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You know, politely, unlike his... sister? Sister. Char didn't know how to respond to his suggestion but she did smile thankfully. Especially at his offer of help. "Thanks." She said quietly. Really. "Henry would appreciate knowing that people are looking for him." And she obviously did. Quote:
Her? Charlotte blinked in confusion. "I'm not rude." What a rude and mean thing to say. Wait... had the girl been talking to her before? None of those names had been hers, and she'd been crying. "I'm Charlotte Kettleburn... I don't know why you're being rude right now, but please stop." She didn't have time for it, and she was still upset and had to find her friend. Quote:
Charlotte wasn't completely sure why the rude mean girl wasn't losing points right away, but she didn't really want to think about that, plus it wouldn't be fair because probably a girl like that had no interest in earning any points lost back, so it wouldn't be fair for Hufflepuff, but she DID speak up when the professor asked the girl to join them. "I don't want someone rude and mean to come with us, sir. Not unless she apologizes and promises not to be selfish - we have to find Henry, its not about her." Because you had to stick up for yourself sometimes. And also... "Can I go change?" A dress was probably not the best for the search they needed to do, and she needed to be prepared. "And put the kitten somewhere safe? And get my holster. I'll be really quick. We could meet somewhere." And also, she wouldn't mind splashing her face with water, tying her hair back, and getting her game face on. She would search for as long as it took, so she had to get search-ready. |
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He blinked a couple of times in confusion when she said she didn't want the other girl to search with them, He couldn't say he blamed her for it but... now what was he supposed to do? He didn't want Charlotte upset, but it seemed unfair to uninvite her. Then he got an idea. "Okay, we'll split up," he said. "Mr. Kenning - and Miss Kenning, if you're interested - could you please search for Henry outside? Miss Kettleburn and I will take the castle." The professor headed for the door but stopped and wheeled around at the sound of Miss Kettleburn's voice. He was a little taken aback by the question, but the girl did have a point. "Yes, of course," he said. "Take all the time you need." But where should they meet up? Aha, he had an idea! "Shall we start with the dungeons and work out way up?" Made sense, right? Already drawing his wand, he rushed out the door so he could be waiting for Miss Kettleburn in the dungeon when she was ready. He momentarily loked back and gave the girl an encouraging smile. "Don't worry; we'll turn the eintire castle upside-down if we have to!" |
Declan clearly needed to react faster. Before he knew it he had been thanked, had been asked a few more questions, had been caught in between some awkward exchange of words between females, had been given permission (?) to look for Henry on the ground and had been.... Declan was a little lost. "I'll look," was his promise. He didn't want to say he would find Henry. He wasn't even sure he could find any hints or any information that would be helpful at all but he would keep his eyes open; yes even his third eye if that was a thing people still talked about. "Hey, Althea," he said gently, gathering more chicken on her plate. "You should eat up all you want first. If you're in the mood we can search or we can go look for Levi first." |
Not that anyone had asked Althea what she thought, but everyone was overreacting. She'd long tuned out Char-the-Human and the professor as she ate, because really they weren't saying anything of worth to her. She did, however, catch the last tidbits of the conversation. "To be fair," she started, and held up her pointer finger, "I don't know or care about you, so you don't have any room to complain about how I talk to you." Which was the truth. Althea didn't have the capacity or the time to give extra effort for people she didn't really know; and was what she said really that rude? That was debatable. "Also, I didn't know that name-calling was justification for point deduction. You sure this isn't nepotism on your part?" She offered a lazy shrug and continued eating before adding: "The more you know." Looking for Harry didn't seem like it would be worth her while, but if Declan thought it was a good idea then she'd go along with it. "Let's go get our lovable brother first. As foolish as he is, he's still the more perceptive of the three of us." |
Once Althea had made up her mind to say something she was going to say it. She was ferociously frightening that way much like her mother. He tried channeling his father and failed immediately. Declan grabbed a dinner roll inside and shoved half of it in his mouth. "Let's go, girl!" he said through squished bread, trying not to spit it out. "I bet he's at the library right now." Declan wrapped one arm around his sister's waist and used his free hand to hold her arm gently and steered her--quickly, sped-walk even--towards the Great Hall door and out into the corridor. |
Text Cut: The Kennings Gaston was done! He gave Mr. Kenning an appreciative smile and was going to thank him again for promising to look for Henry... when Miss Kenning spoke up, and the things she said made his anger boil up. It hurt him to know that a student thought that little of him, but he was not about to give her the satisfaction of seeing the emotional pain her sharp tongue had caused! No, Miss Kenning, that's exactly why she has room to complain, he thought. If the girl's idea of nepotism was showing genuine compassion for someone in need, then he stood guilty as charged! it was taking every bit of resolve he had to bite back the harsh words he wanted to say. He started to point out that had the situation been reversed, had she been distraught and Miss Kettleburn called her a rude rat, he would've given the same warning. But he stopped himself. What was he doing? He didn't have to justify himself to her! He tried to be kind and give the girl a second chance, but now he saw that had been a mistake. His eyes burned with angry fire, but his voice was uncharacteristically icy as he replied, "No, Miss Kenning, the more you know. As a matter of fact, name-calling is indeed justification for point deduction, as is disrespecting a professor... for which I'm taking ten points from Hufflepuff." His blue eyes flashed, warning her not to even think about sassing him again. "Just consider yourself lucky it wasn't more points." He turned on his heel. "Now if you'll excuse me..." He'd made his point and had no desire to carry on this conversation further. "I have somewhere to be, and so do you." Gaston gave Mr. Kenning a grateful nod as he escorted his sister away and started toward the dungeons. |
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