083.

[hexuality]

Maybe it's a bit late, but between the flying—or, rather, lack thereof—dogs, and robot things, I didn't think cluttering up the network would be the best idea. But I can't finish out the month with being rude, can I? If Mum were here, I wouldn't hear the end of it at all.

That being said: a rather belated thank you to everyone who celebrated our birthdays with Percy and me! It was really lovely and the food was excellent—yeah, even the lot of you who said they were rubbish cooks. Liars, all of you.

And I suppose being so lucky and having loads of friends means that I'm really not going to be an old witch with only cats for company. Right? I mean, I've only got... three, as of recently.

The owl and the Pygmy Puff don't count.



[ooc; tags may be slow-ish as i organise my life. audition week has been insane. thanks for your patience, darlings. ♥ ]

Comments

[candothat]

You are not old enough to be an old witch, and three cats is not so many.


[ooc: Because I forgot in the log, Chekov would have given Ginny an actual physical book of Russian folk tales. "Russians invented magic" would have been written on the title page.]

omg that's the best

[hexuality]

Three cats is two more than I ever expected. But I couldn't say no to them.

^^

[candothat]

Did you inherit them when friends left?

[hexuality]

A friend. And yes. I suppose it's only right; he did give me my cat.

[candothat]

Sorry if I brought up memories you would rather not visit.

[hexuality]

Pavel, people come and go all the time, here. Even people who've been here for as long as I can remember. Amory deserved to go home, I think—he never has before.

[candothat]

I know that, yes, but-- [he hadn't wanted Amory to leave] --surely it is still upsetting, sometimes?

[hexuality]

Of course it is. It always is.

voice;

[halves]

Happy birthday.

[It... almost sounds like a question.]

voice;

[hexuality]

[She laughs and will totally accept that, okay.]

Thank you! Lewis, right?

[halves]

Yeah. [He sounds a little different than before, maybe. Tired.] Hi.

[hexuality]

Hi.

[Pause.]

Doing alright today, then?

[halves]

Could be worse. How are you?

[hexuality]

Better, now that I've been told that I don't qualify as an old cat lady witch.

[halves]

[There's an amused exhale, not quite a laugh.]

I never thought that'd be a legitimate concern.

[hexuality]

I know this person back home, Mrs Figg? I don't know how many cats she's actually got, but from what I'd heard, she had maybe five. I'm well on my way there, but—as if I could say no to taking these two in, could I? So it's Hal, Hotspur, and my Helena.

[She laughs in turn, soft and a little disbelieving.]

Unless you'd like to take them? Got a roommate to keep away the ticking yet?

video;

[firesneeze]

Pygmy Puff.

video;

[hexuality]

Yeah.

[brb picking up this adorable little guy to share with the class.]

This is Arnold! Isn't he sweet?

[Cue adorable purring.]

video;

[firesneeze]

...what's wrong with its face?

[ Those eyes. Those eyes. ]

video;

[hexuality]

[SO OFFENDED ON HIS BEHALF.]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with his face.

video;

[firesneeze]

Sorry his face.

You didn't happen to throw him against a wall did you?

video; 1/2

[hexuality]

video;

[hexuality]

What if we threw you against a wall to see if it worked the same way?

[SAID OH SO SWEETLY.]

video;

[firesneeze]

[ MAJOR BROW RAISE. ]

Did I strike a nerve?

video;

[hexuality]

No.

[She is very fond of Arnold, okay.]

Out of curiosity, what would happen if I said a word against Pabu?