SPOILER!!: AHEM, Morgan, Jasmin, Cutty, and Zander
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Oh after getting a chair for Abe she noticed that there were more book clubers coming in. "Hellllllo Eden, how are you today?" She hoped the girl was well and that they had everything put behind them now. She felt really bad for the students that were upset the most over this queen things. Her and Penelope seemed to have taken it the hardest.
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SlytherinSistah "Protogonists and the portrayal of 'good guys' in literature interests me, Mr. Kitridge. Can we talk about that?" Came the late in coming Cutty's before he'd fully entered the room. Where the hell had Cutty been all year? Present, but unaccounted for. Invisible to the naked eye, perhaps. He wasn't at this moment as he entered the old haunt after Adair and took a seat near the brick-stupid and unabashedly handsome Gryffindor boy, letting him sandwich between he and Eden McGee. He looked around at the room at large. "I'm not too late, am I? Ooh, are those cinnamon rolls?" Cutty was not a sweets person due to the occupational hazard of having sold them for 4 years now, but he knew that their presence in the library was a rarity and wondered why. What was the occasion?
Kitridge and his kneazle perfectly reminded Cutty of the Muggle villain from the books he was carrying. No Cambridge, though. No Hirase. He supposed that meant that Mr. Kitridge wouldn't be struggling to hold it together this meeting in the case of the latter. And Professors Morgan and Botros had decided to join as well. What a delight! And Sophie Brown and her boy-toy too. Heh. She didn't like him and he was sort of oblivious as to why.
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ArianaBlack WAIT, HAD THE MEETING STARTED YET?!
Noooooo!! He was here! He was coming!!! Don't start yet guys he was-- Oh. They weren't really doing book cluby things yet now were they? HEh. Zander totally didn't run all the way over here. PFT. That'd be ridiculous. The heavy breathing was just from, erm, things that didn't involve running all the way to the library because that's not what he was doing. And um, yeah.
Why were there so many Professors here?
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Sweeping his now-messy hair out of his face, the Gryffindor approached each Professor? individually to say hellos. First was to Kitridge the leader of the whole shabang. "Hi Mr. Kitridge, is that your kneazle?!" Granted he was more of a crup person, but kneazles were pretty freaking amazing too!!! Then he spotted Professor Botros, to whom he gave a polite a wave. And lastly Professor Morgan who he felt obligated to say something too. Every time he saw her it was like BOOM GUILT. "Hi Professor, I hope you're having a good day," ahem.
And then, he looked around to find a place to sit and there were quite a few familiar faces. He smiled at Sophie and then also at AJ's crew before finding a seat near a newer friend, Eden "His kneazle is really cute, huh?" he smiled as he sat down slowly.
Eden waved at Jasmine and gave her prefect a smile. She was so niiiice. Eden did like Jasmine a lot. And then Professor Morgan was greeting her, and Eden waved at her as well. They had...made up. kind of. Mostly. Eden was still a LITTTTTLE apprehensive--but she was hopeful she'd get over this eventually. And THEEEEN
ZAAAAANDER!
Eden wiggled to make room for him and grinned.
"Heeeey--" she said, and she nodded.
"Very. I wanna' scoop him up and huug him." She said, smiling away. And then her NEWEST friend Cutty--came and SQUISHED himself next to her.
"Merlin--anything to sit next to me, eh, Cutty?" she teased, raising an eyebrow at the very LATE Mordaunt.
"Seriously--" he smelled like candy so Eden didn't much MIND sitting so close to the boy. And remembering their...last meeting together her blushing in no time--but she tried her best to hide this fact with food--stuffing her face with some. Yep. That was always a good thing to do in awkward situations. Eat.
SPOILER!!: Kitttttredge
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Nordic Witch "Hello Jasmine!" Leo greeted cheerfully as one of his house prefects walked in. "How are you? How is the newt revision going?" he was of course referring to her big newt exams at the of the year. "Hello Kace!" Leo greeted with a wave and a flashed smile. Turning to Ian he smiled warmly. "I’m glad to hear it. If you need someone to talk to then you know where my office is." It couldn't hurt to offer even if Ian seemed happy and excited. "There is tea and juice and cinnamon rolls if you want something to munch on before the meeting starts." "Hello Benjamin." Leo greeted as the lion boy found his way over to the gathering to find a seat near Adi. "Feel free to help yourself to a cinnamon roll or something to drink before the meeting starts." He suggested with a gesture to the food and beverage table. Gaze shifting to Botros he responded simply. "It means a lot that you are here." And that came from Leo's heart. He meant it too. Abe was an important friend and colleague. It was hard not to beam broadly when Sophie Brown arrived and chose to plop herself down on the empty bean bag nearest him instead of grabbing the one near her boyfriend Toby. "Hello Sophie." Stroking Madonna between the ears Leo responded with smile. "I'm lovely thank you. How are you?"
Watching Sophie munch on one of the cinnamon rolls he secretly held his breath waiting for her verdict. When she gave them a thumbs up literally Leo blushed."Thank you, I actually baked them this morning just for the meeting. I wanted to treat you all with something nice." Gazing around the bean bag circle and at the food and drink table Leo shook his head."No, everything is set Adi but thank you for offering." Fina had made a wise choice in giving him a prefect badge. Eyes widening slightly in surprise Leo beamed. "You want to become a hippogriff breeder? That's an interesting field of work. Creatures are fun to work with. Has Professor Thompson's classes inspired you to want to take up that field after graduation?" If that was the case then Javy must be doing something right when he taught the student about creatures. The next girl to arrive Leo hadn't seen much of lately but he still remembered her name. "Hello Zhenya. I'm wonderful thank you for asking. It's a lovely day to talk about books don’t you agree?" Cocking his head slightly to the side he wondered. "Is everything all right dear?" Motioning for the senior eagle to find himself a bean bag Leo said "Hello Gabriel." Not being able to not catch the wide-eyed stares Gabriel sent off in the direction of Cassie and Abraham he asked worriedly. "Is everything all right Gabe?" As in did he need to seek him out after the meeting in the Ravenclaw Tower? Eyes trailing over to Cassie as she responded to him Leo murmured with an affectionate glance down at his kneazle that had now climbed up into his lap. "Madonna knows her way around the library better than I do sometimes. She rarely ventures into the restricted section unless of course she thinks there are rats or something in there," like students who shouldn’t be in there without permission. "Wonderful." Leo echoed with a glance at the kitty purse before he raised his gaze finally to Cassie’s eyes. "Can we talk after the book club meeting is over?" And hopefully clear the air between them? The next student to arrive was Toby. Waving at the senior Hufflepuff student Leo called over. "Hello Toby, I’m glad you could come. Did you remember to bring a book?" He vaguely remembered running into Toby in the study area many days ago where he they had chatted about books and his girlfriend Sophie. "Hello Zander right?" Leo greeted the lion with the messy hair that had just walked over to the gather. Nodding he confirmed. "Yes, Madonna is my kneazle." he confirmed with an affectionate stroke of the feline between the ears. "Do you have any pets?"
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When Leo estimated that a good group of student's and staffers had arrived he scrambled to his feet ignoring the look he got from his kneazle to address everyone assembled with a warm smile pursing his lips. "Welcome everyone to this terms first and only book club meeting. I see that most of you have remembered to bring along a book. I take this as a good sign that you all have been reading outside of your class work. That's really good. Reading is a big part of accumulating knowledge that you might need or find useful to have acquired when you least expect it." Wink.
Retaking his seat on his bean bag Leo gazed around expectantly at the students mostly but Cassie and Abraham could of course chime in too as he asked. "So, has anyone read a book they'd like to recommend others to read? Or read something they'd like to bring up and talk about?" Ooc: The meeting has officially started. Feel free to answer either or both of Leo's questions.
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Leo watched silently as Cutty Mordaunt made his entrance to the gathering albeit a little late. His lateness was weighed up by the fact that he jumped into the meeting straight away and offered up a good discussion topic. Turning his gaze to the snake boy Leo said "It's good that you wanted to join us Cutty. You brought up an interesting topic for discussion that we will need to discuss and immerse ourselves in at another meeting. I want to bring you examples from literature that will aid the discussion." Pulling up his parchment he wrote down Cuttyäs idea on the back. It'd make for a potentially good discussion next year.
"The Invisible Man," Leo echoed thoughtfully. "Can you tell us something about the book Adi? Why do you recommend it?" It sounded like a book written by a muggle author or at the least someone that Leo wasn’t accustomed with.
Switching his gaze from Adi to Zhenya he smiled warmly. "I'm glad to hear that dear. If you ever need an adult to talk to my office door is always open." Because Leo had a feeling that there was more to the story than what Zhenya was willing to bring up in front of everyone. It was not the right time or place but Leo was just a teeny tiny bit curious as to why the snakette wore gloves inside. The library was usually a warm place if you weren’t visiting the restricted section.
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Leo listened silently but attentively as Zhenya shared with everyone what book she had chosen and what it was about. When she finished Leo asked. "Who wrote '99 ways to charm a mermaid'? It sounds like an interesting book that I might need to order for the library."
Eyes moving from Zhenya to Zander Leo couldn't help but grin. "That's a good book. Do you like herbology then?" Maybe Zander was a budding botanist in the making or plant expert even.
Turning to Angel he noted with satisfaction that she had decided to join in the discussion instead of misbehaving and even seemed a bit ashamed of her actions as she should be. "'The Famous Five' sounds like an interesting detective story. Do you remember who wrote the book Angel? I'm always looking for new muggle books to put up on the shelves,"[/b] Even if Leo ordered in mostly books written by magical authors to the library.
Turning to Sophie with a warm beam Leo responded almost crossing his heart. "I promise dear. I have no plans to wander off to the forbidden forest after our meeting." Or on any day for that matter unless the situation required him to. The forest was Archie’s domain.
Feeling his heart warm up by Sophie’s statement Leo reached over and gave her a quick hug. "I like having me safe and healthy too. But you know sometimes things happen that I have to deal with that might be dangerous that’s just a way of life but I can though promise you to be cautious and to protect myself."
"Quidditch through the ages is always a good read Kace." Leo commented with a smile to the badger youth. "Do you want to become a professional quidditch player when you leave school?" Many boys and girls did but not everyone. Some just liked to watched the sport and play it occasionally with friends.
Shifting his gaze to Cassie again Leo said simply. "Great, we can meet in the observatory before dinner then?" He wasn’t angry at her. He just wanted them to clear the air and hopefully begin anew. He really liked her and this oddness between was driving him nuts.
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"What things have the student’s told you?" Leo wondered interest peeked. "And more importantly why did it urge you to research muggle fairytale stories?" Was something alarming going on in the castle that he wasn’t aware of? In the library he usually picked up rumours and information but to what Cassie was referring he was oblivious. He needed more information.
"Eragon, hmm," Leo echoed. "That title sounds familiar. Is it an adventure and fantasy novel about a boy that finds a dragon egg that later hatches and gives him a dragon for companion?" It was possible that he had mixed it up with another story. It wasn’t uncommon.
"That’s good to hear Jasmine. If you need to borrow some old NEWT exams stop by the Front Desk when you have a minute I’ll help you out." Leo offered. He had no doubt that Jasmine as the proud eagle she was had things under control but practicing and seeing old exams had proved in the past to be fruitful for NEWT and OWL exam takers.
Lastly Leo turned his attention to Ian once more. Nodding he said excitedly. "Good question Ian. I don’t think we’ve ever discussed this in a meeting before. If this was a lesson I’d given you house points. I’ll share the answer to your question with both you and the whole assembled group because I think this is something they should know too."
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Clearing his throat Leo did just that. “Everyone, Ian brought up a really good question. He asked 'how books end up in the restricted section and how they might cause problems'." He paused to gather his thoughts briefly before he continued. "Most books that come to the library I order from companies that sell or make books. Or someone donates them to us like many of your parents did after that fire burned up parts of the library and many books."
"For a book to end up on the shelves in the Restricted Section they have to need special handling, have a curse placed upon them or just have advanced knowledge in them that require you to have permission to read. Books in the Restricted Section have been placed there by staff members or the librarians that have proceeded me in the position since Hogwarts came into existence they don’t just show up out of the blue. Someone has to have put the books on the shelves."
After a short stop to take a mouthful of juice from a glass Leo fetched with the use of his wand he finished. "What potential damage a book from the restricted section can cause if it was as Ian put it 'released' depends on the book and its nature. It's hard for me to guess unless I get an example."
"Does anyone else have a book they'd like to recommend?” Leo asked. Taking another mouthful of juice he let his eyes wander over the assembled students and staff.
Lots of book discussin' had happened. WOW. Eden was so impressed by everyone. She went to school with some SMAAAART people--most especially CUTTY. His way of thinking was so...Eden just stared at him a bit as he spoke and had to shake her head out of it a bit before clearing her throat at the second time Kitredge asked if they anything to share.
"I recently read a a series about Peter Pan. Called...Peter and the Starcatchers." She said meekly.
"Very good--geared towards younger kids but also very complex in plot--I appreciated the changes they made to the original story without losing too much of what the story is supposed to portray." She said with a nod, feeling satisfied for talking in such a big group that wasn't class and not about class-y things. Sinking back down she sighed in relief and smiled...