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ariel had been walking, arms full of books all piled high and ready for recreational reading in his dormitory, perfect for a lazy sunday afternoon. but instead he found himself stopping in his tracks and catching sight of a student nearby, his eyes widening in disbelief at the language coming out of their mouth. ‘ excuse me. your language is atrocious. there are CHILDREN around here too, you know? ’

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          IT HAD BEEN a long day for Marina. She had spent most of the day trying... and failing... to study. It was one of those days where she just needed to not do anything. Stacking her books in her arms, she made her way back down the hall towards the Hufflepuff common room where she could get a nap. Marina wasn’t paying attention to all the students in the hall, nor did she hear the explicit language coming out of some student’s mouth, but she did hear Ariel’s comment. “What?” 

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    “  ah,  f u c k.   did i mention i was sorry ??   didn’t think it’d react like that.   — pink suits you,  mate. ”   clearly he’s being nice considering he’s the one who royally screwed up their potions assignment.  

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          “WHAT’S PINK?” MARINA asked, looking around to see if he had accidentally changed something she was wearing pink. She didn’t see anything that was pink. 

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i’m gonna be on to finish replies tomorrow. i’m pretty tired this evening and could only get the shorter ones out. :/

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isabellabriar:

          “  well now i just feel like a hippogruff’s arse.  ”   she hadn’t known that fact,  so what was she feeling guilty about ??   perhaps her hex first … ask questions later tongue ??   she’d always been a little firecracker,  as evident by half the things her parents have heard.   “  i’m sorry.   i wasn’t aware.   you don’t tend to come across things like that at our age.  ” @marinadelbosque

          IT WAS WEIRD because most people gave Mari a look when she said she only had partial hearing, but she didn’t mind. It didn’t make her different from anyone else and she hated to use it as an excuse anyway. “It’s not a problem. Honestly. Most people don’t know. It’s not a secret or anything, but it’s not like I go around and blab about it either. It was an accident when I was younger.” 

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mcrigolds:

      “on the isle?” goldie inquired. “can’t remember which, just that it’s near newport i think. they’ll probably wanna do all of the work though; sort of takes out all of the fun if they’ll be faffing about.”

          “YES! IT’S THE Isle of Wight. Newport is close.” It was a tiny island honestly, but so was England. “Let them do all the work. We can bake them cookies and whatnot and do our own scientific work in the background, they’ll never know.” 

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dlaneys:

“     shoot      !     really      ?     oh man,    and i consider myself a    really    good baker,     but how can i compete against your grandma     ?     …     would you like to have one,    though      ?      ”

          “WELL I THINK she’s a good baker. I don’t know if that actually makes her a good baker or not. I’m not sure I am objective enough to really weigh in or not. I’d love one! Thanks.” 

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sbastians:

“      oh no,    you’re aboslutely not a bother.     ‘m just walking around without a destination in mind,     so i can totally help you with these.     ”     he smiles to the girl,    giving her a little nod.     “     if you want i can also hold the ones you’re holding.     ”

          “ALRIGHT! IF YOU say so,” she replied with a smile. “I just don’t want to be too much of a bother. I do have a lot of books.” Sometimes she got mistaken for a Ravenclaw. Marina liked learning and appreciated knowledge and she studied hard, but she held kindness and acceptance and loyalty in her heart above anything else. “Oh, no! I’ll carry these. They aren’t that heavy.”

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sorry for not getting on today ! i’m going to be on tomorrow afternoon. i work until three, but after that i’ll be on while i do my homework. if anyone wants to plot, i’m down for that.

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mendozarin:

Arin was wandering the castle again, something that had become more common in her final term at Hogwarts.  She was just heading by the stairs to the Astronomy tower, when a student near by dropped her books when her bag broke.  She walked over the the other girl and bent down to help pick up the books that had fallen. “Well this is unfortunate.” 

          MARINA’S FATHER HAD told her the last two years of Hogwarts were the most difficult and not to push herself too far. Mari thought that advice was stupid. She wanted to be a well rounded student and kept most of the core subjects -- with the exception of potions -- and lots of theory classes. It was almost evident that she was going to go into some history field because that’s what she loved the most, but she still wanted to be well rounded in lots of different subjects in case things didn’t pan out in her favor. That’s why she found herself taking so many different subjects and needing so many different books. “Oh, it’s alright. I knew the bag... was going to go soon, I had hoped later, but it’s alright.”

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mcrigolds:

          “that’s not true. it starts to get heated, right when we have to leave. it’s a pity, but i’ll take summer in brighton over scotland any day. maybe the eagles will if we tell them it’s scientific.”

          “GUESS IT JUST depends on what you define as hot. Personally, I don’t think Scotland gets that hot, but I’m from Brightstone. Hmmm, I think I’d personally like to be there too. I’m sure the eagles would join though. Especially for something so scientific.”

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sbastians:

“     i think there’s a spell ‘round that can help you with that.     ”      the hufflepuff muses as a posture is straightened again,    books residing on the palms of his hands as he offers her a little smile,    followed by a small cant of head.      “      i can help you with these if you want     ?     where are you going      ?      ”

          “I THINK I’LL be okay,” she replied. “I’d rather fix it by hand.” Marina held one stack of books in her hands, ready to get back to work somewhere that wasn’t here. “Um, well, the library felt stuffy. I was thinking of heading down to the lake, but I donno. Maybe the common room would be a better place. Where were you heading? I don’t want to be a bother.”

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macloser:

          he was having one of those long days that you wish to be over quickly, everything seemed to be going so slow; from his classes to the sun setting outside. one hand was rubbing his eyes free of exhaustion whilst the other held a couple of book that he had been bringing to study in the library - maybe that would speed up his day - but just as he rounds the corner for the library he sees another student…then the ripping of her bag…the clatter of books to the floor. ❝ hey, are you okay? ❞ the lanky ravenclaw makes his way over and slips his own books into his bag before aiding the other student, ❝ i should’ve asked if you’re bag was okay, shouldn’t i? ❞

          SHE KNEW THAT her bag was on it’s last legs, but she still ended up using it on a day she needed to bring a lot of books with her. It was almost obvious that this was going to happen. She felt embarrassed that it happened. At least most people didn’t seem to be paying attention to her. Marina decided that she was just going to gather them quickly and pretend that it didn’t happen. Unfortunately that didn’t happen. Someone spotted her. Great, Mari thought. “Yeah, I’m alright. It wasn’t me that got hurt,” Marina looked down at the poor bag. “Probably. It’s alright. I can get it repaired. I think.” 

[dlaneys]

@marinadelbosque              “      have you ever tried a lemon square      ?     ”

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          “YEAH, ACTUALLY MY grandmother makes them and she’s a really good baker.”

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i’ll be on in a bit ! it’s been a long day and i need a short nap and some food.

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margotvoclain:

         it’s  a  good  thing  that  from  time  to  time,  margot  can  be  in  a  friendly  mood,  otherwise  the  girl  in  front  of  her  would  have  simply  been  sneered  at,  mocked  even.  she’d  been  outside  of  the  library  on  her  way  toward  the  staircase  when  she  saw  the  books  fall.  it  seemed  to  her  that  hogwarts  students  were  awful  clumsy  with  their  books  lately,  but  she  moved  to  get  her  wand.  a  typical  person  might  just  go  &  pick  the  books  up,  but  margot  used  a  simple  non-verbal  accio  spell  to  get  the  books  for  the  girl,  stacking  them  in  her  arm.  ❛    i’d  say  maybe  it’s  time  for  you  to  get  a  new  bag  if  this  is  what  caused  it  to  rip.   ❜

          MARINA LIKED TO be nice to all people all the time because she didn’t know what might happen if she was mean to someone. It would probably come back to bite her in the ass. She helped people that were also in situations like the one that she was in currently. Though it wasn’t a dire situation, she was just the type to always be friendly, no matter what. Her grandparents had taught her that she should be kind to everyone. She had about ten books in that bag. Six of her school books and a few extra for extra reading material for the essays she was working on. “Thanks. I’ll probably just repair this one. It’s... obviously a sign that I need to stop carrying around all these books at once.”

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ncstas:

         “ that would be great, actually. ” nesta’s shoulders slumped in relief, and she offered up an easy smile. “ we should probably start by the kitchens– maestro likes to sit under the painting that leads to the entrance. ”

          “YEAH, NO PROBLEM! I don’t have anything better to do right now.” Besides studying... but that could always wait. Especially for fellow students in need of help. “I wonder how many other cats like to do that,” she laughed, “anyway, let’s get going.”

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sbastians:

the    ripping    sound of fabric brought sebastian’s whole attention,    a hand that was once pressed against the hardwood of the door now pulling away to give a hand to the indiviadual.     “     oi,    let me help you.     ”     sebastian announces with a smile,    crouching down to take hold of the dropped books.      “     you better fix that bag of yours,     i’m pretty sure you are not a    fan    of spilling your books.      ”

          MARI FELT LIKE an idiot, honestly. Her cheeks went red and she looked down at the ripped bag. She wanted to run back to the Hufflepuff common room and just do her homework there, though Mari knew that she’d just get distracted with the traffic there. “Thanks,” the Hufflepuff looked up at whoever had come to save her from this embarrassment. “Yeah, I plan to. My grandmother made that bag for me, so I’d rather it didn’t... stay ripped.”