SPOILER!!: Zander
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"She had to get on everyone's good side first Simon! If she jumped right in people would obviously suspect it was her." Was that a smirk, Simon Holden? Was Simon Holden smirking??? Man. Maybe the Slytherin was spending too much time with Grayson. In which case, he needs to back off because Zander claimed him as a rolemodel first. Hmph. But anyways, it looked like Simon wasn't as convinced as he first thought. "Look, I just think that she's been planning this for a long time... But she had to make sure that everyone sees her as just a nice Professor before she can get away with something so easily," It was pretty plausible. You see, if Romanos had jumped right in when she first became a Professor, no one would have trusted her the same way they do now. But now that the evil woman had everyone's good faith, it would be easy to get away with such criminal activity.
"... About that Simon... I think Flamsteed may know something too... Look at all that suspicious whispering" It just HAD to mean something. No one could actually like the sky THAT much. "Think about it... He could be the one with the weather knowledge... And she's the one with the Dark Magic!" The more he started telling Simon, the more he was able to figure out what was going on. IT WAS BRILLIANT! Flailsteed was the weather expert, their past lesson of course!!, and Romanos knew plenty about Dark Magic because of the subject she taught...
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Was it just him or was Simon looking at him like he was crazy? HE IS NOT CRAZY, OKAY!? Just concerned for the boy's WELL BEING AND LIFE and all of Hogwarts too!! Not crazy. Just concerned. What about Domingo? Huh. ??? ".... The Arithmancy Professor????" Now it was his turn to give Simon crazy looks. "What could she do? Fight them off with the power of numbers???" At least his theory made sense. Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor. Her title LITERALLY had THE DARK ARTS in it! "Domingo probably doesn't even know what a Chort is, but Romanos... She KNOWS and a little too well if you ask me..." Simon Holden, this Gryffindor would not budge.
..... UNLESS.... Was Simon in on it too!?! .... No... He couldn't be....
Hmm.
Zander had brought up a valid point on getting on people's good side. "
But what if it wasn't her, Zander? Why do you not like her?" he asked, raising an eyebrow as he wondered if Zander may have been involved AND was trying to set Romanos up. Then he chuckled at that thought. Nah. Zander couldn't have been involved. He was too sweet. Too innocent. But then again, that's exactly the kind of person that would fly under the radar. He eyed his friend skeptically and then continued reading the book.
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Or it could just mean that they don't want to freak anybody out. All of their whispering is just as suspicious as ours," said he as he rolled his eyes and continued looking through his book. Seriously Gryffindors. Don't be so blunt all the time. Think outside the box but don't stray too far, okay? Simon's teasing smile dropped, crashing into a thousand tiny pieces of china on the floor. No. Flamsteed couldn't be involved. No, no,no. This boy was in denial. BIG TIME. "
But anyone could look up that, Zander," he said, skeptically looking at his friend still.
He ignored Zander's crazy looks that he was giving him. "
Alright, I know that it may be a long shot that it couldn't be Domingo but weird speaking lady shows up and weather goes amiss? It's hard NOT to connect the dots. What? Have you SEEN her credentials mate? How could you make such a statement," he closed the book rather loudly and then placed it on the table. Then he picked up another one and huffed.