So. Sooooo... Marcus Orion lingered on the platform, eyeing the boats up to the castle with no small amount of suspicion. He sorta wanted to try them out, especially because his sister had informed him that they were special and he'd only get this one chance, but he didn't want to go sit in them and look like a baby.

Plus he might be able to catch a carriage up with the new friends he'd made, or with West and his other friends, or with anyone that he already knew, rather than going and sitting with some firstie in a boat.

"Excuse me, sir," Mo sidled up to the Groundskeeper and waited for the man's attention. "Do we hafta take the boats if we're new? I'm new, only I'm going to be a third year. I don't wanna be the only third year in the boats, see?"