Snippet #2380814

Vladimir appreciated the fact the hall was emptying, it left less background noise from strong emotions and thoughts buzzing through his skull. The loudest, was the girl by Adeline- though that could probably chalked up to her proximity. When he felt the familiar noise of Innes and the girl he'd chased after, oddly more recognizable than she should be, he had to keep himself from looking. In his opinion, it'd be rude to just look over his shoulder to confirm the fact when he was mid conversation with Adeline.

At this point, he felt a burning sensation in his lift eye- specifically the iris and the area began to feel more fluid. With a glimpse into the silverware he noticed the eye beginning to turn green. Strong emotion, including curiosity had that kind of affect due to his lack of talent as a Metamorphmagus. With a mental note to practice more, he began to rub and quickly blink the eye as if something had gotten into it. During this time he forced it back to its natural violet color, and with a combination of using reflections and blindly groping around different mental noise he reached the girl with Innes. "I hope you are feeling better, such hazing is really unsightly." Despite his best efforts, the lack of line of sight to his target and the sheer distance would make hearing this message hard. A hint of a whisper at best, the concern attached to it on the other hand, would most likely be transmitted.

Much to his surprise, the connection with Adeline hadn't wavered. He'd been intent to carry out his conversation with her still, though the effort he'd just exerted had been taxing. A glint in her eye told him that he must have confirmed something she really wanted to know, and made her curious about something. Though without trying to actually get into her mind, this was pure speculation. He nodded as she explained the curfew, it seemed logical enough...if somewhat different than what he considered normal.After Adeline finished her explanation, the friend whispered something to her and left, and he snorted at her joke.

"I heard...kinda, your friend hasn't been shielding her thoughts so I've been hearing bits and pieces of them as background noise.So while I might not know EXACTLY what she said, I believe I understood the gist of it. A hybrid of a grimace and smile appeared on his face as he made the confession. "Though I think she'd find the school and myself a bit different than what she thinks...booze aside of course. Granted I think that's the reason she found the staring appealing instead of weird." A playful wink was thrown in at the end of the thought, before he asked two more question that bugged him.

"What are these House points and their function? It sounds something like our class system but for a group. Which I'd also guess means that while you eat apart and probably sleep in House dorms, there's no real rule forbidding their interaction. I guess I'm asking, are House members allowed to visit other...Houses?" He'd perused a couple books on Hogwarts before, but found mentions of such rules noticeably absent,much like the specifics of the House system.