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Post by Vivian Astley on Aug 3, 2004 18:06:32 GMT -5
"Better, much better actually. Yourself?"
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Post by Jeffrey on Aug 3, 2004 18:29:57 GMT -5
"Good. So uh... tell me about yourself."
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Post by Vivian Astley on Aug 4, 2004 16:52:39 GMT -5
*She looked at him out of the corner of her eye.*
"Well, what would you like to know?"
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Post by Jeffrey on Aug 4, 2004 17:47:47 GMT -5
"Well... uh... how about everything?"
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Post by Vivian Astley on Aug 4, 2004 17:52:06 GMT -5
*She smirked. This was going to be fun.*
"For starters I'm a girl, I just turned thirteen yesterday and the only person who remembered was my best friend(i'll get that name later).."
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Post by Jeffrey on Aug 4, 2004 18:21:20 GMT -5
"Well uh... Happy Birthday," Zack smiled, unable to do much else. It was just as well he wasn't a starting player, he'd probably just fall off the broom. Damn potion.
"I'm uh... male. 12. An alternate on the Slytherin Quidditch team. A schizophrenic. Oh shit... did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did she hear me?"
Zack was freaking out. Where the hell did THAT ungraceful comment come from? He's finally figured out what the term for his condition was from the Potions Professor himself, but as for why he really did totally lose himself in them was beyond him. The voices weren't supposed to have minds of their own, did they? Well... all that was left was to wait and watch to see her guaranteed freaked reaction.
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Post by Vivian Astley on Aug 5, 2004 13:49:17 GMT -5
*She smiled brightly.*
"I know. I find it interesting. And yes you did just talk out loud and I really did hear you. And just out of curiousity why are you stammering so much?"
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Post by Jeffrey on Aug 5, 2004 13:59:58 GMT -5
"Well, you see... there's this, uh... potion... I have to take because it... it, uh... keeps the voices at... at bay. If I didn't take it, I'd uh... probably find myself sleepwalking and uh... someone else... And this potion has just been making me... awful... awful loopy. Can't think straight. Trying to confuse me. But I'm already confused, y'know? Dumbledore says I have to take it but frankly, I don't want to. My grades are slipping and I can't conentrate. Terrible things happen all around me and I can't control it. And they're all still back there, waiting for the big dance number, they just can't break that potion haze... I make no sense whatsoever, do I?"
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Post by Vivian Astley on Aug 5, 2004 14:25:52 GMT -5
"No I do understand.'
*She smiled sympathetically. Then drew him into a hug.*
"Things will get better."
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Post by Jeffrey on Aug 5, 2004 14:34:42 GMT -5
*Struggles weakly, but doesn't last long as he melts into the hug without returning it*
"But it's like deja vu with every fricking one of them. I know them, but I don't. It's so fricking WEIRD. And I'm picking up their mannerisms..."
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Post by Vivian Astley on Aug 5, 2004 14:39:20 GMT -5
"It was bound to happen," She said, pulling away slightly but keeping her hadns on his arms. "Even with the potion you've been with them too long. On the positive side you'll never be predictable. It keeps things interesting. It's not like they hurt you...They don't hurt you do they?"
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Post by Jeffrey on Aug 5, 2004 14:52:19 GMT -5
"I freaked on Umbridge not too long ago. I was bored and suddenly, I blacked out. Something happened, I still don't know what but when I came to, I was different. I'd metamorphmagused to someone else's body... It happened several times down to Dumbledore's office and... I dunno. It doesn't hurt but... I black out. And I lose control. Control I kind of need. But I'm not taking the fucking potion again-" he stopped, blushing slightly at his choice of words.
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Post by Vivian Astley on Aug 5, 2004 14:58:06 GMT -5
*She smirked. The thought that he had freaked out in front of Umbridge was enough to gain her respect. But she still feared for him. Whatever was going on with him wasn't good or healthy."
"I'm sure whatever you did to the old toad was worth it. But have you had any of these blackouts since you started to take the potion?"
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Post by Jeffrey on Aug 5, 2004 15:08:52 GMT -5
He shook his head.
"No. But I don't care. This is important to me. It's going to wear off in a few hours. I'll see what I've got to deal with then. See if I can't come to some sort of agreement with them."
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Post by Vivian Astley on Aug 5, 2004 15:31:09 GMT -5
*She let that hang in silence as they nearned the lake. They could hear the cheering drifiting from the pitch, but it didn't seem to matter. Sitting down underneath a tree she threw a rock into the lake.*
"How much longer will that potion last again?" She asked casually, before tossing another rock into the lake.
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