((I think thats everyone!! Im sorry if I missed you, and damn it I need an outfit change, I know Im back tracking and moving forward but she would have gone to bed and gotten up for the workshop..so snorts))

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To Poppet

"Oh hello! I dont think Ive met you yet...Im Charlotte Buttons. You can call me whatever. Thank you for the treats...I wasnt quite here yet for the last workshop. Im looking forward to the next one though! I should change..." She trotted off to change for the workshop.

To Drew

Lottie giggled after placing the candy in Ariettes mouth. "Well Lenore touched her and she didnt move! I figure you know...candy would give her sweet dreams..." she tried to look serious but a smile was breaking. "Ah yes...Id only ever seen Kiwi birds in pictures...liked the little buggers, so it was a delightful surprise when she popped up!"

To Kyros

"Well...Hello!" she smiled, He reminded her of one of the 'kids' form where she lived. "I'm Charlotte...Charlotte Buttons, you can call me whatever though." her tail swung around and wrapped around her ankles. "Im afraid thats me your smelling. I cant quite help it. Though it does lessen when I hide my tail. Though I dont taste like I smell!" she laughed. "Already been licked quite a few times...startin to feel bad for the downtrodden faces!"

She looked over at the girl. "Ariette is it? shes...umm...well..shes really out. I thought the candy would give her sweet dreams...or maybe her blood sugar has dropped." she ran her hand through her hair sheepishly. "ahhh ya...ummm shes so pale see? and she wadden movin....and I didnt remember a statue being here before...and well.." she felt silly for getting all freaked out. She then heard him tell her about her. "A VAMPIRE!? really??? I didnt have those at my old school!!! Are they always this...." she snorted. "stiff?"

She looked in concern at Kyros. "You feelin alright Cookie? You dont look so well..."

To Lee

"We had best get our things and get down to Hogsmeade for our safety charms before the workshop! We dont want to be too late."

To everyone

"We have to run to Hogsmeade for protection charms for our pets but then yes...workshop...does anyone want to come wit us? or do you want to meet there?"

((night before)) ((next day))

"It's really nice to meet you too,"Lee said.

Lee looked at the new boy who introduced himself as Kyros. He looked like he was feeling the strain of the new term.

"Very nice to meet you Kyros. I am Lee Edwards, and this is Kodi," he said, motioning down to his dog, who was wagging his tail at the boy.

"Yes, it's been a long week so far, but I am very happy here. Ariette, and a vampire..? I was right. She gave me quite the start earlier, I could smell something was wrong with her after I realized she wasn't a statue. Might have..shaken up a few people with my reaction," he chuckled.

Lee smiled. "Yes, I have chickens, they are both Easter Egg Bantams. Mirabai is very sweet, I got her in Hogsmeade last Friday when I got here, and well Day, he is pretty new," he chuckled. "Took quite a few tries to get him to come into existence, but he turned out wonderfully."

"Yes, I am ready to go, I don't want to be too late for the workshop, but I have to get that charm."

((OOC to everyone, I thought I had posted that Lee had gone to bed but it was late and it didn't show up on here so maybe I imagined it lol. Anyway, yes, convo before bed, and then the next day heading into the workshop ))

((OOC: finally caught a break! so much paperwork is waiting for me but i guess it can wait a bit HAHHAHAA)) The common room emptied slowly as people retreated to change clothing for Merlin's workshop. Slowly, Ariette began to bring herself back to reality and realised something very odd had occurred. The first thing that she became aware of was that she took a deep breath in through her nose, and simultaneously realised she had stopped breathing.... entirely. oh dear, she thought to herself, when did that happen? The second thing she became aware of was that there was something light on her head. She puzzled over this for a second before realising that she had a mouth full of liquid sugar that tasted like a unicorn had died. She swallowed on reflex and grimaced immediately afterwards at the unsettling feeling of food in her stomach. Great, she'd have to take that goddamn potion again and spend an hour vomiting it back up over a toilet.

Satisfied that she was relatively unharmed, she opened her eyes cautiously although the sudden light made her tear up, hiss, then curse internally "by loki's thrice-damned womb who turned on the lights". She tried again and had to blink rapidly as the common room swam into focus. Ah. It wasn't actually that bright. Interesting.

Her neck made an almighty crack when she turned it, surprising even herself. At least it didn't smell overpoweringly of Happiness anymore (what a relief). Her arm seemed surprisingly light and she realised that Erus was still stunned in her pocket. She gingerly fished him out and ennervated him, carefully keeping a safe distance between her suddenly furious familiar and herself.

Erus turned in a huff and slithered off towards Ariette's room, no doubt to brood and wheedle an inordinate sum of food from his owner. Ariette stood in a hurry, and took a step . before promptly falling over flat on her face Athena's. bloody. left. feather. Let's try that again

She gingerly peeled herself off the floor and shuffled rigidly, joints cracking loudly with every step. She slowly disappeared towards her dorm room, where she wouldn't be seen for quite some time yet...

(( ooc that was awesome, wish I had been there to see it :) ))

Outfit Not Found Vivian heaved a sigh of relief and came out from behind a bookshelf where she had been hiding during the chaos. What a load of noise! Why were other young people so...loud and...all in each other's faces...and close? She was glad when everyone left to do the workshop. All she wanted was a chance to be herself for a while, alone, getting to relax. Maybe her grandparents wouldn't let her be friends with regular students, but at least when no one was around, she could wear her hair the way she liked it, put on her smuggled kilt, take out her knitting, and sit by the fire for a bit to dream about her past, and maybe a possible future where she wasn't Vivian Ashworth, but was Vivian MacIvor again. She took her knitting basket to the plushest wingback chair near a fireplace and pulled out the armwarmers she was knitting for Mum in her favorite colors of Ravenclaw blue and royal purple.

Stavia roamed around the room, digging through rubbish bins for any possible discarded sweeties. "Oi! Greedy! Get thee wee snoot out from mischief!" Viv chastised, lapsing into her original Scottish accent. Stavia chittered at her and scampered across the floor to play with her toys, which Viv obligingly bewitched with her wand to wiggle and swish enticingly for the energetic stoat.

"What ya think, Stavvie?" she asked, holding up one mostly finished arm. The stoat tilted its tiny head at her mistress and then pounced on a wiggly ball trailing a fluffy tail with a fierce squeak. "Aye, I think it'll do, too. Maybe next year after we winkle out how to get rid of the Terrors, we can give it to Mum as a surprise. Surely Mum will understand about having to do what's necessary to be rid of them, won't she? She knows how awful they are. Da told her." Viv sighed and leaned back into her chair. The Ashworths were powerful. They had all kinds of shields, protective charms, amulets, bodyguards... She hated them more than she ever thought possible.

She brooded over the possibilities while she worked on her knitting.