Ash smiled almost shyly, blushing, at the compliment towards her current skill in magic. “Thank you, ma’am. I will.” she promised, since she had already put the necessary equipment for both practices in her trunk.
She watched the display in wide-eyed amazement. This magic was so different from what she was used to and she was eager to learn it. And to know which of those four elements she would be able to master. “I’m looking forward to being one of your students, Ms. Dowling.” she said breathlessly, though still with respect. “My name is Ash. Ash Slymare.” she introduced herself to both her new teacher and the others who had arrived with her.
Markus's gaze followed the display of magic, but skepticism was still clear in his gaze. "Nice trick." he commented, rolling his shoulders back just a little bit. "But I'm afraid that I'm not quite that gullible." could it be real? Sure. Was it? Not likely. Couldn't be, after all. If this was one of the Roses' tricks, he was going to be pissed.
"Right. Um, quick question, you came to the conclusion that we could do this… how, exactly?" Crimson asked, looking around at the mismatched group. "Because I know damn well the closest I've ever gotten to magic was card tricks in middle school. And I wasn't even good at them."
Clementine nodded in agreement.
"I mean I always hoped the wizarding world was real and magic was a daily thing…" she said wildly "but I always thought I'd be spending my time in the world of magic at Hogwarts" she added quickly, looking around.
((Bumping again in an attempt to revive))
(I’m still here and willing to continue… But I haven't seen Camie on the site for quite a while. I’m a little worried.)
(me too, I already tried PMing her but she hasn't answered yet—)
(hello darlings! I'm back! I'm so sorry I've been gone for so long and disappeared without any warning. My life has kind of been in a downward spiral recently, but I'm going to be on more often now. I have a lot of rps to respond to, so if it takes me a while to respond to a rp I'm in with you, I'm sorry! I'll do my best to catch up tonight. <3)
(😃 welcome back Camie! I'm sorry to hear that things weren't going too good for you for a while but I believe that I can say we're all glad to have you back and that you're doing better! There's no rush to respond. Just concerned friends.)
((Welcome back! I'm super glad you're doing better! I've hit the spiral a bunch of times myself, it fucking sucks))
"Hogwarts?" Farah asked, arching an eyebrow at Clementine. "Please. Alfea is a much more prestigious school than Hogwarts. But your lessons will begin tomorrow, so I suggest you get yourselves settled tonight and as soon as possible."
Farah inclined her head to acknowledge Ash's remarks. "Hello, Ash. I'm looking forward to teaching you as well."
After a sharp inhale to prepare herself, Farah faced the only male in the group. "I didn't think you would be, Markus." She studied him briefly before arching her eyebrows at him. "But that will change soon enough. Clearly, for you, seeing isn't believing."
Finally, the woman turned to address Crimson, but before she could, another woman – about 8 inches shorter than Farah with dark hair – suddenly rounded the corner looking down at a scroll in her hand. "Farah, I don't know where Callum got these runes from, but they're all wrong. Could you–" The woman instantly stopped talking when she saw the four other people in the room with Farah. "I wasn't aware they'd be arriving today," she muttered.
Farah pursed her lips briefly. "I'll fix his mistakes," she remarked simply before turning back to the group. "An introduction may be in order here. "Ash, Clementine, Markus, and Crimson, this is Tissaia de Vries. She'll be helping you along in your lessons as well."
Tissaia offered a fleeting smile to the students.
Markus's gaze was flat as he looked at Farah. "You'd have to be a bit thick in the head to think that just because you saw it, it's real." he replied, knowing that this attitude might not win him any friends. But he didn't need friends to succeed here.
Ash almost rolled her eyes at the other's comments about magic, though she had to admit that she shared… Crimson’s curiosity regarding how the older woman knew they were capable of this elemental magic. But she believed that the question could have been phrased a little bit better.
Once again, the blonde felt herself blush at her new teacher’s acknowledgment and listened to how she addressed everyone else's comments. When she was interrupted, however, Ash watched the other woman cautiously as she heard the soft-spoken comment about their arrival. At least until Ms. Dowling introduced her as another teacher, smiling softly back.
Farah parted her lips to reply to Markus, but Tissaia interjected before the former woman had the chance to speak. "If you think you're so smart, then do explain to us why it is that you're here, hm? You're not in your world anymore. You're in ours. In our world, you need to believe in the magic that surrounds us. Without belief you won't be able to do anything. If seeing it first is what you need, so be it. But even if you've seen and don't believe, gods help you."
With that, Tissaia pivoted and walked back down the hall from which she came, leaving Farah by herself again to do whatever damage control there might be.
"I suggest you all get to your rooms now," Ms. Dowling remarked. "If you collect your trunks, I'll lead you. You'll get your formal tour of the grounds tomorrow."
Crimson looked at the woman, taking a few moments to mentally debating asking her question again before just going to get her trunk. She was in this situation because she always thought it best to just go with weird circumstances, she wasn't going to ditch it after being dumped in a whole new world.
Clementine managed to keep her questions and assumptions to herself.
She folded her hands into each other and kept them behind her back.
Markus just stared silently at Farah for a long moment, not speaking. He still didn't believe in any of this.
Ash bit her lip to keep from laughing as Ms. de Vries practically scolded Markus for being a stubborn fool while still giving the group its first unofficial lesson in magic. It already made sense to her that it worked that way, probably because in her experience of using runes required a degree of focus and intent to work properly.
With a respectful nod, she headed over to where the chests were gathered and found her's easily enough, ready to see more of this place and where they all would be staying.
Crimson scooped Clover back into her arms, placing the cat on her trunk, where Clover curled back up and started purring.
(Um… hey lol. I'm back! Sorry for disappearing for, like, a while… I really want to continue this lol)
Farah matched Markus's stare evenly. "It is as she said, you aren't in your world anymore." Her eyes turned from warm brown to silver-blue for a moment before returning to their natural color. "If you think this is some trick from your world, think again."
She studied the rest of the students before turning and heading down a hallway in the opposite direction Tissaia had vanished in. "Your dormitories are this way if you're choosing to stay in them." Another brief, cutting look was cast at Markus before she set a brisk pace for the rest of the group to follow.
Clementine shifted from one foot to another nervously, and looked around wildly, taking in the setting.
Ash quickly followed Ms. Dowling, not wanting to be left behind since she was genuinely interested in learning. She tried to keep track of where they were to map out the hallways despite her thoughts whirling with hundreds of different questions about the school and the magic they would all be learning. Though she noticed how nervous at least one of the others were and gave her a small smile.
Clementine, who was staring off into space, hurried quickly after them, still craning her head around to look everywhere.
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