The 17th - School is still a thing

[enchantressofore]

[ God, she's beat.

Almost too dramatically Adela flops unto her favourite comfy chair in the library, heaving a sigh once she does. Getting back into Quidditch is a little tiring (if only because she'd fallen out of practice over summer without much chance to practice), but the real kicker is all the harder subject matter for her courses. She hasn't even had a chance to greet any of her friends there yet, and that sucked because that was what she was looking forward to the most throughout the summer...

Well, time to get back to work.

Adela ends up sitting with her legs over one of the chair's arms, pulling her history of magic textbook out of her bag and reading it, having a mechanical pencil out to mark passages. Easier to use than a quill in this position so she doesn't end up spilling ink or something silly like that. Maybe if she's lucky, she'll see her friends during the first hogsmeade weekend of the year or something. Or maybe get a chance to talk to Rin (Okumura) again outside of class or trying to tutor him. She could hope for that kind of luck, anyway. ]

[[OoC: So someone's been hit hard by 5th year at first. Seriously though let's try to pump some life back into this community! ]]

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[enchantressofore]

Well... It would have been nothing if it weren't for my uncle.

[ She looks to him, raising a brow. It doesn't take her long to decide that she has to say something first though. It's not an issue as she trusts Sano, but rather than just simply telling she pulls up her book bag and takes out a picture.

There are three people in it -- a woman who shows resemblance to Adela in a few different ways, a man clearly her brother, and Zelman who seems to be trying to leave the picture only to get pulled back by the woman, who appears to be laughing at his reluctance. ]

This is from... I think twenty years ago. My uncle sent it to me when he thought I was struggling with school to try and encourage me.

[ She turns it over, so he can see three names on the back along with the date... And that Zelman Clock is one of the names listed. ]

I already confronted him about it. Apparently, he was a friend of hers... And helped her go into hiding when Voldemort rose to power again.

[fireredspear]

[His surprise shows in his parted lips and the blank stare he gives the photograph, before finally smiling, conceding defeat. Seriously, only Zelman could be this lucky.]

Quite fetching, ain't he? Doesn't really age. Gotta say, I'm envious.

[He hands the photo back to Adela.]

I suppose you have about a million questions.

[He's not sure what he can answer, but he can at least give her something, he supposes. Zelman... probably wouldn't mind. As much as those two insist on hating each other, Sano came to the conclusion, that the vampire trusts Adela, a long time ago.]

[enchantressofore]

[ She puts it away, sighing and shaking her head. ]

Not as many as you might think. I still don't get a few things, like exactly what he is or why he kept bullying me...

...

Well, maybe I do. Even if it sucks to admit it.

[ Another moment and she looked back at the book before her, frowning. ]

He'll probably never say either way, but whether he wanted it or not the fact that I was his apparent favourite target kept anyone else from trying anything for the longest time. I doubt I'll ever know if it's intentional or not.

There's a lot I don't understand, but... The rest, I probably don't need to know. He stopped picking on me when I confronted him about it, even though I promised I wouldn't say anything. I figured you already knew considering back then though, so I doubt telling you effects anything.

[fireredspear]

[Sano ees her for a moment, before sighing quietly.]

I know nothig of his connection to you, or why he was so fixted on you. I know what he is, but he told me in confidence. All I can tell you, that yeah, he's older than he looks, which you know and that I owe him, which is why I helped him hide here.

I've known him for a while now. A certain... A certain kind of wixes knows Zelman quite well. The headmistress knows everything as well, but that shouldn't surprise you.

[It would be very hard to pull something like that without the headmistress knowing.]

[enchantressofore]

That's fair. Honestly you don't need to tell me anything.

[ In spite of herself she can't help smiling a little. ]

So it means a lot when you do. Thanks, Sano.