Phone Booth

Phone Booth
unplottable

A location for people conversing over the phone. Since it isn't tangible, it's also unplottable and is not a genuine location.

Hana Fernandez

lakambini ng namayan, spellmaking apprentice
paintedred

Hana's not in the best mood, mostly because her mother is still being passive aggressive about her not coming home for Christmas. She'd much rather they yell at each other and let it all out but both of them are far too proud to even broach the subject. Hana is certain though that before the Easter break ends, they will manage to resolve things, but she's allowed to be petty in the meantime. She's in her room, scrolling through Witchagram, feeling so *bored*. She's done all the homework she can and she doesn't have it in her nowadays to advance study like she used to; she hasn't since December. She swipes to the part of Witchat feature of Witchagram and looks at the list of people online. Ignaci is at the top; it's not a significant feat considering she follows less than twenty people, but she *does* enjoy talking to him. She taps his name to go over an old conversation about the Charms final, then hears her sister call her. When she looks back at the chat, her eyes widen when she realizes she accidentally sent the thumbs up emoji and panics a little. They haven't talked yet today. Which means he will know that she was rereading their conversation. Flustered, she promptly deletes the message then mentally kicks herself. As if that makes anything better.

Ignaci Castello

dragonology apprentice
ateleia

He pulls the hefty door of his father's place open and waves goodbye to his friends out on the street. It was one of the last days he would be able to hang out with them and admittedly it has him a bit sad. When the door shuts behind him and he starts his small travel to his room (giving a small holler to his grandmother in the living room), he notices a notification from Hana and grins cheekily. Even if it's that she deleted a message, he doesn't so much mind, immediately sending a snippy message about seeing it. As their conversation unravels, he removes his shoes and places them in his closet, falling onto his bed with the same grin plastered on his face. His eyes light up as her profile picture comes onto his screen. "*Hola*!" Ignaci raises as he presses the bright green button at the bottom of his screen. He clears his throat a bit nervously and laughs, a hand falling into his hair. "What is it that you have planned?"

Hana Fernandez

lakambini ng namayan, spellmaking apprentice
paintedred

"Hello." Hana suddenly feels her heart rate increase. She's called a lot in the past with Jude and with Vilja but even with how nice Ignaci is, she can never be sure of how much people actually like her. Still, he sounds happy to hear from her, which makes her smile just a bit. She almost loses what she's about to say, so once she remembers it comes out fast. "Do you want to play FIQA?" she asks. He had mentioned it once during Charms and she got curious. She asked one of her cousins to teach her over the break and she's gotten pretty good, she thinks, so this might be a nice opportunity to show off. If she's good at the video game he likes, then surely, he'll want to stay friends, she thinks. "That's the game you like, right?" She *knows* it is; she took note, but it doesn't hurt to ask. "I asked my cousin to teach me. I was just thinking... if you wanted to play with more people from Hogwarts. I know how, now."

Ignaci Castello

dragonology apprentice
ateleia

Ignaci stares at his phone in awe, unable to respond for a moment as his heart collects itself. "FIQA? You learned how to play FIQA?" His tone is ecstatic, eyes illuminated as he stands and approaches his console stand. Ignaci kneels in front of it, setting his phone down and tapping a controller onto his palm as it slowly starts up. He has a busted, old console that he ripped from one of his friends at Durmstrang once they had upgraded. "I would love to play with you! Of course I would," he answers, tone still excited like a little boy given sugar for the first time. No one really tries to learn any of his interests before and he has never really thought about that imbalance until now. His heart is racing and he imagines he looks like a blundering idiot, so for once, he's glad they're not talking face-to-face. "I know it's late for you. We don't have to play more than a couple games," he adds. "How long have you been playing for?"

Hana Fernandez

lakambini ng namayan, spellmaking apprentice
paintedred

Hana moves to the console in her room and turns it on. She got it from her conservative *tita*; her cousin Elias is apparently still in London, 'living in sin' with some girl so he's practically been disowned and his mother thought giving away his console would somehow be appropriate retaliation to the way he's 'besmirching the family name'. "A week." she admits, "But I'm good." she adds, confidently. She even got *Raina* into it, and the two of them can get extremely competitive over trivial things like this, which is the best motivator for learning sometimes. "And I can stay up late." she says. Hana is not a very big fan of sleeping – well, more accurately, Hana is not a very big fan of *nightmares*, which have ruined sleeping. The game starts up and she uses the controller to navigate the main menu. "I don't have to be up early tomorrow and I enjoy both this game and talking to you." Hana sounds very matter-of-fact. "I got my cousin's old console, too, so if there are other video games you think I would enjoy, then you can tell me about them. I can get good at them too." she says, "Then we can play those together as well. If you would like." She hastily adds the last bit, not wanting to be too assuming.

Ignaci Castello

dragonology apprentice
ateleia

He laughs as he stands and crosses his room back to his bed. His heart skips a beat, but he rolls his eyes. He should stop thinking so much about these things. "We can do that! I don't know what you would like though...I didn't realize you were into video games. I'll think about it while we play FIQA, yeah?" To say he is anxious is an understatement. Hana is a calming presence usually, but he feels this foreign pressure now. His interests have always been embarrassing to him, so having someone want to do those things *with* him is odd. "So, we can play a whole season? Wait, here is my gamertag. I- uh," Ignaci erupts in nervous laughter. "It's from first year. It's horrible. Anyways, add me and then we can start a season." He types his tag into the chat before setting his phone to the side and silently grinning and shaking his fists near his face in excitement. *God bless.*

Hana Fernandez

lakambini ng namayan, spellmaking apprentice
paintedred

Hana decides not to lie. Ignaci is very genuine, she thinks, so she feels he deserves the same energy in return. "I was never especially into video games." she says, inputting the tag. "But we're friends now, right?" She continues distractedly, as she adds him. A notification from *hanafern81* should've popped up on his screen by now. "Which means I am interested in understanding more about what *you're* into." She would do the same for any of her other friends, honestly. She doesn't have many, but that just means she can exert more effort into each one. She waits patiently for him to start a season, trying to figure out what his gamertag means. Catalan is basically Spanish, and Spanish is basically a third of Filipino so she's familiar with it. "*Capità Gateto*... Cute." she ends up saying. She doesn't intend to be reassuring, but she can understand why it would be embarrassing and doesn't want him to feel like that with her. "I like cats."

Ignaci Castello

dragonology apprentice
ateleia

Ignaci laughs, shifting so his legs are crossed and he can balance his phone on his knee. Although he's laughing and playing it cool, a small heat absorbs his face with embarrassment. He turns his face down towards the phone screen and gives it a sheepish smile. "It seems we have something in common," he says before turning up towards his television as he flicks through the game and starts setting things up for them, sending her an invite to start. "Maybe you should visit sometime. My *àvia* has about..." He takes a moment to count through their names, lifting one of his hands and quietly mumbling numbers as he goes through his fingers. "Eight cats unless she has adopted another kitten since yesterday. It's like kitty heaven at my grandparents' place." He chuckles again, glancing back down at his phone like he could see her before straightening his face. "I sent you an invite."

Hana Fernandez

lakambini ng namayan, spellmaking apprentice
paintedred

"Got it." she says once the notification pops up on her screen. Hana accepts the invite and lets the game start, moving her controller to select her team. While waiting for the next bit to load, she lets herself talk before getting too into the game. She'll need to *focus* once it starts in order to show off, after all. "Visiting would be nice." she says at the suggestion. No one's ever really offered before, so the idea makes her smile a bit. "I've wanted a pet cat ever since I was young, but my mother never let my sister and I have one." It would be too much of a hassle to take care of, and it wouldn't be proper to have an animal roaming around the palace like that, Hazelle had said. "You're from Andorra, right? I'm going to France for a bit in the summer. I will *try* to come see you." She puts emphasis on the word try because she doesn't want to get her hopes up. They're going to France, well, more specifically Brittany, for the belated birthday ball of whatever prince she was supposed to marry, which will surely put her mom in a sour mood, which will make it unlikely that she'll be allowed to deviate from the itinerary. "And if not during the summer, I'll come eventually. It seems like a beautiful place and I would definitely take the opportunity to spend time with you."

Ignaci Castello

dragonology apprentice
ateleia

He grins, glancing at his phone again. "I will be here all summer. My father doesn't like traveling too much." However, his father mentioned that they should take a holiday out somewhere since it would be the last one before he is graduates and moves away. It made him emotional when his father had mentioned it and then they cried with each other before never mentioning it again. He's close with his father and it hurt to see that his father was so anxious about him leaving him alone. It's been just the two of them for such a long time... "Well, we might do something. I don't know. Where in France are you going?" he asks, curious how far away they will be. Portkeys exist if it's too far, but they aren't very accessible to him, so he assumes the same for others. His eyes light as the screen finishes loading and he moves on to start building his team. He's competitive, but this time he doesn't seem so focused. He prefers talking to Hana.

Hana Fernandez

lakambini ng namayan, spellmaking apprentice
paintedred

Once the screen loads, she immediately starts building her team carefully but quickly, filling in each position. She looks extremely determined, definitely taking this much more seriously than anyone would have expected, and she's a bit glad that they're not on video call so he can't call her out for getting way too into it. Hana wants to win *very* badly. "Paris," she answers, "Brittany too, but only for a night. There's a birthday my family has to attend." Once she's satisfied with her team, she lets herself relax a bit and tune into the conversation a bit more. "I'm not looking forward to it. Seeing you would be a nice reprieve from all that, I think." she says, "Is there much to do in Andorra?"

Ignaci Castello

dragonology apprentice
ateleia

Maybe it is all of the Catalan he has been hearing during his holidays in Andorra, but she really is so eloquent and well-spoken. It almost makes it difficult to feel complimented because he is more so distracted by the word *reprieve* of all things. "Not really. All of my friends' main hobbies are skiing and shopping. There is always some Cirque du Soleil show going in the capital city..." He stops fiddling with the controller to think. Andorra is so small that there really isn't much there. Skiing is essentially all it is there for, so he thinks. It's why he wants to leave so badly. "Or if you're interested in history, there are a lot of beautiful old churches. My family's church was built in the 1600s. More importantly though, you have me and my àvia's cats." He instinctively smirks and starts going back to his sorting out his team. "I hope that will make up for everything else being so boring."

Hana Fernandez

lakambini ng namayan, spellmaking apprentice
paintedred

Hana takes the time to go over her team again. She's so used to doing this and she's been planning this game for Ignaci for a while now, which is why she was able to act so quickly. She's a bit impatient but that's just her competitiveness coming to the surface, but she decides to wait instead of pushing a bit more. She listens to Ignaci; his voice is calming and she likes his accent, so it doesn't bother her too much having to sit through this conversation. "I've never tried skiing before. When I go, we should try." she tells him, biting her tongue to keep herself from adding that it's because she'd freeze to death. If Andorra is really that cold, he might tell her not to come over anymore, and she wouldn't like that at all. "I'm sure Andorra is stunning and I'll enjoy it very much. Even if it *is* boring, your company is more than enough to make up for it." Realizing what she said might be a bit... much. She quickly adds. "And your àvia's cats, too." Thinking that maybe it's been enough time for him to sort out his team, and feeling a bit embarrassed, she decides to go, "Are you ready?"

Ignaci Castello

dragonology apprentice
ateleia

"Yeah," he answers absentmindedly as if the game is just a distraction to their conversation. "We have five-game seasons and we don't need to finish it right *now*. If we play two games and you are over it, we can leave it for some other time." Of course that implies that this will happen again, but he has a feeling it just might unless he manages to upset her. If it just so happens that she loses, he isn't sure what kind of loser she is. He has learned to completely remove someone from their normal personality when they play video games. It changes people, he thinks. "Starting now," he says, starting the game and leaning forward slightly to peer at the television. "Anyways, you said something about skiing? You will have to visit again around Christmas if you want to do that." He chuckles and settles into a smug smirk. "Hopefully my àvia's cats are enough to persuade you into coming around twice then." He jukes out one of Hana's players and flies towards the rings, shooting and missing which elicits a small fist shake. "What's it like in Manila?"

Hana Fernandez

lakambini ng namayan, spellmaking apprentice
paintedred

Hana is listening, letting out an 'mhmm' every once in a while so Ignaci doesn't feel like he's talking to dead air, but she's also incredibly into the game. Her fingers move swiftly across the buttons on the controller until she manages to get possession of the ball. She vaguely realizes that she isn't answering Ignaci's question as she focuses on moving towards the goal – "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes – *no!* Ugh!" – but one of his players manages to block the shot. She lets out an extremely frustrated noise, eyes narrowing as she focuses on the game. "*Sayang!*" she says, sounding annoyed. She'd be cursing more, but her parents might hear her. She takes an audible, deep breath, before regaining her composure and answering the question politely, as if she's just flipped a switch back into proper-princess mode. She clears her throat. "Sorry about that. Manila is very busy." she says, sounding a lot more calm, though she is still hellbent on winning this game. "It's really a *city*. There are lots of buildings, malls, *traffic*... The magical community is very beautiful, though – we've managed to preserve a lot of the *our* wildlife and nature. One would definitely feel the magic more in a province though as opposed to here in the capital; my parents take us on trips often to visit my father's side of the family on the island where he grew up and it certainly feels like something out of a fairytale."

Ignaci Castello

dragonology apprentice
ateleia

When Hana starts raising her voice, he glances down at his phone, but only briefly as he wants to retain possession of the quaffle. His eyebrows raise in curiosity and he grins, waiting until she is finished. "There's no need to apologize," he says with a small chuckle. It *is* a bit terrifying how she switches so quickly, but it's quite alluring too and he chooses to remember that moment for later. "It must be nice living in such a well-developed magical community. Andorra has maybe one other wizard," he comments as he shoots and scores. He immediately stands, silently flexing at the screen and grinning before sitting back down and putting his phone back on his knee. "Maybe I should pay Manila a visit sometime too. It sounds interesting and well worth it, yeah? We don't really have real cities around here." He isn't sure when he would be able to afford it, but he wants to travel the world for his job someday. Hopefully it will take him out to the Philippines. "What was it you said? *Sayang?*" Ignaci makes his best attempt at saying it correctly with his accent.

Hana Fernandez

lakambini ng namayan, spellmaking apprentice
paintedred

If Ignaci could see Hana right now, he'd know that she's *fuming* at the fact that he was able to score, her eyes narrowed as she immediately starts taking everything ten times more seriously. Her eyes locked on the ball, she watches as her players move through the pitch. "Wait." she says, sounding focused but not *too* harsh. She waits until she's able to regain possession of the ball before answering his question. "It means something like... It was close, but I missed it." she says, talking slowly as she tries to figure out a way to verbalize her thoughts in English. English always lacks the conviction that talking in Filipino grants her, so it's awkward having to translate these thoughts. She shakes off the thought to attempt shooting into the goal, but her player misses and she immediately lets out a "*No*! *Agh*!" As she starts aggressively smashing buttons on her controller to the point that it can probably be heard on the other end of the line, managing to get one of her other players to take the quaffle back into her team's possession right away and reattempting the goal. When it finally shoots through the hoop, she jumps out of her chair, knocking a throw pillow to the ground. "Ha!" she says, "Did you *see* that? *I* did that! I did *that*!" She feels an adrenaline rush as she watches her players chase after Ignaci's. Her heart racing, she continues the conversation. "You don't have to go to Manila." she says, realizing she never responded to that. "It's inconvenient for most people."

Ignaci Castello

dragonology apprentice
ateleia

When she sternly tells him to *Wait*, the word rings in his ears and he glances down towards the phone again with a raised brow, which allows for her to easily regain the possession of the quaffle. He looks at the television and squints, switching his perspective to the keeper and returning the quaffle to one of his chasers. "Someone is competitive," he comments with a small chuckle as his player soars down the pitch until one of hers is able to snap the quaffle from their hands. He grimaces, but otherwise doesn't react. He is very mindful of the fact that his grandmother doesn't like him screaming and shouting *ever*, but especially while playing video games. It gives her migraines, she says. When Hana scores and starts reacting in excitement, he grins and feels his heart skip a beat. "I saw," he answers, amusement dripping from his voice. "Are you sure you haven't been playing for longer?" It isn't that she is some sort of magician at this game, but the last time he played a newbie, he absolutely demolished them. So, realistically, she is doing a lot better than most. It's probably that competitive spirit. When they start playing again and her player quickly takes the quaffle, he switches to his beater and sends a bludger at her. "Maybe Manila is inconvenient for some, but...hopefully my career will take me there eventually. I heard you have some interesting dragons there. So, who knows?"

Hana Fernandez

lakambini ng namayan, spellmaking apprentice
paintedred

"Yes, I'm sure I only started last week." she says, expertly dodging the bludger, but in the process dropping the quaffle, letting one of Ignaci's players take possession easily. She frowns as she prepares her Keeper to block the incoming shot. "And we do have some interesting dragons, I think. Whenever there's an eclipse..." She trails off when the Keeper isn't able to block the quaffle from entering the hoops, and in frustration she has one of her beaters send a bludger towards the other team's keeper in the hopes of rendering them useless for the rest of the game. "Whenever there's an eclipse here, they say it's because a dragon eats the moon." she finishes, sounding a bit focused on the game – this isn't the best description of the bakunawa she can offer, but she's preoccupied with hoping that the bludger hits.

Ignaci Castello

dragonology apprentice
ateleia

Her response is rather serious-sounding, but he has adjusted to hearing that sort of tone from her, he thinks. He gives a small fist bump when he scores, grinning and otherwise remaining quiet. His keeper attempts the best dodge she can, but the bludger hits her broom and she spins out, allowing for one of Hana's chasers to score again. He rolls his eyes and puts his head in his palm for a brief moment, but not long enough to miss anything. He has the times between scoring and the next moves memorized. It's a part of his inner clock at this point. "It eats the moon? How fascinating!" While maybe that would be sarcastic any other time someone has uttered it, his voice lifts and his eyes light up as he stares down the television screen, moving his chasers down the pitch. He thinks that's a wonderful reason to visit Manila someday. It has to be a part of his course, right? Assuming he's accepted into one. "Wouldn't that be quite the dragon? To be large enough to eat the moon."

Hana Fernandez

lakambini ng namayan, spellmaking apprentice
paintedred

With Ignaci's players in possession, she has her keeper on guard as they near her side of the pitch. The formation of his team is pretty solid which means she shouldn't bother with a steal – she has her chasers wait by the goal so that she can quickly regain possession after he shoots and hopefully misses. "No one knows if it actually eats the moon. My..." she pauses for a bit, trying to remember what the English word for *lolo* is, before finally remembering. "My grandfather tells me it does. Most elders think so, too." she tells him, "But I think it's just a timing thing. The *bakunawa* – that's what it's called – rises from the ocean every eclipse and disappears into the sky." she says, recounting all the times she's watched it happen. "Then the moon disappears because of the eclipse. I can't imagine it actually... eating the moon and being the cause for the eclipse. That would be ridiculous, I think." Her keeper manages to block the shot, and she gains possession quickly. She grins. "Though I guess anything is possible with magic." It's nice knowing he must be interested in this, given his fascination with dragons, after all. Which reminds her... "Maybe you'll study it one day when you're a dragonologist." *When*, not if.

Ignaci Castello

dragonology apprentice
ateleia

Ignaci's team scores and he doesn't give too much of a hoot about it, letting the quaffle fall into one of her players' hands again before switching his controls to his beater. He attempts to track down a bludger, but he's a bit more focused on responding to her. "It would be nicer if it was the dragon - the *bakunawa* -" He attempts it and gets quite close, but not quite. "- if it was that that ate the moon. It would be more magical that way." Since discovering his magical abilities, he has been obsessed with how *fairytale*ish it all it is. He had loved dragons as a boy, then grew to know they genuinely exist and connected with all of their lore and biology. He finds that it's all a bit better when you see how ridiculous it all seems and how if you told a Muggle out on the streets, they would think you were insane. So, yes, he prefers to think the moon is eaten by a bakunawa. "Maybe. I- uh, actually wasn't accepted at the program in Wales, but they offered me a spot at a sister reserve in Portugal. It's smaller and less of an official *program*, but it's an opportunity." He is a bit disappointed, but his tone doesn't show it. He's more upset that he wasted that opportunity for someone else who could have applied instead, but there isn't any point in wallowing about that. Their professor believed in him. He should start believing in himself too. He knows he's capable of becoming a dragonologist someday. It's just going to take a lot of extra last minute effort to do it. "It seems gorgeous. I can send you pictures once we're done."

Hana Fernandez

lakambini ng namayan, spellmaking apprentice
paintedred

"It *is* an opportunity, and it's still going to look impressive on your record once you apply for post-grad dragonology studies." she insists, feeling a bit upset on Ignaci's behalf that he didn't get into the other program. She knows if it were her in his position, she'd be devastated, but he doesn't seem to be particularly bothered about it. She's still focused on the game, but she's more interested in hearing Ignaci's plans for his future studies. "I'd really appreciate that." she tells him. The idea of receiving pictures is so... mundane, but it seems to make Hana's heart glow a bit nonetheless. "And I'm sure you'll enjoy your time in Portugal and at the same time excel in your studies there. It definitely sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun – being able to study your passion in such a beautiful pl – *Tangina!*" Suddenly, the screen flashes golden, and Hana immediately switches into seeker, trying to follow the snitch's trail.

Ignaci Castello

dragonology apprentice
ateleia

Ignaci takes advantage of being in control of his beater, sending a bludger at her seeker before switching control to his own. His eyes dart across the screen, taking in the bright colors and locking eyes on the little golden snitch. "I found a reserve in South Korea that takes students over the winter holidays, which seems awfully long at Hogwarts if I'm honest." Two months worth of being away from school was far too much for someone who struggles with focus. "I might study there- or in Turkey. I found a couple of connections at both. If things go well with the one in Portugal, then the Welsh one might take me on during the term. I could get a pass with ibn-Yasmine and *merda*." His tone is a bit happier when he talks about that versus him being denied. He does care. He just isn't used to expressing how upset he is with his failures. It used to be cool to fail and he's realizing it isn't, but he doesn't need to complain about his own faults either. Besides, he's too focused on the game to have that much infliction in his voice. "What do you have planned for the summer? Other than that birthday party in France." It's a long way to go for just a birthday party, he thinks.

Hana Fernandez

lakambini ng namayan, spellmaking apprentice
paintedred

Hana listens intently. She feels like it's important to know these things about your friends after all if you want to sustain the friendship. "I think that the reserve in South Korea sounds like a viable option, especially considering how long winter break is at Hogwarts, so you'll really be able to maximize your time there. It's good that you were able to find connections in both that one and Turkey – I'm sure Ibn Yasmine will write you a glowing recommendation as well. I'm certain things will go fantastically at Portugal. These things happen for a reason after all." She notices the bludger coming for her seeker and rapidly presses a series of buttons to dodge, involuntarily leaning in her seat as well. "So maybe your experience in Portugal will give you an edge compared to other students once you finally get into the Welsh program." She's unsure if Ignaci would even appreciate all this input she has, but she wants to make sure he feels that she's interested in the things that are important to him. "I'm not too sure what else my family has planned for the summer." she says, eyes trained on the snitch. "Whatever I do mostly depends on them. Last summer, they made me attend a lot of functions with them. I suppose it'll be the same this year. I don't mind." She notices the snitch start moving towards the ground and makes her player dive in an attempt to catch it.

Ignaci Castello

dragonology apprentice
ateleia

He appreciates the input, but receiving it with a more positive slight than usual is, naturally, very awkward to him. He prefers leaving his plans private since so many people harassed him about going into dragon dealing instead - at least when he went to Durmstrang. He isn't used to having someone affirm his faith in his plans so openly, so sure, he finds the support a bit off-putting. "I don't doubt it. It-" He stops as he leans forward and starts aggressively moving the joysticks and slamming on the buttons. His seeker dives forward following hers and he makes the best attempt at getting them to move faster. He should invest in a faster seeker during the next draft. By the time he starts feeling more confident about the pace, noticing how the snitch darts across the pitch and quickly following after it, he has lost his thought entirely. "*Perdó. Perdó,*" he repeats quietly as he stands and squats closer to the television. He raises his voice slightly, so she can hopefully still hear him from his phone's spot on the edge of his bed. "Well, as long as you don't mind, then it must not be too horrible." He isn't sure what her family does, but she's rather vague and he assumes that's because she doesn't want to discuss it. "It's a good thing we have phones, isn't it? Imagine us relying on owls flying across the Indian Ocean." He would find it too intimate. It would be a sweet thing to do with someone he held affection for, but also the cruelty those poor birds would face in the process would be a certain 'no.' Maybe while at Hogwarts when they're simply flying between towers.

Hana Fernandez

lakambini ng namayan, spellmaking apprentice
paintedred

"The poor owls." she says, having entered a similar line of thought. That must be *exhausting*. She trails the snitch, her seeker right beside Ignaci's. Wanting to gain an advantage, she switches to beater mode for a quick second to send a bludger his way... But that costs her the lead, and she doesn't switch back fast enough to recover. It's night, so Hana doesn't want to shout and cause alarm for her entire family, so instead she throws the controller across her room to her bed where it lands with a soft thud and takes a long, deep breath before in order to mitigate her frustration. Finally, she says, slowly, because none of her thoughts are in English right now, "I swear I'm much better than that." she says, as the screen begins flashing with a replay of the final moments of the match. "I *will* beat you next time."

Ignaci Castello

dragonology apprentice
ateleia

Ignaci grins, pumping his fist through the air as he stands and approaches his phone again. He reaches down to mute so he can holler and be more reactionary before she speaks and he hesitates. "I have been playing FIQA longer than you have. It's fine to not be better than me." It's *almost* boasting. He usually doesn't have the chance to do better than a lot of the people that do better than him in school. He never had the opportunity to beat Sonya at FIQA. He just had to get his ass whooped trying to duel her. It feels nice to be better than someone at something, but the feelings disappear rather quickly once it settles how upset she is. "We can finish the season later if you would like? We can sit and talk instead."

Hana Fernandez

lakambini ng namayan, spellmaking apprentice
paintedred

"Sure." Hana nods and leaves the game, shutting down the console, before sitting down on a chair in her room, her background a plain wall. She turns on her video as she runs a hand through her hair to fix it. She doesn't think of asking if Ignaci *wants* to – normally when she calls with her friends, they video chat, and it's always nicer talking to a face, she thinks. "How's your break?" she asks, while waiting for him to connect. "Have you done the assignment for Charms yet?" It's a lengthy essay that Hana had gotten done her first day home mostly to get it out of the way – she isn't particularly fond of Charms so it was a bore to write.

Ignaci Castello

dragonology apprentice
ateleia

Ignaci instinctively shuts down his console, tossing his controller a couple feet away from him (the blow cushioned by his comforter). "*Estellar*... Stellar. It's been stellar," he answers a bit mildly as he turns down towards his phone. He hesitates for a moment, admiring her as she listens to him. Her expression is so...She's beautiful and there isn't any point in denying it. He turns his camera on, grinning at her as he collapses down onto his bed. "I haven't started it. I left that for tomorrow- been too busy with the lads." He nods at her as if she should understand, but he wouldn't put it past her not to. "Anyway, your hair is lovely today. Do anything new with it?" Or maybe he's just noticing now how nice her hair is. Either way, he smiles and tugs at the golden hoop earring in his ear not minding it.