[Corridors] Rogue Water Works

[Neth Evans]

It was a perfectly miserable day. The sky was dark with angry looking clouds, one particular bobble looking very much like Prof Rutherford but with a billywig stapled to his forehead. Normally Neth would only see this sort of thing on a Sunday when he came up to the Great Hall for meals, otherwise being occupied in the Badger's burrow in the bowels of the school, but this particular Sunday found the rebelling Hufflepuff venturing from his safe burrow to walk around the school.

Since Neth had done this, simply walked around the school, not much had changed but it seemed enough had. It was a lovely castle that they called a school and it was a pity that they had to trudge around it so much without being given a chance to look at it. There was so much to see if you knew where to look and the way the fifteen year old saw it is that you need to take the time to look. And that is exactly what he did when he did this sort of thing. Walking was a great pass time and it got him out of the "underworld".

The Hufflepuff was on the fifth floor now, Merlin knows how he got there, and as he turned a corner he noticed water on the floor. Freezing on the spot, Neth could hear – without having the disturbance of his own footfalls to bother him – the sound of running water. Walking along the wall to avoid the large puddle, the fifth year rounded the statue of Boris the Bewildered, giving his gloved hand a small shake – sort of – and edge on towards the sound of the water.

It was coming from behind that door, Neth thought and pointed towards the door right in front of him, across the corridor and the puddle of water. Neth wondered why there would be running water here of all places, he wasn’t aware of there being any toilets here. There was only one way of finding out though and Neth was going to take it, throwing his inhibitions out the nearest window. He pulled out his elm wood wand and walked straight for the door, through the puddle of water and getting the hem of his jeans soaked.

Turning the handle of the door, Neth wrenched the door open and was greeted by an ice cold spray of water in the face. It had happened so fast but Neth was still able to see that it had been a thrashing pile that had sprayed him. Slamming the door shut again, Neth stood, hand still on the door handle, dripping from head to toe. Now he knew that there were, in fact, bathrooms on this level and that something had gone slightly crazy in there.

”Maybe Myrtle?” Neth thought aloud, blinking water from his eyes.

[Jade Hearst]

{ Hope you dont mind me joining? }

Indeed it was quite the droll day, with occasional rain and dark, foreboding clouds. Though what unsettled her was not the weather--no, she quite enjoyed gloomy days--but the explosion of occurances around the school. People were reporting everything from killer trees to snotty portraits. And by snotty, they meant overly so, taking to a point where scenery and spit came flying from the painting at poor, unsuspecting students' faces. What had Jade gotten into, transfering to Hogwarts during such a time? Though at least it did bring excitement to dull days, and people didn't just sit around looking for things to talk about. No, they had to be on guard for killer potatoes or ninja squash flying from refridgerators. Actually, be on guard for the refridgerators too, they'd sucked in Kaiyo a few weeks ago. Poor lass nearly froze to death, funny as the idea sounded. What was even more hilarious you see, was the fact that Jade had gotten trapped in what looked to be like a bathroom, but it seemed to be in a rather inconveniant area. Who would put toiletries above the library? Wouldn't the books get soaking if there was a leak in the pipes or something, or if the water seeped through the cracks? She had been exploring so to speak, and the door had slammed shut with her inside.

And the fun kept on rolling, as a great cloud of water slammed into her, soaking her to the bone. As Jade's eyes widened, the only change from her calm expression, she fought her way to the door, seeing someone open it then shut it as the water went after them too. Open up. The Slytherin thought irritably, wondering why she was being attacked by wierd water butterflies. At least to her they looked like insects.. But she wasn't generally the person to go to if you wanted to have a completely sane conversation. Making it to the door and fumbling with wet fingers around the knob, she wrenched it open, falling into the hall beside the Hufflepuff and throwing the door shut behind her. Breathing heavily and completely soaked, she glanced at her drenched self with a wet mop of hair tossed haphazardly every which way. "..Hi." Jade greeted him in an odd, amused voice, seeing that he too was wet.

Wringing out her hair as she stepped away from him the Slytherin wondered what the hell was going on in that room, appearing thoughtful. "So.. Not sure what you were planning on doing in there, but I'd advise against it. Unless you brought a wet suit." She remarked with a laugh, flashing a little smile before her face fell neutral once again. "I'm Jade."

[Neth Evans]

As Neth stood in the hall, drenched like a seal in a bath, water running into his shoes, Neth's head tilted to one side as he thought about what he'd seen. "Was that ...?" he began when suddenly he felt the handle of the door begin to vibrate. Pulling on it and stepping aside, Neth stared blankly at the Slytherin who then threw herself against the door. Neth helped her push it closed and pressed his dry back against the wood of the door.

Neth laughed with the Slytherin at her joke about the bathing suit. "I don't need to shower tonight," Neth chuckled, "and neither do you." One corner of his mouth turned up as he smiled at Jade. It was a very pretty name but Neth had learnt to not say things like that aloud. It tended to freak girls out and that was the last thing he wanted to do. After all he had just met her.

"Nice to meet you Jade," Neth said, brushing his wet hair out of his face, "I'm Neth." Again he smiled at her as she began playing with her long dark hair. It was very beautiful, even when wet. Neth couldn't help but watch as she wrung her hair out. Suddenly he realised he was staring and quickly pushed himself off the door, taking a couple of steps before turning around and looking at the door and Jade.

"How'd you get in there?" Neth asked curiously. "I could hardly get past the wall of water that was thrown at me. It was like, open door, bam! Wall of water in my face." Rubbing his nose, Neth sniffed as he felt a chill set in. The November air was markable colder then before and being wet was probably not the best idea in the world. But his mind was somewhere else. Walking back towards the door, Neth put his hand flat on the wood, pressing his ear against it too. "What do you think set this off?" Neth asked, his blue eyes one Jade.