Did Adi know Benny or whut? Yeeeah, he was going to go with the first option. With the matter of partnering and who got Xs and who got Os out of the way, the game got on the way.
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The Hufflepuff watched the Gryffindor consider his move, putting a neat 'O' below the 'X' he had made. Now it was Adi's turn to consider when that X would be going next. Really... it didn't matter to him if he lost or not. He randomly selected the spot on their left side, the very bottom of the grid. There!

"Your turn, Dragon!''

SPOILER!!: Soooph

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Arithmancy had been a hard subject to sit through all year. This class had meant TRIO TIME in the past, but now there was no trio. Well... there kind of still was, at least in Sophie's mind, but they just couldn't be together now that Tobes had graduated. So it was just her and Zander now. Which... wasn't a bad thing, it was just... not what Soph wanted, especially considering just where Tobes was while she had to sit through a class that made her think of him every single time.

It hurt.

So much so that the Head Girl who was normally quite willing to speak up and offer answers aloud was silent all class, even when she had some guesses as to what was on the floor, and when they were instructed to play tic-tac-toe... Soph looked at Tanner like she was crazy. A game? That was... well, okay. Simple enough.

Shooting a sideways grin over at Zander, Soph prodded at him playfully and invited, "Partner? Y'think y'can handle this?" He SO COULDN'T. "I'll even let you go first." How nice was SHE?

Well, arithmancy had been a hard subject to sit through all year. Because Zander knew that this class had always meant TRIO TIME for Sophie Brown... But now there was no trio. Well, not a real trio anyways... 'Cause Toby had obviously graduated. And though he still felt like they were missing some minor details in the story, he was aware of all that was going on and where the former Hufflepuff was now. And Zander knew it was tearing Sophie apart on the inside, though she was doing a good job of convincing the majority of those around her otherwise.

So in this class, Muggle Studies, and Astronomy in particular, Zander kept a careful eye on the Head Girl. Just to make sure things were okay. Because those would probably be the hardest ones. Today especially, he let this careful watch distract him from their class discussion. He didn't have anything to offer up when asked those vague 'you're going to guess what we're doing in class today' questions... Though he was trying to be discreet about not paying attention. Because he liked Tanner and also detention does not look good on a Prefect. He learned that the hard way. But still he was concerned, so he kept quiet and stayed watchful.

Hardly even realized that they were gonna play a game. Not until Sophie turned over to meet his gaze which meant he might've been caught staring at her aheeeem. "Think? Soph, I KNOW I can." Eh. To be fair, Sophie Brown would most likely win. And he knew that. But it was his duty to help rile her up, knowing quite well that she'd do the same to him. So a smart retort was almost a requirement. "Very generous, Head Girl." And normally Zander was all for ladies first, but if she insisted. Hm.

Looking down, he drew out the playing board onto a piece of parchment. So many choices. So many open spots. X's or O's? Hm.

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"Your go," he sent her a lopsided smile as he held out his quill for her.

The brief surge of intrigue Daxton felt upon hearing they would be learning about the Arrows of Pythagoras was very quickly suppressed by his utter disdain at the news that Tanner wanted them to partner up. He stared at the bored, unimpressed, at the 'tic-tac-toe' grid, while around him everyone started to pair off and get started.

Daxton knew instantly that he did not want to partner up with anyone; interacting with people was unnecessary and frankly unpleasant, and he much preferred to operate alone. Always.

So the first year did not seek out a partner, and instead stayed exactly where he was, pulling his parchment closer and using his non-magical biro to draw out a set of small, near perfect grid shapes. Because yes, he would play... against himself. It was perfectly feasible.

Starting off at the first grid, Daxton leaned right forward to mostly block his parchment from anyone too nosy and he made his first move, sticking a cross in the corner.

"Puh-leeeeease," was Sophie's playful retort, the smile going all the way up to her eyes as she watched Zander draw the game board and make his first move. Her lips twisted into a sort of smirk, and Soph leaned over and murmured to him, barely loud enough to be audible, "Look. You're the hugs, I'm the kisses."

Accepting the quill from him, Sophie giggled and added, "Makes sense, 'cause y'give me the best hugs, 'n I like giving you kisses."

More giggles following her words, Soph didn't even have to think about her move - she just made it.

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"Your move, nerd."

Y'know, if it hadn't been for what she said next he really would've taken a moment to admire that twisted smirk of hers. But... Sweet Merlin. They were in CLASS. And he must've knocked his knee into the bottom of his desk in surprise. That was not expected. And Zander had probably properly gone red in the face at this point too. Aheeeeem. He coughed a few times 'cause ahem Arithmancy. Wow, Soph.

No one else heard that right?

Quickly he averted his attention back to the board, not even thinking about his next move, really just scribbling down his X in order to have something to do that didn't include being the personified version of a ripe tomato in the middle of a summer garden.

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"Er... Yours," STILL RED by the way. THANKS, SOPHIE.

Sophie Brown was oblivious to the fact that she may have crossed a line - boundaries were never something she understood, many people would attest to that - but she did giggle just a little bit more at Zander's expense. When his knee hit the desk, Soph shot a grin over at Tanner - an apologetic one, and mouthed a 'sorry' to her - before returning her attention to Zander, her quiet giggles still adding background noise to the class activity.

"What? It's true." Innocent shrug.

Looking entirely too smug, Soph gave Zander a nudge as if to say quit it, you're drawing attention to us, as if SHE wasn't drawing attention to them by giggling up a storm, then nabbed the quill from him and took her turn, still unable to fully stifle her amusement.

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Everything was SO FUNNY. And... to the trained eye, it was definitely more funny than Sophie Brown would've normally ever thought it was, so there was... definitely some overcompensating going on. Too desperate to feel happiness and fight away the lingering bad feelings of worrying about Tobes was the real explanation, though right now, she wasn't self-aware enough to pick up on any of that. She was just engrossed in the moment and LIVIN' THE DREAM.

Part of him was glad that David had placed where he had, because it was the move that the first year should have made a long time ago. Mere minutes, but still a long time ago. "Do you think this will be an active class? Like, we have to stand up and do things?" Debatably his least favourite kind of classes, because it didn't leave room for him to write everything down.

"Very close," he said as he placed his own move.

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"Choose correctly and we draw. Choose incorrectly, and I win." Roo supposed that was okay.

Ah yes, a partner! Good, good! Ethan gave her a 'sup nod, and a grin. "You're on!" The Slytherin stood up from his seat, and followed his partner towards the board, and watched her scribble an 'x' on the top left corner.

Interesting move.

With a grin on his face, Ethan drew an 'O' in the middle.

"Hello there, Kaycee. I'm Ethan." he replied and gestured his head towards the board. "Your turn, miss." the Slytherin was feeling confident that he'll win the first round. MHM.

SPOILER!!: Paulina

...Paulina WAS going to ask Adi if he wanted to be her partner, but he was already moving over to work with Benny.

Okay, plan B.

Scanning the room, she tried to find someone who was also partnerless. Preferably it would be someone she knew, but at this point it was honestly more important that they had some idea what to do with this subject. Arithmancy wasn't her strong suit so she would probably be dragging them down.

Hearing Hady asking for a partner, Paulina walked up to her. "I'll be your partner, but I'm not good at Arithmancy." Just a heads up.

Letting out a small breath Hady glanced around once more. Just when she was sure mostly everybody was already paired up the older girl she'd met earlier in the year walked over to her. Um what was her name again. Pa-Paulina. Yeah that was it.

With a small smile she nodded. "That's alright, neither am I," Hady admitted pulling out a clean sheet of parchment and grabbing her quill. "I'll get us started, mind if I'm the 'X'?" Might as well get the game rolling along for them both.

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"So um Paulina, how do you like Hogwarts?" she asked trying to give them a little conversation while they played their game of tic-tac-toe.

Angel was lost, she was very lost.. what was tic-tac-toe or whatever you called it? She looked confused as the Professor spoke and she raised her hand. "Professor what is tic-tac-toe?" Angel thought that was what the Professor had said and so she decided to ask, there was no point in doing something wrong though apparently she needed a partner to play this game.

"Anyone want to be my partner?" Angel asked the room at large, she then looked at the Professor and waited to find out what game it was she was playing.

Tic-tac-toe? ....

He actually knew that game! HUZZAH!... granted, he wasn't very good at it, but it was easier than others.

Pleased enough with their task, Zeke pushed his textbook to the side before looking around for a partner. Anyone?

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Angel was lost, she was very lost.. what was tic-tac-toe or whatever you called it? She looked confused as the Professor spoke and she raised her hand. "Professor what is tic-tac-toe?" Angel thought that was what the Professor had said and so she decided to ask, there was no point in doing something wrong though apparently she needed a partner to play this game.

"Anyone want to be my partner?" Angel asked the room at large, she then looked at the Professor and waited to find out what game it was she was playing.

Hearing Angel call out, Zeke raised a hand to catch her attention, "I will." Cause yeah, FUN. "You played before?" he asked, as he moved over to her, quill in hand - he assumed she had parchment for this.

Angel looked at Zeke, when he asked if she had played this game before, hadn't he heard her ask the Professor what tic-tac-toe was, because at the minute she was really lost and confused about this game and she was a muggle. "I'm not sure, I've played noughts and crosses before, which this seems to be similar too." Angel just wanted to make sure she was right in guessing this was sort of the same game.

Angel passed the piece of parchment to Zeke. "If I'm right and it's like noughts and crosses you have to be the first one to get three crosses or cirlces depends which one you are and the other person has to try and stop you, so this game could end in a draw." Angel thought she'd guess.

The very second she said she didn't know, he was in a state of shock and disbelief... but that quickly passed when she said she played noughts and crosses. Dodged a curse there. "It the same game, just a different name," he assured her.

He confirmed her understanding by nodding at her explanation, this would be great. "That's it, so... which do you want to be? The nought? Or the cross?" he had no preference, it was all the same to him. Quickly scratching up a grid on the page, he waited for her to answer.

Resting her chin on her hand, Olympia sighed; she wasn't keen on on Muggle games such as this, and now she also didn't have a partner. Maybe she could play it on her own? That sounded much easier.
Glancing round the room, Olympia even craned her neck as she looked for someone who was free to partner up. "Noughts and crosses anyone?" She waved her quill.

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Resting her chin on her hand, Olympia sighed; she wasn't keen on on Muggle games such as this, and now she also didn't have a partner. Maybe she could play it on her own? That sounded much easier.
Glancing round the room, Olympia even craned her neck as she looked for someone who was free to partner up. "Noughts and crosses anyone?" She waved her quill.

Right, so they're gonna play tic tac toe first.

At first, Ava wanted to work with Teddy but since she's still not speaking with him, the young lioness decided to find a new person to play with. But... crap, some people that she knew already had partner. She noticed that there's the older Gryffindor student who still needed a partner. "Hey, I still don't have a partner. May I join you?" She asked nicely. "I'm Ava by the way."

"Shall I be the Noughts or Crosses?"

Angel smiled as she looked at Zeke. "If that's the case, then yes I have played the game before." Angel beamed, but why call it something else... seriously one name was enough for anything.

"Can I be the crosses, I like being the crosses." Angel smiled at her fellow lion. "And since I've picked, I think it's only fair that you go first." Angel wanted to be as fair as she could be.

Zeke chuckled, it didn't cease to amaze him how complicated languages could be, not that he knew much of many... but English definitely had its own challenges. At the end of the day though, they were on track and so the lesson wouldn't pose any significant trouble for them. He did wonder what it had to do with Arithmancy though, but he wouldn't question that out loud just yet.

"Sure, no worries," he agreed, and since he was starting first, he marked the parchment with his first nought.

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"How've you been anyway?" he asked as he pushed the parchment back to Angel.

Olympia's slightly less then enthusiastic mood evaporated as she was approached by a firstie. Beaming, she nodded. "Course you can, I'm Olympia. Nice to meet you.." She added, quickly grabbing a spare piece of parchment for them to play their game on.
"I'll be crosses." The Gryffindor didn't know why.. she just fancied being crosses. Not that it mattered.....
"You can go first." She offered, pushing the parchment towards Ava. "How're you liking being a Gryffindor?" Olympia rested her chin on her hand again. She knew they were quite far into the term now, but she hadn't spoken to this girl before.

Janelle heard the professor tell everyone to partner up, but she was so busy writing notes that she was a little slow to respond. Putting her quill down, she looked up. Everyone seemed to have gotten a partner already and started playing the game. Janelle liked Tic Tac Toe, even though it almost always ended in a tie. It was not a game that you could play alone though and therein lied her problem.

Was there anyone left who didn't have a partner? Since scanning the room didn't seem to be getting her anywhere, she called out. "Anyone need a partner? I'm available." Did that sound desperate? Well she kinda was desperate at this point. Time was running out and she was partnerless. Anyone?

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Olympia's slightly less then enthusiastic mood evaporated as she was approached by a firstie. Beaming, she nodded. "Course you can, I'm Olympia. Nice to meet you.." She added, quickly grabbing a spare piece of parchment for them to play their game on.
"I'll be crosses." The Gryffindor didn't know why.. she just fancied being crosses. Not that it mattered.....
"You can go first." She offered, pushing the parchment towards Ava. "How're you liking being a Gryffindor?" Olympia rested her chin on her hand again. She knew they were quite far into the term now, but she hadn't spoken to this girl before.

Hi there, Olympia! The young lioness just nodded when Olympia decided to be crosses and which means.... She's the noughts. But the advantage was, she let her to go first. "Okay then." She nodded and grabbed her quill. She drew the square and divided it into nine small squares. Since she was the first one, she put the O at the center. Hehehe.

SPOILER!!: tic tac toe

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How's she liking being a Gryffindor?

"It was great!" Ava beamed enthusiastically. "All my family were under the Slytherin house, but they didn't really mind that I am not because they thought that I don't fit in there. But I'm glad that being different to them." Yeah, it was great. And somehow she forgot to mention Teddy who was also the non-Slytherin person in Burton family. "Were you transferred or already being here since first year?" Suddenly she asked.

Angel smiled at Zeke as he asked how she had been. "I've been okay." Angel was being truthful, she had been better but she had also been worse. "How about you?"

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Angel loved this game when she had been at Primary School and she had played it all the time, sometimes she and a friend would get in trouble for playing it too much.

Olympia quickly scrawled a cross above Ava's nought. Olympia smiled as Ava told her about her family all being Slytherin. "Oh, really? My parents were Slytherin to! But me and my brother have both been Gryffindor.." She began twirling a blonde curl around her finger. "At least you don't mind being put in a different house though! I think I would have if my brother hadn't been a Gryffindor to.." She nodded. This was a definite. She looked to her brother for a lot of things, and there was no chance she could have been the only Gryffindor without him!!

"I've been here since my first year." The third year smiled. "I was always coming here. My brother left about two years ago and he had told me all about it before I came!"

He liked how these plans were coming along. He was even gonna make sure he did all his homework on Friday so he wouldn't have anything stopping him on Saturday. Barring that, if laziness kicked in then he'd just wait til Sunday night and hope it didn't all keep him up too long.

Now then, he needed to find a partner? It was always partners wasn't it? Kinda made things harder for him when everyone that asked for a partner actually got one.

Blaise looked around the room, hoping he could still find ANYONE and that's when his eyes fell on Daxton, sitting there by himself. He'd never been happier to see the boy sitting by himself and before the opportunity missed him, the boy hopped up from his own seat and went to take the one before his year mate and past partner in crime. "Mind if I join you?" He wouldn't answer, not verbally anyway but Blaise didn't wanna be rude or pushy.

At the same time though...he did...kinda....put an 'O' on the paper. Ahem. Sorry?

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As Olympia put the cross above her nought, the young lioness put the next nought beside her X. She hadn't played this for a loooooong time, she used to play this with her friends in muggle primary school or with Teddy.

"Yeah. Though actually my mom wasn't a Hogwarts graduate, she went to school in Russia." But maybe if her mom went to Hogwarts, she's totally gonna be in Slytherin. "My dad did, and so did my uncle, elder brother and sister. My sister just graduated last term." Zhenya was such a great student. Some of people around here knew her and not to mention that she was being interviewed by the school bulletin.

SPOILER!!: tic tac toe

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"Your turn now." Ava said to Olympia.

SPOILER!!: X-man

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Did Adi know Benny or whut? Yeeeah, he was going to go with the first option. With the matter of partnering and who got Xs and who got Os out of the way, the game got on the way.
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The Hufflepuff watched the Gryffindor consider his move, putting a neat 'O' below the 'X' he had made. Now it was Adi's turn to consider when that X would be going next. Really... it didn't matter to him if he lost or not. He randomly selected the spot on their left side, the very bottom of the grid. There!

"Your turn, Dragon!''

His move was answered by Adi's move, Benny watching as the mark was added to the parchment between them. A fresh x in the lower left hand corner. It was still very open around either of their marks and the Gryffindor was trying to peg his own direction with his o's. He could go here...or here...or try to anticipate his friend's next move and attempt to block him. Decisions...decisions. Finally he picked up his quill once more and wrote his next o, choosing the left center spot next to his other o and above Adi's x.

SPOILER!!: game