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The first floor is full of portraits who would gladly lend an ear if you wish to tell of your woes. Most would be even more glad to talk your ear off about themselves if you're more of a listener... be wary of them, though. The ones at the top are still very dusty and they are NOT happy about it.
OOC: We do have someone who RPs the portraits, actually, so....
Once in a while, mostly when Donny was busy and Abbi needed a good talk, the fifth year would make her way towards the first floor to have a deep-meaningful-conversation with one of the moving pictures. They were spectacular listeners and she found their stories just as fascinating as anything.
With a gaze, it took the brunette only a short moment to find her favorite potrait subject, his name was Giffard Abbott and the fact that he had a dog was about all she knew of him, or well the person he was painted as. Portraits didn't know much about their subjects, instead they tended to be different to them completely although there were exceptions.
"Giff! How you doing, G?" A beam was given his way as she very casually took a seat beside the ground and waited for him to portrait-travel closer.
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Once in a while, mostly when Donny was busy and Abbi needed a good talk, the fifth year would make her way towards the first floor to have a deep-meaningful-conversation with one of the moving pictures. They were spectacular listeners and she found their stories just as fascinating as anything.
With a gaze, it took the brunette only a short moment to find her favorite potrait subject, his name was Giffard Abbott and the fact that he had a dog was about all she knew of him, or well the person he was painted as. Portraits didn't know much about their subjects, instead they tended to be different to them completely although there were exceptions.
"Giff! How you doing, G?" A beam was given his way as she very casually took a seat beside the ground and waited for him to portrait-travel closer.
Brian was casually walking back from whatever class that was.He wasn't even sure what floor he was on and he was honestly getting really sick of the stairs always dropping him off on the wrong floor. Anyway, he was pretty sure this was the floor his common room was on, so he was just a-walking in the general direction of what should be the common room when he noticed his very unfamiliar surroundings.
He was definitely on the wrong floor now.
"Who's Giff?" he asked, a little confused as to why this person was talking to the wall. Then, he might have heard a cough from a portrait behind him and he might have jumped a little. "Holycraptheportraitjustcoughed." No, Brian wasn't freaking out. There was no limit to the weird things that went on here, was there?
Brian was casually walking back from whatever class that was.He wasn't even sure what floor he was on and he was honestly getting really sick of the stairs always dropping him off on the wrong floor. Anyway, he was pretty sure this was the floor his common room was on, so he was just a-walking in the general direction of what should be the common room when he noticed his very unfamiliar surroundings.
He was definitely on the wrong floor now.
"Who's Giff?" he asked, a little confused as to why this person was talking to the wall. Then, he might have heard a cough from a portrait behind him and he might have jumped a little. "Holycraptheportraitjustcoughed." No, Brian wasn't freaking out. There was no limit to the weird things that went on here, was there?
Abbi was just about to go out into full-talk-ramble mode with Giff and tell him all about her latest episode with a certain someone when out of nowhere she got interrupted.
CUTE LITTLE THING. Hello newbie. She beamed at the little kid, gosh was she that small? Was he a cootie believer???
"The portrait with the dog, see." she pointed to the painting and watched him wave and greet the kid. Gigggllee snort, cause the kid was just freaking out. Clearly he had never seen something like this before, but hey he ought to get used to all of it soon because well hello Hogwarts. "They move and talk, and they're completely magical. Have you not seen any of the others?" she asked him. "You're cute, what's your name?" Abbi being Abbi meant no holding back any thoughts, mostly anyways.
Cordelia once again let herself just wander around the school. And for some reason she wandered to the portraits. Come to think of it, the first time she was around the portraits, she was little afraid and just ran away, but then again she was only a first year then. Now she was a third year and a little more mature and grown up now so she definitely wasn't going to be afraid of moving portraits. As she wandered around, one portrait moved and she spotted it from the corner of her eye and quickly turned her body to look but whoever was in the portrait was no longer there and she pouted. She plopped down on the ground crossing her legs and she huffed. I can't believe I am doing this... she thought to herself before she exhaled out and finally spoke out. "Sooo...how's everyone doing here...? How's portrait life?" She scoffs at herself thinking she sounded completely and utterly idiotic trying to make conversations with blood portraits. "Ok, so conversing with random people, let alone portraits, aren't exactly my strong suit here. I guess you can say I get a little nervous for some reason. I don't know why. I just do. Maybe I am just too afraid to socialize with people...? Bloody hell I sound ridiculous..." She runs her fingers through her hair and chuckles to herself.
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Iris Pius had been watching the students go by quietly. She just liked watching them, but now she felt the energy to talk so looking around she found the closest one.
"Hello, good day"
Did anyone have time to chat with an old portrait? She always did like when the students stopped and chatted.
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Kace decided it was time to take a stroll and look at the portraits. I mean he knew they could talk but he hadn't seen it yet. As he looked around he heard something. He turned around and noticed a portrait talking. He grinned and knew his day had come! He could actually talk to a portrait! He stepped forward and began to speak...
"HII!" he yelled to let her notice him. "I am Kace Lecium a fellow hufflepuff. Nice to meet you.." he said because he didn't know what else to say.
Kace decided it was time to take a stroll and look at the portraits. I mean he knew they could talk but he hadn't seen it yet. As he looked around he heard something. He turned around and noticed a portrait talking. He grinned and knew his day had come! He could actually talk to a portrait! He stepped forward and began to speak...
"HII!" he yelled to let her notice him. "I am Kace Lecium a fellow hufflepuff. Nice to meet you.." he said because he didn't know what else to say.
Still watching all going by she smiled towards an individual who stopped to chat. "Hello Mr. Lecium" She grinned with pride over the Hufflepuff, "It is always nice to meet fellow Hufflepuff students, I hope you are representing the house well."
She looked around at the other students before turning her attention back to him, "What year are you in Mr. Lecium?"
Emmylou was very happy to be done with this homework. She could have not done the homework for divinations but that wasn't something that she would do at all. There was no point in her even stopping now but there was no point in her stopping at the second cat because she wasn't a quitter and she wanted to get some credit on being able to be around with cats for this long. She still didn't know where she was going to go next but she used her 'cat radar'? She didn't have 'cat radar' at all. Seeing as it was talking her so long to find one cat. That took her an hour to find the first cat and almost falling asleep near the fireplace wasn't something that would be helpful to getting her homework done.
Walking around the first floor she looked and wondered if there was a cat or two near the portraits. Did portraits even like cats? They couldn't pet them and maybe there were cats mean around the portraits? She didn't know much about cats other than they need to go an anger management class. Yep. Cats were mean in Emmylou's dark blue eyes.
Spotting a cat that was all tan with some black marks on it the fifth year had her notebook at the read and began to write some notes about this cat. It was grooming him or herself with it's left paw. Emmylou took a closer look at the cat. NOPE! The cat was grooming his or hers ear with his or hers left paw.
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Wanted to play with fire but was saved by me Cat #1: Orange, walking towards me now walking near the fireplace, just a little too close for my liking, stops and points his tail towards the fire.
Yoga Kitty Cat #2: All white with some brown and black spots, it looks like it doing yoga or something like stretching. Hmmm....I don't even know what that could mean.
Cat #3: Tan and black, maybe a it would be a certain breed but I don't know cat breeds. It's grooming it's ear with it's left paw while looking at a portrait.
Emmylou wrote a little bit more about the cat but nothing very detailed because she didn't know what was going on with the cat. The blonde took a look at her textbook. She flipped through the pages until she found what she was looking for. Ahh, yes.
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Cat #1: Orange, [S]walking towards me[S/] now walking near the fireplace, just a little too close for my liking, stops and points his tail towards the fire.
So when a cat points his or her tail towards any fire it means that there will heavy rain or frost but it's too cold for rain so I think that it means that there is a chance that it will be a little frosty. I don't know when it will happened but it will or so the cat is telling me it will. I have trust issues with cats.
Cat #2: All white with some brown and black spots, it looks like it doing yoga or something like stretching. Hmmm....I don't even know what that could mean.
Okay so according to our textbook a cat that is all stretched out and looking like it's doing yoga means that good days are ahead which is something I'll need when we go on break. Oooh wait there's more! It means that the sun will be out. You know it really feels like I haven't seen the sun in forever. I really miss the sun.
Cat #3: Tan and black, maybe a it would be a certain breed but I don't know cat breeds. It's grooming it's ear with it's left paw.
I looked in my notebook and the behavior of this interesting looking cat is that I will be visited by a woman. I don't know what that means or who this woman is but it's definitely going to be making me have my eyes pealed for someone that will be visiting me.
Emmylou closed her textbook, notebook and stood up. She was done! After a few hours of looking for cats and taking notes on them she was able to relax or even do some more homework.
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Kate was really in a hurry now! The homework assignment was due to the professor soon, and she still had to find a third cat and do a third reading. The reading part was easy. Her textbook always led her right to the answer, and all she had to do was summarize what the cat was trying to predict for her. Finding the cat was the hard part. Were they all hiding away or something? Maybe they were all starting to get caught and taken back to where they came from. Kate hoped there was at least one still roaming around.
She turned down the corridor and toward a hallway of portraits. Some were still inside the frame, so she waved toward the people as she walked around. Kate wanted to stay on the good side of the portraits. Who knew when knowing them might come in handy some day. She finally found a cat lounging beneath a portrait. In a hurry, she whipped out her parchment and quill and began to write.
Homework Reading #3
Well, cat number three didn't bring me quite as much luck as the first two cats did. The news isn't terrible, but I should let you know that a snowstorm is coming. This cat was lying fully on its side, sleeping, with a paw over its face. It looked like it was having some good sleep, but also, according to the textbook, this means that a snowstorm is coming.
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Kace decided it was time to take a stroll and look at the portraits. I mean he knew they could talk but he hadn't seen it yet. As he looked around he heard something. He turned around and noticed a portrait talking. He grinned and knew his day had come! He could actually talk to a portrait! He stepped forward and began to speak...
"HII!" he yelled to let her notice him. "I am Kace Lecium a fellow hufflepuff. Nice to meet you.." he said because he didn't know what else to say.
She had never spent a lot of time around this part of then castle before, sure she had passed by the portraits all of the time, but she'd never actually taken the time to stop & speak with some of them. Josie had seen a lot of students do it before & she was always curious to see what the portraits had to say. But of course there was always self-conscious feelings that she feared, would the portraits even want to speak to her? Or would they be rude? Would she even say the right thing to them? What if she insulted them? What if-
.....
Josie jumped a bit as she'd turned the corner & heard the sudden loud voice of a boy who was...apparently speaking to the portraits as well. From what she could make of it, he was a Hufflepuff & oh wait, she recognized that boy! Hadn't she met him on the train for a brief moment before?
Still watching all going by she smiled towards an individual who stopped to chat. "Hello Mr. Lecium" She grinned with pride over the Hufflepuff, "It is always nice to meet fellow Hufflepuff students, I hope you are representing the house well."
She looked around at the other students before turning her attention back to him, "What year are you in Mr. Lecium?"
As Kace was waiting for the portrait to answer him, he was busy examining the other portraits. He wondered how long have they been there. They must have been there for like forever right? As he was examining he was jolted by a response. Jeez did that portrait just talk to him? Did it work? He grinned to himself and faced the portrait.
He nodded towards her respectfully and he grinned sheepishly. "I mean I think I do. I mean like.." he said stuttering but then he covered himself up. "I am actually yes." he gave her a positive smile. Ah she wanted to know his year? He smiled and responded, "I am a sixth year." Did he look like it? He hoped so.
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She had never spent a lot of time around this part of then castle before, sure she had passed by the portraits all of the time, but she'd never actually taken the time to stop & speak with some of them. Josie had seen a lot of students do it before & she was always curious to see what the portraits had to say. But of course there was always self-conscious feelings that she feared, would the portraits even want to speak to her? Or would they be rude? Would she even say the right thing to them? What if she insulted them? What if-
.....
Josie jumped a bit as she'd turned the corner & heard the sudden loud voice of a boy who was...apparently speaking to the portraits as well. From what she could make of it, he was a Hufflepuff & oh wait, she recognized that boy! Hadn't she met him on the train for a brief moment before?
..Right?
Then as he turned to examine his surroundings and waited for the portrait to answer he noticed a girl that looked familiar. He gave her a quizzical look and furrowed his eyebrows. He shook his head and then it snapped to him. "Heyy sorry but you look soo familiar.." He couldn't place her name. He was gonna get to it eventually. Hopefully she didn't think he was a creep.
As she waited for him to answer she noticed the other portraits all around chatting to each other or looking at the students. Very interesting how awake it seemed they all were lately.
"Well I hope you are representing us well. You have many famous Witches and Wizards that were exceptional Hufflepuffs." She was very proud to be in the house of the badger. "A sixth year, how did you do on your owls?" She knew the fifth and seventh years were very stressful.
♡ A heart full of Love l ☾ A night bright as Day l
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Then as he turned to examine his surroundings and waited for the portrait to answer he noticed a girl that looked familiar. He gave her a quizzical look and furrowed his eyebrows. He shook his head and then it snapped to him. "Heyy sorry but you look soo familiar.." He couldn't place her name. He was gonna get to it eventually. Hopefully she didn't think he was a creep.
Wait a moment, was he looking at her? No, probably not, she must have been thinking that just because her mind wanted her to. There was no way. Josette was debating turning around and going in the other direction to avoid being noticed, but just as she was getting ready to the boy was talking...to her. She jumped a little bit feeling unprepared for that.
"U-Um...I-I think we've met...once before..on the H-Hogwarts express.."
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As she waited for him to answer she noticed the other portraits all around chatting to each other or looking at the students. Very interesting how awake it seemed they all were lately.
"Well I hope you are representing us well. You have many famous Witches and Wizards that were exceptional Hufflepuffs." She was very proud to be in the house of the badger. "A sixth year, how did you do on your owls?" She knew the fifth and seventh years were very stressful.
Seeing another person come up she smiled, "Hello"
Just then the portrait that the boy was conversing with was now speaking to her as well. She knew at this point she couldn't turn & run, for it would have been very rude. Coming from behind the corner Josette was hiding she made her way slowly towards the boy & the portrait. As she neared, she cleared her throat & spoke to the portrait smiling softly, "H-Hello...I-I'm sorry if i-it looked like I-I was eavesdropping, I-I didn't mean to.."
As she waited for him to answer she noticed the other portraits all around chatting to each other or looking at the students. Very interesting how awake it seemed they all were lately.
"Well I hope you are representing us well. You have many famous Witches and Wizards that were exceptional Hufflepuffs." She was very proud to be in the house of the badger. "A sixth year, how did you do on your owls?" She knew the fifth and seventh years were very stressful.
Seeing another person come up she smiled, "Hello"
Kace raised his eyebrows at that information. He wondered who could be the famous witches and wizards that were hufflepuff. "Oh I know Helga Hufflepuff was the founder but what other famous wizards and witches are there?" he asked curiously. Now the portrait asked how he did in his owls and he grinned sheepishly and kind of lieeedd and said, "I did well, well the best I could.." he shrugged. Now to turn his attention to his new friend he made.
SPOILER!!: Josette!
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Wait a moment, was he looking at her? No, probably not, she must have been thinking that just because her mind wanted her to. There was no way. Josette was debating turning around and going in the other direction to avoid being noticed, but just as she was getting ready to the boy was talking...to her. She jumped a little bit feeling unprepared for that.
"U-Um...I-I think we've met...once before..on the H-Hogwarts express.."
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As Kace was looking at the girl and noticed she did look familiar and he nodded and smiled. She did seem nervous and assured her she had nothing to be embarrassed about. "I am sure we did but my memory being bad as it is, I need a refresher. I am Kace.." he held his hand out for her to shake. "What house are you in?" he asked.
Wait a moment, was he looking at her? No, probably not, she must have been thinking that just because her mind wanted her to. There was no way. Josette was debating turning around and going in the other direction to avoid being noticed, but just as she was getting ready to the boy was talking...to her. She jumped a little bit feeling unprepared for that.
"U-Um...I-I think we've met...once before..on the H-Hogwarts express.."
Just then the portrait that the boy was conversing with was now speaking to her as well. She knew at this point she couldn't turn & run, for it would have been very rude. Coming from behind the corner Josette was hiding she made her way slowly towards the boy & the portrait. As she neared, she cleared her throat & spoke to the portrait smiling softly, "H-Hello...I-I'm sorry if i-it looked like I-I was eavesdropping, I-I didn't mean to.."
She watched the girl with a kind smile, but sat a little straighter in her portrait. "No need to apologize, but next time just come and be seen not hide. You never know what adventures you will find hiding in a corner." Iris would know she had plenty of adventures in her lifetime.
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Kace raised his eyebrows at that information. He wondered who could be the famous witches and wizards that were hufflepuff. "Oh I know Helga Hufflepuff was the founder but what other famous wizards and witches are there?" he asked curiously. Now the portrait asked how he did in his owls and he grinned sheepishly and kind of lieeedd and said, "I did well, well the best I could.." he shrugged. Now to turn his attention to his new friend he made.
SPOILER!!: Josette!
As Kace was looking at the girl and noticed she did look familiar and he nodded and smiled. She did seem nervous and assured her she had nothing to be embarrassed about. "I am sure we did but my memory being bad as it is, I need a refresher. I am Kace.." he held his hand out for her to shake. "What house are you in?" he asked.
Her eyes widened when the boy said he didn't know any Famous Hufflepuffs, "You are a sixth year and don't know any? I'd advice you to go to the library and find out, there are too many of us that have worked very hard to become successful and many famous to have children wearing our house colors not know who we are." She was a bit offended by this. "I think you would recognize the names once you have looked them up." She was not going to make this easy on him. That didn't sound promising about his OWLs, maybe he didn't study hard enough, "Well as long as you are working hard that is all that matters."
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