SPOILER!!: Kyroh and Marcus!
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Kaos.Doodles 
Hold his hand? Kyroh's nose scrunched slightly as he made a face. "But then everyone will think that i'm a baby or something." Because he needed to hold someones HAND.
A boy and a girl approached them and Kyroh looked up and blinked because ...the boy knew his name? How'd he know that? He had seen the boy before Kyroh was sure of it but he had never spoken to him and NOW HE KNEW HIS NAME!?!?!?
The first year shuffled backwards a little bit as the boy continued to talk to him. His eyes flickered to Vesper once the boy left and he couldn't help but feel a little...scared?
The boy returned and Kyroh accepted the skates from him without a word. Random boy knew his name. And random boy was giving him skates that should fit. THAT MEANT HE KNEW HIS SHOE SIZE?!!!!?! Slipping off his boots Kyroh pulled on the skates and smiled a bit. Nope. They were too big. Random boy did NOT know his shoe size, all was well. "They're a little big." Only a little. Like two full sizes maybe. Clown shoes? Had the random boy give him clown skates? "I know how to tie shoes!" Kyroh said stubbornly. He wasn't a baby okay Vesper!? He was TWELVE. That was big okay? Kyroh examined the hoops and slowly wrapped the laces around before making a bow, and started to do do the same on the next foot.
Before he could finish something nudged him and Kyroh's eyes grew. WAS IT RANDOM BOY TRYING TO SEE HIS SHOE SIZE?- Oh. No. Just Mo-when did Marcus Branxton get here!? "No you're not. That's a lie. You're lying and you're lying." Lying by what he said, and lying on the ground. Yeah. Not skating.
Kyroh finished tying the skates just as the random boy started talking again. Cris? Huh that was his-AHHH HE WAS KNEELING RIGHT THERE!! Kyroh scrambled into his knees pushing past the older boy and onto the ice where VESPER was. He wrapped his arms around her legs. "I don't know him" Kyroh POINTED to the boy-Cris. "But he knows me AND my shoe size....kinda." WHICH HE DID NOT LIKE! "And Mo is here but he wasn't before and he thinks he's skating but he's not and -am I dreaming Vesper?" Kyroh glanced up. Could Vesper and Nigel wake him up please?
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Cassirin He sat up and grinned at the sight of Cat, and if it wasn't quite a bit too cold to be laying on the ground, he probably would have pulled her down to sit with him. As it was, he let himself be pulled to his feet, and then Mo gave her a very chilly hug. "You should be inside. It's too cold out here."
Then again... he was out here. And Kyroh and Ves and the Hufflepuff duo. He let go of Cat and seated himself to Transfigure his shoes into skates. Easy peasy, actually.
When Airey showed up, Mo was already shoving himself out on the ice, wobbly-like, making his way toward those already gathered on the ice. "We won't stay out long, Professor. It's been so stuffy all stuck up inside the castle." He held out a hand to Vesper, inviting her to link up with him and Cat (and Kyroh?) to make a skate-snake.
"I think Kyroh is overly cold and prone to panic attacks. I just walked down from the castle, kid. And I said we're skating and look... now we are!" Syntax problems? Kyroh was most definitely a Ravenclaw. "C'mon... you want to race?"
One moment, Ves was laughing, flailing, and encouraging their Astronomy Professor to get his skates on in a hurry...and in the next, she was nearly knocked back on her bum. Something had hit her legs...or
someone, rather...?
Kyroh.
Oh, gosh.
Kneeling down beside the younger Ravenclaw on the ice, she pulled her wand, carefully shrinking the skates to fit his feet. Shrinking
Charm. Yay for charms.
"He didn't know your shoe size, obviously. And you're an awesome kid. Who doesn't know your name?" Vesper grinned at Kyroh. Boosting egos. She had mastered the art.
"...and on the off chance that this could've been a dream...Why would you be dreaming about Professor Flamsteed in a big, red snow suit?" Hmm? Answer her that, young Kyroh.
"Relax! We've got your back...and some adult supervision." See? There was a professor present...
Nevermind that said professor was...childlike. That didn't matter in the least.
"You wanna race with Marcus?" She wasn't offering to hold his hand again, okay? Ves wasn't trying to make Kyroh seem like a baby. Gosh...
Getting back on her feet (and skates), she beamed towards both Marcus and Cat. Cat was like their unofficial cheerleader in the group. Super happy and fun...with awesome food to be offered up if it was needed. Hadn't she mentioned hot chocolate after this adventure? Awwyesh!
"I'm waiting on someone else but you guys go ahead!" A Hufflepuff somebody, thank you very much.
SPOILER!!: Cris!
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FireboltAvis88 Cris nodded at the girl who had taken his skates and still hadn't introduced herself and then was taken aback when Kyroh shied away from him. What had he done? Had he invaded the boy's personal space?
Cris had to admit he was kinda hurt by the boy's reaction to him but he kept that all to himself. He wanted to point out that Kyroh's shoes needed some adjusting but he decided it would be best to let someone tell him.
Professor Flamsteed was on the ice now and so was Mo, and now they were making a snake-line of skaters. Cris wondered whether Jasmine and he were invited to tag along. He looked longingly at the group and then at Jasmine, and reached out for her hand.
...
Heh. "Ravenclaws. What can you do?" That should've explained all eccentricities. Really. They were an interesting bunch.
Yay for being a Ravenclaw!
SPOILER!!: Nigel!
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Meizzner Yeah, they were all going to go skating. Though the idea of having a doughnut on his buns did not sound appealing at all. Just falling sounded less shameful. Or freeze to death from what Flameo said. It was true Nigel did not own anything that would be considered winter wear. He hated the cold and tried to be places it did not ever get cold. But he had a wand and has some clothing that made him not freeze to death . Job well done in Nigel's book. Though Flameo looked like he was about to go to Antarctica. "I see you are snow suited up Professor and i don't have a winter wardrobe"
Well time to get to the skating. Nigel walked onto the ice with his skates on and tried the skating thing. Well what do you know. He fell down and it hurt. Besides his pain. Kyroh did ask the important question. Dreaming vs Reality. Always a fascinating thing to think about when bored.
Anyway, Nigel with his bum on the ice was to be expected after all. Maybe he would just watch the awkwardness and comedy gold that was Mo making a skate line thing. The possibilities of that going wrong are endless.
...and had Nigel Barrington...just busted his bum?
"Do you need someone to hold your hand, Nigel?" Yep, Ves was laughing at her fellow Ravenclaw. Openly, too. Didn't matter too much that she was either. Payback, Barrington. Yes, that's exactly what it was. Payback for what exactly, well...there wasn't anything currently...but he'd do something that warranted it soon enough.
During their next band practice, she predicted.
SPOILER!!: Lottie!
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Lockhartian And it was true. The black lake was frozen. And it was slightly depressing to look at it and knowing what it looks like in spring and summer. A little sad, this was. Airey Flamsteed would be frozen too, if it wasn't for his outfit. "Skating, Professor? I reckon the adrenaline would keep you warmer than exercising." You know, because she could see him falling a lot for some reason... and the adrenaline that came from preventing that could help him.
"HI VESPER!" Already on the ice and everything!
Of course. "Need any help, Nigel?" She asked, looking down, to were he had fallen, and no, she wasn't being sarcastic or anything, she was... well, you could say she was being nice. At least he didn't have a mirror this time around.
Of course, when Lottie appeared, Vesper ignored everyone and everything to glide forward and fling herself at the Hufflepuff. See, Kyroh...not all Hufflepuffs were creepy. Ves nuzzled her face.
"I'm so glad you came!" She was. True story!
LOOK AT HER SMILE. SHE WASN'T LYING.
Also...huh? Had Lottie just said something
nice to Nigel? Or...actually acknowledged his presence?...........Erm, what?
The Ravenclaw backed off and gave her friend a curious look. That was different. Awesome, she guessed...but yea, different.
.........
"Are you getting on the ice with us?" HMM?
SPOILER!!: Benjy!
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hermygirl It was cold. Lake-freezing cold. But Benjy was Benjy, which meant he was wearing his usual year-round attire of...shorts. He was wearing plenty of layers up top though, with his favourite red slouchy beanie to keep his ears warm. Funny, Vesper hadn't acquired that one yet...it probably wouldn't be too long if the weather stayed like this though.
With a grin, he made his way to the lake. Whoa, it was busy! Apparently he wasn't the only one who decided a skate would be the best way to make the most of the frozen lake. "Hey peeps!" he greeted generally, with a special beam at Vesper. Maybe he'd get to hold her hand properly today? It seemed like a perfect excuse. Oh, and that red blob was a Professor Flamsteed? "...and, hi to you Professor," he added quickly.
Right, time to transfigure some skates, and get on the ice!
Oh, she spotted a Benjy over Lottie's shoulder.
He got a wave!...Just a wave for right now because Ves was with Lottie and that was urgent and important. All those things.
Hey, Benjy!
Wave, wave.