HP-Hogwarts Story So Far

Transcript Three

A Death at Hogwarts

Evening Supper After Hogsmeade

 

Transcriber's Note:

Unexpectedly as a number of players were in the Hogwart's chat room, we ended up popping into IC Mode and some 'plot' was advanced in a couple of key areas.

The full transcripts from these can be found at Messages 922 & 923 in the egroups message listing.

In summary...

Before the start of the evening meal Professor Dumbledore made an announcements:

"Attention please students ... now for certain reasons we cannot use the dining room tonight, so we are going to have to use the smaller dining rooms, and we shall eat by "year" not house ..."

So supervised by Professor Snape the Third Years settled in together. Egreen has got his voice back. In response to Marvo's jibe about this Egreen (who seems such a reserved boy) flicks a nose boggier at Marvo totally disgusting the girls who remark (not for the first or last time) that 'boys can be so immature'.

The two intriguing adults met in Hogsmeade also made an appearance.

Monsieur Lagrand (much to Morticia's dismay) joined his old friend Severus for supper and some more banter. Marcus also makes an appearance to remind Nimue of their meeting later. This creates increasing speculation that he is Nimue's 'boyfriend', though the formal way in which he addresses her suggests otherwise.

The second announcement by Dumbledore brings a flurry of excitement:

"Now children. I have an announcement. This year we will be holding a mid-winter Ball, for third years and above...." He also advised that there would be an old custom observed as well as a new one created "First the old custom. For this year it will be the Witches that have to ask the Wizards to escort them and the new custom is that it will be fancy dress."

" That will be all for now, apart from a reminder NOT to venture into the Forbidden Forest or Greenhouse 6."

Egreen is paying a certain amount of attention to Morticia and she is teased by Winifred that she has 'an admirer'. Morticia notes that her father is not happy about the Ball - especially the idea of the girls asking the boys. In a rush Morticia asks Egreen and is accepted.

Achel makes the observation that: 'slimy things always stick together.' -obviously directed at Egreen & Morticia and when their budding friendship continues with little looks and the like remarks: "I think I'm going to vomit' drawing some rather glaring looks from the other students. Who is this boy!

Achel is drawn out some by some of the others as to the reason for his quarantine and they also ask him about what he knows about off-limits Greenhouse 6.

"I'm not supposed to talk but .. some wizard .. a dark wizard .. a follower of you know who had been using dark arts to change the plants."

Some of those listening doubt Achel's story: "Well I was there. An 8ft-walking vine with nasty spores attacked me .. and it .. it killed my familiar toad, Boregosh.."

Still rolling of eyes and 'I doubt it' for the new boy. Soon it is drawn out that he and Egreen are cousins.

Mr. Lagrand returns to talk to Morticia, Marcus returns to talk with Nimue and finally Professor Sprout comes to take Achel away. (This does give more credence to his tale). Morticia and her father have an almighty row over her conduct and behaviour - he threatens to take her out of Hogwarts and she ends up leaving the room in tears. Mr. Lagrand follows her and an argument takes place in the hall.

Egreen and Marvo suggest the idea of following Achel and Professor Sprout to find out what is going at the Greenhouse 6. However, when Snape drags Mr. Lagrand back into the room and they start arguing, the two boys decide to find out what's happened with Morticia instead. A number of the other students (Winifred, Madison, Andy & Joss) do follow Achel and Sprout. (transcript message 922). They are almost caught in the process though Achel manages to block Sprout's view of them allowing them to escape.

Egreen and Marvo both seem to 'compete' to comfort Morticia and Nimue, who had joined them in the hall, elects to return to the dining room where she is alone with Snape and Lagrand. As Mr. Lagrand takes a 'cooling off' moment on the balcony, Nimue crosses over to Snape and (if anyone were about to notice) speaks with him for a few moments.

Morticia assures the boys she is OK. There is some concern to find where the other students have gone and they decide to collect Nimue and look for them. Just before they depart: Egreen pecks Morticia on cheek and she blushes and hugs Egreen.

After a very colorful dinner, where everything seemed to change, Ceridwyn was feeling alittle confused. She decided that her feelings could wait, and that she wanted to talk to Morticia. She found her still standing outside the Great Hall. "Are you ok? You know if you need anything, or to just talk, I'm here." Ceridwyn smiled softly. "C'mon let's go back to the common room, and have some pumpkin juice", and she grabbed Morticia's arm and pulled her away to the Slytherin common room.