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[Good evening, Luceti. It's just past sunset, and neighbors around House 26 might have noticed Neville outdoors a bit later than usual, fussing with an overgrown potted ivy. A wave of a wand and a cheated mumbled incantation later, the plant has grown to twice its size. From there, it's a bit of a boring magic show while he works with ineffective spells, some of them providing mobility to the little vines; mostly, though, there's nothing. Fully engrossed in his work, he doesn't notice some of the vines loosely coiling around him until they begin contracting against his forearms. He yelps in surprise and sets to work stunning the wispy strands, which might have been easier if he'd work on mobilizing it before it was the size of a rather large cat.

Little help?]

Date: 2010-05-13 01:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] invidia-keeper.livejournal.com
[Naoya will just smile at that. Not that he's out to make any friends, but he is always out to tease Draco. Let's see what he can learn.]

I know him, that's all.

I'm not a wizard though, as you can tell.

Date: 2010-05-13 01:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
You ought to keep better company, if that's the case. Malfoy's dangerous.

Date: 2010-05-13 02:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
He serves a violent master. He isn't to be trusted.

Date: 2010-05-13 02:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] invidia-keeper.livejournal.com
How funny that he never told me that. [Naoya does indeed look amused.]

Thank you for the warning, Mr...?

Date: 2010-05-13 02:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
I'm sure there's much he doesn't mention.

Call me Neville. [He pauses, expecting the stranger to fill in the gap with his own name.]

Date: 2010-05-13 02:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] invidia-keeper.livejournal.com
He is rather secretive, yes. [He pauses, debating. He doesn't exactly want Neville to start casting spells at him or alerting Batman or anything of the like.

The other name he's been going by will have to do.]


Qayin.

Date: 2010-05-13 02:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
It's a pleasure to meet you, Qayin. [He certainly doesn't sound like it's much of a pleasure, though.] If you're on your way to meet with Malfoy, don't bother. He's not there.

Date: 2010-05-13 02:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
Rumor has it that he's been kidnapped. And good riddance.

Date: 2010-05-13 03:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] invidia-keeper.livejournal.com
Really. [He actually looks a bit thoughtful. He'll drop the subject now, though. He's gotten enough information.]

I wasn't on my way to see him in any case, just passing by. Couldn't help but notice the ivy, as I have a bit of a green thumb myself.

Date: 2010-05-13 03:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
... So it seemed. [That talk about ivy tickled Neville's nerd-passions in all the right places. If it wasn't for Malfoy, they might've been besties by now. Stupid Malfoy.]

Date: 2010-05-13 03:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] invidia-keeper.livejournal.com
Is it really worth it be this cautious? You're acting like Draco and I are best friends, and to be honest now I'm worried that I knew nothing about him.

Date: 2010-05-13 03:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
It's possible he's charmed you. [Though he's watching this Qayin person slightly more appraisingly, considering this new option.]

Date: 2010-05-13 04:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] invidia-keeper.livejournal.com
And if he charmed me, how would I know? Or moreover, how could it be undone?

Date: 2010-05-13 04:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
Can you tell me much about the kinds of encounters you and he have had?

Date: 2010-05-13 04:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] invidia-keeper.livejournal.com
[He won't tell Neville this, but he is quite curious how this charming business works. He's quite sure it didn't though, as he would notice any gaps in his memory, but it still is interesting to know.]

We talked briefly over the journals, mostly about magic from your world and mine.

We did meet however, and he did use a spell on me. It produced some sort of boils.

Date: 2010-05-13 04:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
[It's unfounded curiosity, bordering on the grey area between legitimate magic and Dark Arts.]

Did you ever have a row with him? Has he managed to change your mind or make you reconsider your original viewpoint?

Date: 2010-05-13 04:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] invidia-keeper.livejournal.com
[Far be it from Naoya to actually have concern for anything that's sacrilege, though.]

No, we haven't.

[He laughs at this.]

Not at all. I'm quite stubborn.

Date: 2010-05-13 04:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
[But still.]

[He smiles weakly at that, relieved.] Then it sounds like you've been spared after all.

Date: 2010-05-13 04:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] invidia-keeper.livejournal.com
That's great. [He returns the smile.]

It may be a bit much to ask, but I would be interested in seeing any other plants you have that may differ from what I'm used to. I'm a bit of a botanist on my days off.

Date: 2010-05-14 05:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
That's the word for Muggle Herbology, right? [He's trying. He is. And though he would prefer to keep his from-home secrets to himself, he's also been itching to geek out at someone who gets it.] I've been doing what I can to replicate some of the species from home with what's available here. [He kneels down to pluck what looks like a very pale Daisy from a patch of similar flowering plants.] It's not perfect, but I reckon this is a generation or two away from being a proper Dittany plant. It's only got little beads of sap on the inside just yet, but if I keep up with my selective breeding, there should be a big enough crop to help out the clinic. Dittany essence is one of the most effective ways to heal wounds, you know. [He might ramble like this a lot, Naoya. Beware.]
Edited Date: 2010-05-14 05:25 am (UTC)

Date: 2010-05-14 03:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] invidia-keeper.livejournal.com
[He looks at the daisy with curiosity.]

And it can heal, you said? [Not like there aren't native plants to him that do the same thing, but Neville was going on about this like it was much more potent.]

To what extent?

Date: 2010-05-15 02:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
[He's mostly just going on about it because someone is actually listening to him go on about it.] It's got tremendous regenerative abilities. If you're ever hurt or stabbed or anything of the sort, it'll stop the bleeding almost immediately, and if the injury is caught early enough, it all but eliminates any scarring. [Not that he'd know any of that from personal experience. >_>; ]

Date: 2010-05-15 06:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] invidia-keeper.livejournal.com
Really. [Well, you do have the world's first farmer here. He may be just as much of a !closet nerd about plants as Neville is.

Naoya reaches into his haori, and pulls out a small knife. Neville's got him curious enough, and besides he can just dia if this doesn't work as Neville had said. He makes a swift cut on his hand, watching as the blood pools in his palm.

He extends his hand out with a small smile on his face.]


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