wintery visits

[peterxy]

 So it goes.

Sadde doesn't come up with a good idea for a club for most Slytherins. Their intersecting interests seem to lie in the vicinity of "Pureblood club" and that's something Sadde will not support. They haven't managed to befriend all firsties, but their consistent association with the Ravenclaws coupled with helping people out pretty consistently has gotten most people to give them the benefit of the doubt. The trickster-ish streak does mean people are a bit confused about them, though.

Older Slytherins are still pretty resolutely against Sadde, but that's not too bad, and it's only been three and a half months.

(Also, Sadde has managed to not ask Miranda about her plans for a month and a half. Even if the curiosity is eating them inside.)

And Winter Holidays are next week.

Comments

[mrwoods]

"Red."

[chanuphis]

"Well, that's not very Hulkish at all."

[mrwoods]

"It's the losing-control-and-smashing-things part that's hulkish! Well, also the turning-into-a-monster part."

[chanuphis]

Once everyone is home for the hols, Miranda sends Amber to Sadde with a letter saying that he can come over at three and stay as late as for dinner if desired.

[mswoods]

That is good! They will be there.

Knock knock!

[chanuphis]

Miranda gets the door. "Hi! Happy Christmas! How are you?"

[mswoods]

"Happy Christmas!" Laura and Sadde say. The former has brought pie! "I can't believe I'm saying this but I kinda miss school?"

[chanuphis]

"I think that's half the reason they don't let us use our wands at home."

[mswoods]

"Well it's a very effective reason! ...hey, you told me once that children can be homeschooled, how do they do that if they can't do magic?"

[chanuphis]

"Uuuum... Mum?"

"You have to alert the Ministry that you're homeschooling, but the Trace isn't actually good at telling who is doing magic, so students with parents who can do magic would tend not to be caught anyway," Renée says.

[mswoods]

"That makes it much less terrifying," she says. "Anyway! How're you?"

[chanuphis]

"Doing good! What kind of pie is that?"

[mswoods]

"Mince pie!"

[chanuphis]

"Put it over here," Renée says, pointing. "I hope you like roast beef!"

Sadde may watch Renée cook with wanded spells and Miranda assist with magical appliances.

[mswoods]

She does indeed watch those things!

[chanuphis]

It makes everything go a lot faster. In particular, the magical potato peeler is a huge timesaver.

[mswoods]

Oooh, both Laura and Sadde are very impressed by that one.

[chanuphis]

However, things as large as a roast beef need to spend an ordinary amount of time actually exposed to fire, so that's not going to be ready until six. They have time to sit around. Renée and Miranda have a tree up, with ornaments, some enchanted, and presents underneath.

[mswoods]

"Ssssso," Sadde starts, as Laura talks to Renée about stuff.

[chanuphis]

"What?"

[mswoods]

She reaches inside a purse-ish thing she had been carrying with her and draws a book that shouldn't fit inside it. It's all wrapped up. "Mum gave me this for Christmas, and this is for you. You can open it now if you don't want to wait."

[chanuphis]

"Ooh! Mum, Sadde brought me a thing, can I open it now?"

"You may," Renée replies, and Miranda tears at the wrapping.

"Amber was going to bring everyone their things on Christmas Day," she explains. "I can get yours now if you want though."

[mswoods]

"I can wait," she says, smiling. "I'm not all that used to getting presents, I dunno how to do it."

Miranda's book is entitled 'Magical Artefacts and Their Creators Through History.'

[chanuphis]

"Awesome," says Miranda when she reads the title. "I'll get yours now, it'll be less back and forth for Amber." She goes and gets a package which also looks suspiciously book shaped.

[mswoods]

"Okay! Thanks!" She opens it as well.