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Seminar: Mythology in Modern Magic http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/e...ps7xwf1adk.jpg Credit: Thank you lovely Jen! The room located off the Great Hall was set up almost like a normal classroom. There were desks scattered about in that symmetrical way into which classrooms were usually organized, only Apollo had set up three big tables in the front of the room. The first table had a multitude of two items: mugs and rubber balls. He was hoping the mugs weren’t a bad idea; he didn’t much fancy cleaning up the mess of shattered ceramic. OOC: Welcome to our seminar! My name's Kate (kayquilz)! *waves* Come in, have a seat, and relax! We are just so excited for this, and I hope you and your kiddies are, too! You guys have a bit of time before I officially start the seminar, so don't stress! <3 |
So it wasn't a core course and it wasn't an elective, strictly speaking, which meant it fell outside his deal with his father about attendance and grades and expectations. And yet, here he was. Thornton Baines had shown up early and eager. Mythology had been one of those areas where the young Ravenclaw had taken special interest as a young child and he was curious to see how it overlapped with modern magics. "Welcome to Hogwarts," he said, nodding at the admittedly odd looking man who was going to be their instructor. Perhaps he would not write home about this experience... no need to give father any more reason to dislike the school... Slipping into a seat, Thornton folding his hands neatly on the desk and waited for others to arrive. |
Cassie enjoyed to learn as much as she liked to teach, so when a Seminar popped up and Professor were invited to attend she jumped on the chance. The fact that it was Mythology certainly grabbed the attention of the blonde. She walked into the room and looked around, oh she was early now wasn't she. "Hello, how are you today? Professor Cassie," stretching out her hand she greeted the man that was going to be the teacher for this. "I'm super excited to listen to what you have to say." Giving a few snaps she headed to find a seat in the back. She'd let the students sit close to everything. She wondered if Nessa would maybe come as well, she should have stopped by and asked, but her mind hadn't been in the right place as of late. No, after her little date with Leo she had many things to think about. |
A seminar class meant a class that normally was not taught at school, right? FINALLY a class in which he wasn’t drastically behind for a fifth year! As he walked to the room located off the great hall to go to the greek mythology class, Yoongi took out his wand from his wrist holster before entering the room and looked around warily at first. No forest…no weird planets… so far…so good. He did not have his wand held high but he did hold it beside him as constant vigilance as the professors would say. As he walked further he noticed three tables, his eyes scanned what was on them before he saw the blackboard and read what was written on it. “Your name is Apollo?” he asked as he turned his gaze to the man. “That is….SO cool!” no , truly! But now Yoongi wondered why HE wasn’t named after a greek god, he had the body! As he did so, he saw the Divination Professor sitting in the back of the class and he nodded to her in greeting but did not sit near her. The woman transformed her classroom in a cemetery. TOO CREEPY! As he placed down his bag and took out his ink bottle and quill, he wrote his name down on the little name tag. Quote:
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A seminar!! Hogwarts hadn't had a seminar in ages, so of COURSE she was going to attend. Last one she remembered had taken place back when she was in Second Year. Wow, how time had flown by so fast. She was loving it. Entering the room, Lux looked around curiously. There were a lot of mugs and rubber balls; she was curious to see what they were going to be used for! "Hello, sir. Welcome to Hogwarts!" Smile. The whole apple thing strongly reminded her of Professor Quigley. Maybe they could bond over apples. After taking note of the different bins, she went to find a seat, waving at Professor Cassie as she passed. "Hello, Professor." Her information was recorded on her name tag: Quote:
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Adrienne liked mythology. She liked mythology, and she liked magic, and she liked seminars. What she didn't like, however, was how long it took to traverse the Hogwarts castle all the way from Ravenclaw Tower to the Great Hall. Also being added to the list of things she didn't like were the weird, sketchy sort of way this guy was dressed, the fact that he seemed to expect them to believe his name was Apollo, and the multitudes of weird, sketchy items scattered about the tables. Best not to think too far into it, Adrienne figured, as she had no doubt there was some far-fetched link with what they were studying that would be called an 'activity'. Ugh. Still, she wasn't about to dismiss this lecture as pointless until after it had actually started. She headed to the front of the makeshift classroom. At the weird, sketchy teacher, she directed a, "Your seminar had better be worth walking down all of those stairs," - only with a grudging smile, so he wouldn't take it too poorly - and then sat down on her own, since nobody she tolerated was here yet. Noticing the presence of the nametag, she pulled a quill from the bag that she'd tossed thoughtlessly onto the floor near her desk and scrawled a single word. Adrienne. That would be enough to identify her, right? She stuck the nametag upside-down on the front of her robes and then got to absently scanning the room, waiting for something to happen or someone actually interesting to arrive. |
VM me if you grab him! Nemo stepped into the classroom. He figured this would be interesting. History was already something he tried to pay attention to. With Wandlore being a core interest of his, history went hand-in-hand with that. Because how magic was used long ago was still relevant to how it was used now. Though this was about theory. But theories aren't always wrong. He grabbed a nametag and wrote down his name. Quote:
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Mythology was one of those things that ickle!Marigold had read about mercilessly, instead of talking at family gatherings. That's just what she did. When her grandpa died, she learned astronomy. When she was surrounded by lots of talking, somber adult people, she learned about Aphrodite and Hades and Zeus. So when she heard about this seminar, there was NO WAY she would miss it. No way on Gaea….haha..get it? Gaea? No? Okay. "Hi! I'm Marigold and I'm like…sUPER DUPER excited for today!" she said, a bit breathless with excitement, as soon as she walked into the door. She smiled really big at the teacher dude, then found a seat and wrote on her nametag. Quote:
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This seminar might not have been required or even needed but Hady enjoyed Mythology and wanted to attend. She had made sure to finish any homework or projects before hand to ensure she'd have no trouble making it to the room today. Stepping into the room she was a bit surprised to see it was set up pretty much like a typical classroom would be. It probably made it easier though. "Hello Sir," she greeted warmly when she spotted Apollo at the front of the room, everyone else she knew getting a small wave in greeting as well. Quickly finding herself an empty seat she sat down and set her page at her feet only removing her quill when she when she saw the nametag. Quote:
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A seminar on Greek Mythology? COOL. Natalia was just wondering why they didn't offer such a class a Hogwarts. Why, there were no classes of LITERATURE or STORIES of any kind in the school. How boring. That was probably why Hogwarts decided to hold seminars every so often. The Lioness was still young enough to skip. Taking this opportunity while she still could, the fourth year skipped (with no shame) down to the Great Hall and into the chamber where the seminar would be held. Upon entering the room, she noticed the seminar speaker sitting in the front. Interesting fashion... Uncertain whether to greet the unfamiliar face, Natalia gave a slight smile before taking a seat near the back of the room. Strangers made her a bit uncomfortable at times. Noticing an empty name tag yearning to be filled out, Natalia grabbed out her quill and wrote her name. Quote:
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So this was exciting. Exciting and.... strange. Ophelia had always liked the mythos, asking her mom to read those stories to her when she was a little child. Indeed, a small blonde in small child shorts and matching top with matching headband --everything matched on kids, did anyone notice that-- running up to her mom with a textbook the size of her entire waist must have made the lady happy, the now thirteen year old recalled just liking the stories. Stories of families fighting --everyone in the stories were related somehow-- and stories with moral implications. It was like watching the world's biggest and oldest cage match. But this, this was.... interesting. A guy named Apollo. Not anything TOO weird, as the Ravenclaw always regarded her own Ophelia as a weird name, but it was a bit too on-the-nose for her liking. A guy named Apollo teaching Mythology? How fitting. Her name was supposed to come after a person from Shakespeare who was apparently beautiful and innocent. SCOFF. She could see beautiful, possibly, but innocent? You were talking to a professional prank player here. She was the least innocent out of the entire family. Hah. Great name giving, MOM. Anyway, taking the small slip of paper, the third year wrote down all of her information. Ophelia Clarke Ravenclaw Third year and then waited for the seminar with the aptly named person to start. |
There was nothing bright and smiley about this face, that's for sure. Not that he looked sad or angry or whatever. The resting face was back simply because he wasn't sure about this seminar. It was easy enough to figure out how a lesson was gonna pan out but seminars? They were either boring or dead interesting and Grayson wasn't sure about this. Besides, Merlin knew why he was here in the first place It didn't stop him from heading into the room and casting a very confused look at the items on each of the desks towards the front of the class. Kinda random, don'cha think? And what was worse was that they had desks of their own to sit down on. MAN! Was this gonna require a lot of writing? Studying? Because Grayson wasn't down for that. Make this interesting please, new man. "Hey," he said, giving the guy a nod of acknowledgement before heading over towards a random desk and taking a seat. Nametags? Sure. A quill was taken out and the boy started scribbling in his details. Quote:
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Zhenya had debated whether she would attend the seminar or not. As it didn't directly seem to impact on her exams, she had thought perhaps she would spend that time on studying for some of her subjects. At the last minute though she decided to go. Greek Mythology and Modern Magic sounded quite interesting, and it might give her a break from the monotony of study. She walked into the room off the great hall and saw a few things on the tables. There was a man there, and she saw he had written Apollo on the board. "Hello Sir," she greeted him happily, not sure whether Apollo was his first or last name, and not wanting to just blindly call him Apollo. He was an adult, that was a bit rude. She waved at a few people she had seen. There were tags on the desk and she wrote her name on it, sticking it to her robes. Quote:
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Norah wasn't exactly sure how to feel about this seminary thingy majig, mostly 'cause she didn't know how the teacher guy was going to be and when you didn't know who the teacher was how were you supposed to know if they were nice? That's right. You didn't know. She'd come to that conclusion all by herself, so there. She smiled at the guy anyways, and paused in front of him to say, "Hello, sir." Nothing exciting 'cause she didn't know the guy yet, obviously. She took a seat next to Marigold who looked all sorts of excited, and gave her a nudge and a grin. This was gonna be cool, right? And what was with the apples? |
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The third year grabbed a name tag so the mythology man could recognize him and when looking for a place to seat he spotted a lonely not so lonely (because there was a girl with her) Marigold BUT he panicked in silence and sat down on the first table he was close to. Great. He let out a sigh and looked at the person who was beside him. Oh and he knew him. "Heeey you are the guy with the fishy name..." also he remembered that he didn't like to be acknowledged like that but it wasn't Hugo's fault. "Nemo, right?" and no, he hadn't seen his name tag. SPOILER!!: name tag |
Damien was actually pretty excited about this seminar. They'd had nothing like it back at Salem and he'd heard that this Apollo guy was something of a mad genius when it came to this stuff. Also? He loved Mythology, was fascinated by it and the idea of seeing it through a modern wizard's eyes was, well, pretty damn cool. Name tags, people loved name tags at this school. Quote:
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There was a seminar about mythology and magic! This sounded like it would be interesting. Penelope wasn't one to miss anything where you could learn something new. She liked Greek mythology. Penelope looked at the tables that were set up in the front of the room. There were rubber balls and mugs on one of the tables. What did that have to do with mythology? Another table had apples. She could think of a few stories from Greek mythology that involved golden apples. Paris judging which goddess was the most beautiful and should receive a golden apple had sort of been the cause of the Trojan war. The eleventh labor of Hercules had been to steal apples from the garden of the Hesperides. A third table had clay, wires, and wax. What could this be for? The wax reminded Penelope of the story of Icarus, who had flown so close to the sun that the wax holding his wings together had melted. Wax wasn't the best choice of adhesive to hold the feathers together, but Daedalus probably didn't have anything better when he was making the wings. There were many interesting stories in Greek mythology. Penelope found a seat and filled out a name tag. Quote:
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Greek Mythology sounded complicated and hard. Neither of the two things exactly thrilled the lion. "But what if there are snacks?" ran through her mind, and before you knew it she was making her way down to where the seminar was being held. Food could make you do crazy things. CRAZY. As she walked in she noticed there weren't that many people there. Did they know beforehand there wasn't going to be any food? AJ hoped she wouldn't regret this. The first thing her eyes saw was the table full of fruit. "What's with all the apples? Oh, are we going to have a bobbing for apples contest? I can hold my breath for a really long time." Fun facts, she was full of them. Name tags were lame. Instead AJ drew a unicorn and stuck that on her robes. Heh. Could she have one of those rubber ball things? |
Sophie actually had no interest in being here today, which was especially weird considering how Soph normally loved soaking up knowledge of anything and everything. It came in handy to be a know-it-all, y'know? But today, she just wanted to be outside enjoying the brisk November weather before it got TOO cold to comfortably be outside for more than five minutes, but alas... here she was. Had to set a good example and be a good student leader or whatever, attending a seminar that had no impact whatsoever on their grades or school work. It was just for fun and learning, which... quite strangely for Sophie Brown felt like a waste of time, as she had so many THINGS to be worrying about these days. Maybe no one would've even noticed if she hadn't shown up. But someone probably would, and then they'd think she didn't care about the school or learning and they'd make wild accusations that she'd changed or maybe the stress of a badge was going to her head, and blah blah blah... She'd given this a lot of thought, clearly. Upon entering, she decided she didn't regret this decision, though, for the whole set-up was quite interesting. Her gaze fell upon the three tables and the three bins on one, squinting and wondering... what... in the world...??? What were they even going to DO with all of that? Or was this guy - Apollo, really? - going to make demonstrations with them? He'd struck her interest, at least, and as Sophie moved further into the room to take a seat, she gave the man a wave. "Hi, sir. Welcome to Hogwarts. I like your..." she gestured up and down her own body, vaguely referencing his own attire, "...groove. Your style. S'wicked." A pleasant enough choice of greeting, and then she turned to find someone to sit with - her first and second choice were not there, nor her third or fourth... sigh. Weren't her best friends coming to the seminar, too? It turned out to be okay, though, because Marigold and Norah were there AND were sitting together... so Sophie joined them, sitting on the other side of Norah from Marigold. "Hi, friends." Name tag? Eh. She sprawled out Sophie Brown on her own then stuck it on her robes. Ready to learn as she'd ever be today. |
WAAAAAS HE LATE?! Adi peeked in. Apparently not. Awesomeee! He practically sprang into the room though he paused to take in all the stuff on the tables. Oh yeah! This was going to be an INTERESTING seminar. And that man there had to be the person conducting it. "Hi, Hello, good day!'' he brightly greeted. Annnd now to find a seat! Oh, heya, Professor Cassie! Adi grinned in her direction as well as Yoongi's, Hades's and Lux's, Mari's, Norah's and a few others before making a beeline for AJ. "Nice unicorn, AJ. He looks a little disproportionate.'' As in part of it was drawn bigger than the other half. Hehe. The Puffer flopped down next to his girlfriend and snagged her quill to filled out his own name tag: Quote:
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You know what...why not? He got time to spare. Mythology and Modern Magic seminar...hmm, it might be interesting to learn about. Henric walked in casually, his hands in his pockets, looking around for a seat. He noticed a few of his friends were in attendance too. Apollo was the name? Why did it remind him of a brandname for wrapped chocolate candybar? Heheh...right...find a seat...find a seat....there! He sat at the back like always and grabbed his refillable quill from his pockets. Henric thought he should make a duplicating charm on his nametag, he was starting to get tired writing his name down everytime.*le sigh..* Quote:
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SPOILER!!: Thornton Apollo almost jumped up in excitement when the first BRILLIANTLY young face appeared. “Oh! Thank you!” he smiled and waved cheerfully. SOme of his beard hair slipped into his mouth during the exchange, and he had to spit it out--PFFT HBRFRGFYGT. No matter. Everything was cool, here, youth! “Don’t forget the name tag!” he reminded gently, gesturing to the one on the boy’s desk. SPOILER!!: Cassie AN ADULT!!!!! Apollo smiled warmly and shook her hand back. “Cassie. Nice to meet you! You’re a professor here, I take it? What do you teach? How--” but Apollo had to stop himself becaaaaause he wasn’t here to socialize. He was here to TEACH. “You don’t have to sit in the back if you don’t want to!” Really. The woman was kind of short! Was snapping a Hogwarts requirement? Apollo began snapping back at her. Oh, this was fun. Was this a game? Apollo wanted to play. SPOILER!!: Yoongi Apollo greeted the next student to come in with a wave and a smile as well. “Well….it’s not my real name. But I prefer to be called Apollo. My real name is…...dull.” And not nearly as fun as APOLLO. “....How do you pronounce that?” he asked the boy…..because Apollo would probably butcher that a million times over the small course of this seminar. SPOILER!!: Lux Another welcome! Apollo was so impressed with the politeness at this school thus far. He smiiiiiled so much when he read her name! “Lux! As a classicist, I have to point out--did you know your name means ‘light’ in Latin?” he assumed someone might have told her by now but..that was so cool! He swoooooped in and patted her heads like he would have his granddaughter, meandering over to the next student... SPOILER!!: Adrienne This one was very feisty, wasn’t she? Apollo just chuckled. “Well. I think if it wasn’t worth it, you wouldn’t BE here, now would you….Adrienne!” he had to tilt his head to read her upside down nametage. His glassed sliiiiiid right off his nose and onto the ground-- “Oh--gosh--” he quickly stooped down to pick them up and then SMILED like nothing happened………. Ahem. SPOILER!!: Nemo The next kid waltzed right in, and Apollo smiled and waved. He was eyeing all of the names, trying to quickly keep a mental note so he didn’t have to keep reading nametags. It would drive him nuts! Luckily, he had a knack for remembering faces and the names they belonged to. He also should have specified that nicknames were completely okay in here...hmph. “Nemo! Nemo...after Captain Nemo? Or….Latin reference?” He thought the boy had an interesting name on the whole….GRIMM. NEMO. Wow. Cool. ANOTHER STUDENT! SPOILER!!: Marigold AND she was in good spirits! “ME TOO! HIGH FIVE--” he held up his hand for her to smack with hers. HE LIKED ENTHUSIASM. “It’s lovely to meet you, Marigold--” he bowed at her, dramatically….and his glasses slipped to the floor again. MERLIN. DID HE NEED TO GLUE THEM TO HIS FACE? “Is that a Dawn reference?” he asked her curiously. Because he didn’t think the second word was Latin….did it mean amateur? Or something? Hmph. SPOILER!!: Hady What a female dominated environment! Apollo didn’t mind. “Oh, no sir needed--” he waved his hand casually. They would get to all of that, though. “Hady, nice to meet you.” She got a wide grin from the bespectacled man. SPOILER!!: Natalia GOSSSHHH they just kept pouring in, and Apollo was so happy! He would have taught with just ONE student if only one had shown up, but there were SO many little faces! SO MANY. He wanted to hug them all in appreciation. That was probably weird and slightly illegal. So he just waved happily at this one….Natalia. “Natalia!” she got a salute from him. “Lovely to meet you!” SPOILER!!: Ophelia Apollo thought this one looked cautious..or...unsure of something. No matter! He HOPED she was unsure! HE HOPED she questioned everything and ASKED ALL THE QUESTIONS. It was good to keep the man on his toes. “Ohelia! GET THEE TO A NUNNERY!” he shouted the Shakespeare quote at her. Maybe it was too loud. Also, what if the girl didn’t even KNOW what he was talking about? THen he would look crazy. CraziER. “Ah-erm--Shakespeare, dear--” he cleared his throat and quickly moved back to the front of the room to pick up one of his many apples. SPOILER!!: Grayson A GRUMPY FAAAAACE. Apollo waved at this one even though he looked like he had eaten chalk for breakfast or something. OH. They were using slang! Apollo smiled and cleared his throat. “Hey….homie….what’s the……..HAPS? Yo?” There. Apollo had been HIP. Was he hip? He was totally hip. SPOILER!!: Zhenya Another young woman who insisted on calling him sir. Sigh. He would address that in just a minute, though, once more darling children trickled in. “Hi there…..Zhenya?” was he saying that correctly? SPOILER!!: Norah Gosh. Sir. AGAIN. Apollo just smiled and waved….she was also someone who looked cautious. The man set the apple he’d been playing with down and squinted at her nametag. “Nora! How nice to meet you!” SPOILER!!: Hugo WHAT’S UP? Another hip child. Apollo laaaaughed and laughed. “I am NO knight, I promise.” He wouldn’t try to be hip again because his granddaughter said he was very embarrassing when he did that. Hmph. “Hugo! Good to meet you!” He glanced around….was anyone else arriving? More fresh and smiling faces? HMMM? SPOILER!!: Damien Apollo looked around--MORE PEOPLE. THIS. WAS. EXCITING. ...PROFESOR? Apollo just stared at the boy for a minute before clearing his throat. Gosh. Such politeness--wait, did that kid have an American accent? Apollo smiled and wondered if the boy would notice his accent...his own accent. Californiaaaa. “Damien! Nice to meet you!” SPOILER!!: Penelope As this one came in, quietly, and took a seat, he admired how determined her eyes looked. Sometimes silence spoke much more than words ever could. He gave this girl a little wave as he neared her desk, looking down at her nametag…. “...Penelope. A very fine figure to be named after.” He winked as he turned to stare at the girl who just walked in. SPOILER!!: AJ There was no such thing as a stupid question. Not even this one! Apollo chuckled and shook his head. “No..not today, sorry….is your name Unicorn?” he asked, staring at the picture. If it was….that was cool. Or if she wanted to go by Unicorn..well...he’d oblige. SPOILER!!: Sophie Apollo noticed the next few people to traipse in...one of which complimented his STYLE? He looked down at his overcoat...he had a STYLE? Well. Eccentric could be a style. “I….like YOUR style too!” he returned. Uniform was also a style… “Sophie! Sophie. That’s the name of my granddaughter’s beagle. She’s a friendly little thing.” HE wondered if all Sophie’s were friendly, or if this one was going to be trouble. She kind of had a trouble look to her. Trouble wasn’t bad, though. Not always. SPOILER!!: Adi “And good day to you, too, young sir!” he said as he began to eye the wax on that third table. Had he soaked it for too long? Hm. “Adi!” he said the boy’s name aloud once it was written on the name tage. What a motley crew of NAMES. In all his years of teaching..he almost always had some repeats...but here today? Nope! Hogwartians got an O for names! SPOILER!!: Henric A quiet one! Apollo saluted him and peered at the name tag. “Henric! Nice to meet you, Henric.” For some reason, Apollo wanted to draw a curly mustache on the boy. He wouldn’t, because that was most likely frowned upon, but just know, Henric, that Apollo will totally be picturing you with a mustache the entire seminar period. Nothing was wrong with a mustache. Apollo admired a good mustache. He glanced at his watch...until he realized he wasn’t wearing a watch, and sighed. “Well--I’ll let a few more stragglers come in before beginning--welcome welcome everyone!” he pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and hobbled towards the window to peer out… November in England was a much different climate than November back home. He didn’t miss the heat, though. His style was much more suited for the colder weather. OOC: I will be officially starting the seminar in about 12 or so hours! <3 |
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Apollo was not his real name? Ok…. Odd… and a bit dissapointing...was he adopted as well? Oh wait, he thought his real name was dull? “Can’t be that bad right?” he asked as he leaned back in his chair. Looking down at his own name tag, Yoongi laughed. He liked this man. At least he asked how his name was pronounced before he actually said it. Many would try and pronounce his name thinking it was right but they were wrong. It was frustrating sometimes. Maybe that was the difference between adults and young ones. “It’s pronounced Yoongi" he said |
Brian walked into the room a little skeptically. He was pretty sure the notice on the common room notice board was miswritten, especially since it said the seminar was on mythology in modern magic. Wouldn't it normally be magic in modern mythology? Or modern magic in mythology? Oh well. He wasn't the expert, so he'd just pretend he wasn't ultimately confused and go ahead with it. House points were house points. "Hello, Mister -" Brian cdhecked the whiteboard. "Mister Apollo. Are you a fan of Greek mythology?" Because this Hufflepuff was a huge fan. He'd named his owl Hermes. Slipping into a seat, he noticed that the room was getting pretty full now. The seminar must be starting soon. HMM. He was very intrigued, he was. |
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"Fair point..." she admitted, though her tone was sceptical. "Sir," she added, because even though this guy might have been completely wacky, he was still her teacher, and she had to be polite. (Even though she wasn't sure he'd ever made it through university, if he'd always been this bizarre.) And if he... okay. That just happened. At this point, Adrienne didn't even react when the guy just let his glasses fall to the floor, besides arching one eyebrow up into a very judgey expression. This was going to be... interesting. |
A Seminar that wasn't required. Not for a grade. Had no relevance to NEWTs or any future exams he'd take. Mythology which he didn't care about. Mythology in Modern Magic that he didn't care about. So wait a minute, why the heck was he on his way to this thing again? Zander was SO close to turning around and had he not already made it past the half way he definitely would have turned around. Only, he had to prove to the Professors that despite the 'tidal waves' (according to his head of house) that he made, he was totally leadership material. And he actually wasn't sure if Puck was going to show up so, you know... He'd have to represent. Upon entering, Zander definitely regretted the decision. This looked like it was going to be lots of work. Sweet chocolate frogs. Zander was not prepared for this. And the Professor looked like a lot of work too. He looked..... uh, interesting. Siiiiigh. Putting on a small smile-- though it was harder than it looked--the Sixth Year made his way into the room and gave the new face a small nod. "Hello Professor--I mean... Uh... Just hi?" That's it. Could Zander vote himself off the island? Professor pls. Way to go kiddo. .... Just gonna slip into the desk behind Sophie Brown and call it a day. Oh yeah, and a name tag. What if he didn't want this guy to know his name? "Zander" That'd suffice, right? |
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"Oh, I better grab a seat- " They were all filling up and he'd have t sit up front, next to Thornton seemed like an okay spot (would make goofing off harder) "Eh... " Was he supposed to say bye? See you? Just sit down, dummy. Damien did just that. "Hey Baines." He smiled a bit at the younger kid. |
SPOILER!!: Yoongi Apollo nodded. “I think I have it! Thank you.” Yoongi. YOOOOONGi. Apollo would do his best to remember it..but he wasn’t promising perfection or anything. SPOILER!!: Brian A new one! Apollo whipped around and SMILED when the young boy stepped inside. Was he the youngest one here? No--was he? He glanced around quickly before looking back at the boy. “Oh, well of COURSE--” he said with a snort and wondered vaguely if the kid realized APOLLO was a Greek Mythology NAME? Ahem. "Don't forget your name tag!" SPOILER!!: Adrienne HFDIUHFIHFI. SIR. Okay. Apollo needed to make announcements, and SOON. SPOILER!!: Zander “Just hi is fiiiine--” Apollo was feeling so mellow right now. “Just hi right back!” he smiled…”Zander.” That was a cool name, too. And still no repeats of names, yet? Apollo had a weird obsession with names. It was probably apparent by now, in this short period of time. SPOILER!!: Zeke This boy got a cheerful wave as well...okay...starting any minute now…”Nice to meet you, Zeke,” he said with a nod towards the young boy. He had excited little butterflies FLUTTERING around right now. EXCITED. BUTTERFLIES. SPOILER!!: Thornton There we go. Apollo smiled at Thornton. “Thornton...what a proper little name you have, son!” Son. His wife said not to call people ‘son.’ It was weird. Did British people say son? Or call people son? His brain was going a thousand miles per minute right now...and he found himself staring off into space for a second before one of the lovely students spoke up. Right. He was teaching a thing! Soon. SOON. SPOILER!!: Damien OH! “I am from California, yes.” He would probably get to all that in just a minute, though. HMPH. “You...are American, too--I just can’t place it--” Oh he wanted to ask ALLLLL sorts of questions, LIKE WHY WAS HE HERE? But he didn’t because he had a thing to start! “OKAY! Let’s get this party started--Hi, hello, bonjour, hola, and—“ he signed the word hello in ASL, almost like a little salute. “….Welcome to my seminar! Whatever name I gave it—“ he snorted and waved his hand at the board. What had he written again? “It’s meaningless to you unless I explain it—but well—hi. My name’s Apollo….and I’ll be your….let’s call me a guide for today.” Leader was elitist. Teacher was…blegh. He had been a professor, but he hated that title, too. Guide sounded more...spiritual. He liked it. He walked down a row and pushed the glasses up the ridge of his nose. He sat on the edge of Mari’s desk and smiled down at her. “I have….a few rules to go over before I begin the seminar. Three simple rules, I promise, I promise—“ he scooted off the edge of the desk and made his way to the front again. “Number one….please, please….call me Apollo. Not Mr. Apollo. Not Professor. Apollo. I am here to learn alongside you, to guide you…there is no hierarchy. I am not qualified to be the head of…any hierarchy, I assure you.” He grinned pleasantly. This was all so pleasant, wasn’t it? He felt so mellow, and he could tell the students were feeling all right, too. That was all he wanted. Relaxing environments made for…better brain stimulation. “Rule number two is….no notebooks are needed for this. Firstly, this is a seminar—it’s for FUN—and secondly, I don’t believe in notes. Listening and taking in all of this will be more beneficial for your spongy brains—“ Apollo couldn’t keep still. He was pacing in front of the class in a slow manner, but pacing nonetheless. “Thirdly, and I think this should go without saying—respectful and accepting attitudes are the ONLY attitudes I want inside our little cocoon here.” Cocoon. Apollo really enjoyed this room. “Are we ready? We’re ready.” He bounced a little to the front of the room and rihiuerhghhegiuh HE WAS GOING TO EXPLODE WITH EXCITEMENT. “Our seminar will obviously be focused around Mythology, obviously….” He cleared his throat. “I am Dr. Washerby...but please, Apollo, only... and I hail from the great land of California--I’ve studied Magical Theory for awhile now, but as a Classicist, I take a particular interest in the theories behind magic in those times. And today, we’ll be focusing on three myths...and looking at how these myths might…..have been VERY possible with magic.” Was he blabbering? Yammering? He moved towards the blackboard and erased his name and the name of the seminar. “A very specific study I was involved in recently….we work on looking very meticulously at mythological stories...I am in charge of the Greek and Roman myths, since that’s my niche, but Norse mythology and Egyptian Mythology are two other counterparts. We’re just tipping the iceberg today, don’t worry. I won’t go into the boring details of the THEORIES. Just the fun application stuff today.” Were they following? Was he making sense? WAS HE EXPLAINING PROPERLY? He hoped so. “Any questions before we begin?” he thought he should ask...and then he walked over to his backpack and began rummaging around for….something, it seemed. “First things first--what myths do you guys know? Are familiar with? Heard of? Focus on Greek and Roman myths, only, now.” Though he did enjoy a good Egyptian story. OOC: OFFICIALLY STARTED. If you just post now, pretend you've been here all along, or walk in late and hurt my man's feeling, NBD. *Ahem* I will post again in about 12 or so hours. <3 |
So they were having one of those seminar things. Where various adult witches and wizards came to the school to teach on something outside the normal school cirriculum. Benny had been to a fair few, even though they hadn't been mandatory, and some he had found interesting and others had been....weird. With the topic at hand, the sixth year opted to give it a chance and made his way to the familiar room beside the Great Hall. It seemed there were quite a few who decided to check out the latest thing, the room already including a good number of students...and a professor...and a man who was clearly the one about to lead them in the seminar. Benny made his way towards finding a seat. He was about to greet the adults out of respect when the man stepped up to begin which shut him up. Ooops....perhaps he had been running late. Seeing the name tag on the desk, Benny quickly scribbled his name, house and year upon it as he listened to what was being said. The boy sticking it on his robes once he was done and his full attention was back on the doctor. Apollo was the name he was telling them to use for him. Appropriate for someone teaching about mythology...eh. Quote:
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Some one was calling his name? "That's me!'' Adi replied to the instructor with a huge smile. Obviously the man had read his name tag. Adi liked the guy, by the way. He seemed sooooo friendly. Mhmmm. .................... Add 'cool' to that list! As the Hufflepuff listened to the rules being explained, he decided that adjective should be added because yay! for first names, fun and less formalities in the class, er, seminar. Greek and Norse mythologies were something Adi had a tad knowledge on. After throwing a look in Hady's direction, he raised a hand. "There's a myth about the sole time Hades left the Underworld and that was to kidnap his wife Persephone while she picking flowers in a field but there are different versions of the myth as with the others.'' The reason he had thrown Hady the look is because Hades was the nickname he had given her ealier that school year and they had talked a bit out the Greek Gods for a while. Plus, he was fascinated by the Underworld God. Yup. |
Thornton smiled a little and nodded at Damien as he sat, wondering if the older boy had brought that silly bubble pipe with him. He imagined the instructor getting a bit of a kick out of it. The boy looked down at his parchment and then up at Apollo - merlin, would his father hate that the man teaching them went by a nickname - as he said not to take notes. The Ravenclaw hesitated, before slipping the parchment and quill back into his bag. He would... just have to remember all the things and write them down later. Raising his hand, Thornton offered one that he had found fascinating as a child. "There's the story of Midas being granted the ability to turn whatever he touched to gold." He paused, before grinning and adding, "bit of a problem when he wanted to eat." |
“Chicago.” And see? Damien Anderson-Belfort knew things. Just not school things, apparently (not that he was failing, but he was no Ravenclaw). He’d like to talk to Apollo a bit more, he was interesting, eccentric and Damien was curious. Was it weird that Damien was slightly attracted to him? Probably, then again he seemed like D’s type… Crazy. Calling the dude by his first name would feel weird, but yeah, okay, sure. “Eh, Apollo?” He raised his hand, casually sitting back in his seat. “Firstly, can I please try your hat?” It was a serious question. “Secondly, story of ragnarok. Thor fighting the Midgardian Serpent, the earth sinking into the sea as the stars vanish and everything cuts to black? It’s kind of more of a prophecy almost, more than a myth, but that’s one.” He’d gone off track, he realized that, but he was really excited about this. Sorry? |
Right. Not sir then. Apollo. Which was such a ridiculous moniker that Adrienne almost couldn't believe this weird-accented weird-dressed weirdo was sincerely asking them to use it, but it seemed he was. Weird. Okay, Adrienne was getting far too distracted. She made a firm promise to herself to stop ruminating over the weirdness of their... "guide". Which she managed to keep just up until he said that he didn't believe in notes. What kind of seminar even was this? It wasn't even a class, it was a mockery of one, in which they didn't have a professor and had to have respectful, accepting attitudes. That did not sound like a place in which Adrienne would thrive. Still, she did really like mythology. Grudgingly, Adrienne raised her hand. "One of my favourites is Orpheus and Eurydice," she said, and then realising how vague that was, elaborated with a short summary. "Orpheus was, like, this really great musician, and on his wedding day his wife got killed by satyrs. He went to Hades to get her back, and his music was so good that the guy decided to bring his wife back to life," which was sexist in all sorts of ways, but Adrienne wasn't about to get into that, "but only if he didn't look at her, for whatever reason. And before they got back he turned around, and she died forever. And then later he got torn to pieces by a bunch of women," she added, almost as an afterthought. |
SPOILER!!: Adi The boyfriend went and took a seat by her, and he got a beam... until he went and insulted her unicorn drawing. "This baby is perfect," she said with a tad bit of crazy eyes while patting her nametag. He was pulling her leg, she knew, so no need to go full out unicorn crazy. Not yet anyways. Plus, AJ was no artist, and she was aware of this fact. What? Adi didn't have his own quill? That seemed very unlike the prefect. Or maybe he just didn't feel like digging one out of his own bag when hers was so readily available. Made sense to her. SPOILER!!: Greetings, Apollo. Bummer. Now she really wanted to bob for apples knowing that she couldn't. "Well, if you have apples leftover afterwards..." Fidget. "...I could take them off your hands." Needing apples may or may not be related to her original question, but no need to go all into it. Oh, he liked her unicorn, did he? AJ beamed at him, and since he seemed totally cool with it, she decided to roll with her nametag. She nodded her head in agreement while her eyes shifted back to the mountain of apples. SPOILER!!: Apollo (annnnd starting) Apollo was the coolest guide ever. It was as if he was speaking directly to her heart. No notes, and he was just one of the cool kids. Yup, this lion was glad that she had decided to come down to this little lesson. FUN? AJ liked fun, she did. It was starting to become difficult to pay attention because there were so many cool looking things on the tables. And those apples though. Millions of things were running through her mind. How were they all related? Why did she care so much? AJ knew plenty oh myths, but when he said they needed to keep it narrowed down to Greek and Roman, she checked out. This wasn't fun. Just when he hopes were going up, he went and made them think about lame stuff. The professor needed to redeem himself and get back to the fun he was talking about moment ago. The lion fiddled with her nametag and didn't bother with notes because they didn't need them. Not that she would have otherwise. |
Did the guy just... do a salute? He was.. from the army? The Lioness gave an uncertain smile before saluting back with a small chuckle. Before the interesting part of the seminar began, Natalia had to force herself to stay focused on Apollo (she made certain to stick a mental note to herself to NOT call him 'Professor', 'sir', or any respectable prefixes) and his three rules. Slightly wriggling in her seat, the Lioness doodled a little Poseidon trident in the corner of her notebook. A fiiine doodler, she was. Anything they knew about Greek or Roman mythology? So it was like a free throw. Interesting, how Natalia just realized, that the lecturer's name, Apollo, was the name of the Greek and Roman sun god. Coincidence, much? "Question, s-s-Apollo," The fourth year had almost uttered 'sir'. "is Apollo actually your birth name or did you give it to yourself because you like mythology so much?" To the fourth year, the question did not seem to be off topic or meddlesome in any way. She kept her guiltless smile on her face. And speaking of Apollo... "Apollo and Daphne." It was the first Greek mythological story that jumped out at her. "It was a quite tragic story, in my opinion." As with everything, Natalia merely gave one sentence of simple opinion without explaining the full story. Leave the full commentary to know-it-alls *cough* Claws. |
Lux liked this Apollo guy so far! He seemed nice and enthusiastic. "I didn't know that. Thanks for telling me, sir." It was interesting to know that her name meant 'light'. Maybe it spoke for her sunny disposition. Smiling wider as he patted her head, she watched him move on to greet the other students. It didn't take long for the seminar to start, and she listened carefully as the rules were laid out. Right, she could do all those things even if it would be difficult to not call him 'sir' and she was really tempted to take notes. Mythology fascinated her even if she was by no means an expert on it. Would he like to hear her share legends of King Author? Because she knew quite a lot of them... Oh. Greek or Roman mythology. Those she wasn't as familiar with, but she could try to remember one of the stories she had read. After a moment, Lux raised her hand. "What about Apollo and Cassandra." Maybe he'd like that one because it had his name in it. Hehe. |
………This…Apollo dude was …kind of …odd wasn’t he? Yoongi had heard him try and speak “cool” to a few of the students who entered and it did not suit him. Not at all. But this Gryffindor kind of liked the guide, not Professor and therefore remained silent and listened to his few rules. No writing notes? Uhm hello? Best guide ever! AND this was for FUN. Woohoo! But then he had to say Cocoon instead of room and he was back to being odd again. Seemed like this man was the inbetween type. Not cool, but not uncool. ……Odd in a good way. Sitting a bit more upright, Yoongi thought about the first question. Any myths about Greek or Roman myths? “One that pops up in my mind right now is Heracles. He was a hero in Greek Mythology and famous for his extraordinary strength and he had a lot of courage. He would have so been a Gryffindor” he said in an admiring tone. |
This sir, professor, mythology man was really cool and Hugo liked him. He was the combination of an old man with the energy of a 5 year old. Mhm. At least this seminar wasn't going to be boring. After the introduction, Hugo was glad he didn't need to write down because he was really slow at taking notes and also, he had no idea about the Greek or Roman myths but he was going to answer anyways. He raised his hand, "There was someone named Homer?" that was the first name that popped up in his mind but probably wasn't a myth, he had just heard his name many times "He wrote books, right?... Ohh and also there was Hercules" he was sure that guy was a myth. |
What in the name of Merlin? Grayson stared at the man, not quite believing what it was that he was hearing. Did the man just speak in slang? Lol! LOOOOOOOL! Oh MAN. That was interesting, wasn't it? He'd never come across a professor -- or, according to this guy, a guide -- who was tryna be hip and cool. The dude was instantly one he approved of. Especially since he went on to say that they weren't to be taking notes. FREAKING YES! That was the best news EVER! The Slytherin was practically beaming as he stuffed his writing equipment back in his bag. No way way he gonna take notes if it wasn't necessary. Waste of time, that was. What did he know about mythology? Er. Well. The Slytherin furrowed his eyebrows as he tried to think back to what he knew about the Greek/Roman myths. Which, let's be real, wasn't a lot. But he did know something at least. "Zeus was the god of the sky and ruler of all the gods. Basically, dude was incredibly important. Big leader and all that. He would throw thunderbolts at people he didn't like, which sounds like a cool way of showing what he's made of." Having that kinda power sounded epic, to be honest. [B"He was also married to Hera but had a buncha affairs."[/B] |
Right. Not calling him Professor again because that was... Uncomfortable. Merlin. Why'd he come to this again? .... And was it too late to walk out? The only thing that was keeping him sat in his seat were the apples. Hopefully if nothing, he'd at least get a snack out of this. Sigh. He watched as some students perked up at the mythology stuff, but Zander really had to sit and think of something to talk about. Uh. Greeks. They had yogurt. And nice cities. And good food. But mythology? Merlin. This was starting to sound like Runes all over again. "Wasn't there a mail man or something? .... The one with the shoes?" You know... The shoes with the things on them? The wing things? |
Henric smiled back at the seminar 'guide' when he greeted him."Hello," he said. He hadn't had much to say about the man, he seemed to have the same eccentricities with a certain Astronomy professor in his school. It would be indeed interesting to learn from him. Oh...brilliant no need for notes. Henric liked the idea, an open and fun concept to bring about a seminar.Yup. He sat, listening to the Apollo man talked about his field of work and what mythology he expertise in. Question time....Henric hadn't read too much about the greek myths and legends, but he did love all the dragon stories and such. He remembered one though...he watched a animated movie about it too.One of the students also mentioned about it...nice....he liked the character. "Hercules and his winged horse pegasus?" he replied to the guide, but it came out as a question more than an answer. |
Zhenya was really enjoying being 'guided' by Apollo. He was nice, and made them all feel like equals. Not that there was anything wrong with Professors, but most of the Professors here related to them on some level. Just like Apollo was doing. Cool name, too. So it was just Apollo, not Mr. Apollo or Apollo... Lastname. What mythology did she know of? She knew bits and pieces... so she raised her hand. "Si... Apollo, I know of Medusa. She was a monster, apparently a really ugly woman and she had venomous snakes coming out of her head as hair. She was a bit like the Basilisk because if someone looked into her eyes, they would turn to stone." Well, similar to the basilisk. Stone and a mixture of petrification when looking at the basilisk's reflection, or dying if looking into its eyes. |
SPOILER!!: before starting “It is very nice to meet you as well.” She grinned towards the man. “I teach Divination.” She nodded, “The back will be just fine, I’m here to learn but don’t want to take from the students.” The students were the real audience for the seminar, but she wanted to see what it was all about. SPOILER!!: starting A guide, well Cassie did enjoy that type of title. She liked being a guide herself, so far this man had her attention. She did have to eye him, some students learned by writing. Just listening could have the potential to miss something or forget. She hoped the students that had a bit more anxiety didn’t freak out about this. Her green eyes scanning around. They all seemed alright, so she kept her pleasant smile and set her own parchment aside. She did like to take notes. She listened as he began, boy did he seem very excitable. She wanted to snap some more over the excitement. This was just so much fun. What myths had she heard? Cassie tapped her chin and listened to the students as she thought this over. |
SPOILER!!: Hugo and Apollo Nemo looked at the boy next to him and smiled over at him. At least until he said the whole fish thing. Then the boy got a regular look. "Yeah, You're Hugo? Yes?" Nemo had a bad memory with younger students so he wasn't sure about what his interaction with the kid. But you know whatever, he seemed nice enough. Then this Apollo person was speaking to him. So he had Nemo's attention. "Like the captain. Professor. I'm assuming yours is like the God?" One of the names for the god anyway. Interesting that the man's name would have to do with the subject he was teaching. Nemo assumed this was because it was a fake name that he'd given himself Which would makes sense based on how weird the man looked. |
Marigold returned Apollo's high five with enthusiasm. COOL DUDE. COOL MYTHOLOGY DUDE. Yes. She liked this dude already. And she wriggled excitedly in her seat. She could get used to this, having interesting subjects nOT for a grade. What myths did she know? ALL OF THEM. Or was he expecting specifics? "Hestia was the greek goddess of home and the hearth, and she gave up her throne slash seat thing for Hephaestus, if I'm pronouncing that correctly?" |
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She knew a lot of Greek myths. There were many different stories that she could talk about. She had a whole book that was a collection of several Greek myths. "Homer's Odyssey is the story of what happened to Odysseus when he was trying to get home after the Trojan war." This myth was a special one because it was where her name came from. She had a copy of The Odyssey somewhere in her dorm. "After ten years of trying to get home, Odysseus finally gets back to Ithaca, but there are a lot of other men there who want to marry his wife Penelope." There were a lot more things that could be said about the story, but Penelope didn't want to take too long talking about what she knew about Greek mythology. There were other people who needed a turn to talk, and they might be moving on to another question soon. |
SPOILER!!: Benny The first one to speak up was BENNY. Hehehe. He did pick one of the best little stories first, didn’t he? “APOLLO!” he CRIED really suddenly and loudly, SWINGING his arm in excitement. “I am obviously partial to ANYTHING Apollo related--yes, very good--In some myths, Apollo and the sun are separate entities completely, and Apollo has to drag the sun up, using his chariot--other times, Apollo and Helios--the sun--are one in the same.” It was all very complicated and confusing. “Apollo is also Phoebus--in latin--” he nodded. OOPS. He had spewed too much knowledge just now. Also, he found those stickers he was searching for in his bag. He peeled off a blue sticker and...walked over to Benny and STUCK THE STICKER RIGHT TO HIS FOREHEAD. ‘YOU’RE A STAR!” he cried. oHDIEHIHWFIHF STICKERS WERE SO MUCH FUN. Who was the next lucky SPOILER!!: Adi Adi! Apollo smiled as he spoke. “Ah! I enjoy that one, too--and there’s always so many versions with these myths--” He could go into detail about the WHY that was, but it was boring. And probably only interesting to those interested in the historical aspect of things. “Hades...what a dog.” He peeled off a red sticker and smacked(gently, granted) on the kid’s forehead. YAY! Did they like stickers? He always used stickers. Even back when he was teaching university level. STUDENTS LOVED STICKERS. SPOILER!!: Thornton Oh, was this one trying to take NOTES? Apollo was about to commandeer that quill but Thornton was putting it back into his bag. He stopped next to the boy’s desk…”MIDAS! My main MAN, Midas!” he pulled a green sticker off his little pad and stuck it, instantly, on Thornton’s forehead. “Lovely answer. I assume it would make a lot of things difficult…” he cleared his throat and wondered if Thornton needed another sticker. Maybe he would ask for demonstration volunteers later...or something… Moving back to the front of the room, he waited for more answers. COME ON, YOUTH. DON’T DISAPPOINT THE MAN! He had so many stickers to give out! He had bought ten pads. TEN PADS OF STICKERS. Each pad came with TEN SHEETS. Do the math! Ahem. SPOILER!!: Damien Apollo eyed the boy for a minute. Not an unfriendly eye, but……..he walked over to the chair where his hat was resting and waved his wand, and the hat swiftly floated over to Damien’s head and then rested atop it. The hat was….a lot heavier than it was supposed to be, and the reason why was...difficult to place. “Ah...Damien….that is...that is…” NOT GREEK MYTHOLOGY. SIGH. Apollo just rubbed the bridge of his nose. “But that IS a very interesting story, I’ll give you that.” And Damien did not get a sticker on his forehead. Nope. Apollo peeled off a yellow star and patted it on top of Damien’s nose, eyebrowing him. Boy was interesting, to say the least. He was from Chicago...of course he was interesting. SPOILER!!: Adrienne Oh, Adrienne’s myth….Apollo clapped for her and stuck a red sticker on her forehead. GOOD JOB! “That one always makes me a little saaaaad-” OH he wanted to LAMENT. If ONLY he had his giant harp. He’d charm it to play a sad tune for everyone. ALAS. SPOILER!!: Unicorn A quiet one! Apollo wagged his pad of stickers in front of her face. STICKERS. Didn’t she WANT ONE? SPOILER!!: Natalia “Ah, yes...Apollo and DAAAAPHNE!” he announced it like a sports announce would. Zealous and all. He pressed a blue sticker to the girl’s forehead and SMIRKED. “...turning into trees is a common occurrence in Greek Mythology, as we will see.” Ahem. Their first myth…. SPOILER!!: Lux Lux seemed to be an incarnation of her name, her smile was so infectious, Apollo just HAD to smile back! “Oh, Apollo and Cassandra--another interesting one! Kind of sad...and Apollo is totally uncool in that one--” Sigh. Sometimes your favorite characters did dumb things. He placed a YELLOW sticker on Lux’s forehead. Yellow seemed appropriate. SPOILER!!: Yoongi Apollo just snorted at this one--”Good good--but--I’m not sure. Hercules, or Heracles, was...a bit of a rash...individual. And...well. He was a hero..but...not all heroes were necessarily /good/…” he sighed. Hercules was not one of Apollo’s favorites….But Yoongi, too, got a sticker STUCK right to his forehead; a blue one. SPOILER!!: Hugo “Right--Homer! He didn’t write books, no...interestingly enough, he was blind. All of his stories were….spoken aloud and passed along that way. ISN’T THAT JUST SO AMAZING?! The CAPABILITIES of the human MIND!” Apollo nearly fell OVER in excitement as he tried to reach Hugo to plant a green star on the kid’s forehead. Which he did. After he regained his balance. SPOILER!!: Grayson He knew it wouldn’t be long before someone brought up Zeus. Apollo crossed over towards Grayson’s desk and peeled a red sticker off the sheet and smacked it GENTLY to the boy’s forehead. HEHE. This was fun. SPOILER!!: Zander ...The one with the SHOES. Apollo side-stepped to Zander’s desk and sat atop, nodding thoughtfully. “Hermes, or Mercury. He had the winged shoes...and the cadeuscus...very good, Zander!” The boy seemed...sad? Off? Maybe he deserved two stickers on his forehead. Apollo stuck first a blue one and then a red one...THERE. SPOILER!!: Henric Oh, HENRIC. The French boy with the not-really-mustache that Apollo had to shake his head to clear the image of. He sliiiiiid off Zander’s desk and smiled down at him. “Pegasus! What a fascinating creature---YES YES--” and Henric got a blue sticker to the forehead for a JOB WELL DONE! SPOILER!!: Zhenya He jumped up at Zhenya’s repsonse--”OH OH OH ! DID YOU KNOW THAT SHE WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL AT FIRST?” He cried, LOUDLY--probably causing a few people to jump. “But she was CUUUUUUUURSED!” Poor, misunderstood Medusa! Zhenya got a GREEN star stamped to her forehead. HEHEHE. Was he done with one sheet of stickers already? SPOILER!!: Cassie Cassie was being silent but that was totally her choice, and he just smiled pleasantly at her! He hoped she was enjoying this--and didn’t find it DULL. SPOILER!!: Nemo Ahhh, so his name WAS related to the captain...good to know...Nemo didn’t answer the myth question either, but that was OKAY. Plenty more opportunities to get STICKERS. SPOILER!!: Marigold Apollo thought Marigold seemed excited, at least, for all of this. He was wandering around the classroom as they all answered. They were just all SO smart-he was VERY impressed. Ugh. He loved and missed teaching so much. He pressed a purple sticker to Marigold’s forehead and smiled. “GOOD. And yes, you did--” also GOOD. SPOILER!!: Penelope PENELOPE THE FAITHFUL got a GREEN sticker stuck to HER forehead for her answer. “YES. One of my favorites, really--Oh Odysseus-sly, sneaky little thing--” admirable, but sneaky. Did ANYONE else…..you know….have any more contributions? No? Apollo marched to the front of the room, almost FLAILING from excitement, and he leaned against the table with the mugs and rubber balls on it. He waved his wand, and the chalk on the ledge of the blackboard rose and began to write. “Okay. So. I see that you all know, at least, SOME things about Mythology…” he eyed Damien. “And…...some of you know things about other types of mythology--but one of you mentioned Daphne...who...turned into a tree.” A moment of silence for Miss Daphne, aka, TREE. *Silence* “The first myth we’ll be talking about today is one of my favorites…” He had so many favorites. “It’s...a really sweet one. It’s most famously depicted in Ovid--Ovid? You know, the FAMOUS Roman poet--he wrote a bunch of these myths down in his Metamorphoses.” Were they following? He stopped and paused, glancing at the board as the chalk scribbled things he was saying. “The story of….” HE PAUSED FOR EFFECT. “Baucis and Philemon!!!!!!” and he BEAMED out at them and fiuerhuihiuhgihu HE WAS SO EXCITED TO TELL THEM ALL ABOUT IT. “In this story...Zeus, or Jupiter(his Roman name) wanted to destroy mankind because of the AWFULNESS that was humanity. But...he WAS willing to give humanity one more chance. Zeus and Hermes--they hatched a PLAN. They decided to come down to Earth disguised as vagrants, pretty much--shabby, poor, homeless--and they knocked on the houses in the town that Baucis and Philemon were living in--all of their neighbors turned down poor Zeus and Hermes. This was actually a HUGE no-no--because at this time, the idea of hospitality was...very important to the culture. The fact that these neighbors were turning down people--and GODS, nonetheless--was...well, wrong. But anyways, Zeus and Hermes came to Baucis and Philemon’s house, finally, and the older couple were so….sweet. They let the gods into their home, they fed them, they accommodated the two gods in EVERY way possible, giving all that they had just to make sure their guests were happy and comfortable.” He had a glint in his eye, because these two...UGH. He just felt so touched by their immense generosity! “They were going to slaughter their only goose...their favorite goose….just to make sure they had something to feed the gods….and juuuuuust as the goose was about to be killed--Zeus and Hermes revealed who they really were! Zeus was so happy to have met humans who were good and kind that he swooped them up to a mountain to save them from a massive flood that killed everyone in their town--” it was kind of sad, but….Apollo tried not to think about it. “As a reward, the couple’s house was turned into a temple, and Baucis and Philemon were made the priest and priestess. They asked Zeus that they may die together...and so, when the time came…..they turned into intertwining trees, wrapped around each other….” The chalk was drawing a VERY in-depth drawing of a the tree, and Apollo smiled. “So. After hearing this story...can anyone explain to me….if you had to…” Hm. How to phrase this question. “So...in the story, the couple turn into trees. Think about the magical implications of this...about...EXACTLY what kind of magic is going on there. Let me hear your thoughts.” He paused for a minute. “What branch of magic would this be? And also...humans turning into trees...is no easy feat. There are possible...steps in order for a FULLY human person to become a FULLY TREE….tree. What do you think those steps would be?” “Feel free to answer all, none, or one of the questions.” He smiled and wondered if this was too much...was it over their heads? He didn’t think it was. These were bright kids. And maybe once they had the hands on experience...he would be able to show them that this stuff was so FASCINATING. OOC: I'll be posting again in about 16 or so hours! <3 |
Soooooo... this Apollo dude was interesting, Zeke sat and listened with interest, his mouth downturned in the corners and his eyes were widened. He was clearly impressed. Yep. No notes, no rules other than BE NICE. This would be too easy. He had refrained from participating in conversation so far, not really knowing much about myths and things, BUT... he could hazard a guess as to the magic involved. Hand up, he offered his thoughts. "I would have guessed transfiguration at first, cause you know, changing the state of one thing into another... but I think for it to be that... permanent? of a transformation, and by another being that maybe it's a curse of some sort? Or like, a dark version of transfiguration? Even though the deaths were basically negotiated with the gods, it was ultimately the gods who had the power to enforce the change." So... not of the peoples wills... really... kinda... more or less. Yes? No? Was he crazy stupid? AND... he had a question too. "Where they, or could they have been, made into wands?" Like wand trees? |
Natalia was a little disappointed... no... REALLY disappointed that the Apollo guy did not answer her question. Maybe he simply didn't want to answer, maybe he forgot that he had even HEARD the question after growing too excited about Greek mythology. Either way, the fourth year felt unsatisfied and raised her hand again, before even considering a response to the lecturer's topic discussion. "Apollo... SIR!" Maybe he would actually pay attention to her question if she captured his attention using this method. "Sir sir, why is your name Apollo??" Putting an extra emphasis on the inquisitive tone, Natalia eyed the interesting-dressed man and hoped that he would acknowledge her question this time. NATALIA did NOT like to be ignored. The Lioness had completely, unintentionally for the most part, forgotten to regard the rest of the lecture on Greek mythology (Did he mention Daphne? Because it was NATALIA who first mentioned her!). Besides, who were these Baucis and Philemon? The unfamiliar names drift in through one ear and out in the other. Overall, the fourth year had only managed to comprehend the very end of the story - Baucis and Philemon transforming into trees. Greek mythology just adored trees, didn't they? Okay Mister Sir Professor Apollo, answer the question now. |
Listening silently to what was being said Hady was glad she didn't have to take notes for once though she was rather used to doing so by now. However so much was being said already keeping up would've been a pain and surely she would've missed something. As talk of Gods and Goddesses began she grinned at Adi when he looked her way and mentioned Hades. Honestly it was the first to come to her mind as well since they had spoken of him not to long ago and it was now her nickname. She had also thought of Amphitrite as well since that's who she liked. Before she could give her answer they had moved on which was alright with her. Leaning back in her chair she listened to the story and thought about the answer being animagious forms but those were animals and not trees so no that couldn't be it. It also had nothing to do with metamorphmagus either. So it was most likely some form of transfiguration really. Which form she had no idea so she kept quiet and chose to listen to Apollo. |
Was he putting stickers on their faces?! Yoongi regretted having answered the question because it seemed that he put stickers on everyone who answered and although he didn’t really like his answer or Hercules in that matter he still saw him walking towards him with that blue sticker in his hand and just ..no…. He tried to shield his face but it was too late. The sticker was stuck on his forehead and the Gryffindor made a face and quickly peeled it off. He put the sticker on the corner of his desk instead and raised his hand. “Can you stick the sticker on the desk next time, Sir—I mean Apollo?” his face was too precious to be touched okay? It would be weird to use his facial cleaning tissues at this moment so he refrained from grabbing them out his of bag and instead focused on the next question. “….Transfiguration magic?” he asked. Mweh probably not the answer. |
SPOILER!!: WHOA! Not expecting that reaction, Zhenya jumped, startled. WHOA! But it also cracked a smile on her face. Hehe. Dramatic, ooh, Zhenya liked! "No I didn't know! Was she really?" Zhenya asked, amazed. That was NEW information. But it made sense. "Was she cursed because she was really beautiful or for for doing something cruel?" Like... Narcissus died because he was too beautiful. Actually, because he was in love with his reflection, which he found was beautiful. Was that similar? Zhenya was totally hooked on this seminar already. And now onwards! Zhenya listened, riveted by the story. She felt happy when Zeus and Hermes finally found somewhere to stay, with Baucis and Philemon, and they asked to die together. And... and turned into trees, intertwining and wrapped around each other. Aww. What kind of magic would that take? Well, obviously transfiguration. Professor Bellaire was super amazing at Transfiguration, she would surely be able to do that. But what else? Zhenya thought abut it, and raised her hand. "Apollo perhaps a really good potioneer would be able to study different ingredients and a way of mixing them together to change their human DNA into the DNA of the tree." She didn't know what that would take... "Perhaps some ingredients to destroy the human stem cells, and ingredients of tree DNA, and some kind of medium to implant it into the human's cells to modify them." That could happen, couldn't it? |
Okay..first thing...why did the Apollo man pasted a sticker on everyone's forehead? Henric blinked confusedly and peeled the sticker off from his forehead. Secondly, he noticed the "guide" kept staring under his nose.Was there something there? He subconsciously wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, just in case. Those trees were definitely entwined alright...impressive drawing skills...anyway, back to the question-answering thing."Yeah...transfiguration is definitely used for it...but I don't see why they wanted to become trees...was it because they wanted their souls to be spared from Hades?"Henric asked. |
Adi was surprised when he received a light smack on his forehead. Raising his hand up, his finger came in contact with the thing resting there. Looking in Benny's direction, he noted the sticker on the other boy's forehead too. Hehe. Benny looked funny but then again, Adi must look so too. But WHO CARED?! Yaaaay for stickers! "Can I have one more, Apollo?" he asked just as brightly as Apollo's attitude. The man was appropriately named, by the way. Mhmmm. Anyway... Ovid? Who was this Ovid? Ah! He was a poet. But who were these Baucis and Philemon? The Hufflepuff listened with interest to the story. What nice persons Baucis and Philemon were! They sounded like they would have been Hufflepuffs too! So now for the questions... which Adi had nooooo idea about except for one. He raised a hand. "Transfiguration would be the magic involved.'' As for the other ones, would improvise. "Um, maybe they have to be kind then agree that they want to be a tree after accepting death?" Hey, he was making this up as he went. "Apollo, can they become something other than a tree?" |
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"Um, no thank you," she said, grimacing slightly as she peeled the sticker off and crumpled it up. Stickers were for children, and they particularly did not belong on. People's. Foreheads. Adrienne pulled herself together in time to listen to the myth 'Apollo' was telling, which was one that she'd heard of before, but never in very much detail. And mostly the part about the hospitality, less the part about them turning into trees. Treeeeees. Why did so many myths end with people turning into trees? She supposed it was some disgusting notion of a romantic finish, but honestly, Adrienne would rather be spared the tree-fate, even if she were in love. Better of dying like a normal person, and being buried. "Well, Transfiguration, obviously," she said, in response to the question. That much was easy enough- the rest of the branches of magic had nothing to do with permanent or semipermanent transformations. (Except sometimes potions, but she doubted that the mighty Zeus did any potion-making.) "Um, I'd imagine it has quite a bit in common with the process of becoming an Animagus?" There would of course be some major differences, but the idea was the same. Adrienne tried to remember what she'd read about Animagi... There was a whole chapter on them in an old Human Transfiguration book she'd found in the library last year. "Maybe not quite as complex, 'cause you don't ever turn back and a tree's mental capacities are pretty limited, but essentially they're pretty similar. A complete transformation of a human into another living thing." |
Apollo seemed to like her answer and THERE WAS A STICKER FOR HER. Yes. Lux liked stickers!! The only thing that would have made it better was if the sticker had been a mermaid, but the yellow suited her personality. Hehe, she was all sunny. O__O Wait, people could turn into TREES?! That was a new one for Lux; she was not familiar with this myth. But the story about the adorable couple and their hospitality made her heart melt. They sounded like very cute people!! And becoming trees together...how ROMANTIC. Siiiigh. Raising her hand, she tried her best to answer the questions. "Is it some form of transfiguration with lasting effects?" That seemed the most logical since it involved literally transforming people into trees. And as to the second question... "I think the first step would be getting the person's consent. Randomly turning people into trees would be rude, so it's important for the person to want to be one." |
STICKERS. If she had known that he was going around giving people stickers on their foreheads she would have totally participated. Even if she had something to add that was way off in left field, it would be be rewarded, yes? Okay. She was trying to pay better attention now. AJ thought back to when she had to be one with the moon in Astronomy. She could get in that same frame of mind for this Mythology stuff. The unicorn was focused. Cool story, bro. Like, AJ was legit all engrossed in it. Oh, and she had an answer and sort of another fun fact. "Sounds like Transfiguration to me. I turned a rock into a dragon once." Could she have a sticker now? Please! Did he have unicorn stickers? Better yet could she have an apple as a reward? |
Nemo thought about the tale.. something he wouldn't admit was that he actually liked the ending, that the two got to die together, not having to live without the other.. It was.. Ahem.. Romantic. Anyway. The question was interesting because it seemed like a trick. It could have multiple answers and the facts about it canceled some of the answers out. Nemo raised his hand. "Well, Professor the Myth says this was how the two died but trees are living things, so this is a bit tricky.. Transfiguration might make sense since trees are living, and these are gods we're talking about so the complicated magic shouldn't be an issue for them.. But at the same time maybe a charm? Designed to make their bodies look different?" He wasn't sure. The question in itself seemed odd, so the answer had to be something unconventional. |
Realising that he'd forgotten to stick his nametag on, Brian did that immediately, his writing not too different from the messy scrawls of boys his age. Living to living transfiguration was difficult, something he hadn't quite grasped yet. His porcupine pincusions still occasionally tried to run away from him so he wasn't exactly the resident authority on transfiguration. He would settle for listening and writing down peoples theories, except that he didn't. Instead, he drew on the sheet of parchment two trees locked in an embrace. One crooked, the other upright as if supporting each other. Mmmhmm, don't mind him shading in tiny leaf details. He was most definitely listening. Hufflepuffs were excellent multitaskers. |
Thornton's eyes got big and crossed as the sticker landed on his forehead. What? Sparing a glance Apollo, Thornton then looked around to see what others were doing. Was he meant to keep it on his forehead? He saw different colors on the other students... was this a way to divide them up? Was he supposed to know what color he was given? Thornton only vaguely registered which myth, though it was one that he was familiar with, so his preoccupation with the sticker conundrum would not interfere with his knowledge of the content of the myth. Finally, thought incredibly hesitantly, Thornton pulled the sticker off his forehead and instead affixed it to the front of his robes just above his name tag. Ok.. ready to learn... Merlin's pants, he'd missed the question.... But why was Zeke talking about turning the people-trees into wands?? |
Damien watched with a bright grin as the hat flew across the room to perch itself on his head. Someone take a picture, this was a moment to remember. Damien fussed with the brim of the hat (which was much heavier than it looked) until he felt it looked cool, and he was about to sit back and chill when- He was suddenly assaulted by a sticker to the face. Specifically his pointy nose. Damien sneezed, scrunching up his face and resisting the urge to pull off the itchy sticker. “Uh, thanks Apollo.” And then the big questions were coming in and Damien, though curious and eager to join in, found that by the time he’d sorted out his thoughts on the tree-people, that everything had pretty much been said. Well then, he’d just have to catch the next one. |
SPOILER!!: Zeke Apollo nodded at Zeke as he spoke up. “Yes! Transfiguration is probably the first and MOST important part of the magic involved in an undertaking like this--” and as Zeke continued talking, he thought the boy was bright. VERY bright, clever, and was coming up some interesting things to think and talk about. “Dark Transfiguration…” Interesting. “Hmm. That’s...fascinating to think about. I think the magic involved is definitely not JUST Transfiguration, you’re right.” He was quite impressed, too, at the kid’s question. He stamped a blue sticker right on Zeke’s forehead. HEHEHE. “OH. Well. They were completely and totally turned into trees--immortal trees, apparently--and so I think...yes. The wood COULD be used for wands….what an interesting….wand that would be.” FASCINATING. He even held out another sticker for Zeke. SPOILER!!: Natalia Apollo winced but turned to staaaaare at the child. “Oh. Apollo is my favorite character of mythology. My real name is….I prefer to be called Apollo.” There were many reasons why he liked just going by APOLLO. Hmph. Did she have an answer to his question? No? SPOILER!!: Hady This one was quiet. Apollo smiled encouragingly at her...she could speak up if she wanted. But if she was feeling shy, he would totally respect that, too. SPOILER!!: Yoongi OH! Apollo probably should have asked about the face sticking. OOPS. “Oh of COURSE, son!” he was so SORRY PLEASE DON’T BE MAD, YOONGI. But the man nodded at his response. “Yes--very good--that is the most important part, yes--the Transfiguration.” These kids were right on the ball, really! He...tentatively placed a blue sticker on the edge of his desk. Ahem. SPOILER!!: Zhenya ….and Apollo sliiiiid right onto Zhenya’s desk, smiling. “Well. You know. She was a priestess for Athena first, and she was beautiful….and then Poisedon took a liking to her. Poor Medusa...she didn’t stand a chance--she married the god, and Athena CURSED her….to look ugly...and made it so that no one would ever admire her beauty again.” Pity. Apollo thought it was so cruel and SAD. And Zhenya’s response was REALLY FASCINATING. So much so that he summoned his notebook from his bag and scribbled it down. “Oh--you now, Zhenya--I had never thought of that--but that certainly...is an interesting idea. You’re on the right path, you know, with the DNA stuff--that’s more of a modern idea, especially with muggle science--but this is a MODERN magic course--a potion that morphs DNA would certainly have...done something to the couple to turn them into trees. It’s not what we’re focusing on today, but that...that is brilliant!” Apollo was learning stuff. And that was how he knew this seminar was a GOOD thing..because you teach and learn...and they were learning, and teaching him. It was a give and take relationship, this was. SPOILER!!: Henric Apollo thought this was an interesting question. “Well. I assume that...it’s a way for them to live forever? The trees stayed there forever...so yes, they did escape Hades, in a way. Also, I think they didn’t have a choice, really--Zeus kind of just...did it.” Was that an answer? Hmph. Henric got another STICKER! RIGHT ON HIS CHEEK. RED. SPOILER!!: Adi “Well, they could have, but I’m not sure they...thought about it too much, you know? There’s something...very sacred about trees, especially to the Greeks and Romans, so they would have thought the becoming of trees as a very sacred and rewarding experience.” Apollo smiled and nodded. WAIT DID HE WANT ANOTHER STICKER? Apollo smirked and stamped a purple one right next to the other one already on the boy’s forehead. HEHEHE? SEE? His stickers were appreciated. SPOILER!!: Adrienne Obviously, eh? Apollo thought Adrienne was VERY cheeky. He wandered over to her desk and raised an eyebrow. “Yes. The mental capacity--is a very important factor here. However….” he thought he’d ask Miss Adrienne a question. “When a human transforms into an animal...the mental capacity decreases….but when a person transforms into an object, like a tree...while there is still life….trees don’t HAVE a mental capacity. So…” he held out a sticker for her to take, noticing the crumbled up one on her desk. “So...that might actually take a whooooole lot of skill and a bit more than Transfiguration eh?” He would go into that in juuuuust a minute though. “Very clever, Adrienne.” He smiled. She was smart. They were ALL smart, and Apollo wanted to cry. SPOILER!!: Lux Awww. This child...she was so innocent. It was adorable. Apollo just smiled her way and held out another sticker for her. A blue one. “Well...I don’t think Zeus was too...keen on consent.” Ahem. “But--but--I suppose in REAL life turning people into trees would be kind of rude if not done under consent.” Adorable. SPOILER!!: Unicorn HEH! She was talking now! Apollo nodded as he stick a red sticker right on Unicorn’s forehead. Apollo wasn’t sure if her name was really Unicorn, though..but he was calling her what she wanted to be CALLED, clearly. “Great! Yes! That’s--similar, yes!” SPOILER!!: Nemo Apollo headed over towards Nemo and STUCK a sticker right on his forehead, a purple one. “Charms? Interesting. I believe that charms might be part of it, yes--very good-” SUCH SMART STUDENTS. Apollo would have to brag to their headmistress how….well, he was so impressed. Great kids. Great minds. SPOILER!!: Brian Apollo saw Brian’s quill in motion and wondered if he was taking notes...hmm..until he saw that he was drawing the trees...AWW! BLESS HIM! Apollo stuck a green sticker right on the corner of the page, beaming at him, before moving on to another quiet one... SPOILER!!: Thornton He had stuck it on his nametage? Oh that was a very clever idea, indeed...nothing to say? Apollo just smiled encouragingly at him. SPOILER!!: Damien “You’re welcome. Don’t lose my hat--it’s VERY valuable--” he gave the boy a small wink. ..Apollo's hat sometimes liked to be lost. OKAY. No one else had any input? Apollo thought it time to move into the first activity. “Very interesting discussion everyone! Okay. As you’ve heard now--the theory turning people into trees is a very complicated one. Eventually, if you simply...transformed a person into resembling a tree...the magic would wear off. Some of you mentioned animagi--well, when you turn into the animal, you are merely…” how could he put this? “Turning into a very human VERSION of the animal...because you still have all of your human thoughts. If you were to TRULY turn into an animal…...you’d think exactly like the animal, and nothing more.” How did this relate? “Similarly--” he walked to the front of the room, and perched himself next to the table with all the mugs and bouncy-balls. “If I wanted to turn any one of you into a tree-it would be no EASY task. As I was mentioning to Adrienne--” he smiled at her, “Transfiguration, as almost all of you have caught on, would be the MAIN component of this magic. However, I would need to take their thoughts ability away, too, for them to TRULY be trees. Get it?” he bounced a little in excitement. “Now...that is magic VERY advanced...far too advanced for people your age--but no matter! We’re going to conduct a very SIMILAR demonstration today--on these!” He held up one mug and one bouncy-ball in each hand. “We’re going to turn these inanimate objects into trees. It’s not QUITE the same--but the same general IDEA is there. They’ll be little trees...ones that you all can take with you when you leave. or...turn them back into the bouncy-ball or mug and keep THAT.” He eyed the chalk on the board moving around, writing, in bullet points, what he was saying. “The spell is pretty tricky, because it’s a spell developed pretty recently in terms of...well, spell development.” Apollo always found older spells just sort of...stuck better. “The wand movement is a double jab--” he demonstrated for them with his own wand. “And the words are: immutare arbore.” The chalk wrote the words on the board. “Let me repeat how that should be said, please. This spell comes from the Latin--” he cleared his throat. “Immutare--to change. And Arbor is tree.” He wanted to write on the board the pronunciation for them. The chalk began to scribble the way to say the incantation: Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay. “I want each of you to pick either a mug or a bouncy-ball to transform. There is no difference in difficulty level. Some of you may not get the spell the first, second or THIRD time...but...that’s okay.” He smiled. “I have faith in all of you.” He grabbed one of the mugs and set it on Hady’s desk because she was near the front. “Immutare Arbore!” he cried, jabbing his wand twice at the mug. The spell zoomed towards the mug, and slowly, the mug began to grow branches...and roots...until...it was a fully formed, mini tree. How quaint and ADORABLE was this? Apollo BEAMED and held it up. “THIS is what we want, okay? And if you can’t do it--you know what? It’s PERFECTLY all right! Now come come--let’s get started!” Hehehehe. Apollo LOVED watching students perform magic...and performing it WELL was another thing, too! OOC: OKAY! So, I can't really tell you guys how many posts you HAVE to do, since there's no points involved, BUT I would recommend one hefty post or two posts, but you can really do it however you want! Just have fun! The tree Apollo made resembles THIS...just without that pot it's in. <3 I'll post again in 24 hours or so. |
Apollo stuck another sticker on his cheek again... You know what...Henric was going to just leave it there for all to see, the blue sticker he got from before, he would paste it back on his forehead...ehh...as long as it wasn't in his hair, he didn't care if his face had become a sticker book for the Apollo man but not his hair...he did it up too well this morning for it to be mess up by people's hands, no sireee~ Ohh...so they wanted to live forever as trees? He didn't know the greeks symbolised the trees so greatly. Interesting...Then, he watched how Apollo the "guide" demonstrated the spell for them to see. COOL! The mug had transformed into a tree! Well...not a big one, a smaller version one...it looked quite similar to a "Bonsai" tree his mother used to keep in the gardens. Nice, he should make one of those and sent them back home. Henric got up from his seat and went to the table and picked one nice looking mug and one bouncy ball. He wasn't sure why he needed two...but oh well...its always nice to have an extra one for himself too. Hmm...maybe another two more bouncy balls....he hoped Apollo wouldn't mind. He had planned to juggle with them later. wooohoo~ |
*plays catchup* Marsha blinked as she fiddled with her name plaque. Apollo was awesome. She was staring at him and watching him and yup. HE was INCREDIBLE. Yup. Though, she didn’t know much about mythology so she didn’t say anything as she listened to the rest of the class. Wand trees? ”Apollo, if you did use a branch of that tree to make a wand… would you need a core as well? If it was originally a person would its wood not have magical properties and a core of its own? Or the people who made it? Perhaps it would work like an achestry wand? It would work really well for the ancestors of the… uh Bakis and Fileman?” She frowned… she was sure she had just said their names wrong. Whoooops. She didn’t mean to. ”Sorry…” Yup. Moving on. Okay, so trees. She moved to get a mug, and then sat back down. Placing the mug and the wand on her desk she looked at the board. ”Immartarey Arborey.” She frowned, that didn’t sound anywhere near right… Hmm. ”Imentaray Arboray.” Griffin, that was wrong as well. She listened to the people around her hoping that she could hear one of them repeat it just like had Apollo had. Looking at the board she noticed that the chalk had added how to say it in brackets. ”Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay.” Okay… so she could say it slowly and as syllables but how did it sounds said faster? ”Imue-taray arbo-ray.” Nope. That wasn’t right either. Grifffffin. POUT SIGH! ”Immu-taray ar-bor-ay.” Maybe? Maybe she was slowly getting there… She just needed to get the pronounciation right… After all, Cutty had told her that as well as intention, pronounciation was so important. Griffin, she’d never had a tree to take back to her dorm at this rate. ”Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay. Imue-taray ar-boray… --” FROWN. ”-- Immuetarray Arborray. Immuetaray Arboray.” MAYBE! Gosh, this was hard. Why were spells and charms and EVERYTHING so hard to say? WHY did they like using tonguetwisters?? |
She might not have given an answer to either question but she had received a smile from Apollo either way. Sitting up a little straighter she returned the smile as she continued to listen to what to say. Changing people into trees and removing their memories sounded like some heavy transfiguration and mind work but still awesome. Not something she'd attempt though...well maybe the tree part but not tampering with someones memories. That part was just something she wouldn't do. Anyhow changing a mug or rubber ball into a tiny tree sounded cool. And getting to keep her tree was even better! Shifting about in her seat her eyes fixated on the mug that Apollo had set on her desk she watched with clear fascination as it transformed into a fully formed but tiny tree! Epic! Did he know how easy he made that look? Probably not. So it was with a grin that the third year slipped off her chair and made her way the few steps to the font of the room and collected herself one rubber ball. Returning to her desk she sat down once more and set the rubber ball on the center of the desk. "Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay, Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay," she recited several times quietly to herself. It sounded a little weird saying it so slowly and breaking it up that way but she needed a feel for the spell first. This was advanced spell work! After repeating herself about a good twenty or so times she finally put it all together. "Immutare Arbore, Immutare Arbore, Immutare Arbore" It sounded much better this way. Even when she knew she was pronouncing it correctly she continued to practice it a few times more as she focused on the rubber ball before her picturing it as a tree. With the spell incantation down she picked up her wand and held it firmly in her grasp and gave two jabs towards the rubber ball. The movement wasn't difficult at all but Hady choose to practice this part several more times as well. Maybe about five or six times total. One just couldn't really mess up with it when all they had to o was jab there wand at something twice. Simple enough honestly. Now though would be the moment of truth. Clearing her throat she whispered the spell once under her breath. Ready. Jabbing her wand twice at the rubber ball Hady recited the words correctly, "Immutare Arbore!" And nothing. SIGH. "Immutare Arbore!" She tried again while jabbing her wand twice at the ball. Still nothing happened. Maybe she wasn't focused enough. Taking a deep breath she tried to picture the tree once more in her mind before attempting the spell for the third time. Not even a shiver did the ball make. Huffing quietly and trying not to frown at the rubber ball Hady flexed her fingers around her wand. She would get this right, even if she tried all day. So she tried again. And again. AND AGAIN. Clearing her mind she focused on just a tree. That's what this rubber ball would be, a tree. Deep breath in and then out. "Immutare Arbore!," she called out jabbing her wand twice at the rubber ball. This time her spell hit the ball and it slowly shook small tiny weak branches beginning to sprout out as it grew just a little bit and one of two leaves formed! It was a bit lop-sided and sorta a bit like that Charlie Brown Christmas tree but she'd done it! AWESOME! Well not completely but it was a major start and Hady was very thrilled with this. |
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Zhenya felt a slight blush creep across her cheeks when Apollo slid onto her desk. Hehe. But ohhh... "That's really sad," Zhenya commented. "Did Athena curse her so that she would never find a friend or husband, because they would turn to stone?" That was truly awful. How alone would she have felt, and then how bitter she would have been. Poor Medusa. Zhenya was amazed when he pulled out his notebook, and she blushed all over again. A smile crept onto her face as she pictured a potion that could do that. "Thank you," she said quietly, a bit shy now. Attention... gah! OOH ACTIVITY TIME! Zhenya watched as Apollo turned the mug into a little tree. Also, she was relieved that they wouldn't be turning each other into trees. Good. Awful, that would be. But she TOTALLY understood. The difference between transforming someone into a tree, to permanently turning them into a tree. Difference being whether they still had their human thoughts or whether they were a tree tree. Immutare Arbore; Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay. Double jab. Okay. Cool. "Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay," Zhenya said a few times, trying to get the feel of the words. She grabbed her wand out of her robes and practiced double jabbing her wand. Right. Once she got the hang of both the incantation and the wand movement, she went to the front and decided to get a mug. Yeah, that way if one day she lost all her mugs, she could transform the tree back to a mug. |
SPOILER!!: Apollo <3 he's adorbs!!!! Soooooo, cool dude was also weird dude, which made him weird-cool dude... obviously. Zeke couldn't help but grin though, even when he got a sticker pressed to his forehead. Say what? Not to be rude, it left it there as Apollo continued to speak to him, answering his question and not just shrugging him off. The man was winning brownie points, could he PLEASE come and teach here? Like PROPER proper teach here? As far as he was concerned the man was super duper qualified. "Awesome," he uttered as it was revealed that wands were probably likely to have been made by the tree. Was there a way to confirm this? Could HE go and snag a branch to fashion a wand from??? Hhhhmm? Nevertheless, after accepting his second sticker, and removing the one from his forehead, Zeke listened to some of the other discussions going around. Seminars were great, could they replace classes with these? Eventually it was revealed that they'd be having a go at this transfiguration thing, and the fact that it was supposed to be 'tricky' put him off it. He already had trouble with transfiguration, he didn't need advanced stuff on top of that. Boo. Either way, he was looking forward to getting his hands on a bouncy ball, and that he did. If anything, he'd walk out of the lesson with the ball, it was already a successful use of his time. Winning. After repeating the incantation in his head, he gave it a go out loud. "Immutare Arbore.... Immutare Arbore.... Immutare Arbore.... Immutare Arbore...." easy enough. And jabbing, well, he was good at jabbing. Summoning his wand from his holster, Zeke pointed his Larch at the rubber ball, and then JAB JAB, "Immutare Arbore." The ball did SOMETHING, but not what he had intended. It was not a tree, but it was GREEN. So... improvement? "Immutare Arbore," he repeated, jabbing his wand at it twice again. Nothing. Zeke repeated this action AGAIN... and AGAIN... and AGAIN, and AGAIN... until he was ready to give up. Sigh. By this stage, his rubber ball was no longer rubber, it was wood - again, this was an improvement, but it still wasn't a tree. And on top of that, he had managed to produce TWO leaved on the thing. Sigh. Deciding he'd give it ONE last go, he braced himself, inhaled a deep breath, held his wand steady, focused on his ball of wood becoming a tree... and.... "Immutare Arbore," he stated clearly and calmly, jabbing his wand at it twice. .... And nope... not happening, the ball of wood simply sprouted one more leaf. |
Question for Apollo! (also Adrienne) When Apollo mentioned, well actually when Adrienne mentioned it but that didn't matter. Someone mentioned it. When the topic of smaller mental capacity came up Tora immediately thought of wand trees and how they were...alive. They could choose their wizards and things, but she couldn't remember quite how that worked. It had been a couple years since there had been a wand making seminar at Hogwarts. Perhaps Apollo would know? "A smaller mental capacity, yes, but it still needs to be there, right? Sorry, I know we're moving on, but I was just thinking that if wand wood has a consciousness of its own couldn't that consciousness just be a wizards?" Tora asked, but then realized that perhaps she wasn't being clear. This was purely hypothetical. "I'm not saying that they are because, as you said, the spell is new. I was just wondering if it was similar." There, that should be good. But back to the activity! Tora grabbed a mug and plopped back down next to Adrienne. "Um. Immutare Arbore," she said, giving the spell a whirl though not really expecting much to happen. Nothing did. Common, Tora. She knew that in order for any transfiguration to work properly that it required concentration and a clear image of the product. Very well then. "Immutare Arbore!" she cast and the mug started changing shape. Wonderful! But Tora didn't maintain her focus and... she ended up growing a ceramic tree. "Well, better than nothing," she said, showing her creation to Adrienne. "How are you coming along?" |
omg. CUTE TREE ALERT. Marigold was SO PUMPED for this. Never mind that she had failed her Transfiguration OWL and had been AWFUL at it ever since, but she was GOING TO GET THIS. She was GOING to MAKE her TREE and NAME it HESTIA. Okay. First, she wanted to practice the wand movement and incantation and stuff. She scrunched up her face, but then the purple sticker peeled off and floated down past her face. She hurriedly grabbed it off the floor and stuck is resolutely on her cheekbone. Yes. Two jabs, right. AW YES. "Immutare Arbore?" She practiced a couple more times. Okay. Okay. |
ANOTHER STICKER! WOOT! HEHE. Adi loved feeling silly with stickers stuck to his forehead. He would attempt to answer EVERY question Apollo asked in case the man was assigning stickers for them all. YUP! He tried to look up at his forehead over his glasses but of course that only made him go cross eyed. LOL. "Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou, Apollo!'' Anywayyy, they were moving on! They were going to be having a demonstration? Did that mean they would be turning each other into trees? Adi wanted to beeeee a tree! :x3: Oh, wait. No. Adi's excitement was dashed, man. It seemed they would be practicing on a mug or a rubber ball. Heh. But bouncy balls were cool! Yes! Watching at the ball in Apollo's hand made him suddenly miss home, which he had never felt since his first year. He kind of wished he was playing cricket right now with all his muggle friends. Cue le sigh. Adi got himself a bright yellow bouncy ball and a red one for AJ. House colours, yo! "For you, Unicorn girl.'' HIS unicorn girl! Hehe. Now to try the spell. He did this after some muttered practice of the incantation. RIGHT! Now he was set! “Immutare Arbore!” Jab!Jab! It reminded the sixth of jabbing a sword. Him and his imagination. SMH. But whooooo cared! The ball was transforming! WHEEEE! LOOK AT IT GO! Stems, branches, leaves and everything! |
YUUUUUS. Another sticker for her. And this one was BLUE. Lux definitely approved of this, as she approved of them turning things into trees. Wow, she would totally show this spell to Bay later today because it sounded so cool. There were so many things that they could turn into trees, and none of them would be people!!! She was also really excited to talk to him!! YEAH. Watching Apollo's demonstration, Lux applauded at the tree he created. Now it was her turn. Grabbing a red ball, she placed it on her desk. First things first she would practice the incantation and wand movement because it was always important to do so. Thankfully this didn't sound like a difficult spell to pronounce. "Immutare Arbore... Immutare Arbore... Immutare Arbore... Immutare Arbore..." Okay, on to the wand movement. Lux picked up her wand and started doing double jabs all over the place. Jab. Jab. Jab. Jab. |
SPOILER!!: Marsha A QUESTION…….that Apollo was not qualified to answer. Sigh. “Well...I can’t pretend that I even know. I am not familiar with wandlore or the study of wandwood…” he smiled though. “But it’s a very interesting concept to me. Hmph…. SPOILER!!: Hady ...Some of the students were having trouble, but Hady was...well, she looked frustrated. He smiled at her..”Keep it up, dear! You’re doing just fine.” SPOILER!!: Zhenya It seemed he and Zhenya both concurred about the sad sad Medusa tale. “Yes...that’s exactly why.” Sigh. He was glad he wasn’t the only person who thought this was cruel! "Keep up the good work!" SPOILER!!: Zeke ...A LEAF. Apollo gave him a THUMBS up..”It’s such a good start, Zeke! You got this, you DO!” he smiled and wondered if he needed to give out more stickers? Well. Maybe he’d hold up while they doing the magics. SPOILER!!: Tora Ooooh. Tora spoke up, and Apollo gave her question a moment to sink in…”IF the tree was to be made wand wood, then yes--but if this couple were actually turned into a tree-there is no proof it was ever made into wand wood?” The students likes this idea of the wand stuff. It was probably something he needed to mention to his team about looking into this summer. Wandlore and the story of Baucis and Philemon. He felt TERRIBLE not knowing the answers to these questions… But no matter! “That is a good start, Tora!” he smiled. “Very good start.” SPOILER!!: Marigold He swept past Marigold just to smile at her encouragingly. He knew they could all do it...if they just BELIIIIEEEEVED. Kind of like fairies...but in the Peter Pan universe. Ahem. SPOILER!!: Adi Aww. This kid just LOVED the stickers, didn’t he? HEHE. Apollo thought it was absolutely adorable. OH SWEET MERLIN. The kid made a TREE! Apollo clapped suddenly and SHOWERED Adi with confetti from the end of his wand. “GREAT JOB, ADI!” Apollo was so proud ;__; SPOILER!!: Lux Apollo shot this one a thumbs up. She was saying it correctly! Yay! “Keep up the good work, everyone! You’re all doing so well! I’m impressed.” He smirked and went to stand in the front of the room once more, eyeing the apples on the middle table. He was getting hungry. “If anyone needs any help, feel free to ask me!” He nodded. He also totally wanted to shower more people with CONFETTI. OOC: I'll probably be moving us on to the next activity in ten or so hours <3 |
Oh, that really was sad. Zhenya made a mental note never to say Medusa was a hideous female again. She had been cursed like that in a heartbreaking way. Poor Medusa, destined to spend her life alone without friend, partner or foe. Picking up a mug from the front, Zhenya returned to her desk and placed the mug on top of it. She looked at it for a few moments, imagining it as a tree. Okay... "Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay, Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay, Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay," she said a few times, practicing some more, and double jabbed her wand at it to practice the movement. Well surely that would do it? "Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay," she said, and double jabbed her wand at the mug. The handle transformed into a wood-looking handle. OH COOL! She touched it, but it still felt ceramic, so she hadn't done it right. Perhaps if it felt like a tree it would have partially worked at transforming the structure of the mug. Well, the material. But never mind. "Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay," she said again, double jabbing the mug. Nothing happened this time. Ah... She cleared her throat, rolled her neck and rolled her shoulders back. Okay, focus Burton. She closed her eyes a few moments to try and picture the mug a tree again. She tried to picture it as the tree Apollo had just transformed. Opening her eyes she looked at the mug again. "Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay," she said, double jabbing her wand at it. A leaf sprouted from the tree-looking handle. She had a giggle, and almost asked Apollo whether she could just keep it like this. It looked cool. But alas that was not the purpose of the spell. |
Apollo was giving her a thumbs up! That meant that Lux was saying the incantation correctly. Awesome. Now it was time for her to give the spell a go. Just for the fun of it she gave a few more jabs with her wand. One could never practice too much. Turning her attention to the red ball on the desk in front of her, Lux focused really hard on what she wanted the tree to look like. Focus was really important when it came to spellwork and she wanted hers to look really pretty. Once she felt ready, she jabbed at it twice with her wand. Jab. Jab. “Immutare Arbore!” Right before her eyes, the ball slowly transfigured itself into a small tree with branches and leaves and everything. "Apollo, look at my tree!!" She had done good. Did this mean that she got confetti too??? PLEASE. |
This little tree reminded him of the bonsai stuff they had done in Herbology a few years ago. But just look at his tiny treeee! Wasn't it so cool? IT WAS- ooooh! It was raining tiny coloured paper! :x3: CONFETTI! Apollo was raining confetti on him! Stickers and now confetti?! Eeeep! He was SUPER COOL! "Teach me that spell, Apollo!'' Because confetti, yo! But look! Lux had a tree too! Shower her in confetti too so that the two Hufflepuffs could be Confetti Buddies! |
Oh, this was all so fascinating! Nessa had been sitting quietly the whole time at the back of the room next to the BFF just listening and absorbing all the information. She knew that this was technically for the students, but she couldn't help to not find herself in attendance as she thought mythology was very interesting especially as it sometimes intertwined with history. As she listened and let the students take the lead on answering the questions, she thought a moment on Apollo's stories, finding the thought of being turned into a tree terrifying and kind of exciting all at the same time. Ooh, and now for a little activity, they were going to create their own teensy trees! Eeep, how exciting! Nessa jumped up from her seat and got up to get two bouncy balls. She hoped that she was allowed to partake in the activity as well. Bouncy one of the balls as she walked back to her seat, she held the other in her hand until she reached Cassie and set it on her desk. "One for you too!" Amidst various voices around her reciting the spell, Nessa took a quick look around the immediate vicinity to see little trees growing from balls and mugs. How cool! But she wanted to try too. Immutare Abore.. Immutare Abore.. She focused on the words and intent in her head a few times then jabbed her wand twice at her rubber ball. "Immutare Abore!" Slowly, the ball began to change its shape and material, lengthening out as it started to develop roots and branches. "Ohmygosh, look!" She glanced at Cassie. She needed to make a little tree too! |
Yoongi beamed at the man when he agreed to put the sticker on the edge of the desk instead of his face. And when he did after he had answered the question he nodded in appreciation. Writing down the last of the notes, Yoongi was ready to try the spell! Well…he should probably practise it first seeing as it was something he had never tried before. “Im mue tar ay ar bor ay” he muttered while looking at the blackboard. “Im mue tar ay ar bor ay” “Immutare Abore” Got it. As the man did a little demonstration on the mug which transformed in to a mini tree, Yoongi gasped softly at the cute tree that appeared. “Will they change back in to their original form after a while?” he asked. Grabbing his phoenix feathered wand , Yoongi jabbed his wand twice at a bouncy ball he had taken earlier and said “Immutare Arbore” the bouncy ball changed form , it was getting longer and he could see that it kind of started to resemble a tree. The only problem was, was that the tree form still had the texture of the bouncy ball. Using “Finite” the Gryffindor tried again. He concentrated and jabbed his wand twice again. “Immutare Arbore” this time there were leaves on the bouncy ball but other than that it remained a bouncy ball. He sighed as he tried again. |
Zhenya stared at her tree and leaf handled mug, trying to summon her witch powers to transform the whole mug into a little tree. She could do it, she could, that's what she had to tell herself. Obviously she had succeeded in transforming the handle into a ceramic, tree looking handle, so she could no doubt transform the whole mug. Whether it would be a proper mini tree or a ceramic mini tree was another question, but perhaps it would all just take some work. "Im-mue-tar-ay ar-bor-ay," she said, jab-jabbing her wand at it. She watched as it started to transform into a mini tree. First the mug grew taller, the bottom quarter of it transforming into a little pot. Then the next half shrunk inwards, turning a brown colour and taking on the appearance of textured wood. Then the top quarter, and the handle, transformed into a mass, a tiny mass, of leaves and twigs. She held a finger out and tapped it against the tree, running her fingers gently over the top, and was pleased to feel that the leaves were real, and the tree wasn't ceramic. She had done it! |
Well, at least Thornton hadn't missed the instructions for the practical. As he went forward to select a bouncy ball, several thoughts crossed his mind. The first was whether the tree, if he was successful, would revert at some point and leave a little ball buried in the dirt. The second was that he hoped a bouncy ball wouldn't be too small a target. And the third was that his spellwork would be much better - it was average now - if he still practiced on a regular basis. He.. missed his study buddy. Sitting in his chair, the third year set the ball very carefully on the surface of his desk, hoping it would not roll. Muttering the incantation to himself to practice the pronunciation, Thornton tried to visualize a tree. Double jab. It was a double jab. The Ravenclaws held his wand and took a steadying breath. "Immutare Arbore!" jab jab. Thornton looked at the place the bouncy ball had once sat. That was... sorta a tree. The misshapen red shape resembled a poorly cut topiary, if one wanted to be technical about it. |
SPOILER!!: Zhenya Apollo had to applaud her effort and at least the mug was taking a different shape and stuff! It had even sprouted a leaf. “Well now! Look at that--it’s almost there--” he smiled. SPOILER!!: Lux Apollo aimed his wand riiiiight at Lux and BEAMED because she had DONE IT! He made it RAIN CONFETTI on the redheaded girl, laughing just a little at his own ridiculousness. Heh. “Great job!” he patted her shoulder as he walked by. SPOILER!!: Adi Oh. The confetti spell. Apollo cleared his throat. “Perhaps I will. But I kind of like having some secrets…” he told the boy with a wink. SPOILER!!: Nessa The other adult in here, Nessa, her nametag said? Apollo smiled when she got it. Well. Just because she was an adult didn’t mean SHE DIDN’T GET CONFETTI. He pointed his wand at her and sprinkled a steady stream of confetti at her. HEH. He hoped she didn’t mind….she seemed good natured enough. “AWESOME!” he shot her a thumbs up. He was around an eight-year-old too much O_o SPOILER!!: Yoongi “It’s okay, Yoongi--you’ll get it--and if you don’t, it’s perfectly okay. Magic isn’t always perfect, like everything else in life.” He tried to smile to let him know--IT WAS OKAY! SPOILER!!: Zhenya Oh look! The girl had gotten it! Apollo RUSHED over to Zhenya and shot confetti over her head. WHEEE. He was VERY proud of her! “Great job, Zhenya! It looks wonderful.” He loved seeing them succeed like this. SPOILER!!: Thornton Apollo saw Thornton having trouble and just patted his shoulder. “It’s okay. It’s a great start, Thornton.” Apollo smiled and swept back to the front of the room, near the blackboard. Now they would begin...the second activity thing. “Okay everyone! Stop practicing for now--if you haven’t gotten it--well--you’ll have to try again later.” He eyed the time on his watch. “We should be moving on to the second part of the seminar!” He BEAMED and watched as the chalk began to get ready to move, poised right next to him, close to touching the blackboard. “The next myth we’ll be talking about is the story of Atalanta.” He paused, watching the chalk write her name on the board. “Now...Atalanta was a princess. She was always supposed to marry a very important man...but Atalanta was not an ordinary princess. She was tough--she could fight well and shoot an arrow better than any man--she won all of the competitions she ever entered--and so, Atalanta did not WANT to marry anymore.” He paused to let the chalk bullet point what he was saying. “She and her father made a deal. She would race against all of her suitors...and if she won, she would behead the loser. If she lost, though….she had to marry the man who beat her. For each race, Atalanta won...for awhile.” He sighed a little. “She was the fastest mortal alive. Of course those boys didn’t stand a chance!” This story was such a contrast to Baucis and Philemon! “There was a man..named Hippomenes...who loved Atalanta, and who wanted to marry her. However, he was KNEW he wouldn’t win a race with her. So...he did what every other ancient Greek desperate lover did--he prayed to APHRODITE.” Gasp. Apollo did not like the goddess. ugh. Anyways. Continuing. “Aphrodite answered his prayers and gave Atalanta three shiny golden apples. They were shiny, but also...very attractive women.” Kind of similar to how the Trojan war started, with the golden apple of discord. “So..during his race with Atalanta...our man Hippomenes would throw an apple….and Atalanta would get distracted, pick it up, and then keep running...Hippo did this THREE TIMES…..until...he crossed the finish line first...and. Well. They got married.” There was more to the story….but it was sad and he didn’t want to get into it right now. So. Yeah. “Now...this story is a little different...what I want to focus on is the APPLES--” he gestured at that second table. “Can anyone tell me what kind of magic might be used in THAT?” He waited for the smart answers he KNEW he would get. OOC: I ran a little late because RL. But I'll try to post a reply for this in...15 hours ish? |
He got thumbs up for his leafy wooden cube-ball thing. Awesome. And then to put him out of his misery, he didn't NEED to know how to perform the spell, cause they were moving on. Awesome. Good. Great. THANK MERLIN. Zeke sat and listened to the next myth-story-thing. It was interesting, but he couldn't say he could empathise with it. Weird is what it was. Imagine if he had to marry anyone who beat him in a race? Marriage was supposed to be about love and family and things, not just anyone who was more athletically superior to you, or LUCKIER than you. Nevetheless, he had a feeling he knew this one. Hand raised, Zeke voiced his thoughts. "It could be one of two things, Apollo," he informed matter-of-factly. "My bet is that it would be a charm, because charm's adds properties to an object, like in this example it would be attraction. OR, alternatively, the same or similar thing could be achieved with a potion, but a charm would be easier." |
Well, it was time to think outside the box. Even if it wasn't the correct answer, this professor... travelling seminar...speaker guy would probably love a creative but totally incorrect response. Well, Apollo here's one coming right up! "What if the apples were coated in Amortentia? The smell would attract anyone enough to distract from the race," Tora suggested. "And if not Amortentia, perhaps a different potion?" Even though the answer was most likely some charm or sommat, the more Tora thought about it, the more it seemed as if it could be a potion as well. After all, weren't potions just charms in liquid form? She'd have to look into that later. The library probably had some books on that... But when would she have time? Hmmmm. Between transfiguration that evening and... wait what? Tora realized she had drifted off suddenly and snapped back to the present. What was Apollo saying? |
Brian snapped back to attention just in time for Apollo to tell them to stop practicing their spells and launched into a story about Atlanta. He liked Apollo, but he didn't like practicing charmswork in front of everyone. It made him feel extremely self-conscious of the fact that he wasn't very good at the kind of magic they did here. So yes, he was very relieved that he didn't have to do a charm in front of everyone. Smiling at the green sticker on the corner of his notebook, Brian raised his hand with fingers wiggling in the air until he was called on. "Could it have been some kind of compelling charm? It might be something like the opposite of the repulsion charms people use on Muggles." Which was rude. Did they really have to repel Muggles? They were only human, after all. Anyway, Brian was back to drawing in his notebook. This time, they were three apples in a stack that looked to be very shiny and had magic radiating off them in swirls. SWIRLS. |
Aw man! Apollo liked his secrets, huh? Adi supposed he would just have to do some research to find out about this spell. But for now, he would just have to make do with his two stickers and the confetti on his desk and around him, yes? Oh, look! Story time again! While he listened to Apollo and the story about Hippopotamus (that's what Adi would call him, okay?), he gathered up all the mini coloured paper on his desk into one neat pile. Confetti pile! Wheee! Hehe. When it was question time, he raised his hand. "It's deceptive magic,'' he offered. "Trickery magic because it tricked Atlanta into picking them up.'' |
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Getting fully caught up in watching the students and Nessa turn their balls into trees she spent most of her time snapping. Wow everyone was doing so well! Though she came back to remembering it was her turn to change her ball into a tree. "OHMYGOSH!! I almost forgot!" She giggled as she took her wand out of her holster. "Immutare Arbore" doing the wand movements she watched the ball turn into a small tree. HOW COOL WAS THIS! "What an adorable tree!!" |
YESSSSSSS. CONFETTI. Smiling, Lux twirled in it. She was doing good and this seminar was so much fun. She loved these distractions, plus she learned things like how to turn objects into TREES. Never in a million years would she have felt that was possible until today, and now she could do it on her own. Time for the next story, and Lux listened carefully. This one was a little harder than the other had been, but she would still take a stab at it. She raised her hand. "Was the magic some sort of charm? One to make the object it is placed on irresistible to another person?" That could explain why Atalanta had been distracted by the apples. |
Okay, so how come all these guys had such funny names, huh? Not that Zander could really complain or anything. Ahem. But he was focusing on that bit the entire time. The names. Wonder where they got their inspiration for 'em you know? Like who just wakes up in the morning and things, wow I think I'm gonna give my son the most complicated name in the world. That'll do it. Of course he was doing his best to keep up with the seminar, especially because there were a few Professors present. But again he found himself questioning why he had even shown up in the first place. It's not like this thing was mandatory. Geez. He really needed to sort out his priorities. Instead of answering the question, he just gave a big ol' nod at what Zeke said because for a third year, kid kinda seemed to know what he was talking about. And Zander agreed. A charm would be a good bet. Plus, lots of magic was a charm so it was also probably the most likely guess. But then again, any guess was better than what he'd have to offer. So yeah, just gonna go back to staring at the back of Sophie Brown's head now. That seemed like the proper thing to do. How long until this thing was over? Uh, not that he was wondering or anything.... La la la. |
No! She didn't want to move on she wanted to get her tree. SIGH. It it might be perfect but she did kinda have a tree. Or well a hunched over branch thing with a few leaves. It was something but not what she had been aiming for. Setting her wand down she lifted her gaze to Apollo and returned the smile he'd given her. She was certainly giving it her all if nothing more. However they were moving on now. Something about apples and the guy winning the race because he would drop them and the girl would stop to pick them up. This sounded messed up to her. Either the girl really liked apples or something was catching her attention. Hearing a few different replies from those around her she agreed with her Lion buddy. An attraction charm really seemed likely. Slowly raising her hand she gave her answer,"What Zeke said makes a lot of sense. Some form of an attraction charm to make the apple shinier or just highly appealing could be enough to divert someone's attention for a moment or two." Mhmm. Especially if someone really happens to enjoy apples. Ahem! Where was the certain one professor that liked apples? |
SPOILER!!: Zeke Zeke had had such interesting thoughts this whole Seminar. Apollo really enjoyed him and his thoughts. SO refreshing, youthful intelligence. “A charm, right--but a potion would be interesting, too--” it reminded him of muggle fairy tales. Hmph. Too bad he was an expert on mythology of this kind, and not the fairy tale kind. STICKER RIGHT ON ZEKE’S FOREHEAD, YES! SPOILER!!: Tora Oooohhhh. “That’s an interesting THOUGHT, yes.” It had been discussed in his inner circle that yes, it COULD have been. “It’s likely that they could have been. However--” he sighed. “The smell would have attracted Atalanta--but it would mean she hadn’t eaten the apples while she ran. Because if she had had the apples...while running...she would have probably run faster to catch up with him, because...well..powerful love potions can make a person do CRAZY things.” He smiled a little. He stamped a sticker on Tora’s forehead. Heh. SPOILER!!: Brian Ooooh. Apollo smiled at the boy and stuck a green sticker on his forehead. “Well. You know. that’s certainly a thought, isn’t it?!” he thought it was. SPOILER!!: Adi “Well, that IS correct--” he chuckled good naturedly at this answer and bounded over to smack the sticker on Adi’s head. Was this his third? Heh. A lot of them had three, now! Look at them, being so smart. SPOILER!!: Cassie OH! Cassie had gotten the spell! Apollo SHOWERED HER WITH CONFETTI FROM HIS WAND, YES. He SMILED all big at her and clapped--but now time to move on! SPOILER!!: Lux Apollo nodded. “Probably, yes--VERY good--” he grinned and gave the girl a RED star on her forehead, this time. SPOILER!!: Zander ….Quiet one. WE SEE YOU, ZANDER. Apollo squinted at him before moving on. Being quiet was his choice, wasn’t it? Sigh. SPOILER!!: Hady “RIGHT, Little Miss Hady. I was...going for exactly what you just said--making them SHINIER.” He beamed at her, plastered a blue sticker to her forehead, and went back to the front of the classroom, ready to lead them into their next activity. OKAY. “So, for today, we are going to focus on making the apples shinier. in fact, they’ll be….they look golden.” He smirked. “It’s a fun little spell--and keep in mind, since it’s a CHARM, the apples won’t actually BE gold...then that would be alchemy! But...here..the apples will look shiny and appealing and GOLDEN. The spell is a bit simpler than the one from before.” He cleared his throat and grabbed one of the apples. “The wand movement is simple, too. Just a circle above the apple, and the words ‘nitidus superficies’....it’s also a bit of a tongue twister, but…” the chalk on the board was writing how to say it. “Nitidus SUPERFICIES!” he cried, roving his wand around the apple in his hand, in a circular motion. The spell shot from his wand and when it touched the apple, it looked like the fruit was engulfed in a shiny golden tint. It was so pretty...Apollo smirked and bit into it. “See? Still an apple, and with no side effects--just--SHINY.” “Now...I’d like you all to try! Grab an apple or two--and practice! You can eat them at the end of the seminar--because for the activity after this one, I don’t think eating should be...well, it’d be distracting.” He shot a glance at the third table. OOC: Sorry I took a little long this time! Once again, this activity can take as long or short as you want! Have fun! Apollo loves you all! |
This time Apollo gave her a RED sticker, and that make Lux happy. Yaaaaay. AND it was a star too!! That was totally awesome. She liked stickers. Ooooh, they were going to make apples look golden. Lux knew a Professor who would have been happy to eat all of them. Then again she wouldn't mind eating them either... They looked delicious and it had been a while since she had last eaten. Her apples were definitely going to end up in her tummy after this seminar was over. Taking two, she placed them on her desk so that she could get started. The incantation sounded like a bit of a tongue twister, but she was sure she could get it right in the end. "Nitidus Superficies." That sounded weeeeeeird. "Nitidus Superficies... Nitidus Superficies... Nitidus Superficies." She kept working on the incantation until she was sure that she was pronouncing it the same way that Apollo had. Now onto the wand movement. Lux began drawing circles in the air with her wand. |
Activity 2 - Post 1 SPOILER!!: Apollo She'd been right! Well technically she continued with what Zeke had said but still she'd been right. So it counted and the blue sticker on her forehead confirmed that. Grinning brightly Hady sat herself up straighter to pay attention still what what they'd been trying now. Her mind drifted for a second back to what she'd been called. Little Miss Hady. It was certainly different but in a good way and she liked it. Removing the sticker from her hand to examine it a moment she then stuck it to the back of her left hand as she continued to listen to Apollo. Rising to her feet she collected herself an apple before sitting back down. "Nitidus Superficies...Nitidus Superficies...Nitidus Superficies..," Hady whispered to herself many times as she worked on getting that right first. It took some time but after saying it out loud enough it became easier and easier. The wand movement was much easier and picking up her wand in her hand she practiced making circles above the apple sat in the center of her desk. |
ANOTHER sticker! Wheee! Adi was going to be a sticker book by the time he was through with this seminar. He was LOVING every second. "Pssst. Apollo,'' he whispered when the man had bestowed him with the third sticker. "You should have seminars here more often.'' Because Adi would be at them ALL! Alright, they were moving on from his correctish answer and the other answers which were a lot better than his to make apples golden and shineeeey! Yay for shiney stuff! Maybe he could use a few of the apples to find a Niffler. Yes, the crazy Puffer wanted a Niffler! Adi grabbed some apples for him and AJ. "No eating them,'' he told the girlfriend. "Not yet, anyway.'' He was telling that to himself too because the temptation was real, yo! Maybe practicing would help. ''Nitidus Superficies, Nitidus Superficies, Nitidus Superficies.'' For some reason the first reminded him of Nintendo. Hehe. The boy began tracing out a circle over the first apple. ''Nitidus Superficies!'' |
Okay, time to make some shiny apples. Lux was so ready to get started. She hoped she could make hers as shiny as Apollo's. They looked delicious though. Could she not just eat them instead? ...Probably not. At least not until the seminar was over so she needed to be patient. Pout. She drew another circle with her wand - this time over one of the apples. "Nitidus Superficies!" Whoa, it looked super shiny and golden now. That had been easy once she got the pronunciation down. Lux wondered if she would get showered with more confetti because that had been cool. She liked confetti. Now on to the second apple! Another circle was drawn in the air over it. "Nitidus Superficies!" Tada! Two shiny apples. Yummy. |
Activity 2 - Post 2 c: It was time to get started making those shiny golden apples! Flexing her fingers around her wand she once more traced the circle above her apple. She had the wand movement down. Then once under her breath she repeated the charm to herself. ''Nitidus Superficies.'' Hady knew she had both the pronunciation of the charm and it's proper wand movement down. Now she only had to put those both together in order to produce a shiny apple. Focusing intently on the apple on her desk she moved her wand in a circle over the apple, ''Nitidus Superficies!'' she recited at the same time. The apple shimmered slightly but nothing more happened then that. Alright time to give it another go. She'd get this. ''Nitidus Superficies!'' Hady called out once again moving her wand in a circle above the apple as she did. This time the spell hit the apple and there was a bright glow, a golden glow around the apple as it became a gorgeous bright and shinny golden color. Hazzah! She'd done it! |
Nuh uh. Nothing happened there. ''Nitidus Superficies!'' Adi tried the spell with the appropriate wand movement and hey presto! One very shiny apple! Adi examined the apple then put it aside. He would try this spell again. ''Nitidus Superficies!'' WOOT! Another shiny, golden apple. He examined this one too, fighting the urge to take a chunk out of it. Hehe. COOL SPELL, YO! |
<3 SPOILER!!: thanks to you guys for sticking with me! <3 Apollo was immensely PROUD. The students were all GETTING IT. A fantastic feeling. Though, he felt this spell was a less difficult than the one he started out with. Hmm. Maybe he should have switched them. Whatever. It was over and done with, and the students who had gotten the spell ALL GOT CONFETTI ON THEIR HEADS. YAAAAY! He was a very excited man. VERY. EXCITED. He was MOST EXCITED for this last story, though...HMPH. "You know what? Go ahead and eat your apples--" he smiled. "While I tell you all the last myth...and move us into the final SUPER AMAZING AND EXCITING activity..." which involved...less magic, and more FUN. This was why he was excited. FUN. FUN FUN! "I'm sure some of you might have guessed, when seeing the wax--" and he stepped in front of the third table, gesturing at the wax. "That one of the myths I'd be covering would be Daedalus and Icarus. Well. That's correct!" he smiled warmly. "The final story is...a bit tragic, I must admit, for those of you who don't know this story." He sighed, but eyed the board, the chalk doing its job and bullet pointing what he was saying. "Daedalus was a very talented artisan who was in exile in a place called CRETE--" which actually existed, just...not as mystically. "And...there, as crime for something he did before--" he didn't want to go into THAT part of the story. "He is the one who built the famous labyrinth! He was...sort of a servant of the king there and had to do what the king commanded." He felt like he was doing a very...shotty job of explaining this story so far. But yes...he was generally getting the idea across, he hoped. And plus, the important part of the story was coming up! "He had a son while in Crete, and they were stuck in the labyrinth that he built. He wanted to escape with his son, and so...using his IMMENSE skill--he made wings...from wax and feathers...." And he stopped and looked out at all the...YOUTHFUL GLOWS. "Now...I want to hear from you. I said this was a tragic story. For those of you who know the story--you can contribute, still, but try to let the others guess, first. For those of you who aren't familiar--how do you think the story will end? I am...very curious." he smiled and sat on the now empty middle table. They'd taken ALL of his apples..heh. Of course they had. IT WAS FOOD. OOC: I'll be posting again in about 24 hours! If your charrie does know the story, just post him/her saying what they know, and I'll rearrange it so that they've held back their answers while other people give their guesses as to what happened. <3 |
:x3: MORE CONFETTI! Apollo was the BEST, man! THE BEST! And they could eat their apples! Yaaaay! AJ must be pleased though not as pleased as Adi was now. He happily bit into his apple. Omnomnom. Food and story time. It didn't get better than this! Ooh! Daedalus and Icarus! He knew of this myth... or a little of it at least. Poor Icarus... So since he did know this myth, Adi continued to eat his apple while his fellow Hogwartians gave their answers. CrunchNomNom! CrunchNomNom! CrunchNomNom! When it seemed as though the answers were drying up, Adi swallowed the bit of fruit in his mouth and raised his hand. "Icarus flew too close to the sun with the wings causing the wax to melt and he fell into the sea over which they were flying.'' Right now, that song by Bastille was playing in his head. "Icarus is flying too close to the sun and Icarus's life, it has only just begun...'' Greeeat! Now he wanted to go listen to the song. |
Benny had been doing to best to follow along with the seminar, doing whatever activity that happened along with the various stories. He had to admit it was all interesting, even if he wasn't totally contributing at least vocally. It wasn't like he was the most vocal anyway and he could pay more attention if he simply listened and paid close attention to what was being said by the pseudo-professor and his classmates who seemed to get it. As well as eating his apple. The most recent story caught his attention and Benny tried to think if he knew it. Wax...feathers. A father...and a son...caught in a maze. Nope...didn't strike to clear a chord in his mind. "Tragedy involving someone falling while flying?" the Gryffindor guessed after raising his hand. The wings certainly had to play a part else why would they be mentioned...right? Just didn't know who was the one who died. |
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