─────Guinevere strolled through Diagon Alley without much sense of purpose except for getting ice cream and new robes. Down many rows of stores she wandered, mindlessly taking note of random things like, ooh, that one pot of mandrakes outside of an apothecary that wasn't in line with the rest, those few pairs of shoes that looked nice, and everything and nothing at the same time. Finally, she reached her destination: Madam Malkins'. Her old set of robes had faded colors and sleeves almost rubbed through from all the friction produced when Guinevere leaned really close to the paper and wrote stuff, and no, Guinevere could not show up on the first day of her second year at Hogwarts with tattered robes.
She pushed open the door to the shop and was greeted with another person around her age. The lady that she presumed to be Madam Malkin was measuring a child who was likely to be a first year, seeing a bit of the dazed and awed look in the girl's grey eyes that she herself had once harbored. As she waited for her turn to be fitted, she observed the girl NOT like a total creep. From what she could see of her visuals that weren't covered by bright purple hair that might or might not have been dyed, she some had Asian features, like the corners of her eyes.
After a concerning amount of staring (and quickly pretending to study the dresses hanging on racks around the room when the girl seemed to be suspicious of her), Madam Malkin said to the girl, "Your measurments are done, dear. You may wait for a bit when I get the robes done."
Guinevere watched out of the corner of her eye (that she covered with some hair) as the girl sat onto the chair next to her. Realizing that it would be a long time until Madam Malkin came back, Guinevere decided to strike up some convo to make things less boring.
"Hi," said Guinevere. "Are you going to Hogwarts? I'm Guinevere. What's your name?"
Guinevere waited for the girl's answer while thinking about her very informal greeting that would have gotten a few ridicules and disaproving stares out of her parents.

@Guinevere Russetwood

??.07.2022
Madam Malkins', Diagon Alley, London

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In the afternoon, her dads dropped her off at Madam Malkins'. Well, they didn't really 'drop her off', but neither of them thought it made much sense to wait to the side the whole time if she did not need them there, so they spoke with the Madam about what kind of clothing she would need, then her dad left to run an errand saying he would meet back up with them afterwards and her papa paid for her purchases (school uniform stuff seemed to have pretty standard pricing so it was no issue to pay it in advance, so to speak) before leaving to a shop just across the street and he left Glenys with the instruction to come find him there once she was done here.

So Glen was left alone in the store alone for Madam Malkin to take her measurements. While it went fairly quick, it was still boring. A break in the dullness was the arrival of another girl. Glenys didn't pay her all that much attention though, at first, listening to the Madam's directions on how to pose for her measuring tape. She got the weird feeling of eyes staring at her, but when she looked over to the girl, she wasn't looking in Glen's direction.

“Your measurments are done, dear. You may wait for a bit when I get the robes done.” At the proprietess words, Glenys relaxed and made her way over to sit down in a chair next to the other girl, who introduced herself. “Hi. Are you going to Hogwarts? I'm Guinevere. What's your name?”

Smiling at her, Glenys nodded. “Yep, going to Hogwarts in September! Are you a Hogwarts student, too? I'm Glenys, by the way, but you can call me Glen.” Grinning Glen took in the girl sitting next to her. “Are you going to this summer camp thing? Are you already a student or are you going to start in September, too?”

─────Guinevere nodded at Glen's response.
"Yeah, my house is Slytherin and I'm going to be a second year in September," she said. "And yes, I’m going to summer camp. Actually, I just went to one! It was in Beijing, and ended like, yesterday. I recommend going there sometime. It's a muggle camp, but still very fun. Oh and, you can call me Gwen, if you like."
“I could tell you some things about Hogwarts,” she offered. She wondered what was up with her sarcasm in speech; she was being wayyy too nice these days. Maybe it had broken or something.
Oh no, my sarcasm, she thought dryly. It’s broken!
Listening to Glen's answer, she looked around the clothing store, looking for casual clothing that could be perhaps in her budget. Spotting close to none, she turned back to the younger and started mindlessly playing with her six fancy wristband thingies. She was quite proud of them; they were earned by her wonderous self, not bought. Especially the green one; it was her favorite for multiple reasons: 1, it was green, which was Slytherin's colors, 2, it said 'I *heart* Camp Greenwoods' on it, which indeed she did, and 3, only like, six people had gotten it during the week of camp.

@Guinevere Russetwood

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So the other girl was a student! That was great, maybe she could tell Glen some about the school now. The stories she had heard were mostly just about her dad's time there and that was ages ago. And the girl wasn't that much older than her, being an upcoming second year, so maybe they could stay in contact if they got along well enough here? Even if they most likely wouldn't end up in the same house, what with the other being in Slytherin which was probably the house Glenys was least suited to... but who knew, Glen wasn't the Sorting Hat, after all.

And the other girl would even go to summer camp! ... Wasn't Beijing really far away? That must've been amazing. Glenys' eyes probably positively sparkled with curiosity.

"in Beijing? That sounds really interesting. Were there many activities? Do you think our summer camp will have many?" She hoped there would be. Activities were conducive to meeting people and besides, they'd be fun. Hopefully. On the other hand, she hoped that it wouldn't be packed too full of activities, either, as that could make it difficult to hang out with the people she met outside of said activities. They were good for meeting people, but less so to properly get to know people. Probably. Oh well, no need to worry about that yet.

"I would like that.", she would say in answer to Gwen's offer to tell her about the school. "What do you like the most about it?" Glenys wanted to know everything.

─────"There were! Each day had a diferent activity, and the best part? After curfew, we were allowed to go out!" She let out a small laugh at the memory of a few friends and her going out in the night, illumintated by the stars, to get to a field where some others had been hanging around and playing a vicious game of dodgeball, and almost doubled over at the sudden pang of bittersweet nostalgia. "I hope so. I didn't go to the one before my first year, so I don't really know. Even if I did, I'm sure it would be very diferent from this year's camp, though. The organizing commitee must be different. I heard that there were a few days that had activities that weren't put on the schedule!"
Guinevere was acceptably excited for summer camp. She had heard that there would be students from all the magic schools, and she wanted to know more people, not just from Hogwarts. And summer camp was for a whole month! A lot of the ones she went to before had been only for a week or two. Maybe there would just be a lot more free time for them between activities. She had heard there would be a full moon, where all the werewolf students went to howl at the moon or something. She didn't really know. She wasn't a werewolf, after all!