-9 Woolongs [Dictated/Action]

[3nterprising]

[It's late, and a young Faye Valentine has long grown tired of studying. She reclines in an arm chair in the common room of the Ravenclaw house, having given up on pretending to look busy and has since resorted to balancing a quill between her nose and her upper lip. Wearily, she glances at her journal and flips it open.]

So, nobody else is still studying, right? Well, even if you are, I'm still calling it quits.

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[written forever]

[thraxios]

Have your finished your homework?

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[3nterprising]

[Faye starts just a bit. She hadn't been expecting one of her professors to answer.]

Yes. A while ago, actually.

[thraxios]

Then there's no harm in taking a break.

[3nterprising]

Alright.

I could use a good night's sleep, anyway.

dictated;

[gottaknockhard]

[...This is one of those times when he recognizes something that takes him a while to place. He may regret this later, but curiosity is a killer.]

How long have you been at it?

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[3nterprising]

[She doesn't recognize the voice, but there's something comforting about it.]

A few hours now.

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[gottaknockhard]

You must be dedicated.

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[3nterprising]

Well, shouldn't everyone be dedicated to good marks?

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[gottaknockhard]

[...Yeah, there's no way that's her.]

That sounds like something they'd teach.

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[3nterprising]

They can't really teach you how to want something, now can they?

[Faye was always far more ambitious as a child.]

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[gottaknockhard]

You'd hope not. [...] What were you studying?

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[3nterprising]

Potions. It was never my best subject.

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[gottaknockhard]

[He sighs, days of this same... wizard everything...]

Who knew so much work went into magic?

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[3nterprising]

It doesn't always.
Most of it just comes naturally to me.

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[gottaknockhard]

Maybe it's just me.

[He really should leave her to it, but sometimes he asks things before he can stop himself.]

What's your name?

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[3nterprising]

Faye. What's yours?

[Studying for so long had drained her energy, but having someone to chat with was bringing it back.]

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[gottaknockhard]

[If that doesn't make his gut sink... Spike is completely silent after her question. A happy childhood Faye who is the perfect student of magic... wizard stuff. It's all a little too disturbing to address.

So he doesn't. She'll thank him later.]

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[3nterprising]

What's the matter? You do have a name, don't you?

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[gottaknockhard]

[Just shut the journal, Spike. Do it.]

Not everyone does.

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[3nterprising]

You really don't have a name?

I can give you one, if you want.

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[gottaknockhard]

... If that makes it easier for you.

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[3nterprising]

[...]

You kinda sound like a Dave.

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[gottaknockhard]

I'll be Dave, then.

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[3nterprising]

So, Dave.

Why didn't you have a name?

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[gottaknockhard]

... Maybe I forgot it.

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[3nterprising]

Maybe?

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[gottaknockhard]

It's a wonder how I slipped through the system.

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[3nterprising]

*giigle*

It must have been a pretty awesome feat.

[Spike, you are having the opposite affect from what you want!]

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[gottaknockhard]

In a wizard school, it'd have to be.

[Why...]

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[3nterprising]

Well, what do your professors call you?

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[gottaknockhard]

I try to avoid giving then the opportunity.

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[3nterprising]

And how do yo do that? Invisibility cloak? Or do you just not go all together?

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[gottaknockhard]

I must not have your dedication.

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[3nterprising]

No, probably not.

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[gottaknockhard]

[So weird...]

Good luck with that.

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[3nterprising]

Thanks Dave, but I think you'll need it more than I do.

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[gottaknockhard]

[She's right about that, so he doesn't feel the need to agree. At least he's covered his tracks this time.]