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Feb 21, 2008 7:55:28 GMT -5
Post by Narrator on Feb 21, 2008 7:55:28 GMT -5
It's later in the night during the week.
The Common Room is as quiet as can be; considering the two young men sneaking their way out of the dorm to the main room.
"Rodolphus, please, listen to reason. It's quite preposterous to even contemplate. The risks really are far to great."
"Please, Jason. What would entail morerisk? My contemplating joining the others on their dangerous excursion and a small group of us being injured, or by lack of any action, the school being attacked again?"
"You may have a point, but please, at least allow me the chance to a rebuttal instead of fleeing downstairs!"
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Feb 21, 2008 18:18:50 GMT -5
Post by Arcturus MacDougal on Feb 21, 2008 18:18:50 GMT -5
Arcturus was curled up in a chair. He had several blankets over him. He suspected he might be coming down with something. Or maybe he was just cold. He was highly curious of what these boys were talking about. He knew Rodolphus vaguely, but was unsure of who Jason was. He suspected he knew him, but couldn't bring him to mind. He stayed silent beneath his blankets.
He had come out here because he had been unable to sleep . . . again. He was trying to decide if he should go to the Hospital Wing. He kept seeing the creature's claws ripping through Isabelle, Dr. Lannsman, and everyone else in the Great Hall as they ran screaming. Only this time, no Nick with suits of armor, all the doors were locked, and Arcturus couldn't move and just had to watch it. It was a terrifyingly realistic dream.
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Feb 21, 2008 20:03:01 GMT -5
Post by Willem Chase on Feb 21, 2008 20:03:01 GMT -5
Willem was sitting on his bed reading, when he heard voices from the common room. He immediately stopped reading and strained his ears, trying to listen to the conversation, but he couldn't make out any words. So he slipped out of bed and down to the common room. He could see two boys talking in the middle of the common room. Afraid they would see him, he slipped behind a chair. A blanket was hanging over the side of the chair. As he saw it, he realized how cold he was, so he grabbed it and tried pulling it. Not long after, it came free. He smiled, then wrapped it around him, then began to listen again.
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Feb 21, 2008 20:53:44 GMT -5
Post by Isabelle Wesker on Feb 21, 2008 20:53:44 GMT -5
Up in the girl's dormitory, Mary Prawett woke up in a start. She had had very uneven sleep since the attacks, either having bad dreams, or getting woken up by the slightest sounds, all senses on alert, as if she was expecting to be attacked in her sleep.
She sat in her bed, looking around in a panic and fumbling for her wand. It took her a few heartbeats to take her bearings and realize she had been woken up by other students talking in the common room.
She looked to the bed on her left, where Sera was sleeping soundly. Mary then turned her gaze to her right, to Isabelle's empty bed.
She let out a long sigh, and then decided if she wasn't going to be sleeping again, she might as well seek some company. Putting on her slippers and night gown, she made her way downstairs to see what was going on.
"Hey, guys. What's up?" She told her house-mates as she entered the common room, rubbing her eye.
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Feb 21, 2008 21:00:54 GMT -5
Post by Narrator on Feb 21, 2008 21:00:54 GMT -5
"Then proceed, Jason. I doubt my mobitating about will hamper your argument."
"No, but it will indeed distract me and add undue pressure on me. And-wait, did you say mobitating?"
"That I did indeed."
"That word defies the english language. What does it mean?"
"Mobitating; moving around."
"That's preposterous. And furthermore...wait, see! It is distracting me. Now stop. You can't be serious on meeting up with them."
"Of course I am, Jason. Gavin, Fred are sure as hell going and I can't let them leave by themselves. That would indeed be suicide."
"I'm glad we agree on one point. But isn't there any other solution to this?"
"I wouldn't know. But I'll let you ponder that while I head on out to speak to them. They said it was urgent."
"But Rodolphus, this is madness!"
"Don't make me kick you into a bottomless pit that happens to be conveniently behind you."
"A bottomless...what are you talking about?"
"Oh, nothing. Just some silly muggle movie reference. Lots of muscle, sweat, blood and pointless violence all wrapped up in the horrible rendition of one of histories most interesting battles. You know, you could come with me, we need the help, as much as we can."
"Tempting, but I'd rather keep my limbs in check."
"I suppose you wouldn't care much then that a member of our house and class was almost killed protecting her sister? Do you intend to let that pass?"
"Discussing the rhetorics and philosophy of chivalry are we? You've been listening to professor Lannsman a tad too much."
"And others not enough."
"Pray tell, what's that supposed to mean!?"
They both turned to face Mary and gave her a nod.
"Sorry to have woken you up, Mary."
"Tell him to stop being a big dolt and go back to bed."
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Feb 21, 2008 21:17:28 GMT -5
Post by Isabelle Wesker on Feb 21, 2008 21:17:28 GMT -5
"Aright then, stop being a big dolt and go back to bed." said Mary, smiling slightly.
She plopped herself down on the nearest couch. "Don't feel bad about waking me up, haven't been getting much sleep lately anyway. But since you did, you might as well tell me what you're arguing about..."
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Feb 21, 2008 21:26:17 GMT -5
Post by Narrator on Feb 21, 2008 21:26:17 GMT -5
"He's going to meet with others to sneak off-"
"I'm just going for a late night snack-"
They both looked to each other.
"Liar!"
"Traitor!"
They looked back to Mary.
"He's lying! He's going to meet up with Fred and Gavin-"
"It's just a short chat, nothing serious-"
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Feb 22, 2008 8:28:26 GMT -5
Post by Isabelle Wesker on Feb 22, 2008 8:28:26 GMT -5
Mary raised an eyebrow at the boys. "Just a short chat, nothing serious? It's so trivial and inconsequential that you absolutely need to do it after curfew?
Don't insult me, Ruddy. I may be air-headed at times but I'm not an idiot. You're up to no good and you're gonna have to tell me exactly where it is before I can decide if I'm going to squeal on you..."
She smirked mischievously before she added: "... or join in."
This was definitely better than shuffling around in bed trying to sleep.
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Feb 22, 2008 15:23:42 GMT -5
Post by Willem Chase on Feb 22, 2008 15:23:42 GMT -5
Willem's stomach flipped upside-down.
They were sneaking off! If Mary didn't tell on them he probably would.
Wait! If you tell on them you'll be called a tattle-tale.
Not if they don't find out who told on them.
Ah! Good thinking.[/i]
Willem shrank back into the shadows behind the chair, not wanting to be seen. If he hadn't come down here he would have found out what happened to the wizard who was cornered by to Demontors and had lost his wand. All of the sudden he wanted nothing more then to be back in bed.
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Feb 22, 2008 19:54:44 GMT -5
Post by Narrator on Feb 22, 2008 19:54:44 GMT -5
Jason looked positively stunned and flabbergasted while Rudy couldn't help but let a conspiratorial smirk glide onto his well kept features.
"Welcome aboard. I'm sure the others won't object. We can wait until the week is done though and Isabelle is better. We could probably recruit her too. Maybe even the MacDougal kid. He seemed to have been pretty d*mn good in that fight-"
"Have both of you completely lost your senses!?"
"It needs to remain hush hush though. We can't have teachers stopping us."
"The boy is in third year!"
"And if you want to come with me, I'm leaving in a matter of moments."
"IS anything I'm saying registering in that single celled micro-organism also referred to as your brain!?"
"What's all this shouting about?"
"Gah! Your impossible!"
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Feb 22, 2008 20:26:36 GMT -5
Post by Isabelle Wesker on Feb 22, 2008 20:26:36 GMT -5
Mary nearly fell off her couch as she started waving her hands and shaking her head madly as Rodolphus went on his tangent.
"Wait wait wait wait wait! Don't throw me in that boat just yet! I'm not joining in on anything before I know what in Merlin's name you're going on about!"
She looked back and forth between Rodolphus and Jason, starting to consider Jason's assumption that Ruddy had gone mad.
"Just what are you planning to do?"
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Feb 22, 2008 20:53:02 GMT -5
Post by Narrator on Feb 22, 2008 20:53:02 GMT -5
"He's going to get himself killed, is what."
"Shut up, right now Jason. I've had enough of this. We're going into the Forbidden Forest to find out if whats going on. Strange things have been happening in there for the passed little while and we're going to check it out and report back once we find something. We don't want what happened to Isabelle and the others to ever happen again."
He had a determined gleam in his eye as Jason hunkered down by the windowsill, looking outside.
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Feb 22, 2008 21:06:11 GMT -5
Post by Isabelle Wesker on Feb 22, 2008 21:06:11 GMT -5
Mary's jaw dropped a little.
"The Forbidden Forest? Wait... are you going there right now, or later when Isabelle is better? I don't get it. You're not making a lot of sense..."
Mary curled herself up on the couch, looking pensive for a while.
"Besides, aren't there aurors all over the place right now? Despite the risk of getting caught, I'm not sure what more we could do that they aren't doing right now..."
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Feb 22, 2008 23:22:01 GMT -5
Post by Arcturus MacDougal on Feb 22, 2008 23:22:01 GMT -5
Arcturus was just itching to show himself. He was very flattered that they thought he had done well in the fight. Personally, all he remembered was yelling stuff at a crazed animal. Maybe that was bravery. Personally, he thought it was just insanity. Not that he had a problem with insanity.
He did wonder if they should know about the person behind his chair. He wasn't sure why they had stolen one of his blankets, but the fact remained that there was someone there. Possibly planning to tell on the conspirators. And though he wasn't totally sure if he was in favor of this plan of theirs, he certainly didn't think they should be stopped.
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Feb 23, 2008 18:50:46 GMT -5
Post by Willem Chase on Feb 23, 2008 18:50:46 GMT -5
They were heading into the Forbidden Forest!
At that point, Willem decided to go back to bed, then in the morning tell Zea what they were doing.
What if you're caught!?!
I'll figure that out if I get caught.
He crawled over to the stairs. Once he got there he started to stand up really slowly. Then he started walking up the stairs, in slow-mo. The first step he stepped on let out a loud creak!
Willem froze, too scared to move.
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