School Year Starting Logs: Train + Feast/Sorting!

[shnpc]

WHO: Everyone!
TONE: Anything!
RATING: PG through PG-13
WHEN: The day of September 2nd for the train, and at night for the feast!
WHERE: Hogwarts Express/Platform 9 3/4 and The Great Hall
WHAT: Gotta get back to Hogwarts! Back to witches and wizards and magical feasts! Students and teachers are finally heading back to school on the Hogwarts express, and with the new school year means sorting for the first years!
STATUS: Ongoing!
NOTE: There is a thread for the Train back to Hogwarts, and the Feast, with a subthread for the Sorting! First years can comment to be sorted, and everyone else can greet their new house mates/students!

Comments

[mo_cara]

[shrugs, blush rising just a little again. Normally he'd be asking because Gamzee likes to see people being happy, and finding someone to go out with makes most people happy, right? In this case, though, there's a little bit of ulterior motive.] I was just wonderin', cause your pan was all mixed up about it last time we was talking.

[rule_britannia]

Hmph..

['Mixed up' is definitely a good way to describe how Arthur feels about the situation]

I guess so.

[mo_cara]

[reaches out to pat the other boy's knee] It's cool, motherfucker. I get confused about that shit sometimes, too.

[rule_britannia]

[The blond looks up and smiles, a slightly warm expression]

Yeah. Thanks.

[mo_cara]

I got all up in the confusion shit when I first started thinking about blokes. [admits] Cause you know, they be saying at the church you ain't supposed to do that. [scratches and his nose, then rests his chin on his knees] But it'll all be working out for you, you're smart!

[rule_britannia]

[He nods slightly. Arthur's not really gone in for religion for a while now, but he knows the 'rules']

Heh.. I've never really thought about guys before. I told you that.

[A shrug]

But I've never really though about girls, either.

[mo_cara]

[Which is ... so strange to Gamzee, because he thinks about it all the time.] Yeah, lots of people is like that, I think. Just not even got it up in their pans. That's why I figured you should be trying it out, to see.

[rule_britannia]

[He shrugs and just.. looks uncomfortable]

I don't know, Gamz..

[mo_cara]

[blinks ... then looks contrite] You ain't gotta, you know. I mean, that shit ain't mandatory.

[rule_britannia]

No, yeah, I know that, it's.. just..

[He scratches the back of his head]

I'd probably be bad at it anyway.

[mo_cara]

[Oh, is that all? Gamzee smiles encouragingly.] It ain't hard! I mean, you gotta pretty much try to be bad at kissing. It's good to be all getting some practice in, though.

[rule_britannia]

I haven't exactly had the opportunity.

[mo_cara]

Well, I heard there are some birds what like to do it with their hand, but I don't really got the knowing of how that works. [thoughtfully] Cause your hand ain't got no tongue or nothing. I did it with Maxim, so if I ever get my mack on for real, I'll know what's up. So finding a friend is a good way to do it, cause I'm thinking I be way better at it than I used to be!

[rule_britannia]

You actually practised kissing with-- You know, never mind, I can't tell you how much I don't need to hear anything about it.

[Really, really doesn't]

I don't have friends like that.

[mo_cara]

You could do it with me! [cheerfully, though really, that's probably one of those thoughts that should have passed through a filter before coming out of Gamzee's mouth]

[rule_britannia]

...

[Staring]

... What.

[mo_cara]

[Oh. oops. This is probably a sign he shouldn't have said that.]

Uh. If you wanted. You don't have to, I was just. You know. Making a motherfuckin' offer. Uh. Never be minding that. [biting his lip and trying to look intensely interested in that window over there ...]

[rule_britannia]

[Stiiiill staring. And then blushing. Ack]

You have a hell of a way of 'making an offer', you know.

[He rubs one hand over his face]

[mo_cara]

[Well, that makes two of them - Gamzee is all pinking up again, still looking at anything but Arthur.] Yeah, sorry bro. Maybe be forgetting I said that. I know that ain't your thing, it's cool.

[rule_britannia]

It's not as if I'm entirely opposed to the idea, you're not a bad looking guy or anything, but.. mm..

[Oh he is glad that no one is walking in on this]

[mo_cara]

Mm? [raising his eyebrows and glancing quickly at Arthur, confused, then away again]

[rule_britannia]

[He bumps his head off his knee and groans quietly]

This is stupid.

[mo_cara]

[Oh, right.] Sorry. [again, not sure what else to say, looking down at his long-fingered hands, clasped loosely in his lap now]

[rule_britannia]

No, no it's.. fine, it's.. You're serious about it?

[mo_cara]

Yeah? I mean, I ain't trying to be getting all up in your pants or anything, or picking up on you or nothing. [worriedly - he really doesn't want Arthur thinking he's that kind of sleazy guy] But ... yeah, if you wanted to just try ... yeah.