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XanaSnape · #1 (**permalink**) 03-19-2009, 03:29 AM

The shutters have been drawn on the windows of the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, leaving the room in partial darkness. As you enter, your footfalls click against the cold stone floor and echo against the cavernous ceiling. There is a noticeable chill to the room. The sparse lighting is dim; slivers of dreary light from the closed shutters interrupt the darkness and cast undefinable, unnerving shapes against the walls. A few flickering, melting candles hang by ornate wall sconces, their light dancing almost ritually against the wall, as if being lightly blown by an absent wind. The faint, eerie whine of a floorboard creaking peals out from somewhere near the front of the room. (is it just a floorboard? are you sure?) Grotesque photographs hang on the walls of the classroom, depicting images of malformed men and women suffering the effects of cruel, brutal curses. They writhe helplessly in pain, shrieking silently. Two rows of mahogany desks and benches line the walls, leaving a long, wide aisle empty for students and professor alike to walk through.

Several large wardrobes sit at the head of the class, the classroom’s regular dusty chalkboard moved to the side. Soft thumps and bumps echo about the room from no known source, often sounding like they are coming from above you—or right behind you. A chest sits at the top of the stairs to the professor’s office, rattling occasionally.

The professor is not yet apparent in the room. There is a note on the classroom board:

Please come in and take a seat at one of the desks... You may wish to avoid the darker corners, and instead choose to sit in the dead center of the room. After all... You never know what might be lurking in the shadows.

-- Prof. Kazimeriz

ooc: Please go ahead and RP yourself coming into the room; have fun with it, for you might've noticed it is a tad spookier in here than usual. I'll start the class in a little while and it will run for 2-3 days so every time zone can play. Thanks, Xana~

druidflower · 03-19-2009, 03:34 AM

Tobi hustled into the classroom. No being late for him. No sir. As per the ominous warning on the board, he sat very much in the center of the room, still, towering above most things.

Yeesh, I'm not conspicuous, am I?

**Grey Lady** · 03-19-2009, 03:35 AM

After finding the library rather dull, the Grey Lady was on her way to visit dearest Valon in his office when the open classroom door beckoned her instead. Floating past the threshold and up the center aisle, she situated herself at a desk located on the left side of the room and waited.

atmor · 03-19-2009, 03:37 AM

Jai walked into the class bouncing along obviously expecting a semi-normal class, when lo and behold it wasn't. She stopped dead in her tracks and groaned she didn't hate the dark, but she prefered being able to see around her. Taking her wand out she lit the tip and extened her arm out shining a light on the board.

"Avoid the corners? Dead center?" Groaning again she went near the center looking around with the light of her wand.

druidflower · 03-19-2009, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Grey Lady

After finding the library rather dull, the Grey Lady was on her way to visit dearest Valon in his office when the open classroom door beckoned her instead. Floating past the threshold and up the center aisle, she situated herself at a desk located on the left side of the room and waited.

The nice Ravenclaw ghost was back. She was oh so much nicer than his Grandmamma.

"Hi Lady Ravenclaw!" he said brightly, immediately at ease with her around. She seemed to mellow Professor Scary Man out a bit, and he liked that effect. Like, A LOT.

"What brings you to the dungeons?" he asked.

Lockhartian · 03-19-2009, 03:38 AM

Eek! What was thisssss? Kaika didn't want to go any further, but really, what could happen? And was this the example a Captain was going to give?

Pffft. No!

But yes, it was way toooooo spooky and those photographs in the walls, well, were not to her liking to say the least So she sat at the closest desk, not wanting to be too far away from the door. Really, brooms should be allowed in the Castle, they could be very useful for an emergency exit, right?

She was now afraid of Kazimeriz. Or at least, the DADA classroom.

SnitCHchASER · 03-19-2009, 03:39 AM

Emalyn peaked into the room and gasped. Was the lesson really scheduled for that day? She wasn't sure...the classroom looked empty, or what she could see of it. She entered and stode between the desks toward the blackboard, looking earnestly to her right and left as she proceeded on. The eerie sounds from the shadows and the pictures on the walls made her want to turn and run, but she was sure her schedule had written that it was today.
She read the note, peering anxiously at it in the partially dark room. She wasn't sure if she dared take a seat near the middle...was this reverse psychology? She bit her lip and listened to what she had read, and sat near the middle of the room, looking around her as she did so.

**Grey Lady** · 03-19-2009, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by druidflower

The nice Ravenclaw ghost was back. She was oh so much nicer than his Grandmamma.

"Hi Lady Ravenclaw!" he said brightly, immediately at ease with her around. She seemed to mellow Professor Scary Man out a bit, and he liked that effect. Like, A LOT.

"What brings you to the dungeons?" he asked.

"Why learning, young Gryffindor!" exclaimed the Grey Lady. "And may I ask why you are here?"

Mrs. Weasley · 03-19-2009, 03:41 AM

Abby walks into the classroom. Professor Kazimeriz has out done himself. He said the main topic of today's lesson would be fear, and he has made the classroom a haven for dark and creepy things. Abby notices Lady Ravenclaw hovering above the desk to the left. She decide to go and sit over there. Abby isn't afraid of a ghost or the dark. There are other things that frighten her more.

Angie · 03-19-2009, 03:44 AM

Seriously, what was up with Kazimeriz? Was his goal to scare them to death? Actually, nevermind about the rest! Was his goal to scare her to death?

Ugh. Willow was, after all, no Gryffindor; needless to say that as much as the girl wanted to glare -or at least to scowl- the only thing she could do was to shiver and try to distract herself thinking about. . . things and people she would normally not allow herself to ponder about.

Anything was better than having to face the terrible reality.

Taking a deep breath, and bumping with something (the place was kind of dark, and Willow was trying not to think about what had she bumped into) more than once, the girl finally claimed an empty seat in what she thought was around the middle of the classroom.

03-19-2009, 03:46 AM

Walking into the classroom, Liz looks around, as her jaw drops open. Jumping at the rattling, that she hears. She looks nervously around.

Seeing Ms. Ravenclaw, she looks a little more relaxed then she was at first. For some reason, the beautiful ghost, always has that affect on Liz.

Taking a seat near the center at a desk, she places her bag on the floor next to her.

atmor · 03-19-2009, 03:50 AM

"This will be interesting." she moved closer to the Gryffie boy in the center. Taking a fistfull of her hair she fixed it into a ponytail and put her bag on the floor next to where she sat.

Wenzlebug · 03-19-2009, 03:51 AM

Cedric walks into the Defense against the dark arts classroom then as he enters the classroom he notice the writings on the board..."avoid dark corners..sit in the dead center..scary.."Cedric muttered..then he walks in the middle in the classroom and take a seat..a seat with the ravenclaw girl.."umm,Hi!are you scared?"

**Grey Lady** · 03-19-2009, 03:52 AM

She heard more students and turned to see which houses they were from. "Do I frighten you?" Helena asked no one in particular.

*PhoenixRising* · 03-19-2009, 03:54 AM

For some reason Dominic knew that this would be an eerie lesson, what with the notice in the common room mentioning 'Fear' and all. But at the same time, the fifth year was definitely not expecting much. For the life of him, he'd already survived the wrath of Krazikaz and the ridiculous sonnet assignment, for which he was gratefully almost finished with. Though he was far from prepared for what met his topaz eyes as he entered the Defense classroom.

Dimlit room. Cold floor. Echos.

It was a nightmare, except not. No, lately his nightmares involved mostly images of a beater's bat meeting his head. Or worse . . . Shuttering slightly, Dominic clung to his bag tightly as he moved forward into the room, eyes narrowed in vigilance. Drawing a deep breath, the tall Hufflepuff boy finally settled into a seat somewhere in the middle of the classroom. A seat that he hadn't noticed was already taken and he just sat on the poor girl's lap . . .

Wenzlebug · 03-19-2009, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Grey Lady

She heard more students and turned to see which houses they were from. "Do I frighten you?" Helena asked no one in particular.

cedric look at the grey lady formerly Helena Ravenclaw.."of course, not I feel braver when you're here.."

Angie · 03-19-2009, 03:56 AM

Upon hearing the sound of a female voice, Willow looked up -she had been staring at her hands- and saw the Grey Lady. Huh. Had she been there the entire time? Surely not, for she would have noticed her, Right?

Riiiiight. Willow was not particularly observant when more important matters clouded her mind--such as dying. Because the girl was sure that dying was something that could surely happen in a class like this one.

Drama Queen.

"No, ma'am." Lady? Ms. Ravenclaw? Nice. What if she didn't enjoy being called ma'am? What if she was touchy about her age and such? "Or at least you don't scare me." Now, this room on the other hand. . .

And then her breath caught, and squeezed her eyes shut.

This was exactly the kind Willow Kovac had been dreading. Well, not really, but having something ON her was not something she had been looking forward to.

So when would it happen? When would she die? Because surely, whatever it was that was on her lap was some kind of dangerous creature because it was heavy.

A tiny little scream escaped from her parted lips. "Help, help, help!"

She REALLY didn't want to die at sixteen and--

Waaaaaaaaaait.

As her hands tried unsusccesfully to force the thing to get off from her, Willow realized that whatever it was that she was touching seemed. . . human.

Her eyes flew open, and then she squinted them, trying to make out the shape and. . .

. . . Well, whatever it was had a rather good scent. And hair, too, and---"DENTON! What do you think you are DOING?" This. Was. . . There were just NO words for it.

Willow had never been more glad that the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom was so dark. Had it not been as dark as it was, everyone would have noticed the blush that was crepting on her usually pale cheeks. And that would have been embarrassing.

Waddles · 03-19-2009, 03:56 AM

Defense Against the Dark Arts. Juniper peeked into the classroom and, with a deep intake of breath for courage, tiptoed in, glancing around her all the while. This classroom was scary, the fourth year realized. And now she would be left to wonder if it had only recently become so scary or if she had been too focused in on the terror of the subject to notice the terror of the room.

Okay. Who would be good to sit near for safety? There was Kovac... but that girl was around far too often already. And... that was it. Juniper did not personally know anybody in the room except for Willow Kovac. But there was the Ravenclaw ghost over there, and surely she would be safe to sit next to. There was only an infinitesimal chance that the Grey Lady would eat her.

Approaching the ghost, Juniper paused a respectable distance away. "Lady Ravenclaw, I'm sorry to bother you, but would you mind if I sit next to you?" the fourth year asked politely.

Mrs. Weasley · 03-19-2009, 03:57 AM

"I think it's more the atmosphere than you, Lady Ravenclaw. Professor Kazimeriz plans to scare us to death with stories of his time as an auror I'm sure."

Luna Laufghudd · 03-19-2009, 03:59 AM

Miranda briskly walked inside the DADA classroom, but slowed down as she felt the chill and the fact that she couldn't really see well.
Uh oh. Maybe I'm in the wrong classroom...

Making her way back to the door, she accidentaly bumbed into a few people. "Uh, excuse me...Sorry!" Looking up she squinted and saw that it was Kaika! "Oh thank goodness it's you!"

Grabbing hold of Kaika's robes, she followed her to a desk and sat down besides her captain.

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Originally Posted by Grey Lady

She heard more students and turned to see which houses they were from. "Do I frighten you?" Helena asked no one in particular.

Turning Miranda saw a ghost. A ghost!
"Ooooh how cool!" she said in awe, "Hello miss ghostie!" Miranda wasn't sure who she was, but grinned and waved all the sane.

druidflower · 03-19-2009, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Grey Lady

"Why learning, young Gryffindor!" exclaimed the Grey Lady. "And may I ask why you are here?"

"Class with Professor Kazimeriz," Tobi said proudly. He wasn't scared of the Scary Professor. Nuh Uh!

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Originally Posted by Grey Lady

She heard more students and turned to see which houses they were from. "Do I frighten you?" Helena asked no one in particular.

"What's to be afraid of?" Tobi asked, well, whoever Lady Ravenclaw was asking, "Ghosts are people too, well sorta. They were alive once, just not so much now. It's got to be more of a pain for them than it is for us. Not being able to eat, sleep, do all the cool stuff we get to do. And they're just as smart as they ever were in life. My Great Grandmamma is a ghost, she hasn't lost a bit of wit. She'll kick her foot right through your head for implying it. - But she's really nice to my sister," he amended quickly.

PadfootAndTheWolf · 03-19-2009, 04:06 AM

Chris Potter entered the once almost cheerful DADA room to find it dreadfully dark. He hated the dark. It wasnt that he was afraid its just it annoys him to not be able to see everything in the room. He smiled to a few of his fellow students in the room and said a gretting to the Grey Lady and then took a seat in as close to the center of the room as he could.

**Grey Lady** · 03-19-2009, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by cedricdiggory

cedric look at the grey lady formerly Helena Ravenclaw.."of course, not I feel braver when you're here.."

"I'm flattered, young Hufflepuff," Helena said respectfully.

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Originally Posted by Oesed

"No, ma'am." Lady? Ms. Ravenclaw? Nice. What if she didn't enjoy being called ma'am? What if she was touchy about her age and such? "Or at least you don't scare me." Now, this room on the other hand. . .

"As a leader, you must never show fear," the Grey Lady advised. "I see that you wear that captain badge with pride on your Ravenclaw robes."

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Originally Posted by Waddles

Approaching the ghost, Juniper paused a respectable distance away. "Lady Ravenclaw, I'm sorry to bother you, but would you mind if I sit next to you?" the fourth year asked politely.

"Of course you may, young Ravenclaw miss. I'm always honored when students wish to sit by me," she answered with a ghostly smile.

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Originally Posted by Mrs. Weasley

"I think it's more the atmosphere than you, Lady Ravenclaw. Professor Kazimeriz plans to scare us to death with stories of his time as an auror I'm sure."

"Professor Kazimeriz is preparing you, for it is his job to teach you. His methods are different than others, but quite effective," Helena informed the Hufflepuff girl. "Many current and former professors were taught by Valon, as were many of your parents or grandparents for that matter."

Lockhartian · 03-19-2009, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Luna Laufghudd

Miranda briskly walked inside the DADA classroom, but slowed down as she felt the chill and the fact that she couldn't really see well.
Uh oh. Maybe I'm in the wrong classroom...

Making her way back to the door, she accidentaly bumbed into a few people. "Uh, excuse me...Sorry!" Looking up she squinted and saw that it was Kaika! "Oh thank goodness it's you!"

Grabbing hold of Kaika's robes, she followed her to a desk and sat down besides her captain.

Kaika suppressed a scream! Who was this person right beside her?! Oh, Miranda! The little sunshine in all this darkness.

"Oh, yes, thank Merlin it was you" because, otherwise, what would she have done? Froze in place? Seriously. But she was feeling a little bit better since the girl was now by her side, at least she could protect one member of the team if something happened.

Because she could protect the rest but not herself? That's quite odd.

Oh, yes, the ghost. Kaika failed to see it. Until Miranda greeted it. Yes, the atmosphere, not the ghost, was frightening.