Hogwarts MOO

Look Out Below!

A nice Mid-August day in 1906 finds Charles Harper wandering away from his father Abbot as the auror goes up to the Rathe's townhouse paying a visit. Charles seems a bit more healthy looking than the last time anyone has seen him in London his trip to Paris having done him well. "Astra!" He calls for his younger friend knowing she must be about somewhere. "Im here. Come on out!" The boy's glasses glare in the sunlight and his thick black hair is combed straight back to keep out of his face. He has with him a small pinwheel that he lifts to his mouth and blows against causing it to spin some.

The Rathe townhouse is fair in size and although it is their city dwelling it still has enough land to keep an active child busy out-of-doors for a little while. Left unattended by her own parents Astra has been occupying herself by tree climbing and so has seen the whole business with Abbot, Charles, and her parents. Once the adults are safely out of earshot and eyesight the girl comes clambering down a few branches, grabs a handful of leaves and twigs and giggling drops them where she hopes will land smack on top of Charles. "Hi CHUCK!" The girl shouts this welcome and then proceeds to climb out onto the branch. "Whatchya doing here?"

Nice day that it is, Dwight has managed to escape for a bit of a walk - and a sketch. As he walks down the road he carries with him a couple rolls of parchment, a bottle of ink in his pocket and the end of a quill peeking out. Nothing else, for the stout child prefers to avoid the extra work of lugging things around whenever possible. Presumably parents must be somewhere nearby, but the child is walking alone, and slowly, looking at each of the townhouses critically as he moves.

The twigs and branches collecting in his hair are of course a surprise and Charles looks up into the tree while brushing them from his scalp. "Hey! What are you doing up there Astra?" "My father came to visit your father so I'm out here visiting you." He rolls his eyes as he thought it was rather obvious why he was there. "And don't call me Chuck. Charles is a highly distinguished name. Chuck is what you call riff raff and we don't invite them round for tea." Without wasting another breath Charles begins clambering up the tree as well, though admittedly in a clumsy sort of way. Grunting as he finally makes his way up to Astra's branch Charles is somewhat out of breath already. "My this is high up....." He grins taking notice of the boy walking alone down the street. "Watch this..." He whispers fiendishly to Astra. He takes some sort of gooey green blob from his pocket and tosses it out of the tree at the other boy before quickly scurrying away inside of the foliage.

Already performing gymnastics of a sort Astra has maneuvered herself so that she's hanging from her knees. Fearless of possible injury is it is part because she knows the trees on the property very well but also because she's confident in her childishness. She doesn't immediately see what Charles is about because she's busy hanging upside down in the most uncivil of fashions, but the lone boy has caught her attention too. It isn't until the green blob goes flying in Dwight's direction that she shrieks a laugh and grabbing for another branch takes the time to pull herself right side up. "Chuck! You're going to get us into trouble! I can't *believe* I'm stuck babysitting such a /brat/." She is always so well behaved, like for instance, now as she calls out. "Someone has flying boogies!"

Dwight Floens stops short as he is hit with a.. well, a green, gooey, blob-y, disgusting sort of whatever-it-is. His eyes dart upward in the direction the blob-y what'sit must have come from, and he stares up at the tree, trying to see through the branches. "I demand that you stop this -instant-." Having issued his command to whomever happens to be up there, his attention turns his now dirty sleeve. He raises a hand as though to brush off the mess, but hesitates, not wishing to touch it. Finally he pulls a handkerchief from a pocket and carefully removes the goo, frowning the entire time.

"Careful! That stuff will eat through your shoes!" Yells Charles in a high voice trying to sound like Astra but failing. He giggles and peers out from the branches, his balance on the branch somewhat wavering. He looks to Astra and laughs at her flying boogie comment. He whispers to her "It's just molding clay. I made some" He watches the older boy from the safety of the tree feeling quite invincible due to it's hiding him.

"Don't you go mimicking me Chucky!" Astra pretty much bellows that out as much as a little girl /can/ bellow so it's actually more of a shriek but she's trying very hard to impersonate her father and his infamous temper. Even so another laugh escapes from her at Dwight's words and his fussy ways. "We have a right little proper gentleman in our midst!" "We'd best be careful or he might want to *duel* us." "Be careful knave! You know not the twin terrors that you address!" Hopping just a little on the branch to give away their location, the girl eyes Charles sidelong and then gives another wicked little jolt. "Don't fall Chuck! You wouldn't want to break that skull of yours and have all your smarts leak out onto the ground!" "Then your dad will cry because you'll be the class dummy!"

Dwight Floens finishes taking care of the problem on his sleeve, shakes the handkerchief out, then carefully folds it and returns it to his pocket. Only then does he resume his scrutiny of the tree top, glaring up at those who address him - or attempting to, if only he could see them. "Knave?" The poor child is competely astounded by the word. "You mustn't call me that. -My- family is one of the most important in all the world, and also -we're- pureblood, and also my father will kill you." He finishes this little speech, and almost as an afterthought, adds, "And you two aren't scary at all."

In a mocking tone, much worse than the mock Astra tone Charles replies "My Daddy is the bestest wizard in all the world and you better watch out because he's got a big wand and he'll kill you with it! Also I am so scared that Im going to stand in the street and argue with the trees in someone's front yard." He giggles some before continuing. "I think I might just go get my Daddy to kill this mean old tree but not before I wet my pants and run home crying!" Charles holds the branch tighter rolling his eyes at Astra's comment.

"Knave knave knave who lives in a cave and isn't at all brave and certainly can't shave." Astra is having fun with words and happily plays with their sounds as she calls out to taunt Dwight some more. "The knave he rants and raves but all we do is wave." "He doesn't bathe and kind of smells like a grave!" Another fit of delighted giggles finds the girl scrambling around to hang by her knees again. "Hello mister-flying-boogies! I, the fearless mastermind am not afraid of /you/ or your father. /My/ father is bigger n' braver n' meaner n' scarier than both yours *and* Chuckles's dads put /together/. Plus he's got top secret stuff at the Ministry *and* he can kill everyone!" "Plus, I'm also a pureblood and so is my henchman Chuckie. I could use another henchman and since you're pureblood I *guess* I could let you be one." "But I don't know. You're kind of fussy. It /was/ just boogies."

Too astonished by this turn of events to fully comprehend what is going on, Dwight has a rather delayed reaction to the teasing. First, he just stands and stares some more. "If you're scared of the tree then you shouldn't be in it." Is the idea that /he's/ being teased that hard to wrap his head around? "At least I know how to be/have/. I don't think /I've/ acted like that since I was /seven/." His voice softens just a bit, to a more considering rather than just angry tone, for the next comment; for with all of his many years, he has to come up with a proper answer. "I won't be your henchman. That's like a servant, and I'm going to own servants one day. But I could be your..." he trails off, his nine years' experience failing him. "We could have tea when we're older."

"Im not her henchmen. She's my henchmen." Comes Charles' protest. He takes a chance on dangling from his knees as Astra does. "You can be my Henchman. Don't let Astra fool you her dad isn't that tough. My father is the one who is a real man. He's an auror and everything." Charles adds a moment later "I'm going to be an Auror too some day. And all Astra is going to is marry someone and have their babies because that's what women do!" He giggles looking sidelong to his friend. He doesn't seem to notice at first that his glasses are slideing off his face due to gravity. Though eventually he does and pushes them back up on the bridge of his nose.

Scowling at the other boy Astra does the mature thing and sticks her tongue right out at Dwight. "I wouldn't want to take tea with a stinky boy who thinks he's so smart. You're too fussy and I bet you can't even climb a tree." But it's what Charles says that gets her off-guard "Why you stupid little boy!" Shrieking again the girl scrabbles up and gives the branch a nastier jolt as she hangs on as tightly as possible. "I hope you break your skull you little brat!" "I am not going to be a baby machine for /anyone/ not /ever/!" "My mother isn't and she works in the Ministry too! Top secret stuff but different than father's." For all her claims the girl really doesn't /know/ what either of her parents /do/ for work at the Ministry. She's still as mad as ever though and to make her point she bounces again on the branch so hard that she very nearly topples herself headlong onto the ground. Even so, she's not deterred. "Chuck Harper is the stupidest boy to ever live!" Grabbing her
own fall with both hands she has to take a moment before scrabbling down to the next branch. To those who might be watching it's clear she knows exactly what she's doing and doesn't seem the least bit worried that the boy might fall out of the tree and hurt himself.

"I won't be anyone's henchman," Dwight answers proudly, "not hers or yours. And I don't wish any either; I have house elves for that sort of thing, so /neither/ of you may be mine." So there. Stepping closer, he tilts his head farther up, really perfering to have an unobscured view of who he is talking to. "I wouldn't /want/ to climb a tree; it's dirty, and I bet you've got bugs all over you. You're no better than dirty bug infested mudbloods with, with, with spots on you!" He takes another step closer as he continues to speak, voice rising, until Astra begins her shrieking. As long as someone is keeping the silence away, he can quiet down - and he's already given the worst insult he could think of.

"Hey quit it Astra!" Calls Charles franticy trying to scramble up the branch again. But each times she gives it a jolt his grip is broken. "Stop! You're going to make me fall!" And then as if fate were listening his knees let go and the boy drops to the ground like a sack of potatos. An ugly thud is heard followed by the boy's wailing as he lies on the front lawn beneath the tree. He reaches for his face to find that his glasses have fallen off and as he crawls slowly to his knees to find them there is an ominous crunch in the grass beneath his knees. "Oh no...." He says through his tears. "My glasses..." He turns pale and lifts his leg showing that the glasses are crushed. "My father is going to kill me Astra!" he shrieks.

"You deserved it you little brat! How /dare/ you insinuate anything!" For her age Astra has a great grasp of vocabulary, but that isn't terribly surprising given the era and the quality of education. Jumping to the next branch down, the girl is surveying the damage with absolutely no remorse for the boy who went and got hurt. Looking to the door of her house and then over to Dwight she narrows her eyes. "And I amn't a mudblood either you filthy little wretch." Dropping to the next branch she's still high enough up that a tumble will hurt and certainly filthy her clothing, but she isn't so terribly high up that it's absolutely dangerous. Glancing to the door and back to Dwight she makes a huffing sound before letting *go* of the branches that support her and tumbling down near to, but not on top of Charles. The fall may have been planned, but her injuries are not staged. What she did she did on purpose. Her own screams are loud, shrill and piercing and she screams as she grabs
one leg. "You're a big meanie head Charles and I'm going to /tell/ on you!"

"I'm not the one who's /filthy/," Dwight replies, but that's about all that he has time for. He stays for a moment to watch the ensuing scene, but is smart enough at nine to show a better side of himself around adults than those his own age, and he isn't going to wait to see what these two say about him when the commotion draws out a parent or two. "Told you," he remarks into the middle of the screaming, then turns, not bothering to run with his bulk but walking back down the way he came at, for him, a fairly decent speed.

Its about this time between the two children yelling in pain that a parent does show up. Abbot Harper though not as impressivley built as Astra's father, still quite imposing. "Whats going on out here Charles?" He says impatiently looking to his son. "Why are you wallowing on the ground....." Then he sees the shattered glasses and Astra. "Dad Astra pushed me out of the tree! And I fell and my glasses broke." He is quick to tell the truth, a lot of fear playing in his voice. "I asked her to stop but she wouldn't!"

Hiding her face if not her own yelling, Astra took to the time to weigh what was going on. Her own parents are again absent, which really isn't unusual and she's quite used to it by now, but Abbot is another story. With her parents still in the house she decides to put on the full waterworks. This would never /ever/ work on her parents but she's hoping that maybe someone other than Arnauld will fall for the act. Shaking, crying, and now yelling Astra doesn't get up or move much other than to rock back and forth to support her injured limb. Her own tumble may not have been as bad, but she's still small for her size. "Did not! I did not you little liar! You were the one being mean to /me/." Wiping at her eyes the heels of her palms the girl snivels. "Charles Harper is a big old meanie head!" "I don't like you anymore!" Scuffling among the two isn't unknown and the girl has vowed enmity upon Charles ten times in one day and the very next minute forgetting this and putting it beh
ind her, but that doesn't stop her now from declaring: "You're my nemesis Charles Harper!" Because that doesn't sound at all ridiculous to her eight year old ears.

"Charles Danforth Harper!" Yells Abbot seeing the crying mess that Astra is. "How many times have I told you that you are to treat girls with respect and dignity!" Abbot walks past his own crying son and moves to pick Astra up off the ground. "There there dear. Let me get you inside. Then Im taking Charles home. I think you've both had quite enough for the day." Abbot glares at his son before walking with Astra in his arms toward the Rathe town house leaving his son sitting and crying in the dirt until he returns.

Gryffindors, 1; Rats, 0

(OOC: 1906-1907 school year. Actual log from a time when spells were coded, rules were loose, wild things happened all over the castle, and most of us were beginners.... but, it's history!)

Tanna Finley shouts; "*looking through the open office door* May I come in?"
You can hear David Porter shouting "Come in!" from somewhere nearby.

David Porter looks to Tanna, "I was just talking about a job they could do,
Miss Finley... You three could go into the deepest depths of the dungeon,
and start killing off the measly rats that are eating my ingredients.
David Porter goes on, "Of course, you'd have to be careful...and put on old
clothes due to the sewage and radioactive waste down there..."
Tanna Finley nods to David and glances at the other Gryffindors, wondering what
/they/ said to that.
David Porter notes, "Of course...that sewage might have bacteria that would
eat through your clothes or skin..."
Angelus Crea nods slowly, still grinning, Er, okay, sure thing Proffessor
Porter!.
Tanna Finley looks worriedly at David. For all she knows, he's serious, and he
worried her too much to even consider thinking he is joking. "Er.. It um,
doesn't sound very safe, sir.. we could.. is there anything else we could
do?"
David Porter notes. "And I will give you five points for doing it."
Angelus Crea mood changes but it only shows slightly, "five points for risking
our lives?"
David Porter bahs. "Risking your lives? Nonsense."
Angelus Crea raises his eyebrow, "hm, bacteria eating through skin, radioactive
waste, not deadly?"
Tanna Finley blinks. "F-five?" But she isn't one for backing down, not
usually. "You.. you said yourself, Mr. Professor sir, all those dangerous
things.."
David Porter shakes his head, "Not at all... I can give you a preventative
potion...."
Angelus Crea grins, "ah, I see. May I ask how long it'll last?"
David Porter nods. "An hour or so."
Angelus Crea inquires, "hm, I guess that'd be enough...you okay with that Tessa
and Tanna?"
Tanna Finley nods slightly. This changes things a bit. "Is that.. that how
long it would take to do the job?"
David Porter hrms, "It depends on how well you can use axes."
Tanna Finley gulps. She's ever touched an axe before. "An... axe, sir?"
David Porter glares, "You have to kill the rats with something..."
Angelus Crea inquires, "standard sized axes?"

Tanna Finley takes a step back under Davids glare. "Oh, of course, sir!" She
doesn't even like killing things. And with an axe? "Um, Mr Professor,
wouldn't that get kinda, um, messy?"
David Porter glares, "Not standard sized...hatchets."
Angelus Crea nods.
Tessa Loudown eyes the other Gryffindors and then the Potions Master. She gulps
slightly, but manages, "I think we could all handle hatchets, Sir. May I ask
if you have the Preventative Potion in store or if it will have to be made
prior to this task?"
David Porter opens a drawer and...what appears to be steam (but deathly cold)
raises from the drawer. He takes out three vials. "You try it, Miss
Loudown." He hands a vial to Tessa, and then closes the drawer.
Angelus Crea eyes Tessa anxiously, waiting for her to take a drink from the
vial.
Tessa Loudown takes the vial from the teacher and hesitantly uncorks it. With a
nervous glance down into the swirling potion, she shuts her eyes and quickly
downs it in one gulp. She opens her eyes and visibly shudders, "It's c-cold
. " she stutters. The first effects of the potion seem to wear off and Tessa
stops shivering and nods, "It's fine."
Suddenly, Tessa's skin pigment turns GREEN!.
Tanna Finley watches Tessa, a slightly scared look on her face. David's a
teacher.. he wouldn't try to poison them, right? Then she sees her turn
green and gasps, turning to David. "S-she's.. she's green!"
David Porter watches Tessa, "It's apparently working," he says, noting the
green color of her skin.
Tessa Loudown jumps slightly as her skin suddenly turns green. She speculates
one arm and then looks up at the potions teacher, "Oh .. so this is normal? I
mean it's working how it's supposed to?"
David Porter nods quietly. "You will experience the most severe itching of
your life in a little while for about three minutes.... It will slowly ware
off. As it does, it will turn from green to bright pink...then from pink to
peach...then from peach to your skin-tone."
Angelus Crea inquires, "Professor Porter, does the countdown start as soon as you drink from the potion or after your skin turns normal?"
David Porter says, "She's protected right now..."
Angelus Crea nods, "I see..."
Tessa Loudown's eyes slightly widen, "Itching, Sir?" She asks faintly, but then shrugs nonchalantly. "Okay, should the others drink there potions yet?" She inquires, with a sideways look at Angelus and Tanna.
Tanna Finley gulps. This does /not/ look like a potion she wants to take. "If the countdowns starts, should we get started?" she asks, worriedly.
David Porter gives the vials to Angelus and Tanna. "Cheers."
David Porter notes, "Do not kill the rats....simply uproot them from their nests in the deepest, darkest parts of the dungeon, and then figure out a way to get them outside."
Angelus Crea uncorks and lifts the vial and grins, "Cheers!" and quickly quaffs it.
Tanna Finley stares into the vial. Colored skin, severe itching... this is a bit more then she wants to handle, and they haven't even /started/ yet! She closes her eyes and tries to keep her hand from shaking as she raises the vial and drinks quickly.
Tessa Loudown quietly examines the potion vial, trying to find any clues to its makeup. She looks up at Professor Porter and nods slightly, "Right .. uproot the rats, I see." She gives an encouraging smile to both Tanna and Angelus and remarks brightly, "Well I guess now we've all taken the potion, we should get started?"
There is a bright light...as something goes wrong with the potion Angelus' drank. He turns GREEN!.
Tanna Finley nods vaguely, unable to take her eyes off her green arm. She can hardly even find her voice as she waits for the rest to start, but manages, "Yeah, lets go.."
Angelus Crea grins Tessa, "Don't see why we shouldn't, 'sides the potion does have a time limit, right?."
David Porter notes. "Just uproot them...and then get them outside, somehow."
+---[ Dungeon Cavern ]-------------------------------------------------------+
Angelus Crea coughs as he breathes in the stale and stifling air
Tessa Loudown rubs her eyes slightly, "Er .. permission to use 'Lumos', Sir?" She asks
Glittering, gold, little eyes are obvious, despite the darkness. Some type of furry something scurries across your feet. Chittering is heard. There have to be at least 1500 rats...and several broken, crackling skeletons.
Tanna Finley comes in and squints into the darkness. The rats, which are obvious, don't worry her, but the rest..
Angelus Crea mutters something about spiders.
Spider webs seem to float over your figure. There's no sign of any teacher...or anyone else...except for the broken, crackling skeletons.
An unseen shrug by Tessa and a deep breath, "Well .. I guess we /should/ use Lumos if we want to get anywhere .. " She comments, reaching into her robes for her wand.
Tanna Finley takes a worried step forward into the darkness. "Yeah.. I guess we won't get in trouble, it /is/ dark here..." She mutters, pulling out her wand.
A rat nibbles at Tanna's feet.
Tessa Loudown murmurs, 'lumos', waving her wand at the same time.
Angelus Crea nods and pulls his wand out at the same time, "yeah, it would be kinda hard finding rats if you can't see them"
Angelus Crea murmurs, 'lumos', waving his wand at the same time.
Angelus Crea murmurs, 'lumos', waving his wand at the same time.
A burst of light appears at the tip of Angelus Crea's Wand, illuminating the room with flickering light.
Tanna Finley jumps back, startled. "Hey! Crazy thing bit me! They're not sick, are they?"
Tanna Finley murmurs, 'lumos', waving her wand at the same time.
A burst of light appears at the tip of Tanna Finley's Wand, illuminating the room with flickering light.
Tessa Loudown murmurs, 'lumos', waving her wand at the same time.
Tessa Loudown murmurs, 'lumos', waving her wand at the same time.
A burst of light appears at the tip of Tessa Loudown's Wand, illuminating the room with flickering light.
Angelus Crea says, "I don't think we need to worry about that, we did drink the potion after all..."
At the light, the rats seem to GASP! They run, scurry, and jaunt to their little holes, some of them running into the walls, others running into other rats, some looking quite drunk.
Angelus Crea now able to see the rats clearly due to the light, he's glad that none of them are mutated in anyway.
Tanna Finley giggles at the rats, not quite so tense now. "Right, I guess. Well, lets chase 'em.. how do you catch rats, anyway?"
Angelus Crea grins and suggests, maybe by their tails?.
One of the rats is in the corner....halfway into a barrel...the barrel seems to be booze of some sort...
Tanna Finley laughs. "We're not supposed to kill them, right? So we have to catch them, then /put/ them in something to get them outside... look around, we need something."
Angelus Crea walks over to the barrel cautiously and taps it
Angelus Crea suddenly gets an idea, "hey the rats seem to be enjoying the drink in here a lot...so...why don't we lure them into it and take it outside?"
The single rat falls out of the barrel, as drunk as ever. He begins gagging, and then falls over dead.
Tanna Finley glances at the barrel. "So that's why they're all acting crazy... oh crap." She watches the rat die. "I guess we shouldn't just throw them into the barrel.."
Angelus Crea eyes the now dead rat, "...never mind"
Tessa Loudown raises an eyebrow, "Does it particularly matter if they die .. or is our mission to take them out alive?"
Angelus Crea shrugs.
Tanna Finley says, "I'd suggest we don't get none to close to it, either. Or at least don't drink it!" She glances at Tessa, "Mr. Porter said alive, but... well, I don't care for killing things. But we might not have a choice."
Angelus Crea says, "I don't think it really matters, the Prof said he wanted 'em dead but then he said to take 'em out alive."
Tessa Loudown shrugs eyeing the rats distastefully, "D'you think he wants them for potions ingredients or ... something. If so we shouldn't kill them .. "
Angelus Crea says, "but then again, that would be a lotta dead rats and I'm not interested in killing anything anytime soon"
The rats cannot all get into their holes, so they've formulated a different plan. They line up in rows and march, like ants, towards the Gryffindor group. Then...they CHARGE! Running over their feet, attempting to get them off. Some of them nibble at the feet and ankles.
Tessa Loudown yells out and kicks a few rats away, shaking her robe frenziedly. She gasps, "Okay, whatever we do, we have to do it fast .. these rats are /mad/."
Angelus Crea acks and kicks at the rats trying to get them off.
Tanna Finley shrieks, startled. "Crazy rats!" She kicks, trying to keep them off her. "Whatever we do, make it /quick/! Are there any other containers?" She looks around.
Angelus Crea says, "sides the barrel, I don't think so"
The rats jump on the barrel, then jump off, flying onto the three. They nibble at their robes.
Angelus Crea wonders what the rats are on and starts picking them off his robe. He looks rather funny kicking and picking the rats at the same time.
Tessa Loudown quickly examines all four corners of the Cavern .. not seeing any other solution she whips out her wand and quickly points it at the rat-infested barrel. She murmurs the first thing that comes into her mind ... "Wingardium Leviosa!" At the barrel .. waiting for success?
Tanna Finley blinks at the rats, then pulls off her robe; so she is only wearing the regular clothes underneath. She folds her robe inside out, trapping the rats that were on her, and tries to grab some of the others around her feet."
The barrel raises...and raises...then...BOOM! It breaks into a million pieces and lands on a group of rats KILLING them!
Tanna Finley watches the barrel with wide eyes, and then goes back to trapping the rats.. alive... in her folded up robe.
Angelus Crea finally gets all the rats off his robes then follows Tanna's example and removes his robes and using it the catch the rats.
Tessa Loudown bites her lip, grinning slightly. "We-el .. they're dead. That's good, I guess."
Angelus Crea looks at the dead rats and messy stuff everywhere, "is it really?"
Tanna Finley chuckles, not stopping work. "Yes, those ones are, I suppose." She grabs for another rat that's bear her feet, catching it by the tails and folding it into her robe with the others.
The rats seem to be fighting for their lives. They snap at the Gryffindors...and run. It's like walking on Jell-O now.
Angelus Crea drops all the rats in his robe in his pewter cauldron then starts chasing the rats again.
Tanna Finley holds her robes tightly closes as it wriggles with the rats in it. Holding it in one hand, she backs up to the wall and kneels down. If they are going to bite and run, she'll just wait for them to come to her.
Angelus Crea says, "maybe we should block the holes so they can't escape"
David Porter shouts; "Maybe you should take what you have outside now....then come back."
Tanna Finley looks at Angelus. "Good idea... I'm going to take my robefull outside first."
Tessa Loudown copies Tanna's method, chasing a group of rats into a corner and then trapping them in the folds of her robes. She hears the voice of the Potions Teacher and looks sideways at Tanna, "Better do as he says." She murmurs.
Angelus Crea drops his new batch of rats into his other cauldron and then stands up.
Tanna Finley heads out, "I'll be right back!"
Angelus Crea says, "first lets just drop off the rats outside"
+---[ The Great Hall ]-------------------------------------------------------+
Gandalf Garunski comes in, looking calm.
Chelsea DiGusto shakes her head, thinking that Nell is usually level headed.
Gandalf Garunski exclaims, "Yes!"
Nanami Leysee snickers.
Laeral Moonflower inquires, "yes?"
Gandalf Garunski lifts the sorting hat and places it slowly over his head.
Gandalf Garunski waits silently as the hat considers houses.
Bryan Stonewall sits down at the Slytherin table.
Nell Addorine sighs. "It's a long story...and I'm not serious, but it keeps me grounded. I'll feed myself to Renfield."
Leon Durith sits down at the Slytherin table.
Angelus Crea comes in, grinning slightly.
Angelus Crea walks out through the exit named (N)orth
Tanna Finley passes through, carrying her wriggling robe in her hands. Every once in a while, a tail.. remarkably like a rats tail.. can be seen poking out. The girls skin is green, and she rushes through.
Nanami Leysee says "Hmm...."
Sylvie Winters shakes her head at Nell and sighs, then blinks at Tanna.
The Sorting Hat announces; Gandalf Garunski is a Slytherin!
+---[ The Entrance ]---------------------------------------------------------+
Tanna tosses the robes away from the building, watches the rats run out, collects the robes and heads back in.
+---[ The Great Hall ]-------------------------------------------------------+
Leon Durith claps.
Gandalf Garunski exclaims, "Tetetet!"
Lyrance Riez says, "Congrats"
Nanami Leysee says "Ah well.."
Angelus Crea comes in, skin surprisingly green and carrying two cauldron full of squirming rats..
Bryan Stonewall gets up from the Slytherin table.
Tanna Finley comes back, looking about the same, except that the robe is no longer wriggling.
Nell Addorine smiles weakly, and claps for the new Slytherin. Odd, seeing as she's wearing a badger on her prefect badge.
Dew Honey has arrived.
+---[ Dungeon ]--------------------------------------------------------------+
Angelus Crea inquires, "did you free your lot yet?"
Tanna Finley comes back in, her robes no longer wriggling. She looks around, toward the passage, then turns back to Angelus, "Should we see about plugging up the holes.. oh, yeah, I did."
Angelus Crea nods.
Angelus Crea says, "ah, now where was that passage..."
You move in that direction.
+---[ Dungeon Cavern ]-------------------------------------------------------+
Tessa Loudown looks round, wondering where the other Gryffindors got to .. hm. She shrugs and begins to tackles some more rats. She narrows her eyes and heads straight for the rat that nearly bit her, noting its frenzied squeaks in grim satisfaction.
A group of rats appear to have formulated a militia, they attack the Gryffindor's on contact.
Tanna Finley enters, her robes no longer wriggling, and looks behind her wondering if Angelus is going to show up.
Angelus Crea comes in, his skin a sickly shade of green.
Tanna Finley says, "Maybe we should do what Angelus suggested.. plug up the holes and keep them from getting away?"
Angelus Crea says, "hm, problem though, there are more holes than robes"
Tanna Finley looks around. "That barrel.. are there any pieces left?"
Tessa Loudown nods, keeping her eyes on the rats .. looking suspiciously organized in hordes. Hm. She bites her lip .. "Perhaps we should start at one corner and then work out way around .. ?"
Angelus Crea inquires, "wait a sec, don't rats like cheese?"
Tanna Finley says, "If there /isn't/ anything to plug the holes with, we could chase them all into one corner... I dunno. Mice do... do you have cheese?"
Angelus Crea says, "I'm pretty sure the kitchen will have some"
Angelus Crea inquires, "but I was thinking, why not transfigure a large container and then lure the rats with it, that would be easier than plugging holes and running around, right?"
Tessa Loudown raises an eyebrow towards Angelus, while busily keeping track of the movements of the rats. "Yes, what Tanna said .. oooh good idea Angelus .. "
Tanna Finley nods slightly. It would be.. and she loves spells. "Are we allowed to? What do we transfigure, one of the rats?"
Angelus Crea drops Angelus Crea's Pewter Cauldron.
Angelus Crea says, "I have a lot of cauldrons"
Angelus Crea says, "we could use one of mine"
Tanna Finley says, "Alright! And I suppose it's ok to do.."
Angelus Crea nods.
Angelus Crea murmurs, 'altro mesion frunu terra', waving his wand towards Angelus Crea's Pewter Cauldron.
Angelus Crea says, "...ah, I wish we could ask the professor before we do this..."
Tanna Finley grins. "Here, let me try."
Angelus Crea murmurs, 'altro mesion frunu terra', waving his wand towards Angelus Crea's Pewter Cauldron.
Tessa Loudown shrugs slightly, shivering as a tingly sensation hits her skin. She pushes back the robe on one arm and sees her skin turning shocking pink .. "Yikes!" she exclaims, "It's turning back already .. "
A cube seems to shimmer slightly in the air, losing focus...
A cube's appearance alters. It is now A cube...
Angelus Crea says, "now for the cheese"
Tanna Finley turns to Tessa and frowns. "You should go, then! You took it first, we still have a few minutes... maybe the Professor has more?"
Angelus Crea says, "I'll go"
Angelus Crea walks out through the exit named (O)ut
Tanna Finley blinks at Angelus. She didn't mean for /him/ to do, he wasn't changing back quite yet."
Angelus Crea comes in, his skin now a rather bright shade of pink..
Angelus Crea starts stuffing some of the cheese into the cube and also making a trail leading out of it.
Tessa Loudown shakes her head .. "No, it's fine. This is only the turning point .. I have quite a bit of time left." She starts to hurry on with her task, "Although we /should/ hurry up .. "She remarks, noting Angelus' now shocking pink skin.
Tanna Finley notices Angelus's skin, and looks to her own. "We're changing now, too! Oh, hurry.. just chase them!"
Angelus Crea says, "so the traps all set..."
CHEESE! The rats /LOVE/ cheese. They run for it....
However, there is not enough room... Someone will have to carry some rats out, too.
Tanna Finley nods, and then smiles watching the rats run toward the trap. "Ill catch the ones that don't fit!" she cries, seeing that there isn't enough room, and starts to go after the ones that didn't stay in.
Tessa Loudown nods slightly, stepping back from the trap hurriedly to trap those that fail to enter it. She brandishes her wand warily, shooing the rats into a corner. "Hey Angelus, you take care of the trap and Tanna and I will capture these remaining ones, over here in the corner."
Angelus Crea nods.
Angelus Crea says, "sure thing"
Tanna Finley looks at the rats, and lays her robe flat on the floor. "Come here, my pretties.. right onto the robe.."
The pink become violently bright... The protection will ware off in just over five minutes.
The rats move to investigate the robe, thinking it's food.
Angelus Crea clogs up the hole on the cube with his robe insuring no rats will leave
Angelus Crea picks up A cube.
Angelus Crea walks out through the exit named (O)ut
Tanna Finley watches the rats, waiting for them to come all the way onto the robe, even though she knows there is little time. Once there are a good number on the robe, she quickly grabs the edges and folds it up.
Angelus Crea comes in, his skin now a rather bright shade of pink.
Angelus Crea inquires, "ack, how many more rats left?"
Tanna Finley stands up, holding the squirming rats captive. "See any more?" she asks the others.
Tessa Loudown nods to Tanna, tightly entrapping the remaining rats in the fold of her robe, which now lies ruffled on the floor of the cavern. She eyes Angelus, "Hmm, I think that's nearly the last of them .. shall we hurry up and get rid of this lot?"
Angelus Crea nods, "you'd better about 2 minutes left!"
Tanna Finley says, "If thats all, lets go!" She turns to head out.
Angelus Crea inquires, "need help tessa?"
Angelus Crea inquires, "or Tanna?"
The rats are trying to eat through the robe!
Tanna Finley shakes her head, not stopping walking. "I got all mine trapped. If you see others, catch them, otherwise come on.. before this wears off!"
Tessa Loudown struggles with the wriggling bundle, finally finding a way to carry it. "Nope, it's okay Angelus." She pants .. "Let's go." She nods, indicating the exit.
Tessa Loudown walks out through the exit named (O)ut
Angelus Crea exclaims, "eep, let's go!"
Angelus Crea walks out through the exit named (O)ut
Tanna Finley looks at her robe, "Oh no.." And starts to run.
+---[ The Great Hall ]-------------------------------------------------------+
Tessa Loudown comes in, looking .. pink?.
Angelus Crea walks out through the exit named (S)outh
Angelus Crea comes in, his skin now a rather bright shade of pink.
Esther Silvertongue looks wonderingly at all the pink faces
Tanna Finley comes running in. Her skin is now a bright shade of pink, and once again she is carrying a wriggling robe. It's moving quiet violently, and it's a struggle for her to hold the sides together as she runs.
Angelus Crea bursts through the north hall looking really akward being pink
Nanami Leysee inquires, "Why are they all pink?"
Nanami Leysee says, "Bah, I'm hunting them down."
Nanami Leysee walks out through the exit named (N)orth
Sylvie Winters looks curiously at the Gryffindors.
Nanami Leysee comes in, looking worried.
Lyrance Riez gets up from the Gryffindor table.
Nell Addorine looks at Nan, oddly. "Did you see anything?"
The robe begins to crinkle...and out of the top plops three RATS! They scurry about the Great Hall...scared to death, and wanting to be free.
Nanami Leysee grabs Angelus "What're you doing?"
Angelus Crea says, "er, you guys better hurried up..."
Lyrance Riez says, "See yal at 5:30"
Cody Coltharp comes in, looking calm.
Cody Coltharp sits down at the Hufflepuff table.
Talgwyne jumps out of Nan's arms and starts after one of the rats
Angelus Crea says, "um, everyone better clear the halls those rats are diseased, I think"
Dew Honey comes in, quiet and nervous looking..
Rose Starbringer gets up from the Hufflepuff table.
Dew Honey inquires, "Hi. I found a cube. What does it do?"
Tessa Loudown enters the Great Hall, struggling with a strange wriggling bundle. Her face is .. pink. Yes, pink. She looks a little embarrassed but nods a greeting in Esther's direction, "Doing something for Professor Porter .. " She eyes Nanami, "Oh .. " She jerks her head in Angelus' direction, "He's helping Tanna and I."
Nanami Leysee inquires, "You two were carrying them in. Why?"
Dew Honey nods.
Angelus Crea inquires, "um, can I have the cube back Dew?"
Talgwyne suddenly stirs, then leaves, heading for home.
Dew Honey inquires, "What does it do?"
Nell Addorine gasps, as the huge rats drop out of the bag. She abandons her letter, and rushes after one of the rats, heedless of Angelus' outburst.
Lyrance Riez has disconnected.
Angelus Crea says, "nothing, just carries a lot of rats"
Dew Honey nods.
The rats jump up on the Hufflepuff table...eating any food they can find.
Tanna Finley looks at the three loose rats. "Catch them!" She holds her robes even tighter, not wanting others to get loose.
Sylvie Winters gets up from the Slytherin table.
Dew Honey runs for a rat.
Rose Starbringer swats one of the rats off the table
Angelus Crea mutters something then starts to chase the rats
Dew Honey manages to hit a rat with her wand, but slips and falls into a pile of toast and marmalade.
Sylvie Winters looks calmly at the rats, and starts to move toward them. If they need to be caught, its no trouble.
Angelus Crea graps one of them and puts it in his pewter cauldron
Dew Honey snaps up a rat
Esther Silvertongue wonders if now is a good time to mention her longstanding phobia of rats
Nell Addorine isn't good with animals. Plants are her familiars. She eyes the rat, and gasps. "Call your owls!" She manages to get one tail, and throws it to the boy with the cauldron distastefully.
Dew Honey gives a rat to Angelus.
Angelus Crea says, "one more to go"
Cody Coltharp gets up from the Hufflepuff table and leaves the room.
Cody Coltharp walks out through the exit named (N)orth
Draco Balefire comes in, looking calm.
Fang suddenly appears, heading towards Dew Honey
Sylvie Winters moves toward the last rat, and grabs for it.
Draco Balefire exclaims, "Wow!"
Nanami Leysee grabs out at the rats..
Angelus Crea says, "er, lets go now"
Angelus Crea waves.
Angelus Crea walks out through the exit named (S)outh
Dew Honey walks out through the exit named (S)outh
Nanami Leysee inquires, "Nell, how about we move to the Ravenclaw table before we eat?"
Esther Silvertongue goes very pale and backs towards the wall
Angelus Crea comes in, his skin now a rather bright shade of pink.
Nell Addorine moves after Nanami, and nods, shivering. "I don't mind them when they're down in the dungeons..."
Rose Starbringer exclaims, "Nell, you afraid of rats??!"
Tessa Loudown grins apologetically towards Nell, "Sorry about all of this .. clearing the deepest, darkest caverns of all of the rats." She rubs a hand across her forehead, "My Preventative Potion is wearing off, better hurry off .. " With that she heads out to the Entrance Hall.
Tanna Finley glances at Tessa, and holds her robes tightly to her chest, trying to keep it completely closed. "Did they get them all? Maybe I should just go let these go anyway.."
Tessa Loudown walks out through the exit named (S)outh
Nell Addorine shakes her head. "No, of course not! Just...these don't look to healthy. We have lots at home...but they're good country rats."
Nanami Leysee blinks.
Rose Starbringer says, "Ahh"
Draco Balefire inquires, "huh?"
Rose Starbringer grins, "Good, strong rats, hehehe"
Tanna Finley follows Tessa, running awkwardly with her robes still held to her chest as her pink skin starts to change to normal.
+---[ The Entrance ]---------------------------------------------------------+
Angelus Crea comes in, his skin now a rather bright shade of pink.
Angelus Crea exclaims, "good job!"
Tessa Loudown nods to the newcomer, "Hi!" She gasps, before catching sight of Tanna. She smiles and heads a little away from the school before dropping her struggling bundle on the floor, and then scampering a little distance away from it. She dust off her hands and grins at the two Gryffindors, "Good job, indeed!"
Tanna Finley moves a ways away from the building and throws her robes even farther away. Numerous rats run out of it, heading for safety.
Angelus Crea skin starts flashing and it turns back into it's normal color
Angelus Crea inquires, "I guess we have to get new robes now, eh?"
Angelus Crea grins.
Angelus Crea walks out through the exit named (S)outh
Angelus Crea comes in, grinning, his skin turning back to it's normal tone..
Tanna Finley moves cautiously toward her robe, as the protection wears off. Seeing that all the rats are gone, she picks it up, sighing at the holes chewed in it.
Tessa Loudown grins, her skin turning back to its normal peachy hue. "Lucky I was wearing old robes .. " She comments. She wanders over to Tanna, "Shall we head back and find Professor Porter .. "
Angelus Crea murmurs, 'nox', waving his wand at the same time.
The light on Angelus Crea's wand flickers and goes out.
Tessa Loudown murmurs, 'nox', waving her wand at the same time.
The light on Tessa Loudown's wand flickers and goes out.
Tanna Finley nods to Tessa, carrying her robe. "I shall have to go buy new ones, soon as I get a chance.. I don't want to wear these any more. Well, lets go!"
Tanna Finley murmurs, 'nox', waving her wand at the same time.
Unfortunately, your wand didn't do much that time...
Tanna Finley murmurs, 'nox', waving her wand at the same time.
The light on Tanna Finley's wand flickers and goes out.
Angelus Crea says, "I seriously hope we get more than five points..."
Angelus Crea walks out through the exit named (In)side
Tessa Loudown grins over at Angelus, "My, my." She murmurs, "You are good .. the pair of 'em, Lumos and Nox, positevely /hate/ me." She giggles.
Tanna Finley chuckles. "I can do charms.. it potions that I don't like." She starts to follow Angelus.
Tessa Loudown walks out through the exit named (In)side
+---[ The Great Hall ]-------------------------------------------------------+
Nell Addorine looks rather blown, herself.
Dew Honey exclaims, "I think everyone in life is wonderful!"
Dew Honey inquires, "Wow - anyone ever thought I'd say that?"
Nanami Leysee says, "Erm... Maybe she should go to the nurse.."
Dew Honey pauses, close to snapping.
Dew Honey says coldly, "Excuse me nanami?"
Tanna Finley comes back in, her skin now normal color. She is carrying her robe folded over her arm, and there are small holes in it from the rats chewing.
Nell Addorine shakes her head. "Don't ruin it," she chuckles. "She's trying hard to be good, we mustn't tease her for it."
Nanami Leysee says, "I think her mind isn't working quite right.."
Angelus Crea comes in, grinning, his skin turning back to it's normal tone.
Dew Honey inquires, "excuse me Mudblood?"
Dew Honey gasps.
Dew Honey exclaims, "I'm sorry!"
Nanami Leysee blinks.
Angelus Crea whispers something to Tessa Loudown
Sylvie Winters frowns slightly at the Hufflepuff, still not quite sure what to make of her.
Chelsea DiGusto whispers something to Tessa Loudown
Kevin Fairdo 's jaw hits the ground.
Dew Honey says, "Make what you will."
Nanami Leysee shrugs, "My parents were wizards, dear.."
Dew Honey shrugs.
Bryan Stonewall has arrived.
Leon Durith has arrived.
Cerridwen Llewllyn waves.
Dew Honey exclaims, "You don't impress me though. anyway, clear out the bad energy, in with the new!"
Nell Addorine ignores the fight brewing around her, and smiles at Bryan across the hall.
Dew Honey exclaims, "Its Halloween, night of spirits and death, ghosts and zombies. My favorite!"
Bryan Stonewall smiles back to Nell.
Dew Honey smiles as the shadows lengthen and the spirits grow.
Sylvie Winters shakes her head
Nanami Leysee says, "You.."
Dew Honey whispers harshly, "All Hallows Eve, when the dead shall rise and walk once more..."
Nanami Leysee sighs and shakes her head
Angelus Crea sits down at the Gryffindor table.
Tanna Finley looks at Tessa. "So... where is he? Do we go back to the office?"
Dew Honey sighs.
Nell Addorine seems to colour a little bit. She murmurs something about 'fetching a letter', and excuses herself for a few moments.
Nell Addorine walks out through the exit named (N)orth
Dew Honey walks out through the exit named (N)orth
You can hear Dew Honey shouting "Nell Wait!" from somewhere nearby.
Angelus Crea gets up from the Gryffindor table.
Angelus Crea walks out through the exit named (N)orth
Tessa Loudown enters the Hall once again, her skin no returned to the normal hue. She blinks slightly at the Hufflepuffs outburst but then grins at Nanami, her retaliation. She eyes the Hufflepuff again, without a word. "Come on .. " She says, motioning to Angelus and Tanna, "We better go back to his office .. "
Tanna Finley nods to Tessa, and waves toward everyone else. "I'll be back!" She grins, then heads toward David's office, the robes folded over her arm bouncing as she walks.
Tessa Loudown walks out through the exit named (N)orth
Angelus Crea comes in, grinning wildly.
Someone murmurs, 'argus revelus', waving his wand at the same time.
Angelus Crea walks out through the exit named (N)orth
David Porter appears with a sudden burst of heat and a flash of light from David Porter's wand.
Cerridwen Llewllyn lifts the sorting hat and places it slowly over her head.
Cerridwen Llewllyn waits silently as the hat considers houses.
David Porter sits down at the staff table.
Nanami Leysee jumps.
Cerridwen Llewllyn looks very foolish as she walks out of the room and back in again.
Rose Starbringer blinks.
Esther Silvertongue lets out a worried sigh
Tanna Finley follows the other Gryffindors, then blinks; David appears just as she is leaving the room. She stops, calling, "Professor!"
The Sorting Hat announces; Cerridwen Llewllyn is a Ravenclaw!
David Porter looks towards Tanna, "Hrm?"
Rose Starbringer walks out through the exit named (N)orth
Nanami Leysee blinks.
Tanna Finley says, "We, ah... finished. They went to your office.. I'll go get them?"
Nell Addorine comes in, looking dejected, but a bit hopeful.
Nanami Leysee smiles at Nell...
David Porter gets up from the staff table and leaves the room.
David Porter walks out through the exit named (N)orth
Tanna Finley shrugs, and follows David.
Nell Addorine enters again, with a letter. She watches David, and quickly scampers after him.
+---[ The Stairs ]-----------------------------------------------------------+
Ulaen Geroff[5|Slyth], Rose Starbringer[PETRIFIED], and David Porter[House Head|9|Slyth] are here.
Nell Addorine comes in, looking dejected, but a bit hopeful.
Ulaen Geroff points to Rose
Cerridwen Llewllyn comes in, Walking with a skip in her step.
David Porter looks to Ulaen, "Yes, Mister Ger..." He glares, "Oh, my... What happened?"
Cerridwen Llewllyn walks out through the exit named (Up)stairs
Ulaen Geroff shakes his head, "I found her here"
Cody Coltharp comes in, looking calm.
Angelus Crea comes in, grinning wildly.
Tanna Finley looks at Rose and screams. Her robes drop off her arm, "Help her!"
Nell Addorine is about to address her teacher, before her mouth drops open. "Rose!" she breathes.
Tanna Finley screams.
David Porter murmurs, 'finite incantatem', waving his wand at the same time.
Cody Coltharp walks out through the exit named (S)outh
David Porter murmurs, 'finite incantatem', waving his wand at the same time.
David Porter murmurs, 'finite incantatem', waving his wand at the same time.
Tessa Loudown comes in, .. smiling.
David Porter murmurs, 'finite incantatem', waving his wand at the same time.
Golden sparks fly out of the tip of David Porter's Wand, spinning through the room and then vanishing.
Rose Starbringer is no longer affected by: Petrificus totalus
Angelus Crea inquires, "What ahppened to Rose?"
Rose Starbringer's limbs seem to regain their color.
Rose Starbringer gets up, shaking
Nell Addorine rushes over, and puts an arm behind Rose's back, her eyes swimming with worry.
Ron Sparkle comes in, a point-hungry monster.
Tanna Finley blinks, realizing it was just that spell... but ignoring her fallen robes, she moves toward the newly restored girl.
David Porter looks to Rose, looking -very- unimpressed. "What happened?"
Tessa Loudown gasps, looking at the Hufflepuff .. "What happened?" She asks, anxiously, "Why was she petrified?"
Ron Sparkle exclaims, "Good lord! There are nearly as many here as in the Great Hall!"
Ryo suddenly stirs, then leaves, heading for home.
Nell Addorine shakes her head. "I don't know, I just followed to give Professor Porter this letter, and there she was..."
Rose Starbringer says, "I--don't know. Kid snuck up from behind..."
David Porter nods. "Who?"
Rose Starbringer shrugs, "Didn't recognize him"
David Porter nods. "Boy or girl? What house?"
Ron Sparkle whispers something to Nell Addorine
Nell Addorine shrugs again, watching Rose with concern.
Ron Sparkle whispers something to Nell Addorine
Rose Starbringer says "...He was Slytherin, I think." she blushes
David Porter glares at Rose.
Nell Addorine almost snaps at Ron. "I said I don't know," she sighs. She looks up at David, wondering who.
Ron Sparkle says, "Sorry Nell."
Tanna Finley watches quietly, her robes on the floor behind her, forgotten in the surprise of seeing Rose petrified and listening to the others talk.
David Porter suddenly looks very cold, "Slytherin, hmm?" He looks to Nell, "Go fetch Sylvie Winters, on the double."
Ron Sparkle walks out through the exit named (S)outh
Nell Addorine nods, rushing down the stairs double-time, the Slytherin green ribbon 'round her hair bouncing.
Nell Addorine walks out through the exit named (S)outh
Ron Sparkle comes in, a point-hungry monster.
Ron Sparkle walks out through the exit named (N)orth
Ron Sparkle comes in, a point-hungry monster.
Angelus Crea walks out through the exit named (S)outh
Nell Addorine comes in, looking dejected, but a bit hopeful.
Sylvie Winters comes in, looking serious.
Nanami Leysee comes in, looking worried.
David Porter looks... "Sylvie, Nell, Rose...in my office... The rest of you, clear the stairs."
David Porter walks out through the exit named (D)own
Rose Starbringer walks out through the exit named (D)own
Nell Addorine walks out through the exit named (D)own
Nanami Leysee sighs.
Sylvie Winters quickly walks in, glancing around, her gaze quickly falling to the Professor, then she follows him.
Nanami Leysee walks out through the exit named (S)outh
Ron Sparkle walks out through the exit named (S)outh
Draco Balefire comes in, looking calm.
Ulaen Geroff walks out through the exit named (S)outh
Sylvie Winters walks out through the exit named (D)own
Draco Balefire walks out through the exit named (S)outh
Tessa Loudown looks sideways at Tanna .. "I guess this wouldn't be a good time to ask him about points .. " She sighs.
Tanna Finley watches them all go, then turns around behind her to pick up her robes. "No, guess not." She sighs.
Angelus Crea comes in, grinning wildly.
Angelus Crea inquires, "Did they find out who it was?"
Draco Balefire comes in, smiling happily.
Tanna Finley says, "Maybe I could talk to someone about going to Hogsmeade for new robes, though? Ones that don't look like.. this?"
Tanna Finley shakes her head at Angelus.
Draco Balefire walks out through the exit named (S)outh
Tessa Loudown shrugs, "Rose said it might be a Slytherin .. "
Angelus Crea says, "yeah, I heard"
Angelus Crea says, "geez, what a day this has been"
Tanna Finley says, "This is a crazy day."
Tanna Finley sighs and leans back against the wall. "Exciting, anyway. I wonder how much we get."
Tessa Loudown nods, suddenly feeling rather fatigued. "How I'd like to curl up by the fire in the Gryffindor Common Room .. " She sighs, "I guess I'll go down to the Great Hall to see what's happening .. "
Alexia Wyatt comes in, excited.
Alexia Wyatt walks out through the exit named (S)outh
Tanna Finley says, "I'll come with you.. we've missed the new students, I'd like to meet them."
Angelus Crea has arrived.
Angelus Crea walks out through the exit named (S)outh
Tessa Loudown grins and motions to Tanna to follow her, "Okay then .. let's go!"
Tessa Loudown walks out through the exit named (S)outh
+---[ The Great Hall ]-------------------------------------------------------+
Tessa Loudown sits down at the Gryffindor table.
Tanna Finley comes in, dragging her robes behind her. She grins at everyone and heads to her table to sit down.
Tanna Finley sits down at the Gryffindor table.
Angelus Crea says, "points"
Angelus Crea grins.
Chelsea DiGusto says, "Awesome."
Chelsea DiGusto grins.
Chelsea DiGusto inquires, "For who?"
Angelus Crea says, "wierd tradeoff though, I'm gonna end up burning money for robes"
Angelus Crea exclaims, "us Gryffindors, of course!"
Angelus Crea grins.
Kevin Fairdo exclaims, "We're so far behind that we might as well go and break rules all day!"
Angelus Crea says, "I do that all the time, if you don't believe me ask chelsea"
Chelsea DiGusto inquires, "Oh, I know its for the Gryffindors Angelus, but I'm saying who's giving you the rat hunting errands?"
Kevin Fairdo says, "So do I... not all day, though."
Tessa Loudown eyes Kevin coldy, dangerously. "You -dare- lose any points ..and you /will/ pay, Tanna and I will see to that."
Nanami Leysee blinks at Tessa Loudown.
Mike Toyer glances at Tessa.
Draco Balefire sits down at the Hufflepuff table.
Kevin Fairdo says, "I was only kidding, yeesh."
Nanami Leysee shrugs, realizing it's at a table and she can't hear :)
Kevin Fairdo says, "I've been running around asking teachers if they have anything for me to do."
Mike Toyer mumbles, "Of course it's saying something..."
Tessa Loudown shrugs, "We can't do with losing any more, and anyway I'm sick and tired of working hard for points then idiots running around and losing them all in a day. We won't win that way." Her expression softens a little, and she looks towards Kevin, "Well it's start I guess."
Draco Balefire kicks Ron Sparkle.
Draco Balefire kicks Ron Sparkle in the shins.
Tanna Finley looks at Kevin, then sighs and puts her head on the table.
Rose Starbringer comes in, looking scared.
Chelsea DiGusto blink
Kevin Fairdo shrugs his shoulders.
Chelsea DiGusto exclaims, "Look at that!"
Chelsea DiGusto nudges Tessa Loudown.
Chelsea DiGusto exclaims, "Look ath the points!"
Kevin Fairdo exclaims, "It's a miracle!!!"
Chelsea DiGusto says, "We're still third, but 88 seems a lot closer now."

(OOC: And just for kicks, here's what happened with Sylvie, Nell, Rose, and David.)

+---[ David Porter's Office ]------------------------------------------------+
David Porter closes the exit leading to Dungeon.
Nell Addorine enters. She's had a complete turnabout now; she moves closest to the private supplies cupboard, in order to let the others sit if they are bid to.
David Porter moves around his desk and sits down. "Miss Winters is here as the Slytherin Prefect, Miss Addorine is here as the Hufflepuff Prefect, and Miss Starbringer is here as the victim." He clears his throat,
David Porter says, "Tell me what you remember about what happened...include any details...any descriptions...anything."
Sylvie Winters enters and stands quietly, her eyes on David. Then she looks at Rose, listening carefully to what she has to say.
Rose Starbringer says, "Was headed to my common room, heard someone running after me, turned around and got petrified"
David Porter nods. "What did you see when you turned around?"
Rose Starbringer says, "I think it was a Slytherin boy..."
Rose Starbringer winces slightly
David Porter nods. "We've established that, Miss Starbringer. I need details. Think back...close your eyes...what do you remember?"
Rose Starbringer inquires, "What, what he looked like?"
David Porter nods. "That would be a start."
Sylvie Winters frowns slightly, listening even closer if that is possible. It would /have/ to be her house, and now that has been confirmed.
Rose Starbringer says, "Er, he was bigger than me. Taller, rather. Messy hair."
David Porter nods quietly. "If I remember correctly, Mister Geroff has wavy, dark brown hair... So it wouldn't be him. It was, for sure, a boy?"
Rose Starbringer nods, "Yes sir"
Nell Addorine watches her uncle and her housemate. Why would a Slytherin be so frivolous? The Hufflepuff listens intently.
David Porter looks to Rose, "How sure are you that he was a Slytherin?"
Rose Starbringer shakes her head, "I'm not."
Nell Addorine tries to imagine Slytherins with messy hair. Well, almost everyone first thing in the morning, but she doesn't get many visitors down in her Growing Room. The redhead looks to David, and lifts a brow in silent question.
David Porter notes, "Rose, that boy that was standing by you when I unpetrified you... Have you ever seen him before?"
Rose Starbringer says, "I've seen him before, sir."
David Porter looks towards Rose, "Think, carefully. Where have you seen him?"
Rose Starbringer says, "In the halls sometimes on ways to classes... and once in, err..."
Rose Starbringer says, "Er, in the Slytherin common room."
David Porter blinks towards Rose, "Do I want to know?"
Rose Starbringer says, "I was invited"
Rose Starbringer says, "Apperated by a teacher"
Rose Starbringer says, "For protection against a troll, I believe"
Sylvie Winters listens to the discussion, a slight frown on her face. She blink at the news that Rose was in their common room, but it seems the least of her worries.
Nell Addorine blinks, her jaw dropping open. Is everyone in her house insane except for her?
David Porter hrms. "Ulaen Geroff is one of the only boys capable of casting such as advanced spell, as he's always been good in charms. Was he the one?"
Rose Starbringer says, "Might have been, sir"
David Porter takes out an empty picture frame...and shows it to Rose. He taps his wand, and a picture of Ulaen appears, almost in a ghost-like form. "Was that the boy?"
Rose Starbringer frowns at the picture, "I think so, sir."
Sylvie Winters gives her head a barely perceptible shake, looking at Rose with cold eyes. It's important to find out who it was, of course... but it /can't/ be someone from her house."
Nell Addorine frowns, brushing the long hairs at her temple back. That's definitely the boy from Arithmancy...the only place she's encountered him.
David Porter looks to the group. "Dismissed."
David Porter opens the exit leading to Dungeon.
Rose Starbringer walks out through the exit named (O)ut
Nell Addorine lingers behind, pulling a now, rather crumpled letter from her robe. She lays it down on David's desk, before exiting. "She responded."
David Porter nods quietly. "What did she say?"
Sylvie Winters sighs, and would stay for a moment, but Nell stays too so she heads out.