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*Nordic Witch* · 04-21-2025, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

She tilted her head slightly, the corner of her mouth twitching as she reached for the comic. "Gallantry in ink-streaked desperation—charming," she mused, though her gaze drifted to the cursed fountain with all the suspicion of someone who'd read too many cautionary tales to trust the silence between spit-takes and pushed her glasses up just a tad to bring the architecture into deeper focus. "I’ll do what I can. No promises on reversing water damage, but I’m told I’m good at reviving near-lost causes." Her tone, lightly teasing, skirted the edge of something soft—perhaps unintentionally, perhaps not. She had just begun examining the comic’s warped pages—careful not to smear the ink further—when an impossibly loud POP cracked the air like a misfired spell. The noise jolted her spine straight and Iris stumbled with a startled shriek—JT still half-turned toward the fountain, comic still halfway between them. Momentum took over, and the next thing she knew, her hand gripped at JT’s shoulder as gravity betrayed betrayed her completely. A blur of robes that appeared out of nowhere, glimpses of a slightly familiar face she was certain she had passed in the corridors of Hogwarts on multiple occasions (when her own nose wasn't stuck in a book), the flicker of realization that this person had only just Apparated into Diagon Alley and there was no foul play involved...all were revelations that came too late. With a scalded squeak of surprise, Iris clung to JT as she stumbled straight into the fountain with a splash, the cursed water slapping against her back as her knees knocked against the stone.

Silence. Then a cherub snickered.

Iris sputtered, hair plastered to her face and glasses slipping down her nose, comic now a soggy, heroic ruin drifting in the basin beside her. She blinked, entirely deadpan, and shivered.

Well it was a comic he liked so he thought the desparation was warranted. JT smiled wide through all the wet, hoping that he didn't drip too much water on Iris by accident. "I'm grateful for whatever you can manage Iris. I just bought the comic a few minutes ago from F&B so I haven't even had time to properly read it yet." Which was why he wanted it to be rescued. However thoughts of comic's, and suspicious dark thoughts towards the fountain was sorta put on hold as a lot of things happened in rapid succession.

First there was a loud POPing noise like a huge firecraker blasting off, and next seconds Iris stumbled towards him with a scalded shrieck, grabbing onto him like a lifeboat on a stormy water as they both went tumbling straight into the fountain's pool with a loud SPLASH! The cursed water slapping him in the face, and back causing something hard, long and brown to hit JT right in the right ear caused acute pain to erupt. Sputtering out water JT surfaced blinking, and blinking eyes eventually locking in on Iris beside him assessing her for visible injuries. "Iris, are you hurt? What was that loud noise just a minute ago, do you know?"

Feeling around in his ear for the cause of the searing pain he was feeling JT gave off a little cry of relief when he identified the hard long brown thingy as his wand. Holding a steady hand out to Iris he asked, comic forgotten for now. "Shall we try and climb out of the fountain before the cherubs decide to really attack us?" Moving toward the fountain edge, slipping a leg over the side with the intent of jumping down JT said "I wish we were allowed to use magic outside of Hogwarts..We could have dried our hair and clothes then."
Now they would shiver and freeze until their hair and clothes dried by themselves. Jumping out of the fountain JT soon after landed on the ground with a soggy plop and turned to wait for Iris to do the same.

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Nordic Witch Grindylow Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: [GMT + 1] Posts: 14,269 Hogwarts RPG Name: Rose Snakebark Gryffindor Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: JT Forsfelle Slytherin Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Ariadne Rose Hufflepuff Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Mirabelle Draguar Ravenclaw Second Year Ministry Department Head: Nala McCormack Accidents & Catastrophes Ministry Department Head: Violet Fawley Ecological Protection x3	Swedishfish Girl! ❄ Page-Turning Seamstress ❄ Jess's Soul Sister! Sweetest Swede! Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie She tilted her head slightly, the corner of her mouth twitching as she reached for the comic. "Gallantry in ink-streaked desperation—charming," she mused, though her gaze drifted to the cursed fountain with all the suspicion of someone who'd read too many cautionary tales to trust the silence between spit-takes and pushed her glasses up just a tad to bring the architecture into deeper focus. "I’ll do what I can. No promises on reversing water damage, but I’m told I’m good at reviving near-lost causes." Her tone, lightly teasing, skirted the edge of something soft—perhaps unintentionally, perhaps not. She had just begun examining the comic’s warped pages—careful not to smear the ink further—when an impossibly loud POP cracked the air like a misfired spell. The noise jolted her spine straight and Iris stumbled with a startled shriek—JT still half-turned toward the fountain, comic still halfway between them. Momentum took over, and the next thing she knew, her hand gripped at JT’s shoulder as gravity betrayed betrayed her completely. A blur of robes that appeared out of nowhere, glimpses of a slightly familiar face she was certain she had passed in the corridors of Hogwarts on multiple occasions (when her own nose wasn't stuck in a book), the flicker of realization that this person had only just Apparated into Diagon Alley and there was no foul play involved...all were revelations that came too late. With a scalded squeak of surprise, Iris clung to JT as she stumbled straight into the fountain with a splash, the cursed water slapping against her back as her knees knocked against the stone. Silence. Then a cherub snickered. Iris sputtered, hair plastered to her face and glasses slipping down her nose, comic now a soggy, heroic ruin drifting in the basin beside her. She blinked, entirely deadpan, and shivered. Well it was a comic he liked so he thought the desparation was warranted. JT smiled wide through all the wet, hoping that he didn't drip too much water on Iris by accident. "I'm grateful for whatever you can manage Iris. I just bought the comic a few minutes ago from F&B so I haven't even had time to properly read it yet." Which was why he wanted it to be rescued. However thoughts of comic's, and suspicious dark thoughts towards the fountain was sorta put on hold as a lot of things happened in rapid succession. First there was a loud POPing noise like a huge firecraker blasting off, and next seconds Iris stumbled towards him with a scalded shrieck, grabbing onto him like a lifeboat on a stormy water as they both went tumbling straight into the fountain's pool with a loud SPLASH! The cursed water slapping him in the face, and back causing something hard, long and brown to hit JT right in the right ear caused acute pain to erupt. Sputtering out water JT surfaced blinking, and blinking eyes eventually locking in on Iris beside him assessing her for visible injuries. "Iris, are you hurt? What was that loud noise just a minute ago, do you know?" Feeling around in his ear for the cause of the searing pain he was feeling JT gave off a little cry of relief when he identified the hard long brown thingy as his wand. Holding a steady hand out to Iris he asked, comic forgotten for now. "Shall we try and climb out of the fountain before the cherubs decide to really attack us?" Moving toward the fountain edge, slipping a leg over the side with the intent of jumping down JT said "I wish we were allowed to use magic outside of Hogwarts..We could have dried our hair and clothes then." Now they would shiver and freeze until their hair and clothes dried by themselves. Jumping out of the fountain JT soon after landed on the ground with a soggy plop and turned to wait for Iris to do the same. __________________