1st seed; [Action/Voice]
Feb. 10th, 2010 01:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nearlychosen[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.]
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[action] - ♥!! yeees even if it nearly makes me miss choir XD i'm sooo off schedule
Date: 2010-02-12 05:53 am (UTC)[She doesn't even think about it.] Four months. I know it sounds like rubbish - Ron didn't believe me, either, when he was here and it took ages for Harry to warm up to him. Malfoy isn't the one we need to worry with. I don't think he's as bad as everyone thinks he is.
[action] - ♥!! Aww! You'll get it back!
Date: 2010-02-12 06:06 am (UTC)You just think that because you haven't seen him. He's just like the rest of the Slytherins. They're full-on supporters of You-Know-Who.
[action] - ♥!! tryyyiiiiing sob DX actually I'm not or I would have been in bed an hour ago xDa
Date: 2010-02-12 06:11 am (UTC)Maybe he becomes that way when left at home. But I saw him at the manor and I've watched him here. There's something about him. He doesn't want to do any of that. He's not like his father or aunt at all. He doesn't take joy in torturing people.
[action] - ♥!! xDD Story of my life. Welcome. <3
Date: 2010-02-12 06:23 am (UTC)He doesn't stand up to them, either. None of the Slytherins do. We've had volunteers from all of the other houses, but the Slytherins all seem to enjoy the new order too much to challenge it. Bullies, the lot of them.
[action] - ♥!! XD aaauugh fail!late tag is fail and late. Stupid migraine
Date: 2010-02-13 12:03 am (UTC)They're Slytherins, Neville. Most of them would rather save themselves. It's part of being Slytherin, but it doesn't make all of them bullies. And Luceti does something strange to its people. I'm not even sure how or why, but meeting so many different people from so many strange places... It changes the way you look at the world.
[action] - ♥!! nooooo it's okay FEEL BETTER D:
Date: 2010-02-13 05:24 am (UTC)He's cursed you, hasn't he? You and Harry both.
[action] - ♥!! THANKS i'm a little better. i get these a lot DX
Date: 2010-02-13 05:39 am (UTC)[She sighs at that and looks him directly in the eyes.]
Use Finite. Brew Veritaserum. Find some other way. I'll even swear I'm not. Will that convince you?
[action] - ♥!! I'm glad! Well that you're better now I mean, not that you get them a lot. D:
Date: 2010-02-13 05:59 am (UTC)It'll convince me when you start saying things that make sense.
[action] - ♥!! I got what you meant XD thaaanks ♥
Date: 2010-02-13 06:08 am (UTC)I know it sounds like rubbish and I know to you it's like I've been Confunded - Ron pointed this out several times - but I swear to you, I'm perfectly fine.
[She pauses again and stands up.] If it'll make you feel better, I'll give you my notebook to look over. And we can talk later. I can sleep in the living room for tonight.
[action] - ♥!! Welcome~<3
Date: 2010-02-14 03:58 am (UTC)[He stands when she does, though.] I wouldn't dream of putting you out, Hermione. I wouldn't mind the living room.
[action] - ♥!! bah I fail |D also, we're on oppsite schedules aren't we :(
Date: 2010-02-15 04:02 pm (UTC)It's not a problem. If I need to, I can move in with Cho or Luna. [Preferably Cho because Luna would make her crazy in about five minutes. Regardless of if he's going to stay or not, she needs to leave the room for a bit. She does pause by the door, though]
I've already had this argument with Harry and Ron. You don't have to believe me, but I hope you'll at least consider the fact that people can change here. Nothing's what we expect it to be.
[action] - ♥!! We so are. ;__;
Date: 2010-02-16 05:05 am (UTC)[action] - ♥!! sooob I'm opposite everyone ever DX I blame school
Date: 2010-02-16 05:12 am (UTC)[She lingers by the door a little bit longer, one hand on the doorjam.]
It is. I know it sounds like rubbish. I can't explain it. It's just something that's strange about this place.
[She pauses and offers a small smile.]
If you need anything, just let me know, all right? I'm sure Luna, Harry, and Cho will be around, if you need them, too. And there's food downstairs.
[action] - ♥!! School is important though! I should be on campus a lot more than I am. XD
Date: 2010-02-16 05:23 am (UTC)[He returns the small smile, though, and fully perks up at the mention of food that doesn't come from filthy Hog's Head plates.] ...It's okay to help myself? [That noise that sounds a bit like a dying walrus? It might be his stomach.]
[action] - ♥!! i have a loud Hermione muse that likes to yell at me over that |D;;;
Date: 2010-02-16 05:29 am (UTC)[The question about food makes her blink and tilt her head a little, even as she nods.] Of course. You're one of us, Neville. Why wouldn't it be? [GJ, man; you're worrying her now.]
[action] - ♥!! I can see where that could get unbearable. XD
Date: 2010-02-16 05:38 am (UTC)Well of course, I just. ...I wasn't sure how badly you've needed to ration here. [Well he certainly didn't lose all that weight from getting Weight Watchers owled in.]
[action] - ♥!! You learn to live with her XD Kinda like Ron and Harry have 8Da /gets smacked
Date: 2010-02-16 05:43 am (UTC)...Don't worry about it. [And that's what has her worried. Weight Watchers she could lecture him over. The Carrows are another story entirely.]
[action] - ♥!! xDD Be careful, I don't think she's a muse you want to cross.
Date: 2010-02-16 06:00 am (UTC)[But he smiles at the prospect of a full belly nonetheless; despite his misgivings over the nature of anything in Luceti, cursed food would be better than no food at all.] Thanks, Hermione.
[action] - ♥!! no, but we get along... mostly... >>
Date: 2010-02-16 06:03 am (UTC)[She smiles in return.] You're welcome. [A pause.] As much as I wish you hadn't gotten dragged here, too, I'm really glad you're here.
[action] - ♥!! If you occasionally stop speaking to her for a few months, she's used to it!
Date: 2010-02-16 06:36 am (UTC)[He stands and prepares to follow her out, at least as far as the path to the kitchen coincides with the route to the girls' room.] That means a lot. [Perhaps it means a bit less than it would before she'd admitting to also enjoying the company of Malfoy, but it's still thoughtful nonetheless.]
[action] - ♥!! burn but so true XD AT LEAST MY HAIR ISN'T RED
Date: 2010-02-18 05:09 am (UTC)[And then she leaves the room and leads the way to the kitchen.]
You could probably contact him over the journals if you really need to see him. The kitchen's down here. [She points out all the rooms with a smile, before grabbing a drink.]
...Can I get you something? [Before she leaves, she means, though she's only going out onto the "patio."]