Originally Posted by lemon

Most people would've been unnerved to know that someone had been listening in on their conversation, but that clearly wasn't the case with Dima. Swiveling around on his belly to face the newcomer instead of sitting up like Maddie, he propped his chin up on his hands to listen. The squid had a NAME?

All ears here, clearly.

He didn't much mind being introduced either, grinning cheerfully. Dima! That was him, yup!


Dima probably wouldn't have noticed the owl if not for the tiny 'hooo', but that was enough to get his attention. Turning slightly to face it, he eyed the creature curiously. Was it lost or something? "Is that.... for me?" He hadn't responded to letters from home yet, so it was rather unexpected.

But he detached the letter from the owl anyway... and almost immediately regretted the decision. It was hard to tell which hit him first, Aunt Cela's loud and gushy voice or the streamers and confetti. The kid was so surprised that most of the words went in one ear and out the other.

And then the KISSES. Merlin.

Blushing somewhat noticeably, he swatted at the letter a couple of times, enough to effectively kill it's bounciness and render it limp and lifeless on the dock. Auntie Cela was the nicest and he'd thank her lots for the letter and the map later... but did her voice have to be THAT loud?

He picked a piece of confetti out of his hair and looked at the owl. Did... did it want a knut? Dima didn't have a knut.

Originally Posted by Furmgoat the Tawny Owl

The letter was finished shouting and spitting out things and he was still hungry. Why was no one feeding him? It was because he was pudgy, wasn't it?

Furmy deflated noticeably, looking at the small person with even more pitiful owl eyes. "Hoooo." Feeeeeed me. Didn't he know how this worked?

Or one of the other small people, did they know?

Originally Posted by Felixir

Seeing as the two first years didn't seem offended by Toby's older-kid presence, he sat cross-legged on the dock, facing them.

"I think it's like... Bartholomew something? Definitely Bartholomew," he said, giving a nod of his head and making sure not to smile TOO widely because sometimes people thought Toby was joking around when he smiled too much. "Apparently he's pretty nice."

But still a GIANT SQUID. Very big. Still kind of alarming.

Tobias smiled between the two. "Hi Maddie and Dima. I'm Toby," he said, crossing his arms over as he held out a hand for each of them to shake. "Are you-"

But then an owl was here, delivering post, and............... Toby struggled not to grin. It was just sweet, the letter, and Tobias had never seen anything like this before. The Hufflepuff had heard of Howlers, but this seemed a bit different. Howlers didn't, uhh... kiss.

Pretending like he hadn't pretty much just witnessed a party in an envelope, Toby focused on the owl, which still hadn't left.

"Hoooo," he spoke back to it, digging around in his pocket for some sort of treat to give the creature. Tobias didn't own an owl, so had no owl treats, but there was a napkin with a bunch of crackers inside (it was necessary to constantly snack when you moved as much as Toby). He held one out and held it to the owl to see if he wanted any.