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Originally Posted by
kayquilz 
Eden(and Gabe, really) had scurried BACK into the Great Hall--Merlin--and she was so fired and panicked that she momentarily forgot that they had CAST A DAYDREAM CHARM--
And yikes.
Eden blinked a few times and squeezed Gabe. A BASILISK--
but wait.
BUT. WAIT.
Her mind was reeling, and she had to tone down the feeling of dread she was having right now because she could remember doing the daydream charm--this was all fake. She saw a basilisk but...she knew it wasn't real. It didn't mean she didn't feel absolutely terrified, though. She was frozen.
A tiny part of her even wanted to...watch the fake basilisks because LOL giant snake here! Eden was fascinated and all by it...but she grabbed Gabe's hand harder and tore off to where a slew of tables were against the wall. "I don't know what to do--I'm scared--" she admitted, but in a calm manner, as she eyed the doorway into the great hall...what if the spiders got in here and knew it was all a fluke?
.
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There was still screaming...but for entirely different reasons than before.
Gabriel had SEEN Professor Quigley perform the daydream charm on the Great Hall doors. He remembered it happening...but that singular knowledge did NOT stop the 'daydream' from being any less terrifying. True to his nature, Gabe tried to dart off, hide, save himself...but Eden had him firmly planted to the spot with her hand...
So, he began FLAILING dramatically, trying to free himself...so he could dart off, hide, and thus save himself.
...but before he could...thankfully, because who was to say there wouldn't be another incident of his face meeting the wall...(he'd done that before, embarrassingly enough)...Eden was leading him towards tables...and sitting him down...but Gabe didn't want to sit. If he sat, he couldn't run away...or...er.
Scared? Yes...there was a lot of that.
He was trembling noticeably. He needed a hug. He needed his potion. He needed to be someplace different. Not necessarily in that order...
"We're staying right here." No fighting. No defending. No possibilities of dying. If the fighting seeped into the Great Hall, Gabe was throwing himself through a window and running.