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Felixir · 08-26-2015, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl

The book was one of their assigned texts, Davie recognized it now. Was it worn from this boy's diligent study or from being passed down from generation to generation though? He could almost hear the nagging voice of his mother saying he wouldn't know unless he stayed here and attempted to make a new friend, so stay he did. As Davie plopped down across from the reading boy, he reached into his pocket to pull out a licorice wand, actually, two licorice wands, in case the other boy wanted one.

He took a bite out of the first and waited to see if the other kid would respond to his question about Hogwarts. No? He was not excited? All he got back was a shrug. Davie didn't mind though. He wasn't a big talker himself. "Wand a licorice wand?" he said instead, offering him the uneaten, unwrapped one. After a small pause, to be polite, Davie added, "I'm going to be a first year too. I mean, I think you're reading our textbook, which is very informative but not recently updated, in my opinion." It didn't have anything about the last fifty or so years of the school's story, the coolest years (again in his little opinion) because his parents had gone there and taught there during that time.

"Is History your favorite subject?" he tried again, just in case the boy needed a break from his ambitious study of their school.

Though at first he'd been curious about what the other boy was bringing out of his pocket, Daxton's interest waned when he realised it was just a couple of sweets. He didn't much like sweets; there were lots of foods he couldn't tolerate, and anything sugary was just too sweet for this often bitter and salty child and his oh-so-sensitive taste buds. The smell of liquorice put him off even further, and Daxton was just shaking his head when he realised that those were entirely new sweets from the magical world. He wouldn't be able to get his hands on another one unless he could find one to steal, so Daxton changed tack and nodded instead. Yes, he wanted it. For science.

He took the sweet and immediately abandoned the book on his lap in favour of inspecting this new item. Or at least, inspecting the wrapper, because he didn't want to open it and get his hands all disgusting and sticky and smelling of liquorice. The concept of 'manners' was lost on Daxton, so the other boy didn't get so much as a thank you. He was still listening to him, at least, about the criticisms of their textbook, and Daxton found that he had to agree. He'd read the book twice now and still barely knew anything of any practical use. Nodding his agreement almost distractedly, Daxton removed the book from his lap, switching it for his notebook now that he had the opportunity to do so, feeling less locked into place by anxiety for the moment. He pushed the ball point pen out from the spiral binding and flipped to a free page in order to answer the boy.

'History, literature, art, science, music, lots of things, but they don't teach all those things at Hogwarts, I know that. It doesn't matter, because I hate school. But I do like knowing things. I thought the History book might be most helpful today because I do not have the book about Hogwarts. Do you know anything about Hogwarts? I want to know more.'

Daxton turned the notebook so the other boy could see it, but kept a tight hold on it with one hand, while still holding the sweet wand in the other. After his experience with Genny Tate, who had scribbled all over his precious notebook, he wasn't taking any chances, but the boy sounded like he could be useful, at least when it came to information, and Daxton was growing frustrated with lagging behind.

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Felixir Forum Manager Book Club Mod Alley Proprietor Banshee Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posts: 50,157 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 BanaBatGirl The book was one of their assigned texts, Davie recognized it now. Was it worn from this boy's diligent study or from being passed down from generation to generation though? He could almost hear the nagging voice of his mother saying he wouldn't know unless he stayed here and attempted to make a new friend, so stay he did. As Davie plopped down across from the reading boy, he reached into his pocket to pull out a licorice wand, actually, two licorice wands, in case the other boy wanted one. He took a bite out of the first and waited to see if the other kid would respond to his question about Hogwarts. No? He was not excited? All he got back was a shrug. Davie didn't mind though. He wasn't a big talker himself. "Wand a licorice wand?" he said instead, offering him the uneaten, unwrapped one. After a small pause, to be polite, Davie added, "I'm going to be a first year too. I mean, I think you're reading our textbook, which is very informative but not recently updated, in my opinion." It didn't have anything about the last fifty or so years of the school's story, the coolest years (again in his little opinion) because his parents had gone there and taught there during that time. "Is History your favorite subject?" he tried again, just in case the boy needed a break from his ambitious study of their school. Though at first he'd been curious about what the other boy was bringing out of his pocket, Daxton's interest waned when he realised it was just a couple of sweets. He didn't much like sweets; there were lots of foods he couldn't tolerate, and anything sugary was just too sweet for this often bitter and salty child and his oh-so-sensitive taste buds. The smell of liquorice put him off even further, and Daxton was just shaking his head when he realised that those were entirely new sweets from the magical world. He wouldn't be able to get his hands on another one unless he could find one to steal, so Daxton changed tack and nodded instead. Yes, he wanted it. For science. He took the sweet and immediately abandoned the book on his lap in favour of inspecting this new item. Or at least, inspecting the wrapper, because he didn't want to open it and get his hands all disgusting and sticky and smelling of liquorice. The concept of 'manners' was lost on Daxton, so the other boy didn't get so much as a thank you. He was still listening to him, at least, about the criticisms of their textbook, and Daxton found that he had to agree. He'd read the book twice now and still barely knew anything of any practical use. Nodding his agreement almost distractedly, Daxton removed the book from his lap, switching it for his notebook now that he had the opportunity to do so, feeling less locked into place by anxiety for the moment. He pushed the ball point pen out from the spiral binding and flipped to a free page in order to answer the boy. 'History, literature, art, science, music, lots of things, but they don't teach all those things at Hogwarts, I know that. It doesn't matter, because I hate school. But I do like knowing things. I thought the History book might be most helpful today because I do not have the book about Hogwarts. Do you know anything about Hogwarts? I want to know more.' Daxton turned the notebook so the other boy could see it, but kept a tight hold on it with one hand, while still holding the sweet wand in the other. After his experience with Genny Tate, who had scribbled all over his precious notebook, he wasn't taking any chances, but the boy sounded like he could be useful, at least when it came to information, and Daxton was growing frustrated with lagging behind. __________________ Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Chocolate!