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[eat_me_beat_me]

[On the heels of yesterday's broadcast graffiti has appeared throughout the castle. "HHH" "Talk Hard" and "The Truth is a Hex" has been painted in varying colors (mostly red) in various places in the castle. On the walls, on the ceiling, up one of the moving staircases... always on the stonework, never defacing any of the art (that would be rude). No one's seemed to have owned up to it but anyone who remembers Paradisa should figure it out fairly quickly.

Nora is supposed to be in class at the moment. She doesn't really remember which one and she can't say that she particularly cares. Magic is cool and all but some of these lectures are just fucking snore fests. That being the case she's found the biggest window that gives her the best vantage point to watch that dragon. Currently she's sitting in a chair with her feet up on the windowsill filling up a sketchbook with quick sketches of that beast. Hey if it's there she's going to take advantage of it! She speaks as she adds a few scales on her latest drawing]

I don't know whether it's gratifying or depressing to know that high school is pretty much the same here as it is back home. The only difference is adding some magic into the mix.

Oh man but can I just say that these moving paintings are fucking sweet?! I wish I could take one back with me. No, no, more than that I wish I could actually do that - paint something and have it actually take on a life of its own. It's just so trippy, the thought that something as simple as paint on canvas can become something more. That it can live and talk and move around.

[She looks up at a nearby painting. The young woman therein smiles and nods politely at her. Nora just grins]

You know my art teacher back home used to tell me that any good artist puts their heart and soul into their art - breathes life into it. But I never thought that could be meant literally [she laughs]

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[eat_me_beat_me]

[She's positively BEAMING]

So what I was thinking was doing two dragon paintings. One to keep in my room and one to put near the door in the gallery. That way if anything happens in the gallery and I'm in my room they could go between the two paintings.

[courageous_wit]

Good idea. I'll work on it with you. There's a special room in Hogwarts where we'll have privacy.

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She grins] The Room of Requirement?

[courageous_wit]

So you learned its name! I'm not surprised.

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She beams]

Where do you think Mark broadcast from last night?

[courageous_wit]

Oh, I didn't doubt you'd find it. I'm just impressed you learned what it was called.

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She smiles, clearly proud of herself and Mark]

Hey thanks! You know it's not too often someone says they're impressed with something we did.

[courageous_wit]

I didn't know about it until my fifth year, so it was very impressive to me that you found it and used it so fast.

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She laughs]

Maybe something knew that Mark needed a place to broadcast from.

[courageous_wit]

It was the castle. I know you're tired of hearing that because of Paradisa, but Hogwarts is different.

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She smiles] Yeah I figured that out pretty fast. The moving staircases are pretty awesome.

[courageous_wit]

They can be a bit tricky, but once you learn your way it's quite nice.

[eat_me_beat_me]

Oh you're telling me. I spent the first day lost as shit! [she laughs]

[courageous_wit]

Everyone spends their first day like that.

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She snorts]

I'm not surprised. It'd be pretty tough not to.