Study Buddies! PV Lyrra Kelly Closed

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Date: 10/04/24 Time: after class Location: Library Mentioning: Reducio @Sarah Sailor Dialogue: #b03c56 Thoughts: italics Word Count: 268

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Lately, the library was Lyrra's favourite place to study. It was usually quieter here than in the Gryffindor common room, and the sight of other students silently reading or doing their homework motivated her to do the same. When Lyrra entered the room, she could hear the sounds of scratching quills, turning pages and low whispering. For a few seconds, she stood there in front of the tall doorway, briefly looking around the room. On one side of the room, there were tall shelves packed with books. A familiar sight, but magical nonetheless. Lyrra wondered if there was even a single book that couldn't be found here. Lyrra walked over the long carpet that stretched next to the bookshelves. It was a bit busier than usual, many students were studying in pairs or small groups. Lyrra preferred to study alone, she had never even tried anything else. After dropping her parchment, quill, and ink on the nearest empty table, Lyrra headed towards the bookshelves and began searching for the particular book she needed for today's homework. While searching, she stumbled upon a different book: a Herbology textbook, the exact one she had in her own trunk as well. Out of curiousity, she wanted to grab the book. But before she could, it was pulled out from behind. On the other side of the bookshelf stood a brunette girl with brown eyes. The girl seemed startled by Lyrra's presence. "Oh," Lyrra wasn't sure how to act. "Sorry, you can have the book. I don't need it." Out of curiousity, she added: "Are you going to study?"

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Date: 10/04/24 Time: after class Location: Library Mentioning: Reducio @Sarah Sailor Dialogue: #b03c56 Thoughts: italics Word Count: 266

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"Um... You don't have to if you don't want to of course..." The brunette girl had made her way towards one of the tables and Lyrra followed. She gathered her parchment, quill and ink that she had previously dropped on another table and pulled back a chair next to the girl. Although she hadn't initially planned to work on Herbology, it was something that had to be done anyway. And what would be a better occasion to work on it than now? Lyrra smiled at the girl and sat down on the chair. "Yes, I was just about to start my Herbology homework," she lied. "Have you started yet on the assignment?" Lyrra neatly arranged her belongings in front of her. The truth was, although Herbology was one of her favourite subjects, she had been meaning to put off this particular assignment until the last possible moment. She would probably only end up working on it the night before it was due, had this girl not asked her to study together. Lyrra usually preferred to work on her least favourite subjects first, to get them out of the way quickly, while filling the annoying late evenings with something she was interested in at least. Lyrra knew she had seen this girl a few times before. In class, in the hallways, and perhaps in the Great Hall. Although she knew of her being a first year, Lyrra couldn't recall hearing her name, or what house she was in. "I'm not sure if you know, but I'm Lyrra. I don't recall your name?" she added as an afterthought.

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Date: 10/04/24 Time: after class Location: Library Mentioning: Reducio @Sarah Sailor Dialogue: #b03c56 Thoughts: italics Word Count: 409

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"My name is Sarah. It's nice to meet you Lyrra. You have a very pretty name!" Lyrra softly mumbled a "thank you". Sarah was indeed a name she'd heard before, although she didn't know if that had been the same Sarah. It seemed to be a rather common name, and she could see why: it was simple and pretty. "Are you a first year? Do we have the same assignment?" "Yes, I am." After looking over at Sarah's parchment, Lyrra nodded. "And I believe we do." She had not yet taken a proper look at her own, but she vaguely remembered what they had covered during the lesson. And seeing as they were both first years, it was highly likely they'd been handed the same homework. Sarah continued to speak. "Just warning you, I'm not to great with Herbology. Are you any good? I could sure use some help. Um... if your OK with that." Lyrra nodded once more. Before her arrival at Hogwarts, she had already gotten a slight head start in Herbology. Her mother's garden, which was a heaven for plant nerds, was filled with many magical and non-magical plants. She had taught Lyrra about a lot of them during her gardening lessons. Her mothers passion, Lyrra thought, was most likely what caused her to develop an interest in Herbology and gardening herself as well. Despite some experience, she had noticed during Herbology lessons that her initial knowledge regarding the subject turned out to be more limited than she realized. What her mother hadn't taught her, for example, were the applications of certain herbs and plants in potions, only how to care for them. "I'm okay with it," Lyrra was cautious not to come across as too enthusiastic. She did not want Sarah to think it was a particular strength of hers, as she feared Sarah might expect her to know things she didn't. What if the other girl was just being modest herself? She might turn out to know more than Lyrra. "If you need any help, feel free to ask. I might be able to help you, or I might not. Out of curiousity, what subjects are you good with?" If Sarah had an interest in, say, History of Magic, she might be able to help Lyrra out with that sometime. That is, if they ever were to study together again. Lyrra hated History of Magic, and her grades in that subject were terrible too.

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10-04-24 / After class

Mentioning: @Sarah Sailor

Dialogue / Thoughts

"Charms is fun! If I ever need any help with it, you will be the first to know." Lyrra smiled warmly at the girl, then turned to her homework. She dipped her quill in ink and slowly wrote her name on the parchment.

"What is a gillyweed?"

While Lyrra's eyes scanned the paper she heard Sarah read the question out loud. It was the first question on the assignment, and a pretty straightforward one. Her quill scratched while she wrote, careful not to make a mistake. Gillyweed is a plant that gives the person who eats it the ability to breathe underwater, as well as...

"Oh! I think I know what those are... um... aren't they the thing..... with the spike... or something...." Sarah's stuttering interrupted Lyrra's thoughts. She looked up from her work and turned to Sarah, who's face had turned a little red, and who looked down, seemingly embarrassed.

"Um..." Lyrra scratched her head, wondering how she could help the girl out. "Did you pay attention during the lesson, at all?" As soon as these words left her mouth, she mentally slapped herself. While she hadn't meant it as a sneer, she was almost sure it had sounded mocking. People forget things, dummy, she told herself, I forget things all the time.

Lyrra apologised for her remark, and pointed at the textbook. "Gillyweed allows humans to breathe underwater," she said, "The person who eats it gets gills, and also webbing between their fingers and toes to make swimming easier. Oh, and I believe it had some more effects which I forgot about. Let's see what the book says."

While she was talking, a large drop of ink had fallen from her quill and landed on her parchment with a splat, right next to where she had written her name.

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10-04-24 / After class

Mentioning: @Sarah Sailor

Dialogue / Thoughts

Lyrra hadn't even noticed the ink that had dropped on her parchment. Sarah kindly helped her by cleaning it up with a napkin. "Thank you," Lyrra smiled. She appreciated it, and she was also relieved that Sarah was able to take a joke. She had laughed away what might have otherwise become an awkward situation.

"Alright, back to work!" Sarah went back to writing and Lyrra turned to her own work once again, ready to focus on the next question. The ink splatter had left a visible stain but it was barely noticable. While she read the next question, she noticed that she'd started to feel pretty tired already. Even though there was still a lot of work to be done. She reread the question and despite finding it a bit difficult to concentrate, answered it with relative ease. The following questions weren't too hard for her either. Sometimes she had to look something up in the textbook she shared with Sarah, but for the most part it wasn't too hard. When she was about halfway through her assignment, Lyrra realized she should probably check on Sarah. She set down her quill, stretched her fingers and looked over at the girl next to her.

"How's it going for you?" she asked while peeking at Sarah's work. She wondered how far Sarah had come with her assignment, and if she might need some help. Lyrra herself was getting quite tired of it already.

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