"Hello. Is something wrong? You look kinda nervous," Ruby said.

"I can't imagine why," she started, but then laughed brightly as if to cover it.

"I suppose I'm intimidated by you," she said.  "I was popular, but everyone's going to be looking at you now, you know."

"Ah. So, you know who I am," Ruby said. "Could I ask that you don't spread that around?"

She looked... puzzled.

"I was talking about how you look," she said.  It didn't ring entirely true, but...

"Ah. Forget what I said then," Ruby said.

"Well, I'll keep your secrets, either way," she said.  "You can call me Aster."

"Nice to meet you, Aster," Ruby said.

"...so sometime, you should tell me what I ought to recognize you from," said Aster.

"I'm sure you'll find out sooner or later. Everyone else will," Ruby said.

"...but there's more we might have to talk about," said Aster.  "Clearly."

"That aura is all you?" Ruby asked.

"...I'm not sure," said Aster.  "I don't think so."

"You are into magic, right?" Ruby asked.

Aster gave her an odd look.

"...Not precisely," she said.  "Not 'Into.'"

"Oh? What do you mean?" Ruby asked.

"I am of magic," said Aster, quietly.  "By nature."

"interesting. We'll have to talk in private later," Ruby said.

"I suppose we should, yes," said Aster.

"Can we meet back here? I don't know the school well," Ruby said.

"All right," said Aster.

And then the teacher cleared her throat; it was time for class to start, apparently.

Ruby turned to face the front and waited.

Class... was boring.  But there was whispering going on around her... was she going to try and listen to it?

Ruby decided to listen in.

Perception or Investigation

(OOC: Perception check - Spellweaver rolled 24 using 1d20+11)