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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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[Pause.]

... hello?

[There's no face. Why. 8| ]

Hello.

You're in there, right? I mean, not in there, but—it's like a telephone, right?

Oooh, yes - yes it is! Hold on-

Okay, look at it now. [Wave.]

Hi—

[Pink hair. But not Tonks?]

Er, wow. Nice hair?

Haha - cheers. I rather like yours, too.

Thanks, but ...

[In a stage whisper,]

I've not washed it in days.

Yeah, about that - are you alright?

Well, you know how things at school can be. You get distracted, but since I've got no deadlines to worry about here, I suppose I could do with a bath.

Do you have anyone here? Because if not, I have a bath.

My brother, actually! And out of the lot of them, it's Percy, which—I mean, I've not seen him in ages, practically, but family's family in a place like this, isn't it?

Thank you, though. I'm Ginny, by the way.

[She knows. But she can't tell if this is a curse, of if Ginny was gone and returned, so-]

Hi, Ginny. I'm Mae. Family is family in any place, when it's true. I would think.

And this place, it's called the City.

[It's unfair, really, to let her believe she's been home at all. But she won't really remember that tomorrow.]

So all the guides tell me. Quite a piece of work.