PUNISHMENTS

[goosestaff]

After dinner, Sylvester Stoker and Reid Wainwright are called into Ms. Vector's office for a mandatory meeting with her and Mr. Thorn. The mood in the room is tense, but the two strict teachers get right down to business. They don't mince words.

• For attacking a fellow student, Sylvester Stoker is being benched until the new year, January 1. This means he will not be participating in the game against Azurcrest.


• He may keep his badge and act as Captain during practices, and he'll have to decide whether he'd like Ira Ashworth or Dinah Dixon to replace him for the next two months or so.


• Mr. Thorn makes it clear that if it were up to him, Stoker would have his badge removed permanently.


• Further inquiries will be made into whether or not Stoker is a fit captain. This means that interviews will be set up with his team, Coppertale senior and junior prefects, the Coppertale Cheer captain, and the other Quidditch captains.


• Stoker has a week to tell his team, after which it will be made clear to senior prefects and the victim of his attack how and why he was punished.

With that said, the boys are dismissed. You can attempt to ask questions or make arguments if you like, but Mr. Thorn and Ms. Vector rarely sway from their decisions. This sounds like a done deal.

Elsewhere, Calvin Evercreech is being spoken to by Mr. Hightower about implications that he had, in fact, tried to frame Stoker. Ribbonfin junior and senior prefects (and the Head Boy) as well as Calvin's roommates will be asked if they can vouch for his character or his whereabouts.

Comments

Ira

[ashworthless]

A sneakier person would use this opportunity to get Sy kicked off the team entirely and move up from a reserve position. But there's a little more loyalty to Ira than all that. He's really only been on the team for a few weeks, and is distinctly uncomfortable in making any sort of input. Ira's never that good when he feels cornered by authority figures. So he doesn't say that much.

"He shouldn't have hit that guy. But he's a really good captain, and he doesn't hit us, if that's what you're worried about."

He doesn't think he needs to say more than this.