Michael S. Corner | Ravenclaw (hg_corner) wrote in hallowed_ground, @ 2009-03-20 20:46:00 |
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Entry tags: | 1997: november, michael corner, padma patil, place: hogwarts |
Date: 12 November 1997
Characters: Michael Corner and Padma Patil.
Location: Library; Restricted Section.
Private/semi-private/public: Semi-private
Summary: Can you feel the tension tonight?
Status: Beginning.
Why was the Library so drafty today? Michael actually bothered to bring in his scarf and now found himself wearing it. He tucked it around his neck, draping one end over his shoulder in the manner of some kind of pilot even as he reached for a series of books to tucked under his underloaded free hand. Maybe it was just the restricted section that was so cold. Michael had been in here before and he didn't remember. It might have been a new deterrent meant to keep people from lingering. After all, its knowledge was restricted, and one didnt want students lounging about trying to uncover things that werent their business with casual glances.
His fingers traced the spine of a book that felt especially chill and unwelcoming. But then again nothing about it was inviting... it was bound in what looked curiously like human skin. When did I get so desensitized? Michael paused and thought, his finger still on the volume. It really was rather disgusting, but for some reason it hadn't entered his head.
Michael remembered crudely wondering at the height of adolescence if the restricted section was mostly a collection of naughty sex magic books. Now he knew otherwise. And with that thought he pulled down a tome about some of the more unusual potions. He tucked it under his arm, a sly smile revealing how content he was that his pass to the section had been a brilliant forgery.