Open air

[Theodore Nightray]

Out of Character:

Set after this class

Theodore Nightray was not in the North Tower, was currently flirting with some poor soul, and has been completely clueless about his cousin's current issues.​

 

[Eurydice Nightray]

Eurydice had not known where to go. She'd just gotten out of Potion class, her hand still shaking as she clutched her notes and writing implements, though she was pretty sure that they were now all messed up. Those were a problem for later though. All she knew as she left the classroom was that she needed some air. She just hadn't known where she could get air. The Great Hall was a no-go. The Courtyard was too close to that corridor. She kept thinking that there would be a snake slithering across the grass in the Lawn and the Garden and the Lakefront. Air, she needed air. And so she climbed. Without really thinking, she climbed. She felt a little sick really. Her skin felt clammy, and maybe she was a little lightheaded. She wasn't quite sure. But as far as she could get from the Potions classroom, the better. She hadn't expected the fear when the photo of the snake was shown in class. She knew it couldn't hurt her. She knew that. It hadn't helped at all. She was supposed to be over it! It's been months! She hadn't even had any interaction with those Slytherins aside from when they broke her tarot cards. She was fine.

She didn't feel fine at all.

But the wind blowing on her face as she finally stopped in front of a window in front of the North Tower helped to soothe the prickly feeling surrounding her nerves. Still, Eurydice felt like her stomach was in knots and her hand was trembling a little, but at least now she was a little more calm. Calm enough to remember that she could put her notes and her quill in her bag instead of clutching them really tight. This was good. This was fine. She was going to be fine. No snake would find her here.​

 

[Primrose Kaster]

Prim had noticed Eury leaving the potions class in a hurry, and something about the way she’d clutched her notes with that pale, shaky hand told her everything wasn’t fine. It wasn’t unusual for Eury to have her moments, she was sure that it was normal for all of them to find some of the material in classes to be a lot to handle, Prim often had those moments in History or in Defence Against the Dark Arts, but she didn’t think it was a common reaction to Potions, a class she rather liked actually, so without a second thought, she’d stuffed her own things into her bag and followed as quickly as she could allow herself to do.

She caught up with her in the towers, which seemed like a strange place to go, she thought, since they were Hufflepuffs. Who was up here that Eury might be looking for? Because that was the only thing she could think of. She knew her brother was in Slytherin, she’d spoken to him previously.

“Eury?” she called softly, stepping into her line of sight. “I saw you in class, you didn’t look okay.” She didn’t really know what to say or if the girl wanted comfort, but she knew she had to say or do something, she couldn’t just let Eury go without making sure she was okay. Everyone said they should say something if they saw something, but Prim didn’t know what she’d seen, or if she’d seen anything. Maybe Eury just wasn’t feeling well? Though this was the wrong direction if that was the case. “Did something happen in class?” Maybe she didn’t want to talk about it, but Prim felt like she at least needed to ask.​