Time Worthy.

[George Knox]

George had been at the school for five terms now but he still struggled to find his way around. George was great at many things but direction wasn’t one of them. Too proud to ask anyone directions he often tried to find a place by trial and error meaning it took him a little longer than expected. The exercise however was good and helped to keep that fine body of his in shape. Some effort on George’s part should have been made to learn the layout of the grounds but getting lost every so often or pretty much all the time seemed to be working for him so why change things up now?

There were a couple of places in the school that George was familiar with and when trying to get to them didn’t get too lost. One of these being the landing of the tower. It was a cool place to go a reflect on the world if you were into that sort of thing. It wasn’t the most interesting of places and you had to rely on other forms of entertainment to keep yourself amused. All the times that George had managed to get up there he had always found the place to be empty. It was quite a shame really as George hadn’t really gone up there to sit in silence. Why would he bother climbing all those steps just to sit by himself? It was a waste of time for something you could do anywhere. George, it seemed was a firm believer in only doing things that could be considered benefiting otherwise there was no point.

Approaching the edge George took a seat and allowed himself to lean against the wall. “Interesting” He thought sarcastically to himself as he looked out over the grounds. How these artistic types spent hours contemplating life he never knew. He had only been up here for a few moments and was already tearing his hair out with boredom. Now he was here he was staying no matter how boring it was, heck he wasn’t going to drag his lazy butt back down those stairs yet it would be a waste of a journey and a waste of his precious time. Resting his soft chin on the palm of his hand George continued looking out into the grounds hoping to find something that was worthy of his time.

[OPEN]

[Mike Blaze]

Just like George, one of my Mike's favorite spots of the Castle was the Tower. In his case though, he enjoyed the quiet. Mike was wandering the halls thinking of something to do. Shrugging, he figured he'd just go up to the Tower to sit and think. Think of school, think of Audrey, Quidditch, and a lot of other things.

Making his way up the stairs to the Tower, he noticed the door at the top was slightly ajar. Someone else was up here maybe? Nah, couldn't be. Maybe the wind blew it open when a Teacher forgot to close the door all the way. Finally reaching the top, he pushed the door open and emerged on the Tower overlooking the grounds. He didn't see George right away, he walked to the edge looking down and then turning, he saw George against the wall. "Oh I didn't think anyone would be up here."

[Maeve Campbell]

"Ugh! All these bloody stairs!" Maeve grumbled. Yet it was worth it. she looked at her prized possession, right now anyways. A whole box of rotten doxy eggs. Some professor had thrown them away and she'd been the lucky one to snag the box out of the garbage.

Her grand plan was to go to the Tower Landing and toss them out on unsuspecting people below. Being so high up had it's definite advantages, she could be long gone before they even realized where they had come from.

Trotting up the stairs she wished she'd been able to find Moki to help her throw them out the window. Oh well, mischief done alone is just as fun. She walked right in the door and oops!

Right into two older boys. Merlin's Bones! She hastily tried to hide the box of rotten doxy eggs under her robes. Should she leave or tough it out and see if they left? Oh well, either way she should apologize, "So sorry guys. Umm didn't see you there." Too busy thinking about doxy eggs, she thought to herself with a grin.

[George Knox]

The attempts at trying to find something weren’t going too well. George attempted thinking and contemplating life like the others did but kept getting distracted. He had no idea why he liked the landing so much as whenever he came up here he struggled to find something to do. It was a bit asinine but George didn’t bother to question his own mind. There were so many things whirling around up there it would be a lifetime before he found a decent answer. Finding entertainment these days was like digging for something that wasn’t there. Even his grandmother was more interesting at this point and that was certainly saying something.

George, mind you was looking in the wrong place but it was going to take him a while to work that out. Luckily enough for him though it seemed that his luck was about to change. George didn’t even notice the other guy step out onto the landing until he spoke. A little shocked by the sound of someone’s voice George turned to see someone stood next to him. It took a little while to register but once his mind took in what the other boy had said George finally spoke ”Sorry to disappoint. I guess I could leave if you truly want?” It would mean dragging his butt down the stairs a little earlier than hoped but perhaps this guy was the artistic type? The one who wanted to contemplate things? George didn’t want to get in the way of that.

He was just about to get up when he was distracted by yet another noise. This time it was a young girl who seemed to have walked into the door before greeting the boys. ”Oh no” He shook his head ”It’s a free country don’t let us, I mean me stop you” George eyed the box that the girl was holding in her hands slightly intrigued as to what it was containing. He had wondered about asking what was in there but wasn’t that considered rude by some people these days? Deciding to leave the question a though George spoke attempting to break the now silent atmosphere between the three ”So… how’s everyone?” He asked shrugging his shoulders before looking at that box again. Hopefully it was something interesting to brighten up his currently rather dull day.

[Maeve Campbell]

Maeve had been wondering what to do. Should she leave or should she go? Either way trouble would follow. Mainly because she was trouble but hey, who's counting. Tossing her red curls, she smiled at the two older boys. They had to be at least five or six years older than herself. "I was just going to umm throw some worthless items out the window." Thinking fast she pulled a slightly sad face. "Momentos, you know?" She wasn't sure if that was the right word or not so she blundered on. "Things that I can't think of anymore. It hurts too much." She concluded dramatically, her blue-green eyes as sincere as she could make them.

Maeve tiptoed to the window turning so they couldn't see the contents of her box. Before she could get all the way to the window sill she tripped and dumped the contents of the box all over the floor. One rotten doxy egg continued to roll until it hit the foot of the boy who had just spoken to her. Turning bright red, Maeve looked up at the two boys from where she was sprawled on the floor. "Umm, doxy eggs make great souvenirs?" She said hopefully with a shamefaced grin for having lied to them.

((sorry so short and lame. will do better next time))

[George Knox]

George was worried about seeming rude yet he was staring at the box, which by some people’s interpretations could be seen as rude. He was hoping there was something tasty in there like cookies but unbeknown to George it was something totally different and something that was certainly not tasty. The guy could dream though couldn’t he? They weren’t for him but like a guy could dream he could hope.

The thought of all this food was making the poor boy hungry he had a stomach like a bottomless pit and cookies sounded like a great idea right now. He would have been grateful for any food though something that would take away the feeling of hunger. Sooner or later his stomach would start rumbling, now that would be embarrassing. The thoughts of food soon distracted George from the box and he started looking out into the grounds again. Maybe he should have gone to the kitchens instead and filled his bottomless pit with food. The boy visited the kitchen so much that he was on first name terms with most of the staff down there. It was a miracle how he managed to stay in good shape. ”Littering?” George asked waggling a finger at the girl ”I am not impressed” He chuckled joking around.

The girl was apparently quite attached to these items so why would she want to chuck them out? Girls had the strangest minds and were pretty impossible to understand. George had known his mother and sisters for fifteen years and he still found it impossible to decipher their thoughts let alone someone he had just met. George however was just about to find out what these prized momentums were. As the girl tiptoed past George tried to catch a glimpse of what was in her box but he couldn’t manage it from where his was sat.

George looked away just for one moment and as he turned around the girl was sprawled out on the ground with the contents of her all over the landing. ”Eggs?” He mumbled totally dazed that none of them had broken on impact. Leaning forward George easily picked up the egg that had just rolled into his foot. ”Each to their own I suppose” People collected those china eggs but why someone would want to collect Doxy eggs he didn’t know. Giving the egg a quick examination he Leaned forward and handed the egg back to the girl. ”Why would you want to get rid of souvenirs?” He asked ”Aren’t souvenirs meant for keeping”

If the supposedly smart Ravenclaw was a little smarter he could have probably worked out what the girl was actually doing. Also if one of the eggs had broken and he had found out that it was rotten that would be a big clue. George really did need to stop asking so many questions. To be honest it was none of his business. Had he known he would have given her a hand. Throwing eggs at people was surely fun even though he'd never done it before.

[No worries, your post was great]

[Maeve Campbell]

”Why would you want to get rid of souvenirs?” Aren’t souvenirs meant for keeping”

Maeve couldn't help it. The older boy bought her innocent face. Sighing she realized she oughta tell the truth. Mainly, because her own sense of humor couldn't keep the gag going any longer. Bursting out with a musical shout of laughter she hoped she didn't embarass the boy. She just could not keep her laughter under wraps any longer.

"I'm so sorry, love. I just ...welll, they are not exactly souvenirs. Well, they are but they aren't." Realizing she was getting in a muddle she stood up and brushed herself off before continuing. "What I mean to say is, I 'rescued' this perfectly good box of rotten doxy eggs from a Professor's trash bin. Now I plan to err redistribute the eggs to everyone from off this tower."

Maeve hoped she didn't have to straight out admit her plan was to lob rotten doxy eggs at unsuspecting students walking across the gorunds below. "You want to help?:" At this she looked at both boys. Maybe they would be fun older kids not boring and rule bound like her older sister and brother were.

((thanks your posts are very good too that's why I thought mine was lameness))

[George Knox]

George raised his eyebrows in slight confusion. Like he had asked the girl he thought that you were supposed to keep souvenirs. People often went out to collect them not to throw them away. It did not occur to George that the girl could be lieing to him. He just took what she said and attempted not to ask questions but he couldn’t help himself. It was probably a good idea that the girl was going to tell him, as it would probably take George a long while to work out what she was actually doing. Poor guy was too nosey for his own good. George was even more confused when the girl let out a shrill of laughter, had she played him for some kind of fool? probably, it wasn't exactly hard he'd often buy into anything.

”That makes no sense to me at all…” He admitted with his eyebrows raised even more perplexed by the girl trying to explain about the eggs. ”Oh!” He chuckled and allowed his eyebrows to return to their normal position upon his face “Now I understand its lucky none of them broke earlier then, if their rotten” George would not have been impressed if he ended up with rotten doxy egg all over his new shoes. The idea of throwing the eggs at people was surprisingly fun but at himself? Hell no.

Then again who would purposely throw rotten eggs at themself? Obviously someone with problems because being egged wasn’t too fun especially if the eggs were rotten. Rotten eggs were probably one of the worst smells in the world. ”Love to” George grinned as the girl offered him the chance to help her distribute the eggs again. Professors really needed to do a better job of hiding these things from their students. Anyone would think that they wanted people to throw rotten eggs at other students. ”I’m George by the way” He said as he stood up from his seat against the wall.

[Aw thanks! your posts aren't lame... their far from it]

[Maeve Campbell]

”I’m George by the way”

Maeve felt horrible for having deceived the older boys but hey you never know when someone would rat you out! "I'm Maeve." She gave him a saucy grin. "You're a real sport you know that?"

The little redhead handed him an egg and then turned to Mike. "You want to try? I mean if you want, you can?" She grinned up at him too, hoping he would take her up on it. Mischief shared was much more fun than mischief on your own.

((sorry so short trying to rope Mike back in... hehee))

[Mike Blaze]

[ Lol ty, haven't been on for one night and day, and you two got kinda far, so I couldn't figure where to jump in. ]

Mike who had been thinking, not even paying attention to the conversation, until he heard his name. Snapping back to reality, he looked around at Maeve. He glanced at the eggs she had with her. Smirking he said, "No thanks. Maybe another time." he himself had done this once, and got suspended from Quidditch for a whole season, but this of course never kept him from flying still.

[ Sorry it's short, kinda couldn't think of much to write for this. ]

[George Knox]

It was quite true George could have been a meeny and ratted the girl out. Then again so could the other guy but he seemed nice enough even if George had only just met him. George had quite a good judge of character hopefully he was right this time. ”Hi Maeve” George smiled as she introduced herself. ”Thanks I thought id give it a go, don’t knock it till you’ve tried it” George had thrown fresh chicken eggs at people but throwing rotten doxy eggs would be a first for him. Hearing Maeve ask the other guy if he wanted a go George turned to face him. George had been referring to him as the other guy yet he had a name. ”So…” He continued ”What’s your name then?” George would have asked in more of a refined manner but that was the only way he could think to phrase it at that moment in time.

[Lol sorry about that I got a little carried away]

[Mike Blaze]

Mike turned is attention to George, "Mike Blaze" he said extending his hand to him. He had seen this guy before, but never knew his name or even never heard people talk of him, or seen people talking to him. He knew George was a Ravenclaw, and Mike knew most of the Ravenclaws but he had never spoken a word to George.

[ Sorry it's so short. ]

[Maeve Campbell]

Maeve grinned at both boys. She knew she was overdoing the smiles but she was so happy lately. She could cause trouble to a certian extent and everyone seemed pretty tolerant of her. Even hte older kids were paying attention to her and usually being so young and so small for her age she'd often been shunted aside with the much younger kids.

"It's ok, Mike. Just thought I oughta offer." Maeve started edging toward the window. "Here George, you can have half then." Maeve saw a likely looking student down below with their head down and lobbed a doxy egg out the window.

"Hmmm, forgot to compensate for the wind." The doxy egg splattered the courtyard ground and the student looked up startled and confused before scuttling off in a different direction.

"Dang it all." Maeve had a sudden thought. "Oh, you won't tell on us will you, Mike? I don't have many and I will get out of your hair, I promise." Maeve looked at him hopefully then around in confusion, "What were you guys doing up here anyways?"

((sorry figured a lot of chatter is fairly normal for an eleven year old girl))

[George Knox]

”Nice to meet you Mike" He said and shook the hand that had just been extended to him. Mike looked somewhat familiar to him and although George had never met him before he was sure he recognized him from somewhere. ”Are you a Ravenclaw?” He asked, perhaps that was why George recognized him. If not then George had probably seen him around the grounds once or twice. The details didn’t matter but it was something that was niggling in his mind.

”Oh no its fine” He smiled at Maeve ”Il have just a few as they are your eggs after all” Technically they were the professors eggs but the rule of ‘finders keepers losers weepers’ could probably be put into affect. Yes George was making things up off the top of his head but it made some sort of sense to him.

Taking one of the eggs George approached the edge and looked over. The height made him slightly queasy but once his body adjusted he was fine. Holding his hand and the egg over the edge George waited for someone to walk underneath. Maeve had just thrown one and unfortunately missed. Hopefully his throw would manage to hit someone. ”Im not the best of aims but il try my best” He chuckled as he saw another person walking around below them.

With a slight flick of his wrist George allowed the egg to fall. Crossing his fingers George hoped that it would hit someone and luckily enough it did. ”Haha bulls eye!” He chanted while hiding away and holding up his hands to Maeve for a double high five. ”What are we doing up here?” He repeated ”I can’t speak for Mike but I was up here just to get out of my dorm and get some fresh air. I would ask you the same question but your answer is pretty obvious” He smirked slightly as he looked across at the box of Doxy eggs.

[Maeve Campbell]

((so sorry.... totally lost this thread I guess.... ))

Maeve returned George's high five enthusiastically. "All right! That was a great shot! Here let me try again!" Maeve grabbed another doxy egg and chunked it over the window sill. This time even though she hadn't aimed at all, it splattered on the head of what looked like a first year. The girl began crying and running back to the castle. Maeve flinched she didn't like being mean but that was soo funny. So funny she couldn't feel ashamed for long and began laughing. "Poor thing she probably thinks Peeves has it in for her."

"Well, George...I guess you would be right. I'm up here just to distribute happiness to the rest of the students." Maeve grabbed another doxy egg but this time she grabbed it too hard and it squished in her hand. Shaking her hand dollops of the nasty black substance flew off and hit the walls.

"Ugh, that is gross. Tergeo!" She sucked off the black goop and smiled in that mercurial way of hers. "Well, I guess I'm done for the day. I don't want that to happen again!" Maeve smiled around at the boys before gathering up her jacket. Leaving the box of doxy eggs behind she waved at the other two and started down the stairs.

"Nice meeting you, George and Mike!"