Nobody can seperate a boy and his...skull? (Active, Open)

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Name(s): Harry Dresden, Bob, Anyone who overhears them
Location: A empty classroom
Week: Week 39
Time: Late in the evening
Rating: PG-13 for Bob

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Curiosity... Will probably embarrass the cat. XD

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Catty was sneaking back upstairs (after having snuck into the kitchens to gra a few late-night snacks), being a quiet as she could. She really didn't need a professor to see her with some leftovers. Not again, anyway.

She stopped, though, when she heard voices coming from one of the rooms she was passing by. Unable to help herself, she pressed herself against the wall, listening in. It sounded like... Harry. And somebody else. Not a voice she recognized.

Shrugging, she opened the door softly, poking her head into the room. "Harry?" Catty had to blink a few times, her eyes quickly scanning the room. No other body. Had Hogwarts finally cracked the poor guy?

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Harry was so focused on arguing with the skull he didn't even hear Catty approach until she was in the room. Jumping at her voice, Harry spun and bit back a curse, his eyes scanning for something to throw over the skull.

"Uh, Catty, hi! Fancy meeting you here. In a empty classroom. At night."

He was about to slide off his robe to cover Bob, when the skull chose that moment to pipe up.

"Catty? Oh man, I have got to see this, I mean, she doesn't actually have cat ears does she? Cause I didn't think you were into those Japanese fetishes. Oh, I bet she has claws~"

The skull started bouncing around, trying to get a look. Harry could only stand there mortified.

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"H-hey..." Catty almost responded to Harry in a flirtatious voice, almost making a comment about what could happen in an empty room at night. In fact, she had opened her mouth to start, walking further into the room when she heard the other voice.

"Claws?" She would have thought she was going crazy if not for the bouncing skull behind him.

Oh, I am crazy...

"Erm, Harry. Trying out your new dirty ventriloquist act?" Her eyebrows knitted together in confusion.

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Harry wished for all he world for a hammer and a hole to sink into.

"I-what? No! That's a talent I'd rather not develop, I get beaten up enough as is. I just...um..." His mind raced for some kind of possible explanation for this that wouldn't lead to abject humiliation/him getting slapped.

After a second he determined there wasn't any. Sighing, he stepped to one side, revealing the skull.

"Catty, meet Bob, Bob, meet Catty."

"Oh man Harry, please tell me you're at least dating her! Oh man, I was right, I bet she leaves all kinds of mar-mpppph!"

Harry had pounced on the skull, wrapping it in his robe in sheer desperation.

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Catty was at a loss for words. She ran her fingers through her hair, slowly trying to let reality sink in. A skull. Harry was introducing her to a skull that was talking. No, the skull--Bob--wasn't just talking...

Bob was making all sorts of sexual remarks at her. Despite herself, Catty blushed, feeling only a tiny bit awkward.

"All kinds of what?" Man, her curiosity would probably be the death of her. She walked closer to Harry, giving him a questioning look.

"So, um... Not healthy food, huh?"

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Harry was at an equal loss for words, his face bright red. Oh this was just what he needed right as he'd finally started making friends. What had Ebenezer been thinking?

"Uh, probably best not to ask with him," Harry swallowed, realizing he was trapped against the desk.

The skull suddenly thrashed in his arms before escaping the robe and proudly saying, "marks!"

Cursing Harry rewrapped it and said, "Uh, no, not as such, though there were some carrots in the box. Just...it was mostly him." Oh for a hole to sink into.

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Catty bit down on her lip, nodding as he said to not ask, but then the skull escaped long enough to finish his sentence...

And then she laughed, pressing her hand to her mouth as she attempted to smother the giggles. "Oh, yeah. I leave claw marks on all my guys," she said, words slightly muffled behind her hand.

"And... Why do you have a perverted talking skull?" Catty really felt bad for him as she observed his embarrassment. She glanced around the room, wondering if there was something she could help cover the thing up with so that Harry wouldn't have to smash it in his robe.

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Of all Catty's possible reactions, laughter was not one of them, and while he was relieved to hear that she wasn't mad, her comment about marks raised rather interesting...images.

Shaking his head, Harry sighed. "Well, Bob isn't actually, he's an air spirit, he just lives in the skull, and he has several hundred years of magical knowledge from some of the most powerful wizards in the world crammed in there. My guardian apparently felt he needed a tutor. Or was sick of dealing with him, one or the other."

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Kazumi had been up late again work with Professor Hughes on the yearbook. It was coming along nicely but they were having difficulty getting th Slytherin quidditch player pictures to stop flying over to the Gryffindor player pictures. After a long few hours they finally sorted it out and Professor Hughes had told Kazumi she was free to leave.

It was while she was passing by one of the classrooms that she started to pick up on voices. Kazumi paused to listen, quickly identifying Harry's and Catty's...but who was the third? With a smirk, Kazumi crept closer, leaning against the wall right next to the door.

Why do you have a perverted talking skull?

A what? There was no way Harry would have something like that! Harry was---

Well, Bob isn't actually, he's an air spirit...Kazumi grinned and listened to the rest. Interesting, very interesting. Kazumi decided she was sick of lurking outside in the hallway and ducked into the classroom, "What's this about a spirit with magical knowledge, Harry?" She noticed the skull and moved

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Snorting softly, Catty smirked, placing her hands on her hips. "An air spirit? And... I'm voting the latter on that one, though why your guardian would send Bob to a school..." She hadn't spent more than a few minutes in the spirit's company, and she already knew that this would be trouble.

Hilarious trouble.

She glanced over her shoulder as Kazumi entered, throwing the girl a smile. Blinking, she remembered something Bob had said earlier when Catty was walking by. He was talking about a hot, red-headed reporter. Described Kazumi pretty much. She smiled to herself, wondering how close the two Fifth years actually were.

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Well, at least this couldn't get any worse.

"What's this about a spirit with magical knowledge, Harry?"

Okay, he probably deserved that one.

Cursing the uncaring heavens, Harry turned and gave his best friend a shaky smile. "Uh, hey Kaz-"

Bob managed to wriggle free once more, this time rolling on the desk. "Oh, is that her? Is that the hot redhead you keep writing about? Oh man, it is. Jeez Harry, you hit the jackpot here! I mean, two beautiful women? I have to admit, I had my worries when you came over here, but Harry, you've exceeded my wildest expectations!"

Yep, sink into a hole, any time now.

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At first, Kazumi was surprised by what the skull said. Slowly her surprise turned into a grin, "Does he actually refer to me as the 'hot redhead' in his letters, because that's a little hard to believe." She knew right away that this skull was probably going to cause Harry all sorts of grief.

"Oh and if you think Catty and I are good looking you should see some of the other girls in this school," Kazumi's grin couldn't possibly get any wider, and she did have a large data base of the different students and how they ranked in appeal. After all, she had to have all sorts of information for students if they wanted to have it.

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Catty giggled when Bob wriggled free to get a look at Kazumi. Even if the situation was a little mortifying, she couldn't help but tease Harry. "Hear that? You've hit the jackpot, Harry!"

She laughed when Kazumi spoke with ease, seemingly unphased. This was a girl she could really like. "Oh, yeah. There are plenty of girls here that are beautiful." She nodded and grinned, winking at Harry.

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How the two of them could take this so calmly Harry had no idea, and he was a little worried about how well both girls were getting along with Bob.

"Not in so many words, but lets just say Harry's letters paint a very vivid picture." Harry got the impression Bob was wiggling his eyebrows, which was bizarre because the skull didn't have eyebrows.

"Oh man, even more beautiful girls? Harry, why do you every want to leave this place? This must be some kind of heaven, full of nubile young school girls in short skirts. I have to thank the old man for sending me here! You've gotta show me around."

"The only thing I've got to do is find a place to hide you before I get a sexual harassment lawsuit," Harry replied deadpan. He blushed at Catty's wink. It was going to be a long night.

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It was hard to say why Kazumi was hardly ever phased by these things, but that's just the way she was. She looked over at Harry, raising her own eyebrows, "Vivid, huh? So you've been writing vivid things about me, have you?" She put one hand on her hip to milk the full effect from Harry.

Sometimes, she just had way too much fun teasing the poor guy.

She flipped her attention back to the skull, "I'd offer, but somehow I don't think Harry would allow it."

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The blush didn't escape Catty, and she offered her trademark cat grin. "Why hide him? I think Bob would get along very well with some of our fellow students, Harry."

Eyes brightening, Catty turned to Kazumi, grinning darkly at the other girl. She shrugged nonchalantly, eyebrows raised as she got an idea. "Hey, Kazumi. I'm sure we could find a way to get Harry to agree to give Bob a tour."