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01-07-2008, 12:18 AM
| | History of Magic Office The walls had actually remained blue for a few terms. Even the ceiling had somehow got painted blue. It was fabulous to Lainey and she had a certain Slytherin or two to thank for it. Her office was decorated with a plethora of books and knicknacks, ungraded papers, and costumes she used for her classes. A few baby toys were strewn about from when she kept Rae's girls on the occasion.
But, by far, her most prized possession was a picture of Rae and herself at Auror training camp so many years ago. It was front and center of her desk for all to see.
As you enter the office, Lainey is sitting at her desk writing out plans for her first lesson of the term. Her bucket of peppermints sits near her hand, as does her wand. |
03-08-2008, 03:09 AM
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| Diricawl
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"Oh. That. I don't know. I was on my way to the meeting and ...," Lainey paused. Did she out the odd way Cassandra was acting? Nah.... Doyle would owe her. "Well, he was with Cassandra. He was a bit confused... I thought he was playing at first, but you know, it occurred to me that Doyle doesn't play. He didn't know me, or Blay." Or her. "I told him to go see Arianna, but now that I think on it - she was at the meeting."
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03-08-2008, 03:13 AM
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| Manticore
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| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee "Where IS he then? I haven't seen him all day, and he's... there's something wrong with him? Oh, Anj... where should I look for him? Did he leave the castle?"
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03-08-2008, 03:17 AM
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| Diricawl
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"I... don't know. I'd ... you know... he might have mentioned the Ministry. And Miss Trelawney kept calling him "Offical Branxton." You don't think.. he went there?"
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03-08-2008, 03:21 AM
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| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee "What does Cassandra have to do with it?" She squinted at Lainey, sure her friend was keeping something from her. "I'm going to the Ministry."
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03-08-2008, 03:23 AM
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| Diricawl
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"I don't know, to be honest with you. They both were acting so peculiar. Guilty, even." Lainey gave a shrug. "Does that mean I'm in charge until you get back?"
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03-08-2008, 03:25 AM
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| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee "Or you could come with me," Rae said very sweetly. Too sweetly. "Be my back-up, you know."
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03-08-2008, 03:27 AM
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| Diricawl
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"If you want... but someone should probably stay here. Lots of odd things going on, Rae. Which students are missing?"
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03-08-2008, 03:32 AM
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| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee "Alright, you stay and get the search started, and I'll go find my missing husband." She reached out and grabbed Lainey's hand. "If I see Bren?"
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03-08-2008, 03:33 AM
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| Diricawl
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"Stab him," Lainey encouraged. "Between the ribs. He's such a git, Rae. I'm sorry you're his sister. Really, I am. But if you see the other brother..." Lainey promptly melted into a puddle.
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03-08-2008, 03:39 AM
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| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee "He won't be there," Rae laughed. "But if I saw him... I'd send your love and affection." She glanced at Lainey's hands. "I'm gone. Cover for me."
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03-08-2008, 03:43 AM
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| Diricawl
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"Alright. We'll start searching for them. Owl me if you need me, okay? Honestly. Minister Coop is a nincompoop. Tell him for me?" Lainey sighed, gave Rae a huge hug, and let her go quickly. "Hurry back. Makes me nervous being here alone."
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03-08-2008, 04:08 AM
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| Made of Awesome | Ern-la the Best-wa | TZ's Apogee "I'll be back soon," Rae hugged her friend and left the office.
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03-08-2008, 08:15 AM
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| C.R.E.A.M | Haitian Sensation | Shark Patronus | Your Huckleberry | T's ClayBaby Claudian saw a tall, blonde flash race past the exit of Professor Lainey's office. 'The Headmistress must've had some sort of emergency to tend to.', he thought, as he poked his head into the History of Magic Professor's office.
"Have I come at a bad time?", he asked, perhaps a bit timidly.
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03-08-2008, 09:35 AM
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| Phoenixis Burned chocolate Ray nodded and watched as prof. Lainey walked out of her office. They still don't know... I will just... Find her on my own. Ray thought to himself repeately as he waited for the professor to come back in her office.
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03-08-2008, 03:19 PM
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"Oh, no. Not at all. I've got Ray in here. Hufflepuff? You know him?" Lainey opened the door to let herself and Claudian in. "Sorry about that Ray. When the other Rae calls, you've got to go, you know?" Lainey smiled and motioned at a chair for Claudian as she passed to her desk.
She got out the peppermints and passed some to both of the boys. "Ray was just inquiring about the missing students," Lainey caught Claudian up to speed. "You here for the same?" She looked to Ray for him to go ahead and say whatever else he needed to ask or say.
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03-08-2008, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Mad Eye Touz "Oh, no. Not at all. I've got Ray in here. Hufflepuff? You know him?" Lainey opened the door to let herself and Claudian in. "Sorry about that Ray. When the other Rae calls, you've got to go, you know?" Lainey smiled and motioned at a chair for Claudian as she passed to her desk.
She got out the peppermints and passed some to both of the boys. "Ray was just inquiring about the missing students," Lainey caught Claudian up to speed. "You here for the same?" She looked to Ray for him to go ahead and say whatever else he needed to ask or say.
"I do believe we've met before...in a Transfiguration class last term.", he said, trying to recall specifics of their encounter and following Lainey into her office.
Claudian's solemn expression somewhat uplifted at the offer of peppermints. He reached his large fingers into the bucket and took one or a few, then passed the bucket to Ray. "Well, a bit, yes. You see, a friend of mine Camira Yaxley had mentioned to me that...well, her boyfriend Excelsior Black was turned into a fox, and sort of...vanished, as she has neither seen nor heard from him since she dropped him off to see Nurse Numel. And, now that I think of it, I haven't seen Excelsior around very much in any of my classes, which is highly unusually for Excelsior. He was...err...is a top student of my house. One of the best Slytherin has to offer. Is it possible he switched his schedule and now takes History of Magic at a different time?", he somewhat leaning forward, hoping that perhaps there was some sort of logical explanation for what he'd heard Camira say that day at the lake.
"I have no reason to believe that Miss Yaxley would lie about something like that, especially not so about her own boyfriend. In fact, as she had relayed to me what was happening, she had a rather...distressed reaction." Understatement alert. "I ask you, Professor Lainey, do the staff at Hogwarts have any sort of strategy in place to perhaps, if nothing else, calm the hysteria I've seen overcome some of the students here? Do they know anything of what's causing it?", he asked concernedly, with minty fresh breath.
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03-09-2008, 08:56 PM
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| Phoenixis Burned chocolate Ray took a few peppermint and looked at Claudian, a slytherin he had meet before in a transfiguration class last term, he nodded at Claudian's saying.
"Well the same happened to me... I mean my girlfriend or should I say ex-girlfriend was also transformed into a cat, a black cat, and she disappeared just after we went to the hospital wing... Professor has anything similar to that happened before here at Hogwarts, because I was reading my great ancestor book, Helga Hufflepuff, and there isn't a think mentioned in there..." Ray said as he waited for an answer.
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03-17-2008, 05:30 PM
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Lainey took a deep breath and let it out. "I've missed Excelsior very much. I had...," Lainey shook her head and stood up to go look out her window, putting her back to her students. "We don't know. At first, I think, we were leaning towards .. runaways or some sort of transfiguration club or something.. but now... I just don't know. I suppose neither of you were fooled by my leprechaun hunt today. I thought we might turn up a clue..." Again, Lainey sighed.
She turned around to face her students. "It's one of the strangest things I've ever heard of. I do not really know where to even begin. Are we facing a strange, new disease? Is this someone on the inside messing with our school? The Ministry? Or, like I originally thought and these students are messing with dangerous bits of transfiguration magic?"
"I don't think I can answer your questions, darlings. I just don't have the answers. Rae and Doyle and me - we'll figure something out though. We'll find our missing students. Just... be careful.. in the meantime.."
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03-18-2008, 12:30 AM
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| C.R.E.A.M | Haitian Sensation | Shark Patronus | Your Huckleberry | T's ClayBaby Claudian held his tongue. His uncle aside, he was really rather frightened of leprechauns. So tiny and so feisty. He was not willing to admit to this just yet in front of his Professor. He had furrowed his brows briefly when she began to say something, presumably about Excelsior, or perhaps the children in general, but he let it go as well. "I heard about that. I'm sorry I was not there, I actually had a bit of studying to do for my N.E.W.T.S., and for what it's worth, that was really very clever and I'm glad to see that at least one teacher is taking such a strong initiative to try and turn up the missing students. It will be a relief to hear for some of my friends, to know that some action, no matter how large or small, is being taken.", he smiled as he was grateful for Professor Lainey's organizing a group hunt without inviting a veil of paranoia that something like this could've easily had.
He listened to her try out explanations. "I've heard many students talk about eating candy, but...", he began shaking his head a bit. "I don't see how that could be the only factor in it, as I've, along with many other students, have eaten plenty of candy since and nothing's happened to any of us. I don't even feel strange.", he shot a glance towards the ceiling momentarily, as if he had to second guess that last statement. "Perhaps, it is as you suggest and students have taken it upon themselves to try advanced Transfiguration, but I cannot see Excelsior being that careless. Eagerness, perhaps, though. I could see a group of students trying to make a good impression in Transfiguration and something going wrong with that."
He laughed a bit inwardly as Lainey referred to the Charms Professor as 'Doyle', not Professor Branxton. "It's alright, Professor Lainey. You've given us at least the comfort in knowing that the staff is not going to idly stand-by as this happens and are aware that something is wrong and that is worth something.". Claudian got to his feet and gave a respectful nod to Professor Lainey. "I ought to be getting back to my studies, Professor, but I thank you for your time.", he said waiting to be excused from her office.
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03-18-2008, 12:37 PM
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"If you think it's candy, Claudian, then stay away from it." Lainey looked down at her own bucket of peppermints, sighed, and dumped the whole thing in the trash.
This had to be the work of the house elves.
"Just be careful, darling. Stay close to the professors." And pray that it's not one of them doing this... Lainey stood and gave him a nod that she was done.
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03-20-2008, 08:52 AM
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| C.R.E.A.M | Haitian Sensation | Shark Patronus | Your Huckleberry | T's ClayBaby An expression of vague horror briefly passed over Claudian's countenance as the precious peppermint was dumped into the trash. He quickly concealed it as the Professor looked up again to address him.
"Yes, Professor Lainey.", he nodded back. "And, thank you once again.", he said taking his leave of Lainey's office, into the corridor and back to his common room.
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