The stairs...

Few more terms and she'll get used to them.

Stopping next to the others, eyeing the same words they'd seen not minutes before while Sophia spoke, Medea paused on a moment before taking a few steps closer to the entrance; not so much where she was in the way though. She didn't get time to really look at the gryffindor's entrance before they broke that spell.

Still intriguing.

The silvery form of a raven partronus flew down from its castor in the astronomy tower to its intended target...the headmistress. Better to start at the top and see what she could do to help personally or send others to help as well. The voice of the Gryffindor male prefect was heard once it stopped in front of the woman and her companions, a tone of some uncertainty could be heard within the spectral being.

Annie watched eagerly as Sophia performed the same spell. Why hadn't they thought of this sooner....? She wrinkled her brow as the blood came spilling over the door and nodded to Leobald.

"The same spells, yes. Luckily, whoever did this didn't seem to think we'd be able to get past it with just a little wandwork." It was really only one big spell on the doors, after all. Perhaps the person --- or spirit --- behind it was counting on their not knowing anything about Egypt...

Anyway. "I'm going to collect a sample of that blood," the redhead remarked mostly to herself, conjuring up a vial and using a simple spell to dribble some off the door and into the vial. She had a hunch that it was somehow connected to the deaths of the jobberknolls. Where else would all that blood come from? The hospital wing?!

Just as soon as she had tucked the vial away, a silvery raven appeared at their group. Uh... what? "A professor-napping?" She frowned and glanced at each of her staff members, as though verifying that they saw this patronus too. Well then, that put a damper on their common room project...

"I'm sorry," she said as a bad feeling started in the pit of her stomach. What had happened to Marion?? The old dear hadn't forgotten her glasses and fallen off the Astronomy tower again, had she??!? "I'm going to have to go respond to this. Medea, Isabel... if you would unlock this room and then go let the students know about the good news... Sophia, Leobald... I trust you can handle the dungeons and kitchens..." Since the Charms professor had offered their services there anyway.

"When you're finished, let's regroup in the Great Hall." Sound good? Great. Without waiting for a response, the redhead swept off down the corridor toward the stairs by the Astronomy tower.

Leobald looked on as Sophia did her wand work again. It was the same dark Egyptian magic afoot just like at the Gryffindor common room earlier.

The Headmistress went in his book a little overboard when she conjured up a vial to store the blood in. He had never liked blood. And then Sophia volunteered the two of them to open the remaining two common rooms.

Tearing his eyes away from the blood Leobald was about to respond when a raven patronus in its silver glimmer reached them. There had been a professor-napping in the Astronomy Tower they were told by the voice of prefect Gideon Gert.

Oh DEAR!

Listening as the headmistress started to give out orders Leo affirmed. "Yes, headmistress we shall open the other common rooms and regroup in the Great Hall afterwards." Looking over at Sophia he said just now noticing her attire. "Want to stop and change clothes on the way down?"

Assuming Sophia would start walking with him Leo left the seventh floor.

With the Headmistresses collecting a sample of the blood, for whatever reason she had, Medea took a step back from the entrance, taking a deep breath. Well, she got a good look at everything and decidedly made up her mind about this particular magic.

However, she was not expecting the silvery form of the raven to appear. Prefect Gideon's voice coming from it had the defense professor jumping a little and swiftly turning towards the translucent animal. A professor napping during an astronomy lesson? Medea gripped her wand a little tighter, glancing down the way to the astronomy tower. Oh...what on earth...

Orders were spoken loud and clear though. She was to stay here and help unlock the common room with Isabelle. "Righty-ho then." she saluted the Headmistresses. Unlock the common room, give the good news to the students, possibly leave out the bad news that their astronomy professor was 'napped', and re-group in the great hall.

Turning to the Transfiguration professor as the others left, Medea raised her wand. "On the count of three then?"

Sophia made a face as the Headmistress collected a blood sample from the door. Yeah she was sure that it was necessary but that didn't make it any less weird and well..nasty. She glimpsed at the other professors around before turning back to the door.

"Well if they thought that then they clearly underestimated us, didn't they?" Or it, whatever this entity was. She folded her arms a slight smirk now on her face.

That smirk quickly disappeared when a raven patronus delivered the awful news. Good heavens, would they ever be allowed a quiet moment?
She nodded at the headmistress accepting her orders and moved off with Leobald, dress in hand.

"Yes I'll most certainly need to change first."

Isabelle wrinkled her nose as the Headmistress collected some of the blood. Necessary, yes. Disgusting, certainly. Blood was not something Issy liked very much. But at least it wasn't her own. Yet.

Still, as Sophia had performed the reveal, they knew it was the same spell they'd need to unlock this common room as well. Just as she went to move forwards and get into position to play her part, a patronus appeared and spoke in the voice of the Gryffindor prefect, Gert. Frowning at it's words, Issy looked around at the others and shrugged. A professor-napping? Had Marion fallen asleep? No, obviously they wouldn't send help for that, so it must have been far more serious. And after all this common room trouble, that didn't shock her as much as it would have done before.

When the Headmistress gave her instructions to them, Isabelle looked across to her and nodded. "Will do, ma'am." Right, with Leo and Sophia off to sort the other two common rooms, and Bunz going to the assistance of the Astronomy professor, it was left to her and Medea to sort this and get back to the kids.

"Yes, count of three," she agreed, holding her wand out ready. "One." Breathe. "Two." Pronounce it properly, Magnus. "Three." And here we go.

"Anfth Eeshtrak Fimbaarah!"

Ready in her stance as Isabelle started counting down, she forced herself to relax, realizing that she was far too tense. One. Goodness, there was no use in losing her concentration in a time like this. Two. A little roll of her shoulders here and there, a deep breathe, and she was fine.

Three.

"Anfth Eeshtrak Fimbaarah!"

The familiar soft hissing noise that came from the entrance wasn't hard to miss. Lowering her wand, a wave of relief hitting her, Medea glanced towards Isabelle, a hint of a smile forming on her face. Same as last time.

Isabelle let out a sigh as the hissing sound came from the entrance, just as it had done before at the Gryffindor one. She looked across at Medea just as the woman glanced at her, reflecting the slight smile she received.

"I think it worked," she said, moving forwards and gently opening the common room door. Pushing it open as far as it would go, Issy walked slowly inside, wand held up just in case anything sprang out at her. Nothing did. "All clear."

Coming back out, she stowed her wand and pulled her sleeves back down, giving Medea a broad smile this time. "We'd better get down to the Great Hall. Leo and Sophia might have accomplished their task by now," well, they'd see when they got down there, she supposed.

"I expect the kids will be glad to know they can move back in," she said, walking off in the direction of the stairs.

Peaking a little into the common room as Isabelle checked it out, grasping her wand tighter, she let out the breathe she didn't know she was holding when it was given the green card. Moving a few steps back, she nodded to the transfiguration professor with a quick glance to the common room again. Yup, still looked the same. No locking again!

"I don't know." she mused, turning around and walking along down the hall. "Giant sleep-over in the Great Hall. Despite the situation, it's kinda fun."

Plus these blasted stairs...

Who likes walking up these things?