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Felixir · 05-15-2013, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Deniiz

Forrest shrugged to indicate he didn't have an idea. "Where can he clean, anyway? The castle's too big for an army of elves." The pessimist first year doubted he was ever under pressure to clean all the castle. He probably just cleaned the Headmistress' and maaaaybe professors' offices, and that was it. The children could get SICK in dust instead.

Forrest surveyed the table as if he didn't know it by heart, and reached for some potato, and then for some of potato again, because that seemed to be the only thing that was eatable. He then eyed it too, breaking his examination only to glance at Tobias to show he was listening. Well, then... there was nothing else to say about money issue. He was relieved to see the sincere smile, though. So Tobias didn't take offence. Good to know.

Back to examining the potatoes for any hint of ewww.

He nodded as he grabbed his fork. It passed his examination, obviously, and he was going to eat it.

"I mean, weird things' been happening 'round me for a while and..." He frowned a little, remembering how every relative tried to avoid him. As if he was contagious. He had been a small kid then, but he FELT certain things and the way they looked. No need to mention his ignorant muggle relatives now.

"We were surprised at first, my father didn't even believe it." He laughed. "But I'm the only wizard in the family, y'know, so we had to see, and we came to London. Turns out, there really exist wizards." He grinned somewhat sheepishly, then he took a spoonful of potato.

"'Ow 'bout you?" He'd remembered to cover his full mouth with his hand, luckily.

Tobias, too, loaded up his plate with oh so appetising gunk on the table. Sure, it was potatoes, but it really make Tobias miss his mothers home cooking. Even the home cooking that consisted of chucking something in the oven for 20 minutes. Sigh. Even so, he piled a lot onto his plate; he was paying for this after all.

Nodding as Forrest told him his kind of condensed history, Tobias tucked in to his food. He had always eaten relatively quickly, either because he had a tendency to speed through doing a lot of stuff as a way of expending his oodles of energy or just that he had kind of used all his 'fuel' and was filling up quickly. Still, he tried to remember his manners, but nobody was here anymore to tell him to 'get his elbows off the table' or 'bring your food to your mouth, don't lean into it'. They were stupid rules anyway.

"Well," he responded, after Forrest had finished. "I actually didn't know about Hogwarts or magic or anything either. But my family did." Tobias took a gulp of water here to wash down what he'd eaten so far and give himself more room for food. "My family has been magical for a while, mostly, but we're not purebloods." Nope. A lot of mixed blood marriages gave his ancestors a degree of variety. "My parents were both squibs, so they thought I'd be all muggle. Nobody expected me to get in to Hogwarts, so it just wasn't mentioned in case I was a muggle or a squib or whatever I'd have been, and they didn't want to tell me what I was missing. Turns out I had been showing magic, but they thought it was me being... me." At that last part, Tobias gave a mischevious little smile. "Well some of it still was me. But, you know, magic just seems to help you get into trouble."

Oops, that was a bit too much information. Forrest was probably not interested in that stuff. "So all this stuff is kind of new to me too... Did you ever have a lot of problems at school too or...?"

Maybe Tobias really was just a bit... overenthusiastic about everything. But it couldn't be helped.

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Felixir Forum Manager Book Club Mod Alley Proprietor Banshee Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posts: 50,173 Hogwarts RPG Name: Charlie Upstead Gryffindor Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Aurelio Kaiser Slytherin Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Alexei Petrov Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Yves Flamel Slytherin Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Achilles Zacharias Ravenclaw Third Year Diagon Alley Proprietor: Ezekiel Ransom-Kruus Ollivanders x12 x12	Lovely™ \| Captain Hurted \| Ariana's Bane \| Resident Antagonist \| Unparalleled Delight Quote: Originally Posted by Deniiz Forrest shrugged to indicate he didn't have an idea. *"Where* can he clean, anyway? The castle's too big for an army of elves."** The pessimist first year doubted he was ever under pressure to clean all the castle. He probably just cleaned the Headmistress' and maaaaybe professors' offices, and that was it. The children could get SICK in dust instead. Forrest surveyed the table as if he didn't know it by heart, and reached for some potato, and then for some of potato again, because that seemed to be the only thing that was eatable. He then eyed it too, breaking his examination only to glance at Tobias to show he was listening. Well, then... there was nothing else to say about money issue. He was relieved to see the sincere smile, though. So Tobias didn't take offence. Good to know. Back to examining the potatoes for any hint of ewww. He nodded as he grabbed his fork. It passed his examination, obviously, and he was going to eat it. "I mean, weird things' been happening 'round me for a while and..." He frowned a little, remembering how every relative tried to avoid him. As if he was contagious. He had been a small kid then, but he FELT certain things and the way they looked. No need to mention his ignorant muggle relatives now. "We were surprised at first, my father didn't even believe it." He laughed. *"But I'm the only wizard in the family, y'know, so we had to* see, and we came to London. Turns out, there really exist wizards." He grinned somewhat sheepishly, then he took a spoonful of potato. "'Ow 'bout you?" He'd remembered to cover his full mouth with his hand, luckily. Tobias, too, loaded up his plate with oh so appetising gunk on the table. Sure, it was potatoes, but it really make Tobias miss his mothers home cooking. Even the home cooking that consisted of chucking something in the oven for 20 minutes. Sigh. Even so, he piled a lot onto his plate; he was paying for this after all. Nodding as Forrest told him his kind of condensed history, Tobias tucked in to his food. He had always eaten relatively quickly, either because he had a tendency to speed through doing a lot of stuff as a way of expending his oodles of energy or just that he had kind of used all his 'fuel' and was filling up quickly. Still, he tried to remember his manners, but nobody was here anymore to tell him to 'get his elbows off the table' or 'bring your food to your mouth, don't lean into it'. They were stupid rules anyway. "Well," he responded, after Forrest had finished. "I actually didn't know about Hogwarts or magic or anything either. But my family did." Tobias took a gulp of water here to wash down what he'd eaten so far and give himself more room for food. "My family has been magical for a while, mostly, but we're not purebloods."** Nope. A lot of mixed blood marriages gave his ancestors a degree of variety. "My parents were both squibs, so they thought I'd be all muggle. Nobody expected me to get in to Hogwarts, so it just wasn't mentioned in case I was a muggle or a squib or whatever I'd have been, and they didn't want to tell me what I was missing. Turns out I had been showing magic, but they thought it was me being... me." At that last part, Tobias gave a mischevious little smile. "Well some of it still was me. But, you know, magic just seems to help you get into trouble." Oops, that was a bit too much information. Forrest was probably not interested in that stuff. "So all this stuff is kind of new to me too... Did you ever have a lot of problems at school too or...?" Maybe Tobias really was just a bit... overenthusiastic about everything. But it couldn't be helped. __________________ Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Chocolate!