[prp]One of a Kind, but Not Alone (Edax and Oscar)

[Sheacka]

Oscar was a little serpised that he wasn't the only one to get parcular looks during the Sorting Saramony. No the blue skined boy whom was also in Ravenclaw was probbly talked about more then Oscar's type of transpertation. It was a little odd for him to have someone else to take the stares for him. There was something about that name that kept bugging him. He could sawer he heard the name Grypus before but where?

He went though dinner trying to figure it out before remembering that if you stop searching for you find it. So he let it drop from his mind and enjoyed his first dinner at Hogwarts. He and the other first years of Ravenclaw House up to their dorm by one of the Prefects and told where his and the other first year boys where to sleep he waited for the others to go first.

Once he was up in the dorm he looked around and rolled over to his trunk to get ready for bed. He wasn't exspecting that the second he opened it that something would come flying out at his face yelling "PIG HEAD!" he flung it from his face without really thinking about it. "Darn it Lucy, I..." "FISH FACE!" came the vary same voice that had just insulted him. He closed his eyes wishing he hadden't flung Blazing Bandit. before turning his chair to see the Javery scurry under the bed. "Sorry about that, all he spouts is insults... Seems my little sister Lucy desided to pack him in there as a Joke...." He then realized where he had heard the name before. "Grypus, You wouldn't happen to know Dr. Angiluke Grypus would you? My Dad said something bout helping him or something. He works in the Beast engery ward at St. Margles." he said turning back to his trunk. "To be honest I wasn't exspecting another like me... with a diffrince that can be seen, I mean. I'm not a .... what's the turm? Half-ling? Unless you want to say I'm half working." he chuckled slightly at his joke as he pulled out his pajamas, his two basketball posters, and his family photo, put them on his lap and the clothing for the next day ontop the trunk.  

[caffeinecraving]

Gill had moved to the Ravenclaw table and had been continually stared at. He picked at his food and only at the non meat products. When they were escorted to the common room Gill was excited. He had made it. His father had told him all the pain they had gone through to get here was going to be worth it.

And it was. Right now... He would do it all again. He smiled looking around. He could see himself doing homework at one of the tables in the common room. He was pointed to the room that he would be staying in and he headed up the stairs. Tomorrow was going to be a long day where there would be more staring... but for right now he was going to just enjoy his first night here at the castle.

He glanced around the room at the boys he would be bunking with. His eyes fell to the boy in his wheelchair. The boy opened his trunk and Gill watched as a Jarvey popped out. His ears perked forward and he smiled as it called him Fish face. Yeah... that was pure Jarvey. He shrugged. "No harm done... Its not the first and wont be the last of the insults i get..."

Gill smiled. "Hes my dad... World renound Zoologist and paleozoologist " He grinned happy to brag about his father. "I wouldn't know... My father has been researching around Loch ness recently... but ive seen only a bit of him... " And then the kid insulted him more then the Jarvey did. He flicked an ear and opened his trunk. He was mostly human... well... ok... 50% human and the rest was aquatic... but all were minor mixed parts. Halfling sounded like he was the creature from the black lagoon. His ears pinned back at that thought. Even the crippled kid was going to pick on him. He pulled out the pjs that he had packed on top for tonight. He shifted a bit and started to change. He pulled off his shirt and tie and his gills flared at being released. "Yeah... well.. i guess the world is full of surprises" He pinned his ears back.  

[Sheacka]

Oscar nodded without knowing that he had insulted the other, "That's the largest Kelpie isn't it?" he asked, recalling some of his dad's books, as he rolled between the two beds. "If your dad got hurt by any thing out studding, and it was really bad, My dad probably worked on him. He just dose he do Muggle Zoology too or just the magical kind?" he then turned his chair and locked it so he could move to the bed and putting the things on his lap onto the pillow he lifted himself out of the chair using the arm rests and pretty much though himself onto the bed.

Using his arms he turned himself over and sat up. "Good I didn't brake it." he said putting the picture frame on the night stand on the other side of the bed. He then looked over at Grypus and saw his gills. "Whow, that's kinda cool, They help you swim at all, you know underwater?" he asked pointing to his own neck to tell him he was asking about Grypus's gills.

He then pulled his feet up by the pant legs and took off his shoes and leaned over and put them on the floor.


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[caffeinecraving]

Gill shrugged. "The loch Ness monster... is the largest recorded..." He shrugged again. "I have my doubts if its really the biggest or not." He nodded. "Its possible... My dad usually studies more rocks then actual creatures, since he finds the extinct species more interesting... and from what i know of... he hasn't been hurt by a creature yet.. He fell down a flight of stairs once though... Saved the bugbear skull !" Gill smirked. "Both... Im named after the shark he was studying when..." he found me. well that wasn't the most happy way of putting it. "When i was born."

He glanced at the boy and saw him pointing to his own neck. He shook his head. "Nope... " He shrugged. "I have lungs... Its like... six trachea sticking out your neck." He pulled up the spandex material that he used when swimming. "If i want to go swimming i have to wrap them so water doesn't go in... "  

[Sheacka]

Oscar nodded "Well parents have a way of keeping things from their kids... You should see my sister trying to find out about Christmas presents... " He looked at the framed pictuer him and his family.

Oscar looked back at him somewhat confused but at the same time. "No kiddin'? I wonder what would happen if you cewed.... I can't remember what the name of that plant is... It was on a choclet frog card... some witch cewed on some and mainged to save her life by sticking her head in a bucket because she got gills for a little wile... but since they're for show... figritivly."

Then something acerded to him, Dr. Grypus was human, perhaps that was why Oscar's dad a Healer helped the, " Does that mean you don't know your' Mum? Sorry I shouldn't assume things, I should? I mean I can play some basketball, in the right conditons... Oh you probbly don't know what basketball is. It's an Amarican Muggle sport." He said unrolling one fof the two posters they wern't moving and showed a player shooting from a speslized sport wheelchair "Honestly since flying carpets are iligal, I wouldn't be here without Muggles, since it was a muggle who made both the wheel and the wheelchair. So I learned about them a little and found a game that doesn't need leg strangth to play. Don't get me rong I like Quidditch, but I won't ever be able to ride a broomstick." he glanced at the other boys in the room before back the out one to whom he was talking. He didn't know what it was like the ablity to stand but he didn't really care, exsept when it came to putting on and taking off his pants, then he figured it would be usefull, though he manged well enough without them moving, after having put on his night shirt of corse.

He didn't know why he was telling the other this, after all they had just met then he chuckled to himself shaking his head, "Mum would scold me." he said then put out his hand, "If I didn't do a propper introduction, I know we just heard each other's names in the Great Hall, and in our pajamas and all, but I'm Oscar Masterman, and it's an honnor to meet you." He said as propperly as he could, however he actully ment it, he was honnored to meet someone diffrent and always was when he did, becaue they knew how it felt as an outsider. When ever he ment someone normal he would say that he was honnored but there was always a small hint of secpisesum in it because he didn't know yet if they were just being nice because he was in a chair. Even More so when his dad's Healler friends came over.

He looked up at the wall then down at the two posters, the one had rerolled itself back up. "I'm sorry to ask but can you pin them up for me?" he asked " They're muggle posters, though dad said he'd inchant them to move, I think that would ruin the quality of it. The one in the chair is from the Spashel Olimpics. The other one is the Harland Globetroders, they're an amarican team, and amzingly tall as far as humans go, but they do speshel fundrazers to help others.... like me, get into the sport, or a chair, mostly for muggle children hospitals. Somewhat Ironic really. A Healler's son unable to walk. Though swimming's not too bad eather.... Once I am in the water that is.... getting in and out on the other hand.... that's a chalinge," he didn't like relying on help too much but it was unavoidable at times.

((I had the C-frog card in one of the PC Harry Potter games.... and couldn't really think of a name for the basket-ball teams...))