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Originally Posted by griffin  Hearing the instruction for the heads of house to get a headcount, Cordelia pushed her way through the crowd until she found Professor Wayland. ”I’m here,” she informed her head of house. Where was her brother? Tristan smiled and nodded at Cordelia as if to say thank you for letting him know she was there. He was almost done counting his group when there was a sudden disturbance....of course! SPOILER!!: Ghost!Dolly Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolly Dopple There had been a strange incident, that was for sure. Dolly had been in her office just a moment ago, feeding some of the cute little creatures that had started popping up around the castle. The Headmaster and Kalen had shown up to join her when... Well, she wasn't quite sure what happened. She had blacked out! Suddenly it had gone dark. And then everything went light. It was quite strange, wasn't it? She had asked the little furry things what had happened, but they obviously didn't know how to speak English.
Feeling quite frazzled, Dolly decided to get some fresh air. Leaving her office and somehow floating through her office door, Dolly walked floated down the corridor, noticing a few students running down the hall towards the the stairs. My, what was going on?
She finally ended up in the corridor to the courtyard, getting closer to the courtyard, when she noticed that nearly the entire student body and ALL of the staff had been gathered in the courtyard. "Oh dear, what is happening here?" Dolly whispered to herself, moving towards the doorway to enter the courtyard.
That was when another strange thing happened.
She hit some sort of... barrier.
The old woman tried again, but she was unable to enter the courtyard, somehow trapped inside this corridor. How frustrating! Why couldn't she join the others? Clearly this was an important meeting!
Dolly Dopple, unaware that she had very VERY recently been eaten and turned into a ghost, pounded her wrinkly fist on the invisible barrier that separated her from the outdoors. "What is going on here?" she called out. "What am I missing?" She didn't like to miss out, you see. "Has a Professor been injured?" Is that what she heard? You know, her hearing wasn't like it used to be. Great Merlin's stinking underpants! Was that Dolly's ghost? That's all they needed at this school...another Ghost. He was sad to see all of the reactions of the students. He couldn't imagine how difficult and scary all of this was for them. Hopefully they would get the creatures under control, and quickly. The safety of the students was top priority! SPOILER!!: Headmaster Quote:
Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo So...the extent of the usefulness with any sort of explanation regarding Toddles and the creatures was that he was seen looking for something and the creature had been at the feast according to Swann. Well, that part he knew. The man remembered seeing the little ball of fluff from the staff dais. The fact Toddles now came bursting forward about a fluffy thing was damning in the moment and the elf had no idea just how much trouble he would be in.
For now, he turned to the students again, grateful some of the Heads of Houses had already started their counts but found himself instead scowling at the History of Magic Professor's words.
"That's never how we handle creatures, O'Hara." And so much for tact. The woman had gone from a 2 to a 10 in under a second and he could only imagine how jarring it must have been for the students gathered in this already frightening situation. Time and place for everything. This was neither the time nor the place. "But the intention is very much to keep our students safe." That was never up for question. It needed to be done."Here's how we'll proceed. The common rooms will be checked and properly anchored with the appropriate wards. Consider those safe zones. You will all walk with at least one other student at all times--"
That voice.
Malachi nearly jumped out of his skin--scratch that, there was some jumping--when he heard the all too familiar voice of the Charm's Professor. For a brief moment, he was filled with hope that maybe they'd spat her out and everything was alright after all, but then he turned and saw the translucent figure and staggered several feet back before he could regain his composure.
Ooooooooh Meeeerrrlllliiiinnnnnnn.
Her question was a bit too on the nose for him. All he could do was STARE, mouth agape while several moments passed. Dolly--she--there--whu--huh-- Tristan was glad to hear the Headmaster was on his side when Alice said those terrible things. He was sure most of the people in this school would be on his side when it came to creatures, especially the students that took his class.
But of course...Alice wasn't finished yet. SPOILER!!: O'Hara Quote:
Originally Posted by Goblinfrog Alice regarded her colleague (Tristian Wayland) with an icy stare as he berated her. At this moment she was tempted to scream all sorts of unpleasant insults, but she held herself in check. Instead she answered in as calm a voice (though the calmness was decidedly hostile) as his. "Respectfully, Professor Wayland, these creatures have killed a professor. Why should we care if they can't help themselves? Now that these RATFACES have a taste for human blood, what's to stop them from doing it again? I know you're a monster lover, but please don't let your love blind you from seeing what needs to be done."
But then the Headmaster came down on the side of Tristian. UGH! That man was so soft! "Meaning no disrespect, but headmaster, what if we are attacked? Can we use deadly force to defend ourselves and our students? You know I can't perform magic very well, so my options are limited if I am attacked." Of course now this was a backtrack from what she'd said earlier about hunting them all down to destroy them. Obviously she knew it wasn't smart to argue with the headmaster.
Speaking of self defense...
Normally she would have reacted with great surprise to see DOLLY show up as a ghost. That surprise would have to wait, for at that moment, Toddles flung himself unto her body in an all out attack.
"OOF!!!!" O'Hara grunted in surprise and anger, and immediately started swatting at the house elf. "GET OFF ME!!!! GET OFF, GET OFF!!! UNRULY MINION!!!!!!" She shoved him off her and retreated backwards several steps, shaking in fury.
She pointed a shaking finger at the house elf. "That elf is out of control! Headmaster, what if he brought the creatures to Hogwarts knowing they were dangerous?!" If they weren't surrounded by the ENTIRE SCHOOL, she would have given him a hard kick. That might be going too far, though, and luckily she was able to restrain herself. Tristan clenched his jaw, his arms already crossed over his chest, and popped his neck. This was an involuntary habit of his when he became angry. It was taking all of his effort not to scream at Alice in front of all of the students. Her behavior was extremely unprofessional, and he wasn't going to add to it. Especially after the 'monster lover' comment.
He gave a snort of derision and instead he calmly responded, "That is exactly the answer I would expect from someone with no knowledge of animals, magical or non-magical, and a fear of them. Lets just kill them all shall we? Any creature that could kill us. LeTS JUst kiLL ThEm AlL!" He mockingly flailed his arms about, before stopping and looking directly at her, and calmly continued, "What stops them is people like me with an education that study them in order to figure out why they do the things they do. In most cases it's a defense mechanism." He paused, "But you wouldn't know a thing about that would you, Professor O'Hara?" By the end of his speech his face was slightly red. His anger peaking.
And suddenly Toddles was on Alice, and she had thrown him off of her, berating him as she went. She was obviously scaring the students now and making things worse than they should be. "It's okay, Chloe I'll handle this." He gave the girl a small smile, and pat on the shoulder. Handle this he would.
Tristan moved forward, and stood in front of the Elf. "No. You are out of line, Alice. Toddles couldn't have known what this creature would do, and if he did I doubt he would have brought it here in the first place. I haven't even seen that creature before and I am a Magizoologist." He said angrily, keeping Toddles behind him.
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