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Post by Headmaster Dumbledore on Jun 22, 2010 0:00:08 GMT -5
Beneath Hogwarts is an icy room that is said to house a rare and amazing treasure at the bottom of the lake, which sits in the middle of the cavernous labyrinth. Dare you venture into this place? It is protected by a trap door that klutzy students often accidentally step on...
(No quiz for this one. If you truly wish to enter, know that the only way out is to fight your way through and weak students may die at the hands of one of the icy gremlins inside. I WILL be watching. PM Dumbledore for the link.)
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Post by Dastan Cross on Jun 22, 2010 0:08:14 GMT -5
Dastan began moving down the hallway after he and Astin had left the Library, tapping walls every few feet and trying to force Astin to do the same. He was even doing the added precaution of doing it with his wand, just like you had to do to get to Diagon Alley from Muggle London. So far, however, he wasn't having any luck.
"This is ridiculous. I feel stupid," Dastan said after tapping yet another group of stones on the wall. Why did people even make secret passages? It was so pointless if you couldn't find them later. It honestly annoyed him to no end. Still, he wasn't one to give up on anything.
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Post by Astin Descartes on Jun 22, 2010 0:18:31 GMT -5
Astin refused to tap on walls. He was entirely convinced that that was simply not how discovering secret places was done. In fact, he much preferred blind luck, which was how he got through pretty much everything in life.
"What if we tried-- hey-- oof!" Astin swore something had grabbed onto his ankle, causing him to tumble to the ground, but when he looked, there was nothing there. He sat up and rubbed his sore elbow. "That hurt," he said needlessly. "Hey, does the floor look like it's moving to you?" He blinked. He liked to believe that the floor had blinked back. "I think-- ahhh!" He tumbled again, face-first, down a tunnel. He let out another "oof!" when it ended abruptly and he was deposited quite unceremoniously on cold, hard, icy ground.
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Post by Dastan Cross on Jun 22, 2010 0:25:02 GMT -5
Dastan hadn't thought twice before jumping in after Astin. He simply pulled on a wall-torch and then he'd heard Astin's surprised sound and then he had followed after him, throwing himself into the tunnel after the other. He'd meant to grab onto the blonde, but he hadn't been quick enough. Instead, he landed abruptly at the bottom as well.
"What the hell?" he said, and then darkness filled the cavern as the tunnel sealed itself above them.
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