Owls

[gillians_fury]

Gillian stood in the Owlery for quite a while, trying to decide what to say. After several moments of thought she quickly writes on the pieces of parchment she's begged from a house elf and warily approaches the owls. They proved to be friendlier than they looked - Gillian had always thought of owls as fierce-looking, despite the big round eyes -

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[chance_silvey]

Gillian -

I remember Carrie only a little. My Sorting was a little chaotic for me. I'm glad she helped you out.

So you're in the House you wanted? Congratulations. I hope that works out well.

Do you know how to get to Ravenclaw House yet? We've got a bar here, and it's got things other than alcohol. Coffee, soda, whatever. Most importantly it's warm. I'll be there this afternoon if you want to touch base.

Chance

[gillians_fury]

Chance,

Thanks. So far so good.

And I'd love to join you. I could use some adv

See you soon,
Gillian

PS Do you know Dr. Ta

Thank goodness for house elves. Gillian would be lost forever in the maze of Hogwarts if not for them. She arrived at Ravenclaw, slightly breathless, and wondered how one got in the door.

[chance_silvey]

Chance hears the common room door click shut and looks up, a little surprised. The door's never closed. That's the beauty of Ravenclaw common room. She gets up to prop it open and finds a breathless Gillian on the other side. "Gillian! Come in. I swear the door's usually propped open. Want some coffee or something? There's sometimes a bunch of little blue men behind the bar but they seem to be gone or asleep."

[gillians_fury]

Gillian smiled and pushed her hair out of her face, wishing she could shake hands or hug Chance or something without disaster. "Little blue men? There's something you don't see every day." She thought about that. "Or maybe you do here. Um, just a soda for me." She shoved her hands in the kangaroo pockets of her hoodie and looked around the room awkwardly. "Nice place."

[chance_silvey]

"Well, it's comfortable at least. Once you get used to the little blue men. Which can take a while. Sit down?" Already crossing to the bar, Chance stops and gestures to a small cluster of armchairs, one of which has her copy of Hogwarts: A History spread carelessly face-down and open across the seat where she left it. "Looks like you have a choice between Pepsi, carbonated pumpkin juice, and Irn Bru. I don't recommend the pumpkin juice."

[gillians_fury]

Gillian looked doubtfully at the drinks. "I'd better stick with Pepsi, thanks." She sat where Chance indicated and began to fidget, chewing on a thumbnail, clearly worried about something. "So, um, good book?"

[chance_silvey]

"Scary book," Chance jokes, pouring a Pepsi for Gillian and a cup of coffee for herself. When she walks back over to hand Gillian the drink, she looks into the other girl's face straight on. "Something wrong?" She did tell Gillian to owl her if something goes wrong; she just hadn't gotten the impression from Gillian's phrasing in the owl she'd sent that such an occasion had arisen.

[gillians_fury]

And that was why she'd wanted to see Chance, wasn't it? Well, maybe not the whole reason, but the discovery that Simon was a doctor had really shaken Gillian. So why didn't she just get to it?

Because she didn't really know Chance, either, was why.

On the other hand, there's no point in distrusting people all the time. That would make life intolerable. So Gillian takes a deep breath and plunges in. "Do you know Dr. Tam?"

Let me know what, if anything, Gillian would be able to read from Chance about this, k? :) ))

[chance_silvey]

(( *dies* Well, since that RP isn't over, I don't actually know what there would be to read -- so can we say that perhaps Gillian's not able to read much from Chance other than that what she's saying is, to the best of her knowledge, true? And, of course, that her opinion of the guy is positive. XD ))

Chance is a little taken aback. This is not a question she was expecting. "He's a friend of mine," she says. "Why?"

[gillians_fury]

((Okely dokely!))

Gillian shifted uncomfortably in her seat, sitting on her hands to stop the nail-biting. "I met him at my Sorting. He seemed really nice." She looked directly at Chance. "The thing is, he didn't tell me he's a doctor. And I - I haven't had good experiences with doctors, you know?" She rubbed her nose. "I guess... I just wanted some advice. I - don't want..." The rest of the sentence trailed off, but Chance didn't have to be psychic to know what Gillian was thinking: she didn't want the bad stuff to happen again. And she was scared.

Re-posted because I suck at html.

[chance_silvey]

Chance tilts her head. "That's weird. Everyone here knows he's a doctor. He's even got some patients. I'm sure he just didn't think to mention it. Around here, generally you don't insist on your title unless you're a faculty member. I've got a doctorate too, in paleontology, but I'm not going around insisting everyone call me Dr Silvey, you know?"

[gillians_fury]

Gillian watched Chance carefully, and the feelings she got from her flooded the girl with relief. Not a bad guy, then. Maybe Simon really could help her. She visibly relaxed, leaning back into the armchair and smiling a little. "Okay."

Gillian sipped her soda. "Paleontology, huh? That's.. what? Dinosaurs or fossils or something?" She blushed. "Sorry. It's been a while since I was in school."

[chance_silvey]

"Dinosaurs among other things, yes," agrees Chance. "Fossils, microfossils, you name it. I'm not doing any academic work at the moment -- I didn't exactly plan on coming to Hogwarts."

[gillians_fury]

Gillian nodded. "Yeah, Carrie said that you were one of the people who came by accident. So... how did you get here, do you know? You don't have to tell me if you don't want to," she added hurriedly.

"I came on purpose, sort of. I was looking for a safe place after... for a safe place, and this sort of hole opened up and I could see Hogwarts, and I knew nobody from Paragon could get to me here, so... I just came. Although I don't know why they can't, actually."

[chance_silvey]

Chance swallows hard. "I came here by dying," she says, bluntly. "Not that I expected that or planned it. Either the dying, or the ending up here."

[gillians_fury]

Gillian blinked. "Wow. I'm - sorry." And there seemed to be nothing else to say about that, so she concentrated on her drink.