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On November 27th, snowflakes were falling down to add to the thin layer of snow already covering the pitch and the rest of the school grounds. Haraldur prepared the afternoon lesson by neatly stacking a pile of black notebooks on the small table he’d set up on the pitch. The snow crunched below his heavy boots so he swung one leg to mount his broom instead, hovering slightly above the ground. It wasn’t that cold out, plus the kids would soon forget about it, he was sure.
For now though, they still had a few minutes to arrive before he started the lesson. The flying instructor leaned back on his broom and glanced up at the castle to catch a glimpse of the first arriving students.
ooc: Hello everyone and welcome to the first ooc flying lesson of the term *wiggles* It’s a gooden!
Settle in, keep warm and have a chat amongst yourselves. <3 As always, the flying rules as well as all site rules apply at all times. But you know this. You know it.
Class will start in approximately 24 hours, 1st of June, 8 pm CET. Class has now officially started! It's not too late to join, just act as though your character has been here all the time orrrr face some ic consequences Keep mind that this isn't the first IC lesson of the term.
Class progression:
Question 1: What is the most important aspect of your workout? What is your reason for exercising?
Question 2: Why is it important to track and set goals for your workout?
Not that cold? Quinn, who had mistakenly opted not to overdo the layers of clothings today, was very cold, thank you very much. She wore her winter robes, and over that was Puck's leather jacket; insolated dragonhide gloves and even more insolated elk skin winter boots. She had the hood of her robes over her head in hopes of blocking some of the cold from biting her cheeks raw as she strode down to the pitch. The hood hid the black fur earmuffs over her ears.
She stopped once she reached the pitch and stood there, shivering slightly, teeth chattering, and said nothing. Nor did she look around and study the Professor, or the setup as she was often known to do. Her nerves were getting to her today.
Despite being from a pureblood wizarding family, Quinn had little experience on a broom. Reading quietly inside, especially beside the fire during the cold of winter, was more her speed than zipping around on a broom hoping to avoid being seen by muggles.
And, honestly, reading by the fire was where she'd rather be at this very moment.
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She wasn't going to "forget" how cold it was. There was a very small chance of that, not when the Ravenclaw needed a warming charm around her just to prevent herself from inhaling too much of the cold, dry air and triggering her asthma. No doubt once the activity started and the cold air began whipping by her faster than the charm could hold it all off, there would be problems but at least for now, the young girl was able to walk to the pitch drama free.
"Hello Professor." She said, coming to a stop near him and Quinn, relatively interested in the books laid out. Was this going to be a theory lesson?
Was there an option to do theory rather than the activity? Of course, then you may wonder why bother attend a lesson such as flying. For her, the answer was simple. She was told she needed to go outside and keep active and while she loathed the idea entirely, she did agree that sometimes it was nice to see something besides the stone castle walls.
That was partially why she still attended Herbology and CoMC too. It got her out of the castle so on other days, she didn't have to. These lessons were all the "outside" this Ravenclaw needed.
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Snow! It was snowy and beautiful on the pitch. Emmalyn was well prepared for the cold weather, wearing extra warm layers and carrying a spare pair of gloves in her bag. She skipped over to the class area, eyeing the pile of black notebooks, and gave a rather enthusiastic greeting "Hi Professor! Fantastic day for flying, isn't it?"
She bounced on the balls of her feet, not only with excitement for the class, but to also keep her body heat up. She was still on the smaller size and wanted to keep her muscles nice and warm to be in top flying condition. There were only two other students that had arrived before her "Hi Quinn, Jessa" she greeted then watched towards the castle to see who else would soon be arriving.
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Maddie was pretty excited about flying class. Ever since she'd made the Quidditch team, she'd had a newfound appreciation for flying. She'd always liked it, but now it meant more to her than just a means of transportation. Now it was a sport. She listened to the sound of her shoes crunching in the snow as she made her way to the pitch. Her parents had surprised her with a brand new broom when they found out she'd made the Quidditch team. Maddie clung tightly to the broom's handle as she approached the professor.
"Hello, Professor!" she said, noting that the man was hovering on his broom, which was actually a pretty good idea. She thought about doing so herself, but she decided against it since none of the other students were. So instead, she just hung around, waiting patiently for the others to show up.
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Daisy walked onto the snowy pitch with a huge grin on her face. Flying was one of her absolute favourite subjects. She spotted the pile of notebooks as she approached the teacher. "Hello, Professor!" Daisy then spotted Quinn, Jessa, Emmalyn and Maddie and waved at them, firmly clutching her Firebolt X-Treme. She then stood near her fellow Hufflepuffs.
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The snow didn’t bother her as she’d made her way from the barns to the pitch for the next flying lesson. If it didn’t keep her from visiting the creatures in the barns and the nursery, Stasya didn’t see the snow as a problem. Heating charms were something she was pretty well versed in by now, because of that very reason, and besides, snow meant it was almost the winter holidays and getting to go visit Liv in New York. However, flying wasn’t necessarily her favorite. Unless it was on Cygnus’ back, or any of the other winged horses but she was partial to the Granian she’d gotten to ride back in first year during the Runes lesson when she’d met the forest’s unicorns. She did like the groundskeeper, though.
“Góðan daginn, Professor Baldvinsson!,” she said brightly to the man hovering on his broom, giving him her now-traditional Icelandic greeting even as she found somewhere to settle near the few others who had arrived already to wait for the lesson to start. The notebooks had definitely caught her attention, since that wasn’t something normally around in flying lessons. Plus, she was feeling a little awkward deep down since she didn’t have her own broom. Nor was she really particularly planning on getting one. The school brooms were okay for her, since she doubted she’d be allowed to borrow Cygnus from Professor Wayland anytime soon.
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The wind was getting so much colder nowadays. Granted that winter is coming and plus Mr. Squid did warn him about the cold. He wrapped his scarf around his neck well while walking out and making his way to the quidditch pitch where it's sort of freezing cold.
Are they really going to fly today? Considering this weather? Hopefully not..? Caleb is not counting on that chance however. Some students have finally approached the area, he smiled to most of them and as well to the professor.
"Hello Professor." he greeted and made his way towards the others. Yes, it is cold. Thankfully Caleb was quite prepared with a cozy trench coat. Yeah, that should be enough for today.
Flying was bad enough as it was, but flying while it snowed? Oh, Merlin, he prayed he'd make it out of the class unscathed. He did need to pay the healer a visit to ask her about some remedies he'd read about, but hopefully, that was going to be the only reason for his visit.
He loved snow, though, so he scurried towards the pitch with a small smile on his face as tiny snowflakes fell all around, his nose buried deep into a huge scarf and his hands stuffed in the pockets of his warm robe. It was a lovely day... just not for flying. Well, for him, there was never a good day for flying.
Upon seeing professor Haraldur, he couldn't help but smile at the man who'd been more than kind and understanding to what could very likely be his worst ever student. "Hello, professor!" Noticing the pile of notebooks, he prayed for a theoretical lesson. Please, please, please.
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Reese was very excited to be making his way down to the pitch with his broom.. He loved to fly and was actually quite proficient on broom back. Which is why his sister Rylee hadn't understood why he hadn't gone and tried out for his house's quidditch team.. He just hadn't wanted to this term, but there were 6 more terms he could. So... No worries.
" Hello, Sir..", he said with a smile as he made his way passed the hovering professor as he looked at the stack of black notebooks... Hmm?.. Woner what the lesson will be?..
And then he caught sight of his bundled up girlfriend looking as uncomfortable and annoyed as ever.. HEHE! She was adorable in her layers of cold weather defese.. REese had just stuck his yellow knit cap on and his leather, Rabbit fur lined gloves.. He wasn't much of a bundle up boy. Hat, gloves and boots.. LALALA!
Up beside her he sidled as he held onto his broom.. " Hey there, Quinnie.. ", he smiled as he lightly bumped her with his shoulder.
Kye made her way to class with broom in hand. She loved the breeze going through right now, and all in all, was in high spirits. The snow didn't bother her. She was, unsurprisingly, not the first one down to the pitch, but she was still early! She smiled and greeted the Professor first with a, "Good afternoon, Sir!" Turning toward the students that had already arrived, Kye's smile stayed. "Hey!" she said generally, mostly to those like Emmalyn that she had worked with on plenty of group projects now. Slight shiver, but Kye still enjoyed the chill November air. She began to mindlessly do some of her Quidditch stretching. After all, it was objectively pretty chilly, and she hadn't done a lot of moving around thus far today.
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Cold? Pfft. Honestly that didn't bother Skylar at ALL. She'd flown in all sorts of conditions, after all. What did bother her was the fact that only ONE of teammates were present. Perhaps she should have told them this counted as an extra practice...
Broom in hand, she approached the rest of the class, sidling up by her chaser and roomie. Warm smiles for you, Kye! You get all the bonus points! And then glanced back towards the Professor - on his broom, of course. "Hey Professor B!" She greeted. Also, could his hovering mean she could hover like that too, please?
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Rylee practically skipped towards the pitch in excitement, her broom in hand. The snowflakes that weren't currently falling to add to the thin layer of snow crushing beneath her boots didn't bother her in the least. If anything at all it added that little bit more to the young girls good mood. She loved the snow, the cold, the holidays and all that came with it.
She had done her very best to cast a heating charm on herself before she made her way outside, how long it would last she really wasn't sure. One her feet were Quidditch boots and she was wearing her beater gloves as well. She had on her warmest winter cloak but the hood wasn't on her head and her hat was in her pocket rather than on her head. At least her hair was pulled back into a tight french braid though.
Humming one of her own tunes under her breath she paused mid note raising her hand to wave at Baldvinsson. "Hello, Professor!," she greeted cheerfully with a bright smile. "Hi, everyone!" Spotting Reese and Quinn she smiled at them both.
With her pink tinted cheeks she went to stand right up front and center, bouncing lightly on the heels on feet. She was ready to get flying.
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Only the BEST class ever. THE. BEST. Also probably the only one that never in the history of ever made Anna want to take a nap.
And cold!? She didn't mind the cold! She even dressed as if it were a few degrees warmer because she was used to working out outside in the cold. She knew she'd get warmed up pretty quickly and would end up regretting having so many layers on.
"Hiya, professor!" The Gryffindor exclaimed, frantically waving her free hand at the man. Her other hand was firmly holding her BRAND NEW broom. And yes, Anna was still in love with it. It was just the BEST.
Could they just take off now, please? No need to talk. Who needed talking? Talking was for the boring lessons and this was FLYYYIIINNNGGGG.
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Harriet was still smarting a little from being a reserve on the quidditch team, but she wasn't going to let that stop her from attending the flying lesson. She adored flying, now that it was safe for her to do so, and so she would be taking everyone opportunity to get in the air. It was a bit cold, a bit was an understatement really, but she was sure when they started to fly around that she would soon warm up. She'd dressed to fly, rather than wrapping up really warm. But she'd put a warming charm around herself, so she wasn't that cold. She smiled to herself was she walked down to the flying lesson area. Today was going to be a good day.
"Hi Professor" She murmured with a smile as she arrived, and looked around at everyone that was gathered. Yep. she was looking forward to the flying lesson. It should be fun!
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Text Cut: Quinn
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Originally Posted by Callie
Not that cold? Quinn, who had mistakenly opted not to overdo the layers of clothings today, was very cold, thank you very much. She wore her winter robes, and over that was Puck's leather jacket; insolated dragonhide gloves and even more insolated elk skin winter boots. She had the hood of her robes over her head in hopes of blocking some of the cold from biting her cheeks raw as she strode down to the pitch. The hood hid the black fur earmuffs over her ears.
She stopped once she reached the pitch and stood there, shivering slightly, teeth chattering, and said nothing. Nor did she look around and study the Professor, or the setup as she was often known to do. Her nerves were getting to her today.
Despite being from a pureblood wizarding family, Quinn had little experience on a broom. Reading quietly inside, especially beside the fire during the cold of winter, was more her speed than zipping around on a broom hoping to avoid being seen by muggles.
And, honestly, reading by the fire was where she'd rather be at this very moment.
Haraldur spotted the first student to arrive, all bundled up in clothes. ”Good afternoon, Miss Kevelle.” He said, her shivering didn’t go unnoticed. ”Brisk day today, would you like a warming charm?” Unless she could cast one on herself. Or just liked to stay bundled. Either way. Options!
Text Cut: Jessa
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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo
She wasn't going to "forget" how cold it was. There was a very small chance of that, not when the Ravenclaw needed a warming charm around her just to prevent herself from inhaling too much of the cold, dry air and triggering her asthma. No doubt once the activity started and the cold air began whipping by her faster than the charm could hold it all off, there would be problems but at least for now, the young girl was able to walk to the pitch drama free.
"Hello Professor." She said, coming to a stop near him and Quinn, relatively interested in the books laid out. Was this going to be a theory lesson?
Was there an option to do theory rather than the activity? Of course, then you may wonder why bother attend a lesson such as flying. For her, the answer was simple. She was told she needed to go outside and keep active and while she loathed the idea entirely, she did agree that sometimes it was nice to see something besides the stone castle walls.
That was partially why she still attended Herbology and CoMC too. It got her out of the castle so on other days, she didn't have to. These lessons were all the "outside" this Ravenclaw needed.
His attention shifted from the bundled up first year to one of the Ravenclaw Prefects. "Hello, Miss Cambridge, how are you today?" Flying-ready? He leaned back on his broom, brushing some snow off his shoulder only for it to be covered again shortly.
Text Cut: Emmalyn
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Originally Posted by Birchwoodmom
Snow! It was snowy and beautiful on the pitch. Emmalyn was well prepared for the cold weather, wearing extra warm layers and carrying a spare pair of gloves in her bag. She skipped over to the class area, eyeing the pile of black notebooks, and gave a rather enthusiastic greeting "Hi Professor! Fantastic day for flying, isn't it?"
She bounced on the balls of her feet, not only with excitement for the class, but to also keep her body heat up. She was still on the smaller size and wanted to keep her muscles nice and warm to be in top flying condition. There were only two other students that had arrived before her "Hi Quinn, Jessa" she greeted then watched towards the castle to see who else would soon be arriving.
Haraldur could always count on the next student who arrived to share some enthusiasm. He liked it. "Ah, hello, Miss Walsh! He shone up and hovered up to the girl. "It really is a fantastic day for flying, isn't it?" Although every day was technically a good flying day. He hummed to himself, hovering past her to greet the next student.
Text Cut: Maddie
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Originally Posted by Anna Banana
Maddie was pretty excited about flying class. Ever since she'd made the Quidditch team, she'd had a newfound appreciation for flying. She'd always liked it, but now it meant more to her than just a means of transportation. Now it was a sport. She listened to the sound of her shoes crunching in the snow as she made her way to the pitch. Her parents had surprised her with a brand new broom when they found out she'd made the Quidditch team. Maddie clung tightly to the broom's handle as she approached the professor.
"Hello, Professor!" she said, noting that the man was hovering on his broom, which was actually a pretty good idea. She thought about doing so herself, but she decided against it since none of the other students were. So instead, she just hung around, waiting patiently for the others to show up.
The next arriving student happened to be one of Bel's Quidditch players. Haraldur smiled at the Hufflepuff. "Good afternoon, Miss Kemp!" He gave her a nod. "Ready for flying class?"
Text Cut: Daisy
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Originally Posted by Ginevra
Daisy walked onto the snowy pitch with a huge grin on her face. Flying was one of her absolute favourite subjects. She spotted the pile of notebooks as she approached the teacher. "Hello, Professor!" Daisy then spotted Quinn, Jessa, Emmalyn and Maddie and waved at them, firmly clutching her Firebolt X-Treme. She then stood near her fellow Hufflepuffs.
Another Hufflepuff and another Hufflepuff Quidditch player. Haraldur hovered over to her. "Hello to you, Miss Swann. Fine day for flying, isn't it?" Spoiler: It was.
Text Cut: Stasya
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Originally Posted by SilverTiger
The snow didn’t bother her as she’d made her way from the barns to the pitch for the next flying lesson. If it didn’t keep her from visiting the creatures in the barns and the nursery, Stasya didn’t see the snow as a problem. Heating charms were something she was pretty well versed in by now, because of that very reason, and besides, snow meant it was almost the winter holidays and getting to go visit Liv in New York. However, flying wasn’t necessarily her favorite. Unless it was on Cygnus’ back, or any of the other winged horses but she was partial to the Granian she’d gotten to ride back in first year during the Runes lesson when she’d met the forest’s unicorns. She did like the groundskeeper, though.
“Góðan daginn, Professor Baldvinsson!,” she said brightly to the man hovering on his broom, giving him her now-traditional Icelandic greeting even as she found somewhere to settle near the few others who had arrived already to wait for the lesson to start. The notebooks had definitely caught her attention, since that wasn’t something normally around in flying lessons. Plus, she was feeling a little awkward deep down since she didn’t have her own broom. Nor was she really particularly planning on getting one. The school brooms were okay for her, since she doubted she’d be allowed to borrow Cygnus from Professor Wayland anytime soon.
The icelandic caught his attention and he left the Hufflepuffs to hover over to the new arrival. Hearing his native language always brought a smile to his lips. “Góðan daginn, Miss Dalgaard-Volkova. Welcome to flying class!"
Text Cut: Caleb
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Originally Posted by hjhm
The wind was getting so much colder nowadays. Granted that winter is coming and plus Mr. Squid did warn him about the cold. He wrapped his scarf around his neck well while walking out and making his way to the quidditch pitch where it's sort of freezing cold.
Are they really going to fly today? Considering this weather? Hopefully not..? Caleb is not counting on that chance however. Some students have finally approached the area, he smiled to most of them and as well to the professor.
"Hello Professor." he greeted and made his way towards the others. Yes, it is cold. Thankfully Caleb was quite prepared with a cozy trench coat. Yeah, that should be enough for today.
Haraldur looked over at the arriving Slytherin and nodded his head in greeting. "Good afternoon, Mr. Dawkins. Ready for some flying today, I hope." He hummed to himself as he hovered past the boy towards the next student.
Text Cut: Daehyun
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Originally Posted by debpetrisor
Flying was bad enough as it was, but flying while it snowed? Oh, Merlin, he prayed he'd make it out of the class unscathed. He did need to pay the healer a visit to ask her about some remedies he'd read about, but hopefully, that was going to be the only reason for his visit.
He loved snow, though, so he scurried towards the pitch with a small smile on his face as tiny snowflakes fell all around, his nose buried deep into a huge scarf and his hands stuffed in the pockets of his warm robe. It was a lovely day... just not for flying. Well, for him, there was never a good day for flying.
Upon seeing professor Haraldur, he couldn't help but smile at the man who'd been more than kind and understanding to what could very likely be his worst ever student. "Hello, professor!" Noticing the pile of notebooks, he prayed for a theoretical lesson. Please, please, please.
Ah, yes, young Daehyun. Haraldur smiled at the Gryffindor. "Good afternoon, Mr Yoon. Good day for flying, I tell ya." It was allll going to be finnnnnne. Haraldur was sure of it.
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Originally Posted by Devina Wellheart
Reese was very excited to be making his way down to the pitch with his broom.. He loved to fly and was actually quite proficient on broom back. Which is why his sister Rylee hadn't understood why he hadn't gone and tried out for his house's quidditch team.. He just hadn't wanted to this term, but there were 6 more terms he could. So... No worries.
" Hello, Sir..", he said with a smile as he made his way passed the hovering professor as he looked at the stack of black notebooks... Hmm?.. Woner what the lesson will be?..
And then he caught sight of his bundled up girlfriend looking as uncomfortable and annoyed as ever.. HEHE! She was adorable in her layers of cold weather defese.. REese had just stuck his yellow knit cap on and his leather, Rabbit fur lined gloves.. He wasn't much of a bundle up boy. Hat, gloves and boots.. LALALA!
Up beside her he sidled as he held onto his broom.. " Hey there, Quinnie.. ", he smiled as he lightly bumped her with his shoulder.
Haraldur smiled as yet another Hufflepuff made it to class. "Hello to you, Mr Prichard." He said as he hovered back towards him and Quinn. His sister should be arriving any minute...
Text Cut: Kye
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Originally Posted by Dokimoto
Kye made her way to class with broom in hand. She loved the breeze going through right now, and all in all, was in high spirits. The snow didn't bother her. She was, unsurprisingly, not the first one down to the pitch, but she was still early! She smiled and greeted the Professor first with a, "Good afternoon, Sir!" Turning toward the students that had already arrived, Kye's smile stayed. "Hey!" she said generally, mostly to those like Emmalyn that she had worked with on plenty of group projects now. Slight shiver, but Kye still enjoyed the chill November air. She began to mindlessly do some of her Quidditch stretching. After all, it was objectively pretty chilly, and she hadn't done a lot of moving around thus far today.
Another Quidditch player. Haraldur gave the Slytherin Chaser a smile and a nod. "Miss Atwater, good afternoon to you." He nodded in encouragement when she started doing her stretches. It was good to keep warm now that winter was approaching.
Text Cut: Skylar
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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising
Cold? Pfft. Honestly that didn't bother Skylar at ALL. She'd flown in all sorts of conditions, after all. What did bother her was the fact that only ONE of teammates were present. Perhaps she should have told them this counted as an extra practice...
Broom in hand, she approached the rest of the class, sidling up by her chaser and roomie. Warm smiles for you, Kye! You get all the bonus points! And then glanced back towards the Professor - on his broom, of course. "Hey Professor B!" She greeted. Also, could his hovering mean she could hover like that too, please?
Arriving just after Kye was his Slytherin Captain. Haraldur hovered over to her, giving her a nod. "Hello, hello, Miss Diggory. Hope you're as ready as always for another flying lesson." He gave her a heavy pat on the shoulder before hovering past her to greet the next arriving students.
Text Cut: Rylee
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Originally Posted by Kolyander
Rylee practically skipped towards the pitch in excitement, her broom in hand. The snowflakes that weren't currently falling to add to the thin layer of snow crushing beneath her boots didn't bother her in the least. If anything at all it added that little bit more to the young girls good mood. She loved the snow, the cold, the holidays and all that came with it.
She had done her very best to cast a heating charm on herself before she made her way outside, how long it would last she really wasn't sure. One her feet were Quidditch boots and she was wearing her beater gloves as well. She had on her warmest winter cloak but the hood wasn't on her head and her hat was in her pocket rather than on her head. At least her hair was pulled back into a tight french braid though.
Humming one of her own tunes under her breath she paused mid note raising her hand to wave at Baldvinsson. "Hello, Professor!," she greeted cheerfully with a bright smile. "Hi, everyone!" Spotting Reese and Quinn she smiled at them both.
With her pink tinted cheeks she went to stand right up front and center, bouncing lightly on the heels on feet. She was ready to get flying.
Someone who never failed to be ready for flying class was one of the latest additions to the Gryffindor roster. Zoryn had trained her well during her first year and Rylee was now flying alongside her. Haraldur gave the Beater a smile as she approached the group. "Good afternoon, Miss Prichard. Welcome to class!"
Text Cut: Anna
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Originally Posted by Hey Ju
FLYYYYIIIINNNNGGGGGG!!!
Only the BEST class ever. THE. BEST. Also probably the only one that never in the history of ever made Anna want to take a nap.
And cold!? She didn't mind the cold! She even dressed as if it were a few degrees warmer because she was used to working out outside in the cold. She knew she'd get warmed up pretty quickly and would end up regretting having so many layers on.
"Hiya, professor!" The Gryffindor exclaimed, frantically waving her free hand at the man. Her other hand was firmly holding her BRAND NEW broom. And yes, Anna was still in love with it. It was just the BEST.
Could they just take off now, please? No need to talk. Who needed talking? Talking was for the boring lessons and this was FLYYYIIINNNGGGG.
Haraldur hovered over to the excited Gryffindor. "Hello, Miss Meriwether!" He smiled amused at her wave. "We'll be kicking off in just a few." He assured her.
Text Cut: Harriet
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Originally Posted by RachieRu
Harriet was still smarting a little from being a reserve on the quidditch team, but she wasn't going to let that stop her from attending the flying lesson. She adored flying, now that it was safe for her to do so, and so she would be taking everyone opportunity to get in the air. It was a bit cold, a bit was an understatement really, but she was sure when they started to fly around that she would soon warm up. She'd dressed to fly, rather than wrapping up really warm. But she'd put a warming charm around herself, so she wasn't that cold. She smiled to herself was she walked down to the flying lesson area. Today was going to be a good day.
"Hi Professor" She murmured with a smile as she arrived, and looked around at everyone that was gathered. Yep. she was looking forward to the flying lesson. It should be fun!
"Ah, good afternoon Miss Paton." Haraldur hovered over to her and glanced quickly over her shoulder up at the castle. "You're right on time, it's time to start."
Haraldur took one final glance up towards the castle before hovering up to the front of the group. ”Alright, kids. Let’s get crack-a-lackin’!” Any late arrivals would have to face the wrath. Or something.
The instructor hovered next to the small table and placed his hand on the stack of notebooks. ”Let’s not talk about these journals just yet. They’re related to a long-term assignment which you will learn more about at the end of class. For right now, we’re going to talk about physical health.” The enthusiasm of the group was mild to say the least but Haraldur was determined to change that. ”Some of you are going to be focused on OWLs or NEWTs this year while others might be struggling to keep up in classes.” Potions class with Noble came to mind as a suggestion for that one. ”And… A year at Hogwarts can be testing in and of itself.” Understatement of the year. ”But keeping an active lifestyle helps to reduce stress, anxiety and increase focus on other endeavours.” Which was why flying class was such an important subject for them to take, but he left that part out.
”There are different ways to keeping an active lifestyle and what counts as active is of course individual. Whether you’re doing a muggle or wizarding sport or no sport at all but simply exercising, it improves your well-being both mentally and physically. Whatever you practice, what would you say is the most important aspect of your workout? What is your reason for exercising?”
ooc: Aaaand we’re off, starting with a quick question about exercise!
Class will continue in approx 24 hours, tomorrow Saturday 8 PM CET.
Standing among the other student's with her broom in her hand and shivering slightly because of the weather she listened silently, flying lessons were fun, she actually liked it to fly because that way she was able to have fun and to really enjoy herself, but talking about health wasn't exactly her favorite subject of all... Of course she knew what to answer, she would have been stupid if not, buuuuut, she did not wanted to speak up yet because, why would she? Listening to the others was way more easy!
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Jessa caught the waves of the Hufflepuffs (Emmalyn and Daisy) returning them in kind despite most of her attention well and truly being on the books. "I'm alright." She said answering the man's question simply. The Ravenclaw saw no need to go into detail for what had been a polite question typically asked when seeing someone. Yes. She was alright. Alright was about the best word she could use for it right now. Not happy. Not sad. Just there.
Her nose wrinkled somewhat at the mention of exercise and why they did it and even more at having to wait to figure out the items that were placed before them--could'a left them hidden until needed. Now she would spend at least half the class trying to work it through in her head. The topic made sense, this being flying and all but there were very few things she hated as much.
Of course, over the summer (which now felt like a lifetime away and another world entirely), there'd been some appeal. She could see herself continuing it then and the results were instant but now....back here in the castle where she literally had everything else to focus on, exercise had become the one chore she never usually pushed herself to get done.
"I don't think I've got an important part to my routine and I only exercise because they say I have to."
So really, not a helpful answer at all. Perhaps she'd opt out of answering if they would all turn out that way.
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She continued to bounce up and down, keeping her body temp up and flight ready, as she watched more and more students arrive. She gave a smile and nod as her fellow quidditch teammates arrive. "Hi Maddie and Daisy!" Her teammates were the best and Bel was the most fun captain. Marshmallows!
Once class began, she was a little sadden to not be able to immediately hop on her new broom. Sure, she knew it was coming, but flying was what she wanted to do. She raised a gloved hand, "Sir, I exercise to stay in top quidditch playing condition. If I slack off and don't exercise, I get all tired and winded while playing. Plus, it's always a good idea to cross train. I like to run and play softball. It helps keep up my endurance and playing softball helps me with my quaffle throwing."
The snow seemed to be coming down harder, which was even more exciting. Little snowflakes falling while zooming through the air on a broom was beautiful.
Reese stood beside Quinn and waved to his sister when she came to the class as well. He was sorta bummed when she didn't come to stand beside them too, but Oh wells.. Then The professor started talking... OKAY!.. They weren't getting the books yet.. That made sense.. They'd be flying soon enough.. Not reading...
After they'd been asked the couple of questions Reese's hand was quick to shoot up.. " I like flyin' best.. When I'm flyin' I'm free and I'm able to think better for some reason.. Maybe it's the feeling of the air rushing through my hair.. Maybe it's that feeling of freedom.. But.. It's relaxing.."
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Ooft. Exercise. Abra had a tricky relationship with exercise; basically, if it wasn't swimming or Quidditch, it wasn't for him. Loads of kids at Hogwarts went running all the time, Abra knew, and he'd tried it once or... once... but, yeah. No. Not for him. But naturally the topic had to come up in a class he usually did reasonably well in, a class where he also couldn't exactly stand around and say nothing in because of the whole badge situation.
After a moment or two, Abra - bundled up tight against the cold and glad to have mastered those warming charms, because it was that cold out - raised a gloved hand and spoke, his words somewhat muffled through his scarf. "I climb the stairs in the castle, and go all over everywhere for classes. It's not really a workout at all actually, but I'd say it probably keeps me reasonably fit, doing that all day. The important part is that it's consistent." You know, moving every hour or so, going up and down stairs every day, living at the very top of the castle and all that. Really, it was enough for keeping himself light and speedy enough for his Seeker position, he just needed to make sure he didn't overeat. "I also like to swim sometimes, though, and play Quidditch, of course, but that's because they're fun, not because I just want to exercise." It was probably a good idea - as a school sports captain - to say something other than 'I walk around the castle to get to my lessons.'
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Did he have to ask? Skylar was pretty much ALWAYS ready for flying class and if they could have it every day that would be fantabulous. But moving on because lesson was starting and there were notebooks??
WAIT. WAIT.
Oh no. See, Skylar liked writing. She liked exercise. But there was something about mixing the two of them that she didn't like.
Raising her hand, "Stretching first, because without it you could get cramps and sore muscles." Yes, the Slytherin Team, IF they were present, would know that answer because she was very big on stretching before every practice and tryout. As far as her reasoning for exercising. "Exercise for me helps me feel in control. It's something that I can do effortlessly." Uh... what? But it was true, it just felt weird to say that aloud.
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This was going to be her favorite class she just knew it and standing with the rest of the group she was so excited. FLYING was her favorite, but she figured he knew that since she had made the team. Her, Chloe McCarthy, she was really here and really on the team.
It wasn't until he asked about exercise that the first year really stop to think. Why was he talking about exercise, shouldn't he be talking about brooms, flying?
"Quidditch Sir" She couldn't help but say that first, that was her biggest reason for exercise and really wasn't that the only reason to do it. "I do whatever training is needed to keep ready for quidditch."
As an 11 year old though most of her exercise didn't seem like exercise to her, it was running around and having fun, though it was keeping her active and fit.
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"I exercise and stretch so that I am in top form when I play Quidditch. It is also a great mental outlet because it helps me focus on tasks that need to be done or if I need to combat my emotions." Daisy replied, trying her best to sum up her answer.
Good day for flying, he'd said? Heh. It was a good day, he couldn't deny that. The rest he'd have to see in a bit.
As professor Haraldur kept talking about active lifestyles and sports or simply exercising, Daehyun could feel himself lowering his head and avoiding eye contact with the man at all costs. He did not have an active lifestyle, he did not exercise, and he most certainly did not do sports. Muggle or magical.
... unless flipping pages of books counted as exercising for his fingers. Or walking up to the Gryffindor tower every day.
Sports. Reasons for exercising. Hahahahahahaha.
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Flying Lesson 1: How to train like an athlete 
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