Kellen McCrea
Wizard
Healer-In-Training
Hey. Don't lose your spirit.
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Post by Kellen McCrea on Apr 29, 2006 23:26:09 GMT -5
"Since we got back from Christmas, actually," Kellen said. Sure, he hadn't been posting there much, but that was the arrangement he'd had with the Nurse. "It's only a couple of hours a week, just to help out with stuff. Organization, cleaning, that kind of thing. I just want to learn as much as I can. I know, it sounds brown-nosey, but it really is interesting to me."
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Post by arianna on Apr 30, 2006 0:54:25 GMT -5
"I don't think you sound like a brown-noser," Arianna claimed, her own nose scrunching up slightly. She'd always associated brown-nosing with making horendous complements to a teacher just to get a good grade, though. Working in the Hospital Wing just meant....
"Oh, you want to be a Healer, too?" Kellen's words finally clicked in the girl's mind. It was the only reason to be working in the HW. Unless there was someone there who had caught the boy's eye. Arianna highly doubted this was the case.
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Kellen McCrea
Wizard
Healer-In-Training
Hey. Don't lose your spirit.
Posts: 152
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Post by Kellen McCrea on Apr 30, 2006 12:13:59 GMT -5
Kellen gave a small smile. "Yeah, I do. I always wanted to be a doctor when I was a kid, especially after my brother got sick. And now...well, as long as I do well in Herbology, I'll get all the NEWTs I need and...and now I'm just babbling. Sorry," he said. Still, it was nice to fill up the silence a bit. If nothing else, it got his mind off of everything.
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Post by arianna on Apr 30, 2006 23:06:19 GMT -5
"No. It's okay," Arianna insisted, stepping up beside Kellen so that she was walking next to him. The talking kept her from thinking about other things, too.
"You'll probably have an easier time at it than I will, though," she commented next, a slight frown crossing her face. "I have both Potions and Transfiguration to worry about. I can barely get an E in either of them no matter how much I try."
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Kellen McCrea
Wizard
Healer-In-Training
Hey. Don't lose your spirit.
Posts: 152
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Post by Kellen McCrea on Apr 30, 2006 23:41:22 GMT -5
"I'm sure you'll do great," Kellen said automatically. "But even if you don't, the professors are usually pretty understanding. I mean, heck, I got a 'D' in Herbology. A 'D'! And I'd have needed an 'E' to get into the class, you know? But I went and talked to the professor--begged, practically--so he'd let me in the class. I have to work really hard at it, but it's working for me so far. Haven't been bitten by a plant all term!"
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Post by arianna on May 1, 2006 0:48:48 GMT -5
Arianna raised an eyebrow, but resisted the urge to say anything about Kellen's Herbology grades. Just because the class was easier for her didn't mean everyone felt the same. She had to remind herself that the classes she struggled in were probably just as easy for someone else.
"Well, I am doing better in Potions than I used to," she admitted with a small shrug. "I realized I have to watch what I'm doing instead of just tossing ingredients in without properly measuring them out. It also doesn't do any good to use something you've just dropped on the floor, either. You'd be amazed at what a little dirt can do to a pepper-up potion."
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Kellen McCrea
Wizard
Healer-In-Training
Hey. Don't lose your spirit.
Posts: 152
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Post by Kellen McCrea on May 1, 2006 1:30:09 GMT -5
Kellen scrunched his nose a little. "I think I'm a lot better off not knowing what a little dirt can do to a pepper-up potion, to be honest," he joked lightly. "Like you're probably better off not knowing what rotted-out Alihotsy leaves can do to your skin if you squeeze them. Yeah."
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Post by arianna on May 1, 2006 12:15:56 GMT -5
"Probably no worse than thistles," Arianna commented off-handedly. It took her a moment to realize most people didn't have the same reaction to thistles as she did. In fact, she didn't know of anyone else who did.
"I'm allergic to thistles," she quickly explained before he could ask. "If I touch them....it's not pretty."
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Kellen McCrea
Wizard
Healer-In-Training
Hey. Don't lose your spirit.
Posts: 152
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Post by Kellen McCrea on May 1, 2006 16:01:46 GMT -5
Kellen nodded knowingly. "Allergies can be pretty nasty," he commented. "Man, especially allergies with any kind of magical involvement. Oi, when I was visiting my brother at St. Mungo's I saw this poor bloke who had a pixie allergy. His lungs started to inflate in his chest and his whole upper body started to blow up. It wasn't pretty," he concluded, echoing Ari's statement.
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Post by arianna on May 2, 2006 0:38:44 GMT -5
Arianna shuddered unconsciously. She had always wondered what would happen if she actually ingested anything with thistles in it. She definately wouldn't be trying anytime soon.
"That's...." Arianna couldn't even find the right word. "I bet that guy was scared out of his wits. I know I'd be worried that I might explode or...something."
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Kellen McCrea
Wizard
Healer-In-Training
Hey. Don't lose your spirit.
Posts: 152
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Post by Kellen McCrea on May 2, 2006 1:04:57 GMT -5
"Yeah, he seemed pretty freaked out, no doubt," Kellen said, remembering the time vividly. "I don't know what they did, exactly. Took him to some back room, I saw him a few hours later and he seemed better. I mean, a little flabby and stretched I guess but much better."
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Post by arianna on May 2, 2006 12:20:25 GMT -5
"So...is there any particular reason you want to be a healer?" Arianna questioned, looking sideways at the boy. She was always curious of such things. Arianna herself never would have thought to become a healer if she hadn't spent some time working in the HW. That was enough to spark some interest in the girl. "I know you said you've always wanted to be a doctor, but...any reasoning for that, or just one of those careers that looked interesting?"
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Kellen McCrea
Wizard
Healer-In-Training
Hey. Don't lose your spirit.
Posts: 152
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Post by Kellen McCrea on May 2, 2006 21:28:09 GMT -5
Kellen blinked a couple of times and paused before answering. "Well...when my brother got sick the first time, I was about eight years old. I mean, it had always been interesting to me before, doctors and everything, but then I just kind of thought that if I was a doctor, I could find a way to fix him. I mean, he's my older brother, right? I'd always looked up to him. And I really couldn't handle seeing him like that, in the hospital with IVs and losing his hair. I wanted to fix him."
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Post by arianna on May 2, 2006 22:50:10 GMT -5
"That's cool. I mean, not your brother being sick, but..." Arianna found it hard to resist asking what Kellen would have done if he couldn't fix his brother. She supposed it was something all doctors and healers had to live with, but it was best to be optimistic, wasn't it?
Stumbling slightly, Arianna accidentally dropped Juniper. He didn't seem to mind, though. Landing easily on the floor, the cat darted behind a large statue, appearing a few moments later with a large spider in his mouth. Arianna shook her head at the cat. At least it wasn't a mouse this time. She could deal with dead spiders much more easily.
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Kellen McCrea
Wizard
Healer-In-Training
Hey. Don't lose your spirit.
Posts: 152
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Post by Kellen McCrea on May 3, 2006 1:57:25 GMT -5
"Your cat's cute," Kellen complimented. "I mean, the spider's a bit much, but hey, when he's gotta eat he's gotta eat, right? Err...are spiders okay for cats to eat?" The boy had never really had any pets, even as a child so he wasn't sure.
"You must really love animals. Seems like every time I see you you've got one of your pets around."
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