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Chelle hurried to the Library, her sewcond-favourite place in the school. She hoped she wasn't late for the study sessions. Greeting everyone, she took out her books and paid attention.

Erica walked into the study area and quickly set herself at a desk and got her books out

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Originally Posted by individual (Post 8714383)

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"Hello." Evelyn replied back. 'Aw, another fellow Slytherin. Excellent.' She scooted over so K could sit down. "You won't mind if i prefer to call you K...do you?" Clearing her throat slightly, she glanced down for a split second. "Anyway, I'm Evelyn."

K was happy to have new friends to make K turned to the girl next to her , "Hi Evelyn nice to meet you, No I don't mind that you call me K I love it myself." She "It's great having all these Slytherins here."

"Hi K, I'm Marie. You're not bothering me, I don't mind if you join us." Marie looked at the others wondering if they would care. She was happy to see that there were more fellow Slytherins joining the study group, now she would have a chance to finally meet some of them.

"Hello" Marie said to the new girl that joined the group. She didn't look like she really wanted to be there but Marie was happy to see another Slytherin join the group.[/QUOTE]

"Thank you so much I'm glad to be joining you, "Nice to meet you Marie" "So how is everyone's school year going this seems like its a great and fun year so far."

Okay, so Tammy wasn't going to come to this 'session' to STUDY. She was simply going to sit in the Common Room and more than likely play with wool and her kitten. Because that sounded normal. And STUDYING was not something she did often. BUT, if she didn't go then surely DomERELLA, the tall head boy, would probably bark at her. And make her cry.

And that WASNT nice.

Nodding quickly as she made her obviously late entry, she raised a hand in recognition of it already starting, and took a seat at a table further back. OH this was funny. It seemed Mr BIG!Head Boy was getting a talking to, from Mrs Head Girl.

Bliss.

Oh now that would knock a size off that head of his.

Placing her bag on the table, and shifting so she was comfortable, Tammy leant into her palm. It seemed a few of them were younger than her. But taller. But that wasn't the problem. EH, wasn't she scheduled to do the next on, in like a couple of months time?

TALK INFRONT OF PEOPLE?! EH.,

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Originally Posted by Ameh (Post 8715896)

"At the conclusion of class, we'd determined that all the Dark Artists listed were motivated by both Fear and Power, so if we're going by class standards, I would have to say no. However, in my opinion, those Dark Artists that already had obtained Power without the use of the Dark Arts, who used Dark Arts instead to defend themselves after their rise, would be qualified as strongly influenced by Fear, and influenced very, very little by Power. This would include Salazar Slytherin, of course... However, there will most likely never be an absence of either trait, in Dark Artists or regular Wizards either." Raiden stopped talking, finally, before looking at Kiri and giving her a little bit of a smile. He really needed to start paying more attention to his surroundings. This was the second time she'd been nearby and he hadn't noticed...

Dominic nodded in agreement at what Raiden was saying in regards to the dark wizards. Really there was little better way to say it, nor more to add than what the Slytherin had already stated.

"Very well said," the head boy complimented. "Just one thing though to comment on which is what you said last about in the absence of either trait. I don't think that being motivated by fear or power is necessarily specific to ONLY wizards, but can be applied to muggles the same way. Just a thought though." He finished before turning towards Chris.

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Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01 (Post 8715904)

Chris smiled and made a mental note that when he ran a later Study Session, to have the students desribe the lessons and then help if others needed help. This seemed a good way to one, get the students confidenve up, and two show that they knew more than they thought they did.

"Ok Dom." He cleared his throat and then began to tell all he could remember about the cores and their differences. "Well the three main types of cores used in wands are Unicorn hair, Dragon heartstring, and Phoenix feather. Firstly the Phoenix feahter wand is very good at protection and lasting spells. A phoenix feather core gives a better defensive potential. The Unicorn Hair core has powers of the Unicorn itself. It is great at Healing spells and at Transfiguration and Charms. The Dragon Heartstring core is also great at Defensive spells and Transfiuration. This wand is strong and does well at performing Hexes." he finished with a nod.

Nodding again at each statement Chris made - again, Dominic had little else to add. Of course there was the whole issue that he didn't really know too much on the topic, but it all sounded believable to the Hufflepuff regardless. "Excellent." He commented, but before he could look for the next person to speak, someone was beside him.

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Originally Posted by Colley ♥ (Post 8715918)

What? What was this?

Evolette blinked at Dominic, as he suddenly launched into "Professor mode." Asking questions, strutting like he was the most popular person in the room.... HAH. As if. Whatever.

Standing from her seat, Evolette walked over to the boy, and stood beside him, if she was going to "talk" to him which would probably end up sounding like an argument, no one else needed to hear it.

"This is not a class, Denton." Evolette reminded him, knocking his little power trip down a notch. "They've come to study. Perhaps we should divide them into groups, depending on the subject, and LET them study?"

Yeah. PERHAPS.

And the someone was giving him these looks like he was doing something wrong. HA! Now she complains? Yet it was her who didn't really give much of an introduction and in the start seemed to be letting him take charge. Now when she doesn't approve of how he wants to run things... she tries to take over.

Typical McKenna.

"Yes, I'm aware of that, McKenna," Dominic replied, trying REALLY hard to refrain from rolling his eyes. "And yes, we will get to the studying, but I just wanted to do a quick review of some of the topics covered thus far FIRST. Discussions and reviews ARE a form of studying too, you know."

It was true. There were many different kinds of studying.

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Originally Posted by Oesed (Post 8715920)

What was this ... thing? Oh, right. Study session meeting or something or the other that Willow Kovac did not particuarly need as she preferred to study alone without the distraction of others, thank you very much.

But she was here for Evolette. To keep her company, or as much company as you could keep with a bunch of strangers around you.

Dropping her messenger bag on the floor and not at all bothered by the fact that she was seemingly late (though, in her mind, she was not late - Willow Kovac had her own very schedule, so therefore, everyone else was ridiculously early), the Ravenclaw captain took seat a little farther away from the rest of the people. Smirking lightly at her Slytherin friend, the seventh year started to curl a strand of dark hair on her index finger, as she heard the Head Boy talk and lead the study session, without actually looking at him.

Study session that sounded more like a class.

Her perfectly shaped dark eyebrows jerked up slightly.

And many different kinds of people to ATTEND the sessions too, Dominic thought as he took note of the Ravenclaw Captain's presence. That was a shocker; he would have thought she would have avoided the session for the mere fact that HE was one of the ones leading it.

Evidently, she didn't totally want to cut him out of her life forever, like she said. No, he would just have to bide his time . . .

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Originally Posted by Celandine (Post 8715936)

Celandine laughed again and gave Dom-in-ick a saucy little wink, twisting in her chair enough so that he could see that she was SO borderline when it came to the length requirement of her skirt.

"Yup. Really. Dom-in-ick. Defodio is the incantation." She lifted her hand lightning fast and flicked her wand into her hand, pointing at the head boy. "And thats the wand movement."

What? Hufflepuffs were the closest thing to butter in the library, right? And it wasn't like she was gouging bits out of Dom-in-ick.

Cue super sweet and angelic smile as she reholstered her wand and crossed her legs, apparently the absolute picture of innocent and rapt attention.

And back to the REVIEW part of the study session. Hearing the small laugh from the young Ravenclaw prodigy, Dominic looked at her just in time to see that sauciness on her expression as she twisted in her chair . . .

Her skirt. Was revealing ALMOST too much skin. It wasn't really any wonder though what Copernicus saw in her: saucy attitude, cute, and smart to name a few.

And then she was pointing her wand at HIM while demonstrating the wand movement.

"Absolutely. Perfect. And thank you for not actually GOUGING me, because that would have resulted in some severe disciplinary action." He mused, throwing a brief little wink at her.

Text Cut: a few others who were quiet/late xD

Looking around at some of the others, Dominic decided that it was probably enough review. A lot of them probably didn't really know what to ask or talk about, since this was the first official group/interhouse study session.

Noticing his own co-prefect lean into her palm though, Dominic frowned. Tamzin - on the other hand - SHOULD have known what to expect or ask. Oh well. It wasn't really too big a deal as they had three different subjects already to work with.

"Hmm so I think the time is now to move on from that you telling me what you've learned thus far. Thank you for those who volunteered the information." Dominic started thoughtfully, but then decided that since Evolette seemed so eager to move them into STUDYING, then perhaps she should be the one to talk about the next part. Looking over at the Head Girl to grasp her attention, he continued, "Evolette, here, will explain the next part pertaining to actual study work." And how they'll split up ...

See. He CAN share . . . SOMETIMES!

Evan, trying to open the door of the library as silently as he could, slipped through the door perfectly, and walked quickly to the bunch of people. He walked half-bent like he wouldn't be seen by a prefect, and quickly found a seat. He didn't pay attention to where he had sat, the important thing was it was a chair. He quickly turned to the cool mode then, and acted as if he had been there the whole time. At least he could have acted, if he had a slight idea what they were doing. But he couldn't just ask now, could he? He remained silent and waited, of course he'd get a hint soon. He looked at the Hufflepuff prefect who seemed to have just talked, and wondered if he was noticed. He hoped not, but he also doubted these prefects would miss anything. Perfect. But it wasn't a class, right? Like, he wouldn't get detention? Nah, there were no professor around. So he had no obligation to come, yet he had. Good boy!

Ah. In charge. She liked that, very much so.

Nodding, Evolette picked up where Dominic had left off. "First off, thank you again for coming, if you hadn't I would have been stuck here with Dominic on my own." She gave a face for comical effect, however, she was certain a few people would KNOW she meant it.

"I'm especially happy about the number of Slytherins who showed up." She added, with a smile. Was it wrong that she would proud of her housemates for outnumbering everyone else? Of course not.

"So, some of us have OWLs to study for, some, NEWTs, and others just have class homework, I think the best way to do this would be to split everyone up by those categories, then, you can all pair off with someone in your group, preferably not of your house, as that is the whole point, and get to work."

She then designated areas for the three groups, pointing them out and allowing everyone to relocate as they needed.

Evelyn almost laughed at the Head Girl's comment on being stuck with Dominic, hiding it behind her hand and pretending to cough instead. Though, she wasn't so happy at the thought of working with someone in another house, hoping that she could've worked with Destiny or one of the other girls she just recently met.

'Hmm, maybe there won't be enough people in other houses so i can work with them anyway.' Looking around, she grabbed her things and walked over to the area where the 'class homework' section would be, and sitting down, laying out her things like she had before.

Looking around the room, Destiny noticed there were a lot more Slytherins than other houses. How is this going to work?

She gathered her things and joined Evelyn at the table for class homework. Resting her head on her hands she waited for other students.

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Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01 (Post 8715423)

Chris had remembered that the first Study Session that he and the rest of the Prefects had been planning, was starting today and he wanted to attend. He did have a little tinsey problem with one of his assignments and would be here as a bit of a moral booster for his fellows leading this one, besides he could maybe take some notes on how to run his later on in the term!

He walked in and took a empty seat next to LouAnn. "Hey LouAnn! How are you?" He asked quietly with a bright smile as he took the seat.

Seeing a slight movement out of the corner of her eye, LouAnn turned to see Chris, her Gryffindor prefect, taking the seat next to her. She sat up in her seat a little and returned the smile he'd given her. "Oh, hey, Chris! It's good to see another Gryffindor here. I was starting to think I'd be the only one," she said, a look of relief on her face. She'd have carried on further conversation with him, but Dominic, the Head Boy, starting speaking, so LouAnn turned to listen to the discussion on what had been taught so far.

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Originally Posted by Colley ♥ (Post 8718386)

"So, some of us have OWLs to study for, some, NEWTs, and others just have class homework, I think the best way to do this would be to split everyone up by those categories, then, you can all pair off with someone in your group, preferably not of your house, as that is the whole point, and get to work."

She then designated areas for the three groups, pointing them out and allowing everyone to relocate as they needed.

On that note, LouAnn gathered all her belongings and moved to the area designated for fifth years. Now, apparently, she was supposed to partner up with someone in a different house. In other words, find a person she probably didn't know. "Hey, guys," she said, speaking to a few who'd already come to the little area. "Any Ravenclaws, Hufflepuffs, or Slytherins need a partner?" She remained standing, as she figured sitting down wouldn't necessarily help finding a partner at all. Now the awkward part starts---standing and waiting for someone to speak up and volunteer to be her partner.

Plymouth strolled into the library and propped up against the loaner bookshelf. He grinned throughout the entire speech by Head Girl Evolette McKenna. And, naturally, he was the first (and probably only) one to clap when she was done. Really, she was a very good Head Girl. Very good.

"Believe that puts me in YOUR group, Head Girl McKenna. Did you plan it that way on purpose?" Plymouth winked and sidled up next to her. If they were picking partners, Plymouth was picking Evolette McKenna.

"Oh don't worry Dom-in-ick, I promise I won't gouge you unless its in the arena." Celandine answered giving her hair a toss and looking around at the other Ravenclaws. Durr. Of course her answer was absolutely perfect, it was a 'claw thing.

She gave Dom-in-ick a friendly smile, since he was her friend after all, and shifted when Evee suggested the OWL students sit together. She gave Copernicus a little wink as she moved away from him, being sure that she was sitting in a spot that she could still see him.

"Hey LouAnn, Hey Chris! Shall we wait and see how many other OWL students are joining in before we partner off?"

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Originally Posted by Mad Eye Touz (Post 8718742)

Evolette watched and waited as the students started moving about, waiting to see if anyone had any questions, but then, something caught her attention. Blue eyes dragging to the source of the clapping, she grinned when she saw Plymouth standing across the way. Of course he was the one who was clapping. He was Plymouth.

She sure did like that boy.

"Of course Plym." she agreed, giving him a conspiratorial wink, "I'm greedy, and want you all for myself." HMM. Well, there was a little bit of truth to that. Evolette McKenna was rather greedy at times. "You'll be my partner." she decided, draping her arm over his shoulders. She SO did not need to get shafted and end up with Denton as a partner.

Plymouth was SO much better.

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana
Seeing a slight movement out of the corner of her eye, LouAnn turned to see Chris, her Gryffindor prefect, taking the seat next to her. She sat up in her seat a little and returned the smile he'd given her. "Oh, hey, Chris! It's good to see another Gryffindor here. I was starting to think I'd be the only one," she said, a look of relief on her face. She'd have carried on further conversation with him, but Dominic, the Head Boy, starting speaking, so LouAnn turned to listen to the discussion on what had been taught so far.

On that note, LouAnn gathered all her belongings and moved to the area designated for fifth years. Now, apparently, she was supposed to partner up with someone in a different house. In other words, find a person she probably didn't know. "Hey, guys," she said, speaking to a few who'd already come to the little area. "Any Ravenclaws, Hufflepuffs, or Slytherins need a partner?" She remained standing, as she figured sitting down wouldn't necessarily help finding a partner at all. Now the awkward part starts---standing and waiting for someone to speak up and volunteer to be her partner.

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Originally Posted by Celandine
She gave Dom-in-ick a friendly smile, since he was her friend after all, and shifted when Evee suggested the OWL students sit together. She gave Copernicus a little wink as she moved away from him, being sure that she was sitting in a spot that she could still see him.

"Hey LouAnn, Hey Chris! Shall we wait and see how many other OWL students are joining in before we partner off?"

Chris nodded and chuckled a bit. "Hey it's good to see you too. I am glad I'm not the only Gryffindor aswell!" he then turned as Dominic and Evolette suggested that everyone split into groups and then partner up with people in that group.

So he got up and walked over to the table that the O.W.L. students were going. He then heard that they suggested people from different houses. He sighed a bit. He kinda wanted to work with LouAnn for...some reason. But he smiled as he caught sight of another friend Cela the only other fifth year at the table. "Oh hey Cela, how are you?!" he asked her happily setting his things down. "Hey maybe if no other 5th years show up we can all three work together." he said cheerfully to LouAnn and Cela, while spinning a quill in his hand.

Plymouth was sooooooo spoiled by Evolette McKenna. So spoiled. Rotten. She always took care of him. "If the Head Girl says it, it must be done." Plymouth gave her a quick and friendly squeeze. "Besides," Plymouth moved to grab a pair of seats at the table, first pulling out a seat for Evolette, "who else would have me as a partner? Perni will be all ... you know... Perni. And the Head Boy, well, hehe... Let's just say I'm lucky to have you."

Plymouth plopped down and flipped open a random book. "So what'll it be, Head Girl? What do you need me to tutor you in?"

... hehehehe

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Originally Posted by Celandine (Post 8718745)

Hearing Cela mention gouging someone, LouAnn jokingly made a little 'ewww' face then laughed softly. "Hey to you, too, Cela! Boy am I glad to be working with you," she said, knowing firsthand how intelligent the girl was. Seriously, when a professor asked a question, this girl could come up with some stuff. "Anyway, yup, we can wait around and see who else shows up." She nodded a few times, then turned back to Chris.

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Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01 (Post 8718848)

"Well, we're supposed to pair with someone not in our house, but we may actually have to end up being in a group of three with Cela," she said, pointing at the Ravenclaw girl as she spoke. "That'd be perfect for me, though. I'd be just as happy to be paired with you as I would with Cela." She pulled her chair closer to Cela and Chris, thinking that if no additional fifth years had arrived yet, they probably wouldn't be attending this session.

"Denton," Copernicus gestured for the boy to join him. "NEWTs. Stop preening and get over here to let me organize your study time tables. This is how Ravenclaws roll."

He glanced at Willow Kovac, who he wasn't allowed to claim as a partner anyway because she was a Ravenclaw, and made an apologetic face. Sorry that I have to somehow figure out how to be friends with you both and I know that you probably don't forgive me yet but I'm working on it.

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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands (Post 8718556)

Evelyn stared in boredom at everyone moving around and speaking to one another about times tables or..newts...or owls. 'So glad I'm a first year.' she thought, turning to Destiny. "Hey, did you go to the Care of Magical Creatures and Herbology...joined...class? I don't even remember who was there..."

Willow Kovac had grown positively distracted, so it was not until Evolette's voice reached her ears as though her friend was miles away from her, that her forest green eyes blinked repeatedly until she was fully back into reality.

And then the seventh year realized that they needed to get into groups. To study.

Study. In. Group.

PFFFFTTTTTT.

Coughing back the derisive snort that was attempting to come out of her short self, Willow brushed her silky dark hair to the back with a swift and dainty movement of her hand, nodded politely at Copernicus Kettleburn who was giving her a look that triggered some kind of weird feeling inside of her (guilt, maybe? For being rude?), before settling her books and parchment on the table.

And then she started to study and work by herself, because someone as independent as herself certainly did not need to study in groups to grasp things easier and quicker.

Willow Kovac was perfectly fine studying by herself.

~~Which was only because she tended to get distracted easily and people studying with her was most definitely a complete and utter distraction.~~

Ahem.

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Originally Posted by individual (Post 8719237)

'Yep, I was there. Funny thing is I don't remember the professors turning the groundskeepers back to normal.' Maybe it was just so long ago that she couldn't remember or the class was that boring. She sighed, 'The phoenix was pretty cool though.' She left out the part that she was too scared to go touch it.

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Originally Posted by destinyjazzhands (Post 8719290)

"Yea i know! Wasn't it!?" Evelyn exclaimed, thinking about the phoenix. "It was really hot too...I mean, to the touch, not that it was hot hot, just his feathers were...warmish...yeaaa." she ended pathetically.

"Umm, so do you remember what the assignment was?" she asked, taking out her rose scented ink. 'Might as well use it.' she thought. "I remember it had something to do with wands or...something."

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Originally Posted by individual (Post 8719297)

Destiny just smiled as Evelyn described what the phoenix felt like. 'Wellll I didn't touch it. Umm, I was kinda scared.' She shuddered when she thought about what could've happened. It could've bit me, thats what could've happened!
'Oh yeah the assignment.' Destiny said flipping through her notes. 'I have it written down somewhere..' When she found it she let Evelyn read it.

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CHOOSE ONE-
Option 1: Write an essay about how YOUR wand relates to you. Why you believe that particular wand core/wood combination "chose" you and what you think that says about your personality. Also, how do you think your wand will help you to achieve your goals now and in the future.
Option 2: Using the "ingredients" you gathered during the scavenger hunt, create your own wand and describe the properties it would have and how the Celtic calender could factor into who would be chosen by this wand."

'I didn't do the scavenger hunt so I guess I'm stuck with option 1.' After reading the assignments she thought it would've been easier to do the scavenger hunt.

Of course Evolette would like being put in charge of something. Yes, because Dominic needed to feed her ego once in awhile, he learned, to keep her at bay. Please her, if you will ... Just a little never hurt anyone. Enough to make her think she was important.

Even if she did crack jokes about having to be stuck with him. Ha! He wasn't half as bad as she was . . . At least he didn't show his house bias by commenting on their presence. Rubbing it in; typical McKenna move really.

Oh so they were splitting by what they had to study for. Looking around for the seventh years who'd be sitting their NEWTs with him this year, it then dawned on the Hufflepuff that there weren't too many there: Evolette and Plymouth who were already paired up quickly it seemed (since Plymouth seemed to favor Evolette over him. Not that he really cared of course). There was Tammy and Willow; the former being in his house and the latter still not on speaking turns with him.

And then ... Oh! When did Copernicus get here?

Before he could acknowledge his fellow seventh year though, he frowned when Cela said she'd only gouge him the arena, making a mental note to NOT go into the dueling arena with her unless he could help it.

Oh right. Copernicus was complaining about something. "What?! Study time tables?" He blinked at the boy like he'd lost his mind. He managed just fine on his OWLs without no time tables, so why'd he need them for NEWTs? Oh yes, right, these exams were much more intense than OWLs and deep down, the Head Boy knew that last minute cramming would not get him far. "Hmm, well then, if you insist..." he sighed, sitting down beside the ravenclaw as he took in where he'd been looking. Mystery girl ... SIGH ... studying solo; typical Willow Kovac.

And even though they hadn't properly talked in months, for some strange reason, there was a tingly sensation in his chest.

"It's easy. Color coded and everything," Copernicus said lightly, as if talking to a small child. He shoved out a chair with his foot and gestured for the other boy to sit down. "Wanted to talk to you anyway."

He rolled a parchment across the table. "Your new study schedule. You can thank me later."

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Originally Posted by Cassirin (Post 8719384)

Ravenclaws were insane. It was official.

Color coding schedules took far too much effort for the Head Boy; by the time you'd finish making the schedule, you could have already have sufficiently studied for one subject. "Mmhm," he nodded, sliding into the chair the older boy gestured to, as he took the parchment and unrolled it.

Golden eyes scanning its way down the parchment, his expression went from disbelief to confusion to anger to frustration and back again quickly. What!? Yes. ~~Ravenclaws~~ Females were most definitely INSANE.

"Uh. Thanks." He gave Cope a half-forced smile, as he rolled the parchment up. Would it be inappropriate to bop a certain someone on the head about now? Cause it was tempting.