20 Nov 2018, 02:45
A Binding; Broken
It was safe to say, an unpleasant surprise. Adam had the right thinking, that this might not end with a pot of gold in hand, but it would certainly end in something. Nevertheless, they seemed to be making headway with the clues that were given to them by this sentient quill. Why were they so eager to follow and listen to it? But these were the right ones, the right ones to uncover the truth that lay dormant for so long. "Architect of Magic. Architecture section?" Adam had fired an accurate translation of the book's cover, it was indeed a book on the Architect of Magic. How did all these students understand Latin so well? It was impressive. But another brain wouldn't hurt for a second opinion, which was where Cecily came in.
"What-- what's going on? You guys heard the voices too? Do you know what they were?" She seemed rather confused and in fact, she had every right to be. Like the others, she had listened. Adam, the prefect, Phaedra, the ex-prefect, and Emma, a Ravenclaw with no record of rebellion were all in the same room looking about as if they had lost something. She wouldn't get an answer just yet as Adam was already making headway towards the Southeast section of the library. He was the master of his sails, leading his students to uncertainty. This mystery wasn't going to solve itself by idle questioning, perhaps Cecily would follow? Or would she wait with Emma?
It was an odd scene, one that was about to get even odder the more they decide to go on. The quill zoomed around the students as if it was surveying them. They were terribly young to be out so late, but young minds were better when it came to the imagination. All except Midas, who seemed like he just wanted to go back to bed. It was quite late and surely he preferred it over wandering Hogwart's cold halls. But like a bat out of hell, he'd swoop into the library to scream, “Gotcha, miscreants!” Just like Phaedra, he threatened to wake the dead from their peaceful slumber. Midas' voice would echo through the halls all the way down to the Southeast corner.
Would he join them or report them? It might just earn him a Medal of Honor or risk being the next Percy Weasley of Hogwarts.
LOCATION; SOUTHEAST SHELVES OF THE LIBRARY
But Phaedra didn't seem to mind, she simply shot the boy the sharpest 'Shhh' a student could muster. She was already halfway to being a qualified librarian. But the rest could choose, they could stay, leave, or follow Phaedra's beckoning and journey deeper into the library. Without the candles and only going off of the fireplaces and moonlight coming from the west, the rest of the library was shrouded in a blanket of pitch darkness. They will probably be disappointed to find that the book was not there, all that greeted them was a pristine floor and clean desks.
They were staring into a darkened shelf since the moon was hitting the west side of the Library. They were more than welcome to stay and read some guides on making your own wand or even just guides on how to chart fancy maps that would make a junior cartographer drool. It was a good effort, but they weren't rewarded.
Perhaps it had given them too much credit, the quill's feathered head back at the entrance with Cecily, Emma and Midas, would droop down in defeat as the student(s) marched onto the architecture section. The quill would gently tap the title a few times as if it was harkening someone to look again or at least think again. It was not a book on the technicalities of architecture, but a book on a man.
- Adam heads to the Southeast with Phaedra in tow.
- Emma is still at the entrance with Cecily and Midas.
- Midas has almost woken up the whole school(not really) and has a choice to stay or go.
- Adam and Phaedra find nothing in the Southeast section, no book called ARCHTECTVM DE MAGIA(Architect of Magic)
The following sections are still available for searching;
Northwest end of the library sat the following topics of interest; Herbology, Magical History/General History, Potioneering and Astronomy.
Southwest end of the library held the following topics of interest; Arts, Performing Arts, Musical History, and Magical Music.
Northeast end of the library sat the following topics of interest; Magical Beastiary, Muggle History/References, Modern and Ancient Languages, and Spelltexts.
- S.Y., Professor of Transfiguration