[Hogwarts Between] Fw: Re: Exploring the Train

[Paloma McFei]

--- On Wed, 8/6/08, Patrick McCartney <hogsmeade at squaredbee.com> wrote:

> From: Patrick McCartney <hogsmeade at squaredbee.com>
> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Fw: Re:  Exploring the Train
> To: inuyash8 at yahoo.com, "Hogwarts Between Game List" <hogwartsbetween at gamera.cc>
> Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 7:58 PM
> > 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.

Paloma wandered into the darkness.