! The exploration (the game) !

OOC: Oops. I was never good at Clue.

Bloom, entering the Herbology area, needed to find where the item may be. She had a choice between three areas: within the soil of the flowerpot, under a black glove, or on a tree that was growing in the area. Bloom, thought hard. She did not get an item for two of her choices. She needed to keep things going for herself and for her house.

Bloom decided to get a little dirty. She went to the flowerpot and checked for an item that could hopefully  be hidden within it in soil.

ACTION: Searching in the flowerpot in Herbology

Upon entering the classroom Aidan took a few minutes to look around, identifying a few places that he could search before moving further into the room. Okay, let's think about this logically. The cupboard over there would be a good place to hide something, and somewhere around the teacher's desk, too. Is there anywhere else? Hmm... Well, let's start over there.Glad to have a plan of action he nodded once, then headed for the cupboard, glancing towards a book that seemed a little out of place.

Search cupboard

Ben was excited to be going on a hunt. This was a game he was familiar with finally. Nothing too magical about an old fashion scavenger hunt. It seemed very few were venturing downstairs to the potions room so he decided to head down there. It was dark, and a lot more intimidating than he anticipated. Nonetheless he pushed through and found only one person ahead of him in the search. This was promising compared to the flood of people who started at the Great Hall originally.

"Hello there!" He greeted happily towards Alice, who he did not believe he had met beforehand. "I think I've seen you around Ravenclaw. I'm Ben! How goes the search?"


Action: Enter Potions

Serena entered the Quidditch grounds and looked around, it was huge.  Finding anything here was going to be tricky.  The girl paused a moment before deciding to make her way to the seats.  It was easy enough to hide things around the seats so perhaps something was hidden underneath them. 

She approached the pitches and took the stairs up to the viewing area. This was where students would sit to watch the quidditch matches take part.  Smiling to herself, she wondered when the classes and training would start for it. Flying was something she really wanted to do!  She would love to join the Hufflepuff team.  

Sighing blissfully, Serena pondered over that for a moment before allowing her thoughts to return to the game at hand. One game at a time, after all!  She looked around and noticed two sides.  Since it was closest to her, she decided to search the right side first. 

ACTION: In the Quidditch Pitch, searching the right seats. 

Sally silted through all the soil looking for something to appear in front of her, but there did't seem to be anything there. Tired and covered with mud, she pushed herself up and looked around. Other students passed her on their way out but she was too lost to acknowledge them.

Shaking off the mud and straightening her skirt, Sally began walking and looking around. She was strangely attracted to the lake area. Earlier, she had taken a book to read there and she had loved the vibe of the place. It was fresh and magical. Automatically, her feet took her towards the lake area. Walking in the direction of the wind, Sally felt so alive and she began to run forward wanting to reach there before others could. This time she will find something, she hoped.

Action: Go to the Great Lake

I'm sorry. This ended up being a bit of a ramble and has some character development in it but it got back to the point in the end. 

Muggle Studies was an interesting subject, not one that she expected to like so much but honestly, she enjoyed almost every class. Dymphna was terrible on a broom so Flying had quickly become her least favorite subject but thankfully, she would only need to take it once. Much like studying, she figured that practice made perfect. Perhaps it was time to ask a friend for help.

As for Muggle Studies, Dymphna was happy to write to her parents that she had made a few friends already that had experienced muggle schools as she did or were muggleborn themselves. If she needed help in class, she knew that she could go to them for guidance. Standing in the middle of the classroom, she looked around for anything that looked interesting. Among the muggle items, the alarm clock stuck out to her so she wandered over to inspect it. She peeked behind the clock, was anything hiding there?

ACTION: Behind the alarm clock in the Muggle Studies classroom.

Bloom Silverton: Congratulations! You found Lavender and 1 point for Ravenclaw.

Aidan ó hAodha: This hideout was empty... Sorry.

Ben Eckenrode: You are entering a new location. [New Hideout are available]

Serena Towers: Congratulations! You found a Calendar of matches and 1 point for Hufflepuff. 

Sally Walker: You are entering a new location. [New Hideout are available] 

Dymphna Teague: This hideout was empty... Sorry.



@ Anyone who has not posted yet, Alecksander, James, and Felicity:

- You can decide to go to the Small Hall,  the Grounds, or in the Potions. You can also go to the History of Magic, the Defence Against the Dark Arts or the Study Room.

- You can also search on the table of Slytherin, under the Hufflepuff table, to the right of the Gryffindor table, left of the Ravenclaw table, behind the teacher's table or in front of the big door...


Bloom Silverton and Serena Towers: 
You can decide to go to the Small Hall, the Great Hall, or in the Potions. You can also go to the Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures, Flying, Quidditch training pitch and Quidditch pitch or Great Lake.

Serena Towers: You can search in the left seats, in the middle of the terrain or on a ring.
Bloom Silverton: You can search under a glove or on a tree.


Aidan ó hAodha:  
You can decide to go to the Small Hall, the Great Hall, the Defence Against the Dark Arts or the Study Room. You can also go to the Muggle Studies or Abandoned Toilet.

You can search under the teacher's desk or on a dictionary

Ben Eckenrode: You can search in the reserve, under the teacher's chair or in a pot of a forgotten by a pupil

Sally Walker: You can search in a boat, under pebbles or next to a tree.


Dymphna Teague: You can decide to move up to Charms Class or to the Hospital Wing. You can also go to the History of Magic, the Defence Against the Dark Arts or the Study Room or you can visit the Abandoned Toilet.

You can search next to a plastic duck or on a wired phone.

YES! Bloom was beyond excited that she found something when looking into the pot. I guess I need to trust my instinct more, she thought to herself with a smirk on her face. Bloom grabbed the LAVENDER item and placed it into her pocket. She looked around the Herbology area. She had two other places that she could search in such as on the tree or under a glove, but was that wise? If she already found the item, is there a reason to keep looking around? Would there be another item?

Bloom decided that it was best if she would search elsewhere. She walked out of the Herbology area. Where should I go? Bloom checked her options and decided that she would go to the Quidditch Pitch. She had met one of her best friends there. Might as well have a look. Bloom made her way to the Quidditch Pitch.

ACTION: Bloom is moving to Quidditch Pitch

Without any luck in the Muggle Studies classroom, she wandered down the corridor for a few minutes, debating what to do next. Her mother told her to follow her heart but did it matter if it was only a game? Dymphna missed her mom while away at Hogwarts though the homesick feeling went away for a while when she was studying or hanging out with friends.

It especially felt better when the blonde had received her first letter from home that included a page each for her parents and grandparents, a few spare buttons for her collection and a bundle of herbs to use in her tea or in classes. They mainly had medicinal purposes. That was it! The infirmary. Up the stairs to the third floor, she entered the hospital wing.

ACTION: Going up one floor to the Hospital wing.

Ben was quick to begin searching once he entered the room and took a survey of possible hiding spots. Maybe the teacher's chair where many feared to go?  The reserved seemed like a really obvious place to search as well. But how would he know when he found something? The muggle-born still would have a hard time recognizing one magical item from another.

"Wait, that seems... obvious." he stopped to stare at a pot sitting on a table, seemingly left behind by a student. "Too suspicious!"

The pot was quickly overturned and his hands dug inside haphazardly, hoping to find a treasure inside. A good treasure, he hoped. If he could earn points for his house and get a cool new magical toy... it would be a good day.

Action: Searched in a pot forgotten by a pupil