Second Floor: Arcade Area

[Wilber Winterbottom]

As you continue along the second-floor corridor, you will eventually stumble upon a bust of a medieval wizard who is quietly muttering to himself in Latin. But it is the antechamber near this statue that draws in a lot of students because over the years this spot has been designated as a popular hang-out area. More often than not, those who need a break from schoolwork come here to play an array of indoor wizarding games.

Scattered around this small room are chess boards, decks of Exploding Snap cards, areas for playing Gobstones, and other wizarding games ranging from Snitch Snatcher to Wizard Cracker Pop-It to Wizard Skittles. If none of these games interest you, there is a small table where Runok Ko and Rune Riddle books can be found. Otherwise, you can go check out the suit of armour that stands off to the side -- maybe you will figure out that it is guarding a passage to a secret storeroom -- or, if you feel there's more of the castle for you to explore, take the stairway that leads up to the third floor.

[Zoe]

Did the bust on the second-floor corridor make any sense? Not one bit. Did it make sense for Logan to be in this part of the castle right now? That also was a no. Would he rather be studying instead of enjoying the games that the antechamber had to offer? Absolutely not!

It probably would have been wise for him to be studying; however, the blond was not at all fussed about cracking open this year's textbooks and spending hours pouring over its contents. NEWTs were ages away. He had plenty of time to worry about those exams, which meant that the present time should be spent enjoying his final year. There were loads he had to explore and much mischief to get himself into still. Plus a couple games to preoccupy his time wouldn't do any harm. The schoolwork could wait.

"Mate, no one can understand you." The words were said over his shoulder, directed toward the muttering bust, as he grabbed a drawstring pouch containing Gobstones.

[Chelliephone]

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Originally Posted by Zoe

Did the bust on the second-floor corridor make any sense? Not one bit. Did it make sense for Logan to be in this part of the castle right now? That also was a no. Would he rather be studying instead of enjoying the games that the antechamber had to offer? Absolutely not!

It probably would have been wise for him to be studying; however, the blond was not at all fussed about cracking open this year's textbooks and spending hours pouring over its contents. NEWTs were ages away. He had plenty of time to worry about those exams, which meant that the present time should be spent enjoying his final year. There were loads he had to explore and much mischief to get himself into still. Plus a couple games to preoccupy his time wouldn't do any harm. The schoolwork could wait.

"Mate, no one can understand you." The words were said over his shoulder, directed toward the muttering bust, as he grabbed a drawstring pouch containing Gobstones.

The arcade room had been one of her and Vasco's favorite spots in the castle in their first year, which was perhaps why when she'd left the duel training arena from practicing for a bit, Ve found her feet leading her towards the room on the second floor instead of going up back to the common room. Or perhaps it was just the subconscious draw of her favorite person, considering as she pushed open the door to enter the room she was pleasantly surprised by the familiar voice accompanying that of the gibberish (listen she never paid attention to Latin) of the bust.

Ve gave a small laugh at his admonishing the bust before patting it's head as she passed to work further in. "Chatter away, my friend. He's just probably hungry."

Because when wasn't he hungry?

Grinning at Logan, Ve made her way over towards her boyfriend, eying the selected game items in his hands. "Fancy a match?" She was missing Gobstones already, though she couldn't complain about how well her seasons had gone. She still hasn't fully given up on the idea of going pro, and she had had at least one positive conversation with a scout.... And yet.

At least that was tomorrow's problem. Or, more likely, months away problem.

[Zoe]

The small laugh and the commentary in response to his words toward the bust instantly captured his attention. Logan rolled his eyes before a playful grin grew on his face and he gazed upon his girlfriend. Was he hungry? Naturally, but he could wait... unless...

"Haven't any treats on you, no?" he asked, going along with what she had suggested to the bust, as she approached him. Again, he wasn't dying of hunger or anything, but a boy like him could always eat, anytime, anywhere. He could even indulge while playing a match of Gobstones, which, as it happened, now could be a proper game now that the room had the two of them occupying it.

"Only if you go easy on me," he replied, giving her his most adorable have-pity-on-me face. She was the one who could go pro if she wanted to, after all.

[Chelliephone]

At the question, Vera couldn't help but put her hands on her hips, eying him before giving her own exaggerated eye roll. "Do I have any treats. Do you even know me?" her words turned more playful as she dropped her hands in order to reach into her bag, rummaging around before coming up victorious with a wrapped chocolate. She threw it his way. "As a chocolatiers daughter and budding chocolatiers sister, 'fraid all I have is sweets."

Though eating and gobstoning was generally unadvisable in her book. An ill timed Gobstone explosion while one had an open mouth for a snack could ruin an entire day. But she'd let him learn that lesson for himself if he wanted to snack and play. That's what a good girlfriend would do, right?

Truly he WAS adorable and if she weren't so competitive, the face might have worked on her. But instead she just grinned back at him as she moved closer. "I suppose it depends how nice you are to me. I couldn't go easy on you for nothing." A professional career was something that shockingly could have been in her grasp, especially with how well the Firecrabs did in her time there. But... She still just wasn't sure yet if that would be her future. She had sometime still, and she'd be utilizing Raju's advice too for the competitive sports world and if it was right for her. Something, she reminded herself, to speak with him about over Christmas.