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

Fri Jun 13 18:10:35 EDT 2008

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Tashayar McCarthy <
wow_its_tashayar at yahoo.com> wrote:

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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>
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>> > ----- 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: 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:
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>> > > --- Tashayar McCarthy wrote:
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>> > > > Zack Kunkel wrote:
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>> > > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Patrick McCartney
>> > > > wrote:
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>> > > > 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.
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> 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.
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>> 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.
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> "What?" Kadyn frowned. "What did I say?" Kadyn shook his head. "Girls" he
thought silently to himself. He looked at the book. " What are you reading?
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them". Where did you pick that up,
Cyrus?"

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>> [OOC: What's in the book?]
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