 flipped a coin ... though MIGHT get Mitsuki here too *chin stroke* astronomizzle ♧ gryffinDORK | & the rest is drag ♣ #badluckDerf
Zero athleticism and in possession of what was arguably a black thumb when it came to Herbology? Obviously he was the perfect candidate for de-gnoming. A couple of faded scars on his fingers beneath a couple of callouses would also serve as evidence to just how much of a professional he was at this.
The real reason he had decided to exert himself and offer Professor Hernandez some help? Well that was no one's business but his own and if anyone were to ask him he would insist it was the guilt he felt and debt he owed to his aunt that pushed him to be here...and that would be a bold faced lie. He had gotten over that guilt some time ago now and, well, his eyes immediately went searching and located another, more boisterous, motivation with ease.
Internally groaning to himself, Atlas trudged forward for a dose of obligatory socialization until he came to a stop along Freddie's left side with his own hands shoved deep into his pockets. Said internal groaning intensified as he realized entirely too late that he had not slipped his metallic matchsticks into this particular pair of trousers...so he had nothing to occupy his fingers with. Settling for tugging on the inside fabric of his pockets in the meanwhile, he offered Freddie a sheepish shoulder bump and then looked around at the rest of the crowd from beneath the brim of his baseball cap.
Just chillin' with some seventh year gnomies.
...oh thank Merlin he had not said that aloud, his mouth for once being ten seconds behind his brain instead of the other way around.
"Why do you think muggles decided that gnomes are good luck when they are real pests?" he wondered aloud to anyone really before his eyes shifted from blonde to professor. Jude, maybe? Didn't Jude know a lot about plants? "...think Professor Hernandez uses them for Christmas tree toppers or general interior decor?"
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