 ½ of Lauralie | Koala | The being in Ern's pocket | Baby Smurf | Prouf member of The Flock
Had Brian Woods ran all the way up six flights of stairs from the kitchen level to the sixth floor? Well, no. No, he did not run up all six. In fact, to be precise, he had run up three, felt his leg almost give, hobbled up one, walked up another and ran the last flight. And by some miracle, the stairs hadn't even messed with him this round. Maybe they could sense things, that he could probably not handle another round of stairs, much less THREE as the stairs were prone to subject him to.
Anyway, that was six flights of stairs climbed as fast as he could. And locating the actual office of Professor Ichihara was no easy task considering the ever-changing floor plan. Seriously. Rowena Ravenclaw, arguably the smartest witch of all time, decided that making the rooms change locations on the daily was a brilliant idea. It's not like they rotated on a schedule either. This assortment was as random as Brownian movement!
Slumping with one shoulder against the door, the Hufflepuff knocked on the sturdy -it has better be sturdy, he was leaning on it!- door. Three times, with the heel of his hand. The sound wasn't as sharp as knuckles would have been but he was too tired to make a proper fist now and the volume of the heel-tap was more than enough.
Please let her be in there.
Though those gold puzzlers were looking nice. Maybe if he could summon the willpower to go sit by them and attempt them, that would pass the time better. Hmm. It was a thought. |