Originally Posted by emjay

Ethan had finished cleaning the portrait just in time when the suction charm wore off. He glanced over at Laura and laughed as she was still be rather amusing with her space references. "Proceed with caution, Dustbuster," he winked at the Hufflepuff. "You're entering enemy territory.." Umm.. that meant the dusty corridor, right? Ethan thought so though he wasn't completely sure he knew what he was talking about. He was having fun though.

As Laura began work on her portrait, Ethan tapped his wand to the hose of his own vacuum. "Vacavus!" As the suction picked up again, he ran the hose along the top edge of the next portrait down the corridor, not really paying attention to what Laura was doing. She was cleaning her own portrait, right?

But that was a negative. His own suction dying down, he heard Laura shaking her own vacuum and he turned.. just in time to be covered in a cloud full of dust. He gave her a startled look, then the dust crept into his face and tickling his nose.

Ahhhh Choooo!

Lifting his arm in front of his face just in time, Ethan sneezed into the crook of his elbow. Then wiped at the dust on his face. "Laura.." he laughed, shrugging off her apology. "We're supposed to be cleaning up the dust.. not making a bigger mess.." At this rate, he'd have to be vacuumed as well.. though a shower would probably be more effective.