Surprise!! We're Related!
Axyen was in a good mood today, everything was just right or so it felt like that; even the weather was just right, no wind and hardly any sunlight. Just a nice cloudy day with not a single drop of rain in sight so it made for Axyen's ideal studying condition. Inside of his dormitory, he figured that he should focus on his two weakest subjects which happened to be History of Magic and Potions class. Axyen wanted to try and keep up his grades but History of Magic and Potions would prove to be difficult for Axyen as much as he loved the two subjects and although he find them genuinely interesting; it still couldn't be helped, Axyen's memory was quite poor especially with names, dates or trying to remember which direction to stir or what ingredients to add in what order to a scary bubbling cauldron that might potentially explode at any given moment. Axyen took a deep breath, hopefully he could come up with a way to remember this information soon, maybe this was a sign that it was time to change up his studying strategy soon.
Axyen has deep brown eyes, brown hair that was left a little messy (like usual) and he looked average in just about every single way possible. He didn't stand out at all and seemed like the student you perhaps walked past once or twice, just another person in the background. Axyen knew of this and didn't mind it at all, it would prove to be useful one day; Axyen had a good feeling about that, he just didn't know how it would be helpful yet. Axyen also wore his school uniform which consisted of a gray shirt with three thin horizontal 'V' shaped yellow stripes at the top with a black robe over it with the Hufflepuff House Crest pinned to the left side of the jacket. Additionally, he wears black jeans matching the black robes and the inside of the robes are yellow which some people may notice if they look at the sleeves or hood or if there just so happens to be strong winds.
Axyen walked into the courtyard and had a brief look around, not too many students here today. Axyen's pet Pygmy Puff, Arnold, was currently asleep and Axyen had a decent amount of free time. He brought a book titled "A History of Magic" and another book relating to potions which were in his bag. Stopping in front of a wall, Axyen bent down into his bag and took out a History of Magic first before leaning against the wall and trying to recall what page he would turn to to begin his study session. Axyen thought for a bit before opening the book and flipping through the pages and quickly having his eyes flick over the pages briefly, trying to recall where he left off. It took a bit of time, but he found a page that felt kind of familiar to him and so he decided that's where he would start off his studying.InformationReducioMentioning....Reducio@Damien DragonclawItemsReducio
- Wand
- Bag
- History of Magic
OOC notesReducioNothing.
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Stamina-8|Evasion-10|Strength-2|Wisdom-9|Arcane Power-20|Accuracy-8
* A Hufflepuff student. He seems to be trying to prove something.
Surprise!! We're Related!
Suddenly Damien came into the courtyard looking around the place. Damien hair was light brown and curly like it always was while his blue eyes scanned across the courtyard. He was holding his mythology book in his hand.
He was wandering around the courtyard trying to find a nice and relaxing spot to sit at and read his book. He had yet been able to find a place due to how many people were in the courtyard and taking all the good spots.
He sighed softly as he continued to look around the courtyard trying to find any spot that would be suitable for him to read in. He kept looking around and stopped as he saw a boy with brown messy hair standing against a wall and reading what looked to be a history of magic book.
He noticed how this was really the only place left where he probably could sit down and read his book so he slowly approached the boy.
Once he finally made his way over towards him he tapped him on the shoulder softly and gave him his usually friendly smile his blue eyes looking at him.
“Um..heh..hey there I was wondering if you’d mind if I came and joined you over here to read my book ?” He asked as he held up his mythology book just showing him he wanted to quietly read.
“Im Damien by the way.”
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Axyen didn't notice anyone appear in the courtyard, he was too busy starting his studying session to notice at all. His strategy this time was to reread lines repeatedly, over and over again and then he'd try to shut his eyes and recall the lines he just read and summarize them and even ask questions about them. This type of deep thinking strategy (as Axyen liked to call it) would hopefully force the memories into Axyen's head and if all went well, he wouldn't be struggling to remember about who so-and-so was or what year a certain event occurred in. The plan felt practically foolproof, there was no possible way for Axyen to forget about a single thing he read again if he kept this up. Maybe not, but Axyen already developed another strategy in the event that this plan didn't work out, for once he was actually getting quite creative with his studying sessions.
Thankfully, Axyen got here when there weren't many students around; as he was already starting his study session, he failed to notice how crowded the courtyard was getting. That was good, that meant Axyen was really invested into his studying and nothing could possibly distract him. Axyen reread the same 5 lines on the page in front of him, this was going to be a bit boring and repetitive, but anything for a good grade and an excellent career, right? Axyen failed to notice somebody was approaching him initially, but that was until someone lightly tapped his shoulder, which startled Axyen a bit as he wasn't expecting anyone to approach him. Axyen looked up from his book and noticed a boy in front of him and that's when he also happened to notice how many people were entering the courtyard.
'Who is this? What does he want? Did I do something wrong? Why choose to go to me out of everybody here?' Questions like that flooded Axyen's mind in an instant, he wasn't good at socializing with new people so he figured that he was in some kind of trouble with whoever this person was. However, this person had a friendly smile, so it wouldn't make much sense for Axyen to be in trouble... right? Now having a clearer look at the boy, Axyen could see that he was a bit taller than the kid and noticed the boy's blue eyes that had a hint of gray in the mix; which in Axyen's opinion, was probably the most interesting and notable feature about this person. His hair was light brown, fluffy and short. 'I don't remember him by looks, did he mistake me for someone else?' Axyen wondered, he did look pretty... average, so it wouldn't be too hard to mistake him for someone else.
Axyen however, would find out that he was very wrong, very soon. The boy seemed to speak nervously and asked if it was fine if he could join Axyen to read his book. Axyen looked at the book the boy showcased, something about mythology, a topic Axyen was not familiar with at all; however, it did look decently interesting to him, so he decided he may look into it later if he remembered. Axyen knowing himself quite well, figured he would forget the moment he finished his studying session. "Um, yeah! There's no problem with that at all." Axyen said to the stranger.
That wouldn't be the case for long though as the person speaking to him revealed himself as 'Damien'. "Okay, well it's nice to meet you Damien." Axyen responded, extending his right arm forwards for a handshake. "I'm Axyen—Axyen Dragonclaw." Axyen said out of fairness and respect, after all, if someone was going to give their name, it was only right Axyen gave his name as well. Axyen imagined this was as far as their interaction was probably going to go before Axyen went back to his studying and Damien would begin his reading and then the two would eventually part ways and either never bump into each other again and occasionally pass each other in the hallway. That's usually how it seems to pan out for the most part and Axyen didn't see this being an exception... yet.InformationReducioMentioning....Reducio@Damien Dragonclaw.ItemsReducio
- Wand
- Bag
- History of Magic
OOC notesReducioNothing.
Stamina-8|Evasion-10|Strength-2|Wisdom-9|Arcane Power-20|Accuracy-8
* A Hufflepuff student. He seems to be trying to prove something.
Surprise!! We're Related!
Damien nodded as he sat down next to Axyen and began to open his book he suddenly stopped as he looked up at Axyen, he had to have misheard him because there was no way at all that they were a Dragonclaw it just couldn't be possible because HE was the only Dragonclaw at Hogwarts. He coughed softly as he looked up at Axyen softly.
"Um..what did you say your last name was again um...Axyen was it ?"
He asked as he looked at Axyen a little confused, there was no way he could be a Dragonclaw Damien knew who all he was related too and he never met or heard of a Axyen Dragonclaw before.
"Dragonclaw was it ?..im just asking because i wasnt sure if i was misheard or not because im a Dragonclaw...My full name is Damien Dragonclaw"
He said as he looked at Axyen a little confused, was this some sorta of prank or something because it wasn't funny and just confused him more, he was just hoping to find a quiet place and read his book but instead he got more confused and questioning his own family history. His father had never mentioned anything about him possibly having a cousin or anything in that sorta of nature so he just felt confused and needed answers.
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Axyen went back to studying or so that was the plan, he assumed he was basically done talking to Damien for today, but he would find that to be false very soon. Axyen hadn't noticed Damien looking up at him as Axyen was trying to remember which lines he was trying to memorize. It didn't take long for him to locate those said lines, their 'conversation' had been very brief after all. The second Axyen began reading the book, he heard a cough from Damien but it wasn't that that caught his attention, it was Damien speaking to him again. 'Huh? Does he need something?' Axyen pondered, maybe he was taking up too much space somehow?
Damien asked what Axyen's last name was again, Axyen blinked twice for a moment. 'Oh, I guess my name is kind of odd. Maybe Damien is a Muggleborn?' Axyen thought to himself as he was thinking about various possibilities of Damien's 'Muggleborn' life. Maybe Axyen's name caught Damien by surprise, which wouldn't be shocking to Axyen, his name was fairly unique and he liked that part about himself, it was uniquely his. Before Axyen could properly reply to Damien, Damien properly recalled it being Dragonclaw. 'Oh, he doesn't need an answer from me then.' Axyen thought to himself, happy to go back to studying in peace.
However, Axyen was wrong as Damien said that his full name was Damien Dragonclaw. Axyen thought about it for a moment, maybe Damien was a secret brother that Axyen didn't know about? Nope, that didn't make any sense, maybe he was a cousin or something? Axyen supposed it was possible, there was also the chance that Damien could be lying but Axyen didn't want to jump there yet; he didn't really mind another Dragonclaw around, especially at Hogwarts, it'd be cool, even! "Oh, is that so? That's interesting and kind of cool??" Axyen said, he didn't really know what he was supposed to do with that information at all.
He straightened the left side of his robe with his left handle while a History of Magic rested in his other hand. He was thinking to himself, wondering if the name 'Damien' was ever mentioned by his father or mother. Unfortunately for Axyen, he either never heard the name up until now or simply just forgot about it. Not that it really mattered either way, they were meeting each other now! Axyen didn't really know what to say though, it was sort of just awkward for him, especially since he was now fairly confident he has never seen Damien around before.
"But no, you didn't mishear. I am Axyen Dra-gon-claw." Axyen said, really making sure to emphasize his own surname so that it sounded incredibly clear. Axyen was curious to see what Damien himself would do with that information.InformationReducioMentioning....Reducio@Damien Dragonclaw.ItemsReducio
- Wand
- Bag
- History of Magic
OOC notesReducioNothing.
Stamina-8|Evasion-10|Strength-2|Wisdom-9|Arcane Power-20|Accuracy-8
* A Hufflepuff student. He seems to be trying to prove something.
Surprise!! We're Related!
Damien was still in shocked and kind of in a daze at this news, not only was he now positive Axyen had to be related to him in some way and it was strange for him not knowing Axyen at all. He ran his hands through his curly light brown hair as he sighed and looked over at Axyen. Now he was curious as to who Axyens Parents were because maybe that would help him figure out how close they was related.
He began to look at Axyen a little closer, he noticed how the most noticeable things about him were his deep brown eyes and dark brown hair but other than that their wasn't much about him or so he thought, maybe he just didn't see the unique parts of him yet but his face wasn't good enough to go off on as to figuring out who his parent was.
He just sighed as he closed his mythology book putting it down and looking at Axyen before trying to figure out what he could say to get a conversation going.
"Um..well my parents are Evanora and Grant Dragonclaw i um... i don't know if those names are familiar to you or not" Damien said softly was he was trying to see if that helped Axyen figure out if that was anyone closely related to him or not.
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Things went blank in Axyen's mind, he just zoned out in thought about this situation, he supposed he had a question or two but surprisingly he wasn't as shocked or surprised as he imagined he would be if he had a 'secret' family member or something like that. Axyen supposed that the best thing to do to confirm this was to simply just send an owl to his parents? 'I guess it can never hurt to ask... I guess.' Axyen thought to himself as he wondered what he would write, hopefully his brother didn't catch the letter, he was probably going to mess around. However, if one of his parents instead replied, then Axyen would most likely get a real answer; maybe this other Dragonclaw was an impostor or not even apart of his family at all and just happened to share a last name. Axyen was just more likely to get a proper answer from his parents, since clearly these two didn't seem to be going anywhere with their current conversation.
Axyen blankly thought to himself some more, he doubt he knew anything about Damien, nothing that stuck out at least; if that was really the case, it was impossible for this conversation to go anywhere and Axyen knew it. Arnold was probably still asleep, but Axyen felt the urge to go check on him soon; out of habit, there was food and water just in case. Still, Axyen wanted to be around when Arnold woke up anyways. First though, he wanted to see if there was somehow still anything to learn from... whatever this conversation turned out to be. Damien put down his book with a sigh, to be honest, Axyen wondered if he even wanted to have this conversation at all.
Damien stated that his parents were Evanora Dragonclaw and Grant Dragonclaw, the two names didn't sound even slightly familiar. So Axyen was now confident he didn't know Damien, which was good because it was starting to stress him out quite a lot. "No, I don't remember those two names at all." Axyen said blankly, Axyen decided that he could figure this all out later; it didn't really matter to deal with this right now. "How long have you been at Hogwarts?" Axyen questioned, the best way to get more information was just to find out a bit more about who Damien even was. Beyond his name, at least; Axyen learned quite quickly that a name could only take someone so far.InformationReducioMentioning....Reducio@Damien Dragonclaw.ItemsReducio
- Wand
- Bag
- History of Magic
OOC notesReducioNothing.
Stamina-8|Evasion-10|Strength-2|Wisdom-9|Arcane Power-20|Accuracy-8
* A Hufflepuff student. He seems to be trying to prove something.
Surprise!! We're Related!
Damien looked up at Axyen softly as he noticed he looked to be confused after Damien named his parents, which meant that Axyen had no idea who his parents were at all. He heard him ask him about how long he had been at Hogwarts. Fixed his curly hair as he looked at Axyen before smiling.
“It’s um…it’s actually my first year here at Hogwarts….so yeah I’m new here”
He said as he looked at him before fixing his seating position so that way he was sitting criss crossed on grass before scooting over and looking at Axyen.
“Would you care to join me on the grass ? Um….possibly maybe my cousin I don’t know”
He shrugged as he held his mythology book and thought about things he could talk about Axyen with so that way he knew more about him.
“Um what are your favorite classes here Axyen ?” He asked as he looked at him curiously hoping to hear more about the classes here aswell as to see what Excatly Axyen personality was like.
“And do you have any hobbies or things you like to do ?”
Damien wasn’t really good at picking up social cues despite him being so energetic and excited to meet people, so he was hoping that maybe talking to his potential relative would help him be better at social interactions as well as understanding social cues better.
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Axyen didn't know if Damien was actually expecting for Axyen to know about his parents; especially if he didn't even know Damien himself, after all, if Axyen
did know Damien's parents, then he probably should've known about Damien by name. After all, most parents from what Axyen understood, loved talking about their children a lot; to an almost embarrassing degree, even. However, it was time to redirect this conversation since it was clearly going nowhere; or even just directly end it to resume... to resume... 'Wait a minute, why am I out here again...?' Axyen wondered, he seemed to somehow forget that he was out here to study despite the fact that a History of Magic was right in his hands. It's only when he momentarily glanced down at it that he remembered that the only reason he was here was because he wanted to study; that was supposed to be the plan at least, then... this happened.
'Studying can wait later, I guess.' Axyen decided as he placed his book into his bag, he would probably have to save studying for the library from now on. Axyen would snap back to reality, focusing back into the conversation they were having when Damien said this was his first year at Hogwarts. It was already so late into the year, so it would be kind of awkward to just welcome Damien; so Axyen simply chose not to. "Oh okay, welcome to Hogwarts then!" Axyen said as he painfully just swore he wasn't going to say something like that since Damien was already here for months. 'Please give me Demiguise abilities, I would like to disappear...' Axyen thought to himself as he imagined himself blending in with the environment and disappearing off to somewhere else; to nobody's surprise, that didn't happen at all, as Axyen was not a Demiguise.
Damien offered a spot for Axyen to sit down, but Axyen didn't really want to sit down on the floor at all; unless there was a blanket or something, but he would avoid it if it could be helped. "I'm fine standing, but thank you." Axyen replied, he wondered what Damien's life was like; maybe he lived among Muggles in a similar way Axyen did or perhaps he lived alone with his family and he could mess around with magic things as much as his heart desires. If it was the latter, then Damien was super lucky; otherwise, Axyen couldn't imagine their life being too much different from each other. Although he could still be wrong, after all, they do have different parents and maybe siblings...? Axyen didn't know if Damien was an only child or not, but if they really were related, maybe it would make some sense for their families to meet at some point, maybe?
Axyen wasn't really sure at the moment, this all just happened a few moments ago, so he probably wasn't going to think too much about it; admittedly, this is the first time he properly thought something like this over. However, he was free to snap out of his thoughts as Damien asked Axyen what his favorite classes were, that was an exciting one for him to answer. 'I already know how to respond!' Axyen happily thought to himself. "Defense Against the Dark Arts and Care of Magical Creatures." Axyen said quickly, he had no hesitation as he was almost absolutely certain that those two were his favorite classes, especially Defense Against the Dark Arts; there have been a few times where he was in such a good mood that he studied ahead of time just to learn future spells for the class. "What classes do you find the most fun?" Axyen parroted, he figured that that might become his new favorite social technique, it felt quite effective to him so he 100% planned on trying to use it again in the future at some point.
Axyen planned to ask a question of his own, but before he could get a chance to do that, Damien seemed to have multiple questions to ask at once. Damien swiftly followed up by showcasing curiosity in Axyen's hobbies. "Hm... I am a duelist and I like to study ahead for Defense Against the Dark Arts. I also take care of Arnold too." Axyen replied, this was yet another perfect opportunity for Axyen to just parrot the question back at Damien. "What about your hobbies?" Axyen asked, curious to see where this might go and to see what Damien was like as a person. If Damien was as kind as he seemed to appear, Axyen could see them becoming great friends in the future at some point, which Axyen was always happy at the thought of making another friend, it would be great.
Before Axyen could get bombarded by another barrage of questions, he took this opportunity to come up with a few of his own questions himself. "Has anything exciting happened for you?" Axyen asked, he figured that was a good question to ask, especially considering that this was Hogwarts meaning that basically anything and everything was possible here. Axyen knew that much quite well, speaking from his own personal experience here; quite a few crazy things have happened while he was around. Then again, what was 'crazy' or 'normal' was subjective, so who knows? Maybe Damian's definition of exciting was an exact opposite of what Axyen found exciting?
Axyen thought for a bit and he was considering the possibility of swiftly asking another question, but decided to try and keep it simple for the time being anyways considering he already parroted two questions and asked one of his own. Today would definitely be an interesting one to think about. 'I wonder how my mom will react? Does she even know about this?' Axyen pondered, he randomly guessed that there was a fifty-fifty chance that his mom knew about Damien. This would definitely be owl-worthy and perhaps even let Axyen know if this was a joke or not, time would reveal that at some point. Admittedly, Axyen felt a bit more... bouncy, it was getting harder to keep still in one place which was quite unusual for him.InformationReducioMentioning....Reducio@Damien Dragonclaw.ItemsReducio
- Wand
- Bag
- History of Magic
OOC notesReducioNothing.
Stamina-8|Evasion-10|Strength-2|Wisdom-9|Arcane Power-20|Accuracy-8
* A Hufflepuff student. He seems to be trying to prove something.
Surprise!! We're Related!
Damien smiled softly at Axyen, he was extremely happy that he had welcomed him to Hogwarts, just the though of if they were protentional related made him absolutely thrilled because he's been a only child for all his life and it gets kind of lonely at his house so maybe if they were actually related he could invite Axyen to his house for the summer which would be pretty excited if he said himself.
He heard how he didn't wanna sit on the ground and figured maybe he preferred to stand up so he let it go. He then heard Axyen mention how Defense Against the Dark Arts and Care for Magical Creatures were his favorite class before Damien eyes lit up with a happily grin, He had never heard of Care for Magical creatures before and that peaked his interest the most because he loved magical creatures. "Whoa that's incredible Axyen! My favorite classes are Defense Against the Dark Arts too as well as Astronomy!"
He said proudly before looking at Axyen with a sparkle in his eye. "Is there really a class for Magical Creatures ? because that sound like an absolutely amazing class that i would love to partake in, i really enjoy caring for animals!" He said happily as he decide to sit his Mythology book in his lap and looked at Axyen.
He heard Axyen ask him about his hobbies and he smiled softly at him. "A Duelist..that sounds cool whats that about ? My hobbies are Painting, Baking sweets as well as studying Mythology and Astronomy. Also who is Arnold ? He asked as he was curious who Arnold was.
When he heard Axyen asked had anything interesting had happen yet he had to think about if something really exciting had happened while he was at Hogwarts. He suddenly thought about when he was in the Study room painting a beautiful painting of the landscape of Hogwarts that was pretty exciting oh as well as stargazing that was quite interesting if he said so himself. He then remembered when he found the rehearsal room and was praticing on the drums there. He didn't know what moment to chose but he decided to pick the painting one.
"Well i did do a beautiful watercolor painting in study hall which was quite nice and then some guy name um... Oliver came and sat beside me and said my use of watercolors were pretty nice and we had a nice conversation.
He said as he smiled softly and looked up at Axyen happily, his greyish blue eyes looking into Axyen dark brown ones.
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