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[mswoods]

The following day, Sadde has Transfiguration in the morning.

She is all over it at lunch.

"Okay, so, Transfig is just about the coolest thing," she says first thing to the Ravenclaws as soon as she sits at the table.

Comments

[chanuphis]

"It's... ambitious."

[mrwoods]

"Stop the presses, boy who chose to be Sorted into Slytherin is ambitious," he deadpans.

[chanuphis]

"The joke was intended."

[mrwoods]

"Am aware," he grins.

[pleating]

"The idea of politics even being a skill is sort of weird."

[mrwoods]

"Well, I think it's a thing you start out bad at, do a lot, duck up a lot, and if you're really persistent and also have some innate talent you get good at it. Sounds like a skill to me."

[pleating]

"I meant that it's weird that you can be good or bad at it, kind of? Instead of it just being about who agrees with your actual politics opinions."

[chanuphis]

"That'd be a lot simpler. People tend to change their politics opinions a lot, though, sometimes for silly reasons you can manipulate, and care about them different amounts so they'll trade things they don't care about much for things they care about more."

[mrwoods]

Sadde peers at her appreciatively. "Seriously, are you sure you're not a Slytherin? Maybe the Hat fell and hit its head before Sorting you?"

[chanuphis]

"It doesn't have a head, and you would've seen if it'd been dropped. What, are you saying I'm not smart enough to hack it in Ravenclaw or something?"

[mrwoods]

"No, I'm saying she is smart enough to hack it in Ravenclaw," gesturing at Karen, "and yet it was you who said it. In fact, it didn't even sound like it was something you hacked, or at least you didn't hack it just now. And," he smirks, "that's I think the third time in this conversation I've said this. Come on, just admit it, you're a little bit Slytherin."

[chanuphis]

Miranda sighs. And puts her face in her hands.

"It wasn't even close. I had to threaten the hat," she mumbles. "And yes I am aware that is a Slytherin thing to do."

[mrwoods]

He blinks. And then he starts laughing. "That is wicked! You threatened the Hat so it wouldn't put you in Slytherin! Oh, man, that is just great!" More laughing. "What did you even threaten it with?"

[chanuphis]

"I told it I'd go to the Owly if it tried to put me in Slytherin. I could've done it, too, Renée would listen to me and they start a week later and they already sent me my letter earlier in the summer."

[pleating]

"It wasn't even close? But you're really Ravenclaw in lots of ways!"

[chanuphis]

"I can, like, fake Ravenclaw. I can fake it really well and I don't think it's even going to be uncomfortable doing it for seven years. But I am more 'cunning' than 'wit' and more 'ambition' than 'literally anything else'."

[mrwoods]

Sadde's laughter has temporarily rendered him incapable of speech.

[msmaxwell]

It's not that funny, but when someone's so clearly out of control with laughter it's hard not to giggle with them!

[chanuphis]

"It's not that funny."

[mrwoods]

Eventually he manages to calm down, with the exception of the occasional giggle. "It kinda is! Or, well, you know I have a peculiar sense of humour." Smirk. "Threatening the hat." Fit of giggles.

[chanuphis]

"I'd rather it not get around too much."

[mrwoods]

"Your secret's safe with me," he says, and morphs his mouth away to demonstrate. Then he's overtaken by another sudden fit of giggles and has to morph his mouth back. "Sorry, sorry, I'm okay now." He clears his throat. His eyes have become a clear gold, though.

[pleating]

"That's a neat eye color."

[mrwoods]

He blinks. "It changed?"

[msmaxwell]

"Yeah, to gold."