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Data had gone back to Ravenclaw after sorting the young woman, Sally. He had the vague intent of practicing... magic... though he still didn't like to call it that. He'd become quite proficient at the levitation charm (and taken to carrying his wand in a modified phaser holster) and thought it might be time to learn something else; he'd come to a decision as to what while walking back. It built neatly on what he had already learned, and would likely be useful. It also required very little in the way of supplies.

He set his tricorder on a spare table and backed up a few paces, focusing and searching for that tumbling feeling when the magic gave in and allowed itself to be directed.

"Accio tricorder."

It flew off the table and landed on the floor near the leg of a chair. Unfortunately, that chair happened to be significantly to Data's left; still, it had moved, and with less effort than he'd needed previously.

Data went to retrive the tricorder and noticed that the young woman from earlier was sitting there. "Excuse me," he said, bending down and picking it up. "I did not mean to bother you."

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A THUMP was heard near Sally's foot. She jumped in her seat out of surprise and dropped her knitting work into her lap. One of the men from her sorting ceremony bent down to retrieve whatever fell.

"Oh! It's alright," She replied feebly. Sally looked curiously at the object in Data's hands. "If you don't mind...what is that?" She pointed at the thing in question.

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"It is a tricorder," he said. "A device used to take readings of the surrounding area and analyze the findings."

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They certainly didn't have those in Halloween Town.

"Is that what you're doing?"

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"No," Data said, "I am attempting to summon the tricorder using magic. This is the second charm I have attempted."

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"Oh! Magic," Sally wasn't sure she was too keen on trying magic yet. What if it was dangerous or what if she couldn't do it? She'll wander around it for a while.

But, first hand experience would be nice. "Let's see it again then."

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"Very well," he said, experiencing a strange fizzing along his neural pathways that translated into a feeling not unlike the few times his internal gyroscope had gone offline - a lurching sensation and weakness in the limbs. If he didn't know better, he would say he was nervous.

He placed the tricorder on the table again and backed up.

"Accio tricorder."

This time it came towards him; however, it landed a few feet short.

"As you can see, I am not very experienced."

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She was fully attentive, leaning forward in her seat with her chin resting in her hands. Her eyes widened when the trismabob lifted into the air and landed feet from Data. He didn't look pleased.

Shyly, Sally complimented his work, "I thought you did well...how do you do that?" It had to be more than waving around a wand and saying words.

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"Thank you, but the charm is intended to summon the object directly to me. It should not be landing that far away." Data frowned, as much at his own lack of skill as his inability to anwer her question. "As for how it is done... I do not know. Using magic appears to be largely a matter of concentration and will; however, its existence violates all known laws of the natural world."

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"Oh, well at least you managed that far. I mean, maybe...maybe it's not perfect, because -" She played with a strand of her hair nervously. "You don't believe enough?"

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Data nodded. "That is a possibility. Initially I did not believe I was even capable of magic; I did not decide to attempt it until another student convinced me to try a simple charm using her wand. After discussing it with my friends," and there was a barely perceptible pause before the word, "I came to the conclusion that it was better to attempt it and fail than never have attempted it at all."

He tilted his head slightly. "Have you attempted magic yet?"

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Sally perked up. "You're doing it, though! The tri-" Best not to bother pronouncing the word and butchering it. She made enough of a full of herself. "The device moved. You just need a little nudge."

How ironic that as supportive as Sally could be for Data, she was too afraid to try it herself. "Oh no, not yet."

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He thought for a moment, then offered her his wand. "Would you like to?"

((....aaaaaand I just realized how that sounds out of context. Can't think of another way to say it, though))

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((Bwhahaha, XDD.))

"I..." Sally frowned and started to play with her stitches now. She knew it was unavoidable. She came to the school to be with Jack, but the downside - she had to learn magic too. Sally couldn't walk around it forever. There'd be too much guilt. "I, I guess, but I've never - I don't know what to do."

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Data considered this for a moment.

"The first charm I attempted was the Levitation Charm. It is performed by envisioning the item you wish to levitate rising in the air, while saying the spell - Wingardium Leviosa - with this gesture." He gave a swish and flick that would do Flitwick proud and the ball of yarn she was using rose in the air briefly, settling back down at his gesture.

"Will you try it?" he said, offering the wand to her again. "I was able to perform it, albeit wekaly, without any belief in my own magical abilities. It is likely you will be able to as well."

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"Oh my," Sally took the wand tentatively and pointed it at the yarn in her lap. "Swish and flick..." She mumbled and half-heartedly swished and flicked as was instructed before. Then there were the complicated magic words. She scrunched up her nose in concentration, "Wingardium Leviosa."

The ball of yarn wiggled a bit and rose two inches into the air before falling back down. Sally dropped the wand in surprise of what she had done. "Sorry!"

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Janet had been at Hogwarts long enough to be only slightly surprised at the sight of a woman who looked like she had been stitched together out of cloth in the Ravenclaw common room. Belatedly, she realized that staring was probably rude and went over to greet the... woman? "Hi, I don't think I've seen you around here before." She set down the latest batch of books that she had borrowed from Madame Nutter (http://community.livejournal.com/hogwarts_hocus/982027.html?thread=48763659#t48763659) and held out her hand. "I'm Janet."

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Her knitting was once again disrupted. However, the woman looked extremely friendly ~~and alive~~. There was no harm in a small knitting break.

"I'm new," Sally responded and shook the hand briefly. "Sally. You were studying?" She gestured toward the books by Janet's side. It reminded her of Jack's obsession with the concept of Christmas. He was literally drowning in the books he found on the subject.

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"Glad to meet you, Sally." Janet laughed and shook her head. "No, I'm not studying at the moment. There's not enough room in the Hospital Wing for another doctor and I'm planning to satisfy my curiosity of magical healing methods. What are you knitting?"

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"You're a doctor?" Sally didn't have good experience with those. "As long as you're helping people. I'm knitting a scarf for a very nice woman at my sorting."

She held up the half-finished piece for Janet to see.

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"I haven't practiced in a while, but yes." She shrugged. "Well, that's what a doctor's supposed to do. Though I suppose there are always a few in every bunch and all."

Janet whistled, impressed by the scarf. "Nice. I was always useless at knitting and crocheting. Great at sewing, though."

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"I knew a doctor." Sally left it at that.

She dared to giggle at Janet's useless statement. "It comes natural," Sally replied, putting down the scarf and holding up her hands in its place. The stitches were very visible. "Do you use a machine?"

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