[Hogwarts Between] Fw: Re: Exploring the Train

[Patrick McCartney]

> All she could see was a purple curtain
> hanging on the
> other
> side of the
> window.  It effectively blocked any view
> into the next 
> car,
> no matter
> what angle she tried.
> 
> So Paloma opened the door.
> 
> 
> 
> The door slid open and the curtain in the window
> slid with
> it to reveal
> the inside of the next train car.  It was dark. 
> The
> windows were
> covered with curtains, so no outside light was
> getting in. 
> The car
> seemed to be longer than the other train cars,
> and it
> seemed twice as
> wide; however this may have been just the dim
> light playing
> tricks with
> her eyes.  In each of the train car corners next
> to her
> were large
> puffy chairs.  She could see the outlines of
> stuff along
> the sides of
> the car.  In the distance was something tall and
> shaped
> like a thin
> pyramid.  Nothing beyond that could be seen.
> 
> Behind her, from the train car she was leaving,
> she could
> hear a
> muffled voice of a student from inside one of the
> cabins
> say:  "Look! 
> It's gone again."
> 
> 
> paloma quickly turned around to see what they were
> talking about.
> 
> The hallway of the traincar was empty.  The doors to
> each
> of the cabins
> was closed.  She had heard the student's voice
> come
> from behind one of
> the doors.
> 
> Paloma walked over to the cabin that the voice was
> coming from and
> opened the door.
> 
>
> 
> [OOC::  NPC response: ]
> Inside the cabin were three boys and two girls.  One of
> theboys looked
> like a sixth year.  One of the girls had her wand in the
> air.  They
> were all looking at the girl with the wand, and as Paloma
> opened the
> door they all turned to look at her.
> 
> 
> [OOC::  Paloma response: ]
> "What are you doing with your wand?" Paloma asked
> in a suspicious
> voice. 
> 
> 
> [OOC::  NPC response: ]
> One of the younger boys shouted "What business is it
> of yours?!"
>  
> "Well, it is wierd," retorted the wandless girl.
> 
> There was an awkward silence then the oldest boy spoke.
>  
> "It is strange," he said, "We have been
> having trouble with Eleanor's
> wand.  The magic keeps absconding."
>  
> "Why did you barge in here?" shouted the first
> boy that had spoken.
> "Get out of here!"
> 
> Paloma shut the door and walked over to the dark room and walked
> tword the thin pyrimid thing.

As Paloma walked into the dark train car she could see what looked like
two puffy armchairs on each side of the entrance.  Light from the
doorway highlighted the curtains on the windows and lit a rectangular
area on the thick plush red rug which covered the floor.  As she took
each step the rug was soft and bouncy.  It felt nice to walk on, almost
relaxing.

This train car had no compartments.  Even so, the inside must have been
twice as wide as all the other train cars.  This allowed for a large
area running down the center.  The area was large enough for a small
dance party.  The outline of stuff filled either side of the dark area
around her.  The tall thin pyramid object was exactly in the middle.

She could make out the shape of the object from some reflections of the
door’s light.  The thin pyramid was almost two feet taller than she
was.  There wasn’t enough light to see much else.  Beyond here was
absolute darkness.