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Post by jacobriley on Jul 19, 2006 23:47:30 GMT -5
Jake had to admit it to himself, he was lost. Plain and simple, he had been making his way up, looking around the castle for a book he seemed to have lost about ten minutes after recieving it for one of his classes. He wasn't positive as to what book it actually was so that didn't exactly help him at all. But Jake was used to getting lost, he had become accostumed to finding the first person who looked like they knew where they were going and asking them the general direction.
He had shed his robes and was now wearing a worn pair of jeans, ripped in a few places and a plain white shirt. As far as he had understood, on the weekends the students could wear whatever they pleased and this seemed the most comfortable.
First he had torn apart the Hufflepuff common room, searching the tables and he even went as far as to look under the couch to see if maybe it had slid down there. No such luck.
Jake was now wondering when he would next see some form of life when he heard approaching footsteps from somewhere behind him.
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Post by Keagan Gerislynn on Jul 20, 2006 0:06:31 GMT -5
Keagan was carrying a book of her own as she wandered the sixth floor corridor. It seemed that as long as she kept her nose in the book, she could just walk and walk endlessly around the floor until she decided she wanted to leave it. The book she carried, for once, was a muggle book. Stephen King, no less, and one of the few he wrote that wouldn't scare a muggle out of her wits. Of course, with the ability to use magic, Keag felt a bit safer around his novels, but they were still pretty twisted.
She didn't know how long she had been walking, but she had finally gotten to a slower part in the book and slowly lowered it from in front of her eyes just in time to see the unfamiliar figure ahead of her. It took a minute for her eyes to adjust to seeing longer distances, but then she decided that this was, in fact, an entirely new person.
"You lost?" she called.
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Post by jacobriley on Jul 20, 2006 8:12:46 GMT -5
( Stephen King's tha man XD )
Jake had turned around to see a girl approaching him, and she appeared to be reading a book while walking, no less. He was quite confident that it was not the one he was in search of, but he did find it a little humorous that she was reading while roaming the castle. He leaned his head to the right a bit, deciding that this girl was in fact unfamiliar to him. He knew he hadn't seen her before because this was his first outing by himself. He wasn't at all suprised that he had gotten lost.
Jake needn't think upon whether or not he was lost, he had come to this conclusion and was relieved to see someone who might help him. " Lost? Just a bit. " Jake said with his crooked smile and a nod. " What ya readin' there? " He asked her, peering at the book cover as she ventured closer. ( ha, gming your walk! ) Being muggle born and all, Jake did recognize the name ' Stephen King ' he couldn't read the title from the distance. As far as Jake was concerned, Stephen King was literary royalty. His personal favorites were, ' It ', and ' Everything's Eventual '.
" You read Stephen King? " He asked, trying not to sound suprised that someone around Hogwarts would be reading a novel my a muggle.
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Post by Keagan Gerislynn on Jul 20, 2006 11:51:02 GMT -5
(Ohhhhhhh Yeah)
As she walked, Keag could hear the dull thud of her tennis shoes against the floors of the corridor. The sound, for some reason, amused her greatly. "A bit?" she inquired, knowing that he must be quite lost if he was lost at all on the sixth floor, as she knew he was not a Gryffindor and, therefore, that he was far from his common room. "What house are you in?"
Keagan took a few more steps before hearing the boys' question. "Green Mile," she replied. "And yes, I do indeed read Stephen King. I'm quite a fan. Why so surprised?"
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Post by jacobriley on Jul 20, 2006 12:07:12 GMT -5
" Jus' a bit. " He replied with a nod and went on, " I'm in... Hufflepuff I believe. I actually lost a book and don't know where it went to. " Jake said to her. As she said that she was reading Green Mile Jake perked up a bit. He thought that Stephen King was a genius, he scared him a bit, but still genius. He also thought that Green Mile was one of his better books. Then again most of them were good.
" Wow. " He said, impressed but not knowing why. " I just didn't expect someone from here to be readin a novel by a muggle author is all. " Jake told her with a slight shrug. He then went on to introduce himself, " I'm Jake Riley, fifth year... Hufflepuff as I said. "
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Post by Keagan Gerislynn on Jul 20, 2006 12:12:00 GMT -5
"You're a long ways from home, my boy," she replied, though she supposed looking for a book would bring him far away. Yet, why would it bring him to the sixth floor unless he was using aimless wandering as a searching tactic. "Gryffindor here, prefect. Keagan Gerislynn's the name. I should be able to help you."
"I spent most of my life surrounded by muggles," Keagan replied, scoffing at his assumption. "And I don't think I've ever read a good fiction book by a wizard author, anyway."
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Post by jacobriley on Jul 20, 2006 12:43:21 GMT -5
" Home? " He said, more rhetoric than anything, then realizing she had implied Huffepuff as his home he laughed and said, " Yah, I suppose so. Good ta meet you, Keagan of Gryffindor. " He stated the last bit with a smile. She was the first person he had met so far, so he would be sure to remember her. After she went on Jake said, " No, I agree. I don't know what it is, but wizard authors never really seem to... get it. " He finally decided that was the best way to describe whatever it was.
" Have you ever seen the movie of Green Mile? " Jake suddenly asked her. If she had been around muggles most of her life then maybe she was familiar with movies?
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Post by Keagan Gerislynn on Jul 20, 2006 12:49:26 GMT -5
"And you as well, Jake Riley of Hufflepuff," she replied with a giggle. It seemed the building was flooding with new students this term. Aside from tedious introductions, that wasn't really a bad thing.
"I haven't. Once I learned of the book, I made a point to read it long before I ever would sit down to see the movie, though that might be an outing for the RoR now that I think of it," she answered with a nod, forgetting that a new student definitely wouldn't know about the Room of Requirement...it was amazing that the older students even knew of it. It just hadn't really been kept a secret since the days of the DA, she supposed.
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Post by jacobriley on Jul 20, 2006 21:47:39 GMT -5
Jake nodded, he too usually preferred to read the book and then see the movie but in this case he had seen the movie first and then read the book. He had been suprised to find that the movie was very similar to the book. Most books-turned-movies didn't follow as closely. When Keag talked about the ' RoR ' Jake didn't know what she was talking about, he only nodded and then asked, " Er, what's the RoR? " He wondered if it was one room in the entire castle where muggle devices worked. That would be awesome for him, being muggle born as he was.
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Post by Keagan Gerislynn on Jul 20, 2006 23:55:01 GMT -5
"RoR is short for Room of Requirement. It's a special room on the seventh floor of the castle that's enchanted to adjust to the needs of the person wishing to utilize it. 'Tis quite a nifty trick, actually. There aren't many restrictions." Keagan felt a tinge of that old Gryffindor pride that she was able to provide information about a component of the building, even though it was probably part of the Prefect job description. She didn't give much thought to these things. "A lot of the students go there to watch movies and such, things that would be a lot of work to set-up on their own, especially the younger years."
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Post by jacobriley on Jul 21, 2006 22:07:55 GMT -5
" That's really cool, " He told her with an enthusiastic nod. Jake figured he should visit this room some time. He didn't know what he should use it for, but he figured it would be worth a shot if what she said was true. " Have you ever been there before? " He asked her curiously, wondering if she had been there to see a movie before. He wasn't exactly a ' younger year ' but it would be fun, he thought. If he wanted to he could ' need ' an entire collection of movies, maybe a marathon. He grinned at the idea of a popcorn machine set up in the corner along with some drinks, a comfortable couch and some bean bag chairs on the floor for good measure. It would be interesting.
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Post by Keagan Gerislynn on Jul 22, 2006 12:32:00 GMT -5
Now that he mentioned it, Keagan couldn't recall a time when she'd ever actually been to the RoR. She'd heard of it, sure; everybody who was anybody had heard of the Room of Requirement, and knew how it operated. The teenager supposed she'd simply found retreat enough in her dorm up in Gryffindor tower and have never felt compelled to actually venture to the enchanted room. "I haven't," she replied. "But I plan to eventually visit." She saw his grin and smiled back, only supposing he was daydreaming about the possibilities the RoR offered.
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Post by stone on Jul 22, 2006 22:52:30 GMT -5
Akina was walking down the hall and the student's voices drifted to her. She had faltered for a moment, before regaining her steps and continuing on. Room of requirement? She heard the description and knew this was a bit of important information. What else could this room do. Akina decided that she should stick around a bit more by what could she do. Stop and question the students? No, they always got defensive. None seem willing to help. The only thing she could do was walk past them and think of something else.
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Post by jacobriley on Jul 22, 2006 23:03:35 GMT -5
" We should go and see Green Mile there one day, " He suggested to her with a smile. Jake always found that watching a movie was made a little more interesting with someone who hadn't seen it yet. It was sort of like having the upper hand, but not using it. Jake wasn't really paying attention as to who walked by the pair, but he did turn to see if he knew who it was. " Who's that? " He asked Keagan curiously. Usually when someone walked by they at least said hello or something of the like.
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Post by Keagan Gerislynn on Jul 22, 2006 23:13:20 GMT -5
"That could be a fun outing," Keagan replied, returning the smile. She didn't say anything after that, as she sensed a presence behind her long before the female Ministry official approached and passed. Their lurking was getting on her last nerve, and Keag considered herself lucky that she didn't have a quick temper, as the scenes where she lost her temper would not be pretty.
Keagan's eyes followed the woman's passing once she entered her line of sight. It wasn't as if the corridor was that large, anyway. With only a single pace, Keag may have been able to touch Akina anyway. Looking back to Jake after he'd asked his question, Keagan replied in a low tone. "Just another MoM official. There all over the place."
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