! The exploration (the game) !

Blinking, Serena picked up a round object that seemed to be rolling around underneath the table.  She took it, crawling out and stood up to imagine it in the light.  Ohh!! A Dungbomb? That must be one of the items! She instantly recognised the item from the many times her brother had come home with them.  Or thrown them.  That boy would throw them at the neighbour's house, just for fun.  Rolling her eyes, Serena chuckled lightly recalling how often her elder brother would get in trouble for doing something stupid.  She couldn't imagine why the item was underneath the table if it was for this task.

She dropped the Dungbomb carefully into her bag so she could free up her hands to continue searching.  Before she decided to go searching, however, she quickly stretched her body.  Crawling around on your hands and knees isn't fun after a while.  She ended up hitting various parts of her body occasionally as it was much darker down there.  As she stretched, she looked around and saw her fellow students had searched most of the Great Hall already.  She wondered what they had found, if anything.  Shrugging, Serena decided to make her way outside as it looked like no one had gone that way.

Exiting the castle, she smiled as she took in the fresh outside air. She loved the outside Grounds.  In fact, I'm pretty sure she's spent more of her Hogwarts life outdoors than indoors so far... It seems like she's always outside, wandering around aimless.  At least today she had a purpose.  Her wandering had a purpose. The girl slowly walked through the Grounds, keeping her eyes out for anything that looked suspicious.  Every so often, she stopped by nearby trees or bushes to have a rummage around them and see if she could see anything hidden inside them.

ACTION: Searching in the Grounds.

Drat! Dymphna had hoped to find something but nothing out of the ordinary was near the door. With a sigh, she watched the other students start to spread out, leaving the Great Hall. It sounded like a good plan to her. Her first thought - History of Magic! One of her favorite subjects and a class that she rarely had to study for. She took off towards the first floor, hoping that she might find an item there. 

Looking through the shelves, the classroom textbooks and around the desks, she felt more confident this time around. It was her favorite class afterall. That had to give her some sort of good luck.

ACTION: Searching in the History of Magic classroom.

 The girl had been late to join in on the game, but the idea excited her nevertheless. She was always a sucker for games! She thought through the options that she had: Grounds, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Small Hall, Study Room, and History of Magic. She'd prefer to stay out of the other places, as she wanted to go where she thought would be the least crowded. Reluctantly, she chose the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, and made her way there.

 Thankfully, she wouldn't get lost this time. She'd already been to the classroom before to attend class, so it didn't take her as long to reach her destination this time. And she most definitely didn't get lost. Once she arrived, she began to search high and low. There must be something in here! Would they put a location on the list if there weren't an object hidden in the classroom? Apparently, Felicity wasn't the one to know the answer to that. 

 The desks cluttered the room, she could tell that much. There was also the Professor's desk, and more than enough cupboards to hold a whole library of books. Well, maybe not, just enough room for the amount of spare books and texts needed for those who weren't able to afford books when they went shopping on Diagon Alley, she supposed.

 Well, Felicity thought to herself, looking around, Might as well begin my search.

ACTION: Searching the cupboards in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

I think I saw Serena walk out...Might follow her, seeing as she found something... Siege would cunningly think, although upon reaching outside, Serena was just walking on about the general area. 
That place looks interesting...I'll check it out, why not?
Siege would head over to the care of magical creatures pens and would begin to search there.
This place looks really cool! Is there like dragons here or something? That'd be cool!...If there are...Can we fight them? But what would it be like fighting a dragon? It sounds extremely dangerous, and extremely fun...Better add that to my bucket list...
Siege would be thinking of all of these, while searching.

ACTION: Siege is searching the grounds, specifically the Care for Magical Creatures Area.

• Bloom Silverton: This Hideout was empty . . . Sorry. 
• Serena Towers: You are now entering a new location. [New Hideout are now available]
• Dymphna Teague: You are now entering a new location. [New Hideout are now available]
• Felicity Greenwich:  This  Hideout was empty . . . Sorry. 
• Siege Aramastus Bal: You are now entering a new location. [New Hideout are now available]

Please be careful, you can only go to places that were named in the post. The others are still not available. 

Right now you are in the Great Hall. You can decide to go to the Small Hall,  the Grounds, or in the Potions. Now you can also go to History of Magic, Defense Against the Dark Arts or Study Room.

The Great Hall is still an available location! : You can also search on the table of Slytherin, to the right of the Gryffindor table, behind the teachers' table or in front of the big door...

The Ground is now open! : You can also search behind a bush, between two trees or on the entrance gate.

The History of Magic classroom is now open! : You can also search under a history book,  on a student chair or in a drawer of the teacher's desk.

 

Bloom couldn't find anything in the Study. Maybe I'll go back downstairs, she thought and she made her way back to the ground level. There seemed to be more hiding places that she can choose from according to the Gryffindor Head of House.

She did not want to start back at the Great Hall again. Instead, she made her way outside where she saw there was a bush. A bush that stood out from the others around the castle. In comparison, this one had wonderful flowers beginning to bud. She walked around the courtyard and right to the bush. It was thicker than usual. Using her hands, she carefully began to dig into the bush to see if there was any type of item that would be embedded into the plant.

She then thought it to be too thick and looked behind the bush. It was a bit too close to the wall, so she did it once more with her hands. She began to stretch leaves and branches left to right to make a better view of what may be hidden.

ACTION: Searching behind the bush in the grounds.

My bad! I got confused but here's another post involving the HoM classroom. Correctly this time.  

Dymphna was struggling to find anything of significance in the History of Magic classroom. Maybe she was searching in the wrong area. The drawer of the teacher's desk seemed risky but it was the most likely place for something important to be. It wouldn't hurt to take a little peek, right? She slowly made her way over, as if she was going to get caught and chewed out. 

Thankfully, the drawer was unlocked. It was such a surprise that she stood there for a moment before she was able to go through the drawer properly. Organization was important so as she took things out to search through them, she kept everything in it's individual stacks and tried not to mess it up too bad.

ACTION: Searching through the desk drawer in the History of Magic classroom.

 The blonde ended up coming out of the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom empty handed, but not with empty hopes. She could still get a thing or two out of the game! She racked her mind on where else to go, eventually deciding on the Great Hall. She had yet to be in there, considering the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom was her first attempt. She wound through the hallways, eventually coming across the large doors to the Great Hall, pushing them open to let herself in.

 Inside, she scanned the four tables, as well as the Professors' - and Headmasters' - table. She stuck close to her own table, but was immediately drawn by the temptation to search the Slytherin table instead. She took a few steps over to approach it, and looked around. She was pretty much alone in the large room. She began her search, moving things to the side, or picking them up, to check underneath them.

ACTION: Searching on the Slytherin table in the Great Hall.

Sally was so excited for the game she could barely contain herself. She was practically bouncing with thrill.

When the search was announced, students spread all over the Hall looking for the items. Before Sally could gather her bearings, objects were being found and announced. It didn't look like there was much she could do in the Great Hall anymore.

Sally wanted to go somewhere where she could search in calm and peace so she went to the Grounds. The weather was beautiful. There was a slow wind barely enough to ruffle the tips of her hair.

As soon as she reached, she felt something at the entrance area. Maybe this could be a hiding place? She crounced and began looking in the soil around the main gate.

Action : Searching the entrance gate in the grounds.

As the girl wandered through the grounds, she noticed a few people follow her out.  One of them was a boy that she knew oh too well.  Siege came out of the castle, shortly after her - causing her to roll her eyes playfully and chuckle to herself.  "Who's stalking who now, eh?" She joked to herself as she continued to search for things, recalling how he claimed she was the one who was stalking her!  After him, Bloom exited the castle.  Noticing that the Ravenclaw girl was looking through the bushes, Serena decided to go elsewhere.  Nobody wanted to touch those bushes now - who knew where those hands had been, after all!  What if Bloom forgot to wash them again?!

Walking further away from the castle, Serena spotted a few trees nearby and made her way there.  Perhaps there was something hidden behind them - or inside the branches?  Was she going to have to climb them...?  Looking up, she shook her head.  Nope, that definitely wasn't going to happen.  For now, she decided to look between the trees and around them - much safer.

ACTION: In the Grounds, searching Between The Trees.


[OOC: Bloom totally stole her spot  Now she's going to have to tease her about Reid - and I'll tease her about those unwashed hands cos it still makes me laugh - even more!]