( open ) ❝ Door number two - it's for you, little lady...❞

[sorryitasedyou]

Who: 5th Year Hufflepuff Prefect, Darcy Lewis & You!
Where: All over the Mansion
When: October 1st to 5th
Rating: Probably up to PG-13, will update as needed
Summary: Various starters under cut for the Hogwarts event, including a study group opportunity across the houses
The Story:

❖ Attempting to study, Hufflepuff homeroom and the Library
❖ Tutoring for Ancient Runes (w/ Nathan Drake) and DADA (w/ John Winchester)
❖ Hogsmeade
❖ Around Hogwarts/The Dining Hall
❖ Choose your own Adventure!

[ ooc: responses will come from incomingsass, starters all below - will match style. Feel free to hit me up @ riddlesinthedark or through PM if you'd like to work something out/set something up. ]

Comments

Closed • Tutoring for Ancient Runes

[incomingsass]

[ Darcy hated Ancient Runes. Ok, maybe hate's a strong word... But there's really no love lost with the subject. Granted, if her plan of possibly working for the Ministry of Magic was going to come to fruition, she needed to be well-versed in the topic. So, she'd reached out for help. Sure, the help was probably not the best choice in terms of staying on topic and not getting distracted by his enthusiasm and those dreamy eyes, but it worked. It also usually got her out of the mansion and added a little excitement to her day depending on where he asked her to meet him.

Today, apparently, was no different. She'd learned to prepare accordingly, packing light for the study session and dressing to move. She's even got a cute little yellow ribbon for a headband and didn't spend an hour getting ready to just look like she threw it all together. /awkward cough ]

[rescribere]

[Nate isn't a "professional" tutor, but neither is he a crappy one.

He sort of fell into it by random happenstance when another student asked him for help while studying for O.W.L.s, and as with many things in his life it kept happening. So he tries to shake it up, breaks the monotony of constant in-library work with offers to take people outside into different environments. Whether they better facilitate the learning process he doesn't really know, but it keeps everybody sane.

Nate isn't cruel enough to spring completely foreign locations on people - usually they get waypoints, or landmarks for orientation - and today he's decided to meet with the student in question before walking to the outdoor spot.]

Hey.

[He finds Darcy down by the kitchen, in front of the barrels that Hufflepuff students say will lead to their house - having never seen it and not wanting to risk being covered in vinegar, Nate takes their word for it. He grins at her.]

Been a while since the last session. Thought you'd forgotten all about me.

[incomingsass]

[ Not even five minutes with him and she's already blushing. Off to a good start. ] Yeah, my schedule got a little crazy with helping out in Arithmancy and being a prefect... But I couldn't forget about you. [ OH GOD, QUICK SAVE TO KEEP IT FROM SOUNDING CHEESY. ] You make Ancient Runes interesting and understandable. Hard to forget someone that talented at... um, that.

[ Nailed it. 2smooth4school ]

So! Where are we off to today so we can make up for lost time?

[ Because she's not about to let that particular fail linger in the air like a bad fart. Not that she did that great of a job at moving past the topic. She's learning through trial and a lot of error. 'Tis the year for her to try and blossom out of her awkward phase. Gotta start somewhere. ]

[rescribere]

[Nate, who is blessedly oblivious to the reason behind most of her fumbling, only grins encouragingly. Which...might not be helping her situation.]

Uhhh I was thinking the opposite side of the lake? Sun's out so it should be pretty nice.

[Hand nonchalantly slipping around to the small of her back, he gestures to the space in front of them.]

You're not opposed to a walk, right?

[incomingsass]

[ Definitely not helping. Oh boy. ]

Yeah, that-- [ THAT'S A HAND AND PLS EXCUSE HER WHILE SHE INTERNALLY SCREAMS. Keep it cool, Darcy. ] --that should be really nice. Good weather outside, sun, not too much wind.

[ She'll even start moving forward if only in an attempt to remember how speak in more complex sentences and not talking about the weather and topping out at 2 syllables as her max brain capacity. ]

Walking is good, it's great. Bonus, no stairs trying to kill me today. [ Look, she can play cool and keep it casual. ]

[rescribere]

When were the stairs trying to kill you?

[he asks conversationally, digging around in his satchel for something. Nate's own notes and personal experience are much more reliable than their Ancient Runes textbook, which he has conveniently left behind for today's lesson. Darcy's rambling comes second fiddle to the real, questionable meat of their talk.]

Was it the fourth floor set? Because I always end up missing them when they change and have to scale the wall just to make it to class.

[You know. As one does.]