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[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.]

[Action, because I approve of this]

Date: 2010-02-12 05:19 am (UTC)
hisdarkmark: (I'm realizing this was bad)
From: [personal profile] hisdarkmark
...Carrows. [He doesn't lower his wand, but he does loosen his grip just the slightest. Yeah, Luna definitely didn't tell him this part.] So it's all true, then. They really do have us practice the Cruciatus on people in place of scrubbing cauldrons. And Snape's just allowing this?
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
[Luna's too gentle. Probably wanted to spare Draco's feelings.] Snape's one of your mates, isn't he? Of course he lets it happen. He hired the both of them to teach subjects.
hisdarkmark: (I control the world around me)
From: [personal profile] hisdarkmark
[Maybe, but that didn't stop her from PT'ing him.] What subjects?
hisdarkmark: (I really wish you'd stop talking)
From: [personal profile] hisdarkmark
[Probably, but he'd never admit it.] A Carrow? Teaching Muggle Studies? You must be joking. [There's that unspoken question of "what happened to the previous teacher", though.]
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
Alecto does it. She teaches the classes in your kind of way, trying to convince us that muggles are filthy like animals and need to be tamed. I reckon you probably get top marks in a class like that.

[Action, because I ended up making a burrito.]

Date: 2010-02-12 06:19 am (UTC)
hisdarkmark: (I've got an intense poker face)
From: [personal profile] hisdarkmark
Is that so. [Yeah, he's starting to get a little pissed off because once again, he's out of the loop. Draco hates being out of the loop.] Anything else you think you know?

[Action, because our feelings taste different.]

Date: 2010-02-12 06:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
[Neville's not entirely thrilled with being Draco's loop either, but there's only so much that can be done while that wand's still out.] I know I've had bug bites that sting worse than being stuck in detention with you. [Even though that's probably not the right way to make that wand go away.]

[Action, because I ate a chocolate heart too]

Date: 2010-02-12 06:43 am (UTC)
hisdarkmark: (I look fierce)
From: [personal profile] hisdarkmark
...what the hell is that supposed to mean? [Watch it, Longbottom.]

[Action, because that's seasonal! :D]

Date: 2010-02-12 06:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
I mean your cruciatus is a joke, just like it sounded. [It's a bad idea, he knows it's a bad idea, and yet it's still better than backing down.]

[Action, because it's DELICIOUS]

Date: 2010-02-12 07:37 am (UTC)
hisdarkmark: (I watch my world spin)
From: [personal profile] hisdarkmark
A joke, is it? I don't think I believe you.
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
I really don't care if you believe me or not. If I'm going to be saddled with one of you, it's better you than Crabbe. [Yeah, he went there.]
hisdarkmark: (I see something different)
From: [personal profile] hisdarkmark
[Yeah, that's going to make him falter just a little. This is probably the first time he's heard anything about his friends specifically back home.] What about Crabbe?

[Action, because I rarely make sense.]

Date: 2010-02-12 08:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
[Whereas talking about Draco's friends makes Neville feel horrible and dirty.] He's the best in the class.

[Action, because I like you anyway.]

Date: 2010-02-12 08:19 am (UTC)
hisdarkmark: (I think you're bluffing)
From: [personal profile] hisdarkmark
...can't say I'm surprised at all.

[Action, because I'm kind of good at it :D]

Date: 2010-02-12 08:33 am (UTC)
hisdarkmark: (I think I'm going to be sick)
From: [personal profile] hisdarkmark
...what the hell would the Malnosso have use for you for?
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
[He's not going to dignify that with a reply. Instead, he gently nudges Draco's wand-hand to the side, because even though Draco himself isn't cause for alarm, that wand still is.] If you're not going to be in charge of my imprisonment, you might at least give me directions to this town that book keeps mentioning.

[Action, because I have Malfoyisms, apparently]

Date: 2010-02-12 07:20 pm (UTC)
hisdarkmark: (I can't believe you're serious)
From: [personal profile] hisdarkmark
[Draco's wand-hand easily moves, if only because Draco's baffled that he, Neville Longbottom was actually very much not afraid of him. What the hell had the world come to?] That would require me being helpful, now wouldn't it? [He might get that far, right now he's just trying to figure out what the hell is happening here.]
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
[Sorry, Draco. Moving on can be difficult, but you'll manage somehow. Neville just smiles humorlessly.] Can't have that. [He collects the journal carefully, since it seems to be key to this mess, still keeping a wary eye on Draco, fully expecting to be hexed in the back any time now.]
hisdarkmark: (I don't know what to say)
From: [personal profile] hisdarkmark
[Again. Baffled. Draco's just going to watch him for a moment before he shakes his head slowly.]

Have you already spoken to Potter and Granger?

[Action, because damnit you're right again.]

Date: 2010-02-13 06:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
[What's this? Words before curses? It's not exactly what he was expecting.]

Keeping tabs on them, are you?

[Action, because they're also delicious :9]

Date: 2010-02-13 01:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
More my business than yours, if it involves them.

[Action, because coffee is not gross D:]

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