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Mentions: @Cass Ito English: #000000 Inara happened to be wandering around the corridors, and she heard sounds coming from the rehearsal room. The Sound of Strings... Inara hadn't taken out her cello for quite some while since coming to Hogwarts - it wasn't exactly convenient to carry around - but for the chance to maybe make a new friend, as well as get some practice...? It would be worth it. She quietly walked back to the Ravenclaw Common Room to grab it. Her Kitten Artemis had actually fallen asleep on the case, which made Inara laugh. She gently pushed Artemis off ( And after some angry meowing and minor scratching) later Inara had gotten her cello and walked out of the common room. She was actually quite excited to go to the rehearsal room, she had never been. A magical rehearsal room sounded amazing to practice in, honestly, and she wondered how she'd never found the time to go in there.... it was always Duelling, or Homework, or Homework, Or LOTS of Procrastinating... She entered quietly, not wanting to bother whoever was in there, as they were practicing. She recognized the instrument long before even going inside, It was a violin. She had heard them all too often. Her brother played violin, her sister played violin, a bunch of her friends played violin.... and it WAS a beautiful instrument. But personally, she thought it was a BIT overrated. Not that she would tell anyone that. As she walked in, she accidentally tripped over a music stand. "Whoops." Well now that she had made a very dramatic entrance she might as well introduce herself... "Umm Hello! I'm Inara... sorry for the.. disturbance?" Word Count: 273/200 OOG Reducio After literally just getting back from an Orchestra rehearsal (Where I do actually play Cello) I couldn't help but respond to this topic lol

Well. That was their peaceful moment gone. Disturbed by two cello players? What were the chances? Still, the more the merrier they guessed. It wasn't just their rehearsal room after all, and it was certainly large enough for others. One of them proceeded to immediately trip over a music stand. An interesting way of making an entrance for sure. "You okay?" they asked "My name is Cass. Cass Ito". They lowered their instrument as they watched the scene. The other girl was clearly running from the sound of her footsteps, but slowed down when she entered the room.

"Greetings to you as well" they jokingly preformed an elaborate bow, violin still in hand. "Come to witness my grand orchestra of one?" they laughed and held their bow out like a conductors baton in a great sweeping motion. The cello case one of the girls was holding was very pretty and very extremely blue. She must be a ravenclaw or something, for no self respecting person from another house could own a case that blue. Oh well, at least she was showing house pride, even if it was misplaced. Anyone with eyes could see that Slytherin was the best for miles.

Now that they were all here though, Cass wondered if they should ask the girls if they wanted to practise together. Or even play a song. It had been a long time since they played in a group, and deep down they worried they might not be able to keep up with the other two. Maybe they could give the others the hard parts and frame it as being gracious and welcoming? That should work. Still. What if they flat out declined? It would turn the atmosphere from slightly awkward to full blown move-countries-to-get-away-from awkward. Perhaps they should wait for one of the others to ask.

Mentions: @Cass Ito @EmmaLee LeDames English: #000000 Inara smiled a bit, pleased that Cass, whom she now knew the name of, was okay with them joining. To add onto that, another girl had walked in! Another Cello player! Inara stopped to admire the beautiful blue cello case as well as cello that the girl owned - One might assume she was a Ravenclaw, but Inara knew she was a Hufflepuff, because she recognized her from duelling, even though she'd never actually duelled her. Inara had a blue case too - it was light blue, but a pretty plain one. It made up for that by being covered with cute stickers, some of which had worn off. It also did not have wheels. Unfortunately. Sometimes Inara had tired of carrying both her cello and her really heavy trunk when walking until she realized there was a MUCH more efficient way to carry both. And Her Violinist friends used to complain that THEIR instruments were heavy. Seeing and thinking about the violin, it brought back memories of when she used to play the violin - back when she was way younger.. she had quit though, and she kind of regretted it, but Cello was a lot more fun for her. Putting those thoughts aside, Inara tentatively suggested.. "perhaps we could play a song together?" Word Count: 212/200 OOG Reducio

Cello-playing girl suggested that they play a song together, and Cass grinned at the others. Despite their worries over not being able to keep up, they still wanted to at least try. After all, it might be fun. Neither of the girls looked like the type to judge them for being so out of practice anyway. "Of course I agree" they fidgeted with their bow "Did you have one in mind?". They mentally kicked themself for asking instead of suggesting an easy song they would be able to keep up with. Oh well, it was done now. And they were nothing if not able to rise to a challenge.

So both of the other students were duelists- being on a sports team must be so cool. They made a mental note to turn up and watch a duel sometime. It would be good to support their house, and to help them understand more about dueling. Plus, watching people's duels was just cool. Seeing all the spells they would learn one day used in action was something special. They didn't really know what sport they wanted to do yet, but broom racing was kinnddd of the one they were leaning towards though, since it was basically dueling on broomsticks. The best of both things.

"I have some sheet music somewhere in this case" they began to frantically dig through the side pocket on their violin case, occasionally pulling out something to look at it and then shoving it back in there. That much paper should logically not be able to fit in a case that small. At one point they even pulled out a rubber duck. Now how that got in there was a long story. After a good five minutes, they had a small sheath of papers gathered. "Why don't we all think of some suggestions on what we want to play and then share them? they asked. It was probably the fairest way to pick a song after all.

Mentions: @Cass Ito @EmmaLee LeDames English: #000000 Inara smiled brightly. She was happy that they had all agreed to play a song together. Realizing she hadn't responded to EmmaLee, she blushed a bit in embarrassment. "I- Oh Uh, I'm Inara. Inara Yang. I recognize you from Duelling as well. It's very nice to meet you." Inara waited for Cass to find the sheet music as she began to think of songs... What songs could they play....? EmmaLee was quicker. She pulled over a chair, then levitated another one over. Inara suspected she had forgotten about using magic. She did that sometimes too... Wait. Had EmmaLee pulled over a chair for her?? Inara almost blushed again. The gesture was so kind - but now Inara felt that she wasn't doing anything productive, just standing there. "I- Oh- Uh- Thank You, EmmaLee!" Inara responded quickly, beginning to unpack her cello, as she listened to EmmaLee suggest songs. Once she had finished, she glanced over at the portrait that had been mentioned.... she could never quite get over the fact that they TALKED. "Well, if so, we should play that!!" she responded brightly, after hearing that the portrait enjoyed that particular song. Gosh. If Dad could hear that now, he'd be shocked. Whoever heard of a portrait liking a specific song? she thought to herself. But then again, this was Hogwarts. She hadn't quite adjusted yet. Word Count: 274/200 OOG Reducio Sorry for the late response D: - I'll be gone next week, so if you guys post an answer I may not respond either.

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Date: Jun 13th Location: Rehearsal room

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- On Silver Strings -

EmmaLee's suggestions turned out to be ones Cass had never even heard of. Perhaps they were muggle ones? Or just little known. Either way, they didn't want to be rude. And besides, muggle music couldn't be so bad if the portraits liked it. "If Madam Harrison likes greensleves, then greensleves we shall play" they said, dramatically bowing in the direction of the portrait. Perhaps bowing with the violin in hand wasn't the best idea though. They had somehow managed to poke themself in the nose with the bow on the way down. They rubbed their poor nose and cast a how-could-you-do-this-to-me-old-friend look at their violin before turning back to the girls.

"Alright, so it's decided then?" they asked. Hopefully EmmaLee or Inara had some extra sheet music lying around for a completely different instrument than the one they played. Cass had heard of the muggle "Clinterhet" that could magically give you information on anything you wanted, but it wouldn't work within Hogwarts grounds anyway. Besides, they would never stoop to the low of using muggle technology. Even if a tiny part of them was curious. If sheet music was unable to be found, then Cass supposed a quick run up to the library would be in order.

Although of course, if the library had muggle books that shouldn't be allowed at all. They made a mental note to go look one day, for scientific purposes of course. Perhaps this song wasn't muggle at all though. Basing their plans on an assumption was never going to work out anyway. Confident that the whole sheet music issue would work itself out, they smiled at the others.

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