16 Aug 2020, 22:30
Saturday Studying
Interacting with @Henry Knight
Unfortunately, Henry was not much help in regards to Robert's first question. He was only able to confirm things the young Ravenclaw already knew, that electronics go haywire around magic. However, he was not able to explain why this happens. It did make Robert much more hopeful about a career as a magical scientist after graduating Hogwarts, though. If wizards didn't actually understand the first thing about magic, it meant that he would have lots of stuff to discover.
Henry was more helpful with Robert’s second question, maybe even a bit too helpful. Robert flushed with embarrassment as Henry said, “I still use my watch because my family doesn't really have much money, were considered poor in the wizarding world so they can't always afford much.” Most of his embarrassment came from making Henry admit something that he obviously didn't want to bring attention to. However, a small part of him was also embarrassed by the fact that he'd immediately jumped to the conclusion that one of Henry's family members was dead, instead of the more likely answer, that he was just poor.
"Oh, I'm so sorry," Robert replied. His family wasn't exactly rich, but money had never really been a problem either. Henry then asked about what Robert's parents do, saying that he sounds like a muggle scientist. "Actually, both my parents are muggle scientists," Robert said in response to Henry's question. "My mum is a biologist, and my dad is a physicist." Robert was a bit worried about asking another personal question, after what he'd learned last time, but decided to ask anyway. "What do your parents do?" Robert paused, and then remembered also added, "Do you have any questions about the muggle world for me?"
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." - Albert Einstein
STA: 4 | EVA: 4 | STR: 3 | WIS: 9 | ARC: 8 | ACC: 7
18 Aug 2020, 00:47
Saturday Studying
Henry listened to Robert talking about his parents and felt intrigued by it, once he was finished Henry quicky spoke " that's very cool, I read about those types of sciences in a muggle book or two. And I found them very interesting, your lucky." Henry smiled at the boy as he continued to speak which made Henry's heart fell a bit when he asked what his own parents did, Henry's family wasn't a topic the boy wanted to talked about especially if it included his father but he shook away the thought and spoke " my father works for the beast division of the magical creature department at the ministry of magic," Henry thought it might be a but odd if he just mentioned his father so Henry continued " my older brother is also in training to become a auror," remembering that Robert may not know what that is he explained, " a auror is tasked with catching dark wizards or preventing crimes sort of. Their sort if the equivalent of muggle police, I think."
Henry didn't know many muggle things first hand so he wasn't sure if auror's were equivalent to anything in the muggle world but then Henry thought of the boy's first question and so he spoke again " I know I couldn't answer your first question but what if we partner up and research and experiment what actually is magic and try to find out the answer to your question," smiling and really enjoying his idea Henry continued " with your knowledge on the muggle science and mine on the wizarding world I'm sure we will get a answer." Henry then remembered the purpose of his conversation as he spoke again " about the muggle world, what exactly is electronics and how do they work? Also I heard some kids say something about goggle or google I think?" Henry then spoke again real quickly " I never had experience the muggle world firsthand because my father is from a pureblood family that I never met so he never experienced the muggle world either. Do you have any questions about the wizarding one or anymore?"
@Robert Toukmond sorry for the wait, this is my favorite rp so it was hard to wait to have time to write
"There's no such thing as strange creatures, only blinked people" - Newt Scamander
18 Aug 2020, 18:05
Saturday Studying
Interacting with @Henry Knight
OOC: Aww, thanksRobert learned that both Henry's father and brother worked for the Ministry, thereby destroying any chance that either of them are dead. "My father works for the beast division of the magical creature department at the ministry of magic. My older brother is also in training to become a auror," Henry said, going on to explain that an auror is the magical equivalent of muggle police. The muggle-born was quite thankful for this, as it saved him the embarrassment of having to ask.
The first-year found two things odd with this statement. For one, it seemed weird that the wizarding world would have a different word for the police than the muggles. He could understand them having a different sport, or a different style of clothing, but having a different name for the same occupation seemed a bit unnecessary. The second odd thing Robert found was that Henry didn't mention his mother, but instead chose to talk about his older brother. Robert didn't want to again jump to the conclusion of death, so he instead decided that she was probably just a stay-at-home mother. He didn't ask though, just to be on the safe side.
Henry then asked Robert a couple questions about the muggle world. "What exactly is electronics and how do they work? Also I heard some kids say something about goggle or google I think?" Yes, the two things Robert was going to miss the most while he was at Hogwarts. Henry explained that since his father was from a pureblood family, he'd never had much experience with the muggle world. Robert again noticed that the older boy hadn't mention his mum, but still didn't say anything.
Robert thought for a moment how to best explain electronics and google to someone who'd never heard of either. "Well, technically speaking, an electronic is anything that uses electricity. Lightbulbs, which are kind of like candles that you can control with a switch and don't drop wax, are probably the most simple. There are also televisions, which are like walls covered in tiny little lightbulbs, each of which can turn different colors to create moving pictures. Some of the more advanced electronics are things like computers, which are kind of like televisions that you can interact with to do different things. You can make words show up, or play games, or do any number of other things. One example of something you can use on a computer is 'google,' the other thing you asked about. Google is what's called a 'search engine,' which is something you can use to get information. For example, if you search for 'dogs' in Google, you'll find information and picture of dogs." Robert paused to take a breath. "Does that make any type of sense?"
Henry then asked if Robert had any more questions about the wizarding world. "Actually, yeah," he said. "I heard about something called 'quidditch' when I was on the boat ride to the castle. However, I still don't really understand it, despite the research I've done." Robert had found the book Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp, but he thought this might be one of the rare things that is better explained by a person than a book. "Can you help me?"
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." - Albert Einstein
STA: 4 | EVA: 4 | STR: 3 | WIS: 9 | ARC: 8 | ACC: 7
18 Aug 2020, 18:45
Saturday Studying
Henry listened to Robert's explanation of muggle electronics and google, and once he was finished Henry spoke " that makes sense, sort of," Henry was trying to think of what the boy just said but it was hard since he never really explained the muggle world before as he spoke again " I use light bulbs at home, by the way. Just not computers or fones, uh phones which those are I don't know. But your explanation really was great." Henry smiled at the boy as he asked what quidditch was which got Henry a bit excited, even through he wasn't big on the sport itself. Henry still liked it because his mum played for the team when she was at Hogwarts and since she died, Henry felt like he was with her again when he was flying on a broom or playing quidditch.
" Sure, quidditch is easy enough to understand. It's the wizarding sport, almost everyone knows it sort of like how futball or football is the muggle sport," Henry paused while he took a breath before continuing " quidditch has teams of 7 players who play on the field at a time, anymore and their known as backup players. The backup players only get to play if a player gets knocked unconscious or gets too badly injured to play." Henry figured that Robert wouldn't probably like quidditch how but he continued " quidditch is played on brooms, high in the sky. Each side has three hoops, where the other team tries to score through the hoops to get a point," Henry paused again as he didn't want to confuse Robert before continuing " in each team of 7, there are 3 chasers, 2 beaters, 1 keeper and 1 seeker. Are you with me so far?"
Henry waited for Robert to answer before continuing " there are also three balls that are played in the game, which are the Quaffle, Bludger,
and the snitch," Henry took another short pause before continuing " the chasers are in charge of scoring through the three hoops of the opposite side with the Quaffle and each goal is worth 10 points. While the Keeper is charge of defending the three hoops and blocking the Quaffle from scoring into their hoops." Henry paused so that Robert didn't get confused before continuing " the beaters however use the bludger and the bats and they try to knock the other team off their brooms or defend their teammates from the Bludgers."
Henry looked at Robert and hoped that he didn't have any negative opinions about quidditch as he spoke " then lastly there's the seeker, the seeker is in charged of looking for the tiny and fast golden ball called the snitch. Once a seeker finds and catches the snitch then that ends the game and earns their team 150 point. Which also means that the team whose seeker catches the snitch more than likely wins the game," Henry took a paused as he spoke again " any questions?"
Henry then smiled as he had a idea, which he then would say " I'm actually going to tryout for keeper of the slytherin team. Each house had their own quidditch team," Henry took a breath before continuing " maybe we can meet on the pitch, uh the quidditch field is called pitch, maybe we can meet their and I can show you some firsthand or on hand experience?"
@Robert Toukmond
and no worries, but I can definitely see these two becoming good friends and possibly a bit more threads more us
"There's no such thing as strange creatures, only blinked people" - Newt Scamander
19 Aug 2020, 19:37
Saturday Studying
Interacting with @Henry Knight
OOC: I'd love to do some other threads with you! If you push Robert a bit more, he'll probably except your invitation, just so you knowRobert was relieved when Henry said he understood what the Ravenclaw had told him. He was a bit surprised, as Robert wasn't sure if even he quite understood what he'd said, but happy that it had satisfied Henry's curiosity at the very least. The first-year was a bit confused when Henry told him he had lightbulbs at home because he didn't know how they would work with all the magic interference, but didn't really think Henry would know the answer either.
Robert settled in as Henry started to explain quidditch to him. He nodded as Henry explained quidditch was the wizarding world equivalent of football, which he'd kind of guessed when he'd admitted on the boat that he didn't know what it was. Henry then started to explain what the different positions and balls were called, Robert nodding along whenever Henry stopped. He explained the Chasers and Keepers with their Quaffle, the Beaters with their Bludgers, and the Seekers with their Snitch. The Chasers trying to score on the Keepers sounded a lot like some other muggle sports, like basketball or football. The Beaters and brooms just made it a bit more interesting.
However, the Snitch was where Robert kept getting lost. "So, nothing in the game really matters, other than the Snitch?" he asked. "From what you said, it seems like unless one team scores fifteen times more than the other, the Snitch will decide the game. And even if one team does score that much more, the Seeker can just choose not to catch the Snitch, as the game will keep going until someone does." Robert was sure he had missed something in the explanation, especially since everyone seemed to like the game so much. "How does that work?"
Henry then remarked that he was going to try out for the Slytherin team, making Robert realize that until that point, he'd had no idea what house Henry was in, since he wasn't wearing the school robes. The Ravenclaw laughed when Henry offered to teach him how to play, and then immediately felt bad about it. "Sorry, I er, don't really do sports. Thanks for the offer though!" Robert paused, and then added, "Oh, and good luck becoming Keeper!"
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." - Albert Einstein
STA: 4 | EVA: 4 | STR: 3 | WIS: 9 | ARC: 8 | ACC: 7
19 Aug 2020, 23:07
Saturday Studying
Henry smiled as Robert spoke and when he finished he spoke " thanks and I normally don't play sports either. I'm just trying out because my mum was on the ravenclaw team and it would be something to remember by," Henry paused then spoke again " she died when I was younger by the way." Henry took a breath then thought of lightning the mood as he spoke " my twin is also making me tryout so there's that," Henry laughed a bit as he thought maybe he should ask what house Robert was in not that he cared but it was a normal topic so Henry spoke " not that it matters but house are you in? Doesn't everyone ask that, I don't really care I just thought I'll ask."
Henry then thought for a few minutes before speaking again" everything matters in quidditch but usually who ever catches the snitch wins the game but you actually got it wrong, the seekers try to find and catch the snitch as fast as possible and before the other seeker." Henry took a pause before continuing " also the snitch is wicked fast and hard to catch or find so that also makes it difficult for them, not to mention that the seekers are the most likely targets of the beaters and the ones who get bloody up the most in a game." Henry looked at Robert before speaking again " any more questions about quidditch or the wizarding world?" Henry waited for him to speak before saying himself " also what is this thing that I hear some muggle kids by me say or some here at Hogwarts say, I'm pretty sure it's pronounced movies and video games?"
@Robert Toukmond
"There's no such thing as strange creatures, only blinked people" - Newt Scamander
21 Aug 2020, 16:33
Saturday Studying
Interacting with @Henry Knight
Wow, Robert thought to himself. I am bad at guessing stuff. Apparently, Henry's mother was in fact dead, which is why he'd avoided talking about her. As Henry immediately changed the subject after telling Robert this, the first-year assumed he didn't really want to talk about it. Robert wasn't quite sure what to say anyway, so he kind of just pretended nothing had happened, and instead answered Henry's question about his house. "I'm a Ravenclaw," Robert said, gesturing to his blue robes. "You said you're in Slytherin, right?"
Henry then gave Robert a bit more information on Quidditch, but it only really reinforced Robert's idea that Chasers and Keepers don't really matter. According to Henry, "usually who ever catches the snitch wins the game." He did bring up a good point that Beaters are also useful in making the Seeker's job more difficult though. Robert decided that it probably wasn't worth it to keep arguing about this, especially since he was obviously the less informed of the two. Maybe another day they could come back to this discussion, when Robert had a bit more information.
The Slytherin then asked about some other muggle things, like movies and video games. Robert did his best to explain them. "Well, remember what I was telling you about televisions? Movies are a big part of what you use them for. The different colored lightbulbs in the screen creates a picture, which changes really fast to create the illusion of motion. The television also creates sounds like music or speaking, which is used with the pictures to create a story." Robert paused to make sure Henry understood before continuing. "A video game is similar to a movie, expect you are able to control what is happening in it. Normally, you get a character or something who's movement you control to make them complete a quest or kill other characters." Robert paused, and then added, "Were you able to follow that?"
Robert thought for a second, and then realized that he didn't actually have any other specific questions about the wizarding world to ask, more of just a general curiosity. He was at that awkward stage where he wanted to learn more, but didn't quite know what questions to ask. "I don't think I have any other burning questions about the wizarding world right now. However, you said earlier that you could help me sort through which of these books are reliable and unreliable?" Robert asked, gesturing to the stacks of books on the table between them.
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OOC: You can find a list of books here if you scroll down to the "Magic and Science" category. Robert probably has at least one book from each category in there, more likely at least two or three. I'll give you the liberty of deciding which books he picked out, as he basically just went through the sections and picked out a couple random selections, hoping to come across something useful.
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." - Albert Einstein
STA: 4 | EVA: 4 | STR: 3 | WIS: 9 | ARC: 8 | ACC: 7
22 Aug 2020, 17:54
Saturday Studying
Henry now saw the boy's ravenclaw robes and laughed a bit as he spoke " sorry I must have missed your robes but it doesn't really matter since everyone has friends in different houses," Henry then remembered something that he laughed at a bit as he spoke " the sorting hat was actually seriously considering putting me in ravenclaw." Henry then heard Robert explain the concept of movies and video games and Henry was still a bit confused about the process but he got some or half of it as he replied to Robert " most of it I was able to follow. What if I say my favorite thing about the wizarding world and you say yours about the muggle world?"
Henry waited for him to reply before hearing that he wanted to sort through his books so Henry laid all the boy's books in the table and started to look at them. Henry then picked up three books that were entitled; fantastic beasts and to find them, new theory of numerology, and dark forces: a guide to self protection, and placed them in a pile on their left as he spoke " theses three are good unlike these two," Henry then picked up the gilderoy lockhart travel with hags and gilderoy lockhart wandering with werewolves in a pile on their right as he spoke again " you won't learn anything about there two books, gilderoy lockhart isn't that much of a reliable source."
Henry then placed three more books in the left pile that were entitled; Handbook of Hippogriff Psychology, Blood Brothers: My Life Amongst the Vampires, and Magical Water Plants of the Highland Lochs, as he spoke " the left pile is the books that are reliable and the right are the ones that you won't learn anything from," Henry then placed four more books into the left pile that are entitled; Magical Mediterranean Water-Plants and Their Properties, Achievements in Charming, Chadwick's Charms: Volumes I - VII, and Practical Defensive Magic and Its Use Against the Dark Arts. Henry then looked at the remaining books and added five more books to the left pile that were entitled; Protection Charm Your Mind: A Practical Guide to Counter Legilimensy, Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration, Guide to Advanced Transfiguration, Book of Charms & Spells, and Alchemy, Ancient Art and Science.
Henry then looked at the remaining books and added three more to the right pile that were entitled; travels with trolls and year with the yeti both by gilderoy lockhart, and also Cooking the Muggle Way. Henry then added four more books to the left pile that are entitled; Advanced Potion-Making, Magical Drafts and Potions, Cram It!: How to Soar on Your O.W.L.s, and Magical Theory. Before adding the rest of the books into the right pile as he spoke " your not going to need any books on muggle studies,
or werewolves because most of the books on them is biased and wrong and also-" Henry paused to think before making up his mind and saying " I'm a werewolf but I won't hurt you so any questions about them I can answer for you."
@Robert Toukmond
"There's no such thing as strange creatures, only blinked people" - Newt Scamander
24 Aug 2020, 16:13
Saturday Studying
Interacting with @Henry Knight
Robert barely had to think at all in response to Henry's question about what his favorite thing about the muggle world is. "Definitely my computer," he said with a smile. "That's one of the electronics I was telling you about before. It's super useful!" The muggle-born tried to think of all the things you can do with it. "A computer is basically a data machine, which is a lot cooler than it sounds. You input data one way, and it outputs it in a different way. This allows you to communicate with people on the other side of the world, solve complex math problems in a blink of an eye, and do any number of other things."
The thing Robert missed most about his computer was probably its ability to play music. All the other things you use a computer to do, you could also do without, albeit much slower. However, he had yet to find a way of played recorded music using either magic or old muggle technology that didn't need electricity. It sort of surprised Robert how much he missed listening to music, as he wasn't normally one of those people who were constantly walking around with earbuds in. However, he missed the small things, like listening to the radio while in the car, or his wakeup playlist that he used to get up in the morning. Shaking himself out of his thoughts, he turned back to Henry and asked, "What's your favorite thing about the wizarding world?"
Robert watched as Henry waded through the collection of books on the table and sorted the helpful from the unhelpful. Most of the books he'd picked out were good, except for the ones by Gilderoy Lockhart or any on werewolves and muggle studies. The first-year didn't quite know how to react when Henry told him he was a werewolf. Should he be surprised, scared, interested? Robert finally settled on curious, his go-to reaction. "You're a werewolf? How did that happen?" Robert flushed. "Or, erm, is that impolite to ask? I'm sorry."
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." - Albert Einstein
STA: 4 | EVA: 4 | STR: 3 | WIS: 9 | ARC: 8 | ACC: 7
26 Aug 2020, 20:39
Saturday Studying
Henry listened to Robert talk about his favorite muggle thing which turn out to be a computer, as he explain it Henry got a lot more curious and had so many questions on it since to the pureblood boy it seem sort of impossible or ridiculous but when he was done however Henry kept his questions to himself somehow and when he opened his mouth to speak, there was no long and spiraling river of questions just one reply " that sounds cool and helpful, for sure. You definitely need to show me your uh computer, during the holidays." Henry then thought about his favorite thing about the wizarding world which was hard since the 12 year old mostly occupied his time with books or magical creatures which were two of his favorite things and anything else was also consider muggle hobbies to so he had to think a bit before be could answer.
" My favorite thing about the wizarding world is probably the floo network," Henry then started to explain the floo to Robert before he could ask " the floo network is sorry of like a passage or street that connects every wizarding place and house together which can also include muggle homes to. It works in a fireplace with this powder, all you do is you take some of the powder then step into the fireplace then state clearly and loudly where you want to go which then you travel up the fireplace and through these tunnels almost before shooting you down in the fireplace of your desired place." After a few minutes Henry then saw how weird that could be so he spoke again " I could show you the powder and how the floo network works firsthand if you like? Also if you want, with both of our brains and smarts I'm sure we can find out what exactly magic is. That is if you want to become partners?"
Henry then heard him ask about being a werewolf and replied " there's a lot I still have to tell you so maybe we meet again sometime," Henry then smiled as he continued " but I became a werewolf because when I was 6 during on full moon a duo of werewolves attack me. They starch me along my chest and turn me into one, I won't hurt you and with a certain potion I can even keep my mind when I transform every full moon so I don't hurt anyone. Any questions?"
@Robert Toukmond sorry for the wait
"There's no such thing as strange creatures, only blinked people" - Newt Scamander