Time to move on (continued) PV Haley Rose Closed

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Emma nervously surveyed the mostly dark corridors around her, moonlight streaming in and partially lighting the corridors as she cautiously peered around corners to make sure she wasn’t about to get surprised. She would prefer to patrol always in the daytime but since there was a curfew and it was part of her job to enforce that curfew. So she randomly set out from the common room any time after curfew to patrol the areas she had been given. That still didn’t mean she had to like it. She also was a witch so even though flashlights wouldn’t work in this huge castle (which frustrated Emma to no end), she could still use the spell she had learned in earlier classes to light her wand tip. Tonight, she had just felt the need to try to get over the fear of the dark, and she had also realized that her wand tip would likely give her away if she were coming upon potential curfew breakers. But still, she kept a tight grip on the wand she had stuffed partially in the pocket of her jeans after her brief nap earlier. Her prefect badge had been carefully placed on the right side of her thin, red sweater where it shone every time a moon beam hit it.

Sighing quietly, she came across the entryway to the trophy room, and stopped in the entryway, a voice saying something about their name, the captain of the team and Gryffindor. Sighing quietly, as she would have rather avoided doing anything but knowing that it was quite late at night, after midnight for sure and therefore curfew had quite clearly been broken she stepped into the room, quietly saying “Lumos!” Her wand tip lit and she held it forward and to the side, moving towards where she could see a shadowy figure.

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Lumos: 13WDC
(d20 (13) + 6 = 19)
Lumos succeeds

Coming to a stop near to the shadowy figure, she asked politely, “Excuse me, what’s your name?” Waiting for a few moments, she said “Do you know what time it is? its past curfew and we both should be in bed rather than wondering around. Why are you wondering around?” Emma admittedly wasn’t even that annoyed with them but she figured a stern approach would work as the person in front of her was a little taller and might be in a higher year. Emma was awful at guessing ages and she admittedly could be wrong on that front. She waited patiently for them to answer, wanting to know why they had broken the rule.

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I rolled a D100 to see if they were caught. I raised the chance of escape by 10 because even with Lumos, I thought it would likely be difficult in the dark, so anything 41+ would be Emma missing them, while 40 or below was caught.
D100 roll: 12, so therefore Pax (and Haley) have been caught. The detention thread will be up shortly.

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More footsteps echoed down the corridor, and before Pax had the time to hide, a timid-looking Hufflepuff had emerged, with their wand alight.

“Do you know what time it is? its past curfew and we both should be in bed rather than wondering around. Why are you wondering around?”

"Uh..." Pax looked at Haley. "First, I have not a clue what time it is. Late? Second, the night is the best time to explore, why would I be in bed? Third, wandering is the best thing to do! You're a prefect, you get to see the school at night all the time, think about us lowly simple students, only ever seeing it when the sun is up."

They stepped a little closer to the figure, trying to work out who this person was. It didn't seem to be anybody they knew, however.

"So do I look like I give a crap about curfew? No, I do not. If you're gonna give me a detention for living a little, you can take it and shove it up your ass. Besides, it was my idea, Haley shouldn't need to get in trouble for it, so leave her alone. She recently broke up with someone, you know? She's grieving. So leave her alone."

They finally process what they'd just said, and turned to Haley apologetically. I'm so sorry, it just came out, I didn't mean to say anything, I can take it back." They glared at the prefect. "You heard nothing, alright?"

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Word Count: 263

Interacting: @Emma Wynn, @Haley Rose

Date: 27th March 2022: 12:30 am

@Pax Zhang

@Emma Wynn

After the evening had taken an unexpected turn and Haley had finished with the heartbreak for the night, the fun night started. She didn't notice it herself for the moment but Pax had easily managed to put a smile on her face and forget about all the bad things and having fun and being Haley for the night. She ran with Pax as quietly as she could through the corridors, looking for the next adventure.

"This place is almost more magical at night." Haley agreed with her in wonder. She stopped at the window, paused for a moment and looked across the meadows to the forbidden forest, her eyes shining. The moon illuminated the landscape and the treetops were highlighted by the bright light and everything looked like in a fairy tale. Like in a dream, but it was all reality. She felt the tingling in her fingers, she would love to run out there and go on an adventure in this beautiful night.

However, she quickly ran after Pax until they finally landed in the Trophy Room. Haley, like Pax, started laughing. "Shh." She continued to giggle, "Or we'll get caught." She winked at them and looked at all the trophies. "Everyone should know how great we are." Laughed Haley shaking her head.

"I'm sure that's where your name will be at some point." Haley smiled as she watched Pax dream. It was good to have dreams and goals and she could see the ambition that was in their words. "And who knows, maybe someday my name will be right there as the best Chaser." She shrugged as she pointed to another trophy in the glass cabinet.
The two of them were just standing there, looking dreamily ahead of them, when suddenly Haley heard a voice other than Pax's. She winced in fright and noticed the light in the corner of her eye. Crap, they'd been caught. Haley didn't know the voice, nor did she have a good view of the girl. She addressed Pax directly and cautiously looked behind Pax past her shoulders to catch a glimpse of the unknown person.

Haley tried to suppress a smirk and at the same time was grateful that it was dark. Hopefully the girl couldn't see it and feel provoked in some way to boot. Haley carefully placed her hands on Pax's shoulders as she stood behind them. She stepped up to her back and whispered to her, giggling softly "You didn't really just say that?" Haley really couldn't believe it, but she thought it was exciting and brilliant. "Bloody hell, that was amazing." She continued to whisper and giggle, not so quietly this time.

"You don't have to apologise!"she assured Pax. Haley had had a great night of fun. "After all, we didn't do anything bad, just went on a nighttime exploration." She said extra loudly now and looked past Pax to give the girl a look. "Come on, we're going back to Gryffindor Tower." She asked Pax, taking them by the hand and wanting to leave the room with them.

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Emma frowned, slightly cranky and her inner snark coming into effect. Namely she had no desire to be up this late. She much preferred curling up in her comfy bed, under the very comfy blankets, although honestly these days it was mostly twisting herself up in them as it was getting too warm for heavier bedding. But she also needed something on her. It was the best compromise she could come to, and meant she got a good night’s sleep without much tossing and turning. Unless her brain wouldn’t quiet down but with as tired as she was, she would have absolutely no guilt about this whole situation. Mind you, she also wouldn’t say half of what she was thinking because that would be mean and Emma strove to not be mean. Or at least not add to any guilt she may feel about anything she said. It didn’t usually work and she usually found something to think about being taken the wrong way but still.

Not impressed with the answer she was given, Emma waved her wand in their directions slightly. “First of all. It must be after midnight, or at least several hours after curfew. Secondly, because you need sleep? And to not be potentially in danger when everyone’s asleep? Who knows what could happen? You could fall and slip, and be knocked unconscious and then bad things happen and….” Emma realized in her tiredness, she was ranting slightly but honestly she didn’t understand how they could be up so late. “And honestly I’d prefer to be in bed. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.” Emma had heard the saying from her parents several times and felt it was appropriate to the situation. In her slightly sluggish brain, Emma was shocked to hear her responses, not being used to this slightly feisty side of herself. Maybe the badge had brought something out in her. Or more likely it was her tired brain losing grip on its filter. Usually those thoughts would only be her internal monologue and then she’d feel guilt. The guilt would probably come out sooner rather than later especially at the words actually leaving her mouth.

Hearing whispering, but not the words, Emma wondered what was being said, and if they were talking about her. What could they possibly be saying other than she was mean and rude and a pain in the butt? Then when she heard what the first had to say, she gasped like a Victorian lady, Emma couldn’t believe they had said that. Not even thinking she responded with “That’s rude! There’s rules for a reason, and you’re breaking them.” Emma’s gaze turned to the second person, and her eyes softened slightly. “I’m sorry about the breakup, but you’re really not supposed to be out after curfew. There’s no exceptions.”

Emma nodded, then shook her head, unsure of what response was supposed to be given, a bit muddled. Shaking her head, she looked at the pair. “Really, there’s no exceptions. You both broke the rules and there are consequences. Detention after supper on the 29th. If you give me your names, I’ll send the time and location to you later.” Emma scrutinized the pair, trying to memorize what they look like so she could compare names and descriptions with some of the other prefects she now knew.
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“First of all. It must be after midnight, or at least several hours after curfew. Secondly, because you need sleep? And to not be potentially in danger when everyone’s asleep? Who knows what could happen? You could fall and slip, and be knocked unconscious and then bad things happen and….”

Pax grinned with a laugh. "How nice to know that you still care about us, despite the circumstances." Sarcasm was laced strongly in their tone as they raised an eyebrow at the girl. They weren't about to back down, especially when the 'authority' was probably younger than them.

“And honestly I’d prefer to be in bed. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.”

"Oh, I'm so sorry that you signed up to be a prefect. And, I could say the same to you. You could be out here, patrolling and whatever, but you don't need to. Who knows, maybe this is all in your head?"

"You didn't really just say that? Bloody hell, that was amazing," Haley whispered to them.

"You bet your ass I did," Pax whispered back, laughing. "And I'll say it again."

“That’s rude! There’s rules for a reason, and you’re breaking them. I’m sorry about the breakup, but you’re really not supposed to be out after curfew. There’s no exceptions.”

"Well, aren't you an absolute bore?" Pax replied, tapping their foot impatiently. This girl was really beginning to annoy them now-though interrupting one of their adventures was a sure-fire way to get into Pax's bad books.

"Come on, we're going back to Gryffindor Tower." Haley looked at the girl before grabbing Pax's hand.

Pax allowed her to take it, shooting a disgruntled glance back at the prefect as she called the instructions out for their detention.

"And if we don't then we don't get detention?" They called satirically back one last time as Haley and themself walked out of the room. "Later, baby badger."

Pax has left the thread.

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Word Count: 321

Interacting: @Haley Rose, @Emma Wynn

Date: 27th March 2022: 12:30 am