3 Jan 2023, 18:43
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December 23
The last few weeks had passed by in a hectic blur. The professors at Hogwarts, as if sensing the students' eagerness for the winter holidays, had begun giving out assignments with newfound malice. So far Rebecca'd been coasting based on what he already knew, but now he was promptly buried in an avalanche of studying from which he could find no escape. At this point, he was more than eager to get home and relax.
He'd already bid his goodbyes to the friends that were staying behind. Colin (bless him) had braved the bitter cold to walk with him to see him off at the station, but now Hogsmeade was only a shrinking speck on the horizon as the train trundled back towards London.
Rebecca hefted his old trunk with a grimace and started looking for a compartment on the busy train. Most of the students preferred to visit home for Christmas, and for a moment he wondered if he'd even be able to find a seat.
Fortunately, he peered in through a cracked door and saw that there was a mostly-empty compartment, the only other occupant being a pale-faced boy around Rebecca's age. Something about his slouched posture seemed familiar, maybe someone else in Slytherin? But it was impossible to tell without the school robes, and Rebecca couldn't put a name to his face.
Rebecca nudged the door the rest of the way open and stuck his head through the crack. "Sorry, would you mind if I sat in here? It looks pretty full everywhere else."
He didn't immediately receive any sign of rejection from the boy, so he dragged in his trunk and sat down on the opposite seat. "Cheers, mate," he said with a grateful smile. "I don't think we've met, I'm Rebecca Loops."
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@Lucian Mornstern mentions @Colin McCoire.
Outfit: jeans + blue sweater
Outfit: jeans + blue sweater
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15 Jan 2023, 15:52
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@Rebecca Loops
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H O G W A R T S
S L Y T H E R I N
I rested my head on the window staring out at all the other students scrambling to get on the train to go home. Each one of them with their own story, each of them a main character in their own lives.
I slouched in my seat, the potential outcomes of what can happen this winter filtering through my brain. It would be the first time in a while I had been alone with grandpa for a good few years and I am very surprised they let me go to his house! One of the house elves helped Baxter write a letter to me, (by that I mean they helped him send it) and he wasn't happy I was leaving him for a few days. I zipped my coat up all thee way near enough and that is when I heard the door slide open a little and a head poked through with brown hair flopped on top of his head. I didn't recognise him but I had seen him around school a little.
"Sorry, would you mind if I sat here? It looks pretty full everywhere else," he asked. I stared at him, mouth somewhat open as I came back the wold after zooning out just then.
"Oh, sit here? Yeah sure," I replied, flushing a little at how awkward that was. I watched him lug his trunk in and sit down facing me.
"Cheers mate, I don't think we've met. I'm Rebecca Loops!" he introduced. I smiled back at him, running a hand through my coloured hair.
"Lucian," I replied, "Mornstern. How are you? Erm, excited for the holidays?" this was just to get us started. You gotta start small before you shove your foot in your mouth. I wonder why his parents named him Rebecca, that was a girls name. I would have to ask him at some point during this train trip or the curiosity would kill me! And I am not even a cat!
25 Jan 2023, 04:37
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Rebecca leaned back against the firm cushioning. "Yeah, I'm pretty excited to be back," he admitted with a small smile. "Not that school isn't wicked cool and all, but I'd be lonely spending the holidays at Hogwarts. I'm not used to the highlands either, it's just... I dunno, too quiet? I missed the city."
He shrugged. "What about you? Got any fun winter plans?"
In Rebecca's experience, the holidays were a loud and chaotic experience. His dad and his uncles would drain shot after shot of firewhiskey, his sisters occasionally wound up setting the Christmas tree on fire during particularly heated games of Exploding Snap, wizard crackers were often strewn about haphazardly-- one had to be careful where they stepped or they might accidentally lose a foot.
Rebecca spotted a chunky-looking gold signet ring on the other boy's finger and serpent medallion draped casually over his shirt.
Rich kid, he decided.
Practically begging to be mugged, a small voice whispered in the back of his head, which Rebecca ignored.
Rebecca had his suspicions that Lucian's parents wouldn't let their precious boy be caught dead at a proper Loops family celebration. But still, maybe he was too hasty in making assumptions. After all, the rest of the clothes that he was wearing weren't like the stuffy old-fashioned suits that old wizarding families preferred-- he was at least attempting to blend in with the Muggles at King's Cross! That was more than what could be said for some other pure-blood kids Rebecca'd seen on the train.
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@Lucian Mornstern
Outfit: jeans + blue sweater. white shoes (a bit dirty)
Outfit: jeans + blue sweater. white shoes (a bit dirty)
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