Study Group! Open!

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┏ ┓ Promise was stressed enough with final exams coming up, then there was the stacks of homework she needed to complete. Nothing was going planned. After her classes, Promise grabbed her school bag, and ventured through the halls towards the library. Sometimes, she would go to the second years study area, but it was usually far to noisy to get anything done properly, so lately she'd been going to the library instead. When she was a first year she had taken her homework to her dormitory instead for who know why. She walked the halls untill she stopped in front of the place she had gone many times before, the library. She entered the library, looking around for an available seat. Most of the spots were taken by other whispering and giggling students. Her eye caught an empty spot next to a girl who was writing on a piece of parchment. Promise assumed she must be completing homework, or studying, like her. She looked like a first year, she didn't remember seeing her before. Promise walked over and asked, "Hi, Is it okay if I sit here?" She gestured towards the seat in front of her. "There isn't really anywhere else to sit." She smiled, hoping the answer would be yes, otherwise she might have to resort to the second year study area after all. ┗ ┛

Hair

Finals were coming up and she still had a lot of homework. When classes were over, she would go to the library and study until it closed. Tori could feel the stress in her body. Her hair had been gray and tangled for a few days now. No matter how much she tried to change it, it didn't work because the stress still hadn't gone away. So Tori was trying to get used to it.

When classes were over, she headed to the library as he always did. The faster he went, the faster he could find an empty seat. It was sometimes difficult to find a seat in the library, especially these days.

She ran into the library. When she passed through the door, she tripped and fell to the ground. Okay, running fast wasn't always the solution.

She stood up and gathered the scattered books from her bag and looked around. The library was crowded. There was almost no place to sit. As he walked around, she saw two girls. She approached them smiling.

"Hello, is it a problem if I work here when it's very crowded?"

One of the girls was a Ravenclaw, about the same age as him, the other was a Hufflepuff, and judging by her robes, she looked like a first year.

"You're a first year, right? Or a higher class who's smaller than the others?"

@Promise Gardener
@Simon Poe

Simon Looked up as a girl approached her. She had brown hair, and was wearing her ravenclaw robes. "hi, is it ok if i sit here?" she asked. "there isnt really anywhere else to sit."
"Yeah, go ahead!" Simon responded. The girl sat down, and pulled out her notes. Simon pulled out hers. the two studied quietly, and soon, another girl walked up. She had gray hair. And. she, too, asked if she could study. She also asked if Simon was a "higher class that was smaller than the others" Simon pondered what this meant. Was the girl calling her short? She blinked, flshing back into reality. "No, I'm a first year. You can study here! In fact, why don't we all study together?" she said, looking between the two. The girl that had walked up was clearly a second year, so all of them studying together on different levels might be complicated. The girl across from her looked up from her notes.. "That works." She said, before looking back down. The other girl that had just walked up sat down, crossing her legs in the chair, similar to how simon was sitting. Simon asked them, "First things first: what are y'alls names?

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┏ ┓ Promise heard pages turning, and quills scratching against parchment all around her as a slight breeze wound its way around her. Promise looked up as she saw another girl with graying hair coming towards them. She asked whether she could join them, Promise looked up again, the new girl was wearing Ravenclaw robes, and looked like a second year, like her. "That works." She said, before looking back down. The other girl responded with yes as well, the new girl sat down, and they all began to work in silence. The other girl had mentioned earlier that she was a first year, and she was wearing Hufflepuff robes. The first year looked up and asked there names, Promise answered, looking up from her notes. "I'm Promise, you?" Her name was not popular, but nothing unheard of, but she had never met someone with the same name as her. She looked to the other girl, the other second year, waiting for her to respond with her name as well. She hadn't ever met either girls properly, nor had she seen them around. But Promise couldn't really depend on her memory to make that decision. The second year was a Ravenclaw, so she wasn't sure whether she hadn't ever seen her before. ┗ ┛

Reducio

Sorry, I went on a tangent there

Tori smiled as she sat down next to her two daughters as they joined her. She put her things on the table and tried to put her hair up but when it wouldn't come together she gave up.

While the girls were introducing themselves, Tori was studying History of Magic. This introduction time was a good excuse to skip History of Magic class. Tori giggled involuntarily when she heard Simon's name.

"Nice to meet you. Promise and Simon. Did you know that the name Simon means 'flat nose' in Greek. Interesting name choice. Promise, your name is really different. Which is a great thing. Anyway, my name is Victoria. You can call me Tori or something else. It's not too hard to guess the meaning of my name."

She couldn't help but talk more, as she always did. She didn't feel too embarrassed about the matter.

She turned to Promise. "I haven't seen you in the Ravenclaw common room. Which dormitory do you stay in?"

Tori looked around. She looked to see if the librarian was around. She reached into her bag and took out a chocolate bar and broke it into three pieces and handed it to the two girls.

"Do you want some chocolate? It clears the mind and secretes happiness hormones."

@Promise Gardener
@Simon Poe

Speech -- Thoughts

Pam waltzed into the library and regretted it immediately after.

It seemed as though the entire school had chosen that day and time to descend upon the library. The normally hushed sanctuary was crowded, buzzing with soft conversation, shuffling of pages and an occasional stifled laugh. In hindsight, the library would've seemed like a very tiny bedroom if the entire school had to fit in literally. Her eyes scanned the tables, filled with people, and she frowned from the lack of familiar people. I know I'm not social but you'd think I'd know someone after spending so many months here.

Pam frowned, focusing on two tables which had comparatively less people, three each. She didn't know anyone in the first table, and most of them seemed too....big to be first years (or second). Turning her attention to the other available table, Pam lit up as she caught sight on Victoria, although it took her a few seconds to recognise her with her grayish hair. It had been a bright pretty red color when they had met for the first time near the Great Lake.

She recognised another one of the girls too, remembering the time the two had interacted which Pam had been attempting to carry some baking goodies to the kitchen, and had majorly overestimated herself.

She had never made that mistake again.

Promise, that was the girl's name, Pam recalled, making up her mind and walking over to the trio, "Hello, can I join you guys?" She flashed Victoria and Promise a smile, greeting them softly, before turning to the third, unknown person, "Nice to meet you, I'm Pam."

Simon giggled when she heard what her name meant. "Flat nose" was certainly strange, wasn't it? Simon looked down at her homework, smiling to herself. The question stumped her. She thought about what to say, but couldn't come up with anything good.
She decided to take a break, and read some on the topic. "I'll be right back, just gonna go grab a book for this question." She announced. She returned with the book, and sat back down, opening it.
Tori and Promise were chatting about history of magic, and Simon listened as she read. She gave up a few moments later, deciding to ask for help.
"Hey, Tori or Promise, I need some help on this one question." She said.
They both leaned in. "I can't figure out how I could make this work, describing the movement professor showed us."
Simon finally understood, after much help from Promise and Tori. She scrawled her answer onto the sheet, and gently placed it in a folder. She stood up to put her book away.
When she returned, she felt oddly burned out. She hadn't stayed up late, nor had she overworked herself. Another girl walked over, someone Simon didn't know.
She introduced herself as Pam, and asked to join them.
"Go right ahead!" Simon welcomed the girl. "Nice to meet you, by the way."

@Pamela Graham
@Promise Gardener
@Victoria Lena Jones

Being both a first year and a Muggleborn, Sebastian had always felt rather out of place in Hogwarts. Magic beyond what he was taught in school or the difference between a jinx and hex was beyond the boy. It was rather intimidating. Sebastian gone to the school hopeful that it would turn him into a great wizard - possible one of the greatest ever! - but that plan seemed less likely by the day. He'd need to push himself harder, he figured.

The school was huge. Massive, even. It made his primary school assembly hall seem like a cupboard. Sebastian was impressed. He wondered if, given the size, every magical child in Britain went here. He knew his neighbors from the Republic of Ireland would rather chew off their arm than send their kids to the mainland but he also knew wizards seemed less fussed about muggle things like geopolitics. Perhaps he'd ask one of the older students or a member of staff.

Visiting the library was his attempt at pushing himself towards being a great wizard. Secondary school students in films always used to study in libraries and Sebastian was a little angry at them for making it seem more fun than it was. He could see there were lots of other students there. He recognized a few of them from walks through the grounds or from lessons or all the places you can imagine you'd see your classmates. Knowing himself, it was little strange that Sebastian hadn't bothered to introduce himself beforehand.

"I'm Sebastian," the boy piped up "Are you all studying? Can I join in?" he decided to wait a bit before pulling out a seat, so they could answer him first.

Ruby entered the library, her safe haven. Book heaven. Whoo. Then, she heard someone say I’m Sebastian, are you all studying? Can I join in? Oh… Sebastian Kitt??? She wandered the bookshelves, sitting down at a table only a few feet away from them. I wanna join in… Her crippling shyness often made her a bit of a wallflower and she hated that she was so shy, yet wanted to be friends with tons of people. Ugh… Maybe can I give it a try? She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. Ruby removed her glasses and looked at its lenses. Ugh, it’s dirty once again, she muttered. She untucked her shirt from her miniskirt, and she cleaned her glasses with the hem, surveying Pamela and Sebastian. Mm. I really want to join them, but my introvert personality… I hate social anxiety, my goodness. She hated that she was so shy, to the point where her Muggle schoolmates thought that she was deaf, and hence jumped at least a foot in the air when she spoke. I didn’t mean to scare them, she thought sadly. Then, she took a deep breath, stood up and stood beside Sebastian. I hope he wasn’t surprised. Hi, along with Sebastian, can I join in also?