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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Paloma McFei <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:inuyash8@yahoo.com">inuyash8@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br><br><br>--- On Wed, 8/6/08, Patrick McCartney <<a href="mailto:hogsmeade@squaredbee.com">hogsmeade@squaredbee.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>> From: Patrick McCartney <<a href="mailto:hogsmeade@squaredbee.com">hogsmeade@squaredbee.com</a>><br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Fw: Re: Exploring the Train<br></div>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> To: <a href="mailto:inuyash8@yahoo.com">inuyash8@yahoo.com</a>, "Hogwarts Between Game List" <hogwartsbetween@gamera.cc><br></div>> Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 7:58 PM<br>
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<div class="Wj3C7c">> > All she could see was a purple curtain<br>> > hanging on the<br>> > other<br>> > side of the<br>> > window. It effectively blocked any view<br>> > into the next<br>
> > car,<br>> > no matter<br>> > what angle she tried.<br>> ><br>> > So Paloma opened the door.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > The door slid open and the curtain in the window<br>
> > slid with<br>> > it to reveal<br>> > the inside of the next train car. It was dark.<br>> > The<br>> > windows were<br>> > covered with curtains, so no outside light was<br>> > getting in.<br>
> > The car<br>> > seemed to be longer than the other train cars,<br>> > and it<br>> > seemed twice as<br>> > wide; however this may have been just the dim<br>> > light playing<br>> > tricks with<br>
> > her eyes. In each of the train car corners next<br>> > to her<br>> > were large<br>> > puffy chairs. She could see the outlines of<br>> > stuff along<br>> > the sides of<br>> > the car. In the distance was something tall and<br>
> > shaped<br>> > like a thin<br>> > pyramid. Nothing beyond that could be seen.<br>> ><br>> > Behind her, from the train car she was leaving,<br>> > she could<br>> > hear a<br>> > muffled voice of a student from inside one of the<br>
> > cabins<br>> > say: "Look!<br>> > It's gone again."<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > paloma quickly turned around to see what they were<br>> > talking about.<br>> ><br>
> > The hallway of the traincar was empty. The doors to<br>> > each<br>> > of the cabins<br>> > was closed. She had heard the student's voice<br>> > come<br>> > from behind one of<br>
> > the doors.<br>> ><br>> > Paloma walked over to the cabin that the voice was<br>> > coming from and<br>> > opened the door.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > [OOC:: NPC response: ]<br>
> > Inside the cabin were three boys and two girls. One<br>> of<br>> > theboys looked<br>> > like a sixth year. One of the girls had her wand in<br>> the<br>> > air. They<br>> > were all looking at the girl with the wand, and as<br>
> Paloma<br>> > opened the<br>> > door they all turned to look at her.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > [OOC:: Paloma response: ]<br>> > "What are you doing with your wand?" Paloma<br>
> asked<br>> > in a suspicious<br>> > voice.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > [OOC:: NPC response: ]<br>> > One of the younger boys shouted "What business is<br>> it<br>> > of yours?!"<br>
> ><br>> > "Well, it is wierd," retorted the wandless<br>> girl.<br>> ><br>> > There was an awkward silence then the oldest boy<br>> spoke.<br>> ><br>> > "It is strange," he said, "We have been<br>
> > having trouble with Eleanor's<br>> > wand. The magic keeps absconding."<br>> ><br>> > "Why did you barge in here?" shouted the<br>> first<br>> > boy that had spoken.<br>
> > "Get out of here!"<br>> ><br>> > Paloma shut the door and walked over to the dark room<br>> and walked<br>> > tword the thin pyrimid thing.<br>><br>> As Paloma walked into the dark train car she could see what<br>
> looked like<br>> two puffy armchairs on each side of the entrance. Light<br>> from the<br>> doorway highlighted the curtains on the windows and lit a<br>> rectangular<br>> area on the thick plush red rug which covered the floor.<br>
> As she took<br>> each step the rug was soft and bouncy. It felt nice to<br>> walk on, almost<br>> relaxing.<br>><br>> This train car had no compartments. Even so, the inside<br>> must have been<br>
> twice as wide as all the other train cars. This allowed<br>> for a large<br>> area running down the center. The area was large enough<br>> for a small<br>> dance party. The outline of stuff filled either side of<br>
> the dark area<br>> around her. The tall thin pyramid object was exactly in<br>> the middle.<br>><br>> She could make out the shape of the object from some<br>> reflections of the<br>> door's light. The thin pyramid was almost two feet<br>
> taller than she<br>> was. There wasn't enough light to see much else. Beyond<br>> here was<br>> absolute darkness.<br><br></div></div>Paloma wandered into the darkness.<br>
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<div class="Wj3C7c"><br>"Paloma. what are you doing?" Seluna asked, being tired of not being noticed. "We should go back now. Your not the kind to get into trouble." </div></div></blockquote></div></div>