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"That's cool. My friend Violet is really into Care of Magical Creatures... actually any creature, she's a vegan. I have to give her credit, I couldn't do it. And Arthimancy... that's divination right? Well a type of divination." In all honesty she was quite fuzzy on that subject. Her mother had told her that it was the study of divination with numbers, but what that actually entailed she was not sure.
"Muggle Studies? That's cool. I'm actually fascinated in it myself. My grandfather on my Mum's side is a muggle. So whenever I go over to their house I'm always playing with all of their gadgets and listening to Grandad Connor's stories."
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Your not far off," Kurumi smiled. "
Arithmancy is a method of divination by numbers first used by the ancient Greeks. I find it rather fascinating. I tried teaching some to Adam last term, he never attended classes. I afraid that it not going to look good when he tries out for Quidditch this term." It was actually a thought that had been rather unsettling to Kurumi. What if Adam didn't make the team? He would be crushed and how was she going to make him feel better about it? "
I grew up in a non-magical environment, so it is nice to get another perspective on the life I had." Not to mention is made her feel good at times about growing up that way since she wasn't too proud of the fact.
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Team Potter "He's told me how great you are, and I believe it." She smiled, for a second she thought she saw Kurumi's hair tips turn pink. She looked back at them, but they were black. Huh. Weird. It must've been her imagination, or Kurumi's bright pink cheeks. "Thanks! But I'm just from Cambridge. Nowhere special. I don't know how I got such a strange name..." Good question.... Her name was pretty unique. Her brother's name was normal. Her parent's, Tom and Hannah, had really normal names too. Weird. "What about you? Kurumi's pretty interesting too!"
Kurumi giggled slightly. "
I've never been to Cambridge. Is it nice there? I'm from Japan. My father is British and my mother is Japanese," she paused to stop herself from going down that road already. "
My name, Kurumi, actually means chestnut in Japanese. My cat, who I will have to introduce you to later, is Walnut. My mother thought it would be nice to name him something connected to my name, but in English."
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Macavity Simon smiled at her wink and wondered why she blushed all of a sudden, the words that followed answering any further questions. " Nothing to ashamed of...especially seeing as your a second year and quidditch isn't always big outside of school and the tournament cancelled it last year." he reasoned, her confession not as much of a shock as the girl he had met on the train.
"You'll certainly have to this year though," he replied. "I assure you its almost just as exciting to watch as play." The boy wasn't expecting the next question though. Like quidditch---hmm. A question that could have many answers if he had the time to think it through for a bit.
"Its fun," Simon answered at first, trying to gather his thoughts. "And to be honest its one of the rare sports I'm good at showing I'm not just a bookworm."
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I am very excited to watch," Kurumi nodded. "
Maybe, if I can find time, I'll try out my third year or so." She was a little nervous about trying sports in the wizarding world, especially after that ancient Quidditch match last term. She was good at kendo, so she would make a fair Beater. Hitting things was always fun and flying was one of the best feelings in the world, once she caught her balance that is. "
It's always nice to be able to prove to people that you are more than what they see on the surface."