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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 9:58 AM, 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 Sat, 8/30/08, William Dean <<a href="mailto:wsdean@operamail.com">wsdean@operamail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>> From: William Dean <<a href="mailto:wsdean@operamail.com">wsdean@operamail.com</a>><br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Hagrid Gathers the First Years<br></div>> To: <a href="mailto:wow_its_tashayar@yahoo.com">wow_its_tashayar@yahoo.com</a>, "Hogwarts Between Game List" <hogwartsbetween@gamera.cc><br>
> Date: Saturday, August 30, 2008, 10:00 AM<br>
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<div class="Wj3C7c">> > ----- Original Message -----<br>> > From: "Tashayar McCarthy"<br>> <<a href="mailto:wow_its_tashayar@yahoo.com">wow_its_tashayar@yahoo.com</a>><br>> > To: "Hogwarts Between Game List"<br>
> <hogwartsbetween@gamera.cc><br>> > Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Hagrid Gathers the<br>> First Years<br>> > Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:28:19 -0700 (PDT)<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>
> ><br>> ><br>> > --- On Sat, 8/30/08, Zack Kunkel<br>> <<a href="mailto:outcast.zeta@gmail.com">outcast.zeta@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > > From: Zack Kunkel <<a href="mailto:outcast.zeta@gmail.com">outcast.zeta@gmail.com</a>><br>
> > > Subject: Re: [Hogwarts Between] Hagrid Gathers<br>> the First Years<br>> > > To: "Hogwarts Between Game List"<br>> <hogwartsbetween@gamera.cc><br>> > > Date: Saturday, August 30, 2008, 10:16 AM<br>
> > > On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Margaret Dean<br>> > > <<a href="mailto:margdean@erols.com">margdean@erols.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > ><br>> > > > > > >> > At one end of the<br>
> platform<br>> > > stood a man with long, shaggy black<br>> > > > > > >> > hair and beard.<br>> Several sizes<br>> > > larger than anyone else and draped<br>> > > > > > >> > in a long overcoat,<br>
> he looked<br>> > > just too big to be allowed; but<br>> > > > > > >> > what could be seen<br>> of his face<br>> > > wore a broad grin, and his black<br>> > > > > > >> > eyes twinkled.<br>
> Waving a hand<br>> > > the size of a truck tire, he called<br>> > > > > > >> > out, "Firs'<br>> years! Firs' years this way!"<br>> > > > > > >><br>
> > > > > > >> Seluna and Koramori both<br>> looked at<br>> > > eachother with a strange<br>> > > > > > >> expression. The man who<br>> was yelling<br>> > > for first years for Hogwarts<br>
> > > > > > >> was huge. They were only<br>> about half<br>> > > his height, That they could<br>> > > > > > >> tell from far away. But<br>> he seemed<br>> > > friendly and they doubted that<br>
> > > > > > >> a magic school would send<br>> someone<br>> > > who could hurt them to bring in<br>> > > > > > >> new kids. Seluna walked<br>> over to the<br>> > > man, carrying her suitcase<br>
> > > > > > >> behind her. Mori right<br>> behind her<br>> > > as well. She carried Lucky in<br>> > > > > > >> her arms and looked up at<br>> the man.<br>> > > Her parents had never kept<br>
> > > > > > >> books on magical<br>> creatures or fairy<br>> > > tales in the house, but Seluna<br>> > > > > > >> read about them at the<br>> library and<br>> > > at school. This man isn't big<br>
> > > > > > >> enough to be a giant, and<br>> he<br>> > > didn't look like an ogre, even though<br>> > > > > > >> they were about his size,<br>> so maybe<br>
> > > he wasn't a magical creature.<br>> > > > > ><br>> > > > > > > Paloma followed the mans<br>> command and<br>> > > went over to him and waited for<br>> > > > > > > everyone else to get off the<br>
> train.<br>> > > > > ><br>> > > > > > Gathering up his stuff Heath<br>> squeezed off<br>> > > the train. In retrospect he<br>> > > > > > decided it was much like being<br>
> toothpaste<br>> > > being squeezed out of it's<br>> > > > > > bottle. After being jostled along<br>> Heath<br>> > > finally got a good look at<br>> > > > > > Hogwarts Castle. Shocked by the<br>
> spectacle,<br>> > > Heath made the mistake of<br>> > > > > > standing still. Less than a second<br>> later he<br>> > > was shoved from behind<br>> > > > > > into another kid who shoved him<br>
> into another<br>> > > kid and so on much like a<br>> > > > > > pinball bouncing off bumpers. This<br>> went on<br>> > > for a few more times until<br>> > > > > > Heath was shoved into the legs of<br>
> the<br>> > > biggest man Heath had ever seen.<br>> > > > > > In fact, Heath's head just<br>> barely<br>> > > surpassed the man's pelvis. Looking<br>> > > > > > up Heath saw that the man was<br>
> wearing a<br>> > > heavy overcoat and had beard<br>> > > > > > that would make a lion's mane<br>> look tame.<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > "Steady on, there, mate,"<br>
> said the big<br>> > > man as Heath collided with<br>> > > > > him, and he reached out a hand to keep<br>> Heath from<br>> > > falling over.<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > Raising his voice again, he called out,<br>
> > > "Just leave yer stuff on<br>> > > > > the platform, it'll be taken up ter<br>> the<br>> > > school. Firs' years,<br>> > > > > this way!"<br>> > > > ><br>
> > > > > Kadyn stumbled his way off the train,<br>> his luggage<br>> > > being repeatedly<br>> > > > > battered back and forth. He chuckled<br>> slightly, as<br>> > > most of the first<br>
> > > > > years seemed to be in awe, at least to<br>> him. He<br>> > > waved to a friend of<br>> > > > > his parents, who had just been passing<br>> through<br>> > > the station. He began<br>
> > > > > to move towards the groundskeeper, who<br>> he had<br>> > > seen once or twice<br>> > > > > before out on the grounds of the<br>> school,<br>> > > ><br>> > > > or occasionally dropping in to his<br>
> parents' shop<br>> > > in Hogsmeade,<br>> > > ><br>> > > > > and quickly stopped and called back.<br>> "Amber,<br>> > > Cyrus, you coming?"<br>> > > > ><br>
> > > > > Cyrus had grabbed his belongings and<br>> been sucked<br>> > > into the swirling<br>> > > > > mass of people. With Kadyn's call,<br>> he finally<br>> > > managed to get his<br>
> > > > > bearings, and attempted to wade through<br>> the crowd<br>> > > to Kadyn and the<br>> > > > > huge man standing behind him.<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > Amber grabbed her stuff and cat and<br>
> leaped into<br>> > > the crowd. She was<br>> > > > > bashed between kids, each time she hit<br>> one she<br>> > > let out a little<br>> > > > > "ahh!" and the occasional<br>
> > > "Sorry." In all the moving, pushing<br>> kids<br>> > > > > she lost sight of Kadyn and Cyrus.<br>> "Kad-<br>> > > OOF!" she called as she<br>> > > > > got shoved by a large passing child.<br>
> > > "Grr..." Then she heard Kadyn.<br>> > > > > "Yes!" and ran over.<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > Kadyn shook his head and chuckled a<br>> little.<br>
> > > "I really hope our entire<br>> > > > > year isn't like this train ride.<br>> We'll go<br>> > > home with a lot of bruises."<br>> > > > > Kadyn then began to walk towards<br>
> Hagrid, and the<br>> > > other gathering<br>> > > > > first years.<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > "Yea," replyed Amber then<br>> notaced the<br>> > > gigantic man looming over her<br>
> > > > > and the other first years, "Woa,<br>> that's<br>> > > one big man..."<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > Kadyn nodded. "That's the<br>> groundskeeper,<br>
> > > Hagrid. I've seen him<br>> > > > > once or twice." Kadyn bent over<br>> and<br>> > > whispered something in<br>> > > > > Amber's ear. "You might want<br>
> to avoid<br>> > > angering a man that<br>> > > > > big..."<br>> > > ><br>> > > > "Firs' years!" called the big<br>> man again.<br>> > > "Any more firs' years?<br>
> > > > All righ', step this way. Jus'<br>> leave yer<br>> > > stuff on the platform,<br>> > > > they'll take it up ter the school for<br>> yeh. Hold<br>> > > on to yer<br>
> > > > animals. Down this path here. Mind<br>> yerselves,<br>> > > it's pretty<br>> > > > steep!"<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Hagrid led the straggling line of first-year<br>
> students<br>> > > down a<br>> > > > narrow, rocky path bordered by thick trees,<br>> a looming<br>> > > shadow on<br>> > > > either side of them in the darkness. Then<br>
> they<br>> > > rounded a bend<br>> > > > and there was the distant castle, twinkling<br>> with<br>> > > lights and<br>> > > > mirrored on the waters of a dark, still<br>> lake.<br>
> > > ><br>> > > > A fleet of small boats was drawn up on the<br>> lake shore,<br>> > > and Hagrid<br>> > > > herded the students into them. "No<br>> more than<br>> > > four ter a boat,<br>
> > > > mind."<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > Kadyn held Hesetu gingerly, and slowly stepped<br>> into a boat.<br>> > > "Amber, Cy, I've<br>> > > got one." Kadyn sat down firmly, and<br>
> attempted to stay<br>> > > as still as possible,<br>> > > as the slow rocking was making hi stomach a bit<br>> uneasy.<br>> > ><br>> ><br>> > Amber clambered onto the boat, making it shake a<br>
> little. Having a<br>> > big catcage wasn't helping the movement either.<br>> But no matter how<br>> > the boat tipped it didn't flip. "Odd..."<br>> whispered Amber to<br>> > herself. Then she sat in the front facing the castle.<br>
> ><br>> > > ><br>> > > > [OOC: I'll pause here and let<br>> characters sort<br>> > > themselves into<br>> > > > boats.]<br>> > > ><br>> Cyrus climbed into the boat with Kadyn and Amber, then<br>
> looked around to see if someone else would get in too.<br><br></div></div>Paloma carefully steped into a boat and waited for Seluna and Mori to get in with her.<br>
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<div>Seluna stepped into the boat with Paloma, Mori following behind her, and tried to see anything around her, it was getting dark.</div></div></blockquote></div></div>