Jona looked at Zoe and asked, "What's there to do with Tomes and Scrolls?" He scooted a bit closer to her while the others kind of turned to have their own conversation. They were being pretty loud, too - though, he wasn't one to blame. He was often the loudest person in the room, if he could help it. "And is it just a bunch of shops over there or are there other things to do except for spend money?" Jona shifted his glance; he didn't exactly have money to spend, so he was trying to casually bring up activities that were more within his budget, which was basically zero.

"4A? Oh, is zat ze academy in Egypt?" Sauvage questioned River. "What brings you to 'ogwarts?" Sauvage was rather interested in River, considering she, too, was a transfer student from another school.

"Its a book shop," Zoe replied. "They have all kinds of things for sale." She nodded. "Predominately yes. If you don't want to shop, You can walk around. Visit the Shrieking shack, which has lots of rumours about it...there's a Wireless Wizard place--kind of an internet cafe. Could always play games. Mostly I've only done my shopping and left or sit in a corner and watch people come and go."

River nodded. "Yeah. Er..." she hesitated... "Well I had to move to be closer to my guardian. He lives in England. Are you originally from beauxbatons? I ask cos I think you sound French?"

Jona crouched and made a sound like a ghost from a child's scary story: "Ooooohhhhhhh, what's the shrieking shack?"

"Oui - I mean, yes." Sauvage smiled sheepishly and apologized, glad she had caught herself from going further in French. She was always wanting to speak her mother tongue with someone, but constantly held back out of respect for others and the institution. "I transferred 'ere last year from Beauxbatons, where I 'ad attended my first two and 'alf years of school. I was in Bellefeuille for zose years, before I cam to be 'ufflepuff 'ere." She smiled proudly, for both houses she had been sorted into were known for their loyaltly.

"Its an old building that's supposed to be very haunted. There's lots of rumours about it. From things like an old professor changed into a werewolf there, to its the most haunted building in Britain," Zoe replied.

River waved off the apology. "What was it like?"

Jona looked Zoe dead in the eyes, full-on serious mode and said, "We gotta go."

"It was nice," Sauvage said to River. "I miss it occasionally, like some of ze classes zat zey do not offer 'ere and such. Oh, and ze 'orses! I miss flying on zem." She smiled at River, then at Fade and looked aroun the hall at everyone else she knew. "But I do not regret coming 'ere, for I 'ave made many friends. Actually, - " And at this she turned to Fade (). "My parents and I just moved back to France over ze summer. I was meant to go back to Beauxbatons, but I decided to keep coming 'ere." She blushed, remembering her speedy entrance into the hall. "Zat is why I came racing into ze 'all. I thought zat I was late because I 'ad to fly 'ere on my own, ze decision was so last minute." Sauvage then remember River. "Oh, and 'ow was it at...4A, was it? Do you miss it already?"

"We can," Zoe promised. "It was said that YouKnowWho even stayed there for a bit during the battle at Hogwarts in the second wizarding war and that they had to do some repairs in it." She shrugged. "I don't know if any of the stories are true but its fun to make things up. Dad's writing a new book on the idea. It'll be called Haunted Hallows or something."

River listened to Sauvage with a smile. "it does sound like you like it. I have a normal horse. Maybe I can ask Gabe to bring him on a weekend and you can ride him a bit. Glad you got to stay here. Oh 4A is okay, I miss the heat of the desert. Scotland looks very different."

(( Alright, so there was supposed to be a funeral today but it was pushed back to tomorrow. I am incredibly mentally exhausted and can't formulate coherent thoughts let alone try and come up with RP responses right now. I'm really sorry, but when all this blows over I should have more free time to be a real person again. ))

((OOC: Absolutely no worries. RP is a fun side thing and in no way should it feel obligatory. I'm very sorry to hear about life treating you harshly right now. I hope you feel much better eventually!))

Edit: Jona pumped his first in the air so excited, because he half thought Zoe was going to refuse his request - or demand. "Great! We should ask your dad to send some of his findings on the place as, like, background research so we really know what we're getting into. Until then..." Jona yawned and smiled sheepishly. "I think my sugar high is crashing. I'm gonna hit the hay." Jona motioned a corner in the hall, then realized that he hadn't actually been to the Hufflepuff common room yet. He vocalized his confusion with a few acrobatic twirls and an "Ummmm...."

Sauvage noticed his distress and touched Jona's shoulder gently. "I will walk you to ze common room," she said. "I am pretty spent as well." She turned back to River. "Sorry we could not talk more, but I look forward to getting to know you. Good night!" She waved and turned to leave the hall with Jona waving enthusiastically, though obviously with effort due to his exhaustion.