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Seventh-Floor Corridor https://s26.postimg.cc/jkthqlimx/corridor-banner.jpg Because the seventh floor is the gateway to Hogwarts' biggest towers, you can expect to access quite a bit of the castle from here. The most notable areas that this corridor provides passage to are the Owlery, Astronomy Tower, Divination Tower, the common rooms for both Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, and, if you know where to look, the Room of Requirement. Sweeping views of the Quad below are available thanks to a series of large windows. |
Getting up early wasn’t exactly Caolan’s strongest attribute. In fact, most mornings it had taken his Ma a lot of effort to get him out of bed, ready and out the door onto the bus in time for his old school. He was a teenage boy who deserved as much sleep as he could get, at least that was what he kept telling himself. But for some reason this morning he was up and out exploring the castle at what could be described as a reasonable hour. It was mostly so he could avoid the crowds of students and challenge himself to find his way around. He didn’t fancy joining the tours of first years all eager and bright eyed and bushy tailed, nor did he feel comfortable quite yet tagging along with some of his year mates. He had familiarised himself with a couple of names but not so much as to call them friends quite yet. They were more like acquaintances. He hoped that would change eventually. He walked along a corridor and took a left turn expecting to have ended up outside the Ravenclaw common room only to have found himself along another corridor which looked exactly the same as every other corridor in this school. Huh. Guess it would make sense for him to have got lost in the first term considering how bad he was at Geography at his old school. Navigational skills not on point. |
Ronan was exploring. Which meant, for him, that he had a funny hat on - it was really cold up here, way colder than in Cornwall, so really it served two purposes - and his notebook from home. It was a special notebook that was supposed to be only for Hogwarts related things, like funny stories and interesting things he happened upon, some phrases he overheard said by anyone (especially the paintings), and more things like that. So far, all he had in it was a Hufflepuff sticker and some illegible things he'd jotted down half asleep last night. Today it was his mission to add some more stuff. Portraits seemed like the easiest way to get, uh, stuff. So. Ronan watched the portraits, meandering around the castle without a thought as to where he is going, and consequently did not notice someone else there until it was too late and he walked backwards into their middle. UH. "Oops! Sorry mister!" Oh, it was a student. ".. Sorry!" |
He was sure that a left turn would take him back to his Common Room and yet here he was staring at a blank wall trying to retrace his steps in his head. How was it possible for someone with such a logical brain and of reasonable intelligence to get lost in a castle so quickly into the term? His thoughts were disturbed however by a sudden bump to his waist and he was knocked unexpectedly off balance. He frowned for a second as he steadied himself but that frown quickly faded away when he saw what it was that had walked into him. It was just a small kid and quite frankly you couldn’t remain angry with a first year for very long. “S’alright kid” he chuckled. “What are you doing there?” he asked glancing down at the notebook in his hand. He wasn’t studying already surely? It was only a few days into term! |
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“Hello, students. Enjoying your time at the Castle so far?’’ |
With her next class more than an hour away, Kassie decided to take a walk around the corridors. Working in the divination classroom, all warm and cozy from the fire, had made her a bit sleepy. Not the state she wanted to be in when a room full of curious students sat before her. The late fall November chill had penetrated the castle, making it necessary for her to wear her more hardy robes. The day's selection was a rather loud shade of lime green with indigo trim, one of her favorites. She loved the way the bright color played off her chestnut hair. The green also resembled balance and harmony, along with being connected to the heart chakra. It was the perfect choice for the day. |
Thankful to be high on the wall, well out of reach of the pink creature horde, the seventh-floor corridor portrait inhabitants let out various squeals, gasps, and fearful phrases as they watched a pink fluffy run past. Word of what happened to the Slytherin and Hufflepuff tables as well as the consumed professor had traveled their way and they didn’t wish to be the next victims. |
Scampering down the halls in an attempt to hide from the humans with the cages, the Mutants paused for only a few minutes at a time. With The Horde splitting off and heading out all over the castle and grounds, they knew they had to find hiding spots lest they find themselves caged. They hurried down the corridor, hearing the voices from the Portraits, and hoping the cage bearers wouldn’t hear the commotion. They had to hide. |
The search! The seventh-floor corridor seemed to be a good place to start their search. It was the jumping off point for the towers and, if they could keep one or two from their team at the end of the corridor, they could prevent any of the Mutants from getting back to the rest of the castle. As she walked down the corridor the Portraits caught her attention. “It appears there are some up here. Let’s not leave any nooks or crannies unchecked.” Kassie bent down to look behind the bench, hoping to find a mutant, but there was none to be found. She stood back up and slowly continued down the corridor and towards the Divination Tower. "Let's split up if we need to, but do try to stay in groups of two at a minimum." |
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He was truthfully a little miffed at being there, though of course he didn't show it He ducked his head under another bench across the way from where the professor (whose name he had forgotten to get and now it felt too late to ask) had looked. Nothing. "Anyone seeing anything yet? Any clues about where they might have gone?" Stupid question, probably, since anyone who did find anything would have already announced it, he was sure. |
"They like affection. So hiding the cage might be a good idea until the last minute. Please, make sure you have gloves on." Tristan said as he entered the corridor, just catching Kassie's instructions. He had thought he saw something and had stopped to check but whatever he had seen was gone before he could even try to befriend it....could have been a pet rat or toad too. They often snuck around the castle. Tristan turned when the guy he was pretty sure was called 'Bear' asked a question. "I thought I caught a glimpse of something but, they can disappear at will so it's hard to say. We need to try to lure them with affection. According to the students they love to be cuddled. Just don't let any of your skin touch them." Hence the gloves! Tristan had a thought and sat down on the floor with how back facing the wall, and put the cage behind him to conceal it from view. "Fluffsies, don't you want some cuddles? We just want to give you cuddles, that's all." He looked around hopeful. |
Eliora knew instantly when the groups split that she should have stayed with James. Or decided to stay in the Great Hall and check another hundred times if there had been anything she would need from in there. You know... the missing tables and whatnot. However, she was following those in the upper school and was already a step ahead of one of the Professors. Her gloves were on and the cage she had was disillusioned so as not to draw attention to it "Splitting up isn't an option. Groups of two are more at risk than a bigger group. Safety is paramount." And if this group dared to split, she'd be having words with Hotmaster in his office later. Her employees were here to sort this issue safely, not by trying to get it done as quickly as possible and potentially lose someone along the way. "Two people very quickly becomes one." |
Her group appeared to be doing a bang-up job of checking every hiding spot if any of the pink critters were up there, they were going to find them. Kassie shrugged at the suggestion splitting up wouldn't be safe. She wasn't worried one bit. The whole Dolly incident was unfortunate but highly unlikely to happen again...right? The little fluffies were far too cute to be dangerous in her eyes. Plus, if Tristan wasn't overly worried, she wasn't going to be. She trusted him far more than she trusted the Ministry workers. Taking note of Tristan's method, Kassie went to the far corner and plopped down on the ground, placing her cage out of view and called out to the mutants. "Here, here little ones. Kassie just wants to snuggle you. Don't be afraid." |
The little group of pink fluffies hurried down the corridor and away from the humans carrying cages. They wanted snuggles and they could not snuggle trapped inside of a cage. Hearing the clanks of the cages heading towards them urged the fluffies on down the corridor and towards the towers. Maybe some of the little humans that liked to cuddle would be in the towers to save them? |
Hope it's okay for me to crash Indigo was coming out of his common room, planning on heading toward the library to do some studying. He'd walked between the library and his common room so many times and never run into any troubles, so he had no reason to think this time would be different. It was just a normal, average day. Except, this time when he headed out of Ravenclaw tower he saw something headed in that direction. It was one of those... things. The things that had eaten Dopple. Oh. Oh no. What was he supposed to do? His hand reached automatically for his wand, in case he would need to defend himself. Though the thing didn't look very dangerous. He should definitely tell someone that he had seen it. But who? By the time he got to the nearest professor's office the thing would probably be gone. Except... there was someone in the corridor ahead. A few someone's, actually. But he recognized at least a few professors, including Professor Wayland. He was Care of Magical Creatures so surely he would know how to handle this, right? "Professor!" He called, moving further down the hallway and further away from that little pink thing. "It's one of those creatures. Right over here, heading toward the tower." |
Bear bumped his head on the underside of the bench he'd been crouching under as he rose. "Ow," he complained quietly, rubbing the newly-formed knot on top of his head. Stood up too quickly. Still frowning, he took a quick second to Disillusion the cage he was holding, following Eliora's lead. He was already wearing gloves, but the thought of growing inordinate amounts of hair caused him to pull at them a little tighter. No thank you to that. He was thankful for Eliora's level head under pressure. Of course they shouldn't split up -- that was an awful idea. The creatures had somehow managed to almost... weaponize cuteness. And, you know, they ate people sometimes. That wasn't an ideal outcome, and it was much easier to avoid So. The Ministry employees knew what they were doing, if he did say so himself. Despite his inner complaints with his situation, he really was prepared for this sort of thing by nature of being in the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes. The professors, though... Truthfully, this Professor Wayland? was the only school employee who seemed to have a handle on things. This other lady, the one whose name he didn't know, didn't seem to be taking this all that seriously. In fact, Bear would venture a guess that she'd allowed the creatures' cuteness to skew her opinion of them. (Just wait until she was covered with hair, as well. Or EATEN. Then see how she felt.) Bear's thoughts were interrupted by a student shouting -- at Professor Wayland, not him, the kid didn't even know him, but also was it just him, or were teenagers getting smaller and smaller over time? -- about a creature heading toward the towers. "Ah. Off we go then, I suppose?" Assuming the others would follow, he began the familiar trek toward the tower he used to call home, trying not to get too far away from the group for the reasons mentioned before. Mostly the whole not-wanting-to-be-eaten thing. No biggie. He walked cautiously, not wanting to frighten any creatures that may be tucked away nearby. |
Names? Ennis wasn't one to keep track of those. Not unless they formed a decent impression on him or if they were his superior. That being stated, the professor who mentioned gloves and the blonde ministry lady who said splitting up was not an option were perhaps worthy of names. His gloves were retrieved from his back pocket and slipped on just after setting the cage to levitate, disillusion, and follow just a ways behind him. But this.. cuddle business. This was not at all listed in requirements to catch them, was it? Couldn't they be stunned and put into the cages just as easily? Surely that would be a better option. There wouldn't be a chance for them to devour someone or spread their little disease around that way. Unless their fur prevented stunning? Strange. Ennis' eyes shot up as a student called to the group. Not his boy. Good. But someone around his age perhaps. "We shouldn't rush off. Not until we're certain this area is clear." |
On the same timeline as the group above if you want her. Chloe had been given some great advice and the advice she was going to take. She had worked days on figuring out what to put on a poster and had a little help with them. Now that they were done she was eager to get them up. Leaving her common room she headed down the corridor, before getting too far she noticed some people around looking for something. "Everything alright?" Her eyes moved around the area, maybe the cute little pink things were around? As she waited for them to respond she turned to the wall and used a sticking charm to put the poster up. |
"Keep up the search, everyone. We need to get all of them rounded up as soon as possible." Then she heard someone announce they caught sight of one. "Good job, Mr. Rousseau. Take a cage and follow it. Be sure to wear gloves and try not to touch it." She was pleased by the sighting of the mutant and hoped they would soon find more. Kassie heard the ministry worker. "Are you okay over there? Did you hurt yourself?" She briefly panicked that a mutant was trying to eat someone again, but quickly realized the gentleman (Bear) was rubbing the top of his head. "That will leave a nice lump." She was still sitting with her back to the wall when Ennis announce they shouldn't leave the area without making sure their current area was clear. He was correct, but they also needed to check the towers. "Maybe half of us can stay here and the other half head to the towers? Professor Wayland? Would you feel comfortable staying here with half the group while I take the rest to the towers?" Enter Ms. McCarthy. Kassie wondered what in Merlin's beard the young lady was doing. "Ms. McCarthy. Now might not be the best time to be placing posters around the castle. We have to find the mutants and get them caged as soon as possible." She shook her head and wondered where the girl had been to not know what they are doing. "Please, either return to your common room or help us capture the pink fluffy creatures." |
The group of mutants had been hiding under the benches and behind the statues until a few of the humans began to sit and call to them (Wayland and Sutton). They looked like they wanted to cuddle and the pink fluffies loved to cuddle. There were also shorter humans roaming about (Chloe, Indigo) The shorter humans around the castle had been loving on them all year. Slowly they creeped out from their hiding places in hopes of some much needed snuggles, their only hesitation being the unfamiliar glove wearers (Bear, Ennis, and Eliora). |
Oh, yes the little things had been around if the adults were there looking too. She nodded to the professor, "Have they been spotted, I know they had been hard to find." She was in her common room and it was clear, so ducking out to the corridor right outside seemed safe. Though she still couldn't believe something so cute was harming anyone. "I'll head back to the common room ma'am." Before she could though she noticed something out of the corner of her eye. A little smile crossed her lips as she saw the cute little creatures and gave a small wiggle of her fingers to them. Glancing back at the adults she was glad O'Hara wasn't anywhere around, but she didn't want to scare the creatures either. In a very calm sing-song voice she tried to tell the adults without scaring the cretaures, "Over here" |
Everyone mentioned will be red <3 Tristan continued to sit on the floor and call to the creatures. He was pretty sure it was the only way they would possibly get them to come out of hiding and of course Kassie was the only one listening to him at the moment. When Eliora spoke up about splitting up, he replied, “I agree. We shouldn’t split up unless it is completely necessary and we have more than two adults in each group.” The students that were starting to arrive to help…he wasn’t sure if he wanted to risk their safety at all. And then there was Indigo yelling about a creature being close by which probably meant it was now long gone. He sighed as Bear went off with him and continued to call to the creatures. He really didn’t like the idea of students helping to capture the creatures but…they were old enough to help. “I agree, Ennis, but it doesn’t look like we can stop them.” He said as Bear and Indigo disappeared up the stairs. Suddenly Chloe was in the hall…and putting date requests posters up about her brother. Tristan facepalmed. Did this kid not know that she was supposed to be safely in her dorm? Apparently not. But Kassie handled it before he could say anything. With a nod and a small smile, Tristan replied, “I still don’t think we should separate but, yes, I’ll stay here.” Then out of the corner of his eye he saw something pink. He turned his head slowly, trying really hard not to sigh at Chloe. Saying anything could distract the creatures and make them run. “Come little Fluffsies. We just want to cuddle with you. Don’t you want some cuddles?” Tristan asked sweetly, his arms opened wide for the creatures to come into. It was a good thing he had long sleeves and dragon hide gloves on. |
Just as Chloe started to walk off, she heard the young lady call out. Kassie's eyes darted to Tristan then back to where she saw some movement. Forgetting the idea of heading towards the towers, she slowly crouched down, keeping the cage well out of sight behind her, and held her hands out towards the little fluffies. "Tummy scratches over here. Come on, little ones, don't be afraid." Without looking at Chloe again, she softly spoke to her, "Call them over but don't touch them without gloves on. I'll be over in just a moment to help." |
She watched both the professors as they came over and started calling to the mutants. Chloe wasn't sure whether or not to keep calling or walk away, but the creatures were just so cute, so she stayed and tried to convince them to come out. "You are so cute, cuddles over here." Reaching both her arms out so they could see she wanted a hug from them or a cuddle. She hoped this could help and looked over towards the professor when she said about gloves. "Do you have any I could use?" If one got close enough she didn't want to do anything at all she was going to grab it so that the professors could take care of it. |
Kassie smiled at Chloe and gently slid a pair of gloves her way. She did it as quietly as possible as to not frighten the little pink fluff balls that were starting to poke out from their hiding places. “Put them on, but don’t make any sudden moves. Nice and easy. No need to scare off our little friends. Once you have the gloves on,” she continued in a sing-song voice “Start backing towards either me or Professor Wayland. We have cag-...transportation containers for the mutants.” She wasn’t sure how much the little fluff balls understood and didn’t want to risk saying cage. Once that was taken care of, she held out her hands and wiggle her fingers lovingly towards the fluff balls. “Come here, little friends and Kassie will cuddle you.” |
The fluffy balls of pink wanted all the snuggles. The man on the floor (Tristan) looked extra cuddly, as did the lady (Kassie). The fluffsies were also very interested in the little human (Chloe). She looked like she would give nice cuddles. Multiple pink fluff balls poured out from their hiding places and headed towards the three most likely to snuggle them, little noses twitching, and making soft giggly sounds of joy. |
Skyler had no idea how she had even gotten on the seventh floor. She was looking for the library, he stairs moved and she got on the wrong floor. That's when she came face to face with a mutant. Uh oh. She froze not sure what to do. |
Tristan was focusing so hard on getting those super cute yet really freaking dangerous creatures to come to him that he wasn't listening to the conversations going on around him. Finally, the creatures came flowing out of their hiding spaces...literally flowing out. There were so many of them! How was it even possible that there were so many? "Come on little ones, we just want cuddles." He said with a sweet smile on his face and arms outstretched. Then suddenly Skyler was there. He didn't turn his head, but looked up at her as best as he could to keep eye contact with the creatures and not have any sudden distractions. "Skyler," he whispered with a smile on his face, "stay exactly where you are and do not move. Pretend you are a statue if you have to." He hoped she heard him. He needed that horde of creatures to come to him not her. |
Sweet Merlin. Kassie wondered where Skyler popped in from and why her head of house let her out of sight. The poor girl looked petrified. She smiled and nodded at Tristan’s words. The fourth year needed to stand perfectly still and not scare the fluffies. “Here, little pink fluffies, keep coming towards the cuddles.” Kassie slowly moved the cage around from behind her and kept wiggling her fingers with the promise of snuggles and tummy scratchings. There were a lot of them and she hoped they would go to both her and to Tristan, otherwise, they might not all fit into one cage. It was all going much smoother than she had planned and she was beginning to wonder how the other groups were making out. She hoped they were having as much luck and there weren't any unfortunate incidents. |
Skyler didn't dare say anything or even move a muscle (besides breathing.) She just stood there like Professor Wayland said, or whispered. |
The lady (Kassie) and the girl (Chloe) were talking sweetly to them, and they liked it. They wanted all the cuddles being offered by the humans. They had been hiding far too long and missed the snuggles. The fluff balls paused a moment when the new little human (Skyler) arrived. That human looked scared. They wondered if they should be scared. Thankfully the big man (Tristan) spoke sweetly to them again and they continued forward towards the cuddles. One of the pink fluff balls spotted a cage and glanced to the others. Maybe the humans would carry them to more cuddles? They wanted to find out so they kept moving forward, noses twitching and full of happy thoughts. |
Tristan kept encouraging the little creatures to come cuddle, all the while constantly checking to make sure none of them went over to Skyler. It looked as though she was in the clear; they were completely ignoring her now. One of the creatures was looking curiously at the cage behind him...but it didn't look fearful. "Yes, come little ones, if you get inside of these boxes we can take you to a place that will give you all the cuddles you could ever want!" He said sweetly with a giant smile on his face, while slowly pulling the cage from behind his back. Hopefully...this would work. |
Were they coming closer to her? Chloe tried not to see to excited, but the fact that they were safe and Professor Wayland was there and not O'Hara. She knew they would be taken somewhere safe. Slowly she slipped the gloves on but kept her arms out for the creatures. "Come here sweeties, I'll make sure no one bothers you. We can cuddle all day." Was there any treats they could lure them into the cages with? Her eyes glanced to the side seeing another student. Oh please don't scare them, they were so close now. UGH, how were thins so cute so bad? They had to have a reason to eat people, this couldn't be them just being horrible. |
The man said cuddles! They knew the word and wanted nothing more. The fluffy balls of pink all started to make their giggly squeals of joy as they entered the cages that promised to carry them to more cuddles. Once they filled the cage the man had (Tristan) the rest filled the cage of the lady (Kassie). They all hoped the sweet talking girl (Chloe) would be joining in on the cuddles and looked with worry at the frozen girl (Skyler). Even though their time in the corridor had been short, they were ready to get out of there and back to the others. |
What they were doing appeared to be working. The fluffy balls of pink were headed towards them and willingly going into the cages. Her gloved hands cuddled each one as it passed by and into the cage. "Professor Wayland, it looks like we may have gotten them all. Should we do one last check before heading back to the others?" She glanced up at Chloe, "Chloe, would you take a quick look under the bench over there to see if there are any more?" Thankfully, Skyler had remained very still and hadn't scared off any of the mutants. "Skyler, if you feel comfortable, slowly start moving towards the end of the corridor. I think we have all of them, but I don't want to risk scaring off any stragglers." It looked like their work in the corridor was done. |
They were going to the cages! Chloe was so happy to see that they were and smiled, "Good little ones, that's it." She wanted so badly to pet them but knew the professors wouldn't like it. So she stood and kept encouraging the little ones. Once in the cages she looked over to the professor as she told her to go check under the bench, "You got it professor" bending down she started to look under them al to make sure none had been missed or there wasn't a scared one hidden in the dark corner. As she moved on her hands in knees she put her head to the floor and looked a few more times, "I think they are all there." She'd check once more just to make super sure. |
Skyler breathed and relaxed a bit but still didn't move. So were they all gone? Could she go to the library now? |
Tristan watched and waited patiently as the little fluff balls filled the cages. Once it was full he closed the cage door and locked it with his wand. He released a huge breath and leaned against the wall. Thank heavens those creatures went for the bait! "Yes, lets have a look around and make sure we got every single one of them before we head off." Tristan said with a nod to Kassie. He knew he needed to stand up now, but he was so comfortable on the floor at the moment...Oh, well! He took another deep breath and sighed before pushing himself up off the floor. He looked over to Skyler and gave her a small smile, "I take it you didn't get the memo about staying in your common room until the all clear was given? I suggest you head back....actually, I'll walk with you as soon as we are done checking this corridor." He wasn't sure where she was headed but he knew she wasn't supposed to be there. Tristan quickly checked every nook and cranny that he could. He was a pretty tall guy so he was checking the higher places so the others could check the lower places. Soon enough he came back to the group empty handed. "It looks like we got them all. Great job Kassie! And thank you so much Chloe for helping." He hoped the rest of the groups were as successful as they had been...and as gentle. He turned to the rouge Slytherin with a small smile, "Lets go." He picked up his cage of floof balls and headed down the stairs. |
Her cage was finally full of the pink fluffy mutants. She breathed a sigh of relief and locked the cage. No one had been eaten, none of her search group had gone missing, and no major mishaps had occurred. She glanced over to see Tristan get to his feet and she followed suit. It felt good to stretch her legs. She hadn't noticed how tense she had been sitting on the floor and she was thankful to be moving around again. With the cage firmly in her right hand, Kassie looked low as Tristan looked high. Her short legs were an advantage while looking low for little creatures. "Chloe, you are welcome to stay with me, or you can head back to your common room. If you do go back to your common room, please don't make any unnecessary stops along the way. I'm fairly certain we have all of the mutants from this part of the castle, but I don't know how the others have done." After checking all the places she could think to look she nodded in agreement that it was time to go. "Thank you, Tristan, for escorting Skyler and for all your help. Chloe, you have been great as well. Top notch work. And, Skyler, please stay with Professor Wayland all the way back to your common room." Kassie watched Tristan head down the stairs before turning to Chloe. "Are you ready?" She checked the lock on the cage one last time before heading down the stairs. |
SPOILER!!: Professor Wayland Skyler nodded and started to follow Professor Wayland. She had heard that the mutants could be friendly but she salso heard that they swallowed a teacher whole. Yeah. She was not taking any chances anymore. |
Was that even a question? Go back to her boring dorm or go with the professors and stay with the creatures longer. "I'll go with you." She moved closer to the professor and looked down at the cages, "What will happen to them now?" Would they be sent to a safe place or was someone else going to harm them just to find out more about them. Sticking close to the professor as they headed closer to the stairs she gave Skylar a little wave. |
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