Deserted Classroom

Deserted Classroom
second floor of hogwarts

After Dark Arts was removed from the core curriculum in the 1990's, the classroom where it was taught has gone unused. No classes have moved into the space out of fear of "bad luck" and thus the space became deserted. The caretaker does not even bother coming in here to clean, but some students use the area for group meetings and hangouts if they cannot reserve any official venue (or they're doing something that they don't want to get caught for).

Maya Crawford

begonia, seventh year
paintedred

Maya startles when Kitt suddenly jumps back, knocking into her. "Hey!" she exclaims. Cleaning up is already so *boring* and she does not want to be doing this for longer than necessary. That'll definitely be the case though if Kitt knocks into a bunch of chairs and tables, though Maya recognizes it wouldn't be his fault and instead this very hostile owl is the true problem. The very hostile owl that seems to have calmed intensely at the sight of Lili, perching on her shoulder and sticking its leg out with a letter. "Jesus Christ," she says, smoothing down the wrinkles in her clothes from where Kitt stumbled. "You good, Kitt?" Without thinking, she takes his hand to see if the owl was successful in swiping at him, examining it. She's no healer but she's old enough to pull off a simple healing spell. Right? Maybe. She's not sure. On second thought, whatever it is Kitt can probably handle it.

Kitt Kaeomani

caulerpa, seventh year
paintedred

Luckily, Kitt *isn't* hurt and even if he was, he is more than capable of healing himself or shrugging it off. He is pouting, but that is mostly because the owl did not take too kindly to him when he *loves* animals and has found them to enjoy his company in the past. This one owl is an outlier, but he takes the offense personally as if he has done something wrong. "I'm fine!" he tells Maya, before focusing his attention on the owl again and pulling his hand away. It seems calmer now, but it looks like that's because of Lili's presence. He's a bit jealous, which is irrational considering it's over an owl he's never seen before. He recognizes this and instead tries to reach out again to pet it, but it growls at him. Oh well. At least it didn't try to attack this time. Sighing, he continues, "What's that, Lils?"

Liliana del Rosario

hufflepuff, seventh year
ateleia

Lili is not that efficient of a cleaner just because she often gets distracted by this or that especially when the conversation is so rich, which she's found that it often is with Maya and Kitt. There's a lot to be distracted by, bouncing suddenly with enthusiasm and exclaiming something rather dramatic then just going on and on until she remembers she needs to return her focus towards cleaning. Even the smallest clatter of something falling over is enough of an excuse for her brain to wander off towards something else, so her head turns the moment things start to fall (and especially once the video projector shatters on the floor). Her eyes illuminate at the very sight of her friendly companion, but tries to contain her excitement as she notices that it is at first focused on Kitt. Her and Kairos' little bird friend would never be so terrible, so she doesn't seem to notice that he's being aggressive towards her much larger human friend until he sighs and turns to her. It's an opportunity for her to bounce over, ponytail swaying as she excitedly brings her hands together. "He's Horton!" she tells them, lowering herself down to face the little guy and untie her letter from around its leg. "Or... His name might be Horton. I don't know yet!" Lili smiles, very few thoughts can be seen behind her eyes as she seems absolutely charmed by the creature. Once the letter is in her hands, she holds her arm out for him to hop onto and she swings around to face them. Her letter is tucked neatly into the large pocket of her sweater, mind absolutely caught on the contents of this letter and what Kairos might want to say to her this time. It would be a little embarrassing if he didn't appreciate the name Horton after she had just told Maya and Kitt, but he seems to appreciate her ideas, right? Not a lot to base that off of though... Her smile slowly fades, accidentally licking her lip gloss when she goes to nervously bite down on the piece of flesh. Her eyes glance towards the bird before towards her friends again. "Isn't he cute?" she exclaims, eyebrows raising as she starts to smile again. Her doubt is quickly abandoned.

Maya Crawford

begonia, seventh year
paintedred

Unlike Kitt, Maya is not that much of an animal person. It took her a while to warm up to moving plants, in fact, but her love for Chrys has helped immensely in that regard. She can deal with insects too (or at least, a lot better than she would have been able to befoer!), and that is also thanks to Chrys and her family. Maya, always glued to her phone, does not see the charm of writing letters and having an owl carry them from person to person. It is so much more convenient to text someone. She cannot imagine having to wait days or even weeks before getting a reply from her friends. Lili is being awfully patient for someone she's never even met before, in her opinion. And boys are so ugly too... Lili can do better, she thinks. "It is, yeah!" she says, nonetheless. She appreciates at the very least that it has *character*.

Kitt Kaeomani

caulerpa, seventh year
paintedred

Kitt's pride is still wounded from the animal not liking him very much, but he is not a liar and thus cannot lie and say that it's not cute when he finds it oh-so adorable. Kitt has similar sentiments about most animals, though. "*Very* cute." he says, the pout audible in his voice. He just wants it to *love* him, which is melodramatic, but Kitt feels most emotions rather dramatically. "Is this your family owl?" he asks, looking genuinely interested. Then, he sees Maya roll her eyes fondly out of the corner of his eyes and a light bulb goes off in his head, as most of Kitt's thoughts typically occur. "Oh, oh! This is from the mystery pen pal, isn't it? The one that *sounds* cute?" Kitt laughs, remembering their conversation in the group chat. "Open it!"

Liliana del Rosario

hufflepuff, seventh year
ateleia

Watching the light illuminate above his head forces a short laugh out of her, but she stands with unease and teeters from one foot to the other as she tries to calculate a response in a timely fashion. Her impulse tells her not to, so her head sways in protest. "I couldn't do that to him," she insists, reaching for the letter and holding it close to her chest. Her pout is instant and dramatic, glancing between them as if nervous they might just lunge forward and rip it from her gentle grasp. "We're *friends*. He isn't a mystery." It's possibly a bit too naive of her to just trust that the person the other end of this communication is being honest. It hasn't occurred to Lili that he could truly be a hundred year old wizard who is preying on teenagers, but she trusts that he is being honest. His self-deprecation doesn't quite follow the logic that he might be lying because she sees no reason in saying these things to entice others. Kairos' letters can be depressing at times, and she sometimes gets worried for him though she tries to not fret over this in her letters to him. Still the point is that him lying does not seem to be an option and she therefore doesn't consider him to be a mystery at all. "Also, he *is* cute; he is definitely cute. If you could *read* it, you would just *know*. He sounds cute." Now that he isn't Greek, it gives her some more security in the fact that he might actually be attractive. "Trust me," she says, almost whining as she pouts at them. One of her fingers runs along the edge of the letter, reminding herself that it's still there.

Maya Crawford

begonia, seventh year
paintedred

Truthfully, Maya *is* tempted to just snatch it but she doesn't want to upset Lili when she is so important to her. She will just have to pry more and then complain about this situation to her girlfriend. If only she cared about hurting Lili's feelings less... She's kidding! But really, if it were anyone else, she would care less about their privacy. "Well, we *could* read it if you let us." she starts, but then she sees the pout on Lili's face. "I'm joking! Let us know what he said though once you're done reading it." It is important to Maya that someone is aware of what's going on in these letters just in case this mystery boy is not all that he seems. If he pulls *anything*, Maya has all the money in the world to track him down and give him hell. He is definitely no match for her, Maya thinks. She can take him, one hundred percent, she thinks, despite knowing next to nothing about him. He's probably a nerd, anyway. Only nerds would write letters like this. She thinks of her other friends who would likely engage in such an activity. Fionn probably writes letters, she thinks, bless him. Still a nerd. Lili is excluded from this generalization, of course, since she knows Lili is doing this to be nice.

Kitt Kaeomani

caulerpa, seventh year
paintedred

"You can read it *nowwww*," Kitt offers, dragging out the last word. "How long can it be?" Kitt knows if he were in Lili's shoes, he would want to open the letter immediately. Kitt has never done well with patience unless he is actively trying to discipline himself or he is completing some sort of important task. "Do you know his name, at least?" he asks. He doesn't think it's been mentioned to them before. Lili might want to keep it to herself, though; he understands that sometimes people keep things a secret for it to be more special. However, a name would be much appreciated since 'mystery pen pal' is a bit of a mouthful. "Maybe we can ask around about him. If he was in the year above us, then maybe someone knows him? Or is it a very common name?"

Liliana del Rosario

hufflepuff, seventh year
ateleia

Lili frowns, still glancing between them. A part of her feels cornered, but she knows she has no reason to feel that way or at least very strongly wants to believe that she isn't. If she knew that Maya was even tempted to snatch the letter from her hands, she would probably wilt and eventually cry. It feels justified considering how much of an invasion of her space and privacy that would be. Getting a question distracts her, but she slowly edges her way towards one of the tables and chairs that have been put down only to just sit on top of the table anyways. "His name is Kairos!" she tells them, voice chipper as she shifts her weight and lowers her arm down for Horton to hop off. Letting him fly around is generally not a great idea. "We have treats in HG-12," she whispers to the bird, noticing a few feathers out of place and moving them gently with one of her fingers. Pringle told her not to touch them unless she's familiar, but she is very familiar with Horton at this point. Lili wonders silently how close he is to Kairos, who he spends far more time with. Clearly he is caring for him well enough. A modest display of happiness shows on her face before she turns to face her friends again. "I don't knowww. I don't want to know anything that he doesn't just tell me himself. It's disrespectful," she huffs rather firmly to show she's serious. Kairos seems to be a very private person, who has trusted her. Lili would not want to start snooping into the ongoings of his life without his knowledge. It's breaking the progression of their friendship. "Anyway! I'll read it if you don't mind me... doing that. I really want to read it, but I really want to clean too—" Obviously, that is a lie, but she does want to do something so the responsibility of the mess is not all on them. "I'll continue once I've finished it!" she insists.

Maya Crawford

begonia, seventh year
paintedred

Maya is curious and wants to know what's in that letter ASAP. She feels that she's better making a case in person than she is over text for her suspicion that 'Kairos' is some sort of creep that Lili should be more cautious about. Nonetheless, what's the worst that could happen? It's not as if he can come to her in Hogwarts, and if he ever requests to meet her in person then Maya can insist on tagging along. She is not afraid to hex him if he tries anything. "You should read it out loud," she says, but she's laughing so that Lili knows she is joking when she says this. Even if Maya is only half-joking, it's important to her that Lili knows she isn't being too serious. "Kairos... What kind of name is that?" Sounds a bit douche-y, honestly, but Maya was already not his biggest fan to begin with. She understands she can be a bit harsh.

Kitt Kaeomani

caulerpa, seventh year
paintedred

"It's Greek!" Kitt chimes in, waving goodbye at Horton as he hops away to exit the room, presumably in the direction of either the common room or the owlery. The owl does not mind him, so Kitt tries to approach Horton again, only to be met with a soft screech. Oh well. At least he *tried*. "Well, Ancient Greek." he corrects himself. Kitt has spent a lot of time reading so he is familiar with these otherwise useless facts about words and all sorts of things. It always makes him so pleased with himself when a fun fact is relevant enough to the discussion to be mentioned. Sharing this information always makes him feel at least a little bit useful. "It means the most right and opportune moment." Kitt, growing up around the people he did, really should be more wary of people's intentions. Still, he doesn't see the point in expecting the worst from people anymore. It would just depress him. He's no longer in that sort of environment and he's actively trying to convince himself of it, so there's no point in being suspicious of this anymore when he is so happy. He continues cleaning the room, not minding that Lili has sat down to read. "Do you think you'll meet soon?"

Liliana del Rosario

hufflepuff, seventh year
ateleia

Her mouth opens to answer Maya's question, but then Kitt does and her face illuminates with excitement that he recognizes it. He is so intelligent, and it really fascinates her. When she had searched for her friend's name, she had thought it just meant *time*, so hearing this new explanation tickles her and she closes her eyes and shimmies slightly in excitement. Kairos *did* enter her life at the right and opportune moment! "It's a gorgeous name," she says in defense of it, turning down to slowly slide her finger into the crease of the letter. Liliana is very set on preserving all of them, so she tries not to destroy them during opening. She wonders silently if he does the same with hers especially since she puts so much care into creating something pretty for him. Once it's open, she turns to face them again. Her hands absentmindedly remove the letter, feeling a rush of anticipation that she is trying her best to hide from her face. "I don't know! I don't think so. I don't see why we would need to." Naturally, she wants to, but she doesn't get the impression that the letters are much more than what they appear to be: just letters. Apart from him recognizing that they're friends (or at least that is how she chose to interpret it), she doesn't want to get too excited about something he just might not want from her. Even with that being the case, she blushes and turns down towards the letter again. It's impossible for her to switch her focus between the two conversations, so she just stares at her name on the top. "It *would* be wonderful. I would want to someday." With that acknowledged, she begins reading it, positioning herself away from her friends so they can't swoop in over her shoulder.

Maya Crawford

begonia, seventh year
paintedred

Maya quickly realizes that if they keep chattering away then Lili won't be able to keep herself from joining in on the discussion, and then she won't finish reading the letter sooner. She knows this because she is exactly the same. She sees Kitt about to start a new topic, probably, and she moves towards him before he can hover near Lili and pester her while she's reading. "Maybe someday!" is all she says, not wanting to show as much judgment anymore. She doesn't want Lili to feel as if she has to defend herself or this Kairos; she wouldn't want Lili to feel defensive in this friendship when Maya loves her so much and she is already one of her closest friends. How mature of her, she muses, almost rolling her eyes at herself. Sometimes she wishes she were younger again and cared less about being annoying.

Kitt Kaeomani

caulerpa, seventh year
paintedred

True enough, he *is* about to start chattering away with Lili again, then Maya approaches him and shoots him a look. He is confused, since all he wanted to do was talk to his friend, but as with most other things, Kitt pieces it together rather quickly and his mouth forms a tiny 'o' in realization. He nods, agreeing to be quiet for the meantime, using his wand to fix up the rest of the classroom. Honestly, this'll be done in no time considering that they have *magic* at their disposal and the people they were with last night were not very rambunctious or messy. And Maya had been warning him that parties tend to get wild... Looks like she was wrong! From time to time he glances at Lili reading her letter and immediately he also begins daydreaming about having someone to exchange letters with. Perhaps he could convince Winter or Darshini to write him, but they're already in the Slytherin dormitories so it would not be very exciting. Hmm... Maybe Fatiha? Except he would not be able to go very long without properly talking to her, and that would not give him much content for letters. That reminds him to text her and ask if she enjoyed the party. He'll have to do that later.

Liliana del Rosario

hufflepuff, seventh year
ateleia

Maya's positivity is appreciated and she opens her mouth to continue down that road, but she glances towards them and they've turned away from her. At first, she frowns before it dawns on her that they're giving her space. Liliana turns down towards the letter, still focused on how her name appears in his handwriting. It lingers for a while before she begins, leaning forward onto one of her hands as she stares with wide eyes and plenty of concentration. A pleasant expression falls over her lovey dovey face until she catches how he feels so underwhelmed with himself and his words and how he will have shorter letters for her in the future: a horror story. His insecurity and subsequent irrationality is upsetting to her, but she knows she cannot do anything to force him out of it. Hopefully, he will learn to appreciate himself more. Her reading continues from there, then the line *On that note, your letters and this unlikely friendship are two items off of a very short list.* appears. Ignoring the fact that the list is short, which she finds upsetting, she lets out a soft "*Aww*" before pouting and continuing on. It stops abruptly when he begins describing why he wouldn't want to be a parent, but she understands and decides not to judge him. To her, it's such a necessary progression to her life, but it's fine that not everyone wants to. It's easy for her to list some parents who just should not have been parents. It's a good thing that he seems to recognize that within himself, she concludes, so it isn't so depressing. His line about no one wanting to be with him sits in her mind for a while even after she passes it, knowing it will be there for sometime. Much of the letter is reacted to with pouting and light *aww*-ing before she laughs at the ending and her mind floats over to his name just above that. Lili is really gushing now, face full of delight and sheer glee. "Done!" she announces a minute later, folding the letter and tucking it into the loose pocket of her sweater. It's exchanged for her wand, bouncing out of the seat and over to the center of the room. Lili is still beaming as she starts fixing things around the room. "Horton *is* his name now! He agreed." A part of her thought that that might be too embarrassing especially to someone who seems so intelligent, but he is turning out far less intimidating than he was during those first two letters. "And he told me he can assist me with Mythology! Isn't that nice?"

Maya Crawford

begonia, seventh year
paintedred

The classroom is more or less all fixed up now, and she is pleased by this so that she can fully pay attention to Lili as she gushes over the letter. She would not want to be distracted whiel getting these details, not that Lili is providing very much. This is very unusual to Maya, who is so used to documenting her life and publicizing all its details for everyone to see. She has never understood why keeping things to yourself would make them more special; wouldn't you want to share it then with everyone if it brought you so much joy? Oh well. To each their own. "Was that the *whole* letter?" she presses. She remembers seeing the length of the letter and adds, "You should tell Kairos to reply faster if he plans on helping you with your homework. He takes so long in between responses..." Maya complains. She is an impatient person by nature. "It's useless for him to like, offer help if he's not going to be able to help you in time." She is being too harsh on him, Maya realizes. "But it's totally awesome that he offered." Maya sits on top of a table as she finishes her point, despite there being a perfectly good chair next to it.

Kitt Kaeomani

caulerpa, seventh year
paintedred

"That's so kind!" Kitt exclaims, perking up as he finishes vanishing the last of the blankets and pillows they had conjured last night. He feels in his heart that this Kairos is a good person and that his correspondence with Lili is the universe rewarding two good people with the other's company. He might be even more heartbroken than Lili if this goes sour. "Who's your partner in Mythology again?" Kitt is not taking Mythology, otherwise he would have probably remembered. He has found it comforting to know who is paired up where so he can get a better idea of how people view each other and how often they interact. It brings a sense of structure to the otherwise complicated social dynamics that he has not fully acclimatized himself to. That, and Kitt just has a really good memory. It's easy for him to picture the classroom and remember who's sitting next to who.

Liliana del Rosario

hufflepuff, seventh year
ateleia

Maya is frustrating her, but she finds comfort in Kitt's positivity. Her mind seems to struggle with a response to such criticism, but the struggle is more so in getting it to reach her mouth. Her head is spinning with an eager defense of her friend's slow responses. "Obviously not! But- But our business isn't any of yours, Maya," she tells her, pocketing her wand rather dramatically as she spins around to stare at her. "And his letters are beautiful and deserve the time spent on them." Naturally, she imagines that he spends a lot of time wondering what he should write. With Horton hopping around his apartment, she can't imagine he's just forgetting to respond to her that whole time. "It wasn't useless. It was thoughtful," she gives her last bit of defense. It isn't much of one, but she doesn't want to argue with Maya either. Her friend tends to be impatient, and she understands that. There's just no need to project that on Kairos. "It's really nice..." she adds quietly, hands falling into her pockets just so she can run her fingers along the letter to ensure it's still there. Her mother is a Mythology professor anyways, so she doesn't need the assistance. Maybe she just wanted him to do something for her. Considering how delighted she was by this offer, which was actually the second time he mentioned it, it's really obvious that she loves the thought of someone wanting to do something for her whether they have the opportunity to or not. "Oh! Demi, but she's..." Lili sighs, not wanting to say it. "I don't knowww. I don't think she's the best partner." Saying anything about how she doesn't communicate feels unnecessarily mean, so she holds onto that thought. What she said was mean enough.

Maya Crawford

begonia, seventh year
paintedred

Maya immediately softens at Lili's defense, resolving not to criticize any longer. How strong this resolve will be is still left to be seen, and will likely crack in a day or to. Maya was never one for self-control. She decides this topic of Kairos is just going to egg her on, so instead she zeroes in on Lili's mention of Demi. Maya adores Demi, but she can imagine what being partnered with her is like in Mythology. They're together in Charms, but at least there's a lot of spellwork there. "Oh, I get you! Just to be clear though, I *loooove* Demi," She stretches out the word to show she means it, and she means it a lot. "But it's confusing sometimes when she just...stops talking?" Maya has not yet figured out that majority of the time this happens, Demi is asking a question. Often, it results in Maya just staring and then moving the conversation some place else. "I don't know. *Fionn* understands her perfectly! Maybe that's why they're partners in so many subjects." The mention of Fionn and Demi, who have very swiftly become her second favorite couple next to herself and Chrys elicits a giggle.

Kitt Kaeomani

caulerpa, seventh year
paintedred

"Fionn is..." Kitt very noticeable pauses. Fionn is nice! He is just a bit unnerving to be around. It is funny that Kitt should be so bothered, but something about his very presence is eerie. They talked for a bit last time and Fionn's vocabulary often made Kitt feel as if he needed to keep up somehow intellectually. "I like Fionn!" he settles on, "He and Demi are very cute. Such great friends!" It is easier thinking of the two of them as a unit. On their own, they are odd and difficult for Kitt to understand, but together, their shared weirdness has a calm sort of aura about it that makes it endearing. "Did you see them last night?" he asks, though of course, everyone did. "He told me that before they want to the party, he was reading to her by the Willow. Isn't that so sweet? They're very lucky to have best friends like each other." Kitt does not see anything romantic about their interactions, but Kitt rarely sees the romance in most things.

Liliana del Rosario

hufflepuff, seventh year
ateleia

"They're nice!" she says, not wanting to appear as if she is at odds with either of them. Naturally, it would be very easy to be at odds with either of them because they themselves are very *odd* and therefore seemingly force every conversation into a cripplingly awkward direction that not even Lili can find her way out of. It appears that that's a shared experience though, which brings her some comfort. "They're cuuute too! Is everyone certain they're not dating? I don't really..." It feels terrible to say she doesn't believe them because she really should, so she seems a little embarrassed and then moves onto a different sentence. "I don't know!" Lili laughs. "Valya told me yesterday that he has a theory that they are and that Fionn is just playing stupid when he mentions it." Another small laugh, she brings her hands together in front of her chest and shifts her weight between her feet. Just the thought amuses her greatly, but she also hopelessly believes it to be true. Picturing them at the Whomping Willow together is also just too pure to be true. "Aw, goodness... I just don't know how they could do that and not be in love. It's so sweet..."

Maya Crawford

begonia, seventh year
paintedred

"Right? *Right?*" Her volume only increases when she's excited – Maya has never properly understood the concept of or need for an indoor voice. She is excited and she wants the world to know, of *course* she is going to be loud! "They *are* in love, I'm so, so sure of it." She has seen the way the two look at each other (nearly everyone has; it is not an uncommon sight seeing the two of each other engaging in some sort of staring contest in the common room). "And no! I think Fionn genuinely doesn't know. I always ask him about it and he always says that Demi's just his best friend." Maya lets out a small 'hmph' when she recounts this. "And Fionn is not the type to lie. I know you both transferred in but he's really not the type. You'll understand if you talk to him more!" Fionn reminds Maya of the sort of character she would find in a book too boring for her to read, and she means this in the most complimentary way.

Kitt Kaeomani

caulerpa, seventh year
paintedred

Kitt scrunches up his face in confusion. "What do you mean he *doesn't* know?" he asks, sounding genuinely so bewildered. "I don't think he likes Demi that way." he says, "They would be probably be dating by now if he did!" It's as simple as that to Kitt. In truth, he does not see why they would want to risk losing a perfectly good friendship by getting feelings involved, when romance often goes so awry. "They're best friends, that's all. I'm sure." Maya scoffs so Kitt sticks his tongue out rather childishly at her before continuing. "Anyway! Do you think everyone enjoyed last night?" It seems like they did, but he'll have to annoy Winter and Fatiha about it later. They would be honest with him, he's sure. "*I* had a lot of fun." he says, "We should do it again sometime! I really liked this group of people."

Liliana del Rosario

hufflepuff, seventh year
ateleia

Lili erupts into laughter over how vocal her friend is about this... controversy of sorts. It's so obvious to everyone, yet they don't see it. It's mind-blowing to her, but she tends to find the romance in most things. "They *definitely* love each other," she confirms. However, she loves Maya and Kitt too; so it doesn't prove anything. Speaking of, the latter's confusion is so endearing and she briefly wonders what about him would lead him to have such a perspective, but she doesn't have much time to think about it. Instead she catches how he juts his tongue out in their other friend's direction and she chuckles. "I think so! I don't know why they wouldn't..." Nothing went terribly wrong. Nothing went even mildly wrong apart from the fact that Demi found it so boring that she slept through part of the movie, but then again, she's noticed that she tends to do that a lot. "We shoulddd! That would be fantastic," she says, brightening her mood. Lili isn't sure anymore if she's a parties person or not because she had enjoyed last night so much. It wasn't a true party-party though, so she probably shouldn't go around telling others that she *loves* parties. "Oh! I won't see Fatiha until Monday, but someone needs to tell her that the treats were delicious. My night wouldn't have been complete without *sugar*." A grin appears on her face as she says the word, eyes widening as she says it with enthusiasm. Sugar is not necessarily a driving force of hers, but she loves a good treat from time to time. "Or actually, we have everyone's Witchagrams now. Never mind!" Liliana laughs nervously, pushing her hair behind her ear and then tracing down it before playing with the ends. "Inviting her was a good idea! I've never seen her say so much before..."

Maya Crawford

begonia, seventh year
paintedred

Oh, Fatiha's treats were *so* delicious. It *was* such a great idea to ask her to come. "Kitt invited her, right?" she asks, "Are you two close?" She saw that Kitt had mostly kept to her side the entire night, which was admittedly a bit funny to Maya considering how happy Kitt looked in comparison to Fatiha's seemingly perpetual state of slight panic. She would have intervened, but it doesn't seem that she was too bothered or too anxious about everything going on. Hopefully. Maya's always been bad at estimating people's thresholds for stressful situations, probably because she has never really found herself in one. More often than not, *she* is the stressful situation. "She is *such* a sweetheart – I'll definitely start talking to her more often! She's so nice." She hadn't gotten the opportunity to last night because *Ant* was busy lurking as he gathered the courage to apologize, so *she* was busy avoiding him. To no avail, though, but it's fine because the apology was much-appreciated in the end.

Kitt Kaeomani

caulerpa, seventh year
paintedred

His eyes light up the moment Fatiha is brought up. Kitt is *very* proud of his friends, and Fatiha is already a friend that is so dear to him. "I'll tell her!" he immediately volunteers, "You should also message her, though, I think she would appreciate that!" She deserves all the compliments she can get, especially when her baking skills are so superb and she was generous enough to share what she made with them last night. She is so *nice*. It's a small gesture, yes, but it is still so amazing to Kitt considering that he had been led to believe for so long that people are not inherently kind like Fatiha is. "She is so cool. You know she started this organization to help ghosts? It's called *SPECTER*! Imagine – she wants to help *ghosts*? That is so stellar." He is gushing and he's well-aware of that, but she deserves it so he isn't embarrassed. "And it's so great that we all have each other's Witchagrams now too. We should use the group chat more often!" Hopefully they will find a use for it. He wouldn't want this party to be a one time thing.

Liliana del Rosario

hufflepuff, seventh year
ateleia

Lili distrusts spirits and her gaze darts towards Maya the moment SPECTER comes into conversation, side-eyeing her with unease before facing the third member of their group. Kitt seems pleased by this though, and she's unsure at worst, so she stays silent as can be when you're a little chatterbox. Her smile is pained, eyebrows knit in the middle of her freckled forehead. "It's so nice!" she mirrors. Lili supposes that it is a stellar thing. It will mean less ghosts, right? They're so terrifying. Shifting the conversation towards the party again is welcomed and her demeanor noticeably brightens. "I will find *something*! I'm certain." It doesn't hurt to message it and have no one respond... Well, she *would* cry about it, put on a sad playlist, and wallow to Maya and Kitt about how humiliating it was until she eventually bounced back perfectly fine. Realistically, that's not that terrible. Besides! Maya and Kitt will definitely respond to her at the very least. Valya would too, but he's too eager to text just about *anyone* about *anything*. It's so amusing to her. "We're in Charms together? I think so..." Lili spins around and verifies that the room is completely clean as she continues to contemplate this, but she catches a piece of something and leans over to pick it off of the ground. When she pockets it, she instantly forgets what she was even talking about. "Are we done?"

Maya Crawford

begonia, seventh year
paintedred

The room *is* completely clean, which means Pringle won't be able to give them shit about leaving it in disarray and that's all that matters to Maya. "Charms?" she asks. Maya does not pay attention enough in *any* of her classes to confirm whether or not that's correct. She always picks the seat closest to the window so she can stare outside and daydream. Charms is a boring most of the time too, especially with *Hawke* teaching it, but she supposes it has its practical uses. Satisfied with the look of the classroom, she hops off the table and begins to approach the door. "Maybe we can all group up in case Hawke like, assigns a big project again. We had one in sixth year, but neither of you were here yet." She giggles as she finishes up her sentence. Maya is so glad they are *now* since this little trio truly makes her feel as if she's found her people. "That would be awesome!"

Kitt Kaeomani

caulerpa, seventh year
paintedred

"Yes, we are!" he says after a moment's hesitation, his mind trying to put together the layout of the classroom and where everyone is seated. Then, he realizes that both Lili *and* Maya asked questions so he continues, "As in, yes we *are* done and yes we are all in Charms together." His clarification is accompanied by a nervous laugh as he follows Maya to the exit. He already has his phone out now that they're all finished, scrolling through his Witchagram inbox to find Fatiha's name (not that he has to scroll very far) so that he can tell her about how much Maya and Lili loved her treats. It gives him an excuse to talk to her and more importantly compliment her, and that brings a smile to his face. "Do you guys want to visit the Greenhouse after this? To check on the puffapod?" he suggests as the trio make their way down the hall. Kitt cannot stop smiling. It is so stellar having friends.