Sensational Ilvermorny Arrival Closed

@Ginevra Tsuchiya Feel free to have Jayden follow Gregorí to check up on him, if you want. Otherwise, Jayden will wait for Gregorí to return.

"Oh, we can call dibs?"

Upon hearing a new voice speak up, Kit raised his head and glanced over to see a third student come over to join them as he lead the way toward the cabins. His easy smile drew into yet another broad grin at the radiance she emitted upon hearing the news.

"I'm coming, too!"

With a soft laugh, he acknowledged her questions and introduction of herself with a pleased nod. "Are you? Then I certainly hope you haven't pushed your body to the point of exhaustion like these guys here," Kit teased. "Which do you prefer I call you by more, then? 'Miss Holt', or 'Jay'?"

Here was a curious one for sure; and energetic too, it seemed. He had scarcely responded before she was already asking more questions. Kit liked that; people matching his interest of them with an interest of their own, but it didn't seem too common. Thus, he chose to answer honestly and to the best of his ability when she asked about him.

"Yeah, I'm an Ilvermorny alumnus. But I came to Hogwarts because I heard they've been having a particular kind of trouble lately. The sort I thought I might have had a few ideas on how to help with." He spread his arms. "Got a sibling attending here this year, too. But anyway, Hogwarts had a position open and I thought I'd take a crack at it and try to do a decent job, so here I am."

He seemed amused that the other two students seemed as excited about picking their beds as the one who joined for that reason. When the first boy to talk to him mentioned that 'Drew here is also a Wampus', Kit turned a sly smirk to the speaker instead.

"Well if 'Drew here' is also a Wampus, then he should definitely know better than to keep his poor body from a whole night of sleep," he indirectly chided. "But if these two are in the Wampus house, which might you be in?"

Before the boy could answer, however, he had excused himself and Kit stopped in his tracks. The caretaker glanced back to where the boy had run off to but did not walk after, guessing he sought at least a little solitude or privacy. Still, it was strange. Why so suddenly...? He didn't even seem able to give any more warning to his friend than the rest of them.

Kit reached up to rub the back of his neck, hints of concern edging his features as he gazed at the tree the boy had disappeared behind. "Kiddo...?" he called gingerly, still unaware of the boy's name. "Need some help, there...?"

He looked back a little helplessly at the boy's other two schoolmates, searching their faces for possible signs that they might have understood what was going on.

Gregorí Erkens (@Ginevra Tsuchiya), Andrew Lycan (@Rose Moon), & Jayden Holt (@Andrew Vance)

"Are you? Then I certainly hope you haven't pushed your body to the point of exhaustion like these guys here."

"Which do you prefer I call you by more, then? 'Miss Holt', or 'Jay'?"

@Ginevra Tsuchiya as Gregorí Erkens | @Andrew Vance as Jayden Holt | @@Kit Paine

So sorry for the wait! Thank you for being patient with me!

So they would have any pick of the beds that they wanted. Drew grinned. "Heck yeah."

Jayden (but just Jay) came over and seemed very interested in Kit, asking him questions about America and Hogwarts and just about everything.

"Hi, Jay. It's good to meet you."

"I know." Drew crossed his arms defensively. His tone was mostly serious, but with a shot of teasing. "Hey, it's not like I was trying to stay up all night. I was just excited," he said. "Usually I go right to sleep."

Greg then darted out of sight and behind a nearby tree. Kit called out to him, and Greg replied, telling them he was okay. Drew glanced from Jay to Kit before hurrying off to the tree, peeking around it. "Greg?" Greg really did not look by any means fine or okay, and with the throw up in the ground, Drew's worry doubled. His expression softened some more. In a voice gentler and softer than usual, he said, "Come on, bro, let's get you to a bed." He had taken careful pick of his words, as to not damage Greg's pride. "Do you wanna lean on me?" he offered, putting his arm out so that he could wrap it around his best friend's shoulders if the offer was accepted. Drew was strong enough to take the smaller boy's weight, but he was sure that Greg did not want to be carried. Greg looked kinda dizzy, which was why he had offered that.

He knew it was a little something more than just being tired now, and was glad he had tagged along with him. "Come on," he said gently, trying to lead Greg back to the group.

If he succeeded, he would tell Kit, "Kit, you're right. Loosing a night of sleep really does have a toll on you. Let's get to the beds." His goal? Get his best friend to a bed so he could rest. And he would do anything he had to to achieve that goal.

And, yes, he called the Caretaker "Kit." It was what he wanted to be called!

"Jay it is," the caretaker acknowledged when the girl stated her preference. Her question about his sibling caused his shoulders to shake in quiet laughter for a brief time, amused at just how enthusiastic the student seemed to be about him and his relation.

"I'm afraid I've gotten the impression from them that they don't wish to be associated with me, so I can't tell you their name. However, this is their first year at Hogwarts. And they don't have tattoos, but whether or not their eyes would be considered interesting is subjective, don't you think?"

He caught her gaze with a playful look. "Theirs aren't heterochromic like mine, if that's what you mean. Probably prefer it, too, since I don't think they're fond of standing out. Thus one reason they don't want to be associated with me, you see."

His smile thinned at the question of what kind of trouble was at Hogwarts and he stared ahead of him sightlessly while thinking of how to answer. He didn't want to cause a mass panic, but the students had a right to know what to be on the lookout for, didn't they?

"It's dangerous sort of trouble, yes. Potentially hag trouble, if you know what those are. But that's why the school has been enforcing more strict rules since last year. If you follow them, there should be little reason to worry."

At the protest from the boy called Drew that he hadn't been trying to stay up all night, the tall young man laughed and waved a hand. "Alright, alright; I'll believe you. So long as it hadn't been your intention."

Kit was quiet after the boy who ran off claimed he was fine. He stared at the tree but did not ask anything more of him than he already had. Eventually, his gaze travelled to the schoolmate who had been called Drew, for that Wampus student had soon hurried to check on his friend.

It wasn't long before both boys returned with Drew assisting the other as best he could by lending him support. Kit continued to watch and wait, crossing his arms over his chest as he shifted his weight from one leg to the other. He listened when the Wampus girl offered something of hers to help soothe motion sickness, only to be politely turned down and thanked by the boy who had first approached Professor Galim and himself. Was he still claiming everything was fine?

Clearly he needed help, though perhaps he was the sort that had to be persuaded to accept it when offered and thus would only allow himself to be aided by insistant friends like Drew. What else was interesting, though, was that he told the girl very matter-of-factly that it wasn't motion sickness which made Kit wonder if the boy did know what was making him sick. Maybe that was why he had claimed everything was fine; because if one knew what was wrong, they likely knew what would fix it and therefore didn't consider it a real problem.

Shaken out of his thoughts by the mention of being in the Horned Serpent house, Kit grinned once more.

"Ah...the house valuing the mind," he recognized, appraising the boy whose name he still wasn't certain about. He thought he'd heard the other kid call him 'Greg' or some such, but he couldn't have been sure. "Impressive. But considering what I'm guessing to be the ill state of your physical well-being..." He cocked his head at them, raising a brow. "...Are you sure I shouldn't be escourting you to the Hospital Wing after all...? If it's beds you're concerned about, or travel, I can even drop you three off at your cabin and have a nurse come to see to you out there."

Gregorí Erkens (@Ginevra Tsuchiya), Andrew Lycan (@Rose Moon), & Jayden Holt (@Andrew Vance)

@Ginevra Tsuchiya as Gregorí Erkens | @Andrew Vance as Jayden Holt | @Kit Paine

Drew bit back a spark of frustration at Greg's stubbornness. Ah, why couldn't he just accept help when he truly needed it?! But Drew did understand, it was exactly what Drew would have done in the same situation. Funny how something you would do can be so frustrating. Greg asked Drew not to tell Kit and Jay about... well, Greg hiding behind a tree to throw up. "Of course," Drew whispered. Greg didn't accept his offer to lean on him, but he did let Drew pull him up from the ground. He stumbled on their way back to the group, and Drew tensed, ready to catch him, but he was able to regain his balance. Dang, Drew was worried now.

Anyway, Greg continued talking like nothing had happened, mentioning that he was in Horned Serpent. Kit recognized that and said something about that it was the house that favored the mind. "As it should- Gregorí is in there." He used Greg's full name for the simple reason that he wasn't sure that his name had ever been mentioned to Kit or Jay. Drew really liked how his name was spelled- Gregorí instead of the normal Gregory. Gregorí, when Greg said it, at least, carried a beautiful Spanish flourish, and that made his name all the more fitting.

"...Are you sure I shouldn't be escourting you to the Hospital Wing after all...? If it's beds you're concerned about, or travel, I can even drop you three off at your cabin and have a nurse come to see to you out there."