Grim Curiosity [Open]

Sam didn't recognise the woman, but he knew from the fact she was Ascended and from the hard look on her face that she was going to be trouble for him. His hands balled up into nervous fists at his side (more so that he could feel he was doing something than for the desire to get into any kind of fight). Other Ascended had never liked him. Too bookish, too shy, not proud enough of their awful heritage. He'd heard it all. And as nervous as he was, Sam was beginning to get tired of it. "I know. B-but it's alright during the day. And I'm looking for something. But...I'll go now. I-I'll get it later. So I'm not in your way." It took every inch of courage he had, but Sam lifted his chin and as authoritatively as he could tried to walk past Wessex. SAMUEL Another little digit on my lifespan, what a bore And what once was fresh and green Now marches in the ranks of the obscene This whole transfiguration thing is such a chore