Susan returns to Hogwarts (Open RP with closed bits in)

[sensiblesusan.livejournal.com]

Well, the school had clearly not caught fire or blown up in her absence. Susan permitted herself just the tiniest tinge of unseemly regret at this fact and then, choosing to be entirely inconspicuous, she made her way to the room she shared with Emma.

Her roommate wasn't in when she arrived, for which Susan was sorry; she found, to her surprise, that she'd rather missed Emma, who'd been inexplicably absent in the weeks before Susan's own holiday in any case. She unpacked her new clothes, put her books back on the shelf, and sighed.

Well. Nothing for it. I'm back. Might as well get my mail and find out from Stephen what's been going on.

She took a deep breath and, fighting the urge to stay invisible, made her way to the Potions office.

((Anyone who wants to should feel free to interact with Susan as she heads down to Maturin's office. She will not read her mail until after she gets it from him.))

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[sensiblesusan.livejournal.com]

Susan winced in sympathy over the insult. "I suppose so. Ouch. But how will you -- I mean, you can't kill him, not unless you're going to take a trip off-campus, and that wouldn't go over well at all in any case."

[estebanmd.livejournal.com]

When this question was posed, Stephen's expression, or lack thereof, might have been disquieting. "Those details will be worked out by our respective seconds, if he has even retained one. Never you mind; I have been out many a time before."

[sensiblesusan.livejournal.com]

Susan gave him a wry, mildly unsettled look. "Well. I hope it shall be resolved to your -- ah -- satisfaction. I suppose that's one thing to be said for duelling; it gets the matter overwith in one go."

[estebanmd.livejournal.com]

"That it does, provided there are no untimely delays." Stephen thought Cox, being a coward, might try to impose such delays. He stirred his tea. "Let me think: what else of note has happened during your absence? Morfin Jones put up another of those secrets boards. The fallout was, as usual, spectacular."

[sensiblesusan.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure whether those things are a blessing or a curse. One does occasionally learn things of use, but more often than not --" She broke off and sighed. "As you've not mentioned anything that I should worry about, I'll assume that I escaped unscathed this time. I hope none of the 'spectacular fallout' touched you and yours."

[estebanmd.livejournal.com]

"I did look to see whether there was anything concerning you" -- or Teatime was implicit -- "and could not find anything, but as you know, these things can be rather obscure. I did not come off quite unscathed myself, truth be told," he admitted, frowning at his tea. Well, he did need to talk to someone about these things ...

[sensiblesusan.livejournal.com]

"Oh?" Susan's tone and expression were concerned, but neutral, inviting further discussion if he wanted it, but not prying. "Nothing too awful, I hope."