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Aysel gave a small squeak of excitement and fear at the appearance of Sol, her eyes widening. She clutched her things closer to her chest, but couldn't help but smile and bounce a bit in anticipation. "This is going to be so much fun..!" she whispered breathlessly, to nobody in particular...for Grave seemed to have forgotten that she was there- not that she minded, of course- and Ubel had scooted closer to Grave when the sun had appeared. Making a bit of a face, she turned to study the professor...and then turned her eyes to the amazing beauty of the star-like lights all around them. She fancied they went on forever, and that if she looked hard enough, she would find infinite there. A soft smile lit her face, unreserved in her great joy in learning...learning and the stars, what could be better?

Jaenelle had about to continue with all the fascinating tidbits she had learned about the solar system, and had even gone as far as to opening her mouth well suddenly a brilliant yellow light errupted from no where. Temporary blinded by the force of the light, Jaenelle forgot all conversation and raised her hand to block out the offending yellow hues.

As soon as her eyes had begun to adjust, she lowerd her hand slightly and gazed in awe at a perfect (if miniature) representation of the sun. She was momentarilly distracted by the appearance of an elder Empyrean who must be the Astronomy professor. Being as distracted with his work as Elias was, Jaenelle had no worries of him catching her staring directly at him. Her gaze immediately honed in on his serpentine features, causing her eyebrows to raise in awe. Idly she wondered if his tail would feel like that of a snake's.

Physically shaking her head to draw her conciousness back to the room at hand, she was alert just in time to catch the breaking of the sun into a million different pieces that all took their respectful places in the sky. Such was the majesty of the sight that Jaenelle gawked, mouth open, at the sight...the room and all other inhabitants completely forgotten.

Elias surveyed the class with a subdued expression of pleasure on his fine features. His serpentine tail coiled behind him,a nd Grave saw that the blue glimmering he'd seen earlier was in fact the markings on this Professor's body giving off light in the dim room. At length Elias spoke again.
"As lovely as te stars and planets may be to gaze upon on a clear night, they are powerful entities and should be respected and heeded at all times." Elias spoke softly, and humbly, as if he were asking the students to join him for a late meal, not intsructing them. "The Truth of the matter is that even from the most ancient of times, the planets were revered for their impact on the planet and the people who live upon it. The ancient Greeks and Romans named the planets after a selection of deities from their pantheon. It is in fact true that the position of the planet in conjunction with your guiding signs and in relation to one another creates magnetic and stato-electric energy strong enough to affet the actions of the entire City."

Grave didn't take notes, just stared up at the black, picking out costellations

Grave felt a hand interlock with his and blinked, looking around him to find out who had taken hold of him. He found Mathiaz's hand in his and coloured a little. Grateful for the darkness, Grave smiled and looked back up into the sky.
"For instance," Elias continued in his mellow manner, slithering in a small circle over the smooth floor. He raised his slender arms and with a few complicated mudras and other gestures summoned further light from the sky. Above them the stars seemed to blur and swirl into streaks as the sky rotated and drew in to focus on a certain point of light. As the sky focused the point of light resolved into a planet, tilted on its side with a thin ring of colour around it. "The planet Uranus - OO-ran-os - is the planet of rebellion, overcharged power and uncontrolled actions. It is said that the outer planets are maginifed and unleashed forms of the inner planets. Where Mars is the planet of carnal energy, conflict, vitality and spunk, Pluto is its darker counterpart: self-destructive intensity, deep passions and decay. Likewise where Jupiter is the most powerful of the Gods for which the planets were named, Uranos is his father, the vicious, brutish, primative forefather. His planet boasts the same power with less control. Uranus is expansion, and you can feel it....even with naught but this model glowing upon us, you can feel his power....you can feel your core aching for action, ambition, independance, rebellion, dominance..." Elias's face was well-lit by the light of the gas giant, and the look on his face was as someone betwitched. As the tension in the room mounted, Grave felt himself succumbing to the planet's pull. He felt restless, irritated that he was put under so many rules, distracted and yet confident...and then the planet disappeared back into the multitude of stars.
Elias it seemed had shaken himself of his self-hypnotism and had deemed it a better idea to dismiss the planet. Grave blinked awkwardly as the image of the planet still burned on his retina hung in his view. It took a good number of minutes to let the feelings stirred up by the planet's magnetic force to fade so that he felt like Grave again. As he let the tense emotions flood from him, the first thing he became aware of was Mathiaz's hand wrapped tightly around his.

Elanin listened and she watched, and when Uranus came into view she held her breath, it was a very beautiful planet she thought. Then as the professor continued to talk and explain, she began to feel the pull, she fidgeted a little, and her face started to frown as she felt constricted. She grumbled to herself and nervously moved her hands in front of her, clenching them into fists before letting them go. When the planet disapeared it took her a little while to calm herself down, shaking her head and looking around the room again to spot people.

At the rate this was going, she'd have to try to talk to them all after class.

The sound of Nadyrr's bag hitting the floor pulled Elanin from her observation of the others to seek out the source of the noise. She saw who it was and shot him a soft smile. She knew how hard it could be, right now she was trying hard to keep from asking a thousand questions herself, and she still felt a little flustered and active from the professors example, so she decided that she'd risk missing a few moments of lecture to at least meet him,

She looked to Jaenelle for a moment and gave her a small 'I'll be right back' nod and then, as quietly and quickly as she could, she moved over to the Choleric boy and put a gentle, but frienly hand on his shoulder. "There's a better view over here," She whispered, motioning for him to follow as she headed back over to Jaenelle.