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Nicholas Flamel · 10-28-2009, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by VampireBatGirl

"Yes, an apology," Bunbury turned back to Josh and stared at him for a second before realizing the Snare had started tugging at him again. Hehe. She folded her arms and waited for the apology that was sure to come. Question was, would it be sincere enough?

The Devil's Snare abruptly stopped strangling Josh's arm with the apology but it remained there limply on his wrist. A few tendrils snaked back into the interior of the rest of the plant, as if it were deciding whether or not to reallllllly let the boy go.

Then another Gryffindork approached and started touching the plant. Right away its vines seemed to leap to the over from Josh's hands to curl up around Rafe's wrists. It liked the little tickle though, so it didn't strangle him really. Just a friendly squeeze around the wrists for a moment and then all the vines and arms of the Devil's Snare retreated back into its giant mass and it went stationary again, absolutely immobile.

Bunz watched the small exchange with a blank expression until the plant had calmed itself. "Ah, there, see, no harm done to any students," she muttered to herself, still blinking at it as if surprised the apology had worked. Snarey had never been that forgiving of her. "I'd suggest backing away now though, both of you," she added, steering Josh and Rafe away from the plant slightly. Odd that it had been somewhat nice to those two. Hmm.

"Does anyone else wish to step up and offer an arm or leg to the Devil's Snare?" Anastasia scooped up the bin of wands and chucked her current one in there. She'd be picking out another one shortly. "Hurry up, a few of you can go at a time. Just don't panic."

She was testing their wands? Trying to see which would suit her best? Tavelon hoped she didn't like redwood. Blocking those thoughts from his mind, he stepped up to the snare and plunged his hand in. It was squishy, and didn't seem to offer much resistance. Tavelon wondered when it would attack him, and as if to answer his question, long tendrils began wrapping around his arm.

Tavelon was pretty sure he jumped. That was not a sensation one could easily get used to. Very much like rappelling. Knowing and anticipating the danger and plunging right into it. Startled, he instinctively tried pulling his arm back out, but the snare only tightened.

That's right... calm... breathe... stay calm he thought. It was easier said than done, but he tried to focus on relaxing.

10-28-2009, 05:57 PM	#208 (permalink)
Nicholas Flamel Jarvey Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: California, USA! Posts: 671 Hogwarts RPG Name: Tavelon Martimus Second Year	Quote: Originally Posted by VampireBatGirl "Yes, an apology," Bunbury turned back to Josh and stared at him for a second before realizing the Snare had started tugging at him again. Hehe. She folded her arms and waited for the apology that was sure to come. Question was, would it be sincere enough? The Devil's Snare abruptly stopped strangling Josh's arm with the apology but it remained there limply on his wrist. A few tendrils snaked back into the interior of the rest of the plant, as if it were deciding whether or not to reallllllly let the boy go. Then another Gryffindork approached and started touching the plant. Right away its vines seemed to leap to the over from Josh's hands to curl up around Rafe's wrists. It liked the little tickle though, so it didn't strangle him really. Just a friendly squeeze around the wrists for a moment and then all the vines and arms of the Devil's Snare retreated back into its giant mass and it went stationary again, absolutely immobile. Bunz watched the small exchange with a blank expression until the plant had calmed itself. "Ah, there, see, no harm done to any students," she muttered to herself, still blinking at it as if surprised the apology had worked. Snarey had never been that forgiving of her. "I'd suggest backing away now though, both of you," she added, steering Josh and Rafe away from the plant slightly. Odd that it had been somewhat nice to those two. Hmm. "Does anyone else wish to step up and offer an arm or leg to the Devil's Snare?" Anastasia scooped up the bin of wands and chucked her current one in there. She'd be picking out another one shortly. "Hurry up, a few of you can go at a time. Just don't panic." She was testing their wands? Trying to see which would suit her best? Tavelon hoped she didn't like redwood. Blocking those thoughts from his mind, he stepped up to the snare and plunged his hand in. It was squishy, and didn't seem to offer much resistance. Tavelon wondered when it would attack him, and as if to answer his question, long tendrils began wrapping around his arm. Tavelon was pretty sure he jumped. That was not a sensation one could easily get used to. Very much like rappelling. Knowing and anticipating the danger and plunging right into it. Startled, he instinctively tried pulling his arm back out, but the snare only tightened. That's right... calm... breathe... stay calm he thought. It was easier said than done, but he tried to focus on relaxing. __________________ Last edited by Nicholas Flamel; 10-28-2009 at 06:06 PM.