Bulletin Board

[Zoe]

Atop the marble staircase in the Entrance Hall along the corridor that will direct you to the moving staircases, you stumble across a long, horizontal cork bulletin board that is encased in glass. Here you will find an array of notices and signs, stick up by tacks and push-pins, that are meant for the entire student body to read. Anything from requests, advertisements, lost and found notices, and gentle reminders can be viewed for all eyes to see.

If you have something you would like to add to this colourful, paper-filled board, you are more than welcome to do so. Simply slide over the glass surrounding the board (it is never locked) and stick on the board whatever it is you wish for everyone to know. Having this board for your use is a privilege, not a right, so use it responsibly. Any crude drawings or messages will result in the bulletin board crumpling them up and throwing your balled notice at your face, giving you a deep paper cut, before you even have a chance to slide the glass back to its original place.

On the ceiling above, an ominous red hawk glistens. Even though the blood has been there for a while and should be dry, it still looks as if the walls are bleeding and keeping this mysterious hawk alive. Why hasn't anyone managed to clean this mess up? Will it ever go away? And, most importantly, what does it even mean?

[Watson]

She was about to look at the cast list but then Professor Myers spoke up and addressed her and Ronan. She nodded. Yep. Olivia could do that. She glanced at Ronan and returned his grim look with a small smile. Alright. Here they went. She rolled up her sleeves a little and then was ready to start when... all hell broke loose. Yeah this was going to be a lot more difficult than she had anticipated.

Mentions of cults and Kitty being accused sent her head spinning. A cult? Seriously Ronan? Sure Kitty dressed in all black and whatnot but that didn't necessarily make her part of a ... Then Jessa was talking about the cult and then Skylar jumped in. The room felt like it was spinning. Vi raised a hand to her forehead momentarily, trying to shut out the comments. She had had enough. Vi was not having any of this today. Couldn't they see that Kitty was already in a....

Oh how she REALLY wanted to cast the silencing charm on all of the parties at the moment. She was not in the mood for raised voices nor false accusations. Nope. Not at all. Instead Vi turned around to the cast list and then took out her wand and flicked it at the flyer as she thought. Gemino. She did this two more times before turning around to face the crowd.

"Okay. Let's not get ahead of ourselves, Jessa and Skylar..." she said. "We don't know what happened." And then Kitty jumped in and Vi felt herself wince at such an almost scream.

Alright then.... *AHEM* so based on observations... Yes. This did look really, really, REALLY bad for the Head Girl cause her fingers were covered in blood but then again... she obviously seemed like she was in a trance... She looked at Flynn, Emmeline, and then Ronan for support as they had seen the girl in such a state before the other two had joined... But nevertheless, Kitty... Kitty wouldn't do something like this, right? To the Head Girl's outburst, she offered a small smile not knowing if she was silly or not. No. She wasn't being silly. She trusted Kitty. Well when Kitty was Kitty. She didn't know who the zombie-esque Kitty was. "Kitty, I believe you," she said. Maybe she had been controlled or compelled by something.... Maybe. She bit her lip and then cleared her voice.

"But anyway, you heard Professor Myers and Ronan. Go about your business.... Or if you came to see the cast list, take the list." She offered the copied cast lists to the crowd. They could take it and be on their merry way.. right? In the meantime, Vi turned her attention to the bulletin board behind her and then tried conjuring a rope behind her cast. Roping off the area seemed alright to do for the moment. They'd probably need a barrier or something later... Man... I wish I knew what Ace used for that spell earlier in the term..." she muttered to Ronan. Note to self: ASK the boyfriend how he did it. She had suspected that it must have been a conjuring spell but still....

[Sneakeh Cat]

Flynn smelled trouble, and no, he wasn't smelling himself.

He stood where he was, listening to everything that was going on around him, but his eyes were looking at the writing on the wall. He was trying to make sense of what it means, and by the way Kitty was acting, he was positive that she would have no idea. She didn't even know where she was, which was odd. This almost seemed like the same events that happened when the Chamber of Secrets opened all those years ago...

.....

Maybe Derf had been on to something when he wouldn't shut up in the library.

"Can't history repeat itself?" He casually asked, not directing that question to anyone in particular. He didn't even care if they were being told to go. He was CURIOUS, and if history was repeating itself, he wanted a one-way ticket away from this castle. Thank you very much.

[DaniDiNardo]

"But we do." Jessa corrected, turning to face the Gryffindor. "The writing's right there on the wall and Kitty's got it all over her fingers. I can't imagine anything being more straightforward, even if she claims she doesn't remember." Surely Olivia wasn't trying to deny that fact.

Which brought her to Kitty.....the next one denying what was right there. "Alright, we'll humour you." For now, she was ignoring the warnings to move on. She didn't need a cast list, having already seen what she wanted to. Now she was just curious about the situation on hand. It was curious, wasn't it? All signs pointed to Kitty but by the sound of it, the girl couldn't remember a thing.

"Why are you covered in whatever's on the wall? How'd you get here? What were you doing down here? Answer that and we'll decide if we believe you." Because even Skylar could admit Kitty had been making broad statements. Thing was.....if Kitty could answer, it'd be odd given the girl had just now seemed very disoriented and like she didn't know where she was or what she was doing. To suddenly regain recollection of such details would leave Jessa suspicious beyond belief. If she couldn't...it would be equally as convenient and suspicious.

And Joy. Flynn. Just what the situation needed. Not.

[Goblinfrog]

She calmed down somewhat when Olivia tried to disperse the crowd. She shot her a grateful look when she said she believed her. "Thank you Olivia." It meant a lot knowing at least one person believed her.

"I don't know anything," she said to Jessa, frustrated at how guilty that might have made her sound. "You probably know more than I do. The last thing I remember was waking up in the morning. I hadn't even changed out of my night robes..." Was that it? She wracked her brain hoping to remember more details, but there was nothing. "And then I was right here, surrounded by all of you - and being accused of being in a cult." Which was a terrible thing to do to her when not knowing what she'd done would have been terrifying enough. And then she remembered the mess in the girl's dormitory earlier in the year. "WAIT! Earlier in the term, someone broke into our dormitories and made a big mess. We never found out who it was. I bet these events are connected. Someone wanted to frame me, that's what this is! They came into the dormitory at night and cast an Unforgivable on me. Then they made me write this message, and it must have worn off moments before you came in."

It all made sense in her head, why couldn't they see it too?? "Honestly, I'm the victim here, and you're treating me like the villain!"

[Suziella]

Tristan ran through the front doors of the castle and into the entrance hall, skidding to a stop in front of the group of students. He paused for a moment to catch his breath before making his way through the group.

"Pardon me...excuse me...PROFESSOR COMING THROUGH!" He called out to get the students to move. It seemed he had gotten here just before Paul had left. At least now the older man could fill him in instead of getting a biased opinion off of the students.

His shock at seeing Kitty covered in blood made him stop in his tracks. What in the world was going on here? He caught the tail end of the argument ensuing between all the girls. It was time to step in. He stepped out in front of the group, and turned to face them. "OK, if you were not a witness to what happened here," he paused noting Olivia and Ronan guarding the roped off area, "or were asked to help by Professor Myers, please go back to your dormitories. Now!" He made a pointed look at the girls arguing with Kitty, before turning on his boot back towards the scene.

"What in the world happened here?" He asked Kitty, Olivia, Ronan, and of course Paul. He wondered if anyone had contacted Hirsch or Regina yet. They would need to see this as well.

[lazykitty]

Okay, cool. No one was listening to him. He could kind of see why, as he was just five foot nine inches, one hundred and ten pounds and didn't have a badge. Except.....they were kind of listening. Just not to the part where he was saying to beat it! Sigh.

"Jessa, Skylar, you're standing in the blood." Because whatever had apparently happened between Zoryn and Kitty had gotten it everywhere. "Also, you guys need to go. She could be dangerous." He wasn't kidding here. The stories his mum had told him about the Cult had been absolutely horrific. Where was the Headmistress already? "And probably why people don't believe you, Kitty, is because the stuff you've spouted over the years is exactly in line with the Cult of Walpurgis' beliefs. That message you wrote on the wall could be one of their slogans! Plus, you've been caught red handed, literally! he snapped back at the head girl. Merlin, give it up, the jig was up.

Thank goodness for Olivia. Ronan didn't think his voice could handle anymore yelling. And the copying was something he himself was going to do, but she beat him to it. Which was fine with him, because now he could keep a eye on everyone's figurative backs. Because it was obvious that some weren't leaving anytime soon. He mouthed a 'thank you' to Olivia before turning back to keeping an eye on the two Slytherins and two Ravenclaws. Hopefully, everyone else would take a copy of the cast list and get going, because protecting four people (counting himself) would be a challenge. Even though the other three were perfectly capable of protecting themselves. Oh, and, "Could someone please find and check on Zoryn? She was apparently seen running from here...."

Wait, humor her? He hadn't agreed to that! And it seemed like the head girl didn't know when to quit. "Riiiight," was his sarcastic response. "Just who in this school would cast an Unforgivable on a student? It's not the kind of thing taught here, so are you accusing one of the professors?" Awful suggestion, that was.

Phew. There was Professor Wayland. "Somebody wrote that message on the wall," Ronan started, pointing to the now roped off area, "and Kitty was standing in front of it with red fingers and a pool of blood around her. She keeps saying she didn't do it, but it's obvious she did. Besides, that phrase is exactly in line with stuff she's been spouting for years. Only now she's trying to say that someone used an Unforgivable to make her do it." Which he wasn't buying at all, nope.

[Watson]

Vi just stared at Jessa momentarily before sighing. Yeah, no she wasn't going to comment on that further. It appeared as if the Ravenclaw was only basing her whole idea on what she was seeing instead of the full story. Then Flynn spoke up with a very mysterious and somewhat ominous way. Can't history repeat itself?

Very true.

History could repeat itself. She smiled softly at that comment before turning her attention to Jessa who said that they would humour Kitty. Not exactly what she wanted.... but still.... Anyway.... And then Kitty turned to her and thanked her for believing in her. She nodded and smiled softly. Yep. That's what friends do. Before she could say anything, Kitty was claiming that someone had used an Unforgivable and had broken into the Ravenclaw girl's dormitory... and.... Her head was spinning again. She looked at all the parties involved and was about to open her mouth to ask a question of Jessa when Professor Wayland arrived. Oh good! Professor Wayland was here and wanted to know what was happening. She was about to start speaking when Ronan jumped in to explain what happened.

Okay. Yes. Kitty was standing there and her fingers were covered in blood. Yes, she did it. Well Kitty's body did it but was she truly aware of it. She folded her arms and turned to glance at her fellow housemate. It could be an Unforgivable.... but still... Vi wasn't exactly so sure about it all but she believed Kitty. Then she turned to face Professor Wayland. "Yep. What Ronan says is true. When I arrived here, I saw Kitty standing with her fingers coated in blood... She was in a trance though." She paused. "Sure, she physically did it.... but she wasn't in control of herself."

So did she TRULY do it? ...Hmm..?

[PhoenixRising]

Standing in blood? What? Skylar hadn't even noticed, to be honest, because as Flynn so obviously stated, can't history repeat itself. Yes, Kowalski, very good. You DO pay attention. How was she best friends with him again? Ah right, it wasn't for his brains, that was for certain. But somehow he was just that right person to be a good confident.

But there was talking and banter back and forth and really, all Skylar wanted to do was curl up with her script and practice her lines. And not think about the fact that someone had broken into the Ravenclaw Girls Dorm. Or the fact that the library had been ransacked and a book about the darkest arts stolen, a book that gave information horcrux creation. It wasn't a student at fault, but Kitty was the victim here and she wasn't convinced about an unforgivable (imperius curse?) being used on the head girl either, because she doubted Kitty would remember that.

No, this was dark magic at play. And yes, unforgivable curses were dark magic, but this was different. Skylar was sure of that much.

"When was the Ravenclaw Dorm broken into? And do you know what was stolen?" Also, if it was earlier in the term, an unforgivable didn't make sense. At all. They were using her through other means. "Because the library was ransacked maybe a couple weeks ago? And apparently a book about the Darkest Arts was stolen." Per the Librarian, who would know. "Could there be a horcrux in the castle again?" Per history, Voldemorts' were destroyed nearly a century ago. But there have been other evil criminals throughout that time and as Flynn so eloquently stated, history can repeat itself.

[kayquilz]

.... "ENOUGH!" Paul said VERY loudly as he hooked arms with Kitty. "You are ALL passing judgment on a situation you know NOTHING about!" He hurried Kitty off before he became more...enraged than irritated, like he was now.

"Come on, Kitty. We'll get this straightened out. In my mind, you're innocent until proven...guilty. Even if you are....red handed." He eyed her hands and led her along.

And they were gone.

[Sneakeh Cat]

Technically he WAS a witness, Professor Wayland, but the Slytherin also did not feel like being questioned about the situation.

"Why don't you go check on Zoryn?" He asked with his attention towards Ronan. If he was so worried about that annoying little human, maybe HE should be the one to go check on her. Besides, weren't the both in the same house? That was another good point on why he should be the one to check on the girl.

If you asked him, he wasn't sure IF Kitty was innocent or not. She did not seem like the type of person to do something like this, but people have also surprised him in the past soooooooo yeah. He watched as Professor Myers dragged Kitty away from the scene of the crime, and after they disappeared, he walked off towards the Great Hall.

Solving crime could sure make someone hungry.

[lazykitty]

Thing was, Ronan did know when to be quiet and just listen, as hard as that might be to believe. And right now, he was listening, taking in all the new information he was getting and making mental notes. Library ransacked? Darkest Art book missing? All being noted.

And he could argue that he quite possibly knew more about the situation than Professor Myers did, but that wasn't an argument he felt like having right now. Besides, it might earn him a detention and points loss and that wasn't something he wanted at all. Instead, he answered Flynn. "Because I'm a witness, just like you, remember?" Yeah, he saw what you were doing, there. Hopefully, Professor Wayland had caught it too and would call him back, the sneaking Slytherin.

[Suziella]

Tristan listened as Ronan told his very biased side of the story. He had to be very diplomatic about this situation. It was obvious that the Head Girl had done it, but whether or not she had been cursed...that was very possible. "We can't jump to conclusions, Ronan. We don't know for sure. It isn't in Kitty's character to do something like this. All we can do is wait and hear out Kitty." There were other opinions to be heard.

Tristan then listened to what Vi had to say. It seemed as if this one had a very unbiased opinion that he could trust. "Okay, thank you Vi." It was beginning to sound more and more clear that Kitty had indeed been cursed to do this against her will. How she had been cursed was still a mystery it seemed.

Tristan sighed as Skylar started asking questions that would lead to more rumors about what was going on here. "There is more than just information on how to create a Horcux in that book, Skylar. As the great muggle writer Mark Twain has said, history doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes." He paused, "I don't believe whoever stole that book stole it to make a Horcrux. So, please don't focus on that on very small part of that book." These students had no idea of the horrors found in that book. Making a Horcrux was horrible in its own right, but there were far worse things in there.

Though Tristan wasn't surprised that Paul was yelling, the suddenness of his shouting made Tristan jump a little. "Don't worry Paul, I have it covered here." He called out as the older gentleman took Kitty off to the hospital wing. Hopefully she would be okay. He was sure she was rather shaken, especially if she had been under a curse and woke up covered in blood.

It seemed as if Flynn knew something but it was probably more of the same, plus he really didn't like that kid's attitude sometimes. "It's okay, Ronan, don't worry about it." He said with a small smile. "In fact you, Skylar, and Vi may leave. I have some work to do here and don't want any distractions. If you see anyone coming this way, tell them to come back at another time." Tristan gave them both small smiles and shooed them away from the scene.

He turned back to the scene and quickly began working, hoping Roderik or Regina would show up soon.