Ombra slithered closer to Luena, hissing softly but clearly passive. She continued nearing the girl until she was right up behind her.
Pre Hogwarts (OPEN)
Simon squeaked as the card landed in his hair, confused as he took the card off his head.
"a-ace of spades?" he questioned.
"Ace of Spades? What on earth is an Ace of Spades?" Scipio took the card and examined it curiously. "Is this some sort of muggle thing? I've never seen one before."
"It's a playing card" he mumbles quietly, confused.
Playing card? Scipio flipped it over. "Where'd it come from?"
He shrugged.
He looked up at the treehouse and spotted Luena playing with other cards similar to the one he was holding. "Ah, must've come from there." He pointed up at the treehouse.
"o-oh" he says, confused.
Luena felt the presence behind her.
“What do you want?” She asked
"What on earth?" Marie said taking the card from Scipio. "The girl, she had playing cards. Thats where it came from no doubt"
Simon gets up and hugs the tree, closing his eyes for a few minutes. after he opened his eyes again and unhugged the tree, he looked at Marie and nodded.
"Yeah it's her"
(what.)
Luena turned around, and screamed. There was a black snake there, and honestly that was just sort of creepy.
(The way he talks to the plants is through touch, the more he is touching the plant the more he can communicate and hear. the amount he needs to touch depends on how big the plant is, eg a small flower only takes one or two hands, but a tree means full body hug, eyes closed and full concentration XD)
Simon jumped and ran over, worried.
Ombra hissed softly, rearing up so she was eye to eye with Luena. She didn't appear like she would bite her; just curious.
Luena stares at the curious snake. She was still scared, but the creature radiated curiosity.
“Why are you here?” She asked, unaware that she was hissing.
(Is that okay? Most people related to the Gaunt family were parselmouth. )
(Sure?)
"To observe you." Ombra hissed back. "My master wants to know the extent of your abilities."
“Master?” Luena questioned. “First off, a majestic creature such as yourself shouldn’t bow to anybody, considering you could probably swallow them whole.
“Second, tell your ‘master,’” Luena lifted her hands for the air quotes. “That I just found this stuff out like, 10 minutes ago. And I’m still pretty sure I’m asleep.
“Finally, tell them to just come talk to me.” Luena finished with a huff. She went back inside her fort.
Ombra hissed in irritation, but climbed back down to the ground and heading towards the group of children. "She would prefer you come talk to her rather than sending me." Scipio nodded and gestured for the others to follow as he made his way back.
Luena let the rope ladder down
Marie followed Scipio back to where they started, the tree house.
Luena pulled out some of the blankets that she kept aside in a drawer. She looked up at the ceilig, the neat, bottle shaped lights crossing it like stars.
Simon managed to climb the rope ladder up.
Marie followed Simon up the rope ladder, carefull not to get to close and trip him.
He makes it up to the top and helps Maire up
"Thanks" she smiled at him once she reached the top
He smiles back.
"It's ok!" He says softly.
"Where did Scipio and Ombra go?" She said looking around.
Luena sits cross-legged on the floor, fiddling with her pack of cards. She played around, moving various cards seemingly without moving her hands.
Simon knocked softly on the tree house door.
Marie stood behind Simon as he knocked. "Why are we even up here?"