[OPEN MINGLE] Or perhaps in Slytherin

[fulllifeconsequences]

Who: Slytherin House! (And friends and visitors, of course!)
Where: Slytherin Common Room, Quidditch Pitch, various places around Hogwarts
When: Duration of the event
Rating: G (will edit as necessary)
Summary: Slytherin open log!
The Story:



The Slytherin common room was a long, low underground room with rough stone walls and ceiling, from which round, greenish lamps were hanging on chains. A fire was crackling under an elaborately carved mantelpiece ahead of them, and several Slytherins were silhouetted around it in carved chairs.

The common room has changed, somewhat, from its historical description, thanks to the decorative powers of one Mettaton. Though it still extends beneath the lake and thus retains a greenish, aquatic cast, it's much more brightly lit, its cold, damp atmosphere replaced with dazzling MTT-brand warmth. Even the giant squid, occasionally peering in as it does its rounds of the lake, seems just a shade more glamorous inside such a charming space.

Students - and a ghost or two - can be found nestled within its confines, plotting mischief around the fire, studiously doing their homework (as good students do), or perhaps trading Chocolate Frog trading cards. Though Slytherin is not especially well-known for its wide-open, trusting nature, Slytherins are known for not snitching on each other; if a guest or two were to creep in for a while, then odds are, nobody saw anything.

Comments

[mettatonvevo]

[He gives a knowing grin at her words.]

If you tell me yours, I'll tell you mine.

[Fair is fair, after all, and he leans over the cauldron more, breaking all proper lab safety procedures and casually smelling whatever is in there.]

[reverseengineer]

Move back, you are way too fond of your own appearance to want to get any of this stuff on you.

[She puts a hand on his chest and pushes him back.]

I'm trying to find the biological codes that let us do magic.

[mettatonvevo]

[Mettaton goes back with her willingly, gently touching his face to make sure everything is still in place.]

Really now? That is absolutely fascinating! Have you gotten very far?

[reverseengineer]

It's a work in progress. [So... no.] But my genetic sequencing potion is almost working properly.

[mettatonvevo]

So what is that supposed to do? You drink it and it unravels your entire genetic make up? Hopefully not literally.

[He observes her set up carefully, looking around the room once again.]

How long have you been working on this?

[reverseengineer]

Yes, literally, which is why drinking it would be a terrible idea. [She tugs heavy dragonhide gloves on and decants a scoop of the liquid into a small vial.]

Since second year. I got curious, and I couldn't find any literature on it, so....

[She took matters into her own hands. She corks the vial.]

[mettatonvevo]

So how are you supposed to use it then?

[He watches her cork the vial and can't help but grin a bit. They truly belonged in the same house together, seeing that ambition reflected in her eyes.]

That good Slytherin spirit always serves us well, it seems.

[He knows this plan of his own is going to propel him far, and this potion of Pidge's will do the same for her.]

[reverseengineer]

[Which reminds her. She clutches the vial a little closer to her and side-eyes him.] You haven't told me what you're doing.

[mettatonvevo]

Oh. I suppose you're right.

[He had been kind of hoping she would forget to ask. But, a deal is a deal, so he shuffles the books in his hands and grins.]

I am currently researching magic and its relation to death and how that all factors into making a ghost. If all goes well, I'll come out of it with a simple and peaceful spell that can allow a ghost to move on to wherever they need to go without the mess of a traditional exorcism.

[reverseengineer]

Fascinating. Are there ghosts looking for that?

[mettatonvevo]

Oh, I'm sure there are some who are! And those who didn't even know they have a choice.

[He gives a solid nod.]

That's the true purpose, really. To give them all the choice that, should they realize they do want to move on and can't for whatever reason, they still have the option.

[reverseengineer]

I guess I never really thought about it. [Ghosts are not the focus of her research, so she doesn't pay them much thought. She does that sometimes. Forgets everything that isn't research.] But I wish you luck. Sounds like a worthwhile pursuit.

[mettatonvevo]

Why thank you, Pidge! The same to you! It'll be interesting to see what you uncover with your research as well. I know the Ministry has been trying to find the source of magic in humans for ages.

[And with the introduction of Monsters, things got really hairy.]