"Sure," Varius responded to the girl as she suggested they split the search. It wasn't till Varius had finished his half that he saw the two Ravenclaw brothers at the entrance and Sarah trying to explain to them about the flood.

"Copernicus! Plymouth!" Varius smiled, genuinely pleased to see them, albeit better timing would have been preferable. "Have you seen the states of the flooding? You'd think the Professors would have managed to keep this under control by now. I'm having to evacuate all the elves and stuff! And smell the water! Reeks of Huffie girl!farts," he said, completely forgetting that Sarah was there... in her Huffieness... and her girlyness... SUSPECT!

"You here to help?"