Lex wasn't the only one staring, in fact Lottie was staring more than her and she was starting to believe it was just the effect the man had on people. Walking walls of muscle tended to draw A LOT of attention, okay?

It was taking Lottie a bit longer but she snapped out of it but then she spoke and it was somewhat disappointing but true. "Yeah. Right." They really weren't here for honey and shouldn't be giving the guy the wrong impression, not unless they wanted to be thrown masks and told to help him harvest. But speaking of rude, while Lottie was on this topic, it was rude to have a question asked and not answered. "Even though we aren't here for the honey," she pressed, "can we have some anyway?" Legit questions needed responses.

Oh sweet, they could call him Kirby! Yup, this was happening...except she could see a repeat of Divination class where the Professor got offended because she referred to Professor Airey using his first name. The man said it was OKAY. Honestly, she sometimes forgot his last name was Flamsteed and not Airey. Seriously. "Can we have that written down and signed somewhere? You know, in case we see you around and go 'HI KIRBY' which could possibly be followed shortly by 'FIFTY POINTS FROM GRYFFINDOR'." She wasn't shouting of course, being mindful of her bestie and all, just using a stronger voice where necessary.

Wait, he was offering them masks? Neat. Lex stepped inside at the invitation to do so. Let's go Lottie. Time to see if he charmed inside. "I'm Alexa but Lex works...too...." HOLY KNEAZLE. THIS....THIS explained the walking flipping wall of flipping muscle. Was Lottie SEEING this?? What EVEN? "Whoa..."

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[/spoiler]They really shouldn't stare like that. It was rude. Then again he was rather large, but it was ALL NATURAL, he wasn't One quarter giant you know. Merlin's Gym Shorts could you imagine! "Ru..?...oh!" He face!palmed his forehead then removed the Protective Mask from his head. "Yes. Well You can call me Kirby, or Mr. Kirby." He didn't mind if they weren't going to be formal with him. He was HIP and COOL you know! for a guy about to turn Forty. "You two can can inside if you like, I've got a few spare I can hand out." He shouldn't be giving out too many now anyways. Winter is Coming, and he'll need them to help keep the Bees alive through winter. "I don't believe I caught your names? Do share" Why invite two strange studentd into his home with knowing their names.

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Lex wasn't the only one staring, in fact Lottie was staring more than her and she was starting to believe it was just the effect the man had on people. Walking walls of muscle tended to draw A LOT of attention, okay?

It was taking Lottie a bit longer but she snapped out of it but then she spoke and it was somewhat disappointing but true. "Yeah. Right." They really weren't here for honey and shouldn't be giving the guy the wrong impression, not unless they wanted to be thrown masks and told to help him harvest. But speaking of rude, while Lottie was on this topic, it was rude to have a question asked and not answered. "Even though we aren't here for the honey," she pressed, "can we have some anyway?" Legit questions needed responses.

Oh sweet, they could call him Kirby! Yup, this was happening...except she could see a repeat of Divination class where the Professor got offended because she referred to Professor Airey using his first name. The man said it was OKAY. Honestly, she sometimes forgot his last name was Flamsteed and not Airey. Seriously. "Can we have that written down and signed somewhere? You know, in case we see you around and go 'HI KIRBY' which could possibly be followed shortly by 'FIFTY POINTS FROM GRYFFINDOR'." She wasn't shouting of course, being mindful of her bestie and all, just using a stronger voice where necessary.

Wait, he was offering them masks? Neat. Lex stepped inside at the invitation to do so. Let's go Lottie. Time to see if he charmed inside. "I'm Alexa but Lex works...too...." HOLY KNEAZLE. THIS....THIS explained the walking flipping wall of flipping muscle. Was Lottie SEEING this?? What EVEN? "Whoa..."

Uh-huh. Rude! It was all better now that she could actually see his face, you know? Also, she noticed the disappointment in Lex's tone and... she'd bet 5 galleons she forgot what they came here for. Especially since she was still asking for the honey. 'WE' sounds like a lot of people, considering Lottie wasn't interested, but she didn't comment because, well, Lex could have the honey, she really didn't care.

OMG. Lex. I'm sorry, Kirby (cuz they were OFFICIALLY allowed to call him Kirby), but Lottie had to laugh at the girl next to her. Surely, hes best friend wouldn't carry around a piece of paper just in case, that's hilarious. But... she cleared her throat and smiled, it was clear she was more relaxed now, "Kirby, then, it's just like Mr. Cantwell...," OH, LOOK AT THAT! She remembered! "...he let me call him Nick," LOL, no, he didn't, but they were inside now and this was a good opportunity to catch sneakoscopes around, "You know, the Groundskeeper before you." Nod, nod. This was common knowledge.

Also... wow. Yes, Lex, we're seeing this. WOW. Like... how could all this fit here?? Magic.

The reason you didn't caught their names, KIRBY, is because none was said. Until now. "And I'm Lotus Wisteria," Lottie wouldn't work, okay? Miss Wisteria would. But onto more important things now..., "Since you clearly work out... how fast are you, though? Like, would you be able to catch the fastest creature in the planet?" We're not being sneaky AT ALL, this was actual curiosity. Usually, if you gained strength you could lose speed, soooo... just curious. "With or without magic." Shrug.

...Now he was confused...

They had both expressed interest to Honey outside, and now the Gryffindor Prefect suddenly didn't want any? Well she was getting Honey now, no matter what she said! "That's why we're here." She was wanting a permission slip to call him Kirby...That was strange. He'd probably dock them points if they openly started calling him Orsino, or Orsy or some variation of his first name, horribly shortened to make him feel stupid. Lucky him he didn'tthe girls his first name. "Hell, why not? You got a piece of parchment on you?"

In the mean time, he stepped into his other room, and picked up two small jars of honey. "No I don't think I recall a Nick Cantwell." He didn't pay much attention to those who came before him, aside for Firth. Alistair was in his graduating class, and well he didn't want to think further on the subject. he stepped back into the first room of his hut and was now holding out the two jars for them to take. "Are you asking to race against me, Lotus? You'd be correct in thinking that I'd be left in the dust. Even on a broom I need to make up for my bulk, but I have a system that works out for me."

Wait was she accusing him of magically enhancing himself too!? No no no he was not going to have that! The Healer accused him of using Girding potions and was insulted beyond belief! Now he felt the urge to start flexing his muscles all over the place just to prove the Hufflepuff girl wrong...and what was the Prefect Lex so awe struck about?
So They both got an eyebrow raised at them, for anger and confusion. An Angfusion Eyebrow of sorts.

Lottie was laughing and yeah, she could laugh all she wanted but this was completely legit stuff right here. Sometimes it was the difference between being seen as trying to explain and trying to have a smart mouth so she was more than happy he was willing to oblige, just one problem. Did she LOOK like a Ravenclaw? Why in Merlin's beard would she be carrying around Parchment? "Erm...I'm afraid I don't. Wouldn't you...I mean...this is where you keep all your things, yes?" So if he were to have parchment anywhere...it'd be here...yeah?

And that was his name? Why didn't that sound familiar? Lex was gonna chalk it up to never having needed to run into him. Not like Lottie who'd visited and gotten tea. Ugh. Another reason to not visit. Tea.

In the next minute he was leaving them. Man he'd better have been going for some parchment while he was gone--OOoOOOoOooooOo. Honey!!! Lottie didn't want any. Wasn't he listening? She was. Oh yes she was, so Lex gave a wide smile and snatched both jars for herself. Lottie could have some if she wanted, but these were hers now, yup. Thank you Kirby.

Hahaha wait, what was Lottie asking about races and was he challenging them to one now? "I'm fully in support of a race Kirby," yup, parchment or not, this was sticking, "how's about we have a go through the forest?" Cough cough. Note the exclusion of the 'Forbidden', that was SUCH a strong word. Lex noted the eyebrow being raised but see, she was too busy smiling up at him to be bother. It'd been ages since they'd gone in there.

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...Now he was confused...

They had both expressed interest to Honey outside, and now the Gryffindor Prefect suddenly didn't want any? Well she was getting Honey now, no matter what she said! "That's why we're here." She was wanting a permission slip to call him Kirby...That was strange. He'd probably dock them points if they openly started calling him Orsino, or Orsy or some variation of his first name, horribly shortened to make him feel stupid. Lucky him he didn'tthe girls his first name. "Hell, why not? You got a piece of parchment on you?"

In the mean time, he stepped into his other room, and picked up two small jars of honey. "No I don't think I recall a Nick Cantwell." He didn't pay much attention to those who came before him, aside for Firth. Alistair was in his graduating class, and well he didn't want to think further on the subject. he stepped back into the first room of his hut and was now holding out the two jars for them to take. "Are you asking to race against me, Lotus? You'd be correct in thinking that I'd be left in the dust. Even on a broom I need to make up for my bulk, but I have a system that works out for me."

Wait was she accusing him of magically enhancing himself too!? No no no he was not going to have that! The Healer accused him of using Girding potions and was insulted beyond belief! Now he felt the urge to start flexing his muscles all over the place just to prove the Hufflepuff girl wrong...and what was the Prefect Lex so awe struck about?
So They both got an eyebrow raised at them, for anger and confusion. An Angfusion Eyebrow of sorts.

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Lottie was laughing and yeah, she could laugh all she wanted but this was completely legit stuff right here. Sometimes it was the difference between being seen as trying to explain and trying to have a smart mouth so she was more than happy he was willing to oblige, just one problem. Did she LOOK like a Ravenclaw? Why in Merlin's beard would she be carrying around Parchment? "Erm...I'm afraid I don't. Wouldn't you...I mean...this is where you keep all your things, yes?" So if he were to have parchment anywhere...it'd be here...yeah?

And that was his name? Why didn't that sound familiar? Lex was gonna chalk it up to never having needed to run into him. Not like Lottie who'd visited and gotten tea. Ugh. Another reason to not visit. Tea.

In the next minute he was leaving them. Man he'd better have been going for some parchment while he was gone--OOoOOOoOooooOo. Honey!!! Lottie didn't want any. Wasn't he listening? She was. Oh yes she was, so Lex gave a wide smile and snatched both jars for herself. Lottie could have some if she wanted, but these were hers now, yup. Thank you Kirby.

Hahaha wait, what was Lottie asking about races and was he challenging them to one now? "I'm fully in support of a race Kirby," yup, parchment or not, this was sticking, "how's about we have a go through the forest?" Cough cough. Note the exclusion of the 'Forbidden', that was SUCH a strong word. Lex noted the eyebrow being raised but see, she was too busy smiling up at him to be bother. It'd been ages since they'd gone in there.

No, no, there was no confusion here. Lottie had said that they weren't here to collect honey, yet Kirby had still offered them jars of it. Lottie is the one who didn't want it, Lex was the one who did. Who's confused here? We're not. LOL! Piece of parchment? Not even this Wisteria had some at the moment, not one to spare anyway. And a quick glance around told her whatever parchments he got... were nowhere in sight.

This was all amusing enough.

Also, no sneakoscopes, yo! They were free to go now.

Okay, Kirby didn't know who his predecessor was. What if the fish was Cantwell instead of Tiberius? She knew the Groundskeeper and Airey didn't exactly get along when they were teenagers, this could be a revenge of sorts if Airey was actually capable of such a thing. But he wouldn't, right? Anyway, Lottie nodded, "Makes sense, he didn't talk with many," but he did speak with her. Wink.

Er, what? "Miss Wisteria," she corrected him. And she was fine with calling him Mr. Kirby. BUT YES, LEX! THANK YOU! "I'm up for it! After all, both Mr. Cantwell and Mr. Firth took us on safe trips to the forest, so I'm very much up for a race in there!" BEAM. That'd be excellent, and she'd win because she was fast. And very tiny, compared to this man.

Nothing was said on the eyebrow raise. Or in relation to any magical enhancement.

Paper, paper, paper, paper? Oh he did have paper! Rushing back to his side room, Kirby scrounged up something and came back. "Here we go!" He said as he handed Lex a roll of Paper Towels. "Excellent for cleaning and you can write on them too." He gave her small nod, and a smile before addressing their next topic they were very eager about. "The Race is on then, but not in the Forest. Terrible footing, you could trip and sprain your ankle from a root." He gave the both a raised eyebrow. "Instead we race on my terms. We start on the Pathway closest to here, and end at the Pitch." They shouldn't be too disappointed. Besides would they really expect him to believe the previous Groundskeepers took them on leisurely walks around the Forbidden Forest, not likely. "Do we have ourselves a race Lex, Lottie?"

If nothing else she could always say she'd gotten two jars of honey from the Groundskeeper, making this trip not a waste of time at all. There was still the matter of finding out what the man thought of explosions but she'd let that be for now because there was something more pressing. Paper towel? Really? Lex blinked at it even as it was offered. "That's not gonna work..." She began slowly, still eyeing the paper towel. "It soaks stuff up. Ink...ink is soak up-able, very much so. The note won't last all that long and I'd try running to the Headmistress before it fades and spreads but I'd be winded by the time I get there then she'd never take me seriously." This wasn't gonna work, was it?

"I'll just, come back with some parchment." Sometime before the term really got under way and Professors started moving about enough to notice the absence of the 'Mr'.

There was internal beaming when Lottie jumped right onboard with her forest running idea. Of course she would. They had history in there. T'was a fun place afterall and as horrible as it was lying about a practically dead man, she had to say the mention of Cantwell and Firth was a good touch nevermind what that rug in detention had to say about that. There was a bit of nodding as she did her best to back this up but then he was going on about footing?

"It's not a problem. We're well acquainted with the forest. Footing shouldn't affect us much." Technically that was the complete truth. They'd both been in their more than once. She would have pointed that out next were it not for him giving suggestions. Er....let's all take a moment to remember Lex only wanted to visit the forest and was in NO WAY inclined to have a run with the walking wall of muscle no matter how slow he confessed to being. No. Just no. If she ran it had to be for a good reason and this...this testing his speed thing wasn't good enough. Only Lottie wanted to know how fast he was.

"You and Lottie have a race." She corrected. "I can fly overheard incase you guys need a 'photo finish' of sorts." Even if she was pretty sure he stood no chance against her bestfriend. Just saying.

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Paper, paper, paper, paper? Oh he did have paper! Rushing back to his side room, Kirby scrounged up something and came back. "Here we go!" He said as he handed Lex a roll of Paper Towels. "Excellent for cleaning and you can write on them too." He gave her small nod, and a smile before addressing their next topic they were very eager about. "The Race is on then, but not in the Forest. Terrible footing, you could trip and sprain your ankle from a root." He gave the both a raised eyebrow. "Instead we race on my terms. We start on the Pathway closest to here, and end at the Pitch." They shouldn't be too disappointed. Besides would they really expect him to believe the previous Groundskeepers took them on leisurely walks around the Forbidden Forest, not likely. "Do we have ourselves a race Lex, Lottie?"

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If nothing else she could always say she'd gotten two jars of honey from the Groundskeeper, making this trip not a waste of time at all. There was still the matter of finding out what the man thought of explosions but she'd let that be for now because there was something more pressing. Paper towel? Really? Lex blinked at it even as it was offered. "That's not gonna work..." She began slowly, still eyeing the paper towel. "It soaks stuff up. Ink...ink is soak up-able, very much so. The note won't last all that long and I'd try running to the Headmistress before it fades and spreads but I'd be winded by the time I get there then she'd never take me seriously." This wasn't gonna work, was it?

"I'll just, come back with some parchment." Sometime before the term really got under way and Professors started moving about enough to notice the absence of the 'Mr'.

There was internal beaming when Lottie jumped right onboard with her forest running idea. Of course she would. They had history in there. T'was a fun place afterall and as horrible as it was lying about a practically dead man, she had to say the mention of Cantwell and Firth was a good touch nevermind what that rug in detention had to say about that. There was a bit of nodding as she did her best to back this up but then he was going on about footing?

"It's not a problem. We're well acquainted with the forest. Footing shouldn't affect us much." Technically that was the complete truth. They'd both been in their more than once. She would have pointed that out next were it not for him giving suggestions. Er....let's all take a moment to remember Lex only wanted to visit the forest and was in NO WAY inclined to have a run with the walking wall of muscle no matter how slow he confessed to being. No. Just no. If she ran it had to be for a good reason and this...this testing his speed thing wasn't good enough. Only Lottie wanted to know how fast he was.

"You and Lottie have a race." She corrected. "I can fly overheard incase you guys need a 'photo finish' of sorts." Even if she was pretty sure he stood no chance against her bestfriend. Just saying.

Well, then.

This was one BRIGHT Groundskeeper. Lottie kept her eyes on Lex as he brought the paper towels. At least he got one part of that right. HA, blinking. Priceless. And her best friend was ultimately right, you know? The note won't last at all. Quite frankly, they ought to stop the whole 'note' business, because it surely wouldn't matter in the end.

Now, OH MERLIN. Lottie almost laughed. Almost. There was a smile on her face, though. "It is true. We know the forest very well. And I don't trip." If for some reason she was blindfolded in the forest, then that would be a different case, but with her full sight... no problems with the forest at all. AT ALL. "Thank you for caring for our safety. Which is ultimately yours." Right. Because part of his job was to keep the students SAFE.

The only Groundskeeper who took them for a walk (albeit back FROM the forest) was Firth. Lottie wasn't lying. Technically.

A race on his terms, though? "That's all the terms? A race from the pathways to the Pitch? I can do that." Easily. She'd run longer distances. Especially when she was running late for Quidditch and actually cared about not being late.

"It's a deal on my part." Cue sweet smile.

"Then you or I, or Lotus here can Transfigure that into some useful role of Parchment. That or you needn't worry about calling me Kirby. I'll speak with anyone who deducts points from you if it's over using my name informally." Did he get his point across?...If he did, he'll be needing that Paper Towel Role back.

What was with these girls and that Forrest. He'll need to get some inside info on these two."Forest is a No go. Sorry" Someone REALLY needs to Stress the dangers in that Forest to the students again. Talk to the Headmistress, maybe the Care of Magical Creatures Professor.

Awwww...what a sweet smile. "EXCELLENT! Meet at the start of the Pathways in 1 no 2 hours! Time for a decent ammount of stretching before we do this."This should be interesting.