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Post by belle on Mar 17, 2006 19:38:49 GMT -5
Though it was the middle of the afternoon in the rest of the castle, it was dim and gloomy in the dungeons. But, Belle supposed, that was the thing about dungeons: They were always dim and gloomy. Or perhaps not always. Just when you were lost in them. Like she was at the moment.
She frowned and continued walking, keeping near the stone wall. In one hand was her journal, open to a page in which she'd been trying to make a map of the dungeons, and in the other was a pencil- ever so much more practical than a quill, she always kept some available and sharp.
Belle glanced down at her substandard map. If she were a halfway decent cartographer, she wouldn't have gotten lost. She would have been able to follow her path right back to the stairs. But she wasn't a decent cartographer, and now she hadn't the faintest idea where she was.
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Post by Jade Estaci on Mar 19, 2006 22:06:01 GMT -5
Jade had been wandering around the dark halls for quite a while when she finally saw someone. Thank God! she thought, Maybe this chick knew where the Slytherin common room was.
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Post by belle on Mar 20, 2006 19:18:35 GMT -5
Another person! Thank Merlin! Belle's face broke out into a relieved grin as she approached the other girl. "Please tell me you have some idea how to get out of here! I haven't the faintest where I am, not how to get to the stairs or anywhere, it's absolutely ridiculous, and I thought I'd be stuck in here forever!"
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Post by Jade Estaci on Mar 22, 2006 17:10:59 GMT -5
"Um...Actually, I was hoping you'd know where the Slytherin common room is, I'm lost,too," Jade said. "By the way, I'm Jade."
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Post by belle on Mar 22, 2006 18:23:18 GMT -5
Belle laughed. "What a pair we make, the both of us lost. And it's probably a good thing I don't know where the Slytherin common room is, or how to get to it at that, 'cause I'm a Ravenclaw and they prob'ly don't want me there, wouldn't make much sense if they wanted the other houses in their common room. Oh, and I'm Belle, by the way." She paused, both to take a breath and look around.
"Maybe that direction?" she suggested, pointing in a random direction. "Of course I don't know which way to go, but who knows, maybe that'll get us somewhere?
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Post by Jade Estaci on Mar 22, 2006 19:45:13 GMT -5
"It's worth a try," Jade sighed with a shrug.
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Post by belle on Mar 22, 2006 19:48:58 GMT -5
"Okay then, let's give it that try," Belle decided, beginning to walk in the direction she'd indicated. "So, you're new here, too, I guess? What year're you in? M'self, I'm a fourth year, and I only arrived a couple days ago. Came from Beauxbatons, in France."
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Post by Jade Estaci on Mar 22, 2006 20:05:14 GMT -5
"I'm a new fourth-year, too. Beauxbatons is another school, right?" Jade paused, then went on. "I transferred from Durmstrang, up north. I got accepted to Hogwarts way back when, but Durmstrang was closer, so that's where my parents sent me. They kept popping in and 'surprising' me, though so I made them let me transfer."
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Post by belle on Mar 22, 2006 20:11:10 GMT -5
"Yup, that it is. I left 'cause I was bored with the place. Well, that's part of the reason. My dad went to Hogwarts, and so I wanted to come here. That's not what I told my parents, though. I actually told them it was too far away." She shrugged noncommittally, keeping her eyes out for anything she hadn't seen before.
"It isn't, not really, but I convinced them. Took a while, but I managed it." Belle grinned, showing her teeth.
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Post by Jade Estaci on Mar 22, 2006 20:24:00 GMT -5
"So how long have you been here?" Jade asked, searching for anything familiar.
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Post by belle on Mar 22, 2006 20:26:52 GMT -5
"Just a few days. Which is why I'm lost. Yourself?" Hmph. Just walking . . . and walking . . . and walking. She was fairly certain they weren't ever going to get out. Not good.
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Post by Jade Estaci on Mar 22, 2006 20:29:24 GMT -5
"About a week." Jade responded. "What's that?" She indicated to some kind of notebook Belle was carrying.
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Post by belle on Mar 22, 2006 20:31:14 GMT -5
Belle shrugged noncommittally, suddenly on guard. "Oh, nothing, just a book." As discreetly as she could, she tucked the leatherbound journal beneath her arm, hoping Jade wouldn't inquire further. There was loads of incriminating information in that thing.
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Post by Jade Estaci on Mar 22, 2006 20:36:10 GMT -5
"oh, do you like to read?" Jade asked. She knew some people did....some very wierd people.
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Post by belle on Mar 22, 2006 20:37:51 GMT -5
Grinning, Belle affirmed "Most definitely! Best thing in the world to do, in my opinion. Do you? M'self, I think it's loads of fun." She was relaxed again, as the other girl hadn't pried further.
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