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... is this—oh, alright, it is.

[The voice may be familiar to many, and the face in essence too, but as Ginny Weasley leans back from the camera to address the network, it might be clear to those who know her that she's different today. For one, she's wearing her Gryffindor uniform, all robes and tie and cardigan. For another, she's younger and thinner—almost drawn, and though her eyes are as quick and bright as ever, they carry a wariness and weariness that haven't been present in years. Her hair is still long, though shorter than she's been wearing it in the City, and there's no mistaking the still-healing split lip or faded bruising along her cheekbone and eye.

None of this seems to bother the witch at the moment, though. There are more important matters to attend to.]

Hullo. I seem to have taken a wrong turn at school—not unusual, really, the stairs like to play tricks—but I was on my way to a classroom and ended up in this, er, charming place. And while I'm terribly fond of London, I know this isn't it; and honestly, I'm running late as it is.

[There's a hardness in her jaw and in her tone that the City softened long ago, but she isn't demanding answers like she had the moment she 'arrived.' She has her bearings, now. To an extent. She pauses, then smiles, shaking off the very real irritation for a more charming façade; come, now, help the innocent school girl find her way home.]

Hardly back a month from holidays and I've already got loads of things to do! I'm not usually late, you know. I don't mind missing a few minutes of Professor Carrows' class, for example— [She chuckles, shrugging.] —but I'm sort of in charge of this meeting and they're all fairly useless without me. I've read a guide, of course, but I don't exactly trust everything I read nowadays.

Thank you for your time.

[OOC; ginny's been hit with Feels Like the First Time! she's back to being 16 years old and for her, it's february of 1998, so she's still at hogwarts and helping neville lead the DA and causing general havoc with the student's rebellion.

she won't remember any CR she's made in the city for the duration of the curse because to her, this is her first time arriving here. it will all come back to her tomorrow, of course. enjoy!]

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Desks can be very sneaky sometimes.

Do you know where you are, from reading the guides?

Anyone who's a student would know, I expect. [She pauses.] Some vague place called the City, right? Not exactly the most creative name, if you ask me.

[Like she could come up with something better. A clue: not really.]

Speaking of, what's yours, then?

Maybe the deities were not having a good day when they named the City?

[Oh, come on. What wouldn't be better than the City?]

Pavel Andreievich Chekov. We have met before.

Maybe—

[And then she stiffens visibly at his next words, wariness slipping back into her tone.]

We haven't met. Sorry, mate, you must be thinking of another ginger.

No--yes, of course, sorry. And what is your name?

Ginny.

[Still careful. She'll feel bad about this later, Pavel. ;__; ]

Which of your names d'you want me to choose?

Ginny, thank you.

[There's no need to feel bad about curses, no matter how awkward that curse is.]

Chekov or Pavel is good. I will respond to either.

[Yes, but she tends to be more rude when she's younger.]

Run into quite a few girls like me, have you, Chekov?

No, only one.

[Wait--is this a trick question?]

She looks very similar to you.

[Can't trick question you if she doesn't know she's doing it. D: ]

Oh. Well, good for her. [She chuckles, flicking her hair over her shoulder.] Though I'd hope not exactly. I'm not exactly popular at school right now.

Why not? You [are?] seem nice enough.

[Innocently,]

I talk too much in class, disagree with some of my professors...

You could do much worse.

I support unpopular opinions and like to argue my points. [She grins.] Makes classes more interesting, I think.

Students should be prepared to argue in support of their opinions. I doubt you are as unpopular as you think.

[She thinks of the DA, the younger students, the other professors. No, she isn't as unpopular as she makes it sound. But among the Carrows and the Headmaster? She's working her way to being more trouble than her blood is worth.

Idly,]

That's a good point. The professors should be challenged just as much as their students, right?

If anything, professors should be challenged more! They are the ones who are meant to be experts.

[There may be a few professors who aren't crazy about Chekov...]

[She laughs, soft and brief.]

Yeah, exactly. Except I don't think they're experts at all on the subjects they're teaching. It's a load of rubbish.

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