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Smirking to herself, Seren was curious as to why Dash decided to follow her of all people. Didn't she annoy him? Didn't Gryffindors annoy him? Either way, his voice was more authorative than hers, so it was probably a good thing he'd come with her.
"Brilliant thinking Kurumi."
See! Lions didn't have to be all brawn and no brain. This was exactly what they needed, a bright example of how not to charge around arms flailing looking tough with their shirts off.
"Alright everyone, let's devise a plan, HOW can we capture the elf without scaring it off? Remember we don't want to hurt it."
"Maybe we could trick it into COMING to us instead?"
Go Lions! Sit! Think! Plan!
Kurumi smiled in Professor Bentley's direction. She was glad that she, and the prefect assumed Professor Scabior felt the same, felt that running around chasing after the little creature wasn't the way to go about things. Having lived with Walnut for the past four terms in the dorms was a sure indication of this. Whenever he did something bad and she would chase him around the place, it never resulted in anything good and the dorms usually ended up looking like a war zone.
It was now that Kurumi turned to the box of cookies that she just hadn't felt the desire to set out on the table yet - saying good bye to seventh years had distracted her from playing her role of Cookie Girl. "
What if...we charm these cookies to dance around this end of the table?" Kurumi asked as she opened the lid on the box to reveal its
cookie contents. Kurumi wasn't entirely sure about whether or not house elves were the cookie type, but when one looked at what all had been taken from various locations in the school, the only thing that was certain was that the little guy was a bit of a kleptomaniac. She thought a bit more and then looked down at her feet.
OF COURSE! Why hadn't she thought of this before?
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Professor! Socks! We should all remove our socks as well!" House elves liked socks, historically speaking. She understood the principles behind the mature house elves and clothing, but this was a baby house elf...perhaps this whole idea of enslavement wasn't applicable yet? Was this little guy to blame for the snowmen too? That was more proof that the principles didn't apply, right? House elves never used their magic besides mundane work due to the whole concept of "enslavement." Kurumi hated that word and she even wrinkled her nose a bit thinking about it.
Focusing back on those surrounding her, Kurumi slipped off her school shoes along with her
sleeping bear socks.