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[bookishnettler]

There are a lot of us here who are still in school, so I've been thinking, we should really start a study group to help each other with our homework. It could be really useful, don't you think?

I'd love to help, of course; exams just ended for me, and summer holidays will be starting very soon. Until then I'm a bit... busy, but in a few days I'm sure I'll have all sorts of free time.

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[pikapikapikarin]

I just restarted class a couple of weeks ago. We've got a bit to go, since we're just getting out of summer vacation after all.

[bookishnettler]

Oh, that's perfect! You can get help if you need it, then. And help others, of course, if you have the time.

[pikapikapikarin]

I should at least try to get more people together. Didn't we have an idea for a study group?

[bookishnettler]

I think so, yes. And you have a lot of friends here, don't you?

[pikapikapikarin]

Quite a few, although some of them lost access over the last few months.

[bookishnettler]

Do you have any left who are still in school?

[pikapikapikarin]

Nagisa, Artemis... though Nagisa's in the same problem as I am (so far anyhow) and is repeating the same year over and over. Not school but that's a part of it, she's literally time-looping.

[bookishnettler]

[Hermione is torn between thinking she's lucky-- "school forever!"-- and being horrified-- "never getting to advance and improve!"-- but she'll stay quiet about that for now.]

She's all right, isn't she?

[pikapikapikarin]

Technically? She is. But she's been doing the school for so long without any interruption that it's basically filtered out of her mind now. She's tired, and the time looping is wearing on everyone. Karen and Nagisa mostly.

[bookishnettler]

That sounds magical to me. I wonder...

[... If she could find a spell that would break it. But then who would cast it? Hermione overestimates her own (already quite high) abilities from time to time, but even she doesn't think she could reverse such a powerful jinx.]

[pikapikapikarin]

We figure it's magical in nature, but we don't know exactly what caused it in the first place.

You might want to look into it over an extended period of time.

[bookishnettler]

Can you give me as much information on it as you can? I'd love to research it.

[pikapikapikarin]

I'll try to dig into the archives, and see what comes up. There's probably some information put together. Sound good?

[bookishnettler]

Oh, yes! Thank you very much.

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[material_guy]

Reminds me, how'd yer detention thing go? Typical siddownshaddup thing?

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[bookishnettler]

Oh... it worked out all right. We went out into the Forbidden Forest and helped our groundskeeper with some things.

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[material_guy]

A labor kinda thing, huh? Not as cushy as sitting at a desk for a few hours doodling but not too bad. Guess the lesson's that it's worth messin' around once in a while like that.

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[bookishnettler]

That's the opposite of what the lesson was supposed to be.

[Video]

[material_guy]

You callin' 'em incompetent teachers?

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[bookishnettler]

Oh, no! I'm saying... we learned our lesson.

[Maybe.]

[Video]

[material_guy]

[That's worth a disappointed sigh and a stare.]

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[bookishnettler]

I still think listening to our teachers is very important!

[There are just mitigating circumstances sometimes okay.]

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[material_guy]

The best teacher teach without words. Ignoring this little life lesson that the rules're pay-to-play gambles'd be even more rude.

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[bookishnettler]

But that isn't true, and it isn't at all what they were trying to teach us.

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[material_guy]

Can't exactly say it ain't a true take-away, can ya? Part of learning the importance of rules is learning that limit on how important they are. You know, learning how important they ain't.

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[bookishnettler]

I completely disagree.