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sweetpinkpixie · 01-15-2015, 12:53 AM

SPOILER!!: that's what they all say, Uranus laughing fiend! *dramatics* & Amur mention :3

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Originally Posted by Tazenhani

Fifty points?!

Amur's head snapped around to the declaration (which was too loud not to be heard), her pumpkin slipping off the edge of her wand and thumping back onto her desk. Startled, Amur scrambled to catch it before it rolled off the opposite side, her arms thrown over it in a protective nature. Sure, the punishment hadn't been towards her, as was obvious by the finger pointing, but it was more of a shocker to hear that so many points had been suddenly stripped away.

Mental note to self: never get on Mr. Flamsteed's bad side.

Slowly, so as to try not to entice the attention of Mr. Truly Terrifying, Amur pulled her pumpkin back to the center of her desk. Unwrapping her arms from around it, she shifted even closer so that her motions would be as small as humanly possible. She wiggled the wand back into the section she had cut, focussed all her intent and furrowed brows on the spell to cast and whispered "Punktumus....Punktumus....Punktumus...Punktum us"

Each whisper was accented by a cut, a slow and methodical process of cutting open the lid one movement at a time. She probably didn't need to repeat it so much, but she didn't want to risk her wand loosing the incantation and her pumpkin sticking to it again.

After a few long moments, the lid finally sank into the center of the orange ball. A grin broke free. At last, she was victorious. Now, for the fun part.

Putting her wand to her side briefly, Amur rolled up her sleeves, squiggled in her seat and then dunked both hands into the pumpkin. She gathered all the goopy-gop that she could and plopped it on her desk beside her pumpkin. She took her time, scraping out the innards and making sure it was nice and clean before momentarily diverting her attention. To the goop-gop. How did no one realize the treasure that was sitting before them?

Amur glanced around for a moment, before picking out all the little seeds from the stringy mess. The gop went to one side while the seeds were piled up neatly to the other. Once the separation was complete, Amur lifted her wand again and pointed it at the seeds. "Incendio."

It was a whisper, a small want. And surprisingly, she got a small flame. Small as in it it briefly encompassed her entire pod of seeds before winking out. Like popcorn, two of the seeds hopped off her desk, steaming and hissing as they went. The rest were nice and brown, filling her nostrils with the mouth-watering aroma of baked pumpkin seeds.

Grinning to herself, Amur flipped open her textbook and scanned the options of available constellations as she munched on her self-provided snack.

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

SPOILER!!: we wasn't laughing ... more just looking like we were about to laugh, but hah, we're totally amused anyway XD And it's Zander's fault anyway.... ;P

Tia had been trying to focus on why the spell just wasn't quite working when she heard a booming voice right by her. She was fairly sure her cheeks turned as red as the shiny badge Zander wore when she heard what the professor just boomed. 50 points. Mockery. Uh what?

If she kept this up, she would surely be only one year at Hogwarts, just like Pao.

Biting her lower lip apologetically, the fourth year swallowed, flustered. "Sorry Professor... I didn't mean to... It wasn't the celestial body I was laughing at." No, it was Zander being embarrassed afterwards, which now she looked exactly like he had and she didn't even make any mispronunciations.

Can she go back to attempting to cut open the top of her pumpkin now? Yes? As soon as Flamsteed stopped with the piercing eyes.

Finger still thrust right between her eyes, the astronomer stopped making his annoyed duck face as a start...BUT HE STILL WASN'T SOLD! Ravenclaws were the ones who had been ridiculously immature about his flatulence several terms ago...so it WAS in their nature to find this sort of crude humor amusing.

He still thought she should apologize to the planet, and may insist upon it once he gained a bit more clarity. "Oh? And what was it then that you were laughing at?"

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?

SNIFF SNIFF SNIIIIIIIIIIIIFF.

"Do you smell something...burning? Roasting?"

Sweet solstice, house elves. Not YET!

SPOILER!!: Agatha & Zander :3

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Originally Posted by Hey Ju

Agatha simply sat there as Zander did all her work. What a ~~silly~~ nice Gryffindor. That badge really had made him a better person.

"Thanks." She said once he was done and eh, she would have to get the pumpkin guts out with her own hands. Ehh. Oh well. She had done worse things. "Fine."

She was about to stick her hand in the pumpkin to start working on the next step when professor Flamsteed took 50 points from Ravenclaw!! Agatha looked up at the angered man and tried to understand what had happened, but she kind of didn't care. The good news was that Ravenclaw had lost 50 points. Hah.

But then the Gryffindor Head of House was coming THEIR way and started lecturing them. Agatha stared at their professor in disbelief. Okay, maybe she was taking a little bit of advantage of Zander's abilities ~~and badge~~, but so what?? It wasn't like that had been the first time someone had done some spellwork for her. Why was that so wrong? She didn't understand. Let people be nice to her for once! Hmph.

The Slytherin's face turned red when professor Flamsteed said she should go see him in his office after the lesson. "What!? Why??" She hadn't DONE anything. ...Literally.

And she wasn't going to do anything ELSE. Hmph. When the teacher moved on, the fifth year sat back on her chair and crossed her arms, frowning. She was done. D.O.N.E.

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

SPOILER!!: Flammy and Agatha *innocent*

You know, it was strangely pleasing getting Agatha to talk to him. Just 'cause he had noticed how quiet she had been for the entire class. But she talked to him, meaning that he was doing something very right with his life. Or very wrong... Actually, he couldn't really tell. This was Agatha Hapgood after all. Though again, he payed no attention the fact that he had been doing all the dirty work 'cause she had agreed to gut her own pumpkin and he was saving the day.

Putting his hand in the pumpkin guts, he began scooping the chunks out one scoop at a time, and blegh. Was it just him or did pumpkin guts feel weirdly... Squishy? His head turned however, when he heard Professor Flamsteed walk up to that Ravenclaw-- TiaMarie, uh oh-- and MERLIN FIFTY POINTS?! Actually, he wouldn't take away all of those points. Pft. Though he may be terribly possessive and scary when it came to his suits, all Tia had really done was laugh at Zander's mispronunciation and-- Uh oh. This meant it was his fault right? Oops. Giving the girl a quick 'I'm sorry' kind of look, he quickly turned his head away before the Professor could blame him for any of the--

What.

Oh no. Oh no oh no oh no. Professor Flamsteed was marching right up to them TO TELL HIM OFF FOR MAKING TIA LAUGH!! Abort mission aboooooooooorrrrrtt! O____O Wait huh? Taking advantage? The Gryffindor looked over to the Slytherin he was sitting beside and gave her a look that hopefully translated to 'what is he talking about?' 'cause surely that's not what Agatha was doing.... Or uh, was it? Actually... It didn't sound like such a stretch once it was said out loud.... "I-uh, I'm sorry sir," and he hung his head down in shame too. It was only the second month and he was already letting his Head of House down. Just take away the Prefect badge now sir, BEFORE ANYONE GETS HURT ;______; maybe he and Puck just weren't meant to be the Gryffindor Prefect Tag Team of the Century. With her in detention and with him letting down his Head not once, BUT TWICE in one class.

Oh Merlin. Lottie was so wrong about this. At least he didn't didn't have to go to his office afterwards too, right? 'Cause that was really meant for Agatha..... Riiiight?

Looking back to his pumpkin, face a little more deflated than before, he finished scooping the last bit of pumpkin guts out, while looking a the sky for the perfect constellation to carve. Man. Such disappointment. He could feel it.

He gave Mr. Adair a small salute - meaning apology accepted - and then turned his attention towards the Slytherin. "Because I asked you to, Miss Hapgood," he replied with a tight lipped smile.

SPOILER!!: RAAAAAAAAT RAT RAT RAAAAAAAT!

He shrugged. He was not yet familiar with the young lady's likes and dislikes and perhaps she was one of those creatures people who just had to be prepared ALL the time. And then he felt a tinge of sympathy for the Slytherin, realizing just how confused she had become. "Perfectly alright, just take some time now to check your notes and ---"

What came out of the professor's mouth next had never been meant for human ears. Perhaps not even dogs would have been able to hear the shrill pitch in which the man had shrieked. No words. Just one long and loud shriek.

Clutching his finger, the professor summersaulted backwards and hopefully AWAY from the Rodent of Doom.

"15 POINTS FROM SLYTHERIN!" he roared, clutching his finger and rolling back and forth on the ground. "For breaking the cardinal rule of NO pets in the classroom, lying to a professor about doing so, AND PUTTING HIM AT RISK OF RABIES AND DEATH IN THE PROCESS!" Ceasing his rolling, he looked at his finger and then his entire complexion went white as a sheet. "And Miss Jones, will see me in detention tomorrow. Promptly at 8 am."

And SWEET SOLSTICE someone get that rat before he banished it right out the classroom window. You know, once he stopped being a baby about his finger.

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Amur's head snapped around to the declaration (which was too loud not to be heard), her pumpkin slipping off the edge of her wand and thumping back onto her desk. Startled, Amur scrambled to catch it before it rolled off the opposite side, her arms thrown over it in a protective nature. Sure, the punishment hadn't been towards her, as was obvious by the finger pointing, but it was more of a shocker to hear that so many points had been suddenly stripped away. Mental note to self: never get on Mr. Flamsteed's bad side. Slowly, so as to try not to entice the attention of Mr. Truly Terrifying, Amur pulled her pumpkin back to the center of her desk. Unwrapping her arms from around it, she shifted even closer so that her motions would be as small as humanly possible. She wiggled the wand back into the section she had cut, focussed all her intent and furrowed brows on the spell to cast and whispered "Punktumus....Punktumus....Punktumus...Punktum us" Each whisper was accented by a cut, a slow and methodical process of cutting open the lid one movement at a time. She probably didn't need to repeat it so much, but she didn't want to risk her wand loosing the incantation and her pumpkin sticking to it again. After a few long moments, the lid finally sank into the center of the orange ball. A grin broke free. At last, she was victorious. Now, for the fun part. Putting her wand to her side briefly, Amur rolled up her sleeves, squiggled in her seat and then dunked both hands into the pumpkin. She gathered all the goopy-gop that she could and plopped it on her desk beside her pumpkin. She took her time, scraping out the innards and making sure it was nice and clean before momentarily diverting her attention. To the goop-gop. How did no one realize the treasure that was sitting before them? Amur glanced around for a moment, before picking out all the little seeds from the stringy mess. The gop went to one side while the seeds were piled up neatly to the other. Once the separation was complete, Amur lifted her wand again and pointed it at the seeds. "Incendio." It was a whisper, a small want. And surprisingly, she got a small flame. Small as in it it briefly encompassed her entire pod of seeds before winking out. Like popcorn, two of the seeds hopped off her desk, steaming and hissing as they went. The rest were nice and brown, filling her nostrils with the mouth-watering aroma of baked pumpkin seeds. Grinning to herself, Amur flipped open her textbook and scanned the options of available constellations as she munched on her self-provided snack. Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixRising SPOILER!!: we wasn't laughing ... more just looking like we were about to laugh, but hah, we're totally amused anyway XD And it's Zander's fault anyway.... ;P Tia had been trying to focus on why the spell just wasn't quite working when she heard a booming voice right by her. She was fairly sure her cheeks turned as red as the shiny badge Zander wore when she heard what the professor just boomed. 50 points. Mockery. Uh what? If she kept this up, she would surely be only one year at Hogwarts, just like Pao. Biting her lower lip apologetically, the fourth year swallowed, flustered. "Sorry Professor... I didn't mean to... It wasn't the celestial body I was laughing at." No, it was Zander being embarrassed afterwards, which now she looked exactly like he had and she didn't even make any mispronunciations. Can she go back to attempting to cut open the top of her pumpkin now? Yes? As soon as Flamsteed stopped with the piercing eyes. Finger still thrust right between her eyes, the astronomer stopped making his annoyed duck face as a start...BUT HE STILL WASN'T SOLD! Ravenclaws were the ones who had been ridiculously immature about his flatulence several terms ago...so it WAS in their nature to find this sort of crude humor amusing. He still thought she should apologize to the planet, and may insist upon it once he gained a bit more clarity. "Oh? And what was it then that you were laughing at?" Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm? SNIFF SNIFF SNIIIIIIIIIIIIFF. "Do you smell something...burning? Roasting?" Sweet solstice, house elves. Not YET! SPOILER!!: Agatha & Zander :3 Quote: Originally Posted by Hey Ju Agatha simply sat there as Zander did all her work. What a ~~silly~~ nice Gryffindor. That badge really had made him a better person. "Thanks." She said once he was done and eh, she would have to get the pumpkin guts out with her own hands. Ehh. Oh well. She had done worse things. "Fine." She was about to stick her hand in the pumpkin to start working on the next step when professor Flamsteed took 50 points from Ravenclaw!! Agatha looked up at the angered man and tried to understand what had happened, but she kind of didn't care. The good news was that Ravenclaw had lost 50 points. Hah. But then the Gryffindor Head of House was coming THEIR way and started lecturing them. Agatha stared at their professor in disbelief. Okay, maybe she was taking a little bit of advantage of Zander's abilities ~~and badge~~, but so what?? It wasn't like that had been the first time someone had done some spellwork for her. Why was that so wrong? She didn't understand. Let people be nice to her for once! Hmph. The Slytherin's face turned red when professor Flamsteed said she should go see him in his office after the lesson. "What!? Why??" She hadn't DONE anything. ...Literally. And she wasn't going to do anything ELSE. Hmph. When the teacher moved on, the fifth year sat back on her chair and crossed her arms, frowning. She was done. D.O.N.E. Quote: Originally Posted by ArianaBlack SPOILER!!: Flammy and Agatha innocent You know, it was strangely pleasing getting Agatha to talk to him. Just 'cause he had noticed how quiet she had been for the entire class. But she talked to him, meaning that he was doing something very right with his life. Or very wrong... Actually, he couldn't really tell. This was Agatha Hapgood after all. Though again, he payed no attention the fact that he had been doing all the dirty work 'cause she had agreed to gut her own pumpkin and he was saving the day. Putting his hand in the pumpkin guts, he began scooping the chunks out one scoop at a time, and blegh. Was it just him or did pumpkin guts feel weirdly... Squishy? His head turned however, when he heard Professor Flamsteed walk up to that Ravenclaw-- TiaMarie, uh oh-- and MERLIN FIFTY POINTS?! Actually, he wouldn't take away all of those points. Pft. Though he may be terribly possessive and scary when it came to his suits, all Tia had really done was laugh at Zander's mispronunciation and-- Uh oh. This meant it was his fault right? Oops. Giving the girl a quick 'I'm sorry' kind of look, he quickly turned his head away before the Professor could blame him for any of the-- What. Oh no. Oh no oh no oh no. Professor Flamsteed was marching right up to them TO TELL HIM OFF FOR MAKING TIA LAUGH!! Abort mission aboooooooooorrrrrtt! O____O Wait huh? Taking advantage? The Gryffindor looked over to the Slytherin he was sitting beside and gave her a look that hopefully translated to 'what is he talking about?' 'cause surely that's not what Agatha was doing.... Or uh, was it? Actually... It didn't sound like such a stretch once it was said out loud.... "I-uh, I'm sorry sir," and he hung his head down in shame too. It was only the second month and he was already letting his Head of House down. Just take away the Prefect badge now sir, BEFORE ANYONE GETS HURT ;______; maybe he and Puck just weren't meant to be the Gryffindor Prefect Tag Team of the Century. With her in detention and with him letting down his Head not once, BUT TWICE in one class. Oh Merlin. Lottie was so wrong about this. At least he didn't didn't have to go to his office afterwards too, right? 'Cause that was really meant for Agatha..... Riiiight? Looking back to his pumpkin, face a little more deflated than before, he finished scooping the last bit of pumpkin guts out, while looking a the sky for the perfect constellation to carve. Man. Such disappointment. He could feel it. He gave Mr. Adair a small salute - meaning apology accepted - and then turned his attention towards the Slytherin. "Because I asked you to, Miss Hapgood," he replied with a tight lipped smile. SPOILER!!: RAAAAAAAAT RAT RAT RAAAAAAAT! Quote: Originally Posted by Sonea "Of course not! I'm having a empty bag with me so that WHEN I have needed it I can throw it away without getting my hands dirty AND leaving something behind for others..." She spoke surprised, did the professor really thought that she carried a FILLED bag with animal faces with her during the day?! EEW! No way! "And besides... If the bag was filled then I wouldn't have used it for the pumping dirt!" Staring at the backboard, just when the professor had spoken she frowned. Hmm... Now she felt a little stupid, she only had tried to search for the answer in her notes but, and she had written it wrongly and that WHILE it was right before her nose! Looking surprised she shook her head... "Hmm, I... It seems as if I have made the wrong notes because I have written something differently... So that's way i became confused" spoke Cahira. But then... WHAT was the professor asking? T- Turning out her pockets... OH boy! She was busted! How did the professor knew it that she had hidden Nabber inside her pocked and... Showing it to the professor was... Like a confession that she not just had ignored the rules but also had lied about it because she JUST had told the professor that she didn't had her rat with her! Oh oh... Slowly opened her pocked but... Just when she did it her rat pushed his head under her hand away, smelling the pumpkin dirt and... He jumped out of her pocket and he... Ran toward the professor! "Wait! Don't hurt him! He is evil but don't hurt him, he is mine!" spoke she alarmed! He shrugged. He was not yet familiar with the young lady's likes and dislikes and perhaps she was one of those creatures people who just had to be prepared ALL the time. And then he felt a tinge of sympathy for the Slytherin, realizing just how confused she had become. "Perfectly alright, just take some time now to check your notes and ---" What came out of the professor's mouth next had never been meant for human ears. Perhaps not even dogs would have been able to hear the shrill pitch in which the man had shrieked. No words. Just one long and loud shriek. Clutching his finger, the professor summersaulted backwards and hopefully AWAY from the Rodent of Doom. "15 POINTS FROM SLYTHERIN!" he roared, clutching his finger and rolling back and forth on the ground. "For breaking the cardinal rule of NO pets in the classroom, lying to a professor about doing so, AND PUTTING HIM AT RISK OF RABIES AND DEATH IN THE PROCESS!" Ceasing his rolling, he looked at his finger and then his entire complexion went white as a sheet. "And Miss Jones, will see me in detention tomorrow. Promptly at 8 am." And SWEET SOLSTICE someone get that rat before he banished it right out the classroom window. You know, once he stopped being a baby about his finger. __________________ We broke into a million pieces, and we can't go back......................................... But now we're seeing all the beauty in the broken glass..................................... The scars are part of me, darkness and harmony My voice without the lies, this is what it sounds like