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astrocat · 07-08-2024, 02:04 AM

SPOILER!!: Reuben

"AHHH!"

Usually, it was Brandon whose shrieks were loud enough to wake the whole dorm. But at least when it was him doing the yelling, he knew it was from a nightmare and not because there was an actual emergency. Reuben's yell had the effect of (a) waking Brandon up, (b) freaking Brandon out, and (c) making Brandon scramble to get out of bed because he thought there was an emergency. Of course, he managed to hit his shin and stub his toe on his way up, but he was frightened and alert and barely registered the pain.

There was no real emergency, of course, unless you counted Reuben spilling water on himself. But one Brandon Fox was much too tired and a little too on-edge as a person to fully understand that. He was somewhat like a compressed spring. Of anxiety. "Reuben!! Are you okay?? What's going on??"

07-08-2024, 02:04 AM	#5 (permalink)
astrocat Puffskein Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: New York City Posts: 2,141 Hogwarts RPG Name: Brandon Fox Hufflepuff Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Phoebe Calypso [s]Dupont[/s] Slytherin Fifth Year	Which came first, the phoenix or the flame? SPOILER!!: Reuben Quote: Originally Posted by Harron Peasley "I'm AWAKE!!!!" It wasn't entirely obvious what had startled Reuben - perhaps it had been Brandon's movements, perhaps the noise of his own snoring, or the fact that his arm was caught under him at such an angle that it had gone numb. But either way, it wasn't too long after the snoring started and Brandon got into bed that he was thrashing a little, getting tangled in the sheets as he tried to right himself. Freeing his arms, he started shaking the one that was numb violently as pins and needles raced along it - succeeding in making it worse, and knocking the cup of water onto him. That caused him to yell, and jump to his feet, and now he was shaking both arms due to the pins and needles and the fact that he was wet. He'd yet to notice Brandon, or the granola bar. "AHHH!" Usually, it was Brandon whose shrieks were loud enough to wake the whole dorm. But at least when it was him doing the yelling, he knew it was from a nightmare and not because there was an actual emergency. Reuben's yell had the effect of (a) waking Brandon up, (b) freaking Brandon out, and (c) making Brandon scramble to get out of bed because he thought there was an emergency. Of course, he managed to hit his shin and stub his toe on his way up, but he was frightened and alert and barely registered the pain. There was no real emergency, of course, unless you counted Reuben spilling water on himself. But one Brandon Fox was much too tired and a little too on-edge as a person to fully understand that. He was somewhat like a compressed spring. Of anxiety. "Reuben!! Are you okay?? What's going on??"