 Anashti l Brat Pack l Sally & Dr. Finklestein
A smile was offered at the older boy, her new housemate (!!), when he sat down next to her, but her eyes were quickly drawn to the little buy like thing crawling around on him. Now THAT certainly wasn't something she could feed to her snake. Her eyes went WIDE as she leaned in closer to his arm to look at it. "That's so COOL. Did you make that!?" Could he make her one!? And could it be trained to do like, tricks and things like a little metal bug circus!?
Wait, distraction. Did he just say food came AFTER the sorting? Cue a loud groan as she straightened into proper seating, only to thunk her head on the table in front of her. Ouch, that actually hurt a bit. "Couldn't we be eating NOW while the sorting is happening? I mean, none of us reaaaally want ALL the eyes on us while we're sorting!" Okay, maybe some of the did. In fact, she didn't actually mind being center of attention. But it was NOT more important than food, plus she'd already sorted so could we eat now please? Wait, ice cream? Brow furrowed as her head tilted in confusion. "Why should I not eat ice cream?" That seemed a weird food to be poisoned or something. Bags being transported themselves was really cool, so at least she didn't have to worry about THAT. Reaching into her pocket, Vera pulled out a brown paper bag and held it up. "Can I fill this with leftovers to take up to my room?"
And if no, could he pretend he didn't just see it?
There were also a lot of other older students in the surrounding area, and though they hadn't acknowledged her, that certainly did not deter this young new lion. So straightening, once again in her seat and pocketing her bag, she just sent a LARGE smile at the other students before announcing loudly. "HI. I'm VERA. Nice to meet you all! If you ever have any extra candy weighing you down, I'm happy to help take it off your hands!" You know, just throwing that out there.
OH, HI Dot! Vera BEAMED as her new friend (because yes, a train ride together made instant friends) and gave her a quick hug when she settled next to her. "We're dorm mates!!!" And she KNEW she saw Sia get sorted here too which meant she was somewhere. A listening device? Oooooh, that would be useful to use on her brother if it worked like that. Vera's renewed interest in the mechanical bug had her looking towards the older boy again, and staring at it before glancing up and... seeing double??? "OH! You're a twin! Me too!! Isn't it the best!?" There was always someone to tease and play with! "My twin brother is...."
Wait. Where WAS Vasco? Eyes scanned the Gryffindor table, before she realized he hadn't been sorted to Gryffindor, and the girl frowned looking towards all the others. She finally spotted him amongst a bunch of blue, and she frowned even deeper. Why would the hat have sorted them differently? That seemed a mistake.
Before she could get up to move to go drag him to the CORRECT table though, Sia was sliding into the seat across from her and Vera refocused her gaze. At least bestie was here. And they WERE in the same house together. "We both got Gryffindor! But did you see Vas is in a different house?" Could she explain to her how that was a THING?
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