Originally Posted by Chelliephone

Well, it seemed like it was becoming obvious at this point that there was not some type of level or handle in the wall that could be used to secretly pull and just… walk across the pit. It seemed more like he was going to have to walk through if he wanted to know about that staircase. And that idea was… entirely unappealing.

Although… he had not yet checked the opposite wall. So he decided to give that a try and was about to when he heard a voice. And nearly jumped out of his skin as he turned to see…. Uhm. Well.

Who was he looking at? He was distracted by all the yellow. Was it a Hufflepuff? Just showing a weird sense of house pride for… unknown reasons? Except as he looked closer, and even took a small shuffle step forward, he blinked noticing it was Kinsay James. But… why? “... Is it raining outside?” Nope. Still weird. She was down here in the dungeons and not outside. And even if she was coming in from outside she was a Gryffindor so uh.. Wouldn’t she be headed to the Gryffindor tower? “... Or is it raining inside somewhere?” It seemed a silly question, but he was learning with Hogwarts sometimes the silly question was not that far from the realm of possibility.

But uh, yes. She’d asked him a question. Which he had no not embarrassing answer for but given circumstances he felt fine sharing anyways. “I was hoping there was some type of secret level to be able to cross the pit. I was… askingitwhereitwas.”