Carl nodded at the Ravenclaw who introduced himself as Leon. "I'm Carl. So we're exploring this place?" He said. Sticking together sounded like a good idea.

It was great to hear that everybody was fine. The atmosphere yelled DANGER at him, but maybe it wasn't that bad here. Just weird and dark and cold. "Hey, Tenacius... you know I sort of agree that this could be 'some kind of weird twilight zone Hogwarts'." He laughed. Leon's reasoning made sense to him. He approached the stairs to see what he meant by the spray bottle and shoe. Yep they were there, as well as track marks leading down the stairs. So somebody had been here recently and had not left. Tenacius had mentioned Flynn the caretaker. Perhaps he was here cleaning? But why leave his spray bottle and shoe around?

"Um, okay." The Fourth Year said uncertainly to Tenacius's suggestion. "Lumos! Lumos Maxima!" He said firmly, but the light remained weak. He thought he was pretty good at this spell. The cold must be affecting his concentration.

Holding his wand high above his head so that they could see ahead, Carl followed the group along the corridor, down the stairs to the floor below and down another corridor. Then they stopped. He looked over his friend's shoulder to see what he was pointing at. Oh no. "A breakdown that involves a tattered shirt and bones..." he swallowed and said in a shaky voice, "something's wrong. What does this mean? Do we have to get help?"