Open Forestry Exploration

[Liusaidh Styx]

Liusaidh was stood right at the edge of the forbidden forest, her dad had told her to avoid getting into trouble or getting a detention this semester but boy did she want to not do that. But there weren’t that many options of things she could do that would get her into trouble that were also fun. Afterall, she was just having fun. When she’d jinx’d rosenberg it had been because it was fun to pick on someone that had a problem with the best sport ever. She wanted to have fun, and the trampoline stuff was going great, she had a number of signatures already and was pushing a slow campaign. She’d get it, or styx would have to live with her pushing it for every year that she was at the school. But the forest. Liusaidh had been in plenty of forests in her life, there were many in scotland, but this was a different sort of forest and she was sure it could be fun, but she wasn’t sure if the fun would really be worth it. Perhaps it would be...she just had to decide.​

 

[Giselle Miller]

Giselle had an okay semester. She hadn't made any friends, as she wasn't really bothered with it at the moment. She always was in the library or in her common room just reading her usual ghost books, as well as taking notes by them. Maybe it would be different this semester. Giselle had been curious about the Forbidden Forest for a while now. She knew that it was Forbidden to go in, but she had always wanted to explore the forest that every student was not allowed to go in. Giselle thought that this would probably be the day that she should visit the forest, one small visit wouldn't hurt. As she made her way down to the forest, she had noticed that someone else was there, standing at the edge of the forest. "Are you having a look-see in the forest too?"

 

[Liusaidh Styx]

Liusaidh glanced next to her and smiled widely, ”Giselle! The better Giselle!” she greeted the girl warmly before she looked back into the forest and gave a little shrug, ”ah’m thinkin’ aboot it,” she replied honestly. ”Ah’m no like scared but like ah dinnae ken if its worth it, what fun would it even be,” she added a little shrug, Liusaidh didn’t necessarily go looking for trouble but she did seem to be constantly on the edge of it. She wanted to go into the forest to have some fun, it didn’t really matter that the forest was forbidden, that was just an aside to get others into trouble if she wanted to. Liusaidh looked back at Giselle, ”Are ye?” she asked before motioning towards the forest, perhaps it was going alone that was the trouble, perhaps with someone she could have a lot more fun. Perhaps that would just in general just be fun. ​

 

[Giselle Miller]

Giselle laughs a little when Liusaidh had mentioned her as the 'better' Giselle, and she wasn't sure what to think about that. She nods with Liusaidh had explained that she was thinking about going in. Giselle walked closer a little closer to the forest. "I'm thinking about it. I've been curious about it for a while now. I don't know what it's forbidden tho? Do you know why it is?" Giselle says as she takes a quick peek of the forest before looking back at her dorm mate.

 

[Liusaidh Styx]

Liusaidh shrugged a little, ”Ah know why the forbidden forest at Hogwarts Scotland is forbidden,” she said, ”Like the head teacher o’er the years have just any manner ae creature settle in. Like hoards ae centaurs and giant spiders, so ah wouldnae be surprised if it was the same,” she had heard so much about the school practically on her doorsteps. Her eldest sister had gone to it, her cousins all went to it, her parents had too. They all had stories about it, ”But ah cannae imagine that this forest has half as much as the other one, cause like, this schools like 30 years old, so maybe its actually fine and they just say its forbidden cause they dinnae want us havin’ fun,” Liusaidh finished looking back towards the better Giselle looking to see if she had anything to add. If anything that little bit that Liusaidh had said had decided it for her, she was going to go in. ​

 

[Giselle Miller]

Giselle listens to what Liusaidh had to say about the Forbidden Forest. She had overheard people talking about it, and it had made her interested to go in. "The creatures sound so cool though, even if they may be slightly dangerous," Giselle says, as she looks back and forth at Liusaidh and the forest. Giselle was interested to go in. But she was still slightly sceptical about it. "Thirty years old? It seems so much older than that if I'm honest." Giselle says a little surprised that, that's how long the school had been up for. She took one last breath of nervousness out, before turning back to Liusaidh. "Well, what are you waiting for? Let's go in" Giselle says with a little shrug, as she slowly walks further into the forest, some slight nervousness taking over her.

 

[Liusaidh Styx]

Liusaidh wasn’t sure that giant spiders and other creatures were that cool, they were gross and unnecessary to her, but maybe to others they were fun and cool. She didn’t care but it wasn’t something that would necessarily stop her doing something. But if the spider or whatever could do a trick then she’d be more interested. ”Well, in fairness thirty is SO old,” she retorted, ”Ma eldest brother, Graeme is like thirty, he’s got a bairn and everything. Thirty is OLD, just like Hogwarts Scotland is ancient,” she told Giselle. But it didn’t really matter. It was just that the school was old. But just not to the same degree as the older scottish school. But as Liusaidh watched Giselle walk in, she grinned, ”Alright, let’s go!” she followed with a little giggle, she immediately reached into her pocket and held it lightly in her hand, she wouldn’t be able to do much, but she knew enough spells to buy them time. ”Ah bet this forest ends up havin’ nothing and being real dull,”​

 

[Giselle Miller]

Giselle nods with agreement when Liusaidh mentions about the forest and all. She did agree that if there was nothing spectacular in the forest, she would've found this adventure a little boring and maybe a slight waste of time, but she wasn't sure yet. "We never know will we," Giselle says with a shrug and a small smile, as she walked slightly further into the forest. Giselle looked around the forest, to see if anything had perked her ears or if anything in the forest had caught her eye. Nothing had happened yet, and Giselle was a little disappointed. "Do you see anything?" Giselle says with curiosity, as she looks at Liusaidh.

 

[Liusaidh Styx]

Liusaidh was keeping her wand with its light out in front of her as they were venturing into the forest. She was glancing about but there wasn’t anything of interest. It was just a forest….it was admittedly getting darker the more they went in but that didn’t really mean anything. It was still just a forest and still boring. She looked at the other girl and shook her head. ”Those girls that made a huge deal aboot stayin’ in here were pansies. This place has nothing, it’s just a forest,” she was clearly both dismayed at her house mates but also at this place. ”Ah bet there’s nothin’ even in here, professors just dinnae want tae look for kid every time someone gets lost,” Liusaidh shrugged, but she wasn’t heading in the other direction out she was continuing on deeper into the forest. ​