Originally Posted by Felixir

They had to work with someone else? Well... alright, but Toby found himself hoping that he didn't end up partnered with the turtle-napper because that would be far too sad for words. Even though they were clearly only borrowing Bob, Professor Cassie might still get mad at them and Toby didn't want to be the one to bring her attention that way.

Toby let out the tiniest of sighs. He couldn't get started until he had a partner, though for all those reasons he was kind of reluctant to actively seek one out. Instead, he put the sieve on his head and slumped a little in his seat, thinking hard. And then, THEN, the answer came to him and he looked back at the professor. She was the one who was most upset about Bob, so clearly she'd be the one least likely to have borrowed him. She didn't need to borrow Bob; she already had him. That way he could participate, worry-free.

"Professor?" Toby said, and the sieve on his head wobbled but stayed up there. "Can I try it out on you? Can you be my partner?" He looked at her beseechingly. "Please?"

Originally Posted by Anna Banana

"Yeah," Kate said, nodding when Cinna asked if it was her. "It's been a while, I think. Almost two years, maybe. I was eleven the last time we really talked, and I'm thirteen now." Not like thirteen was really super old, but being a teenager just made Kate feel so much cooler. "Cinna, right?"

Cinna wanted to go first, so Kate nodded. "Sure, go right on ahead. I figure an older student probably knows how to do this better than me anyway." If Kate had any questions, hopefully she could answer them by watching Cinna. "My full name is Kate Evangeline Addison," she told her, because according to the directions, she'd need to know that.

Kate got herself situated and looked over at Cinna, waiting patiently for the older girl to start.

Originally Posted by Jessiqua

Oh, crikey... so it was a question of big fat guilt if the sieve moved? Zhenya gulped. She hated these sorts of things, she was always worried she would be falsely accused of doing whatever it was they were accusing people of. And now this! Well, she had already checked her bag, and under the desk and chair. It obviously wasn't her. But anyway, they had to do this. She went up and collected a sieve and looked around. Was anyone else not partnered up?

Originally Posted by Bazinga

Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

Well this was getting more interesting by the minute. If conscinomancy really worked, somebody was going to get busted. Janelle listened to the instructions and took a few notes so she wouldn't forget what to do. Then she went up and got a sieve for herself and returned to her seat.

She was going to need a partner and Janelle looked around to see who might be in need of one. Her classmates seemed to be partnering up quickly so she really needed to find someone to work with soon. Not seeing any potential partners, Janelle called our. "Anyone need a partner? I'm available." Hopefully she would find a taker soon.

Suddenly, Janelle noticed that Zhenya seemed to be in need of a partner too. She walked over to the older girl and made her pitch. "Hi there. I was wondering if you might want to be partners with me." Zhenya was cool so Janelle hoped that she would agree to work with her. Hopefully she wouldn't mind working with a second year.

Originally Posted by Jessiqua

Eek, Zhenya was just about to give up and ask Professor Cassie to be her partner, but luckily Janelle came up to her and asked if she wanted to be partners. A smile broke out on Zhenya's face, "Absolutely Janelle, thank you!"

She walked back over to the desks. "Who should go first?" she asked, sieve in hand. She placed it on the table, in the middle. Was that where it was supposed to be?

Originally Posted by Jessiqua

Zhenya smiled at Janelle. She wondered how her sister was going, but didn't want to continuously ask the girl about her. Perhaps she would Owl her sometime soon instead. "It's okay, thank you for being my partner."

Zhenya felt those nervous butterflies in her stomach. UGH it was awful. She was sure she would fail a lie detector just for being nervous. Zhenya sat still whilst Janelle volunteered to go first. She did the spell and said her name, and they waited.

It moved.

Zhenya's face dropped.

WHAT?

HOW?

NOOOOO!

It was just perfect. PERFECT. MERLIN! Zhenya knew Professor Cassie would think she had actually taken Bob. She hadn't. SHE HADN'T! Zhenya groaned and flopped forward, her head making a loud bang on the table. Ouch. She started to shake her head.

No, it was just her imagination, right? She looked up at Janelle, "Did... did you see it move?" she asked in a quiet voice. She hadn't right? Zhenya looked down at the sieve. It definitely wasn't in the middle anymore. Uhhohh... but BUT SHE WAS INNOCENT!

Originally Posted by Jessiqua

Zhenya looked at Janelle. Yes... yes, perhaps it did only move because Zhenya's head had bumped the table. Yes... yes, that was the story and Zhenya was sticking to it. She gulped.

And nodded. A mistake. Yes, yes that was it. It was a mistake, and it only moved because of Zhenya's head. Janelle surely knew how to explain the situations. A Ravenclaw she was. Indeed...

Originally Posted by Felixir

Toby decided it was best to neither confirm nor deny that. He hadn't found anyone, but then again hadn't really actively looked, because of all those tricky reasons. Instead he sort of half shrugged with one shoulder, and set the sieve down on the table when Professor Cassie said she'd work with him, giving her smile, too. "Thanks, Professor."

He nodded for the professor to go first, because that way then he would get to see a demonstration of how it was done, too, and it never hurt to have that. Toby watched intently, or as close to intently as his brain ever allowed on a regular day, eyes occasionally flicking up to Aun-... Professor Cassie's face but mostly staying fixed on the sieve, also interested to see if it would move.

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.........

Nothing was... happening. So... um. Did that mean he was in the clear? Totes innocent and whatnot? Toby hoped so, though technically he knew that already. It was just nice that the sieve seemed to agree. Really, Toby wouldn't have been surprised had it shivered or something, as he was hiding a good many things, but none of them were Bob-related and all of them were more... emotional related. In the context of the classroom, though, he felt fine and guilt free even if a little upset that all this was necessary.

He watched the sieve for a few moments longer, just to be safe, then glanced up at the professor again. "So... my turn now?" ... "Not that I even suspect you did it, or anything, 'cause you didn't need to borrow Bob 'cause you were already looking after him, but can't help to practice." Rambling? Definitely rambling.

Mentally ordering his gob to stop yapping, Toby drew his wand and placed his other hand on the sieve for a moment, then took his hand away and did that spell thing. "Damnare Ostendere." He then began to twirl his wand between his fingers as he added, "Profess-..." Wait, no... that wasn't her actual name. Uhh... "Cass...ie..." That... wasn't her full first name, either. Toby knew what it was, somehow, maybe hearing it in passing from his dad once or twice, but couldn't remember anything other than that it was Astronomy related. Well... good enough. "... Morgan."

Okay, sieve. Have at it. Toby watched it carefully to see if it did anything.

Originally Posted by Bazinga

Well of course it didn't move....

She knew it wouldn't move, Toby would never steal from her. He had no reason to, especially stealing a turtle when his father was the creatures professor. She beamed at him before checking out the rest of the room.

Hmmm did a few move? She was eyeing these people.


Her green eyes turned back to Toby as he started his part. "Cassiopeia, it has to be the full name. Would you like to try again?" She knew she was innocent though so if he didn't want to he didn't have to. Seeing the sieve not move was very much expected even with just Cassie.

Hearing her name she turned to Janelle, "Is something wrong?" Giving Toby a just a second look she headed over to the girls.

Originally Posted by Saraie

Wow time really did fly by didn't it? That was two years ago almost. She had really grown up and fast. Thirteen. Thirteen that was almost four years ago for her. What were kids that age up to nowa days? She was starting to pretty old now. She smiled at the now thirteen year old. "Yeah, it's Cinna."

She sat down and put the sieve in front of them. Great she was going get to go first. She laughed lightly, "We'll see. I don't know about that." She really didn't know but they would get though this together. Right? Right. "Kate Evangeline Addison? I really like your middle name." It was a very pretty name. "I'm Cinnamon Destinee Bayless." You know so she would know when she was her turn.

The sixth year took her wand out "Damnare ostendere.... Kate Evangeline Addison." And tapped the sieve with the tip of her wand. What was going to be the outcome?

Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Kate looked down at the sieve Cinna placed between them. What if it moved for some weird and random reason, and the professor thought Kate stole Bob when she really didn't? Kate worried about odd things like that, even when she really didn't need to be worried at all. She knew she didn't take Bob. Why would she want a turtle anyway?

"Thanks," she said, smiling when Cinna complimented her middle name. "I like your first and your middle name. Cinnamon is already cool, and then Destinee just makes it even cooler." It was true. As Cinna said the incantation, Kate squeezed her eyes shut, afraid to look at the sieve for who knew what reason. A second later, she opened just ONE eye, just in time to not see the sieve move at all. It was just motionless, like some flag drooping in a windless area.

"Whew. I knew it'd stay still, but I kept worrying about some accidental mess-up," she confessed. "Okay, my turn," she added. She got the sieve situated where it needed to be and drew her wand. "Damnare Ostendere," she began. "Cinnamon Destinee Bayless."

Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

Norah wasn't scared, was she? Was AJ the only one who was really excited by the whole thing? Sure, she didn't want anything bad to happen to Bob, but it was thrilling. Things always went down at Hogwarts and AJ had a front row seat. She was just really going to be bummed if someone was the turtle thief and she missed it. As much as she loved working with Norah, she knew she was the turtle thief. In fact you could probably cross every Hufflepuff off the suspect list. Eyes on the snakes though. Not that she was being judgmental or anything. Ahem.

AJ nodded her agreement when Norah suggested they try it out on AJ first. Right now she was distracted. As her fellow fourth year friend got situated, AJ scanned the room. Anything that moved was going to catch her eye. High alert! Scanning, scanning when suddenly she saw something move. Ohhh... somebody WAS a turtle thief. Who was it?

AJ sucked in air. Her eyes were huge and she unknowingly had her mouth hanging open. The sieve that was moving belonged to her boyfriend.

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That dirty, rotten, turtle snatching, phony baloney Hufflepuff boyfriend. Was Adi even his real name? Dramatic much? A little bit, but mainly because he was going to be in BIG trouble if he stole a turtle before he stole a unicorn. Did he have no regard all ALL for her? Still, she was a ride or die girlfriend, and she wasn't going to call him out.

"Pssssssst. Adiiii" Did he need help? Blink twice if he needed her to knock over a sieve so he and Bob could make a run for it.

How long had she been staring over there? The sound of her name coming from her partner's mouth brought her attention back. Right. They didn't need to do this now. They knew who the culprit was. It could be wrong though...right?

AJ stared at her sieve. Nothing happened. Of course not. She was completely innocent. It was looking like she was about to become an accomplice though. The lion bit her bottom lip and looked between the professor and Adi, unsure of what to do. Just give her a sign, Adi. Any little sign.

"Looks like I'm in the clear." Not even thinking about Norah possibly seeing what what happening to Adi's sieve until this very moment, she tried to bring the attention back to the task at hand.

"Let's see if you have anything to hide, shall we?" Nothing just happened with Adi. Nope. "Damnare Ostendere." TAP. "Norah Kittredge." Helping Adi escape with the professor's turtle?

Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

She was innocent, she was innocent so it would be OK. So why did Janelle feel terrified? Professor Cassie was coming her way and she was going to have to deliver the bad news. Janelle looked at Zhenya and then at the Professor as she reached their table.

Taking a deep breath, Janelle just got straight to the point. "Professor Cassie, my sieve moved.......but I did not take Bob. I swear I didn't. You have to believe me. I would never hurt Bob." Janelle waited to hear what the Professor would say. She had to know that Janelle was telling the truth. Couldn't she feel it?

Originally Posted by Saraie

She really did like her first and middle names. Except for when someone made some ridiculous 'Oh your name is Cinnamon joke' They learned quickly and only made that mistake once. "Thank you." It did sound really cool together Cinnamon Destinee. Like a dessert or something be named after her or something. Actually yes a dessert should be named after her.

Anyway back to divination. "I knew you didn't take Bob." She didn't know Kate all that great. But she knew that Kate wouldn't do that. She laughed a bit. "Sieve malfunction?" She watched Kate as she done this same thing with the sieve as she did except for Kate said her name this time.

The sixth year watched the sieve it see what it was going to do. Cinna nervously bit her lip. She knew how this was gong to end. The sieve quivered. "Hmmmm Professor? My sieve moved too." Did she really take Bob? But wait there was another student who's sieve moved too apparently. What did that mean? Both of them couldn't have taken Bob. There was two of them and one Bob. "What? There can't be two of u can three be?"

Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Wait!

WHAAAA?

Janelle's sieve had moved too?! Adi's head snapped in the direction of his Ravenclaw friend. NO WAY! He let out a small snort in disbelief. "Professor, mine moved too but like Janelle and Cinna, I'm innocent.'' He had gotten over his initial shock of the object moving by now. "I think someone pranked the sieves to react like this.'' Or like Lux had said, it was something in the atmosphere.

One thing was for sure... he was not in cahoots with Janelle, Cinna or anyone else.

Originally Posted by Jessiqua

Zhenya was astounded. It moved for Janelle too? Zhenya exhaled a sigh of relief. Janelle would never have taken Bob. Neither had Zhenya. Poor Janelle, "Don't worry Janelle, I don't think you did it. I didn't do it, and it moved for me. We couldn't have both taken Bob." Could they? No, no Zhenya certainly had NOT taken Bob, and she believed Janelle.

Professor Cassie came over then, just after Janelle had asked her to. Of course it was best to speak out, rather than hide it. Janelle told her that the sieve had moved on her, and Zhenya decided she would come out too. "It moved for me too, Professor. I... I would never take Bob, never. Please believe us," she said, her brow furrowed.

Originally Posted by Felixir

"Cassiopeia," Toby repeated, nodding his head. Just 'cause it was good to know these things. "... Morgan." Full name yep. He didn't know if that counted as taking a second go, but it didn't really matter because Toby was more focused on adding 'FULL NAME' to his notes under this topic and underlining it a couple of times. "It's okay. I think I know how to do it if I ever have to try it again, and I'm about a hundred and four percent sure it wasn't you." He looked up from his parchment again and gave a small smile.

And that was when someone else called her over, and Toby made the mistake of watching the professor head on over there and... saw that Ravenclaw kid, swiftly followed by a bunch of others, get a little upset because their sieves HAD moved. Toby bit his lip and stayed silent in his seat. He wondered if maybe their sieves had moved because those doing readings were, like... amateurs, students, not professionals. 'Cause the Bob Borrower couldn't be EVERYONE, could it?

... Either way, he remained kinda quiet.

Worried, anxious vibes in this room. He was picking up on them, though that wasn't even necessary, 'cause he could SEE those feelings in action. Rahhhhh it hurt his heart.

"What if maybe Bob wandered off and got a little bit lost and confused?" the Hufflepuff finally interjected, hopefully, though not really talking to anyone in particular. "And no-one took him. And the sieves were moved by a breeze or something?" Could they feel a breeze? Toby couldn't, but he was very good at convincing himself that he could, such was his determination to keep this class positive.

Originally Posted by Saraie

She really did like her first and middle names. Except for when someone made some ridiculous 'Oh your name is Cinnamon joke' They learned quickly and only made that mistake once. "Thank you." It did sound really cool together Cinnamon Destinee. Like a dessert or something be named after her or something. Actually yes a dessert should be named after her.

Anyway back to divination. "I knew you didn't take Bob." She didn't know Kate all that great. But she knew that Kate wouldn't do that. She laughed a bit. "Sieve malfunction?" She watched Kate as she done this same thing with the sieve as she did except for Kate said her name this time.

The sixth year watched the sieve it see what it was going to do. Cinna nervously bit her lip. She knew how this was gong to end. The sieve quivered. "Hmmmm Professor? My sieve moved too." Did she really take Bob? But wait there was another student who's sieve moved too apparently. What did that mean? Both of them couldn't have taken Bob. There was two of them and one Bob. "What? There can't be two of u can three be?"

Originally Posted by Bazinga