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Ugh. Already this year was annoying. With Tàmhas the Hyper-Scot leading the meeting, Csuri had to confess she only actually understood every third word or so. After that, she'd had to follow around a seventh year prefect, which was boring as hell, but also didn't allow Csuri any chance to sit and study. Normally by the time the train arrived, she'd been at school for hours and had her fifth of the room nicely unpacked. Stupid professors wanting to give her a chance or whatever. Once the train (finally) pulled into Hogsmeade, Csuri opted to walk to the castle ahead of the carriages. No way was she getting stuck on one of those with people she didn't like.

Walking into the Great Hall, Csuri carefully straightened her pins, then sat at the table. Now that Brianna had graduated and Hesperia was all lovey-dovey with Kasamir.... Csuri didn't really have anyone to sit with. Instead, she sat near her grade, though there was a small bubble of emptiness around her. This was something she was well aware of. No one wanted to sit with her or, in fact, be near her, given the usual grumpiness she exuded. Thankfully, that allowed her to subtly open the book she'd been reading under the table. Some of the other Prefects were paying attention or even taking notes of the Sorting, but Csuri figured there'd be plenty of time to get to know (and probably terrify) a bunch of new kids.

The unfortunate part of sitting with her class was that she was entirely too close to the loud idiot of her house. Bhattacharyya was talking with one of the other kids, even going as far as to refer to Csuri by a dumb nickname. Though jokes were on him, she'd heard worse. Csuri's silvery-grey eyes sent over a glare, which was the usual way of warning that Csuri was getting angry (or... angrier). "Too bad having a new broom doesn't help make you not annoying." Csuri grumbled out, setting her bookmark in the pages as she anticipated a dumb reply from the world's most annoying human.

With her book closed and set on the table next to her, Csuri continued glaring over at the idiot. He was forever surrounded by his normal gaggle of doe-eyed idiots, while she had a grand total of two friends. It wasn't like she was the only one aware, either. Everyone was acutely aware... or at least that was how Csuri felt most often. After she called him out on the fact that he got a new broom, she rolled her eyes when he called her new broom a charity case. "AQ Brooms is superior to Nimbus when it comes to Seeking. Why would I spend the excess money if I can win a brand new one for free?"

Ugh. He was supremely annoying. Maybe she could figure out a way to make him run extra laps.... though with his dumb attitude he'd probably have fun with it. Then again, she was still a bit worried that half the previous team wouldn't want to play quidditch if she was running the show. Hell, Csuri still wasn't sure why Brianna had entrusted the team to her of all people. She wanted so badly to go back to reading her book, but she knew he wouldn't stop talking long enough for her to actually focus on the words. What a jerk.

Csuri knew that stupid Vikram was goading her. He always did this stupid game where he would just say the most obnoxious things and it would simply force her to respond. But it wasn't her fault he was a freaking moron! "Actually, I do research instead of blindly throwing money at things. Y'know, because I can actually read." A pointed jab as her eyes glared daggers at the boy. He seemed so casual and she felt herself building anger. Stupid, stupid jerk! How dare he imply she hadn't done her research! It was almost as if he was calling her stupid, but there was on way that was possible. She'd studied brooms in similar fashion to how she studied everything else. Besides, if he even tried to imply he was smarter, she'd simply pull out her grades from the year prior. Or, heck, refer him to the badges that had somehow been granted to her. Ugh. He was so dumb!

Csuri huffed in annoyance when she asked Vikram about his reading comprehension. Uuuuuunfortunately for her, she hadn't expected him to retort so quickly... or harshly. He called her by the name her roommate (who couldn't understand the "Cs" start of her name) used, then asked about basic math. She flared up, looking visibly annoyed as her cheeks flushed with color. "I don't have to prove anything to you, Bhattacharyya. Now shut up and leave me alone. I don't want to talk to you anymore." She would've walked away, other than the fact that she knew the fifth year prefects were required to walk the first years to bed.

The less good news was that half the Slytherin house had just heard Vikram tell everyone that she was bad at maths and she had no escape. She made a show of grabbing her book and pushing it open, though she was mostly using it to hide her embarrassment behind. Thanks to stupid, horrible Vikram, everyone was giggling and talking about her. She had ears, she wasn't stupid. And, knowing this damn school, every single other student was going to know before the night ended. She knew the math... after a bit, but with a million eyes on her, she couldn't come up with it fast enough. This was such a stupid day. She wasn't even reading her book, just trying to prevent others from seeing how upset she was. How dare he call her out like that?! Everyone knew he could read, but she didn't think anyone but Bri or Baba knew about her struggles with maths.