////Closed Thread : Astrology Class : Into The Universe

Having arrived only today, it had surprised him that his first class would be a night class. Never the less, it presented a rare opportunity to meet the night life of this school. Having already observed some of the happenings of the school grounds, this would be a good thing he thought. Plus, its wasn't like he would be able to be in a day time astrology class. With this thought in his mind he would leave his room and make his way towards the Astrology classroom. He had remembered its location in the map he had been sent, so it figured to be hopefully relatively easy it find.

Walking along the ceiling seemed the easy way to travel for the young assassin turned student. He could observe a great deal of the students and teachers and most would never even know he was there. It was because of this, he began to understand more the reason he was trained the way he was. People these days usually walked around with her eyes down to the floor, not raised to the stars. Something that his father had told him many times to do. It was the reason his head was always held high.

It would only take him about ten minutes to find the door to the Astrology class. He would look around noticing not a soul in the hall at all. He found this unusual as the class was supposed to start shortly. Shrugging his shoulders, he would release himself rom the ceiling and fall to the floor. He would turn and rotate his body in mid-air to land on his feet at the door. He would take a moment to close his eyes and listen for any noise from within. However, it seemed to be quite silent. Was teh teacher running late as well? he pondered this a moment more, before placing a hand to the door. He truely hated doors. They seemed such a pain to open all the time. Especially if they were locked.

Vanishing into thin air, he would reappear in the darkened classroom, and on the ceiling of course. Immediatly, he would try to focus on any light he could see. It seemed to be coming from the desk at the front. Stepping across the ceiling with slow and slient steps, he would move over the desk and look around before his eyes would fall on the woman looking at the wall. She seemed to be deep in thought with some kind of picture in her hand. After watching the woman a few minutes longer, he would cross his arms and speak lightly. "Does that picture belong in a specific place? Or are you just looking for a free place to put it?"

He would listen to her speak about everything having its place in the universe and he would sigh a bit. He would then finally drop down from the ceiling to land on his feet. He would look over everything. "Yeah its just too bad the universe doesn't all ways tell us where we belong in it. Some spend eternity looking for where the fit in t hat great puzzle." He was of course speaking about himself. He was supposed to be a member of the Rekku Army by now. He was supposed to be at his father's side to aid him. But, no, he was here, at this school, away from the battlefield.

He would look to the woman before him. Her eyes seeming shone like small suns inthe darkness of the room. His own eyes were a simple hazel, but the sparks of fire and energy behind them made them glow. He would hear her question about being a new student and would smile. "Pretty obvious huh? My name is Sya Candel. Though you can call me Sy if you wish. Or Spider. That is what I was called where I'm from." Hewould quietly extend a hand to her in a polite gesture of gretting. The handshake. The long used and always approved way to greet someone.

As he watched her and he would look to the wall behind her and just stare in amazement. "I was assigned to your class today. So here I am. Ready to learn about the one thing I always found so fascinating.. Though I guess I am very early. Students shouldn't get the drop on their teachers. I apologize. I didn't mean to intrude."

Shaking the teacher's delicate hand, he would nod lightly to her. "My name is what it is. I didn't pick it. Hence why I usually go by nicknames." He would chuckle abit then. Most never said two words about his name. But to watch and hear her sound it out and analyze it was a strange sight indeed. However, it was one he welcomed with a smile. He would then watch her get excited about finding the place for the paper she was holding. He would watch her then climb into the chair and begin to reach for the spot. The chair was extremely wobbly. And it made him nervous for her safety.

As he would move to hold the chair steady, he would smile to smile to her as his eyes adverted the other way. "I was merely saying in the long view of things. The universe and its mysteries are far to deep for anyone person to fathom. However, we all at one point or another question it. I was supposed to be an assassin in my father's private army. And yet on the day I come of age, I am told to come here. I was looking at the universe in just a single scope of my own life. And then suddenly, I find myself questioning who I am and why I am here. As I said, we all ask it one day. What is my place? Where do I belong?"

He would hear her mention him becoming some prize galaxy and chuckle. "I don't know if I will ever be worthy of such a title. I will jsut do my best not to fail your expectations." He would look up after a moment, when she would say if she were only a bit taller. He would look to the spot she was reaching for and the ceiling above it. It wasn't that far away.

Letting go of the chair, he would move to the side wall and with a single step, he would move back up to the ceiling. He was truely like a spider. Floors were ceilings and ceilings were floors. It made no difference to him at all. Moving along the ceiling, he would stand right above her and reach down. He would firmly, touch his hand to her's. "Give me the paper and tell me exactly.where you want it. Its easier for me to get at it from up here." He would give her a reassuring smile as he watched her. Though, he knew that chair was wobbly and was more then ready to make a move should she fall. Though he did figure she knew better then anyone about its wobbliness.

As he stood up on that wall he would follow her directions to the letter. It only took a moment for him to place it just where she wanted. Once done, he would kick of the ceiling and turn himself in mid-air to land once more on the floor. He would move some stray hair from his face and chuckled. "There you, Teach. No trouble at all.You are quite welcome. If you need to place anything else that high,just let me know. I am going to Caislin's resident spider for awhile." He smiled to her and then look back at the work. It was a unique sight that was for sure. Still it captivated him a bit. It was as if she was trying to map the whole universe on her wall. Was that even possible? He didn't really know, but he figured perhaps to ask her one day.

Looking back to the teacher he would remember her previous question about the sun and chuckle. "To be honest, I think we, and I mean mankind as a whole, would. The warm rays, the gentle heat, and the bright light. I think a name is important. But I do not think a name gives extra importance." He would think for a moment, before continuing. "I mean we call the little balls of gas in the sky stars. But their beauty wouldn't change if they were instead called sparkles. Names are mankind's way of labeling something. A person, a place, a thing, can be more then a name. So much more."

He would look to the clock and notice it was close to that ten o'clock hour. Other students would be arriving soon. Atleast that is what he figured. He would remember her advice about never doubting himself, and he would smile lightly. "Oh, and I never doubt myself. I can only do my hope for the best. Doubt never plays a factor." He would offer her one more smile, before looking back at the seats. "So I just sit wherever?"

The door creaked as it was opened. Dark eyes peeped around the brim of the entry. The stark streak of burnish red highlighted within those ebon lockes fell over one eye. Pale flesh a stark contrast to the coal black eyes and same hued attire.

Easing slowly into the room. A faint smile given as her gaze flitted across the familiar face of Madam Chevok. A twist of her mouth which left that smile lightly askewed as she side glanced to the male within the room. "Sorry I'm late..." Bruxa spoke quietly in that slow southern drawl to the teacher even though she stared at the other ...student...or so she presumed.

Giving no other explanation, eyes drew up to the domed ceiling. Slowly looking from one cut out to the next as the look of child like wonder contorted onto the pixie like features of her face. Long gauzy linen skirt billowd around those booted ankles. Silky top hung loosely on that petite frame. Of course the usual long black duster, adorned with the blood red rose woven of cloth pinned to the lapel, layered the gothic princess look. Turning slowly on the toes of those boots as she spied the moonbeams spilling through the openings. Briefly the others in the room were seemingly forgotten as she focused in on the shiney things.

Hearing the idea of sitting where ever he wanted, he would chuckle. "Does that include the ceiling?" He was of course merely kidding. He would move to take a seat, however his eyes would move to the door as the next two students entered. Something about them made him want to reach for the hidden blades. They gave him the same appeal as Daaken and Oriella. A pair of assassins in his father's army. The way they move reminded him of a story of never ending night. However, he would shake that from his head. These were not those too. These were students from the sounds of things. He would take a seat in the second row and quietly just ob served everything.

Looking to the new students, he would finally smirk. "Greetings, you two. I'm Sya. Not if that matters, just figured to introduce myself." He would then quietly allow himself to slip into deep thought. He was looking forward to this class in all honesty. He had always found himself fascinated by the stars and by what they signified. Sure in true they wre just balls of gas, but to so many cultures they were so much more. The legends had always fascinated him and he was looking forward to learn more about them. More about the planets, and then to another point, more about the universe as a whole. And with that hopefully, he would come to understand himself and his place.

Madam Chevoks words brought her back to the reality of the room. The smile returning if only faintly as she was informed of not being late at all, but rather the class was still waiting on others to attend. "I should really get some form of time piece..." Bruxa mused lightly as she lowered those stark black eyes back to the room.

Observing the young man who entered and moved past her. Meeting his gaze briefly as he glanced back over his shoulder. A playful smirk formed on those velvet lips as she listened to the smooth words of sucking up to the teacher. A light nod of her head in response to the wave he threw her way. Ebon hues danced back to the other male within the room as he spoke. Another nod was given towards that man as he curiously seemed to withdraw into himself as if in deep thought suddenly.

Small form moved towards the nearest seat. "Name's Bruxa, Bruxa Vipir..." She introduced herself, knowing the teacher would insist they did so if they weren't forthcoming ahead of time. Eyes slid from Sya to Mikel to finally settle on Madame Chevok. Lowering herself into the chair. Shrugging that leather coat from her shoulders to fall onto the back of the seat.

Her head fell down to look at the paper attached to the original clipboard that had been given to her with a list of students. As she saw her students enter the class she would lean down muttering beneath her breath. ”Bruxa, Mikel, new student Sya.” Then her attention was brought to the last two names, the two love birds. They had not arrived yet, but the last class they were the first in class even if their love and attention for each other had made her quite uncomfortable, they were still her students. Her attention was brought back to the class room as

With a enlarging smile pressed against pedals of rose and shimmer she watched as her students gathered into the class room. At last, her class was growing and recombining the students that she longed to teach the stars that reached above them like specs of light to lead their lives. What she would teach them today, perhaps would let them fathom of the true beauty of the world and universe as a whole. Her eyes scanned over the three’s faces and with a shake of her head she would give a gentle wave to Michael. He had been such a gentleman each time she had met him, every time growing more curious yet with this pushing out of her mind she would smile once again. ’’My Star, we shall see if this next subject will not only captivate you, but teach you a new perspective of beauty. ‘’

With that said her head would only tilt as she looked to Sya with a soft child-like giggle escaping her lips, perhaps more creepy then cute when it came down to her being a teacher. ”My New Star, if you feel you’d be more comfortable on the ceiling, I only ask that you be careful with the star and moon skylights.”] She spoke as her body was quickly moving, from greeting the students to presenting herself back behind her desk, typing with one hand against the laptop’s keys. As she silently prepared their visual, she began to speak with a gentle tone. ”What is old, what is used, is mostly forgotten. What is scarred, what is broken and bruised, is referred to as ugly. I tell you this, because it is a lie that has been passed through centuries.’’ Quickly her hand raised from beneath the desk and pulled a long stick with a small hook on the end of it out.

She turned and raised it above her head, pulling down a white sheet of poster that would make due as a cinematic background. Pulling it down, she tugged on It to make sure that it would stay down as she turned to face the students once again, with a soft breath escaping her lips she leaned forward and clicked another few keys on the laptop. Shortly after the light would click and the image that was on her laptop, was now on the sheet behind her. ”This, my Young Stars. Is The Red Dwarf Planet.[:]See URL 1 [:] It’s a small star, these phases we call the late K or M Spectral Type Stages. Now, most of the stars in the Universe are Red Dwarf’s. Being so small, and abundant in the galaxy, they only have 40% of the mass of our Sun. ‘’ She would wait and allow the students’ minds’ to let this sink in before she flipped to another picture, showing a graph this time.

”This, is the Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram[:]SeeURL2[:], Spectral Type. This shows the different’ levels of Absolute Magnitude to the Spectral Type and which end phase will go where. As you can see here, the Red Dwarfs are shown between +10 and +15, at the end phase of Red Dwarfs which would complete in Spectral T. But I am going to quickly here… We should start at the beginning…” Her breath would exhale in a soft sigh as she became jittered and excited with teaching these students the particulars of the new dwarf planet, which she would assume they’ve never seen. She picked up a few sheets of paper, and moved towards the students, placing a sheet of it before each of them, all of them the same. This had a diagram of the Lifetime of the Red Dwarf Star, plotted against it’s Mass, relative to the Sun. [:]SeeURL3[:]

After she finished handing the papers out to her students’ she took a seat with them among the star and moon shaped stars. With a smile on her face, she held a piece of the same paper in her hands. ”Now…Red Dwarfs are very low-mass stars they have no more than 40% of the mass of the Sun. Because of this, they have low temperatures in the core of their planet and energy is generated at a much slower rate than that of our sun through Nuclear Fusion, with hydrogen into helium by the proton-proton chain mechanism. This is what makes the Red Dwarfs create light, even as little as 1/10,000th that of our Sun. ‘’ She would stop it right there as her eyes moved to the three students that sat themselves in her class room.





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As he sat there quietly taking a moment to pull out a small mini laptop and a sketch book. Removing a pen, he would lean back sort of nonchalantly and just waited to see how things would begin. He had caught the name from the female student and repeated a few times. An interesting name indeed. He wondered the meaning of it. His own name meant Wind of Burning Light. A strange name he had always thought but excepted it never the less. He would nod to Bruxa and then to the other male with a smirk.

He would then listen as the teacher, Madame Chevok began her lecture. In his mind he would refer to as Madame Chevok out of respect. Sure in conversations outside of lectures and before and after class, he might refer to her as Teach or another nickname variations. But that was due to a completely dislike of titles. As she gave what he assumed was a quick introduction, he would power on the mini laptop and loaded it primary programming. It was used mainly for spy mission training from his time with the Rekku, but it was also useful for storing data. He would then open the sketch book. taking a pencil from his inner jacket pocket, he would place it on the paper with his left hand.

He was able to take notes with is right hand on the mini laptop and with the left, he would quickly sketch the image of the red dwarf planet. He was quick with the momvement of his hand, each stroke of the pencil done with precision. He was even more precise with the Hertzsprung-Russel Spectral type Diagram. In his mind he was observing the things she said and compared them to the info he had so far from the graph. It was interesting to say the least. Well considering that he had only really thought of stars a shining balls of gas and evergy, this was new to him.

He would take the sheet of paper from her and look it over for a moment and then set it over the sketches in his sketch book. He would then notice something as he was reading over the chart she handed it out. "So if I am looking at this right, The smaller the Dwarf, the longer it seems to live?" He hadn't meant to say it out loud. And in truth he hadn't realized that he had said it out loud. He continued to ponder on this for a moment, before typing something into his laptop.

Head snapped back to Madame Chevok. Hearing her name muttered beneath the teachers breath. Along with the other two attendants within the room and speaking to each male. A lone brow rose with the girlish giggle released from the instructor. Side glancing towards Sy, an amused look conveyed on her own face. Guess we now know who is going to be teachers pet... Bruxa thought to herself as her gaze returned back to the front of class.

Watching as the makeshift screen was set into place. Listening curiously as the lesson began. A light tilt of her head as she scrutinized over the words about planets and spectral types. Staring at the red ball of flame before the screen turned to a diagram. Leaning forward as the pixie like features contorted into one of puzzlement. Picking up the parchment of paper that was laid before her.

Ebon hues cut towards Sy as he gave his interpretation of what had been taught thus far. Sooted orbs moved over Mikel as he added to the clarification. "Interesting..." Bruxa smiled as their more simplistic explanations made more sense to her. Reclining back into her chair as she stretched her legs out before her, becoming more comfortable in the room.