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It was after dinner on the second day of the new school year. As you come into the Ravenclaw Common Room after answering one of the bronze knockers hard to crack riddles you step on to the usual comfy midnight blue carpet under the starry domed ceiling. Switching your gaze to the lit fire in the large center fireplace of the wide circular tower room you'll spot your HoH; Mr Kitridge that is scurrying around back and forth moving around sofas and chairs in a half circle for the nights house commune/meeting his navy robes for the night billowing around him and mumbling to himself. A large welcoming basket of sticks with smorés, marshmallows and vegetables and fruits like carrots and apples wait for eager eagle hands to roast them over the fireplace fire as well as flasks of cold pumpkin juice to be had in mugs with eagle motifes on them.
A large locked chest with an eagle crest drawn on it is placed on the floor near where the eagle's first raffle wheel is being put up by the prefects and head girl. Who knows what prizes you all have won with your raffle ticket that you hopefully picked up from your lovely student leaders at the previous nights, start of term feast. If you missed obtaining a ticket talk to either Mr Kitridge or one of the student leaders to see if there are any tickets left.
OOC: Welcome all new and returning eagles for some RP fun! Choose somewhere to sit and grab a stick with a marshmallow or a mug of juice and chat with your eagle peers! The commune will soon start!
"It's Ailsa, sir. Like the drink? Ale? Sorry... ". She wasn't strictly sure why she'd apologised for her name, but it was the sort of thing she did relatively frequently with adults whom she didn't yet know well.
Before she can say anything else though, pandemonium breaks loose as angry balls of fluff burst from the chest, one of the ferrets leaping to nip the head of house's nose!
There's a slight start when the animals first fly from the chest, but then... "Careful! Don't hurt them! They're probably just scared!"
Reaching up with one hand under the back paws of the ferret hanging from the head of house's nose and the other pressing her thumb and forefinger gently on either side of the ferret's mouth, as when getting a cat to open its mouth for a pill, Ailsa got the offending fluff to release Kitridge's nose.
Right. One down. Sort of. The ferret no longer on her superior's nose was now attacking Ailsa's ankles, but it was definitely an improvement.
Shimmying out of her robe, leaving just her T-shirt and pajama pants for protection from the animals Ailsa dropped the thick robe over a group of the attacking furballs and gently scooped it up again. "I've got some, but where do I put them?"
Leo's first conscious thought when all the chaos broke lose was THIS WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAAAPPEN! Gahh! Before he could reassure the eagles of that however something furry attacked his nose causing pain to immediately shot up it. Ferrets had a nasty bite Leo managed to think before Ailsa too his great relief and gratitude lifted the ferret away from off his face. Flashing the girl a big appreciative smile he said "Thanks Ailsa. I think if the ferret had held on any longer it'd have sparked blood." Rubbing his still hurting nose Leo pulled out his wand out expertly. "I'll start conjuring up cages and leashes." Because they needed them like NOW. It was the only way to stop the furry creatures attack.
"Immobulus!" Leo cast at a green pygmy puff that was climbing up his left robe leg with his claws extended for a scratch. Over the commotion he shouted to his eagles as he surveyed the chaos. "Keep working together! Help each other fend the creatures off and then leash them and put them in cages. If we'll do that we'll soon have restored order!" Or that was at least Leo's hope as he lifted off a white ferret that trying to bite through his robes to get to the skin of his right arm underneath.
SPOILER!!: Thornton & Tia
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Originally Posted by AmbiguouslyMe
It was then that he heard the question about where to put them... He looked to Kitridge hoping that the man might be able to conjure some cages or something. For his own part, Thornton was conjuring a handful of standard butterfly nets so that the younger students could corral them more easily.
Seeing a small pile of pygmy puffs, however, Thornton jabbed his wand and gave a quick shout of "incarcolvo!" The black netting shot from his wand and draped itself over the little pile, before it hardened into a sufficiently roomy cage.
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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising
Tia was there observing from the back, until her house head spoke and introduced himself and herself as well as the prefects which was her cue to come out from the back and step forward. She had, of course, raffle tickets in her robe pockets to hand out, but was biding her time simply observing her new housemates first.
None of the creatures were fatal, but as one jumped on her and dug its little teeth into her shoulder, Tia withdrew her wand and poked it off just as she heard Thornton casting a rather useful spell. "I think it needs all of us! INCARCOLVO!" she cast, black netting emerging from her wand as well to trap the little furballs.
Thank heavens for Thornton on Tia. They were keeping their heads cool and thinking on their feet. Seeing what they were doing Leo shouted over the loud voices to compliment his prefects. "Good thinking Thornton and TiaMarie! We need more cages so keep the spells coming in a steady pace!"
Addressing all the eagles Leo gestured to the cages that were just forming on the floor. "Everyone, place the furry creatures in the cages when you manage to catch one! When we have all of them caged I'll send a message to Professor Draper. We can't house all these balls of cute fur even if we want to." The common room was sadly not big enough and most of the students already had their own pets to care for so many might not even want a second pet. Plus if memory served Leo then you needed special permission to have a pet ferret at school. But something to lay thoughts on later, not now when it was still chaos pretty much.
SPOILER!!: Jasper + Azura
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Originally Posted by Pucki
He hoped Azura would listen as he ran off to grab the aforementioned professor. Another ferret had leapt onto him as he went straight back for the chaos in order to get his friend help. As it bit him he glared at the white ferret, grabbing it in his own hands. It moved to bite him again, but he ignored it.
At least this one couldn't scratch him.
Finally. Mr Kitridge was right in front of him. Also being attacked by the furry creatures he'd just let lose. Somehow Jasper thought it was karma. Not that he'd ever say that. "Uh... sir? I think my friends got a broken nose... or something," wasn't exactly very wordy, but it got the point across.
Help would be very much appreciated.
Leo was about to focus his attention on conjuring up more cages when Jasper approached asking for help for his friend who had broken his/her nose. "I'll come right away Jasper, lead me to your friend." He was by no means as skilled as Cece but he was certain that he could mend a nose if it indeed was broken.
As they joined Azura he saw immediately that her nose was bleeding. "How did you break your nose Azura? Have you broken it before? Do you want me to mend it with a spell?" Pulling it out his wand Leo was ready to mend Azura's nose if the girl gave him permission. If it wasn't the first time she had broken it then he'd advice her to go see Cece.
SPOILER!!: Julia
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Originally Posted by Ashwinder
”Nyaaaa!”
Even the puffskeins seemed to lose interest in gumming her fingers, and were just sitting to either side of her head instead—one of them on the third, which was still adamantly nomming away on her earlobe. She reached up and pulled it off her, at which pointed it hummed a little. ”…what.”
And then the other two puffskeins stuck their tongues up her nose. ”Agabflabagafa!”
It was hard not to hear the sounds coming from Julia. Gripping his wand Leo called over "Julia, are you all right?" as he mumbled firmly "Wingadium Leviosa!" and lifted the puffskeins off Julia's face and into the air. They hung there for a few moments before Leo moved them over to one of the waiting cages.
Katherine was lucky, because one of the cheering up spells that her new idol Prefect Thornton used hit the pygmy puffs that were attacking her. Still she was uselessly laying on the floor. She hated furry things, because she was awfully ticklish and the little moving motion drove her mad. All she could do was covering her nose and face, because she heard someone yelling that these animals were after their boogies. Ew. It was a total chaos, and she hoped (through her maniac laughter) that someone would notice her soon…
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Originally Posted by Callie
She was looking over Lex's shoulder now, at a girl (Katherine) writhing with two pygmy puffs on her stomach. She didn't seem like she was in pain, more like... tickle torture? But still. "Come on." Haddie didn't wait to make sure if Lex was following, and marched over to the girl, scooping the purple pygmy puffs off her, rescuing both the puffs and the girl. Her first pocket was full, so she put them in the other pocket and turned to Lex. "Not sure I'll be able to carry many more," she told him, shrugged and turned back to the girl and offered her a hand to help her up, like Lex had done for her. "Are you okay? Are you hurt? Need medical assistance? I'm Haddie, that's Lex. We're looking for his rat, Artie before a ferret gets it. Wanna help?"
No, not THAT someone! Katherine was eternally grateful – or she would have been had someone else come to her rescue, but this girl was a complete troublemaker who defied authority. Katherine didn’t want to be associated with her – but they might as well be dorm buddies. Katherine wouldn’t know as she slept right away last night to avoid human contact after the trauma. Besides, she was too much of a giggle puddle to really regard the girl coldly.
“Thank you,” she breathed and giggled one last time, “I’m fine. I don’t need anything.” Though, she did take her hand. She was the bigger and better person here. She just had to remind herself not to be over-friendly with this girl. Did she want to help with finding a rat? No, she didn’t think so. But she also didn’t want to look rude, because a lady was NEVER rude, even towards her enemies.
“Why don’t you ask Mr. Kitridge? He can safely accio it.” Clever thinking, right?
And… she forgot to tell her name back, because Haddie had asked too many questions and she really did forget. She looked around briefly – the chaos seemed to have ended. Hopefully. Because she didn’t know any of those cool spells people performed, and she didn’t want to be completely useless.
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SPOILER!!: Jazzy and Mr.Kitridge
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Originally Posted by Pucki
Seeing her try to clean the blood up, he quickly searched his pockets until he found a small travel pack of tissues, practically shoving them into her hands.
"It's fine, it'll all be alright," he tried to comfort her before looking around at the continued chaos. Best case scenario, he could try to get her out of the common room without a problem and without setting those things loose on the rest of the school. Worst case scenario, she'd break some more bones, he'd do the same and they'd end up causing an infestation of animals in Hogwarts.
"I'll grab our head of house..." if he managed to find him. Jasper began scanning the room to catch sight of the professor. "Then we'll see if he can help you and if not I'll take you to the hospital wing, alright?"
He tried to keep his voice even and confident as he spoke. That'd probably help her calm down.
"Just wait here."
He hoped Azura would listen as he ran off to grab the aforementioned professor. Another ferret had leapt onto him as he went straight back for the chaos in order to get his friend help. As it bit him he glared at the white ferret, grabbing it in his own hands. It moved to bite him again, but he ignored it.
At least this one couldn't scratch him.
Finally. Mr Kitridge was right in front of him. Also being attacked by the furry creatures he'd just let lose. Somehow Jasper thought it was karma. Not that he'd ever say that.
"Uh... sir? I think my friends got a broken nose... or something," wasn't exactly very wordy, but it got the point across.
Help would be very much appreciated.
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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch
Leo was about to focus his attention on conjuring up more cages when Jasper approached asking for help for his friend who had broken his/her nose. "I'll come right away Jasper, lead me to your friend." He was by no means as skilled as Cece but he was certain that he could mend a nose if it indeed was broken.
As they joined Azura he saw immediately that her nose was bleeding. "How did you break your nose Azura? Have you broken it before? Do you want me to mend it with a spell?" Pulling it out his wand Leo was ready to mend Azura's nose if the girl gave him permission. If it wasn't the first time she had broken it then he'd advice her to go see Cece.
Azura's hands were now covered in blood as she tried to stop her nose from bleeding and she gratefully took the tissues that Jazz handed her! She gingerly put one up to her nose and nearly whimpered in pain as even that movement hurt!!
Tears burst into her eyes and she looked over at Jazz and nodded.'All right.. I'm sorry." She whimpered out as she looked at her friend. She hoped it was going to be all right! She felt terrible!!
Chaos had broken out and instead of helping... she had just added to it!!
She nodded again, wincing as Jasper spoke.."Please be careful." She said as she stood there.. There was no way she was going to move! She leaned against the wall and watched as her friend braved the biting animals to get the head of house for her..
Though as Mr.Kitridge came closer.. she felt like she was going to cry again!!
She whimpered softly as he came and spoke to her and her purple eyes were indeed misting up! She almost reached out a hand for Jasper!! But instead she clasped them in front of her as she attempted to answer her head of house..
"I'm sorry Sir.." She started out.. her voice a bit thick with tears and the tissue.. Which she removed.. "I was trying to get away from everything, when I stood up and fell and bashed my face into the side of the chair." She explained. Wow.. she sounded lame! Was she going to lose points for this??
She gave a slow nod if he asked if she had broken it before.."Yes sir, I have.. a few times." In the past three days, but she wasn't going to say that!!!
"If you could please Sir? I know the spell, but I can't do it on myself yet." She bit her lip a little.. Her mom WAS a healer!
She stood there, trying not to cry and she looked over at Jazzy and threw him an anxious look.
Katherine was lucky, because one of the cheering up spells that her new idol Prefect Thornton used hit the pygmy puffs that were attacking her. Still she was uselessly laying on the floor. She hated furry things, because she was awfully ticklish and the little moving motion drove her mad. All she could do was covering her nose and face, because she heard someone yelling that these animals were after their boogies. Ew. It was a total chaos, and she hoped (through her maniac laughter) that someone would notice her soon…
No, not THAT someone! Katherine was eternally grateful – or she would have been had someone else come to her rescue, but this girl was a complete troublemaker who defied authority. Katherine didn’t want to be associated with her – but they might as well be dorm buddies. Katherine wouldn’t know as she slept right away last night to avoid human contact after the trauma. Besides, she was too much of a giggle puddle to really regard the girl coldly.
“Thank you,” she breathed and giggled one last time, “I’m fine. I don’t need anything.” Though, she did take her hand. She was the bigger and better person here. She just had to remind herself not to be over-friendly with this girl. Did she want to help with finding a rat? No, she didn’t think so. But she also didn’t want to look rude, because a lady was NEVER rude, even towards her enemies.
“Why don’t you ask Mr. Kitridge? He can safely accio it.” Clever thinking, right?
And… she forgot to tell her name back, because Haddie had asked too many questions and she really did forget. She looked around briefly – the chaos seemed to have ended. Hopefully. Because she didn’t know any of those cool spells people performed, and she didn’t want to be completely useless.
Hadley glanced between her new shy friend and new friend Lex, uncertain. She shrugged and shook her head, to indicate she didn't know what that was. "Would that work?" she asked Lex. She didn't know the spell, or how safe it would be for the rat. But Kitridge would know if it worked and was safe for it. "Do you want to try that?"
Besides she needed to deliver the pygmy puffs in her pocket. As much as she wanted to keep all of them -she had a plan- she didn't want to get into trouble again. "Worth a try, at least? We have to drop off the pygmy puffs, even though I don't want to. But I've been in enough trouble with Kitridge for the last two days. Come on."
Haddie lead the way to Kitridge, making sure, this time, the others were following. Especially her new friend, least she get tickled by more puffs. She put the pygmy puffs, all 5 of them, into the cage with an exaggerated disappointed sigh, and then smirked her mischievous smirk. "That was fun," she muttered, just loud enough for Kitridge to hear. It was their thing now.
Then she turned to him properly. "Mr. Kitridge, we're trying to find Lex's rat, Artie, and..." she turned and looked at the girl, realizing she didn't know her name. "Um, she," Haddie gestured to the girl, "suggested we ask you if you can uh, accio? him safely? Sorry," she turned back to the girl, "I don't know your name."
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Yeah, no more girls. Girls talked a lot. All they wanted to do was talk. All Davie wanted to do was capture pygmy puffs! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Chasing after a few which had been slowed down by his spell, the second year began hugging them to his chest, two at a time, and then walking them over to the cages. He liked animals a lot and hadn't gotten to play with very many last term. But this term? It looked to be a creatureful one! He picked up several of the pygmy puffs... and their bigger relatives, the puffskeins, too. No ferrets though. Ferrets were too... bony and strange to him. And plus they reminded him of his mum's fur coats. He didn't trust 'em.
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No, not THAT someone! Katherine was eternally grateful – or she would have been had someone else come to her rescue, but this girl was a complete troublemaker who defied authority. Katherine didn’t want to be associated with her – but they might as well be dorm buddies. Katherine wouldn’t know as she slept right away last night to avoid human contact after the trauma. Besides, she was too much of a giggle puddle to really regard the girl coldly.
“Thank you,” she breathed and giggled one last time, “I’m fine. I don’t need anything.” Though, she did take her hand. She was the bigger and better person here. She just had to remind herself not to be over-friendly with this girl. Did she want to help with finding a rat? No, she didn’t think so. But she also didn’t want to look rude, because a lady was NEVER rude, even towards her enemies.
“Why don’t you ask Mr. Kitridge? He can safely accio it.” Clever thinking, right?
And… she forgot to tell her name back, because Haddie had asked too many questions and she really did forget. She looked around briefly – the chaos seemed to have ended. Hopefully. Because she didn’t know any of those cool spells people performed, and she didn’t want to be completely useless.
"Sorry, Mr Kitridge could do what?" Having overheard as he approached the two girls (Haddie and Katherine), Lex found himself confused as he didn't recognize that strange word; "ack-ee-oh"? "Artie's my pet rat, and Haddie is helping me find it. I don't want a ferret to..." He shook his head, looking around the room.
"He seemed scared, so he must be hiding. We must find him." Lance crawled up and peered out of Lex's collar. "Oh, hey mate. Don't worry, we'll find your brother..." He gave Lance's tiny head a pat, but looked down to the bottom of a nearby sofa.
"Artie!?" Lex knelt down and reached under the couch, and pulled his hand back up to reveal a scarlet pygmy puff. "Oh, it's just another pygmy puff." He placed the small thing in his robe pocket with the others he'd found.
SPOILER!!: Haddie
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Originally Posted by Callie
Hadley glanced between her new shy friend and new friend Lex, uncertain. She shrugged and shook her head, to indicate she didn't know what that was. "Would that work?" she asked Lex. She didn't know the spell, or how safe it would be for the rat. But Kitridge would know if it worked and was safe for it. "Do you want to try that?"
Besides she needed to deliver the pygmy puffs in her pocket. As much as she wanted to keep all of them -she had a plan- she didn't want to get into trouble again. "Worth a try, at least? We have to drop off the pygmy puffs, even though I don't want to. But I've been in enough trouble with Kitridge for the last two days. Come on."
Haddie lead the way to Kitridge, making sure, this time, the others were following. Especially her new friend, least she get tickled by more puffs. She put the pygmy puffs, all 5 of them, into the cage with an exaggerated disappointed sigh, and then smirked her mischievous smirk. "That was fun," she muttered, just loud enough for Kitridge to hear. It was their thing now.
Then she turned to him properly. "Mr. Kitridge, we're trying to find Lex's rat, Artie, and..." she turned and looked at the girl, realizing she didn't know her name. "Um, she," Haddie gestured to the girl, "suggested we ask you if you can uh, accio? him safely? Sorry," she turned back to the girl, "I don't know your name."
Lex placed the pygmy puffs he'd found in the cage with Haddie's before approaching her and Mr. Kitridge. "Please, anything we can do to find him safely, sir." He began to worry - what if one of those ferrets found Artie before he did? Ferrets and rats didn't play well together, and Artie was sure to be terrified...
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Garreth and Julia! Yanking off the other puffskein now. XD
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Originally Posted by Compootor
Garreth hadn't intended to invent a puff-catching strategy when he came to Rachel's rescue, but another first year seemed to see the value in his tactic. The boy rather enthusiastically called out to him to repeat the feat and cast the critters into his basket. As good a plan as that was, Garreth wasn't sure he'd be able to replicate the success of the first panicked attempt, but it wasn't as if he had any better ideas of his own.
Giving the other boy a quick nod, he rushed to find another critter. While he tried to move quickly and maneuver himself in such a way that another puffskein found itself between him and Jace, he wasn't so quick that Jace didn't have time for his attention to drift. Tracing the other boy's gaze, Garreth also found himself horrified by what was happening to the girl (Julia) with the monsters' tongue up her nose. He shot a glance back at the beast on the floor between him and Jace, and decided in a flash he wasn't going to let let monster do that to anyone else. Best to take care of that before rushing to the girl's aid.
"Heads up!" he called to the other boy whose name he didn't know, hoping he'd be quick enough to catch the beast in the basket. Another "Flipendo!", and a flick of the wand produced another knockback jinx - this time of a respectable strength - that launched the puffskein towards the other boy.
There was no time to see if he managed to catch the little demon, he had to help the girl being violated by the puffskeins! He rushed over and without really knowing what he was doing, tried to yank one of them of her face. Garreth had read about puffskeins, and their undying hunger for boogers, but in none of his books did anyone say what to do when under siege by one. In fact, they all said they preferred to eat the boogers of sleeping wizards, not ones who were awake and fighting back.
Jace could feel his eye do a series of twitching as he watched the puffskeins attack the poor girl’s nose. They sure look hungry, by the way. And Merlin...how much booger does that girl even have??? The eleven year old slowly lowered his hands and continued to gape at his fellow Ravenclaw and just stood there, too perplexed to function.
The sight was highly amusing, and at the same time very educational. Jace didn’t want to miss it out!
Of course, he got distracted when the boy had called his attention. The pygmy puff already flew away from his fellow first year, when Jace was just about to pick up the crate. The fluffy ball of creature crashed against his face, and Jace had to swat it again away from his person. Merlin’s beard! Jace was quick to pick up the humming creature though, and placed it inside his crate. One down, and a hundred more to go?
The Ravenclaw picked up his collection, and moved towards the same boy who was now...yanking one of the puffskeins off from the girls face. Jace made a horrified face, and quickly rushed towards the girl. The eleven year old followed suit and tried to get the other puffskein off her.
Yanking it off now, yes... "Keep still!"
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You can't get away from us girls that easily Davie! :P
SPOILER!!: But Ferrets are cool!
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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl
Yeah, no more girls. Girls talked a lot. All they wanted to do was talk. All Davie wanted to do was capture pygmy puffs! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Chasing after a few which had been slowed down by his spell, the second year began hugging them to his chest, two at a time, and then walking them over to the cages. He liked animals a lot and hadn't gotten to play with very many last term. But this term? It looked to be a creatureful one! He picked up several of the pygmy puffs... and their bigger relatives, the puffskeins, too. No ferrets though. Ferrets were too... bony and strange to him. And plus they reminded him of his mum's fur coats. He didn't trust 'em.
"The polecats aren't going to trust you if you keep refusing to pick them up," Ailsa informed the boy who'd been going all red around Rachel earlier as she walked by with another robefull of the ferrets in her arms. "You can tell they're unsure about you because of their squeaking."
She emptied her bathrobe into a waiting cage save for one occupant, which she cradled in one arm while walking back over to the bespectacled puffskein collector. "If you're calm and gentle they're really quite nice," she told the boy as she stroked the little mustelid, which now seemed quite content, "you just have to remember that they startle easily."
Yea, okay. Chloe was not going to help. She didn't care if all of the crazy animals were suspended mid-air. Spells wore off and she was not keen on being in the line of fire when and if that happened.
Besides, she was still semi-paralysed with fear by the whole ordeal and was frozen behind the couch she had found a home behind. The sudden flutter of talking between students had her ears perked. They all sounded fine. No more attacks.
But she refused to take any chances. And would move eventually. Eventually being the key word there.
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SPOILER!!: *BOWTIES are what's cool ;)
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Originally Posted by Mirali
"The polecats aren't going to trust you if you keep refusing to pick them up," Ailsa informed the boy who'd been going all red around Rachel earlier as she walked by with another robefull of the ferrets in her arms. "You can tell they're unsure about you because of their squeaking."
She emptied her bathrobe into a waiting cage save for one occupant, which she cradled in one arm while walking back over to the bespectacled puffskein collector. "If you're calm and gentle they're really quite nice," she told the boy as she stroked the little mustelid, which now seemed quite content, "you just have to remember that they startle easily."
David was carrying another small 'puff over to a cage when a GIRL--- a girl with a robe full of ferrets, no less--- suddenly stopped him.
"Ugh!" was his initial reaction, stepping away from the lean robeful of ferrets. Not the girl, there was nothing wrong with her, probably. It was the squeaky things that looked like Mum's coat that weirded him out. Clutching his pygmy puff tighter to his chest, the bespectacled boy avoided eye contact with the girl. No, he only had eyes for the ferrets right now, it seemed. "Yeah, I'd be squeaking too if I were a snake covered in fur." No offense. Not that HE was calling HER a snake or anything.
Davie looked down at his pygmy puff. "I should probably just stick to these guys, y'know. They like my boogers." Oops, that wasn't supposed to come out out loud.
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David was carrying another small 'puff over to a cage when a GIRL--- a girl with a robe full of ferrets, no less--- suddenly stopped him.
"Ugh!" was his initial reaction, stepping away from the lean robeful of ferrets. Not the girl, there was nothing wrong with her, probably. It was the squeaky things that looked like Mum's coat that weirded him out. Clutching his pygmy puff tighter to his chest, the bespectacled boy avoided eye contact with the girl. No, he only had eyes for the ferrets right now, it seemed. "Yeah, I'd be squeaking too if I were a snake covered in fur." No offense. Not that HE was calling HER a snake or anything.
Davie looked down at his pygmy puff. "I should probably just stick to these guys, y'know. They like my boogers." Oops, that wasn't supposed to come out out loud.
Ailsa looked quizzically at the boy as he backed away and studied him. "You're going to hurt your little puff friend if you squeeze him too tightly you know." It wasn't an admonition or even judgment; just a matter-of-fact observation.
"More like salamanders with fur," she mused aloud, "because of the feet you know." Another moment's thought and she looked up at him, "And just what's wrong with snakes anyway?" There was a slight challenge in her voice and a firm look in her eyes until it broke with a giggle over his comment about boogers.
"They're puffs and pygmy puffs," she pointed out with an amused smile before continuing, "they like everyone's boogers."
With a little bit of shifting to keep the ferret happy she stuck out a hand, failing to notice its cuts and scratches from the chaos before Thornton had managed to calm the animals down. "I'm Ailsa. I'll help you by picking up these polecats if you'll teach me that 'arresto momentum' thing you did."
She'd help him anyway, because that was who she was, but it was silly not to at least try to get him to help her with that new spell. Besides, he seemed interesting.
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Aaaah! She was being attacked by ferrets! This was not part of the plan! Why were there ferrets in the box? How did they get there? Penelope shielded her face with her arms as one of the ferrets jumped at her. She had never been very fond of ferrets. Pulling her wand out, she aimed at a ferret that was biting her ankle. "Immobulus!" She was really hoping that the ferrets wouldn't chew a lot of holes in her robes. More importantly, she didn't want anyone to get hurt. Ferret bites were painful.
Thornton and Tia were trapping some of them with cages. "Incarcolvo!" Penelope trapped one of the ferrets. Oooh, a purple pygmy puff! It was cute, and it was her favorite color! Penelope picked up the pygmy puff. She was going to hold on to this one. "Are we allowed to keep the pygmy puffs?" Ferrets were not allowed by the school, but pygmy puffs were. Where did these creatures come from in the first place? Maybe they belonged somewhere with someone else. They certainly weren't meant to be here in the common room.
Leo was about to focus his attention on conjuring up more cages when Jasper approached asking for help for his friend who had broken his/her nose. "I'll come right away Jasper, lead me to your friend." He was by no means as skilled as Cece but he was certain that he could mend a nose if it indeed was broken.
As they joined Azura he saw immediately that her nose was bleeding. "How did you break your nose Azura? Have you broken it before? Do you want me to mend it with a spell?" Pulling it out his wand Leo was ready to mend Azura's nose if the girl gave him permission. If it wasn't the first time she had broken it then he'd advice her to go see Cece.
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SPOILER!!: Jazzy and Mr.Kitridge
Azura's hands were now covered in blood as she tried to stop her nose from bleeding and she gratefully took the tissues that Jazz handed her! She gingerly put one up to her nose and nearly whimpered in pain as even that movement hurt!!
Tears burst into her eyes and she looked over at Jazz and nodded.'All right.. I'm sorry." She whimpered out as she looked at her friend. She hoped it was going to be all right! She felt terrible!!
Chaos had broken out and instead of helping... she had just added to it!!
She nodded again, wincing as Jasper spoke.."Please be careful." She said as she stood there.. There was no way she was going to move! She leaned against the wall and watched as her friend braved the biting animals to get the head of house for her..
Though as Mr.Kitridge came closer.. she felt like she was going to cry again!!
She whimpered softly as he came and spoke to her and her purple eyes were indeed misting up! She almost reached out a hand for Jasper!! But instead she clasped them in front of her as she attempted to answer her head of house..
"I'm sorry Sir.." She started out.. her voice a bit thick with tears and the tissue.. Which she removed.. "I was trying to get away from everything, when I stood up and fell and bashed my face into the side of the chair." She explained. Wow.. she sounded lame! Was she going to lose points for this??
She gave a slow nod if he asked if she had broken it before.."Yes sir, I have.. a few times." In the past three days, but she wasn't going to say that!!!
"If you could please Sir? I know the spell, but I can't do it on myself yet." She bit her lip a little.. Her mom WAS a healer!
She stood there, trying not to cry and she looked over at Jazzy and threw him an anxious look.
"Thank you sir," he had told the professor before manoeuvring his way back over to Azura.
This time seemed easier than the last.
Seeing the anxious look as she spoke to the professor didn't make Jasper feel all too good though. Shooting her a sympathetic smile he shuffled a bit closer, to be able to quietly and calmly say something to her. "Don't worry Azura, it's not your fault and it could be a lot worse."
He almost added in that he was fine and not injured despite traipsing through the chaos for her, because Jasper knew that she felt bad about that. He had seen that she didn't particularly want to put him through that.
But it was over again.
For now.
But where had that ferret he had grabbed gotten to now??
"Thank you sir," he had told the professor before manoeuvring his way back over to Azura.
This time seemed easier than the last.
Shooting her a sympathetic smile he shuffled a bit closer, to be able to quietly and calmly say something to her. "Don't worry Azura, it's not your fault and it could be a lot worse."
He almost added in that he was fine and not injured despite traipsing through the chaos for her, because Jasper knew that she felt bad about that. He had seen that she didn't particularly want to put him through that.
But where had that ferret he had grabbed gotten to now??
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She whimpered softly as he came and spoke to her and her purple eyes were indeed misting up! She almost reached out a hand for Jasper!! But instead she clasped them in front of her as she attempted to answer her head of house.. "I'm sorry Sir.." She started out.. her voice a bit thick with tears and the tissue.. Which she removed.. "I was trying to get away from everything, when I stood up and fell and bashed my face into the side of the chair." She explained. Wow.. she sounded lame! Was she going to lose points for this??
She gave a slow nod if he asked if she had broken it before.."Yes sir, I have.. a few times." In the past three days, but she wasn't going to say that!!! "If you could please Sir? I know the spell, but I can't do it on myself yet." She bit her lip a little.. Her mom WAS a healer!
"Don't mention it Jasper. I'm here to assist all eagles in any way that I can." Leo answered with a big smile to the boy. He'd fix up his friend in no time. Turning his attention to Azura whose nose was clearly hurting he aimed his wand at her nose and said firmly "Episkey!" waiting for the spell to take affect Leo asked concern and warmth etching his tone. "Does it feel better now?"
Hearing of Azura's recent history of breaking her nose before he advised. "When you have a moment in between classes someday soon I think you should go see Healer Tillstorm and let her examine your nose, Azura isn't it? It's probably nothing wrong with it, but breaking it more than once isn't good." Even if it could always be fixed with a dose of magic.
SPOILER!!: Haddie & Lex
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Haddie lead the way to Kitridge, making sure, this time, the others were following. Especially her new friend, least she get tickled by more puffs. She put the pygmy puffs, all 5 of them, into the cage with an exaggerated disappointed sigh.
Then she turned to him properly. "Mr. Kitridge, we're trying to find Lex's rat, Artie, and..." she turned and looked at the girl, realizing she didn't know her name. "Um, she," Haddie gestured to the girl, "suggested we ask you if you can uh, accio? him safely? Sorry," she turned back to the girl, "I don't know your name."
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"Artie!?" Lex knelt down and reached under the couch, and pulled his hand back up to reveal a scarlet pygmy puff. "Oh, it's just another pygmy puff." He placed the small thing in his robe pocket with the others he'd found. Lex placed the pygmy puffs he'd found in the cage with Haddie's before approaching her and Thornton, the prefect. "Please, anything we can do to find him safely, sir." He began to worry - what if one of those ferrets found Artie before he did? Ferrets and rats didn't play well together, and Artie was sure to be terrified...
Leo was putting up some more cages and was filling them with the ferrets and puffskeins he managed to snatch up before they attacked his legs or jumped for a higher perch to attack from. He had just deposited an orange pygmy puff into one of the cages when Haddie approached in company with another first year boy who Leo recognized from the sorting the previous day that was named Alexander.
Listening to the duo Leo nodded reassuringly to the boy more than Haddie. "Sure I can help accio Artie the rat for you." All though it had been better if Alexander had done it who had a connection the rat. Giving his wand a flick he said "Accio Artie the rat!" moments later a wriggling rat was trying to get out of Leo's hand. Passing the rat towards Lex he said "Here you are! Artie will hopefully calm down as the last ferrets are caged."
HAPPENING NOW: The horde of furry creatures that seemed like an angry attack of hundreds has now with the eagles great teamwork and untiring efforts caged most of them up and now only a handful of pygmy puffs, puffskeins and ferrets remain scurrying around the common room floor. Get those last caged balls of fur caged and order will be restored.
SPOILER!!: Penelope
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Thornton and Tia were trapping some of them with cages. "Incarcolvo!" Penelope trapped one of the ferrets. Oooh, a purple pygmy puff! It was cute, and it was her favorite color! Penelope picked up the pygmy puff. She was going to hold on to this one. "Are we allowed to keep the pygmy puffs?" Ferrets were not allowed by the school, but pygmy puffs were. Where did these creatures come from in the first place? Maybe they belonged somewhere with someone else. They certainly weren't meant to be here in the common room.
Immobilizing the last handful of furry creatures with a few well aimed spell's Leo scooped them up and caged them. He allowed himself a sigh of relief before he flashed a glance over at Penelope. "You should be allowed to keep the pygmy puffs yes, but we'd have to consult Professor Draper about the puffskeins and ferrets if anyone would keep one of them."
Wiping away some sweat he sent off a patronus message to Professor Draper that they need his assistance in the Ravenclaw Common Room. With that done Leo beamed broadly at his house of eagles "Well done everyone! Great team work! We've managed to cage all the furry creatures. Does anyone have injuries, cuts or scratches that need to be looked at and healed? Is anyone interested in keeping a pygmy puff, puffskein or ferret?" He assumed that Professor Draper would ask the same question, when he eventually got there.
Leo paused to move over to the centre fireplace where he gestured to the food and treats at the sound of his stomach growling. "Eveyone is still welcome to roast fruits, vegetables and the other available food and have some juice and just relax for a bit in front of the fireplace. I don't know about you all but all this spell casting has made me hungry plus don't you all all still want to get your raffle prizes?" Grabbing an apple on a stick Leo started to roast it over the fireplace fire.
OOC: Well done everyone! All the furry creatures are now caged! Professor Draper (ArianaBlack) will join us shortly to relieve us of the caged creatures. If your character wants to keep a pygmy puff, puffskein or a ferret for themselves then make it known in your posts that you do. We'll now roast some marshmallows and hang out together and your characters can also pick up their raffle prize from the chest.
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Abby was glad that all the furry creatures were now captured again but looking at the ferret in one of the cages she thought that she wouldn't have minded to keep one for herself because she liked ferrets and would be able to look after one and she took a stick and put a marshmallow on it and roasted it over the fire, Abby said to Mr Kitridge "Sir i would not mind keeping a ferret for myself sir as i have always liked one"
Leo was putting up some more cages and was filling them with the ferrets and puffskeins he managed to snatch up before they attacked his legs or jumped for a higher perch to attack from. He had just deposited an orange pygmy puff into one of the cages when Haddie approached in company with another first year boy who Leo recognized from the sorting the previous day that was named Alexander.
Listening to the duo Leo nodded reassuringly to the boy more than Haddie. "Sure I can help accio Artie the rat for you." All though it had been better if Alexander had done it who had a connection the rat. Giving his wand a flick he said "Accio Artie the rat!" moments later a wriggling rat was trying to get out of Leo's hand. Passing the rat towards Lex he said "Here you are! Artie will hopefully calm down as the last ferrets are caged."
"Artie!" Lex held out his hands, cupping them to allow the little rat to crawl in; Artie seemed to relax a little at Lex's familiar scent.
Lance scurried down Lex's arm, sniffing and pawing at his brother, and then began cleaning him. Artie closed his eyes and began making a contended bruxing sound.
"Thank you, sir," Lex said to his rat's rescuer. "They both seem to be alright..." He sighed with relief before going and sitting again his armchair, letting his ratties climb and explore his robes.
Haddie beamed appreciatively at Mr. Kitridge. "That was so cool! When do we learn that spell?" She scratched Artie the rat's head for a moment. Then she reached into the cages and pulled out the indigo pygmy puff, the first one she'd rescued. And the red one that Lex mistook for Artie. She handed it to Lex. And a purple one she handed to the girl (Katherine) while waiting for the girl to tell Haddie her name. She seemed like a smart girl, so naturally she'd like purple. She smiled at her two new friends. "There."
Haddie turned back to the cages. "Mr. Kitridge? Can we keep more than one pygmy puff? Like five... or fifty?"
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SPOILER!!: Jazzy and Mr.Kitridge
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"Thank you sir," he had told the professor before manoeuvring his way back over to Azura.
This time seemed easier than the last.
Seeing the anxious look as she spoke to the professor didn't make Jasper feel all too good though. Shooting her a sympathetic smile he shuffled a bit closer, to be able to quietly and calmly say something to her. "Don't worry Azura, it's not your fault and it could be a lot worse."
He almost added in that he was fine and not injured despite traipsing through the chaos for her, because Jasper knew that she felt bad about that. He had seen that she didn't particularly want to put him through that.
But it was over again.
For now.
But where had that ferret he had grabbed gotten to now??
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SPOILER!!: Jasper & Azura
"Don't mention it Jasper. I'm here to assist all eagles in any way that I can." Leo answered with a big smile to the boy. He'd fix up his friend in no time. Turning his attention to Azura whose nose was clearly hurting he aimed his wand at her nose and said firmly "Episkey!" waiting for the spell to take affect Leo asked concern and warmth etching his tone. "Does it feel better now?"
Hearing of Azura's recent history of breaking her nose before he advised. "When you have a moment in between classes someday soon I think you should go see Healer Tillstorm and let her examine your nose, Azura isn't it? It's probably nothing wrong with it, but breaking it more than once isn't good." Even if it could always be fixed with a dose of magic.
Azura bit her lip a bit as her Head of house used the episkey spell on her and almost instantly.. She could feel relief move through her nose! The aching stop and her eyes stopped watering.. She wiggled it around a little before letting out a happy sigh. "It feels much better, thank you so much Mr.Kitridge." She said with a warm smile as she blinked her purple eyes up at him.
She nodded as he spoke about going to see the Healer, she was planning on doing that anyways! "I will do that, and yes.. my name is Azura." She said with another warm smile as she looked up at Jasper! She wanted to hug the boy again! But now probably wasn't the best time to do that!
For now she just shot him a grateful smile and one hand reached over to tug on his robes just a bit. "Thank you.." She whispered to him as she looked over at her friend.. She couldn't believe what he had just done for her..
As the commotion died down, Austin put his wand away. Thankfully there were now cages for them to rest in. Looking around for his friends, he realized that two of them were off in a corner with Mr. Kitridge. Picking up a bright blue pygmy puff that was circling his feet, he walked over to them.
"Hey, Azura, are you alright? If you need someone to take you to the Hospital Wing, I know the way." He was sure she'd rather Jasper take her, seeings as they were best friends. But Austin wasn't sure if he knew the way to the Wing, and it would probably be better if an older student took her anyways. Hopefully she wasn't too badly injured.
He realized, at this moment, that he was petting the pygmy puff, and it had fallen asleep in his arms. It was a cute little guy, who had fur as blue as a clear day's sky. "Hey Mr. Kitridge," He figured if he wanted to keep it, now would be the time to ask. "Am I allowed to keep the little guy?" It would be awesome to have his own puff. Three pets would be hard to take care of, but he really could do it. One of them was a rock after all, and it was fairly easy to keep track of. Plus, his little sister's puff would have a friend.
Jace could feel his eye do a series of twitching as he watched the puffskeins attack the poor girl’s nose. They sure look hungry, by the way. And Merlin...how much booger does that girl even have??? The eleven year old slowly lowered his hands and continued to gape at his fellow Ravenclaw and just stood there, too perplexed to function.
The sight was highly amusing, and at the same time very educational. Jace didn’t want to miss it out!
Of course, he got distracted when the boy had called his attention. The pygmy puff already flew away from his fellow first year, when Jace was just about to pick up the crate. The fluffy ball of creature crashed against his face, and Jace had to swat it again away from his person. Merlin’s beard! Jace was quick to pick up the humming creature though, and placed it inside his crate. One down, and a hundred more to go?
The Ravenclaw picked up his collection, and moved towards the same boy who was now...yanking one of the puffskeins off from the girls face. Jace made a horrified face, and quickly rushed towards the girl. The eleven year old followed suit and tried to get the other puffskein off her.
Yanking it off now, yes... "Keep still!"
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Wiping away some sweat he sent off a patronus message to Professor Draper that they need his assistance in the Ravenclaw Common Room. With that done Leo beamed broadly at his house of eagles "Well done everyone! Great team work! We've managed to cage all the furry creatures. Does anyone have injuries, cuts or scratches that need to be looked at and healed? Is anyone interested in keeping a pygmy puff, puffskein or ferret?" He assumed that Professor Draper would ask the same question, when he eventually got there.
Leo paused to move over to the centre fireplace where he gestured to the food and treats at the sound of his stomach growling. "Eveyone is still welcome to roast fruits, vegetables and the other available food and have some juice and just relax for a bit in front of the fireplace. I don't know about you all but all this spell casting has made me hungry plus don't you all all still want to get your raffle prizes?" Grabbing an apple on a stick Leo started to roast it over the fireplace fire.[/FONT][/color]
Frustratingly, Garreth was having no luck at all getting the puffskein to release its deathgrip on the girl (Julia), and was greatly relieved when Mr. Kitridge came to her aid. He would have more success for sure! It looked like most of the creatures had been captured, and things were starting to calm down again. Maybe the rest of the year could be a nice, normal school year at Hogwarts? Somehow, Garreth had his doubts. Eh, maybe the most important thing for now was to focus on the problem at hand. There was still the matter of that one Pygmy Puff that ended up in the vase by the far wall! Pocketing his wand again, Garreth hurried, eager to impress Mr. Kitridge, and stuck his arm into the vase, attempting to fish out the puff. Once he'd gotten a firm hold of it, he stepped quickly across the common room towards the head of house and presented the final puff. "I think that's all of them, sir."
Suddenly remembering the puff he'd launched toward Jace, he shot a glance over towards the other boy and down at his puff crate. "You got it, right?" he asked, bending forward to try to spot the squirming critters. This kid was pretty quick and obviously very capable of thinking on his feet. There were few things in the world that Garreth respected more than a sharp mind.
"You were pretty good back there." he smiled at Jace and extended a hand towards him. "I'm Garreth." he introduced himself warmly. He'd been doing a lot of that lately, and was getting better at it. At least, he thought so.
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SPOILER!!: Jace and Mr. Kitridge
Frustratingly, Garreth was having no luck at all getting the puffskein to release its deathgrip on the girl (Julia), and was greatly relieved when Mr. Kitridge came to her aid. He would have more success for sure! It looked like most of the creatures had been captured, and things were starting to calm down again. Maybe the rest of the year could be a nice, normal school year at Hogwarts? Somehow, Garreth had his doubts. Eh, maybe the most important thing for now was to focus on the problem at hand. There was still the matter of that one Pygmy Puff that ended up in the vase by the far wall! Pocketing his wand again, Garreth hurried, eager to impress Mr. Kitridge, and stuck his arm into the vase, attempting to fish out the puff. Once he'd gotten a firm hold of it, he stepped quickly across the common room towards the head of house and presented the final puff. "I think that's all of them, sir."
Suddenly remembering the puff he'd launched toward Jace, he shot a glance over towards the other boy and down at his puff crate. "You got it, right?" he asked, bending forward to try to spot the squirming critters. This kid was pretty quick and obviously very capable of thinking on his feet. There were few things in the world that Garreth respected more than a sharp mind.
"You were pretty good back there." he smiled at Jace and extended a hand towards him. "I'm Garreth." he introduced himself warmly. He'd been doing a lot of that lately, and was getting better at it. At least, he thought so.
Jace fell unceremoniously on his backside as the last puffskein was removed magically by Mr. Kitridge from the girl’s face. What was that about, really? It looked like they will all have to remain vigilant for the rest of the school term, seeing that unexpected events kept on happening. It was just their second night, and this already happened.
Turning his attention to the boy he helped earlier, Jace looked up and gave him a grin. “Yes I did. Look it’s sleeping now.” He said pointing to the crate, and in it was a pofle, huddled closely together. Merlin, hopefully they’re not scheming another attack.
Oh, and introductions! “Hello, Garreth. I’m Jace.” He said bowing his head to him. “And thank you, for helping me. You did very well with your spellwork.” The half-Japanese said. “Would you like to keep one?” he asked the boy as he held up the crate and showed it to his new friend. His cat could use some company, really.
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Rachel was relieved. All the little creatures had been caught and Mr Kitridge had saved Julia. "Julia, are you okay?'' She had to be sure the young one was alright. She then turned her head in the direction of Haddie, at her question. She giggled. "Oh, Haddie. You know that's impossible.'' She turned her attention to the creatures. Would she want to keep another pet? She remembered her conversation with the Gryffindor prefect, Candice, over the summer and their talk about having multiple pets and the effort it involved.
As she pondered on the question, Rachel drifted off towards Garreth and Jace. "You two make an amazing team,'' she told them with a smile. Yes, she had observed their teamwork earlier. "Garreth, I know you have Effie already and I have Barkley but what do you think about us owning one of these creatures together? A pygmy puff, perhaps?''
He was still waiting for the boy to throw him a creature, when a girl, probably about his age looked awfully clueless at first...until the fuzzy balls attacked her nose.
O_O
Awgh, Merlin that is just...awful! Although the girl will have a thoroughly cleaned...nose and all.
Jace had dropped the container he was holding, and was now covering his mouth and nose with both of his hands.
Should he go help? Does she want him to pull out those creatures?
Merlin...this is madness!
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There was no time to see if he managed to catch the little demon, he had to help the girl being violated by the puffskeins! He rushed over and without really knowing what he was doing, tried to yank one of them of her face. Garreth had read about puffskeins, and their undying hunger for boogers, but in none of his books did anyone say what to do when under siege by one. In fact, they all said they preferred to eat the boogers of sleeping wizards, not ones who were awake and fighting back.
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It was hard not to hear the sounds coming from Julia. Gripping his wand Leo called over "Julia, are you all right?" as he mumbled firmly "Wingadium Leviosa!" and lifted the puffskeins off Julia's face and into the air. They hung there for a few moments before Leo moved them over to one of the waiting cages.
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Jace could feel his eye do a series of twitching as he watched the puffskeins attack the poor girl’s nose. They sure look hungry, by the way. And Merlin...how much booger does that girl even have??? The eleven year old slowly lowered his hands and continued to gape at his fellow Ravenclaw and just stood there, too perplexed to function.
The sight was highly amusing, and at the same time very educational. Jace didn’t want to miss it out!
Of course, he got distracted when the boy had called his attention. The pygmy puff already flew away from his fellow first year, when Jace was just about to pick up the crate. The fluffy ball of creature crashed against his face, and Jace had to swat it again away from his person. Merlin’s beard! Jace was quick to pick up the humming creature though, and placed it inside his crate. One down, and a hundred more to go?
The Ravenclaw picked up his collection, and moved towards the same boy who was now...yanking one of the puffskeins off from the girls face. Jace made a horrified face, and quickly rushed towards the girl. The eleven year old followed suit and tried to get the other puffskein off her.
Yanking it off now, yes... "Keep still!"
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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch
Wiping away some sweat he sent off a patronus message to Professor Draper that they need his assistance in the Ravenclaw Common Room. With that done Leo beamed broadly at his house of eagles "Well done everyone! Great team work! We've managed to cage all the furry creatures. Does anyone have injuries, cuts or scratches that need to be looked at and healed? Is anyone interested in keeping a pygmy puff, puffskein or ferret?" He assumed that Professor Draper would ask the same question, when he eventually got there.
Leo paused to move over to the centre fireplace where he gestured to the food and treats at the sound of his stomach growling. "Eveyone is still welcome to roast fruits, vegetables and the other available food and have some juice and just relax for a bit in front of the fireplace. I don't know about you all but all this spell casting has made me hungry plus don't you all all still want to get your raffle prizes?" Grabbing an apple on a stick Leo started to roast it over the fireplace fire.[/FONT][/color]
OOC: Well done everyone! All the furry creatures are now caged! Professor Draper (ArianaBlack) will join us shortly to relieve us of the caged creatures. If your character wants to keep a pygmy puff, puffskein or a ferret for themselves then make it known in your posts that you do. We'll now roast some marshmallows and hang out together and your characters can also pick up their raffle prize from the chest.
One way or another, the puffskeins and the ferret were removed from her person, and Julia sneezed multiple times at the feeling of abnormally clean nostrils. It felt like one of them had gone so deep probing for boogers—of which she had very few, thank you very much JACE—that its tongue had poked down into her throat. Erlack!
But they were gone now, and after a few more sneezes and furious rubs of her nose—whether to get rid of the feeling or to stop potential crying, she wasn’t going to tell—she answered, ”I’m okay.”
…
And then she just stared at House Dad. Why would anyone want to keep one of these little monstrosities?! Now that she knew what they were like, she almost felt tempted to burn her pajamas depicting them. Or at least never wear them again.
…or just pretend she didn’t know she had puffskeins on her pajamas because they were quite comfortable… but then, if the creatures were their prizes, and she did have a ticket, would it not be rude to refuse to…
Oh thank Merlin! They got different prizes! Julia gave her nose a last wipe, gave the boys who'd rescued her a mumbled "Thank you" and shuffled closer to their House Dad. Yes she did want her prize still. And food sounded lovely too.
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James was sat at his desk enjoying a peaceful night in attempt to forget the madness of the feast yesterday. It was all very nice. So nice that he almost even forgot the happenings of the prior night. Well… It WAS nice, until he received that blasted patronus. He couldn’t have one night to himself without something or another going wrong, RIGHT?! To say the Creatures Professor was annoyed, would be… an understatement. And not knowing the exact urgency of the message, James had SPRINTED all the way from his home on the grounds up to the seventh floor where he entered the Ravenclaw tower. Sweet Circe. This better have been worth it.
And of course as he entered the room, the scene did not disappoint. Though it looked like all the madness had come to a calm. Good. James did not nor would he try to feign the patience one needed to deal with such a thing. Silently he cursed the librarian as he made his presence known and walked further into the room. Though he was incredibly annoyed about this sudden call to action, James did nothing to show it. The face he wore was just a permanent look of his. It had nothing to do with this. Though let it be known, he did not want to be up here right now.
James cleared his throat. ”Good evening Ravenclaw,” depending on how you saw things. ”For those of you who don’t know me yet, I get the pleasure of being your new Care of Magical Creatures Professor this year. And your Head of House has called me here... because clearly things have gotten a little out of hand.” The word ‘pleasure’ to be taken lightly. Oh and 'little' was also an understatement. Library Loon had also just made James' list. Congrats. ”As I bet many of you have just found out, magical creatures can be quite difficult to tame.” Looking at every single one of you. Yes, even you with the goofy grin. You too. ”So for those of you who plan to keep your creatures, know that this job comes with a great deal of responsibility no matter the size of the creature. They all require your time and care. So only choose to keep them if you see yourself fit to take on this responsibility.”
James paused to let them take it all in. But this wasn’t an invitation for anyone to interrupt. If they did, actually no. James wasn’t even going to allow that scenario. To make it clear he started again, ”If you do want to keep a creature, you can run to your Head of House once the rest of us head down to the grounds. Give him your full name and what you intend on keeping. Be reasonable. One creature per person, we will be checking.” There. Now it was Leo’s problem. Like it rightfully should’ve been.
Though Ravenclaw was house of the wimps, right? That’s all he remembered from his time here. ”For those of you who would rather not keep your creatures, keep them in their cages and you can follow me to the barn. I’ll find a place for them to stay. You will still be welcome to visit your creature at any point of the year.” With Professor Draper’s permission and a signed slip, of course. Understood? Were they following? Ravenclaws were supposed to be a bright bunch, right? Though, James couldn’t say the same for their ringleader. Looking at you, Leobald.
”I’m no healer, so if you have any major injuries that’s something for the healer.” James could probably address that, but he didn’t want to. No patience left, remember? Anyways. ”But if you do have any minor scratches or cuts, you can join the group that is headed to the barn with me and I’ll see what I can do.” Were they still following? This was a lot. The Library Loon owed him one. Or twenty. ”Any questions?” Hopefully not. Because as soon as everyone confirmed that they understood, the group could head down to the barn with him. The sooner they left the sooner James could get back to his peaceful night.
OOC: Hi ^^ everyone, we’ll post in a little bit to signal the move over to the barn. Just letting everyone catch up first.
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Seeing as the ferret was now snug in his lap, Rooney was certain that he would be keeping it, even if someone told him that he couldn't. The third year looked up when the Ravenclaws were joined by another Professor. Ah. The Care of Magical Creatures human. Roo was entirely thankful for having someone without hooves teaching them this year and grinned wide as Professor Draper spoke to them.
Although...the only thing he had to say when everything was said and done was the worst thing possible. "You're human!!" Thank you, Captain Obvious. He really was happy to have a normal teacher for that class though, because he had so wanted to enjoy it, yet last year had been everything he never wanted.
"What kind of care does a ferret need?" You know.. he had to take all things into consideration for this.
Let's raffle it up: Eagle commune! 
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All of you. 
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Professor Draper (ArianaBlack) will join us shortly to relieve us of the caged creatures. If your character wants to keep a pygmy puff, puffskein or a ferret for themselves then make it known in your posts that you do.
We'll now roast some marshmallows and hang out together and your characters can also pick up their raffle prize from the chest. 
