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Welcome to the first meeting of the Cartographers Club! If you're new to mapmaking, a cartographer is a person who makes maps, and cartography is the study and practice of making maps. Where better to practice this long-lost art than in a magical, magnificent castle like Hogwarts? There's so much more to explore!
Have a seat on one of the squishy, plush cushions scattered about and wait for your leader. We'll begin shortly.
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Conscious of the fact that he was standing around awkwardly still, Zeke quickly shoved his way to the front of the room - elbows out - and sat himself on a free cushion, he wanted to be UP CLOSE to alllllllll of the ACTION.
He wasn't disappointed. As soon as the Headmistress started speaking, he was in AWE.
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He was in... so so IN.
Zeke jumped up from his spot on the floor, his kneecaps clicking as he did so, and stared around to where these groups were. WHERE exactly were they splitting to? He wanted in on the dungeons.
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Secret passages! Hady knew there were several but most had been blocked off years and years before during the war. Her father told her about it all and how her birth parents would always explore the castle every chance they had. Now it was her turn! Her turn to find something and make her parents that much more proud of her.
And what better way to start then where her house was. There was no doubt in her mind she wanted to work with those going into the Dungeons. So when the Headmistress gave the orders to break up into groups Hady was on her feet in a second.
Now where was she supposed to stand? Glancing around she spotted Zeke calling out about the Dungeons which made her laugh. Making her way to her she lightly bumped his side with a small grin. "Dungeons hmm? A little bit curious as to where the snakes hangout?" Hady teased quietly in a whisper.
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Oh! Ah! There was someone under him! He was so fixated on being a nuisance to Zander he had not realized his folly! The tall blonde was about to jump up and apologize to the lovely Lion Prefect but she jut managed to move out from under him and sat beside him on the plush cushion. "Sorry Puck. Your beauty blinded me. I couldn't see past it." he then swung an arm around her and listened in to what the Headmistress had to say about this Club
Oh COOL! Dungeons, Aegis was definitely exploring the Dungeons!! He had scheduled a Tour with Damien in the Forbidden Forest, but if he could find something new and cool at a place like the Dungeons wouldn't that equal out to whatever he and Damien might find in the Forest.
Aegis hopped up from the cushion an moved his way over the Corner where Zeke, the Free-Fallin Lion from the Party was already there. "Nice Choice." he smirked at smaller kid.
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It seemed like practically the entire school had gathered for this meeting which was totally awesome! The more the merrier. Adi grinned and waved to Norah and Margo as he spotted them. It was nice to see the Head and Professor Maddox too.
Buuut moments later they were getting started. Adi straightened up. Time for the excitement! Oh. they'd be splitting up? Of course... there were loads of students here. Adi turned to Benny. "The first floor would be okay with you, right?" The Kitchens were much too close to home for him.
Anyway, he was sure Benny wouldn't mind. He could always tell him if he wanted another one of the places the Headmistress listed.
"Who else is up for the first floor?'' he called loud enough for persons close to him to hear.
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Everyone fell silent as the Headmistress began speaking...and Gabe could FEEL his excitement growing. Not from an 'exploration' standpoint but because they were going to be learning the ins and outs of the castle. He'd read about another map that a group of Gryffindors had pieced together, called the Marauder's Map. Looking to the group of Gryffindors now, like that Aegis person and Puck Greyvson...it was just hard to believe it'd been Gryffindors to put such a brilliant map together.
It didn't add up.
...but Gabe was keeping it to himself.
Also, he appreciated they were going to take this a little at a time...AND that it was going to be a year-long project. Something else to look forward to, amid all the homework and studying...and awkward Prefect patrols.
Seeing people already claiming floors, Gabriel slowly stood and glanced around. It was so awkward being a Prefect. "Ground Floor."...which was clearly meant as an invite to whoever else wanted to join him...and everything. Nbd.
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Norah tried not to open her mouth all big when the Headmistress described described the club's task, but EXPLORING, they were going to do it! She thought for a moment about where she might want to go, 'cause there was a lot you had to think about when it came to exploring, y'know. Like what would happen if her stomach got rumbly and she wanted a snack? She had a chocolate frog waiting in her pocket but STILL, snacks were important to consider.
The third year pushed herself up from the cushion after one last bounce and SQUISH! And made her way over to wear that Ravenclaw prefect (Gabe!) was standing. The ground floor guy, right? There was a little door on that floor that she had always wondered about, so even if it was just a broom closet or something it would STILL be exciting 'cause there could be all worts of stuff in a broom closet! Like a hidden cat! OR A UNICORN. "Can I work with you?" she asked, once she had reached the older boy. If he was a Ravenclaw AND a prefect he was BOUND to be the smartest person in the entire universe, just like Jasmine had seemed to her. He didn't talk very loudly though. Norah could teach him how to do THAT if he wanted, uh huh.
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Excited to get started, Lux eagerly listened as the Headmistress explained what they would be doing in this club. It sounded more amazing than she had even hoped and of course she would stick with it even if she'd probably collapse from exhaustion by the end of term.
There were a few options of where to start, and obviously the kitchen was her favourite place in the school, but she decided to choose another area. Hearing Adi ask if there were any other people up to exploring the First Floor, she made her way over to him and Benny. "I'm game!" she said while sending both boys a smile. She had a feeling that Benny would be going along with what Adi did since they were inseparable.
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The Gryffindor turned a nice shade of pink at the mention of the Toddles thing. Ahem. So uh, you've heard about that Puck. Merlin, things really did travel all too quickly in this castle. Maybe new undiscovered places were even more necessary than he had thought. Yeah.
And when Aegis tried pulling the moves on Puck. Ugh. If there was any other fifth year boy that Zander disliked just as much as Bart... It'd be Aegis. The two of them. Merlin. Zander had to bite his lip just to keep from saying anything at all. Though, he couldn't suppress the cough. Ahem. OOPS. COUGH COUGH COUGH. Ugh. Nuisance. This kid was one.
And FINALLY the meeting was all officially started and they were going to split up into groups and you know which group Zander was going to join? NOT THE DUNGEONS THAT'S WHICH. It had been his first thought actually because he really didn't get down there all too often being a Gryffindor up in the seventh floor, who also made a point to avoid Professor Culloden when at all possible. So yeah. He would have wanted to head down there, but seeing as a certain annoying lion was going there. Noooope. Maybe another Prefect would join them to keep him in check or a Professor. Maybe catman could go put the boy in his place.
But yeah, no Zander was going to head to the next best place. The Kitchens. Because there was food there and he liked food just as much as exploring. And maybe more. Turning to his friends around him, the Gryffindor stood up from his own cushion. "I'm going to explore the kitchens." Aegis not invited.
And with that he walked over to the corner.
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Cosgrach knew what this was about, so he allowed himself to be fashionably late. He knew more or less what Annie would tell, but he was respectable enough to listen from outside the door and wait until she finished her speech. Once he thought sheas done, he slipped inside. He smiled at her and Quigley, then he made his way to them.
Which one was the dungeons corner now? They'd better be obedient students.
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This was the PERFECT time for Evie to come to Hogwarts. This was basically the exploring-and-note-taking club and she couldn't think of anything better. Evie was nearly bouncing in her seat by the time the Headmistress finished her spiel. Then she jumped up off her seat and tried to quickly decide which floor she wanted to investigate. The dungeons sounded fun, but there were already a lot of people gathering over there.
She settled for the Ground Floor. It just seemed like a good choice. So Evie grabbed her notebook and headed over there, giving a smile to Gabe and to the other hufflepuff that she didn't know. "Mind if I join?" she asked.
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Abby heard the other gryffindor prefect mention about the kitchens made her way over to him and said "I will join you in the kitchens" Abby seemed to be the only other person who was interested in doing the kitchens
They were making HISTORY. Could you believe that? The ravenclaw buzzed with excitement, lit up like a christmas tree as the headmistress went through her speech. As she finished, and her voice lowered, CB could feel the excitement growing around the room and that was enough to double her own excitement.
She considered where she wanted to explore, but as she was doing that, the groups were already forming. Instead of actually really sincerely thinking about what might be the best for exploring, Coral didn't hesitate in joining the ground floor group, her feet carrying her there before she had even mentally made the decision. There was a Gabe there, an Evie, and a Norah. She couldn't go wrong.
"Hi," she greeted. "Isn't this exciting?"
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Cartographers club. Not exactly his style but it also meant that he could explore the castle. Not to mention that maybe they were going to get in to rooms that had been locked up by advanced magic and Kevin so wanted to know what were in those rooms.
As he joined the others in the room off the great hall he stood a little further away from the rest, not really sure of what to do. Plus Zander was all the way over there with other people and he didn't feel like talking to him at the moment. It wasn't like he needed to be around him ALL the time. After the Headmistress had done her little speech and they could choose their locations, Kevin decided to go with the dungeon group.
Kate sat silently watching as more and more people packed into the room. Who knew a cartography club would have so much interest? Maybe everybody just wanted to explore the school like Kate did. The first year hadn't even noticed the Charms professor in here until the Headmistress called out his name. Whoooa. If the Headmistress was involved, this must be some club!
Awesome.
Kate just wished she had a friend to sit with. She always seemed to be wandering the castle and involved in everything just...with no friends to really hang out with. Noticing a girl about her age sitting nearby, Kate smiled. "Hey," she said to her. "I'm Kate."
Margo was lost in thought when she heard someone talking to her, turning slightly she saw a girl who looked to be a first year as well. Turning her frown upside down, Margo smiled. "Nice to meet you Kate, I'm Margo." So told the girl.
Margo thought by down she had seen just about everyone in the school, but clearly she was wrong! "So maps huh?" Margo said gesturing all around her, Maps were after all the reason why they were all here. "I'm not so sure I will be go with them, my brother teases I wouldn't find my way out of a paper bag." Ugh.....face palm, Margo always was an over talker....she needed to learn to zip it sometimes.
"Which floor do you want to start on?" Margo asked her new friend Kate, after listening to the head mistress suggest that they pick a floor.
He entered after a man. The man didn't try to steal his spotlight, how nice of him! Thorbert gave him a second to settle, then entered with a smile that almost literally showed all his teeth.
"Your LOVELY Headmistress told you already." He turned and bowed at her and the other two man by her exaggeratedly. "We'll be working together aaaaall teeeerm!" WERE THEY EXCITED? "I'm Thornbert Kenting. I brought you goodies." He snuck both of his hands in his pockets and wiggled a little like a small kid. Except, there was nothing small about this man.
"Herrrre you go!" He placed four different colors of soft pencils and notebooks on the only table in the room. "I got a few simple rules: No quills! Everyone use these pencils pleez. And every floor a different color! Dungeons: Green. Kitchen level: Yellow. Ground floor: Grey. First floor: Purple." He clapped his hands once and smiiiiiiled. Look at all the bright faces! This would be fuuuuuuuun.
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This was all sounding pretty cool so far, exploring and finding out secrets and exploring and adventure. And, more than anything, contributing and helping out. Toby could handle that, he loved to help, and he gave Soph, who had sat beside him, a nudge back at all the most interesting bits Truebridge was saying.
And theeeeeen, GROUPS. As soon as they were prompted, Toby looked around him to see where everyone else was going. He was, of course, sat right near Gabriel, so that made the choice obvious.
"I'm with you guys," the sixth yeah said quickly, scrambling to his feet and mainly addressing Gabe who was surrounded by girls. Toby might even have slung an arm around the prefect's shoulders in a gesture of friendship if he wasn't pretty sure it would have made him uncomfortable or something (which would NOT be cool on Toby's part, and very unfun for Gabe). So he smiled at him instead. "If that's okay?" Everyone else in the group were people he knew at least by name so far. "Hi." More smiles for the others and a wave for CB too.
Toby turned his head to see if Soph was joining this group with him, as it had himself AND CB in it, which seemed like an option she'd find appealing. Not that he was big-headed or anything, Soph was just usually quite vocal about her best friends, okay?
Oh. OH. New person. Telling them things. With a smile so big too, holy cow. Toby had already decided, right there and then, that he liked this guy.
Okay, so... ground floor was grey? Toby nodded but didn't go to get one just yet, preferring to make sure he was definitely in the ground floor crew FIRST, y'know.
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SPOILER!!: Adi, Lex, Cartographer
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It seemed like practically the entire school had gathered for this meeting which was totally awesome! The more the merrier. Adi grinned and waved to Norah and Margo as he spotted them. It was nice to see the Head and Professor Maddox too.
Buuut moments later they were getting started. Adi straightened up. Time for the excitement! Oh. they'd be splitting up? Of course... there were loads of students here. Adi turned to Benny. "The first floor would be okay with you, right?" The Kitchens were much too close to home for him.
Anyway, he was sure Benny wouldn't mind. He could always tell him if he wanted another one of the places the Headmistress listed.
"Who else is up for the first floor?'' he called loud enough for persons close to him to hear.
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Excited to get started, Lux eagerly listened as the Headmistress explained what they would be doing in this club. It sounded more amazing than she had even hoped and of course she would stick with it even if she'd probably collapse from exhaustion by the end of term.
There were a few options of where to start, and obviously the kitchen was her favourite place in the school, but she decided to choose another area. Hearing Adi ask if there were any other people up to exploring the First Floor, she made her way over to him and Benny. "I'm game!" she said while sending both boys a smile. She had a feeling that Benny would be going along with what Adi did since they were inseparable.
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He entered after a man. The man didn't try to steal his spotlight, how nice of him! Thorbert gave him a second to settle, then entered with a smile that almost literally showed all his teeth.
"Your LOVELY Headmistress told you already." He turned and bowed at her and the other two man by her exaggeratedly. "We'll be working together aaaaall teeeerm!" WERE THEY EXCITED? "I'm Thornton Kenting. I brought you goodies." He snuck both of his hands in his pockets and wiggled a little like a small kid. Except, there was nothing small about this man.
"Herrrre you go!" He placed four different colors of soft pencils and notebooks on the only table in the room. "I got a few simple rules: No quills! Everyone use these pencils pleez. And every floor a different color! Dungeons: Green. Kitchen level: Yellow. Ground floor: Grey. First floor: Purple." He clapped his hands once and smiiiiiiled. Look at all the bright faces! This would be fuuuuuuuun.
So the headmistress was the one leading this little gathering of mapmakers? Alright, that was cool with Benny. Though Professor Maddox was also present so that was an interesting combination. Even if other members of staff were going to participate as time went on. The fifth year Gryffindor listened intently to all that was being said, even more interested in doing this club...this PROJECT!
Moving back up once they were to begin, Benny nodded at his friend. "Sure...first floor is fine by me. " Any place was as good a place as any to start with their group so the older lion stood in the corner of the room they unofficially claimed for the property of the first floor students. Lux was first to join them and Benny returned her smile with a small one of his own to be polite.
Oh look...Culloden was here too!
And there was the cartographer they were supposedly working with for the project. Listening to the older man and the instructions he gave, plus seeing what was deposited on the table, Benny retrieved three purple notebooks and pencils, one for each of the three of them who had already claimed the first floor. "Here you go," he said, handing them out.
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Wohooo the meeting was starting. He was glad for that. He noticed Emmy and Cinna and Puck made it here. He gave them friendly smiles and he wondered if Cinna and Emmy were gonna pick the same group he was. As he decided on which floor to explore first, he chose the kitchens because he loved food too much. Plus it was with Zander, Margo and Abby. He loved these people and knew them. He walked over to them and said, "Hey guys I will join you for the kitchens." He had an advantage since he was there all the time. It was no help because the kitchens was near his common room.
Also he explored a lot of the castle too. He knew some things. He was quite excited for this activity to start.
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Hayden was happy with watching everybody enter. There were a lot of people who were going to join the club. She didn't blame them, it was very exciting. She stayed seated and people watched until the headmistress started the meeting. Hayden listened very attentively to what she was saying, she wouldn't want to miss a direction.
The first few floors to start, got it. Hayden thought about what group she would like to be in, and she decided kitchens would be best. She spent a lot of time down there, and it would be interesting to see if there was anything by her common room that she hadn't known about before. So she got up and moved to join the group that had said they wanted to go to the kitchens.
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So the not being noticed thing hadn't gone as well as he'd hoped and there were a few smilers and wavers--all of whom received polite nods and little smiles too--but he would still try. The last of his stealth vanished once the Headmistress strolled in and greeted him. Of course he greeted back and thought that would have been the end of it...until she gestured for him to come forward.
Of course.
Was he the only one considering the distance from his spot here to where she stood? Merlin that was a lot of steps to take. Maddox resolved to pace himself, moving toward her. Compared to her, he seemed to slouch where he stood with a generally uninterested look but that might have been the sleep talking. It had a habit of being loud, you understand.
Cosgrach got a nod when he joined them but the man didn't perk up until talk of splitting up. He was needed now, yeah? Ahem. He straightened and looked to see the students that would be in his group.
Interesting. For now he'd let the featured Cartographer do whatever it was he was doing.
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Well, Dante was used to the dungeons already. Since you know, the snakes common room and his bed were in the dungeons. Plus, Potions was down here. So why not explore the Dungeons more. Made sense to him at least. Maybe some secret passage was down there and no one knew because it was a secret.
Maybe.
Now where are the other dungeon people?
Since this was a group project mapping carto whatever thing.
And whoa that other Thornton! Who really says goodies? It sounds creepy when someone older than Dante said it. It was true. The older you got the more creepy it gets. Fact. Anyway, green for him then. He guessed. Not like he wasn't used to the color green.
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Tia had just been sitting idly awaiting for the meeting to begin and trying her best to avoid looking at the Gryffindor corner because she felt a twinge of jealousy just thinking about him back there with girls from his house. And she didn't even know why. It wasn't like they were a thing. He wasn't a thing with anyone that she knew of. So yea.
Oh good, the headmistress was beginning. Take her mind off of other things and the commotion from the Lion corner.
Well this would be interesting - learning all about the castle. But which area would she go to? Dungeons already seemed to get quite a few people selecting it as did ground floor. Glancing towards the other two corners, she spotted some familiar faces over in the kitchen area. Well one in particular of interest and she wanted that group more than anything. But as not to be too overt she approached by Kace instead of the Gryffindor. "Hey Kace! Remember me?" It had been awhile, and she hadn't been sorted into Hufflepuff.
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So they were splitting up to try and explore bits of the castle to make maps? Didn't sound bad to HIM. Certainly not when it gave him the prospect of being kinda nosey and finding a new spot to hang out in. Merlin knew that there was probably something interesting lurking here and there that he didn't know about.
Like the fact that there was a passage that led to the Shrieking Shack. CERTAINLY didn't know about THAT.
And which group was he gonna go with? WELL. If he went along with the Ground Floor people, all kinda of havoc would break loose because he got on with Gabe about as much as oil got on with water. It was simply a big fat no. And he had every urge to support Zander with the kitchens but.......
............ there was the fact that the dungeons were right near the Slytherin common room, the Potions classroom and there was a chance of a view of the lake.
Yeah, he'd been won over. Dungeons group it is. So, he headed over to that corner over there. "'Sup, guys and girls," he said, giving them all a 'sup nod, "Everyone ready to explore the dungeons, then?" C'mon, let's get some momentum going.
Also. The fact that this group was filled with mainly Slytherdors might be a good thing. Any Gryffindors foolish enough to risk their lives if need be?
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More people had kept arriving, but Brooklyn hadn’t really acknowledged them. Aside from Hady when she’d arrived, because Slytherin, of course. They had to stick together and prove they were better. In her opinion, anyway, but then that had sort of been what she’d taken from the lecture back on the first night. Slytherins were better, and they all needed to prove that. She could prove it easy. As long as nobody did anything stupid, like those two bigger Gryffindors who were getting shooed by the headmistress. She thought she remembered seeing the boy over at the Slytherin table during the feast when they’d all gotten in trouble, too. He was going to get eyed.
Except the headmistress had started to talk, so the eyeing would have to wait. So they’d be exploring the castle and making a map. Interesting. All she cared about was if she’d get credit for it, part of her mission to rule the school. As they’d been told to split off into groups, that had taken some thought. And a bit of a look for the new guy who seemed way too creepily excited. She was twelve and it seemed way too excited for her. None of the other younger students in the room were bouncing like that.
For a moment she’d thought about picking the dungeons, because the color for that group was green (obviously), and Hady was over there too. But then, she could explore the dungeons whenever she wanted. She didn’t need to do it with a big group. Different group it was, so back to the drawing board when it came to notebooks. Yellow was too bright, and grey too boring, so purple it was. She picked her notebook and pencil then headed over to that corner. “I’m in your group,” she said, informing them. And there wouldn’t be any hugs, Hufflepuff prefect boy. Just saying.
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Annnnd someone else had joined them. "Heya , Lux!'' Adi was super pleased she chose to join them.
Oh looky! It was Professor Cool... and some dude sneaking in behind. Adi tilted his head as he watched the other man. Who was he? Oh. He was the Cartographer the Hufflepuff realised after a while.
Purple for the first floor? Cool! As Benny grabbed the pencils and notebooks, Adi greeted the new face joining their small group. He didn't mind it being small but he figured it would grow later on. It was the huggy Slytherin girl! "Hi!'' Adi said cheerfully to her. "I never got your name.''