{Great Hall, Open}
To say that Minah was happy to be back at Hogwarts for the new school term would be something of an understatement. Even with summer classes to occupy her mind and time, the young woman had often found her mind wandering back to the place that had become a second home to her. Her family had not failed to notice this, or the fact that their daughter seemed to be drifting further away from them with each passing school year, pulled away by a world of fantastic things they had not thought possible before strange things had begun to happen around Minah in her childhood. Perhaps this is normal for the children of muggleborns, this distance created between child and family, or perhaps it is simply Minah's desire to surround herself with this magical community that pulls her gradually further away. Right now, thoughts of such things are quite far from the mind of the Ravenclaw girl.
Rather, her current thoughts are split between two topics: A) the food that will be served at this year's feast, and B) trying to locate one of her friends. Malina hasn't arrived at the Ravenclaw table yet, it seems, and Cara is also out of sight --most likely, she is among her fellow Gryffindors. Somewhat disappointed, Minah returns to the Ravenclaw table. Half of the students there are engaged in conversation, and the other half seem to be trying to start their studies a bit early, with various books finding homes on the long wooden table. Minah cannot help but smile, at least a little, at this familiar sight. It feels like home- warm and inviting.
Not having a book on her [and not finding the Great Hall to be a suitable place for reading at the moment], Minah joins a conversation between two fellow sixth year Ravenclaws, Robert Salmon and Cynthia Perringer. They had invited her to sit in their compartment in the train on the trip here, and having not found Cara, the girl had agreed. Their current conversation is a continuation of that which had begun in the compartment, talking about classes and the books they had needed to purchase for class this year and whatnot. This would be their first year taking NEWT courses, and many of the Ravenclaw students were looking forward to the challenges of these advanced classes. Robert and Cynthia can easily be counted amongst these students.
Minah contributes to the conversation enough to still be considered part of it, but as she does so her eyes occasionally scan the Great Hall for specific faces. When Robert and Cynthia begin speaking about the NEWT level Muggle Studies class they are taking, Minah begins to mentally check out of the conversation more thoroughly. Nothing could possibly bore her more than a class that only talks about things that she already knows. Occasionally they ask her questions about muggles, well-intended but still very dull, and Minah will respond politely, but it would prove difficult to re-engage her in this conversation.