Open Suitable Conversation

[Briony Mettlestone]

Briony had heard a rumour and now she couldn't let it go. The idea was too juicy and she was already distracted enough on her way to class. Last year she'd fully walked right past Charms and into the Hospital Wing because she'd gotten too distracted by a particularly engaging cobweb on one of the windowsills. And now she'd heard that some of the suits of armor might be sentient? Or at least enchanted enough to chat.

Briony had to find out.

She'd already checked half the fifth floor already with nothing to show for it except a few rogue dust bunnies now stuck to her robes, but Briony wasn't giving up that easy.

"Helloooo?" She said, leaning forward, practically in half, to peer up into the suit of armor's face plate, poking it curiously and listening to it clank back down a few times. "Anyone alive in there? Sentient enough to talk back?"

 

[Hazel Ashworth]

Hazel was on cloud nine after Oskar asked her out. It was like she had manifested it in some way. She had decided he was cute, broken up with her boyfriend, and here he was asking her out. It was almost too good to be true.

She had made sure to dress extra nicely these days, just in case she ran into him. She hadn't quite memorized his schedule yet, but she thought he might have a class near the fifth or fourth corridor around now. As Hazel walked around casually, totally not looking for anyone, she heard Briony's voice. At first, she thought she was greeting her, but as she looked around she saw her friend seeming to talk to a suit of armor. Hazel paused, looking at her for a moment. Briony was so strange, but without even trying. It was something Hazel never quite achieved. She walked closer quietly, deciding to joke around a little. "Yes, I can talk. Stop poking me." She said in an eerie voice once she was nearby, though she doubted Briony would actually fall for it.