In Search of the Source of the Creeping Darkness Main Story

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The encroaching shadows of the dungeons offered a strange safety against the searching eyes of her housemates, acting as shield against un-wanted small talk and the slightest bit of similarity to what goes bump in the night. She had nothing to say to these half-familiars bearing her house loyalty and everything to look out for as half of the gathered began to trek further on, splitting into groups and pairs tentatively. Like many things in a group, it occurred slowly. A trickling creek of curiosity winning out over their ingrained idea of self-preservation, a crack within their caution. No longer illuminating their peers as they continued, some people were identifiable only by their floating globules of white light- their most powerful defender against the dark.

Content to hold her place for now as the numbers dwindled, the oppressive combination of her own presence and the eerie surroundings allowing Astrea to blend in well. The chilly nature of these stone walls she sidled up against grasped greedily for her body heat through her thick sweater, silvered eyes diminished in vibrancy with the lack of direct light. Unnoticed she remained, it seemed that she had chosen herself a good spot to keep herself to, to stay vigilant as others passed by. Hopefully, her fellow snakes would have the sense of mind not to thoughtlessly attack her as she made up her mind to move along.

Step carefully, girl. Bottles and other random items lay strewn about the dungeon floors, their sheer number indicating a build-up of time- whether or not they had been left behind by the current or former residents of such a wretched place, she did not know. That unsteady line of powder continued to stretch on into the abyss. As unsanitary the hold's condition, something about it struck Astrea as strangely not abandoned. Perhaps previously travelled by patrolling staff or prowling creatures of the night, but the area did not seem nearly as disgusting as it would have been if truely laid to decay. Interesting.

Action: Move to Room 2, Continue to Stay Vigilant

Abilities: Terrible Presence | Lovely Creature | Spell Spread
Stats: Sta 5 | Eva 9 | Str 2 | Wis 9 | Arc 10 | Acc 10
Allies: Present Known Viridian Vipers [Bridget C., Henry K., Opeila W.]

Actions: Waiting for Flash to open the door. Will go into room 4 with Lumos'd wand active when he does.
Interacting with @Flash Holmwood

Interacting with | @Jack Burnett | @Percival Rainwood | @Evelynn Decipio | @Percival Gray

Ileen lowered her wand with a slight frown. Apparently the chair was nothing more than a chair with a strange message. So hopefully she wouldn't get a number burned on her arm or otherwise signed up for a murderous game. At least not officially…
She turned to the small group, consisting of Jack Burnett and the two Percivals, to share the fact that she learned nothing new about the weird setup as the Gryffindor girl approached her.

Ileen, who had already opened her mouth, paused and turned to the red-haired girl with a curious expression on her face. “No, it’s not. I don’t know what it is though. Something more… more crystalline, almost like salt. Mixed with dirt and blood I guess.” She shrugged and tilted her head. “Any other clues?”
This question was mostly addressed to the whole group. Ileen was obsessed with information. She believed if she looked closely enough she would stay as safe as possible. Although she had made a very different experience in the fight club. There, she had seen things and still hadn’t been able to do anything about it.

As the girl moved forward Ileen tried to catch the gaze of the other boys. She would like to stick together. As long as Percival Gray would not do something impulsive and stupid, the young girl was confident that this team had a high potential to figure things our. More eyes, more ears, more wands.
Believing in the power of groups was not natural to Ileen - normally she rather avoided them, but she felt safe with Percival and liked the sharp mind she associated with Jack. Perce gave her a nod and followed the Gryffindor girl into the darkness.

Ileen felt her pulse quicken and a lump form in her throat. An attentive observer would see her swallow and her hand tightening around her wand. She feared the darkness. The shadows. The shadows which were lashing out, killing people. Although she tried not to let on, her voice trembled slightly as she spoke. She wasn't a coward, but she wasn't stupid either. “Let’s go, right?”
She hoped the two boys would follow her as she turned around and made a few steps towards the darkness. Her hand rested on the stone wall to guide her way. Hm, some light could be useful if they didn’t want to walk around blindfolded.

Action: moving to room 2
Ability: Sixth Sense, Prodigal Charms Learner
Stats: Sta:6 | Ev:8 | Str:3 | Wis:9 | Arc:6 | Acc:9

Interacting with : @Bridget Collins
Mentioning : those near the door to Room #10
Open to Interactions

For Moderation :
Location : Room #2
Actions : cast Depulso at the bird attacking Bridget
Abilities : Lovely Creature
Stats : Stamina: 7 | Evasion: 8 | Strength: 5 | Wisdom: 9 | ArcPower: 7 | Accuracy: 9

[Kaegen, your location is 15B, you can move 2 rooms as you are familiar with them. There are traps in just about every room so please just state movement. There is a secret passageway from 15B to 6B also. Just don't describe it if you choose to take it. If in unlit areas contested wisdom checks to see if you are seen by someone. If lit, you can be seen. God speed.]

Astea moved on to Room 2.

Super-secret whispering (is it really a secret?)
Wisdom Check Eve 14 (+10)
Wisdom Check Henry 10 (+10)

Henry Knight and Henry Llewellyn would move on to Room 2.

Evelynn would move on to Room 2.

Percival would move onto Room 2.[/mention]

Late-comer @Violet Carrington would amble down the falls, following the patter and the chatter of others. She would see a great many things in the wake of her peers. Evidence of their curiosity. The trail of white a bit scuffed as it meandered down the narrow halls and dark corridor. It drew her past the chair that had piqued so much curiosity as well as the hidey hole along the base of the wall not much further down.

She would not stop, no she would move on. Down the stairs and into the next room. Where the chatter grew louder and a dim light beckoned her.

Violet moves to Room 2

@Ileen Knight would be among the last that remained. She was soaking up whatever information she could obtain from her friends and her peers. It was always the little things that tripped people up. That caused real issues. There was also something about @Percival Grey besides his good looks. Something that incurred a sense of trust, how? That is a query for another day, his Snape roomates could take notes from him if that was the case. The lot of them oozed suspicion.

As long as Grey was here, she felt secure. Perhaps that was her first mistake, if not her first, her largest thus far but the day was young.

@Ileen Knight moves on to Room 2.

Room 2

@Astrea Soleil Neptune would linger like a spector in the night. Watching the comings and the going. A witness to the screams...

@Violet Carrington would find this congregation of students concentrated on this room. A peculiar scene to say the least. The darkness gave way to light and the distant din of chatter grew in volume.

With the warm glow of Henry's Lumos Maxima, @Henry Knight and @Henry Llewellyn would emerge from the staircase into the lower part of the dungeons where several of their dormmates loitered about. There were some who had already understood the potential gravity of the situation but allowed indecisiveness to grip them, such as @Koko Riddle who pondered which way was the right way? Was there even a best path at all. How should they go about this? Not that Slytherin was particularly known for their teamwork and strategy. Her sister, @Sapphire Riddle would suggest the left.

“Maybe the left? I don’t think anyone’s been that way."

She likely did not notice Alexander and Flash, the bird in poor @Bridget Collin's hair... she was right in that they had not gotten past, they had unlocked the door only to find that the room was filled with hundreds of glass bottles of varied sizes. Many filled with mysterious unknown, unlabeled fluids.

"Even if they have... I doubt it's the most popular way to go. If needed, I can use my wand for spells and stuff so that you can keep your lumos going.”

Bridget would let out a shriek, one that was loud enough for even @Selim Faust to hear. there was a bird in her hair! She would not try to pry the frenzied creature free with her own hands, rather she would call our to Illowy to deal with the bird. Her plan, knock the bird out of her hair with Depulso. Meanwhile Bridget would look up, distracted by her assessment of the ceiling. The shadows and their uncanny movements.

Bridget Observation
Roll: 3

The shadows did not seem to have a particular or a specific pattern, rather an odd curiosity, an ominous mystery that she would have to keep an eye upon.

Illowy casts Depulso
Roll: 10 (+9)

The bird would get knocked from her hair but the bird was very tangled. A ripping sound, yes that was hair being pulled from scalp could be heard by anyone not otherwise dedicated to another diversion. A fresh bald spot on the top of the poor girl's head, she was free of the avian menace but she would need some hair growth tonic once she finished this adventure STAT.

Opeila would not depend on the kindness or the skill of others, she would reach into her now messy brown tresses and attempt to evict that incessed bird. she would earn herself a serious case of bedhead but be free of the spiteful creature Dmitri had spawned from the very depp hells of his dark heart.

Opeila no longer has a bird in her hair.

Evelynn would arrive in time to see Opeila peel a bird from her hair. The bird would make a great circle around the perimeter of the room, squaking loudly the whole time. not that it mattered, "Flash!" Indeed, @Flash Holmwood was a familiar face.

Evelynn would not have long to look over the scene. It was bizarre to say the least. She could not depend on the light from other wands, so she would have to depend on herself. A couple of magical candles and a lighter. It took only a moment for her to light them and when she released the candles, they hung, floating in the air.

"Have you found something?"

Eve's KEEN EYE — There is a 25% chance of automatically finding something.
Roll: 30

Evelynn's passively keen eye would not notice anything amiss. @Sapphire Riddle did not have a keen eye and she was a blonde who in this moment would give credence to a stereotype. The door was open (the previous round), Sapphire would examine the door.

Sapphire observes the door.
Roll: 10

Nothing of additional interest could be gleaned as she carefully observed the door. It was an aged wooden door with blackened metal, iron specifically reinforcements; this door might date back to the time when the castle was originally constructed. The door was unlocked and it was open. Beyond the door were a great many glass bottles, Alexander would be carefully removing the contents of the room. She could see all of this. The door was open, there were several students standing right there.

@Koko Riddle would offer to unlock the open door. A strange offer considering the circumstances, yet it was doubtful anyone would stop the girls.

"Alohomora."

The door would remain... unlocked. Lear's mighty dice could not make this scene any stranger. Sometimes reality is stranger than fiction.

Delirious?

Well, the door is technically open. So, she would enter Room 10.

Koko Riddle would enter Room 10.

Meanwhile, mere feet away, @Alexander Varellion was looking inside the room. @Flash Holmwood's clever decision to cast the right spell in the right place was already paying off. Alex recognized those symbols, Professor @Sergei Yornivych had taught this to him. Perhaps these classes were worth a rat's ass.

"These are the symbols of the magical alphabet. I remember it from Transfiguration."

The boy would mention out loud. It might take a few moments to work it out. To recognize and to remember. There was a difference between translating and fully understanding, but first he needed to know what it said.

"Okay, first word is MEET, second word, M-E-A-T, third word H-O-G-S, fourth word, MEADE......."

He had to work this out out loud. Unlike some, he would not whisper the secrets he had learned but rather disseminate what he knew freely. Perhaps this was not in his best interest, or perhaps he could commission other minds. Different perspectives. Different skillsets. Different aspirations.

"Wait....... Meet, Meat...... Hogsmeade. It is as if this is a request to meet."

A request or an order. That is if it was so straight forward, Flash would contemplate the possibilities of turning a letter around.

"Ah, then the numbers here, 6621, must be the date....."

Still, should he have shared all he knew all he had gleaned. Probably not.

"Oh crud."

Too late now. Flash had heard it all, coming to conclusions of his own.

"A date would make sense. It fits. What does meeting meat mean? Who would write this?"

Who indeed -- leaving letters in the dungeons for anyone to find. Had this only recently been placed? Unread by the intended invitee. Unaltered. Unadulterated. No secret messages. No secret meanings. How very fortunate it was that they had found this before it was washed away. Do house elves clean the dungeons? It did not look like it - the dust and the cobwebs.

"Is the person someone's meeting at Hogsmeade the 'meat'?"

A terrible consideration. Well, it was hidden without the use of a spell to reveal the hidden words. Perhaps it was presumed that nobody would think to cast that spell in that very location. But the question remained -- who, what, why and of course there?

Evelynn was a fresh set of eyes. Someone that might be able to glean something more from those words. From a meaning, a potential misdirection. Wouldn't it be terribly cruel it it was as simple as meat is two words - me at? Then what of the wrong letter? A mistranscription? An error.

"Take a look at this, it was hidden. What do you think of it?"

In the absence of a Ravenclaw, Evelynn would have to do.

Well, carrying on. Alexander would start to remove the bottles and there were a great many of them. As he removed the bottles, he would discover that they were filled to varying degrees with fluid. The fluids had differing viscosities and color, but most of them were clear. As for those that were colored, it was gem-like in color -- a bright red, a sunny yellow, a deep blue or purple.

He would smell something. Like a cleaning product or a disinfectant. The weirdest janitor's closet to date.

Alexander enters Room 10.

"You can stand on those milk crates, you know. They'll hold your weight."

Flash would point out this fact but he would not stay nearby. An alternative was offered, if Alexander had any faith in his agility (and Lear's mighty dice). Flash did make a keen observation without any dice, the possibility that it was an alarm system. A good thought and partially correct. The crack and crash of bottles would alert someone that did not want to be found preemptively -- give them time to escape and if there was no escape, time to hide. That is if the person they were seeking, hunting, inadvertently discovering was a sane, rational individual.

@Henry Llewellyn would look around. There was not much else to do. Not yet in any case. Knight getting some strange smells, was there anything else amiss?

Henry Llewellyn KEEN EYE — There is a 25% chance of automatically finding something.
Roll: 51

He would not notice anything that has been unnoticed by others. he would see the chaos of a bird in a poor girl's hair. He would hear the muffled screams of an unfortunate behind a closed door before which @Dan Palmer and @Flash Holmwood stood.

@Percival Rainwood would descend the stairs and enter the room. An odd scene would greet him. His dormmates were scattered here, @Selim Faust was nowhere to be seen. Flash was talking to the Quidditch Captain @Dan Palmer. What happened?

Palmer would answer that, at least from his perspective.

"Well, I come in, all friendly, ye bastards ignore me, I said hi to Selim, and he freaked out and ran immediately, someone walked RIGHT by me and went into this room, and someone slammed the door in my face. Are ye gonna-"

If Flash could understand Dan's accent, all the more power to him. He probably at least caught the name 'Selim' or a reasonably close word. Flash would try to open the door but the door would not budge. The knob would turn, easily. The door would merely not grant him ingress. The unlocking charm would not grant him entry.

Try harder.

Room 3

It probably was not a good idea for @Cassandra Ironwoods to let Starlee take the lead on a murder-adventure. In fact, that would prove disastrous. @Starlee Kennedy and @Santario Martin would find a dry well with a mysterious light coming from it and decide that the best course of action would be to leap inside. A dry well, a visible bottom but no way back up. Not that it looked terrible deep, not superficially in any case. They could see the bottom, beyond their reach and they could see a light coming from the depths just no source. The dim light beckoned them, like moths to the flame they would be drawn. Again, like moths to the flame, they would... die.

Well, not die. You see, there are rules that the moderator follows. Death was off the table, but trauma and terrible injuries however were not. Starlee was not particularly strong (6) or agile (5).

She would attempt to scale the well. Not that the well was intended to be scaled. It was like scaling the castle walls. A lateral descent with a thin bit of mortar binding the large stone.

Starlee tries to climb a lateral surface without climbing gear.
Strength Roll 7 (+6)

Once she got over the lip, the toes of her shoes not finding much of a hold, in truth none at all. She would not be the first to fall however as Santario Martin rushed past her. Nobody in their right mind would try to scale the well, if they knew...

Moderator Note: Santario has no rolls and order of operations falls first because she needed to back out of this adventure and all of these failures would equate to a KO. She has been rendered KO'd.

San would jump, expecting perhaps an eight to ten foot fall. There was no means to measure, but as she took that leap of faith, the paper. Yes, paper. It ripped, she broke through the floor. San would plummet another thirty feet. A terrible crack, she would hit the ground hard and bones would break.

Santario has been rendered unconscious.

Starlee would follow, not on purpose. The starling experience of her housemate rushing past her and her foolish endeavor to try to scale something that required nothing short of climbing gear was pure madness. Starlee would fall also, landing on top of Santario, adding injury... to injury.

Starlee would not be doing well either.

Broken Limb Roll: 1- arm, 2- leg, 3 tail bone, 4 - none
Roll:

She would feel a sickening crunch and the sudden pain that would shoot through her. A sense of dire dread, this homeostatic instinct that something was wrong. That she was in trouble that would hit her before the pain would. The pain would follow. Her leg was broken, it bent the wrong way. In fact, there was no joint there, it should not be bending at all!

In the deep, black pit of a well she would discover the source of the light. A single, hovering candle that was lit. It was a trap, the trail would meander here so that it might be followed. The false bottom and the bit of light, so one might explore.

Starlee has a broken leg and 1 health point. Santario is KO'd.

Room 4

@Selim Faust was nimble, but he was still in peril. The distressed, diseased vermin were aggressive and it would appear that they have infringed upon either their nest or feeding ground. It would be the later, the scent of aged meat was what drew them and what kept them here. This was a place where their needs were met and where they might breed. If that was not enough he could hear it -- those screams, shrill and not his own coming from where they had come from (belonging to @Bridget Collins). Whatever horrid fate befell them, it was not Piper and Selim's problem yet.

"The girl" as Selim called her, or @Piper Clark was not nearly as lucky as Selim. It was not just the rats but also the young man that she had chosen to pursue. The madness would beckon Selim to move onward. Never lighting a wand, both wise and foolish he would discover because he needed all of his senses to find his way. His hand would grip the knob and pull the door inward.

The rats would leap at him a second time, chasing the boy out.

Rat 1 attacks Selim. 18
Selim Evasion. 14
Rat 2 attacks Selim. 1 Critical Failure
Selim Evasion. 12
Rat 3 attacks Selim. 8
Selim Evasion. 17

The first rat would lunge again at Selim and miss. He would open the door to flee into the next room. The second would not only miss but find itself crushed. A terrible *popping* noise and something that resembled a bloody pimple being squeezed out would be the best description of that rat's untimely demise. His failure would not last forever, the third would big its teeth into him.

Selim has moved on to Room 5A, 1 rat came with him!

Piper was left alone, abandoned by her peer. If she was looking for a hero, she would not find that in Selim. His survival instincts were one of the reasons the hat chose Slytherin.

The rats were unrelenting.

Rat 1 attacks Piper. 14 (+5)
Piper Evasion. 14 (+5)
Rat 2 attacks Piper. 11 (+5)
Piper Evasion. 12 (+5)
Rat 3 attacks Piper. 20 (+5) Critical Hit
Piper Evasion. 8 (+5)

Two of the rats would bite into her. One would get a firm hold on her, pain would course through the poor girl. Selim had left her to die and these diseased vermin would going to consume her completely. Piper had to try something, she would kick, flail really at the rats. Her Lumos was not nearly bright enough to blind the ravenous creatures even if they left the girl seeing spots when her eyes laid their gaze too long at the tip.

Piper kicks a rat.
Attack 4 (+6)
Evasion 2 (+5)

Piper would punt one of the rats and it would fly across the room, not that the room was particularly large but it was dramatic none-the-less. The rat would smack into the wall like a bird a glass window in a high rise building. For a moment the rat would remain in place, that was before gravity took hold and the rat slid unmoving to the floor.

1 rat out of commission.
Please be aware that 1 rat is out of commission, 1 rat has followed Selim, 1 rat was murdered and 3 rats are active and engaged.

Piper would hear it, muffled voices she could not make out on the other side. That being @Dan Palmer complaining and @Flash Holmwood assessing the situation. Sme movement, the doorknob would turn, the door would not open. she had the light, she could see it. Someone was trying to get in but they could not! There was something heavy, a stolen bust, preventing the door from opening.

Room 5A

As Selim parted, he would hear it. More screaming. Always screaming in his wake. From behind. He had no intention of saving her. Selim would discover that the space beyond was indeed dark and cramped. In fact it was quite small, dimly lit only because the girl he was abandoned had a lit wand. The room had 'art' on the walls.

That covered all four sides, but there was also numbers. Yes, numbers written on the walls in messy, thick writing.

1̵̨̻̤̣̺̫̗̼͕̐͐̆̔̋͂̋͌̕͝ ̴̻̖̖̎̍̽̿2̵̧̛̻̳̠̩̘͈͙͗̑́̊̑̆͗͛̕ ̷͚͕̹̤̥̫͚́͛̈3̸͚̳͕̙̲̭͈͙̜̌̅̕ ̴̡̻́̇̈͋̏̓͒͘4̸̼̈́͗̈́͠

On the floor, more words.

W̴͉̰̘̐̇̉̎̿̓ḩ̴̡͎̺͋͜͜a̴͔̓͆̑͂̐́͜͝t̸̟̼̺̳͎̪̊̈́̃̑͋̕͜ͅ ̶̙͊̑̕͝ͅÌ̷̡͉̙̦̤̪̯̜͐s̸̨̗̼̙̱̉̈̈̄͆̓͘͜ ̸̹̍̂R̴̛̠̪̞̟͊͌́̓e̴̡͉̬̟̻̻̩̤̅͑͗͝͝͠a̸̮̓͌͜͠l̷̤͍̘̗̜͒̓̅

The door would slam shut behind Selim once again, consuming all light. Once the door closed, a thump would be heard on the floor. He would not see what it was but he would know two things about this room.

1. It was very small. Small enough that if he were to extend his arms, he could touch the walls on either side.
2. There was no door handle, but there were doors on every side of him, not just in front of him but also to the left and the right.
3. He could smell flour.
4. There was something heavy once again blocking his way back (as well as someone else's way in).

In addition, he was not alone in this room. Blood at the edge of the door there was also a livem, ravenous rat that came along with him.

Room 10

Canaries are sent into mines as a signal, a sign that danger looms. To preserve the lives of valued workers at the expense of their useless, easily replaceable lives. In this case @Koko Riddle was the canary. She would walk past Alexander who had cleared a small partial path and enter the mostly dark room. Yes, Sarah's wand did provide some illumination but not a great deal.

It could be assumed that Koko was not a bull in a china closet, this was not a godzilla playset. She would make an effort to avoid the bottles, but the clearing ended shortly before the penumbra. Her own form and the shadow she cast would further obfuscate her view.

Agility check (avoid the bottles)
DC: 22
Koko Roll: 20 critical success

By god, she might not be able to identify an open door as an open door, she could slip between these bottles like a damn champ. She would slither her way into the room her long, slender legs would ease between the bottles leaving them undisturbed.

What Happened and Where?
Returning
@Mathias Pride returning to topic with Professor Jensen.

Room 1
@Henry Llewellyn left for Room 2. [Room 2]
@Henry Knight would leave for Room 2; maintaining Lumos Maxima. [Room 2]
@Evelynn Decipio collected a single hair in a bottle; left for [Room 2]
@Violet Carrington left for [Room 2]
@Percival Rainwood left for [Room 2]
@Astrea Soleil Neptune left for [Room 2]
@Ileen Knight left for [Room 2]
@Percival Gray never posted [Room 1]
@Michael Miller never posted [Room 1]
@Jack Burnett never posted [Room 1]
@Søren Silverwood never posted [Room 1]

Room 2
@Henry Llewellyn would enter from Room 1. [Room 2]
@Henry Knight would enter from Room 1; maintaining Lumos Maxima. [Room 2]
@Koko Riddle Unlocks an open door. [Room 2]
@Sapphire Riddle Maintains Lumos. [Room 2]
@Opeila Winters no longer has a bird in her hair. [490 health remaining] [Room 2]
@Evelynn Decipio would enter from Room 1; found Flash and lit her floating candles. [Inventory shows 1] [Room 2]
@Violet Carrington would enter from Room 1. [Room 2]
@Alexander Varellion moves into Room 10. [Room 10]
@Flash Holmwood attempts to open Room 4 but is unable. The unlocking charm does not change this. [Room 2]
@Percival Rainwood would enter from Room 1. [Room 2]
@Astrea Soleil Neptune would enter from Room 1. [Room 2]
@Dan Palmer Maintains Lumos. [Room 2]
@Santario Martin leaves for Room 3. [Room 3]
@Bridget Collins bird has been removed with Depulso; has a new bald spot in her hair. [-55 damage]; looking around. [535 health remaining] [Room 2]
@Illowy Magnard Cast Depulso, launching a bird from Bridget's hair. [Room 2]
@Sarah Lightwood Never posted; maintaining Lumos. [Room 2]

Room 3
@Starlee Kennedy Climbed into the well, fell and broke at the bottom when she fell through the false floor. She landed on Santario. [-399 health] 1/400 health [Room 3]
@Santario Martin entered from Room 2. Jumped into the well, fell and broke at the bottom when she fell through a false floor. [-600 health] 0/600 health [Room 3]
@Cassandra Ironwoods Never posted; maintaining Lumos. [Room 3]

Room 4
@Piper Clark Maintaining Lumos. Attacked by rats, 2 bit her one being a critical. She knocked 1 rat out. There are a total of 3 rats in the room with her. A bust is preventing the door from opening, someone is trying to get inside from Room 2. [-75 health] [475/600 Health remains] [Room 4]
@Selim Faust attacked by rats; left for room 5A. Crushed 1 rat in the door he opened that was immediately slammed closed. 1 rat bit him and came with him. [-25 health] 475/500 health remaining. [Room 5A]

Room 5A
@Selim Faust is locked in a room alone and in the dark. [Room 5A]

Room 10
@Alexander Varellion moves bottles from Room 10 into Room 2. [Room 10]
@Koko Riddle entered from Room 2; has left the bottles in the room somehow undisturbed. She is in room 10. [Room 10]

Room 15B
@Kaegen Deathmote is on the move. [Room 15B]

Remember:

• 1 action per round.
• May move into up to 1 room.
• Observation is an action, but there are some passive effects that have grant users some passive observations.
• You cannot hear what is happening in the rooms adjacent unless it is screamed, please do not metagame. With screaming, up to 2 rooms. Just remember, others can hear you too.
• To escape, must return to Room 1.

Interaction Status: OPEN

Søren cursed as the tip of his wand sputtered and failed to produce light. He should have known that would happen; magic was never his specialty. Enough successful casts of the same spell did enough to keep his eyes from straining. The boy fiddling with the chair - Jack, if Søren remembered correctly - addressed the now growing number of students in the room. Shock and relief made its way to Søren’s face, as he noted the amount of people who decided to spend their day the same way as him.

“Uh, no. I’m… I’m not sure what’s going on here, to be honest. Or even why I’m here,” he replied. He was telling the truth, there was no feasible explanation for his presence down in the dungeons. His friends weren’t around, and he had no interest in learning of the secrets Hogwarts kept deep below it. Yet something, some unknown thing, was holding him here, and pushed him to go forward, even with lacking magical talent and missing company. Maybe he could find acquaintanceship with some of the crazies who dared to venture beyond the staircase. It’s me. I’m crazies.

Two boys he remembered as Percival, and the familiar Ileen approached, entering his waning bubble of sight. Though, a particularly bright light caught is attention, illuminating the face of Henry Knight. Good, there were people here that he knew. The small crew before him talked on some, but Søren didn’t interject, not wanting his presence to feel intrusive. He instead joggled his wand as if attempting to shake some sense into the thing. “Can you please not fail on me now?” Merlin, what he would do for a broom. Even if he couldn’t fly it, just having one in his grasp would come as a much needed reassurance.

It seemed like the chair was a dead end. Maybe stopping to observe it was not the smart idea he hoped it would be. He could see Henry disappearing as he descended the steps, and the girl in his party approached, much too collected for Søren to take lightly. He suddenly felt underequipped. Certain people seemed to be here with a mission in mind. It was only his curiosity that drew him here. Maybe he should just take his leave now. But as the snakes kept peeling away, making their way down the stairs, Søren knew he wouldn’t abandon the cause. What cause, anyways? Only four of them remained next to the chairs now.

“Shall we, then?” and he trailed behind the rest of his housemates. The room at the base of the steps was bright enough, thankfully. He wouldn’t have to use his precious action on casting Lumos. At least, not right now. Many students milled about the area, and a bird circled overhead. Huh. Well, he’d seen more bizarre things.

Søren saw Flash first, someone from the happenings over the summer that he would rather forget. Before he could debate whether or not to approach the boy, muffled screams from the door behind him captured his attention. I’m going to regret coming down here, aren’t I? Flash had probably already tried casting Alohomora, as he stood with his wand out. Even so, the unlocking charm wouldn’t have ever been Søren’s first attempt at opening a locked door. He was much more of a physical being. He crossed the room and stood to the side of the door, regarding Flash and the other boy with a lit wand.

“So, are we kicking this door down, or what?” Three was better than one and a combined kick was sure to take the thing off its hinges.

Movement
To Room 2.
Action
Attempting to kick the door down. IF Flash and/or Dan agree, he will try to kick at the same time as them.

Interacting with
@Jack Burnett @Flash Holmwood @Dan Palmer
Mentioning
@Ileen Knight @Percival Gray @Percival Rainwood @Henry Knight @Evelynn Decipio

Ability: Charmer
Stamina: 6 | Evasion: 8 | Strength: 7 | Wisdom: 6 | ArcPower: 2 | Accuracy: 6

" 'Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!'
Quoth the Raven 'Nevermore'." - The Raven, by Edgar Alllan Poe

[ If his aim is true and he grabs the stupid rat:]

[If the rat doesn't escape his grip and promptly dies he'd simply drop its corpse to the floor and trample it underfoot as he moves forward. If the rat does escape, look to the next quoted possibility]

[If Selim isn't able to grab hold of the rat;]

Actions: Attempting to grab the rat and choke the life out of it without a hint of remorse. Being an insane little child [free action]. Being totally ready to eat the little bugger raw if the first action doesn't work, because he's an insane little child [free action].

_{Open to interactions}
Interacting: @Henry Llewellyn
Mentioning: @Cassandra Ironwoods | @Søren Silverwood |@Starlee Kennedy
_{Permission given to lightly godmode Cash}

Outfit
Action: Moving to Room 3
Free Actions: Attempting to stay with Henry Llewellyn, wondering if Starlee is injured, slightly panicking, maintaining lumos maxima
Race: Werewolf
Abilities: Prodigal Charms Learner
Stats: Sta: 5| Eva: 5 | Str: 5 | Wis: 10 | Arc: 5 | Acc: 6