witch hat

[mswoods]

Well, the jig is up. If her House mates had any doubts about Sadde, they're gone.

...kinda. She's still young enough and androgynous enough that most of them think it's just a matter of changing her hair a bit and maybe some makeup and differently cut robes. It's not a belief that stands a whole lot of scrutiny, but given that most Slytherins give her a fairly wide berth, there's not actually been a whole lot of scrutiny.

She did find the Hufflepuff boy she spooked and tell him about it and offer to help him with his Potions homework. He was quite bewildered and suspicious because Slytherin so he didn't accept her help, but she told him to watch who she hangs out with so that he'd see she's Not Like Other Slytherins, and eventually he agreed, unable to see any way this could be a cunning plot. Which just goes to show that some people really couldn't be Slytherins.

Presently, it's Sunday, and Sadde would really like to talk to a certain Hat, which means she needs to talk to a certain Headmistress, and she suspects the most likely place she'll find her is the Head Table, at one of the meals. Breakfast is the first of those! Is McGonagall there?

Comments

[alicornucopia]

"I wouldn't doubt it," McGonagall says.

[mswoods]

She waves and trots back over to the Ravenclaw table.

"She said yes! Tonight!"

[chanuphis]

"She said you could talk to the Hat?" guesses Miranda.

[mswoods]

"We-ell, I didn't ask in so many words..."

[chanuphis]

"What did she say yes to then?"

[mswoods]

"Talking about stuff that maybe other students shouldn't hear about because otherwise it'll be ruined."

[chanuphis]

"...So you got her to agree that she would talk to you another time. That doesn't mean much."

[mswoods]

"It means she's expecting a talk about sensitive issues and I couldn't very well ask her about the Hat thing right there in the middle of the Great Hall where anyone could overhear and she'd get all suspicious, I need to explain my motivations first and those are totally secret."

[chanuphis]

"I guess."

[mswoods]

"I also told her another student might want to come with, so do you wanna come?" Pause. "The invitation is extended to you two as well but I think you'd be less interested in that," she says to Willow and Karen.

[msmaxwell]

"No thanks!"

[chanuphis]

"I suppose I might as well."

[mswoods]

"Yay! Cool! It'll be fun. I wonder if we can both wear the Hat at the same time. Also I wonder how it manages to speak."

[chanuphis]

"I do not think we can both wear the Hat at the same time."

[mswoods]

She shrugs. "Oh well. Hm. Can it listen to things people say when they're not wearing it? Or can it just read minds?"

[chanuphis]

"I'm not sure. Nobody spoke aloud to it during the Sorting."

[mswoods]

"You know, sometimes even I question what I'm even doing in Slytherin."

[pleating]

"Why?"

[mswoods]

"I'm certainly way more curious than any other Slytherin I know."

[chanuphis]

"Maybe they're just less overtly curious, so no one can guess what they're up to."

[mswoods]

She smiles fondly at Miranda. "It's cute when you think other Slytherins are as smart as you."

[chanuphis]

"It's not 'other Slytherins'. I'm a Ravenclaw."

[mswoods]

She giggles. "My bad."

[chanuphis]

"Anyway, they don't have to be as smart as me to be up to something and not want to make it really obvious what it is."

[mswoods]

"That's true, I suppose. But I don't actually make it really obvious to anyone that's not you guys. Because I like you and I trust you." Is her look at Miranda a bit pointed? Yes, it might be.