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marleymck:

it took marlene a few seconds for her to forget about the cute ravenclaw and give alice her full attention, but when she did her apology was genuine. “oh, i’m so sorry, al. i don’t know where my mind got to-” she bit her lip and a small giggle escaped. “okay, yes i do, but i promise my attention is all yours from here on out.”

“that’s alright my comments were daft— you know how i get sometimes.” alice toyed with a loose string on her sweater, trying to decide if it was best to tear it off or fix it with her sewing kit later. “so what have you been up to on this glorious day? anything worthwhile?”

#( conversations. )#( marlene. )

dcvereux:

“i can’t disagree with you there—though i feel as if you’d have to be extremely unlucky to fall because you’d think with how many centuries hogwarts has been open, there would have been at least one incident. but from what i know, there’s be none.” but as her sentence finished, emmy couldn’t help but allow an amused smile to cover her lips as alice seemingly back-pedalled on the ghost of an insult. she had heard much worse over the years and she merely shrugged. “rowena was a fan of puzzles and riddles was she not?” she started, her head angling in thought, “maybe she designed the stairs as just that—a puzzle—a riddle to solve. i wonder if ravenclaws have an easier time at navigating them.”

“with my luck, i’d be the first in hogwarts history to fall.” a laugh slipped gracefully out of her lips. while in demeanor alice seemed as graceful as one could be, she had the feet of a newborn horse. her father said it was a curse among the fortescue family, but she never believed that. “maybe she did it as a way to prove their intellect and quick thinking. i have never been one for thinking on their feet. it usually takes me awhile to solve anything important. i don’t do well under an intense amount of pressure.” though unknownst to her, the future would prove that she could handle more pressure than she led herself to believe. “maybe we should ask?”

#( conversations. )#( emmy. )

askyfullofwinterstarsss-deactiv

#( musings. )

marleymck:

if she was being honest, marlene hadn’t really been paying attention to everything that alice had been saying. but could she really be blamed for that? she’d heard something about one of the castle’s many oddities when she’d been distracted by a very attractive ravenclaw student passing by. “what’d you say?” marlene said, blinking at alice in confusion. “the stairs? oh yes. very strange, but that statement applies to most things at this school, doesn’t it?”

“ are you even listening marley? ” alice asked before seeing the ravenclaw pass by the girls. “ i’ll answer my own question, no, no you weren’t.” her eyes followed their peer as they continued onto the stairs. “ well at least your eyes work better than your ears.”

#( conversations. )#( marlene. )

dcvereux:

with eyes focusing upwards at the changing stairs above, emmy’s head tilted. she’d never put much thought into the changing staircases, she’d always thought they were quite entertaining. but hearing the other speak did have her agreeing somewhat. “yes and no.” emmy started as she dropped her focus to the girl that stood beside her. “they can be a bit difficult to navigate and there are a few steps you have to figure out, but it’s all innocent fun i think and it’s not as if they move at lightening speed—maybe if they did it’d be a bit more dangerous.” her shoulders shrugged lazily as she let a smile tug at the corners of her lips. “no one’s gotten hurt, so there’s nothing really to worry about. they can also give you a great excuse if you’re late for class.”

“yes you do have a point, they don’t move very quickly. but i still think it would hurt if you fell off them.” alice tapped her finger to the tip of her chin ( something she commonly did when she was thinking ). “ i just feel like there could be easier way to get about the castle without the moving stairs. they were designed by rowena ravenclaw herself, just just seemed to be the kind of woman who would have thought them out more.” her eyes wandered around the hall. “was that rude to say? she did a wonderful job— they may have just been more sufficient then they are now. i think if we just found a better way to get to all the different rooms and levels it would save students a lot of hassle.”

#( conversations. )#( emmy. )

dolohvs:

why the lioness tempted his molten gaze with her pontificated tongue resided within a segment of the dark arts he’d yet to digress. the shifting staircases had always proved their unhinged merit, and once ignited a potent agitation within his initial arrival. he, unlike the majority of his fellow conjurers, had only haunted hogwarts’ elongated corridors for three enduring years. at time, each displaced turn of steps still set him at a loss. however, this contending peer needn’t know that. “ i see your mother has failed to quell your voice, ” the russian admonished, his wolven gait of predatory position, “ i do not care if someone falls from these stairs. but i do wonder why you’ve chosen me for this conversation. ”

“well i—i guess i just took you for a man who valued information.” alice stated firmly, crossing her arms in front of her chest. she never understood why it was a natural reaction for some of hogwarts’ students to be so negative. she wondered what separated the kind from the unkind. her head spun with queries her mind could not begin to comprehend. “and i do believe you’d care if someone fell down the stairs. you count as someone and if you fell down the stairs i have a feeling you would care an awful lot.” as the gryffindor tried to make her way to the common room, the staircase moved once more. causing her to curse under her breath, of course it moved while she was trying to make her dramatic exit.

#( conversations. )#( antonin. )

potterpotential

#( musings. )

“ —you know, one of the things i still find most peculiar about this castle is the moving stairs. why could they not just stay in one place, hm? i find magic is supposed to make things much similar, but in this case it made the action at large more difficult.” alice commented as she surveyed the stairs moving about the room. “ these stairs are quite tricky even for a seventh year, i feel like they are a bit hazardous especially to those who don’t know what they are getting themselves into. —you know, my mother always told me not to play around stairs. and here hogwarts is, supporting horseplay on stairs. i’m surprised no one has gotten hurt.” shaking her head, alice turned to the student next to her. “ wouldn’t you agree?” they might not have even been listening to her tiresome rant, but it wasn’t something she was going to acknowledge.