Nora had been so lost in thought that for a moment, it seemed like she was the only person in the common room. She hadn't been, but she had been so unaware of her surroundings that she didn't know much of anything around her. That couldn't be good in the magical world. Or the muggle world, for that matter. Anyway, had it not been for the tiny clinking sound made by something that had landed near her foot, she'd had daydreamed for who knew how much longer.

Four o'clock to her foot? She scrunched her eyebrows together in mild confusion until her gaze landed on the object Atlas was referring to. "Oh, uh, sure," she said, only slightly taken aback that moments earlier her mind had been in a completely different world. She scooped up the little screw and delivered it back to its owner. She couldn't help but be intrigued by...whatever this was. She let her gaze linger on it a little longer before finally asking, "What are you working on? If you don't mind me asking."

Having been preoccupied with Atlas and his experiments, Nora was somewhat oblivious to the other first year not far from them. She did a halfway spin until she was turned toward him. "Umm, I'd ask him," she said, gesturing toward Atlas. If you can get his attention, that is. "I'm new to this. All of it." Every last bit---the whole magical world. Joel brought up a really good point, though. If nothing happened when you didn't do your homework, why were they all doing the homework anyway?