[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

[theothermrgray]

[Dorian is actually disturbed... Okay maybe the dungeons could be used for other illegal purposes but there might be stuff in there?]

Goodness! Thank Merlin they don't let the professors get away with that these days.

[mettatonvevo]

[The dungeons are home to the horrible things that castle occupants have done in the past, as well as home to Mettaton's (and Pidge's, apparently) secret machinations. Hence his easy knowledge of the area.]

It's better for all of us, definitely. Now the dungeons are mostly home to ghosts, mold, and us.

[He wrinkles his nose a bit at the thought.]

What in Merlin's name was Salazar thinking when he put his house here?

[theothermrgray]

Good question...

[Dorian actually puts some thought into it, glancing at the squid as it passed by the windows.]

Perhaps he wanted some privacy? Or he enjoyed the underwater view?

[Shrug.]

[mettatonvevo]

Mmm, I'd say the privacy is what he was going for. I mean, he supposedly built that secret chamber here in Hogwarts that no one has ever found to hide his valuable items, or something.

[It was "Slytherin's monster", Mettaton, but nice try anyway!]

[theothermrgray]

Yes, of course. The Chamber of Secrets.

If he wanted to put his prized possessions somewhere safe, he could have gone to Gringott's, or whatever the equivalent was back then.

[mettatonvevo]

[His mouth quirks up into a sardonic smile.]

I think his equivalent was stuffing all of his gold into a cursed tree stump. Or maybe storing it away in some dark mountain side, like a dragon.

[He stretches a bit, finally getting up from the couch.]

Well, I hate to cut this conversation short, but it is getting rather late. We should both think about heading to bed soon.

[As if he's actually going to sleep. His "gift" for Napstablook is almost to completion, and he'll probably stay up all night in his dormitory trying to finish it off for them.]

[theothermrgray]

Ah, yes. I suppose it is.

[Dorian does realize the importance of beauty sleep, and decides he should probably get some himself. Classes and all that.]

Shall we see each other again one day? [He knows the answer is yes, but he's just being silly.]

[mettatonvevo]

[Mettaton laughs at Dorian's dramatics, putting a hand on his chest and looking away.]

Oh Dorian, if the stars align just right... yes, we shall~!

[He gives the other Slytherin a low, sweeping bow as he walks towards the dormitory stairs.]

Until we meet again, good sir.