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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Amelia "Mia" Adair
Slytherin Sixth Year
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Leigh Upstead
Hufflepuff Fifth Year  x11
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Originally Posted by Tazenhani  He didn't catch the misinterpretation of his words, or how it had emotionally impacted either of the students. His thoughts, and his attention, were beyond that. Namely, trying to figure out who Henry was and what the screaming might have been from.
Thankfully, Brown was present to interpret for him. And her desire to run? It was granted by the time she got to 'wasn't much time', except that it was hardly full speed for him. With his height, and near a decade spent running, it wouldn't take him long to surpass the winded students. That, and if there was trouble, he needed a reserve of energy to deal with it and he needed to remind both himself, and the students, that there was a calm and logical way to approach danger, rather than rushing headfirst. How utterly un-Gryffindor of him.
"I take it the Headmistress has already been informed? If not, one of you best scramble up there and get her." And the one, being Brown. He didn't trust that Truebridge would have time or patience to try to decipher Fuller-Thompson's jumbled words. "Otherwise, take me to the exact spot you left them."
The forest, let alone the edge of the forest was a big place. Wouldn't do to go in at the wrong spot. Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir Okay, yes. So. Sophie had managed to go into a lot more detail than Toby had. And he totally WOULD have said all that, but in his mind, he'd already covered all the bases. For some reason he just assumed that... that Dakest would KNOW all the things once Toby had said his very edited version. In any case, he had simply stayed quiet while Soph spoke, running along with them, feeling a renewed surge of anxiety adrenaline as a result of seeing Dakest move along so urgently. Definitely time to panic.
"I think..." Toby had said, without slowing his pace, as the moved through the castle and closer to the Forbidden Forest. "I think the others went for her." He glanced across at Soph for confirmation, because he honestly didn't know, on account of how he'd simply run straight for Dakest's office. Still, he had no reason to believe they hadn't gone there, being Prefects and totally on their game.
Closer and closer they got, and Toby remained quiet for the rest of the journey there, just focused on getting back before he forgot any of the details. This section up ahead looked was it, was exactly where they'd left the professors. He could tell because of the footprints in the snow that led in there and back out, and, of course, the mysterious trails from the Creature Playpens that he was careful not to disturb more than they already had been.
"We went with them. To here," he suddenly picked up his explanation as though he'd never stopped now that they neared the boundary of the Forest. "And we tried to go in, but there was a barrier, and it wouldn't let us, and it stopped us, right-"
*SMACK*
Toby had been running full pelt, forgetting to slow down in his urgency to at least do this job right. As a result, he smacked straight into the barrier again and reeled off of it, staggering slightly and blinking, dazed. He'd forgotten just how close it was. But it was fine, he was fine.
"-here. Right here. The barrier." Toby blinked again and shook his head to clear it, before pointing into the trees, towards the tracks that Javy and Culloden were likely already following. "We heard screams when we were here, and they went in there, saying 'not much time', y'know?" Was he babbling? Definitely. Toby wrung his hands, thinking again of Henry and Maclaren, then looked back over his shoulder and across the grounds to see if the others had managed to get Truebridge and bring her out here, unless she was already in there. "I heard yelling when we were all the way over there." Toby nodded his head back towards the Creature Playpens they'd been mapping when the Hippogriffs had freaked out.
... Toby hoped Monty was okay. He felt terrible for leaving him, now. Sophie Brown loved running, but she was a distance runner, not a sprinter, so the trek TO the castle had significantly winded her, and the trek back out there - even if they weren't going at their absolute maximum speed - was just nearly taking its toll on her, too. She was out of breath by the time they neared the boundary line to the forest, and any time she spoke, her words came out a bit like she was choking. Like now.
"Yeah," she responded, nodding at Tobes' statement to affirm it. "I confirmed with them that they were gonna go get her when I ran off after Tobes. So she's... either already in there, or she's coming."
As they neared the forest, she slowed her pace, and was a bit alarmed when Tobes did not do so - did he forget that there was a barrier that was keeping them ou--
...Yes. Yes, it seems he did, and Sophie gave him a sympathetic look as he recovered from the impact. She looked deep into the forest, then, trying to see something... or anything... but she couldn't see anything. To follow up with what Tobes said, she looked up at Dakest with worried eyes and asked, "What can we do?" Because he was undoubtedly about to charge in there, and she needed orders - needed SOMETHING to do. She couldn't just stand there and watch him go in and have no purpose.
She wanted to help.
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