[Handwriting is sloppy and scrawled, as if the person writing is half asleep]

Have to stop coming back to the automail wings. Too heavy. Rip a person in half. Meant to put people back together, not pull them apart. Right.

But if I could find a way to get the right metal ratio to support the right lightening spells and not disrupt the natural magic powering the things in the first place...

It's been tried before, though. Even my old master couldn't - hmm. Maybe if you didn't make the material lighter to compensate for all the weight and made it denser instead to support the right weight-lifting spells. Rely on magic instead of the automail.

...Hah.

Spells fail, you drop out of the sky. Automail doesn't work on dead people. Yet.

...Wait.

Wait.

How would you get the wings off?

...Damnit.

Note to self: Stick with limbs. Human limbs.

OOC: She was half asleep and thought she was writing in her automail journal XD

Wh-what?

But...I was only talking to him yesterday!

I...I don't--

Why does this always happen?


OOC: Strikes visible to those who wish to see them

So, I lost track of a day. Or maybe three. When was the last time people saw me out of meals? Have I even been going to class?

Okay, so I'm not exactly sure what day it is today. Sunday, right? Or maybe it's a Saturday...I should have asked Sasuke when I got the chance.

...Huh. I'm failing Potions again. There goes the 'advancing to Fourth Year' plan. Remind me why I have to take this subject?

I miss Rush Valley. My old teacher has been sending me some projects, but they're impossible to do with all of this superfluous schoolwork floating around. How do I work on refining an artificial tongue when I have to write an essay on the properties of some sort of dead animal?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AL

My baby brother's growing up! *sniff*

Did you get my presents, Al? If you didn't, I'll have to go and hunt down the moogle I gave them to, and I'd rather do that while I'm in a good mood.

...I kissed Sasuke.

Well. He kissed me, but I kissed back.

Then I ran away.

I get the feeling that might have been a particularly bad idea.

God, I suck. What do I do now?

Edit: Okay, so I'm pretty sure I made it worse. Great.

Oh, thank god. I've finally managed to pull my Potions mark up to an 'Acceptable'. I'm almost enjoying the class now, which was unexpected. Failing really does put a downer on things.

It's so different from Rush Valley, though. There were only two marks there - 'can function as a human limb' (or whatever animal you were crafting it for) and 'scrap metal.' The scrap metal rate was pretty high, but these are people's livelihood's we're talking about, so it's sort of understandable.

...Speaking of, I have a commission I'm meant to be working on. And winter automail to be designing. And Transfiguration homework, which is probably the easiest out of all three. I think I'm going to go and stickk my head under a rock now.

[Private To Sasuke]

I know you don't want your housemates knowing too much about Sadako, so I thought I'd private this. Just letting you know that I've finished those toys for her, you can come and get them whenever you want. Or I could bring them to you, either way is fine. They're nothing too flash, but they should keep her occupied for a while when you're busy.

Ed: Automail maintenance kit with a note saying ‘USE IT!’

Al: A few hand made toys for his kitten – wind up mice and such.

Sakura: A Beginners Guide to Automail

Sasuke: A collar for his kitten with a bell she made herself attached. The note says ‘I thought this might come in handy’

For her dormmates: A box of Muggle chocolate each.

Argh, so much homework! I barely have time to work on the parts Granny sent me, let alone try to improve them. At least I've got a handle on Charms and Transfiguration. It's Potions that really mess me up, and I'm in a third year class!

Ed, Al, are you two going home for the holidays? I think I might stay behind - I was in the library the other day, and there are a couple of things I'd like to investigate. I don't start learning how to accessorise automail until I go back to school, but there's no harm in getting a headstart, right? And then there's that Potions essay I have to work on -_-

Oh, and how are your kittens? Or rather, Al, how's your kitten (do you have a name for it yet?) and Ed, how's the kitten called Marshmallow that you definitely don't have?

I hope everyone else has a great holiday! ^_^

Wow, I really hit it lucky with this whole spell thing compared to people. Professor Ashelia is a great teacher, and I got to apologise for missing her class earlier on in the year!

Speaking of. Ed, lend me your notes for Charms and Arithmancy. And get out of the library! The Hufflepuff party is on, it'll do you good to see some actual people. And be nice to Sakura!

Al, I just finished Den's new leg ^^ He's slowing down a little, so I thought I'd alter the new ratio to suit him and give him a lighter leg.

...Ed, when are you going to let Al get a kitten?

To everyone else, Professor Ashelia is working on a counter spell! Hopefully it'll be done by tomorrow, before anyone dies.

(Sakura, if you kill Ed I'll completely understand)

Al. I have Ed, locked in a closet. The one near the library. I'm very angry. Bring Mitani.

Man...this place is huge. I haven't made it to any of my classes so far, I can't find anything! If someone could help out with that, it'd be great.

Ed, that means you! Be a gentleman for once and show me where the hell I'm meant to go!

Actually, Al...I'm in a couple of your classes as well, I think. And some third year ones. Coming from mechanics really messed around with my spell knowledge, so I'm sort of spread all over the place at the moment.

So! Anyone missing limbs? If you are, I'm the one to come to! Winry Rockbell, magical mechanic at your service! I'm specialising in magical prosthetics - I've got the prosthetics part down pat, but the magical side was giving me a little trouble, so my school sent me to Hogwarts to catch up! I've got a lot of hard work ahead of me, but I reckon I can do it.