Anna nodded once when Amanda thanked her and then took the potion without another word. It was nice to happen upon a cooperative one. A few of the students had been less-than-willing to accept the pepperup, Merlin knew why. Drinking the potion had been the first thing Anna had done upon entering the Great Hall...after checking to make sure everyone was as okay as they possibly could be, of course. "Thank you, dear," Anna said, watching to make sure all the potion was consumed and not just a tiny bit. When she noticed the empty vial, Anna smiled politely, then carried on down the table.

"Cameron Karsten! There are additional students in need of this potion, and you're concerned about steam coming out of your ears?" she half-fussed. She narrowed her eyes and gave him a very disapproving look. When the nurse called out that each person was only allowed one dose of the potion, Anna turned and smiled her way, then turned back to Cam, her face displaying a 'told ya so' look.

Anna released the little boy from the hug, then patted his head softly. "Yes, dear. I know, I know," she said softly, her face showing a slight tint of understanding just before she stood back up. "I'm glad you...and your lemurs...are alright, Cam. Call for me if you need me, alriight?" she asked, then turned and walked off to tend to someone else.

Anna smiled warmly when he said that he trusted her. She was glad to know she had the trust of her fellow students, as it really meant a lot to her. "Thank you, Raiden. I really mean what I say, too. I have every bit of confidence Roscoe will be back with you in no time," she reassured. Poor little guy. This one was a mess...over his pet rather than himself. Anna suddenly thought about Piccadilly, hopefully thriving way up in the Gryffindor Common Room. Charlotte would be okay in the owlery, of course.

Anna's eyes near about popped out of her head when Raiden reached within his pockets and pulled out a different vial of potion. What on Earth had he just taken? "What on Earth have you just taken?" she asked, aloud this time. "I hope you know what you've just taken, Raiden. I've heard some potions aren't easily mixed with others. What was that?!?" She glanced around for Healer Avalon, just in case poor Raiden fell out on the floor any second from now...

Anna stood still, waiting while Lyra held the potion. Would she take it? Would she slam it to the floor and run fussing? Hmm...at this point, perhaps either scenario was an option. Anna raised her eyebrows in wonder as she watched Lyra hold the potion, then she smiled when saw the Hufflepuff raise the vial and drink. "Ahh, good girl," she said, playfully tapping Lyra on the shoulder. "Yes, I suppose it is nasty, isn't it? No one ever said being sick and getting healed were a piece of cake," Anna said, shrugging slightly. "Are you better now?" Anna mirrored Lyra's smirk, then softly laughed, the first time she'd done so since the dungeons began flooding hours ago. "Yes, I am happy. Thanks, Lyra..."

All clear? And who does kitty belong to, I wonder? Oh, Anna knew those voices! They were unmistakingly the voices of..."Professor Truebridge...and Professor Kazimeriz!" she exclaimed, a smile widening across her face. She was most happy to see them, as they'd been the ones she feared for the most, since they'd gone back in. They were safe now, though, and a sudden burst of happiness filled Anna's soul. As far as she knew, with these two...and the cat!!!...safe, everyone got out. She said no more to the two men, as she knew they'd be busy taking pepperup potion from the healer soon enough.

Anna started to mentally comment on the fact that poor little Raiden had run for his kitty and a hug and unintentionally lost fifteen points, but she was suddenly distracted by the groundskeeper being levitated in by the healer. Her eyes momentarily flickered to Professor Kazimeriz, who'd feld the Great Hall due to the hug, then back to the groundskeeper. Was he hurt? Oh, Merlin, Anna hoped not! Had he be down there, though...in the dungeons? Her mind took her back to that day at the lake, not too long ago, when she, Professor Vindictus, and Mr. Masterson had caught the youngsters kissing at the lake. Mr. Masterson had given one of the bystanders a detention, and that must have been why he'd been down there. Anna did hope the Ravenclaw girl was alright, as well. She hadn't seen her around yet. Hearing the healer instruct them to step out of the way, Anna backed up and allowed them all through. They definitely needed room for this one...he looked to be more resistant than Lyra had been regarding her pepperup potion.

When she finally tore her eyes away from the scene unfolding before her, Anna caught sight of Helios Sunrider nearby, no doubt feeling the effects of the flood, as well. Hurrying over to him, Anna asked, "Are you alright, Helios? You'll need to take this right away." She took a vial of pepperup potion off the tray the healer had given her and handed it to the boy. "As soon as you drink that, you'll be loads warmer and feel lots better." She nodded once towards the boy before heading back down towards Lettie.

"No, no, if you didn't get wet, then you don't need to take a potion," she said, taking the vial back from Lettie. Anna's eyes followed the girl's gaze to the cat in her lap, a cat that'd obviously been caught in the flood, as well. "In my opinion, you're little one will be just fine. Animals have quite a strong resistant to things of this such, but then again, this was a most unusual matter," she said, bending down to the cat's level. She pulled an unused blanket off her tray and handed it to the girl. "Do put this between yourself and the cat, then wrap the loose ends around the cat. We don't want you getting sick. In the meantime, you could always ask the healer or Care of Magical Creatures professor if you think something may be wrong." Upon noticing another Slytherin student come in, Anna pushed pushed herself up off the ground and headed over.

"Hi, there. Are you alright?" she asked, approaching the girl with a smile. It was best to keep a pleasant expression on her face when tending to those ill and frightened. She passed a vial of potion over to the girl. "That's pepperup potion. It's a potion that'll cure symptoms of a cold. Take that, and you'll feel lots better." She stood by a few moments, waiting to see if the girl would have any issues in taking the potion. Something told Anna she'd be more than willing to do so, though.

Nodding, Clifford smiled at the Iris and offered her a small phial of red potion. He was still on potion passing duty - he needed to make sure EVERYONE got some according to Miss Caroline. And he was going to do his job properly! Apparently Greingoth had beat him to it though, and Clifford stood waiting, making sure Iris took her dose. "This is strict orders from the Healer Lady, so drink up!"

That snapped him back into himself, a bit. Mister Professor, Sir. Now that's a young gentleman! He turned to Clifford; ah, he shouldn't be surprised it was the Head Boy. "I am quite all right, Mr. Carden." he lied. "But in testament to your excellent behavior in spite of crisis, I will re-evaluate my removal of points from your house. Carry on... I see some other young students from your house that may need your assistance. See to them, please. And then you will come to my of-" Wait. He didn't have an office at this time. "After the chaos has been sorted, I would like to speak to you privately over tea. Thank you. Carry on. Oh... and excellent job, Mr. Carden." He nodded to Clifford in approval.

Iris looked at the girl and noticed the shiny Head Girl badge on her chest, "um, thank you." Iris said quitely as she took the potion off the older Gryffindor and drank it. She instantly felt better and didn't realise how rough she was feeling before.

"Oh, erm, Thanks Clifford, but She's just given me some." Iris smiled brightly and pointed over to the Head Girl.

Dru stared after the woman who had given her the potion before looking at the potion in hand herself. She really didn't feel like drinking anything at the moment, she was worried sick about Diane. Yes, even though Diane didn't always come across as the nicest of all people, in Dru's mind at least, she was still very concerned about her.

She continued to stare at the potion when she heard Cam tell her to take the potion. As nice as the other lady was, she trusted Cam a little more, even if he was a little odd.

Dru took a little sip and scrunched up her face at the taste of it. This was not going to be easy. She mentally counted to three before drinking all of it in one go. "Euurrrggghhh!" she said loudly while shaking her head and sticking her tongue out. That stuff was vile, but at least she was warm now.

However, no matter how warm she was, she didn't feel like moving. Her being under the table was 100% due to fear now.

Kevin shivered as he felt as though standing in the cold water and he hoped he wasnt coming down with anything

Clifford waited nervously on baited breath. Professor Kazimeriz was either going to take the offered potion gratefully - which to be honest, the Head Boy very much doubted - or curse him into oblivion. It was the latter he'd been expecting.. NOT an invitation to a private talk over tea. WHAAAA?

"Th-thank you, Professor," the seventh year ducked his head slightly in appreciation. Kazimeriz.. THE Kazimeriz had told him 'excellent job.' Whoa. As for the tea? "And it'd be an honour to join you for tea, Sir." An honour, sure? That didn't mean he wouldn't be completely and uttery TERRIFIED though. With a polite nod, Clifford moved back to the table to assist and give up pepper-up potions to those in need.

He'd have to tell Miss Caroline that Kazimeriz hadn't taken his dose too. EEK.

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Kazimeriz said nothing, not even glancing up from the cat which had become his sole focus and primary concern, at least until it was delivered back to its rightful caretaker.



!!!

!!!

There were. No words.

Kazimeriz's eyes went wide and his face grew pale and rather horrified. He gently extracted himself from the grip of the student, pulling away. "10 points from your house, child." he said in a cold, furious tone as he stood and balanced against his cane. He staggered backwards and limp-squelched away, bumping into someone behind him as he retreated. "Make that fifteen points." he corrected himself as he turned to flee.



As he turned, he nearly ran smack into Caroline -- his Caroline! --hugging Truebridge?! Could this day get any worse? His already pale face turned even more ghostly. Words momentarily failed him,and him simply stared in disbelief, the tightness in his chest increasing. He briefly wondered if he might be having a heart attack.






Noticing Sunrider, Kazimeriz found his voice. "Mrs. Avalon. This is not the time nor place for you work your wiles on Mr. Truebridge. A student is in need of ...a healer's assistance. Do your job." He glared at her, ignoring his own chattering teeth and soaked robes, his own poor condition. He glared at Caroline and Truebridge and then back at Caroline. His eyes looked haunted. Betrayed. He tore his eyes from her and turned instead to Bunbury. "Has anyone located Headmaster Bontecou?" he asked, trying to ignore her attentions toward Truebridge.

Caroline's pale, tired face flushed. With embarrassment and with temper. "I am not working any wiles on anyone!" she snapped. "It so happens I AM doing my job. While you and Ethan were playing hero and trying to drown yourselves in the Dungeon, I was giving the Head Boy and Girl a crash course in Healing. SO DON'T IGNORE CLIFFORD when he gives you a Pepperup Potion! Here!" She shoved another phial in Kazimeriz face. "If you don't take it, Mr Masterson can relate to you the consequenses."

She stalked away, barefoot to see to other students.

"I AM doing my job. And I'm doing it more or less alone! Because Wherever the Headmaster is, Nurse Byron seems to be there too!" she added loudly and huffily, not looking up from retrieving her bag. "And it's MISS, Avalon! I never married!"

And she didn't intend to. One runaway bride incident was enough, thank you.

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The height at which his robes were soaked seemed to indicate that he was the last student to leave the dungeons. Still fuming about his dismissal, the potion masters condition only worsend the prince's disposition.

Old fool. The boy could have swam laps around him. Though he did understand it was Kaz's duty to protect the students didn't mean he had to like it.

Arms folded over his chest, the boy grimaced and dripped all over the hall. He knew well enough to keep his mouth shut, even if he couldn't stop his teeth from chattering.

Brrrr.

"You seem to be one who hasn't yet been taught the Impervius Charm." Caroline said, trying to block out her argument with Kazimeriz and focus on work. She handed him several towels, a blanket and a phial of Pepperup Potion. "It's quite useful. Please drink the potion, it's absolutely mandatory."

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Lettie lifted her head again, "Hmm?" She glanced at Ott, thinking that he had gone up at one point to have been taken care of. "You mean that we all have to take it? Even if we didn't get wet?" Leticia had been outside while it happened, goofing off by the Whomping Willow doing her Transfiguration homework.
She looked down at Ornlu, who was still curled up in her lap, though he was twitching a little bit now. "Miss?" She asked as she looked to the older girl, "What if animals got wet? My cat got out of the common room and came outside completely drenched."

At the mention of chocolate, Ornlu's ears twitched, and then his eyes opened. A moment later he sat up in Lettie's lap and looked across the table to a couple of boys, one of which was munching on the chocolatey goodness.
Ornlu sniffed the air and licked his feline lips, not taking his eyes off of the boy.
Leticia meanwhile was scratching the top of her cat's head, and thankful that he had finally dried off.

"Animals are Professor Morgan's domain," she told Leticia, "You might want to see her after all this is sorted out. But for now, best take the potion to be on the safe side." She handed her a phial.

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Kevin nodded and said "Yeah i guess that's true"

"I hear you have a broken leg," said Cari making her way over to Kevin. "Peculiar, but strange things happen in a flood."

Kevin nodded at the nurse and said "Yeah i do" Kevin hoped that his leg would be better in no time at all

An honour, sir. Now that is how a young gentleman should behave. He nodded back politely to Carden, pleased. Kazimeriz watched Carden work, and a plan began to formulate in the old man's mind.

Aaaand once more, enter stage right: the Untamable Shrew. He tried to maintain a cool and professional expression, trying not to betray his true emotions. "Tut, tut, Miss Avalon. You would do well to return to healing school, for it appears you were absent the day they taught bedside manners. " He took the phial from her and slipped it into his pocket. "I shall take it when it is appropriate to take. Thank you ever so much, dear lady." His voice dripped with insincerity at this last, as though he considered her to be anything BUT a lady at the moment. After the way she had been hanging onto that cad, indeed, how could he be expected to think of her as any such thing?

No, Kazimeriz wasn't upset by this latest alliance between his nemesis and his friend from over half a century ago.

Not. one. bit.

"Okay." Lettie said politely and took the blanket, which was nice and warm. She reached over and took Ornlu off of Kevin's lap, and wrapped the blanket around herseld and the cat. "Thank you." She said and pat Ornlu on his fuzzy head, as the feline continued to purr.
She looked over to Caroline, two people, two different answers. "Mkay." Leticia said and took the potion from the woman, it took a bit longer, because her hands were wrapped in blanket. Lettie could only down half of it in one gulp, it burned a little bit. Like some sort of super carbonated soda pop. She coughed a tiny bit, and a bit of steam or smoke came out of her ears and nostrils. "Eck..." Lettie put the phial down for a moment, allowing the steam to clear before finishing off what was inside.
"Thank you, Ma'am." Leticia said and handed the empty phial back to the healer.

Hayley squelched into the Great Hall, and went to take a seat at the Slytherin table. She wasn't really all that wet...her feet just squelch/squished and the hem of her robes were damp...looking around, she noticed that she was definately the lucky one...Hmm...well, I hope the figure out what happened down there. By the looks of the students, it was apparent that the water in the dungeons had certainly risen quite high, I hope my belongings are okay.... she thought as she grabbed a hot cup of tea.

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Kevin nodded at the nurse and said "Yeah i do" Kevin hoped that his leg would be better in no time at all

Caroline used a charm to see where the break was. "Hmm, just a hairline fracture, this won't take but a minute, I don't even need to set it, so it won't hurt. That's always good right?" she said cheerfully.

Waving her wand and murmuring a charm to knit the bone, Cari fixed his leg right up. "There you are. Make sure to get Pepperup Potion when the Head Boy or Girl comes around, okay?" She wasn't sure if they had passed out his dose yet. To be safe, she gave him some towels and a squashy violet blanket.

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An honour, sir. Now that is how a young gentleman should behave. He nodded back politely to Carden, pleased. Kazimeriz watched Carden work, and a plan began to formulate in the old man's mind.



Aaaand once more, enter stage right: the Untamable Shrew. He tried to maintain a cool and professional expression, trying not to betray his true emotions. "Tut, tut, Miss Avalon. You would do well to return to healing school, for it appears you were absent the day they taught bedside manners. " He took the phial from her and slipped it into his pocket. "I shall take it when it is appropriate to take. Thank you ever so much, dear lady." His voice dripped with insincerity at this last, as though he considered her to be anything BUT a lady at the moment. After the way she had been hanging onto that cad, indeed, how could he be expected to think of her as any such thing?

No, Kazimeriz wasn't upset by this latest alliance between his nemesis and his friend from over half a century ago.

Not. one. bit.

Cari marched back to Professor Kazimeriz. She stood toe to toe with him. "My beside manner is no worse than your student counselling skills or empathy," she hissed. "And as I told absolutely everyone in the hall, the matter is not up for negotiation. It's a health related matter now, and I do have the authority, and you will take the potion. You will take it now in front of these students, setting a good example, or I will force it on you, just as I forced it on Mr. Masterson."

She didn't care if he called her a lady with that creepy sarcastic undertone. though ironically, it certainly made him no gentleman. He wasn't going to get her to back down and relinquish the one shred of authority she had.

"And you're lucky," she continued, "I don't insist on examining you, given your age and your bad hip after wading in that water for so long. But I'll give you twenty-four hours to appear in hospital wing before I hunt you down and examine you wherever you happen to be, including teaching a lesson."

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Ethan sneezed. It wasn't like HE wanted hugs for saving the kitty but...

... he got hugs anyway apparently. "Ah." Ethan put his arms around her after a moment and gave her a half-hearted squeeze. "Mildew? Lake water." Ethan clarified. And probably old man. Raiden would now smell like that too.

He eyed Masterson for a moment and chose not to comment, particularly when Cari threatened him with the same fate... hmm... speaking of which, whatever happened to that Hufflepuff he'd handed over to Clifford? Still he didn't like sneezing so he was quite obliging about the potion. He took the pepperup, unstoppered it and drank it down, handing the empty phial back solemnly, sneezing once more for good measure.

Mmmm. Special tea.

Nodding his thanks, Ethan gently extracted himself from Cari, patting her shoulder in thanks and took the teacup, rather oblivious to darkmood!Annie. "Thank you, Annie," He took a sip and let out a breath, relaxing the slightest bit, "Lovely." He was still shivering some, but the combination of the pepperup potion and the special tea helped immensely.

"Hmm, mmhmmm," Bunbury made a noncommital noise in the back of her throat and turned away from Truebridge, heading back to her teapot. She wasn't wet and she wasn't about to stand around and watch wet people hug other wet people just ewwwwwwwwww.

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Kazimeriz said nothing, not even glancing up from the cat which had become his sole focus and primary concern, at least until it was delivered back to its rightful caretaker.



!!!

!!!

There were. No words.

Kazimeriz's eyes went wide and his face grew pale and rather horrified. He gently extracted himself from the grip of the student, pulling away. "10 points from your house, child." he said in a cold, furious tone as he stood and balanced against his cane. He staggered backwards and limp-squelched away, bumping into someone behind him as he retreated. "Make that fifteen points." he corrected himself as he turned to flee.

As he turned, he nearly ran smack into Caroline -- his Caroline! --hugging Truebridge?! Could this day get any worse? His already pale face turned even more ghostly. Words momentarily failed him,and him simply stared in disbelief, the tightness in his chest increasing. He briefly wondered if he might be having a heart attack.

Noticing Sunrider, Kazimeriz found his voice. "Mrs. Avalon. This is not the time nor place for you work your wiles on Mr. Truebridge. A student is in need of ...a healer's assistance. Do your job." He glared at her, ignoring his own chattering teeth and soaked robes, his own poor condition. He glared at Caroline and Truebridge and then back at Caroline. His eyes looked haunted. Betrayed. He tore his eyes from her and turned instead to Bunbury. "Has anyone located Headmaster Bontecou?" he asked, trying to ignore her attentions toward Truebridge.

She made it back to Kazimeriz and calmly watched the man react to the hug. Ahh well, it had been a tender moment while it had lasted. Shame no Yearbook photographers had been around to capture his face. Bwahahaa.

"No, not that I am aware of, sir," Anastasia answered him quickly. She was, of course, oddly pleased to see him angry at the Healer but the man's bitterness seemed to go beyond just seeing her....ah....working her wiles. Interesting.

"Please have some tea, Professor, it's warm and fresh and I made it myself. It can work wonders beyond just some...pepperup potion..." she practically sneered the last two words and pushed a teacup toward him. Wouldn't want her vilest ally against that Tart dying, now would she?

But just then that stupid nurse had to march over and Anastasia decided to make her exit, glaring at the woman just once as she took a teacup away from the table.

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Constantine remained in his place even after she lifted the body bind curse off of him. He had his eyes closed and was rubbing a temple gently as he just laid there on the end of the table. Stupid, blasted healer...why couldn't she have just left him alone? Why?...

Annie picked up another cup of tea and decided to wander over and bother annoy look at that gardener.

"Masterson, Masterson, Masterson," the redhead tsked, blinking down at him with an evil smirk on her face. "Did you refuse to take your medicine?"

Annie held the teacup up toward his face and smirked. "Or would a warm cup of tea kill you?" Nice pun there, even though...ah...this cup wasn't poisoned yet.

Kevin smiled and said "Thanks very much and i will get some potion when it comes around" Kevin snuggled into the blanket after wrapping a towel round himself

Kazimeriz listened to Cari's latest rant and then idly ambled toward the teacup that Bunbury had offered. "Thank you, Professor Bunbury. I would be pleased to have some of your tea." Professor Kazimeriz said just loud enough for the departing herbology professor to hear. He picked up the cup and sipped it, eyeing Caroline as though daring him to do otherwise. When he finished his long, luxurious sip- and its warmth did do wonders for the old man, no lie - he turned to her. "As I told you before. I will take pepperup potion when it is appropriate to do so. If you have an issue with my judgment in this matter I shall speak to you privately out of the student's earshot, for my health concerns are none of their affair. Or did you miss the lecture on healer-patient confidentiality as well?" Kazimeriz stared her down, his dark eyes flat and expressionless. "I believe you have students to tend to. Miss Avalon." He sipped his tea.

"Hi." Grace called. She did something odd for herself, she was rather shy and quiet. But she'd blurted out already, she hurried to introduce herself. "I'm Grace." she said.

Hayley took a sip of her tea, and winced as the hot liquid scalded her tongue. Ouch! She blew on it to try and help it cool down...

Hayley looked up in surprise as somebody approached her. "I'm Hayley," she said smiling, and put down her tea to shake the girls hand, "Nice to meet you, Grace....were you down in the dungeons when they started flooding?"

Icky...ewww...cold laaake water! "Do you think the lake was breaking through the walls or something?" she asked.

"Really," Reese said, nodding her head. She looked back at the table and looked around for a cookie. Where was a cookie when you needed one? Since she couldn't find a cookie, she picked herself up a brownie. Brownies were better anyways. She took a bit of her brownie as she looked back at Miles, "Ang-ry? I sounded angry. Oh, I was mad because..." Shoot! Was she really going to keep lying to Miles? Uh- YES! NO. There was no need to lie to Miles. No need at all.

She sighed. "Shana got me a little bit angry a few days ago, because she wouldn't stop bugging me about something," she explained. There was no way Miles was going to hear about the kiss with Cam. She drew the line at Shana. But, if Miles really wanted to know, she guessed she could tell him. Wait, what was she saying? She wasn't going to tell him. No way! No how! "And, yeah. I finally told her and well, I sort of went ballistic on her, since I don't like being bugged into stuff that I didn't want her to know in the first place, and then walked away. Now, she wants to talk and I don't want to talk," she added.

Reese turned to Vannie when she arrived. "Oh, I'm fine, Vans. Thanks for asking," she told her friend with a smile. She took another bite of her brownie and then turned back towards to table, so she could get a drink of her coffee.

Reese turned back to Shana and shook her head. She was going to talk to the girl later. Not in front of Miles and Vannie, unless the girl wanted to tell her part of the story. Then, that would be fine.

Grace could only say "Yes." with a face of disgust and a slight fear. Damp. Her second biggest hate after insects. "Well, I guess that's the only explaination... I heard older students talking about it happened some years ago too." She frowned a little. "But odd though, isn't the ceiling protected with strong charms and stuff?" she asked. It was bugging her for some time.

Oh this is not fair.

I can't publicly undermine his authority, but he can undermine mine?

She followed.

"I see, so you can do whatever you like, including in regards to my orders, but I have to let yours stand, even facilitate them publicly even I think they're ridiculous?" hissing like a wet cat. Well close.

"It won't hurt your precious image to take a Potion in front of the students," the hissing continued. "And if your so vain about it, step outside the door and take it, I don't actually care if they see you take it, what's important is that you take it. They've already learned that I'm not letting anyone get away with not taking it. But you're going to take it before you can get ill which is sooner than you seem to realize. And if you try and give me one more lecture on what you think I should have learned in my training, I'm going to have to treat you for delusions of being a healer."


Or maybe bind and sedate him until he agrees to work and play well with others.

His health concerns are not exactly confidential. Everyone knows about his duel with Ethan last term. Even without that, anyone can see he walked with a cane, it's probably not just for show. And now that Cari was a healer at Hogwarts, she contact any Healing Facility in Britain and access his records.

It might be worth it, if he refused to be forthcoming about his health.

"Get. Lost."

He was already furious enough as is, he did not need Bunbury making it worse. "Just...go away..." he said quietly, turning his face away from her and her tea.

Kevin looked about for somebody to chat to and maybe either anna or clifford so he could get some pepperup potion

Kazimeriz leaned close to Caroline and spoke in a low voice meant only for her ears. "It may have escaped your attention, but I am no longer the hale and hearty man you once knew. I am in fact a very old individual with a myriad of complex health issues... Not the least of which is a cursed injury re-ignited by your new beau--" he glared at Truebridge "last term. I take several potions daily for these conditions, including one containing simple powder of Fumaria officinalis. As I am absolutely certain you know, as we both learned it from Professor Slughorn himself, the active magical ingredient in pepperup potion is contraindicated within four hours of taking any potion containing Fumaria officinalis, lest one wishes to fall into a very deep coma. Now, in 90 minutes, I will take your pepperup potion... and not a moment before, or it would very much impact my image as potion master of this school. "

Kazimeriz eyed her, his voice now down to a soft hiss. "And in case you have any further questions, Cari, this has been a good laugh but it really has gone on too long. You have made your point. Now, I implore you to go back from whence you came and have your memory erased at your earliest opportunity, for the good of all involved."

Hayley's brow furrowed in confusion, "It happened a few years ago?" Huh... that's strange..."Wait....so, if they are all protected with charms and stuff, this can't have been an accident, right?" OH MY FLARB! "What if someone is trying to kill us?" she whispered to Grace. Oh noes! Hayley was going to die during her first term at Hogwarts! THE INJUSTICE! Panic was slowly buidling up in her chest...oh noes! breaaathe iiiiinnnn breaaattee ouuuuuut.....breattthheeee iiinnnnn breaatthhheeee ouuuuttt