SilverTiger | 09-25-2008 07:37 AM | Quote:
Originally Posted by Crystal Ball
(Post 7250329)
Mariska noted that Elizabeth seemed to be embarrassed by something, but being the polite girl she was, she decided to ignore it. She had just finished introducing herself to Ludo when Elizabeth spoke again quickly. Mari was of course nosy, so she had to know what she meant. " Do tell, what happened last term? I understand that the teaching was below par, and that there was some other school, Coopers?" She asked in her only very slightly accented English. She took a sip of the pumpkin juice as she waited, tipping the cup gracefully as she kept her gaze on the other girl. Yet she couldn't help but to overhear the sounds of obvious discord to her left. She looked over briefly and saw another girl glaring up at a large boy, and she smiled. " Oh my, I wonder what's going to happen." She said, looking back to her newfound classmates as her smile widened. | Elizabeth blinked as Mari asked about last term. Then she slowly started explaining. "Well, as far as I know, the Minister of Magic and his wife decided Hogwarts was just not good enough, or something. I mean, I don't know, since I wasn't there two terms ago, but everything I've heard makes it seem that the two of them were, or are, kinda crazy. But all the girls ended up at 'Belle's', and the boys went to 'Cooper's'. And we were forced to deal with these insane teachers hired by the Minister, and stare at millions of pictures of him and his wife. Half the students spent most of their time trying to figure out how to see the students at the other school. And sometimes I think all of us who were there last term should get something that says, 'I survived the Cooper/Belle experiment'." She stopped talking as everyone seemed to look toward where she knew Willow had been seated. Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixFlame
(Post 7250421)
Ludo snapped his attention away from the ceiling and back to the table talk. Liz commented on his trip to the school. He grinned, "Yes. Very relaxing. Did you find your cat?"
Asteira asked him about his chess game. "Sadly, I never got the opportunity. It'd be pretty lonely to play against myself. But now that I'm back amongst some Ravenclaws, I might find an opponent. That or Gobstones." He smiled as he thought of secret Gobstones tournaments held by Cooper and Belle teachers last term.
Asteira then mentioned wagers on House Points. It honestly sounded fun. "Sounds interesting. Although I've been on the short side of earnings in previous terms. So maybe a wager isn't for me."
She then talked about green clothing...
"Green? So are you a Slytherin now?"
Liz was then introducing him to another girl. "Nice to meet you Mari. Yes I really did run into them. Well Asteira at least. Liz just had the pleasure of watching my embarrasment." He flashed another smile, watching them over the top of his goblet as he sipped his drink.
Suddenly he sensed somethng off. Professor Vindictus was now at their table. He looked around at the Ravenclaws, some of which seemed to be arguing. "What's up with them?" he muttered to his group, gesturing to the students. | She grinned as Ludo asked her if she found Bella. "Oh, it wasn't a matter of finding her, so much as catching her. But yes, I did. And right about now she's busy growling at the caretaker, or whoever takes all our stuff to the dorms, through her basket."
Then he was talking about chess with Asteira. "Well, don't ask me, unless you want to make sure you'll win. I've never played chess before." Then he brought up another game. And she laughed. "Never played Gobstones before either. I guess I'm just not a game person, or something. Unless you count Quidditch, since both my brother and Rhiannon either play or played that. And my brother made all of us play with him when we were younger." And then she smiled as it seemed he wanted in on the points competition as well. Apparently her cousin had had a good idea.
She grinned as he explained their meeting in Flourish and Blotts. "Awwww, but you were so cute when you were embarrassed," she teased him. And then he brought up the chaos from down the table as well. "What's up with who? Willow and the Huffie? Or Vindictus?," she asked. "Professor Vindictus is head of our house, so it's not that weird that he'd be at the table. And I think there's always been some animosity between Willow and the Huffie. Not really sure, seeing as I've never really heard about it. But I'm pretty observant." |