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Post by Ryan Barrow on Apr 17, 2020 20:30:33 GMT 10
Ryan had led the way so was the first to arrive in the dungeons. Despite being sure of himself, he was still relieved to see he hadn't gotten them lost. His shoelaces were properly tied now and he was more aware of his robes hem, yet still he was a bit cautious as a third fall in one afternoon would be too much humiliation for him to bear.
'Professor Snape's Office is that door there.' Ryan pointed, assuming Toby had kept up with him. He was too embarrassed to look, but it was a fair assumption since they'd agreed to hang out in their free time and collect ingredients together. 'He'll ask you why you want to use the lab, so have a good reason ready to go. I've already got what I need. Snape's not very nice, so I'm just gonna wait for you here. Okay?'
He really hoped it was okay. Ryan even intended to hide around a corner a bit, just in case. Not only was Snape scary, but the blue spiders lived around here too. It was just an overall "bad place he'd rather not be" kind of area. He glanced at Toby though, remembering how reassuring it was for him to not have gone alone when he got his kit.
'Um, but I can come with you if you want?' Ryan fidgeted anxiously, which by now was something Toby may be able to notice as a habit. 'I'd do it. I mean, if it helps?' He stared at the dim floor, hoping he could just stay back and hide - yet he was fully willing to be brave if Toby needed him. Ryan cared too much about his friends to let them face something alone.
Post by Jonathan King on Apr 17, 2020 23:35:54 GMT 10
Sandwiches in hand (and the rest of one in mouth) he walked along the corridors that led to the dungeons. He was fairly certain he was headed the right way.
His assumption was proven correct when he recognized a specific painting he remembered from his first tour around here. He waved at the wizard in purple that was on it as he passed.
Joe was Feeling disappointed he had to leave Ruby in the kitchen to possibly befriend Ben instead of him but he could not help it. He had to bring Elara These sandwiches and ask for forgiveness again.
When the door to Snape's office came into sight he slowed down, suddenly Feeling apprehensive. He had no idea what time it was. What if Elara's class was already over? Maybe he should check Professor Snape's office first?
If he was there, Joe could be certain Elara's class was over- and perhaps inquire her whereabouts?
Professor Snape was a bit scary though.
Joe stopped at the door. His gaze briefly flicked over classmate's of his he recognized from afar, yet he thought nothing of it. Too busy preparing the words he might have to say to Professor Snape.
He raised his knuckles at the door and hesitantly and softly knocked on it three times- which he found appropriate.
Post by Tobias Twiggs on Apr 18, 2020 13:01:52 GMT 10
Following Ryan down towards the dungeons, Toby couldn't help but think about how creepy it was down there and his imagination told him it would be worse if anyone ventured to explore down there past curfew. When Professor Snape's office came into view, he stopped and stared for a moment, listening as Ryan told him what to expect from speaking with Snape. "Okay, I got it" he mumbled, feeling his bravery dissipating at the idea of coming face to face with the teacher he'd heard so much about (none of the stories were good). "Oh... Um, you're not coming?" he'd assumed that Ryan would go with him to speak to Snape but now he felt a bit stupid- of course no one would voluntarily put themselves in a room with Snape, especially as Ryan already had his kit.
"No, it's okay... You stay out here, I've got this" he eventually answered Ryan's question, trying to find the confidence to follow through with his words. He got the feeling that Ryan was nervous about seeing Snape (and who could blame him?) but overall, it seemed like Ryan might just have a little more anxiety when faced with scary situations.
Shooting his friend his best smile, Toby found himself striding towards the office door- swallowing down his nerves as he approached. He hadn't noticed before, too wrapped up in his conversation with Ryan but another boy was also present- he also happened to be wearing Ravenclaw robes. "Hey, it seems like everyone wants to talk to Snape today" he said conversationally, looking the other boy up and down and wondering if he knew Ryan.
Professor Snape had barely sat down at his desk after Potions class had ended, and already someone was bothering him at his door. He shot a glare at it, deliberately taking longer to answer than usual. He rearranged some cursebreaking related books on his desk, then answered whoever was unfortunate enough to knock on his door this afternoon.
'Enter,' he said. Snape's tone gave the students enough information about his sour-than-usual mood.
The door swung open to reveal the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw boys, and Snape's unimpressed look deepened. His attention lingered on Tobias - presumed to be the latest in the Twiggs family's line of brats.
He gave the boys a "well?" sort of look, awaiting their explanations for why they'd decided to intrude upon his peace this early and otherwise relatively quiet afternoon.
Mackenzie had been thinking about this herself and as soon as she could - after making sure that there wouldn't be a class in session when she did this - she was making her way down towards Professor Snape's office, the young Hufflepuff girl was doing this on her own and assumed it would in fact just be her there. Until she heard the sound of voices as she turned towards the office, a little surprised to see more than one other first-year there as well.
Each of them, being boys as well.
She recognized two of them from having spoken with them at lunch, the nice but seemingly shy Ravenclaw boy she had checked on, and - the Gryffindor, the Lion-Boy who was his friend. Seeing them didn't stop her, as she had a goal in mind and made her way closer, coming up behind the boys as Professor Snape spoke up, she wasn't certain on why the boys were there - although she assumed perhaps it was for the same reason she was. To try and work on a Potions Kit.
"Hello, boys - and Good afternoon Professor."
Mackenzie offered a quick little smile, greeting the boys before turning towards their Professor, not letting the seemingly sour-mood of the Professor bother her too much. She glances back at the boys before focusing on Snape once more, "I was hoping to be able to speak with you Sir... ", she had heard that Professor Snape didn't seem to like students wasting his time, and it was probably smarter to get to the point of why they were here.
Although she didn't know for sure why the boys were here, so she spoke up for herself quickly, hoping it was okay, "I was wanting to work on improving my potions skills... see, I want to be better at Potions Professor. I want to be able to do my best and actually, know what I'm doing when you ask - and I heard that I could maybe use the labs outside of class time - with your permission of course."
She spoke up carefully, adding the last part on quickly - she had thought about how she'd do this - but being here was different, she did hope she didn't look as nervous as she felt - sure sometimes Professor Snape could be a little ... mean, and maybe a little scary too. But he was good at what he did, and she had no issues with that part at all - she respected it even. Quickly looking back at the boys she hoped they would speak up as well - her eyes darting to the Gryffindor boy silently encouraging him to maybe speak up why he was here as well.
Post by Jonathan King on Apr 20, 2020 5:29:51 GMT 10
One of his classmates he had seen before joined him at the door and Joe turned his head to give the ginger haired boy in Gryffindor robes a smile- actually relieved he would not potentially face Professor Snape by himself.
"Hey", he returned the greeting with a somewhat anxious smile.
When the door opened his mind seemed to go into a brief panic- Professor Snape was infact there which meant his cousin't class had ended- and he was not really prepared for it despite rehearsing his words in his head before.
He made a rather awkward yet polite motion for the Gryffindor to enter before him- not wanting to be first in Professor Snape's office.
Joe opened his mouth to speak but found no words came out.
Thankfully another student appeared behind him and found the guts to address the bad-tempered professor first.
Joe gave the Hufflepuff girl a strained smile and cleared his throat.
His eyes grew wider as she spoke.
'Brilliant!'
Why hadn't he thought of that? A more valid reason to disturb the professor than only asking for his cousin. He hid the sandwiches behind his back and nodded to the girl's words as if that had been his idea aswell all along.
"What my classmate said...", he finally found his voice to address the professor.
"-also, Professor, do you happen to know where Elara King went after class? Sir?"
Post by Tobias Twiggs on Apr 20, 2020 11:39:54 GMT 10
Toby wasn't a kid who lacked confidence, some might say he had too much confidence- but standing there in front of Snape as the door to the office opened, was enough for him to see why Ryan hadn't been so keen to follow him into the office. At least he didn't have to face the potions teacher alone, because he had this new Ravenclaw boy to face Snape with.
Stepping into the office, Toby was trying to fgure out what excuse to give to persuade Snape that he required use of the lab, when the Hufflepuff girl from lunch entered the room after them and quickly made her presence known. Usually Toby might object but if she wanted to be the one to initiate a conversation with Snape then she could feel free- no one would catch him complaining.
Exchanging a look with the Ravenclaw as the girl apparently had a rather solid explanation as to why she was there, he frantically nodded in agreement. "Yeah, since potions is such an important subject... I figure I could use the extra practice" he chimed in, trying to avoid prolonged eye contact with the man who always seemed to be in a bad mood. "I'd like the chance to improve" surely he couldn't deny them the chance to improve on their potions skills- even if he was a grumpy old git.
Professor Snape eyed the Hufflepuff girl as she spoke, looking for any sign of deception. Her request seemed to be genuine enough though, so he had little comment to give.
'Very well,' he said. 'If you truly wish to be granted access to the student laboratory and put it to good use during your free time, it would be impractical of me to disagree. However, first you must prove you're willing to dedicate yourself to the task at hand.'
Snape summoned a scroll with ingredients and locations listed, levitating it to the edge of his desk for her to retrieve.
'Bring me five different ingredients you've collected yourself from this list, and I shall consider your request,' he told her.
Snape's gaze then went to the boys. It was clear they would not receive such leniency, from that look alone.
'Now then...' He glared at Joe. 'Are you incapable of forming your own words, Mr King, or do you simply prefer others to speak for you? Piggybacking on your classmate's request doesn't prove yourself eligible to the same consideration. So either explain your intentions in your own words or remove yourself from my office.'
He paused before answering the last question posed by the Ravenclaw, as if it offended him and he'd considered ignoring it entirely. 'Furthermore, I hardly have a tracking spell on each and every student in this castle, Mr King. Useful as that may be,' Snape said sourly. He readied another biting comment, then remembered that perhaps first years hadn't learned the locator spell yet. Miss King was a 4th year, which he'd just endured a class with.
Snape decided to just leave that as it was. He didn't care nor have the time to waste with one student's struggles to locate his own relative. It certainly didn't inspire confidence in the boy's chances of finding ingredients either, but they may not get to that point anyway as Snape hadn't heard a good enough reason to grant any such request.
Then his attention went to Tobias, which was somehow even worst. But then again, he was not only another Twiggs child but also another Gryffindor. There was no doubt at this point that Professor Snape was in a far less negotiable mood than usual.
The difficult part was that Tobias' words were plausible and enough to earn him some consideration for his request. It was just that Snape simply did not believe him or his intentions to be genuine. A Twiggs was a Twiggs. Gryffindors were the bane of his teaching experience.
However, with great and visible reluctance, he conceded. Snape told him the same as he'd said to Mackenzie, as he summoned and placed another scroll on his desk.
'Bring me...' Snape smirked. 'Six different ingredients you've collected yourself from this list, and perhaps I shall consider your request.' If the Gryffindor protested, he'd gladly take the opportunity to dock points or throw the boy from his office.
She did tell the truth, her reasons behind why she was here - it was the truth, still only as a first-year - and a Muggleborn at that. The magical world was still a new thing for her, and she found so many things fascinating - and well when it came to potions, she did want to improve on what she knew - she didn't wish to disappoint any of her teachers.
Still, even if she had spoken up first - glad that she had managed to speak without stumbling or making a fool of herself. She was still relieved when her fellow students spoke up as well.
Kenzie smiled and nodded quickly at the Professors words, "Of course Professor."Success! She just had to complete the task he set, and it was just to collect some ingredients? She could do that!
"Thank you, Professor Snape." She spoke carefully, reaching out to grasp the scroll he had summoned for her, "I'll do my best Sir." she finished speaking and turned around, taking the unspoken cue that he was done speaking with her.
She paused only to offer a small smile towards the boys - silently wishing them good luck with their own attempts before she left, already looking at the list she had been given.
Post by Tobias Twiggs on Apr 21, 2020 6:34:46 GMT 10
Toby watched as Snape granted the Hufflepuff girl a list of ingredients to search for so that she could prove herself worthy of using the laboratory. He assumed he'd grant him and the Ravenclaw the same privilege but unfortunately the potions teacher didn't seem to be too impressed by the Ravenclaw's reason as to why he wanted to use the laboratory.
He almost felt sorry for the kid, he obviously was just trying to get in and out of the office as quickly as possible- but he didn't know him well enough to truly sympathise. He just wanted to focus on getting out of the office and back to Ryan. Then when Snape turned his attention on him, Toby tried not to look too intimidated by his obvious bad mood and instead smiled when Snape told him the same thing he'd said to the Hufflepuff.
Then the smile dropped from his face and he scowled upon hearing Snape's request- he'd only asked the Hufflepuff for five ingredients but he was expected to retrieve six? That hardly seemed fair. He wasn't sure the reason behind the obvious punishment- he'd tried being polite and hadn't had enough lessons with Snape yet to cause the teacher to hold any hard feelings against him.
If Ryan hadn't been waiting outside the office for him, Toby would surely have argued his case to Snape, but somehow he doubted arguing with the teacher would get him anything other than a whole heap of trouble. "Fine" he snapped, snatching the scroll from the desk before the offer could be revoked and he spared a moment to give the Ravenclaw boy an encouraging pat on the back before storming from the office.
Who the hell did Snape think he was? He'd show him, six ingredients was hardly a punishment- he'd get it done easy.
Post by Ryan Barrow on Apr 21, 2020 15:30:39 GMT 10
Ryan kept to the end of the corridor closest to the stairs they'd come down, keeping to the shadows a bit yet made sure Toby could see him. He waited, getting more worried yet bored by the moment, until finally Toby left the office.
Forgetting his self-preservation, Ryan hurried to his friend and checked him over. 'You okay?' he asked. 'Was Snape...' Ryan paused, not daring to use the words in case Snape could somehow still hear them. Toby didn't look too happy, so he hoped things hadn't gone too badly. He got out alive though, so that was something.
He'd noticed others were headed there too, which was a relief because it meant Toby hadn't gone in there alone after all. He didn't really know the Hufflepuff girl, but recognised Joe from his dormitory and various times they'd sat near each other during meals.
'Did you get it?' Ryan asked, then noticed the scroll. 'Awesome. So where should we go first? I was thinking of making a Glow potion. It seems really cool.' He showed Ryan the recipe for the potion, which had a bunch of ingredients he wanted to get.
He was open to Toby's plans as well, since maybe Toby wanted to get different things. It was just a matter of choosing where they'd go first to find things.
Last Edit: Apr 21, 2020 15:31:15 GMT 10 by Ryan Barrow
Post by Jonathan King on Apr 21, 2020 17:32:45 GMT 10
His throat felt as though a big lump formed inside of it, making it hard to breathe and swallow as Joe gulped and stared at Professor Snape. He had heard of his strictness and foul moods, yet had not exactly been prepared to be spoken to like that.
He suddenly felt very stupid for his attempt of latching on to the Hufflepuff's idea- and asking about his cousin.
He should have known better. Had he not been warned?
He could already hear the teasing from Ben should word of this come to his ears.
Joe felt a rise of panic, yet fought it down as the Gryffindor boy was was talking. Some thing inside his mind stirred. Like an autumn leave in the wind he would have to hold on or be blown away. He knew he had to stand up for himself now.
"No, sir. Of course. I'm sorry. That was rather foolish of me. I guess I'm still nervous sometimes"
He halted. Had he been too honest? Appealing to Professor Snape's sympathy surely would not give him any credit. This was not Professor Sprout...
"I do take my education seriously and would love to improve my skill, Professor. I admit that my first attempt at asking appeared insincere and I also apologize for bothering you about my cousin."
He cleared his throat, gathering his thoughts once more.
"If you grant me the chance now I shall not disappoint you. I shall work hard and zealous on whatever task you may hand me, sir!"
Joe could feel his heart Pound viciously in his chest as he looked at the Professor, awaiting his answer.
Professor Snape eyed Jonathan. Apparently the honesty and apology had paid off though, as the professor simply nodded and summoned another scroll to be placed on his desk for collection.
'Very well. Then prove yourself, Mr King,' Snape said. 'Bring me five different ingredients you've collected yourself from this list, and I shall consider your request.' His tone was stern but his expression... less angry? It was hard to tell, but he'd gotten the permission to get started on his kit so that was what mattered.
This thread may continue to be used by anyone in relation to their Potions Kit for the remainder of this RPG afternoon.
Amelia sighed as she made her way into the dungeon and looked down the corridor towards the direction of the Professor's office. Luckily, she had made good time to get to her dorm and left her pumpking. Granted, she did let herself get a little overwhelmed by the broom, but that was to be expected. After pulling herself away from it, she made her way down the castle.
As she arrived, she saw others were already there and was about to turn to go to the office when she thought she saw red. Was that? Tobias? Amelia thought about investigating, but she would with it later. The girl had stuff to do and he would have to wait. Whatever trouble he might be getting into, she would find out later.
As she turned, she saw a young Ravenclaw and Professor Snape.
"Afternoon Professor... I came to work towards getting my Potion Kit... What do I need to get started?" She said bluntly, not wanting to stick around very long if she could help it.
Post by Jonathan King on Apr 22, 2020 2:02:06 GMT 10
His eyes must have visibly lit up as he felt his heart lighten when Professor Snape summoned a scroll for him.
Joe hurried forward- making sure to hide the sandwiches from the Professor's sight- to take the scroll.
"Thank you for the chance, Sir!", he said as he eagerly eyed the scroll and turned to walk out of the office.
He had to make a small circle as a very red haired girl entered just at that moment. However he did not stick around to find out what she wanted from Professor Snape.
Joe felt as though he could finally breathe again once he was in the corridor again.
Looking around he spotted the Gryffindor boy who had been with him in the office together with the blond boy he shared his dorm with.
Still feeling high on the rush of excitement for getting out of trouble with Professor Snape he marched over to them with a smile on.
"Hi again", he piped up, waving his scroll.
Only now did it occur to him that the Gryffindor had to seek one more ingridient than he- which was odd considering he had had been accused of piggy-backing and the ginger boy had been given the scroll without protest. It did not seem entirely fair. However Joe was just glad he had not got even more ingridients to find.
"Got my scroll after all. Do you mind if I tag along with you for now?"
He looked at the two boys expactantly.
"Ah. And I didn't catch your name", it was directed at the Gryffindor. He was not sure about the Ravenclaw's name either but he felt it was a bit late to ask now, considering they've been sharing a dorm for a few nights now.
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