SPOILER!!: Tobert
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Originally Posted by
Felixir 
At first, Toby was going to insist that NO, EDEN should take the murtlap stuff. Not because he was trying to be noble or because it was the polite thing to do but because it was just a lot more natural to put other people first, whether they liked it or not. He'd just opened his mouth to protest that she, at least, should go first, but then Eden had discovered her OWN little bottle. Well. That was GOOD.
He took his own little phial back and started dabbing little drops of the stuff on his itchiest bites. Luckily, what with long sleeves and trousers, he'd only managed to cop the worst of it on his neck, face and hands. Didn't even need the full bottle before the itching was relieved and soothed. Aaahhhhh, sooOOOO MUCH BETTER.
Eden was talking by the time he'd stoppered the phial and put the rest of the essence of murtlap back in his pocket. "Yeah, I think you're right." Ten minutes had likely passed, or close to it. "Break's probably over, and we still don't know how many more obstacles there are." It was nerve-wracking, in an exciting sort of way. Toby's initial shock from the start of class had passed and, as Toby was pretty convinced that the class wouldn't require a patronus effort from him, he wasn't too worried about what was in store. He took Eden's hand and stood up as well.
"Right then... onward!" the Hufflepuff said enthusiastically, briefly raising their linked hands like they were WINNERS, before letting go again and moving onwards through the trees.
It wasn't terribly long before they came to a bridge, which instantly made Toby marvel because he kept forgetting and then remembering again that they were still TECHNICALLY inside. Man. Magic. "I reckon it's definitely this way." Because... it seemed like an important Plot Point. Toby started to cross but then...
...
"... Oh."
Huge gap in the bridge. Nearly went through. Could'a died. NBD. "I think I know what the next obstacle is."
Eden couldn't remember anything about a break. But that was probably due to her thirsty state before. She helped the Hufflepuff to his feet, though, and they were swiftly on their way! What an adventure! And nothing was too terrible yet! Eden only almost died once!
She followed behind Toby as he stepped onto the rickety...completely and TOTALLY stable
um bridge...she didn't notice anything out of the ordinary, though...and she just...kind of bumped into the back of Toby when he stopped, grabbing a hold of the rope-handle. She frowned.
"Why--" Oh. She peeked over Toby's shoulder and...sighed.
"We...we have to duplicate the steps? Or...no--we have to transfigure something--"
She was thinking...ugh...
She wished she had problem solving skills right now.
"...I'm sorry I'm such a bad partner, Toby...." she whispered. She was feeling...pretty mediocre right now. Less than mediocre, actually..