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.

Text Cut: Contraband Items

The following are forbidden items at the school. Items found in the possession of a student will be confiscated and an appropriate consequence will be issued.

• Auto-Answer Quills
• Dungbombs
• Fanged Frisbees
• Fireworks
• Food packages
• Glitter
• Invisibility cloaks
• Jewellery
• Music players
• Non-educational reading material
• Pranking products
• Skateboards, rollerblades, etc.
• Toys, bobbleheads, figurines, etc.
• Two-way mirrors

This list is subject to change on a case per case basis. You are responsible for frequently checking this listing for added items.

[MadMadamMalfoy]

Gaston wandered down the corridor, his cane click-clacking against the floor as if to warn of his arrival. The Deputy Headmaster looked just as thin and pale as ever, but there was a spark of life in his eyes that had been absent for months. He approached the bulletin board, a piece of parchment clutched in his hand. Propping his cane against the wall, he carefully unlocked the glass case and posted the following announcement:

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When:
Saturday, March 16.
OCC: Oct. 31

Where:
Hogsmeade Village

Who can attend:
All students, regardless of year.

What to bring:
Your permission slip and money
Your best behavior

He locked the glass case, his dark hair spilling into his eyes as he shook his head. "I can't believe he approved it..." he mumbled under his breath. It hadn't been easy, but somehow got Scrimgeour to agree to allow the Hogsmeade trip! He didn't know what was more astonishing, that or the fact that he'd managed to hide his nervousness and anger long enough to have a conversation with the old man in the first place.

He started to turn away but stopped as something caught his eye. Upon first glance, it looked like an ordinary study group notice, but something about that signoff piqued his curiosity. Hmm.. perhaps someone should check that out.

[Kolyander]

Rylee let out a slow breath upon hearing Ainsworth deduct twenty house points from Slytherin. That wasn't to bad in her eyes, it could have been far worse for Nathan. Casting a sideways glance at her older Slytherin friend she nodded her head ever so slightly to suggest that they just get this done and over with. It wasn't at all worth an argument of any sort.

Turning her attention fully onto the bucket that Nathan had brought back with him she pulled out a pair of cleaning gloves and tugged them on. She then took everything out of the bucket setting it on the floor so she could look through everything better. Finding some type of cleaning solution she opened the bottle and poured some into the bucket trying to ignore the strong scent of the product.

Dipping one of the cleaning brushes into the bucket to get the cleaning solution on it she got to work scrubbing the spray paint off the wall. All of this was done silently and without even a glance at the professor. All Rylee wanted to do was get this finished. She had much better things to attend to than washing some else's mess off of a wall.

[2111jen]

Skyler noticed the board. Haha. Puns. She frowned. He approved it? Impossible. She frowned. She did have her permission slip signed and ir was tucked away in her school bag because she had thought the head mistress would be here this year. Not this old man.

[Symphora]

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Originally Posted by Kolyander

Rylee let out a slow breath upon hearing Ainsworth deduct twenty house points from Slytherin. That wasn't to bad in her eyes, it could have been far worse for Nathan. Casting a sideways glance at her older Slytherin friend she nodded her head ever so slightly to suggest that they just get this done and over with. It wasn't at all worth an argument of any sort.

Turning her attention fully onto the bucket that Nathan had brought back with him she pulled out a pair of cleaning gloves and tugged them on. She then took everything out of the bucket setting it on the floor so she could look through everything better. Finding some type of cleaning solution she opened the bottle and poured some into the bucket trying to ignore the strong scent of the product.

Dipping one of the cleaning brushes into the bucket to get the cleaning solution on it she got to work scrubbing the spray paint off the wall. All of this was done silently and without even a glance at the professor. All Rylee wanted to do was get this finished. She had much better things to attend to than washing some else's mess off of a wall.

Okay, Nathan simply shrugged one of his shoulders. He had expected the UNFAIRLY deduction of points from Professor Ainsworth anyway. Oh yes, definitely a stick in a mud type. Dull and predictable, he almost rolled his eyes for the hundredth time today. But, no. Was that a little smirk on his professor's face? Merlin, he could keep it. His intimidation just...wouldn't work on him. House points didn't matter to him in the slightest. It didn't matter to him then, it wouldn't matter to him now.

The seventeen-year-old Slytherin caught the sideways glance Rylee gave to him. He knew she was right. He didn't see any point of arguing further. For a minute, he watched Rylee put on her gloves and started working on adding the solution into the bucket of water. Nathan wasn't lying when he was a little intrigued at how Rylee's "mugglish" way of cleaning things. He didn't think she would do it well.

Nathan followed suit afterwards...or tried to anyway. He dipped his brush into the bucket and began scrubbing the spray paint away. Fully immersed with his task at hand.

[Rafferty Ainsworth]

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Originally Posted by Kolyander

Rylee let out a slow breath upon hearing Ainsworth deduct twenty house points from Slytherin. That wasn't to bad in her eyes, it could have been far worse for Nathan. Casting a sideways glance at her older Slytherin friend she nodded her head ever so slightly to suggest that they just get this done and over with. It wasn't at all worth an argument of any sort.

Turning her attention fully onto the bucket that Nathan had brought back with him she pulled out a pair of cleaning gloves and tugged them on. She then took everything out of the bucket setting it on the floor so she could look through everything better. Finding some type of cleaning solution she opened the bottle and poured some into the bucket trying to ignore the strong scent of the product.

Dipping one of the cleaning brushes into the bucket to get the cleaning solution on it she got to work scrubbing the spray paint off the wall. All of this was done silently and without even a glance at the professor. All Rylee wanted to do was get this finished. She had much better things to attend to than washing some else's mess off of a wall.

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Originally Posted by Symphora

Okay, Nathan simply shrugged one of his shoulders. He had expected the UNFAIRLY deduction of points from Professor Ainsworth anyway. Oh yes, definitely a stick in a mud type. Dull and predictable, he almost rolled his eyes for the hundredth time today. But, no. Was that a little smirk on his professor's face? Merlin, he could keep it. His intimidation just...wouldn't work on him. House points didn't matter to him in the slightest. It didn't matter to him then, it wouldn't matter to him now.

The seventeen-year-old Slytherin caught the sideways glance Rylee gave to him. He knew she was right. He didn't see any point of arguing further. For a minute, he watched Rylee put on her gloves and started working on adding the solution into the bucket of water. Nathan wasn't lying when he was a little intrigued at how Rylee's "mugglish" way of cleaning things. He didn't think she would do it well.

Nathan followed suit afterwards...or tried to anyway. He dipped his brush into the bucket and began scrubbing the spray paint away. Fully immersed with his task at hand.

Why was Rafferty smiling wickedly to himself? This was because Prichard was working diligenty and without a fuss. As for Hale? Rafferty was rather surprised that Hale was working just as silently. Perhaps that docking of points had knocked some sense into the boy. This was disappointing. You see, he wanted to dock some more points or if possible, hand out detentions as though Christmas had come early.

Rafferty’s stance was kept in place. Hands behind his back, he too remained silent. Grudgingly it was admitted to himself that these two were doing a good job.

[Kolyander]

It was almost as if Ainsworth stare was burning a whole right through the back of her robes, that mans silent stare was so intense. Rylee may have had her back to him but she could feel the way they were being watched. Everything about this entire situation felt wrong. Not that it made a difference anymore. Hogwarts as she knew it had changed and not for the better either. At least not in her eyes.

Dipping the scrub brush into the cleaning solution once again she kept right on cleaning that spray paint off the wall. As she scrubbed and cleaned moving the brush in a circular motion, Rylee began humming a tune under her breath. It kept her focused and helped make the cleaning go quicker. Casting a quick glance over at Nathan she nodded her own approval at how he was doing and how he too was keeping his mouth shut.

Dip, dip went the brush into the bucket. Scrub. Scrub.

[Symphora]

Nathan continued to scrub the black paint off the bulletin board while ignoring the existence of his professor behind them. Same as Rylee, he just wanted to get this over with. He has no intention of staying with the old man's side-kick any longer than they needed to. Rylee was humming and Nathan was trying to hide his amusement. Once he finished, he put down his brush and turned around to face the professor.

"Its clean now, can we go?" he drawled.

[Kolyander]

Between the near silent humming under her breath and the full amount of focus, Rylee had on the task at hand nothing was catching her attention right than. All that mattered to her right now was finishing cleaning up the wall. Whenever she hit a certain part of the song she was humming she cleaned just a little bit better. Upbeat songs really got her motivated. Whether it was running, dancing or washing this here wall that she did not have any part in spray painting, music always helped.

Rylee glanced over at Nathan midway through a song and catching the amusement in the older Slytherin's eyes she grinned at him. They were very nearly finished. Scrubbing harder at what remained of the paint she didn't stop until it was spotless. Her wrist ached a bit and she had managed to splash some of the cleaning solution onto herself at some point but they had finished the job.

Setting the scrub brush back into the bucket she stepped back to take another look checking to see if fact they were done. Remaining at Nathan's side she turned around to face Professor Ainsworth.

Yes, could they go now?

[Rafferty Ainsworth]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Symphora

Nathan continued to scrub the black paint off the bulletin board while ignoring the existence of his professor behind them. Same as Rylee, he just wanted to get this over with. He has no intention of staying with the old man's side-kick any longer than they needed to. Rylee was humming and Nathan was trying to hide his amusement. Once he finished, he put down his brush and turned around to face the professor.

"Its clean now, can we go?" he drawled.

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Originally Posted by Kolyander

Between the near silent humming under her breath and the full amount of focus, Rylee had on the task at hand nothing was catching her attention right than. All that mattered to her right now was finishing cleaning up the wall. Whenever she hit a certain part of the song she was humming she cleaned just a little bit better. Upbeat songs really got her motivated. Whether it was running, dancing or washing this here wall that she did not have any part in spray painting, music always helped.

Rylee glanced over at Nathan midway through a song and catching the amusement in the older Slytherin's eyes she grinned at him. They were very nearly finished. Scrubbing harder at what remained of the paint she didn't stop until it was spotless. Her wrist ached a bit and she had managed to splash some of the cleaning solution onto herself at some point but they had finished the job.

Setting the scrub brush back into the bucket she stepped back to take another look checking to see if fact they were done. Remaining at Nathan's side she turned around to face Professor Ainsworth.

Yes, could they go now?

Was it oddly satisfying to watch the students clear away the graffiti? Yes. It certainly was. Sadly all good things must come to an end. Hale and Prichard had finally finished what they had been forced into. Rafferty looked closely at their work and was disappointed to see that the work had actually been done to perfection.

Rafferty made no comment on the work except to say two sentences. “Take the supplies back to where you got them from. Good day to you.’’ Rafferty made his way from the Board.

[Kolyander]

The moment they got conformation that they were free to go, Rylee let out a breath of relief. "Yes, Professor." She watched the man walk away before looking to her side at Nathan. "I'll put this stuff away since it's on my way to my dorm anyhow. I'll meet you later?" Rylee was positive he would want to meet up and do some more planning, especially after they got punished for something that they didn't do. No need to agree on a meeting place either as they always met in the same agreed upon spot.

Pulling out her wand the third year cast a levitation charm on the bucket and all it's supplies. "See you later, Nathan," she cast him one of her special grins before walking towards the supply closet.