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Leeness · 09-22-2009, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by lemondrop13

Something just didn't feel right here. Macadrian's brow furrowed in thought. She wondered how much of this had to do with the subject of Runes and how much had to do with the fact that the subject was now widely known to be taught by a werewolf.

"Varius, I very rarely allow a student to drop a subject before their fifth year. I don't like limiting a student's career options before they've had a chance to really explore what they like and what they're good at. And two years of education is hardly enough time to really determine that."

She wasn't sure she wanted to go there, but she needed to exclude the werewolf issue as a factor before making a decision. "Varius, I'd like you to be extremely honest with me when I ask you this next question. I will not judge you either way... How much of your desire to discontinue Ancient Runes is because you now know Professor Lupa is a werewolf?"

Varius knew the moment that Professor Shackleton suspected that his reluctance to carry on Runes because Lupa was a werewolf. She was thinking! He could tell! And anyone knows that when a lady such as Shackleton THINKS it means they are solving a puzzle right before their very eyes and and - SHE DOES NUMBERS! The biggest problems exist in numbers! She so knew. She sooooooooooo knew. He was panicking and his palms were getting all sweaty, he could feel the colour drain from his face as he watched her; WAITING for her to call him out on it.

Oh wait... she was going on about how she doesn't normally allow this kind of thing. Maybe she was just pondering whether or not she should let him quit the subject? Maybe she was going to? He always knew he liked Shackleton. She was always so good with things like this.

Or not.

Yep, his previous suspicions were right! She knew! This was bad, very bad, but how could he possibly recover from this with another lie AND still get taken out of Runes? He had to admit it.

"I can't say the desire is entirely mine, Professor," he didn't dare mention the reasons behind said desire out loud, not like she had, "It is my mother. She is very concerned with this whole... situation, and she does not want me in those classes. Nor do I really... not after that assembly. She owled me the other day too! Some Daily Prophet reporter had been interviewing her and let slip that the cage could have been tampered with! So we have two werewolves and a saboteur in the school... I... I would really just like to remove myself from Runes classes."

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Leeness Granian Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 21,308 Hogwarts RPG Name: Elijah Wilde Graduated	Farmer Carter \| \| Ama's Secret Quote: Originally Posted by lemondrop13 Something just didn't feel right here. Macadrian's brow furrowed in thought. She wondered how much of this had to do with the subject of Runes and how much had to do with the fact that the subject was now widely known to be taught by a werewolf. "Varius, I very rarely allow a student to drop a subject before their fifth year. I don't like limiting a student's career options before they've had a chance to really explore what they like and what they're good at. And two years of education is hardly enough time to really determine that." She wasn't sure she wanted to go there, but she needed to exclude the werewolf issue as a factor before making a decision. "Varius, I'd like you to be extremely honest with me when I ask you this next question. I will not judge you either way... How much of your desire to discontinue Ancient Runes is because you now know Professor Lupa is a werewolf?" Varius knew the moment that Professor Shackleton suspected that his reluctance to carry on Runes because Lupa was a werewolf. She was thinking! He could tell! And anyone knows that when a lady such as Shackleton THINKS it means they are solving a puzzle right before their very eyes and and - SHE DOES NUMBERS! The biggest problems exist in numbers! She so knew. She sooooooooooo knew. He was panicking and his palms were getting all sweaty, he could feel the colour drain from his face as he watched her; WAITING for her to call him out on it. Oh wait... she was going on about how she doesn't normally allow this kind of thing. Maybe she was just pondering whether or not she should let him quit the subject? Maybe she was going to? He always knew he liked Shackleton. She was always so good with things like this. Or not. Yep, his previous suspicions were right! She knew! This was bad, very bad, but how could he possibly recover from this with another lie AND still get taken out of Runes? He had to admit it. "I can't say the desire is entirely mine, Professor," he didn't dare mention the reasons behind said desire out loud, not like she had, "It is my mother. She is very concerned with this whole... situation, and she does not want me in those classes. Nor do I really... not after that assembly. She owled me the other day too! Some Daily Prophet reporter had been interviewing her and let slip that the cage could have been tampered with! So we have two werewolves and a saboteur in the school... I... I would really just like to remove myself from Runes classes."