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“Does that count as a gift?” Aidene wondered in response to Aldrick’s thoughts that being included in her doll collection was gift enough. It sounded wonderful if making a doll for herself to play with doubled as a present for a friend. “Well, I desperately need dolls for Rhea and Brook at least, and I wanted to try making a Rion one so I can do mock battles where I actually win. For Spectre Lizzie I shall need to track down Binx—“ she cut off to peer under the table and lock eyes with Binx before returning as though nothing has been said— “And then Month boy will need glasses...would you like one, Gremlin?”

Aidene nodded along, agreeing that embroidering on the sly in class sounded like an excellent idea. Then she paused. Embroidering in class probably not the most honorable thing to do as counting stitches could sometimes distract from the whole gaining EXP process. She could never do it in Professor Cohen’s class anyways— it would be a “bad choice” if they were practicing spells that day, and Aidene didn’t think she could handle it if Professor Cohen was ever disappointed with her. There’s always downtime in the kitchens, she figured. What else did she do during that time anyways? It certainly wasn’t crafts or training. Perfect then.

Aidene did look up from her doll-making preparations for a moment to consider Aldrick’s drawing and request for a redhead reference model. The obvious answer was Lizzie, if course, but given Lizzie’s denial of any Gremlin wrongdoing and Gremlin’s baiting Lizzie into the conversation… Aidene remembered Charlotte, the pretty Ravenclaw girl in Jonah’s year, but she hadn’t arrived to the club room yet. Aidene looked up to notice someone standing by the doorway. Lizzie abruptly offered Jess as a model…Further investigation needed I see!

Given that further investigation was needed, she was very happy when her questing duo partner arrived. ”Brook!” she leaned in conspiratorially, thought better of it, and jotted down the quest details to slide across the table to Brook. In a weak attempt to throw anyone else off, she disguised it with an innocennt "Want to help me sketch dolls ideas for our friends?"



Brook being there also reminded her she had brought snacks though, and she dove for her bag. ”Club Captain Katya! I brought brownies! Non-crumbly, for maximum non-messy snacking,”

▬▬ "In learning you will teach,"▬▬

Aldrick walked into the art room, and wiped off the tables,before setting out new art supplies. He had saved his extra school money to buy some extra supplies, it was the least he could do. A few new paints, some different fabrics for Lzzie's ducklings, some paper, some canvass, and some colors. It wasn't much ,but it could get someone started on something they loved, that's what mattered. Maybe he should have come in the night before to clean the place up better, and throw out the old things. The room looked just as they had left it at the end of the year last year, total chaos, but like the group had alot of fun. He wrote on the board, Welcome to Art Club then sat at the front, opened his notebook, and started to draw while waiting for his companions.

In retrospect, maybe he should have done some more promoting for the club. He had told his house mates, and had owled the people that were in Art Club last year, but he had just assumed that word of mouth would get people around. He made a mental note, the first day of art club, today, they would make posters and hang them throughout the school, yes that would work better than word of mouth, and would be a very practical use of art. Art could be fun and useful, August would be proud of Aldrick's motives. He mumbled to himself, "Well, here goes everything." He swung open the door, and sat outside the door a sign that pointed toward the room that had the words "Art Club, Anyone Welcome!"