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He wasn't focusing. The staring eyes were a bit glazed, far away as he considered both sides, both options. To do it, or not to do it. It really couldn't hurt... wasn't like it was a sure thing he'd be chosen, after all.
He'd heard his own name, attention snapping back to present, and he looked over at Sabel. "Hey mate."
His eyes went back to the paper in his hands. It... didn't need to say seventh year, did it? It was something he wrote out of habit, especially since he was fairly sure most professors had no clue what year he was, most times. Brow furrowed, he tapped the parchment with his wand, and the words rearranged.
Raiden Jae Kururugi.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
They'd know, if it came out, that he was old enough.
When he noticed Nia stepping into the chalk circle, he straightened up a bit, watching intently. All fidgeting with his own slip of paper stopped, and when she approached, he gave her a sheepish sort of smile.
"That's all a matter of opinion, innit," he said, folding and unfolding his name. "I guess the Goblet gets to decide that in the end?"
She thought he should, though. It wasn't Neptune or Lexi or some other giggly person making eyes at him while egging him on to 'eternal glory'. Nia might have been smiling and excited, but her encouragement felt altogether different, and Raiden nodded.
He stepped over the line, up to the Goblet, and watched as the dancing flames devoured his name. Watching after it for a moment, almost amused, he wondered exactly how it chose. And who it would choose.
Stepping back across the line, he grinned at Nia and leaned toward her conspiritorially.
"If that thing somehow shoots one or both of our names out... let's make it fun, at least." He didn't know the chances of that happening, but if they ended up involved, then at least they should enjoy it, right? "Eternal glory be damned."
Who needed it. He glanced at Sabel again.
"If your name comes out... be careful?"
Gryffindor 'bravery' and all. |