The Great Rabbit Pursuit (Open to Gryffindor Students)

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It was the third time since the term began that the rabbit Gusifus had run... er hopped loose into the Gryffindor Common Room. The chocolate brown- colored bunny's owner, Viona Zephyr, was of course racing about and looking for him. She looked under every sofa, every chair, every cabinet and cupboard, and before that, she looked all about the girls' quarters. She sighed and asked a male student as he passed if he had seen Gusifus in the boys' quarters. The boy shook his head no and told Viona she didn't to keep a better hold on her pet. She gave him an annoyed look before continuing her search.

The thing was, Gusifus didn't run off because he was wild. He was actually a very tame and well-trained pet thanks to Viona's animal affinity. Unfortunately, that same affinity caused the bunny to be fully aware of when Viona was planning to give him a bath. Gusifus felt himself to be a very clean creature and did not like anyone believing otherwise, even and especially his beloved mistress. It hurt the most when she thought such of him.

"Oh Gusifus!" she said with her thick Scottish accent. "Come out now. Don't sulk. I'm sorry. I didn't mean you were filthy or anything. But you haven't had a bath in a week. I was just suggesting you were due one. Come on out now!" Viona wasn't even thinking about the fact that she wasn't gifted with animal communication as she was animal affinity. She talked to all her pets back home like they were brothers and sisters, perhaps a result of being an only child. Viona then turned, sighed and sat on the floor, semi-surrendering and realizing that, as before, he would turn up again when he was ready. "Fine, but you can forget extra carrots tonight."

[MATTHEW SVEN JOHANSON]

((Accidentally saved over previous post here. Ignore ><))

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Like Matthew, Viona didn't see Gusifus leave the sofa. She sighed, but gave Matthew an embarrassed smile. She had seen the boy about. He was the same House and Year as she after all. But until now she hadn't really spoke to him. She was about to say hello when she saw the fresh bite. Now she was really embarrassed.

"I'm sorry," she said. "Gusifus is usually quite tame, I swear it on me best hat. Right now he's just very frustrated. Do you have a potion for that?" She expected him too because her father provided her with a number of minor potions to prevent infection from bites and scratches before she left for Hogwarts. She was about to say more, even introduce herself, when she spotted Gusifus' furry backside under a chair.

"Alright, no more funny business!" she said. She went for her wand and too aim at the chair. "Wingarium Leviosa!" The chair then lifted via the spell to reveal the rabbit. The rabbit moved and she lowered the chair down. However, he didn't scurry off this time. He sat and allowed Viona to pick him up. She carried him over to the sofa and smiled at Matthew as she sat.

"I'm Viona Zephyr, and as I said, this is Gusifus," she said as she stroked the rabbit's fur. "He's calm now." She then picked him and looked at him. "But you are still getting a bath." The rabbit seemed to no longer protest. His deep loyalty to his mistress won out. She looked at the boy as she removed a carrot from a sack she had with her and fed her pet. "You're name's Matthew, isn't it?"

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[MATTHEW SVEN JOHANSON]

"No yeah, I do. Just have to take it later," he replied with a sigh. He was not really happy that he was having to deal with a rabbit bite right now. Granted, the girl had said that it was merely because the rabbit was upset about something or another, but it still had hurt, and he was going to have to take a potion that he did not like the taste of no matter how he tried to alter the flavor of the dang thing. Well, it was better than the bite getting infected, which would put him in the hospital wing, and that was not a destination he wanted to go to, at least not with him being the one hurt. If any one of his friends, or even his sister, knew he got bit by a rabbit though, he'd never hear the end of it.

Seeing her catch the rabbit after craftily using the levitation charm, he chuckled some. The rabbit had virtually given up once she had done that, sitting still rather than running off again. That was a relief as that would've been troublesome had the rabbit raced off again, causing Merlin only knew how many more problems for the whole tower if not just the Gryffindor Common Room. That would be annoying to deal with, but hey, why worry about something that didn't appear to be happening any time soon? At the very least the rabbit seemed calm and docile right now in his master's lap, so hopefully he wouldn't just randomly run off. Of course, that required waiting and watching when you thought about it...

Noting that the rabbit was now at least tame, he felt some relief, especially after watching Viona as she introduced herself, feed the rabbit a carrot from her bag before he decided to reply to her asking his name. "Yeah, Matthew Johanson, though I prefer just Matt. Matthew's too much of a mouthful for even me," he replied with a chuckle. He rarely if ever mentioned his middle name of Sven. Even though he admired his father, the name of Sven just felt awkward with Matthew and Johanson on either side of it. Well, he had no real choice in the matter there, as he was given the name a long time ago, and there was little chance of him being able to change it, right? He might as well just accept that it was going to stick around with him for the rest of his life.

Notes:
"MATT JOHANSON's SPEECH"
MATT JOHANSON's THOUGHT
NPC'S SPEECH

Mood :: Calm
Eye color :: Brown
Outfit :: Black t-shirt, blue jeans, and black and gray sneakers.
Song playing :: "Give Me Your Eyes" by Brandon Heath
OCC :: @viona
Word Count :: 419 words without coding

Simple template created by Paige Yin @ WATR

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Viona smiled and nodded at his response. She liked Matthew as a name personally. It sounded very historical and she loved history. But if he wanted to be called Matt, then that was fine.

"Alright Matt," she said. "Lovely to meet you." She extended her hand, but then remembered his bite. She was guessing by now that he didn't have a potion to take. She went through her bag and pulled out a small vial of potion. She smiled again as she handed it to him.

"Me dad keeps me well stocked in case of cuts or bruises," she said. "Help yourself. It's not as bad as some potions. Me dad knows where they sell the best concoctions in Diagon because I had a wicked hard time taking potions when I was a wee lass."

As she sat, Gusifus, obviously a bit tired from the chase, nodded off in Viona's lap. She sighed as she pet him.

"I guess we can wait until tomorrow for your bath," she said. She then turned back to Matt. "What pets do you have? What I mean is did you bring one with you to Hogwarts. I just brought Gusifus, but I have a great deal of pets at home. There's me Scottish Terrier Oxford, two parakeets named Raz and Daz, three Guinea Pigs named Nip, Pip, and Zip, and an Iguana named Piccadilly. Me mum really fancies Piccadilly. She likes reptiles, even snakes." She then realized that she was rambling on, and chuckled. She decided to let Matt tell about himself if he felt like it.

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[MATTHEW SVEN JOHANSON]

"Same to you," he replied with a nod, holding the bitten hand with his other hand. He accepted the offered potion, just glad that there was something more on hand to handle the bite than him having to run into his dorm room to get one. Using the potion as required, he sighed with relief as the wound began to heal. "Thanks, that smarted when your rabbit opted to bite," he said, handing the vial back to Viona. He had his own supply just in case back in his dorm, so why keep hold of someone else's? Made no sense, and was theft anyways in his mind.

"Just a barn owl, Barnaby. He's quite a pain at times, but he is dependable at the very least," he said with a shrug. Barnaby was quite the pain alright. The darn bird wouldn't stop pecking at him if he was waiting for Matt to give him something to deliver. The bird was bloody impatient, and the pecking was why he had potions for bites and the like. Made it so that he didn't have to worry about each peck wound getting infected. Well, beggars couldn't be choosers about their pet's personality, right? Well, wasn't much else he could think of in that train of thought, letting it go as he awaited what Viona might say in response.

Notes:
"MATT JOHANSON's SPEECH"
MATT JOHANSON's THOUGHT
NPC'S SPEECH

Mood :: Calm
Eye color :: Brown
Outfit :: Black t-shirt, blue jeans, and black and gray sneakers.
Song playing :: "Give Me Your Eyes" by Brandon Heath
OCC :: @viona
Word Count :: 225 words without coding

Simple template created by Paige Yin @ WATR

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Viona was embarrassed now. Matthew seemed really sore about the rabbit bite. She doubted she would convince him that Gusifus was usually very friendly and gentle, and liked the attention of one petting him. If Matt had tried to pet the rabbit now, Gusifus would do him no harm. But again, she highly doubted Matthew would try.

"I really am sorry about the bite," she said. "I promise I'll keep a better eye on Gusifus so it doesn't happen again." She gave an assuring smile at this.

She beamed when Matt mentioned having an owl. While her affinity didn't work towards them, she still loved them and had been able to pet a few about the grounds of Hogwarts. Perhaps it was her gentle nature and love for pets in general.

"Barnaby's a lovely name," she said. "I am fascinated with owls. I was thinking of asking me family if I could have one for me birthday. I don't know which one though. I've studied about owls a great deal, and there are so many different kinds I want to own. I think I've narrowed it down to either a Hawk Owl or a Spotted Owl. But you speaking of your Barnaby kind of makes a Barn Owl an option too. Hmmm.... guess I'll have to sit and think about it a bit more."

Viona then said nothing for a moment, just sat and pet her sleeping rabbit. She then smiled again with an idea.

"I'm going on a nature walk tomorrow," she said. "Would you like yo join me?"

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[MATTHEW SVEN JOHANSON]

"It's alright, was just a matter of me being careless is all," he replied with a wave of his hand. He didn't appreciate the bite, but he wasn't going to hold it against Viona, no matter how much it had hurt him when he was bit. It was nothing serious though, as it was only a rabbit bite, so there was no reason to get upset about it now was there? If nothing else he was better off just relaxing and letting things go rather than holding any sort of grudges. Grudges weren't his friend after all, so why hold onto one? All he would end up doing was get himself into serious trouble. He let that train of thought go when he heard her talk about his owl's name, and owls in general.

"It made sense for him because he's a barn owl. It's probably what has him so annoyed, but I don't have any animal affinity, so I wouldn't know for sure. That's only my twin and my mum who have that, though my mum's been dead for ten or so years, so really it's just my twin sister," he replied with a shrug, a bit surprised that he was now able to reveal that off-hand without much problem. Well, except after he had said it anyways, as now he was wondering why he had revealed that. Well, he didn't say too much, so there wasn't a problem there. He let that thought go when she asked if he wanted to go with her on her nature walk. "Well, why not? Really it depends on class, but yeah I'll go. It beats being around here anyways," he replied with a rueful laugh. He needed exercise, but he did hope that Leyshell didn't get bugged seeing him around another girl.

Notes:
"MATT JOHANSON's SPEECH"
MATT JOHANSON's THOUGHT
NPC'S SPEECH

Mood :: Calm
Eye color :: Brown
Outfit :: Black t-shirt, blue jeans, and black and gray sneakers.
Song playing :: "Give Me Your Eyes" by Brandon Heath
OCC :: @viona
Word Count :: 301 words without coding

Simple template created by Paige Yin @ WATR

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Viona frowned to hear about his mother dying. She could not imagine how hard that must have been for him because she could not imagine losing her mum or dad. Family was extremely important to Viona, and imagined the family Matthew had left was important to him too.

"I'm sorry about your mum passing on, and don't fret because you don't have Animal Affinity," she said. "I only have it towards smaller animals like rabbits and mice." She smiled warmly at him. "I bet you have a lot of wonderful gifts though. You seem like someone who very special." She gave his hand a brief pat, not sure if it would help any to comfort him, but it was the only thing she could think to do.

She then beamed when he said he would join her on the nature. She saw it as a date about as much as Matthew did, so there was no danger of Viona trying to snog him or anything like that. Male or female, she just enjoyed making new friends, and while some days a nature walk alone was nice, other days the walks were far nicer with a friend to talk to and to show things in the forests the students were allowed to walk around in.

"Thank you for accepting, and we'll have a lovely time," she said. "I can show you me reading spot. It's very peaceful there." She then yawned and realized she was a bit tired. She rose, Gusifus in her arms. "I think I could use a wee bit of sleep now. Good night Matthew... Matt I mean." She chuckled a little and walked off.

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