Neville Longbottom (
nearlychosen) wrote2010-02-10 01:42 am
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1st seed; [Action/Voice]
[Perhaps the journal picks up the sound of Neville's arrival as he is unceremoniously deposited on the icy southern lake sometime in the dead of night. If not that, then it might catch the dull groaning as he slowly wakes and struggles to pull himself upright. If not that, then certainly the furious squeak from sneakers lacking traction on slippery ice would catch the journal's attention, as would the dull thudding as Neville collides with some child's forgotten snowman on the westernmost bank. A sharp intake of breath, then] No wand. Bastards. [In fact, even though Neville hasn't yet noticed the presence of the book at all, he seems perfectly aware that someone is listening, even if it isn't quite who he expects.]
It's still not enough! [The words, though a bit rasped and wheezing, are spoken with the stubbornness of one who rather expected this displacement.] You think you can just Portkey me someplace and be done with it? You won't get me -- not any of us -- to back down that easily. I know you're here -- show yourselves, you bloody cowards!
[The dead silence is less than encouraging. It means that if he wasn't being watched, then he'd been sent far enough that he wouldn't need supervision. Accio wand. [The incantation is intoned softly through clenched teeth. It doesn't escape him how ironic it was that in his desperation to recover his stolen wand he's resorted to a summoning spell that usually required the use of his wand in the first place. The spell fails spectacularly, leaving Neville to suppose his captors laughed, wherever they happen to be.
Still, the place he'd been sent certainly merits some investigation. If he'd been sent here via portkey, then some other innocuous-looking thing might well be the ticket home. It might appear off for a young, underdressed, blackeyed, fairly beaten and emaciated man to be picking up small stones with a thoughtful expression, but finding an alternate portkey is simply the most plausible way back to the more important matters he'd left at home.]
It's still not enough! [The words, though a bit rasped and wheezing, are spoken with the stubbornness of one who rather expected this displacement.] You think you can just Portkey me someplace and be done with it? You won't get me -- not any of us -- to back down that easily. I know you're here -- show yourselves, you bloody cowards!
[The dead silence is less than encouraging. It means that if he wasn't being watched, then he'd been sent far enough that he wouldn't need supervision. Accio wand. [The incantation is intoned softly through clenched teeth. It doesn't escape him how ironic it was that in his desperation to recover his stolen wand he's resorted to a summoning spell that usually required the use of his wand in the first place. The spell fails spectacularly, leaving Neville to suppose his captors laughed, wherever they happen to be.
Still, the place he'd been sent certainly merits some investigation. If he'd been sent here via portkey, then some other innocuous-looking thing might well be the ticket home. It might appear off for a young, underdressed, blackeyed, fairly beaten and emaciated man to be picking up small stones with a thoughtful expression, but finding an alternate portkey is simply the most plausible way back to the more important matters he'd left at home.]
[Harry Potter and the Action of Feeling Relieved, at Least a Little Bit]
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Feeling Somewhat Generous? What Is This.]
[Harry Potter and the Action of Feeling Grateful]
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Carefully Watching]
[Harry Potter and the Action of Possibly Relaxing A Bit]
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Feeling a Bit Smug Right Now]
[Harry Potter and the Action of Being Oblivious to That Smugness]
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Friendship That's Not Pseudo]
[Harry Potter and the Action of the Frightening Prospects of That]
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Suddenly Choking Up and Being Vague Again]
[Harry Potter and the Action of Hey Wait a Minute]
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Apparently Outsmarting His Mun]
[Harry Potter and the Action of Thinking His Mun is Mental]
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Potentially Opening Up Again]
[Harry Potter and the Action of Being Forgiving]
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Starting to Get It]
[Harry Potter and the Action of Wishing the Order Was Different]
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Being Stuck]
[Harry Potter and the Action of Skipping the Fact that Draco Missed the Point]
Which ones?
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Not Realizing He Missed the Point]
[Harry Potter and the Action of Being Awkward]
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Talking About Serious Things]
[Harry Potter and the Action of Being Seriously Serious But Not Sirius]
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Being Glad Harry is Not Seriously Sirius]
[Harry Potter and the Action of Also Being Glad He is Not Seriously Sirius]
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Having a Realization]
[Harry Potter and the Action of Suddenly Being Confronted With Logic]
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Having a Bad Feeling About This]
[Harry Potter and the Action of Realizing That Irony is the Victor]
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Living the Night of Ironic Things]
[Harry Potter and the Action of Enjoying the Irony]
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Being Easily Amused]
[Harry Potter and the Action of Also Being Easily Amused]
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Learning a Compromise]
[Harry Potter and the Action of Living in the Twilight Zone]