::Open RP - Welcome to the Confusion!::

[hikikomoriways]

So, the talking hat (which was somehow more intimidating than a talking fridge) had placed Satou in Ravenclaw. The trouble was,he had no idea what that meant, and the bizarre little bug-eyed big-eared creatures he'd seen scuttling around unnerved him too much to try and ask

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[oneof_me]

Unity wasn't here for the buffet, of course, although she thought she would stay for a while and accustom herself to the smells, and maybe eat some bread with a small amount of butter. She just felt like doing something other than knitting.

She'd been knitting a lot, since Amaranth had introduced her to it. It was far more satisfying than painting, which she'd never been able to do quite the same way that humans could. Painting required instinct. Knitting could be achieved by following a pattern. She was very proud of everything she'd created so far.

Which is why she was now wearing a lime green scarf, navy blue hat and gloves, yellow leg-warmers and a bright red cardigan over a silver sequinned cocktail dress. There were a lot more scarves and several hats back in her room, but she couldn't put them all on at once. It would have looked silly.

She crouched down to peer at the young man under the table. "What are you eating?"

[oneof_me]

Unity tried to remember how to make small talk. It seemed as though she'd forgotten something - oh, of course. "What's your name? I'm Unity."

[hikikomoriways]

"I'm Satou," he said, somewhat muffled by the scarf.

[oneof_me]

"Pleased to meet you, Satou." There, that was the correct response. Now to think of something else.

"What House are you in?" she tried.

[hikikomoriways]

"That hat thing said something about Ravenclaw. That's what you're asking, right?"

[oneof_me]

"That's right. You're a new student?" She smiled. "I am in Ravenclaw as well."

[hikikomoriways]

"Does that, ha ha, does that mean we're going to live in the same place?"

He wondered how large these 'houses' were.

[oneof_me]

"There are individual bedrooms, but we will share the common room and bar, and the laboratory."

[hikikomoriways]

"A bar? A laboratory? That must be some house!" Something made him pause. "This isn't a reality show, is it?"

[oneof_me]

"It's not a house in the sense of a separate building, but rather a residential area within the castle." She frowned slightly. "And I don't know what a reality show is." She knew the words, but they didn't seem to explain each other.

[hikikomoriways]

"You're better off not knowing," he said with a weak laugh. "They're embarrassing just to watch."

[oneof_me]

"Some kind of performance, then?"

[hikikomoriways]

"Yeah. People pretending that what you're seeing is their normal life."

[oneof_me]

Unity wasn't sure what distinguished that from any other kind of show. She supposed it might be the 'normal' part. She'd been to the theatre and the opera, and as far as she knew a normal human life didn't involve that many stabbings or unconvincing disguises.

"What about this causes embarrassment?"

[hikikomoriways]

"They make such a spectacle of themselves! Doing stupid things, getting into all sorts of humiliating drama."

[oneof_me]

"That seems to be the case in most forms of entertainment."