely not the one who has been rolling them up with your handy spider-catcher." She smiled just a bit and made sure Thornton was settled before adding, "I mean lint roller, of course. Not a spider-catcher."

So what if it was her? She was doing a good deed for her fellow man.

Also, sitting by Thornton was a mistake, because he apparently thought that summoning cobwebs was a genius move. Ravenclaws, amiright? "Thoooooooorny, no." She would have whapped him with her wand if he was close enough. "Leave the spiders alone. They have the advantage of higher ground and numbers for this battle."

And the box? "Are there spiders in there, sir? You seem to have... a motif."

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

"You're welcome,'' Adi told Thornton cheerily. Always happy to help anyone, this Hufflepuff was. 'Helpful' should have been his middle name. Hehe.
Flamsteed looked like a kid on Christmas as he peered into the box. Adi wondered if he tried to peek in if he would be rewarded with epic eyebrows again. Hmmm... but then again, one could never tell what the Suit was up to... or WHAT was in that box.
"Yep, Janelle! I bet Professor Flamsteed has a fun activity planned too.'' Adi watched the man and his box. "Wonder what's in there,'' he mused just as Benny appeared. "Heya, Benny! I thought you might take forever to get here with your sneezes.'' The poor bestie. "You need the Antillergen Potion.'' Oh, hey, Lux! A wave for you! And AJ too!
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Oho! Drama with the Professor, the box and Thornton. Hahaha! The man was such a kid indeed! Was that how Adi was going to be when he was older, too? It was needless to say the sixth year was enjoying the man's antics.

That box though.

WHAT WAS IN THE BOX?!

Apparently they had to guess. What, what, WHAT? Did Flamsteed know the amount of things that could be in there? Endless possibilities, yo! The Huffleuff was really going to give a guess that was backed by not much thought. Hehe. "Stardust, Professor.'' His hand was up, by the way. Yes, it was.

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Okaaayy....was it him or Professor Flamsteed seem too 'passionate' not to reveal anything inside his mysterious box. He was going to reveal it anyway so...*sigh* Henric shrugged and held up his hands in mock surrender,"Aights...professor, none of my business like you said..."

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Henric hoped there wasn't anything unpleasant inside that box. Perhaps more OREO cookies?! Thinking about his favourite cookies, his stomach could not help but rumble. He raised his hands to answer,"Professor, is there more OREO cookies in that box?" he asked.

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Airey looked like he needed a hug. Or to man up. One of either. She could help with both. Although, it wouldn't flow well if she yelled those words at him as if she Sergeant Wayne. Yeah. No. He'll grow into it in time. As for now, was he testing their divination skills? Beverly's were non existent. She raised her hand.

"Something delicate or precious enough to dive for." She couldn't exactly guess what it was. She couldn't see through objects.

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Kate could do nothing but just stand in place, frozen and wide-eyed. One second the professor was calmly greeting the students, but then the next second, he was screaming and flailing and telling everybody to take a seat. Kate promptly sat down and tried not to think about people with lint brushes in their hair or professors flailing about. Instead, she tried to think about boxes.

Especially the box the professor had been mesmerized with since before Kate even stepped foot in the class. So what was in it? She had absolutely no idea. A wild guess was just about the best she could do. "A magical moon?" she suggested, knowing that with magic, anything was possible. Sure, it wasn't the REAL moon, but she could imagine a magical one being in there.

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...So no one was going to help her?

Well then.

Frowning slightly, Lux continued trying to extract the cobwebs out of her hair. She wasn't pleased that her request had been ignored because her hair was all gross and she wanted them gone.

"Yuck." Spiders were gross, but she didn't have time to dwell on that thought because another accident happened around Flammy. At least there was no point loss involved this time, but she really did have to wonder what was inside the box. Apparently it was very important. Curiously, she tried in vain to see inside before raising her hand. "Is there space rock inside?" That would be cool.

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Um... Oooooooookay. Zhenya averted her eyes from the happenings with Professor Flamsteed. One less pair of eyes to witness his um... show. Just in case he would be embarrassed. Was he?

The glanced at the box when it fell, but saw nothing. And in a few moments, it was back in the air. What was IN THE BOX!? Zhenya was losing patience now that the year was almost over and exams were getting closer and closer. She didn't even want to come to class because it was getting in the way of her exam studies, but of course then she would miss the work and be in even deeper. So she was here. She closed her eyes and took some deep, calming breaths, and put her frustration into her visualised balloon and let it go. Fly away balloon. She opened her eyes, feeling calmer. Professor Flamsteed was just asking people to get to their seats, indicating the start of class.

Yes, well, that was the question wasn't it Flamsteed? What WAS in the box? Zhenya raised her hand. Obviously it was anyone's guess. "Is it a new, high-tech Telescope?" She was going to guess moon, but Kate beat her to it. But seriously, was it a moon?

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Cobwebs, no. He didn't like those, but he'd be lying if he said they weren't entertaining. At least in the sense that he couldn't seem to get a particular piece of cobweb off of his finger. Just...it just...

GET.OFF. MERLIN'S...beard...

Absentmindedly running his finger on the side of his desk in hopes that it'd rid of the web, the young blond leaned forward a LOT in his seat, interest peaked as he stared at the box. "Is it a BUNNY, professor?" he leaned forward even further, until he was laying atop his desk for the most part.

What's in the booooooooooooooox?!

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Abby thought about what was in the box and raised her hand and said "It is something to do with Astronomy Professor" Abby wasn't sure really but it was worth a guess

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Angel raised her hand as she looked at the Professor, now she had to figure out what was in the box. "Professor is it a fake solar system, you know one of those that sometime is on a projector." Angel had thought about it for a bit.

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Zander thought Professor Flamsteed would be GLAD to know that he followed the rules for once. Except evidently he did something else wrong. Well, y'know, considering there was a lint roller in his hair okay there was something wrong. BUT IT WAS HIS SIGN!! Not like he would've put it in his hair on his own accord. He wasn't a Ravenclaw.

"Your sign Professor!" Why was Flamsteed so surprised??? "It said to use it as a brush," and so he did. It was that simple. Except now things weren't simple. And apparently he was causing a scene.

... oops?

SooooOOoooo about that box...

SPOILER!!: Marsha, Maggie, AJ More Flammy

Help. YES that is EXACTLY what he needed! "Yes, please!"

Except, would Marsha be able to help? Not that she couldn't... But Zander didn't even know what spell would be useful in this kind of situation and-- Oh. More help? Help from that WAIT A MINUTE. That was the girl that STOLE his badge. Why would SHE want to help!? Oh no. Did she want Zander to owe her yet ANOTHER favor? Because... Zander hadn't even heard the first one she wanted and owing people could get messy.

Not paying any attention to the lint roller thing now, he WHIPPED his head around to look at AJ. "I'm not hogging it on pur--" O_________________O

A severing charm?

But that meant.

Uh oh. They were going to take away all his hair!! NOOOOOOOOOOO! Okay yes he was planning to get a haircut eventually, but not from a third year OR a first year for that matter.

"There's got to be some other way, sir!" PLEASE.

Also sorry yeah, not going to pay any attention to this box stuff because he had bigger issues. And a lint roller still stuck in his hair.

He looked over at the two that offered to help. "Just don't make me go bald." Or have an entire patch missing. Or actually could they not do this? He could do fine with a lint roller in his hair forever. That seemed like a fine option now. Totally fine. Zander could deal.

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"OF COURSE I can!"

Maggie smiiiiiiiled at the professor before turning a little to look at Zander directly. Only to stare at Professor Flamsteed again a second later when he started crying yelling about his suit...and then his box. Seriously. What was wrong with this professor? Why had they hired him? Did he have some powerful connections inside the school? Was he the Headmistress' secret lover or something? How on Earth had he gotten this position?

ANYWAY.....back to Zander.

"You should sit down." Because he was taller than her, did he know? Yes of course he did. Which was why it was even more embarrassing for him to currently be at her mercy. His life was in her hands. Or, well, the life of his HAIR was in her hands. She pulled out her wand and just looked at him. "Unless there's a spell that can turn back time and give you more braincells I don't really think there's another way." Maggie had lowered her voice to make sure Professor Flamsteed didn't hear her remark.

So...? Shall we then?

Still waiting for Zander to do what she'd told him (like, RUDE), Maggie briefly glanced back to the box Flamsteed was on about. "Pebbles?"

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Noel was staring because what the hell Zander? It was really really amusing to watch prefect wailing while the lint roller stayed stuck in his hair. And then Professor Space was dancing around with cobwebs. So just another day in the astronomy class.

His fingers drummed as Maggie tried helping Zander. Oh this will be good. It would be refreshing to see Zander bald actually. There was just too much blond going on up there anyway.

But then the cobweb dance was done and everyone's attention was on the mysterious box.

"Something to do with astronomy, definitely" he answered dryly because he honestly couldn't come up with a random answer. So .. something close to it was okay, right?

The astronomer could hardly contain his amusement at each guess - although Miss Wojack's words kept coming back to haunt him, and then there was the matter of Mr. Adair's hair that was also a mild distraction - and the man rocked back and forth on his heels with each one.

Except for Miss Traulton's. That one hurt. Especially in light of her homework assignment.

"I made that sign myself and I certainly did NOT put that a lint roller is to be used as a brush," he retorted while rubbing his temples and looking at a random spot on the ground in front of the Gryffindor prefect. Somewhere...Marcus Branxton was sneezing. He was sure of it.

Well, he would be sure if he was more of a superstitious sort of bloke.

“What lies within the box shall remain a mystery, with the endless possibilities of its contents to be constantly mulled over in your minds as we proceed,” grinned the professor. “Yes yes, I know for some of you this will be maddening as you simply MUST know the answer and it is that exact curiosity that has lead the human race to look up.”

Did they see where this was going? Heh.

“As you all know from our previous discussions and your reading, exploration of space began hundreds of years ago with Greek and Roman astronomers. Astronomers like Galileo Galilei, whose contributions to observational astronomy are ...well… astronomical and continue to have a major influence on astronomy today. Galileo is often referred to as the pioneer a shift in scientific thinking and it is said that since is time, specifically, astronomers and astronauts have been making our lives better and better without many of us even realizing it.”

Leaving the yellow box adorned with a question mark where it floated in the air, the Astronomy professor strolled over to his desk and - after banishing away some cobwebs with his wand that he SWORE were not there a moment ago - retrieved three items from behind it. These items were enchanted as well, gliding through the air slowly towards the yellow box where they hovered in place.

“Now, I know this can be quite difficult for many to how or why something like the Hubble Space Telescope is important to you or why Hershel’s Map matters to you. Especially those of you who grew up in magical households with very little exposure to Muggle things, but just trust me when I say it does. It really really does.”

Stepping now towards the three floating items, he took another peek inside his yellow box and bounced in place with a HUGE smile on his face. If one were really listening in carefully, you may have heard a muffled ‘stellar’ before he turned his attention back to the class.

“I have prepared three items for your observation today,” he continued, gesturing towards them as they floated off to his right. “A computer, a television, and a Tupperware container with some raisins inside.” His personal favorite snack, by the way. Especially when put on peanut butter on top of some celery. Ants on a log! “Now, each of these items have been improved in some way thanks to the U.S. Space Program, in more ways than one in some cases. I would like you each to now,” he strolled over to the box again and took another lingering look inside. “To use your imaginations and guess what improvements might have resulted from the study and exploration of space.” Closing the lid on the yellow box again, he gave his cardboard television set a firm tap. “My apologies for not bringing in the real things,” he apologized, tapping on the computer and television specifically. “I tried to recreate them with as much accuracy as possible.”

Forgive the man for needing to do SOMETHING to pass the time in his office. Cardboard reconstruction had been quite...therapeutic. Sort of.

“You may write your ideas down on a piece of parchment and, when you are ready, please raise your hand and share just one possibility.”

Task assigned, he was going to go back to oogling over his box while they thought things over.

OOC: No need to wait for Professor Flamsteed to call on your character, just go ahead and assume that he did to have your character speak

Writing down ideas for all three on a piece of parchment IC is optional and NOT required, but there could be some bonus participation points

Class will resume approximately 24 hours from the time of this post.

It was a JOKE, Adair. For once she held back the crazy, and did anybody appreciate that? No. Fine. She would offer her help. "I could yank it out and you'd only lose a few strands of hair tops." If she could get gum out of her hair, she could do anything. Just saying...

None of her business? But, but, but... she REALLY wanted to know. Didn't he know the anticipation was killing her. What was in the box, Airey? What if she "accidentally" knocked it over? Would the contents come out then?

Oh, um...

The nose pinching. That was her causing it, yeah? Whoops. Not a good time for jokes? Actually she knew the answer to that question, but it wasn't as if she could turn off the awesome at will. She did manage to tone it down. Hopefully that counted for something.

Guess time. AJ raised her hand and waved it around. "Well, I hope it's tacos, but since I doubt I'll get lucky enough for two professors to feed me my favorite food, I'm going to say that it's a robot moon that you can control with a remote." Beam.

Airey was his name and torture was his game. You know what? If tacos weren't in that box then she didn't care. Not a care in the world. Nope, not her. She wasn't even going to look at it.

....

Who was she kidding? AJ had to know what was in the box. Please, tell her. This whole playing with her emotions thing was only going to backfire on him because her attention would be on the box and trying to figure it out. Jokes on you, professor.

Whyyyy did he keep torturing them and continue to look in the box? AJ was antsy. She couldn't take it. The possibility to get up, trip, and look in the box could be a thing right? Couldn't blame a girl for swatting at a cobweb or something else.

Focus, Valentine. He was on about something that had to be important. This was why he should have told her about the box contents because now she couldn't focus on his question. Were they supposed to talk about the improvements of those things or something else? Oh well. She was going to chance it. Picking up a blank piece of parchment, she began scribbling stuff down.



Which fun fact should she tell the professor? It was a toughie, but she decided on the computer. Raising her hand, she waited to be called on. "I think space exploration made the television better by getting some sweet shots of the roads and locations from way up high. Makes for a better google maps experience." She pointed at her notes for emphasis.

Janelle had no idea what was in the box. She couldn't even come up with a reasonable guess so she kept quiet on that one. Then Professor Flamsteed upped the drama level with his "there are spider webs on me" performance. He could always be counted on to entertain. Janelle was getting better at holding in her laughs. All she managed was a controlled smile at his hijinks.

Then it was time to get serious. There was a question to be answered and this one was hard. Janelle definitely had to give it some serious thought. She had an idea and raised her hand.

"I think space exploration may have helped television by putting satellites out in space. That way they could be used for satellite TV. It also allowed people to watch things that were happening around the world."

Oh, the joy! They had to WAIT! Adi eyed his Professor. How dareee he get their curiosity up even more and then tell them they had to keep wondering? Now Adi would be distracted by the box and its contents

Eyes on the box, eyes on the box. The Hufflepuff's eyes were on the box! It certainly didn't help that Airey kept peeking into it. Cue le siiiiigh! Could the box be summoned? He had a half mind to do it but who knows what the reaction might be from The Suit.

Mercifully, his attention shifted to the three items. Ohhh, nice computer and television despite them not being real. The sixth year pulled his parchment towards him and began to scribble. When he was done, he raised a hand.

"Erm, the television could have been improved in the way of quality of the way we see images. The persons on Earth at mission control would have needed to see what Astronauts were seeing when they were exploring. It's like what they did with the Mars rover. We were able to see better quality images of what's up on the Red planet." Yesh, Adi knew that the Mars Rover came waaaaaaaay after television was developed but he was just using it as an example.

Annnnnnd his eyes were back on that box!

When it became clear that Professor Flamsteed wasn't about to do anything about the HORROR that was happening on her chair, Norah pulled a piece of parchment and quill out of her bag before setting it on the chair and sitting on it. There. No spider web bum for her, thank you very much.

She shifted around on the chair, but getting to get to a position that was actually comfortable was seemingly impossible. It was much better than the alternative, though. That was a FACT. The fourth year finally looked up, and saw that the mystery box had already been opened. GEE. THANKS, ASTRONAUT MAN. He did all the exciting stuff without her? What was the fun in that? Holy guacamole this dude really needed his pet rock back because apparently he became a meanie without it. Ruining the excitement of a surprise, honestly. She let out a loooong sigh and gave Professor Flamsteed a pointed look before picking up her quill to write some ideas down on her parchment. Were those....raisins? Maybe he liked raisins so much THAT was why his heart had shriveled up into a surprise-ruiner's one. Made sense to her, anyways.

SPOILER!!: Notes

Computer- I've never used one of these for very long so it's an unfair question and I don't know. Maybe they needed to develop cool ones to go to space or something.
Television- Cool programs on the telly about space dudes and stuff. I like the ones where they show people going on those spinning machine things and getting all dizzy before going to space.
The box thingy with the raisins- they probably got really good at making food shrivel up and look weird just like Flamsteed's heart looks right now.

Once she was finished eyeing her notes, the Hufflepuff put a hand in the air. "Raisins are all shrivel-y and weird like the food we shriveled up that one time." That HORRID time when he was a PIRATE. "So once they shriveled all the space food the raisins they made here on this planet got even better at being shriveled. Practice makes perfect." IF shriveled could be considered perfect, which Norah didn't agree with but y'know.

Wait, so Flammy wasn't going to tell them what was inside the box? WELL THEN. Guess Lux was just going to die of curiosity because she REALLY wanted to know.

Blah blah blah, more space stuff but she found herself only paying half attention as she stood at her desk and continued to attempt her mission to see inside the box. Was that a 'stellar' she heard? O_O Okay...that could only mean that there was a mini-Flammy inside. How cool would that be? And he TOTALLY tied into space because he knew everything about the universe.

Anyway, note taking time. Lux wrote down everything that she could remember from the lecture she was half paying attention to. Anything else she could get from Adi or something. Normally she would have been more thorough, but it wasn't every day that there was a mysterious floating box in class.

Turning to a new page in hernotebook, she began writing out her thoughts on the three items:

SPOILER!!: Lux's Notes

Computers - I think that space exploration has made computers even more high tech. If they can survive anything in outer space, they should be able to handle things on earth.

Television - I'm not as sure about this one, but maybe it involved putting better satellites into space so that tv watching could be improved.

Tupperware - Previous astronaut food was gross and kept in tubes like toothpaste. Tupperware allows food to stay fresher and not be in paste form. This is better for everyone - including the food involved. Also - like the computer - if Tupperware can be made strong enough to survive space, it can survive whatever earth throws at it.

After checking everything over, Lux raised her hand. She was going to talk about food because that was important. "I think that being in space has made Tupperware even stronger. If a container of raisins can survive being banged around in zero gravity, it can handle being dropped by people on earth." Because people could be clumsy with food, and no one wanted to loose their meal to the dirty ground.

Bubble head charm...

Flamsteed had a problem with his sneezing? Okay so he should have expected it from the neat-freak head of house, at least until the event of the last class where the professor's sneezing had ruined....RUINED...his original potion from the joint lesson. Way to hold a double standard there man. "I'm fine Professor," he assured him, "Not germs....cobwebs." He didn't have a cold just a sensativity to the dirty creapy objects hanging everywhere on almost everything. Adi's suggestion held more merit. "Doesn't work enough." But at least it kept it from getting worse than it was.

And then Zander happened.

Benny just shook his head and got his belongings out to be ready for class to begin. Which it did after a loud exclaimation from Flamsteed as he freaked out once more. That man really had an exciteable nature. As for the box, he had no idea on what could possibly be in it and he wasn't going to be concerned about it. It would be revealed to them soon enough and it wasn't like it was a creature inside. THAT was different.
The floating cardboard cut-outs of a computer, television and container were distraction anyway. Each improved by the space program in the states? That was certainly curious to know. He wrote it down in his notes before thinking on what the connection could possible be, adding it in underneath.

SPOILER!!: Benny's notes

Computer: As technology was created for the program, it helped advance that which was available to the general public. The computer used to control space stuff had to grow with the space tech else the space tech was not usable.

Television: Space exploration allowed satellites which improved the sending of television waves

Container:

Stuck on the last one, he raised his hand to at least supply one offering. Unfortunately as he waited to be acknowledged, Janelle the Ravenclaw gave what he had. Oh dear. "I agree with Janelle...Space exploration and satelites helped the television and computer signals," he replied when called on, adding the last as he took a chance. Maybe it worked too.

So Toby had stopped choking on the spider web, just FYI. He'd actually coughed a little extra, too, 'cause it had occurred to him that WHAT IF a spider was actually IN HIS LUNGS, and the thought alone had made him cough super extra double hard JUST TO MAKE SURE that that wasn't the case. But he was fine now, just kinda raspy and red-eyed from his TRAUMA ORDEAL little moment. All good here.

By the time he was all sorted out, Sophie was beside him, something was going on with Zander's hair and the lint roller, and the class was underway. Toby quickly titled up his notes for the lesson, and then looked at that mysterious box. He had a suggestion about the contents, but by the time he was ready to answer, they were already moving on. "I bet it's probably not a cat," Toby quickly interjected, and that was thankfully all he had to say on the matter.

The items Airey WAS showing them made sense in terms of being connected... right up until the raisins, though Toby didn't dwell on that thought for long because he was mainly thinking about food and his stomach and hunger and raisins. But anyway... yes. Actual classwork, time to do that.

Toby watched Airey for just a moment longer, eyes then lingering on the plastic box of raisins again, with an expression of befuddlement on his face. It seemed he didn't quite have the impulse control to refrain from raising his hand and saying, "Professor, I thought you didn't allow food in the classroom? ... They're not cardboard raisins, are they? 'Cause I was gonna ask if you were gonna share, but if they're cardboard, then I don't think I'd eat them, and maybe you shouldn't either, 'cause there's no nutritional value in cardboard, y'know?" It was, really, a completely innocent observation, and once Toby had opened his mouth, he found it difficult to shut up again (as usual). But shut up he did.

Onto the actual work then, and Toby twirled his quill around his fingers for a moment to help him thinking, before getting to writing things down.



Those notes were decent, Toby thought. Well... at least by his standards. As usual, he barely had any idea of what he was doing, but Astronomy seemed to be a class that Toby had managed to stumble his way through with good enough answers that Airey would sometimes even jump on his desk. So it was always worth a shot. He raised his hand now to give his input.

"I bet the space people had something to do with the airtight seal on the plastic box thing, right? Like an airlock? Was tupperware maybe based on airlocks used in space and stuff? Only it keeps raisins fresh rather than keeping humans fresh. Alive, I mean. Or maybe astronauts like raisins and stuff so they made tupperware to keep their food fresh for space, but I bet not cardboard raisins, except I don't think that's right 'cause if you open a tupperware box of raisins in a spacecraft in space they'd go eeeeeeeverywhere and then they might jam up the equipment. Hey, is raisin jam a thing?" Wait, no. Going off track. Very far off track. Toby made a solid attempt to reeeeeel it back in, though. "But yeah. Airlock. Airtight seals. Yeah." Nod.

Shutting up, now.

Again.

Someone might want to duct tape his mouth closed soon, though.

It was to remain a MYSTERY? What even?

Lance flopped back in his seat, at least succeeding in getting the cobweb off of his finger. Though now it was stuck to his desk. Which... was no biggy. He supposed. Not that it was distracting or anything. At least not distracting enough where he'd miss the instructions given to them with the imagination and the parchment and the...

Things.

They had tupperware at home, though none of the other stuff. But it was fiiiiiine. Cool even. He could use his imaaaaginatioooon to figure it out. Except his imaaaaginaaaaation... was full of cobwebs. Almost literally. That little wispy piece on his desk was SUCH A THOUGHT KILLER.

Zhenya had to put her anger into another balloon and watch it float away. WHY must she wait? Why did she even want to know? Why couldn't he have hidden the box behind his desk, if he wasn't going to tell them? Why couldn't she just have a little peek inside? She wouldn't tell anyone. Promise. There probably wasn't even anything in there. OH was that true? Zhenya's eyes widened at the thought.

Sigh.

Zhenya listened to the following information and wrote down some dot points. The cardboard computer and TV looked great! He must have spent a lot of time doing them. She was impressed. Zhenya picked up her quill, dipped it into the ink and wrote down the headings Computer, TV, Tupperware and raisins.



That would do? She couldn't think of anything else. Raising her hand, she waited for Professor Flamsteed to call on her. "The computer might have improved since the US Space Program with satellites for developing maps and the programs that a) could develop the maps and b) had to use maps. There's something called internet, which is linked to towers, the ones that get a phone signal, and the satellites can provide signals to provide internet to the computers for the muggles to use. The TV was helped with satellite signals as well, so that people who watch the TV can actually see the image being broadcast through a certain channel. The raisins in the container were developed from the dehydrating of foods, which helped with nutrition for the astronauts, decreasing the water content of food. So... apricots, apples, pears, grapes, they were able to preserve these foods and take them into space. But also the container itself, the space mission might have come up with methods to improve the construction of the plastic. Make it harder, longer lasting. And similarly, could the development of plastic helped to improve the structure of the TVs and computers, their plastic components?" Zhenya had to stop for breath. Did she ever talk that much?

If professor Airey hadn't peeked inside the box and smiled like THAT then Beverly would have shrugged it off, but NO. He did do that and now her curiosity was at its highest. It distracted her enough from concentrating on the task he'd just assigned. But really, that was an excuse. She didn't do much muggle studying to know how space improved those specific items.



This was giving her a headache already. There was a reason she rarely watched movies with Jere. All these questions floated in her mind that she hardly enjoyed it. Except when it was a dragon movie. Those she sat through.

As for sharing, she decided to take more notes.