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SPOILER!!: ArianaBlack Quote:
Originally Posted by ArianaBlack  There was a tiny part of her that was quite upset over the fact that her House was not winning. In fact, it was very surprising that Slytherin hadn't earned any points at all. They were notorious for being the House of ambition, no? One would think this would translate to winning. But maybe her Housemates found this just as foolish as she did. Because Nina was not happy. Professor Sandhu was making an absolute mockery out of knowledge.
She folded her arms tightly across her chest as she sat watching from the Ravenclaw table. At least she had Drewett by her side. He was the only reason why she wasn't entirely miserable. Though his presence didn't stop her from judging everyone else. Almost daring the others to give another ridiculous answer. This was such a waste of time. No one was learning anything from this 'game'. This was childish. Au contraire, Miss Castillo, one could argue that there was much to be learned about here. How your classmates reacted under pressure, for example, or who was the quickest on their feet. Which mind to trust in a crisis.
That being said, making a mockery of what people considered Knowledge had always been one of her favourite things to do. When you spend too much time chasing Knowledge, Wisdom has trouble finding you. Maybe someday, when you're grown, you'll understand. SPOILER!!: cinole black Quote:
Originally Posted by nicole black Maxie had been ready to burn with embarrassment- ready to hear that his answer had lacked creativity or was simply too plain, yes, even with Aaron's encouraging smile Maxie had been setting himself up for failure but failure hadn't come.
The Chaser had grinned brighter than the sun as the Professor not only offered him warm, beautiful-to-his-ears-praise- but ten whole points to Hufflepuff.
It felt like feathers in his belly, a tickle so warm and cozy Maxie was led to believe he could have summoned a proper patronus just then- No, that was- that was silly- but then again, so was the very game they were all engaged in. Biting his lip to hide him smile, Maxie watched others during their various turns until they reached a point he could help poking back into. His hand shot up into the air. "T-the Taboo breaker is s-s-sentenced to a l-life a-among Muggles-" Maxie paused briefly his mind whirling as he added, "A-a-and t-their m-memories a-a-are erased."
It was only after Maximillion Barton Anderson-Belfort had opened his big mouth that he realized he had no idea what actually happened when a Magical taboo was broken, and for all that he knew it could very well have been the scenario he just described.
Bloody- If Simran had expected an extreme answer, she did not expect it from the young Master Anderson-Belfort. However, he had earned Hufflepuff their first (and thus far only) point, and deserved the recognition.
"Yikes," she said, eyes widening. "Muggles are great, my parents were Muggles." In fact, she lived among them her entire life. "Nevertheless, I don't quite fancy life without my wand. Best we don't do that, then." SPOILER!!: Slytherin Fox Quote:
Originally Posted by Slytherin Fox In the novel, the diadem is inadvertently destroyed by Vincent Crabbe's Fiendfyre inside the Room of Requirement. <snipping to make historical sense in this context>
Simran nodded at the... extremely detailed information from the Ravenclaw table. "Well, yes, dear. Thank you." She did enjoy History of Magic, but it was never her favourite. That was always Astronomy. So it made sense that a few details never quite stuck. SPOILER!!: Kimothy Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimothy Fiendfyre. That was the answer. Drewett's strongest subject wasn't history of magic, but he was glad he knew that answer to this one. He'd enjoyed reading about the Battle of Hogwarts. Well, minus the brutal details and the deaths because that was all sad. He couldn't remember the number of casualties, but it was definitely sad to think that so many witches and wizards died for defending the good. True heroes.
Also? Goodness, Dorian. Drewett felt the older Ravenclaw was rambling, and he immediately felt bad for him. He won the ten points though so perhaps it was worth it. The fifth year clapped quietly for his house's win. Dia's was creative as usual. A nundu's chew toy. That would have been adorable if it weren't for the fact that a nundu ranked XXXXX and anything could be a nundu's chew toy. Even him, Drewett.
Now that's just horrific. The mention of one's anxiety, thanks to Lucas, made the Ravenclaw even a bit more twitchy as he rubbed his face. But, clearly, that one didn't bring home the 'most ridiculous answer' award because....
...Because Trolloise happened.
Drewett's jaw dropped slightly at the Slytherin's response, mostly out of shock but also of cluelessness. ".....Whatisabigchungus?" The boy turned to his side, to Nina, and whispered. To him, it sounded like a mushroom. A cheesy fungus. Or something equally gross, like that subtance stuck between the toes of a troll. Maybe that's why Eloise knew what a chungus was. He was also just as uncomfortable as Nina was. It was likely that term would keep him up at night later, just wondering what in the world was a big chungus.
Maybe he should stop thinking about it. Right here, right now. Yes.
Moving on to the new question, which Drewett answered with the right answer at the back of his mind, it gave him a different thing to think about. No, not a big chungus. Please, no. "Do you know the real answer t-to that?" The Ravenclaw quietly asked Nina with a little bit of a smile. The thought of oneself as a chew toy, for whatever creature, was not quite pleasant. And Simran could definitely tell that he was at least mildly horrified because, well, it was all over his face.
No answer from you, though, Master Gunther? That's too bad. SPOILER!!: oh its Erik ok Quote:
Originally Posted by oh its Erik ok Honestly Nina why are you even here if you aren't going to participate and answer questions for slytherin. Eloise knows you know the answers unless you are just here to sit by Drew the whole time. Which were was Evan for this to get popcorn worthy. Drewie Drewie Drewie. Cant complain if you aren't participating. Anyway Eloise was only a tiny tiny bit disappointed she didnt get a point for that answer.
Oh well.
Wait is she really going to be the only slytherin answeing a question again. Yikes for slytherin.
"You become a weeb"
Honestly that is probably worse than what the actual correct answer was. Yikes for Slytherin indeed, but Simran was entirely Here For It. Chaos was her home court. She thrived in it. Relished it. You know what else she relished?
Trolling.
"Not the worst thing that could happen, admittedly, but still not ideal." SPOILER!!: DuckyLinJi Quote:
Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi While he was usually the quiet type. The one who prefered to sit alone and solve his puzzlebooks over socialising and the one who thought before he spoke. Something in him switched whenever something competitive happened. He wanted to win. No he needed to win. He couldn't explain why but when a competition happened, HE wanted to win. There was just one goal and that was winning the prize for Ravenclaw....whatever it was.... And nothing could come in his way. And sometimes that could cause some rambling but hey , no one was perfect.
He was aware of Drewett at the table as well as a Slytherin girl who's name had honestly slipped his mind but he didn't care for the moment because his full attention was on waiting for the points. And when he won them he "Yes"'d under his breath. WHY was he so in to this?! He wanted to push the button even before the next question was asked cause WHY NOT but when the Professor told them that it was a team sport he ughed in his mind. Whatever, he'd let someone else go.
He sat back on the bench , his hand that had been in reach for the button was now beside him, slightly twitching cause he wanted to press it. Any other Ravenclaw wanting to answer this question do it now or else he was going to slam that button himself. Simran had to say that she was at least a little bit bummed that none of the Ravenclaws were answering, especially since the last responses she'd elicited from them. Truly, such a shame.
Intelligence without ambition truly was wasted. SPOILER!!: hermionesclone Quote:
Originally Posted by hermionesclone Oh no.
Oh no oh no.
Lucas flushed with embarrassment. Did that happen? Did that just......? Oh Merlin. This was so EMBARRASSING. He wanted to disappear. Could he do that? Could he slide down and sit under the table until the rest of this quiz was over? Avoid the looks he was sure he was getting?
What was worse was the feeling that he'd let his teammate (Cordelia) down, even if she didn't really know him. Awkwardly, he turned to her and gave her and mouthed an apology at her. She wasn't mad, right? He could make it up. He could! He could be funny enough to give a good answer, right?
Ugh, where was that blackhole to swallow him up?
Right. Question. Next question. What occurs when a Magical Taboo is broken? He glanced over at his teammate again, trying to see if she had an answer for them. Because he didn't. He didn't even have a single clue. Other houses were already answering but they were just...... silent. Would he have to make one up as he went along?
No. He was staying quiet because he had no idea. Sorry, teammate. The whole point of this game was that it didn't matter if you had no idea, Master Dakest, but she definitely could understand the hesitation. What if you accidentally got it right? It'd be like the moments when Eloise Fairfield accidentally hit the nail on the head in class, and then everyone fell silent because when was Eloise Fairfield ever right?
Anyway, digressing.
No answer from you, Master Dakest? Cue sad puppy eyes. SPOILER!!: griffin Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin Cordelia noticed her housemate (Lucas) giving her a thumbs up and grinned back at him. What was his name? Lane Darkness? No that didn’t sound right, maybe it was Lance? Cordelia was in the business of being known by people but not knowing them. Whatever, she could get his name later. Maybe they could even be friends. Professor say what now? They couldn’t get points because multiple people had answered? IT WASN’T FAIR! Wasn’t the only rule to be creative and troll? She was calling dragon dung on the one answer from each house rule. ”BOOOO! You didn’t specify that in the rules when we started,” she cried out to express her disapproval at her answer being disqualified. The professor was such a killjoy. It would be more fun for everyone if they could all just shout out an answer even if only one answer per team counted for points. Moving on to the next question. Couldn’t forfeit the game because of one missed shot. It looked like Luke Dawkins or whatever his name was would be letting her have this one. ”The person who breaks the taboo spontaneously combusts.” Not her finest answer today but the idea of people spontaneously combusting was still hilarious. Simran eyed the young Gryffindor sternly, and then sighed deeply. If this had been any other day, points would have been taken for unsportsmanship, but Simran was in a good mood today.
"Yes, dear, but there is a reason I gave you buzzers," she said gently. First one there gets the chance, you see. "Try to be a good sport."
...... also, this was extremely morbid. And all she could do was blink in response. Wow. What an answer.
It took almost a full ten seconds for Simran to recover, and then she simply nodded and turned back towards the Ravenclaw table.
Nobody? SPOILER!!: lazykitty Quote:
Originally Posted by lazykitty She had thought that everyone knew who the Beatles were, but apparently not. Though, Ravenclaw had well-earned that one, so she wasn't really upset (I mean, who doesn't get angry at being denied the bathroom when they need it?).
The next question, Archer was about to go on about Darth Vader and Stormtroopers, but before she could, Maxie had answered. Okay then. What the heck was so wrong with living like a muggle? Being half-muggle herself, she was slightly offended at the thought that this would be an objectionable outcome, even if it was said in jest. There were worse things that could happen (the mist down on the lower floors, for example). But unfortunately, it was now the house's answer. Grr.
Soooo wishing she was a Ravenclaw (who had yet to register an answer) about now. Internal Grr was the right spirit, Miss Calrissian! Take it out on the buzzer at the next question! Think really really hard of how hard you want to slam the button and take out all that pent up fury on it. Hit it like a Whack-a-Mo-- okay, this line of thought was getting a little out of hand
Anyway. Her point was that there would be more questions! Never fear! With one final glance at the Ravenclaw table -- were they really not answering? "A Taboo is a powerful charm, and usage of it is restricted by the Ministry. It was used in the Second Wizarding War to track down members of the Order of the Phoenix as speaking the Taboo would alert the caster and weaken protective enchantments around the speaker."
The charm itself wouldn't kill you, but the person who cast it likely would. "Hufflepuff takes the point and also the lead."
"For the next ten points: What are the effects of ingesting the Pompion Potion?" Quote:
Originally Posted by scoreboard Gryffindor - 10
Hufflepuff - 20
Ravenclaw - 10
Slytherin - 0
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