The food that emerged from the table looked like some sort of roast with vegetables, potatoes and some brown sauce. Before Alcander managed to get a bite in though. "Wanna guess the secret ingredient?" Grammy the house elf was back at it again her ancient and wrinkly face looking right up at Alcander.
@dark @Lucky
"Y-You're probably right about that," Sam remarked, awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck. "I doubt Halloween will be anything special but, um, I'm actually having a pretty good day today so I figured I would at least... try... to socialize. My interest in education never wavers, it's just rare that I actually feel normal and actually have the energy to do normal things." As far as Sam was concerned, he always had plenty of time to study during the days when he didn't feel very well. He sure as hell had a lot of days like that. Then again, he didn't exactly want to leave Mary alone. She was his friend too.
The boy fidgeted with the books in his arms before speaking again. "I know you're busy here, but I just wanted to let you know that you're welcome to go with me if you want to... if not, I'll bring you back a plate of food later. The food probably won't be great, but you should at least eat something, right?" Sam really didn't have room to talk since he never ate much food himself, but he was at least trying to help out his friend.
Sam walked closer to Mary, peering over her shoulder for a moment to see what she was writing. He opened his mouth to ask her, but quickly clammed up when another student would find his way into the room. The blond felt his eyebrow twitched and he shot Stanley a somewhat annoyed look, letting out a sigh afterwards. He intended not to say anything all and let Mary handle getting rid of him, but things got complicated when they were also joined by Professor Swagglebone. He found himself nervously spitting out words when he would see see the man, caught off guard by his presence.
"A-Ah, Mary and I made plans to study, but I decided I wanted to ask her out..."
Sam's face flushed red upon realizing what he just said. He flailed his hands anxiously, causing him to drop the books he had been holding.
"I-I mean, I wanted to ask her to come out."
"..."
"No, ah, I mean to come out of this room and go to the Great Hall with me for Halloween."
Dammit. Dammit. Dammit.
Why did he always have to lose his cool at the worst times?
@Khan of the Mardu @Raptor Jesus @Jeremi
Professor Swagglebone cocked an eyebrow as he looked Sam over. "Perhaps I will listen to you once you have finally found your words." He responded in a dry tone.
@Khan of the Mardu @Raptor Jesus @Neko Shogun
Though Nikki seemed to take great offense to Umbridge's anti-Muggle schpiel, Rio honestly didn't care. He knew how Muggles were looked down on in wizard society, but with his half-blood upbringing, he refused to let it get to him. He did let it get to him if someone tried to belittle, say, Isolde or any his friends, but there were bigger things to worry about.
Like, for example, what the Hell was happening at this school.
"I don't know, Adele, but I think Fantasma does." And with that, he took off behind the others who left for the Muggle Studies teacher, wondering just how badly this could go.
@Jeremi @Ver @Takumi @Archmage Jeremiah @Otto
Heading after Fantasma they soon caught up with him. He hadn't really gotten that far and he was clutching his stomach in pain. Realizing that he was followed he'd turn around to apologize again. "S-So sorry, once again...I d-don't know what c-came over me..."
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