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The professor already knew her? No need for introductions, then. She waited for West to ask about the equipment, but apparently he wasn't going to. Alice cleared her throat awkwardly, effectively breaking the silence.
"We just came from the Pitch, Professor. Practicing, you know? We're very.. eager for Quidditch season to start." Yes. Mmhmm. That was a word that she might like to hear, yes?
"We've been tossing around the Quaffle for a bit.. but I'm a Beater, y'know.." She held up her precious bat for the woman to admire, beaming. Wasn't her little Selina just GORGEOUS?
"We were wondering if we could maybe possibly have permission to use bludgers? Or.. um.. bewitch rocks.. or something?" Yes? No? Ahem.
"We can understand if the answer's no, of course," she added hastily.
No. No, they couldn't. She NEEDED her bludgers. Her whacking skills were probably rusty.
Cue innocent puppy eyes. And a bat of her lashes couldn't hurt either, could it?
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"Ah, of course - Mr. Odessa," she noted, turning her gaze downward to a short stack of papers on her desk. She had read about him... on one of those pieces of parchment...
When the Gryffindor Captain spoke up, Erin was pleased to hear that students had already been making use of the pitch. Good ones, they were, but that was to be expected of a captain, really. "Mmhmm," she nodded along as Alice spoke, curiously observing the girl. A brown noser with a hidden agenda, perhaps?
And there it was. But... it wasn't really a touchy inquiry. Not really.
"Of course you can," Professor James beamed brightly. But from how cautiously the two were asking, it almost seemed as though they were expecting her to say no but were simply trying their luck. "Did Professor Vindictus not allow it in the past?" Regardless, it didn't matter. James dug briefly in her desk drawer before pulling out one of four identical golden keys for the equipment room, designated for captain's use. She slid it across the desk toward Alice. "If any captain would like to make use of any of the Quidditch equipment, it's okay with me. You can tell that to your teammates as well - they need captain's supervision. Just know that it is your responsibility to make sure all equipment is returned safely, all right?" She was gentle about it, but her eyes made sure to communicate the severity of the responsibility.
Hopefully they would save the bludger beatings for the games, yeah?
Yusssss awesome! West KNEW it was a good idea to get Alice to ask and use her captain powers, powers which he one day aspired to have for himself but in the meantime was all about taking advantage where he could. Probably the Ravenclaw one was the only one that wouldn't get him stuff if he asked, but he could get Taryn to do girl stuff and ask for him, if it came down to that.
Anyways, they had permission!
"Thanks Professor James! We won't die, we promise." Just in case she was worried about that. As if West would go and die before Quidditch season had begun.
As for Vindictus.... West kept his mouth shut. For Broomicide reasons.
Ready, Alice? She could lead the way on account of West Odessa had manners. And so they both left and everything. Yep.