Train Home Log

[shnpc]

WHO: Everyone
TONE: Ranging from happy to nostalgic
RATING: PG
WHEN: June 16th
WHERE: On the Hogwarts Express
WHAT: Students and assorted teachers head home at the end of the school year

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[yaknog]

[Astrid is switching between reading and petting Stormfly, her owl, all while hoping that nobody else comes in this particular compartment. Girl likes her peace.]

[thegrrrahahaha]

[Calvin really has no idea where to sit. He's making his way through the train and hoping to find a place where he won't feel too uncomfortable before the train starts going.]

[doctorkishitani]

[Shinra spots Calvin in his own search for somewhere to sit and offers him an amiable smile, waving enthusiastically as he does so]

Hi McMurray! Are you looking for a compartment too? I haven't had much luck myself, but there might be more space towards the back of the train!

[selfhatred]

[Karkat is trying to get some reading in since it's going to be a long ride since he hates goodbyes. You're going to have to come find him yourself if you want to talk to him because he's not budging from this compartment.]

[fuckmackandme]

[Well then, by all means have a John storming in to his compartment!]

Hey Karkat!

[selfhatred]

[...So much for reading. He gives a small sigh and a grumble as he places his bookmark in his novel and closes it. This could take a while.]

What is it?

[fuckmackandme]

Can I sit with you? Dave and Jade are probably going to be all sloppy makeouts with each other.

[selfhatred]

...Oh. [Good job making him feel awkward as fuck, buddy. He bites his bottom lip before shifting over to make room for John.] Sure. I mean it's not like Strider can keep his fucking boner in his pants. You're probably safer in here anyway just so you don't catch anything.

sobs and gears up for his last thread MY FEELS ARE NOT READY FOR THIS,,,,,,,,

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

Tavros wasn't looking forward to this. On the list of things Tavros was looking forward to, it was at the very bottom, with 'falling off a broom' being ahead of it. But it was something that he had to face, because he couldn't keep stressing himself out over things like he was. The truth of the matter was, he didn't want to be gay. At all. And this... thing, he had with Karkat. It only made him more confused. Karkat had told him that they were just being themselves with each other, but... It was just all happening too fast. He was starting to think that was a bad thing. He needed some time to think, and he just... couldn't do that, not when he and Karkat spent so much time together.

It hurt though, because Karkat was his best friend. Him and Gamzee. And Tavros felt like if he did this, he would be messing everything up. But he was scared, and the only way he could stop being scared and maybe figure this out for good was if he distanced himself from Karkat. So as much as it killed him, he was going to have to do something. He kept telling himself that it was for his own good, that if he did it would make his anxiety and stress about the whole thing go away. It would hurt, but he had to.

He stopped in front of the compartment; he was thankful that he picked a time where Karkat seemed to be alone. Doing it now really was the best time, as well. They could go home, they would have separation. It would give Tavros time to think, and maybe when he came back to school, things would be less confusing. He hoped that was true, at least. If it wasn't, then what was he going to do? Tavros didn't let himself think about that, though. That was for the future, and he had present issues to deal with.

Tavros knocked softly on the compartment door and slid it open a little. "Uh... D'you mind, if I come in, maybe?" he asked, before adding, "To talk?"

I DON'T THINK MY FEELS ARE EITHER

[selfhatred]

After John had left him alone, Karkat had gone back to his book since there wasn't really much else to do. Keeping his mind off of things for a while seemed to be the best at the moment. There was so much to think about but he could do that over the holidays. It had been a while since he could think without constantly being bothered by his roommates who were in different compartments.

The last half of the year had been a bit of turmoil for him. After the rap battle things had gone downhill for a little bit before they became slightly stable with Feferi, but with so much happening in her life it had been the best to break up. And then the fight with Tavros and the subsequent make up...Karkat still didn't really know what his feelings on the matter were.

Hearing the knock on the compartment door, he looked up, seeing Tavros there. The 'to talk' part made him hesitate before he bookmarked his book and set it to the side, shaking his head. "Sure." And after a beat. "What about?"

[i_bullieve_i_can_fly]

Tavros took in a deep breath before sliding the door open further and wheeling in, sliding it shut behind him. Normally, he would pull himself into one of the train seats instead of stay in his wheelchair, but he decided against that. He wasn't going to stay, after all. At least, not if it went how it was supposed to go. He thought, anyway. He really didn't know how this would even actually go. He wheeled closer, but kept at least a little distance.

He was trying not to shake, because he was so nervous- no, that was a lie. He was outright scared. Because Karkat was his friend, and a part of him was afraid that he was going to mess that up by doing what he was planning on doing. Instead of jumping right into it, he just swallowed and said the first thing that came to mind. "How are you?"

[selfhatred]

An uneasy feeling settled itself into Karkat's stomach. He didn't know why, but there was just a nagging in the back of his mind that made him bite his bottom lip. Noticing the way Tavros kept his distance didn't help either. Still, he kept one of his hands on the book, keeping it as an anchor.

"I'm okay I guess." He shrugged. "Kind of looking forward to going home."

This was originally its own log. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS JOINT LOG-THING D:

[just1c3w1tch]

[Terezi's set up in one of the train compartments. Her two suitcases are on the floor because honestly she's tiny how is she going to get them into the overhead space let alone retrieve them again. :/

She's already in jeans and a tshirt. The tray under the window contains a partially-eaten sandwich and several chocolate frog boxes. Terezi is currently feeling the cards, trying to tell them apart. Her owl is loose on the tray too, eyeing the roaming chocolate frogs with suspicion.

Oh yeah, the frogs are all free. Terezi seems to have opted to ignore them completely.]

[dou8letrou8le]

[She doesn't even bother knocking when she comes in, stowing away her one suitcase above head (she never packed much). Before sitting down she straightens out her dress skirt, not yet paying Terezi attention until she's settled with the door closed.]

You have two Dumbledores.

[just1c3w1tch]

Do I. Are they the only copies? That's lucky!

[Conspiratorial whisper:] My mother collects these. She's easily amused.

[dou8letrou8le]

[It could very well be a lie, but why burst her bubble?] If you think so.

[She shifts Nicholas's carrying cage in her lap.] It says a lot about her if it is true.

[testdriveme]

[He'd be more excited if a) he wasn't so sure he failed all his OWLs and b) he didn't know he'd just be working all summer.]

[yaknog]

Larkin, right?

Mind if I invade? My compartment got taken over.

[So she'll just perpetuate the cycle.]

[testdriveme]

No, I don't mind. Go right ahead.

[yaknog]

You were a fifth year, right? How'd the OWLs go?

[Astrid does know about his radio career, but this is more interesting to her.]

[brothor]

[Thor is sitting next to Steve, staring out the window with focused fascination.]

[spangledplan]

[Steve is exhausted, but this pumpkin pasty whatever things were so good and it was a good enough distraction from sleeping against Thor.

Thor would probably shove him onto the floor anyways. Best to stay awake.]

[greenmoonrising]

[Bruce is likewise exhausted and has fallen asleep against the window, curled up in his seat opposite from the Gryffindorks Gryffindors.]

[arrogantalloy]

[Sitting on the same side as Bruce but has himself right up against the partition leading to the corridor. Obviously not wanting to be in the same carriage as Thor right now.

After a few moments he thinks of something then kicks at Steve's foot. Not at all in a way to hurt him. Just in a way to get his attention]

Hey.

[pomodoroo]

[Lovino had just finished helping his brother get all his things on the train. He was utterly exhausted and was lucky enough to find Kiku nearby in a compartment only occupied by himself. Somehow even though he was going home, his brother still managed to make three times as much as he did.]

"He packs as much as a girl, I swear I will never know why he packs so much!"