Rain, Rain, Go Away. [Aleta]

Classes were finally over for the day. Like any other student in the world at his age, of muggle or magic background, Dominik couldn't help but be relieved. Of course, part of his evening now had to be dedicated to the irritating task of homework or studying for said classes, but he was trying to let that little detail slip his mind at the moment. As important as that essay on manticores was, it could be done later. He figured that he deserved a good, long break after a hard day at school. The perfect way to solve this was to do something entertaining to take his mind off of things.

As much as Dominik loved roaming inside the castle, today he just wasn't in the mood to do so. It was far too over crowded with both teachers and students who didn't dare to venture outside and get soaked to the bone by the downpour of rain outside. He was right, the storm was still going on and lasting for quite a while. That was reminding him of the one part of his day that Dominik wasn't too keen on repeating a second time -- the run in with Professor Carriedo. A second occurrence like this in general would be horribly embarrassing, never mind two times in the same day. The halls being crowded just made him want to get out more. Even if the initial meeting of the two wasn't picture perfect, the end of the meeting was actually nice. She seemed to be interested in trying out his plan that he had proposed. It was surprising.

The professor had said she was thinking of trying it after class was over, that much Dominik remembered. Luckily that had actually been the last class for the day. Since no one normally listened to him, he wanted to see if she did it and see the results for himself. Sadly for him, he didn't really know where to find her since the classes were over. Since she was the herbology professor, he figured he would linger outside near the path that led to the greenhouses. There was a nice overhang of castle where he currently found himself sitting safe from the rain. Now just came a game of waiting. Luckily for him, he did have patience when he wanted to. He hoped that Professor Carriedo would come back out here so he could catch her to talk again.

Dominik wasn't sure how long he had been sitting out there. He has lucked out since the rain wasn't falling at an angle. If it was, he would have been soaked without a doubt. At this moment in time he was still a little wet in some spots, but he would survive. It was odd over here. Yes it was raining which caused people to stay indoors, but it was almost like it was its own little quiet world over here. It was almost relaxing. He wondered if it was like this out here on sunny days or if students overtook it as well. In his head, Dominik made a mental note to check during his free time on a day with better weather. If it was still this quiet, it would make a great spot to get away from everyone else.

After what had felt like forever, the sound of footprints on the ground coming Dominik's way caught his attention. Breaking his gaze from the stream of rain he had been focusing on for the past 10 or so minutes, he turned to see who it was. He was met with the sight of just the person he was looking for -- Professor Carriedo. Finally. It seemed that luck was on his side for once today.

"Hello Professor." with this, he actually turned his body in her direction where he sat. After all, since this was the woman he was waiting here for, he assumed that they would be holding a conversation. By the looks of it she hadn't been expecting him to be sitting here. "Yes, actually. I was waiting for you. I was hoping that you would be coming this direction." At this point he was a little chilly from being outside, but did his best to not show it to the teacher. Professors seemed to love sending students back inside the castle all the time, and this was not what his goal was at the moment.

In response to her question, Dominik gave her a nod. "I wanted to see if you were really doing what we were talking about earlier." He thought that she should have guessed that, since he really had no other reason for talking to her outside of class. Unless he really needed it, he was never the type to hang around teachers extra. It just looked creepy. Inside he was a little glad that she wasn't one of the teachers that refused to talk to students outside class about anything other than work. Then this whole thing wouldn't have worked. She owed him for earlier in his head, so even if she hadn't wanted him to tag along, it was too bad.

With her next statement though, he didn't have to worry about that occurring. She seemed to be fine with him tagging along. That certainly made it easier on the both of them. Unfortunately, Dominik was now realizing that this little adventure was going to actually get him more soaked with rain which would in turn make him more chilly. That was the price he was willing to pay to see if this worked though. He was relieved when umbrellas were gotten, that would help a bit. Dominik got up and took the umbrella meant for him from the teacher before following after her. "Thank you Professor." Then he brought up something that he had been wondering. "You said you had an axe, where do you keep it? Is it far from here?" He had never really seen weapons like that around the school unless they were part of the statues all over the castle.

"I was hoping you weren't lying about it." He replied simply. That would have been not only a waste of time, but he would have gotten wet and cold for nothing. Dominik might have been fond of wasting time when he wanted to, but in this situation it wouldn't have been applicable. Although earlier the pair of them had been chatting it up (or, at least Dominik was in his own way), it now seemed a bit awkward striking up conversation with a teacher alone outside of class. "Oh don't worry, I'll be fine. The umbrella will help." Truth was, he got sick very easily so if he woke up with a runny nose in the next few days he wouldn't have been all that surprised as to how it happened. So he truly was grateful for the umbrella to use.

"In the greenhouses?" he found himself repeating, giving the professor a curious look hinted with confusion. "I've never seen any axes in the greenhouses before." Like all the other students in the castle, he had class there so saw the greenhouses quite often. There were all sorts of plants and gardening tools scattered around the place, but he was sure he would have noticed an axe of any sort. Tools like that normally tended to stick out from the rest, especially if it was a large one. Dominik let out a small chuckle as he continued to walk next to her. "Either I am blind, or you are really good at hiding them for some reason." He was pretty sure it was the latter of the two.

Even if the professor had just outright told him that she wasn't one to lie to students, he couldn't help but be a bit skeptical. For other people it might have been enough, but this was Dominik. He was always suspicious of other people's motives. In school, he was especially weary of teachers and other staff. It was a pretty bad personality trait to have. When Professor Carriedo was revealing the new information about there being a greenhouse that he hadn't been inside before that was used for storing things, Dominik gave her his full attention. He loved storing away little useless bits of information. Some things were just that; useless. Other things that appeared not all that important at the time became useful at the most unexpected of times.

Dominik wondered why he had never been here before, as they approached the greenhouse in question. Even if he didn't have classes in all the greenhouses on the grounds, he still had done a bit of wandering around here before and must have over looked something. "Alright, I will be waiting out here." he said, agreeing to her instructions. Really, he had no other choice in the matter if they were to get this done. Dominik watched the professor walk inside and was left to stand in the rain outside and wait for her return. Sadly the boy was terribly nosy.

Not wanting to bring any suspicion upon himself while he waited, Dominik attempted to peek inside the mysterious greenhouse the best he could from the doorway. He wanted a glimpse of what was in there. Obviously there was an axe, since that was what she was going to get, but there had to be more. Sadly from his position he wasn't able to see much of anything exciting. So it looked like the school wasn't hiding away weapons. Yes, he had quite the imagination. Though he didn't learn much from right now, at least he now knew a secret place with an axe if he ever needed it for whatever reason. That thought alone was enough to bring a small, all-knowing smile to the corner of his mouth.

Dominik wondered how long Professor Carriedo was going to be in there. Yes, the greenhouse looked to be rather large from the outside. Most of the other greenhouses were also rather crowded with tools, pots, and plants in every foot of the room. He imagined that this one was no different. Even taking all that into consideration, how long could she possibly be in there? Dominik assumed that since it was her greenhouse and get axe that she wouldn't be all that long. He'd get fidgety if he had to wait any longer.

Luckily for him, a few minutes later she returned with what was clearly an axe. This saved him from nervous pacing around outside, great! That was never a fun activity. Dominik took a few steps back from her, looking the new object over. It wasn't the hugest one around but it would be great still, he was sure. After he was done looking at it, Dominik looked back to the professor. "I think we need to find the biggest courtyard for it to work. Since the castle is really big." No, this castle and its grounds were just plain huge really. It also had so many courtyards that he figured a teacher would have better knowledge of the best one for this. After all, she had been around here far longer than himself, he assumed. "Do you know which one we could use?"

Though he didn't outwardly show it, her twirling around the newly found axe like that gave him a small scare at first. The only visible sign of this was that he took a few casual steps away from her just to distance himself a bit in case she had an accident with that thing as the walked. Better safe than sorry. His grip tightened around the umbrella he was holding in the slightest. Honestly, Dominik wouldn't have minded taking a long walk to the other side of the school. That might have sounded creepy given that he was taking a leisurely stroll with a teacher, but it would just mean the more time he could procrastinate on other things he had to be doing. Plus he always loved walks to explore and he didn't really know which courtyard she was referring to. He nodded to show that he was listening.

As quickly as Dominik had these thoughts, it seemed that the plan had already changed. He gave her another small nod of agreement as he followed after her like a puppy. "That one is nearby and still big, right?" She had said it was on this side of the castle, and he did recall there being one somewhere. He just didn't seem to be remembering it in great detail. As nice as this place was, it really could be so large and intimidating to remember what certain places looked like. "Because I think I am remembering a decent sized one over there somewhere." Dominik pointed ahead of them slightly with a hand he had taken off the umbrella.

The professor wasn't the only one who took notice to the new texture of the ground they were walking on. Dominik certainly noticed too. He could he the squishing noises from both their feet sinking in the mud every time each of their feet took a step forward. This was his only pair of shoes appropriate for school here, he hoped that the mud would come off easily. He looked down in front of where he was walking every so often to try to prevent himself from stepping in anything way too deep. "Hm, that doesn't sound too big. Hopefully you are talking about the bigger classrooms!" Dominik sounded a bit amused, and also a little disappointed. He could be right though. Like any school in the world, the size of classrooms in the castle varied from room to room. Two of the bigger ones together would make a decent size.

Dominik looked off in front of him, trying to spot their destination. He thought he could see the area that the professor was talking about. He hoped that this really worked in the end. It would be rather embarrassing if it didn't for some reason. The information was found in a book. Surely a book wouldn't lie to him, right? He didn't want to be judged for the rest of his time at school for this. Inside he did his best to have confidence. "There isn't a statue or anything in the middle of that one, is there?" he thought of suddenly. "Then we wouldn't have a place for the axe." That would be problematic!

"Well that is good if there is no statue or anything." Since they were so close, Dominik found that it wouldn't be rude to walk ahead of the professor a bit. Getting a glance before her wouldn't hurt anything. He didn't want to walk too fast though, since mud as slippery. Slipping in the mud would without a doubt ruin his clothes, and lead to a horribly embarrassing experience with Professor Carriedo. Once the coutyard in question was in view, Dominik stopped walking and looked around to get a feel for the new place. After a good look, he glanced back to Professor Carriedo.

She had been right in her guess. There was no statue, fountain, or anything of the sort that was normally associated with the middle of courtyards. The whole place was actually a pretty decent size too despite his previous unvoiced worries. "I actually think this one will work just great!" he concluded with a satisfied smile. "We just need to be finding the exact middle of the courtyard for it to work." He turned back to the area in front of them. Now how would they do that...

When the teacher spoke, Dominik looked back and focused on her rather than on the scenery of the courtyard in front to them. "What is it?" he said, not really seeing anything around them that could be any use. By the time he had said it though she had already walked off to put her plan into actions, so no explanation was really needed. Dominik could see what she was doing with the rope with his own two eyes. Since she was doing all the work, the student could really do nothing but stand there awkwardly and watch her work. He personally thought some type of measuring device with numbers on it as an actual way of counting numbers, but he kept his mouth shut for the moment.

Besides, he didn't have the time to voice his thoughts. Professor Carriedo was speaking to him again. Dominik paused with before answering, and did not look too happy with his answer when he did speak up. "No, I don't know how right now. I have the spell written in a book in my room though." In school he was taught to conjure some things, but rope wasn't one of them. Luckily for Dominik he did know a lot of silly little tricks he probably shouldn't from all the reading he did. "I am just not remembering it right now." He seemed a little frustrated with himself. "I could summon ropes instead?" Sure he didn't know where the ropes would come from, but it was better than the feeling of admitting that he could do nothing at the moment without that book.

Disappointment was still written all over Dominik's face as he struggled to wrack his brain for the proper spell to conjure a rope. Even if she said it was fine, it still wasn't satisfying to him. He hated forgetting things, especially when it dealt with magic of any kind. Of course, no one could remember everything they read. He watched the professor do what he was wanting to help out with, feeling a bit useless at this point.

That feeling of uselessness and disappointment disappeared for the most part when the professor was done with her rope preparations. The prospect of using the axe was certainly enough to brighten his mood. Dominik hadn't expected to let him even touch it, since teachers normally thought any student with something pointed and potentially dangerous would snap and become some type of murderer. "Of course I want to do that!" Needing both hands for this, he put down the umbrella on the ground, even if it was a bit rude, and excitedly took the axe from her hands before turning to the cross of the ropes. That thing was a bit heavier than it looked. He walked a bit closer, looking behind him while clearly rather happy to see if Professor Carriedo was following or at least watching. "Are you ready to see if this works?" Someone had to actually watch this!