Third floor common room, Wednesday night

[smartestone]

Hermione's reached a point where she's just bored. She's out of things to read that she hasn't read a dozen times already, she's out of yarn for knitting, her workshops are almost over and they're not really the studying kind, and Crookshanks hasn't been around all day to play with. Not that he plays voluntarily, but shut up

Comments

[palestshadow]

Naminé stepped into the room, peering curiously at the screen. The logo flashed, and she blinked at it. "Discovery? What are we discovering?"

[smartestone]

As the screen comes up showing the name, Hermione happily announces, "Mythbusters! It's fantastic!"

Such a geek.

[palestshadow]

Naminé smiled at her. "We're busting myths? That sounds rather fun. What sorts of myths?"

[smartestone]

"Ones about dogs," she says. "I don't know how I went this long without seeing it."

[palestshadow]

"What sorts of myths do people have about dogs, then?" Naminé asked, with a light laugh. "Is this the pro-dog anti-cat propaganda? I find myself to be more of a cat person, really."

[smartestone]

Hermione lists off the myths she had seen so far. "I am, too. I have a cat. He's not very social, though. And I can still think dogs are cute, I just won't be getting one anytime soon."

[palestshadow]

Naminé smiled. "I've considered getting a cat. Perhaps that's silly. I've met Karal's and Chad's, they're both rather sociable. I was starting to think the stereotype of aloof cats was perhaps entirely invented, until you mentioned yours."

[smartestone]

"He spends most of his time on his own, really," she says. "I don't know that I would call him aloof, but he's very self-sufficient." Because he's a cat.

[palestshadow]

"There's something reassuring about that," Naminé considered. "That while they're affectionate and devoted, they're also quite all right without you, should they need to be."

[grenfelzer]

Carmela waves tentatively at the girl she recognises from Arts and Crafts. "Hi!" she says cheerfully.

[palestshadow]

"Hello there," Naminé smiled, waving back. "You've gotten all the paint out, then?"

[grenfelzer]

"After approximately eleven thousand showers? Yeah," Carmela makes a crosseyed face. "I don't think I've ever introduced myself, by the way, even though we had a whole seven weeks of workshop together. I'm Carmela."

[palestshadow]

"I left my dress the way it was," Naminé smiled. "It's nice to have one dress that's all festive that way, I think. And do excuse me, I'm terrible with introductions, it seems. My name is Naminé. I'm a bit sad that that class is over, you know."

[grenfelzer]

"Naminé?" Carmela repeats carefully, wanting to get the pronunciation right. "That's a very pretty name. And me too- I'm not a very good artist or anything, but I just like *making* things."

[palestshadow]

Naminé blushed. "Thank you. It's ... sort of to do with ocean waves. What does 'Carmela' mean?"

She held out her sketchbook. "I'm not a terribly good artist either, but I do enjoy creating things. It lets me see things better. Understand them, I think."

[grenfelzer]

"I think it might mean 'Garden', or something like that," Carmela says, flipping through the offered sketchbook. "I never thought of it that way, the understanding things, but you have a very good point," she adds thoughtfully.