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| | Term 53: September - December 2019 Term Fifty-Three: When In France (Sept 2099 - June 2100) | 
08-17-2019, 12:12 PM
| | |  Salle d'Astronomie et Observatoire
 The observatory, housed in one of the palace's great domes, is every inch as extravagant as the rest of the school. The domed ceiling reflects the current positions of the planets, relative to the sun through a series of enchantments, and with the correct magical command, unfolds to reveal the sky. At the centre of the room is the focal point: a large magical telescope that glints majestically in both sunlight and moonlight, and when the sky is overcast, seems to glow of its own accord. Students are advised that they may not use it unsupervised.
Tthe observatory walls are covered in books, leather-bound and gold-embossed - a small library, majestic in its own right. Remove them from the observatory without permission and caterwauling charms will go off. You will not get away with it. A door to the east will lead you to a large classroom, and the door to the west to the resident professor's office.
Meanwhile, look at the stars; look how they shine for you.
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Chaos in the astronomy dome, that’s the scene that will greet all who enter. The large and magnificent telescope in the centre of the room has been entirely turned around and off its hinges. A wild alarm rings out from the dome—a direct result of several books being torn from the shelves and in some cases charred.
The student telescopes housed in this room fare no better. Several have been knocked over, their lenses broken and in need of serious repair before any further space exploration can be carried out.
Claw marks and footprints can be seen in the thin layer of soot that settles over the floor, revealing a truly, truly dismal scene.
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Kaiser didn't really frequent the observatory much, aside from the occasional Astronomy seminar. Sure, he liked looking at the stars, but he preferred doing so from the roof. Like, from on top of the roof.
Which he would, by the way, flatly deny doing at Beauxbatons whatsoever. Okay? Okay.
It was a nice place to relax and be on one's own, though, at least... when nobody else had had the same idea, which was rare. And though today Kaiser was very much in an I-want-to-be-left-alone mood right now, that wasn't his reason for coming up here. He had, in his sleep-deprived state, managed to misplace his schoolbag, of all things, and all of its contents, and was checking all the places he'd recently been with it.
Kaiser was almost to the observatory when he'd heard the alarm ring out and decided, for some inconceivable reason, to continue towards it. Probably because he figured that someone had simply tried to take a book from the room without asking first, or something.
He reached the door and pushed it open, and saw......
... oh...
... Nope. He was not hanging around here. Broken telescopes? Damaged books? The huge telescope being... Like That™? Soot everywhere? He hadn't noticed the claw marks or footprints, and the only thing on his mind was that he definitely didn't want to risk getting the blame for this.
Turning on his heel, Kaiser quickly made to leave.
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09-24-2019, 11:14 PM
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Going to the dome to do some extra reading or to just look at the stars was pretty normal for him. It was one of his happy places at Hogwarts, and he was slowly making it a happy place here too. There wasn't much he could do about the change but this added a nice little bit of familiarity. So it was not surprising to find him wandering up the steps to the Observatory at this time of the day.
Except...... uh???? Did someone set off the Caterwauling Charm?
Lucas furrowed his eyebrows at the ringing but didn't really make too much of it. Maybe there was already someone up there and they didn't know about the charms? An older Slytherin (Kaiser) someone who he clumsily bumped into on his way to the door. "Uh, sorry. I was just......" Looking down, he moved around and straight towards-
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HELLO INTERNAL SCREAMING.
Oh merlin oh no WHAT HAPPENED HERE?!
Lucas froze. His heart started to thump wildly as he looked around the room in horror. This was..... this........ aaagggGGGGGHHHHHHH. Someone had destroyed the Observatory? DESTROYED it! The books were torn, the large telescope wasn't where it should be and the other telescopes....... look at the state of the other telescopes! He let out a small whimper. Oh no oh no oh no.
Help?? Was Sandhu here? PROFESSOR SANDHU??
Don't cry don't cry don't cry.
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09-25-2019, 07:09 PM
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| | Ramora
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Simran heard the caterwauling charm go off from her office, and under the assumption that it was just a student having taken a book out without supervision, really wasn't in that much of a hurry. Her office being a little way down the hall, she made her way to the observatory, wand still safely in its hip holster.
In fact, she caught sight of what was possibly Lucas Dakest, heading there to scope the scene.
However, the sight to greet her was something in an entirely different league. The whole area had been desecrated! The books were torn and she could smell something burning, and although she could not hear the creaking of the large telescope over the wail of the charm's sirens, she could almost feel it.
And would you look at that. A student, trying to hightail it out of there. Simran's hand shot out, and with a vicelike grip restrained the boy before he quite managed to flee the scene. "Oh, no you don't. If you even think of going out that door, I will take fifty points from Slytherin for every step you take in that direction." And if he did not care for house points, his housemates certainly would.
Simran wouldn't normally be so quick to get on the offensive, but these resources were priceless -- some of them were the only copies still available, with centuries of insight on the movement of celestial bodies and their effects on magic. Some of them possibly now beyond repair.
For what was quite possibly the first time, Simran Sandhu fully looked her age, and possibly older. All colour drained from her face, and her knees seemed suddenly weak. Any attempts she made towards speech ended only in squeaks. Hand outstretched, she reached for the nearest surface to steady herself against it.
Only, that was not to be, since she ended up resting against the large telescope in the centre of the room.
Finally, a broken croak: "Why would anyone do something like this?"
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Sorry Dakest, gotta go.
... Uh... maybe not.
Kaiser had only about a millisecond to hope that the Gryffindor hadn't actually recognised him before he felt a grip on his arm that stopped him in his tracks. "Ah-mmph!" The yelp that had escaped him was instantly muffled. Merlin, for an older woman Professor Sandhu had a surprisingly strong grip.
Ohhhhh not good. Both Dakest and Sandhu were looking like someone had ripped out their hearts and stomped on them right before their eyes. Not only was Kaiser not keen on the idea of being blamed for any of this, he also did not know how to deal with two emotional Gryffindors, and nor did he particularly want to.
"... I was just coming to find someone." A lie, but to him it sounded much more convincing than the truth of 'it was like that when I got here'.
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09-25-2019, 11:31 PM
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| | Pogrebin
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All kind of thoughts were going through his head and it was all........ a lot. Too much. TOO. MUCH. He had questions, of course: who? what? why?? But he also had every urge to scream as loudly as possible because that was the only way to release all of this, right? Even the Caterwauling Charm seemed to be urging him on, in a weird-
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Lucas hardly noticed Sandhu arriving until he heard the sound of her voice, causing him to quickly wipe at his eyes. Even in his distress, his eyes still widened at the sight, and sound, of her being so fierce. It was not something he saw often, if at all. If he wasn't so concerned about the telescopes, he might've even been scared of his Head of House's wrath right now.
So, he looked at the older Slytherin, instead. Kaiser, right? Yeah. Kaiser, who was talking about coming to find someone here. He cleared his throat before saying in a very quiet voice, "Did..... did you see anyone? In here? When you came?"
And then Sandhu lost it. He knew he wanted to scream - and the internal screaming was STILL there - but Sandhu was..... something else.
Don't cry don't cry don't cry.
Lucas didn't? Really? Know what to do?? What were you MEANT to do in a situation like this? But if there was something he knew, it was that the sight of the Astronomy Professor looking weak and broken was what broke his heart completely. It was probably because of this that he shuffled forwards and...... uh?? Offered her a hand? To hold? Because hugs were probably not appropriate.
And he only really gave hugs to two people at Hogwarts.
Did he have an answer to her question? No. He didn't know who or why or any of it. It was hard to even think when there was so much going on in his head - again, a long stream of aaagggGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH! - and then so much to look at out here. Everytime he looked around, he picked up on something else but didn't really....... register it. Not yet.
"Is..... uh, is there...... anything that can be recovered?"
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| | Ramora
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Quick reflexes and a strong grip? Well, she'd have to attribute that to motherhood, and also grandmotherhood. Rajbir was something else, and by extension, so was his eldest daughter. Of course, Anita was a little more subdued, but it was really the grandchild who threatened to break all your breakables whose running around you tended to be fearful of.
"I'm sure," she said, eyes narrowed, but releasing his arm all the same. She certainly hoped it did not bruise. Would be quite ironic if Kaiser ended up having thin skin.
And, well, her subsequent meltdown after looking at the things around her was brought to a screeching halt by the fifteen-year-old with more presence of mind than she had. Right. Time to be the adult here.
Taking the boy's hand, she pushed herself off the telescope, wincing when she felt it give a little way and watched it with wide eyes, just in case it decided to tip over. Now. "Finite Incantatem," she said, wand springing out of her wrist holster. Very nifty contraption, though not quite her favourite place to keep a wand.
The things she did in the winter to keep herself from keeping her wand in her back pocket and accidentally vanishing a buttock.
Anyway, now that the caterwauling charm had stopped shrieking, she could hear herself think once more. And thinking was important, because there was a lot of work to do.
"Repairing charms are only a temporary solution," she said, wrinkling her nose at the off-kelter telescope (and then turning towards the other telescopes, and then actually wincing). "Could one of you please head into my office and get us a ream of paper? I need to make an list of damages, and then make some calls to get a good estimate on how much this will cost to fix."
"Now. Let's see how much of this can be salvaged."
Maybe she'd start by securing the large telescope, because that was in a really worrying state. It was heavy, though, so she'd probably need some help.
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Baron Snozz was just walking around corners with his hands in his pockets, singing a rather eccentric song. The song went something like this:
"And now we all worship our king, our king
His name is Malcolm
He is the king of love
We must feed him.
We must feed him gravel.
Or he becomes angry.
Mmm gravel!
And this is your chance to start anew,
and all we're asking you to do,
is change your name,
and clean your brain, and forget about anything you ever knew.
And your heart will find it's home,
and our love will never go!
Now wear this ring,
and join the king!
And you will never be alone!"
But then the song stopped. He was in the Observatory. Only it wasn't how he'd last seen it. Everything was in wreckage. Even stranger: the clawmarks. Baron licked his lips a bit nervously as he looked at the size of those marks. Only a few creatures could have made marks like that...
"What happened here, Professor Sandhu?" Baron asked in a mortified tone, turning to face the other professor present. "Honestly, this looks like the work of a hungry lion!"
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Why was Lars in this corridor? A very good question. The answer being none of anyone's business. However, in the interest of full disclosure, he had heard the quieting of the caterwauling charm from down the hallway in the duelling arena. Not bothering to remove his fencing gear, just to be safe, he sheathed his lance and made his way to the doorway.
Of course, he was met by the bumbling fool the British students called their History professor. It took all his mental fortitude not to allow himself to sneer or make his derision otherwise outwardly seen. Disgusting, the way these Hogwartians traipsed all over his school like it was theirs, but he supposed it made for good distraction.
"Professors," he said, very convincingly... concerned, addressing the other one as well. This one slightly less embarrassing, but undoubtedly just as incompetent. "Mon dieu, zis is 'orrible. 'Ze work of a hellion, I am sure. Shall I bring the headmistress?"
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"No, there was no-one," Kaiser replied over the wailing of the alarm, attempting to surreptitiously rub his arm once Professor Sandhu had released it. He then thought back to his walk up here, and those he had passed on the way. Nobody who had appeared particularly suspicious, but then if he had done this (reiteration: he had not) he probably would have acted as natural as possible once he had left the scene of the crime.
Ah, well. The caterwauling had stopped. Kaiser's ears were thankful for that, at least.
"I will go," he said at once to Sandhu's request. Any excuse to get out of here for a moment, right? But no sooner had Kaiser said it than none other than Professor Snozz appeared, preceded by his singing. As if he didn't have any more reason to leave.
Kaiser was nearly out of the door when someone else appeared, right in front of him. A Beauxbatons student, judging by how unfamiliar he looked. Wearing some, uh, interesting clothes. And talking about...
... the headmistress.
"No," Kaiser blurted out, spinning around in the doorway to face Professor Sandhu. "Should we not clear up a little first? We do not want to, ah, upset her." Because, frankly, the woman had the most bizarre priorities Kaiser had ever witnessed; seeing so much as a creased tablecloth was apt to send her into total meltdown. Kaiser really didn't want her to see the room in its current state, and give her more reason to completely lose the plot, blame Hogwarts for everything that had gone wrong since the dawn of time, before laying into Trent and expelling everyone and their brother. Surely it was best to do what little they could first.
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Uh? Okay. Yeah.
Helping Sandhu up wasn't what he was going for but he quickly changed track as soon as she started pushing herself off the telescope. Something he noticed? She was strong. A LOT stronger than her age would suggest, which took his completely off guard. So off guard that he didn't even notice the silencing of the Caterwauling Charm.
It was only when Sandhu started speaking again that he tuned back in. Properly. Repairing charms are only temporary?! Lucas's eyes widened as he looked around the area again, especially the floor and the telescopes that had been destroyed. But..... the telescopes........ they were never going to be fIXED?!
Oh merlin oh merlin.
Don't cry don't cry don't cry.
Maybe it was a good thing that Kaiser had chosen to get the paper that Sandhu was asking for because Lucas couldn't move. Not really. He just looked around, clearly heartbroken and miserable and-
.........
Was that singing??
Looking up, the Gryffindor's eyes locked onto Snozz who...... was speaking words that wasn't making sense to him. The work of a hungry lion? What?! He stole a glance at Sandhu before looking back at the History of Magic professor. He was about to open his mouth and answer the question - because the man did ask a question - when someone else (Lars) entered.
Uhh. Okay. This was getting awkward?
What was even more awkward was what this someone was wearing. He had other things to focus on, yeah, but he couldn't help be a little confused by the boy's getup. He looked like he was ready to fight them, did he know? Which, if he was, the screaming was only going to intensify and he was probably going to leave.
As for his question, it seemed Kaiser had an answer and...... Lucas agreed. "Yeah..... yeah, let's clean up. Try and fix as much as we can. And THEN we can tell the Headmistress. And Trent too." At this, he took out his wand and glanced over at Sandhu. He wasn't ready to fight but he was ready to help.
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Simran's exasperation only grew as Snozz entered. See, she had always been rather fond of retaining her dignity, and believed the observatory to be a sanctuary of sorts. Sacred. Earth, sky and Buddha, talk about salt in the wound. She returned Lucas' confused look with raised shoulders of her own, but there wasn't really much time to dwell on that.
The arrival of the french student didn't help either. In fact, it made her feel rather nauseous. The headmistress needed to be told.
Kaiser's sudden (and violent) protest made her jump, and her eyes widened and then narrowed. Sure, Kaiser. That didn't sound suspicious at all. "She may be more upset if we try to cover it up." Or, at least, she would personally be. She didn't pretend to understand how the french birdbrain worked.
"No," she said, firm. "Please get the headmistress. As well as your Astronomy professor, if you can find him. If we cannot find who did this, we have to at least discuss how to address the damages." She looked around, and then sighed, for what had to be the millionth time.
And since nobody was volunteering to go into her office and get her writing supplies, she summoned her fountain pen and a ream of paper, only barely remembering to yell "DUCK" at the people between her and the door. This usually went better when she didn't have company.
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