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[medicos]

[ the slightly awkward angle of the camera set upon a desk indicates that this is most likely an accidental video. leonard mccoy is sitting in his incredibly spartan home office, dealing with the usual bunch of medical paperwork with only a minimal amount of scowling - in fact, he looks at peace doing work, occasionally tapping his fingers on the desk when he's got some thinking to do before writing things down. sometimes, he'll check another device - starfleet's communicator - and snort to himself before returning to his work.

and then here comes the fun part of his office window suddenly bursting open with a gust of wind, and before he could even react to anything a hat comes flying inside the room before landing on his head. ]

What the —

[ but he doesn't get to say anything else, or flail about a damn hat, because after a short moment the hat's yells — ]

HUFFLEPUFF!

[ — and bones is pretty much left sitting in his office with a bewildered look on his face as the hat bounces off to terrorize someone else again. ]

… That thing just talked to me.


( OOC | forward-dated to November 14, for the Got That Sorted curse. )

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[hexuality]

I knew it! I bloody knew you'd be a Hufflepuff!

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[hexuality]

Hang on, that's—

What's the Sorting Hat doing here?

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[medicos]

That's what that was?

[ grousing. still bewildered. give him a moment. ]

Th'hell is a hat doing sorting people?

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[logistical]

I have also been accosted by one of these objects.

Ms. Weasley, what is its intention?

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[directives]

It shouted "Slytherin" at me earlier. Whatever the hell that means.

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[medicos]

According to Ginny, it's a hat that sorts people into houses. Whatever the hell that means.

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[directives]

The houses at that school she attended back in her world?

[ ginny had mentioned something about them to her once, but nothing kathryn had committed to memory. ]

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[luxuryflower]

[Despite the strangeness of a talking hat, or perhaps because of it, Marguerite's only reaction is a laugh.]

Monsieur McCoy! I see you were granted no chance of escape either.

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[medicos]

[ at least someone finds it amusing. ]

Not at all, although it did leave my head rather quickly.

Did it come to you, too?

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[luxuryflower]

Indeed, it did. The word was foreign to me, but I remember it resembling "slithering".

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[chakotay]

I think that's what it said to me, too.

[ this is so weird. ]

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[medicos]

Our mascots are badgers apparently, just so you know.

[ c/o a miss weasley. ]

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[chakotay]

I'm not entirely sure how I feel about that.

[ just going to take a joking road on this one because what. ]

Do we know what it means?

[ he's only gotten a little bit of an explanation from her. ]

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[logistical]

[A few moments later the Hat yells RAVENCLAW from the next room and here is Spock coming into your office in the house to investigate, armed with his tricorder.]

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[medicos]

You heard that yellin', right? From a damn hat.

[logistical]

It did not appear to think we were in the same category.

[Which is weird!! They're crew and they should go together, in his opinion.]

Are you aware what it was?

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[mortemscintilla]

It talked, all right.

I also think it sneezed.

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[medicos]

[ ...sneezing hat. ]

That's something you don't see everyday.

Did it yell something before it left your head, too?

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[mortemscintilla]

[ Now everytime he hears the word Hufflepuff, he's gonna say Bless you. ]

It, um. Tried to.

But the frying pan I hit it with got in the way. [ bloop bloop ] I was in the kitchen. I don't carry frying pans on my person as a fashion accessory. I swear.

[ That's more Rapunzel's thing. ]

[pinkeffinprofessional]

I've been avoiding that thing all fucking day.

[medicos]

Caught me when I least expected it, or I would have, too.

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[fiamme]

[Oh good she's not the only one. ]

The same happened to me. What is a Hufflepuff?

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[medicos]

[ puffer army ]

According to a friend of mine, it's one of the four houses in her school. The hat sorts each and every student into those houses according to their strongest qualities.

Hufflepuffs are the most hardworking and loyal, apparently.

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[excelsiors]

You're going to have to buy some new shirts, Doctor.

_{( cause the blue ones are the wrong color. )}

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[medicos]

Jim doesn't need his.

[ gold is a yellow ok. ]