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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.]
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[By then, Neville's busied himself with the journal, examining it at a cautious distance as well as he can manage in the darkness. It'll be a minute before he realizes someone else is nearby, though he does jump at the passing of most forest creatures. Even enshrouded by nightfall, he makes a skittish shape at best.]
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[It doesn't take Draco long to pull out his wand] Lumos. [He pauses then to scan the area, trying to figure out what the hell is going on.] Who's out there?
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[The light is somehow more alarming than it really ought to be, and a flare of panic makes retreat a very appealing option. But running meant there would be no answers. It also meant playing directly into their hands. He swallows hard before stepping more directly into the light from Draco's wand, stopping only long enough to brush some uncombed hair out of his unswollen eye as he strains to get a better look at the source of the light.] I think "who" is a bit less important than where "out there" happens to be.
hisdarkmark: (I control the world around me)
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[While Neville might not see who he is right away, Draco instantly recognizes him once he moves closer. There's a groan suddenly and he's resisting the urge to just start ranting, but that probably wouldn't help much.]

Luceti's not what you have to worry about. I think "who" always outweighs it.
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[It's Malfoy. It's Malfoy having a wand. This means bad things. His eyes narrow.] So the Carrows sent you out here to play jailer? Did they really think you could handle it?
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[Draco just raises an eyebrow. Merlin, Longbottom's from the future as well? Just brilliant.] What exactly are you trying to imply, Longbottom? You're making even less sense than usual, and believe me, that's saying something.
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[He stares unblinkingly at Draco.] I'm trying to imply that you're a git who can't handle his job, and if you're the only guard I'm going to have in this prison it'll probably be boring rather quickly.
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My job. You honestly believe I'm the one who brought you to this hellhole? Wrong, as usual.
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I don't think you have it in you to bring me here, but I didn't think the Carrows would make it easy for me to return. I would've expected Crabbe over you, though.
hisdarkmark: (I can make this look ugly)
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...[Neville's face, meet Draco's wand. Draco's wand, I doubt Harry and Hermione would appreciate you blowing off Neville's face.] Explain. Now.
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[This places Neville in a curious situation. He's reminded rather abruptly that he's a bit too unarmed to be digging at Malfoy like this. Still, it's too late to back down.] I shouldn't have to explain your own failures to you. Weren't you paying attention when it happened?
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[Yeah, you didn't think about that one now did you, Longbottom? Draco won't outright say it but he's confused. He's got a vague idea what Neville might be referring to thanks to Luna, but he's still uncertain. So, time to ask the important questions and stop messing around.] What month is it?
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[But Draco's confusion sets off Neville's because how could he not know what month it is? Is this a trick? Had he been unconscious longer than he thought? His answer is cautious, testing.] ...April. Why?
hisdarkmark: (I see something different)
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[...just as he thought. But let's poke the lion more, shall we?] Of what year?
hisdarkmark: (I apparently like trees)
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You're from the same time as the rest of them. [Thanks for pointing that out, Draco.]

[Action, because that's probably true enough]

Date: 2010-02-11 10:53 pm (UTC)
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I mean exactly what I'm saying. You're from the same time as Potter and the rest of them.
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Which makes you different how, exactly? [He might not believe whatever answer he gets, but he'd still like to know what story Draco's shilling.]

[Action, because so are Snape and Gran.]

Date: 2010-02-11 11:21 pm (UTC)
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[His nostrils flare a bit with swallowed anger.] That's some kind of holiday for your lot now, isn't it?
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You think I would have chosen that date if I really had a choice?

[Action, because you're so right. =X]

Date: 2010-02-12 01:03 am (UTC)
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Judging from what I've seen come from you since then, absolutely. [Not that his opinion is colored or prejudiced in any way, of course.]

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