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lovely day to meet the neighbours [closed]

Date & Time: May 7th, afternoon
Location: Apartment 109
Characters: Cedric Diggory, Sohki, and possibly Keith Goodman later
Summary: New roommates yet again? Let's see if old friends stop by.
Warnings: Trolling, nothing too serious.

Cedric doesn't mind this moving business too much. The roommates he has never stay---inevitably they go off to find their other friends or leave Exsilium shortly after moving in, so he hasn't had a stable group since he's arrived. Whoever he lives with now will be more strange faces leaving after a few weeks, right?

He doesn't want to take over the whole common space, but he lights it with his little blue flames in jars all the same. When it looks nice, warm, and cosy, he sets about making tea once again. Hopefully he'll get roommates who don't mind the scent of it.

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Sohki shook his head at that. Why was it that those who didn't have much life never truly appreciated it? Well granted not everyone who lived longer lives did either, and it was something that the kirin found to be a large shame.

"Life is what you make of it," the kirin murmured but said nothing further about it. He instead took a sip of his tea to let the moment go by before cheerfully dropping the subject for another. "How is your magic training going?"

"It's going," was all Cedric could really say, shaking his head. "Awaiting a chance to test my skills in real combat, though lately I've been wondering if that's the best path for me. Could I learn to heal instead?"

Cedric watched his hands idly. He wasn't sure what hat brought him to this thought, but he was thinking it.

"There is always a noble path when it comes to those who can heal," Sohki said while watching his young charge. "You need to do what your heart desires, not what those around you desire."

"It should just be a matter of redirecting my power, right?" Cedric wondered, flexing his fingers. "I want to. I think it'll be better that way."

He is pleased to hear that renewed vigor within not only Cedric's tone, but within his heart as well. "Like any power there is the ability and will to use it to attack, just as there is to heal," Sohki said before gesturing to his own chest with a light touch of his fingers against it. "How you see fit to use it comes from yourself, and with it you can accomplish anything."

"Including brewing tea that isn't terrible?" Cedric suggested lightly, a little hopeful smile on his face.

"Oh but of course! Everything is affected when it stems from the heart, tea included," Sohki announced brightly in return.

"Doesn't mean I won't want yours, of course," he added with another smile. "But...thanks, Sohki."

"Oh pish posh! Think nothing of it. I always enjoy the tea other people make far more than my own," Sohki exclaimed with offering Cedric a friendly smile. "You're welcome, Cedric-kun."

"Right. Well...it's time we start settling in and making this place home, isn't it?" Cedric wondered aloud, looking at the rather spartan white walls. "Did you have anything in mind?"

"You're quite right!" Walls had never really been much of his thing, especially given the last few decades had been spent gallivanting across the globe. Almost any type of environment made him feel comfortable, but while he thought that it would benefit Cedric more to have walls painted and decorated how he wanted it, the kirin knew that it would only create a more negative feeling within the young wizard.

That was why he had his finger tapping thoughtfully against his chin while he hummed. "Hmmm well it is rather drab and dreary outside, so perhaps the walls should be a pale yellow or green colour to contrast?"

"I like yellow, but I always liked more golden shades," Cedric admitted with a little grin. He stood and gently touched the walls. "Green's fine, though. Like the plants we don't have anymore."

"Then why not have a mixture of both?" Sohki cheerfully suggested in return. He didn't mind what it looked like so long as it was inviting, and as he clamped his hands together into an excited clap, he suggested, "Why not do it reminiscent of the sun shining through the trees when it comes to green and gold?"

"It's tricky to get those colors to look nice together, but a darker forest green with bright gold accents might work. What do you think?" Cedric wondered, transforming a section of the wall with his wand.

It was all practice, my boy! Or so he thought anyway with an amused smile. The suggestion was something he was happy to hear though, and Sohki nodded his consent. "I believe that we have a winner."

"Done." Cedric waved his wand, and so it was done. "But I do hope our other roommate isn't bothered by it. I can change it back if they object."

That settled, he happily sunk back into the couch. This arrangement would be just fine.

Sohki always had an answer for everything, and now was no different as he offered his suggestion. "I hardly doubt that you need to worry over such things, besides, majority rules, right?"

"I think we might have an unfair advantage," Cedric laughed, happily settling into place. "Er...do we even know who our other roommate is?"

"You've got to take whatever advantage you can take in life, Cedric-kun," Sohki said with a chuckle. "Not at all~ it will be a wonderful surprise when we do find out, hmm?"

"I hope they're easy to get along with. Or at least keep things low-key." Cedric considered the possibilities with a little smile. "But whatever happens, at least there's one I can tolerate, right?"

He gasped at Cedric's reply, as if horrified he'd ever heard such a thing. "'Just tolerate'? Cedric-kuuuuun~~ I thought that we had something more special than a 'just tolerate'," the kirin whined almost pathetically.

"You know I'm teasing," Cedric said with a happy little grin, leaning over to gently poke him. "We're friends."

Of course he did, just as much as he was teasing Cedric. Sohki was actually proud of his young wizard companion, actually! The smile did look good on Cedric though, and the poke had him gasping in fake-horror. "That's far more like it!"

"Right," Cedric agreed, smirk still firmly fixed on his face. "Well that settles it, then. We're okay."

This arrangement was going to be fine, he thought. Just...as long as he didn't bring anyone home for a date.

It had been quite some time since he'd last had an actual friend, and he thought that this was all positively exciting! "Indeed, my boy~ you might even find your luck getting better as well," Sohki murmured with a friendly smile.

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