[Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on the train

Fri Jun 13 10:24:42 EDT 2008

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tashayar McCarthy" <wow_its_tashayar at yahoo.com>
> To: "Hogwarts Between Game List" <hogwartsbetween at gamera.cc>
> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on the train
> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:31:55 -0700 (PDT)
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> Zack Kunkel <outcast.zeta at gmail.com> wrote:
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>    On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 6:30 PM, William Dean <wsdean at operamail.com> wrote:
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tashayar McCarthy" <wow_its_tashayar at yahoo.com>
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>    > To: "Hogwarts Between Game List" <hogwartsbetween at gamera.cc>
> > Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on the train
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>    > Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:24:53 -0700 (PDT)
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> > Patrick McCartney <hogsmeade at squaredbee.com> wrote:
> > --- Zack Kunkel wrote:
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> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: Tashayar McCarthy Date: Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 3:16 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on the train
> > > To: Hogwarts Between Game List *Patrick McCartney * wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Tashayar McCarthy wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Zack Kunkel wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Patrick McCartney
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > While they were discussing money, there came a loud clattering
> > > noise
> > > > in
> > > > the corridor outside. The door of their compartment slid open and a
> > > > plump, kindly-looking witch peeked in.
> > > >
> > > > "Anything off the trolley, ducks?" she asked the three children.
> > > >
> > > > "uhm... can you give me costs for "Bertie Bott's Every Flavor
> > > Beans",
> > > > and chocolate frogs?" Kadyn had a fairly large collection of
> > > > Chocolate
> > > > frog cards at home, but was still missing quite a few. He turned
> > > back
> > > > to Amber and Cyrus. "Do either of you need anything?"
> > > >
> > > > "Yes." said Amber. She got up from her seat and looked at the
> > > > trolley.
> > > > Colorful wrappers overloaded the cart. Packages marked 'Cauldron
> > > > Cakes'
> > > > and 'Peppermint Patties', 'Birdie Bots Every Flavoured Beans" and
> > > > small
> > > > cases of 'Chocolate Frogs'. Amber ordered all mentioned, getting an
> > > > extra frog for Kayden, a small payment for the lost tips.
> > > >
> > > > "Anything for you, love?" the witch asked Cyrus.
> > > >
> > > > "Um, sure," said Cyrus. He purchased several Cauldron Cakes and
> > > > Chocolate frogs, and put down his book to eat.
> > > >
> > > > The treats were priced so as not to break the budgets of
> > > > schoolchildren, so they didn't deplete the children's spending
> > > money
> > > > too alarmingly. Most of Kadyn's Chocolate Frog cards turned out to
> > > > be
> > > > ones he had already, as usual, but there were a couple of new ones.
> > > > One of these was a witch with a mane of black hair, wearing a blue
> > > > velvet gown that matched her eyes.
> > > >
> > > > "Winifred of West-Mere-Land," the text read, "also called the Witch
> > > > of
> > > > the West-Mere-Land, was a well-known healer and Animagus of the
> > > 13th
> > > > Century. Her animal form was
> > > > a black mare. The venerable wizarding family of Windermere claims
> > > her
> > > > as an ancestress."
> > > >
> > > > "Blimey, I've never even heard of her before..." He turned the card
> > > > over, seeing that the witch had disapeared. "I'll look her up in a
> > > > 'History of Magic' book, see if it says
> > > > anything more." He opened a box of "Bertie Bott's Every Flavor
> > > Beans"
> > > > and dug in
> > > > his bags for his "History of Magic" book, and then swallowed what
> > > he
> > > > thought was a cherry bean.
> > > >
> > > > Amber looked at the card. Nothing. All there was was a dark black
> > > > background. "So, what's so special about this? It's just...blank."
> > > >
> > > > "Well of course its blank, you can't expect her to wait around all
> > > > day?
> > > > she's got places to go, just like any portrait." Kadyn popped
> > > another
> > > > bean in his mouth, then spit it out.
> > > > "ugh...jalapeno..."
> > > >
> > > > Her eyes widened. She grabbed her suitcase and rummaged through it,
> > > > scattering clothes and nick-nacks all around the compartment, until
> > > > she
> > > > reached a glossy piece of paper. Amber stared at her young face and
> > > > the faces of two adults. One had long red
> > > > hair and green eyes, the other blond hair and glasses. They were
> > > > still.
> > > > Amber sighed. She knew in the back of her mind they wouldn't move,
> > > > they're a muggle picture. She put them back and started to clean up
> > > > her
> > > > stuff.
> > > >
> > > > Just then the witch on the card popped into view again, as if
> > > coming
> > > > to
> > > > look out a window. She waved and smiled...but she didn't seem to be
> > > > looking at Amber or Kadyn. She
> > > > seemed to be waving in Cyrus' direction.
> > > >
> > > > Cyrus happened to glance up at that moment. His face flushed
> > > scarlet
> > > > when he saw the Chocolate Frog card, and he reached for his book
> > > > again.
> > > >
> > > > "Do you know her, Cyrus? She certainly seems to know you..." Kadyn
> > > > bit
> > > > into
> > > > another Berties Bott's Bean, and gagged.
> > > >
> > > > "Umm... yeah. She's a distant ancestor of mine." said Cyrus.
> > > >
> > > > "Ancestor?" Kadyn exclaimed. "Wow, all my family is Muggles." Kadyn
> > > > knew that this was only mostly true, but he thought it was close
> > > > enough.
> > > >
> > > > "My family is Muggles also. Well, my grandparents are." said Amber.
> > > >
> > > > "My mum's a muggle," said Cyrus. "All my dad's family are
> > > purebloods
> > > > though. They were kind of angry with him for marrying a muggle."
> > > > Kadyn
> > > > shook his head. "My parents are both wizards. They are just both
> > > > muggle
> > > > born wizards."
> > > >
> > > > "Purebloods are...?" asked Amber.
> > > >
> > > > "They're wizards with no muggle blood," Cyrus replied. "A lot of
> > > the
> > > > older wizarding families pride themselves on being pureblooded."
> > > >
> > > > Kadyn nodded "Almost all purebloods are related though, due to
> > > their
> > > > being fewer of them then their were years ago."
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The cabin door suddenly slid open with a slap and was replaced by a
> > > > 14
> > > > year old girl. She was wearing her school robes and holding a blue
> > > > balloon by a string. The balloon kept floating in and out of the
> > > > doorway.
> > > >
> > > > "Oh, excuse me. I am looking for my friend Dagobert, have you seen
> > > > him?"
> > > > "No, I don't think anyones been in here, besides the trolley
> > > > lady..." Kadyn shook his head. "Sorry."
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "What's he look like?" asked Amber, "Maybe if he shows up we can
> > > tell
> > > > him your looking for him."
> > >
> > >
> > > She looked up trying to envision him in her mind. One foot went up
> > > onto its toes.
> > >
> > > "He has very dark straight hair, parted on the side. His eyes are a
> > > deep brown, and he has the cutest little bump on his right ear." She
> > > paused and then looked down at them. "Perhaps you have seen his
> > > younger brother, Childeric? He's about your age."
> > >
> > > Amber thought. She could have sworn she had seen him before. He was
> > > the boy
> > > she had fought with at the station. When she remembered her face went
> > > bright
> > > scarlet, "No, I don't think I've seen him before."
> > >
> > > Kadyn thought too. "hmm..." He thought that was who Amber had been
> > > fighting
> > > with, but he couldn't remember. He assumed Amber would have remebered
> > > if so,
> > > so he said nothing.
> >
> > "Thank you." She slid the door shut catching a part of the balloon,
> > making it look as if she had caught it on a nose. She slid the door
> > open and pulled the balloon free. As she re-closed the door they could
> > hear out in the hallway, "Sorry about that."
> >
>   Amber was so embarrassed that she had just met, what could have
> > been, the boy's girlfriend that she stole the book Cyrus had been
> > reading and turned to a random page hiding her face behind it.
> >
> 
> 
> Cyrus noticed this, but chose not to comment. He had been silently 
> watching the interplay, eating his Cauldron Cakes. Having not seen 
> Amber at the station, he was unsure why she was suddenly so 
> embarressed.
>    Kadyn saw Amber blush, and tried to figure out why. After a 
> sudden revelation, he exclaimed "I was right! The boy she was 
> looking for was that boy you were fighting with, back on the 
> platform!" Kadyn smiled, then began to think of why she was 
> blushing over this.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Amber shot Kadyn a dark glance then started to actually read the 
> book Cyrus had been reading both to distract her mind and also to 
> lose some redness of her face.
> 
>    [OOC: What's in the book?]
> 
[OOC: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.]

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