29 Oct 2019, 02:23
Meetings and Greetings
Saoirse walked quietly throughout the grounds. They were quiet and peaceful, reassuring at most. Calming, a place away from the stress of school. She clutched her bag before coming across a small hill, the perfect spot to sit down and read within the reach of moon-rays. So that's what she did sitting herself at-top the hill and settling down, nibbling on some pretzels and pulling out a new book, 'Xylomancy' something she had gotten from 'Flourish and Blotts.' Thinking to herself while absorbing the book's information. These past few weeks had gotten Saoirse in a scramble, she was no longer her usual, cheery self rather she was turning into a mess; but she kept herself from doing so. Pressure was not something she'd crack under just yet.
Too bad she was paying attention to her surroundings as when she moved into a new position she saw a shadow out of the corner of her eye. A human shadow or humanoid at least, it must've noticed her because it also stood. Thankfully it was human, a girl no older than 12 or 13. She was tall with long limbs and pale skin, the girl also had dark coppery hair and blue eyes. Saoirse could tell that the girl was just as nervous if not as uncomfortable as she was, so she broke the silence.
"Good evening! My name is Saoirse Dwight, what's yours?"
Too bad she was paying attention to her surroundings as when she moved into a new position she saw a shadow out of the corner of her eye. A human shadow or humanoid at least, it must've noticed her because it also stood. Thankfully it was human, a girl no older than 12 or 13. She was tall with long limbs and pale skin, the girl also had dark coppery hair and blue eyes. Saoirse could tell that the girl was just as nervous if not as uncomfortable as she was, so she broke the silence.
"Good evening! My name is Saoirse Dwight, what's yours?"
Ever felt like your being watched, like everyday you're passing by the billboard that Dr. Eckleburg's Eyes rest upon.
2 Nov 2019, 11:12
Meetings and Greetings
Natalia has spent the better part of the afternoon on a solitary spot of greenery in the Hogwarts grounds, nose buried in her copy of 'A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration'. She doesn't quite notice immediately when another person wanders closer to her, equally as oblivious to the person's presence, and continues her reading, fingers lightly curling and uncurling around the blades of grass slipping between them. It's only when the other girl shifts that the young Ravenclaw notices a flicker of shadow in her peripheral vision, but it's enough to cause her consciousness to jolt awake.
Immediately startled, she scrambles to her feet, clutching the book to her chest with one hand and her wand in another, trembling as it finds itself raised... only to be lowered again when she realizes that she's facing another student. "I'm sorry," she blurts out immediately, flustered as she rushes to tuck the wand back into the slim pocket stitched into the inside of her robe. Her ears burn an embarrassed shade of red, and she fails to meet the other student's eyes, hiding instead behind locks of hair that have since fallen from the haphazard bun she had put them in. "I—I got startled. Sorry. Again."
She wonders if there's a spell to make the ground swallow her up.
At the introduction, Natalia attempts to face Saoirse, but her vision only comes up to the other girl's cheek before stopping there; she's still far too shaken up, but she manages to offer her a small smile and an eager nod of her head. "I'm Natalia. Natalia Draig," she responds quietly, tucking a lock of hair behind her ear and hooking it in place. "You like the Grounds too, then?" At the end of her question, she winces, thinking that it might not be such a good question to ask, nor an interesting one. "Sorry. Are you a First Year, too?"
STAMINA 5 | EVASION 5 | STRENGTH 3 | WISDOM 8 | ARCPOWER 7 | ACCURACY 7
ABILITY: Charmer
ABILITY: Charmer
2 Nov 2019, 16:42
Meetings and Greetings
Saoirse nodded, hoping Natalia would realize that was to answer both questions. Both girls were obviously freaked out about meeting somebody else in such a remote part of the grounds at such a time. Saoirse couldn't care now, she was too focused on trying to regain a more confident composure. Wait, why are we here so late? She began to wonder, it just seemed off but once again she batted it off. Natalia's business is Natalia's business and it isn't her place to ask or even remotely wonder.
Instead she opted to try a friendship route, pointing towards the hill top she was sitting on and asked.
"Would like to sit with me?" Following it up with, "I have snacks, too." Then she began to silently worry, what if Natalia thought she was weird? Oh well, too late now. She whispered to herself, through gritted teeth. Waiting for Natalia's response might kill her though, the girl still looked quite shaken up and still worried about calming down.
Saoirse did feel the urge to ask 'What was wrong?' but that would've been officially the dumbest thing she's done at Hogwarts so far. Instead she tried to keep her smile up, in hope of comforting Natalia.
Instead she opted to try a friendship route, pointing towards the hill top she was sitting on and asked.
"Would like to sit with me?" Following it up with, "I have snacks, too." Then she began to silently worry, what if Natalia thought she was weird? Oh well, too late now. She whispered to herself, through gritted teeth. Waiting for Natalia's response might kill her though, the girl still looked quite shaken up and still worried about calming down.
Saoirse did feel the urge to ask 'What was wrong?' but that would've been officially the dumbest thing she's done at Hogwarts so far. Instead she tried to keep her smile up, in hope of comforting Natalia.
Ever felt like your being watched, like everyday you're passing by the billboard that Dr. Eckleburg's Eyes rest upon.