26 Mar 2018, 23:40
The "Booze Crew"
Clary ignored Kaegan's question, still silently seething that a boy she had grown to trust and considered to be an elevated acquaintance, if not a true friend, was so completely blind and oblivious to other's emotions. Yes, Clary was injured, not only insulted by the conversation, but she also found it irrelevant to the importance of their friendship. She'd almost prefer talking about wizard politics instead of something that affected all of them so closely.
At that moment, Clary decided she was more thankful for James than anything else she'd ever seen on the earth. Her pleading expressions had been answered in an effortless manner, both proving Kaegan's theory wrong and avoiding the possible drama that could ensue. She wasn't meaning to make anyone upset, and she doubted they were, as well, but the overall topic of conversation was still uncomfortable and made her want to flee the scene. She nodded her head, mouthing a silent, "Thank you." in her fellow Ravenclaw's direction, and sat down next to him in an empty seat, setting forth on the daunting task of re-organizing her misarranged notes while James pulled something out of his bag.
A moment later, she found a leather journal plopped down in front of her, marked with a golden tag carved with the words Study of Magical Creatures in gorgeous calligraphy. She tossed James a confused glance for a moment, surprised he'd remembered her earlier request, and slowly, but surely opened to the cover page, curious, and a little bit excited, to what she'd find. There was always something curious about looking through other's writings, and of course, Clary always believed the best way to get to know someone was to read something they wrote. Written words had a way of revealing the honest truth when verbal words failed.
At that moment, Clary decided she was more thankful for James than anything else she'd ever seen on the earth. Her pleading expressions had been answered in an effortless manner, both proving Kaegan's theory wrong and avoiding the possible drama that could ensue. She wasn't meaning to make anyone upset, and she doubted they were, as well, but the overall topic of conversation was still uncomfortable and made her want to flee the scene. She nodded her head, mouthing a silent, "Thank you." in her fellow Ravenclaw's direction, and sat down next to him in an empty seat, setting forth on the daunting task of re-organizing her misarranged notes while James pulled something out of his bag.
A moment later, she found a leather journal plopped down in front of her, marked with a golden tag carved with the words Study of Magical Creatures in gorgeous calligraphy. She tossed James a confused glance for a moment, surprised he'd remembered her earlier request, and slowly, but surely opened to the cover page, curious, and a little bit excited, to what she'd find. There was always something curious about looking through other's writings, and of course, Clary always believed the best way to get to know someone was to read something they wrote. Written words had a way of revealing the honest truth when verbal words failed.
Claryssa North, Ravenclaw First Year ~ https://www.hogwarts.io/memberlist.php? ... ile&u=1506
26 Mar 2018, 23:45
The "Booze Crew"
Kendra was extremely confused and uncomfortable at the same time. Claryssa's seemingly harmless question had been followed by Kaegen's seeimingly ignorant ones and the conversation ended up more tense than ever. It wasn't Kaegen's fault of course, the boy, just like Kendra used to be, seemed rather indifferent about this whole situation. His questions were only an indicator of how ridiculous the whole discrimination could get since there was no truth to it.
Kendra's mind itself had been filled with all these doubts only after coming in contact with a few other housemates who had many things to say on the matter. They had ifluenced her far more than what her parents had managed to over the years. One could say they would be proud of her. Either way, the tension had to be relieved somehow. Kendra decided to step in without actually replying or commenting on Kaegan's questions. His hair comment had been silly but if one thought about it, had hair been a blood status indicator, the four of them fit the colors perfectly.
"Kaegan... stop it." she said "Please... this is ridiculous."
She could see how Claryssa was deeply upset and how James seemed indifferent even though one could tell he could potentially get upset if there was more talk on the matter.
"I don't think we are any different than them." she managed to say following her original mindset, ignoring all the doubts and second thoughts. "Everything you may notice is a coincidence, don't be silly, magic works just the same in all of us, and maybe James is better than you, or maybe I am better than you, it doesn't have to do with blood..." she continued, realising halway through that besides Kaegen she was trying to convince herself as well.
Kendra's mind itself had been filled with all these doubts only after coming in contact with a few other housemates who had many things to say on the matter. They had ifluenced her far more than what her parents had managed to over the years. One could say they would be proud of her. Either way, the tension had to be relieved somehow. Kendra decided to step in without actually replying or commenting on Kaegan's questions. His hair comment had been silly but if one thought about it, had hair been a blood status indicator, the four of them fit the colors perfectly.
"Kaegan... stop it." she said "Please... this is ridiculous."
She could see how Claryssa was deeply upset and how James seemed indifferent even though one could tell he could potentially get upset if there was more talk on the matter.
"I don't think we are any different than them." she managed to say following her original mindset, ignoring all the doubts and second thoughts. "Everything you may notice is a coincidence, don't be silly, magic works just the same in all of us, and maybe James is better than you, or maybe I am better than you, it doesn't have to do with blood..." she continued, realising halway through that besides Kaegen she was trying to convince herself as well.
Kendra
27 Mar 2018, 00:57
The "Booze Crew"
James wasn't surprised when Kaegan questioned him about what genetics are. He was suspecting that someone of his nature wouldn't know a thing about biology, much less genetics. Despite expecting it, James was still quite tired, and didn't want to have to give an explanation on genetics. James sighed, muttering under his breath: "Geeze, this school needs a biology class." James began to push his book aside, preparing to give the Kaegan boy an explanation on genetics.
"Genetics are like the building-blocks of life. They determine how a person looks, and how good they are at doing things. If you really want to know something about genetics, the muggle-studies teacher might be able to tell you thing or two. Oh, and, I don't think genetics has anything to do with magical ability. Don't quote me on that, though." James said, slightly annoyed at having to explain what genetics were. James pushed the book back to where it was, which was in front of him. James noticed Kendra trying to stop the enormous amounts of questions Kaegan was asking, and James began to realize why his older brother would eat diner away from the family.
"So, you guy's have any favorite classes?" James said, trying to change the topic of conversation. He knew his answer, but wanted to learn more about the others. After all, they'd just met in a bar last night. James was awkward around people at his old school, in fact, he'd spend most of his recesses with squirrels rather than people. Because of this, James was happy to have met a small group of friends, and wanting to know more about each of them. He felt asking their favorite classes was a good start.
"Genetics are like the building-blocks of life. They determine how a person looks, and how good they are at doing things. If you really want to know something about genetics, the muggle-studies teacher might be able to tell you thing or two. Oh, and, I don't think genetics has anything to do with magical ability. Don't quote me on that, though." James said, slightly annoyed at having to explain what genetics were. James pushed the book back to where it was, which was in front of him. James noticed Kendra trying to stop the enormous amounts of questions Kaegan was asking, and James began to realize why his older brother would eat diner away from the family.
"So, you guy's have any favorite classes?" James said, trying to change the topic of conversation. He knew his answer, but wanted to learn more about the others. After all, they'd just met in a bar last night. James was awkward around people at his old school, in fact, he'd spend most of his recesses with squirrels rather than people. Because of this, James was happy to have met a small group of friends, and wanting to know more about each of them. He felt asking their favorite classes was a good start.
~James Louis Henderson~
27 Mar 2018, 02:34
The "Booze Crew"
Creatures or humans both share several things. One of them is nervous tension. It was harder for Kaegen to read that in thes people, but not impossible. When he finally got the hint, he got all the hints, rushing in all at once. It hit pretty hard, even though he didn't know why. These people were making no sense at all, they were upset, really upset in some cases but for no reason that Kaegen could fathom.
What had set them off? He hadn't done anything, nothing but ask a few questions. These wizards compared to grandfather like a black spot on a white background. You never knew what was in black, why the black was there. White was different, you knew what to expect, it was open with you. Kaegen looked around, he had gotten a read on the room. Figured out what was going on. He didn't know why it was going on, but it was, and so he reacted. He didn't know how to react, not to these wizards. The stuff about genetics was interesting, but not enough to hold his attention. The distress signals the other students had been sending now obvious to him he popped his head, his arms and his legs inside of his robe. It was dark in there, but less confusing. He took the little moke pendragon out of his wooden box, and looked at him fondly. Maybe he would just stick to what he knew. Let someone else be teacher for the care of magical creatures class. He would finish his seven years, and go home to the fens. They may be unpredictable, but at least it was the right kind of unpredictable.
Pendragon crawled on Kaegens hand, and the boy smiled a bit, pulling the grey scarf a bit higher over his face.
What had set them off? He hadn't done anything, nothing but ask a few questions. These wizards compared to grandfather like a black spot on a white background. You never knew what was in black, why the black was there. White was different, you knew what to expect, it was open with you. Kaegen looked around, he had gotten a read on the room. Figured out what was going on. He didn't know why it was going on, but it was, and so he reacted. He didn't know how to react, not to these wizards. The stuff about genetics was interesting, but not enough to hold his attention. The distress signals the other students had been sending now obvious to him he popped his head, his arms and his legs inside of his robe. It was dark in there, but less confusing. He took the little moke pendragon out of his wooden box, and looked at him fondly. Maybe he would just stick to what he knew. Let someone else be teacher for the care of magical creatures class. He would finish his seven years, and go home to the fens. They may be unpredictable, but at least it was the right kind of unpredictable.
Pendragon crawled on Kaegens hand, and the boy smiled a bit, pulling the grey scarf a bit higher over his face.
Shade-Beacon, Master of the Castle of Avarice
27 Mar 2018, 22:42
The "Booze Crew"
Clary smiled as James rambled on about genetics, thinking of the muggle class she would have taken later on if she had stayed in that education system. Though she'd touched on biology a few times, and, of course, knew what genetics was, she'd never taken a full class on it before. Apparently, science wasn't something wizards viewed to be so important when they could just handle anything they wanted with a wave of their magical wands, and she felt a slight pang of sadness at the loss of the familiar subject. Realizing she was growing distracted, she flipped to the next page of the journal, finding information about the bowtruckle, a cute little fellow who looked a little bit like a leaf. She smiled at the included sketches, tracing a finger over the various notes and tidbits of information James had added in. He seemed to be quite the scholar, indeed.
Upon James' question, Clary glanced up from the book, filling the awkward silence since no one else seemed willing to do so. "I honestly haven't decided yet. It's a tossup between Charms - I love learning the new spells - and Herbology. Defense Against the Dark Arts seems interesting too, but the 'Dark Arts' aren't really a threat anymore, right? I just don't see why it's such a big deal. That's like... so the 90's." She shrugged, and glanced down at James' textbook, before realizing she should say something about it.
"This is really great, by the way, James. I didn't know you liked writing, journaling, or any of this at all. It's cool."
Upon James' question, Clary glanced up from the book, filling the awkward silence since no one else seemed willing to do so. "I honestly haven't decided yet. It's a tossup between Charms - I love learning the new spells - and Herbology. Defense Against the Dark Arts seems interesting too, but the 'Dark Arts' aren't really a threat anymore, right? I just don't see why it's such a big deal. That's like... so the 90's." She shrugged, and glanced down at James' textbook, before realizing she should say something about it.
"This is really great, by the way, James. I didn't know you liked writing, journaling, or any of this at all. It's cool."
Claryssa North, Ravenclaw First Year ~ https://www.hogwarts.io/memberlist.php? ... ile&u=1506