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The official home of the Lions, the Gryffindor common room, is found on the seventh floor of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The entrance to the common room is the portrait of the delightful Fat Lady. In order to gain entrance to your home away from home, Lions must know the password and speak it to her - assuming she isn't forcing you to listen to her sing of key that is.
This term's password is 'Tribble Troubles'.
Be sure to remember those words. Keep them secret, keep them safe. Without them the Fat Lady won't swing away from the hole and allow you to enter Gryffindor Tower and you'll be stuck picking your nose while waiting for a housemate to let you in. Once you're lucky enough to scramble through, you'll find yourself in the central common room (a perfectly circular area full of squashy armchairs, fluffy beanbag chairs, and tables, now referred to as the 'Lions' Den'. The large circular space has two adjacent rooms, the reading room and the game lounge, equipped with the resources and materials required to complete any homework assignments and distract oneself from doing any homework at all. Fixed to the wall by the windows you will find the pasteboard for classes and other school announcements.
The windows, wedged between falling tapestries and portraits of Heads of House past, look out onto the grounds of the school, and a large fireplace takes up a large section of the wall near the entrance to the common room. It's the perfect place to relax and hang out after a long day of classes. If however you are in need of a nap a good night's rest then there are two doors leading off from the common room that open to spiral staircases. Boys' dormitories are upstairs and to the right above the reading room, while girls' dormitories are upstairs and to the left above the game lounge. Be sure you don’t go breaking any of the rules by attempting to go up the wrong staircases. Boys don’t stand a chance of beating the enchanted staircase, and frankly girls should know better.
For whatever reason you're here, make sure you take good care of your home away from home. There's bound to be a perfect or your Head of House lurking in the shadows making sure you stay out of trouble...or ready to join in on whatever mischief you may be up to. This is Hogwarts after all. Anything can happen!
Gryffindor Common Room design is based on the drawings by Whisperwings
Angels heart was beating fast but she had no idea what she was scared about the Professor didn't seem to expect anything and now she had accepted the challenged.
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And then Ben was joining in. "Awesome Ben." Angel said dreamily as she looked at him, seriously this was why she was dating him because he was such fun.
Angel then took the wooden racket that was offered to her and Ben. "We can do that can't we Ben." Angel beamed as she went off to set up her group of 10 pins making sure she did it in a pyramid shape like the Professor asked. She was a bit upset that Flamsteed had interrupted her moment with Ben but this could be fun.
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SPOILER!!: Airey and Angel
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Completely oblivious to the budding dynamic he had just interrupted, the astronomer BEAMED at the two Gryffindors and gave the wobbling box a firm pat. "STELLAR!" he applauded them both as he reached into his enchanted breast pocket and dug around for a few moments. "Based on that class performance, the pair of you could use a bit of target practice, especially with Gryffindor playing in the next gobstones match."
He meant that as an observation, not an insult. Although his delivery left something to be desired.
"Ah, here it is," he continued as he pulled out a wooden rack with a handle and offered it to Mr. Atreyu and Miss Valentine. "If you two wouldn't mind setting a group of ten pins each up, pyramid shape of course, at the opposite end over there that would be stellar." He gave the box on the table a nervous glance as it began to bulge here and there as the contents became more restless. "We'll just let that be for now," he said, jabbing a thumb at the box in question.
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Angels heart was beating fast but she had no idea what she was scared about the Professor didn't seem to expect anything and now she had accepted the challenged.
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And then Ben was joining in. "Awesome Ben." Angel said dreamily as she looked at him, seriously this was why she was dating him because he was such fun.
Angel then took the wooden racket that was offered to her and Ben. "We can do that can't we Ben." Angel beamed as she went off to set up her group of 10 pins making sure she did it in a pyramid shape like the Professor asked. She was a bit upset that Flamsteed had interrupted her moment with Ben but this could be fun.
Both Flamsteed and Angel seemed eager for his participation which made him glad to have given in. No way to be a spoil sport among two of the people he really shouldn't disappoint. A Head of House and a girlfriend. Plus he and Angel were still being together...just not alone.
As for the activity, Ben knew what the professor was talking about. He hadn't had the best luck and it had been awhile since he had practiced similar movements in quidditch practices and matches. Although Adi was definitely the better bestie at gobstones. He allowed Angel to accept the offered rack and moved with her to where they had been instructed to set up the items. The fourth year wasn't all to familiar with them but a pyramid shape was simple enough to set up, especially as he did the exact same as the girl beside him.
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Stellar! Airey wiggled back and forth where he stood as he eyed the floor between him and where the two Gryffindors were setting up. Eh, nothing a good spell or two couldn't fix.
His wand out, Airey moved a few of the long runs that ran across the floor of the common room and aligned them so they made two 'alleys' aimed at the pins set up by Mr. Atreyu and Miss Valentine. "Just one more detail," he said as he tapped his wand against his chin before pointing it to the rugs. "Glisseo," he commanded, saying the spell out loud for the two's own benefit. "THERE! Now we are all set to bowl," he applauded, mostly himself because he was giving himself a pat on the back. "Hope you two don't get queasy around shrunken heads. They can be a bit difficult to stomach."
He then approached the box and gave it an encouraging pat with his hand to open it.
"ABOUT BLOODY TIME!" sneered one of the heads in the box.
"Well come on. Don't mind the insults. They are just words after all."
Where were some of the other lions? EVERYONE needed practice.
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What was this? A leather bound book with golden lettering just appears out of nowhere parking itself right in the middle of the Gryffindor Common Room. To most it would appear to be just a normal everyday fairy tale book, but to others it would appear to be something else.
The glow that was emitting from the book was enough to make anyone curious about what was inside it.
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Originally Posted by The Fairy Tale Book of Fairy Tales
What was this? A leather bound book with golden lettering just appears out of nowhere parking itself right in the middle of the Gryffindor Common Room. To most it would appear to be just a normal everyday fairy tale book, but to others it would appear to be something else.
The glow that was emitting from the book was enough to make anyone curious about what was inside it.
The demand for a snack was getting too strong to ignore. Which meant it was time for Heather to make her way down to the kitchens. But first, she had to pass through the Lion's Den and.....oh what was this now? Normally, she would ignore such a frilly looking book. But this one was glowing. Why was it glowing?
Maybe a detour wouldn't hurt. She walked over to the book, picked it up and started leafing through it.
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Angel was still dreamily looking at her boyfriend, this was totally a date even if the Professor was there. It was just like a parent would be with his little girl making sure nothing could go wrong for his little Angel. She had found that out when she was 11 and had gone out with a friend, her father had followed them all over.
Angel watched as the Professor set everything up it looked just like a normally bowling ring until.
"EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!" Angel suddenly heard the same voice again... being muggleborn she hadn't seen these before so they were new to her.
Angel looked into the box. "What the?" Angel suddenly saw the shrunken heads. "Ben this isn't the sort of date I was after. A nice walk around the lake with you would have been better" Angel had totally forgot the Professor was in the room because she was zone out looking at the shrunken heads.
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*blush*
Angel turned bright red when she looked around and saw the Professor was there... how could she have forgotten he was there... She looked at Ben hoping he wasn't going to kill her.
But on to the shrunken heads...
How was she supposed to bowl them?
"Professor I'm muggleborn. How do I bowl a shrunken head?" Angel asked... yeah play it cool maybe the Professor wasn't listening.
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SPOILER!!: Angel
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Originally Posted by Harry174
Angel was still dreamily looking at her boyfriend, this was totally a date even if the Professor was there. It was just like a parent would be with his little girl making sure nothing could go wrong for his little Angel. She had found that out when she was 11 and had gone out with a friend, her father had followed them all over.
Angel watched as the Professor set everything up it looked just like a normally bowling ring until.
"EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!" Angel suddenly heard the same voice again... being muggleborn she hadn't seen these before so they were new to her.
Angel looked into the box. "What the?" Angel suddenly saw the shrunken heads. "Ben this isn't the sort of date I was after. A nice walk around the lake with you would have been better" Angel had totally forgot the Professor was in the room because she was zone out looking at the shrunken heads.
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*blush*
Angel turned bright red when she looked around and saw the Professor was there... how could she have forgotten he was there... She looked at Ben hoping he wasn't going to kill her.
But on to the shrunken heads...
How was she supposed to bowl them?
"Professor I'm muggleborn. How do I bowl a shrunken head?" Angel asked... yeah play it cool maybe the Professor wasn't listening.
"Nothing wrong with today's date, you sissy," jeered another shrunken head. One that clearly looked displeased by the Gryffindor's shriek.
Airey was tempted to close the lid to the box again just to shut the heads up, but the desire to play and give Gryffindors some target practice was too strong. Plus, ever summer he and Medea had tried to go bowling in Diagon Alley had ended up a bit, well, they hadn't actually made it to their lane to do some real bowling. Just a little personal interest invested in this project.
"I don't think a walk around the lake is specific to any particular day, Miss Valentine," he shrugged as he selected a head from the box to use.
He then tossed the head in his hand, despite it protesting and cursing at him along the way. "Well, however you are most comfortable I suppose. I know a bloke that would stick his fingers up the head's nose to hold on. I prefer to grab them by the hair, personally." He gave the head in his hand a little bit of a shake to illustrate. "The ears work well too."
SPOILER!!: the book and Heather!
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Originally Posted by The Fairy Tale Book of Fairy Tales
What was this? A leather bound book with golden lettering just appears out of nowhere parking itself right in the middle of the Gryffindor Common Room. To most it would appear to be just a normal everyday fairy tale book, but to others it would appear to be something else.
The glow that was emitting from the book was enough to make anyone curious about what was inside it.
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The demand for a snack was getting too strong to ignore. Which meant it was time for Heather to make her way down to the kitchens. But first, she had to pass through the Lion's Den and.....oh what was this now? Normally, she would ignore such a frilly looking book. But this one was glowing. Why was it glowing?
Maybe a detour wouldn't hurt. She walked over to the book, picked it up and started leafing through it.
As he stood there with the head in his hand, a warm and welcoming glow cause his attention out of the corner of his eye, but by the time he turned to look at the source he saw only Miss Xanthopoulos reading a book. Must have been the sunlight leaking in through the window to cause the glow.
"Miss Xanthopoulos! Why don't you come read that book over here. Or, you know, better yet....bring it and yourself over here and bowl with us!"
That WAS a pretty looking book she had there though, wasn't it? Very...appealing...
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Originally Posted by The Fairy Tale Book of Fairy Tales
What was this? A leather bound book with golden lettering just appears out of nowhere parking itself right in the middle of the Gryffindor Common Room. To most it would appear to be just a normal everyday fairy tale book, but to others it would appear to be something else.
The glow that was emitting from the book was enough to make anyone curious about what was inside it.
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Originally Posted by lazykitty
The demand for a snack was getting too strong to ignore. Which meant it was time for Heather to make her way down to the kitchens. But first, she had to pass through the Lion's Den and.....oh what was this now? Normally, she would ignore such a frilly looking book. But this one was glowing. Why was it glowing?
Maybe a detour wouldn't hurt. She walked over to the book, picked it up and started leafing through it.
Connor was headed back in from the grounds, He and Jun nearly lost track of time and he wanted to be sure to get back before curfew, he only barely made it really. Headed through the Common Room he spotted a girl he hadn't talked to before, with a book that was glowing..
Curiosity getting the best of him as it so often did he walked toward her, looking down at the pages over her shoulder. "What book is that?" he asked scanning it's contents, it looked like an old book...very old. Old books could be interesting, and this one glowed.. So none of his usual 'Hello's' or 'what's your name?' nope, all manners were tossed because this was two of his favorite things, mysterious and a book!
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Zeke had had enough of sitting in his dorm attempting potions homework... it just wasn't happening. Instead, his feet led him down the stairs and into the common room, the heart of the Lions den. There were people present, and it seemed they were being sociable. PERHAPS he could be sociable too.
Most of those present he didn't know very well, like the older peeps (lazykitty, Schroyers) but then there were those he did, like Ben, Angel and Professor Airey. Those few individuals received a GRIN from him, AND a small wave too.
"Hey... what'd I miss?" the first year greeted, hands in his pocket as he approached the group. A book? "Are we ... having story time?" or something?? Had he missed some grand plan for stories and marshmallows by the fire? WERE there marshmallows?
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Wait...there was another voice? Where was it coming from?
Finishing with the pins, Ben turned and saw the professor open the box up. Don't mind the insults?! He had an idea, but only as Angel made a face and spoke words of disgust was it confirmed and he looked in the box himself. Yep...shrunken head bowling.
His thoughts couldn't linger on the concept of the game long however as Angel decided to make another comment that succeeded in having him color in embarrassment as well. And it wasn't just the Professor around either. A fellow year-mate girl, an older boy and Zeke had made an appearance as he looked around at the sound of more movement and voices, Ben unconsciously took a step from the pins and Angel as he swallowed in an attempt to pull himself together.
It was then that he registered what the professor said to the other fourth year. A book? He followed everyone's gaze to notice a glowing book in the girl's hands and looked curiously at it. Maybe it'd be better then bowling.
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SOOOOOOO much attention!
The book began to glow even more brightly in the hands of the Gryffindor (lazykitty), hoping that all those present would flock to it like pixies to sugarplums.
Yes. Come closer and flip through its pages and feel the leather bindings that held those glorious pages together! Come come, no need to be shy.
Angel was glad when the Professor didn't realise what she had meant that was good and hopefully everyone else was way busier with whatever it was in the older girls hand.
"EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" Angel didn't want to pick up the head by it's nose though wasn't this a bit mean surely the heads would get hurt with all the bowling. She had heard of SPEW but what about SHW.
Shrunken Head Welfare was a good new and maybe she should start it surely the poor heads should have a say in what they did.
Angel was about to ask the Professor more about shrunken heads when suddenly whatever was in the girls hand was sending out bright lights and well it got the better of her.
Leaving where she was she went over and smiled at the girl. "What you reading?" Angel looked at the book in the girls hand "Seriously this book looks amazing.. is it a good story?"
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SOOOOOOO much attention!
The book began to glow even more brightly in the hands of the Gryffindor (lazykitty), hoping that all those present would flock to it like pixies to sugarplums.
Yes. Come closer and flip through its pages and feel the leather bindings that held those glorious pages together! Come come, no need to be shy.
Sure, this other girl whose name Connor didn't know was holding the book but he could help but reach out and put a hand on the page as he starting reading the words..
It was a rather mesmerizing book wasn't it? More so than any book he's seen.
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Ceorlic was just minding his own business when he emerged from the Boy's Dorm his face was burried in the book he borrowed from Gabe Banner, some old Mermish Translator book. The Scot mumbling under his breathe some Mermish speak with half a Pumpkin Pastie sticking from out of his mouth.
In Truth he should be reading a Tranfiguration book that was tasked to him to finish before the end of this week, he did not care about that though. He'll breeze through it on Friday. In the mean time he wanted to try this Mermish stuff and get the book back to Gabe.
His attention was so transfixed in the pages and his focus attached to his own mumbling that he had no clue he had just stepped onto some slippery surface...
Loosing his balance as he glided down he threw the book in the air, and crosses his arms in front of his face as he fell head first into pins. his Teeth Clenched and the Pumpkin Pastie now bit half. The first half in his mouth, while the remaining half was on the floor somwhere else.
He sat up rubbing his arms where they made contact with the pins. "Wha th' hell slicked th' flair?!" his Pasties were on Isla, she was a prankster of Boy's after all. All though he thought he was exempt from her list?
He glarred at the group surrounding a table. Isla was nowhere in that group so she wasn't to blame. Maybe they were plotting another prank! NOT ON CEO's WATCH!
Jeremiah was trying to relax, didnt everyone see him lounging on this chair, curled up with his eyes closed? Ugh. Snapping his eyes open at the commotion of a book he rolled his eyes. He knew half of them probably never saw a book that wasnt a school book before but really they needed to hush.
"really, do you mind?" like shutting up of at least chilling out. "its just a book, go to the library if you want to be mesmerized by books." yes even YOU professor Airey, leaving that tower of his might be good for him.
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With his hands in his robe pockets, Kevin entered the common room after spending the day at the whomping willow. It had been fun , tricking that Ravenclaw girl Eden to get close to the tree and grab a branch. The bloody idiot actually did it as well...and succeeded... which was kind of admirable. But now he was bored again and he decided to take his boredom to the tower and sit by the fire.
Of course there were students here as well, it was the common room. Even Flailsteed was here which he didn't find surprising as well since he was the new Head of House. He felt a little awkward though as he passed him to sit on one of the lounging chairs next to Jeremiah.
Instead of turning the chair to face the fireplace, Kevin's eyes caught the attention of a book that seemed the be glowing. He raised an eyebrow at that. "Do books always glow?" he asked. What? he'd rather stay away from books...except comic books, those were cool.
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Yeah...books won out over shrunken head bowling. Regardless if they needed to improve their aim in time for gobstones. Ben didn't mind the game all that much but it was clear that Angel was against it anyway. So another vote for seeing what the book was about. The professor had mentioned it, maybe it would be important in class. Lessons would be more important than gobstones anyday.
So moving closer with his girlfriend, the fourth year didn't quite notice the book glowing brighter and more intense. Ben waited for the girl currently holding it to answer Angel's question while he tentatively reached to touch the front cover. The boy wondering if he could get a discrete peek at the cover.
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Oh look...HERE were the rest of the lions. But instead of being dazzled by this STELLAR thing he, Miss Valentine, and Mr. Atreyu had set up in the common room that were all oogling and drooling over this book as though it held the secret to restoring Pluto back to planetary status.
Feeling like an 8-year-old about to throw a tantrum - how very mature of the professor, no? - Airey marched over to the crowd and looked at Miss Xanthopoulos and the book in her hand for a moment before snatching it right out of her hands. "It's just a fairy tale book," he muttered with a tone of extreme disappointment as he held the book shut and waved the cover at the crowd. See? Just a fairy tale book charmed to glow. "Now WHO wants to play some shrunken head bowling? Hmm? Will help bring victory to Gryffindor in the upcoming gobstone match!" Seriously. Nothing special to see here...although the astronomer couldn't help himself from opening it up somewhere in the middle and reading the first page his eyes fell upon.
Quite the intricate illustrations in here as well...and OOOOOOOOH...he hadn't read this story in AGES!
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Glowing and twinkling bright in the hands of the adult, the book almost seemed to giggle with delight as it vanished from sight once again and was no where to be seen.
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Taking the last bite of a sandwich he'd gotten from the kitchen, David gave the password and climbed through the portrait hole. It wasn't unusual for there to be quite a few Gryffindors and Flamsteed in the common room, but this THING that was set up was. What was this?? And why did everyone seem to be crowding around a book...that was glowing?
Whoa, that was kinda cool too. He didn't think he'd seen any books like that before. Books didn't typically glow even in the wizarding world, did they?
So yeah, of course he wanted to check it out too. But just as he was peering over someone's shoulder to look at it...it vanished.
...Books didn't typically do that either, did they?
"Weird book," he commented.
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Zeke was OGLING the book. It was...prettycool. It GLOWED and... well, it was kinda like it was inviting people to read it. Yes. They should read it. Zeke put out a hand to try to touch the books binding. Just touch it... that's all he wanted. He liked touching things. But when Professor Airey took it, it was too far out of his reach, and so his arm fell back to his side.
A boring Fairy Tales book? So............ they weren't having story time with marshmallows? That was... sad. He felt like marshmallows now. The book though was DEFINITELY not boring. Because boring books didn't just vanish. But this one did.
"Eerrrr..................." was all he managed to say for a short while.
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He quite literally was getting to the best point of the story when the book just...vanished. Vanished right out of his hands into thin air. "Noooooooooo," he groaned as he groped at the air for an invisible book that didn't exist. The fingers on his left hand balled up into a fist save for his index and middle fingers which instead curved a little and continued to stick out.
What had he just been looking for? It was...OF COURSE.
Turning his head around, he GLARED at the lost boys - and...girls? - and leaned forward to peer at each of them directly in the eye. No. None of them were who he was seeking. NONE of them. Must have slipped out right under his nose like the crowing coward that he was. BAD FORM! BAD FORM INDEED.
"Come back here and fight me!" the man bellowed suddenly as he stood up straight and spun in place to look around the entire room. "Or I'll find you wherever you are, you hear me? Bad form! Bad form indeed!"
And then without another word, he made his way to leave the room, tossing the shrunken head that had been in his hand into the fireplace on his way out.
"Proud and insolent youth! Prepare t' meet thy doom!" he roared just as the door closed behind him.
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Angel was totally watching the book until it vanished into thin air, seriously what book did that.
"Profess...." Angel was about to ask Professor Flamsteed if he was going to get back on with the bowling when he started talking about the lost boy. So the Professor must have been reading Peter Pan.
"eh guys." Angel looked at everyone else in the room. "I think Professor Flamsteed has gone off his rocker." Angel wonder why the Professor was acting like this and then he was leaving. "Seriously guys maybe we should get the healer to check him out when we find him?"
"Great who's cleaning up the mess in the common room?" Angel sighed. "There's some shrunken heads in a box over there." Angel pointed at the box.
Yeah it was 100% official first the head girl and now Professor Flamsteed had gone nuts.
A path is not simply for walking, its purpose lies in moving forward and improving oneself.
Things were pretty boring, yes it was a book that glowed but once he saw it wasn't so special anymore. That was until the Head of House began to speak or more like shout. Kevin turned his gaze away from the book to look at him and gasped when a shrunken head was flying towards him.
He ducked and the thing went in to the fireplace right behind him. The Gryffindor narrowed his eyes as he looked up again , searching for the violent Head of House. "YA! WATCH ..." the man was already gone. "It?" REALLY?!
He had to agree with Angel about Flailsteed being off his rocker. "He shouted at me once before" which had been needed or else he wouldn't have listened." but this is completely different" he said. "Not to mention that he does everything to NOT get in to a fight like that and now he's searching for one?" just what?
"And what is a bad form?" WHAT WAS GOING ON?! ugh he should have stayed outside.
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Text Cut: Book drama
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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie
"Nothing wrong with today's date, you sissy," jeered another shrunken head. One that clearly looked displeased by the Gryffindor's shriek.
Airey was tempted to close the lid to the box again just to shut the heads up, but the desire to play and give Gryffindors some target practice was too strong. Plus, ever summer he and Medea had tried to go bowling in Diagon Alley had ended up a bit, well, they hadn't actually made it to their lane to do some real bowling. Just a little personal interest invested in this project.
"I don't think a walk around the lake is specific to any particular day, Miss Valentine," he shrugged as he selected a head from the box to use.
He then tossed the head in his hand, despite it protesting and cursing at him along the way. "Well, however you are most comfortable I suppose. I know a bloke that would stick his fingers up the head's nose to hold on. I prefer to grab them by the hair, personally." He gave the head in his hand a little bit of a shake to illustrate. "The ears work well too."
SPOILER!!: the book and Heather!
As he stood there with the head in his hand, a warm and welcoming glow cause his attention out of the corner of his eye, but by the time he turned to look at the source he saw only Miss Xanthopoulos reading a book. Must have been the sunlight leaking in through the window to cause the glow.
"Miss Xanthopoulos! Why don't you come read that book over here. Or, you know, better yet....bring it and yourself over here and bowl with us!"
That WAS a pretty looking book she had there though, wasn't it? Very...appealing...
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Originally Posted by Schroyers
Connor was headed back in from the grounds, He and Jun nearly lost track of time and he wanted to be sure to get back before curfew, he only barely made it really. Headed through the Common Room he spotted a girl he hadn't talked to before, with a book that was glowing..
Curiosity getting the best of him as it so often did he walked toward her, looking down at the pages over her shoulder. "What book is that?" he asked scanning it's contents, it looked like an old book...very old. Old books could be interesting, and this one glowed.. So none of his usual 'Hello's' or 'what's your name?' nope, all manners were tossed because this was two of his favorite things, mysterious and a book!
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Originally Posted by Hera
Zeke had had enough of sitting in his dorm attempting potions homework... it just wasn't happening. Instead, his feet led him down the stairs and into the common room, the heart of the Lions den. There were people present, and it seemed they were being sociable. PERHAPS he could be sociable too.
Most of those present he didn't know very well, like the older peeps (lazykitty, Schroyers) but then there were those he did, like Ben, Angel and Professor Airey. Those few individuals received a GRIN from him, AND a small wave too.
"Hey... what'd I miss?" the first year greeted, hands in his pocket as he approached the group. A book? "Are we ... having story time?" or something?? Had he missed some grand plan for stories and marshmallows by the fire? WERE there marshmallows?
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Wait...there was another voice? Where was it coming from?
Finishing with the pins, Ben turned and saw the professor open the box up. Don't mind the insults?! He had an idea, but only as Angel made a face and spoke words of disgust was it confirmed and he looked in the box himself. Yep...shrunken head bowling.
His thoughts couldn't linger on the concept of the game long however as Angel decided to make another comment that succeeded in having him color in embarrassment as well. And it wasn't just the Professor around either. A fellow year-mate girl, an older boy and Zeke had made an appearance as he looked around at the sound of more movement and voices, Ben unconsciously took a step from the pins and Angel as he swallowed in an attempt to pull himself together.
It was then that he registered what the professor said to the other fourth year. A book? He followed everyone's gaze to notice a glowing book in the girl's hands and looked curiously at it. Maybe it'd be better then bowling.
'Sure looked interesting.
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Originally Posted by The Fairy Tale Book of Fairy Tales
SOOOOOOO much attention!
The book began to glow even more brightly in the hands of the Gryffindor (lazykitty), hoping that all those present would flock to it like pixies to sugarplums.
Yes. Come closer and flip through its pages and feel the leather bindings that held those glorious pages together! Come come, no need to be shy.
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Originally Posted by Harry174
Angel was glad when the Professor didn't realise what she had meant that was good and hopefully everyone else was way busier with whatever it was in the older girls hand.
"EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" Angel didn't want to pick up the head by it's nose though wasn't this a bit mean surely the heads would get hurt with all the bowling. She had heard of SPEW but what about SHW.
Shrunken Head Welfare was a good new and maybe she should start it surely the poor heads should have a say in what they did.
Angel was about to ask the Professor more about shrunken heads when suddenly whatever was in the girls hand was sending out bright lights and well it got the better of her.
Leaving where she was she went over and smiled at the girl. "What you reading?" Angel looked at the book in the girls hand "Seriously this book looks amazing.. is it a good story?"
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Originally Posted by Schroyers
Sure, this other girl whose name Connor didn't know was holding the book but he could help but reach out and put a hand on the page as he starting reading the words..
It was a rather mesmerizing book wasn't it? More so than any book he's seen.
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Originally Posted by DJ ExpelliarMOOSE
Ceorlic was just minding his own business when he emerged from the Boy's Dorm his face was burried in the book he borrowed from Gabe Banner, some old Mermish Translator book. The Scot mumbling under his breathe some Mermish speak with half a Pumpkin Pastie sticking from out of his mouth.
In Truth he should be reading a Tranfiguration book that was tasked to him to finish before the end of this week, he did not care about that though. He'll breeze through it on Friday. In the mean time he wanted to try this Mermish stuff and get the book back to Gabe.
His attention was so transfixed in the pages and his focus attached to his own mumbling that he had no clue he had just stepped onto some slippery surface...
Loosing his balance as he glided down he threw the book in the air, and crosses his arms in front of his face as he fell head first into pins. his Teeth Clenched and the Pumpkin Pastie now bit half. The first half in his mouth, while the remaining half was on the floor somwhere else.
He sat up rubbing his arms where they made contact with the pins. "Wha th' hell slicked th' flair?!" his Pasties were on Isla, she was a prankster of Boy's after all. All though he thought he was exempt from her list?
He glarred at the group surrounding a table. Isla was nowhere in that group so she wasn't to blame. Maybe they were plotting another prank! NOT ON CEO's WATCH!
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Originally Posted by JennMarie
Jeremiah was trying to relax, didnt everyone see him lounging on this chair, curled up with his eyes closed? Ugh. Snapping his eyes open at the commotion of a book he rolled his eyes. He knew half of them probably never saw a book that wasnt a school book before but really they needed to hush.
"really, do you mind?" like shutting up of at least chilling out. "its just a book, go to the library if you want to be mesmerized by books." yes even YOU professor Airey, leaving that tower of his might be good for him.
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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi
With his hands in his robe pockets, Kevin entered the common room after spending the day at the whomping willow. It had been fun , tricking that Ravenclaw girl Eden to get close to the tree and grab a branch. The bloody idiot actually did it as well...and succeeded... which was kind of admirable. But now he was bored again and he decided to take his boredom to the tower and sit by the fire.
Of course there were students here as well, it was the common room. Even Flailsteed was here which he didn't find surprising as well since he was the new Head of House. He felt a little awkward though as he passed him to sit on one of the lounging chairs next to Jeremiah.
Instead of turning the chair to face the fireplace, Kevin's eyes caught the attention of a book that seemed the be glowing. He raised an eyebrow at that. "Do books always glow?" he asked. What? he'd rather stay away from books...except comic books, those were cool.
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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline
Yeah...books won out over shrunken head bowling. Regardless if they needed to improve their aim in time for gobstones. Ben didn't mind the game all that much but it was clear that Angel was against it anyway. So another vote for seeing what the book was about. The professor had mentioned it, maybe it would be important in class. Lessons would be more important than gobstones anyday.
So moving closer with his girlfriend, the fourth year didn't quite notice the book glowing brighter and more intense. Ben waited for the girl currently holding it to answer Angel's question while he tentatively reached to touch the front cover. The boy wondering if he could get a discrete peek at the cover.
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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie
Oh look...HERE were the rest of the lions. But instead of being dazzled by this STELLAR thing he, Miss Valentine, and Mr. Atreyu had set up in the common room that were all oogling and drooling over this book as though it held the secret to restoring Pluto back to planetary status.
Feeling like an 8-year-old about to throw a tantrum - how very mature of the professor, no? - Airey marched over to the crowd and looked at Miss Xanthopoulos and the book in her hand for a moment before snatching it right out of her hands. "It's just a fairy tale book," he muttered with a tone of extreme disappointment as he held the book shut and waved the cover at the crowd. See? Just a fairy tale book charmed to glow. "Now WHO wants to play some shrunken head bowling? Hmm? Will help bring victory to Gryffindor in the upcoming gobstone match!" Seriously. Nothing special to see here...although the astronomer couldn't help himself from opening it up somewhere in the middle and reading the first page his eyes fell upon.
Quite the intricate illustrations in here as well...and OOOOOOOOH...he hadn't read this story in AGES!
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Originally Posted by The Fairy Tale Book of Fairy Tales
Glowing and twinkling bright in the hands of the adult, the book almost seemed to giggle with delight as it vanished from sight once again and was no where to be seen.
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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl
Taking the last bite of a sandwich he'd gotten from the kitchen, David gave the password and climbed through the portrait hole. It wasn't unusual for there to be quite a few Gryffindors and Flamsteed in the common room, but this THING that was set up was. What was this?? And why did everyone seem to be crowding around a book...that was glowing?
Whoa, that was kinda cool too. He didn't think he'd seen any books like that before. Books didn't typically glow even in the wizarding world, did they?
So yeah, of course he wanted to check it out too. But just as he was peering over someone's shoulder to look at it...it vanished.
...Books didn't typically do that either, did they?
"Weird book," he commented.
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Originally Posted by Hera
Zeke was OGLING the book. It was...prettycool. It GLOWED and... well, it was kinda like it was inviting people to read it. Yes. They should read it. Zeke put out a hand to try to touch the books binding. Just touch it... that's all he wanted. He liked touching things. But when Professor Airey took it, it was too far out of his reach, and so his arm fell back to his side.
A boring Fairy Tales book? So............ they weren't having story time with marshmallows? That was... sad. He felt like marshmallows now. The book though was DEFINITELY not boring. Because boring books didn't just vanish. But this one did.
"Eerrrr..................." was all he managed to say for a short while.
"Where'd it go?"
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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie
He quite literally was getting to the best point of the story when the book just...vanished. Vanished right out of his hands into thin air. "Noooooooooo," he groaned as he groped at the air for an invisible book that didn't exist. The fingers on his left hand balled up into a fist save for his index and middle fingers which instead curved a little and continued to stick out.
What had he just been looking for? It was...OF COURSE.
Turning his head around, he GLARED at the lost boys - and...girls? - and leaned forward to peer at each of them directly in the eye. No. None of them were who he was seeking. NONE of them. Must have slipped out right under his nose like the crowing coward that he was. BAD FORM! BAD FORM INDEED.
"Come back here and fight me!" the man bellowed suddenly as he stood up straight and spun in place to look around the entire room. "Or I'll find you wherever you are, you hear me? Bad form! Bad form indeed!"
And then without another word, he made his way to leave the room, tossing the shrunken head that had been in his hand into the fireplace on his way out.
"Proud and insolent youth! Prepare t' meet thy doom!" he roared just as the door closed behind him.
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Originally Posted by Harry174
Angel was totally watching the book until it vanished into thin air, seriously what book did that.
"Profess...." Angel was about to ask Professor Flamsteed if he was going to get back on with the bowling when he started talking about the lost boy. So the Professor must have been reading Peter Pan.
"eh guys." Angel looked at everyone else in the room. "I think Professor Flamsteed has gone off his rocker." Angel wonder why the Professor was acting like this and then he was leaving. "Seriously guys maybe we should get the healer to check him out when we find him?"
"Great who's cleaning up the mess in the common room?" Angel sighed. "There's some shrunken heads in a box over there." Angel pointed at the box.
Yeah it was 100% official first the head girl and now Professor Flamsteed had gone nuts.
Heather was so enthralled by the book, she barely noticed that she had attracted quite the crowd, which was weird because she normally loved a crowd and nothing could distract her from one. But, this book was just that interesting. Somehow, her brain registered some questions, though, which she answered with a blanket response. "Oh, this? It just appeared here, it seemed to be calling my name." Mhmm, and now it was hers. Though...... "Sure, I can read to you from it, if you like." Wasn't nobody getting ahold of this book! Nope, HER book!
Until it wasn't anymore. Looking around, she saw who the book stealer was. Professor Airey! "Professor, please give it back to me! It's the best book ever, and I want to finish it!" Seriously, Heather was prepared to wrestle him for it. And not that silly playground arm wrestling, either. Real wrestling where someone could get hurt. But then, the book just.....disappeared. Great. Now the best book ever was gone, thank you Professor. Not even paying attention to anything around her, she collapsed into a nearby chair, not noticing the guy (Jeremiah) that was already in said chair and started to cry. And yes, she HAD seen books aside from textbooks before. Had read them in five different languages, too.
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