[center][color=39b54a][h2]Elspeth Macbain[/h2][/color]
[b]Interaction[/b][b]: Hugo [@Sewer Rat][/b][/center][hr]
With every word that came out of the newcomers mouth, Elspeth felt her rage peak higher and higher. Her initial, stunned reaction quickly gave way to a seething anger that she had no wish to hold back. Clenching her teeth, the Slytherin prefect was about to utter a few choice words for the troglodyte sitting in front of her, when he drew his wand.

Several things happened went through her mind at once, but predominant among them was an instinct carved into her by nearly half a decade of being the top duelist at Hogwarts:

When a wand is pulled at your face, you pull yours out right back.

The light might have made it impossible for her to look at him, but sitting in carriage and knowing where he sat made the rest of it easy.

[color=39b54a][i]"Petrificus Totalus,"[/i][/color] she uttered, her voice much calmer than she felt. The spell shot out immediately, and made a beeline for the offending party.