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Killed by Knowledge - Benjamin Turner - March 11, 2018
March 11th, 1888 — Hogwarts Library
The best part of being in his sixth year, in Ben's estimation, was that studying was enjoyable again. Taking only the subjects that interested him and without the spectre of O.W.L.s hanging over him, his time spent in the school's immense library was once more a period of discovery, rather than drudgery.
Alchemy was today's Everest, his assignment due the next day but having been left a bit later than the prefect cared to admit. He had found a table to himself and built something akin to a fortress of texts on the surface around him, shielding him from any potential conversation from those who might join him. This was the time of year when the library began to increase in popularity—examinations of all sorts were just over two months away—and while he might not have been prepared for this assignment, Benjamin Turner was damn well going to be prepared for possible intrusions.
Unable to find the answer he sought in his first book, he set it gingerly on one of the piles and pulled down another. The piercing scream it made when he opened it, mercifully, was heard only for a moment before he fainted, the book clattering shut on the floor as he dropped it.
RE: Killed by Knowledge - Ruby Urquart - March 11, 2018
Benjamin Turner; what a weirdo. Ruby knew that he and Delight were friends... Until Topaz's condition, at least. It wasn't that Delight shared everything with Ruby, but they'd talked about how some "friends" had turned their backs on them after the tragedy with their sister. Turner was a case of its own, though. He'd probably cut off people even if their sisters weren't turned into werewolves. Only someone truly anti-social would go to such lengths for people not to talk to them!
Ruby had gone to find a book nearby and she returned just in time to find Benjamin Turner on the floor. Her first thought was to leave him there, it'd serve him right, he probably wouldn't want people to help him, but then she considered the possibility of a librarian or another prefect walking in to the scene and assuming Ruby had done this to him.
"Hey, Mr Turner?" Ruby asked and gently tapped his shoulder with her foot. Next, she knelt over his head and asked again: "Mr. Turner?"
RE: Killed by Knowledge - Benjamin Turner - March 11, 2018
A high-pitched ringing continued in his ears as Ben’s eyelids fluttered open, and, disoriented, the Ravenclaw tried to figure out just what had happened.
“Dee?” he asked, faintly making out the shape above him before wondering why on earth Delight would call him Mr. Turner.
“Dee?” he asked, faintly making out the shape above him before wondering why on earth Delight would call him Mr. Turner.
RE: Killed by Knowledge - Ruby Urquart - March 11, 2018
Dee? Ruby's eyebrows furrowed and she blushed a bit. "You fainted," Ruby told the Ravenclaw, trying to ignore the fact that she was mistaken for somebody else.
RE: Killed by Knowledge - Sisse Thompsett - March 15, 2018
Since the beginning of the year Sisse had developed a like of the library. There were days when the silence wore on her, but then there were days when she could really buckle down on her homework without the chatter of her friends distracting her. Fine when she had her art homework, not so good when she was struggling through a Magic Theory essay, which was exactly what she was in the middle of doing.
She had settled at a table in a section of the library that appeared to have few visitors other than the older boy who had basically built a book wall around him at the next table. Her parchment in front of her Sisse was trying to think of something to write when a loud screech sounded from the next table over. Sisse couldn’t help it, the sound startled her and she jumped from her chair, a scream starting in her throat when gray dots began to grow in her vision and she fell to the floor in a dead faint.
RE: Killed by Knowledge - Benjamin Turner - March 23, 2018
The face was right, but then it wasn’t—and the voice was altogether wrong. Just as he realized this, Ben realized with embarrassment that it was not Delight Urquart who hovered above his face, but Ruby Urquart. It was not the worst mistake to have made, but still, the Ravenclaw thought, far from ideal.
“That seems about right,” Benjamin replied as he sat up slowly, appraising the buzzing in his head, the soreness in his limbs from what he could only assume was a fall when he had swooned like an overexcited debutante. “You wouldn’t happen to know why, would you?” The Ravenclaw inquired next, eyes flitting about the space but missing the lump of collapsed Gryffindor near the next table.
“That seems about right,” Benjamin replied as he sat up slowly, appraising the buzzing in his head, the soreness in his limbs from what he could only assume was a fall when he had swooned like an overexcited debutante. “You wouldn’t happen to know why, would you?” The Ravenclaw inquired next, eyes flitting about the space but missing the lump of collapsed Gryffindor near the next table.
RE: Killed by Knowledge - Ruby Urquart - March 27, 2018
"You were like this when I found you," Ruby replied. She felt that her answer was unconvincing, even though it was the truth. She added an additional clue that would hopefully stir suspicions away from her: "You screamed."
RE: Killed by Knowledge - Benjamin Turner - March 31, 2018
"I did no such thing!" the boy—man, now!—argued indignantly. While Ben's memories of the last few moments might have been hazy, the Ravenclaw was quite sure he would not have done anything so girlish. "It must have been someone else."
RE: Killed by Knowledge - Ruby Urquart - April 1, 2018
"Well, I heard it and there's nobody else around!" Ruby insisted. Why he was so touchy about it she couldn't understand -- there was nothing embarrassing about screaming. He would have died if his sister had been turned into a werewolf. That was probably why he'd stopped talking to Delight.
After saying that, Ruby noticed a hand protruding on the piece of floor she could see at the other end of the table. She moved a bit and realized that some girl was laying on the other end of the long table. "Nevermind. I guess she screamed."
RE: Killed by Knowledge - Benjamin Turner - April 5, 2018
The younger Miss Urquart was rather blasé about the unconscious first year for Ben’s tastes. Shooting an are you serious look at the Gryffindor, the seventeen year old moved swiftly over to the fallen girl.
“Excuse me, Miss?” he inquired, hovering above her but not touching her. “Miss?” he asked again, more loudly this time.
“Excuse me, Miss?” he inquired, hovering above her but not touching her. “Miss?” he asked again, more loudly this time.
RE: Killed by Knowledge - Sisse Thompsett - April 10, 2018
Someone was talking to her. Weren’t they? Sisse’s eyes fluttered open to a mass of blond hair blocking her view. The voice was more insistent this time, what had happened? Sisse pushed herself up, “Yes?” She answered, realizing her head hurt as she shook her head to get her blond curls out of her face. Gingerly she touched her the back of her head, it didn’t feel like there was a bump. But whatever was she doing on the floor? “What happened?” She asked the boy hovering over her, certain he was the one who had spoken to her. Her cheeks had turned pink with embarrassment as her confusion deepened and she felt certain of the attention on her.
RE: Killed by Knowledge - Ruby Urquart - April 13, 2018
Ruby didn't know the girl who had fainted and that was the reason why she was finding it hard to feel particularly alarmed about her being on the floor. Besides, she was fine. She woke up almost immediately.
"You fainted," Ruby replied to the blonde. "He fainted too," she added with a casual gesture at Ben Turner. "It's probably connected somehow."
RE: Killed by Knowledge - Benjamin Turner - April 14, 2018
The faintest hint of pink crept into his cheeks as Miss Urquart informed the younger girl that he had fainted. For a woman to do that was one thing, but for a man? How embarrassing!
Still, her frankness was something he found relatively reassuring—if she was so unconcerned, she either was heartless or did not think anything was terribly awry. That much, at least, helped Ben’s uneasiness over the matter (provided it was the latter, of course).
“You don’t feel sore anywhere, do you?” he asked the girl a bit more warmly than Miss Urquart had managed.
Still, her frankness was something he found relatively reassuring—if she was so unconcerned, she either was heartless or did not think anything was terribly awry. That much, at least, helped Ben’s uneasiness over the matter (provided it was the latter, of course).
“You don’t feel sore anywhere, do you?” he asked the girl a bit more warmly than Miss Urquart had managed.
RE: Killed by Knowledge - Sisse Thompsett - April 16, 2018
Sisse looked up at the other girl’s words, realizing that it was not just the older boy standing by her. The girl was quick to inform her that the boy had fainted as well. How odd. Her brothers had never once fainted. “Oh.” Sisse managed as she stood up, running hands over her skirts to straighten them as she thought about the moment before she had landed on the floor. “I thought I heard someone scream.” She added, wondering if that, too, was connected.
“I believe so. Thank you.” She tried to reply as primly as possible. To be honest she was a tiny bit sore, but she certainly wasn’t going to tell a gentleman her butt hurt!
RE: Killed by Knowledge - Benjamin Turner - May 11, 2018
"Maybe," the Ravenclaw suggested, "we should take you to the Hospital Wing—just in case?"
It was, in part, a self-serving suggestion. While Ben would have felt entirely foolish going of his own accord, if he should happen to encounter the nurse while escorting the young witch, then she would no doubt insist upon making sure he was alright, too.
It was, in part, a self-serving suggestion. While Ben would have felt entirely foolish going of his own accord, if he should happen to encounter the nurse while escorting the young witch, then she would no doubt insist upon making sure he was alright, too.
RE: Killed by Knowledge - Sisse Thompsett - May 30, 2018
If the older boy thought that she should go to the hospital wing he was likely right. Sisse hated to cause such a hassle and it wasn’t like she was the only one to have fainted, but she felt that it would be rather rude to point this out. “I would hate to be so troublesome, but if you think it best, then I suppose so.” Sisse tucked her legs under her and stood up slowly, nothing seemed to terribly sore or hurt. She bet she’d have bruises but she doubted they would be as bad as the time Matthew convinced her to climb the tree in their garden.