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Upon entering the History of Magic classroom on this crisp fall afternoon, you'll notice a couple of pictures on the board, probably hinting at the theme of today's lesson:
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Or...maybe not? Seems like an odd assortment of pictures...
Either way, the classroom is laid out the same as it always is, in neat little rows with room for Gabi to walk around as she's lecturing, like she always does. The blonde is sitting on her desk in the front of the room, but even though she's smiling, she seems...tired. She's been that way for the last few lessons, actually. Perhaps having your work place taken over by a hostile group intent on muggle destruction isn't great for one's sleep schedule.
"Good afternoon class, come in and take a seat," she says cheerfully as the class begins to file in.
OOC: Hello all! Welcome to your first HoM class of the term! Remember, IC there have been MANY HoM lessons that your character has already attended, so they are already familiar with Gabi and how she operates. Class will move on in roughly 30ish hours CLASS HAS STARTED, PLEASE DO NO POST YOUR CHARACTER ARRIVING LATE! As always please familiarize yourself with my History of Magic classroom rules AND the SS RPG rules if you haven't already. Thanks!
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Keeping his head low, Atlas was determined to just look as though he were taking notes. Draw no attention to himself whatsoever...especially as the conversation continued. Though his thoughts were swirling a bit, especially as Emmerson spoke and mentioned the Salem Witch Trials...which had a direct line to the creation of the Statute. He looked as his hand, glared at it, silently commanding it to raise so he could chime in and...well...maybe gain some points with the Hoods™ for making this connection and raising it. There was nothing morally wrong with stating historical fact and...well..the wizarding rules at the time had gone and asked for help from the muggle monarchs at that time asking for protection and had been denied. Again. Facts. Nothing morally wrong there. But his hand refused to move...frozen in place and, even if he had been able to get it up, he might not have been able to speak.
Their presence was just...too strong.
So instead of speaking up, the Gryffindor remained silent and slouched a bit more in his seat as things moved along and a list of names appeared on the board. Atlas recognized several immediately...but not necessarily because of their mythological significance. Dad read all kinds of astronomy texts and magazines to the twins and he had unfortunately retained most of it. Like Circe being a dark main belt asteroid and Medusa for the planetary nebula found in the constellation of Gemini, both things he jotted down on his parchment and as he moved on her corrected his notes a bit and continued to add his frame of reference. Cerberus was an obsolete constellation and its stars now found in Hercules and that Proteus was one of Neptune's moons. Though, to be honest, he knew a lot more about Proteus than the others because it had to do with the ocean and he had a lovestruck fascination with it. It was probably the only person on this list that he could actually retell any sort of story to...but he did not want to do that. Would rather continue to not speak at all during this lesson, thank you.
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Circe
a large and very dark main-belt asteroid
Cerebus Cerberus
an obsolete constellation with its stars now found in the constellation Hercules
Porteus Proteus
the second-largest Neptunian moon and Neptune's largest inner satellite
A shape-changing sea god who changes shape to avoid telling the future to people - a seer that was either also an animagus or gifted in Human Transfiguration
The English word "protean" is derived from the name Proteus and is applied to the Protean Charm
Medusa
planetary nebula found in the constellation Gemini
Setting his quill back in the ink well, Atlas dared to lift his eyes and look around at his peers. He would...rather not have to look in his textbook for myth purposes if he could help it so...anyone want to give him the answers to the other three?
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Dahlia hadn't been all that confident with her previous reply but it was quickly proving clear that Professor Recard approved. It was just what the small first year needed to perk herself up and get her head in the game for the next part of the lesson.
As the Professor spoke about the photos that were up on the board, Lia took down very detailed notes on each one. Who knew when this information might be needed again. Surely it would prove useful at some point in time, otherwise why were they learning about it?
Underneath all the information she had written down about Cyclops, The Loch Ness monster and Winged Horses, she added the new list with more than enough space to give her explanations.
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Circe:
Cerebus:
Porteus:
Medusa:
Then she took out her textbook, just in case. Blue eyes finally lifting upwards to look around. Was there anyone that still needed a partner? "Does anyone still want someone to work with?"
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See, Ash did not care about this subject, but she did care about her survival. She looked into the textbook.
Circe: changed people into animals, so probably a witch
Cerberus: supposed to guard the underworld, but probably just a normal three headed dog guarding a necromancer's house or something
Proteus: sea prophet. Maybe just really good at divination
Medusa: gorgons are real, I think? I dunno.
She looked up. Then she looked back down and acted like she was reviewing the notes. Yes, I am working. Do not kill me. Etc.
Austin looked around for anyone that wanted to work with him, he would rather work alone but, if the lesson called for a partner then whatever. He knew the professor was acting. She had to with these idiots looking over them. If he knew anything from reading history books, it's that muggles were smarter than wizards and witches gave them credit for.
Violet had gotten out her book, parchment, and quill, but it was hard to concentrate in any of her classes with the constant presence of those hooded guys. She had written down some preliminary notes but had lost her train of thought and was now twirling her quill between her fingers and staring off into space.
Text Cut: Violet's parchment
Circe -- Greek witch (was known for using a staff = WAND!); used transfiguration to turn sailors into animals; also knew a lot about potions and herbs
Cerberus -- Magical creature; a type of three-headed dog; these are still around today; the original was said to guard the underworld and have a serpent tail, lion's claws, and a mane of snakes--that was probably exaggeration used to explain things to Muggles who happened to see one
Proteus -- probably a wizard; known to be a shape-shifter; the Protean charm is named after him
Medusa -- one of three creatures called Gorgons; was supposed to have hair of snakes and be able to turn anyone into stone that looked at her; mythological descriptions of the Gorgons vary a lot, they were probably really Basilisks (it's not like anyone would have gotten a good look at one, not and live to tell it)
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SPOILER!!: Fiona & Heath <3
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Fiona listened attentively to Professor Recard's talking about Greek Mythology and how the subjects on the board connected to that mythology. Soon it was mini activity time.
"I'd love to work with you," Fiona replied as she began to turn the pages of her book. At Claudine's suggestion, Fiona thought for a moment then smiled. "Circe is a good one to start with."
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SPOILER!!: Claudine & Fiona
Heath listened intently as Professor Recard explained the real reasons why the muggle Greek myths departed from the truth, taking thorough notes as he did so. Oh, the Cyclops was actually a giant that had only one eye? No, he didn't know that from chocolate frogs, as he hadn't had any in years, but it was still an interesting bit of information. He took out a piece of parchment to copy down the list of characters written on the board, though he blinked confusedly at the instructions. So working alone wasn't an option? Okay then…
He was about to get up to look for a partner when Claudine's voice caused his dark head to whip around. He nodded approvingly. "Of course,"* he said, "and yes, we can start with Circe." He had no preference. If the girls wanted to start with Circe, that was okay with him.
He opened his textbook to the correct page and read the information on the subject. "Circe was said to turn lost sailors into pigs, so she had to be a witch, right?" he said, looking to the two girls for feedback. "Do you think there's anything else she could've been?"
Great.
Claudine was partnering with people she actually liked. The roommate and the boyfriend. Anyway. There was work to be done. Hearing Heath’s words, she nodded. “At this point, I can’t think of anything else,’’ Claudine admitted. On a slip of parchment, she wrote ‘Circe - Witch??’.
“I think I know who… rather, what Medusa could be. It says here in the book that Medusa could turn anyone to stone if they looked at her. Doesn’t that sound like a gorgon?’’ The dark creatures had immediately popped into her mind upon reading of Medusa because there wasn’t much around that could turn anyone to stone.
Again, the most Kale knew about Greek mythology was that Brad Pitt version of Troy. While he did appreciate the aesthetic of everyone in that film-- EVERYONE-- he didn't think it was very accurate. Like puh-lease, Patroclus was Achilles' boyfriend, movie, not his cousin. Let beautiful men kiss was all he was advocating for really.
The lesson didn't care about that though. It wanted him to do his best guess work and if Kale Trent was good at anything it was guessing. Basically most of his tenure at this school was his best guess.
So he took at his quill and started to make things up. No, he did not consult the books so kindly offered. He couldn't concentrate with Hooded Dudes makin' this term so unbearable. So, guessin' would have to do.
SPOILER!!: notes
-Circe, queen of Westeros. She was totally a witch. That was how she blew up the tower with green flames.
-Cerebus, three-headed dog who was mentioned in Disney's Hercules. -Porteus
-Medusa, a Harpie because she se-dusa's men.
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SPOILER!!: Claudine <3
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SPOILER!!: Fiona & Heath <3
Great.
Claudine was partnering with people she actually liked. The roommate and the boyfriend. Anyway. There was work to be done. Hearing Heath’s words, she nodded. “At this point, I can’t think of anything else,’’ Claudine admitted. On a slip of parchment, she wrote ‘Circe - Witch??’.
“I think I know who… rather, what Medusa could be. It says here in the book that Medusa could turn anyone to stone if they looked at her. Doesn’t that sound like a gorgon?’’ The dark creatures had immediately popped into her mind upon reading of Medusa because there wasn’t much around that could turn anyone to stone.
Heath looked at his list again. Could the first answer really be that straightforward, or was there something else that he wasn’t seeing? Maybe he was just overthinking things again. At any rate, he was curious to know what Claudine and Fiona thought. It was only when Claudine agreed with his line of thought that he wrote “Witch” beside Circe’s name on his parchment.
He was quiet for a moment as he considered Claudine’s guess for Medusa. The thought briefly crossed his mind that Medusa might also have been a basilisk, as it wasn’t unheard of for them to petrify their victims, and petrification was similar to being turned to stone. But he quickly rejected that idea. Basilisks were more likely to kill their victims unless… Was it possible that the victims’ fate had been lost in translation over the centuries? Maybe Medusa’s victims actually did die but that had been fictionalized as turning to stone? He shook his head. There he went overthinking everything again! Probably best to go with the most simple answer. “I think gorgon makes the most sense,” he replied, nodding in agreement.
Two down, two left to go. Heath glanced at the list, then at his book. “So Cerberus…” he said, flipping through the pages. “It says here that he was a three-headed dog that guarded the entrance to the Underworld. Do you think he was just a regular three-headed dog or something else? And where did the connection to the Underworld come from?”
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Setting his quill back in the ink well, Atlas dared to lift his eyes and look around at his peers. He would...rather not have to look in his textbook for myth purposes if he could help it so...anyone want to give him the answers to the other three?
Phoebe needed a partner, sure, but she also needed to help this little muffin sitting near her get his life in order. She leaned in and tapped the parchment he was scribbling on furiously. "Hey. This is star stuff, bud. They want Greek myth stuff. But you're..." She turned her head and eyed his notes. "You're very smart about the star stuff, aren't you? Want to be partners? I'll probably boss you around a bunch, but you'll like it because I'm charming."
She scooped up her own quill and wiggled it over his parchment. Could she write too? "Circe was a witch. That one seems pretty easy. She made potions. She had a wand. She turned people into pigs. Basic witchy stuff, right? Now... Cerberus... dog with a bunch of heads. Guard dog thing. Of the underworld. What do you make of that?"
She saw that he already had some notes for Proteus, which was good since she really didn't know much about him and it would require opening the book. And Medusa... the snake lady. "Medusa. She turned men into stone. Basilisk, do you think?"
Nem was back to just sitting by, head propped in hand, whiling away the minutes until it was time for the activity, their notes thus far remaining untouched.
That, of course, would change now that they had reached the next phase of the lesson. Nem silently got to work, copying down the names, bar the one they recognised as being incorrect, which they changed, plus some brief notes. Brief, because their interest was already drifting entirely too far and entirely too fast. Someone needed to tick of one of the Hoods, liven things up a bit.
Porteus was a new one, and a quick flip through the textbook told Nem that they were also not a real one. They stopped, stared at the word on the page, tap-tap-tapped it with an index finger, and cast their mind over other subjects. Greek mythological - aside from the ones which were impossible to not notice over time, plus anything personally relevant - was definitely not an interest of theirs, so they couldn't exactly run through names in their head. There was a Proteus, though, in Astronomy. Planets, stars, moons, galaxies, more often than not, those had roots in this sort of stuff, so Nem tried that route, wondering all the while if needing to take another route was intentional or a regular old mistakes.
And then Grantham Granthamed.
SPOILER!!: Bernie Berns
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Bernie was TRYING to keep her head down here, but then Recard was being really nice to her and giving her a shoutout and even referencing a Muggle game she'd played when she was a kid, (she'd heard it, she had, even though she was busy drawing little lightning bolts and winged sandals on her paper), and all in all, Berns was a bit embarrassed that for once she wasn't failing at this class.
She stopped her doodling and dutifully wrote down the names of the four so-called creatures on her paper, along with her initial thoughts about them just based on her own private stores of knowledge.
SPOILER!!: Thoughts
-Circe: sorceress, has a chocolate frog card? big into human Transfiguration
-Cerberus: aka, Fluffy? three headed dog, works for Hades, I think Recard spelled this wrong
-Porteus: ???? portkeys? no idea
-Medusa: some kind of basilisk or cockatrice or idk what else can petrify people
Bernie really just wanted to add more doodles to her collection, particularly since she liked drawing dogs and was confident she could make a three-headed Snoopy for Cerberus, but. The professor had said work with a partner and so she turned to the person next her, aka, Nemesis. A real Greek God, hmm? She studied the Slytherin for a moment with a bemused expression on, and then casually lobbed her parchment on their desk, along with a half-whispered:
"Psst. Wanna help a mortal out?"
The parchment landed directly on top of Nem's textbook, right in the way of the passage about Proteus, which they'd just turned to. Nem looked up and over at Grantham, almost amused. "Sure." A benevolent god.
Still scanning the book, Nem opened up the parchment and held it there ready to drag their eyes over to it. Naturally, they sought out the same point they'd become stuck on, and then looked over the rest. And added some words. For old times' sake.
SPOILER!!: Berning Thoughts
-Circe: sorceress, has a chocolate frog card? big into human Transfiguration
-Cerberus: aka, Fluffy? three headed dog, works for Hades, I think Recard spelled this wrong
-Porteus: ???? portkeys? no ideaproteus (as in protean)
-Medusa: some kind of basilisk or cockatrice or idk what else can petrify people still a gorgon, dark creature, definitely real
Looking back over at Bernie, they handed the parchment back, and decided to do away with the shifty whispering for now. "As far as I'm concerned, Circe really was just Circe. But try this approach for the third one. Looks like he was a shapeshifting prophet." Which seemed self-explanatory, but who knew where Recard was going with this. Whatever. "Seer, probably, but the name makes me think the shape-shifting is more important, so maybe a metamorphmagus." Or just another who was really into Human Transfiguration. Who knew. Who cared.
Nem was just going to go ahead and add those to their own parchment, call it done.
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What a relief it was to see everyone working together - and the hooded figures were behaving themselves too which was a pleasant surprise. ”If you don’t have a partner feel free to work on your own!” She added as a reminder to them as they started to pair up. Had she said that? She was sure she had but maybe she was mistaken.
OOC: hey everyone! So my brain was obviously WAY exhausted from work yesterday and I had some typos in the Greek names (but that’s why google is there to correct me right?) AND I meant to type “alone” or with a partner...not together >_____< this is also your reminder that you have about 20 hours to go before we move on. Maybe longer! We’ll see!
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Dahlia hadn't been all that confident with her previous reply but it was quickly proving clear that Professor Recard approved. It was just what the small first year needed to perk herself up and get her head in the game for the next part of the lesson.
As the Professor spoke about the photos that were up on the board, Lia took down very detailed notes on each one. Who knew when this information might be needed again. Surely it would prove useful at some point in time, otherwise why were they learning about it?
Underneath all the information she had written down about Cyclops, The Loch Ness monster and Winged Horses, she added the new list with more than enough space to give her explanations.
Then she took out her textbook, just in case. Blue eyes finally lifting upwards to look around. Was there anyone that still needed a partner? "Does anyone still want someone to work with?"
Quinn looked around the room for a partner and heard Dahlia ask for one, too. He went over to her with his Quill and parchment. Quinn remembered something about Dahlia—her family had a menagerie. She knew all about magical creatures, and he knew about Greek myth, so their individual bits of knowledge could come together quite nicely to finish this assignment up quickly.
"Hey, Dahlia! I don't have a partner yet, either, so... let's work together?"
Felix, I don't think you could typo if you tried? *squints*
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SPOILER!!: Nemassisted--- THIS IS A GOOD ONE!!! WWW WILL USE IT
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Nem was back to just sitting by, head propped in hand, whiling away the minutes until it was time for the activity, their notes thus far remaining untouched.
That, of course, would change now that they had reached the next phase of the lesson. Nem silently got to work, copying down the names, bar the one they recognised as being incorrect, which they changed, plus some brief notes. Brief, because their interest was already drifting entirely too far and entirely too fast. Someone needed to tick of one of the Hoods, liven things up a bit.
Porteus was a new one, and a quick flip through the textbook told Nem that they were also not a real one. They stopped, stared at the word on the page, tap-tap-tapped it with an index finger, and cast their mind over other subjects. Greek mythological - aside from the ones which were impossible to not notice over time, plus anything personally relevant - was definitely not an interest of theirs, so they couldn't exactly run through names in their head. There was a Proteus, though, in Astronomy. Planets, stars, moons, galaxies, more often than not, those had roots in this sort of stuff, so Nem tried that route, wondering all the while if needing to take another route was intentional or a regular old mistakes.
And then Grantham Granthamed.
The parchment landed directly on top of Nem's textbook, right in the way of the passage about Proteus, which they'd just turned to. Nem looked up and over at Grantham, almost amused. "Sure." A benevolent god.
Still scanning the book, Nem opened up the parchment and held it there ready to drag their eyes over to it. Naturally, they sought out the same point they'd become stuck on, and then looked over the rest. And added some words. For old times' sake.
SPOILER!!: Berning Thoughts
-Circe: sorceress, has a chocolate frog card? big into human Transfiguration
-Cerberus: aka, Fluffy? three headed dog, works for Hades, I think Recard spelled this wrong
-Porteus: ???? portkeys? no ideaproteus (as in protean)
-Medusa: some kind of basilisk or cockatrice or idk what else can petrify people still a gorgon, dark creature, definitely real
Looking back over at Bernie, they handed the parchment back, and decided to do away with the shifty whispering for now. "As far as I'm concerned, Circe really was just Circe. But try this approach for the third one. Looks like he was a shapeshifting prophet." Which seemed self-explanatory, but who knew where Recard was going with this. Whatever. "Seer, probably, but the name makes me think the shape-shifting is more important, so maybe a metamorphmagus." Or just another who was really into Human Transfiguration. Who knew. Who cared.
Nem was just going to go ahead and add those to their own parchment, call it done.
Okay but listen, again, whispering was fun, and sometimes Bernadette was convinced that perhaps Nemesis was A C T U A L L Y two thousand years old (or however long ago their namesake had lived) and thus incapable of normal, lighthearted, fun kid stuff.
But hey, at least they were helpful for a change.
"Thanksssss," she replied as she read her handed-back parchment, half-surprised to learn that gorgons were... er, real? Bernie had dropped the Creatures class a few years ago after the French man 1) made her sing and 2) abandoned her for France, so she really had no idea what they were even learning out there in that class. Huh.
She half-flipped through her book to try to find the part about proteus... the protean charm? adding more thoughts to her list as she worked.
SPOILER!!: Thots
-Circe: sorceress, has a chocolate frog card? big into human Transfiguration, basically just an accomplished witch
-Cerberus: aka, Fluffy? three headed dog, works for Hades, I think Recard spelled this wrong
-Porteus: ???? portkeys? no ideaproteus (as in protean)
-Protein: still dunno who this is but they named a charm after him
-Medusa: some kind of basilisk or cockatrice or idk what else can petrify people still a gorgon, dark creature, definitely real yes, that
Annnnnd done. She fully went back to illustrating her paper, making sure to make Medusa look more basilisk-like than she deserved, but it was fun. She supposed she'd find out who Proton was in a few so. The doodles were more important at the moment. What would Cerberus eat if they could? Maybe Medusa's head? What if Medusa's head could be kicked around like a football? Bernadette would explore this with her illustrations, yuss.
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Austin looked around for anyone that wanted to work with him, he would rather work alone but, if the lesson called for a partner then whatever. He knew the professor was acting. She had to with these idiots looking over them. If he knew anything from reading history books, it's that muggles were smarter than wizards and witches gave them credit for.
Jean-Luc sighed as he took notes down on his parchment before looking for a partner.
If near death wasn't stressing enough, glancing around the room surely he would recognize someone from his house right? The young Slytherin hadn't been very social lately but it was never too late to start.
"Hey dude, would you like to work on this assignment together?" Jean smiled. Was that the appropriate way to approach the situation?
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"I'll be your partner!" Mamie volunteered immediately, grabbing her textbook, quill, and some parchment and relocating to be closer to the first year. She knew this one...from another class, if she remembered correctly.
Once situated, she flipped her book open. Circe...turned people into animals with a wand or herbs. She tapped a paragraph in the book with her quill. "She's definitely a witch," Mamie reasoned. "Using transfiguration and potions, it sounds like!" She looked to the first year for corroboration of her theory.
Oh, hey--it was Mamie! Mamie was one of the few people Delilah considered a possble friend. She just hadn't gotten to know many people that well, but she was coming around. Anyway, Mamie was always nice to partner with. Delilah gave an excited scoot in her general direction. The Hufflegirl was already making her way over, though, so Delilah didn't have that far to go. "Thanks!" she said.
"So this is what I have so far," she said, and she pointed to her basically empty parchment with a laugh. "Sorry. I'm new to magic, but I'm good at looking up stuff in textbooks if that helps?" She had, after all, already turned to the page on Circe. "This first one does seem like a regular witch, just like the two of us, expect...she's just super good at Transfiguration. And Potions!" Agreed. She jotted down those notes next to Circe.
"What about that second one? Wasn't there a story about some three-headed dog at Hogwarts?" she asked.
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Circe: - witch; good at Transfiguration and Potions Cerberus: Porteus: Medusa:
Oh, hey--it was Mamie! Mamie was one of the few people Delilah considered a possble friend. She just hadn't gotten to know many people that well, but she was coming around. Anyway, Mamie was always nice to partner with. Delilah gave an excited scoot in her general direction. The Hufflegirl was already making her way over, though, so Delilah didn't have that far to go. "Thanks!" she said.
"So this is what I have so far," she said, and she pointed to her basically empty parchment with a laugh. "Sorry. I'm new to magic, but I'm good at looking up stuff in textbooks if that helps?" She had, after all, already turned to the page on Circe. "This first one does seem like a regular witch, just like the two of us, expect...she's just super good at Transfiguration. And Potions!" Agreed. She jotted down those notes next to Circe.
"What about that second one? Wasn't there a story about some three-headed dog at Hogwarts?" she asked.
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Circe: - witch; good at Transfiguration and Potions Cerberus: Proteus: Medusa:
Mamie grinned at Delilah's enthusiasm. Looking things up in a textbook was definitely better when done with a buddy. Solo work was not Mamie's favorite. She, too, jotted down some notes about the witch Circe. She scratched her chin again, trying to think of what three-headed dog at Hogwarts Delilah was talking about.
"You think that's the same kind of creature?" she asked, trying to flip through her book to find something. The chapter on Greek mythology did have some information about the hellhound. Mamie tapped a drawing on her page. "It says in Greek mythology, Cerberus was a hellhound who guarded the entrance to the underworld." But Recard had said their textbook was just the myths, not the actual history, so...
"Did your three-headed Hogwarts dog guard something?" she asked. Maybe hellhounds were just magical guarddogs. "And what about this Proteus person? Do you think that's where the prefix proto- comes from?" She tried to remember what that prefix meant. It meant ancestor or something, if she remembered what her Papa had told her one time.
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Quinn looked around the room for a partner and heard Dahlia ask for one, too. He went over to her with his Quill and parchment. Quinn remembered something about Dahlia—her family had a menagerie. She knew all about magical creatures, and he knew about Greek myth, so their individual bits of knowledge could come together quite nicely to finish this assignment up quickly.
"Hey, Dahlia! I don't have a partner yet, either, so... let's work together?"
A small smile tugged at her lips when Quinn walked towards her. "Hey! Sure, I'd much rather work with someone than alone." If they worked together they might be able to figure these out in a way that made the most sense. "You can sit with me or pull up a chair." She even scooted over on her chair for him just in case. Having his own chair might be more comfortable but either way was fine with out and it beat standing around.
"Is there any that you're sure of already?" Lia looked down at her parchment and then back at him.
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Circe: Witch/Sorceress, highly skilled in the areas of Herbology, Potions and Transfiguration, specially human to animal. Cerebus: Cerberus or Three-Headed dog Porteus: Medusa:
"It makes sense to me that Circe was a witch, a very good one at that. She was really good with plants, potions and changing people into animals... so Herbology, Potions and Transfiguration." Dahlia picked up her quill to jot that down on her parchment, giving Quinn time to do the same as well as add to anything she had said about Circe or any of the others.
Chewing at her lip, Dahlia flipping open her textbook to skim through the stories that were written there. "Doesn't Cerebus sound a lot like Cerberus?" She knew Cerberus to be the multi-headed dog of the underworld but she also knew that back in the day a very large Three-Headed dog lived here at Hogwarts. This definitely sounded like the same thing to her.
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SPOILER!!: Heath + mention of Fiona
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Heath looked at his list again. Could the first answer really be that straightforward, or was there something else that he wasn’t seeing? Maybe he was just overthinking things again. At any rate, he was curious to know what Claudine and Fiona thought. It was only when Claudine agreed with his line of thought that he wrote “Witch” beside Circe’s name on his parchment.
He was quiet for a moment as he considered Claudine’s guess for Medusa. The thought briefly crossed his mind that Medusa might also have been a basilisk, as it wasn’t unheard of for them to petrify their victims, and petrification was similar to being turned to stone. But he quickly rejected that idea. Basilisks were more likely to kill their victims unless… Was it possible that the victims’ fate had been lost in translation over the centuries? Maybe Medusa’s victims actually did die but that had been fictionalized as turning to stone? He shook his head. There he went overthinking everything again! Probably best to go with the most simple answer. “I think gorgon makes the most sense,” he replied, nodding in agreement.
Two down, two left to go. Heath glanced at the list, then at his book. “So Cerberus…” he said, flipping through the pages. “It says here that he was a three-headed dog that guarded the entrance to the Underworld. Do you think he was just a regular three-headed dog or something else? And where did the connection to the Underworld come from?”
Heath was thinking along the same line as Claudine: was Circe simply Circe, a witch? Maybe it really could be that simple to figure out and they were just overthinking. Whatever it was, she decided that she would stick with that answer. A small smile appeared on her face in response to the agreement with her suggestion that Medusa must have been a gorgon. It was the only creature that crossed her mind to fit Medusa's description
Not being so familiar with Greek methodology meant that the fifth year was left in confusion quite some times. This was one of those times. The three headed dog reminded her of the tales that had been told of Hagrid and Fluffy. Thinking about that, Claudine considered Heath’s question. There hadn’t been talk of the Underworld that Claudine knew of. “It could just be a regular three headed dog,’’ she replied slowly. “Unless the who or what we’re looking for is another guard like Cerberus.” The fifth year was overthinking again, wasn’t she? Still, updates were added to her parchment.
“As for Proteus… he was a shapeshifter and a river god. The only shapeshifters I can think of are boggarts and kelpies." What did her partners think? The kelpie certainly was water- connected.
A small smile tugged at her lips when Quinn walked towards her. "Hey! Sure, I'd much rather work with someone than alone." If they worked together they might be able to figure these out in a way that made the most sense. "You can sit with me or pull up a chair." She even scooted over on her chair for him just in case. Having his own chair might be more comfortable but either way was fine with out and it beat standing around.
"Is there any that you're sure of already?" Lia looked down at her parchment and then back at him.
"It makes sense to me that Circe was a witch, a very good one at that. She was really good with plants, potions and changing people into animals... so Herbology, Potions and Transfiguration." Dahlia picked up her quill to jot that down on her parchment, giving Quinn time to do the same as well as add to anything she had said about Circe or any of the others.
Chewing at her lip, Dahlia flipping open her textbook to skim through the stories that were written there. "Doesn't Cerebus sound a lot like Cerberus?" She knew Cerberus to be the multi-headed dog of the underworld but she also knew that back in the day a very large Three-Headed dog lived here at Hogwarts. This definitely sounded like the same thing to her.
Quinn smiled, deciding to pull up his own chair rather than impede on Dahlia's space. He knew she probably didn't mind, but Quinn still would feel a bit bad. "I can pull up a chair, don't worry about it!"
Quinn nodded. "Yeah, the only one I was really sure about was Circe. Like you said, she was just a witch, so I'm confident in that answer."
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Circe: witch, skilled in Potions, Herbology & Transfiguration.
"As for the others, I know the myths pretty well, but I don't know how that would translate to real-world? I think Cerebus is supposed to be Cerberus, which is a three-headed dog. Do those actually exist? Same thing for Medusa, actually—she was a gorgon, a woman with snakes for hair and could turn people to stone. Are gorgons real, or is there some other creature who's similar?"
"Then there's Porteus—which I think is actually supposed to be Proteus. And this one..." Quinn hesitated a bit. "...I'm not exactly sure if there would be a direct translation. Proteus was a sea god, and a sort of Seer—he knew pretty much everything that ever happened or would happen. People would have to capture him to get him to tell them the future, but he could change into pretty much anything to get away. Is there a creature that could do all of that? Or could a wizard?"
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SPOILER!!: Claudine & mention of Fiona
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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19
Heath was thinking along the same line as Claudine: was Circe simply Circe, a witch? Maybe it really could be that simple to figure out and they were just overthinking. Whatever it was, she decided that she would stick with that answer. A small smile appeared on her face in response to the agreement with her suggestion that Medusa must have been a gorgon. It was the only creature that crossed her mind to fit Medusa's description
Not being so familiar with Greek methodology meant that the fifth year was left in confusion quite some times. This was one of those times. The three headed dog reminded her of the tales that had been told of Hagrid and Fluffy. Thinking about that, Claudine considered Heath’s question. There hadn’t been talk of the Underworld that Claudine knew of. “It could just be a regular three headed dog,’’ she replied slowly. “Unless the who or what we’re looking for is another guard like Cerberus.” The fifth year was overthinking again, wasn’t she? Still, updates were added to her parchment.
“As for Proteus… he was a shapeshifter and a river god. The only shapeshifters I can think of are boggarts and kelpies." What did her partners think? The kelpie certainly was water- connected.
Heath added “Gorgon” to his list beside Medusa’s name, looking up just in time to see Claudine smile at him. He dared only risk a very faint closed-lipped smile in return, but his expression turned quizzical as he listened to her reply. It was times like this that reminded him how much he appreciated the way her mind worked. He hadn’t considered that!
“Okay. What kind of guard do you think Cerberus could’ve been if he wasn’t a three-headed dog?” he asked, genuinely curious. This line of thinking raised so many questions! Not that he minded, of course. If Cerberus wasn’t a three-headed dog, where did the three heads part of the myth come from? The only other three-headed creature he could think of was a runespoor, and he’d never heard of it guarding anything!
Claudine’s thoughts on Proteus made Heath even more curious than ever! He had to admit, the kelpie theory did sort of make sense, but it left one major question unanswered. But how could he put it without sounding like he was rejecting her idea? He thought for a minute, choosing his words carefully. “I think a kelpie makes more sense than a boggart, as there’s the water connection,” he replied. “But if I recall correctly, Proteus was also a prophet. How does that fit with a kelpie? Do you think the prophet part of the myth could’ve been fictionalized?”
That was the only way he could think of the Proteus could be a kelpie! The thought crossed his mind that Proteus could’ve simply been a Seer who just happened to also be an Animagus, but he wasn’t going to voice that idea yet. If his partners thought Proteus was a kelpie, he would go along with whatever they decided. He was just thinking out loud.
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So this time, it seemed that Valencia had willingly made a joke. And hey, it was actually funny. Aboli turned to the Ravenclaw and snorted. Snorted LOUDLY. "Sorry, I forgot we aren't at that level of friendship anymore. I can't hire you out," she replied back in a casual, playful tone.
Was it too deep of a cut to be a joke? Maybe. But Aboli found it amusing.
She scooted next to Valencia. "All right." She scribbled down the four items. "We got Circe, Medusa, Porteus, and Cerebus. We have to figure out who or what they might have actually been in real life?" Aboli knew that's what they were doing so she had no idea why she was phrasing this as a question.
Valencia smiled slightly. "Well, Circe is obvious. If I'm not mistaken, she's also on a chocolate frog card." she said writing down well known witch. She glanced over the list. "Cerberus was a three headed dog. I'm not sure the formal name for them actually, or if there is one since they're so rare."
Hm. What else. "Proteus was a sea deity. Could tell the future and change shapes by some accounts. Maybe a species of merpeople?" She wasn't as well versed as she wanted to be in all those subspecies and cultures. She made an internal note to study up on those at some point.
Last up... "Medusa was what's called a Grogon that could turn people into stone. She had hair made of snakes, which you'd probably like actually."
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Quinn smiled, deciding to pull up his own chair rather than impede on Dahlia's space. He knew she probably didn't mind, but Quinn still would feel a bit bad. "I can pull up a chair, don't worry about it!"
Quinn nodded. "Yeah, the only one I was really sure about was Circe. Like you said, she was just a witch, so I'm confident in that answer."
"As for the others, I know the myths pretty well, but I don't know how that would translate to real-world? I think Cerebus is supposed to be Cerberus, which is a three-headed dog. Do those actually exist? Same thing for Medusa, actually—she was a gorgon, a woman with snakes for hair and could turn people to stone. Are gorgons real, or is there some other creature who's similar?"
"Then there's Porteus—which I think is actually supposed to be Proteus. And this one..." Quinn hesitated a bit. "...I'm not exactly sure if there would be a direct translation. Proteus was a sea god, and a sort of Seer—he knew pretty much everything that ever happened or would happen. People would have to capture him to get him to tell them the future, but he could change into pretty much anything to get away. Is there a creature that could do all of that? Or could a wizard?"
Dahlia wasn't surprised when Quinn pulled a chair over for himself. While they were both kinda small firsties, sharing a seat may have ended up being uncomfortable after awhile. "Okay, that's probably a better idea, anyhow."
"Mhmm, that's a good start and we both agree." They made a good team so far. She had been right in not wanting to work by herself today.
"Oooh, great! And I know lots about creatures and stuff." With both of their knowledge they should be able to work this out. "Uh-huh. Back when Harry Potter was here at Hogwarts there was a huge Three-Headed dog here that guarded a trap door or something like that." Lia nodded her head. "Medusa is definitely a Gorgon. I've never seen one myself but I've heard and read about them."
Shifting in her chair, Lia chewed at her lip in thought as Quinn told her what he knew about Proteus. "Ummm.. the only thing I can think of that can change into anything is a kelpie?.. but I don't think they can tell the future?" She tapped her quill on the desk. "What if Proteus is a seer but exceptionally good a transfiguration too? Like Circe?" Just a thought.
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Valencia smiled slightly. "Well, Circe is obvious. If I'm not mistaken, she's also on a chocolate frog card." she said writing down well known witch. She glanced over the list. "Cerberus was a three headed dog. I'm not sure the formal name for them actually, or if there is one since they're so rare."
Hm. What else. "Proteus was a sea deity. Could tell the future and change shapes by some accounts. Maybe a species of merpeople?" She wasn't as well versed as she wanted to be in all those subspecies and cultures. She made an internal note to study up on those at some point.
Last up... "Medusa was what's called a Grogon that could turn people into stone. She had hair made of snakes, which you'd probably like actually."
All of that seemed to check out to Aboli. "Oh yeah.." she commented about Circe. Duh. "She is, you're right. Good call, Val," she made small claps with her gloved hands in appreciation. "Formal name for a GIANT three headed dog? I wonder if the species IS called Cerberus," she leaned over slightly to peer at Val's notes, which were taken very well as expected.
"Proteus is definitely a mer-person of some sort if the pictures of him are anything to go off of," she recalled. "I wonder how many subspecies there are of those guys. Huh. Aren't you learning mermish?" Or had she made that up because Val tried to literally learn every language, it seemed. "Buuuut is a gorgon a species we have?" she asked curiously. "Or ... what?" And yeah, the snakes as hair seemed cool, and Aboli wished she had that. Might be a pest after awhile, though, and she was already adverse to being physically close to people because of her stupid hands.
Yeah, on second thought, she didn't need that in her life.
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Phoebe needed a partner, sure, but she also needed to help this little muffin sitting near her get his life in order. She leaned in and tapped the parchment he was scribbling on furiously. "Hey. This is star stuff, bud. They want Greek myth stuff. But you're..." She turned her head and eyed his notes. "You're very smart about the star stuff, aren't you? Want to be partners? I'll probably boss you around a bunch, but you'll like it because I'm charming."
She scooped up her own quill and wiggled it over his parchment. Could she write too? "Circe was a witch. That one seems pretty easy. She made potions. She had a wand. She turned people into pigs. Basic witchy stuff, right? Now... Cerberus... dog with a bunch of heads. Guard dog thing. Of the underworld. What do you make of that?"
She saw that he already had some notes for Proteus, which was good since she really didn't know much about him and it would require opening the book. And Medusa... the snake lady. "Medusa. She turned men into stone. Basilisk, do you think?"
So...when Atlas had been looking around and hoping for a partner, he was not expecting HER of all people to answer to the call. So he was, needless to say, gobsmacked and his mouth was hanging open wide enough that one could probably fit a gobstopper in it. A large one. Maybe two. And Atlas was not particularly keen on hard candies or anything that required any sort of patience to eat. Maybe if she asked him to though. Maybe.
He had no chill at the moment. None.
SHE THOUGHT HE WAS SMART AND SHE WANTED TO BE HIS PARTNER! DID THIS MEAN THE UNREQUITED PLAN WAS THWARTED?!
See? No chill.
"You...you want to partner with me?!" he squeaked, not even trying to contain his disbelief. "It...it would be an honor." He blushed a bit more and looked back at his notes. "Yes...but...they all come from mythology. The names." And it was what he knew so it was all he could contribute, but he did add the bits and pieces she had mentioned about Circe down.
"Well...we already know three-headed dogs exist. One was once housed here at Hogwarts. They're rare and native to Greece. So...that likewise seems pretty straightforward. It was probably just spotted guarding a cave or something that was it's home and the assumption made."
He paused to jot that little bit down and then returned his attention to Phoebe. "And the sheer size of the serpent made people think it was a person?" Atlas did not know the details of the Medusa legend, but he knew about basilisks. "But...a basilisk KILLS you when it looks at you. Petrified when you see its gaze reflected in something...does that still fit?" He paused to think for a bit, ruffling his blonde hair. "There are dark creatures called Gorgons tho...that look like what your describing. Also from Greece. So...another case of them getting it right, like the three-headed dog, but myths created to make sense of what was being seen."
He had done a fair bit of reading up on Greece and it's magical creatures, okay? He had...reason to considering that was where Minerva was located for a time.
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Circe
a large and very dark main-belt asteroid
A witch; a Potionness Cerebus Cerberus
an obsolete constellation with its stars now found in the constellation Hercules
a three-headed dog creature
Porteus Proteus
the second-largest Neptunian moon and Neptune's largest inner satellite
A shape-changing sea god who changes shape to avoid telling the future to people - a seer that was either also an animagus or gifted in Human Transfiguration. Metamorphagus?
The English word "protean" is derived from the name Proteus and is applied to the Protean Charm
Medusa
planetary nebula found in the constellation Gemini
Basilisk?
A Gorgon, dark creature
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Dahlia wasn't surprised when Quinn pulled a chair over for himself. While they were both kinda small firsties, sharing a seat may have ended up being uncomfortable after awhile. "Okay, that's probably a better idea, anyhow."
"Mhmm, that's a good start and we both agree." They made a good team so far. She had been right in not wanting to work by herself today.
"Oooh, great! And I know lots about creatures and stuff." With both of their knowledge they should be able to work this out. "Uh-huh. Back when Harry Potter was here at Hogwarts there was a huge Three-Headed dog here that guarded a trap door or something like that." Lia nodded her head. "Medusa is definitely a Gorgon. I've never seen one myself but I've heard and read about them."
Shifting in her chair, Lia chewed at her lip in thought as Quinn told her what he knew about Proteus. "Ummm.. the only thing I can think of that can change into anything is a kelpie?.. but I don't think they can tell the future?" She tapped her quill on the desk. "What if Proteus is a seer but exceptionally good a transfiguration too? Like Circe?" Just a thought.
Quinn nodded and listened as Dahlia talked. He wrote down on his parchment the answers they came up with.
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Cerberus: Three-headed dog
Medusa: Gorgon
"Alright, well, having those two be real creatures makes this much easier, he grinned.
Quinn hummed. "I think it makes more sense for him to be a Seer who's good at transfiguration than a kelpie who can see the future."
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Proteus: Seer skilled in Transfiguration
He smiled as he finished. "Are you alright with these answers?" He made just as good of a team as he thought they would.