A Stupid Decision OPEN to FOUR Closed

"Okay, so I need more bandages for my first aid kit.... wait, it might be awkward to ask a nurse for bandages, after all normal people don't have their own personal first aid kits...." Sylvie thought, walking towards the hospital wing. She got hurt a lot, at least twice a month. She somehow hadn't broken any bones this year, and was able to treat any wounds she had by herself. Just as she'd rounded the corner, Sylvie saw a familiar girl make her way into the Hospital Wing. 

It was Koko, a Slytherin girl who was in the same dormitory "Oh, I hope she isn't hurt..." She thought, frowning to herself. The two of them weren't super close, but she thought Koko was a nice person. Sylvie walked through the door quietly since she heard someone talking inside. She saw Koko watching two other girls. One was a Slytherin prefect who Sylvie didn't know the name of. The other girl she had never seen before. From the tone of the prefect girl's speech, it was obvious that the other girl was in trouble. "I wonder what she did...." 

Sylvie turned back to Koko and saw a broad grin on her face. "I bet she knows what's happening... Was she involved? I should ask her, but first..." She looked around, trying to find a nurse nearby, but was out of luck. "Well, I could take some bandages, but the nurses might notice they're missing, and they might need them. Besides, I guess I shouldn't take things without permission..." with a sigh, making her way over to Koko. She whispered, “Hey Koko, what happened?” 

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Elena Jones was a little bit worried about Mari, just a smidge, she didn't sound like she was at all holding up okay after the kidnapping and stuff. Elena herself had gotten much better after it, like having an actual threat had kicked her mind into overdrive, she slept more soundly now, although there are still nightmares. Only this time it's just the ones she can't remember, that seem so important but are but a fleeting wisp of memory as she wakes and are gone before she's opened her eyes.

So it was only natural that Elena was going to wait for Mari to finish detention then try to take her for a cup of tea, maybe out to Hogsmeade, to Madam Puddifoots where the tea and cakes would warm her soul. For now, though, she just lurked on the edges, giving Mari a wave and sitting down on an unused bed to rub her leg, it was getting worse now, although Elena had been limping on it for a while. It clicked as she pushed the kneecap to the side and felt better. The limp would yet continue though, as her leg healed up.

Elena noticed a friend of hers, "Hey Koko, whatcha doing?"

Illowy wasn't a fan of Mari in any sense of the word. While before the events of the Blossom Ball Illowy was able to push away some of the harsher things Mari would say to her, her words now seeded in her weakened mind. Mari's words floated around in her mind like poisonous smog, making her question herself and her own intentions. Granted, Illowy didn't know anything about what the girl had been through, nor did Mari know what'd she'd gone through.

In retrospect, perhaps a reconcile might've been possible, but Illowy wasn't ready to surrender her pride to the Hufflepuff just yet. Nor did she find the need to let everyone in the school know she was weak just for the sake of a little pity and attention.

However, hearing that her mortal enemy was in detention, Illowy knew she'd have to see this; and as she came around the corner towards the Hospital Wing, it was clear she wasn't alone. A gaggle of Slytherin girls were already accumulating. Elena, she recognized from the ball, as well as Sylvie from earlier in the year. As for Koko, Illowy knew of her, and had seen her in classes and in the common room, but had never really interacted with her before. All the same, Illowy tucked a long, dark tress behind her ear as she crouched with the little pack, "Did I miss anything good?" she whispered.

While Koko had hoped that she might attract a small crowd, she was completely unprepared for what happened next. There was now a small gang of Slytherin girls standing around her, watching the detention that Fridge was giving. "This girl threw a spell at me and Fridge gave her detention for it. I wanted to see justice be served. To be honest, I'm tempted to go over there and tell Fridge to make Bloodbath clean the windows as well." Koko's voice was low so that Fridge didn't hear her. She paid no mind to how the others might take the nicknames, but Koko didn't know Bloodbath (Mari)'s real name. She barely remembered Fridge's. Wasn't it something like Tuna Chow?

She turned her head to spot another girl she knew, Elena Jones. "Stalking," she responded both simply and quietly. How Elena would take it was unknown to Koko, and to be honest, she hardly gave a shit. She just needed to watch this. Were her desires selfish? Yes, they were. Did Koko know that? No, she did not. She just thought it was absolutely normal.

Yet another girl arrived, and Koko smiled at her attitude. Yes, another hater of the infamous Bloodbath. "I don't think so. Fridge is making Bloodbath clean out the bedpans." Koko looked thoughtful for a moment, and then she added, "I wonder if Fridge will have her do anything else. I would love to know."

Koko's voice was always very soft in this room, both because it had an echo and because she didn't want Fridge to notice them. It probably wasn't against the rules, but Koko still didn't want to be spotted... What if Bloodbath broke her focus and cast another spell at Koko? Koko would probably retaliate in a way she didn't want to... That scared her. She might be like Fridge for a moment - meaning she would be cold to everyone. She didn't act like that now. Now, she was just focused and a little distracted. She couldn't imagine being as manipulative and emotionless as she had been in the beginning of the year. As welcoming to being in Slytherin - though not all Slytherins were bad. It was great to be in the house of ambition, the house of courage, but it was still the house that Tom Riddle had been in. That much had gotten her compared to the Death Eaters, and she couldn't help but wonder if her surname had something to do with it.

Koko's composure had changed from confident to a little shy, and her chin wasn't held as high as usual - not that it was usually held high. The twelve-year-old's feet were turned in, and she bit her lower lip. What would these Slytherins think if they knew Koko's surname? Koko wasn't related to Tom Riddle, that was something she knew for a fact, but the surname might scare some...

Fighting back the darkness and worry in her thoughts, Koko smiled and said, "What do you think will happen?" to the others.

Before she knew it, there were two more girls watching whatever was taking place before them. One of the girls, Illowy she’d spoken to before. They met on the Hogwarts Express. The other girl Sylvie had seen around in the Slytherin common room. She didn’t know her name, but the dyed hair made her very noticeable. All that Sylvie really knew about her was that she was a chaser for the Slytherin quidditch team.

"This girl threw a spell at me and Fridge gave her detention for it. I wanted to see justice be served. To be honest, I'm tempted to go over there and tell Fridge to make Bloodbath clean the windows as well."

“Fridge??? Bloodbath??? I guess Fridge is the prefect, and Bloodbath is the one who’s in trouble. Are those nicknames??? They’re strange nicknames…” Sylvie thought, raising an eyebrow as she watched the detention take place. Koko and Illowy seemed to be enjoying what was going on. Koko had a good reason too, it probably felt like karma to her, but she didn’t know if Mari had done anything to Illowy.

The blue-haired girl on the other hand looked less amused by the whole situation. “Maybe the two of them are friends or something…” Sylvie looked at this girl that Koko called Bloodbath. She didn’t know what she should think about the girl. Two of the girls there seemed to dislike the girl, but the other one seemed to be worried for the girl. 

"What do you think will happen?"

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Illowy, who Elena had seen before in the woods arrived. Not much happening though.

Elena looked sadly disappointed about the whole Mari firing off spells thing but honestly she'd seen it before, it happened all the time to kids who weren't used to the streets, they just went off the rails, "No idea what'll happen, also I'm not surprised, seeing as the last time I saw her she was limping off to the mediward after I saved her ass from some kidnappers. The time before that she was trying to fight Kaegen, so it seems she went of the rails while I was energised and my mental health improved afterwards."

Sylvie's comments were interesting, "Luna seemed relatively nice when I met her, but I suppose if she's cold it makes sense. I like cold people they make a lot of sense, I'd be cold but I'm way too good at pretending not to be. Or maybe I'm good at pretending to be cold, hard to figure it out sometimes."

Elena hummed, "What strange events and a strange world we live in where the street kid is better off than the one with a family, if only because insane people and the threat of danger make sense to me."