! The exploration (the game) !

Alice walked through the pitch, unnerved at being in the middle of the field, even if there was no one else in sight. She decided to look around the rings, to see if something was hidden in it's shadows. Before getting there, however, she decided to grab a broom, just in case there was something hidden in the rings as well. She flew unsteadily, the old school broom wobbling dangerously on the breeze as she raised upwards towards the post. The rings were so much larger up close, but she did not balk at the sight of them. Instead she excitedly hovered from one ring to the other, eyes open for anything out of place. 

Action: searching the rings on the training quidditch pitch 

Wandering through the grounds, Serena finally found another pitch that didn't seem to be the Quidditch Pitches. Looking around, she decided to make her way to the small building she could see. She wasn't one hundred percent certain, however, she was pretty sure that this might have been were the flying classes were going to take part. If so, she was glad she found it because she was definitely looking forward to those classes! Without a doubt, Serena wanted to learn how to fly a bloom and genuinely hoped that she could do it. In all honesty, she wasn't sure if everyone had the capability to fly a broomstick or if it was some sort of innate skill. If it was the latter then people would either have the ability to do it or they wouldn't. And she would be really upset if she couldn't do it. However, let's hope it's related to working hard, practicing and training because Serena certainly wanted to give Quidditch a go.

The girl looked around the quiet room. Her gaze fell onto a forgotten broomstick flying around and a broom closet in the corner. Gasping slightly, wondering if there was a broom in the closet as part of the prize, she rushed forward and pulled it open. How awesome would it be to win a broomstick? She doubted that was one of the items but it would have been pretty amazing if it was because she really wanted one. So, giving her a luck a go, she rummaged through the bloom closet to see if she could find anything that had been left by the staff for this event.

ACTION: In Flying, searching in the broom closet
[Okay, thank you!! Wasn't sure ]

Where else could she look? The room was so organized and clean that Dymphna couldn't see anything from where she was standing. Look at it from another point of view, she thought to herself, getting back on all fours to go searching underneath one of the beds. It was the closest from the exit so she thought that she might have a chance of finding something. With games such as these, she could see her competitive nature coming out, wanting to be the one to win the most house points for Ravenclaw. She wondered how Bloom was getting on. Have fun, she reminded, not wanting to get pulled into a competition and forget to live in the moment of the game. "Aha!" With an exclamation, the blonde thought that she saw something tucked away in a corner under the bed and reached for it.

ACTION: Below the hospital bed in the hospital wing.

Bloom had finally made it to the Great Lake. She crossed her arms, as she felt the lake winds blowing her brunette hair. She was getting cold, and she needed to find another clue fast. Bloom had a choice between two places: under the pebbles or next to the tree. Both were a bit odd as places to find clues, but she needed to give it a try. Bloom, deciding upon the two, she walked towards the pebbles on the ground. She was making a big risk to look underneath the pebbles, but perhaps the item was smaller than she thought.

Picking up one pebble at a time-- and there were quite a few-- Bloom began to search for the item. This is going to take forever..., she groaned. Bloom had then remembered about magic! She took out her wand and pointed to the pebbled ground. "Wingardium Leviosa," she said with a swish and a flick. Instantly, the rocks began to float. Bloom, her wand and her focus still in tact, began to look around the floating rocks to see if there was perhaps an item in its midst.

ACTION: Bloom searches under the pebbles.

Sally was moving around the heavy oars when she heard a clatter. She looked down to see a badge fallen on the floor of the boat.

She picked it up. It said S.P.E.W. Spew? What is that? The answer was right there on the badge in tiny letters - Society for the Promotion of Elvish Welfare. Wow, this is interesting! It looks like one of those items they are supposed to find.

Sally took the badge and climbed out of the boat. Another girl was entering the area. She waved in her direction.

Looking around the area, there didn't seem to be a place that she wanted to search right now. She moved out of the area. Perhaps she should go to the Care of Magical Creatures class area.

Action: Moving to Care of Magical Creatures

@ Alice: This hideout was empty... Sorry.

@ Serena: This hideout was empty... Sorry.

@ Dymphna: Congratulations! You found a Mince Pie and 1 point for Ravenclaw.

@ Bloom: This hideout was empty... Sorry.

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


You can only move one floor at a time.



@ 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...


@ Alice:
- You can decide to go to the Grounds. You can also go to the Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures, Flying or the Great Lake.

- You can search in the left seats, in the right seats or in the middle of the terrrain.

@ Serena:
- You can decide to go to the Grounds. You can also go to the Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures, Great Lake or Quidditch training pitch and Quidditch pitch.

- You can search in a forgotten broom.


@ Dymphna:
- You can decide to move up to Charms Class.  You can also go to the History of Magic, the Muggle studies or the Library, the Duelling club or you can visit the Rehearsal Room.

- You can search behind the entrance door.


@ Bloom:
- You can decide to go to the Grounds. You can also go to the Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures, Flying or Quidditch training pitch and Quidditch pitch.

- You can search next to a tree.

@ Sally:
- You can decide to go to the Grounds. You can also go to the Herbology, Great Lake, Flying or Quidditch training pitch and Quidditch pitch.

- You can search under a book, in a jar or in a mole hole.



@ Aidan:
- You can decide to go to the Small Hall, the Great Hall, the History of magic or the Study Room. You can also go to the Muggle Studies or Abandoned Toilet.

@ Ben and Alexander:
- You can decide to go to the Small Hall, the Great hall or the Grounds. You can also go to the Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures, Flying, Quidditch training pitch and Quidditch pitch or Great Lake.

@ Siege:
- You can decide to go to the Small Hall, the Great Hall, the History of magic or the Defense Against the Dark Arts . You can also go to the Muggle Studies or Abandoned Toilet.

- You can search under a copy.

Reaching her hand back, Dymphna studied the object she had picked up. A mince pie? What a strange hiding spot for food but then again, the infirmity did seem to be extremely clean. Not thinking too much beyond that, she climbed out from under the bed and scanned the room once more. There had to be something else that she had missed. Where hadn't she searched?

Feeling as though she had good luck in the infirmity due to her mother's job at St. Mungo's, the blonde walked around the room in search of somewhere else something could be hiding. On her way back over to the entrance, she spotted that the door was ajar. Something could be behind it. Flinging the door open, her hopes high, she looked to see if anything had been tucked away behind it.

ACTION: Searching behind the entrance door in the Hospital wing.

With a look of disappointment crossing her face, Serena sighed slightly. Ahh she had been too hopeful. There didn't seem to be anything as part of this event in the broom cupboard. Mostly, it was just school broomsticks for flying lessons. Standing up abruptly, the young girl looked around. Her eyes darted around the room, looking for something unusual. The time was getting late - it looked like the event should be over soon. So she wanted to make her final moments count but she had no idea where to search. 

Scanning the room, she noticed the broomstick that lay forgotten on the side once more. She furrowed her eyebrows slightly, her legs automatically starting to make their way over there. Perhaps it was worth one last venture. There was nothing to lose, after all. Heading to the forgotten broom, she bent down near it, picked it up and examined it. Her eyes scanned over the area too, perhaps there was something around here. Who left the random broomstick anywhere? Who would dare to forget about something as awesome and as valuable as a broom?! She thought it was pretty bad to just carelessly lose things - especially of such value - and if it's so big, how did someone just forget about it? 

With one last shot, Serena gave the area a good search - hoping to find something, anything, of value and substance.

ACTION: In Flying, searching by the Forgotten Broom. 

@ Dymphna ans Serena: This hideout was empty... Sorry.