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Feb. 13th, 2024 05:29 pmAlexander MacNeil cracked up laughing, elbowing his best mate, Eamonn Flannery as they hared it down the corridor and heading to the Great Hall for breakfast. They'd made an earlier run to the cavernous room in the dark of night--after curfew, yeah, but bro...they KNEW how to get past the alarm wards that were set to notify Heads of House if students were out and about, not to mention they had the Prefects and Head Boy and Head Girl's patrolling schedules fucking MEMORISED because there was NO BLOODY WAY that they were going to lose points for something as stupid as breaking curfew. Hell, if you were going to lose points, then make those points COUNT for something.
For example, they both fully expected points to be lost for their latest prank, although they both suspected that the entertainment value of it alone was worth it, not to mention that it was pretty much HARMLESS anyway, and besides...wasn't bringing laughter and joy and amusement a GOOD thing? Of course it was. And, all done in good fun so they reckoned that any points taken by their respective Heads of House would be minimal at best, and likely done with a wink and a nod and probably a lot of chuckling too, considering the subject of the prank.
Oh, how they'd DIED laughing the day that Alexander was doing some research in the library about the similarities between magical animals and regular ones, and had come across those photos of Pallas cats. Beautiful animals, surely, but FUUUUUUUUCK, their expressions! He'd laughed so hard that the librarian had come over and rapped him across the back of the head with her wand, something that Bibby dēļ Grāmata had NEVER done to the prize Ravenclaw student who could almost always make her smile with one of his sassy winks and bright smiles. So, he'd quickly checked out the book and hared it to off to The Super Secret Room that the Wild Bunch had adopted as their (not so secret) meeting place since most of them were in different Houses and this way, they could hang out together there instead of the Common Rooms.
When he'd showed the book to Eamonn, they'd taken one look at each other and both snorted with laughter as they said "PROFESSOR WILL!!!!". Since that moment, they'd surreptitiously taken photos of the quiet History of Magic professor during class and also out of it, especially when he was engaged in conversations with his elder cousin, Professor Ethan McHugh, or whilst talking to ne'er-do-well students (okay, most often it was THEM, but that's BESIDE the point) and gotten together to pair these photos with photos of Pallas cats bearing eerily similar and absolutely hysterical expressions.
Last night, they'd taken the fruits of their labors to the Great Hall and Charmed ALL of the House and school banners to light up with photos of Professor Will alongside photos of Pallas cats wearing the same expression when Professor Will walked into the room for breakfast. He was usually a bit behind most everyone, as he enjoyed his coffee up in his and Professor B's rooms with their pets before making his way to the staff table for breakfast with the rest of the professors.
As they skidded around a corner, they nearly crashed right into Professor Fell.
"Ooooh, Professor, sorry about that! Didn't mean to nearly mow you over!" Alexander laughed, raising his hands and shaking them about, grinning as the affable professor did the same. It was the funniest thing, but brilliant, and it seemed that Professor Fell loved the fact that he was "in tune with the young people these days" and knew this "hip" greeting.
"Are you heading to breakfast, Sir? Don't want to be late, a little bird told me that there just MIGHT be some entertainment this morning!" He grinned brightly as Eamonn cracked up and Professor Aziraphale clapped his hands together in glee, expressing his delight in the idea of morning fun. "Oh, I expect it will be, Sir!"
For example, they both fully expected points to be lost for their latest prank, although they both suspected that the entertainment value of it alone was worth it, not to mention that it was pretty much HARMLESS anyway, and besides...wasn't bringing laughter and joy and amusement a GOOD thing? Of course it was. And, all done in good fun so they reckoned that any points taken by their respective Heads of House would be minimal at best, and likely done with a wink and a nod and probably a lot of chuckling too, considering the subject of the prank.
Oh, how they'd DIED laughing the day that Alexander was doing some research in the library about the similarities between magical animals and regular ones, and had come across those photos of Pallas cats. Beautiful animals, surely, but FUUUUUUUUCK, their expressions! He'd laughed so hard that the librarian had come over and rapped him across the back of the head with her wand, something that Bibby dēļ Grāmata had NEVER done to the prize Ravenclaw student who could almost always make her smile with one of his sassy winks and bright smiles. So, he'd quickly checked out the book and hared it to off to The Super Secret Room that the Wild Bunch had adopted as their (not so secret) meeting place since most of them were in different Houses and this way, they could hang out together there instead of the Common Rooms.
When he'd showed the book to Eamonn, they'd taken one look at each other and both snorted with laughter as they said "PROFESSOR WILL!!!!". Since that moment, they'd surreptitiously taken photos of the quiet History of Magic professor during class and also out of it, especially when he was engaged in conversations with his elder cousin, Professor Ethan McHugh, or whilst talking to ne'er-do-well students (okay, most often it was THEM, but that's BESIDE the point) and gotten together to pair these photos with photos of Pallas cats bearing eerily similar and absolutely hysterical expressions.
Last night, they'd taken the fruits of their labors to the Great Hall and Charmed ALL of the House and school banners to light up with photos of Professor Will alongside photos of Pallas cats wearing the same expression when Professor Will walked into the room for breakfast. He was usually a bit behind most everyone, as he enjoyed his coffee up in his and Professor B's rooms with their pets before making his way to the staff table for breakfast with the rest of the professors.
As they skidded around a corner, they nearly crashed right into Professor Fell.
"Ooooh, Professor, sorry about that! Didn't mean to nearly mow you over!" Alexander laughed, raising his hands and shaking them about, grinning as the affable professor did the same. It was the funniest thing, but brilliant, and it seemed that Professor Fell loved the fact that he was "in tune with the young people these days" and knew this "hip" greeting.
"Are you heading to breakfast, Sir? Don't want to be late, a little bird told me that there just MIGHT be some entertainment this morning!" He grinned brightly as Eamonn cracked up and Professor Aziraphale clapped his hands together in glee, expressing his delight in the idea of morning fun. "Oh, I expect it will be, Sir!"
