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Post by Keladry Lindenshield on Jan 14, 2008 19:30:45 GMT -5
Kel listened, slightly lost, but tried to look as if she would. She was confused by the 'Sith Lord' comment, but still listened intently. She looked at the picture when he did, but kept her eyes on it, marveling at how alike they were, especially in comparison now that Nick was grown up.
She smiled happily when he said that he was going to uphold his reputation as a fun teacher. She was glad it was mostly back to normal, and stored her confusion about what he was about to say before he changed it to "someone". She wondered if it could possibly be Orynn, as he had been acting odd, too. . . but she brought herself back to the present.
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Post by Keladry Lindenshield on Jan 14, 2008 17:39:25 GMT -5
Kel nodded, giving him her mug to refill as she digested this information. It certainly explained why he seemed so sober, and also why he was wearing black, and perhaps the tiredness, though that could also be because of the battle construction.
"Well, we - that is to say, I - miss you. The old you, the happy one." Kel told him honestly, not really used to saying such sort of things to grown-ups, but knowing somewhere deep down that Nick needed to hear it. "It's not fun when you're unhappy."
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Post by Keladry Lindenshield on Jan 13, 2008 17:00:46 GMT -5
Kel nodded at Nick's comment that he still had work to do, but hoping that maybe her idea could be carried out.
She was surprised that he seemed to know exactly what she was thinking, but glad of it. She had been worrying if she was just bothering him, and was happy that she wasn't, plus slightly smug that her guess that he needed to be cheered up was right.
"I had been wondering," she admitted, smiling lopsidedly. "But I'm glad I'm not. I am determined to cheer you up, though." she told him, grinning outright.
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Post by Keladry Lindenshield on Jan 13, 2008 16:33:32 GMT -5
Kel's mind was going 'SCREAAAAAAMMMM!!!!!!', but her mouth was saying "Cool. Hey, that reminds me! We could still do the terrain thing! I mean, with the ice, that's definitely a different terrain, and then there's a perfect hill over by the lake, too, and there's rocks all over the place, so it could be a great learning experience, as well as being totally awesome!" She was on a roll again.
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Post by Keladry Lindenshield on Jan 13, 2008 16:01:09 GMT -5
Kel's eyes popped wide open. "A battle?" she breathed. You could have knocked her over with a feather. Literally.
"That is so cool!" amazingly, she managed to keep her voice down, but was still exuberant. "I dunno if it'd work with a lot of people, though. . ." Kel was right back to planning. "But I'm sure everyone would love it. . . maybe we could compromise somewhat. . . we could have skating guerrilla troopers, and some more people skirmishing in your battle. . . simulation or whatever," Kel's loss for a good word barely slowed her down. "And then there would be commanders in the fort, with outposts around the castle. And students' Familiars could carry messages - if they want to, and with permission of the owners, of course - this could be so great!" by this time, Kel's eyes were sparkling.
I mean, even if this never happened, it was nice to think about.
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Post by Keladry Lindenshield on Jan 13, 2008 14:25:01 GMT -5
Kel nodded somberly, trying to keep her spirit down. Obviously, Nick was unhappy about something, but Kel had no idea what.
Intrigued by his hinting, she leaned forward in his seat. She didn't press, it though, as he seemed to be more than slightly preoccupied. He had said that he was happy that everything was alright, but he said it absently, and he was wearing all black.
'Maybe he's mourning. . . he's wearing all black, after all. . . but who could he be mourning?' Kel pondered this, sipping her hot chocolate. She was starting to regret her surprise visit. Maybe this wasn't exactly the best time to drop in on Nick.
'But then again, he does need cheering up.' she decided. Her face broke into a radiant smile and she bounced up. "You know what?" without waiting for an answer, she continued. "We need to so something interesting!" Kel, conveniently forgetting she had just come inside from doing 'something interesting', laid out her plan.
"We need a school-wide event. Outside, of course. Like a snowball fight, or a skate party, or everyone under fifteen against everyone over fifteen in a fort-building contest - no wands allowed - or something like that!" Kel beamed at him.
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Post by Keladry Lindenshield on Jan 12, 2008 15:36:22 GMT -5
"Yeah, school's been great, same with the weather. I had a great snowball fight the other day. . ." Kel grinned at the recollection of the awesome snowball fight she had had with Fay, Arcturus and Stevie.
"It really is irresistible, all that lovely snow. I almost wish there was more wintertime. . . almost. I love summer more." Kel sighed at the thought of rolling green hills, high grass, picnics, races, swimming, flying and reading under shady trees.
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Post by Keladry Lindenshield on Jan 12, 2008 0:02:45 GMT -5
Kel's beam only grew larger and beamier. "Why thank you!" she exclaimed happily. "Actually, you don't owe anything except the spirit of randomness to this visit. I was passing by after a romp in the snow and though I'd pop in to say 'hi'." Kel was undefeatably happy, and the smell of hot chocolate was like fuel on the fire.
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Post by Keladry Lindenshield on Jan 11, 2008 23:52:47 GMT -5
Kel tromped down the hall, her cheeks glowing red with exertion. She had just come in from a romp in the snow with Tiria, and was slightly wet with snow, but very happy. She was beaming with happiness in life, her bomber hat tipped rakishly to the side, tendrils of damp, tangled hair framing her sparkling eyes. On an impulse, she knocked on Sir Nick's wooden door, smiling impishly for no good reason.
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Post by Keladry Lindenshield on Feb 14, 2008 16:14:30 GMT -5
Kel grinned, excited at Rose's excitement.
"I'd love to finish it!" She paused, then asked slowly, "Um. . . do you want to sing the song again? That way I could. . . you know, finish it. I mean, it was the song that inspired me, and I don't know that I could finish it if I'm not really. . . in the mood. . . if that makes sense at all." She laughed slightly, knowing that probably sounded pretty ridiculous.
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Post by Keladry Lindenshield on Feb 13, 2008 18:08:30 GMT -5
Kel grinned at Rose as she introduced herself, and it grew even wider as she queried about her journal.
"Yeah, I am! You wanna see?" Kel asked, turning the book so that Rose could see the sketch she had made. It was of a small girl in a long, trailing dress. She was dreamily smiling off into the distance and the long skirt of her dress blew slightly in an unseen wind, her long dark hair trailing behind her in long, shimmering, yet unruly waves. It was wintertime, and there were lacy snowflakes daintily sailing down from the pearly gray sky, but the girl's pale arms were unclad. Likewise, her tiny perfect feet were bare, the blades of grass by her feet slightly frosted by the softly falling snow. Behind the girl in the background were tiny houses, with minuscule figures and microscopic animals. There was a tree off to the right, with just a few scraping branches in view of the picture.
The sketch itself was unfinished, with only the girl, a few houses and the basic outlines of the tree done. Most of the grass, all but a handful of houses and their occupants, the rest of the snowflakes and whatever else Kel decided to put in were still absent from the pencil drawing.
"As you can see, it's not really done. . ." Kel explained almost sheepishly. "I was just sketching what your song. . . gave me. . . if that makes any sense at all." Embarrassedly, Kel raised one shoulder slightly, then let it drop.
How could she explain to Rose that whenever she heard or saw something touching, she just had to grab a pencil and draw? It came from her heart. . . some people wrote to express their feelings. . . Kel drew. She wasn't good at putting stuff into words, especially something as deep and soulful as this, so how could she make Rose understand?
Kel's head hurt.
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Post by Keladry Lindenshield on Feb 8, 2008 21:59:54 GMT -5
Kel smiled happily at the girl, not very sad that she wasn't going to get to finish the sketch right now. I mean, if she made friends with the girl then maybe she could ask her to sing it again, to give her a chance to finish the drawing. And if she didn't want to sing, she'd still have another friend, and so would the girl. Either way, they both won out, so Kel introduced herself.
"Hello to you, too! I'm Keladry Lindenshield, but everyone except Sir Nick calls me Kel." Kel kept smiling, trying to keep the girl at ease.
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Post by Keladry Lindenshield on Feb 7, 2008 20:17:53 GMT -5
Kel wandered along in the soft spring weather, seeing a girl under a tree in one courtyard. She came in and sat down on a stone bench, pulling her pencil out from behind her ear and scribbling something in her leather-bound journal as she listened to the high, sweet voice of the girl. As her hand drew soft lines over the creamy paper, her mind was working. She recognized the girl. She had seen her in the Hufflepuff common room a couple of times, but hadn't ever really met her personally.
'Well, this is as good a time as any. I wonder if she'll initiate a conversation after she's done singing. . . or before she's done. I hope she doesn't stop singing just 'cause I'm here. I wanna finish this picture, and the song inspired me, so if she doesn't finish the song, I can't really finish the sketch. . . .'
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Post by Keladry Lindenshield on Jan 13, 2008 16:38:35 GMT -5
Kel looked up, startled, as the boy suddenly yelled at her. She remembered Neoma telling her about how he was nice to her, which was basically the only thing that kept her from standing up and giving him a piece of her mind. As it was, she just looked at him, then went back to her book. 'If he yells at me again, then I'll tell him what I think of him. I mean, I wasn't even doing anything! I want some quiet, just like him! Jeez!'
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Post by Keladry Lindenshield on Jan 13, 2008 16:08:08 GMT -5
Kel sat in a sheltered corner, reading. She knew it was odd to read outside, but the cold, clear air and quiet was very calming, whereas the noisy warmth of the common room was just a bit too much for her. She had done most of her studying and planned to go to the library to finish it up once she felt like it, but she had needed desperately to have some time alone. She read silently, barely glancing up when the tall - especially from her low viewpoint - Slytherin walked through, evidently deep in thought.
((OOC: I hope it's not too late to post here. I was going to do it before I left last week, but I was leaving, and wouldn't have been able to post. Then, (stupid me!) I forgot. I hope you still want to post!))
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