Allegra Thornton
Hogwarts Staff
Administrative Assistant Witch
^it's just me^
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Post by Allegra Thornton on Apr 28, 2006 22:23:06 GMT -5
Allegra nodded at the announcement and gulped hard before finding her voice. "Ari too?" she asked, having noticed another bird missing. "How long are we in lockdown? Are we to stay here in the common room or just within the confines of the castle?"
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Kellen McCrea
Wizard
Healer-In-Training
Hey. Don't lose your spirit.
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Post by Kellen McCrea on Apr 28, 2006 23:32:03 GMT -5
Kellen felt his breath catch in his throat as the professor announced that there had, in fact, been a murder. Not only that, but it was a professor. Until that moment, he'd convinced himself that it was just another rumour, that the story had been passed on wrong. Who would do something like this? And why?
He stayed silent, processing the information, rubbing his hands over his eyes and forehead. The repetition helped him. In two minutes, he'd have himself all together again and ready to comfort students, keep control, everything he'd need to do. But he needed those two minutes. Helluva time to get back the Head Boy title, he thought wryly.
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Post by mckellar on May 1, 2006 16:26:59 GMT -5
William had arrived at Hogwarts the night before, but very late. He had gotten into the Common Room, after dragging himself of all those stairs and right to the dorms. He had slept most of the morning away, but had awoken when he heard voices from down in the Common Room. Pulling on a t-shirt and jeans, he made his way downstairs, yawning and stretching, without a care in the world. Until he reached the bottom of the stairs, that is.
Looking around at the solemn faces, William instantly knew something had happened. Perhaps something very bad. "What's goin' on?" he asked out loud, to no one in particular, but still hoped for an answer.
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Post by dante on May 1, 2006 21:16:16 GMT -5
Dante had been standing away from everyone else for quiet a while now. Simply listening and observing all the new faces. He only understood half of the stuff that was being said.
Perfect timing to start school here he thought dryly while, whom he assumed was their head of house, informed everyone of what was happening.
All this only reassured him that he should have stayed back home with his father to take care of everything. If anything this was going to provoke major concerns to his father once he got a hold of the news. He would freak out. But Dante was here now and there was nothing he could do to change that situation for the time being.
Remaining where he was he only hoped to remain unnoticed until things settled down. Then he might talk with one or two of his house mates and ask for further information and explanation of whom the dead professor was and so on.
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Post by melody on May 2, 2006 13:57:44 GMT -5
Melody herself hadn't let her presence been known in Hogsmeade earlier, for she had utterly forgotten of the trip herself, as she never checked the message board. Therefore, she was in a bad mood. It was very rare to see Melody in the bad mood, for she was simply a girl that didn't get upset too easily. Not to mention, seeing Melody around the school was also a rare occurance, for she tended to be alone on the outskirts of the forest rather then within the castle walls.
From what Melody had heard from the whispers and such downstairs, she had strung together that someone was thrusted into the lake, drowned, squeezed to death by the giant squid, and then cursed into obliviation. The rumours flying around were indeed way off, but Melody was so naive that she actually believed them.
Very similar to a mouse lacking self-confidence, the almost fourteen year old scurried to an empty seat in the corner of the common room, close enough to little throngs to hear what was going on, yet far enough to be excluded. That was quite predictably what the young girl wanted.
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Post by Tamis Raynor on May 3, 2006 13:57:07 GMT -5
((Sorry folks!))
"Miss Shriver too," the Head of House agreed and then helped herself to a nearby chair. It had taken all of her self control to avoid doing such earlier, such news was best delivered on ones feet. If felt unruly improper to do otherwise.
"As of right now, the common room. The grounds are being secured and thoroughly examined by Ministry officials. Once they decide everything meets their standards, I'm sure they will give us permission to move about our own castle." Did Raynor's tone sound wry just then? Perhaps sarcastic?
Off of her aching and complaining feet, another swift analysis of the crowd was in order. They were white faced, pale, scared and bored out of their minds. The Head Girl was rational, but no doubt as worried as Tamis was and the Head Boy seemed on the brink of a mental breakdown. A perfect start to Headship for Kellen, indeed. The one thing the Deputy had taken from her auror days, was how to deal with situations like these.
Tapping her fingers on the arm of her chair, the Professor made a show of looking around and then sighed. "Well now, I am not sure about the rest of you, but being cooped up like this much longer is going to throw me into a fit of cabin fever." She paused. "Would any of you happen to have a deck of Exploding Snap? Gobstones?" she laughed, "Good Merlin, do they even play those games anymore? They were popular in my days. Some Weasley products then? My understanding is that they are banned from the school, but what the Caretaker doesn't know won't hurt her. Besides, the last time I saw a Weasley's product was when the twins were still testing them out around the school."
It was a corny attempt, yes. But Raynor was not exactly known as down-to-earth or a reader-between-lines when it came to school rules. Perhaps such behavior might at least turn their attention away from the death.
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Post by mckellar on May 3, 2006 17:09:30 GMT -5
William was still completely lost. Why were they on lockdown? Yawning again, he approached the woman he knew to be the Deputy Headmistress and asked his question again. "Sorry ma'am but umm...what happened?" he asked politely. Now he was sure it was something really bad. From the looks of things, it seemed as if someone had died and that wouldn't surprise William at all. What a great time to have arrived.
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Kellen McCrea
Wizard
Healer-In-Training
Hey. Don't lose your spirit.
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Post by Kellen McCrea on May 3, 2006 21:30:24 GMT -5
["On the brink of a mental breakdown"?! C'mon, I just need a few minutes to get myself together!]
Kellen took another deep breath. There it was; two minutes was up. "I've got a chess set and a few decks of Muggle cards upstairs," he announced. "I'll be right back. Is there anything anybody else wants me to get while I'm up there?"
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Allegra Thornton
Hogwarts Staff
Administrative Assistant Witch
^it's just me^
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Post by Allegra Thornton on May 3, 2006 21:35:35 GMT -5
"We... we always have our trunk of props," Allegra added with a small smile. They had enjoyed a number of good evenings fooling around with the muggle odds and ends... and gotten into quite a bit of trouble because of them as well.
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Post by Tamis Raynor on May 4, 2006 18:57:15 GMT -5
(( Exaggeration on Tam's part, my dear exaggeration. ^_^ ))
Muggle cards? Interesting idea, did they blow up at random? Probably not, Tamis had nothing against muggles of course, she would not have married a muggle-born if she did ((though she will never believe that his mother had not tried to attack her with a can-opener, the thing looked deadly enough )), but they did seem to lack a certain amount of imagination.
"Props?" She asked, "just as long as we don't use any of them to take the Professor hostage." Said with enough humor, and an inside joke that only half the students present would get. Her fist day in the castle many years ago had alluded to just that.
The fact that only half would get it was reminder enough for Raynor to visit her house more often, not just on occasions of emergency.
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Hiro McVeil
Wizard
Recent Graduate
They can smash your cookie but you'll always have your fortune[on:Sweet!][of:off working]
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Post by Hiro McVeil on May 4, 2006 19:18:33 GMT -5
(oops forgot this one!)
Hiro had gone into a silent shock when the news arrived, he couldn't believe his ears and ran reasons how and why this would happen through his head. The change of subject was welcomed, though only for moments as their head of house mentioned being a hostage. His slight burst of laughter made it hard for him to slip into the far corner of the room, as they say the first impressions are the most important.
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Allegra Thornton
Hogwarts Staff
Administrative Assistant Witch
^it's just me^
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Post by Allegra Thornton on May 4, 2006 19:59:06 GMT -5
Allegra too had to stiffle a giggle with her hand. It didn't seem very appropriate to share a joke after the news they had just been given, but at the same time it was quite welcome. The tension in the room was thick and the levity was a bit of fresh air.
She suddenly got a deja vu, remembering how she and her brother could not stop laughing after crashing the go-cart at Papi's funeral... or at least they couldn't stop before Nana found them. The point was Papi would have liked the game. Allegra wondered if Professor Thorne would have as well.
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