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Harron Peasley · 09-23-2022, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by emjay

Although Phoenix did a lot of exploring last term and was even shown some really cool spots in the castle by his cousin, he was certain that there was plenty he did not know. In fact, he was still on the lookout for secret passages that were rumored to exist. And once in awhile in his free time, he would wander the corridors with his notebook to see where he ended up and if he found anything new or interesting. He was taking better notes this term after not keeping track well enough when he was trying to break the spell code of certain statues he thought might guard the entrance of a secret passage.

Today he found his way heading down one end of the second floor corridor and he paused next to the statue bust. Phoenix had come across him before and found him... not as helpful as he would like when it came to practicing his conversational Latin. But he greeted him with a Salve, quid agis? and gave the bust a careful look. Probably not anything noteworthy about him in terms of secret passages and the like, so he decided just to enter the arcade room instead.

Phoenix liked the sort of strategy games, though it had been a while since he visited this area, for a variety of reasons. But upon seeing another boy there, he gave him a small smile and said, "Hey...Fancy a game?" If not, that was cool too. He could work on some personal strategy... or just continue exploring, remembering the secret room in the Ravenclaw common room he recently discovered. Maybe there was something like that here too.

Reading things upside down and starting from somewhere other than the start was key to breaking codes. He wasn't sure where he'd heard that, but Reuben had decided a long time ago (a few months) that it was advice to live by, and to test at every opportunity possible. The book he'd chosen made little sense upside down, and so with a huff he righted it and found that.... Well, it made little sense to him right-side-up, too.

When he heard a voice that was distinctly not the statues mumble, but spoke in that same funny language that he couldn't decipher, Reuben's head shot up from behind the book, which he then promptly dropped on the table as the other boy appeared. "What were you just saying, to the statue?" he asked, curiosity and suspicion vying to be the main expression on his face.

"What kind of game?" Because his immediate answer was yes!, but then he remembered that he didn't know how to play chess, and he didn't want to look stupid after agreeing.

09-23-2022, 05:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
Harron Peasley DERP Mooncalf Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: The Losers Club Posts: 7,562 Hogwarts RPG Name: Reuben Albert Darcy-Stemp Hufflepuff Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Billie Love Stemp Gryffindor Third Year Ministry RPG Name: Fintan Darcy Ecological Protection x3	Sarah thinks I'm cute \| Shan's safe space. Quote: Originally Posted by emjay Although Phoenix did a lot of exploring last term and was even shown some really cool spots in the castle by his cousin, he was certain that there was plenty he did not know. In fact, he was still on the lookout for secret passages that were rumored to exist. And once in awhile in his free time, he would wander the corridors with his notebook to see where he ended up and if he found anything new or interesting. He was taking better notes this term after not keeping track well enough when he was trying to break the spell code of certain statues he thought might guard the entrance of a secret passage. Today he found his way heading down one end of the second floor corridor and he paused next to the statue bust. Phoenix had come across him before and found him... not as helpful as he would like when it came to practicing his conversational Latin. But he greeted him with a Salve, quid agis? and gave the bust a careful look. Probably not anything noteworthy about him in terms of secret passages and the like, so he decided just to enter the arcade room instead. Phoenix liked the sort of strategy games, though it had been a while since he visited this area, for a variety of reasons. But upon seeing another boy there, he gave him a small smile and said, "Hey...Fancy a game?" If not, that was cool too. He could work on some personal strategy... or just continue exploring, remembering the secret room in the Ravenclaw common room he recently discovered. Maybe there was something like that here too. Reading things upside down and starting from somewhere other than the start was key to breaking codes. He wasn't sure where he'd heard that, but Reuben had decided a long time ago (a few months) that it was advice to live by, and to test at every opportunity possible. The book he'd chosen made little sense upside down, and so with a huff he righted it and found that.... Well, it made little sense to him right-side-up, too. When he heard a voice that was distinctly not the statues mumble, but spoke in that same funny language that he couldn't decipher, Reuben's head shot up from behind the book, which he then promptly dropped on the table as the other boy appeared. "What were you just saying, to the statue?" he asked, curiosity and suspicion vying to be the main expression on his face. "What kind of game?" Because his immediate answer was yes!, but then he remembered that he didn't know how to play chess, and he didn't want to look stupid after agreeing. __________________ ⇀ Standing now, calling all the people here to see the show_____________________________ Calling for my demons now to let me go ↽