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Tweak says, "Good luck"

Harry James Potter (sonofastag) wrote in wished,
@ 2009-10-14 17:06:00

Entry tags:

!1997: 10, !incomplete, harry potter, theodore nott

Who: Harry Potter, Theodore Nott
When: Wednesday afternoon, between classes
Where: Loo nearest the Transfiguration classroom.
What: Scene Lottery - Harry and Theo run into problems in ze bathroom.
Rating: PG, probably
Open/Closed: Closed

Harry grumbled something under his breath as his shoulder knocked into another student's, green eyes glaring from behind his glasses before he stalked away. His shoulders and jaw were so tense they were starting to ache, and it was one more thing he was brassed off at. Hermione had the locket, now, but just carrying the thing around all the time, having it nearby - it made Harry feel. . . slimy and annoyed and miserable. He was snapping at everyone, and he knew it, but couldn't help it.

He left rather than yell at the bloke he'd knocked into, heading for the nearest loo. When he emerged from the stall, he walked over to the sink, washing his hands and then splashing water on his face, trying to snap himself out of his mood. He looked over to see Nott standing nearby, grimacing a little, but ignoring the other boy, running a hand through his ever-messy hair and then stopping, frowning and looking down at the sink, twisting the tap to shut it off again. It just kept running though, and the basin was gradually filling, as if the drain were stopped up.

It was an unreasonable assumption to make, but Harry wasn't in a reasonable frame of mind anyway. "What did you do?" he snapped at Nott.

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booksmart_devil
2009-10-15 06:52 am UTC (link)

Theo had been washing his hands at the sink for an overlong few minutes - that damn puzzlebox was slowly consuming his life, and even if Professor Snape hadn't found a curse on it, it was clearly an evil thing and whoever had sent it must be bent on destroying his life in a way that was cruel and unusual. So the way he would do it.

He still couldn't get it open and it was the taunt of not knowing what was inside it more than the challenge it presented that was slowly driving him up the wall; he tried to keep this curious side of him contained for the most part, but it was slowly getting louder and louder in the back of his mind.

He was about to return to his dorms and do just that when he noticed that the sink was filling up rapidly too. He only looked up and realised that the Golden Boy of Gryffindor was in the bathroom with him, and wondered briefly if what appeared to be a simple drain problem would end badly with an attack on their lives.

He couldn't help but smirk a little at Harry's question, even as he cast a quick spell to make sure he didn't get wet. "How specific do you want me to be?" he asked, amused at that choice of question in this setting and yes, he was being deliberately obtuse. It wasn't his problem that Harry jumped to conclusions.

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sonofastag
2009-10-15 11:52 am UTC (link)

Harry's scowl just deepened, and he twisted at the tap again, then reached into the filling sink, trying to unclog the drain. Though there was nothing there. The water was just. . . staying.

He stepped back as it started to spill onto his shoes. Perfect.

The rush of water seemed to be coming from all of the sinks, now that he looked. Not just the two they'd used, but the other three as well. And a slosh of water came from the toilets too.

Harry's nose wrinkled. "Sod it, Filch can deal with it." That was his job, after all. Or the elves or something. Hermione would probably raise a fit if she heard him assuming house elves should just magically clean up someone else's messes - but he didn't care. It wasn't like they didn't like working anyway.

This was probably some stupid prank from Peeves. Or maybe Myrtle trying to get attention.

He turned to leave. However, fate didn't seem to be cooperating, since the door was jammed very firmly shut while the water rapidly spread over the floor.

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booksmart_devil
2009-10-15 08:13 pm UTC (link)

Theo watched Harry work at the sink, supposing that there was no point in him trying the same tactics and content enough not to stick his arm into the sink, drying charm or no drying charm. He likewise stepped back as the sink before him overflowed, hearing the gurgle of the loos backing up as well.

He hadn't been expecting Harry to just fob the job off to someone else like that - Gryffindors and all - but he didn't want to fall into the old trap of seeing the House instead of the person. That would have been too hypocritical for him.

He watched as Harry tried to leave and found the door wouldn't open. "Well." he said, looking down as the water seeped it's way out, getting his shoes wet but not really caring about that. "Got a sponge?"

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sonofastag
2009-10-16 03:20 pm UTC (link)

Harry's mouth quirked a little, despite his mood. If he'd been less irritable, he might have let a startled laugh loose at the dry comment. As it was he just threw Theo a look and then ran a damp hand through his hair, groaning. "Probably Peeves, sod him," he grumbled.

He kicked his foot through the water a little, watching it splash. If he died by drowning in a loo, it'd make for a bloody rotten end to all of this. He doubted it, but it was a grimly funny sort of thought.

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booksmart_devil
2009-10-18 05:06 pm UTC (link)

Theo was watching the way the water rose and the places where it was gurgling and frothing like it was fighting to drain away. The main drain in the floor was putting up a fight, but the sinks didn't appear to be chuckling.

He wondered if some kind of diagnostic spell would work, but the first one he cast just told him what he already knew - 'this place is wet'. "Yes, I know that." he told it softly, unamused.

"We may drown in here." he said to Harry, like he was just talking about the weather as opposed to impending death. "Assuming the water isn't leaking out into the corridor." It was slightly hard to tell.

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sonofastag
2009-10-18 10:57 pm UTC (link)

Magic was brilliant, sometimes. But Harry was starting to think that every time you REALLY needed it, then it's just be useless. And tell you water was wet, apparently. "Brilliant," he mumbled.

He tried an unlocking charm on the door, and it shuddered a bit, but that was all.

Harry kicked at the water again fitfully. It was starting to swirl around his ankles, now. "I am NOT going to drown in a loo." He was going to get his head blown off by a dark lord. Or maybe die in Azkaban for trying to kill his best mate because Ron was being a PRAT lately. He wasn't going to drown. He looked up, scanning the ceiling. If this was a muggle movie, there'd be a space somewhere to crawl through. Sadly, that didn't seem to be the case.

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booksmart_devil
2009-10-19 06:42 pm UTC (link)

Theo looked up around the exceptionally large toilets and nodded. "The exposure to the cold would probably kill us first." he said, unhelpfully.

He watched a small white feather eddy by his feet and then looked back up at the supposed Gryffindor hero. "Do you have anywhere to be?" he asked, apparently needlessly, twirling his hand end over end in his hand like a baton.

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sonofastag
2009-10-20 06:50 pm UTC (link)

Harry shut his eyes. Silently counting to ten. Then twenty. "It's good that you're so positive," he finally managed. Admittedly, he sounded a bit strangled from clenching his teeth.

He looked over at Theo again, then rolled his eyes. "Not drowning. And I'm due in dorms." Where Hermione and Ron would be waiting. And probably seething over him being late.

Right. So, magic wasn't working. He turned his head, looking around. "See anything we can use to try to pry the door?" he asked doubtfully. They could transfigure something, he supposed.

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booksmart_devil
2009-10-20 08:53 pm UTC (link)

Theo wondered if Harry suffered some kind of disease or something that affected his eyes, apart from the glasses he wore; he was forever rolling and closing them and all in all didn't seem very... relaxed.

Oh well.

"No." he answered, not bothering to even look, standing there with one arm crossed over his other, wand in hand like an artist deciding on where the next lick of paint should go. "But, seeing as you're in such a hurry, therefore counting out the more in-depth diagnostic spells, I was just going to blow the hinges off. But I'm happy to watch you attempt it the Muggle way, if you wanted." The most infuriating thing about the sentence was the utter lack of sarcasm in Theo's tone as he said it.

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sonofastag
2009-10-20 09:29 pm UTC (link)

If they were going to die anyway, Harry decided that right before the water reached neck level, he was going to strangle Nott. It would make him feel better about dying.

His lips tightened and he crossed his arms over his chest. "If you think that will work any better than the Alohomora, then go right ahead," he told Theo sourly. Spells had seemed to bounce right off, but it was worth a try.

He'd have thought of that, eventually. Or so Harry told himself.

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booksmart_devil
2009-10-21 08:26 pm UTC (link)

"I won't know until it's been attempted." Theo pointed out, still infuriatingly rational, and now the water was up to their ankles. He threw a few spells at the door, most of them rebounding, a couple seeping in but not appearing to do much of anything. Theo kept casting, looking thoughtful each time he did, like he was trying to work out a complicated puzzle without actually touching any of the pieces.

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sonofastag
2009-10-26 02:16 am UTC (link)

Harry stood back, letting Theo work without comment. As each spell failed to open the door, Harry grew more and more frustrated. As if there wasn't enough to deal with.

Finally one of the spells seemed to make the door shudder. The water had seemed to speed up, and was pooling around their knees, failing to escape beneath the door or down the drain. It was cold, too. "What was that one?" he asked quickly, lifting his wand and watching Nott so he could replicate it. At this point, he didn't care if the door went to splinters, as long as they got out.

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	booksmart_devil 2009-10-26 06:08 pm UTC (link)
	"Mmm, I'm not sure..." Theo said, only half-concentrating. "It's like... undoing a knot.. but backwards..." he said, still casting. He worked with patience, almost as if he was unaware he was standing knee deep in water. "I think... try your Alohawotsit now." he advised, lowering his own wand. (Reply to this) (Parent)