[center][b][h3][color=ED2939]Saur[/color][/h3][/b][/center]

[color=ED2939]"All the more reason to find him as swiftly as possible, then,"[/color] Saur agreed with a nod of his head, moving to Fleur's side. He glanced up at her for a moment as he passed her by, recalling their brief squabble this morning at Alandri's.... However, now was not the time to bring it up. Nothing should be distracting them from ensuring that whatever was going on was stopped as soon as possible. The torrent of water Fleur mentioned caused him some concern. If it wasn't Teacher Ot who left this behind, and it likely wasn't another staff member due to how wrong the interpretations seemed to be, unless there were staff even less inclined to the magical arts than he was as a brand new student....

[color=ED2939]"A student,"[/color] Saur concluded aloud as he approached the watery trail. He crouched down to the trail, kneeling beside it and eyeing it for a moment. [color=ED2939]"Whoever this was, there's a strong chance that our culprit's a student. And more than one, judging from this trail. I can't tell the number; water trails don't leave that kind of detailed information behind. But it had to be people who belong here or they would've drawn too much attention, and like I said before, I find it hard to believe a staff member would reach such incorrect conclusions about that rune. Not impossible of course, but...."[/color]

His eyes narrowed. What would a student be doing studying a rune that seemed to exclusively be used to summon a torrent of water? It [i]was[/i] a magic school, so studying the rune itself wasn't out of the ordinary. It could also just have been something a student was asking about with Teacher Ot. But the fact that water was covering the floor combined with the water rune...? There were a number of possibilities. It could have even simply been a prank gone awry or something. He himself had tended to the wounds of guards because of a poorly executed joke before. But still, something inside him was roaring at him, telling him that there something worse going on in the background....

[color=ED2939]"Regardless, I concur with Fleur,"[/color] Saur added, rising back to his feet again. [color=ED2939]"But I would recommend you all keep your wits about you and keep your guard up around any students that aren't in this group. I do not believe we will be attacked, but making assumptions is how someone gets snatched."[/color]

With that, he turned around and, if nobody else had anything further to look at or add, he would make begin following the trail in search of its source.