| Puffskein
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hogwarts.
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|  Resident Ghost of Gryffindor | Chivilrous & Sociable
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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl  Speaking of insightful questions, Davie wanted to know EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING. For starters, he popped his hand in the air and asked, "Did you personally know the person who killed you before he or she killed you, Sir Nick? Was it a surprise or was it planned? Did it HURT? I've heard that people are semi-conscious even after their heads get cut off, kind of like chickens, and I was wondering if that is true? No offense intended, Sir, I'm just curious."
VERY vERY curious, and when else would he get the chance to interrogate a ghost like this for academic purposes?! He was going to write home and tell Dad about this class. Not Mum, since she was afraid of ghosts, but Dad. Dad had taught this class. He'd know. Grinning broadly at the young Ravenclaw, Sir Nicholas folded his arms across his puffed out chest and counted to four on his fingers. Four fingers for four questions.
" No. Yes. Excruciating. I cannot recall...I was a bit preoccupied with the forty-five hacks AND...as the Bloody Baron was so kind to allude to, my head was never fully severed. See?" Pulling the hair on the top of his head, Sir Nicholas gave his head a tug to the side, ensuring that Sir David received the optimal view of his angry half-inch. Quote:
Originally Posted by Symphora Henric crossed his arms quickly and played it cool."No Sir, I-I wasn't frighten...*pfft*...I wasn't frighten at all, just surprised." He was a man now and man shouldn't be afraid of some jumpy apparition scares anymore! How ridiculous! Him?! Noooo...lies
Ooh the drama wasn't over yet, it seemed. Heather was really something...wasn't she? The girl could probably be crowned for most numbers of detentions at the end of the school term though. Ooh..and everyone was staring daggers at her, umm...not a good sign.
And as for him, he didn't know what to think about the whole situation though. Would he forgive someone if he had been in Professor Ravenclaw's shoes? What about the Baron? The Baron fell in love with Professor Helena, was he all to blame for his unrequited love? Hmm...deep stuff there.
Now, it was Sir Nicholas turn to talk about himself. Henric's ears perked up with more interest and curiousity."Congratulations Sir for your upcoming event, but I would like to know...why did you choose to become a ghost?" Henric asked as he raised up his hand. Head properly in place once more, the Gryffindor ghost's face fell ever so slightly. " Quite simple. I feared death." Quote:
Originally Posted by Squishy That bit of drama over with, Paulina was glad things were settling again.
Nearly Headless Nick seemed like a true Gryffindor based on his behaviour. Really all the ghosts seemed to embody the qualities that their Houses were known for. It was interesting to think that some of them had been alive when their school had been founded; Professor Helena was actually the DAUGHTER of a founder.
How cool was that?
As she listened to Sir Nick speak, Paulina raised her hand. Why were you executed, Sir?" That wasn't a bad question to ask, was it? " Of my own folly. I am sure you can image the looks on a court full of muggles when the lovely Lady Grieve appeared shrieking at the sight of the tusks I had mistakenly transfigured while trying to straighten her crooked teeth. Well, they did not take kindly to witchcraft and locked me away that very day and removed me of my wand taken and locked away somewhere therefore prohibiting me from doing as many a witch and wizard do when faced with such dire circumstances...magically protecting myself and escaping." Quote:
Originally Posted by ArianaBlack See, Zander would've started paying attention AGES ago had Professor Helena let Sir Nick present first.
The Gryffindor smiled widely at the returned wave, before politely listening to his house ghost speak for a bit. All this was way more interesting than the other guys, Zander had decided. Maybe it was 'cause he was biased? Naaaaaah. It definitely was more interesting. Plus, Nearly Headless was the most enthusiastic and FUN, which made listening all the more rewarding.
At the prompt for questions, Zander stayed quiet at first, letting other ask before raising his own hand. Okay, this had nothing to do with history... But uh, "Sir, what's your favorite part of being a House Ghost and getting to represent Gryffindor?" He was curious, okay? Also, was there a way Zander could also just stay and chill with you at Hogwarts for the rest of his life? 'Cause this whole real-world thing was not really working out at the moment. Ahem. Sir Nicholas folded his arms behind himself - still visible through his semitransparent form to the rest of the class - and thought for a moment. " Seeing all those who cross the boats as first years and leave here with better sense than I." An answer for the first half of the Head Boy's inquiry. The latter was too difficult to pin down to just one aspect. Quote:
Originally Posted by Hera Sir Nicholas was clearly the most level-headed ghost in the school... minus the fact that his head probably WASN'T level... what with the awkward hacking incident. Ahem. But he did have questions, MANY... he would have to decide what to ask though, seeing as everyone else would have their own.
The mention of Nick's Death Day coming up was no news to him. He was given the task to organise a party for it after all. Funny that.
BUT... question.
"Sir Nicholas?" he started, hand semi raised, "what do you think was your most courageous act?" Because he was clearly heroic and courageous and all that jazz. " I presume you mean while I was alive," he nodded carefully at the Gryffindor. " But I fear that I cannot pick just one tale to tell as they all are quite courageous, but would require more time than we have to tell. Let us just say there was a duel that lasted nearly seven hours in which I single-handedly prevented the capture of my queen."
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