Kimberly slunked her way back into the Common room, her book bag draped over her shoulder. Thank MERLIN another day of classes was down and only what felt like billion to go. Making her way over towards the fire place, one of her more commonly preferred places to lounge near, K grabbed a nearby bean bag chair and dragged it over closer to her desired spot. Getting it sufficiently set to the angles she wanted -- she liked the dancing badgers -- she flopped herself down dramatically.

She could spot a wizard chessboard in the corner as well as a couple other games, and she briefly contemplated trying to see if one of her dorm mates or someone would like to play later, but for now, brain rest. The poor thing was not nearly as fit as the rest of her. Oops.

Minjae was exhausted. Not only from classes but the constant walking up and down those staircases. Who's brilliant idea was it to put Divination class which was in one of the towers before Potions which was aaaaall the way back down in the dungeons?!

The teenager groaned heavily as he dragged his feet over to one of the couches and let his body fall face forward down on to the cushion while he dropped his bag on the ground. "Kimmyyy" he whined when he noticed her sitting by the fire place. "Why is this place so old fashioned? this school is in serious need of elevators ...or escalators!" he said. Even his house had an elevator! Sure the staircase moved but they only moved sideways and WHAT was the POINT in that other than confusing lost first years?! He rolled on to his side on the couch and supported his head with his hand. "What ya doing by the way?"

She could hear people's feet shuffling back and forth through the passageway from portrait hole to actual common room, but K didn't bother lifting her head to examine to see if it was anyone she knew. She was actually having quite the grand old time creating back stories for each of the wood carved badgers.

And then there was Bulfric, leader of the Badger resistance...

But then she heard her name, and K moved her head around to locate the source. "Oh, Minjae, hey!" Her brow furrowed as she thought on his question, realizing he had an incredibly good point. The staircases were already enchanted, why not them enchant a way that was useful? "You'd think by now they would have fixed that. Our staircases move sideways ...." Stupid.

And then he asked what she was doing, and she pointed at the mantle over the fireplace. "I'm trying to pick my favorite of the badgers."

He rolled on to his back and stared up at the wooden ceiling , placing his arms behind the back of his neck and under the cushion. "I know right! Do you think Schmoe will make an escalator if we ask him? I mean, he's....odd... but brilliant right?" hadn't he used complicated spells to make the technology room work? To be able to do that in a place where muggle electronica was not heard of was really something.

Eeeeh... out of all the answers she could have given to his question, that one didn't even cross his mind. He looked sideways to where she was pointing at and saw the dancing badgers and he laughed. "For a moment i thought you meant one of the other housemates since we sometimes reference ourselves as badgers as well" But carved in to the mantle over the fireplace badgers worked as well , he thought. "And? did you pick one? mine is the dancing one" he said with a slight grin. If she got it. She got it.

Professor Schmoe? K tilted her head as she contemplated the question, before nodding her head. "He's one of the best bets, I think. But then again, Professor Kittredge could probably be convinced as well if we made a case." She seemed like the type that wanted her students to be happy, and an escalator or elevator would make her students happy.

She turned her head to smile at him as he laughed and shrugged her shoulders slightly, "I mean, I could be contemplating that but I feel like the inanimate ones is less mean." And also, she knew more of the inanimate badgers now rather than the real ones considering she had named about half of them at this point. She threw her head back and laughed when he answered his favorite, "Good one. But I'll have you know I have painstakingly set her and given them all names and backstories and families, and they deserve love and recognition! Also, I'm partial to Bartholomew." She clearly had way too much time on her hands, and far too exhausted of a brain for social interaction.

"I think Professor Kitridge is the type to build an escalator that only activates when you snap your fingers" he said as he did an eerily similar expression of her happy snaps after sitting upright on the couch.

Minjae leaned back , kicked his shoes off and placed his feet on the edge of the couch the cushion as he pulled his knees towards his stomach and wrapped his arms around them. "That would be less mean yeah" he said , nodding his head. "But if anyone asks who the best badger is, the answer is Minjae Yoon" he grinned.

Looking over at the mantle pieces, the Hufflepuff watched the carved badgers dancing before he turned his attention to Kimberly and he raised an eyebrow at what she said. "You...you gave them names and backgrounds already?" he asked, mildly impressed. "Merlin's Beard, it took me weeks to name my child last year!" and even then he had only come up with 'Kiddo'. Strangely enough, people had found it endearing. Even MORE stranger. People thought he'd make a good father. Chloe had even said he'd make an excellent father. Which was crazy really...

"Isn't Bartholomew the name of the Giant Squid?" he asked as he scratched the back of his head. "Did you make friends with the Giant Squid already?!" That was so unfair! he hadn't even seen him yet.

Kimberly couldn't stop the laugh at his spot on impression of Professor Kitridge. She hadn't quite figured out why the snapping all the time but... to each their own? "I mean, with your impression we could just brew a polyjuice potion and you could convince the other Professors this is a necessity." Although ... did all of the Professors get along even?

She adjusted herself so that she wasn't sprawled out so uncomfortably on her bean bag chair, but rather sitting more like a normal person so she could continue talking to her new company. She chuckled at his words, throwing him a quick thumbs up. "That should be easy enough to remember!" Considering his was probably the only name she actually remembered meeting from the feast. Oops? She chuckled at his question before smiling sheepishly, "I might have exaggerated. I definitely only have half of them done. And it's not very creative. It's pretty much every B name I could possibly think of." You know, because B. Badger. They were dancing badgers.

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Wait. Did he just say it took him forever to name his KID? "Uhhh... you have a child?"

She blinked at him slowly, second statement not as shocking as the first, but still. Did he say... giant squid? They had a giant squid here at the school!? "I'm sorry, who?"

"If it didn't take months to make polyjuice potion i would have done it" he said. But he wasn't patient enough to make one. Apparently he did not get in to Hufflepuff for his patience. Not to mention that he could be expelled for something like that. Detentions and losing House points he was cool with but expulsion? no thank you.

The quick thumbs up was met with a small grin coming from Minjae. It was refreshing that someone understood his not funny humor. "Exaggerated or not, the fact that you already have some names for them is impressive..." he said as he looked from the dancing badgers to Kimberly. "You didn't name one of them Bimmie right?" he snorted. "Add a Binjae as well"

????? Had she already forgotten the Muggle studies assignment last year? It had been a pretty significant thing? Minjae cocked his head to the side and frowned a little, looking confused. And then it hit him. She was a transfer student! This was her first year at Hogwarts. For a moment, the Hufflepuff decided to tell the truth but...why do that when you can have a little bit of fun?

"I do.... you didn't know?" he asked, keeping his face as straight as possible. Let's see how long he could keep this up until she found out he was talking about a doll. Should he get a timer?

"Barthalomew?" He repeated. "Merlin's Beard, i keep forgetting that you're new here" he laughed. "He's the Giant Squid that resides in the Lake. I heard he drags you down if he doesn't like you" which may...or may not be true. Minjae wasn't sure about that but this was Hogwarts, stranger things happened. "He also talks!" he added "Wanna find him together some day? Having a Giant Squid as a friend should be epic right?"

Hmm, that was right. Polyjuice potion took like months to actually prepare, didn't it? She nodded in understanding at his words, "I could do the patience part... it's more of the skill portion where I am lacking..." Potions was most definitely not her strong suit. And while patience was not always either, for a good enough reason she could do it. Her laziness? Totally good enough.

Impressive? K chuckled, giving a slight shrug of her shoulders, "I think what it really says is I have too much time on my hands." Way too much. Hearing his suggestions, she shook her head, "I mean there wasn't a Bimmie and Binjae, BUT those two are now properly named." She pointed to a couple of badgers up at the top dancing together, right next to Billy and Bertha.

She really wasn't sure what to do except BLINK at him. HE WAS SO CALM ABOUT IT TOO? K was trying to figure out the best way to further question without coming off as judgmental or offensive. "Er... so... do you have a boy or girl?" What were safe questions!?

And there was ACTUALLY a giant squid?! Now that he'd talked more about it, it sounded like a familiar story her dad had mentioned. But she had figured it was a joke, because the lake couldn't be THAT big right? Welp. Apparently it actually was. "So he really drags people he doesn't like down into the lake?" And he talks? Well, this certainly sounded like an EXCELLENT opportunity to scare Lucas. And if she could actually befriend the giant talking squid, would it help her prank her younger brother? 100% worth a shot. "Let's do it! I mean, with our dazzling personalities it's sure to like us, right?" RIGHT?

"Its the opposite for me" Minjae said as he stretched his legs out in front of him "Potions is my second best subject" after DADA . Although with DADA he wasn't the BEST at it ...he was the most enthusiastic about that subject. "If you ever need help with potions you can ask ok?" just not too complicated questions.

Too much time on her hands. Minjae chuckled because that had been exactly what he had in mind but didn't want to offend her. He looked over at the badgers who were now named Binnie and Binjae. "He's got my dance moves" he said.

WAIT. waitwaitwaiiiit. She ACTUALLY believed that he had a child?! This was the best really and he wondered how long it would take her before she would realize he had been just messing with her. "A boy. His name is Kiddo. Well, its his nickname really" he said while carefully biting his lower lip and turned his head to pretend a cough because he had been on the edge of letting out a laugh. Oh gosh she wasn't going to hate him right when she found out?

"I think so? i mean i've never seen the Giant Squid myself but i heard others talking about it..." Actually, he had been wanting to find out if Bartholomew really existed or not but never went out because he did not want to get dragged down to the bottom of the Great Lake all alone.

Second best subject? "What's your first, then?" Merely because she was curious. K also grinned at him and the offer to help with potions, giving a nod of thanks. "I'll keep that in mind. Thank you!" She really was in a good position to have good grades if she applied herself, considering most of her friends were smart and nice people who were willing to help. She just also couldn't really be bothered. Maybe one day. Hopefully next year.

The badger had his dance moves? She chuckled, before turning her attention back to the other Puff. "I think you'll have to demonstrate this. I really should see where they got there talent from."

She was still blinking. Because really, what else could she do?! Plus, did he just say his kids name was Kiddo? Hadn't the conversation came up because he had such a hard time naming the child!? Oh thank merlin, just a nickname. "Kiddo is a good nickname... What's his actual name?" Because if he spent ages coming up with a perfect name, shouldn't he at least use it occasionally? "And uh, where's the mom?" Was she a Hogwarts student as well?

Hmm. Well, worth the risk right? "Well, I think you're right and we should find him and befriend him. Then we can ask him if he's ever dragged anyone to the bottom of the lake?" And hopefully convince him that even if he hadn't to pretend he had for little brother's sake? BEAM.