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lemon 
Oh, the squid. The one that didn't eat children because that was the Groundskeeper's job. Dima remembered!
"D'you know what squids eat?" He wriggled closer to the edge of the dock, eyes patiently locked on the water. "Or what time of day they're most likely to come out? Or what their mating calls sound like?" They could go do research in the library and come back later! "The Groundskeeper says he rescues people sometimes, too. Maybe if one of us gets in and pretends to drown he'll come save us!" THEN they could see him.
Since the flattery option didn't seem to be doing the trick, he was about to start rattling off more ideas. But Dima fell silent when he saw Maddie's gaze change directions, opting to glance down the docks as well. Who was that? Did the stranger know what they were doing over here?
Had they brought squid food?
Probably not, but a kid could hope. Furmgoat was a hungry little owl. His wonky wings had flown him all the way from London to Scotland without one stop for a meal, and he was HUNGRY. But this letter was an urgent one - for whatever reasons the owl couldn't understand because humans were strange creatures - so he didn't waste time stopping when he had an important job to do.
With it being the beginning of the school year, it took longer to find the boy person than usual since all the students were flooding the grounds, but find him he did. Furmy swooped down in a circular motion, landing on one of the dock posts right beside the boy and staaaaaaring at him with his large owl eyes.
"Hooo."
Could the small human tell that he was hungry? Furmy put on what was akin to a pathetically starved look and waited around even while the letter had started babbling on in an obnoxiously loud and excited tone.
Feeeeeeeeeed me....
please? Quote:
To: Dmitriy Toussaint (lemon)
Ravenclaw Common Room, Hogwarts
From: Celandine Kettleburn
Roseacre, Grasmere Village
Dear Dima,
Congratulations! Keiran told me you got Ravenclaw! That is SO exciting I'm SO proud of you and so is Copernicus! Ravenclaw is the best house at Hogwarts, as I'm sure you have already worked out. You'll always be free to be who you are in Ravenclaw, and you won't be judged for it. There's no better place to learn and have fun while you're doing it. I was going to save this for Charlotte when SHE gets sorted into Ravenclaw, but I want you to have this map of the castle and grounds. It shows all the shortcuts and fastest way to get to all the different classrooms, and I marked a whole bunch of places on it where you can hide things, and the best places to read quietly and be alone are since sometimes that is hard at Hogwarts. I used to use it all the time. Its charmed to tell you how long it will take you to get from point A to point B on the map, just tap where you want to go with your wand and well, you'll see! I also wanted to send you some candy but your uncle Copernicus is a spoil sport and wouldn't let me, he said you'll get plenty of that on your own.
Love you very much!
Auntie Cela
[ooc: like a reverse howler, this letter is charmed first to spit out celebratory streamers and confetti, and then to pepper its receiver with kisses. It gushes with Celandine's actual voice, loudly, and without any particular regard for any shame that might be caused]