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After dinner, while Bella is squirreled away in her and Tony's room reading her History textbook as though it's a fantasy novel (for the two bear significant resemblance)...
Artemis Burberry is in her room, on Patricia Hall, lamenting to her great horned owl about the lack of relatively private fireplaces for Floo calls here, and wondering where her roommate is.
(Who names their daughter "Sherlock", anyway?)
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occluminous
occluminous
"Seventh in a lot of remedial courses, he said," says Bella.
sparksflying
"Well, lemme tell ya, he does not belong in remedial Transfigurations."
Tony sets herself up beside Bella.
Tony sets herself up beside Bella.
occluminous
"I wonder what he's doing there then. I guess I'll ask him." Bella squints at the handwriting on the blackboard and takes out her potion kit's little box of newt eyes, and checks that the magical flame under her tiny cauldron works and then turns it off. "What did Sherlock want to ask the teacher?"
nobodyelse
Sherlock comes in and takes the seat on the far side of Tony.
occluminous
"Hi, Sherlock," says Bella. "What did you want to ask the Transfig' teacher?"
nobodyelse
He doesn't appear to hear her; he's setting up his cauldron with excessively particular focus.
occluminous
Bella frowns. He's being peculiarly unfriendly today.
She decides she'll let him ignore her until they are both back in their room this afternoon and then she will ask if she did something to upset him.
She decides she'll let him ignore her until they are both back in their room this afternoon and then she will ask if she did something to upset him.
nobodyelse
At least in this class he actually does things.
But he does them with that same overcareful attentiveness, as though the relatively simple task is immensely complex or dangerous.
But he does them with that same overcareful attentiveness, as though the relatively simple task is immensely complex or dangerous.
occluminous
The potions book actually does have some warnings - variously dire or mild lists of problems that will happen if you spill the potion at various stages onto yourself, or other materials that are likely to be nearby, or if you make assorted common mistakes - and all of the warnings about the Moisturizing Unguent are in "this is harmless" blue - it doesn't even stain clothes - so that's weird.
Bella mixes her moisturizing unguent with care because she wants to get it right, but Sherlock is really overdoing it, isn't he?
Bella mixes her moisturizing unguent with care because she wants to get it right, but Sherlock is really overdoing it, isn't he?
occluminous
Okay then.
While the students mix, the teacher comments on the properties of the individual ingredients and what each of them is doing to the moisturizer, and Bella takes notes during the simmering stages of the potion when she doesn't have to add anything or stir or anything but keep time and mind the color.
At the end of the lesson, when everyone's potion has been inspected and graded (Bella's is "approximately perfect", but so are most people's, unless they forgot ingredients) the teacher passes around a bunch of vials of optional scents, and jars for them to scoop their unguents into, and Bella makes hers vanilla-cinnamon and jars it and dabs some on her nose and puts it away in her bag.
The teacher uses the last few minutes of classtime to advertise Potions Club. Bella is not particularly interested; there are sure to be other clubs, plus an entire library she hasn't gotten a look at yet.
While the students mix, the teacher comments on the properties of the individual ingredients and what each of them is doing to the moisturizer, and Bella takes notes during the simmering stages of the potion when she doesn't have to add anything or stir or anything but keep time and mind the color.
At the end of the lesson, when everyone's potion has been inspected and graded (Bella's is "approximately perfect", but so are most people's, unless they forgot ingredients) the teacher passes around a bunch of vials of optional scents, and jars for them to scoop their unguents into, and Bella makes hers vanilla-cinnamon and jars it and dabs some on her nose and puts it away in her bag.
The teacher uses the last few minutes of classtime to advertise Potions Club. Bella is not particularly interested; there are sure to be other clubs, plus an entire library she hasn't gotten a look at yet.
nobodyelse
Sherlock's approximately perfect unguent goes into a jar, and Sherlock goes away.
sparksflying
Tony dithers over her optional scent past the official end of class; she's still in her seat when Sherlock leaves the room.
occluminous
"I was thinking of doing lemon and raspberry," offers Bella, "if you can't decide and want a suggestion. I have social studies last, what about you?"
sparksflying
"Magical Defense."
She goes for lemon and raspberry, and heads off.
She goes for lemon and raspberry, and heads off.
occluminous
Bella heads for Social Studies, which is interesting - this class, unlike the others, is actually sectioned by upbringing, and so she's mostly other kids she met on the bus, Muggle-raised ones who need to be brought up to speed, rather than a mix. They are going to spend the first month in a crash course on everything that wizards take to be utterly basic about wizarding society. Then they're going to rush like they're being chased by dragons through the rest of the standard curriculum trying to catch up to the other kids, who for fairness are going to spend some time dawdling over long-term projects and a little Muggle Studies even though proper Muggle Studies as a course is an optional specialization that can be taken in seventh grade.
Bella decides to prioritize reading ahead in this book more than the others, because what she learns is fascinating and also surprising and also the sort of thing that could be extremely practically important. She has been thrown into a very different culture.
She's going to go to check out the library next, but first she stops at her and Sherlock's room, to drop off her things.
Bella decides to prioritize reading ahead in this book more than the others, because what she learns is fascinating and also surprising and also the sort of thing that could be extremely practically important. She has been thrown into a very different culture.
She's going to go to check out the library next, but first she stops at her and Sherlock's room, to drop off her things.
occluminous
That's disappointing. She goes to the library and spends the hours before dinner reading up on her various topics of interest. She doesn't spot the elves, but she figures this is likely to mean that they do not, at this moment, have (gasp) spare time, so she'll try again later.
Maybe Sherlock will be at dinner.
Maybe Sherlock will be at dinner.
So is Feral!
They're not sitting together.
They're not sitting together.
occluminous
Bella goes and sits with Tony. "I haven't seen Sherlock since Potions, have you?"
sparksflying
"Yeah, we had Magical Defense together, then I went back to my room and he went somewhere."
occluminous
"It wasn't our room," says Bella. "Or he's a lot faster than me and didn't leave a trace. Did I offend him or something? He was much friendlier yesterday."