Hmmmm. "Nope. Sorry, don't know her. I'll probably meet her later sometime." she said after running through the short list of Hufflepuffs she knew in her head for a match. She noticed that his face lit up entirely when he said her name which made her a tad suspicious.... maybe he had a little cruuuusshh? She giggled a bit to herself since she wouldn't dare accuse him of liking someone. Yet.
Naaaa, he was too young for that kind of stuff anyway.

"Well, I think I have a best friend. And I think that if I had one she would be Adrienne Colbert. From my house. BUT I'm not sure because I don't know if she thinks of me as a best friend. And those things should be mutual... right?" she didn't know if Forrest would actually answer her question since he normally seemed to brush them off, but it was habitual to ask, ask, ask for Tora. That wasn't going to change no matter who she was talking to.

Melanie giggled when she saw the younger boy fixing his hair. It was a good sign if someone cared about their hair. That was a fact. Landon cared about his hair... a little too much sometimes but he cared about it. And it was clear that this ickle little Dylan cared about hair too. Or at least Melanie hoped he did. It didn't mean Melanie planned on stopping the hair ruffling any time though. "Always speak the truth. Lying just makes things complicated," she said, smiling and then fixing his hair a little. Because it was out of place. "Even if the truth hurts, it's like a bandaid. Because even if you lie to cover it up... when you peel the lie away to show the truth, it hurts more." Best to get over with in one go.

Carefully and slowly, Melanie moved her finger towards the cat and tapped its nose. There. Melanie had touched the cat. All was good. And she wasn't dead right?

"Be sure to keep Ginger away from Professor Flamsteed. I don't think he's particularly fond of fur," she advised. Also, next time you tried to have a tea party in the lab, invite him and perhaps you won't be sent to detention.

Yes. A hospital scan.*"Yep. Cat Scan. Meeooow." Actually that sounded pretty good... and he DID have a particular affinity with Lando... BroTP ship name accepted. CatScan. Hehehehehehe.

AND SHE SAW THAT SMIRK. Pfft. Smirky McGee over there. Pfffft. "Stop it." With the smirking and the irritatingness. He knew what he was doing, of course he did.

Tapping her finger on her nose whilst she thought about it, Derry tilted her head to listen. Guys don't actually care..? "But... like..." Derry frowned a bit. "Cat said..." What was it Cat had said..? Something. Surely. Derry shook her head. "I don't get how it makes people more confident..." She was pretty sure it would make her less confident...New things tended to do that. She made a mental note to ask Cat and Cassia later... they seemed to know their stuff when it came to Girl Things.

He couldn't help himself, Derry made him smile. In that genuinely enjoying himself type manner. If there were anything that Ascanius really appreciated about Derry, it was that. She was awful funny. Although, he wasn't sure she always intended to be funny, which was awkward.

However, his smile was gone and replaced with a broader smirk when she told him to stop. Now why would he stop if it were annoying her so much? That was just counterproductive. Yeah. The smirk was staying.

"Don't misunderstand, Snaps," Ascanius went on, "Every now and again make-up is real nice, but guys don't want it everyday." He knew. He was a guy and a mighty attractive one at that. "It gets in the way and its messy." It also made girls SUPER self conscious and no guy ever wanted to deal with that mess. S'just keep it simple, yeah? It was more attractive when they did.

Forrest shrugged. Tora didn't need to be sorry for not knowing Bristol. He was sure his best friend would meet everyone pretty quickly anyway with that energy and enthusiasm. "I can introduce you to each other, if you want." Yeah. It'd be nice. He'd have to ask Bristol too, though.

Forrest noticed the giggle, but didn't ask the reason of it. She must have remembered some funny memory. It would be rude to ask if she didn't share it by herself.

Adrienne... hmm... he remained silent for a few seconds, obviously thinking hardly, but opened his hands to show he had no clue in the end.

"Don't know her. But I'm pretty sure 'best friend' kind of things should be mutual. But she probably feels the same too." She wasn't a Gryffindor, so as far as Forrest could tell, Tora had been nice enough to her to win her love.

"How is it to be Ravenclaw? Y'know... answering a riddle every time you want to enter your common room and always being the cleverest..?" Stuff Forrest could never be, and was never interested in.

There, he was doing the proper smile thing. She liked that. It made her happy that she could make other people happy, yeah? It made her feel like a better person. Especially at the moment. She was having issues. Like... yeah. Issues. Cause she was a teenager, okay? It was allowed.

Every now and again... "So like... special occasions..?" Like parties..? Derry pondered this for a moment. Did she think she'd do that ever..? Maybe. Maybe not. Probably not... I mean... realistically she wasn't sure how to even do make up. "Gets in the way..? Of what?"

It would be nice to make a new friend. "Yeah, sounds fun. But of course you should ask her first too." she responded already thinking ahead to whether or not she thought Adrienne felt the best friend love too. Honestly it was really hard to tell with someone like Adrienne...

Topic change! Though to one that usually made her frustrated. "I hate that knocker. It's so annoying to have to solve a stupid riddle every single time I want to get in the common room. That's why I carry a bag with me all the time. It holds all my books for the day so I don't have to go back to the common room very often." She kicked her bag to point it out. Then she picked up on something else he had said about Ravenclaws. "What? Cleverest? Ha. Noooo. I'm in Ravenclaw because I like learning. Actually I think it's mainly because I'm curious." she drifted off thinking. "... The Hat almost put me in Gryffindor even though I asked for Hufflepuff..." she remembered the Hat denying her the House she so badly wanted to place her in Ravenclaw and she smiled a bit. It did say that she would thank it one day, and well, Tora had gotten used to Ravenclaw over the last year. But Gryffindor. She was glad she wasn't one of them. They didn't give reason for bravery. They just simply were brave. Stupid things could happen to people who were stupidly brave... Her narrow escape sometimes scared her.

She shook her head a bit to dispel all those scary thoughts and looked at Forrest. "Did you want Hufflepuff? Or were you rooting for another house?"

Why was she asking him this stuff? S'not like he minded talking to her straight 'cause she was his best friend and all, but it was kind of odd. Wasn't this something you talked to your girlfriend's about. Did Ascanius look like a skirt? Smirk. Nah, he was way to attractive to even pretend.

After a while, he shrugged and looked up at the sky, "Yeah, I suppose...like events." His ginger friend was obviously trying to get at something here, but he just wasn't picking up on what. And this was weird to him, Derry caring 'bout make up. He didn't think on it long though because her next question broke his face in two with a broad smirk, "Snogging, Snaps. And other stuff, but mostly that."

He was a boy, okay?

She needed to get out. And by 'out' she didn't mean to go out only to go into a classroom. Though, those were a good distraction in the meantime. And she wanted to not let other stuff distract her from studying since this was an important year and all. Surprisingly, studying itself has been serving as a distraction as to not think of some stuff. Cassia was still on decorating the dorm so she was doing a good job of not thinking too much. It led no where. She could do without it for good.

The snake left the common room, her bag slung over her shoulder and a box tucked under her arm. Somehow hidden. Yup, she made sure of that. You can't trust all the population of Hogwarts. Actually, you can barely trust a few. She didn't want to take any chances.

The blond made her way out to the grounds not stopping like she used to be. Not in the chatty mood, unusual, huh.

Standing at the center of the courtyard, she took a look around trying to find a spot to settle in. She walked over to one of the columns and plopped down, leaning her back against the column, angling her body so that she didn't face the people around directly.

She reached for the box and opened it. Poor little thing needed fresh air.

Her eyes were scanning the surroundings ready to hide any proof at any second.

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She needed to get out. And by 'out' she didn't mean to go out only to go into a classroom. Though, those were a good distraction in the meantime. And she wanted to not let other stuff distract her from studying since this was an important year and all. Surprisingly, studying itself has been serving as a distraction as to not think of some stuff. Cassia was still on decorating the dorm so she was doing a good job of not thinking too much. It led no where. She could do without it for good.

The snake left the common room, her bag slung over her shoulder and a box tucked under her arm. Somehow hidden. Yup, she made sure of that. You can't trust all the population of Hogwarts. Actually, you can barely trust a few. She didn't want to take any chances.

The blond made her way out to the grounds not stopping like she used to be. Not in the chatty mood, unusual, huh.

Standing at the center of the courtyard, she took a look around trying to find a spot to settle in. She walked over to one of the columns and plopped down, leaning her back against the column, angling her body so that she didn't face the people around directly.

She reached for the box and opened it. Poor little thing needed fresh air.

Her eyes were scanning the surroundings ready to hide any proof at any second.

Out of ALL the people she could find in ALL of Hogwarts, she had to come across the one she was absolutely looking for. This. Perfect timing. Can they start calling this year the year of perfect timing? Not yet. Perfect doesn't last forever.

But wait! Cassia had a box. Remember the conversation about how many holes a certain box should have? We do, which could only mean that a certain something was in that box. Opened box, mind you. Smirk. Sadly, there were no firsties around. It was very fortunate for Lex, since she was keen on scaring them with this whole acromantula business. They could probably get one from the forest, you know?

Couldn't be that hard.

Anyway, Lottie went ahead and took a seat next to Cassia, though she wasn't leaning against the column, and smiled. "I take it that's the vicious spider I have yet to meet, yes?" Otherwise, this was not worth her time.

The... meeting of a spider, that is, not Cassia.

She crossed her legs and put the spider on her knee. She's been spending lots of time just watching it. It was quite fun and she could sit for hours drawing posters to hang on the naked sad wall of the dorms while watching the spider. Interesting creatures. She was going to miss her when it was Lex's turn to keep her at her dorm.

Supposedly, Cassia was keeping an eye out to make sure no snitches or authority-figures approach and spot anything. She thought she was doing such a great job doing so. Well, until she was joined and only noticed when the girl was sitting next to her.

So much for being sneaky.

Fortunately, it was a trusted someone. Cassia let out a sigh of relief after the mini-stomach lurch she had. It didn't take much for the Snake to recover from her surprise, she smiled at Lottie. "Mhhmm," She nodded at the Hogwartian. Good thing it was only her.

"May I officially introduce you to," She calmly started, "To Black Venom Widow," Internally, mentioning 'venom' made her feel a bit awkward but it showed no signs on her face. She's been practicing.

"See the box, all done as you advised," She nudged the box closer to Lottie for her to examine.

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She crossed her legs and put the spider on her knee. She's been spending lots of time just watching it. It was quite fun and she could sit for hours drawing posters to hang on the naked sad wall of the dorms while watching the acromantula. Interesting creatures. She was going to miss her when it was Lex's turn to keep her at her dorm.

Supposedly, Cassia was keeping an eye out to make sure no snitches or authority-figures approach and spot anything. She thought she was doing such a great job doing so. Well, until she was joined and only noticed when the girl was sitting next to her.

So much for being sneaky.

Fortunately, it was a trusted someone. Cassia let out a sigh of relief after the mini-stomach lurch she had. It didn't take much for the Snake to recover from her surprise, she smiled at Lottie. "Mhhmm," She nodded at the Hogwartian. Good thing it was only her.

"May I officially introduce you to," She calmly started, "To Black Venom Widow," Internally, mentioning 'venom' made her feel a bit awkward but it showed no signs on her face. She's been practicing.

"See the box, all done as you advised," She nudged the box closer to Lottie for her to examine.

Flashbacks of Matilda and Spike flooded her mind. Truth be told, the only tarantula she's ever touched, held, or allowed to walk on her arm, had been Matilda. And Mags didn't even seen to mind her, which made the tarantula the perfect companion. We all know what happens when Felix is as hyper as his owner.

So, the smile on the girl's face was as genuine as ever, that was a rather unique sight to behold. She missed Spike.

And yes, that was BVW. How awesome was this? Lottie was getting an official introduction and all. Perhaps it was a good thing Cassia had her this week, she could only imagine Lex's introduction. Ha. "I might call her 'B' or 'vicious', you know? Because that's quite a long name." No offense, OF COURSE, because she'd taken part in it. A GREAT part. But yes, when introducing the spider to others the FULL name will be disclosed. Yup. Merlin, this spider was not going to answer to any names.

Her eyes were for the spider, sorry Cassia. But then she tore them away from the creature and looked at the box. "Excellent work." Smile. Cassia can follow instructions, who knew? Still no forbidden forest.

"I got the book, by the way." The one she promised to get.

One thing she found out so far was that leaning against the hard column wasn't the most comfortable thing. She tilted her torso forwards and rested her elbows on her knees. Much better for now. Until she feels uncomfortable again and decides to get back to the previous position. She really should have brought a pillow or something.

Cassia opened her palm and lightly nudged the spider that found it's way on Cassia's hand. Oh she's been working on this move since they got her. Lots of time. "Mhhm. I don't call her by her full name," the snake nodded at Lottie. And yeah, her and Lex's spider had a full name. First, middle and last name. Dare someone make fun of this? Just checking.

A smile spread upon her face seeing that Lottie approved of the made box. "Yeah, I work best and accurately in calm places where we don't have to hop over walls," She joked. Y'know, sleepover.

Book? It took Cassia a split second to remember that Lottie was going to bring one for her. To educate herself more in the department of spiders? "That's cool," She said in tone with a hint of excitement. No beaming or high-pitched sounds, though. "Have it on you?" Which would be quite interesting.

Just observing stuff. Minding his own business, you know. Just walking around and stuff. When all of the sudden, out of nowhere, Piers saw a flash of movement to his side. Seeing a kid zooming towards him on a skateboard, Piers' eyes popped wide open as he leaped backwards frantically, in barely enough time to not get run over by the board and the child.

Piers straightened his coat again and shrugged it off. "No worries. You have no idea how often this happens back hom...." Hold up, was that..?

It was! "You're that kid!" Piers suddenly exclaimed, the imaginary light bulb going off in his head. He wouldn't be able to forget the face that torpedoed past him everyday since he moved in to his new place (slight exaggeration applied). "You've nearly ran me over at least five times already." Back home, in Brighton. And look at that, he was actually a wizard. Small world.

Oh.

OH.

... ohhhhh.

So. This was the guy. So he DID know how many times Tobias had done that. Awkwarrrrrrrrrrrrd.

Tobias gave a cleeeeeearly guilty little grin and nervous laugh as he looked up at the man and rubbed the back of his neck with the hand that wasn't clutching the skateboard. "Yeeeaaahhh... 'm sorry about that!"

He was. Really. "Maybe it's some sort of sign." Like... a message from the divine skateboard of destiny telling the guy he should be on a board. Or Tobias wasn't looking where he was going. Probably the latter.

But wait... it WAS bizarre. Kinda. "So... you're a wizard then? That's... wow..." Two wizard households on the same muggle street. Tobias then started his usual bouncing-on-the-balls-of-his-feet. "No but that really is awesome though! You teach here now, right?" Tobias had CONNECTIONS. That Slytherin Tobias had met might have a grandmother as her head of house, but TOBIAS had nearly run over one of their teachers MULTIPLE TIMES on his skateboard. Which of those sounded cooler?

Exactly.

...

...

BOUNCEBOUNCE.

Forrest was 90% sure Bristol wouldn't mind, but asking wouldn't kill either. He nodded at the suggestion. It was going to be the first thing he would ask when he saw her again.

Wow. This was the first time Forrest got this reaction... though, it was also the first time he'd questioned this. He felt her annoyance, though. Luckily, their entrance was so simple. "That sounds awfully annoying, yes. Then, it's a wise thing to carry all your books," he agreed. Not that Tora needed his approval, and it wasn't. He just appreciated her logic. He wondered whether all Ravenclaws were clever. All that he'd met were... maybe, except for Benjamin/Benzi.

Oh. That was new. Someone who denied being clever, but rather described herself as 'likes learning'. He grinned. She wasn't that arrogant, after all, although she did look so on train. She was actually pretty nice to speak to. "I'm hearin' this for the first time. But I suppose that's what makes you clever?" Yeah. Asking questions. He hardly asked any questions if he wasn't 500% interested in the topic.

What. She wanted Hufflepuff?! Although she hated them, she was secretly a Gryffindor?!?!?! He blinked with an open mouth. Wow. "I thought you hated Gryffindors... I think you're the first person--no, second-" because he'd met Fern before, "-person to want Hufflepuff." He grinned. "To be honest, Hufflepuff was the last house in my want-list. They said it was the house of loyal. I wanted to be a Gryffindor. But the Hat'd barely touched my head when it roared Hufflepuff. It didn't even think." If hats could think. He didn't know what was up with that one. "But I saw it last year that Hufflepuff isn't just about 'loyalty'. It's much deeper, and I'm grateful to Hat for sorting me there." Emotional? So what. He'd made more friends in a year than he'd managed in all the years before.

"Shall we wander around? I'll carry your bag too." Since she admitted herself she was carrying all her books. Since the weather was still cooperative.

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One thing she found out so far was that leaning against the hard column wasn't the most comfortable thing. She tilted her torso forwards and rested her elbows on her knees. Much better for now. Until she feels uncomfortable again and decides to get back to the previous position. She really should have brought a pillow or something.

Cassia opened her palm and lightly nudged the spider that found it's way on Cassia's hand. Oh she's been working on this move since they got her. Lots of time. "Mhhm. I don't call her by her full name," the snake nodded at Lottie. And yeah, her and Lex's spider had a full name. First, middle and last name. Dare someone make fun of this? Just checking.

A smile spread upon her face seeing that Lottie approved of the made box. "Yeah, I work best and accurately in calm places where we don't have to hop over walls," She joked. Y'know, sleepover.

Book? It took Cassia a split second to remember that Lottie was going to bring one for her. To educate herself more in the department of spiders? "That's cool," She said in tone with a hint of excitement. No beaming or high-pitched sounds, though. "Have it on you?" Which would be quite interesting.

Lottie's eyes followed the spider's every move and then she extended her own hand towards Cassia, "Hand her over," it'll be fine, don't worry, this is not her first time holding a spider. Mmhmm. Unless the spider didn't want to move, in which case there was nothing she could do about it.

Right. Cassia didn't call the creature by its full name. Of course not. However, Lottie immediately laughed, softly, of course, we don't want to scare the spider away, "I hope it's not Spidey," they all knew what Lex would say and do if this was actually happening. It'd be amusing, though, because of this: the spider's name is Black Venom Widow, Cassia'd call her Spidey, Lex'd call her Killer, Lottie'd call her Vicious. It was very likely that this particular spider would head to the forbidden forest just to get away from these three girls.

No need to remind us, Cassia, we remember the sleepover. "You did well, though." Except for the small, yet very important detail of leaving evidence behind.

She HAS the book with her, yup. "I do, actually, I was kind of looking for you." But the Slytherin was really hard to find. Has she been hiding in the dungeons all this time?

The boy nodded in agreement, smiling back at the seventh year. Those were some good words, he'd never think of putting it like that. "That's very true," he said.

Dylan then watched curiously as Melanie tapped the cat and he raised an eyebrow, looking from Ginger to Melanie. Then to Ginger. And back to Melanie again. He cocked his head, studying Melanie. "Why don't you just pet her? She won't bite, there's nothing to be afraid of." he said unless Melanie was deathly allergic or something, scratching the kitten's head gently with his fingers. Ginger closed her small eyes and began to purr loudly. Dylan smiled then turned his attention back to his drawing, making the last finishing touches on the fountain, listening as Melanie spoke. Professor Flamsteed didn't like fur? Hmm. The first year shrugged it off and made a mental note in his head to keep Ginger away from Flamsteed. "Do you know why he doesn't like fur?" he asked curiously, beginning to draw the stone ground of the courtyard.

Cassia only hesitated for a split second before handing over the spider to Lottie. The hogwartian was trusted since she mentioned something about a friend of hers who had a collection of these. The snake couldn't remember the name although she knew he was a student. What was important, though, that she could trust Lottie to handle the precious spider. "Here you go." She said with a nod.

A smile tugged at Cassia's lips. "You heard nothing Lottie," She winked at the fourth-year and leaned back against the column. Yup, she was going to lean forward and backward all time. "I do like B, not Vicious, though," The snake didn't approve of calling the spider such nicknames. Killer? Vicious?. Nope. She didn't want herand Lex's spider to get used to this kind of language. Of course, her partner who was raising the tarantula with her disagreed.

And maybe both of the ...guardians were taking this very seriously because both wanted distractions. Hadn't been the greatest start for them. Good thing they had BVM to look after and fill their time.

Oh, she was looking for her? That was a fortunate coincidence that they both ran into each other here, then. "That's great," The snake said scooting closer to Lottie and abandoning the column. "Let's get started then shall we?" She said. Was Lottie going to let her borrow the book? She'd take care of it. Unless the hogwartian preferred they took a look at it together. Cassia wouldn't mind that. Her and books usually ended up with her sleeping so she wouldn't mind company.

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Cassia only hesitated for a split second before handing over the spider to Lottie. The hogwartian was trusted since she mentioned something about a friend of hers who had a collection of these. The snake couldn't remember the name although she knew he was a student. What was important, though, that she could trust Lottie to handle the precious spider. "Here you go." She said with a nod.

A smile tugged at Cassia's lips. "You heard nothing Lottie," She winked at the fourth-year and leaned back against the column. Yup, she was going to lean forward and backward all time. "I do like B, not Vicious, though," The snake didn't approve of calling the spider such nicknames. Killer? Vicious?. Nope. She didn't want herand Lex's spider to get used to this kind of language. Of course, her partner who was raising the tarantula with her disagreed.

And maybe both of the ...guardians were taking this very seriously because both wanted distractions. Hadn't been the greatest start for them. Good thing they had BVM to look after and fill their time.

Oh, she was looking for her? That was a fortunate coincidence that they both ran into each other here, then. "That's great," The snake said scooting closer to Lottie and abandoning the column. "Let's get started then shall we?" She said. Was Lottie going to let her borrow the book? She'd take care of it. Unless the hogwartian preferred they took a look at it together. Cassia wouldn't mind that. Her and books usually ended up with her sleeping so she wouldn't mind company.

The spider will be in good hands, don't worry, Cassia. And... either the spider was too trusting or she was already liking Lotus. She was hoping it was the latter, because Lex didn't need a trusting spider. Leg by leg Black Venom Widow went from Cassia's hand to Lottie's, and the Hogwartian beamed at this.

Such memories of Matilda.

Her eyes were still on Vicious/Killer/B/Spidey/BVW when Cassia spoke next, but she immediately tore them away from the spider to the girl sitting next to her. No way. She suppressed a laugh because of spider reasons but... she was definitely smiling, "That's going to be tricky, considering I hear everything." Wink. She could still pretend they didn't discuss this AT ALL. She was often good at pretending. Was the Slytherin uncomfortable, by the way? "Well, we can call her B...," only Vicious sounded pretty cool, kinda made her smirk, too. Cassia heard nothing this time, yeah? What the eye doesn't see...

Carefully, she allowed the spider to move from one hand to the other and let her rest on her arm. The spider could go wherever, she didn't mind. As far as the book goes..., "Oh, it's in my bag, you can take it out." Go ahead, Cassia, no hidden tricks or anything, the book was there.

So, the kid did remember how many times he'd nearly run him over. Despite it, Piers chuckled. "Don't sweat it. Unless you do end up running me over. Then you'd better worry." Piers imagined broken toes weren't pleasant. And even though he was sort of(?) joking, he gave the kid a 'be careful' look.

Pierson found it amusing that he asked if he was a wizard. Obviously. And if he was a teacher... Obviously. "Yes, to both," he replied, watching the boy begin to bounce on his toes. "D'you live on that street then? Where you like to try and mow me down?" Because if he DID, then they totally lived on the same street, which was quite a coincidence.

Events. But what KIND of events? Huh? Like seriously, why was being a girl so bloody complicated? Psh. Anyway. She was bored of the whole make up thing anyway. "Doesn't matter, I was just curious." she said, shrugging a little bit. "I'm collecting opinions." Cause she did that, when she was curious about things. She researched.

Oh. Right. Yeah. Course. "Why did I even ask..." she mumbled, rolling her eyes a bit. "But like... don't people wear make up to encourage snogging..?" ... Right..? She shook her head. "Never mind, I don't care, too complicated." she said, yawning slightly. She was tiiired...

...

"I think I need to sleep..." Cause she struggled to do that lately. "Coming back up to the castle?"

It was a good thing that Lottie knew how to handle spiders and wasn't afraid of them. No one knew when they'd need someone to babysit.... or spidersit? Not that any help was needed at the moment but who knew what'd come up in the future.

Cassia watched the Hogwartian being careful with spidey B and nodded approvingly. Not that she was a professional when it came to dealing with eight-legged creatures but still she felt responsible for BVW.

"Well, only because we're currently arguing about her nutrition," One argument at a time? Though they had already gone through the name one, it seemed it wasn't solved yet. Was it ever going to be? "Not surprisingly, Lex wants to feed her candy all the time." Which raised questions of how the lioness would be able to afford candy for the both of them seeing that she herself was using up her stash quite fast. Surely Lottie knew of the candy situation.

The snake nodded and reached for Lottie's bag. She paused for a split second before inserting her hand, she was given permission so it was ok. It didn't take much for her to pull out the book. It was kinda heavy. Somehow, Cassia imagined it being light, like a handbook titled 'get to know your spider!' or 'learn everything about spiders in five days!'. But nope, it was a real book. She guessed it didn't have many pictures. But she didn't say anything. You know, OWLs year and all. She's supposed to have adapted to books. Ehh... they still make her sleep.

Putting on a serious look, the blond cradled the book and gently opened it. Yeah, she took care of books physically for Mr.Kitridge's sake. He was a nice man, one of her favorite actually. "Here we go," She said her eyes scanning the first few pages. She like never read those. "Do you think we should start from the beginning or just check the index." Though she had no idea what she'd be looking for in the index.

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It was a good thing that Lottie knew how to handle spiders and wasn't afraid of them. No one knew when they'd need someone to babysit.... or spidersit? Not that any help was needed at the moment but who knew what'd come up in the future.

Cassia watched the Hogwartian being careful with spidey B and nodded approvingly. Not that she was a professional when it came to dealing with eight-legged creatures but still she felt responsible for BVW.

"Well, only because we're currently arguing about her nutrition," One argument at a time? Though they had already gone through the name one, it seemed it wasn't solved yet. Was it ever going to be? "Not surprisingly, Lex wants to feed her candy all the time." Which raised questions of how the lioness would be able to afford candy for the both of them seeing that she herself was using up her stash quite fast. Surely Lottie knew of the candy situation.

The snake nodded and reached for Lottie's bag. She paused for a split second before inserting her hand, she was given permission so it was ok. It didn't take much for her to pull out the book. It was kinda heavy. Somehow, Cassia imagined it being light, like a handbook titled 'get to know your spider!' or 'learn everything about spiders in five days!'. But nope, it was a real book. She guessed it didn't have many pictures. But she didn't say anything. You know, OWLs year and all. She's supposed to have adapted to books. Ehh... they still make her sleep.

Putting on a serious look, the blond cradled the book and gently opened it. Yeah, she took care of books physically for Mr.Kitridge's sake. He was a nice man, one of her favorite actually. "Here we go," She said her eyes scanning the first few pages. She like never read those. "Do you think we should start from the beginning or just check the index." Though she had no idea what she'd be looking for in the index.

Nutrition, yes. We all know how important that is, no need for a reminder. Only Lottie wasn't aware they were arguing about something else already. Amusing how Cassia used the word 'currently', that only meant she knew there were going to be other arguments in the future.

"Yes, that's not surprising at all." She finally said, while letting the spider explore, hesitantly may we add, both of her hands. They were aware of the Gryffindor's candy addiction. "It's quite a problem," particularly when you needed Lex to focus, "I'm thinking of limiting my part in her candy intake," which meant... Alec's candy will be mostly for Lottie and others, not including her best friend. Awful, we know, but something needs to be done about it. "As far as B goes... Lex needs to understand she doesn't even eat candy." They don't even go near the thing. She eats small insects, and when she grows more... probably tiny animals.

Vicious, see?

She'll be vicious when older. Smirk. Even a pygmy puff could be vicious, yeah? So this was totally normal and expected of a spider.

It wasn't that BIG of a book, there were bigger books than that one, but she supposed it was kinda big. You have lots of reading to do, Cassia Somerlad. Her focus was on the spider, so the one thing that caught her ears was the 'WE' part. There's no we here, okay? Unless she meant her and Lex, the guardians, then yes. "I already read it. You can skip the first pages, and there's one section dedicated to this particular type of spider." It's bookmarked if you look closely. You're welcome, Cassia.

Her eyes went back to the blonde, "I'd check out nutrition first, and stages, because that's a tricky part, as always," there was a moment in Matilda's life where she had to be kept hidden for reasons. It's all in the book, the details she didn't remember because... the spider was distracting.

"You're lucky," Tora said to Forrest sighing. "I heard your common room entrance doesn't even have a passcode. Its just hidden." She was actually very curious on how exactly it was hidden, but she didn't think it appropriate at the moment to ask. Especially since she was not of Hufflepuff house. She blushed. So he at least thought she was wise. That was someone. Here she was and she couldn't even get into the common room half the time. "Thank you, by the way, for the compliment." Always be polite, that's what Gram taught her. Although polite didn't necessarily mean formal, for which Tora was glad, since she couldn't easily be friends with someone when she was caught up on formalities. Yeah, her formal voice and posture had been dropped a while back in the conversation.

What would make her clever? Carrying all her books or because she was curious and liked learning? See, she couldn't even figure out what a simple question was referring to. Clever. Huh. "Haha, well carrying all my books is a necessity, not clever, though nice clever point. And well, I guess being curious would make me cleverer, but if I was clever to start off I wouldn't need to be curious because I would just figure it out without asking." She laughed, her smile brightening up her face.

Hated Gryffindors... well not quite. "I only dislike their general attitude," she explained. "I don't necessarily hate them, but they usually go on adventures or are brave just to be... well... brave. I'm not like that, and I don't like being clumped into that group." She shifted a little uncomfortably on the bench. So what she didn't want to be a Gryffindor? "I'm grateful that the hat sorted me to where I am too." She gave a small smile.

"You said you wanted to be Gryffindor? Well, you don't seem like the type to do something stupid and brave just because... but then again the Hat placed you in Hufflepuff for a reason." Tora said analytically before adding, "You know, I've always wondered what it would be like to be a part of the huge Hufflepuff family. Maybe you could introduce me to more than just your friend." She suggested hopefully. Maybe she could still be a part of that family even though she was a Ravvie at heart. If she didn't scare them all away first. Already she had had a row with that new Ravenclaw first year brat. What was his name? Bonsai? No that was a tree/bush thingy. She was pretty positive he wasn't named after a tree, but it sounded a little like that... oh. Benzi. That idiot.

"It'd be nice to take a walk. And thanks," she said taking both his offers. "Though you should know that my Gram charmed the bag to be featherlight so it doesn't weigh a thing!" she laughed a bit and handed over the, disproportionally light, bag as she stood up. "Common, where to?" She asked, turning her head to look over her shoulder at Forrest. New friend and a big smile. Yes, it was definitely a good day.