(Untitled)

[jst_a_girl]

Who: Ginny and Kite
When: Saturday, late afternoon-ish
Where: The library,and the Room of Requirement
Rating: R for language and a wee bit of violence
Summary: Ginny and Kite geek out over the prospect of additional training.

Comments

[kitewraith]

Kite was actually looking for a book on broom-making for yet another of his innumerable personal projects (he re-prioritized them every few days and kept extensive notes on his progress so he wouldn't lose his place, which meant a LOT of shuffling went on) when he spotted Ginny in one of the back corners where they kept the books on banal things like arithmancy, technical manuals for magical items, and so forth. It was one of the back corners where students sometimes went to make out, but that didn't stop him from heading her way.

The book he wanted was about four feet away from her and two shelves above his head. He boldly stepped up onto the first shelf, using one hand to haul himself up, and plucked the volume from the shelf before hopping down and grinning at her. "Heya bao bei, whatcha up to?" he wondered. Since it was Saturday, he was in his natural garb: torn jeans, a faded t-shirt with the name of some rock band on it, and a very battered zip-up hoody. It was a win-win thing for him, really, he was comfy AND he offended

[jst_a_girl]

Ginny looked up, smiling when she saw Kite. "Hey Kite," she greeted him, sitting back in the hard, wooden chair. "I'm just workin' on some homework, trying to get it out of the way."

She nodded to the book he was holding. "Light reading?"

[kitewraith]

"Actually," he said thoughtfully, spinning the chair opposite her around so he could straddle it backwards, "I was going to look into the charms they use on broomsticks to make them fly. I was thinking that with some changes and additions, a similar set would really trick out my board." He preferred to have his hands free while flying anyway. Brooms weren't terribly combat-efficient. They let you use the third axis well enough, but they were too hard to control with only one hand while firing spells. A skateboard, guided only by the feet, would be superior.

Not to mention REALLY cool. The tricks you could do on a board that magically hovered... yeah.

He put the book on her table and leaned forward, grinning. "Hey, did you hear about the seventh years' first DADA class with the new Professor, Archer?"

[jst_a_girl]

"No, I didn't," Ginny said, setting her quill aside. "Well, Hermione was angry because she'd gotten a detention, but that's all I really heard about it. Why?"

[kitewraith]

Kite grinned. "Oh, the grapevine on this one is CRAZY. I heard Granger mouthed off to Professor Archer in class. As in, literally tried to play the 'I'm Head Girl, I require special dispensation' card. And Archer not only slapped her down, he slapped her with detention. Her, Potter, Hannah Abbot, and Mandy Brocklehurst. And I heard back from the portraits just a couple hours ago," he said gleefully, "you will NEVER guess what they're doing for detention."

[jst_a_girl]

Ginny gasped, laughing as she closed her book and set her assignment aside. "She didn't tell me that!" She giggled, covering her mouth. "What does Archer have them doing?"