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Droo 
"Miss Malik, I assume you are cheering for one of your classmates? Or did one of ours or one of the other school take your favor?" She asked. The French boy was rather handsome... and the 'glitterpuff' as the student's called him, was not horrible to look at... Her own Prefect was not bad looking, and well... she could see how the girls would want to cheer for them. Not that looks had ever mattered to her now, or when she was young. Her first husband was old and had been disfigured by a potion in his youth... but he had been her first love nevertheless.
There was a single nod as her eyes left the maze,
"Yes, Miroslav" and Nikolai, of course, always Nikolai.
But if someone else had to win, other than any Durmstranger, she'd thought she'd support Raiden, until the end of Task One.
"Mayve Fletcher" she said, with a slight shrug. He
had after all helped her to get to the nurse, how could she not
sort of support him.
SPOILER!!: Grayson
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SilverTiger As her attempt to make Danika feel better only got a simple nod, Grayson wasn't sure if she'd really said the right thing or not. It wasn't exactly something she was used to. Talking her way out of things, sure, but making people feel better was still something she was working on. The Durmstrang girl seemed like she was thinking about a lot, too, which led Grayson to simply pay attention to everything else. The conversations Professor Lafay was having, the maze, anything other than feeling awkward about making her new acquaintance think so much. But at the laugh, she grinned. That seemed so normal, and not awkward. "I guess. I mean, he might not want the reminder, but it's pretty funny," she commented. It seemed Danika must know the stories after all, which made her like the girl more.
A thoughtful look crept onto her face, though, at the next question posed. "I don't know that I do anything, really. He's just really comfortable with me. And maybe it's a bit 'cause of the cold. Like, he likes being curled up there 'cause it helps him keep warmer." Draco'd just always been like that. Kind of hyper when she was, but pretty calm otherwise. It balanced her out a lot. But she smiled again as it seemed Danika wanted to pet him. "It's okay. He likes pets, as long as you don't move too fast." Or do any of the long list of things certain people like her little brother kept doing. Or be a cat.
Her eyes widened as Professor Lafay spoke again, though, realizing the professor had noticed Draco. Probably because of her conversation with Danika. Turning her head slightly to look at the woman again, she wanted to shrug, but thought it would look bad. "Draco's only vicious when people are mean, but I'm always careful," she said, a bit hesitatingly. She didn't want it to seem like she was talking back. Not to Lafay.
But she was saved by Professor Vindictus suddenly showing up and taking the seat she'd left open between her and the Potions professor, and she bit back a giggle at how he was acting. "Hi Professor Vindictus," she said. Not wanting to be accused of being rude to professors. Like the Head Boy had been, when it came to Professor Lafay. And besides, she still sort of idolized her head of house after last term. And right now it almost seemed like he was rescuing her from the scary awkwardness that was dealing with the Potions professor's dislike of her pet. Although at least maybe it meant she wouldn't eat him, like she'd been afraid of.
True, though, who knows how the Malfoy fellow had turned out? Perhaps he'd enjoy it. For all they knew he could be dead or close to death, anyway.
Danika smiled.
"He is a clever one, then" the ferret, of course, because he didn't want to be cold, apparently, so he was smart enough not to let that happen. Perhaps they acted only on instinct but the Durmstrang girl liked to believe there was something else hidden in the minds of all creatures. They didn't react on instinct only, there had to be something else.
The girl nodded, and ventured her hand a bit closer to Draco, ever so slowly she reached the ferret's head,
"Hi Draco, can you see something vehind the hedges?" she said, as she petted his head. Soft, it was.
Then she turned to Professor Lafay again as she was speaking as ferret being vicious things. Here's a guess, perhaps Lafay didn't particularly liked all living things. And that was totally fine, she didn't have to.
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Droo "As long as you know the risks..." Why couldn't people be smart and have a kneezle as a pet. Smart domesticated animals who know the hand that feeds them... Oh well...
And Grayson seemed to know what ticked her ferret off, no problem there. There were ways she could...control his reactions, or prevent them.
SPOILER!!: the Flying one
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demented_death_eater He was just a little bit late but he had a legitimate excuse - the flying rocks had to be put away and he needed to grab his bag of sour gummy worms.
There was much cheering and oohing and ahhing as he made his way through the Stands and plopped down next to Hecate Lefay.
"So, wadda I miss?" Vindictus asked and pulled out a sour gummy worm from his treat bag. "Want one?"
He held up his worm and slurped it. His lips puckered up and his eyes squinted shut in reaction to the unmistakable sour taste of the sweet.
To the unsuspecting, it looked like the Flying professor had his lips puckered up for a kiss.
Oh, this was the Flying Instructor, was he not?
Zitnik spoke about him, if only her mind would be so kind as to remember what he said.
Danika almost laughed at the face he made after the gummy worm was eaten. If only there were a Photographer around, the Daily Prophet would love to have that on film.
"Hello Professor" it was only polite to greet them. The Professors.