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It was a BRIGHT and SHINY, WONDERFUL, MARVELOUS, SPECTACULAR, DELICIOUS day. The sun was out (even though it was cold) and the charms classroom was about 500 degrees, just like old Dolly Dopple liked it. Nice and roasty toasty.
After opening the door to the classroom, Dolly stood at the front of the classroom, fingers eagerly twiddling in front of her chest, an excited wrinkly smile on her face. The classroom was set up like a normal classroom with a few colourful ribbon streamers draping across the ceiling to give some flare. On the corner of the table in front of Dolly sat a scraggly, patchy-furred kneazle that looked mostly dead. Was it actually dead? Did it just blink? No, it had to be dead...
On each of the desks sit a small cup of clear, unscented liquid and a piece of paper. On the board, a simple set of instructions is written in wiggly, unkempt handwriting:
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The next student didn’t add any input, but just agreed with everyone else. Dolly was just about to move on to the next student, when she realized that the boy had been standing in the room instead of sitting! Well, how odd.
Oh. Wait.
Dolly squinted for a moment until the Headmaster’s face came into focus. ”Oh! Hello there, Mackathy,” she greeted with a pleasant smile once she realized who had come into her classroom. But the part about Cardens in her room perplexed her quite a bit. ”My dear, what is a ’Carden’?” she asked, her brows wrinkling up again.
But it was time to move on to the first activity of the class period! Dolly needed to get them started so they would get out of class on time. But there was just one question left for them to answer before they moved onto their first activity.
”Dear students, today we are going to talk about the most annoying thing of all -- hiccups! Tell me, what are some Muggle ways to get rid of hiccups? Many muggles have MANY different ways to try and get rid of the hiccups. Have you heard of any? Have you tried any? Tell me!” Perhaps the Headmaster would add his input as well! As long as he wasn’t stuck on these “Cardens” that she wasn’t sure about. Hmmm. A Carden? What on earth was that? Surely she wasn’t losing her mind.
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.....................Hiccups? Really?
That was not where thought this class was heading.
Wiping at the his forehead with the back of his hand, Aaron snorted. In amusement, mostly, because indeed what was a Carden? This woman was...eccentric. Yes, that was a good, unoffensive word for it. He wasn't that married to his education to not appreciate how wonderful this could be. It wasn't boring, at least. And so many subjects at Hogwarts ran the risk of being boring given how they were presented en masse. Literally, his only gripe was the room's temperature. He wasn't a honey ham waiting to be cooked, yeah?
"Someone getting their pants scared off does work. Fear startles the system." Like that other girl had mentioned. He spoke from experience on this one. Oh...and... "That was a figure of speech! I don't think you can actually spook someone's pants off." But the information was good, otherwise.
....and he wasn't going to mention it, but... "Can you please cast a cooling charm on me, Professor? I feel as though I'm getting slow-cooked in an oven."
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Between the "MacKathy" and the "what is a Carden" Malachi had to fight to not facepalm then and there. The furthest he could stretch his self restraint was pinching at the bridge of his nose and taking a breath.
"Not a--" Hang on. The man shifted his clothing about uncomfortably, at first unable to put his finger on what made him so uncomfortable when he'd entered but now the man was sure he was all but slow cooking. "Circe sake, remove the warming charms, it's still summer." He hadn't miss Bergis's request to have them removed on himself. Wait no, not Bergis....he was related to that Prefect. Botros! There we go. The man could only imagine how many more were suffering. "We don't need children sent to the Healer from feeling faint." Too long in here and that was an absolute probability.
But more to the point. Malachi flicked his wand toward the Max who'd tried sinking down and being inconspicuous, unaware he'd chosen the correct one. The charm would cause him to stand immediately. "This is a Carden. A Maxton Carden." Tree Boy for short. "You have four more of him." Oh Merlin, forget it, he was wasting his time explaining to her. Trent turned to the class. "The five of you now have an appointment with me, after class, while we sort this out. My office." He ended the charm so the boy could regain his seat if he so chose to. "I'll be waiting here in the back to escort you lot myself." Didn't notice how many of them were there, would likely forget to send them there after class. No, he'd take care of this himself. "Let me also take this moment to remind the entire class that polyjuice use is not allowed at Hogwarts." He was interrupting their lesson and so would try to be brief but it needed to be said. These students wer a bit too liberal with their potion use about the castle and seemed to care naught for the consequences--because those still existed, Scrimgeour gone or not. "There are several reason behind it, if anyone would like to accompany these students to my office to find out. Short version, don't do it." Now that they'd all be warned, the next instance of polyjuice would not be handled so kindly.
"I'll assume the other student leaders all collectively decided to report this but for the sake of their education chose to send only one of you. It sucks being that guy, but this is blatant and sloppy breaking of the rules. Too sloppy to be ignored." Right in the presence of a professor--albeit one that took no notice.....but a professor nonetheless. Blatant disregard. It was almost too bold, in that it said they didn't care about being caught and there being consequences and that was never okay. "Sorry to interrupt. Continue with your lesson."
And with that he took a seat at the back--and removed the warming charms himself. Merlin, he wouldn't be able to sit here under those conditions.
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What on greens earth was this old woman doing here. She looked like she was confused when the headmaster arrived. he was seriously wondering if she could even thell the difference between all of the students without the name cards.
Who was he kidding he was pretty sure that she didn't. He chuckled under his breath, until he heard the headmaster reprimand the student leaders. He felt scared that he might lose his captain position.
He focused in on the lesson... hiccups he could focus on that. He used to get terrible hiccups when he was a kid. Leave the room serious. Nodding his head to some of the remedies that he himself had tried he got ready to add his own, "Peanut butter is one that I've used"
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…. Derf.
Zoryn hadn’t noticed that he had slipped out of the class initially, however, upon his return she made eye contact. And she knew EXACTLY what he had gone and done. And yes, Zoryn was LIVID (with him because as a general fact she was still quite amused with how perfectly this whole situation was going… for the moment). This wasn’t the first time Derf had tattled, but it’d be the last time she’d regard him as a friend.
He was dead to her.
Zoryn quickly weighed out her options here. Excusing herself to go to the loo was always an option, but how cowardly would that have been? No. She’d stand her ground. Besides, what was the point of pulling a prank if you didn’t get the recognition for it anyways? Zoryn was only upset because it meant they couldn’t continue the fun, not because of the trouble the rest of the Cardens (and herself) would face as a result.
So when the headmaster arrived, THIS Max Carden didn’t show a SINGLE sign of fear. Before she got a chance to answer the question, however, the Headmaster began to speak again and well. At least her thoughts on Derf were confirmed. TATTLETALE.
She turned to GLARE AT HIM. Before turning her attention back to their Professor. At least she wouldn’t have to go to Trent’s office alone. Wasn’t like she had a squeaky-clean record before either. This was nothing. Pffffffft.
Zoryn Spinnet was immortal.
Okay, she was nervous. But Max Carden was typically nervous, so at least she was still in character!
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Hanna couldn't help but giggle at Professor Dopple's obliviousness. And her saying the wrong name to the Headmaster. The HEADMASTER. Her boss. Giggle.
She listened to her classmates' suggestions, nodding to the ones she had heard, and thinking curiously about the ones that she hadn't heard of. How would they work? Hiccups were certainly annoying things, and if they got to learn a charm to get rid of them, that would be a useful lesson.
At least Headmaster Trent had figured out the Max situation. Not that Hanna cared if there was one or ten Maxes, she was mostly curious as to what had happened and why. She didn't need to know why Polyjuice potion wasn't allowed at Hogwarts. Of course it wasn't. Unless you were Regina Hawthorne and needed to re-take control of the school, then that was allowed.
Putting her attention back to the subject at hand and had a think about what her mother had said. Or was it her uncle? Raising her hand she said "Some kind of muscle relaxing solution, like magnesium or a chamomile tea might help." She doubted it though.
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What was it with woman? How could she not see this right in front of her? Ewan really wasn’t the type to talk badly about anyone but this just seemed rather absurd really. Giving Septimus a roll of the eyes as if to say “Can you believe this?” he turned to Tad, a neutral look on his face, not wanting to be caught talking over the Professor because that would just be rude. Well, if he got caught anyway. “I don’t think its trouble mate, maybe just another prank?” his voice a whisper now. His mind couldn’t help but recall the last prank that he remembered. The love-at-first-sight potion. Ugh. That still left a sour taste in his mouth.
And then… the door opened and who walked in? The headmaster. Could this lesson get any stranger? Yes was the answer. Not only did he call out all of the Max’s but Professor Mopple? Dribble? Dropple? She didn’t have the foggiest what he was talking about! Covering his mouth, somehow managed to stifle his laugh so that it sounded like a… well not a laugh. Taking a deep breath, he had to focus now, not wanting to get on the bad side of the new head.
Soooooo… ways to get rid of hiccups? Easy. “Professor, you just hold your breath for 20 seconds. If you hiccup in those 20 seconds, you start again and you can hold your breath for 20 seconds without hiccupping”. At least, that’s what he always did. Worked like a charm. HA!
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This Max was low-keyHIGH-KEY freaking out.
She had known all along that this would happen. Obviously. She wasn't stupid. Actually, technically, that was still up for debate.... But, Tessa knew Polyjuice potion was forbidden and yet she had still agreed to take part in the prank. That was because she didn't always think things through. It was bound to be her downfall. She hated getting in trouble.....but it had seemed like such a harmless, fun idea at the time. It still did, to be honest.
Professor Dopple asked a question but, honestly, Tessa didn't hear a word of it. Her mind was preoccupied thinking about how many detentions she would get for this. Would her parents find out??? She had never been in trouble before so she didn't know. The words 'My office' rang in her mind. She exchanged looks with a couple of the Maxes. They were staying put, apparently. Okay. Cool cool cool. Chill. That was fine. This wasn't the end of the woooooorld.
Also, she was ROASTING.
She tugged on her collar and tried not to look as nervous as she felt.
Bright side? It would be a funny story to tell her little brother????
Kaira smiled at Malachi. The term 'muggle' seemed to have brought the boy to life.
And he looked rather comfortable with the heat. She was surprised!
Malachi looks around at all the students, trying to ignore all the doppelgängers in the room as he spots a familiar face and smiles, the heat making him way less skidish then normal. "Hi Kaira, how have your classes been so far?"
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He could feel all the eyes on him as he diligently kept his own on his piece of parchment even long after the headmaster had appeared in the classroom. Whatever had held him up hadn't taken very long at all, it seemed. Unable to focus on the hiccups question posed by their new Charms professor - though his own response would have been along the lines of drinking water from the back of a cup rather than front so you were sorta drinking it upside down - his eyes DID lift to venture a foolish glance around the room.
Which ended up being a big mistake. A huge mistake.
Friends. Or, well, he wasn't sure anymore given the looks, were looking at him with the intent that he was relieved they were not basilisks. One of the Maxtons in particular, actually. And even the usual beautiful nest of black hair was not there nor the warm and full of life chocolate eyes, Derf knew who this person really was. It was impossible not to know. And he also knew that look: Zoryn Spinnet officially hated him and he knew precisely how her mind worked to draw this conclusion. He was mad at her still, mad about the feast and her taking away his free will and encouraging him to delve deeper under the influence of the love potion despite her knowing how he felt about intimacy. But hate? Derf could never hate her. Well, he could have if she had followed through with the pitching of kneazles from the Astronomy Tower prank that he had, thankfully, stopped her from doing terms ago. And...because he understood how Zoryn worked and loved her deeply as a friend...maybe...just maybe he could fix this.
He had to hope he could.
Briefly, he considered if he had crossed some line here. In the past he had never said or really done anything as long as no one was getting hurt. And here, no one was...per say...getting hurt. Save for perhaps Maxton and his anxiety...along with the Hufflepuff being triggered. But the messages and lessons from Levi Kenning rang strong in his head and heart - robbing people of free will was heinous. And that was what had been done here. What had been done at the feast too. And polyjuice had even been normalized given the events of last term, in a way. So, as long as he didn't LOOK at the Zoryn!Maxton...he had convinced himself that he was okay.
Only he looked up again...just as she turned hers away...and then he felt a sting in his eyes that he couldn't help and a hollowness in his chest not unlike what he felt when he had seen the wasted body of Aster on Pterov's table last term. Feverishly, he wiped his eyes and rubbed them. You know, bloody dust and all that.
Hearing the headmaster did not make him feel any better either. Maybe he really should have just pulled a Jessa Cambridge and closed her eyes, pretend the situation was not there at all. But he made his choice and now he had to live with it.
Eyes back down on his paper, Derf wrote in shaky hand the word 'HICCUPS'...and then set his quill down.
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Hiccups? They were learning about hiccups?!
Lucas...... was confused. Again. Hiccups were, well, annoying, but they weren't the end of the world. Shouldn't they be learning about something more important? Something he could use if he was stuck somewhere? He slumped slightly in his seat, his quill tapping lightly against his parchment. Did he have anything to add? Not really. People have already said drinking water and being scared and holding your breath and he couldn't think of anything else his mum or other people might've told him to do when he had hiccups.
So, he stayed silent.
Something more interesting? The Headmaster and the, uh, drama? Yeah. That was the right word for it. He glanced between the man and each of the Cardens, feeling slightly...... nervous? Why did he feel nervous? His eyebrows shot up, watching in anticipation when one of the Cardens, a name he found out, was made to stand up and then they were all getting into trouble and.....
...... yeah. This was a weird lesson.
Did he need a lesson on why Polyjuice wasn't allowed? No. Nope nope nope. He didn't want to go to the Headmaster's office no thank you. He was comfortable where he was, even if it was making him sweat and tug on his tie and..... suddenly let out a small..... shiver??
Daisy rolled her eyes at Professor Dopple's response to the Headmaster. If she couldn't comprehend the fact that there were multiple Maxtons then should she really be teaching at Hogwarts? If this lack of competency from the new Charms teacher affected Daisy's NEWT Charms grade next year for the worse, she wasn't going to be happy.
At the question about hiccups, Daisy raised her hand and replied, "I heard if you put your tongue on the roof of your mouth and swallow that it can help cure them. I have tried that and it has worked at times."
Dolly missed the eye rolling, but was that a surprise to anyone? Clearly, she missed a lot of things. But she got the girls’ answer! ”Wonderful suggestion, dear, thank you.”
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On the one hand, Stas had caught the fact her answer had been accepted as brightly as the others, but by now she really wasn’t sure if that was a good thing. Maybe the heat was getting to the professor, or to the rest of them. Adding in the plethora or Max Cardens, it was all getting a bit too surreal to handle. She was trying to keep it together though. She needed to be a good example for the younger Gryffindors, after all. She was a prefect. That meant something, and she was still immensely grateful that they weren’t required to write down everyone’s transgressions for punishment purposes. Not that she’d ever really gotten on board with the notebooks last term, aside from her surreptitious one.
The important part was that she really wasn’t sure Professor Dopple was entirely sane anymore. At the very least, she was starting to wonder what the purpose of the nametags was when it was obvious the professor couldn’t see well at all. She hadn’t noticed Derf’s disappearance, nor obviously the head boy’s reappearance. Which Stasya had but stayed silent. Especially as he’d been followed not too much later by the headmaster an she was smart enough to connect the dots. Derf had gone to the headmaster, and she would’ve felt guilty for not doing the same if it hadn’t reminded her the tiniest bit of the situation last term. Not to mention she blinked at whatever the name Professor Dopple had called the headmaster by. It didn’t sound right at all. Nametags.
She’d raised her hand at the next question, though, even though it had brought even more questions into her head. Last she’d checked it was Charms class, not Muggle Studies, and the fact the headmaster’s question hadn’t really been answered bothered her too. She didn’t mention either thought, however. “Some people think holding their breath can stop a case of the hiccups, but I’m not sure how well that works,” she said instead.
Heat stroke was a thing, right?
Moving onto the next student, Dolly listened and nodded with approval. ”Yes, I’ve heard that one too.” One time her third husband had tried that one and had passed out!
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This class had gone to the dogs.. There were several clones, a clueless professor and now the Headmaster had become involved?! It was like some weird scene out of a movie and all Caolan could do was sit back in his chair and observe. He didn’t really care much about listening to the lesson anymore as he was too perplexed by what was happening around him. How the Professor had not noticed something was amiss was baffling despite how obviously old she was. I mean come on.. they were even giving the same answers as one another.
The not-so-subtle hint from Caolan had clearly passed straight over the professors head and he sighed inwardly in response. They wouldn’t have to wait until summer before they all passed out from overheating. His eyes moved back to the Kneazle as she responded to the rest of the students answers. It still hadn’t moved, had it? Poor thing.
The lesson seemed to move on to a subject that Caolan knew a little about which he was grateful for. At least he could muster up an answer without thinking too hard about it and without looking stupid. He raised his hand although he doubted whether Old Mother Hubbard could actually see him do so. “Some people like to bend over and drink from the opposite side of the glass.” he answered. How people could do that without spilling the whole glass of water over themselves was beyond him. There were a few associated with drinking water but he thought he’d leave them for the rest of his classmates. He didn’t really know which were Old Wives tales and which were fact anyway.
Speaking of water, the fifth-year was so parched from the heat in the classroom that he could’ve really done with a glass of water right now. Or two.
Since he was wondering, no, the kneazle still hadn’t moved. But wait... did it just blink?
”Yes, I’ve heard that one too! Sounds terribly dangerous, if you ask me.”
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And the headmaster was here now. Interesting. Did he randomly show up for classes? She hoped not. Oh. He was here because of the multiples of that one boy. Good. Maybe it would get sorted out now. She could tell from the reactions from her fellow students that this wasn't a normal situation. Hopefully it wouldn't disturb the class too much. She did actually want to learn something, if she could. And she did not appreciate getting disturbed in her lessons. It was good that she studied on her own outside of class, otherwise she probably wasn't going to be learning anything. But enough of thinking about this, she needed to think about the answer to the question, and not about the multiple Max Cardens.
Aah. Muggle ways of getting rid of hiccups. She knew this. She had attended a muggle primary school after all. She raised her hand (Which she found kind of weird) before she answered. "Some muggles think getting scared will get rid of hiccups. That's my favourite way of helping" She mused, with a little smirk on her lips.
Dolly laughed in delight at the next student’s response. ”I bet you do!”
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Blonder than life, head boy had snitched on the Maxes. Why wasn't he surprised?
Amused, and very unimpressed he watched as the professor continued being oblivious to the entire situation even when the headmaster walked in the classroom.
Hopefully the blondie was proud of himself.
Moving on, however, Zachary held his hand up before answering the question, "I have heard if you can manage to forget you have the hiccups, you can stop them" It sounded so dumb, but sometimes ignoring a problem can work wonders.
The interesting suggestion made Dolly raise her wrinkly eyebrows. ”Very interesting. Though I bet it’s hard to forget the hiccups while you’re hiccupping.”
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Oh my god, she still hasn't noticed? Even after the Headmaster pointed it out himself? And she thought she was talking about Potions class?
One one hand, she was amused. But on the other hand, she felt sorry for this woman. She was amazingly sweet, but not so much with awareness of her surroundings.
As for the question: 'Drinking ice water helps..stimulates the vagus nerve..,' she said. Her dad was a doctor. Muggle doctor.
”The vagus nerve!” Dolly echoed proudly. ”We have a doctor in our midst!”
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The REAL one?
Orchestrate this!? So this WASN'T all in his head? He hadn't drifted off to sleep or died in the heat. Was this little girl IN ON it?
Before he had a chance to respond or question her further though, Headmaster Trent had slipped into the room. Obviously, he'd been waaaaaay too distracted with other things - YOU KNOW LIKE THE WHOLE CLONE THING - to notice that Derf had been the one to go fetch him.
Honestly?????? He wasn't sure if this made the whole thing better or worse.
He was swaying towards worse. He didn't like attention. He was more than happy blending in and going unnoticed, quite the opposite of what was going on now with old Dopple yabbering away up there and asking what a Carden was.
A Carden? NOT HIM. Never heard of one.
THIS Max Carden ducked his head and shrunk as looooooow in his chair as physically possible, probably looking like the most guilty Max Carden out of ALL the Max Cardens in the vicinity.
Nothing to see here.
Did something just fall under the desk? No? Oh, she must be seeing things again!
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Uh...huh? Harri tilted her head at her seatmate, Charlie!Max, in question, her brows furrowed. She He didn't have any brothers and...she he thought there were about five of the same identical person here? Why doesn't she he try looking in the mirror then? See if that answered her his question. Harri was about to ask her him if she was dumb, crazy or both but Professor Dopple beat her to it. RIGHT. They were here to learn.
So far what she was learning was that Hogwarts was not ordinary. Nope, nope. A Professor with a dead pet, quintuplets were present (with one of them beside her and not even aware she he was a quintuplet?), a Point Me charm existed (she NEEDED to learn it), the Headmaster was there (Hellooo, Headmaster!), and this Charms class was discussing about hiccups!
Oh, how FUN!
Hand up. "My grandma just lets me drink water when I feel a hiccup coming, Professor. She says it drooowns down the hiccup." It was effective too. Mostly.
Dolly let out another laugh at the girl’s comment. ”What an interesting theory!” It probably didn’t work.
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Mary had stayed gladly silent during the last question. She had not known what any charms were. The only subjects she had studied before were potions, herbology, and transfiguration. She wished she had at least skimmed the charms book.
She noticed the headmaster come into the room and watched as he brought up something about the Max's. She glanced around, almost giggling. She had been sitting so near the front the she missed this.
A question she could answer! It was a muggle question. She silently raised her hand and when called upon said, "My mom used to tell me to tense up my stomach and drink multiple sips of water. It kinda worked."
Dolly called on the next student and nodded. ”And you’d get an ab workout too.” Probably. Maybe.
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Uh oh.
The arrival of the headmaster stole Vita's attention and she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable being in the same room as the Max imposters. This certainly didn't make the rest of them guilty by association, did it? Because she'd put money on the fact that a bunch of those Max faces were really Gryffindors-they seemed the type to enjoy this type of prank-and she didn't know many Gryffindors at all! Okay, she didn't know that many people in general, but still.
The fact that Professor Dopple didn't even stop the lesson for the man, though... Did she answer her question, did she not? What was the respectful thing to do here?
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Sloooowly she raised her hand, looking between their headmaster and professor, and then she offered, "It's like Zachary said. I've heard if you distract a person by asking a very random question, it'll take their mind off it and end the hiccups. Like asking what someone's middle name is, for example." Hey, maybe that's how they could weed out the fake ones.
Yes, perhaps it was easy to forget about them when someone else distracted you. ”Very good, thank you.”
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At the question about muggles he sits up straighter while answering. "There are so many ways, you can hold your breath, bite a lemon, gargle water, lie on the floor and take deep breaths, pull your tongue, tose are some I’ve tried at least." After he’s done talking he curls up back on the desk, honestly enjoying the heat from the room.
Oh, this one had many ideas! ”Yes, thank you!” And, err... well, at least he was comfortable.
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Circe... Hogwarts was making a fool out of Charlie!Max....
She gave up on trying to befriend Harri and resolved to try again another day without saying anything else. That would surely just make things worse (it had been a long -- or short, depending on how you think of it -- morning, as she could hardly sleep and rolled out of bed not too long ago, not even stopping to look in a mirror before class).
Her -- or his -- cheeks burned red in light of Professor Dopple's response to the small (or large, since it was quite important) talk. "Sorry, Professor Dopple...," she murmured, her lips effectively sealed after the utterance of those words. She might not even attempt to answer further questions... though that would probably make her (him) look even worse.
Muggle cures for hiccups... perfect. Charlie!Max made a conscious effort to sit up straight, feeling a little bit better about everything in light of the simple question. She rose her hand, responding with "Well, my mum always had me put a drop of vinegar or sugar on my tongue. That is supposed to help."
At the mention of vinegar and sugar, Dolly’s face wrinkled up (EVEN MORE). ”How terrible!” Perhaps the hiccups were better than that.
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Abra was looking. First between Derf and the headmaster, quite a few times actually, and then between the headmaster and the Maxes, and then between the headmaster and the professor. He was still... trying to get his head around the fact that it had almost certainly been Derf who had fetched Trent, and exactly what he thought about that. Abra wouldn't have done it, but he supposed, with Derf being Head Boy and all, he felt he had some kind of... obligation? Maybe.
On the other hand, this was clearly a polyjuice thing, and Abra could also see how having Polyjuice Potion floating around the castle could be dangerous if there were people who happened upon it and wanted to use it for more nefarious purposes. Because such people did exist. Though they'd probably find their own way to make the potion, but still. Then there was that whole invasion of privacy thing. But this - this situation right here in this room - didn't seem malicious.
Whatever. WHatEvER. This was not Abra's moral dilemma. Maybe it should have been, but he hadn't realised until someone else had already acted on it. Chewing on the inside of his lip, he decided to just... focus on the lesson, as that was what they were all there for. And he wanted to prove that the professor was still managing to keep her students on task, even if she couldn't see the many Maxes.
He raised his hand. "Uh, I once heard if you tell yourself to hiccough, like focus on it and try to make it happen, sometimes you stop. But I've also heard that some muggles can get them for years, and I bet they tried all these things and they never worked." Magic was a whole different story though.
”Ohhh, very interesting.” Dolly said with an intrigued nod. ”I have not tried that one!”
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Calming tea could be helpful if she liked tea, lately however she preferred coffee. Frappes to be more precise. Maybe she would give that tea thing a try though one of these days. Actually could she get some of that tea right now? It was getting awfully hard to focus in here with each passing minute.
Not only was it getting warmer the longer she sat in this sauna of a room but all the Max's agreeing about 'soggy socks' was very confusing. As nice as Dopple was did she really not take notice to all the Carden's? There was five of them! A professor that couldn't see what was going on... while that could be good at times it could also be very very bad. So bad that... wait... was that the Headmaster?! Uh-oh. Someone was likely going to be in trouble. Or maybe several somebodies?
Anyhow... Rylee tried to return all her attention back onto the Professor. Hiccups. Right. Okay. How to get rid of hiccups the muggle way. "I heard that biting into a lemon could help," she answered rising her hand. It wasn't something she herself had ever tried though.
Dolly called on the next and nodded again. ”Yes, that is a common remedy. Good job.”
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Oh, the headmaster agreed with his answer. Wait - the headmaster? Was this going to be a joint DADA and Charms lesson? He supposed that could be possible. But then the headmaster spoke again, asking about there being too many Cardens. What did that even mean? Indigo glanced around the room, and this time noticed several copies of one person. And he was pretty sure there was only supposed to be one. Oh, so that's what he was talking about. More fun with potions. Indigo wondered if the person responsible for this was the same person who had been responsible for the love potion.
The professor seemed to be ignoring the situation so Indigo decided it also was not important, at least for the time being. He turned his attention back to the question being asked. Hiccups? Indigo raised his hand. "I've heard that holding your breath is supposed to help. But whenever I've tried it I just continue to have the hiccups but I'm also lightheaded." From the lack of breathing.
”Perhaps one of the more dangerous methods!” Dolly responded with a wag of her pointer finger. Wouldn’t want anyone passing out like her third husband did.
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Charms. The second class Kaitlyn had in her schedule. She wasn’t sure what the differences were between Defence Against the Dark Arts and Charms. I mean they both had to waved the wand to cast a spell. Well, she would find out really soon. Going to the classroom, she found herself to be a little bit worried. Her father promised the school was absolutely safe and people there were very friendly. It was kinda different in the DADA class as she couldn’t know if she was going to die finish her work.
The room started to be filled with students and she found something hilarious. There were more students with the same faces. Identical twin? Triplets? Okay, more than three now. This was getting weird to be honest. After writing KAITLYN SUNWOO, she folded the paper in half.
The appearance of the Headmaster was definitely a surprise to her. What was going on? This was definitely Charms class, not DADA class. He pointed out for the professor the huge problem in the class, which meant her eyes were still good. She started to think there was something happened to her eyes as the professor started the lesson even when there were too many Cardens. The lesson started with a very simple question followed by the question about hiccups. ”Drinking water and trying to forget it are my solution when I get hiccups”
Dolly gave another nod of approval to the next student. ”Very good my dear, thank you!.”
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.....................Hiccups? Really?
That was not where thought this class was heading.
Wiping at the his forehead with the back of his hand, Aaron snorted. In amusement, mostly, because indeed what was a Carden? This woman was...eccentric. Yes, that was a good, unoffensive word for it. He wasn't that married to his education to not appreciate how wonderful this could be. It wasn't boring, at least. And so many subjects at Hogwarts ran the risk of being boring given how they were presented en masse. Literally, his only gripe was the room's temperature. He wasn't a honey ham waiting to be cooked, yeah?
"Someone getting their pants scared off does work. Fear startles the system." Like that other girl had mentioned. He spoke from experience on this one. Oh...and... "That was a figure of speech! I don't think you can actually spook someone's pants off." But the information was good, otherwise.
....and he wasn't going to mention it, but... "Can you please cast a cooling charm on me, Professor? I feel as though I'm getting slow-cooked in an oven."
”Oho!” Dolly exclaimed with a bit of a laugh. Getting their PANTS scared off, how DANGEROUS. But of course, it was a figure of speech. She was just about to respond to his remarks, when he asked for a cooling charm, which made Dolly a bit concerned.
”Oh dear, perhaps you should see the nurse! You might be catching a fever!”
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Between the "MacKathy" and the "what is a Carden" Malachi had to fight to not facepalm then and there. The furthest he could stretch his self restraint was pinching at the bridge of his nose and taking a breath.
"Not a--" Hang on. The man shifted his clothing about uncomfortably, at first unable to put his finger on what made him so uncomfortable when he'd entered but now the man was sure he was all but slow cooking. "Circe sake, remove the warming charms, it's still summer." He hadn't miss Bergis's request to have them removed on himself. Wait no, not Bergis....he was related to that Prefect. Botros! There we go. The man could only imagine how many more were suffering. "We don't need children sent to the Healer from feeling faint." Too long in here and that was an absolute probability.
But more to the point. Malachi flicked his wand toward the Max who'd tried sinking down and being inconspicuous, unaware he'd chosen the correct one. The charm would cause him to stand immediately. "This is a Carden. A Maxton Carden." Tree Boy for short. "You have four more of him." Oh Merlin, forget it, he was wasting his time explaining to her. Trent turned to the class. "The five of you now have an appointment with me, after class, while we sort this out. My office." He ended the charm so the boy could regain his seat if he so chose to. "I'll be waiting here in the back to escort you lot myself." Didn't notice how many of them were there, would likely forget to send them there after class. No, he'd take care of this himself. "Let me also take this moment to remind the entire class that polyjuice use is not allowed at Hogwarts." He was interrupting their lesson and so would try to be brief but it needed to be said. These students wer a bit too liberal with their potion use about the castle and seemed to care naught for the consequences--because those still existed, Scrimgeour gone or not. "There are several reason behind it, if anyone would like to accompany these students to my office to find out. Short version, don't do it." Now that they'd all be warned, the next instance of polyjuice would not be handled so kindly.
"I'll assume the other student leaders all collectively decided to report this but for the sake of their education chose to send only one of you. It sucks being that guy, but this is blatant and sloppy breaking of the rules. Too sloppy to be ignored." Right in the presence of a professor--albeit one that took no notice.....but a professor nonetheless. Blatant disregard. It was almost too bold, in that it said they didn't care about being caught and there being consequences and that was never okay. "Sorry to interrupt. Continue with your lesson."
And with that he took a seat at the back--and removed the warming charms himself. Merlin, he wouldn't be able to sit here under those conditions.
But then the Headmaster was asking for the warming charms to end, too. Summer?! Winter was just around the corner! In Scotland, for Merlin’s sake! ”Now now, Mr. Tribble, I think the students are just fine. I don’t want anyone to catch a cold on my watch!” She was in charge of these precious, small minded children and she wasn’t going to let any of them DIE because she let the room get too cold!
It sure was nice of him to join her lesson though. Oh, he was just so handsome!
Dolly was about to move on with her lesson when he brought up the Cardens again. Whatever THOSE were. Oh, but he showed her. A Maxton Carden. Oh, a student?! But what about him...?
It took a long moment for Dolly to realize that there were several of them in her class and that perhaps they weren’t just a group of quintuplets. But honestly, she didn’t see what all the fuss was about! And now the Headmaster was getting all riled up! Sending them all to his office - well, at least he was letting them finish the lesson first.
”Oh dear,” Dolly said with a sigh. ”Yes, Meleby, you better take a seat back there - I think you let your blood pressure get too high! All over just a bit of fun, wasn’t it!” Students should be allowed to have FUN, right??? A little bit of polyjuice potion never hurt anyone in HISTORY, RIGHT???
At least he apologized for interrupting her lesson. ”Apology accepted. You may join us, if you like, we’re about to do an activity!” How exciting for him!
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What on greens earth was this old woman doing here. She looked like she was confused when the headmaster arrived. he was seriously wondering if she could even thell the difference between all of the students without the name cards.
Who was he kidding he was pretty sure that she didn't. He chuckled under his breath, until he heard the headmaster reprimand the student leaders. He felt scared that he might lose his captain position.
He focused in on the lesson... hiccups he could focus on that. He used to get terrible hiccups when he was a kid. Leave the room serious. Nodding his head to some of the remedies that he himself had tried he got ready to add his own, "Peanut butter is one that I've used"
After the Headmaster’s speech was over, Dolly moved onto the next student. ”Peanut butter, how interesting!” It was a shame peanut butter turned Dolly into one single, giant hive!
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…. Derf.
Zoryn hadn’t noticed that he had slipped out of the class initially, however, upon his return she made eye contact. And she knew EXACTLY what he had gone and done. And yes, Zoryn was LIVID (with him because as a general fact she was still quite amused with how perfectly this whole situation was going… for the moment). This wasn’t the first time Derf had tattled, but it’d be the last time she’d regard him as a friend.
He was dead to her.
Zoryn quickly weighed out her options here. Excusing herself to go to the loo was always an option, but how cowardly would that have been? No. She’d stand her ground. Besides, what was the point of pulling a prank if you didn’t get the recognition for it anyways? Zoryn was only upset because it meant they couldn’t continue the fun, not because of the trouble the rest of the Cardens (and herself) would face as a result.
So when the headmaster arrived, THIS Max Carden didn’t show a SINGLE sign of fear. Before she got a chance to answer the question, however, the Headmaster began to speak again and well. At least her thoughts on Derf were confirmed. TATTLETALE.
She turned to GLARE AT HIM. Before turning her attention back to their Professor. At least she wouldn’t have to go to Trent’s office alone. Wasn’t like she had a squeaky-clean record before either. This was nothing. Pffffffft.
Zoryn Spinnet was immortal.
Okay, she was nervous. But Max Carden was typically nervous, so at least she was still in character!
Was that one of the Cardens? Oh, all the students looked the same anyway. Who knew!
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Hanna couldn't help but giggle at Professor Dopple's obliviousness. And her saying the wrong name to the Headmaster. The HEADMASTER. Her boss. Giggle.
She listened to her classmates' suggestions, nodding to the ones she had heard, and thinking curiously about the ones that she hadn't heard of. How would they work? Hiccups were certainly annoying things, and if they got to learn a charm to get rid of them, that would be a useful lesson.
At least Headmaster Trent had figured out the Max situation. Not that Hanna cared if there was one or ten Maxes, she was mostly curious as to what had happened and why. She didn't need to know why Polyjuice potion wasn't allowed at Hogwarts. Of course it wasn't. Unless you were Regina Hawthorne and needed to re-take control of the school, then that was allowed.
Putting her attention back to the subject at hand and had a think about what her mother had said. Or was it her uncle? Raising her hand she said "Some kind of muscle relaxing solution, like magnesium or a chamomile tea might help." She doubted it though.
Moving on to the next, Dolly pointed at the girl who raised her hand. ”Oh, yes that might help indeed!”
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What was it with woman? How could she not see this right in front of her? Ewan really wasn’t the type to talk badly about anyone but this just seemed rather absurd really. Giving Septimus a roll of the eyes as if to say “Can you believe this?” he turned to Tad, a neutral look on his face, not wanting to be caught talking over the Professor because that would just be rude. Well, if he got caught anyway. “I don’t think its trouble mate, maybe just another prank?” his voice a whisper now. His mind couldn’t help but recall the last prank that he remembered. The love-at-first-sight potion. Ugh. That still left a sour taste in his mouth.
And then… the door opened and who walked in? The headmaster. Could this lesson get any stranger? Yes was the answer. Not only did he call out all of the Max’s but Professor Mopple? Dribble? Dropple? She didn’t have the foggiest what he was talking about! Covering his mouth, somehow managed to stifle his laugh so that it sounded like a… well not a laugh. Taking a deep breath, he had to focus now, not wanting to get on the bad side of the new head.
Soooooo… ways to get rid of hiccups? Easy. “Professor, you just hold your breath for 20 seconds. If you hiccup in those 20 seconds, you start again and you can hold your breath for 20 seconds without hiccupping”. At least, that’s what he always did. Worked like a charm. HA!
Dolly, for some reason got lost in the boy’s response. It sounded like a lot of not breathing. ”Alright dear, okay.” Moving on.
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Malachi looks around at all the students, trying to ignore all the doppelgängers in the room as he spots a familiar face and smiles, the heat making him way less skidish then normal. "Hi Kaira, how have your classes been so far?"
Hearing another voice, Dolly found the student it belonged to, but it was completely unrelated. Oh dear! ”Oh, my dear, please save small talk for the activity in a few minutes! We’re almost there.”
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He could feel all the eyes on him as he diligently kept his own on his piece of parchment even long after the headmaster had appeared in the classroom. Whatever had held him up hadn't taken very long at all, it seemed. Unable to focus on the hiccups question posed by their new Charms professor - though his own response would have been along the lines of drinking water from the back of a cup rather than front so you were sorta drinking it upside down - his eyes DID lift to venture a foolish glance around the room.
Which ended up being a big mistake. A huge mistake.
Friends. Or, well, he wasn't sure anymore given the looks, were looking at him with the intent that he was relieved they were not basilisks. One of the Maxtons in particular, actually. And even the usual beautiful nest of black hair was not there nor the warm and full of life chocolate eyes, Derf knew who this person really was. It was impossible not to know. And he also knew that look: Zoryn Spinnet officially hated him and he knew precisely how her mind worked to draw this conclusion. He was mad at her still, mad about the feast and her taking away his free will and encouraging him to delve deeper under the influence of the love potion despite her knowing how he felt about intimacy. But hate? Derf could never hate her. Well, he could have if she had followed through with the pitching of kneazles from the Astronomy Tower prank that he had, thankfully, stopped her from doing terms ago. And...because he understood how Zoryn worked and loved her deeply as a friend...maybe...just maybe he could fix this.
He had to hope he could.
Briefly, he considered if he had crossed some line here. In the past he had never said or really done anything as long as no one was getting hurt. And here, no one was...per say...getting hurt. Save for perhaps Maxton and his anxiety...along with the Hufflepuff being triggered. But the messages and lessons from Levi Kenning rang strong in his head and heart - robbing people of free will was heinous. And that was what had been done here. What had been done at the feast too. And polyjuice had even been normalized given the events of last term, in a way. So, as long as he didn't LOOK at the Zoryn!Maxton...he had convinced himself that he was okay.
Only he looked up again...just as she turned hers away...and then he felt a sting in his eyes that he couldn't help and a hollowness in his chest not unlike what he felt when he had seen the wasted body of Aster on Pterov's table last term. Feverishly, he wiped his eyes and rubbed them. You know, bloody dust and all that.
Hearing the headmaster did not make him feel any better either. Maybe he really should have just pulled a Jessa Cambridge and closed her eyes, pretend the situation was not there at all. But he made his choice and now he had to live with it.
Eyes back down on his paper, Derf wrote in shaky hand the word 'HICCUPS'...and then set his quill down.
Lastly, Dolly scanned the room for more raised hands and landed on a rather distraught pygmy puff - oh, no, that was a student! In distress! ”My dear, are you alright?” she asked for the whole class to hear. ”I’ve never tried crying to help with hiccups, but if it does work, please let us know!” How interesting would that be!
After she was satisfied with the amount of answers that she received, Dolly clapped together her boney hands again, causing her wrinkly arm flab to wobble and sway again. Once she did so, suddenly a list of hiccup remedies appeared on the chalkboard beside her in wiggly handwriting.
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Hiccups, begone!
Bite a lemon
Drink upside down
Hold breath (not too long)
Forget about it!
Scare yourself
Vinegar and sugar
Cartwheels
Ask someone their middle name
Play leapfrog
Sing the Hogwarts song
Press your tongue up
”Alright, children! Now we will be moving onto our first activity! This will warm us up and get ready for the next part of the lesson.”
Dolly came around the front of her desk. ”Now, all of you have a little cup on your desk. Don’t worry, it’s harmless! Everyone take a big drink! Go on! Take a drink! Headmaster, you too!” She pointed to him in the back, encouraging him to join them.
Waiting for the students to drink the clear, scentless liquid out of their cups, Dolly wiggled her boney fingers in front of her, smiling ear to ear. Soon, as the liquid settled, each of the students would feel the effects of.... The hiccups! That’s right! It was a hiccuping draught! And now they all had the hiccups! WONDERFUL!
”Now, since you all have the hiccups, I want you all to go through this list and try as many of these remedies as you can to try and get rid of them. Let’s test them out - see if any of them really work! Ready.... go!”
Clapping again, Dolly sent them all off to work.
OOC: Alright, thanks again for all the participation! This has been so much fun! We have now begun the mini-activity. If your character followed Dolly’s instructions, they will have drunk from the cup on their desk and immediately gotten the hiccups. It is now their job to try and get rid of the hiccups using any of the remedies we just talked about. You can do this alone or with a friend in as many posts as you want (but there is no minimum requirement). Class will move in in about THREE DAYS (Sunday, around 8 PM (GMT-7)).
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As frustrated as Chloe was with Derf, his sad face broke his heart. She forgave him immediately for being a tattletale. It wasn't his fault that his morals ignored the needs of people in support of arbitrary rules. It was his genetic makeup. Or how he was raised? Something. Nurture. Nature. Things.
She toasted him with her tiny cup of potion before sipping it until it was gone. And, yep, the hiccups. Ugh, the professor was right! They were annoying. Chloe practiced holding her breath and trying to forget about hiccups by watching to see if the Headmaster would drink the potion too.
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Seeing as she was a Half-Blood, Torii had seen Muggle ways of getting rid of hiccups many times. She was just about to raise her hand and suggest one of them, when the sound of Dopple's clapping hands stopped her. Torii quickly browsed over the list that had appeared on the board. Mmkay. Sounded legit.
Just as quickly, her gaze shifted to the cup of liquid on her desk. Dopple wanted them to...drink it? Umm, no thanks. Or, at least, Torii wasn't going to be first. She looked at the few classmates around her and gave them a look that said, 'After you'. She might have even cast that look in the direction of the Headmaster, as well.
Also, could somebody suggest that it was FREAKIN' HOT in here? Torii was considering doing that herself, but she was having a case of the 'new kid blues'. No way was she going to speak up and say that now.
Torii eyed the cup once again. That was when she noticed that the Head Girl had gulped down her liquid. If the Head Girl trusted it, well then... Torii sighed, picked up her cup, and drank the liquid inside.
*hiccup*
"Anybody want to--..." *hiccup* "...work with me?" she asked.
Anna scratched her cheek as she watched what was going on between all of the Maxes and the Headmaster, stifling a chuckle when professor Dopple just carried on as if nothing was happening.
Welp. Might as well act like the old lady. The entertainment was obviously over - or was it?
The Gryffindor eyed the cup that was on her desk. Picking it up, she sniffed the liquid and moved the cup a bit to watch the odourless liquid swirl. She kept peeking up to see what the progress with the Maxes was. Never a dull moment at Hogwarts!
Anna also kept looking at the rude Slytherin girl to make sure she wasn't going to say anything stupid again. The Captain noticed the temperature in the room suddenly go down drastically, but in a very good way. Phew. She took a few deep breaths of the fresher air. Much better. Thanks to whomever had done that - it clearly hadn't been professor Dopple herself.
Right, now... to drink the thing or not to drink it? Anna kind of couldn't be bothered. Watching what was going on was more interesting. And the old lady had told the Headmaster to go ahead and drink it too? Hah! That would be funny. Anna kept an eye on him because of that.
Might as well just get over with this.
The fifth year took a big gulp of the liquid in one go, placed the cup back down on her desk and waited a second or two to see if it had worke--
Hiccup.
Yep. It worked. Now to try and make it HICCUP stop using some methods listed on the board. Anna decided to hold her breath first. That would feel much n- HICCUP nicer now that the air wasn't so hot. Taking a deep breath, the girl didn't do the dramatic-looking breath holding. Her- HICCUP her cheeks weren't puffed out and she wasn't holding her nose either. If one looked at her, it was like she was just HICCUP... sitting there.
The whole Polyjuice situation was much more interesting than trying to HICCUP stop this.
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After Mary was satisfied with her answer, she moved on to contemplating the liquid. It was clear, harmless looking, but this was the magical world. This sweet lady wouldn't hurt her? Right?
She grabbed the liquid off her desk and took a large sip. She figured she would just let go of fear and do it, or this, whatever it was, was never going be gone. Almost immediately, the hiccups came. She loudly began hiccuping, to a point where she was almost twice as loud as her normal talking voice. She started holding her breath, trying to get them to go away. It was no use, she was just a muggleborn, she knew nothing about actually getting rid of them.
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Gunnar was finding it incredibly difficult to focus at all during this class. The heat was stifling, causing him to shed his outer robes in favor of just his basic uniform underneath, which didn't seem to help at all. The multiple identical prefects which soon became apparent was a polyjuice incident, the headmaster joining class and reprimanding those involved, the fact that their professor really had no idea any of that was going on... none of that served to aid in his concentration.
Still, he gave it his best effort and turned his eyes towards the board. Muggle ways of getting rid of hiccups, right. He wasn't sure he had ever actively tried to get rid of them; they never seemed to last long and always went away by himself.
Before he was able to pick up his cup to drink, he glanced over to see that new girl, Torii, asking for a partner. He didn't know they needed to work with anyone, though he supposed some of the "remedies" would require a second person, and he decided to politely offer to work with her.
He slid his chair over, then downed his drink. "I'll work with you, if you want." Gunnar sort of knew who she was being in the same year and house, and it was fairly obvious that she was new, so he didn't think to offer his name before the first hiccup slipped out of his mouth. Oops.
"Which one do you want to.." Hiccup. Instinctively, he clapped his hand over his mouth briefly. "....try first?"
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Things were happening that the mere first year Gryffindor couldn't quite comprehend. But what her little brain had gathered was that the other Maxton Cardens were all polyjuiced aka had assumed the physical features of someone else...including the one beside her. And Professor Dopple didn't notice somehow? Wow, was she really old or what?
Then it dawned on her. She just became the butt of a joke. Just because she was a first year, this Max or Charlie or whoever he (was he even a HE?) was thought it was going to be fun to deceive her? Well, that was not very nice. She didn't want to be friends anymore. Pfft. And Harri made it known to her him as she waggled a finger in her his face after the Headmaster announced that the five Maxes had an appointment with him in his office later. She might have also stuck her tongue out at her him too. Bleh! That's what you get. This Gryffindor didn't take hornswoggle too lightly.
So she was going to do the next activity by herself or with someone else other than this great pretender next to her.
She only eyed the cup in front of her warily for a hot moment before gulping it down. No one else was going to attempt to pull anything funny with the Headmaster there for sure. A few seconds later came its promised effect.
*hiccup*
*hiccup*
Why wasn't the idea of the mister snogger Head Boy not included on the list though? She wondered briefly before hoooooolding her breath.
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This lesson was certainly going down as one of the weirdest lessons ever. It was beyond her imagination - multiple people who had polyjuiced into someone, a clueless professor and the exasperated Headmaster and an even more exasperated REAL Max Carden!
To top it all off, a hiccup solution. Kaira took the drink and *hiccup* This *hiccup* was a disaster.
She tried holding her breath.
*Hiccup*
*hiccup*
That did not *hiccup* work! She didn't have a lemon with her. Nor vinegar. And she didn't know the Hogwarts song, how in the world was that going to help anyway? What was this class?
She tried pressing her tongue to the roof of her mouth. That seemed to ease it a bit. *HICCUP*
Okay, apparently NOT!
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This was a literal soap opera happening in front of his very own eyes. The Headmaster was spouting on about seeing all the Carden’s in his office, the Professor was acting as if nothing was wrong and then suddenly there was an older student having a cry in the corner.
Really?
Was this what Hogwarts was like all the time because nothing like this ever happened in his old school. It was all mundane and well.. normal. Hogwarts couldn’t ever be described as that it seemed. All he wanted to do was come here, make friends and learn enough magic to get through school and follow in his Da’s vocational footsteps but it seemed it may take a slight detour in his goals before he actually got there. The first was this Charms class which Caolan had decided wasn’t top of his priority list anyway and now they were going on about hiccups? Yes they were annoying and he hated getting them but was this really a necessary subject for a lesson in his OWL year?
Deciding to listen to Mrs Ancient and to take a sip of his drink, the fifth year was met with a wave of annoyance that ripped up his chest with an audible..
*HICCUP*
Ergh.
He pinched his nose and held his breath for a short while feeling like it was working. He was met with silence until..
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Max ignored the girl and her offer of water. Not that water wouldn’t be nice right about now, because it would… but right now, he was too busy ogling the Max sitting beside him who apparently had something to say.
He was about to ask himself why they weren’t doing something COOLER. Well, not himself…. But deskbuddy Max. Which was himself. Argh! Anyways, he was still half-convinced that this wasn’t even real life and he was in the midst of a dream. And if this WAS a dream, there was a ton of other stuff he’d rather be doing than sitting in Charms learning about whatever it was they were learning. He didn't even know anymore.
………… turns out, it wasn’t a dream. More like a nightmare. A real life nightmare.
Because next thing he knew, he was forced to his feet in front of the entire class and THAT ALONE was a million times worse than having a hundred thousand clones.
It was hard hearing anything over the sound of his own nervous pulse thumping in his eardrums but…. he heard enough from Trent to put the pieces together.
POLYJUICE!?!!??
THIS Max stared at each of the imposters in turn, wide-eyed and positively mortified as he considered the grander scheme of things and the implications. He wasn’t even mad. Just……… embarrassed. Embarrassed and incredibly self-conscious.
He flopped back into his chair and tugged clumsily at his collar some more. The warming charms may have been removed, but boy, did he feel warm.
Maybe he would take that water after all.
He downed the contents of the little cup on the desk and....
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*hiccup*
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Headmaster Trent’s spiel made her inexplicably anxious.
After she found Harri’s finger in her face, Charlie!Max remembered that she had a pocket mirror in her satchel (Circe knows why...). That would settle this once and for all.
But first things first, the liquid on the desk. Per Professor Dopple’s instructions, she imbibed the liquid, letting out a large HICCUP before the last drop even passed her lips.
And now for the HICCUP mirror. With a shaky hand, Charlie!Max unlatched the satchel hanging off of the back of her chair, fingers rummaging for a circular piece of glass. Upon its HICCUP retrieval, she set it flat on the desk, hesitant to have a look in it. After a HICCUP good minute or two, Charlie!Max picked it up quickly and held it out to where she could see her whole face. Or Maxton Carden’s face, as it would appear... and she HICCUP promptly burst into tears. Sure, she (or he, I guess...) had no earthly idea as to HOW this happened, but, more pressingly, she would HICCRY be getting into huge trouble with the headmaster.
Tears still streaming, she figured she better get to the hiccup cure testing, lest she further face the wrath of Headmaster Trent. Which of the HICCRY methods could she actually use, though? She HICCRY hadn’t a lemon or sugar or vinegar.... Tongue-pulling? Charlie!Max stuck out her tongue, gingerly pulling it with the tips of her fingers.
HICCRY.
So, next method.
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Are you proud of yourself, puff buff? The headmaster clearly was. Amused at the entire scenario - the sixth year watched and would honestly pay if he'd be allowed to see what will happen inside headmaster's office.
And pay extra if he'd be allowed to have popcorn as well.
Poor, oblivious Dolly though. If he was honest - maybe he even envied her a little, how freeing it must be to be so very unaware of your surroundings and not care about anything.
Anyway - upon further instruction, he did get up and walk to the table with the cups - but he didn't down it just as yet. Because he was aware enough to watch other people's reactions - and nope, not cursing himself with the hiccups - he simply pretended to drink it before tossing it when no one was looking.
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This lesson was certainly going down as one of the weirdest lessons ever. It was beyond her imagination - multiple people who had polyjuiced into someone, a clueless professor and the exasperated Headmaster and an even more exasperated REAL Max Carden!
To top it all off, a hiccup solution. Kaira took the drink and *hiccup* This *hiccup* was a disaster.
She tried holding her breath.
*Hiccup*
*hiccup*
That did not *hiccup* work! She didn't have a lemon with her. Nor vinegar. And she didn't know the Hogwarts song, how in the world was that going to help anyway? What was this class?
She tried pressing her tongue to the roof of her mouth. That seemed to ease it a bit. *HICCUP*
Okay, apparently NOT!
Malachi can’t help but laugh as everyone including himself start hiccuping, he turns to Kaira with tears in his eyes as he talks from both laughing to hard and the hiccups. "Do you *hiccup*want to go find *hiccup*a lemon with me?"
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Malachi looks around at all the students, trying to ignore all the doppelgängers in the room as he spots a familiar face and smiles, the heat making him way less skidish then normal. "Hi Kaira, how have your classes been so far?"
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Malachi can’t help but laugh as everyone including himself start hiccuping, he turns to Kaira with tears in his eyes as he talks from both laughing to hard and the hiccups. "Do you *hiccup*want to go find *hiccup*a lemon with me?"
Kaira smiled at Malachi. 'Muggle talk and you're the boss!,' she teased. 'Classes have been good yo. How about you?,' she asked.
Kaira was struggling with hiccups.
*hiccups*
*hiccups* 'Sure..',*hiccup*'We,' *hiccups* 'Should..,' *hiccups*
You know... Abra was just going to go ahead and let the headmaster assume just that, rather than correct him. But it was a bit of a slap in the face, all the same. Abra didn't know whether he was more upset that Derf had almost dropped him - and all the other student leaders - in it by instantly reporting what had happened, or with the pranksters for doing what they'd done right in the middle of class where nobody could pretend they hadn't noticed. Actually, it was probably the pranksters, actually. Abra wouldn't (truly, couldn't) judge Derf for following his own moral code.
Though, Abra decided right there and then that, if asked, he would say he had merely been deferring to the professor in charge of the class, or else planning to report everything after the lesson was over. It didn't matter that it wasn't true. Thing was, he wanted to keep his badge. Sure, it sucked to actually report the blatant rule-breakers (when he actually did), but he liked having prefect status, so hex him.
Another disappointment came when the warming charms were removed. Abra frowned slightly, but it wasn't SO bad when the classroom cooled down a little. He did give a little shiver though, having got perfectly used to the baking hot room.
Right, anyway. Lesson. Right.
When they were all told to drink from the cup, Abra hesitated. He'd never before had issues with eating or drinking food in lessons, despite many who had, but he remembered the feast, and it was clear from today that pranksters were still on the loose in Hogwarts. Also, the professor hadn't actually said what they were drinking. Abra picked up his cup, held it to his lips, but kept them closed and glanced around at the other students to watch them drink and see what happened.
... Oh. Right. Hiccoughs. Duh.
Well... alright then. Deciding that wasn't too bad, and feeling perfectly satisfied that he wouldn't, you know, turn purple or become infatuated with the first person he saw or anything, Abra drained his cup too.
...
...
"HIC."
Was it too late to mention that he always had very loud, very violent hiccoughs?
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