Reporting for detention on Transfiguration

The Craven Chimps

February 03, 2005 4:19 PM

Reporting for detention by The Craven Chimps

Shockingly, Professor Painer had been less than explicitly specific when issuing the Craven twins with their detention. They had simply been told to report 'after dinner.' Any time in the evening was 'after dinner'. He had, in fact, given them a perfect excuse for sneaking out after curfew. After all, that came 'after dinner'.

Of course, what he probably meant was 'straight after dinner.' Even Ash and Sorrel could work this out. Well, even a monkey could work it out - it was more like that even Sorrel and Ash were willing not to abuse the ambiguity. They knew there was a point beyond which it was unwise to push. They would frequently go beyond it, but only just, so it was still important that they knew where it was. And so, as dinner was served until seven, at five past that hour, they returned to their Transfiguration room. It would have felt bizarre to be in the room after hours, but to two so used to detention as the Craven twins, it was almost as familiar as seeing the rooms bustling and animated as they were by day.

They both reached up and knocked together on the door, sharing a quick glance, which said something like 'it's good to be doing this again', This retreat back to their old life was rather comforting. \n\n

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Professor Reiner

February 05, 2005 5:13 PM

Better later than never! by Professor Reiner

After dinner, Bastian did the same thing every night... sit in his study reading. It was a tradition he had followed since he could read, and one he didn't forsee breaking any time in the future. So when he told the Cravens to report after dinner, he didn't particulary care when. When he heard a knock on the classroom door through the one leading to it from his study that he had left open, Bastian glanced at the clock and grinned. They had set themselves up for a late night indeed.

Good thing Bastian was a night owl.

Closing his book, he slowly stood and made his way to into the classroom and to the door. Opening it, he merely gestured for the pair to enter with a wave of his hand before leading them to the far side of the room. The side that was literally a wall turned enormous bookcase.

From ceiling to floor, the back wall was covered in shelf upon shelf of books, with an appauling layer of dust coating the whole lot. On top of that, there was no order to it at all, no categorizing, nothing. Normally Bastian wouldn't have left such a travisty go on, but he anticipated a detention with his first class and what better why to break the little creatures in?

"Here," he motioned to the bookcases, "is your task. Each and every book must be throughly cleaned, and the entire classroom library categorized alphabetically and by size, all of which is to be done without magic." Tapping his wand on two toothpicks in his hand, the pair turned into bright red feather dusters which he held out to the twins.

"Now... hand me your wands. They will be returned to you when I see that the job has been completed to my satisfaction."

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The Twins

February 17, 2005 1:37 PM

And we're not late, so we must be fantastic by The Twins

Oh great. Books. Lots and lots of books... And dusting... Well, detention wasn't meant to be fun. They'd find a way to make it so, but it wasn't surprising that it didn't seem to be starting out as such.

"Sorry," said Ash, not sounding the least bit, "But no can do, and you can't make us. International right to carry a wand at all times, or whatever it's called. Would hate for you to be breaking the law," he added, the concern of those words not penetrating the manner in which he delivered them. It was a good job Quidditch through the ages existed. He only knew that Wizarding Right because it was mentioned in there. History and law and stuff weren't generally his and Sorrel's thing.

Sorrel smirked slightly, as she took her duster, glad Ash had remembered that piece of trivia. She wasn't planning to use her wand anyway - it wasn't like she knew any cleaning spells - but it felt good to get one up on the Professor. \n\n

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Bastian Reiner

March 06, 2005 5:58 PM

Well, well.... semi-learned snots by Bastian Reiner

"Indeed," was Bastian's only reply to the defiant remark. Pestering little mites as they were, of course they had to go and throw such knowledge in his face. Brats.

Glowering, he lowered his left hand to raise his wand hand, "Then keep your wands. There are other ways to ensure your compliance." With a grin he turned to the bookshelves and gave a wave of his wand while muttering a few choice spells. As he felt the slight tingle of magic that now reverberated off the tomes, Bastian looked back at the twin troubles.

"Again, no magic. Try and you'll find the volumes not the least bit obliging. I will be warding the door, so until the books are throughly cleaned, they will not open." A thin smile. "Do avoid play, as I will not be back to transfigure you cots in the event you take all evening."

With that, his thin smile slowly faded as he headed for the door, closing then behind him before setting the wards. He hadn't checked but he thought there wouldn't be too many violent texts on the shelves, or at least, he didn't think there were.
Ah well. As long as the two behaved, they'd never find out if he was right.\n\n

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Stephen

March 07, 2005 10:53 AM

Dum, de de dum! by Stephen

Stephen had followed the twins. Followed them with the same stealth that he had used when following the ~~spy-~~Librarian, and with the same determination that he had used when he had been hunting the knife-wielding maniac. Then, having found himself a nice nook to hide in, had waited for either Jeeves to come out, or for some indication that something was happening in there. It hadn't taken long.

Peering out, he watched Jeeves leave the room, closing the door and then doing something to it. He waited another couple of minutes to see if the Professor would return before he came out of his hiding spot and rushed over to the doors. Turning the handle, he tugged at it, expecting the door to open, but it didn't. Frowning, he gave it yet another almighty tug, and then tried to push it with similar lack of success.

Stephen stepped away from the door and tried to think. Jeeves must have been casting some kind of spell on the door. A spell that locked it or something. Stephen scrunched up his nose, annoyed that his plan to crash the detention had been thwarted. There didn't seem any way he... would.... be..... able.....

A window! Jeeves must have a window in there somewhere. Everyone needed sun and fresh air, right? Stephen turned and bounded along the corridor, down the stairs and through the nearest exit. Then he made his way around the edge of the building, occasionally look up, trying to judge where the window he was looking for would be.

There. He was almost certain that that window would be the one. And, with the room only being one floor up, Stephen was fairly confident that he could climb up. But, although climbing was going to be fun and he wanted to surprise his friends, he wasn't sure he'd be able to manage multiple climbs. So he looked down, picked himself a nice pebble and chucked it at the window.

"Hey!" he hollered. "Sorrie! Ash! You guys in there?"\n\n

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The Captives

March 31, 2005 6:21 AM

Da dee dee, Eric the half a bee? by The Captives

Blah, blah, you'll be sorry if blah, don't blah, do blah.... The twins had heard the lecture a million times before. Be good little slaves, don't mess around or you'll be in even more trouble. There was probably even something about how they were letting themselves down in there too...

Once Painer had left them, locking them in too, the git, the twins turned to each other. He had left them, unsupervised, with feather dusters, and he expected them to work?! He really wasn't all that smart.

"En guarde!" Ash whispered loudly. He and Sorrel struck the appropriate poses and began to do battle. The work aspect of the detention could be blagged later on.

Sorrel was going through an elaborate death, having been struck right in the heart by Ash's feather duster, when there was a thumping sound and they both jumped. They were glancing around for the source of the noise when they heard their names being shouted.

Ash went to the window, Sorrel getting up off the floor and following.

"Hey Stephen!" she called softly. "Painer's got us cleaning books. Well," she grinned, "trying to." \n\n

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