Re: The Library: A Study Table

Guest September 9th 2010, 4:17 pm

Hermione Granger wrote:

Hermione grins. She does really like to see people with ambition, after all. "Wouldn't that be wonderful? Well, you're certainly dedicated enough to make it one day, I think. Imagine all the good you could do for our community then!" Her eyes even light up a little at the prospect. Maybe he would be sympathetic to Elf Rights, and supportive of S.P.E.W!

Sneaking on. Don't know how long I have.

"Exactly. I like to think I could make great changes in this wor- AH!" The bookshelf Percy is currently leaning on falls right over, and he falls with it, and is promptly caught in a shower of rather large and heavy books, several of which hit him on the head. "Ow...."

BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY THIS WOULD HAPPEN OTHERWISE. HEAD INJURY IS THE ONLY EXPLANATION.

Mya Lupin September 9th 2010, 4:21 pm

*nods*
*applauds your ninja-posting skills*

Hermione gasps and jumps up as Percy is caught in the sort of avalanche that only ever happens to truly awkward people. Like Mya. Naturally, she's horrified about all the books dumped unceremoniously all over the floor, and potentially damaged, but she has a larger emotional range than a teaspoon, and one of those emotions is compassion. So she moves over to Percy, concern shining in her eyes as she reaches up to inspect his head for serious damage, her hand resting lightly on the side of his head so she can turn it to her gaze. "Are you alright?"

Guest September 9th 2010, 4:25 pm

"Huwhaaa?" Percy blinks and climbs out of the books, looking rather rumpled and confused. "Right. I'll add that to my list of things NOT to do. Leaning on bookshelves. Right. Reparo!" he says, pointing his wand at the shelf and repairing it, trying to ignore the fact his face is as red as... COME ON, NOBODY'S USED THIS TERRIBLE SIMILE IN ALL OF 1.0... a quaffle. THERE, I SAID IT. Bite me. No, really, bite me! Er, just me, not Percy, he'd freak the fuck out. "Mind helping me get these books back in order...?" he asked, his voice trailing off as he met Hermione's eyes again, wishing he didnt' find a way to make himself look like an utter clusterfuck of a nerdy kid in front of her all the damn time.

Mya Lupin September 9th 2010, 4:32 pm

Your request is distracting and tempting. Damn you for living on the wrong side of the world. Get the fuck over here, woman.
Hermione realises her hand is in a somewhat awkward position and drops it as if it's been burned, to use a truly terrible cliche. "Of course," she says, because she certainly doesn't want the books left the way they are. Mya's Inner!Shelver is going on about what that's going to do to the reshelving stats, but Mya finished work 3 1/2 hours ago and needs to stop thinking about that.
Hermione drops to her knees lightly and begins gathering an armload of books to reshelve.

Guest September 9th 2010, 4:37 pm

"Thank you," he mumbles quietly, and Eowyn laughs, because yes, Lenore really needs to stop thinking about that by now. Percy, still blushing, is currently trying not to stare at Hermione, when his brain starts doing funny things, and thinking like an almost normal kid for a whole thirty seconds. It's what his brothers would do, right? And cool kids? Oliver wouldn't ever have trouble doing something like this, and now that it had finally hit him, he had to make himself do it. Gently placing the books back on the shelves, he looked at Hermione and took a deep breath. "Hermione? Can I, can I ask you something?

BRB DYING OF AWKWARD I CAN'T DO THIS.

Mya Lupin September 9th 2010, 4:43 pm

Lenore reread her post and decided she's pretty fucking awesome for managing to be so retarded without even being drunk, high or overly tired. Yeah. Anyway... Maybe we need to start getting completely fucked up before writing this shit to make it bearable.

"You're welcome," Hermione says softly, because in a Library people speak softly. She hands him the last couple of books and smiles kindly, because the poor boy looks about as red as a pomegranate right now. Hermione doesn't know much about quaffles, you see. "Sure, Percy, you can ask me anything," she says. There's never been a question Hermione couldn't answer... OH HOW SHE'S ABOUT TO LEARN DIFFERENTLY!

Guest September 9th 2010, 4:54 pm

Sorry it took so long. I needed to post this line almost directly from World of Warcraft because it might be my favorite quote ever.

Percy blinked, and blushed even more furiously as she smiled, because she just looked so damn beautiful. "Well, you see, uh, Hermione, I find it impossible to deny that you are, in fact, quite-- pulchritudinous, if I must be perfectly honest, and I was wondering if, perhaps, you would so acquiesce to allow me to at some time in the near future to engage in some form of frivolity with you, and allow me to take you out for a time, and potentially engage in diminutive conversation with me in hopes of establishing a rapport."

I KID YOU NOT HALF OF THAT IS A LINE FROM WORLD OF WARCRAFT.
i love the gnomes. yes, they all talk like that.

**Molly Prewett** September 9th 2010, 4:56 pm

holyfuck.
*blinks*
You make awkward an art form.
*scrapes brains off the floor and goes to reply*

Guest September 9th 2010, 4:58 pm

fixed a typo, it got lost in the awkward.

Guest September 9th 2010, 5:00 pm

Also, if you were curious, that's one of the lines the gnomes female say when you hit /flirt.
"At this time, I think you should purchase me an alcoholic beverage and engage in diminutive conversation with me in hopes of establishing a rapport."
They might also say "I don't feel the 1 to 10 scale is fine enough to capture subtle details of compatibility. I'd prefer a 12 dimensional compatibility scale with additional parameters for mechanical aptitude and torque."

The gnome males are just win:
"I like large posteriors and I cannot prevaricate."

Mya Lupin September 9th 2010, 5:09 pm

Hermione flushes from head to toe. Was this the sort of nonsense Katie and Audrey had been going on about to her? A tiny frown line appears between her eyes because she still honestly doesn't understand what all the fuss is about, because there's no flutter in her heart and no warm feelings, just a vague churning in her stomach that might be nausea. Did she eat something funny at dinner? Oh, Merlin, he's still talking. How can he even get that many syllables out in a single sentence? Is that what she sounds like? Really? She must be so annoying. Oh, right... he's stopped talking, and this is the point where she has to start talking, right?
"I've never been called pulchritudinous before," she admits. She doesn't think anybody has, actually. "Erm... um..." She stares at him, sort of a deer caught in the headlights because if we're going for awkward, I might as well throw another fucking terrible cliche into the mix. For the first time, she doesn't know the right answer. The knee-jerk reaction is a resounding 'No!', but her innate need to consider everything from every angle stays her tongue. She doesn't want to go out with Percy, she knows she simply doesn't feel a connection to him. But he looks so... helpless, horrified and vaguely sick, and she realises that this must've taken all his courage. And then there's what the other girls are always telling her - that she needs a boyfriend, that she would understand what it's all about then. She knows what they mean - they mean that she's not normal, and she's not going to be normal until she does this. Hermione takes a deep breath and stumbles over her words.
"I- I'd like that," she says quietly, her eyes dropping down to the level of his pasty, weedy chest.

HOLY CRAP SORRY FOR THE NOVEL!

Mya Lupin September 9th 2010, 5:09 pm

Sirius Black wrote:Also, if you were curious, that's one of the lines the gnomes female say when you hit /flirt.
"At this time, I think you should purchase me an alcoholic beverage and engage in diminutive conversation with me in hopes of establishing a rapport."
They might also say "I don't feel the 1 to 10 scale is fine enough to capture subtle details of compatibility. I'd prefer a 12 dimensional compatibility scale with additional parameters for mechanical aptitude and torque."

The gnome males are just win:
"I like large posteriors and I cannot prevaricate."

OMFG *dead*

Guest September 9th 2010, 5:25 pm

The next award ceremony, we're winning MOST AWKWARD SCENE.
There is no question.
I demand a motherfucking award for this.

Percy does indeed look helpless, horrified, and vaguely sick. Eowyn cannot believe she wrote this. I can't. I can't do this. He blinks, swallows, processes what she says, and then inwardly breaks out into a happy dance, while outwardly trying not to vomit. "That's-- that's... thank you. Would you like to go somewhere this weekend? It's a Hosmeade weekend, we could go to the bookstore, and the Three Broomsticks, unless, of course, you would enjoy something else, it would be completely up to you, whatever you wish--" I'm going to stop talking now. That's a start.

Mya Lupin September 9th 2010, 5:32 pm

We deserve an award for this, for sure. THANK FUCK WE NEVER EVEN HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THEM SMUTTING. OMG. JUST.... NO.

Hermione nods rapidly, the sort of nodding people do when they're trying to look really interested in something they couldn't give a flying fuck about. Like Mya at a family function. The mental process goes something like this: ABORT, ABORT, ABORT! "That sounds lovely," she says, because at least she likes books, and how long can it take to drink a Butterbeer, anyway? Oh, what's that she's hearing? ABORT, ABORT, ABORT! Good advice. "Erm, anyway, I really must be going now."
She gathers her things from the table hastily and glances between Percy and the door. "I guess I'll see you this weekend, then?"

I HAD TO END IT FOR BOTH OUR SAKES!

Guest September 9th 2010, 5:35 pm

THANK YOU OH MY GOD.
I CAN'T EVEN WRITE A REAL POST.

PERCY LEFT. OKAY, WE'RE DONE.

WHEN I RECOVER FROM THIS, PERCY IS WRITING TO HIS MUM, WHO BETTER RESPOND, JS.

**Scorpius Malfoy** September 10th 2010, 5:32 am

SCORPIUS IS HERE. STUDYING BECAUSE HE WANTS TO FUCKING BEAT ROSE WEASLEY AT EVERYTHING IN LIFE.

**Rose Weasley** September 10th 2010, 5:33 am

Rose is here, studying, because that is what she does.

**Scorpius Malfoy** September 10th 2010, 5:37 am

Scorpius looked up from his book, his eye hurting a bit because it is still swollen and bruised because his fucking cousin punched him in the eye. He noticed Rose Weasel was sitting in the library and glared at her. He couldn't stand her. What the hell was Pansy thinking when she said that he might possess some sort of feelings for her? Ridiculous. Fucking. Ridiculous. The hate is just flowing from his eyes. Well...his non-swollen one.

**Rose Weasley** September 10th 2010, 5:40 am

Bahahahahaha, that's funny. Okay, replying now.

Weasels are cooler than ferrets. YEAH, I WENT THERE. Rose looks up to see Scorpius looking at her, and when she notices his eye, she smirks. "Malfoy," she greets coldly, her voice halfway between a laugh and like, evil sounding.

**Scorpius Malfoy** September 10th 2010, 5:42 am

"Weasel," Scorpius replied in a similar tone. "I'm assuming you're studying for Transfiguration as well. After all...we do have a big test tomorrow. Shame that you're still only going to be second when it comes to our scores. Is it tiring? Coming in second always?" he asked arrogantly.

**Rose Weasley** September 10th 2010, 5:46 am

"Always coming in second? Don't make me laugh. My scores have always been superior to yours," Rose replies, shutting her book with a loud snap, bang, whatever. "And besides, I'm not studying for Transfiguration, I don't need to study for Transfiguration, like some," she says, rolling her eyes at him. Because while Malfoy needs to study, Rose just does it for fun.

YEAH, SHE IS THAT COOL. WHAT.

**Scorpius Malfoy** September 10th 2010, 5:50 am

"Really," he smirked. He stood up from his table, moving over to the one that she was out. Placing both of his hands on the table so that she was stuck between them, he read the parchment in front of her while over her shoulder. "Hmm," he said after a moment, his hot breath hitting the side of her neck because of their close contact. "Other than the spelling of that spell there," he said while lifting her hand in his and using it as a pointer, "everything seems to be in order. Shocking," he smirked.

**Rose Weasley** September 10th 2010, 5:58 am

She yanked her hand away from his and pulled the book closer to examine the spell. She had actually been writing that when she had noticed him. It was the eye that had distracted her. Yeah, that was definitely it. She whipped out her wand and rearranged the letters so they were in the proper order with a perfect nonverbal spell. "Do you need something?" she asked, dipping her quill in the ink again, at a loss about things to say.

**Scorpius Malfoy** September 10th 2010, 6:01 am

"What, I can't say hi?" he replied, watching as the letters arranged themselves in the proper order. "You're constantly in some sort of pissed off mood, yet...it can't always be me," he replied, not moving his body in the slightest away from hers. "Plus, I believe it was you who acknowledged by presence first. Practically begged for me to come over to you."

[Pausssed]

**Rose Weasley** September 11th 2010, 6:38 am

"Oh, it's always you. Don't doubt it for a second," she said, scooting her chair a few inches away from him. She reached for her book and dragged it towards her again, trying to ignore him. Dee is being brain dead right now. Hey, Dom if you could give me a nice reply to respond to, that'd be cool. Yup yup.

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