Originally Posted by Cinn-O-Bun

Chris watched Torie basically tackle James and put his head on his arms on the table practically pouting. He nodded as James asked him about running. "Tor pulled me along. I would've been eaten..." his lip wibbled again as he threatened to cry again. "They were huge. Like two of me!" Well at least that's how it seemed. "I think they....I think one of them took a girl...." More wibbles and be buried his face in his arms again. "I want to go home...."

Originally Posted by Lizasaurus

Torie finally let go of him but relief had spread through him and moved back to sit down again by Chris. Yeah he felt bad for Chris he was really not doing well. Merlin he wasn't doing well! He blinked at him when he looked like he wanted to laugh. "Spiders! HUGE spiders!" he said his eyes wide, agreeing with Chris. Wait? He'd saved Chris' life? No, he wanted him to not be...okay fine saved him. "A girl got taken?" he asked wide-eyed to Chris now. "They could speak, they kept saying 'get them!' They're horrible and they were chasing all of us, and so many of them in the hall. "Did...you see who sent that spell?" he asked Chris "In the passage? Did they get out?" Please, let that person have escaped! He swallowed and refused to let the tears fall though he wanted to go home to mummy and daddy too.

Originally Posted by Felixir

Except for the fact that so far the plan was turning out to be a very good one. Under this table, Toby was free to be apart from everyone else and block everything out and maybe have an emotion or two. And that was certainly happening. He might have maybe sort of been silently kind of crying, and keeping his face quite hidden just so that on the off chance that if someone did see him, they wouldn't realise. The sounds of the Hall rumbled and rushed through him, over him, around him, none of it making a whole lot of sense, while Toby sat and tried not to think about the sight of all those spiders, the spells, the flames...

He knew they'd needed to get to safety, and that the acromantulas had been aggressive in their attack and stolen away at least one of his peers, but a creature was still a creature, a living thing was still a living thing, and it was nigh on impossible to put things into perspective. It hurt Toby's heart to think about everything. Those poor creatures...

Thinking about it brought on a sudden rush of emotions, and as hard as Toby tried to fight them, push them away, repress them, it was all that much more overwhelming. He heard what sounded like Quigley's voice - but who could really be sure? - boom out over Hall, and then others respond to him. And then Toby couldn't help it. Despite his best efforts, he let out a small, pitiful sob.

Merlin. No. Not here. Hopefully the sound was lost in the general din of the Great Hall, because on top of everything else, Toby couldn't handle the idea of anyone hearing... that. No. Not happening. He wasn't even here. Nope. Carry on, people. As you were. PAY NO MIND.

*sob*