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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 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:]

Date: 2010-02-14 03:56 am (UTC)
hisdarkmark: (I can kinda smile)
From: [personal profile] hisdarkmark
You act as though I've cursed them.

[Action, because I absolutely love it ;;]

Date: 2010-02-14 04:03 am (UTC)
hisdarkmark: (I'm hollow inside)
From: [personal profile] hisdarkmark
Yes, Longbottom, I've cursed both of them. I've cursed all of them, victory is mine. [There's a snort then.] Get over it, like I'd waste my time.
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
[He doesn't like the sound of that snort. Draco's exuding a confidence he hasn't seen in almost a year. There's a piece missing, aside from the impossible claim that this is a vision of Draco from somewhere in the past.] You don't seem to have a problem wasting my time with this.
hisdarkmark: (I control the world around me)
From: [personal profile] hisdarkmark
You happened to land on my lake. Clearly this is entirely your own fault. [Hey, he has to make up for his loss of time somehow. Everyone else is a good six months or more ahead of him, he can't let them win just because of that. Despite how much what Neville's just told him spooks him a bit, he's not going to let him know that.]
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
You can't own a lake, Malfoy.[Although that would explain the painful landing, not like the new scrape on his cheek is very visible against the trainwreck calling itself his face at the moment.]

[Action, because your logic fails me D:]

Date: 2010-02-14 04:18 am (UTC)
hisdarkmark: (Default)
From: [personal profile] hisdarkmark
Sure I can. Ask anyone here and they'll tell you it's mine. [Unfortunately, Draco doesn't like him enough to fix Neville's face for him :|]
From: [identity profile] nearlychosen.livejournal.com
You shouldn't be so possessive over a piece of your prison. [Whatever, Draco. He probably wouldn't know what to do with your help if he had it. Hermione's just going to do it later anyway, so nyyah.]
hisdarkmark: (I don't trust you)
From: [personal profile] hisdarkmark
When there's nothing else here, you take what you can get. [The huge vibes of "do not want" are probably radiating more than usual between both of them.]

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