gooseberryhigh | PUNISHMENTS

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.

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There is no small amount of guilt Ferdie has, going into this. He should've kept better track of this situation. Should've checked in with his prefects as soon as rumors of the LGK were back in circulation, made sure everyone was accounted for, at least re-instated a Ribbonfin buddy system. Certainly after the whirlwind of last week. He's a little sheepish and apologetic sitting in front of Mr. Hightower. He opens, hands wringing a little, how he should've kept closer track of the tensions between Stoker and Calvin. Should've checked in more. There was a lot more that he could've done.

As it is, as it stands, he knows Calvin had that issue with a ouija board (??) last year, but otherwise, he's a generally law-abiding citizen. One of their highest achieving, honestly, with Quidditch and Duelling Club. He hadn't stooped to revenge before now so this seems suspect. And he'd ask Mr. Hightower to consider only solid evidence. It's not impossible, and Ferdie doesn't know him well, but it seems out of character for Calvin to do something like this. He'll try to reach out more from now on.

It is probably a fairly long monologue.