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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie  Kurumi had actually been holding her breath while answering, wondering if she had spoken too much and was about to get a mouthful from the man about being an insufferable know-it-all. Those HAD been her first EVER points loss reasons after all.
Something she would never forget.
"The Prefect's bathroom is another location," Kurumi said once she had raised her hand. The Prefect's bathroom, of course. Scabior nodded his head. "Right." Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Ella thought on Professor Scabior's question for a minute, stroking her imaginary beard. Where else in the castle required a password? Well she hadn't been there yet this term but she was pretty sure one couldn't get up to see the Headmistress without one. "Professor, you need a password to get into the Headmistress's office." Mhm. "That you do!" And the Heads of Hogwarts often did tend to follow a certain...theme with their passwords. A theme in which you knew them well enough, they actually were pretty simple to find out. Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazinga Minerva listened to all the answers and to Scabiors talking again. Wow such a short response to the class. What was going on with him today. This was so unlike him. Putting up her hand she knew of at least one place that a password was used, "Professor, the chamber of secrets. When it was hidden from the school, the only way for a person to get down there was to know the password." Placing her hand back down she sat to listen to the other answers in the room. "Huuh." Scabior scratched his chin and looked out the window once more. Thinking for a few seconds he shook his head, before looking back at the class. "Not exactly. Knowing of mimicking Parseltongue, and knowing where the entrance of the chamber is, is the only real way to get down there. The chamber itself has no real password so to speak." He would know, he'd been down there. Twice. Quote:
Originally Posted by Grangerfn1 What places required passwords other than the common rooms? Hmm. Max listened thoughtfully as others mentioned the Headmistress's office and the Prefects' bathroom. Raising a hand, he added, "What about... secret passageways throughout the school?"
It wasn't a secret that such places existed, and surely they required passwords, too. Some probably had other things involved other than a key word to speak aloud, but it was worth mentioning, wasn't it? "I like specifics." Scabior hinted brushing off the Ravenclaws answer. Obviously some passageways had passwords but WHICH? Quote:
Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo o_O
Lex raised a curious eyebrow at the mention of other places within the school that passwords were used for. Yeah she knew about the usual places and for the most part those held very little interest to her BUT perhaps there were places she didn't know about that would be worth looking into.
She listened to the various responses, hoping someone would name a place she didn't know about but unfortunately they all only seemed to know the usual places. Time to find out for herself.
"Professor?" Her hand raised. "Where else in the castle do you know requires a password?" Because he'd know more than them for sure. "I am pretty sure that is the question that I just asked you." Scabior said glaring at the girl. Gryffindors would NEVER learn. "So if you've only come here to ask my questions back to me, I'd suggest that you leave." Right back out the door. It was open. Go on. Quote:
Originally Posted by jujune29th Sophie thought for a while... and thought... and thought...
She didn't know anywhere else that needed a password in a Castle besides those places that had been already mentioned. Guessing was not an option in her head, nor repeating someone's answer, so she decided to be quiet for now.
Though just a fraction of a second after her decision, a thought popped into her mind. "Professor, the Room of Requirement needs us to walk in front of its 'wall/door' before we can see it and enter." And think about something... "Does that make it a password as well?" "It's a charm of some sort but in a way....the walking is a bit like a password. The Room of Requirement itself is a tricky topic." Tricky place to understand, get to, and get inside, for everyone. Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegz "What about for some of the floos?" West tried something different, hand up. "So that random people can't come into the school, but professors can still use them when they need to?" " That could be the case." He nodded. Not really for him. But other professors? Maybe. "The majority of the floos work only upon Ministry and the Headmistress' approval, and even then the places they can travel to and from are limited." Very protected. Quote:
Originally Posted by lazykitty Well, good grief! All the good answers were gone by the time that it was Emmanuelle's turn. Or were they? She thought of one that hadn't been said yet, but wondered if it counted as a password. No other way to find out than to try, right. "Um, the Spirit Room requires that you be invited by a ghost to get in. That could count, right?" Thinking outside of the box, that one. Scabior shook his head. It was great thinking, but it didn't seem right to him. "Not exactly, because in that case there is absolutely no way that you could ever get in unless invited by a ghost. There is nothing for you to know and no real way of breaking or cracking the code. Unless of course you were to become a ghost." Once again it as one of those different rooms. Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Jory raised his hand. "Maybe the Entrance gate has one?'' he suggested, not sure at all. Maybe the Gate just had sophisticated enchantments protecting it but still... someone who expect that and not the use of passwords. Scabior nodded his head. "The Entrance gate has charms and spells, no passwords." He was pretty sure none of them had to give any passwords to enter the school. Quote:
Originally Posted by Rosa Chispa Princessa Man, people had jumped on the current question fast. I can't think of any place else at Hogwarts that requires a password. Oichi thought for a moment and came up with a place but she thought may have a password but she was not sure. She raised her hand and said, "Does the teachers lounge perhaps have a password to keep students out so the teachers have a private quiet place for planning and chatting." Even not being cerrain she was glad she atleast thought of something different to make a good educated guess. Scabior smirked. "You know, I don't think it does. I believe it's safe to say that you are all smart enough to realize the consequences that you could be faced with if you did enter the staff room and so no, it does not." Quote:
Originally Posted by Emzily Hmm....... hmm.... hmm....
Theo paused for a moment, cos whilst all the other students were quick to answer, he tried to think of something else. Hogwarts MUST have a secret box to stash away all their cash and jewels... Yeah, he'd go with that, so he raised his hand hiiiiiiiigh, to be seen.
"If..." Yes, if. Theo knew noooothing, "... Hogwarts had a safe to put all the.... valuables in.... that would have a password." Or a secret code. It all fit under the same category, he thought. "If Hogwarts did, then yes.." Did it? Hmm. He wouldn't say. Quote:
Originally Posted by the fastest seeker Cassia was still trying to figure out why Professor Scabior liked to variegate so much. A lesson in a small room with puzzles and stuff then the next lesson is about ...passwords? Why were they talking about passwords. History topics are slim or something so Scabior was holding such an easy one. Well, easy one until now anyway. And ever though that still didn't ring a bell on Cassia's brain. She always didn't know what to answer easy and hard questions. She was a girl that answered only average ones. Though she really hated sitting there like a statue. And when she was going to think of an answer studens started mentioning them ALL. She frowned at no one and everyone. She didn't even get to think about this. Wow...they were all Ravenclaws.
She raised her hand and spoke not so loudly only to establish her presence at the class and because all the answers were said. "I think any place can be protected by a password. There must be a charm to do so." Yeah off topic but she had to speak. "Of course any place could be, but that wasn't the question." No, had she misheard? Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry174 Laura looked at the Professor. "I would say that the Kitchens would need a password to get in so that we don't just go down there and eat all the food." Okay so the password was easy to find out but you still needed one. He nodded. "Yes, the kitchens do need a password." Because all the kids were greedy and would eat everything. Quote:
Originally Posted by Princesspower Sarah had an answer automatically - the headmistresses office,yet by the time she was called on, that and the others had already been said, yet not wanting to be caught without an answer she had one more, "some secret entrances are hidden by portraits and one needs a password to get through - there were so many through out Hogwarts. There was the 'studious success' portrait... Quote:
Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife
Meh. Everyone else was taking away her answers. Think, Hudson, think! Need inspiration? Look at your side. Hehe. Right, back to the lesson. Wait... don't... some portraits need passwords? Hmm, Kat thought of it for a few seconds before raising her hand. "Don't some portraits with secret passages need passwords as well, Professor?" Trying to act smart, yes.
"They do. But i'd be far more impressed if you knew which portraits." Quote:
Originally Posted by THE Govoni Dylan sat and listened to all the answers, smirking at how quickly everyone had jumped on the question. They were right, of course...which just proved that his peers weren't stupid.
Who would've thought...
...BUT if he could also offer an answer...Well, a suggested place, more like..."I'd like to have passwords for our dorms within Slytherin...and the broom shed." because their brooms were out there...What if someone wanted to steal them? Was something really stopping anyone from doing so?
Also...How did one make something password protected in the castle...If Professor Scabior wasn't going to offer this information, Dylan would ask in a minute... Where he would like to have them? "That's nice." He said duly. Not interested at all. "But you did not answer the question." Quote:
Originally Posted by Anna Banana
Sierra nodded along as she listened to the discussion. Come to think of it, passwords were used for lots of things. Way more things than she actually ever thought of. She considered the professor's question for a moment then raised her hand. "There's a humpbacked witch statue on the third floor," she said. "You used to be able to tap it with your wand and say Dissendium, and then it'd open to reveal a passageway to Honeyduke's. It's a charm, but it's used like a password."
Ah! Yes that one! "Correct! It is usually unusual for charms to be passwords but in this case yes." Unfortunately, the passage had caved in Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixStar Where else were passwords used in the castle? She was going to say a password was needed to get into the Headmistress's office but somwbody had already beat her to that one. Hmmm... it seemed like everybody had already beaten her to everything that she could really think of. "I would think that every professor would have a password on the storage cabinets in their classrooms." everybody had one of those right? Surely they all had something that they didn't want people snooping around in. "Not ever. Perhaps Professor Lafay and some others. Maybe the majority." He on the other hand did not. His storage cabinets were merely filled with books. She was right hough. Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelsheen He nodded his head respectfully when the Historian acknowledged his answer. Now where else in the school would be using password? He listened to the others mention other places, some he already knew, others he didnt. Which got him wondering.... "Professor, what about the Faculty sleeping quarters?.. for those who arent bunking with us in our Common Rooms?" He has always wondered where the rest of those who arent looking after a particular house actually slept... "Some of them do." He nodded. "Others just have locks or charms." One of which his and his office now had after what took place LAST year. Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin There were actually lots of passwords at Hogwarts, which was funny, because a good spell would do a much better job of keeping the wrong people out. Vivi could walk into any common room, the prefects' bathroom, or the Head's office so long as she knew the password. And didn't get spotted on the way in.
"You have to tickle the portrait to get into the kitchens. It isn't a verbal password, but rather a specific action, but it definitely acts in the same way." Like the bricks leading into Diagon Alley from the Leaky... it was an action that acted as a password. He nodded. "Right, it does act the same way." Surely everyone knew about the kitchen password by now. Annie probably should have changed it.
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Now that they had a list of places, Scabior was no longer distracted. He felt alert and ready to teach. "So as we agreed to before, passwords are used to restrict people and limit access. Why would places like Common Rooms and the Prefects bathroom or any of the other places listed need to have limited access to get in?"
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