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[couragecore]

I wonder how long this has been sitting in my trunk? I guess it's been a while, Soul had to remind me that we have these in the first place...but it seems kind of pointless to me. What do you even do with it all day? Complain about homework? It's not that hard to write an essay on werewolves, geez.

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[speedily]

They do seem a waste.

Yet we both have one.

[couragecore]

Yeah.

Great, now I'm no better than that creep and his rubbish about "inferior blood".

[speedily]

Oh, I hardly think this is comparable to some idiot trying to make himself sound better than others without having anything to back it up.

[couragecore]

True, but really? I think anyone can outstrip a person that can't stop himself from sweating all over his journal.

[speedily]

Exactly.

That wasn't bad for a Gryffindor.

[couragecore]

Thanks, I try to go beyond the general expectations of my House.

[elphaba_thropp]

They're handy for organizing and communicating with the teachers. So far I've used mine to set up study sessions and to keep up with assignments over the various holiday breaks.
You can always think of them as an exercise in writing and communication skills.

[couragecore]

I don't see what having a journal would do for those skills that reading a book on the subject wouldn't.

[elphaba_thropp]

True, but reading about something is one thing but actually experiencing it is another.
You can read about how to perform a spell but that means nothing unless you actually practice the spell and are able to execute it.

[couragecore]

Learning by doing can only take you so far, practise is meaningless if you don't know the theory behind it first.

[..........Which she doesn't entirely.]

[aboutwhynot]

Well, well, look who finally decided to start using her diary.

How's your dear father doing? Sending you letters every six seconds, I presume?

[couragecore]

...It's...more like an hourly occurrence, Professor.

[aboutwhynot]

My, my, Spirit's slipping~

What if you manage to get yourself hurt in the 59 minutes between letters?

[couragecore]

I can take care of myself in more ways than anyone would think, Professor.

[aboutwhynot]

I have no doubt, Maka. You probably had to inherit something from your mother. I'm guessing her mail is much less frequent?

[couragecore]

Oh, she hasn't written since she left Papa. She's keeping busy with her overseas work!

[aboutwhynot]

I bet she is. Still it's a little shocking she can't take some time out of her day to write to her only daughter whom she loves so much.

[couragecore]

...Well, Professor, sometimes you have to make sacrifices when you have important work to do.

[aboutwhynot]

Or maybe the shipping cost on letters is really expensive wherever she is.

[couragecore]

Or maybe that too. Either way it's her business and as a daughter I need to be understanding of that.

[aboutwhynot]

That's very forgiving of you. I'm sure your father more than makes up for it. I think you would end up as crazy as me if you had two overbearing parents.

[couragecore]

But you're not crazy, Professor! I just like to think that Mum taught me independence most of all.

[aboutwhynot]

I'm sure your dear father would disagree with you there.

And speaking of, I'm sure he wasn't the one who taught you how to be independent, so it must have been her, unless of course, you just taught it to yourself.

[couragecore]

Well, for all anyone knows, I might have read about it in a book and decided to try it out.

[aboutwhynot]

Now that sounds more believable!

[couragecore]

...[Can't tell if...making fun of or being serious.]

[aboutwhynot]

[Why not both :V] Ja?

[couragecore]

Nein, Professor.

[aboutwhynot]

Sehr gut, most English speakers have a tendency to switch around the i and the e. Maybe that's what I should do instead; teach German.

[couragecore]

Now that's a class I'd take, I've been teaching myself other languages for when I'm older and have to travel.

[aboutwhynot]

Wirklich? Like mother, like daughter, I suppose.

If you wanted, though, I'd be happy to teach you a little German without the actual class.

[couragecore]

Well...thanks, it'd be an honour, Professor.

[aboutwhynot]

Kein Problem, I'd love to teach my native language to someone who'd appreciate it and not just comment on how angry I sound while speaking it.

[yerawwizarderi]

speak for your fuckin self that assignment wwas a fuckin farce

[couragecore]

Why is it a farce? Do you not believe in werewolves?

[yerawwizarderi]

wwhat
no its just a fuckin ridiculous assignment as all
howw wwould i go about not believvin in wwerewwolvves evveryone knowws they fuckin exist

[couragecore]

It's not ridiculous at all, the teacher just wants to make sure that you know how to identify a werewolf and how you deal with it, that's all. If you don't have the repetition of an essay, you're more likely to forget.

[Obviously.]