Diricawl
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Throne.
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Zahra Kettleburn Seventh Year | Inside Kitty | HIT ENTER | UNO Queen SPOILER!!: FREEMAN Quote:
Originally Posted by Seeker_Seven Freeman worked best alone. There were no time-consuming hassles such as communication, cooperation, or the destruction of inflatable duckies. He felt quite self-satisfied, having finished his raft while some of the others were still bickering. Yes--it was proven. Solo was the way to go.
Upon instruction, Freeman had fastidiously set a board across two logs and created an immaculate catamaran with several well-placed charms. He'd ignored everyone else in the class entirely. Now completed, Freeman neatly rolled up his pant legs (the swim-suit suggestion had been quickly rejected) and removed his shoes. He tucked each sock inside a shoe and placed both of them in the center of the raft.
Pushing the raft into the water, Freeman hopped up before his clothes could get wet and gently steered away with a long stick.
He couldn't help but turn and give the remaining students a smug look.
Lainey usually didn't bother hiding that she preferred Ravenclaws. It was almost expected of her really, and many still viewed as a leader in the House - though she'd been out of Head of House for years. However.
However.
This - this Freeman darling - was just too much. Wasn't he just darling? "Ahem. Freeman," Lainey called from her vessel, powered and built by Becca Parker. She waved her sandaled foot at the boy. "Are you sure that is a swimsuit? Swimsuits are required for class today. Yours looks awful binding and hot." Please note the horribly hidden hint of things to come in Lainey's tone. She was at least giving forewarning. Quote:
Originally Posted by quidditch_captain "Right sir!" Nymphy said, walking over to his boat and doing 10 jumping jacks on every side, he then checked for leaks, waited 10 minutes, saw that the boat was right in order and then raised his hand. "Professor......My boat survived the test. Whats next"
"HUH? ARE you still on the shore?" Lainey called back to the voice - who knew where it was coming from. " We're sailing without YOU!" How... horrid, to be left alone. SPOILER!!: DIGGY/BECCA PARKER/ABBI Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomasina Riddle He tried not to look at Abbi like she was crazy because she was doing jumping jacks on the deck of the ship. He didn't want to scare her or have her thinking that he wasn't her friend. He was. She was just a bit loony. "I do have a wand you know. Wind if fairly simple to do." he told her with a small chuckle. "You do realize your a witch don't you?" he asked her curiously.
Her constant pacing around him was starting to make him crazy and she was glad when she stopped but then she started pumping his arm like he was a old fashioned water pump. "Thanks Abbi," he gently removed his arm from her grasp and smiled at her.
He looked around the lake and spotted a upturned cauldron from their last history of magic lesson. "Accio cauldron!" he shouted. The cauldron flew at him with much more force than he intended and it bowled him over as he caught it. He lay on the deck winded a bit before he gathered himself enough to sit up and use his wand to change the cauldron into a water cannon. "We've got a cannon!" he announced happily.
He looked out on the water and saw that a few ships had a head start on him and Abbi. "All hands on deck!" he shouted. Using his wand with hand, producing wind, and steering the wheel with the other he guided their boat out into the water and was quickly gaining speed on Becca and Professor Lainey. "Abbi get the water cannon ready," He shouted at her. There was a little rope at the top that she could pull to fire the cannon. Did he feel bad about firing on his professor. If it were anyone else yes he would have, but Lainey was crazy enough to return fire on them he was sure of that. Quote:
Originally Posted by Grangerfn1 Now that they were about three-fourths of the way to the other side of the lake and they were STILL out in front, Becca let herself glance around again. There were... quite a few ships gaining on them! "Miss Professor Lainey?" Becca looked down at the woman who was oh-so comfortably lounging in her chair. "Would you mind, uh, supplying more air to this sail so we can go faster? Or something?"
But then, upon closer inspection, Becca realized who they were. There was that Simon kid still going strong, and then there was Jacob who was gradually speeding up, but there was that one Slytherin boy... the Greenwood brother who had been so lovely to her! Except he didn't look so much like he was going to just let them win today. "Or, would you mind doing something about them?" They looked dangerous. And ship RSVP was SO CLOSE to winning! She concentrated all her energy on her hot air charm, trying to send as much windspeed into the sail as she could. Go faster, raft! Goooo!
Lainey yawned in all their directions (yes, she had to yawn more than once to achieve this). "Fear not, my boat building Becca Parker. If they strike first, retaliation will be eminent. MUUAAAHHHAAAAHAAAA!"
Or you know, something like that.
Meanwhile, Lainey had some other business to attend to. One being a good suntan, but then there was the issue of pirates in their waters.... SPOILER!!: REX & DIANNA Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Potter Weasley " Yo, ho, ho, you two are next" Rex called out. " there is treasure over there and you are not going to get it" Rex told Daisy and the other boy in the sailboat. " Rex pointed his water gun at them, he missed this time. hopefully his first mate will hit them with water. Quote:
Originally Posted by Dianna Malfoy "Uh.. Sure, I guess!" she exclaimed as she approached the girl. Not really knowing what to do she asked; "Okay do I have to tie her down or something?" she couldn't help but laugh at what she had just said.
Lainey's ungroomed eyebrow shot up. "REX. If you take any of my students' boats, I'll take YOUR boat and make you bait for the squid. Am I understood? Diana - I expect better of you! You're a girl! Use your brain and don't be taken off course by a boy with an eyepatch! Sail to the other side on your OWN BOAT."
Yeah. Lainey was going to be spitting mad if they STOLE a boat. Quote:
Originally Posted by hpluvr037 Taking Lainey's wish to heart, Keefer had done jumping jacks on every square inch of his raft. A little tired from all the exercise, Keefer was happy for Lainey's instructions to finally cast off. Along with the rest of the class, he settled in on his craft and pushed off, almost falling off in the process. Although, if I did happen to fall off, it would be fascinating to see some grindylows, merpeople, and whatever else lurks in these waters. He secretly wondered what Lainey would think if he purposely capsized. Then he remembered his pocket stash of Honeydukes sweets and thought better of it.
Gripping the oar, he began to stroke vigorously, first on the left, then on the right. Back and forth his paddle swung, the raft building momentum with each stroke. The other students took off, some pulling ahead fast and others lagging behind. Oh look, there's Professor Lainey. he thought absentmindedly. His gaze now shifted below the water, where he searched for creatures, whether magical or mundane he didn't care.
If only Lainey could read minds ... "Looking good there, Keefer! You feeling good? You look like you have a thought or two."
Maybe a few more, or a few less. Hard to tell with boys, and harder still with Hufflepuffs. SPOILER!!: GOLD Quote:
Originally Posted by SenoritaMaxie Cute, cute, cuuute. Whatever EliEliEliii and FreemantheMAN were up to, was CUUTE. Cute Ravenclaw first years, brightening up her day. It made the act of waving her banner round, and feeding awesome, hot air to the colour-changing, ever-flashing sail even more fun.
Sensing a commotion - of course the lake was FULL of commotion right now, but this was a different kind - Gold swept her surroundings with an intent, green gaze to see if anything was wrong. She noticed Rex, Dianna and Daisy and, sensing that whatever they were doing was in good fun and not disruptive in a bad way, turned her attention back to the SS EGGCUP and EliEliEliii and FreemantheMAN -- at whom she resisted the attempt to wriggle her fingers.
"Neaarlyy there," she told Eli, as she SS EGGCUP bumped a bit, God knows why, and then bumped a bit again. Eep. Less than a quarter of the way left, and the winds were picking up, and the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor flags were flapping furiously, and her bangs had come loose to whip her eyes, and everything was really, really awesome in this totally oh-so-blue and windy way.
Gold LOVED it!
"Grab on to something, First Mate, this is it!" She raised her wand, and offff they went, in a final burst of speed that splashed water everywhere, and made the other shore zoom closer to meet them, in huge browns and blues, and - and - and she was losing control.
OOPS.
"I think we're in for a bu -" Gold began, and then another little bump [it was only a little bump, but she had been SO excited] made her flail like a little kid, as the raft closed in on the shore -- and of course she, the oh-so-elegant person that she was, was thrown right off it, off her and Eli's vessel, and on to the shore opposite in a heap of flashy red [her hair, which had obviously come undone] and even flashier red [her swimsuit].
Gold scrambled to her feet at once, to see how the raft was, whether it had landed or was still out there, close to the shore and possibly closing in, and to figure out where EliEliEliiii was. Hopefully, he hadn't flailed like a completely hyper six year old, and caused himself to be thrown off the raft, and land on the shore in a messy heap of hair and swimwear, too.
Because she was totally going back on to that raft for another round, if he hadn't! Lots of the vessels were only halfway across, and they could SOOO sail again, to come into a new landing with the other vessels, or something. Gold, as she scrambled to her feet, was full of ideas!
But first, to see how [and where] Eli and the SS EGGCUP were.
Yus.
...
Lainey threw a look to Becca Parker when Gold FLEW off her boat. She was about to open her mouth and ask if she was alright, but Gold apparently was going to be a trooper about it. When Gold got up, Lainey closed her mouth and sort of waited for Gold to ... either cry, or get back on her boat, or announce she needed the nurse. Something.
She seemed alright though.... " Umm.... Gold. Let's make port over there... if you want to walk, you can..." Awkwaaaardly, Lainey pointed to the cave that the first years would sail into when they arrived each year. She had Eli on her boat and he was a firstie - he'd know the way.
But before they reached this cave, Lainey couldn't NOT speak to her old companions. She abandoned her lawn chair without notice and got down on all fours at the back of the raft. Then, without preamble, she lowered her head into the water and started SHOUTING.
It was, of course, perfect Mermish. Or, at least perfect to Lainey.
She raised her now sopping wet head to the class. "It would be rude not to say hello while we are out here! Before we make port, please do feel obliged to greet our friends below. And don't forget Barty!!!"
Lainey's head went back under the water briefly, where she started shouting her greetings to the Merpeople below. ooc: Mmm. hehe I am back. Thank you all for being sooo good and entertaining this weekend. Very fun read. =) We'll continue sailing for a teensy while longer, then move on. We may finish sailing tonight, tomorrow afternoon (24 hours) at the very latest. So, a few more posts if you wish. |