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**Portraits** · 01-21-2016, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

Hoping to change all of that, Janelle geared up for question number two. "Ms. Timms, what are some of your other interests............besides Quidditch, that is?" She would imagine that Quidditch wasn't the only thing that the seeker was interested in.

Artemesia was starting to become distracted again – how nice of the artist to have placed her by a window. She liked looking at the birds, and there just happened to be one perched on the windowsill. A question directed to her snapped her out of her daydream. “Hmm? Oh! Hello again!” Artemesia smiled brightly at the lovely girl. “Did you want an autograph?” Unfortunately she would not have been able to provide one being made of paint. “Well Quidditch is just my favorite.. though.. I guess it’s beena while since I’ve played..” Had it? Artemesia couldn’t remember, her mind was getting muddled again. “I also like to watch what’s going on.. Do you know my artist? He put me in a new home.” She smiled brightly at this piece of knowledge. She’d love to get to know some of the other portraits there, but she had been a little shy so far.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Hoping that Haddie would stay, she smiled at Kitty and the other boy (Tenacius) who had joined them. The Eagle giggled. They all seemed to be rather taken with Augustus's hair. But it was bittersweet that the portrait's human counterpart died of old age. "What did he do for a living? You human counterpart, I mean.''

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Originally Posted by Goblinfrog

Then asking her second question to Flume, Kitty crossed her arms and asked, "Were you ever interested in fashion? Your hair is so cool that I wonder if you did. I think it's great when guys are into make up and fashion."

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

Considering her options, the seventh year went over to join the Augustus Flume group in time to hear the man telling her third year housemate about how he never spent much time on the fourth floor. "Hello, Mister Flume," Tia greeted in polite fashion. "How come you never spent much time on the fourth floor? Did you not like the library?" Mister Augustus must not have been a Ravenclaw.

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Originally Posted by Steelsheen

But oh, Augustus has responded to his question "Potions?" Was it really that simple? "Do you mean its something to drink or something to put on my hair like shampoo?"

What did he do? “Why he was a great potioneer!” Augustus beamed brightly. Such satisfying work it was, brewing potions. And he was proud for others to know about his work. Fashion? He looked at one of the girls and shook his head. “No, can’t say I was ever too fussed about my appearance. More important things at hand…” He smiled politely at the next young lady to arrive. “Hello there! Oh the library is all well and good, but I prefer more practical applications than theoretical ones. I like to get my hands dirty.” He wiggled his fingers at her. He glanced again at the curly-haired boy. "Oh you apply it topically, but I am sure there are ones you can drink too." There were potions for everything, and if there weren't, someone could invent them. "Don't you currently use any?"

SPOILER!!: Violetta questions

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Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy

"Could you tell me more about some of your talents? Or maybe about a few of the things you learned while in school there?," Hady asked Violetta quietly. Even if the portrait was snippy she seemed to enjoy talking about herself. Hopefully these questions would get her talking more.

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Originally Posted by Hera

Approaching the Bullstrode portrait, Zeke got the party rolling with what he figured whas the most basic of questions. "Ms Bullstrode? May I ask about your early life? When and where were you born?"

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Originally Posted by Optimist

“Hello Ms Violetta Bulstrode,” Mel started. “First off – might I ask what you would like to be called? And secondly,” she added trying to build off of Zeke’s questions, “with your early life did you have a large family?”

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

"When did you go to WADA, miss? My father attended school there, back in the day!" WHAT IF THIS PORTRAIT KNEW HIS DAD? Whoaaaaaaaaa.[/color]

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

The Slytherin prefect seated herself in front of the portrait and arranged her robes around herself carefully. Y'know what turned out to be nice about her bright hair? People always noticed her eventually, for better or for worse. "Good morning, Madame Bulstrode. My name is Charlotte Wojack-Gusey, and it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Violetta is a very pretty name. Is it a family name?"

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Originally Posted by Squishy

"Can you tell us about your stage career?" It would be interesting to hear about. Hopefully.

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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline

“What year did you graduate?” she asked as well, “in case I want to find out about your work.” The time period of her life might be good to know for whatever report they were to give.

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Originally Posted by Steelsheen

He did have a question though "So what do you do? Do you sing? Dance? Balance a champagne glass on your uh.... back?" hey that lady that supposedly broke something in the Muggle world did so by doing just that.

Well, this was more like it. Her throngs of fans have arrived and they gave her the proper respect she deserved. And that Charlotte girl – obviously well-bred. Just listen to her manners! She graced the girl with the faintest of smiles. What would she like to be called? “Madame Bullstrode will do nicely, or even Ms. Bullstrode.” They were not acquainted with her well enough to be on a first name basis. Though she appreciated the compliment about her name because she quite agreed. “I don’t know of any other Violetta’s in my family. It’s a special name, all my own. And I am the youngest of four.” The baby of the family, spoiled too, though she wouldn’t have called it that exactly.

So many, many questions… she could hardly keep them all straight. What lengths she would go to for her fans. “I was born in the year 2000 in a village called Haslemere,” she began, trying to summarize several questions into one answer. “I attended the academy from 2011 to 2018. Though of course I began school with much talent, by the time I left, I was able to play 15 musical instruments, leading me to compose and solely perform the well-known operetta, Who Cast the Spell on Music?” Certainly they knew about it? But perhaps they weren’t as cultured as she. ~~Or maybe she was only a star in her own mind.~~ She looked squarely at the boy whose father was a possible classmate. “What is your father’s name? Is he also a brilliant musician?” And then another boy asking about her talents. “I sing, I pl- …do I what?! I most certainly do not! I’m not a trained pony.” THE VERY IDEA!

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Originally Posted by Symphora

"Hi...." Henric muttered a greeting. Warrington wanted more questions directed towards him. So impatient....sheesh. "What made you famous, Mr.Warrington?" he asked while raising his hand. Was he knighted? Should he call him a "Sir" too?

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Originally Posted by littledhampir

But Olly had another question. "How long did it take to paint this portait of you? Did you have to sit for a long time? Who painted it?" Artists were important too.

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

"They're only the most amazing things in the world next to jelly slugs and cauldron cakes and ice-mice and cookie dough ice-cream." He said rather helpfully as he settled in next to the two.

"But I have a question for you. If you don't know what chocolate frogs are, are you old enough to have never had candy or did they have different stuff back then?"

Blaise propped his notepad against his knee, ready to take down the answer when it was given.

What made him famous? Sounded like the boy was trying to take a shortcut to the assignment the professor had given him, if someone asked Lucian. “Fame is a fleeting, trivial thing and nothing I am interested. My accomplishments are what mattered and I helped to write a very important piece of legislature that is still enforced. That was after fighting in a significant battle to warrant such a law.” And back to trivialities. Lucian shook his head. “That was the dullest four hours of my life.” Second only to tedious questions if this went on much longer without getting to anything substantial. “That was a lifetime and more ago, I don’t remember. Garrick or Garrett somebody.” Or Garth? Who knew. Jelly slugs? Ice mice? More gibberish. Lucian gave the boy a disdainful expression before softening a little. "Why I was very fond of boiled sugar plums back in the day." How long had it been since he had one of those? Shame he couldn't eat one now.

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

"When did you attend school? Like what year?" she asked. She wondered if by some miracle it had been when her father had been at school, or even teaching - but that was a stretch. He was probably MUCH older than that.

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Originally Posted by Ameh

"Why did you get painted?" People usually had a reason for stuff like this. Right? They didn't just make magical portraits all willy-nilly. It took a long time to make them look right and everything, and then to make them into the right people... spells and stuff, and probably more than that.

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Originally Posted by RandomRaven

Moving on to the next question. "So you're not a student leader or any kind of hero.... Why your portraits was left in this castle?" Again she asked. "I mean... Did you just left it here without any particular reason? Maybe not... There must be something you have done so in honor to remember you, there's your portrait here in this castle." Come on, Elliot. Spill it...

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Originally Posted by weasleyrima

"Hi Elliot. I hope you don't mind If I call you by your first name." Jessie smiled "I'm Jeslyn from Gryffindor. Did you know about.... secret escape to go to Hogsmead ? " Jessie lowering her voice so can't be heard by Professor Finch

Elliot would have to admit he loved this attention. And he was delighted to answer all the questions to help educate these young minds. “Hello, Jeslyn,” he smiled at the newcomer. “I can’t say I ever snuck out to go to Hogsmeade. We were allowed to go out at assigned times, so there was no need to sneak out. That’s against the rules, you know.” He chuckled. These good students didn’t break the rules, did they?

“Oh, I went to Hogwarts a very long time ago.” His painted eyes looked up to the top of his frame as he tried to remember the exact dates. “Sixteeeeen.. seventy-four? I think it was, when I was eleven and first came to school. There was much unrest at that time and when I was a little older, I went to work at the Ministry, and was even appointed a seat on the International Confederation of Wizards – one of the youngest wizards ever there!” That was a basic answer to some of the similar questions, he supposed. But he didn’t know why his portrait was placed here. To educate people, maybe? That wasn’t exactly his decision. “I did help decide on something very important though.” How well did they know their history?

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Portraits Always the Tone of Surprise Streeler Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 248	Tell Them I'm Trapped in an Oil Painting Quote: Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 Hoping to change all of that, Janelle geared up for question number two. "Ms. Timms, what are some of your other interests............besides Quidditch, that is?" She would imagine that Quidditch wasn't the only thing that the seeker was interested in. Artemesia was starting to become distracted again – how nice of the artist to have placed her by a window. She liked looking at the birds, and there just happened to be one perched on the windowsill. A question directed to her snapped her out of her daydream. “Hmm? Oh! Hello again!” Artemesia smiled brightly at the lovely girl. “Did you want an autograph?” Unfortunately she would not have been able to provide one being made of paint. “Well Quidditch is just my favorite.. though.. I guess it’s beena while since I’ve played..” Had it? Artemesia couldn’t remember, her mind was getting muddled again. “I also like to watch what’s going on.. Do you know my artist? He put me in a new home.” She smiled brightly at this piece of knowledge. She’d love to get to know some of the other portraits there, but she had been a little shy so far. Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Hoping that Haddie would stay, she smiled at Kitty and the other boy (Tenacius) who had joined them. The Eagle giggled. They all seemed to be rather taken with Augustus's hair. But it was bittersweet that the portrait's human counterpart died of old age. "What did he do for a living? You human counterpart, I mean.'' Quote: Originally Posted by Goblinfrog Then asking her second question to Flume, Kitty crossed her arms and asked, "Were you ever interested in fashion? Your hair is so cool that I wonder if you did. I think it's great when guys are into make up and fashion." Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixRising Considering her options, the seventh year went over to join the Augustus Flume group in time to hear the man telling her third year housemate about how he never spent much time on the fourth floor. "Hello, Mister Flume," Tia greeted in polite fashion. "How come you never spent much time on the fourth floor? Did you not like the library?" Mister Augustus must not have been a Ravenclaw. Quote: Originally Posted by Steelsheen But oh, Augustus has responded to his question "Potions?" Was it really that simple? "Do you mean its something to drink or something to put on my hair like shampoo?" What did he do? “Why he was a great potioneer!” Augustus beamed brightly. Such satisfying work it was, brewing potions. And he was proud for others to know about his work. Fashion? He looked at one of the girls and shook his head. “No, can’t say I was ever too fussed about my appearance. More important things at hand…” He smiled politely at the next young lady to arrive. “Hello there! Oh the library is all well and good, but I prefer more practical applications than theoretical ones. I like to get my hands dirty.” He wiggled his fingers at her. He glanced again at the curly-haired boy. "Oh you apply it topically, but I am sure there are ones you can drink too." There were potions for everything, and if there weren't, someone could invent them. "Don't you currently use any?" SPOILER!!: Violetta questions Quote: Originally Posted by SpiritWolfe Malfoy "Could you tell me more about some of your talents? Or maybe about a few of the things you learned while in school there?," Hady asked Violetta quietly. Even if the portrait was snippy she seemed to enjoy talking about herself. Hopefully these questions would get her talking more. Quote: Originally Posted by Hera Approaching the Bullstrode portrait, Zeke got the party rolling with what he figured whas the most basic of questions. "Ms Bullstrode? May I ask about your early life? When and where were you born?" Quote: Originally Posted by Optimist “Hello Ms Violetta Bulstrode,” Mel started. “First off – might I ask what you would like to be called? And secondly,” she added trying to build off of Zeke’s questions, “with your early life did you have a large family?” Quote: Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl "When did you go to WADA, miss? My father attended school there, back in the day!" WHAT IF THIS PORTRAIT KNEW HIS DAD? Whoaaaaaaaaa.[/color] Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin The Slytherin prefect seated herself in front of the portrait and arranged her robes around herself carefully. Y'know what turned out to be nice about her bright hair? People always noticed her eventually, for better or for worse. "Good morning, Madame Bulstrode. My name is Charlotte Wojack-Gusey, and it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Violetta is a very pretty name. Is it a family name?" Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy "Can you tell us about your stage career?" It would be interesting to hear about. Hopefully. Quote: Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline “What year did you graduate?” she asked as well, “in case I want to find out about your work.” The time period of her life might be good to know for whatever report they were to give. Quote: Originally Posted by Steelsheen He did have a question though "So what do you do? Do you sing? Dance? Balance a champagne glass on your uh.... back?" hey that lady that supposedly broke something in the Muggle world did so by doing just that. Well, this was more like it. Her throngs of fans have arrived and they gave her the proper respect she deserved. And that Charlotte girl – obviously well-bred. Just listen to her manners! She graced the girl with the faintest of smiles. What would she like to be called? “Madame Bullstrode will do nicely, or even Ms. Bullstrode.” They were not acquainted with her well enough to be on a first name basis. Though she appreciated the compliment about her name because she quite agreed. “I don’t know of any other Violetta’s in my family. It’s a special name, all my own. And I am the youngest of four.” The baby of the family, spoiled too, though she wouldn’t have called it that exactly. So many, many questions… she could hardly keep them all straight. What lengths she would go to for her fans. “I was born in the year 2000 in a village called Haslemere,” she began, trying to summarize several questions into one answer. “I attended the academy from 2011 to 2018. Though of course I began school with much talent, by the time I left, I was able to play 15 musical instruments, leading me to compose and solely perform the well-known operetta, Who Cast the Spell on Music?” Certainly they knew about it? But perhaps they weren’t as cultured as she. ~~Or maybe she was only a star in her own mind.~~ She looked squarely at the boy whose father was a possible classmate. “What is your father’s name? Is he also a brilliant musician?” And then another boy asking about her talents. “I sing, I pl- …do I what?! I most certainly do not! I’m not a trained pony.” THE VERY IDEA! Quote: Originally Posted by Symphora "Hi...." Henric muttered a greeting. Warrington wanted more questions directed towards him. So impatient....sheesh. "What made you famous, Mr.Warrington?" he asked while raising his hand. Was he knighted? Should he call him a "Sir" too? Quote: Originally Posted by littledhampir But Olly had another question. "How long did it take to paint this portait of you? Did you have to sit for a long time? Who painted it?" Artists were important too. Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo "They're only the most amazing things in the world next to jelly slugs and cauldron cakes and ice-mice and cookie dough ice-cream." He said rather helpfully as he settled in next to the two. "But I have a question for you. If you don't know what chocolate frogs are, are you old enough to have never had candy or did they have different stuff back then?" Blaise propped his notepad against his knee, ready to take down the answer when it was given. What made him famous? Sounded like the boy was trying to take a shortcut to the assignment the professor had given him, if someone asked Lucian. “Fame is a fleeting, trivial thing and nothing I am interested. My accomplishments are what mattered and I helped to write a very important piece of legislature that is still enforced. That was after fighting in a significant battle to warrant such a law.” And back to trivialities. Lucian shook his head. “That was the dullest four hours of my life.” Second only to tedious questions if this went on much longer without getting to anything substantial. “That was a lifetime and more ago, I don’t remember. Garrick or Garrett somebody.” Or Garth? Who knew. Jelly slugs? Ice mice? More gibberish. Lucian gave the boy a disdainful expression before softening a little. "Why I was very fond of boiled sugar plums back in the day." How long had it been since he had one of those? Shame he couldn't eat one now. Quote: Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom "When did you attend school? Like what year?" she asked. She wondered if by some miracle it had been when her father had been at school, or even teaching - but that was a stretch. He was probably MUCH older than that. Quote: Originally Posted by Ameh "Why did you get painted?" People usually had a reason for stuff like this. Right? They didn't just make magical portraits all willy-nilly. It took a long time to make them look right and everything, and then to make them into the right people... spells and stuff, and probably more than that. Quote: Originally Posted by RandomRaven Moving on to the next question. "So you're not a student leader or any kind of hero.... Why your portraits was left in this castle?" Again she asked. "I mean... Did you just left it here without any particular reason? Maybe not... There must be something you have done so in honor to remember you, there's your portrait here in this castle." Come on, Elliot. Spill it... Quote: Originally Posted by weasleyrima "Hi Elliot. I hope you don't mind If I call you by your first name." Jessie smiled "I'm Jeslyn from Gryffindor. Did you know about.... secret escape to go to Hogsmead ? " Jessie lowering her voice so can't be heard by Professor Finch Elliot would have to admit he loved this attention. And he was delighted to answer all the questions to help educate these young minds. “Hello, Jeslyn,” he smiled at the newcomer. “I can’t say I ever snuck out to go to Hogsmeade. We were allowed to go out at assigned times, so there was no need to sneak out. That’s against the rules, you know.” He chuckled. These good students didn’t break the rules, did they? “Oh, I went to Hogwarts a very long time ago.” His painted eyes looked up to the top of his frame as he tried to remember the exact dates. “Sixteeeeen.. seventy-four? I think it was, when I was eleven and first came to school. There was much unrest at that time and when I was a little older, I went to work at the Ministry, and was even appointed a seat on the International Confederation of Wizards – one of the youngest wizards ever there!” That was a basic answer to some of the similar questions, he supposed. But he didn’t know why his portrait was placed here. To educate people, maybe? That wasn’t exactly his decision. “I did help decide on something very important though.” How well did they know their history?