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carpediem · 05-08-2014, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by aaetha

"Right? Honestly, I'm just glad that the school figured out all it's dumb budget stuff and that we can have proper food again." That kind of food had just been flat out disappointing, especially from all of the praise that Papa had given it. Adrienne tucked a lock of dark curly hair behind her ear and began automatically arranging her candy on the table, popping a few more Bertie Bott's Every Flavoured Beans in her mouth, smiling happily when they turned out to be cherry and roast beef instead of pepper or beetle, a flavour she could swear she'd accidentally ended up with before. "And it's not like I don't like normal meals here, of course, but the start of term feast is always somehow more delicious, y'know? If only we could just get the speech over and done with." She looked hungrily at the spread of empty plates and glasses all over the table.

"Nice to meet you! I'm a third- no, wait, fourth year. That's gonna be so hard to get used to," Adrienne added with a grin. She had enough trouble remembering to write the date correctly on her notes when the month changed, let alone changing the year! She just knew that for the first few weeks at least, all of her parchment would have a scribbled-out correction on the top where her hand, if not her brain, still thought she was a year younger. "You?"

Budget problems? That must have been before Caelen's time. Because the redhead had no idea what that meant at all. This school was gigantic, and seemed to be sweeping with money. Weird school was weird? She would have to ask Adrienne later, because unless Spencer or Paige got the lowdown on all of this from Nate, they wouldn't really know either. And that piece of information might be really interesting. Or have bragging rights attached as the first of the three to know it. Either was good.

From the happy smile that appeared on Adrienne's face, the short girl assumed that she got some good flavors. A rush of pretend jealousy raged through her. The kind that you got when you were teasing your friends and acquaintances. Which was good, because the twelve year old had just been feeling real jealousy towards her friends and that felt crappy. All she had been getting were the bad ones! Although the bad ones were always an adventure, so there was that, she guessed? Anything to make this sound better was okay by Caelen. Because she had just gotten pepper, and was about ready to sneeze herself up to the Ravenclaw common room.

"I know! The food at the feast always somehow has that little extra pop! Beginning and end! Yeah, if the speech would be over with." She smiled. "Are these things always long winded and tedious? I wonder how long they ACTUALLY are. Someone should bring a timer one year and time the speech. Anyway, I understand fully you were so cranky, waiting for all the food to arrive!" The Ravenclaw stopped to get a piece of candy out of her purple braces with her tongue, covering her mouth so it wouldn't be a disgusting display.

Yeah, she technically wasn't allowed to be eating candy AT ALL with these suckers on, but that just wasn't going to happen, and so the preteen thought that the less her mom knew, the better. To hide her dirty little secret, Caelen blamed a lot of the candy consumption on Rockwell, who happily took the fall now that his little sister promised to clean up his potions all summer break. That was not a smart deal, and the second year was planning on backing out sometime during the school year. Of course, she would have to do so carefully, or he would go and tell mom about all of her candy and she would get the lecture. Which always sucked.

Anyway, on the subject of Adrienne and age, which the other girl had just mentioned, Caelen looked her up and down with her deep blue eyes once. Now that they were closer, she DID look older. She had no idea why she pegged her as a second year! As the tiny one twirled her shoulder length hair absentmindedly, the freckled face girl thought about why. Maybe she wanted a friend who was a second year? Maybe because the redhead saw her last year and thought she was a firstie? Who even knows? But that was a wrong assumption and now she was corrected. Which was good.

"Wow, you're a fourth year? I'm a second year myself. I came last year; when everyone was turning old and creepy." She made a face and shivered once to drive the point home, hoping it had the desired effect. Wanting the continue the conversation, Caelen looked for another topic. Something that wasn't Spencer or Paige related. Don't get her wrong, the kid loved her friends, but there had to be other topics of discussion.

Wait, did they say something about CANCELING quidditch? They couldn't do that, no! She was just going to try out this year! She had practiced half of the summer! Because of some stupid threats towards Hogwarts qudditch? Who knew if these threats were even true. Caelen had read about people who threatened to do horrible, horrible acts and then backed out on their word. Why couldn't this be one of those situations? This was dumb, this sucked! Why couldn't it be something else, like transifguration? She didn't care for that class much --no offense professor--. This wasn't fair!

"They can't do that! That's not fair! This sucks!" The redhead said more to the person near her than anywhere else. Hopefully no one else was hearing her complain. Her mother always said never to whine, and Caelen was trying really, really hard right now. But this totally sucked! Looking over, the girl played with her short hair in expectation, hoping that Adrienne was going to back her up on this, or tell her that she heard completely wrong. Because this totally sucked. The year was going to be even longer now that they didn't have quidditch to play. She wanted to play! She was practicing her flying! Uggh. Man, whoever sent those threats needed to stop right now and calm down.

Actually, SHE probably needed to calm down. She was acting like a child right now! So taking a deep breath and setting her jaw in anger, the blue eyed girl decided she had said enough on the subject and reminded herself of all of the fun things to do. There was still Paige and Spencer, and the many places to explore. And she still got to learn how to be a good little wizard. See, things weren't soooo bad. They were bad, but not incredibly bad. This wasn't the end of the world.

05-08-2014, 09:19 AM	#106 (permalink)
carpediem Puffskein Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: any place with food Posts: 1,172 Hogwarts RPG Name: Alessandra (Alli) Whitt First Year	Tricksy Hobbitses Quote: Originally Posted by aaetha "Right? Honestly, I'm just glad that the school figured out all it's dumb budget stuff and that we can have proper food again." That kind of food had just been flat out disappointing, especially from all of the praise that Papa had given it. Adrienne tucked a lock of dark curly hair behind her ear and began automatically arranging her candy on the table, popping a few more Bertie Bott's Every Flavoured Beans in her mouth, smiling happily when they turned out to be cherry and roast beef instead of pepper or beetle, a flavour she could swear she'd accidentally ended up with before. *"And it's not like I don't like normal meals here, of course, but the start of term feast is always somehow more* delicious, y'know? If only we could just get the speech over and done with." She looked hungrily at the spread of empty plates and glasses all over the table. "Nice to meet you! I'm a third- no, wait, fourth year. That's gonna be so hard to get used to," Adrienne added with a grin. She had enough trouble remembering to write the date correctly on her notes when the month changed, let alone changing the year! She just knew that for the first few weeks at least, all of her parchment would have a scribbled-out correction on the top where her hand, if not her brain, still thought she was a year younger. "You?"** Budget problems? That must have been before Caelen's time. Because the redhead had no idea what that meant at all. This school was gigantic, and seemed to be sweeping with money. Weird school was weird? She would have to ask Adrienne later, because unless Spencer or Paige got the lowdown on all of this from Nate, they wouldn't really know either. And that piece of information might be really interesting. Or have bragging rights attached as the first of the three to know it. Either was good. From the happy smile that appeared on Adrienne's face, the short girl assumed that she got some good flavors. A rush of pretend jealousy raged through her. The kind that you got when you were teasing your friends and acquaintances. Which was good, because the twelve year old had just been feeling real jealousy towards her friends and that felt crappy. All she had been getting were the bad ones! Although the bad ones were always an adventure, so there was that, she guessed? Anything to make this sound better was okay by Caelen. Because she had just gotten pepper, and was about ready to sneeze herself up to the Ravenclaw common room. "I know! The food at the feast always somehow has that little extra pop! Beginning and end! Yeah, if the speech would be over with." She smiled. "Are these things always long winded and tedious? I wonder how long they ACTUALLY are. Someone should bring a timer one year and time the speech. Anyway, I understand fully you were so cranky, waiting for all the food to arrive!" The Ravenclaw stopped to get a piece of candy out of her purple braces with her tongue, covering her mouth so it wouldn't be a disgusting display. Yeah, she technically wasn't allowed to be eating candy AT ALL with these suckers on, but that just wasn't going to happen, and so the preteen thought that the less her mom knew, the better. To hide her dirty little secret, Caelen blamed a lot of the candy consumption on Rockwell, who happily took the fall now that his little sister promised to clean up his potions all summer break. That was not a smart deal, and the second year was planning on backing out sometime during the school year. Of course, she would have to do so carefully, or he would go and tell mom about all of her candy and she would get the lecture. Which always sucked. Anyway, on the subject of Adrienne and age, which the other girl had just mentioned, Caelen looked her up and down with her deep blue eyes once. Now that they were closer, she DID look older. She had no idea why she pegged her as a second year! As the tiny one twirled her shoulder length hair absentmindedly, the freckled face girl thought about why. Maybe she wanted a friend who was a second year? Maybe because the redhead saw her last year and thought she was a firstie? Who even knows? But that was a wrong assumption and now she was corrected. Which was good. "Wow, you're a fourth year? I'm a second year myself. I came last year; when everyone was turning old and creepy." She made a face and shivered once to drive the point home, hoping it had the desired effect. Wanting the continue the conversation, Caelen looked for another topic. Something that wasn't Spencer or Paige related. Don't get her wrong, the kid loved her friends, but there had to be other topics of discussion. Wait, did they say something about CANCELING quidditch? They couldn't do that, no! She was just going to try out this year! She had practiced half of the summer! Because of some stupid threats towards Hogwarts qudditch? Who knew if these threats were even true. Caelen had read about people who threatened to do horrible, horrible acts and then backed out on their word. Why couldn't this be one of those situations? This was dumb, this sucked! Why couldn't it be something else, like transifguration? She didn't care for that class much --no offense professor--. This wasn't fair! "They can't do that! That's not fair! This sucks!" The redhead said more to the person near her than anywhere else. Hopefully no one else was hearing her complain. Her mother always said never to whine, and Caelen was trying really, really hard right now. But this totally sucked! Looking over, the girl played with her short hair in expectation, hoping that Adrienne was going to back her up on this, or tell her that she heard completely wrong. Because this totally sucked. The year was going to be even longer now that they didn't have quidditch to play. She wanted to play! She was practicing her flying! Uggh. Man, whoever sent those threats needed to stop right now and calm down. Actually, SHE probably needed to calm down. She was acting like a child right now! So taking a deep breath and setting her jaw in anger, the blue eyed girl decided she had said enough on the subject and reminded herself of all of the fun things to do. There was still Paige and Spencer, and the many places to explore. And she still got to learn how to be a good little wizard. See, things weren't soooo bad. They were bad, but not incredibly bad. This wasn't the end of the world. __________________ People are drawn to you because of your peaceful and nurturing persona. While quite softspoken, you put the needs of others above your own needs and show a real empathy for all living things. Your warm heart could keep a blizzard away. Last edited by carpediem; 05-08-2014 at 09:59 AM.