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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 8:33 PM, Patrick McCartney <<a href="mailto:hogsmeade@squaredbee.com">hogsmeade@squaredbee.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div class="Wj3C7c"><br>--- William Dean <<a href="mailto:wsdean@operamail.com">wsdean@operamail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: "Zack Kunkel"<br>> To: <a href="mailto:wow_its_tashayar@yahoo.com">wow_its_tashayar@yahoo.com</a>, "Hogwarts Between Game List"<br>
> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on the<br>> train<br>> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:17:43 -0400<br>><br>><br>><br>> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Tashayar McCarthy<br>> <<a href="mailto:wow_its_tashayar@yahoo.com">wow_its_tashayar@yahoo.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>><br>><br>><br>> --- On Fri, 6/20/08, Patrick McCartney <<a href="mailto:hogsmeade@squaredbee.com">hogsmeade@squaredbee.com</a>><br>> wrote:<br>><br>> From: Patrick McCartney <<a href="mailto:hogsmeade@squaredbee.com">hogsmeade@squaredbee.com</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Kadyn, Cyrus, and Amber on<br>> the train<br>> To: "Hogwarts Between Game List" <hogwartsbetween@gamera.cc><br>> Date: Friday, June 20, 2008, 4:44 PM<br>
><br>> > > ><br>> > > >While they were discussing money, there came a loud<br>> clattering<br>> > noise<br>> > > in the corridor outside. The door of their compartment slid<br>
> open<br>> > and a<br>> > > plump, kindly-looking witch peeked in.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >"Anything off the trolley, ducks?" she asked the three<br>
> children.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >"uhm... can you give me costs for "Bertie Bott's<br>> Every Flavor<br>> > Beans",<br>> > > and chocolate frogs?" Kadyn had a fairly large collection<br>
> of<br>> > Chocolate<br>> > > frog cards at home, but was still missing quite a few. He<br>> turned<br>> > back<br>> > > to Amber and Cyrus. "Do either of you need anything?"<br>
> > > ><br>> > > >"Yes." said Amber. She got up from her seat and looked<br>> at the<br>> > trolley.<br>> > > Colorful wrappers overloaded the cart. Packages marked<br>
> 'Cauldron<br>> > Cakes'<br>> > > and 'Peppermint Patties', 'Birdie Bots Every Flavoured<br>> Beans" and<br>> > small<br>> > > cases of 'Chocolate Frogs'. Amber ordered all mentioned,<br>
> getting an<br>> > > extra frog for Kayden, a small payment for the lost tips.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >"Anything for you, love?" the witch asked Cyrus.<br>
> > > ><br>> > > >"Um, sure," said Cyrus. He purchased several Cauldron<br>> Cakes and<br>> > > Chocolate frogs, and put down his book to eat.<br>> > > ><br>
> > > >The treats were priced so as not to break the budgets of<br>> > > schoolchildren, so they didn't deplete the children's<br>> spending<br>> > money<br>> > > too alarmingly. Most of Kadyn's Chocolate Frog cards turned<br>
> out<br>> to<br>> > be<br>> > > ones he had already, as usual, but there were a couple of<br>> new ones.<br>> > One<br>> > > of these was a witch with a mane of black hair, wearing a<br>
> blue<br>> > velvet<br>> > > gown that matched her eyes.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >"Winifred of West-Mere-Land," the text read, "also<br>> called the<br>
> > Witch of<br>> > > the West-Mere-Land, was a well-known healer and Animagus of<br>> the<br>> > 13th<br>> > > Century. Her animal form was a black mare. The venerable<br>
> wizarding<br>> > > family of Windermere claims her as an ancestress."<br>> > > ><br>> > > >"Blimey, I've never even heard of her before..." He<br>
> turned the<br>> > card<br>> > > over, seeing that the witch had disapeared. "I'll look her<br>> up in a<br>> > > 'History of Magic' book, see if it says anything more."<br>
> He opened a<br>> > box<br>> > > of "Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans" and dug in his<br>> bags for his<br>> > > "History of Magic" book, and then swallowed what he thought<br>
> was a<br>> > > cherry bean.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >Amber looked at the card. Nothing. All there was was a<br>> dark black<br>> > > background. "So, what's so special about this? It's<br>
> just...blank."<br>> > > ><br>> > > >"Well of course its blank, you can't expect her to wait<br>> around all<br>> > > day? she's got places to go, just like any portrait." Kadyn<br>
> popped<br>> > > another bean in his mouth, then spit it out.<br>> "ugh...jalapeno..."<br>> > > ><br>> > > >Her eyes widened. She grabbed her suitcase and rummaged<br>
> through<br>> > it,<br>> > > scattering clothes and nick-nacks all around the<br>> compartment, until<br>> > she<br>> > > reached a glossy piece of paper. Amber stared at her young<br>
> face and<br>> > the<br>> > > faces of two adults. One had long red hair and green eyes,<br>> the<br>> > other<br>> > > blond hair and glasses. They were still. Amber sighed. She<br>
> knew in<br>> > the<br>> > > back of her mind they wouldn't move, they're a muggle<br>> picture. She<br>> > put<br>> > > them back and started to clean up her stuff.<br>
> > > ><br>> > > >Just then the witch on the card popped into view again, as<br>> if<br>> > coming<br>> > > to look out a window. She waved and smiled...but she didn't<br>
> seem<br>> to<br>> > be<br>> > > looking at Amber or Kadyn. She seemed to be waving in<br>> Cyrus'<br>> > direction.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >Cyrus happened to glance up at that moment. His face<br>
> flushed<br>> > scarlet<br>> > > when he saw the Chocolate Frog card, and he reached for his<br>> book<br>> > again.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >"Do you know her, Cyrus? She certainly seems to know<br>
> you..." Kadyn<br>> > bit<br>> > > into another Berties Bott's Bean, and gagged.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >"Umm... yeah. She's a distant ancestor of mine."<br>
> said Cyrus.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >"Ancestor?" Kadyn exclaimed. "Wow, all my family i<br>> Muggles." Kadyn<br>> > > knew that this was only mostly true, but he thought it was<br>
> close<br>> > > enough.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >"My family is Muggles also. Well, my grandparents are."<br>> said<br>> > Amber.<br>> > > ><br>
> > > >"My mum's a muggle," said Cyrus. "All my<br>> dad's family are<br>> > purebloods<br>> > > though. They were kind of angry with him for marrying a<br>
> muggle."<br>> > Kadyn<br>> > > shook his head. "My parents are both wizards. They are just<br>> both<br>> > muggle<br>> > > born wizards."<br>> > > ><br>
> > > >"Purebloods are...?" asked Amber.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >"They're wizards with no muggle blood," Cyrus<br>> replied. "A lot of<br>
> > the<br>> > > older wizarding families pride themselves on being<br>> pureblooded."<br>> > > ><br>> > > >Kadyn nodded "Almost all purebloods are related though,<br>
> due<br>> to<br>> > their<br>> > > being fewer of them then their were years ago."<br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> > > >The cabin door suddenly slid open with a slap and was<br>
> replaced by<br>> > a 14<br>> > > year old girl. She was wearing her school robes and holding<br>> a blue<br>> > > balloon by a string. The balloon kept floating in and out<br>
> of the<br>> > > doorway.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >"Oh, excuse me. I am looking for my friend Dagobert, have<br>> you seen<br>> > > him?"<br>
> > > ><br>> > > >"No, I don't think anyones been in here, besides the<br>> trolley<br>> > lady..."<br>> > > Kadyn shook his head. "Sorry."<br>
> > > ><br>> > > >"What's he look like?" asked Amber, "Maybe if<br>> he shows up we can<br>> > tell<br>> > > him your looking for him."<br>
> > > ><br>> > > >She looked up trying to envision him in her mind. One foot<br>> went<br>> up<br>> > > onto its toes.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >"He has very dark straight hair, parted on the side. His<br>
> eyes are<br>> > a<br>> > > deep brown, and he has the cutest little bump on his right<br>> ear."<br>> > She<br>> > > paused and then looked down at them. "Perhaps you have seen<br>
> > > his younger brother, Childeric? He's about your age."<br>> > > ><br>> > > >Amber thought. She could have sworn she had seen him<br>> before. He<br>> > was<br>
> > > the boy she had fought with at the station. When she<br>> remembered her<br>> > > face went bright scarlet, "No, I don't think I've seen<br>> him before."<br>
> > > ><br>> > > >Kadyn thought too. "hmm..." He thought that was who<br>> Amber had been<br>> > > fighting with, but he couldn't remember. He assumed Amber<br>
> would<br>> > have<br>> > > remebere if so, so he said nothing.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >"Thank you." She slid the door shut catching a part of<br>
> the<br>> > balloon,<br>> > > making it look as if she had caught it on a nose. She slid<br>> the door<br>> > > open and pulled the balloon free. As she re-closed the door<br>
> > > they could hear out in the hallway, "Sorry about that."<br>> > > ><br>> > > >Amber was so embarrassed that she had just met, what could<br>> have<br>> > been,<br>
> > > the boy's girlfriend that she stole the book Cyrus had been<br>> reading<br>> > and<br>> > > turned to a random page hiding her face behind it.<br>> > > ><br>
> > > >Cyrus noticed this, but chose not to comment. He had been<br>> silently<br>> > > watching the interplay, eating his Cauldron Cakes. Having<br>> not seen<br>> > > Amber at the station, he was unsure why she was suddenly so<br>
> > > embarressed.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >Kadyn saw Amber blush, and tried to figure out why. After<br>> a<br>> sudden<br>> > > revelation, he exclaimed "I was right! The boy she was<br>
> looking<br>> for<br>> > was<br>> > > that boy you were fighting with, back on the platform!"<br>> Kadyn<br>> > smiled,<br>> > > then began to think of why she was blushing over this.<br>
> > > ><br>> > > >Amber shot Kadyn a dark glance then started to actually<br>> read the<br>> > book<br>> > > Cyrus had been reading both to distract her mind and also<br>
> to lose<br>> > some<br>> > > redness of her face.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >"What?" Kadyn frowned. "What did I say?"<br>> Kadyn shook his head.<br>
> > "Girls"<br>> > > he thought silently to himself. He looked at the book. "<br>> What<br>> are<br>> > you<br>> > > reading? "Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them". Where<br>
> did you<br>> > pick<br>> > > that up, Cyrus?"<br>> > > ><br>> > > >[OOC: What's in the book?]<br>> > > ><br>> > > > "Flourish and Blott's, in Diagon Alley." Cyrus<br>
> replied.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >"Oh, I didn't actually get my books there. I got mine<br>> back from a<br>> > > local shop back in Hogsmeade." Kadyn peeked over Amber's<br>
> shoulder.<br>> > > ><br>> > ><br>> > > >"This is brilliant!" said Amber "It's called a<br>> 'Thestral'. It<br>> > says,<br>
> > > 'you can only see them when you've looked into the face of<br>> death.<br>> > From<br>> > > those who've see this strange but terrible beast have said<br>
> that<br>> it<br>> > > resembles a bony horse with black bat wings.' Also there's<br>> a<br>> > rectangle<br>> > > that looks like a picture should be there. Is this one of<br>
> those<br>> > strange<br>> > > pictures where they walk in?"<br>> > > ><br>> > > >"No, you probably just can't see it because you<br>> haven't seen<br>
> > death."<br>> > > Kadyn<br>> > > shrugged and looked over where the thestral should have<br>> been.<br>> > > ><br>> > > >[OOC: It is there but Amber can't see it. She hasn't seen<br>
> death.]<br>> > > ><br>> > ><br>> > > [OOC: This train even happens in all the threads<br>> simultaneously.<br>> > All<br>> > > threads sync with this event.]<br>
> > ><br>> > > They felt a thump followed by a sharp jolt in the floor of<br>> the<br>> > train.<br>> > > There was an unnatural silence – no train engine sounds<br>
> were heard.<br>> > ><br>> > > A crack sounded as the train came to a sudden and complete<br>> stop.<br>> > > Luggage, books, personal items, and students filled the<br>
> air. Those<br>> > > students who did not fly out of their bench seats bounced<br>> off of<br>> > the<br>> > > cushions behind them and landed on the floor.<br>> > ><br>
> > > Outside the windows the landscape was motionless.<br>> > ><br>> ><br>> > "Ow..." Kadyn rubbed the back of his head, where something<br>> had<br>> bumped<br>
> > into<br>> > his head. "What's happened? I don't think we're there<br>> yet..." Kadyn<br>> > peeked<br>> > out the window, trying to see if they were anywhere near<br>
> Hogsmeade<br>> > station.<br>> ><br>><br>> As Kadyne looked out the window he could see the highland hills<br>> trailing off into the distance. Nothing was nearby but scrubby<br>
> bushes<br>> and a rocky stream.<br>><br>> He could also see that the train was upright and still on the<br>> tracks.<br>> A bend in the track allowed a view of the engine several cars<br>
> ahead.<br>> It was sitting there, proper but idle. No smoke was coming out<br>> of its<br>> stack.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> "Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow!" said Amber gripping her head.<br>
> Cyrus's bag had fallen from the top shelf and fallen on her temple.<br>> "Are we there?" she asked as she joined Kayden by the window.<br>><br>> "Nope. Not even close..." Kadyn turned away from the window, and<br>
> opened the door to their compartment. "I wonder whats happened?"<br>> Kadyn poked his head out the door, and looked up towards the<br>> front of the train.<br>><br>> Barnaby's cage had slid off the seat. Cyrus scrambled after it,<br>
> knocking his head on a fallen bag. "Ow!" he said, rubbing the<br>> spot. Barnaby was squawking shrilly, flying around and around the<br>> cage in alarm.<br>><br>> [OOC: I'll probably be offline for a week or so. Just so you<br>
> know. -William]<br><br></div></div>As Kadyn looked through the door, the hallway was empty. The sounds of<br>the students in the cabins in the traincar could be heard. Another<br>door opened near the front and a boy stuck his head out.<br>
<br>An amplified voice echoed through the traincar: "Please be calm. We<br>have experience an unexpected delay. Stay in your cabins. Someone<br>will be by shortly to see if you need any attention. Please stay in<br>
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<div>"Hey, any clue what's going on?" Kadyn called ahead to the boy ahead. </div>
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