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SPOILER!!: Door 3 – CORRECT answers Quote:
Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom  How was that WRONG?! Nettie let out a yelp as her hand broke out in boils. It was already sensitive due to the many scratches she'd given herself, thanks to - nerves? Dry skin? She wasn't even sure anymore - and now the boils on top of it? Small tears welled in her eyes and she quickly brushed them away with her good hand. No, she would NOT cry. This was not something to cry over. It was trivial and stupid.
Taking a deep breath, she tapped the final answer - none of the above. Because she was starting to think this was a trick question, and there was something wrong with each of these answers. Because the two she had selected (well, the one Chloe had selected had been her first bet but had refrained after she saw she got it wrong) had been the closest to being CORRECT in her mind. The others weren't even close, so it HAD to be none of the above. Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessiqua Hanna was about to walk into the door, being that her answer was wrong. And she hadn't been expecting that. She was frowning, reading the question again, when she felt it. Just strange. Initially just a bit like she'd washed her hand with soap and forgot to moisturise. It was a bit tight. She scrunched up her fist, feeling it pull taught. And then. Noticed them. Boils.
"Oh no," she gasped. Was this part of the punishment for getting a wrong answer, or was she breaking out in failure boils!?
To rule it out, she re-read the question, her wand hand shaking to get some cool air around the boils. Informed consent... informed consent... well perhaps there was more to informed consent than what was already there. Tapping the final answer, none of the above, she waited to see if that one was right. Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Breathe in, breathe out. Repeat. Cordelia gazed mistrustfully at the boy as he offered to help her. Would he really stick with her, or was he going to ditch her the first chance he had? Seeing as she didn’t have many other options other than continuing by herself, Cordelia opted to follow him. Doing this by herself clearly wasn’t working out so well. ”Okay.” Cordelia stuck a hand in her bag and glanced at something inside it before pulling out a box of raisins. While the boy deliberated his answer choice, she started snacking on the raisins. Watching which answer the boy selected, Cordelia tapped her wand on none of the above after he did. The door had allowed him through, so she was assuming this answer would also allow her to progress to the next stage. Were they even trying to get to the classroom here, or was it going to dump them back in the hallway?
By process of deduction, Nettie and Hanna had got the answer correct this time, and as they tapped the answer, the door opened and the boils disappeared without a trace. Cordelia too was allow to proceed after new friend Indigo. Inside the new room, a fourth question awaited, although there was no multiple choice this time. Next to the parchment, hanging from a piece of string, was a self-inking quill with invisible ink.
*** SPOILER!!: Door 4 – CORRECT answers Quote:
Originally Posted by Ginevra Daisy now was reading yet another piece of parchment but this time it wasn't multiple choice in terms of answers. She knew that conferring was permitted but she just wanted to answer the question.
She grabbed the quill and wrote:
Daisy finished her answer and bit her lip slightly in nervousness. She didn't need this pressure. Quote:
Originally Posted by lazykitty Conferring? With the likes of Zoryn, whose fault this entire lesson probably was anyway, what with the love potion in the pumpkin juice and the polyjuicing into Max? Yeah, thanks but no thanks.
Archer thought it over. Actually, it didn't take much thought, since if you cared about your housemate at all the correct answer was pretty obvious. So she grabbed the quill after Daisy gave her answer and quickly jotted down her own before putting the quill back down.
Besides, golden rule, right? That's what she'd want someone to do for her. Especially if said potion was poison. Quote:
Originally Posted by ArianaBlack Ohhhhhhkay then. Seeing as no one was taking her up for a discussion, Zoryn went up to answer it by herself. There were many things she would do if she saw a housemate with a tampered drink. But it all depended on who that housemate was. If it was Anna Meriwether? She probably deserved whatever she had coming to her and Zoryn would honestly be the person slipping her the potion in the first place. So drink up, Anna!
If it were Faith... Things would be different. Zoryn would knock it out of her hands, explain later. Taking no risks for her best friend. Not now. Not ever. If it was one of the irrelevant underclassmen? Zoryn literally could not be bothered. Especially if she was at the other end of the table because letting them know would require effort.
But seeing as this was Professor Noble they were talking about, Zoryn knew that honesty wasn't really what he wanted. So when she went to answer the question, she decided to pretend like she was a decent human being. For all intents and purposes.
Ahem.
But that's as far as she'd go 'cause once it was with an adult it wouldn't be her problem anymore. Just sayin'. Quote:
Originally Posted by Cassirin Parchment three still didn't lead to the classroom, but at least her boils had completely cleared up. Nifty trick there, sir, and all bad feelings gone (for now... the day was young).
Chloe peered at the next parchment. An ESSAY? At a time like this? She pulled open her satchel and unrolled part of a roll of parchment. What would she do if someone spiked another student?
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Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy Did Tina notice that her classmates' boils disappeared when they got the correct answer? Yes. Did that mean she found the idea of giving boils for incorrect answers more acceptable? Nope, she was still not okay with that! It was a cruel thing to do! If Noble wanted to give them incentive to get the correct answer (or whatever his reasoning behind it was), there were plenty of ways to do it that didn't involve hurting people.... though she would give the man credit for not leaving them stuck with boils indefinitely.
The dark-haired Ravenclaw glanced at her wand hand, half expecting it to break out in painful boils any moment, but that didn't happen. Ha, she out-tricked the trick question! She breathed a small sigh of relief as she stepped through the door. This time she wasn't the least bit surprised to find another door waiting for her, but she was surprised when she read the question and saw the quill dangling from a string. For a moment, she just stared at the parchment, unsure whether to feel annoyed or panicked. Did Noble switch to open-ended questions because the multiple choice ones weren't tripping up enough people? What was in store for the incorrect answers this time? Something worse than boils, she suspected. Whatever it was, she didn't want anyone to have to find out!
Tina took a deep breath and reread the question. The first answer that popped into her mind was to tell an adult, but she doubted that on its own was the answer Noble was looking for. It seemed too obvious, and judging by the previous question, the obvious answer was probably not the right one. "Make sure nobody drinks it..." she mumbled, hoping those who hadn't already answered would overhear her and not write the obvious answer - without tipping anyone off as to what she was doing. If Noble would give students boils for choosing a wrong answer, she didn't even want to know what he'd do if he thought she was giving people the answer. "Tell a professor and take the drink for evidence..."
Tina picked up the quill and wrote:
She was already second-guessing her answer as she stepped back. Was that thorough enough? What about her wording? Was there some way that could be used against her? All she could do now was wait and hope nothing weird happened to her! Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir This time, Abra was disappointed but not surprised as he went through the door only to find... another door. Another parchment. Another question.
Wait, whAT? He had to WRITE something now? Awwwww, man.
Peering at the parchment with one eye closed, as that seemed to be the best trick for keeping the writing from moving around so much, Abra considered the question, and how to answer, but mostly, how to answer correctly with as few words - and as little writing - as possible. For reasons.
At Zoryn's words, Abra shrugged, then nodded. That certainly seemed like something to do. "I'd stop them drinking it first, if I could, or at least tell them something had been put in their drink. Then I'd tell someone, and bring the drink with me so they could test it for themselves." He scratched at his head, bit his lip, then decided to go for it, and picked up the quill.
Abra was glad this was written with invisible ink so nobody could see his spelling, but it just made writing even more confusing. He wrote slowly, face screwed up, tongue poking out of the side of his mouth in concentration. Eventually, however, he got to the end of his answer, and waited to see if it was good enough to grant him entry. Quote:
Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi The Ravenclaw did not wait another second and as the door opened up after he had chosen his answer, he nearly stumbled over his own feet. He had this childish desire to win from a certain Gryffindor who had literally cut in front of him in order not to get wet and making him get the most blast . Apparently he did held grudges...
But as he walked swiftly to the piece of parchment, he noticed that the person in question had already written down her answer and he sighed. Oh well, guess he just had to get out of here so he picked up a quill and began to write down his answer.
He placed his quill down and waited. Quote:
Originally Posted by siriusblackliveson Patrick was really starting to hate these doors. Why so many? Why couldn’t they just go on in and have this discussion like normal students? Instead he was playing troll bridge and it was really starting to make him... oh an open ended one.
He got closer to see what exactly the question was. Ah he had this answer ready to go. Grabbing some paper and his quill he started scribbling things down.
With that patrick felt good. His mama always preached that she could take his wand and make him magicless at the drop of a hat and to not do anything bad. And this was a fine point. He waited to see if he had answered correctly... praying he had so he would be done. Interesting that a couple of students had assumed that the potion was a Polyjuice potion…but one way or another, Daisy, Archer, Zoryn, Chloe, Tina, Abra, Dorian and Patrick had all captured the two key points the Potions professor had been looking for. The door opened to a larger space – one resembling the back of the classroom, with work benches and cupboards installed. There was one more locked door between them and Noble at the front of the class.
*** SPOILER!!: Door 4 - Derf Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Now at the fourth door, Derf hesitated for just a moment to look around at the others who had made it here with him.............and his insides squirmed a bit seeing Zoryn because, well, there were multiple obvious reasons for that. Mostly, for now, he tried to just stay out of people's way as they moved to read the next message. Of course, he noticed a bit of distress on Chloe's face and therefore moved over to stand by her. "....you okay?" he asked subtly and just moments before Tina asked just the same thing. His blue eyes then moved over to the fourth door to read over the next question himself.
Which was...vague. There were a fair few details that made it hard for him to construct a complete answer, save for one knee jerk reaction which he scribbled on to a piece of parchment immediate.
He wasn't satisfied with his answer just yet, but it was a start.
Sensing that Derfael wasn’t fully finished with his answer, the door remained shut for the time being. He’d fully captured one part of what Noble was looking for…but maybe he wanted to add something else too?
*** SPOILER!!: Door 4 – Vivienne Quote:
Originally Posted by Kayla Taaffe Vivienne was laughing at Dorian and Patrick. Serves them right! What not multiple choice? But ethical scenarios? That would be easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy. She read the scenario. She thought: I would knock that sucker out. Quote:
Originally Posted by Kayla Taaffe Another door? Really? Vivienne would have also told the professor. Thank Merlin the writing was invisible. Vivienne was wondering Abra was screwing his face up. Then they waited... Sometimes, Noble wondered what was so difficult about reading the instructions. Now was one of those times. Thinking her response wouldn’t get Vivienne anywhere. She needed to write it.
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