RPing as Zophyr Qethnis from Uagadou

Genderfluid, pronouns at the moment: they/them

☽ Kirundi | French | English | Swahili | Arabic | Tswana | Xhosa ☾

Date: January 16 2023 Time: 12:45

Interacting with: Reuben Garcia @Mellani Miller Mentioning: X

Zophyr was sitting on a slab of rock next to one of the many streams of Uagadou. In their hands was their sketchbook and a pen, next to them was their lunch, and in their head was a brand new idea for a cool looking design of a building. They could hardly believe it had been nearly five months since they had first stepped into this school. Since then, there was so much they'd learned, so much they'd observed, and so much inspiration they'd gotten. Especially from the caverns themselves. Zophyr had always been interested in architecture, and this school just gave them so many ideas.

The stream beside them relaxed them. It was nice to have some peace after quite a busy morning. Not that they didn't like sound - they absolutely despised silence - but this was different. Sure, they liked to listen and observe people, but the sound of the stream was beautiful in a different way. And it helped them concentrate.
Zophyr munched on their lunch as they drew, focusing mostly on the straight lines (the only straight thing they could do) and the angles. They'd left their protractor at their dorm, but it wasn't all that important since this was just a sketch. Letting both their thoughts and their pencil run free, they got lost in their drawing.

After a little while, once they were satisfied with their progress and had finished their lunch, they decided it was about time they got back to their dorm. The running water, no longer relaxing, was starting to sound heavy and was getting on their nerves. Zophyr needed some good music in their ears, and they might as well get back to that book they were reading earlier while they were at it. They weren't very far in just yet but the mysteries were already captivating and they were sure it would be a good read.

Getting up to make their way back to their dorm, Zophyr walked over bridges, through corridors and in giant caverns, all full of people, but for once, they weren't paying too much attention. Their mind was elsewhere - a mix of the architecture they'd just designed and the novel they were going to read. Usually, they'd saunter a little more, observe their surroundings and listen in on conversations, but they had things to do today. Nothing was going to get in their way.

Reuben walked into the garden, eager to be treated to some outside air, and maybe splash his face with some of the water from the streams. It was slightly less hot, thanks to it being January, and Reuben was really thankful for that. He missed being in Spain, but well, he was here now, and if this place was supposed to be his home, then he was going to make it feel like it.

He went near the stream and sat there for a while, splashing his face with water, then looking around at the loads of people, contemplating who he would try and talk to. He was just looking around, when suddenly someone got up from a nearby rock and started walking away in what seemed like a great hurry. Reuben raised his eyes at them, then decided to follow them and maybe strike a conversation. They looked like one of Reuben's classmates. In fact, Reuben was pretty sure he had seen them at Uagadou.

As he walked, he finally managed to reach them and gave a small pat on the shoulder. "Hey! Where are you off to in such a hurry?", he asked, smiling at them. "Is there some class I forgot about or something?", he asked, pretty sure that that was not possible, but there was no harm asking, was there?

RPing as Zophyr Qethnis from Uagadou

Genderfluid, pronouns at the moment: they/them

☽ Kirundi | French | English | Swahili | Arabic | Tswana | Xhosa ☾

Date: January 16 2023 Time: 12:45

Interacting with: Reuben Garcia @Mellani Miller Mentioning: X

Zophyr, quite unlike themself, hadn't really been paying attention to what was going on around them. Because of this, a small pat on the shoulder made them jump in surprise and swivel around quickly to see who it was. A boy, seemingly their age, was there, smiling like he'd never had a second of sadness in his life.
Zophyr recognized him, though. He was a classmate they'd noticed before, mostly because of how terrifyingly cheerful and talkative he was. They'd done their best to steer clear of him so far, but apparently their efforts had gone to waste.

The boy asked where Zophyr was off to in 'such a hurry', and whether there was a class he'd forgotten about. "No, I..." They sighed, rather exasperated. "I have things to do. Which aren't exactly your business." They frowned, before adding sarcastically, "Is there a law prohibiting me from going anywhere a little faster than usual?" Why was this boy bothering them, anyway? They had places to be, things to do, and why did that have to include talking to him? Especially since he was asking idiotic questions.

Hoping the not-conversation was over, Zophyr tried to walk past the boy rather sternly, hoping that was enough to get him to stop talking to them. Then again, they hadn't been exactly nice, which was also probably going to work in their favor. Or so they thought.

Reuben looked at Zophyr as they jusmped and turned as if Reuben had scared them. He had not meant to, but the other person seemed pretty jumpy, and rather unhappy to see Reuben.

They rudely answered that no, Reuebn had not missed a class, which led to a sigh of relief from the latter, and that it was none of his business where they were headed to. They were being pretty rude, and any person in their right senses would realize that they didn't want to be disturbed and would, in normal circumstances, walk away from them. But Reuben was not any other person. He was Reuben Garcia, chief causer of annoyance in the wizarding world, and his classmate's tone only worried him and made him more curious.

"Calm down over there, I was only asking.", he said. On the boy's sarcastic question, he replied, "No, there isn't a law, but it is highly suspicious, and I would really like to know what you would be doing in such a hurry instead of just walking slowly and enjoying nature." He was really confused why this person was sounding so annoyed. He hadn't done anything wrong, he had only asked them if he was missing something.

As the other student was about to walk away, Reuben started walking with them. "Oh, and by the way, I'm Reuben Garcia. What's your name?" Reuben hoped that Zophyr would reply to him and that he would soon come to know where they were off to in such a hurry. Maybe there was a game or secret society or something that Reuben didn't know of?

RPing as Zophyr Qethnis from Uagadou

Genderfluid, pronouns at the moment: they/them

☽ Kirundi | French | English | Swahili | Arabic | Tswana | Xhosa ☾

Date: January 16 2023 Time: 12:45

Interacting with: Reuben Garcia @Mellani Miller Mentioning: X

Wait a second. The boy was being serious about thinking he missed a class? Zophyr had honestly thought he was just doing this to bother them, out of boredom, but at his sigh of relief it was clear he was even stupider than they had thought. And he hadn't even caught the fact that this was a not-conversation. Because he was replying to Zophyr, even as they tried to push past him and continue on their way. He was determined to ruin their day, apparently.

In any other circumstance, Zophyr would almost have found it endearing. In fact, looking back, they definitely would. At this point in time? It didn't even cross their mind.

"Listen, darling," they began, voice dripping with sarcasm so heavy you could practically feel it in the air. "I am in this school every single day. I get to enjoy nature every single day. I'm allowed a day off. And what I'm doing has nothing to do with you. Find me suspicious or don't, I don't give a damn. Go talk to someone else about it, start a rumor about me, I don't care what you think of me, just let me get on with my dang day!"

Unsurprisingly, though enragingly, the boy followed Zophyr anyway. He even felt the need to introduce himself. Zophyr very much wanted to spin around and push him into the nearby stream. "Ohhhh my gods," they muttered, frustrated out of their mind. "Why won't you just leave me alone?!" An idea came up. "Here, if I tell you my name, will you go away? I'm Zophyr Qethnis. You happy now??" As fast as their gay strut could take them, they still couldn't seem to manage to lose him. In fact, perhaps it had been a terrible idea to tell him their name. Because there was no way this Reuben was actually going to leave.

Was that a bad thing? To be honest, though Zophyr wouldn't admit it to anyone, not even themselves, they'd half forgotten what they wanted to go do in the first place. Because this other first year was... entertaining. I mean, he could survive Zophyr's anger and still hadn't left. As annoying as that was, and as much as Zophyr was ignoring it, didn't that mean he probably deserved better than what they were giving him?