| Pygmy Puff
Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NL
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Cathal C Myles
Third Year
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Morrigan Heffernan
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SPOILER!!: Terry Quote:
Originally Posted by Lottiepot  He stopped waving when they train had pulled away from the station but he kept his face near the window for a while whilst the train drove through the English countryside. It was very different from the sights on the Orkney Islands even though it wasn't that far away, compared to other countries of course, Great Britain wasn't a very big country at all. The weather was quite good and the sun seemed to reflect off the hills, he thought that the view was adequate enough for such a long journey.
His thoughts were interrupted by the entrance of a girl into his compartment. He turned away from the window which woke up Brie who squeaked in disapproval. Terry looked at her a few seconds, wandering whether he had stolen her compartment or something, she looked older and they may have 'reserved' a space on the train. But she seemed friendly enough.
"Hello" he smiled back. He nodded at her question noticing the 'too', obviously he had been wrong that she had reserved a seat. "Yeah, this is my first year but I'll be in my second" If that made any sense to her. He looked down at the owl, his mother owned a few back at home but he decided not to bring one with him. He eyed the owls beak and then his own rat, realising that some owls weren't used to rodents and saw them as food and not as a friend. He retreated Brie and placed her in his pocket just in case.
Harlan watched the boy as he took a moment to look at her, not sure what was going on. She reached to her face, maybe she had a spot or something from all that candy she and Logan had been eating just before. After a quick check Harlan decided that her face was mark-free and pretty as always. She smiled to herself, of course she hadn't messed, she was too fancy for that stuff in the first place.
So far the boy seemed nice enough, Harlan decided and nodded. 'Really...? This is going to be my first year too. But I'm going to be a Fourth year.'
She smiled and stroked her owl, who was being way too nice all of a sudden. Across from her she noticed the boy take care of his rat by placing the animal in a pocket. 'That's probably smart...' She made a popping noise with her mouth as she nodded again. 'My owl isn't really that nice, most of the time anyway.'
'I'm Harlan, Harlan Isaacs, by the way.' Harlan held her free hand out to the boy. SPOILER!!: Vee Quote:
Originally Posted by Paintbrush "Berry, stop, no, stop, NO!" Vee pushed the compartment door fully open with far too much energy, barely snatching her hand out of harm's way when, glass shaking, it bounced off the other side and almost closed itself. Her silver-grey cat miaowed loudly as he stared at a bulge in the pocket of a boy. Uh-oh, that must be a rat. This wasn't good.
"Stay still, gooood kittie..." Vee bent lower and began slowly approaching her pet from behind, so as not to startle the silly thing. The moment the cat decided to pounce and threw himself upwards, Vee lunged at him and caught her escapee in midair. "Gotcha!"
Only then did she seem to realize she wasn't alone. There were two other students in the compartment she had so rudely and suddenly barged into - but it wasn't as if she had had a choice, she had to catch Barry. She still hadn't quite managed to teach the two-year-old cat to overcome his hunting instincts. And every since they'd boarded the train, the multitude of rats and owls and other cats was clearly driving him crazy, she'd had a hard time keeping hold of him for a while before he'd leaped out of her grasp. But never mind that now, she had him now, and that was all that mattered.
"Oh, hi. Sorry about that. My cat still has some manners to learn, but we're working on it. I'm Vee, by the way, and this is Berry," she manipulated the cat's paw so that it moved up and down, imitating a wave. Barry's eyes never left the boy's pocket. Vee followed his gaze.
"You've got a rat there, right? Can you do me a favour? There's a lead in my bag, in the outside pocket, bright blue, could you get it out for me and clip it onto his collar? That way I'll be able to control him a bit more," she smiled at the boy and approached him, half turning around so that he could access her purple shoulder bag. The colour was a stark contrast with her red hair, but she liked that. She liked colours and brightness - they always seemed to make people happier in the long-term.
"So, are you guys new too? I'm just starting this year," she addressed her question to them both again and hoping she hadn't totally alienated them. Vee wasn't one to care too much what people thought of her, but then again, she didn't usually make scenes akin to the one which had just occurred, and she wasn't sure how it would go down. Oh, well, all she could do now is keep a better hold on Berry and hope they'd understand that accidents happen. They looked friendly and reasonable enough, anyway, she decided.
Just then the compartment opened and a girl burst in. A very wild and evil looking cat with her. The girl took hold of the cat before she seemed to notice that Harlan and the boy were in the compartment too. Right. Witches and wizards were strange like that, nan had said so herself.
Oh. Of course. The cat had manners to learn.
Harlan eyed the cat suspiciously, not too fond of the scratching things.
She then watched as the girl proceeded to tell the boy that there was some collar the cat needed to wear and that he had to help her with it. Harlan snorted, not sure how exactly a cat was supposed to wear a collar.
'A collar..? I thought that was just for dogs..' Harlan said and added a polite smile.
Ooh. ANOTHER newbie? Brilliant. Except this one had a pet that could quite possibly eat her pet. It sure looked mean and wild enough.
'Yuppp.' She nodded. 'But I'm not a First year, of course. I'll be starting in Fourth year.' She eyed the girl, 'what year will you be in then?' Maybe whatever year the girl was in would be learning how to control crazy monster cats in CoMC.
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