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| Term 60: January - April 2022 Term Sixty: Crash, Smash, Bitterwood (Sept 2106 - June 2107) |
09-01-2021, 02:12 AM
| | The Office of S. E Holden Don’t be shy, dear student.
You won’t find every answer in a textbook
Knock on the door and wait for Professor Holden to welcome you in. Take a seat. Stepping into the room, you’ll find a modest office. The room is handsomely decorated with leather furniture and bookshelves lining the walls. Between the bookshelves, you’ll find several peculiar thingamobs and thingamajigs (also known as objects such as a gavel, a large glass orb, a magnifying glass to note a few), a framed picture of a younger Simon and his mates in Slytherin robes, former Hogwarts yearbooks, a picture of him and Henry the Hippogriff, a cracked golden compass, a peculiar photo of a blonde Slytherin boy with him, and a small fuzzy koala holding an Australian flag.
If you look to the right, you will find a iron cast coat wrack where you can place raincoats or woolen coats. To the left, you will find a place to store an umbrella if need be and a small coffee table with pictures of Simon’s family, his friends, and his time at Hogwarts. You’ll also find a comic book rendition of Professor Holden’s favourite detective duo.
The office itself is divided into three areas: left, centre, and right. Past the umbrella storage area, there is a small espresso coffee maker that Professor Holden had brought from home. This was something that he could not bear to part with upon his arrival here. He could deal with tea but he needed strong coffee to survive the school year.
The centre of the room has a magnificent oak desk with carvings of magical runes. When you enter the room, Simon will usher you to one of the two elegant chairs that are faced right in front of the main desk. Simon’s desk, itself, is neat and everything is orderly. You’ll find a photo of him and his wife, a Valentine’s card dated from several years ago, leather-bound books filled with notes, rolls of parchment that he is currently grading, and a Slytherin green leather notebook with the title of ‘Musings’. |
01-21-2022, 08:05 AM
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| permission received from Watson for all the things :3 astronomizzle ♧ gryffinDORK | & the rest is drag ♣ #badluckDerf He couldn't believe it.
The plan was working.
It was ACTUALLY working.
Huddled under the invisibility cloak with Remy, which was not a whole lot of room, Atlas had practically been holding his breath while Lisa had knocked on the professor's door and offered her well-rehearsed excuse as to why he needed to leave his office and follow her. Arms wrapping tightly around his fellow Gryffindor and hunching down a bit so that their feet remained covered and nothing given away, the fourth year tensed as the duo passed by and would cross his fingers were they not knotted together on the small of Remy's back. Exhaling as Professor Holden moved further away from the closing door, his unraveled his arms and slipped a hand into hers as he lunged forward to all but dive through it - but not really dive because that would set off the contents in his pockets and defeat the entire purpose of their mission. "Quick! Before it closes!"
__________________ When you’re stuck in a moment and your spark has been stolen .................................................. ........... this is our time to own it, so own it..................................... baby we were born with fire and gold in our eyes |
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01-21-2022, 02:00 PM
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There was no way in AZKABAN that Remy would be able to pull this off by herself. In fact, she had spent the whole morning wondering if this was a good idea, as her reputation of a good student could be ruined forever. That being said, the mischievous Gryffindors had no intention of getting caught, hence the invisibility cloak, so all that was required was a little teamwork.
Remy had no doubt in her mind that Lisa would be able to pull off distracting Holden, although she was surprised in her even agreeing in the first place. Suppose she’d better receive some of the credits later on. Hmm.
The positioning of the pair was a little… snug. In normal circumstances, Remy would enjoy being this close to Atlas but in all honesty, it was stressful. Her breath was held until Professor Holden was almost out of sight, and she was suddenly being lunged through the door before it closed. Phew… they had made it, and thankfully hadn’t ended up as a heap on the floor of the office. “You almost took my arm out it’s socket!” She had now freed her hand from his, by the way, and peeked through an opening of the invisibility cloak.
“Coast is clear.” That’s what they said in the movies.
Mwueheheh…
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01-22-2022, 01:03 PM
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Anna Walles Hufflepuff Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Sage Ransom-Kruus Slytherin Seventh Year Ministry Department Head:
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Zachaël Lufkin Owl Post x12 x12
| astronomizzle ♧ gryffinDORK | & the rest is drag ♣ #badluckDerf As soon as he too confirmed with his own eyes that the coast was clear (ignore that they were no where near any coast), Atlas pulled the cloak off them both and draped it over a nearby chair. Even if Remy hadn't meant for it to be such, her declaration that he had the strength to pull anything out of any socket was a bit of a puff of pride in the chest. Did everything in the empty office hear that? Remy thought he was strong!
"I can get you some ice once we finish up here," he assured her as his hands shoved into his pockets and began pulling out several lumpy looking balls with holographic spots scattered here and there around it. By the end of it all, there were ten lined up on Professor Holden's desk and each contained a slightly different combination of glitter, stench, and slime color. Sticking out of each was a little silver pin that would need to be pulled out to set them off...but he had a plan for that too. "Let's get these placed around the office, quick." He wasn't sure how long Lisa could manage to keep the man occupied for. "And make sure you do so in a place where you can still see from that corner by the door..." He paused and looked over at her, eyes twinkling with eagerness and a HUGE rush of adrenaline making him incapable of standing still. "You're good with a Levitation Charm, right?"
__________________ When you’re stuck in a moment and your spark has been stolen .................................................. ........... this is our time to own it, so own it..................................... baby we were born with fire and gold in our eyes |
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01-30-2022, 09:22 AM
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| Abraxan
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Atlas had said something about ice but Remy was too distracted looking around Holden’s office, tracing her fingers along some comic books that she had noticed. She didn’t let herself be distracted for long as Atlas lined up the dung bomb… things. “Okay.” Affirmative. She picked one up and almost juggled it between her two hands. “So… how do we, like, set them off?” Did they need to be crushed? Did they have a timer?
She was good with the levitating charm. HELL YES, she was. The Gryffindor beamed as her Charms skills were finally being noticed.
“Sure.” Remy replied, casually.
Placing the bomb back down on the desk, Remy pulled out her wand and muttered the simple levitating incantation. “Wingardiam Leviosa.” The hall floated instantly and she carefully moved to get it into position. She finally decided to place it above Holden’s main chair.
__________________ who could love me, I am out of my mind___________________________ _________________throwing a line out to sea to see if I can catch a dream |
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02-02-2022, 06:27 AM
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Anna Walles Hufflepuff Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Sage Ransom-Kruus Slytherin Seventh Year Ministry Department Head:
Charles Hollingberry Minister's Office Ministry Department Head:
Airey Flamsteed Mysteries Diagon Alley Proprietor:
Zachaël Lufkin Owl Post x12 x12
| astronomizzle ♧ gryffinDORK | & the rest is drag ♣ #badluckDerf Ice. For her arm he had almost pulled out of her socket because he was so impressively strong!
Anyway. That thought was long gone as they continued their set up. Occasionally Atlas would move one of the modified dungbombs that either he had just put in that place her she had, but he had to make sure that things were all evenly spread out so the whole office got a healthy coating...as well as the professor.
With one final one in his hand, Atlas scamper back over to Remy and pulled her under the cloak again - it had been a while since Lisa had pulled Professor Holden out and it was likely he would be back soon. "You see this?" he whispered, rhetorically since the little pin was RIGHT there. "When I pull this out...it sets of an internal reaction inside and will explode in about 30 seconds." Quietly, he parted the front of the cape unnecessarily. "We'll need to Wingardium Leviosa them all out when we hear his footsteps approaching...so we have to be precise and quick..." Two things Atlas was selectively.
And then...he heard it...the glorious echo from the corridor... "...NOW!" he hissed, setting this particular one right in front of the door so Professor Holden would step on it - no need to remove this pin. Wand in hand, the fourth year began casting and each time one of the pins was pulled it dissipated into the air.
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