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cake.ninjak Well the chocolate frog was no matter anyway because FOOOOOD WAS HEEERREEEEE!!! He immediately made grabby hands and almost lept up onto the table to gather all of his favorites. Mashed potatoes, chicken, FANCY MAC AND CHEESE?! Through a mouthful, he said, "I don' fink so, bu' I gueff I been doin' it a lot la'ly." Munch munch munch munch. *Gulp* "Maybe that should be my thing! Like...I can be the word maker-upper! I AM a Ravenclaw now, after all."
EXCUUUUSSSSEEEE ME?! "And why, exactly, would that go to you?!" He was so shocked by her UNRIGHTFUL CLAIM that he almost dropped his fork (attached to which was an entire loaf of bread). "And my boat was best because....because....WELL ISN'T IT OBVIOUS?" He ripped a chunk of bread out of the loaf with his teeth to hopefully avoid answering a future question about why his boat was best. It just WAS!
He chewed and chewed and chewed and chewed and swallowed again before adding, "You get the throne by being the BEST in BEST!BOAT."
And then she said she liked him? His uncle had warned him this would happen one day. BUT WHAT DO YOU DO? He completely clammed up. "Er....right. Giggling."
Oh thank goodness the other conversation was able to steal his attention away. His pits were sweating a bit and.....wait....THAT HAD NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. He was BECOMING A MAN! A silent bout of celebration followed before you know...plumbing. Important stuff, especially for a NEW MAN.
"Yes, that makes total sense," he nodded while chowing down on some chicken. Of course, he had no idea what they were talking about anymore but he had to pretend he know. You know. MANLY AND ALL.
"Wait....no you did. You said, and I quote, 'Oh, plumber.' I was just curious." Hmph! These Hogwarts kids were WEEEIIRRDDDD.
Speaking of plumbing though, he was really starting to realize how cold and wet he was and...well.....he'd have to pee soon. But there was still SO MUCH FOOD to eat!
He stood up on the bench to reach across the table (no excuse me, of course; they were ALL IN HIS WAY). As he was trying to get his hands on some shepherd's pie, his hand bumped into another student's - an older boy's. WAS THIS...FOOL TRYING TO TAKE HIS FOOD? Oh. Uh-uh.
"THAT IS MY PIECE," he yelped.
Neil watched the boy curiously. He was odd this one. Odd to the point that the word odd wasn't suffice to explain him. He was... strange. Yes, that could be a world to claim on him. Strange.
He practically stuffed his mouth before speaking to Neil. Neil found this quite outstanding. The boy's nose simply moved as his mouth in a way that was out of the norm. Wonderful.
"Uhm. I don't, uhm, remember saying anything about plumbers. Uhmmm, maybe you, uhmm, heard me wrong?"
However, before the boy replied, he suddenly yelped of someone taking his own piece. Neil was aghast. What a poor creature to have his food taken from him.
A sudden thought stroke Neil. What if he was one of those pets that were transformed into animals by their owners so the owners would feel as if they had children? He'd heard his parents fawn over this at some point. The poor thing. He must be an ecstatic puppy.
And so it was that this made Neil reach out and gently pet the boy's head. "It's alright," he whispered with his eyes wide open. "You'll get, umm, another piece."