After her first week at M.A.E Thana needed more than anything to clear her head properly. Her father had been given his time and she had to accept that, so early on Sunday morning Thana left her dorm and went to the pool. Taking a quick shower before changing into her one piece. Then she started by stretching a little bit, before going to the poolside. She walked to the pool and saw someone else was already there, she was a bit surprised but didn't mind .

Instead of disturbing the man Thana sat and waited, she was polite enough to let him do his laps undisturbed. It's how she liked to swim anyway, she kept stretching her arms out while she waited for him to finish. .


" Mind if I join you?" She asked the man kindly when he finally took a break.

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Thana listened to the man speak, someone was certainly on his period that was for certain. Still she shrugged it off, " Sorry, usually social interactions call for politeness. If you said no I wouldn't care and would still go in." She answered, doing just that. She stood up and walked a few laps away before elegantly diving in and beginning her laps, if he was happy to ignore her then Thana was happy to ignore him.


Swimming her laps Thana felt calmness take over her as she pushed herself at a fast pace without any signs of slowing, for every one lap the boy did she did two, and continued at the pace without tiring. Her technique was honed to perfection, growing up as a water baby did that. Also she regulated her heart so she didn't have to breath as much while she did her laps. The man seemed contented to so his own thing and Thana hers. Her silver scars shone in the water while she swam , not enough for anyone but her to notice. Finally after fifty laps she took a break, coming to a stop and taking a small sip of her water bottle. The morning air felt good to breath in, and she much preferred to swim in fresh water like this over salt water. She stretched a few more times before looking over as the boy came to the same end of the pool as her but said nothing.

For twenty more laps Thana kept up her deadpan pace, before feeling satisfied and pulling herself out in one easy, swift movement and grabbing her towel. She showed no sign of any fatigue, and reached for her drink bottle. Taking another small sip before looking subtly around, the mysterious boy gathering his stuff. She wanted to say something but didn't really know what, and as she sat and dried herself off her silvery scars and necklace gleaming in the morning sun.

" Excuse me for asking, but what's your major?" Thana finally asked, turning to look at him as she said it. She doubted it would be potions, so it was either going to be Dragon Trainers or Auror as she knew he wasn't in her major. " I'm Thana by the way, Thana Semele. I'm guessing that your an Auror in training." she said, speaking bluntly. He suited the profile, cold, direct and blunt.

[OOC: they let me join their thread. Thanks you two.]

Deciding to make the most of the weather while it was still nice and having finished unpacking Arthur made his way to the pool. He had made sure to shower first before going over the swimming pool. There didn't seem to be any pool staff around but he thought he better not risk it.

When he got to the pool he noticed that two people were already there. Well it was a public place and hardly a surprise that he wasn't the only one who thought this was nice weather for a swim. He went over to the pool and hoped he wasn't interrupting anything.

"Hello," he greeted them. Now that he was closer he thought that he recognized the girl. He searched his head for where he had met her before and then he realized the ball. It was hard to tell now that they were out of their masks. He wondered if she recognized him. He must look different wearing swim shorts, his hair no longer slicked back and without a mask to cover up his face.

Arthur wasn't sure why the man had left looking so annoyed. Maybe he just wasn't social. It didn't really matter. At least Thana hadn't left as well, it was nice to see her again.

"Hey, umm do you remember me?" he asked her. "We met at the ball." He shifted a bit awkwardly from foot to foot. It was going to rather awkward if she said she had no idea who he was. Maybe saying hi hadn't been a good idea but he could hardly take it back now.

He took a moment to look around the pool as he waited for her to answer. Plenty of room to do laps. The water certainly looked inviting. He wondered why there weren't more people here, maybe they were all busy unpacking. Realizing she might think he had decided to ignore her, Arthur looked at Thana again.

"Hey, umm do you remember me?"


Thana looked up as she heard a new voice speak and looked at the boy and nodded,  " I do believe you were my mystery blonde haired dance partner for the ball." Thana answered him, her silver scars catching the sunlight. " Though you do look different in shorts " she commented before dangling her feet in the water again and smiling, watching as the other boy had walked off. " I don't think he liked me too much." She said to Arthur, smiling softly to herself.

The memory of the ball was quite a happy one for Thana, she had quite enjoyed dancing with a partner that could actually dance. And Arthur had been just that, the perfect, friendly dance partner. " Are you swimming or sunbaking?" Thana asked him, preparing to go back into the water.

"Though you look different in shorts."

Arthur chuckled at that. He was glad she remembered him. He thought about what she said next, maybe he didn't like either of them much. After all he had left after Arthur appeared.

"Well its his lose," Arthur replied. He sat down on the edge of the pool. "Its nice to see you again." The ball felt like a very long time ago now. He hadn't really made a lot of friends since then. But the year wasn't over yet. "So what have you been up to lately?" He dangled his feet in the pool as he waited for her to answer.