The library, of course. That's where she was going. Lotus had assignments to take care of, and that was the one place where no one would bother her for real. While she could stay in her dorm, it didn't have the appropriate lighting for this. She should ask the Head Girl and study with the Gryffindors up there. Now they had proper lighting.

But the library will be fine.

And just as she took another corner, physics book at hand, she noticed the one thing everyone always noticed. It was hard to miss. And so THERE. She wasn't particularly fond of the tapestry, particularly since she was being reminded of a certain Marcus Branxton at the moment.

This is where he almost died, yes? By her hand, according to him. By the tapestry, according to Lotus. It's all a matter of perspective. "Of course." She said, eyeing the reminder of that day. Of course she'll be reminded of Marcus Branxton somehow.

Kyroh had made it a habit to visit the library since his FIRST ever class at Hogwarts when he had been thrown a bunch of instructions but had no clue how to do anything. And he was not going to let that happen to him again. He had already memorized Grade Two of the Standard Book of spells inside AND out over the summer, but THAT was fun. Unlike Astronomy. Which he had basically ignored, and now that he actually started studying he was beginning to regret not studying before hand. Skipping out of the library with his astronomy textbook in hand, Kyroh slowed down as he noticed something....

Uh.....

Vespers friend! And she was talking to the wall...sorta?

"Of course what?" The second year leaned forward pressing his ear against the tapestry. "Does the tapestry talk too?? Like a portrait? WHAT IT SAY?"

Excuse me?

We're not talking to you, little boy--Oh, she knew this one. This one was the boy who was clinging to Vesper when it was still safe to be outside of the castle. The one boy who didn't give her a chocolate frog a long time ago. The one and only. A Scabior. Quite frankly, she preferred the other one.

Lotus should know better. Thinking of one Ravenclaw could clearly materialize another. She made a mental note not to do this again. The one who gives hugs could be around somewhere.

With an eyebrow raised, she considered lying. You know, telling him the tapestry did in fact talk, and perhaps make the boy stay in front of it for daaaaaaaaaaaaays, weeeeeeeeks and mooooonths, but.... he was Vesper's friend, and... she squinted a little at the book, was that Astronomy? Yeah, okay, she couldn't do it. "I was just... reminded of something...," like RIGHT NOW, she was reminded of Branxton, because he had been behind the tapestry when she met him, and this Scabior was pressing his ear against it. Don't Ravenclaws know about personal space? Apparently not.

"I wouldn't put it past it to talk, but I know it has claimed the lives of a few wizards who'd stepped too close to it." Just saying. Wasn't he kind of close to it? Oops.

The raised eyebrow and squinting went unnoticed by him because Kyroh was too busy LISTENING of course. Listening to what? Well, nothing right now.

He raised his hand and poked it gently. Hello...? Wasn't it going to say anything BACK? The Hufflepuff was talking to it so what if it's answer back to 'of course' was VERY important an-

His ear inched away just slightly as his attention now diverted fully toward the older student. "What were you reminded of?" Did it have something to do not revolving around the potential draped artwork?

"What were those Wizards names'? I bet they were all Hufflepuffs right? That's why you know about them and I don't." Which was a real shame. Hufflepuffs weren't bad at all! "Don't worry though because you said Wizards and not Witches so you're probably safe too!" He made a mental note to warn Toby about dangerous tapestry.

Well, now, wasn't he quite a curious and nosy Ravenclaw. As a matter of fact, the one thing she was reminded of HAD to do with the tapestry, and the boy's house as well. "I was only reminded of how I prevented someone from being claimed by the tapestry." That's the closest thing to what actually happen that'd make sense in this conversation.

Wait a second. Was she really having a conversation with a Scabior?? Half the things were made up, so perhaps she was.

Ugh. Names. Seriously. So, of course, Lotus immediately searched for those she knew kept to themselves in yearbook meetings, and one had already graduated, so this worked! "There was a Hufflepuff, a couple of years ago, his name was Arthur... Arthur something...," Nightingale, yes, she saw him in the common room yesterday, FYI. "...and a Quackenboss person. He was claimed before Arthur." Erik Quackenboss. Lies. He'd graduated already. Also, he was not a Hufflepuff, but what did he know? "There were Ravenclaw casualties before my time." So, why are you still so close to the tapestry, Kyroh??

Notice how she failed to deliver both boys' full names.

"That's exactly why I'm not worried, witches are safe," she added, nodding at the boy and then looking towards the tapestry.

HEADTILT.

Marigold had seen the tapestry before, obviously, but not once in her five years had she actually paid attention to it. So she was standing in front of it, her head craned to the right, squiiiinting. Was that a duck? Or a peacock? She stepped closer to look at it even MORE clearly.

Maybe it was a hybrid.

Paris had food.

A club sandwich, chips, butterbeer, and pockets full of cookies to be specific. Enough to get him through his free period while he messed around with some chalk pastels in his dorm. He was on his way BACK to his dorm when he noticed a girl staring at some tapestry.

Interesting.

He took a bite of his sandwich, saddled up beside her and chewed his food relatively quietly while squinting at the fabric as well. Interesting.

Sooo....she was reminded of something...and the tapestry didn't talk? Well if it did talk then it was very rude for not saying anything back yet. But he figured that it didn't, yeah?

But, apparently it did claim the lives of people so that was much worse then being rude.

Unless of course it could talk and claimed the lives of people then it was rude AND mean.

He took another step away from the tapestry just because. Though Kyroh wasn't scared of it or anything. He was more in AWE that the girl had SAVED someone."Who did you save!?! Did you get an Order of Merlin first class?" Second class even? The girl was a HERO!!

He did notice the lack of full names but, really, who could be expected to remember everyones names? It was okay!"If it already captured Arthur Something, Quackenboss and some Ravenclaws I think that means it's Gryffindors turn." Yeah? That's how it worked right? "So i'm not worried either!" The boy beamed. It only made sense really.

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Sooo....she was reminded of something...and the tapestry didn't talk? Well if it did talk then it was very rude for not saying anything back yet. But he figured that it didn't, yeah?

But, apparently it did claim the lives of people so that was much worse then being rude.

Unless of course it could talk and claimed the lives of people then it was rude AND mean.

He took another step away from the tapestry just because. Though Kyroh wasn't scared of it or anything. He was more in AWE that the girl had SAVED someone."Who did you save!?! Did you get an Order of Merlin first class?" Second class even? The girl was a HERO!!

He did notice the lack of full names but, really, who could be expected to remember everyones names? It was okay!"If it already captured Arthur Something, Quackenboss and some Ravenclaws I think that means it's Gryffindors turn." Yeah? That's how it worked right? "So i'm not worried either!" The boy beamed. It only made sense really.

Merlin!

She shouldn't have said ANYTHING. Lotus should've just walked away from the boy the minute he asked about the tapestry and its ability to talk to humans. They were wizards, so that wasn't entirely bizarre, but the fact that the Scabior kid was still asking questions about it... wasn't bizarre either, come to think of it. She'd much rather be hugged by the Toussaint one, at least he wouldn't be talking, yes? Yes.

"A Ravenclaw boy, actually." Young man. That sounded a bit like Botros. Young man. "Unfortunately, no, we kept the whole thing to ourselves." Terrible job she was doing right now, though, revealing details and whatnot. But Kyroh knew Marcus Branxton for sure, no names were being said... yet.

Sigh. WAS HE FOR REAL???! Where was Dante when you needed him? "It wouldn't hurt to keep a safe distance, you know? Just in case the selection process is... random." How exactly did Hufflepuffs tend to die more often than Ravenclaws, though? With Kyroh's train of thought, you'd think they'd be the first ones to go.

A Ravenclaw boy? Kyroh's brows went up as more questions than usual swarmed his brain. He wanted to know more about the tapestry and about the boy, how old was he? How old had she been? Where they friends? How did she KNOW that it was going to get him?! Did she use magic to save him? Did she just use her STRENGTH? Did the boy have to go to the healer after? Was he scared? Did he never pass this corridor again? What did the OF COURSE mean ANYWAYS? Just having the questions THERE and not answered made his head hurt. EVERYTHING wanted to come out, because then he'd be able to learn about it all, but he couldn't just ask everything could he?

Blinking a bit as the thoughts continued to run through his mind, Kyroh hesitated before finally opening his mouth once more. "What's your name?" Because THAT was an important question TOO.

Couldn't hurt? Yeah. He nodded slowly, and smiled before actually taking a few steps away from the tapestry....but a few steps closer to the Hufflepuff. "That's true. It's better to be safe than sorry, especially when it comes to people eaten tapestry's." His eyes flickered to it. "Maybe we should put up a SIGN so that there are no more Arthur Somethings and Quackenbosses. And that boy who you saved-what was his name by the way? My name is Kyroh. I guess you could add me to the list of people you saved, that that boy." Since she HAD sorta-but YEAH, SIGN! He grinned.

Marigold was so engrossed in her tapestry watching that she didn't even notice that she wasn't alone until she HEARD a chOMPING noise. She jumped slightly, then regained herself and turned slightly around.

Oho. It was a male. An attractive one at that. She raised an eyebrow at him.

"Hi?"

Gregoire was walking frantically throughout the entire castle. It was only the first month of school and he already lost his cat, Gaston. Somehow he got out of the bag in the common room and ran away! This was awful! Gregoire had to find him, right now! This was majorly important! If he couldn't find him then something bad might happen to Gaston. Gregoire couldn't imagine anything bad happening to him.

Now Gregoire was starting to panic. He started his search all the way down in the dungeons, and now he's already on the fourth floor! Yet there's still no sign of his cat, Gaston! Oh dear! What will Gregoire do!? He had class soon, yet he couldn't stop searching!

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A Ravenclaw boy? Kyroh's brows went up as more questions than usual swarmed his brain. He wanted to know more about the tapestry and about the boy, how old was he? How old had she been? Where they friends? How did she KNOW that it was going to get him?! Did she use magic to save him? Did she just use her STRENGTH? Did the boy have to go to the healer after? Was he scared? Did he never pass this corridor again? What did the OF COURSE mean ANYWAYS? Just having the questions THERE and not answered made his head hurt. EVERYTHING wanted to come out, because then he'd be able to learn about it all, but he couldn't just ask everything could he?

Blinking a bit as the thoughts continued to run through his mind, Kyroh hesitated before finally opening his mouth once more. "What's your name?" Because THAT was an important question TOO.

Couldn't hurt? Yeah. He nodded slowly, and smiled before actually taking a few steps away from the tapestry....but a few steps closer to the Hufflepuff. "That's true. It's better to be safe than sorry, especially when it comes to people eaten tapestry's." His eyes flickered to it. "Maybe we should put up a SIGN so that there are no more Arthur Somethings and Quackenbosses. And that boy who you saved-what was his name by the way? My name is Kyroh. I guess you could add me to the list of people you saved, that that boy." Since she HAD sorta-but YEAH, SIGN! He grinned.

If only Kyroh really knew what happened that one day. IF ONLY.

This Hogwartian in front of him wouldn't say, of course. Perhaps he may find out about it through that boy. Or if he meets an Arthur from Hufflepuff and decides to investigate even further. Yeah, the little Ravenclaw was doing his own investigation right now, it seemed.

She was slightly panicking, though, because all that silent meant the boy was thinking, and no good can come of that. "Lotus," she said, not even giving him her entire name. No need, there was only one Lotus at Hogwarts. At least at the moment. And he was Kyroh, yeah? Scabior kid. She wondered how her former History of Magic professor was doing, yet again. And Ivy Knox, too. Odd.

Ah, see, he was Kyroh. Nice to officially know.

Fine, she gave him a smile just because, and actually nodded, "That's a great idea!" No, it wasn't. "You should be in charge of the sign. It is your idea, after all." Sure, why not? Let him put up a sign of sorts, she didn't care. "His name is Marcus, goes by Mo," Branxton, ya know? Sureeely Kyroh knew of him. Everyone knew who the former Captain was.

Lotus? Heh. "That's a pretty name." Not too many people had pretty names. Their names were simply just names. Like his. It wasn't pretty at all. But the Hufflepuff's name HAD to be pretty simply because of one reason, and one reason only; "'Cause Lotus flower are pretty so the name is pretty too." Yeah, she was LUCKY.

Maybe he'd change his name to a flower name? Or he would, if the only flower name he could think of at the moment wasn't Sunflower.

Really???!? Great idea? YEAH! Kyroh beamed at the older girl. "Could you help me with it?" He wanted to make an awesome sign that no one would miss at all! Too bad Vesper wasn't here anymore. She could spray paint the wall instead of a sign.

MO!?!?! She had SAVED MO'S LIFE!? "Marcus Branxton....the third?" Well, he didn't really no if he was a 'the third' but Kyroh ALWAYS thought Mo's name sounded better like that. Eyes wide and mouth open Kyroh just gaped at Lotus for some time.

She had SAVED his helper!!!

Without any warning he rushed her and wrapped his arms around her stomach."THANK YOU FOR SAVING MO!!!!"

"Hi." He greeted back with a soft smile, eyes tearing away from the tapestry to look at her and free up a hand for her to shake. "I'm Paris." And this was all his food.

He took another bite. "Are ya waiting for that thing to do somethin'?"

Marigold shook his hand with a smile. "Paris. Nice name. After the city?" That she had NEVER BEEN TO. Hmph. It wasn't like she had FAMILY THERE or anything. "'m Marigold. You new here?" She was pretty sure she would recognize him, but he could be a loner or hiding or something like that. She eyed his sandwich slightly. Mental note to get food soon.

"No, I…uh… hadn't really noticed it before. It's pretty cool looking, isn't it?"

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Lotus? Heh. "That's a pretty name." Not too many people had pretty names. Their names were simply just names. Like his. It wasn't pretty at all. But the Hufflepuff's name HAD to be pretty simply because of one reason, and one reason only; "'Cause Lotus flower are pretty so the name is pretty too." Yeah, she was LUCKY.

Maybe he'd change his name to a flower name? Or he would, if the only flower name he could think of at the moment wasn't Sunflower.

Really???!? Great idea? YEAH! Kyroh beamed at the older girl. "Could you help me with it?" He wanted to make an awesome sign that no one would miss at all! Too bad Vesper wasn't here anymore. She could spray paint the wall instead of a sign.

MO!?!?! She had SAVED MO'S LIFE!? "Marcus Branxton....the third?" Well, he didn't really no if he was a 'the third' but Kyroh ALWAYS thought Mo's name sounded better like that. Eyes wide and mouth open Kyroh just gaped at Lotus for some time.

She had SAVED his helper!!!

Without any warning he rushed her and wrapped his arms around her stomach."THANK YOU FOR SAVING MO!!!!"

At those words, she had to smile. HAD TO. Why? Because it was sooooo much better to hear 'That's a pretty name' than 'That's a legume', and everyone would agree on this, except maybe Hugh. He was the legume guy, after all. "Thank you, Kyroh." She would say something about his name, but Lotus didn't care. "I agree, they're very pretty." Oddly enough, those weren't the flowers she liked the most. Which flowers were, hmmm?

SEE. There was something about the way he asked for things, it was almost impossible to say NO. Almost. She could do it, she had it in her to deny this ickle Ravenclaw of both her precious company and a very cool sign. Maybe, maybe, she could say YES, but then she was certain he'd be talking non-stop the ENTIRE time, soooo..., "I work better on my own," not necessarily, "You should get friends and make that sign with them." Like the hugging one, Toussaint, he'd probably help.

So, no, she's not making that sign with you, Kyroh, and she's not sorry.

O_____O

THE THIRD!? HOW MANY MORE MARCUS BRANXTONS ARE THERE IN THE WORLD?! Merlin, save her. "I only met one...," and that was MORE than ENOUGH. If he was actually the third one, then the whole 'third time's a charm' deal is a complete lie. Mo isn't charming. Cat is.

His reaction, however, was incredibly adorable. The fact that he believed her words just like that, that was slightly terrifying. Imagine all the things people would tell him and make him believe. Not her problem, so she didn't dwell on this thought for long.

GASP!

NONONONONONONONONO. OMG! Noooo, go awaaaaay. IT WAS ALL SO SUDDEN! Her physics book was on the floor now, and her arms were still in the air because, well, what was she going to do now. Not hex him, no, that would be an exaggeration, but, erm, okay, she patted his shoulder one or three times. "I didn't know you were close to him." Now, shoo, run for your life. If he hadn't ran from the tapestry, Lotus was sure he wouldn't run away from her either. The realization made her want to cry, but she didn't. "Suppose you're close to Toussaint, too?" Just a hunch.

When the handshake was over, Paris put it back into use holding some of the food his other hand had to be overburdened with. "Better than the city." He grinned and looked back at the tapestry. "Like the flower." He noted proudly. "Yeah, this is my first year here, but I'ma fourth year student." He explained before taking a bite of his sandwhich and nodding at the piece of fabric in front of them.

"'s just a carpet hangin' on a wall. Pattern is nice. Whatcha staring at it for?" Was it going to do something AWESOME, or was she just one of those girls who liked fabric-y things?

Phoenix was major bored. He was so unbelievably SICK of homework, and this stupid... environment. Or whatever. He didn't know how he was going to get good grades with all the stuff that was happening around school and stuff but... meh. Over it. This was much more fun.

'This' entailed skating down the hall, weaving around the few students who were wandering around the corridor. Then he felt something in the floor catch one of his wheels and he quickly jumped off the board, kicking it up into his hands to stop himself from falling flat on his face. "Whoa... they should do something about this uneven floor..." he mumbled to himself.

Dude.

Cool tapestry.

Pretty n stuff.

Great minds think alike, as they say.

Toby was also skating through the corridors, keeping his eye on that doorway to the moving staircase every time he passed it, because you better believe he was going to try and skate all the way down the railings one day. Except... maybe minus the concussion next time. But today was more of a leisurely-skating day. In any case, it was fun to roll around the corridors on his charmed skateboard.

Down at the other end of the corridor, Toby caught sight of a familiar large head of hair. The owner of said hair was holding onto a skateboard TOO, though Toby wasn't surprised. He recognised this other boy from classes and stuff, and small conversations of course, and only one thing was on his mind: Friend.

The Hufflepuff skated down to meet the other boy, coming to a halt just short of him and stamping on the back of his board so it flew up to meet his waiting hands. Rather than say anything, he stood next to the other kid (name, name, what was his NAME?) and looked at the tapestry too. Super casual.

But... that was kinda weird, right? So Toby DID eventually say something.

"Hi."

Smoooooth.

Wait, what?

Phoenix heard the sound of skateboard wheels and took a moment to look down at the board in his hands, as though it could be rolling around on the floor. But sure enough, it was safely stationary in his grasp. So he looked up and checked the surrounding area, his face lighting up as he saw someone zooming towards him

Hufflepuff dude. Pretty excitable or something? Phoenix didn't know much about the guy, but he was SKATING and therefore he was COOL. But they were doing the casual thing? Right, okay. Phe held his board with one hand and shoved the other in his pocket all chill like, and looked back at the tapestry.

Ooh! Words. "'Sup." Casual, yo. "Cool threads, right?" He gestured at the tapestry, trying his hardest to keep a straight face...

and failing. Phoenix Harrison Toros couldn't resist a giggle if his life depended on it. Hopefully it never would.

Lalala, just checking out this tapestry. NBD.

Cool threads?

"Oh yeah," Toby replied, also trying to be so super duper casual and COOL. "Really......... rad."

As soon as the Gryffindor boy giggled, Toby found himself doing exactly the same, letting out a bizarre gigglesnort and looking around to grin at the bouncy-haired one. Beaming, he held out his hand for a handshake type thing.

"I'm Toby," he practically chirped, all pretenses of trying to appear chill and laidback totally gone.

Rad. Phoenix nodded. Rad seemed like the right word. Though he wasn't sure exactly WHAT about the tapestry was rad. But probably something.

Like... super rad crazy backstitch or something. Yeah. Sewing terms. They were definitely radical.

But giggling was much more fun than any kind of gnarly cross-stitch genius. Cause Phoenix wasn't usually laid back, and this was much more his style. AHA! A handshake. Phe shook the guys hand, then did a twiddly thing with the fingers all cool-like. Cause he was awesome.

"I'm Phoenix!" Friend? Friend!

Toby nodded and subconsciously stretched up onto his tip-toes slightly, in a half-bouncing, half-trying-to-be-taller sort of action.

"Phoenix," he replied, still nodding. "I like your name! I only knew you as 'Mr. Toros', from Astronomy." He paused, and smiled even bigger. "You glammed up your uniform."

Just, Y'KNOW, in case he'd forgotten or something.

Now bouncing ever so lightly on the balls of his feet, Toby nodded towards the skateboard Phoenix held. "You too, huh?" He held his own board up and sort of waved it around slightly in the air, though he knew that Phoenix had already seen it.