Professor Kijewski
September 06, 2011 8:35 AM
CoMC Advanced Lesson Part 2 by Professor Kijewski
The lesson thus far was going well, or at least, in Kiva’s opinion. She could never expose her students to actual dragons, but she felt that this scenario that the Mirage Chamber was able to provide was pretty realistic. She was sure that the dragons wouldn’t be in quite so much harmony amongst one another, but the Chamber was able to create living conditions that the dragons would naturally live in. It wasn’t perfect, but it was plenty to work with for the lesson.Kiva was watching the students intently to make sure they were actually figuring out the dragons and not goofing off with one another when a slight flicker of something caught her attention. Looking slightly behind her, Kiva stared at the sky with a fierce glare as she tried to figure out what she had seen. All of the dragons were on the other side of the chamber, Kiva was closest to the Vortex. Suddenly, she saw a rippling in the sky and slowly, as though her mirage was being ripped apart, a new setting began to form. “Everyone!” Kiva yelled, calling their attention to her. She didn’t understand what was going on. There was no reason for the image to change and she had the chamber booked so that other Professors knew not to bother with the room that day.
“I need everyone to come to me, please.” Her voice was firm, thankfully, and didn’t hold any tinge of uncertainty or nervousness. She felt like it was the sand storm all over again. Even as she watched the students do as she said, the chamber began to slowly change. The sky and ground dissolved away and was replaced with instead a large wooden looking display case. On the shelves were trophies of various awards that students had been given over the centuries. Kiva couldn’t believe the length of the case.
The Chamber was completely changed now and on the side where there had once been dragons was now filling with various images from long in the past. The other solid objects other than the trophies were the older uniforms and books of the past. Within the flashing images, she could see students receiving awards and doing various events. There was a continuous image of a man though and Kiva felt a familiarity about it.
And then Kiva recognized where she had seen the face of the man. It was a young Clurican. If she recalled correctly, he was the reason for the Mirage Chamber and they were celebrating his 500th birthday. Of course, this had to happen during her lesson. She had all the luck. “Well, this puts a damper on the lesson.” She said casually to her students, her worry no longer had her on edge. “The Chamber must have been designed to release this on his anniversary. Points to anyone who can tell me who ‘he’ is?” She inquired, looking at everyone with a rather amused look.
"We still have time, so I suppose you can have a look at Sonora's history."
OOC: This is part of the anniversary plot. Feel free to indulge on the images and on the trophies. Extra points to those who posted in both parts of the lesson.
Subthreads: Divinations Intermediate Lesson Part 2 by Professor DiAnna Diaz with Professor John Fawcett, Alessa Hinckley, Nic Sawyer
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Acting Headmistress Sadi Powell
September 08, 2011 11:02 AM
This was unexpected by Acting Headmistress Sadi Powell
The general disturbance that had erupted round the school all at once had been sufficient to alert her attention to the fact that the entire student body was gatheringin the Mirage Chamber. Sadi joined them in heading down to the concealed room; she couldn't deny that she was curious, and was exceptionally surprised that she hadn't heard any anything being planned for that day. It was therefore a relief to find a few staff members were assembled amongst the students, though Tavarius hadn't been present in his portrait for Sadi to make her own enquiries directly to him.Passing through the vortex, Sadi paused momentarily to take in the living history currently enclosed within. She wondered whether this was something that David had planned, that he hadn't had chance to mention to any other staff, or whether its occurence had nothing to do with the current Headmaster. The more she saw, however, the more Sadi became convinced that this hadn't been organized by any current staff member. Of the numerous trophies that lined the walls, some were as old as Sonora herself, whereas others, closer to the Vortex end of the room, were much newer.
Reading the names, Sadi was surprised to see the names of some students that were familiar to her - she was fairly sure these students hadn't been given these awards first hand. She had been a professor at the school for the entire duration of Josiah Ashwood's education there, and was confident he'd never been handed an award for initiating a charms club, yet here was the plaque for it. Other familiar names included Saul Pierce and Pepper Jones, whose awards were for guiding first years to their classes and offering ongoing support for the duration of their education, and, most recently, for Dulce Garcia - currently in her fifth year - for offering a free tutoring service to her fellow students. All the awards were apparently for furthering the progression of magical education in the USA, in one manner or another. As an advocate of the cause, Sadi couldn't help but feel proud of the numerous students who'd done this to a recognizable degree within Sonora's history.
Turning back towards the room, Sadi took a couple of strides over to Kiva, who she thought might have been holding a class in the Mirage Chamber shortly before its transformation to the current state. "This is unusual," she commented lightly to her colleague.
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September 09, 2011 7:29 PM
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Kiva was looking over the trophies and awards when the others started to enter into the Chamber. Her curiosity over the whole thing had dwindled. By the show of the entire student body, Kiva knew that this was definitely something that was planned. Whether it had been planned with the current Headmaster/Mistress or with the very first remained to be seen.Looking over the trophies once more, it was amazing to see just how many names were on the shelves. In the back of her mind, she knew how long the school had stood, but seeing it all mapped out the way it currently was actually made her see just how old the school really was. All these students who passed through the halls, herself included. All the deeds that they had done over the centuries. It was so hard to believe and yet, here it all was staring her in her face. So much had changed since the start of the school. One never really gave it any contemplation. It just… was. She was actually pretty happy that she was able to experience this.
She didn’t realize that Sadi had approached her until the other woman spoke to her. She gave a little laugh. “Since becoming a student here, I have learned that the unusual is rather usual here.” She commented back. Sadi had taken Kiva’s spot as the Deputy Headmistress when Kiva had taken maternity leave. It had only been meant to last for two years and Kiva would return as the Deputy Headmistress. But, in those two years, Kiva realized her priorities had changed and Manfred had decided to retire. Kiva had been left a choice. Either come back full time as the Headmistress of the school, come back only as the Care of Magical Creatures professor, or step down completely. She had chosen to step down completely. It was a decision she never regretted and she had only heard that Sadi had done this school well. Although Kiva had never planned on returning, the current Headmaster had asked for her help and now here she stood. A full circle or so it seemed.
“I’ll take this over another sand storm though.” Kiva joked. She couldn’t remember if Sadi taught here when the sand storm happened, but she was sure if she hadn’t, she had at least heard about the crazy charm mishap. “No missing students lost in a maze of craziness. Just very ancient looking exhibits. I can handle this.” She commented, looking rather amused by it all. “I take it that this wasn’t in the plans while you are Acting Headmistress here? Who would have thought our Founding Fathers were such jokesters.”
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