IC Prospective; Text

[glaives]

Character: Hotaru Tomoe
Mun: Nutmeg
Plot specific: Nope

Even though I've know for as long as I can remember that I would one day begin my magical education, it still so surprising and even a bit frightening to actually be starting now. I've never been away from Papa for so long, I've never been away from home even. And all the information in my textbooks feels almost overwhelming after 11 years of muggle education...

Are any of the other first years as nervous as I?

Comments

[remembertheroses]

[Silence, followed by some inkblots and then...]

Thank you very much Hotaru. I would love that very much. I would like to help you, just as you can help me. Thank you. I am sorry if I seem unwilling; I am really just very nervous. Maybe we can be friends

[Ib daren't presume so much so soon.]

I cannot wait to see you at Hogwarts.

[glaives]

[Her own quill is clenched tightly in her hair, the beautiful feather slowly being crushed as Hotaru waits anxiously for Ib's answer, swallowing when she gets it before slowly replying]

Perhaps you can? You could show me how to draw, or tell me stories about Japan. My memories are very faint. I... I am nervous too, if it helps?

[That... that scratched out word almost looks like friend. Faint bloom of hope!]

Me too. It will be nice to meet someone new.

[remembertheroses]

[Ib's trying to write as fast as she can, but the words aren't coming out in English fast enough. She doesn't want to lose the moment, but she can only check her dictionary fast enough for correct spellings. In the end, she abandons the heavy book and writes out what she can,]

Yes. I would like that. And you can share with me good books and tell me stories of the UK. I do not talk with my classmates very much, so I do not know a lot of things about cuture things in the UK.

I hope we are in the same house. But even if we are not, we can still spend time togetar? If that is OK with you?

[Please say yes, please say yes, please...]

[glaives]

[Hotaru reads as quick as she can, half starting her reply as she goes, her own writing a rush]

If it is easier, you can write in Japanese when you do not know the word, I will understand. And yes, I would love to do that. I am the same, with classmates, and my knowledge can be limited at times. But I will share everything that I know with you.

And yes, of course! I wouldn't let something so small stop me.

[oh god a friend a friend a friend]

[remembertheroses]

[Ib lets out a huge sigh of relief. If Hotaru could see her now, there'd be a giant happy smile on her face. She'd met someone who was like her and had offered to help her with her English and spend time with her and maybe, just maybe in the future...

...they could be friends.]

That sounds very good and nice Hotaru. I like you very much. You are friendly and kind. I will like to share my art and paintings with you. I am glad that I met you over the journal and I would really like to meet you in person. Thank you.

[glaives]

[Meanwhile Hotaru's wearing a grin that probably matches Ib's, her quill nearly crushed from her anxiety and her excitement.

A friend. An actual friend.]

Yes, I think it does. I like you too Ib, you're... you're the first person I've talked to for this long in a long time. It's nice. I'd love to see those, and I'm starting to look forward to Hogwarts more now.

...Thank you.