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Waddles · 09-25-2022, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Kimothy

It's...not? Henry paused for a moment to watch Mamie and see if she's serious about that. Not in a judging way, of course, he just...well, he was a little bit surprised. In his book, spreading his reading materials on the floor did not constitute as 'not serious' but you know, maybe it did for Mamie. "Well, it's a good start either way!" It's a better start than Henry's, which was basically currently nonexistent. "Do you have a study group? We should make a study group sometime soon, if you don't have one yet." He suggested. Henry liked working in groups or pairs more than individually. Maybe Mamie didn't, but it's an offer if she wanted.

Tossing another gummy bear into his mouth, Henry put his jar aside and close to Mamie's box of sweets. It was for sharing. He had more of those in his room anyway, so he wouldn't run out anytime soon. "Oh, I was..." Henry quickly opened his sketchbook and flipped to the last page he was on. "...working on a demiguise. I've been meaning to improve my shading, and with the demiguise's silver hair, it just works." The beast was part of their current Care of Magical Creatures curriculum, one of Henry's preferred classes, and it was a great opportunity since demiguises didn't really have a lot of colour aside from their beige skin and blue eyes. Henry, who much liked working with bold and vibrant colours as the other pages of his sketchbook showed, enjoyed the challenge. He then paused at the page where his sketch was, of a demiguise crouching and looking at the viewer. "It's still a rough sketch, work in progress. It's supposed to be predicting the future here." The lack of colours, because obviously it's still a sketch, didn't quite capture the latter.

Margaret nodded and hmmmed appreciatively at Henry's compliment to her study habits. It had been instilled in her, thanks to nearly needing summer tutors to improve her grades to what her parents called "satisfactory" and she called "more than passing". She shook her head. "Not officially, I sort of assumed I'd study with my group from O.W.L.s but... well, everyone's not taking the same classes anymore. Might have to mix it up." The more the merrier, in her opinion. Studying alone was no fun at all, plus with a group, they could get new perspectives on what they'd learned.

For example, she didn't take Care of Magical Creatures. "What's a demiguise?" she asked. Obviously something with silver hair, but...lots of people had silver hair. She helped herself to another gummy bear before turning her own page of notes and beginning a section on the Patronus charm. This was mostly copying, since she'd made tons of notes and done research the previous term, when she'd gotten Evan to help her with her charm. Once she'd figured that out, she had the casting down. It was the theory that she was worried she'd slip up on, or forget something crucial on the written exam.

It seemed silly, in her opinion, to have a written portion of something like charms. Why not just have the practical portion and get on with it?

She alternated her pen colors, trying to draw attention to some parts of her notes by using purple, and writing things that she thought were less important but necessary background information in boring old blue. She leaned back toward Henry to see the sketch. A strange looking creature, that demiguise. She didn't know enough about the creature nor art to evaluate his skill, so she just nodded. "What's it predicting?" she asked. Demiguises = silver hair and predicting the future. See? She was learning new things and not just revising her notes.

09-25-2022, 05:33 AM	#9 (permalink)
Waddles Re'em Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 19,594 Hogwarts RPG Name: Sophia Svensson #556B2F Slytherin Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Eulalia Walles (#F48037) Hufflepuff Fourth Year	Constant Vigilance! O_O AWAKE! Quote: Originally Posted by Kimothy It's...not? Henry paused for a moment to watch Mamie and see if she's serious about that. Not in a judging way, of course, he just...well, he was a little bit surprised. In his book, spreading his reading materials on the floor did not constitute as 'not serious' but you know, maybe it did for Mamie. "Well, it's a good start either way!" It's a better start than Henry's, which was basically currently nonexistent. "Do you have a study group? We should make a study group sometime soon, if you don't have one yet." He suggested. Henry liked working in groups or pairs more than individually. Maybe Mamie didn't, but it's an offer if she wanted. Tossing another gummy bear into his mouth, Henry put his jar aside and close to Mamie's box of sweets. It was for sharing. He had more of those in his room anyway, so he wouldn't run out anytime soon. "Oh, I was..." Henry quickly opened his sketchbook and flipped to the last page he was on. "...working on a demiguise. I've been meaning to improve my shading, and with the demiguise's silver hair, it just works." The beast was part of their current Care of Magical Creatures curriculum, one of Henry's preferred classes, and it was a great opportunity since demiguises didn't really have a lot of colour aside from their beige skin and blue eyes. Henry, who much liked working with bold and vibrant colours as the other pages of his sketchbook showed, enjoyed the challenge. He then paused at the page where his sketch was, of a demiguise crouching and looking at the viewer. "It's still a rough sketch, work in progress. It's supposed to be predicting the future here." The lack of colours, because obviously it's still a sketch, didn't quite capture the latter. Margaret nodded and hmmmed appreciatively at Henry's compliment to her study habits. It had been instilled in her, thanks to nearly needing summer tutors to improve her grades to what her parents called "satisfactory" and she called "more than passing". She shook her head. "Not officially, I sort of assumed I'd study with my group from O.W.L.s but... well, everyone's not taking the same classes anymore. Might have to mix it up." The more the merrier, in her opinion. Studying alone was no fun at all, plus with a group, they could get new perspectives on what they'd learned. For example, she didn't take Care of Magical Creatures. "What's a demiguise?" she asked. Obviously something with silver hair, but...lots of people had silver hair. She helped herself to another gummy bear before turning her own page of notes and beginning a section on the Patronus charm. This was mostly copying, since she'd made tons of notes and done research the previous term, when she'd gotten Evan to help her with her charm. Once she'd figured that out, she had the casting down. It was the theory that she was worried she'd slip up on, or forget something crucial on the written exam. It seemed silly, in her opinion, to have a written portion of something like charms. Why not just have the practical portion and get on with it? She alternated her pen colors, trying to draw attention to some parts of her notes by using purple, and writing things that she thought were less important but necessary background information in boring old blue. She leaned back toward Henry to see the sketch. A strange looking creature, that demiguise. She didn't know enough about the creature nor art to evaluate his skill, so she just nodded. "What's it predicting?" she asked. Demiguises = silver hair and predicting the future. See? She was learning new things and not just revising her notes. __________________