Library Corner [pv Marcie Reaves as Jane] - Ilvermorny

14 Jan 2025, 14:39

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Basil
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Year Three Ilvermorny Horned Serpent
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Date: Jan 14, Aftenoon after Classes. Ilvermorny Library

Basil finally felt up to returning to reading about some of the half-breed students he knew were lurking around the school after taking a break to research the things he enjoyed more, like European varieties of magical vegetables. To do that, he'd need to return to his favorite corner of the library, barricade himself in with books, and study until his brain felt like mush. After all, that was the best way to understand things, especially when it came to people that were different from him. Or at least that was the best way he could come up with. He had the feeling his Father would tell him to just ask other people for help, but he took after his Dad more, despite the lack of blood relation, and the both of them would read a hundred books if it meant avoiding an awkward confrontation.

Unfortunately, it seemed Basil wouldn't be avoiding any confrontation as he found a girl sitting in his spot. He stood for a moment, blinking in confusion, before the burning in his arms from carrying so many books at once started to catch up to him. "That's my spot," he burst out without thinking, before blushing furiously and continuing, "Wait, no, that came out wrong. I just usually sit there, and now you're in it, and..." he trailed off weakly, shuffling for a moment, "Could I sit with you, maybe? I really don't like changing my routine, and this corner really has the best lighting for reading. I'm Basil, by the way."

Tesla Stone⭑☾☀☽⭑ ⭑☾𖣂☽⭑Basil Blackwood

Marcie Reaves

Third year, Ravenclaw

586 46

15 Jan 2025, 00:50

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Black Sweater, Jeans and hoop earings.

Jane wasnt used to reading, she didnt exactly enjoy sitting around pretending to 'enjoy' reading anout the history of gargoyles, nor about any creature, event or person. Books were all the same, what she would tell herself, a beginning, a middle, and an ending. It was hard for jane, these days at least, to find a book she would like to spend her afternoon reading but as it was now important for her to study she had to waste her time. She stomped down the hallway, scowling. After an especially difficult lesson she wasnt ready to go ahead and study, Jane didnt care about grades, maybe it was because her dad didnt care either, or because or all her issues with paying attention. She knew very well that she had barely made it through last year with her questionable grades but her father never cared about grades, he didnt even care about her, the man spent all his time working, jane knew he had too but she still always felt distant with him. Why would he care if she was kicked out of school?

She gently opened the door to the library and walked towards the back, where she had spent the last few weeks, studying. Book in hand she took a seat at a table, one with especially good lighting and one away from the first years gigling and goofing off. She siged and leand back but before she could get comfortable she saw a boy walking over "That's my spot," he said. "excuse me?" Jane asked, this was already a terrible day, was this boy going to make it any harder? "Wait, no, that came out wrong. I just usually sit there, and now you're in it, and...", he trailed off. "And?" she asked. "Could I sit with you, maybe? I really don't like changing my routine, and this corner really has the best lighting for reading. I'm Basil, by the way." "Gosh, you could have said that first you know, sure come sit." she said with a nod. "Hey Basil, I'm Jane. Are you here for studying too?" She asked, looking up from her book.

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Jane Clarke < 3

Last edited by Marcie Reaves on 4 Feb 2025, 03:38, edited 1 time in total.

>>-----|Marcie Reaves|-----<<
--[Happiness is not Getting what you Want, Its Accepting all you Have]--
Stamina 7 ● Evasion 6 ● wisdom 5 ● Accuracy 6 ●Strength 3 ●Arcane Power 8

Tesla Stone

Fifth year, Hufflepuff

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4 Feb 2025, 00:01

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Basil sighed with relief, dropping his books onto the table, sliding into a chair and shaking out his sore arms. Maybe he should start taking two trips to carry around his books. His book on lycanthropy and the one on veela were both in the middle of the stack, the ones he really wanted to read, but he saw Jane was actually studying for her classes, made him reach for his potions book instead. He'd finished all the homework for the entire week, but he'd asked the teacher for next week's, so he could always get a head start on that, even if it was only Tuesday.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be rude. I don't always think before I speak," he muttered, flipping through the textbook and keeping his eyes resolutely down, so he wouldn't have to see if Jane was still offended by his blunder, even if she'd allowed him to sit with her.

"Anyways, um, yeah. I have some personal projects to work on, but I wanted to get through some homework first," he glanced at his pile, skimming through the assortment of titles. A few textbooks like his current one, a couple on creatures, and some on half-breeds. "What about you? Are you- what are you here to study?" he stammered, running through the motions he'd practiced with his father, answering the question and then asking one back to encourage further conversation. That had been a lesson that had taken a long time for Basil to understand, but he really wanted to try harder to make more friends at school, so he was going to do his best to encourage Jane to talk to him.

Tesla Stone⭑☾☀☽⭑ ⭑☾𖣂☽⭑Basil Blackwood

Marcie Reaves

Third year, Ravenclaw

586 46

19 Mar 2025, 20:00

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Black Sweater, Jeans and hoop earings.

Jane nodded and stared straight back down, rubbing the pinch of her nose and trying to drill the information into her brain. All she could think about was the all the time she was wasting, siting here studying. "Personal projects? huh, I couldn't imagine myself coming here at my own free will," She muttered and rolled her eyes, "but that's just me." Reading wasn't a hobby she enjoyed though causing havoc was, she loved playing pranks on teachers and students a like, though nobody seemed to enjoy doing that with her, especially not the victims.
"What about you? Are you- what are you here to study?" She could tell Basil was introverted, a lot of people were like that, but talking to people like that was always difficult. If she was to be honest, Basil seemed nice, and she wanted to get to know him more, even though they had just met a few minutes ago. "Yeah I am, not very happy about it though, I'm not really used to studying," She smiled, though she did feel a touch ashamed of herself, she should work harder. "I don't usually study at all, this is kind of a rare occasion." These days she had to really focus on her grades, she knew she had to be better, but it was hard to push herself. She pretty much dragged herself to the library today. "What are these 'personal projects' your doing?" She asked. Anything that would bring someone to the library must be really important, but maybe that was just her. Spending time in the library was making her feel strangely calmer, it was so much more quieter in the library than the rest of the school, there it was filled with students laughing, chatting and doing the most randome things.

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>>-----|Marcie Reaves|-----<<
--[Happiness is not Getting what you Want, Its Accepting all you Have]--
Stamina 7 ● Evasion 6 ● wisdom 5 ● Accuracy 6 ●Strength 3 ●Arcane Power 8

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Fifth year, Hufflepuff

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29 Apr 2025, 11:32

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Basil was both shocked and relieved that Jane seemed to say exactly what came to mind and how she was feeling, with her honest and slightly callous remarks about her dislike of studying. He could appreciate it, as he commonly missed anything someone was trying to imply, and that created plenty of awkward situations. Someone immediately willing to obviously roll their eyes and complain about something was a breath of fresh air compared to the subtext-filled conversations with other purebloods.

He glanced nervously at his pile of books once more, picking at his fingernails and fiddling with the cover of the potions book he'd grabbed. Did he really want to tell her? Or should he pretend he was just reading for extra credit for class? Glancing back at her, he muttered, "Um, were you at Hogsmeade when the attack happened against the half-breeds?"

Barely allowing her a chance to answer, he pulled out the lycanthropy and veela books from the pile to clarify why he was asking. "I was just trying to do some more reading on the half-breeds and other creatures that are in the school now. I mean, their lives just seem so terrible, and they had to have known something bad would've happened to them gathering so publicly like that," he looked down at the books with his nose scrunched in concentration, "I'm not trying to sound mean or anything, I'm just trying to figure out what they are actually like. Why can't the ones at the school just be normal, and go be somewhere else where they're safer, like the rest of their kind?"

Saying it all out loud, his thoughts and conversations that seemed so appropriate in his home, with his grandmother's adamant hatred against werewolves for "ruining" her eldest daughter, didn't feel so appropriate here. He could only hope Jane took his curiosity for the genuine effort that it was, and not as the cruelty he'd seen other purebloods throwing around.

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