The remembrall. A quaint looking orb filled with smoke. It turns red when you forget things. It'd be really helpful, but Pyce could never remember what they forgot. Which is probably why they didn't own one yet. They supposed it'd probably be helpful when you forgot homework, or the time a class started. It was also the next thing they needed to get on their list of school supplies.

Despite the crowd and general narrowness of Diagon Alley, Pyce and Hecate had made it a point to stick to Katelyn's side for the walk from Flourish and Blotts to Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. Hecate got more excited with every step, and Pyce considered it a small miracle he hadn't run off without them.

"Have you ever been to a muggle joke shop? It's kinda like that!" Hecate began to explain with no prompting whatsoever. "But magic! They've got all sorts of stuff in there! Candy too, if you want to try any. And games. Like chess! You'd think Pyce would be good at it, but they're not." Pyce huffed.

"I am so certain you got someone to charm the pieces so you win." Pyce grumbled.

"I think the pieces just like me better." Hecate smirked.

Arriving at the shop, Hecate grandly opened the door for Pyce and Katelyn. Pyce rolled their eyes, but stepped into the loud and colorful chaos first.

WC: 230	Interacting With: @Katelyn Magnolia
Extra Notes: Reducio I need to draw Hecate and Pyce with that "eating the chess pieces" meme. But aside from that; Welcome! To the next stop on the Rotanski/Magnolia shopping trip! Our trio has just come up from Flourish and Blotts!	Outfit: Reducio A red sweater vest over a white collared shirt with rolled up sleeves with navy blue pants

"Yes! Magical chess. Which, you think someone couldn't cheat at it." Pyce said whilst glaring at their brother. Hecate shrugged. "The pieces are sentient. Semi-sentient? Which makes for an... Interesting... Experience to say the least."

As they continued through the shop, Pyce kept a close eye on Hecate. The boy had been flitting between the shelves, hands barely ghosting over boxes and books that Pyce was sure they wouldn't want to learn the contents of. Along this walk, the trio came upon various sweets. Pyce had rather muggle tastes for the most part, ginger chews being among their favorite candies. And even then, Hecate said they shouldn't classify as candies, but they were sweet and small! (Hecate actually called them spicy, but Pyce didn't care.)

Pyce was considering a carton of Canary Cremes when Katelyn held up a Chocolate Frog box. "They don't mean...a legit frog made of chocolate..right?" Hecate's smile widened. He wanted to laugh, Pyce could tell, but he must have thought that mean.

"Nah. It's just frog-shaped chocolate. Would be fun to have an actual chocolate frog, though. There's collectable cards in there too." Hecate pointed to some small lettering on the box that said just that. "All sorts of famous witches and wizards on those. I think the Hogwarts Headmaster is on one of those."

"He is. I have him. Solomon Lear." Pyce stated, picking up a nearby box of Fizzing Whizzbees. It was a treat they were incredibly fond of, side effect and all. It was quite tempting to buy the box but... Shopping did need to be done. Especially before Hecate got any bright ideas about anything sold here.

WC: 267	Interacting With: @Katelyn Magnolia
Extra Notes: Reducio I finally get to mention that Pie likes fizzing whizzbees! It's been somewhere in notes and drafts and just hasn't come up yet.	Outfit: Reducio A red sweater vest over a white collared shirt with rolled up sleeves with navy blue pants

"Honestly- I'm not exactly sure how the Remembrall does help. It turns red when you've forgotten something. Maybe to help you recall it sooner?" As the trio made their was through the store, scanning the shelves for the one item they needed, a group of what appeared to be Quidditch players walked past. Pyce didn't really linger on them, not until Kate asked about it, but Hecate was staring gleefully the whole time. Which was silly. Hecate didn't even like brooms.

"They're for Quidditch!" Hecate cheered, loud enough for Pyce and Katelyn to hear, but not loud enough to attract the attention of the older students. "It's a wizard sport played on brooms! Did we already tell you brooms fly? I can't remember. But they do! It's super cool!"

"Says the person afraid of heights." Pyce mumbled under their breath. Hecate shot them a look. "I think brooms are pretty cool. Each Hogwarts house has their own Quidditch and broom racing teams. I'd like to join one. Our mum has never let us on a broom before." Pyce looked at the brooms, considering. "They can get pretty expensive though. And first years aren't allowed brooms at Hogwarts. So if I did join, I'd be stuck on a school broom. And who knows how those fly." Pyce didn't actually mind the school brooms, the thought of flying far outweighed the possible slowness of said flight. Pyce and Hecate were opposites like that, with Pyce yearning to be in the skies, and fearing the water below, while Hecate thrived in the oceanic, and couldn't deal with being too far off the ground.

WC: 270	Interacting With: @Katelyn Magnolia
Extra Notes: Reducio And this post comes out as I'm top of the waitlist for the broom racing team! I desperately need to read up on broom racing!	Outfit: Reducio A red sweater vest over a white collared shirt with rolled up sleeves with navy blue pants

"It is! But that's why broom sports are so cool! I don't know all the rules to Quidditch, never bothered to learn, but I'm sure it's fun. Very popular, at least." Pyce continued walking next to Kate. "Broom racing is more straight forward. You have a start, a finish, obstacles, and magic. Or- At least I think it's straight forward. You don't have to deal with bludgers and trying to catch the golden snitch." Pyce thought for a short moment before continuing. "Did you know Quidditch was originally played with a creature called a Golden Snidget? They're not anymore, that's why we have the snitch. And there's Snidget sanctuaries now! Because they're an endangered species. But it's nice that there's such a wide attempt to keep them safe. I've seen one before! They're pretty small and fly just like hummingbirds! I wonder if there's a sanctuary close enough to here where we could see one..." It was probably the only information they had on Quidditch. Fascinating stuff. They couldn't imagine playing a game with a live creature. It really was a good thing that the practice had been stopped. Pyce was too lost in thought to realize that Katelyn had found the remembralls until Hecate had responded to her question.

"That would be them!" Hecate said, examining the orb. "Where'd you find them?"

WC: 223	Interacting With: @Katelyn Magnolia
Extra Notes: Reducio Pyce made the broom racing team! Lil guy is joining in the first race of the year! So, they've got that to look forward to	Outfit: Reducio A red sweater vest over a white collared shirt with rolled up sleeves with navy blue pants

"Of course it's on the top shelf. Why wouldn't they be? It's not like first years are required to buy one for school." Hecate snarked, crossing his arms. While Hecate was complaining, Pyce watched Katelyn attempt to get the box. Attempt, because it didn't seem she could reach it anymore from just standing on her tip toes.

Eventually, Hecate took notice too. Around the same time, Katelyn started to climb the shelf.

"Be careful!" Pyce squeaked out. All that talk about heights was just fine and dandy, but scaling a shelf of considerable height was different. In the way flying on a broom and walking a tightrope were both high up. One was considerably more daunting, no matter how comfortable with heights.

"Aw, it's fine! Look at her! Have some confidence, Pie!" Pyce was looking at Kate, and that's how they noticed when she started to fall.

"KATELYN!" Pyce screeched, making a valiant attempt to catch their friend. In their panic, Pyce forgot a few very crucial things about themself. The first, they were hardly any stronger than any other eleven-year-old, barely able to pick up Hecate on a good day. The second, they were quite easily flattened. The third, which was less about themself and more about their brother, was that Hecate was a rat bastard who was more likely to laugh at Pyce than help out, granted the situation wasn't actually serious. And if Pyce was to become a pancake, and Kate be unwounded, Hecate would laugh at them. Not Kate. He'd help her up just fine.

And all that went through their head in the mere moment they had left to think.

WC: 277	Interacting With: @Katelyn Magnolia
Extra Notes: Reducio Chaos already and they aren't even in school, I love these guys	Outfit: Reducio A red sweater vest over a white collared shirt with rolled up sleeves with navy blue pants