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| Term 45: January - April 2017 Term Forty-Five: Stranger Hogwarts (Sept 2091 - June 2092) |
08-20-2016, 09:33 PM
| | The Ravenclaw Nest Once you've solved the bronze knocker's riddle, you enter a circular, comfortable looking common room. The common room always has a well-lit and airy look about it, mostly due to the fact that the arched windows that are covering a large section of the walls, stretch from the floor and all the way up to the domed ceiling. The ceiling reflects the midnight blue carpet that's dotted with stars and spreads across the common room. Look closely and you might notice one or two of these stars twinkling at you, especially during the darker hours.
Everything from the walnut furniture to the blue and bronze silks that drape over the windows seem to scream Ravenclaw. Take a look outside of the window and you'll find yourself facing the most magnificent view that Hogwarts has to offer: the grounds stretch out as far as the eye can see, with the lake, Herbology greenhouses and Quidditch pitch meeting your eye. Meeting the lake is the Forbidden Forest itself and beyond the forest lies an excellent view of the surrounding mountains. Near the windows are blue window seats, large enough for two or three people to sit on.
Dotted around the common room are various objects you'd often find in your everyday common room. Soft chairs, armchairs and sofas are dotted here and there, some accompanied by a table or two. The softest of these pieces of seating furniture can be found near the fireplace on one side of the common room. The most notable and unique object that stands here is the statue of Rowena Ravenclaw who's standing between the two staircases leading up to the dormitories.
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| Lobalug
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Schmoop | Come play with us! Yes, yes!
Schmoop had baked all of the Ravenclawses cookies, yes he had! Showing up in their common room with a P O P, he wobbled with trays in each hand, and one balanced on his head. The Eagle people's needed ALL of the cookies, yes they did! He went about placing them around the room and kindly began to tidy a bit as he waited.
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| Chizpurfle
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Sam paused on her way down from the dorms, and sniffed. Yup, there was definitely something sweet in the air. She took another deep breath, and followed it towards the Common Room. If Sam had anything, it was a sweet tooth. And right now, she really hoped whatever was emitting that smell was out for sharesies, and not just somebody's lunch.
It didn't take her long to find and the source, and Sam grinned. She was in luck. COOKIES. SO MANY AMAZING ELF-BAKED COOKIES. "Mind if I take, ahem, a...few...of these off yeh 'ands?" she asked with excited eyes.
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| DIMC & MO Billywig
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Nick Moonston | Mischievous Niffler Kitty looked up from her history book about the Second Salamers to see one of the house elves (unfortunately she didn't know his name) carrying trays with LOADS of cookies. Her eyes widened in surprise as Sam asked for some of the cookies. "Thank you kind sir," she said, smiling politely at the house elf. "That's very nice of you." And she took one to have with her tea later. |
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01-08-2017, 07:59 PM
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| Lobalug
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Schmoop | Quote:
Originally Posted by hermygirl Sam paused on her way down from the dorms, and sniffed. Yup, there was definitely something sweet in the air. She took another deep breath, and followed it towards the Common Room. If Sam had anything, it was a sweet tooth. And right now, she really hoped whatever was emitting that smell was out for sharesies, and not just somebody's lunch.
It didn't take her long to find and the source, and Sam grinned. She was in luck. COOKIES. SO MANY AMAZING ELF-BAKED COOKIES. "Mind if I take, ahem, a...few...of these off yeh 'ands?" she asked with excited eyes. OH HOW EXCITING! Oh yes. Yes!
Schmoop nodded his head so hard his big eats flapped back and forth as he did. " Cookies are for the Clawses studentsies, yes they are! Schmoop me them special for you. " With a snap of his fingers one of the trays levitated to the young Ravenclaw with ease. " Studentsies take as many as they want. Yes, yes! " Quote:
Originally Posted by Goblinfrog Kitty looked up from her history book about the Second Salamers to see one of the house elves (unfortunately she didn't know his name) carrying trays with LOADS of cookies. Her eyes widened in surprise as Sam asked for some of the cookies. "Thank you kind sir," she said, smiling politely at the house elf. "That's very nice of you." And she took one to have with her tea later. OH AND ANOTHER STUDENTSIE!
But what was this? SHE CALLED SCHMOOP SIR?! And kind?! The elf bounced on the balls of his feet gently. " Schmoop like the Clawses. Yes, he does! Take the cookies, Badge person! "
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Originally Posted by Schmoop OH HOW EXCITING! Oh yes. Yes!
Schmoop nodded his head so hard his big eats flapped back and forth as he did. "Cookies are for the Clawses studentsies, yes they are! Schmoop me them special for you. " With a snap of his fingers one of the trays levitated to the young Ravenclaw with ease. "Studentsies take as many as they want. Yes, yes! " When she'd said a few, she might have meant a few more than a few, but she certainly hadn't meant the whole tray that was coming towards her. Oh well, her gain, right? She grabbed it out of the air, grinning wide.
They smelt even more amazing now they were right under her nose. Was that double chocolate she saw? And butterscotch? She stuffed one into her face right away, and gave a dreamy sigh as she swallowed.
A-MAZ-ING.
"And they're very special to me, er, us, too Schmoop. Very special indeed."
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| DIMC & MO Billywig
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Nick Moonston | Mischievous Niffler Quote:
Originally Posted by Schmoop OH HOW EXCITING! Oh yes. Yes!
Schmoop nodded his head so hard his big eats flapped back and forth as he did. "Cookies are for the Clawses studentsies, yes they are! Schmoop me them special for you. " With a snap of his fingers one of the trays levitated to the young Ravenclaw with ease. "Studentsies take as many as they want. Yes, yes! "
OH AND ANOTHER STUDENTSIE!
But what was this? SHE CALLED SCHMOOP SIR?! And kind?! The elf bounced on the balls of his feet gently. "Schmoop like the Clawses. Yes, he does! Take the cookies, Badge person! " Awww. This house elf was adorable. "Well I like you too, Schmoop," said Kitty with a small smile as she accepted another cookie. "I'm Kitty Valentine, by the way. Pleasure to meet you." She extended her hand to him. |
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01-10-2017, 06:00 PM
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| Lobalug
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Schmoop | Quote:
Originally Posted by hermygirl When she'd said a few, she might have meant a few more than a few, but she certainly hadn't meant the whole tray that was coming towards her. Oh well, her gain, right? She grabbed it out of the air, grinning wide.
They smelt even more amazing now they were right under her nose. Was that double chocolate she saw? And butterscotch? She stuffed one into her face right away, and gave a dreamy sigh as she swallowed.
A-MAZ-ING.
"And they're very special to me, er, us, too Schmoop. Very special indeed." Schmoop was beside himself! Misses liked the cookies! " Thank you Miss Sam, thank you! I live to serve!" Schmoop then swept into a low bow, nose touching the floor he bowed so low! The Ravenclawses were always so lovely!
" What is Miss Sam's favorite cookies?" Schmoop would be sure to make her some special. Yes he would! Quote:
Originally Posted by Goblinfrog Awww. This house elf was adorable. "Well I like you too, Schmoop," said Kitty with a small smile as she accepted another cookie. "I'm Kitty Valentine, by the way. Pleasure to meet you." She extended her hand to him. " Thank you, Miss Kitty!" Schmoop exclaimed before sweeping into yet another low bow for the Ravenclawsie! But... But... when he stood back up she had her hand toward him. HER HAND.
SHE WANTED TO SHAKE HIS HAND. Nervously wringing said elf hands he looked at her with big eyes before putting his small hand into hers. This was new.
" What is Miss Kitty's favorite cookie?" he asked, eyes wide and staring at her.
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| Chizpurfle
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Originally Posted by Schmoop Schmoop was beside himself! Misses liked the cookies! "Thank you Miss Sam, thank you! I live to serve!" Schmoop then swept into a low bow, nose touching the floor he bowed so low! The Ravenclawses were always so lovely!
"What is Miss Sam's favorite cookies?" Schmoop would be sure to make her some special. Yes he would!" She was already most of the way through her, ahem, third cookie, and she swallowed hurriedly at the House Elf's deep bow, a hint of a guilty blush in her cheeks. "No, thank YOU, Master Schmoop. You really do bring us the best."
As for her favourite? Sam thought hard for a moment. Really, she liked all of them. Had done since her first Hogwarts' Castle cookie just over three years ago. "Surprise ones, I reck'n. 'spec'ly if they have frosting 'n' sprinkles."
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| Manticore
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| CAW CAW RAVENCLAW. Where are all the Ravenclaws at?! ∞ 17 | RP entrepreneur | defies gravity | Miss George is flawless | blanket burrito lyfe In the time since he had been let out of the hospital wing, Rooney had slipped into the new curfew routine established in his absence with ease. In honesty, he didn't want to be walking anywhere on his own anyway and couldn't bear to think of anyone else walking around alone. In fact, he was probably annoying all of his housemates with constantly making sure they had a prefect or Professor escort around the castle. Perhaps coming on a little strong was his way of helping himself feel completely normal since it all. He knew that people looked at him...were still looking at him...were talking about him. He knew. Rooney wasn't stupid and would do the exact same to others.
Being on the other side of it right now was the hard part, definitely.
After bringing a group back from Charms class, Rooney had sat down on a sofa and was working his way through a book. Man, why hadn't anyone done anything fun in here recently...?
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| Chizpurfle
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Sam was humming as she entered the Common Room, one of Casper's comic books and a photo in one hand, a sketchpad and pens in the other. She had improved her drawing over the last year, and the curfew had brought a renewed enthusiasm for it. This was portable and suited being stuck places whilst waiting for an escort; climbing stuff in the grounds certainly didn't.
Plus, she had a plan. A birthday present for her bestie kind of plan.
She sat down at one of the coffee tables, pulling it closer before laying out her supplies. Ollie, her rat, hopped out her robes, and it was then she noticed the person on the sofa opposite. Oh, it was Prefect Rooney! And he looked like he was concentrating on that book.
Oops.
"Sorreh if I disturbed yeh," she said sheepishly. He probably didn't get to many hours to study with all that escorting he was doing.
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| Manticore
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| ∞ 17 | RP entrepreneur | defies gravity | Miss George is flawless | blanket burrito lyfe Quote:
Originally Posted by hermygirl Sam was humming as she entered the Common Room, one of Casper's comic books and a photo in one hand, a sketchpad and pens in the other. She had improved her drawing over the last year, and the curfew had brought a renewed enthusiasm for it. This was portable and suited being stuck places whilst waiting for an escort; climbing stuff in the grounds certainly didn't.
Plus, she had a plan. A birthday present for her bestie kind of plan.
She sat down at one of the coffee tables, pulling it closer before laying out her supplies. Ollie, her rat, hopped out her robes, and it was then she noticed the person on the sofa opposite. Oh, it was Prefect Rooney! And he looked like he was concentrating on that book.
Oops.
"Sorreh if I disturbed yeh," she said sheepishly. He probably didn't get to many hours to study with all that escorting he was doing. It was easy for any sound disturbance to have him jump slightly, but he was getting better at shrugging it off as just a movement which was what he did then. Or tried to. He didn't know how aware of his cover ups that his housemates were. "N..no.. No disturbing happening here." More so having to tap his fingernail against the cover of the book in his lap to steady himself and his jitters once more. "You're not going to ask questions?" Because everyone else did.
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Apologies given, Sam returned her attention to her sketchpad and opened it carefully to the next clean page. She laid the photo beside it, and picked up a pencil in her left hand. She'd barely put graphite paper when she looked back up at the older Ravenclaw at what he'd said next.
"Questions?" She tilted her head. "What sort of questions?"
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Nick Moonston | joining! Mischievous Niffler Despite all the escorting students to the bathroom and everywhere else (that hadn't stopped when Rooney and the others were saved), Kitty was feeling much, much more cheerful than she'd been in the past few weeks. Sure, her legs hurt like crazy, but at least her friends were safe.
Kitty sat down on a chair nearby Rooney and Sam. They were talking about questions, but she hadn't heard the start of their conversation. "Hello guys," she said cheerfully to the both of them, though her gaze was mostly on Rooney. She did have questions, but she wanted to gauge Rooney's mood before asking. |
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| ¼ of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pls Katherine wasn't stupid, and she didn't really go anywhere other than the classes, Great Hall and back here. She even only used the toilets if she absolutely had to, and always made sure to go with a prefect or someone at least. And this limited her 'fun' quite a lot, to the point that her shape was carved in an armchair in the common room, and today would be no different... or it would. As she walked down with her charms books to study, she saw Rooney, a survivor, a hero in her eyes. They said that they had been gone for five full days (and the school did absolutely nothing to save them), and he was now here... acting completely normal. She bet he wasn't normal at all, though - and would never be. She didn't know him (and in fact used to think he was a bit on the silly side and didn't really deserve the badge with his impulse songs during classes), but regretted that now. Funny, how we don't value people while they are here with us, but once they are gone or show just a tiny bit of heroism, we suddenly regret all those wasted time. Katherine wished she bothered to know him too (although she STILL thought he had been on the silly side at classes). And she hesitated at the door. He seemed to be easily conversing (although she did miss what they were talking about, so she wouldn't know). Could she enter... would she bother him..? They were sitting by her armchair, so she would have to find another spot... |
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| ∞ 17 | RP entrepreneur | defies gravity | Miss George is flawless | blanket burrito lyfe Rooney offered Sam a smile at her oblivious response to him thinking she wanted to ask questions. "Oh..nothing. Nothing at all." He wasn't going to try give her the option to ask the questions if she wasn't thinking of them right now. This was definitely easier on him, because the questions were repetitive now. Repetitive and boring and he was over the whole thing.
Sort of.
With a fond smile at his co-prefect when she joined them, Rooney closed the book he was properly reading and realised that this was when the questions would start. As much as he adored Kitty, he knew that she had questions upon questions about everything and for them to maintain their close relationship, he would have to at least give her the time to listen to them. He wasn't sure about answering them. "Hi Kits.." Had he mentioned how sorry he was about throwing up on her??
He was aware of others being around (hey there, toilet girl), but didn't look to acknowledge them. He was content here.
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| DIMC & MO Billywig
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Nick Moonston | Mischievous Niffler Out of the corner of her eye she saw movement, and turning she realized it was Katherine. "Hey Katherine, do want to sit with us?" She gestured to an armchair nearby, realizing that they were sitting right by the armchair she usually sat. Ever since their pleasant conversation by the mirror, Kitty had gone out of her way to say hello to Katherine and ask how she was, in a way to confirm what she thought of as a new friendship.
Rooney seemed to be in a good mood, judging from his fond smile and greeting. "Hi Rooney," she answered with a smile of her own. She hesitated before continuing, very unsure what was the best way to say what she wanted to say. "I'm so, so, so glad you're safe," she began sincerely, leaning forward lowering her voice so as not to disturb other people in the common room. "Every moment you were gone I worried about you, about all three of you. Every night I had nightmares and-" and she was about to say, "and cried" but decided against it for now, though already it looked like she might be about to cry.
She pulled herself together and forced a small smile. "It must have been terrible," she continued. "Being stuck there with that...that thing. You've probably already talked about it with other people." Like Olivia and the headmistress, and probably the department of mysteries woman. "But I know you'd like to tell more people, and I'm a listening ear always. I'm curious to know what happened to you in there. Did you see the monster again? What about the caretaker?"
She'd kind of just blurted it out quicker than she'd meant to.
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| Chizpurfle
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Sam gave a small shrug at Rooney's response. She supposed she could could ask him whether he might be available to escort her to the Greenhouses or the Library later, but it wasn't exactly pressing. She was settled here for her drawing now, and she fidgeted her legs under the coffee table to get more comfortable.
"Hi Kitty," she greeted the other prefect. Oh! And there was a Katherine loitering too. Sam smiled warmly at her dorm-mate.
And then, as Kitty started to speak, it dawned on Sam what the male Prefect had meant about questions. Not just any questions. Questions about what had happened to him and Henry and the firstie. And it now seemed that a barrage of them were headed to him, courtesy of their other Prefect. Sam couldn't help but scowl at the older girl, at the invasion of his privacy. Sure, she had been curious too, but she'd also been on the other side of that curiosity, for nothing quite so scary as the rumours she'd heard. Repeating yourself really got dry.
"Yeh shouldn't feel like yeh have teh answer that..." Sam couldn't help but butt in. She looked at Kitty. "Don't yeh fink 'e's been through enough, without 'avin' to relive it to all 'n' sundry? How'd'ya know he wants to tell others? Don't yeh fink all this runnin' roun' escortin' us is exhaustin' enough?"
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| ∞ 17 | RP entrepreneur | defies gravity | Miss George is flawless | blanket burrito lyfe Rooney went silent as Kitty ran into her talking... and tried to block her words out so that he could get away with not acknowledging it and the questions that were coming out as quick as she had ran up to him outside of the portal and hugged him. And as he pressed his eyes closed, he had flashbacks to everything. What he could smell in that moment.. How his stomach felt... Oh, his stomach and how he had thrown up all over the girls back. He was beginning to feel like that again.
Claustrophobic.
He tried to ask her to save it for another time and another place, but luckily Sam stepped in at that point and he was entirely thankful for her doing so. Speaking in public right now was a lot harder for him than it had ever been. In fact, Rooney now doubted his superlative public performance skills. And for Kitty to suggest that she knew him so well was mind boggling. If she knew him well enough, then she would be very aware that he would not 'like' to tell more people. He actually hadn't told anyone. Not his sister. Not his be-- well, his best friend wasn't even at school anymore so he couldn't tell her. There was no one else he would think about telling, anyway.
Definitely not his co-prefect.
Still, he stayed quiet.
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Nick Moonston | Mischievous Niffler Kitty could tell right away by Rooney's silence that she really had blurted out her questions too quickly. Sam's rebuke followed by his continual silence confirmed this. She felt a pang of guilt. "I didn't mean to be intrusive," she said in a more subdued voice, addressing Sam's criticism to Rooney - NOT because she was ignoring Sam, but because it seemed rude to not address him head on. "If you don't want to talk about it, that's totally fine with me." Actually she was burning to know what happened, but she couldn't admit that now, no - she had to sensitive. "But you SHOULD know that I can relate to you 100 percent. In my second year at Hogwarts, I was almost eaten by Ursula Black, the Divination teacher. Charming professor." Haha not. "And the year after that, she came back and dragged me and Brody into the forest, right before actually throwing us into a giant pot and pouring hot water and vegetables on us. I clawed her with my nails and made her bleed while the others came to rescue us." Of course her co-prefect already knew all this, but she felt it might be helpful to remind him that he wasn't the only one in the room to be in a life or death situation. "And THIS year I was also in the portal, and again was almost eaten by something that I couldn't even see. You weren't with me then, Leon was. I'm willing to bet that whatever you met in the portal was the same thing I met. Did you see bones? So did I, and I even took pictures of them. The headmistress confiscated my camera, but I can describe them to anyone perfectly."
Small pause to catch her breath and calm down a bit. It wasn't anger in her voice as much as it was passion. If there was anger, then it was directed to the circumstances that allowed these things to happen, not towards Rooney or Sam. "All I'm saying is that I know what it's like. I know Natalia thinks I'm just a stupid girl who shouldn't have gotten my badge, and I know for awhile all the Slytherins thought I was an insensitive bigot, or a 'mean girl.'" That was a term from a Muggle movie that she wasn't sure if Rooney saw, but that wasn't the point. "Sometimes I blunder with my words, but I'm none of those things. Of course you don't have to answer now if you don't want. It's okay, I understand. But if you do want to talk with someone who understands, I'll always be here."
Okay. Rant over.
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| ¼ of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pls Well, she didn't think Rooney was in a real position or mindset to tell her to come, so she trusted Kitty and Sam's warm smile and approached them. "Hi everyone, Rooney," she said and smiled at them. She was curious, of course, but she would never ask it unless he, himself wanted to talk about it. So she kept silent - and she didn't really have to ask, anyway. Kitty just went on how terrible she felt. Rule #1: Do not make this about you.
Rule #2: Do not assume what the other person is going through.
Rule #3: Do not -
Wait, what? Kitty had just said she knew that Rooney wanted to talk about it??????? She scowled as well, what was she even saying!? Katherine was glad Sam stepped in and saved the boy of having to decline Kitty - honestly, Katherine had been right about her: She didn't like Kitty, and this was a different one: Kitty thought she knew everything so well, but all she did was offending people. And again - she said she knew, but everyone lived it by themselves and had their own experiences. Katherine bet all these three boys had a different perspective on everything that had happened, because they were different people with different way of thinking. She wanted to shake Kitty to STOP, but she didn't. The girl was so self-absorbed that she wouldn't understand anyway. She was those things - couldn't she see this wasn't about her and her stupid curiosity, but about him and his near-death experience!? "Rooney," she said softly, looking into his eyes once Kitty was thankfully over, "do you want to see an art gallery? I'm sure we can turn the Room of Requirement into one. Or create our own art. Or a field full of wild flowers? We can even take a stroll on the grounds if you'd like." If he said yes, she was 200% sure Kitty would tag along, but it should at least keep her quiet... hopefully. "And if you want to do those things with other people, I and Kitty can go fetch the person you're looking for. Or Sam and I can accompany you there." In case he wanted to get rid of Kitty, in case he was too tired to say it, in case he truly wanted other people, in case he was secretly too scared to get out alone but also didn't want to go with Kitty... Anything he wanted, away from Kitty and her intrusive questions. |
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| ∞ 17 | RP entrepreneur | defies gravity | Miss George is flawless | blanket burrito lyfe Ever so silently during Kitty's CONTINUED tirade, Rooney lifted his hands and covered his ears to drown her out. If he had a wand right now, he would have hexed the other Ravenclaw right there and done a runner. But sudden movements weren't good for his nerves and he had snapped his wand back in the hospital wing. So he had neither of those things at his disposal, but he did have his hands. And with those, he could block out some of the noise that Kitty was making. And to drown out the rest of it, he started to talk over her. "A... B.... C... D... E... F... G... H... I... J..." Funny, how once upon a time the alphabet had been the only thing he sang to his mother and now it was the only thing he was sure of. "K... L... M... N... O..." Oh. Katherine was speaking... Rooney assumed that Kitty had shut up at this point and took his hands away from his ears, giving the other Ravenclaw girl his focus. A gallery? A stroll? They sounded like things he would enjoy doing. "I don't have my wand.. If.. if anything happened, it wouldn't be safe." That, and he was terrified that something could happen. Again. "We could play board games?"
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| DIMC & MO Billywig
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Nick Moonston | Mischievous Niffler Kitty felt herself growing somewhat irritated by Rooney's alphabet repeating and covering his ears. Honestly! Wouldn't it have been SO much easier to say, "I don't want to talk about it now" instead of all this? Not to mention the covering of ears and chanting letters, and having Sam and Katherine both try to lead the conversation away from the portal without any word from Rooney himself? Yeah, that was totally weird, but she didn't say it. Maybe he had been so traumatized that he wasn't thinking clearly. That was possible. At any rate, she wasn't about to force herself to feel guilty for upsetting him (unlike with the debate about Slytherin) when her intentions were to try to help him feel better. "Never mind," she said simply, before taking up a book sitting on one of the armchairs and reading the back. "If you need me for board games I'll be happy to join. Otherwise, I'll just have a look at this fascinating book. Whatever you wish."
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| Ramora
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Helena Ravenclaw | Anyone? Resident Ghost of Ravenclaw | Intelligent & Evasive
Her Ladyship was starting to feel agitated again. The Common Room, a calm and serene place, was now much louder, much fuller and much more chaotic than it normally was. It wasn't an atmosphere that bode well with her but she stayed in here, mostly for the bright young eagles that needed protection from the awful things that were happening in this castle.
The Grey Lady drifted out from the Library and elegantly perched herself close enough to the group so that she could hear what it is they were talking about but not close enough to be intruding. The conversation sounded like it was far from a casual one and only made the pearly white figure feel more agitated. It was evident that the goings on in this castle were giving off far too much bad energy.
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