012 [video log] (uh, pretend this happened yesterday morning!)

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Master Harry!

Nnnn... [He was obviously still sleeping. Seeming to grope for something that should be next to him in bed- a body perhaps? But whoever he was looking for was gone a while ago. Harry sighs in disappointment.]

Master Harry! Wake up!

[He then freezes at the unfamiliar voice. 'Master Harry'? Since when did anyone call him that? Slowly,

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[Ron is sitting on the sofa in his pajamas, enjoying the best breakfast he's ever had at World's End: Chocolate Frogs! He's staring down at a note that came with the box before he looks up at Harry. For once, he swallows his mouthful of chocolate before speaking and offering the box to his friend.]

Happy Christmas, Harry! Look! Chocolate Frogs! Real Chocolate Frogs, just like from home!

[OOC- Sorry for fail. I'll be busy until after New Year's, but I'm trying to keep afloat. ^^']

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[He blinks and looks at the Christmas tree/bush in confusion. There were... presents under the tree? After the whole Jude thing, this was all becoming rather surreal. He takes the box from Ron and opens it deftly.]

Where did all these come from-

Look Master! Gifts, gifts for everyone under the tree! They smell so good~ Can I have chocolate too?

[Jude pads over to where Ron was. Harry laughs.]

Um. Yeah, apparently the dog can talk now...

[He looks around more- no Draco. Hm.]

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[Ron's about to laugh gaily at Harry's confusion, but the unexpected voice jars him. Gaping down at Jude, he jumps to perch on the back of the sofa, as though the added height would either protect him or help things make more sense.]

Wha-... what do you mean, he can talk now? Wolves can't talk! Unless they're werewolves or something, but he's not a werewolf because that'd just be weird and Harry why do you have a talking dog?!

[He'd seen stranger things, sure, but he'd just gotten used to the fact that Jude doesn't talk!]

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[Hermione's just woken up, and on hearing voices, wanders from the room into the main area, rubbing a hand through her hair and the sleep from her eyes. She looks at the presents in confusion, then from Ron to Harry and the dog with the collar on, talking. She blinks.]

Where did... was that just talking? Where did those presents come from?

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Oh! Mistress Herm.... Hermi... Mione! Mistress 'Mione, Happy Christmas!

[Jude bounds over to her and pushes against her legs affectionately. Harry is just extremely confused.]

I'm not sure... do they have our names on them?

[He bends down to inspect the wrapped gifts.]

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[Ron sputters unintelligently for a moment, gesturing towards Jude and thinking that the talking pet is much more pressing a matter than mysterious presents. Still, as no one seems to agree with him, he shoots Jude a final wary look before lowering himself back to his seat and picking up the note that came with his chocolates.]

Looks it. The first one I picked up happened to be for me, so I reckon there's something there for each of us.

[With a sudden glance at Hermione, he resolutely crumbles the note up in his hand. He can do without her seeing the message that the gods decided to impart on him.]

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[Hermione emits a stifled noise as the dog runs to her and presses against her--but it doesn't attack her, just nuzzles into her. She stares down at it suspiciously, and then smiles as she reaches down and pets him on the head. Pushing past him, she enters the room and goes over to the couch presents, crouching besides Harry.]

These were just here when you woke up? Do you think they're safe to open then?

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Well Ron seemed to already have dug into his frogs and hasn't keeled over yet... I'd say so.

[He reaches under the tree and pulls out a soft present in blue wrapping paper.]

Oh. Here Hermione, this one has your name on it.

[He hands it to her before pulling a red one in the shape of a box that has his own name on it. Jude sniffs it curiously.]

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[Ron absently wipes his mouth free of chocolate.]

Well, someone had to test it out to make sure they were all right to share, yeah?

[He reaches over for the box of chocolate frogs, withdraws two of them, and tosses one to Harry before placing another on top of the gift being handed off to Hermione.]

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[She looks at the package Harry is handing her suspiciously, but accepts it anyway, and casting a glance over at Ron as he sticks a frog on top of it.][She takes her package and frog over to the couch, sitting on the opposite end of Ron, folding her legs up underneath her as she sets the frog next to her and feels the package.]

Open yours Harry. I want to make sure nothing comes out and bites you first.

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[He nods and unwraps the present quickly, excitement quickly building in him. Inside of a box there was a miniature model broom. Quwirking an eyebrow, Harry pulls it out and holds it up.]

It's a mini broom?

[There was a crank on the side. Harry cranks it and the toy buzzes before flying off around the room.]

Toy! Toy toy toy!

[Jude jumps up to try and catch the toy with his teeth. Harry laughs and sits back, watching the over excited wolf play.]

Well I guess someone will like it.

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[Ron laughs as he ducks, watching the broom pass by overhead as Jude launches after it.]

Too bad it's not a Snitch; we could've tried a game of Quidditch this afternoon.

[Turning to Hermione, he inclines his head towards her gift.]

Open it up. Doesn't look like a book, so I don't know what else you'd be getting.

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[Hermione smiles widely as Jude sets off after the broom, and laughs at the words coming from the collar.]

It's better now that he can talk. He's very cute.

[She looks down at the present, still dubiously, but grabs it anyway and shakes it. There's the sound of something sliding around inside the square box--one normally used for clothes--but it doesn't sound like a book, no. Contemplatively, she puts it next to smaller blue package and picks that one up instead, ripping off the paper to reveal a long yellow and scarlet scarf, with her name stitched into the end. She flushes with pleasure and immediately winds it around her neck.]

I asked for this! Oh, this is nice. It's so cold outside too, how good.

[She indicates her present, and then looks at Ron and Harry, a little confused.]

Don't you both have on more? I can't have two and you both not.

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[Jude is still running around barking at the toy broom while Harry rummages under the tree. He pulls out another square looking present wrapped in purple for Ron, and the last one was a green present for Draco. Harry shrugs.]

Ron, this one is also for you, but other than Draco's it seems to be it...

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[Ron accepts the extra gift, though he looks at Harry curiously before looking at the scampering direwolf.]

Maybe getting him to talk counts as one of your gifts? Can't really see what'd be so special about that. I don't suspect anyone would have wanted to hear Pig or Crookshanks gabbing away.

[He looks down at his present for a moment before tearing away the wrapping. Blinking down at it, it takes him a moment before he realizes what it is. Pulling away the excess paper, he withdraws an 8x10 frame containing a picture of nine familiar redheads crowded around a sofa, wearing bulky sweaters and waving merrily out at him. When he does speak, his voice is low.]

Wow. This must've been... four, five years ago. Before Percy became such a prat.

[Ron notices that George still has both ears intact and that Ginny was still the tiny girl he remembers and that no one had spent that Christmas with the shadow of Voldemort in their hearts, and he shakes his head, trying to put on a smile as he looks up at Harry and Hermione. Grabbing the

[Action!] ahaha, watch her squirm and try to hide~

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[she moves over on the couch to peer at Ron's gift. She lets out a startled exclamation at it, realizing what it is. She wants to grab it, but checks herself-- this is Ron's, and she can tell it has an effect, even though he smiles hastily and looks up at them. She smiles back, takes his hand and squeezes for a second before falling back on the couch.]

That's generous of them, it really is. It's a very nice photo Ron.

[she takes the present Ron hands her, heart pounding for a moment. Would she get a picture of her parents? That would be piercing--she wouldn't be able to stop the tears at that. It had been so long.. and the memory... hastily, she takes the gift and rips off the paper, revealing a plain white box for clothes. Perplexed, she tears the tape away from the corner and lifts the lid, setting it to the side and peeling away the gift paper with slightly shaking hands.]

What the--I didn't--

[She's staring into the box with wide eyes. There's a set-- lacy red bra, lacy red knickers, thigh high stockings, and black