we are a low word count, any level of experience rp set in harry's 3rd year at hogwarts. students and adults alike are welcome! given we are set fairly early in the series, everything that happens from this point on will be up to us! perhaps sirius black will be cleared and peter arrested, or perhaps something darker lurks in the shadows...
Post by Alexander Root on Aug 28, 2018 3:59:15 GMT
Sirius Black was a very… serious threat. And Root knew it. That was why he said screw sleep! He barely got any as it was and survived off of a few hours anyways – plus he slept a lot between classes. Sometimes during classes. Especially Divination, he would normally just claim he was divining the future or something or studying dreams. Trelawney thought he was such a studious student.
Well, Root, while intelligent in many matters, safety was not one of them. This is the boy who has some scars from burning himself too badly at the beginning of the year and ending up in the hospital wing. And now he was out here, in the halls, November timeframe, searching for the escaped convict – after all he had broken into the Gryffindor common room a week ago or so, which meant he was in the castle! And somewhere on the higher floors. He had put up some protection spells on the Hufflepuff Common Room and the Slytherin Common Room already (though he couldn’t enter the Slytherin one, so he settled for protection around the entrance), just in case…
But Root knew better. He knew that Sirius was after Harry Potter the younger student, the famous one. One day Root was going to be known as the famous one. And he was going to be much better than Potter. But for now, there was an assassin after him! Or at least a killer, and Root wouldn’t let that convict hurt anyone anymore! So here he was, walking through the halls, careful not to run into Filch or Mrs. Norris. He had written down their usual schedules and he wouldn’t have to worry about either for another two hours – Mrs. Norris would be on the 2nd floor and Filch would be on the 4th.
Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Aug 28, 2018 4:09:25 GMT
Ever since Halloween, the school had been quiet and suffice to say, she was bored out her mind. She had a feeling that Sirius Black wasn't in the castle anymore and thus these patrols were quite the time waste. But alas, her she was. She hadn't really been keeping track of the time, as she knew that would just make it move even slower before she could crawl back into her bed in her cottage in Hogsmeade. Unfortunately for her, as her musing always did, it got her distracted, and therefore she wasn't watching where she was going and walked right into someone.
She fell back, a sound expelling her much like an 'oof' and she rubbed her lower back, looking to who she'd gone and run into. "Sorry, sorry! I was --- Root? What are you doing outside your common room?!"
Post by Alexander Root on Aug 28, 2018 4:15:50 GMT
Root’s eyes widened when he bumped right into someone – he didn’t expect anyone around, so he wasn’t paying too much attention! He quickly reached for his wand, only to realize it was Tonks, the Auror. Oh, that was okay. He thought it could be ‘Willow Fey’ aka ‘Sirius Black in disguise’. However, it was the fellow Hufflepuff.
“Uh.” He froze. If he didn’t move she wouldn’t be able to see him, right? He stood still for a short time before he realized how stupid that was – it only worked on animals. “I was… sleepwalking?”
Post by Alexander Root on Aug 28, 2018 4:30:36 GMT
Root raised an eyebrow and then pursed his lips and nodded, much like a signature of the individual in question without the glasses raise.
“I didn’t think you’d remember that…” Root looked up and out the window for a moment and then at Tonks again, rubbing the back of his head. “Danger is my middle name. Alexander Danger Root.” It was actually Edward. But one could easily tell he was lying about his middle name being Danger.
“… And anyways I’ve already put up spells on the common rooms. I can’t go up to the Gryffindor one because Filch will be there in ten minutes. He takes a passage from the fourth to the seventh – he does it to trick students who are out of bed ‘oh he’s on the fourth we’re fine!’ And then boom. Caught.”
Root shrugged and walked a bit closer to her. “I want to help. I don’t sleep much anyways, and I’ve done all my homework. And I don’t have any real friends… so… what else am I supposed to do?”
Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Aug 28, 2018 4:50:30 GMT
"Of course I remember, it hasn't been that long," she chuckled and rolls her eyes, eyeing him for the middle name joke.
"That one I can believe. You do tend to find yourself quite a bit of trouble, a lot of the time."
She sighed, "Gryffindor's been well taken care of, with Sir Cadogan taking up the position of the Fat Lady. To be honest, he's been quite the menace to the students changing the password every hour."
She listened to him talk about Filch's schedule and her eyes gleamed. "I would figure you'd know something like that."
She considered him a moment, "well, better to have you with me than you get caught and have dentention for months, right?"
She nodded, "as long as you have your home work done."
Post by Alexander Root on Aug 28, 2018 5:03:03 GMT
"Right..." Root looked off to the side. Right, normal people remembered things like that. He held onto his journal nervously. Normal. Right. "Well, sometimes people don't remember things like that, so... like - like my sister doesn't remember which room is hers sometimes." He nods as if that explained everything.
"I mean... Unlike some people, I do look for trouble - I want to be there when something happens so I can help. Otherwise I'm just a bystander..." Root grimaced slightly. "I don't want to just standby and do nothing. People get hurt, and I can do something about it."
Root laughed slightly thinking about the knight and shook his head. "But I've also heard he's kind of thick - he'd let anyone in as long as they know the password. I bet I could get in. I have the password rotation for the night in my journal." He patted the journal.
Smiling slightly at the fact she figured he would know Filch's schedule he shrugged. "Well, don't tell the professors but I do this actually pretty often. Walking around the castle at night helps me focus on things. I've gotten pretty far in my project because of it!"
"Well, I wouldn't get caught. I always do my homework - Professor Lupin assigned an essay that had to be 12 inches, but I wrote 18 to be sure I got everything in there. Even then I missed a lot of stuff I wanted to say in it. Either way, point is, I'm pretty fast. Sometimes I even do the homework in classes when I know the material we're going over already - and sometimes I listen while I work. Helps my mind focus!"
Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Aug 28, 2018 20:22:29 GMT
Tonks looked at him, a brow raised. She must have been hanging around Remus was too long because that sounded an awful lot like he was being self-depreciating. Actually, even that self-sacrificing attitude was there too. Tonks sighed. She didn't know Root well, didn't get the chance too, but she was suddenly acutely aware of certain aspects of his personality.
"Well, I won't say that I don't admire that tenacity. But you really should be careful. Being self-sacrificing is noble, but, going looking for trouble is tricky business."
Tonks sighed and nodded, "you'd be right about Sir Cadogan; he means well, but..... ugh. He causing me more work an help."
She looks at him, smirking. "What info do you not have about this school? Next thing I know you'll be creating some map of the school that shows everyone and everything in it just for you to watch."
She chuckled, knowing that such a map did exist already, but she wouldn't be surprised if Root had the knowledge to create one of his own. "Well, keep sharp kid. And let me know when you get tired so I can get you back to the dungeons."
Post by Alexander Root on Aug 28, 2018 20:37:04 GMT
Root laughed and rubbed the back of his neck, tilting his head and beaming at her. “Well its not really self-sacrificing! I have a reason for it. Then I can become famous, you know? I’ll be the first guy to find a cure to lycanthropy, and travel in time with just a spell! The more people know about me and feel like they can come to me about things, the more I can do in general, the more power I can have, the more ability I have to complete my goals. It’s not really noble, its pretty selfish, honestly.”
“I could give you my password rotation, so at least then you could know them.” Root quickly opened his journal and copied the page with his wand and handed her the new sheet of paper. “It’s not always 100% accurate, as he likes to throw curveballs, but I have a few hints if they don’t work there at the bottom.” He pointed to the hints and gave her another nod.
“Well I don’t have a lot of information… like where Sirius Black is. The problem with something like that, Tonks, is that… well anyone could steal the map and use it for bad things. Most of my pages in my journal are written in code, I even translated that page for you with the passwords. Plus, why would I need a map when I can picture it all in my head already?”
“You don’t need to worry about me. I’ve gotten my two hours of sleep already.” He does a fist pump and laughs again. “I hope we can catch Black tonight!”
Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Aug 28, 2018 20:45:11 GMT
Find a cure for - her brain halted. The heck is this kid about?? She shakes her head as he hands her the password list. That was... helpful! Though she hadn't a need to go into the Gryffindor Common Room, though unless Siirus broke in again. Doubt he would though. That one time was probably a near miss. If only she hadn't been.... distracted.
A faint blush crossed her face and she turned so the shadows of the hall covered her face better. "I guess that's true."
She then smirked, "have you found the hidden swimming pool?"
She laughed, shaking her head. "Well, as long as it was two hours."
She wish she could just honestly go back to bed herself. Dammit, Sirius.
Post by Alexander Root on Aug 29, 2018 17:08:44 GMT
Root shrugged and closed his journal again and smiled at her. “It’s okay though, as long as we’re on the case, he won’t get in. Though… I don’t know how he got in before, you were on patrol right?” Well, that just meant that he was needed even more!
“Well, there’s a swimming pool bathtub in the prefect’s bathroom, which I also have the password for,” He opens his journal and turns to a page and smiles. “The only thing I don’t really have is… well there’s this hallway that if you try to go into it, it’ll hex you. I’ve been working on making my way through it, but I haven’t gotten very far. It’s said that the founders put something super powerful at the end of the hall.”
“It was actually two and a half – I know I slept a lot today.”
Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Aug 29, 2018 17:21:11 GMT
Her face instantly went scarlet and she attempted to quickly think of some way to dig herself out of that particular hole.
No, she hadn't been on patrol. McGonagall had given her the night off. For reasons. And of course, Sirius jumped at that chance! It was like he had been watching and knew exactly when she would be distracted! Ugh.
So much for constant vigilance.
Tonks eyes him for the prefect bathroom comment, pursing her lips. "While it is a pool, sort of, it's not the secret one. People know the prefect bath exists. And where it's found."
She chuckled, "sneaking into the prefect bath is grounds for a very long detention serve you know."
She stared at him and yawned suddenly. Two and a half?! Wow.
Post by Alexander Root on Aug 29, 2018 17:26:58 GMT
Root tilted his head seeing her face turn red, as even in the dimly lit corridors it was enough of a change for the nearsighted guy to see it, even thought just slightly. Had something happened? “Are you okay? Were you sick that day? You look a bit sick now. Like you’re running a fever or something.”
“Oh, well then no I haven’t. I guess that gets added to my list of things I don’t know…” Root smiled and started skipping down the corridor with her. “Well, that’s only if you get caught sneaking in. You’re not a professor, you won’t snitch on me right?”
