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.]
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Talking About Serious Things]
Date: 2010-02-19 05:19 am (UTC)[Harry Potter and the Action of Being Seriously Serious But Not Sirius]
Date: 2010-02-19 05:22 am (UTC)[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Being Glad Harry is Not Seriously Sirius]
Date: 2010-02-19 05:25 am (UTC)[Harry Potter and the Action of Also Being Glad He is Not Seriously Sirius]
Date: 2010-02-19 05:34 am (UTC)[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Having a Realization]
Date: 2010-02-19 05:46 am (UTC)Then again...is it even really still working together? They're just sitting in a room and shooting the breeze about life and Not-Riddle. That's not working together, that's...something that obviously sneaked up on Draco, even if he's not sure if it sneaked up on Harry]
...so I guess you don't need my planning anymore.
[Harry Potter and the Action of Suddenly Being Confronted With Logic]
Date: 2010-02-19 06:09 am (UTC)Probably not, but... [He trails off there, because the planning wasn't relevant anymore. None of his ranting at the lake earlier had anything to do with usefulness, but had everything to do with wanting Draco to be okay. He's quiet for a moment, just letting the meaning of that sink in.]
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Having a Bad Feeling About This]
Date: 2010-02-19 06:41 am (UTC)The more he thought about it, the more he realized that, well, he wasn't exactly thrilled about losing that. Harry Potter understood. Harry understands things that Draco himself can barely comprehend, and that was what he's been lacking since this whole crazy adventure started. The realization of it all was like a swift punch to the stomach, and Draco just blinks right back, vaguely wondering if Harry's thinking the same thing.]
But...?
[Harry Potter and the Action of Realizing That Irony is the Victor]
Date: 2010-02-19 06:53 am (UTC)Harry hadn't, and now, a couple of chuckles are starting to slip.]
I think we've hit another snag.
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Living the Night of Ironic Things]
Date: 2010-02-19 06:59 am (UTC)Well, shit. How ever are we going to resolve this one?
[Harry Potter and the Action of Enjoying the Irony]
Date: 2010-02-19 08:37 am (UTC)We may just be in over our heads.
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Being Easily Amused]
Date: 2010-02-19 08:48 am (UTC)Suppose that means we have to work together against this one as well.
[Harry Potter and the Action of Also Being Easily Amused]
Date: 2010-02-19 09:02 am (UTC)I guess that means you're still in business.
[Draco Malfoy and the Action of Learning a Compromise]
Date: 2010-02-19 09:30 am (UTC)Just keep in mind that we're still working on my terms. Same as before.
[Harry Potter and the Action of Living in the Twilight Zone]
Date: 2010-02-20 02:17 am (UTC)Gotcha.