After giving Nessie a quick wink, Kurumi's attention was drawn back to who she now confirmed with the logical side of her brain to be Elijah NOT polyjuiced Lewis and Vickers...who was playing along with Elijah and his antics. Summer certainly had changed Vickers...

Pygmy puff noises somewhat started Kurumi and she ended up glancing over her shoulder again, about to ask Nessie if she should help the captain give him a bath again this term when Milton spoke to her. "Oh, um, I actually have some more in my bag..." she said trailing off. Maybe she really SHOULD have made cookies for each person. Only she didn't know who would be what role and the Gryffindor preferred to make things individualized - as in making their favorite cookies - and she couldn't do that without knowing who was what role. "But you should tell me your favorite cookie for next time."

But then her attention was caught by Dylan giving her a look. What?! Did she have something on her face? DID HE NOT LIKE THE COOKIES?!

Then the compartment door opened AGAIN and...Richard? The boy who had asked her where she had been all his life made his presence known and Kurumi felt as though the walls of the compartment were about to collapse on her. "H-Hey, Richard," Kurumi said, simply unable to NOT greet someone.

THERE WAS TOO MUCH AWKWARD IN HERE RIGHT NOW!

At least Selina had actually introduced herself now? That took SOME of the awkward away at least....

And then the compartment door was open again and... "Emmaleigh! I haven't seen you in so long!" Kurumi chirped, GLAD for a distraction from all the awkward turtle that was going on in this compartment. Again, she was SO glad that Walnut was still in his carrier. Merlin help her if he hadn't been.

Kurumi was about to move awaaaaaaaaay from all the awkward when one of the guests spoke and Kurumi simply FROZE. The new....HEADMISTRESS was in here? Thank her lucky stars she had kept her poise and greeted properly with a formal bow earlier. Bowing her head once more to the guests, Kurumi finally moved towards a seat when the man stopped her.

HE WANTED COOKIES TOO?!

"Yes, sir," Kurumi said with a bow again as she rummaged through her bag for another tin. Seeing as this was her last term, she had tripled her cookie recipe in preparation for the feast and as a distraction from her thoughts...but it looked like she would be needed these MUCH sooner than she had anticipated. Removing gold box, she removed the top and offered its contents to him. "Baking has always been a passion of mine."

NOW that cookies had all been handed out, YES?!, Kurumi, turned towards the new Headmistress and offered her one more especially deep bow. Wait...Truebridge? "Headmistress Truebridge, it's an honor," she said with as steady a voice as she could muster. It WAS a little nerve wracking to suddenly be thrown into a compartment of awkward crazy pants and find out that the new Headmistress was in here too. "If it is not too forward of me to ask...does your last name have any relation to a former Hogwarts professor?" Professor Truebridge had taught Kurumi Ancient Runes one term and had quickly become one of her favorite professors. She was sad when he did not return.

Kurumi finally sat down with Selina on one side and a space saved for Lewis on the other....or not. Kurumi's body tensed just a little bit and her cheeks flushed....only to soon have all the color drain from her face when he called her his little pygmy puff.

HOW DID ELIJAH KNOW THAT PET NAME?!

That conversation had been....welll....Kurumi blushed a bit more and averted her eyes towards the ground for her moment as her hands tugged on the fabric of her jean shorts. If Elijah wasn't careful...she was gonna slap him....or hex him. She was more prone to hexing Hufflepuffs it seemed. "Is this your way of keeping an eye on me?" she hissed under her breath. Since, you know, THAT had been his reasoning for what the Aparecium had written about him.

And yes, Vickers, you were getting eyebrow raises too....