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Game Corner Looking for a bit of fun? Well, you've come to the right place! The game corner is where you'll find shelves full of board and card games, both magical and muggle. There's a wizards chess set and a few decks of exploding snap and some magical playing cards. To the right of the corner is a Foosball table modified to simulate a game of Quidditch. Just use your wand to guide the players where you want them to go! |
Absolutely no one ever came here which made it the PERFECT place for their little...uuuuh...project. Holding onto her teddy bear (she'd duplicated it, don't worry, she still had the original, so this was a FAKE teddy bear, a duplicate), Shivvy had very casually made her way over to the game corner. She'd made sure that she was sitting on the floor behind some big comfy chairs in a way that (hopefully) hid her from the rest of the Common Room. Good thinking, eh? She laid out the teddy bear on the carpet in front of her and peered down at it. This was gonna work. Hopefully Cora had some great ideas on how to make this look more like a baby. Babies could be a bit furry too, right? |
She had definitely found a decent hidey place because it took Cora HOURSSSSS to find her. Ok, maybe that was an exaggeration. It had taken a few minutes at most but it definitely felt like forever "I was about to send out a search party." Except she really wasn't because this was a top secret mission. She stepped over the bear to sit opposite Shiv, and then gave her friend a dubious look. Uhhhh. She flicked the bear's floofy snout. "Was this the best you could find?" |
"Shhhhhh!!!!!!" Shivvy shushed her friend and gave her a pointed look. Gosh, this was secret. She wasn't even HERE. Well, she was. But that wasn't for EVERYONE to know. Why did they not have an invisibility cloak? Where could they get one? Okay but honestly, where COULD they get one? Was this something she could wish for for her birthday? "Do you know where to get an invisibility cloak from"? Yes, this was also important. Okay but back to the "baby" for now. "...yes! That's all I had. It's not my fault YOU lost our child." It wasn't that they'd definitively found out who had lost their baby but Shivvy was gonna blame Cora (and probably vice versa). Because she was like 62% sure it hadn't been her. Okay...maybe more like 37%. But she didn't REMEMBER losing it okay??? "Do you think we can make it work? Do you have diapers?" And possibly a human face mask? |
"You what?" An invisibility cloak? Cora didn't have the foggiest and to be honest, she didn't fully understand how that would help with their current predicament. Unless the plan was to try and vanish to avoid the wrath of Schmoe. Actually, LOLOL. Wrath of Schmoe? If that was what was on Shiv's mind... "Don't worry, Mr S is about as scary as a squashed flobberworm." This was fiiiiiiiine. It would be fiiiiiiiiiiine. And honestly? Cora was 100% responsible for the lost baby. Whether or not she would accept said responsibility was a whole other thing though. "Innocent until proven guilty!" But yes, she had diapers. And a tiny onesie she had raided from one of the dormmates fake baby supply kit. She handed over the stolen goods and shook her head. "I don't think anyone's gonna fall for it though. It's too ...... fluffy. Is there a de-fluffing spell?" |
Mr S? Scary? Shivvy snorted quite attractively (not) when Cora mentioned that. Those two words? In the same sentence? LOL. That was just...ridiculous. "I'm not scared of him!" That was simply, well, ridiculous. "No, I was just wondering. I want an invisibility cloak. Imagine what we could do with that!" They could sneak in everywhere. Nobody would ever know. Ha! Cora didn't accuse her of losing the baby. That was basically winning! Looking down at the baby supplies, Shivvy frowned a little, then looked back over at the teddy bear. "Can we put a diaper on his head?" After being home for the winter holidays, Shivvy now had actual REAL LIFE experience with diapers and babies so she knew there was a 99.9% chance of Cora saying that no that was not a normal thing to do. "Maybe we can give it a hat? Do you have a baby hat? Or we can shrink one? Or sew one." Which...was NOT something she knew how to do. |
The number of shenanigans they could get up to with an invisibility cloak was endless. Endless shenanigans. It was probably in everyone's best interests that they didn't and probably would never get the chance to obtain one. And besides, she didn't need to be invisible to get up to no good anyway. "We don't need an invisibility cloak to make things vanish," she quipped cheekily. "We made a whole baby disappear." Was it too soon for jokes? Cora wasn't exactly full of the brightest of ideas, and props to Shiv for trying and all, but even she knew noone was gonna fall for a teddy bear with a nappy on it's head. Not even Mr S. And as for the rest? "C'mon Shiv! Do I look like I can sew!? Nah, we've got to think bigger than that. Here, give me your wand." She'd lost hers somewhere. Again. |
They HAD made a whole disappear. And no, it wasn't too soon. Which was why Shivvy laughed but then quickly shushed herself (yes, that was a thing) upon realizing that that would just draw people's attention to their little super secret project over here. Speaking of which, they were going to spectacularly fail this assignment if they didn't come up with something soon. "I don't know! Maybe you learned how to...okay but what else are we suppo-" Ah, it looked like Cora might have an idea. Without questioning her, Siobhán immediately handed over her wand. They were friends so the wand wouldn't malfunction or anything, right? Right. That's how wands worked. |
Perhaps not malfunction per se, but Cora's wandwork was sketchy to say the least. The result of having never paid attention in any class. Or in some cases, just not turning up to class full stop. So what happened next was probably to be expected. A simple severing charm was all it was supposed to be. You know, she figured they could start by taking off the ears and sticking 'em to the side of the bear's head instead. Even a second year could pull off a severing charm. Not Cora though. She was SURE (about 50% sure) she'd got the incantation right, but FIRE wasn't supposed to happen. FIRE. SINGED FUZZ!! BEAR! ON!! FIRE!!! "DON'T WORRY SHIV, I'LL SAVE YA!" She tried to kick the bear away, but instead accidentally kicked it AT her friend. |
Yike. Yikes. Triple yikes. Shivvy had been watching her friend closely, curious as to what kind of spell would transform a teddy bear into a fake!baby. She probably had a plan right? But then again, this was Cora. So the answer was most likely n- o. Shrieking when Cora THREW THE BURNING BEAR AT HER, Siobhán instinctively caught it...which was a major mistake. Naturally. The bear was ON FIRE after all. She quickly dropped it to the floor and winced LOUDLY because it had definitely singed the palm of her hands. Or at least that's what it felt like. FACTS WERE IRRELEVANT RIGHT NOW. Especially when she was hurting. "MY HANDS ARE ON FIRE!" Hint: they weren't. The bear still very much was, however. |
Cora yelled a number of choice swear words that would've probably earned her an instant week's worth of detention had a professor been around. Good job they weren't because 1. she already had enough detentions to contend with and 2. at this rate, they were gonna set the common room on fire and who knew what the punishment for that was?? It didn't matter that Shiv's hands weren't really on fire. If she said they were, then they were. So naturally, she ignored the flaming bear and turned the wand back on Shivvy. Was it wise? Probably not. "HOLD STILL, HOLD STILL, HOLD STILL!" Her first attempt somehow resulted in butterflies, a feat she could never have pulled off under circumstances. Next up, bubbles??? And then finally, eventually, water. The intended result. Prepare for a soaking, Shiv. |
Was the carpet fireproof? It better be because literally nobody was taking care of the BURNING teddy bear right now. Shivvy was frantically waving her hands about in an attempt to stop the burning sensation on her skin. That was how you extinguished fires, right? With lots and lots of oxygen. Yes, she was pretty sure she’d read that somewhere. That made sense. Maybe she could also blow on them and- Or get hit in the face with an amount of water that would’ve put Niagara Falls to shame. Yes, that was EXACTLY how much water she ended up covered in. Ask anyone. Shivvy, having fallen over backwards, both in surprise and by the force of the water jet, was now spluttering and flailing on her back like a turtle. Well, at least that had also probably taken care of the burning teddy bear. |
The rather large scorched area on the carpet was probably proof that unfortunately it apparently wasn't. Fireproof that is. She made a mental note to cover that area with a beanbag so that noone would notice but right now, she was more concerned about Shiv and the uncontrollable surge of water that happened. What was better? Setting the common room on fire or flooding it? Because she didn't need to be good at Divination to predict that both had a strong possibility of happening. She dropped the wand, which was still spluttering water, and hurried to crouch at Shiv's side. Cora grabbed her shoulders and gave her a shake. Quite a vigorous one. Why wasn't she saying anything??? "SHIV! ARE YOU OK? TALK TO ME!" Shake, shake, shake. "ARE YOU ALIVE!?" |
”NO!” Because honestly, that was the only answer you could give in reply to THAT question. No, she was not alive. While in fact she really WAS alive! Get it? Some gallows humor if you may. Sort of. Rubbing her eyes with the back of her hands, Shivvy blew out some air though her mouth, effectively spitting drops of water everywhere (sorry not sorry, Cora, here have some saliva). She then sat up slowly and blinked a few more times, looking at her friend. “What was THAT?” She wasn’t mad or upset, just...a lot has happened in the last few seconds okay? Also was that a butterfly? |
The bad news was, they'd created a chaotic mess and they were no closer to replacing the fake baby which had been the whole point of this. But none of that mattered because the good news was that Shiv was alive. Resembling a drowned kneazle, sure, but alive. "That was me saving your life." Obviously. "You're lucky I kept my cool, you coulda been a goner." None of which would've happened if she hadn't been let loose with a wand, but hey. Singed teddy bear wasn't a nice smell. |
Briefly distracted by the butterfly, Shivvy's eyes returned to Cora's face again a moment later. "After you almost KILLED me!" Gosh. She gave her friend a playful shove, an amused grin spreading across her lips. After blowing at a strand of wet hair and failing to get it out of her eyes, Siobhán then reached up to push her hair out of her face. Alrighty. At least nobody was on fire anymore. Wait. "WHERE'S THE BABY?!!?" Oh. There. It. Was. Yikes. She leaned over and gingerly picked up the burnt bear. In the places where it had caught fire it was black...and not exactly a natural skin color kind of black. More like...greyish black. Well. Just. Very. Burnt. Uh. |
What was life without a little danger anyway, eh? And it wouldn't be the Gryffindor common room without some kind of mayhem. It was their duty to keep the tradition alive. That's exactly what she was going to say to Sandhu if any of this got out. When Shiv picked up the bear and she saw it in all its burnt crusty glory, Cora remained optimistic. "Ya know what? I reckon we should consider this a result." Why, you might ask? "At least it doesn't really look like a stuffed animal anymore. We'll just tell Mr S our baby got sunburn, he'll fall for it." |
Rubbing her arms in an attempt to get the water off (no, it did NOT work), Shivvy watched Cora have a look at their "baby". It looked bad. Or at least, it didn't look like a baby. But then again, it never HAD looked like a baby so...in a way it was better? If you had an optimistic world view. Which Shivvy had. And Cora had too, apparently. "No, but...that would be bad parenting too. Letting it get a sunburn." Hmm. "What if we take Carsyn's and leave her with this? I'll even write home and ask if they can send me one of Niamh's baby hats." They had SO MANY after all, she'd seen them. "I think that could work." |
"Yeah, that's a top plan!" A little bit of kidnapping would solve all of their problems. And it didn't even have to necessarily be Carsyn's. It could be anyone's, she wasn't fussy. Why hadn't they thought of this sooner!? "Alright, you go dry yourself off. You look like a hot mess." Cora was nothing if not honest. She batted away another stray butterfly and held out a hand to help Shiv get back to her feet. "I'll go see if I can find track down an unsupervised baby and we'll catch up again later." |
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