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squidnie 
Cat was biting into a sandwich when movement at the surface of the lake caught her eye. She watched closely, eyes narrowing, trying to determine from her vantage point what it was.
… ITWASTHEGIANTSQUID.
And it was… talking to her?? She had no idea that it did that.
Cat hurried to her feet, then took a tentative step forward. She didn’t want to spook it or anything. “Hi,” she greeted, waving her own (one) hand at the animal. She couldn’t keep the excited tone out of her voice. “You must be- I mean, obviously, you’re-” She had no idea what the etiquette was here. Was it appropriate to tell the giant squid that he was a giant squid? Cat assumed that, most likely, he was self-aware enough to know that.
“I’m Cat,” she said instead (for once remembering to introduce herself). “I’m so excited to meet you.”
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WhittyBitty After hearing about the infamous incident with the blue hair, Aurora had decided that she was going to offer to make Cat some real hair dyeing potion if the younger girl was still interested. It was a very basic potion and would take very little time. It didn’t last for very long, unfortunately, but she could always keep using it.
Finally having a moment to seek her out, Aurora had been trying to find her. She had looked in all the spots she thought she might find Cat and hadn’t had any luck yet. Hopefully she wasn’t in the Ravenclaw common room, but if she was it just meant that she’d have to try again later.
Turned out that it wasn’t necessary since there was Cat! Beaming, Aurora began making her way over. That’s when she noticed… ”Bartholomew Henry.” Aurora froze, in awe. One of the things she wanted to do during her time at Hogwarts was have a conversation with him. So far the most that had happened was catching glimpses of him from a distance. She finally had her chance!
Slowly she made her way over to them. ”Hello! I’m Aurora. I’m so happy to finally meet you!” What an exciting day. She was definitely not going to forget about this. Ever. Grinning, she turned her attention to Cat. ”Hey!” The hair dye could always wait until later.
How lovely. He had been spotted. This made old Barty as happy as the young girl. One could see this quite clearly. Bart came to a halt close to the shores but enough to still have a good portion of his tentacles lounge in The Black Lake. He was unsurprised by her flustered behavior.
“Yes I’m the Giant Squid,” Barty supplied unnecessarily. His eyes twinkled as though he were smiling with them. Which was exactly what he was doing, you see.
“Hello, Cat! I must say it’s quite lovely to meet you too.” Bartholomew’s eyes shifted to the next student who had approached but seemed to have lost the use of her limbs temporarily. This did not in any way offend him. He had been used to this reaction the majority of his life. Not to mention he knew he was a lot to take in.
“Hello Aurora. It’s charming to meet you both. Are you planning on doing something in the water? Boating, maybe?”