11 Apr 2024, 01:58
The Looking Glass
Sereia's Calming Presence is in effect
evening after dinner on april 10th, 2024
Sereia sighed as she watched the view outside the window. Usually, this was her time to go for a run and enjoy a breath of fresh air. Instead, she had to postpone her run and supervise a kid's detention. The grip on her silver lime wood wand alternated between tight and loose as she considered the need for spells. The locking spell was probably a bit too far, and even moreso if she added the Anti-Alohomora Charm on top of that. Sereia already used that combination from when she caught Minnie trying to break into the restricted section.
The Spell-Detecting Spell, perhaps? Minnie was going to clean her crystal balls the Muggle way, meaning no magic. Would it be wise to confiscate the kid's wand beforehand? Probably. Sereia shook her head. She needed to have a little more trust that this one would be honest and carry it out without complaining.
Once Minnie arrived, Sereia would clear her throat. "I'm not getting you to do anything gruelling, promise. I would just like a hand at wiping the crystal balls clean since students like to get their fingerprints on it; it makes the crystal ball gazing harder to do if there's fingerprints on it. So, wipe them clean with this cloth."
Sereia would hand her the cloth. "Just the ones on these tables- there's ten of them. Once you're done wiping them clean, I would like you to write an apology letter for the librarian and for your Head of House. Each. Not one for both, one for each of them, reflecting on how you shouldn't be sneaking out when you shouldn't."
Surely that was a good enough set of tasks for detention, right? "The letters don't have to be long, but they need some effort and thought put into them."
With a wave of her hand, she would let Minnie get started.
Welcome to detention! You are only in IC trouble, not OOC. Sereia is not pleased.
As a little TL;DR, you are expected to:
1) write your character wiping the crystal balls. The minimum word count for the cleaning is 300 words - this can be split into multiple posts. You do not need to wait for me to post to continue posting; you can double post.
2) additionally, you will write apology letters after cleaning to the librarian and the Head of House Hufflepuff, each 150 words long. Your post where you write the letters still need to meet the minimum word count of 200 words for RPs in addition to the letter content.
3) clean without the use of magic. Sereia will periodically check for spells via the Spell-Detection Spell. If magic is used, an extra 50 words will be added to the word count requirement for each letter.
4) you cannot make or join new RP threads until detention is complete. Threads that were created before the detention thread was created can be continued as normal. OOC threads, are exempt from this. (I am aware you're also on the ball committee, so threads regarding the ball are also fine to start if this detention hasn't been finished in time.)
Once the requirements are met, I will post one final time to let you out of the classroom.
@Minnie Duke
my imagination tells lies, too. — virginia woolf
sta 7 | eva 15 | str 10 | wis 15 | arc 10 | acc 13
11 Apr 2024, 16:49
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Thinking: Italics
11 Apr 2024, 21:05
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Thinking: Italics
11 Apr 2024, 21:44
The Looking Glass
Sereia's Calming Presence is in effect
evening after dinner on april 10th, 2024
The silence was eerie, to say the least. Sereia never liked working in complete silence. Back in the Muggle world, she would be playing her Spotify playlist or the newest album from her favourite artist on repeat. Unfortunately, she couldn't have that luxury in the wizarding world because magic interfered with electricity and technology. Not even those old bricks of an iPod would work! A tragedy. Surely the wizarding world had an alternative to the iPod that would work in Hogwarts. A magical radio, perhaps?
As Minnie cleaned, Sereia pretended to occupy herself with her lesson notes. What day was it tomorrow? A Wednesday? It was probably just going to be a revision session for the senior years all day as they prepared for exams. She scribbled down some notes on cartomancy for tomorrow's revision. There was always an extensive section on cartomancy from past exams she had seen.
At the sound of her name, Sereia got up and walked around the place. The crystal balls were looking much better than they originally had been, so that was a start. It would be incredibly cruel of her to point out the most arbitrary excuses that they weren't as polished as Minnie believed. So, she hummed and nodded. "Thank you, they look much better now."
Sereia walked over the see Minnie's letters. The content was bare, at best, but then again the professor never specified how she expected Minnie to structure them. "I would like them a bit longer and more extensive. I know you might feel as if you've said everything, so maybe talk about why you think those rules are in place. Why do you think we place curfews? Why do you think the restricted section stays restricted to younger years until you pass the O.W.Ls?"
Sereia gave Minnie a boxy smile. "Just write a bit more and then you can go. Again, some thought and effort, please."
Please post one final time writing to make your letters longer; the requirement for each letter is 150 words making the letters word count total 300 words. Each letter is currently 86 words for a total of 172 words.
You are free to god-mod Sereia letting you go out once the word count for the letters has been met.
@Minnie Duke
my imagination tells lies, too. — virginia woolf
sta 7 | eva 15 | str 10 | wis 15 | arc 10 | acc 13
11 Apr 2024, 22:17
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Thinking: Italics