[Not that Yuna's modus operandi isn't Make Every Friend at all times, and not that she hasn't been at it for just, like, her entire life, but it has been especially important that she befriend the prickly Slytherin who sits beside her in Potions ever since Natalie Goodman was assigned to sit next to her at their shared table. "Successful" is absolutely not the word anyone would use to describe her attempts at socializing.
Things that are helping her case: pure, constant persistence.
Things that definitely are not: the broiling blue liquid bubbling out of Yuna's tiny cauldron and impressively rapidly spreading across their desk. Was there this much liquid in there in the first place. Why is it so thick in consistency. What did Yuna do.]
Oh—! [She spends a moment panicking, waving her hands around uselessly before trying to pull her cauldron away, which is absolutely not stopping the outpouring of messy failure. With a squawk, she makes an attmept to push Natalie's belongings away from the sludge, just. Maybe not carefully to not push some books over the other side of the desk??? The brew is all over Yuna's robes. The mess grows. Yuna's panic does, too.] Aaaah, sorry, sorry!
[Through the time they've spent seated at the same table, there's one thing Natalie has come to consider a positive: being paired with her is helping her learn how to focus. Her definition of focusing, in this situation, is doing her best to block out anything the cheerful girl next to her might say. She's not always successful, of course, given that Yuna's friendliness overpowers even her sharp words and attitude, but she does her best.
Of course, in this situation, it means that while she's poring over the ingredient list so she doesn't make an error, she only notices the colorful, slimy liquid rushing towards her textbook when the other girl shoves her books away from the mess.]
What are you—
[But once she looks away from the spot where her books have tumbled onto the floor, it's easy to notice what's happening, so she amends her question quickly as she moves away from the table. It's not quite quick enough to save her robes from getting stained, though they aren't as covered as Yuna's are.]
What did you even do? This one wasn't even hard! Stop yelling!
[As the mixture keeps spreading, Natalie does the first thing she thinks of to stop it's progress. She pulls out her wand and speaks a simple incantation that... ends up freezing the entire table, spilled potion and all.
Everyone is definitely staring at them by now. Especially the professor.]
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Things that are helping her case: pure, constant persistence.
Things that definitely are not: the broiling blue liquid bubbling out of Yuna's tiny cauldron and impressively rapidly spreading across their desk. Was there this much liquid in there in the first place. Why is it so thick in consistency. What did Yuna do.]
Oh—! [She spends a moment panicking, waving her hands around uselessly before trying to pull her cauldron away, which is absolutely not stopping the outpouring of messy failure. With a squawk, she makes an attmept to push Natalie's belongings away from the sludge, just. Maybe not carefully to not push some books over the other side of the desk??? The brew is all over Yuna's robes. The mess grows. Yuna's panic does, too.] Aaaah, sorry, sorry!
[what did she do!!!]
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Of course, in this situation, it means that while she's poring over the ingredient list so she doesn't make an error, she only notices the colorful, slimy liquid rushing towards her textbook when the other girl shoves her books away from the mess.]
What are you—
[But once she looks away from the spot where her books have tumbled onto the floor, it's easy to notice what's happening, so she amends her question quickly as she moves away from the table. It's not quite quick enough to save her robes from getting stained, though they aren't as covered as Yuna's are.]
What did you even do? This one wasn't even hard! Stop yelling!
[As the mixture keeps spreading, Natalie does the first thing she thinks of to stop it's progress. She pulls out her wand and speaks a simple incantation that... ends up freezing the entire table, spilled potion and all.
Everyone is definitely staring at them by now. Especially the professor.]