The Library Theory

Olivia looked at her in shock, how dare she talk to her like that. She couldn't believe her ears, this Slyterin girl clearly felt as though she was invincible. "Wow," she said flatly, "Have you finished your little tantrum?" She asked.

Olivia was not angry instead she was quite amused by all this. She had no problem with the Gryffindor girl, in fact she agreed with what she had said. But the Slytherin girl was annoying and to add to the amusment she had reacted way too dramatically to even be taken seriously, she really didn't know how to argue. Some students may find her scary but she didn't intimidate her one bit.

"You know what's funny, you weren't even supposed to be here, if you had kept your nose out of it," she said gesuturing towrads the three students that were there originally, "Then you would not have gained unwanted attention, not for them or for yourself," she finished.

She looked over at the hufflepuff boy, "You're more then welcome to sit at my table, im going to leave soon anyway," she offered with a kind smile. She glared back at the Slytherin girl, "That's all that was needed to be done, someone else could have offered him a seat," she said. "Not that you have to move, you have the right to sit wherever you please," she quickly added as she looked at the boy once more.

She honestly didn't care much for this argument, but she hated that her ego had been mentioned. She just couldn't let that go, "My ego is fine thank you very much but the same can't be said about yours," she spat, "You've just turned a simple incident of a student tripping, into a public spectacle," she added as she looked around at the stares and hushed whispers. "Good luck getting any work done in peace now," she finished.

One Gryffindor and one Slytherin at the table, and the Slytherin's name was Tessie? The other Slytherin who walked to the table and started the entire thing, who's name was Jay? The Hufflepuff who came in and supported Ben, and then the girl who Leo spotted sleeping earlier walked in and finally tried to knock some sense into everyone.

Total Count: 3 Slytherins, 1 Hufflepuff ad Gryffindor each. All of them, girls. All of them gathered as a group and are arguing, due to Leo tripping over his foot.

He really needed to control his clumsiness. But at least someone was trying to stop it.

''Finally, someone who's calm enough... He said. ''Yes, she's right. Can we all just abandon the argument and sit down?'' He looked at the Slytherin and Hufflepuff going at it. ''Both of you, please stop arguing. No swearing and hurting both of your egos, please. More shouting, and we will make the librarian come over.'' He smiled. ''Why don't we just sit down? All of us, at this table? It's pretty obvious no one's gonna study, so let's just take a seat and introduce ourselves and become friends. Clearly we all got off the wrong foot, especially with the boasting and f-bombing. Sound good?''

His words seemed a bit too smug to Leo himself, but his voice was quivering slightly. It's obvious he's nervous. Well, the entire thing is kind of his fault. He pulled a chair forward and sat down, only for his knee to bang the table so hard the books move to the right a few inches.

The sheer amount of pain infused with utter embarrassment was too much.

Poof.

Leo could feel a few strands of his black hair turning red and his eyes shimmering to orange. He couldn't perceive these changes when he was a kid, but he slowly figured out how to know whether his hair was a different colour. His dad always did say he'd grow up to be a skilled metamorphmagus.

He let his head fall onto the table, hiding his face from the girls. His clumsiness was becoming a real problem.

WC: 432

Location: Library

OOC Note: gng this took ages to write and colour code be grateful

Date: 26.05.26

Outfits: Reducio

Mentions: Reducio @Ophelia Vanderbilt-@Olivia Cuthburt-@Blair Annabelle Du Pont-@Skylar Astor-@Chaewon Lee-@Jay Valkyrie-@Leo Madahand-@Iris Montague

Speech: Reducio Sissy-Ophelia-Blair-Olivia-Skylar-Chaewon-Jay-Leo-Iris

French|English|Parselmouth

"Okay, I didn’t write my name there, but what I meant was-"
I cut in immediately, "Good," I said flatly. "Then we don’t need to continue that line of reasoning."

I thought he understood but clearly he didn't, "It’s not that big of a deal, and we weren’t arguing over a table… and I’m Leo. Leo Madahand. First year, Hufflepuff."

I looked at his hand when he offered it, then back at him, "No."

Not even a hesitation.
Before that could settle, the tone shifted again; someone else has joined "It’s not my fault you have the spatial awareness of a pencil so I am here to tell you myself. Shut it. Some of us have studying to do."
I recognised the stranger form the common room- Jay I believe

I exhaled through my nose, "Finally" I told Lia

Then another voice- gosh I was having courtyard flashback, "Seriously its not his fault he fell… really? you're arguing over a table?"

I glanced at her properly now, "I’m not arguing," I said evenly. "I’m correcting assumptions"

"You should see my desk back at home, it’s to die for."

A pause, "That’s… irrelevant." I didn't need to hear about this stranger's life.
Then another interruption- gosh this will never end, "Does anyone actually remember what the original problem was?"

I turned slightly.
Yes? That's the whole point? Why would you argue if you don't know the cause?
"He tripped. A seat was offered. Nobody got cursed."
Offered?
I sighed loudly

She continued, warning about attention and house points.

I flicked my gaze briefly toward the surrounding students, "Unfortunately, you seem to be the only escalating factor."

Then Ophelia.

Of course, "Okay, okay, okay, stop, everyone!"

I looked at her immediately, "You're welcome to sit next to us… the table is large enough for three people."

A pause, "Lia we were 2 before this became a public gathering" I said slowly.

"he really isn't bothering us… Tessie, stop yelling at him…" she added

My eyes narrowed slightly, "Yes he is" I said like it was obvious
I let the silence settle for half a second before looking back at the situation as a whole.

"Right," I said finally.
A slow breath out, "Here is what actually happened."

My gaze moved across all of them once, "He fell. He recovered. He sat down without asking. People reacted. It escalated."

A pause, "Now we are all talking in circles."

I leaned back slightly.

"So unless someone is about to present a new fact that changes any of that," I added, voice even, "this conversation is finished."

Stamina: 5 | Evasion: 4 | Strength: 2 | Wisdom: 7 | Arcane Power: 9 | Accuracy: 3
Abilities: Parselmouth