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Cassirin 
Vivi entered the room and cast a long glance in the direction of Max, Vick, and Louisa before moving further into the room. This was a class that she always took seated beside Vick, mostly so he could help her with the superhero stuff, but under the circumstances... she didn't feel right about it. She made an apologetic face at Max before curling up on the beanbag beside Kurumi.
"No capes today?" She nudged the girl and offered a half smile. How could they even take this class without capes or masks or costumes?
Glancing up from her parchment, Kurumi smiled and wiggled her fingers at Vivi as the girl sat down in a beanbag chair beside her. "
I would never be the sort of superhero to wear a cape anyway," she replied with a small shake of the head. Far too much that could go wrong with them. Kurumi was actually thankful for the lack of costumes. Made everything a little more topic oriented and far fewer distractions.
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Lezleighd "So, let's get this started with a little review to get your brains going...Please remember to raise your hand with your answer....Everyone please share one trait that you feel like a Superhero should possess.."
she said a she walked to the board and picked up a marker to start writing down all of the answers.
One trait of a superhero. Hmm. Was it important to differentiate between hero and superhero for this? Kurumi didn't really want to think so, but the characters of comic books were, well, not exactly like normal people. After thinking a bit more, Kurumi raised her hand. "
A hero is willing to make sacrifices, no matter how high the cost, in order to do what is right."
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Originally Posted by
Lezleighd "I want you to examine the very simple definition of a hero and look at the qualities of superheroes that we put on the board....think about your own life and share someone close to you that you know personally that you would consider a hero and tell a short summary of why you consider them a hero..." she said encouragingly walking toward the first blank poster.
And this bit of the lesson was something far too personal for Kurumi to willingly share out loud. Really, there were a lot of people in her life that she would consider a hero. Her father was one, of course. The man had made the ultimate sacrifice to protect his family. But that wasn't something she wanted to share - that, and it wasn't common knowledge to the rest of the world that there was no Hollingberry family line...
Her mother was another hero. One who she had never seen as one until her final moments and something that Kurumi would forever regret. Her mother had been so strong, brave, self sacrificing...but she hadn't always gone about it in the right way. She had given in to fear and, even if the definition said that a hero always showed courage, Kurumi didn't think any normal person was capable of doing that ALL the time. Everyone had their moments of giving in. It was rising after the fall that made them a hero and her mother had certainly done that.
Then there was Selina, her best friend, who she admired so much that the sixth year probably had no clue. Selina was everything that a Gryffindor embodied and, well, a lot of things that Kurumi strove to be herself.
Unable to raise her hand on this question, Kurumi instead wrote her thoughts down on her parchment. This was far too personal for the seventh year to share.