Fourth Floor Common Room [evening]

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis was bored, and in a particularly lazy mood.

Which was why there was a lethargic Aravis lounging on one of the couches, a sleeping rat on her stomach and a puppy at her feet (when he wasn't scampering around and nosing at things in the room.)

She idly flipped through the channels, slowly polishing off the last of her candy stash.

[zomg, bored and awake all night. open!]

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[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"Possibly we could just bring Trenor up from the stables," she replied, only half-joking. "He does fit. So does a cow. Not that either was there intentionally."

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

"And now you almost wish I could still turn into a bird..."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

This would be Aravis staring.

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

And this was Setsuna biting her lip a little, turning a bit red. "I had a temporary curse," she explained with a light chuckle. "If I was hit with cold water, I turned into a crow. It went away, though, sometime at the beginning of this year..."

Taking that stare into consideration, Setsuna decided to not mention any similar curses bestowed on exboyfriends.

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"...I can't do anything like that," Aravis offered. "That's a rather fortunate curse, though. I saw the prince of my native land turned into an ass for his haughtiness and insolence. The only way to retain his human form was to stay within the bounds of his home."

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

"...I suppose the bounds of my curse weren't so terrible, then," Setsuna said after thinking a moment. And certainly not mentioning to Aravis the reasons why her curse called for a crow. "Especially considering it was temporary. Surprisingly, though, this happened in China, no where near Fandom at all, but it does sound a bit like something that might happen here."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"I know where China is!" Aravis said proudly. "Are you from there? Do you really eat with sticks?"

Aravis had sort of lost her sense of tact in her excitement at not failing at geography.

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

Setsuna was well used to it by the point to not really mind. In fact, she found it a little amusing, biting her lip a little against a smile. "I'm from Japan, which is an island country near China. And, yes, we really do eat with sticks. Confucius, a great philosopher, believed that knives at a table harboured too many violent intent, which one does not want when they are eating and feasting, so chopsticks became the preferred utensil in our culture."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"I learned to use them," Aravis said happily. "And that's a philosophy that would be well-used in Calormen. I've seen fights break out over cake before."

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

"Over cake?" Setsuna asked, msotly to make sure she heard that correctly.

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"The last slice of it," she said, nodding. "My people are not in possession of the coolest heads, generally."

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

"It certainly sounds that way," Setsuna said, and then turned a bit red. "Um, no offense intended, of course."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

Aravis smiled. "None taken. I'm Calormene by birth, but I fled the country last year. I don't agree with most of their...traditions."

[bound2blade.livejournal.com]

"I don't mean to assume," Setsuna said, "but, yes, it does sound like a bit of them might be a little...objectionable."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"You've not heard the half of it," Aravis muttered dryly.

[omg night! *tucks you in*]