Seventh Seed; [Action] (Forward-dated to later this morning)

[nearlychosen]

[Good morning, Luceti! If you happen to be out around the center of town this morning, you might notice some new... growths decorating the square grouping of shops. Vines spill out from the cracks of the Flower Shop's door by the dozen, twirling and twisting into cursive lettering that begins climbing up the shop's wall and accidentally spills over to the storefront of the empty shop next door:

DUMBLEDORE'S ARMY: NOW RECRUITING

It's a bit brash, and probably a bit premature considering he hadn't really checked in with Hermione about beginning to advertise so soon after opening up membership or with the other shop regulars about creating the gaudy message, but it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission anyway.

Feel free to stop inside the shop today to inquire about the living, writhing advertisement. Or, if you're up early enough, you might spot Neville as he's producing the message with his wand out, focusing intently on guiding the long vines in a way that he hopes is legible and desperately hoping he doesn't mess it up.]

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[tothelibrary.livejournal.com]

[ dawn is just... wandering aimlessly around luceti today, trying to figure out where things are. which means she's in time to watch... oh no. no, it can't be. ]

Oh my god.

[nearlychosen.livejournal.com]

[Can't be magic? Well of course it can! It's not as skilled as Hermione's, but it's not half bad all things considered!]

Do you suppose it's too flashy?

[tothelibrary.livejournal.com]

[ this is dawn's thought process right now: bhfdkjhfsdjhfdjkdfsjsdjsjksdjcdks dumbledore's army.

but the tiny part of her brain left to think logical, non-fangirl thoughts reminds her that blurting out 'oh my god, you're neville longbottom!' would be intensely awkward. ]

No, no! It's, um. Very nice.

[nearlychosen.livejournal.com]

[Intensely awkward would not be the word. His name only really gets shouted like that by Death Eaters. It hasn't happened in a while, though. He doesn't really miss it.]

Why thank you! I'm hoping it'll attract a bit of attention for our group. People here really deserve a better chance at defending themselves.

[tothelibrary.livejournal.com]

[ no shouting, then. also, dawn will be attempting to look calm and collected right now; no, one of her childhood heroes isn't standing right there, what do you mean? she's cool as a cucumber. a cucumber stored in a freezer, even. ]

It's definitely attention attracting. Are you guys just... advertising, or looking for help, or...? [ she trails off, because seriously: neville longbottom. this may be the least she's spoken since about ever. ]

[nearlychosen.livejournal.com]

We're trying to build up our membership, actually.

[tothelibrary.livejournal.com]

Really?

[ ...her life is made. ]

[nearlychosen.livejournal.com]

W-well, yes. [Okay why is this so easy?] Would you perhaps be interested in hearing a bit about what it is we plan to do here?

[tothelibrary.livejournal.com]

I'd love to! [ calm down, summers. ] Hear about it, I mean. Make sure your style of... protection isn't all non-meshy with the Sunnydale way. And consider things, seriously. In an adult and reasonable fashion.

[nearlychosen.livejournal.com]

Is Sunnydale the name of your homeworld? [That's really quite charming. No wonder she seemed so cheerful and excitable!]

[tothelibrary.livejournal.com]

Hometown, so close enough. Sunnydale, California. [ at some point, dawn will stop internally flailing. ]

[nearlychosen.livejournal.com]

Ah. That's in America, yeah? [California is where some of the biggest international plant shows get held, thanks to its reliable sunshine and abundance of Muggles who never really seem to have wizards wandering in their midst.] I've hoped I might be able to visit there one day.

[tothelibrary.livejournal.com]

That would be on the mark. We're down in SoCal. [ people dressed strangely also never seem to register. ] You should, it's great. I miss it.

[nearlychosen.livejournal.com]

[Well that's just all the charms at work! The wizards might have overdone some of the memory charms in places, but nobody really seemed to mind?] It's natural to miss home... With any luck, we'll be back there before very much longer! [If the optomism sounds a bit forced, that's because it is. Neville's Lucetiversary is coming up.]

[tothelibrary.livejournal.com]

[ and in la, admittedly, a couple odd people in robes are barely a drop in the bucket. ] I'd be going back to Scotland, but point taken. [ oh, neville. :( ]

[nearlychosen.livejournal.com]

[Well that's a name he doesn't hear often around here.] You've got business in Scotland? I attend a boarding school there.

[tothelibrary.livejournal.com]

It's a... homebase. Ish. I was at college, but things were. [ ...well, how do you explain getting turned into a giant? ] They got complicated, and I went back to Scotland for a while.

[nearlychosen.livejournal.com]

I'm terribly sorry about your complications, but Scotland does seem to be the sort of place where you can straighten things out. The best chocolate frogs come out of Scotland.

[tothelibrary.livejournal.com]

I've never had those. [ just imagined having them. over and over. right, we're working on not flailing. ] Mostly it was just full of superpowered teenage girls who never asked before eating my food.