RP: While Visions of Elephants Danced in his Head...

[shh_seamus]

Date: November 3, 2004
Character(s): Seamus Finnigan and Justin Finch-Fletchley; any others who live in River Place
Location: River Place flat 4A and lobby
Status: Public
Summary: Seamus finds out from Justin what has happened.
Completion: Complete

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[shh_justin]

Justin pushed the door open, stepping inside with a small sigh of relief. It was warm in here- warmer than outside, at least. He was beginning to think a hot shower sounded good. And then maybe he'd see what was up in his new flat. Reaching down, he rubbed absentmindedly at his knee before straightening and limping toward his rooms.

Just a few steps in, he paused. He saw a vaguely familiar bloke and he smiled slightly, not quite wanting to limp past the figure. He also didn't really want to speak first, but that was a rather irrational thought that he shoved away before raking his fingers through his hair and smiling a bit awkwardly. Shuffling his feet, he nodded slightly. "Hullo, there."

[shh_seamus]

Seamus glanced up at the voice and paused, recognizing the bloke in front of him. "Er, hello," Seamus responded, scratching at his head. He was having trouble placing a name to the face in front of him. He cocked his head to the side, probing his memory in search of a name.

He remembered a tall, rather funny-looking boy from Hogwarts with the same brown hair and same awkward grin. His name was on the tip of his tongue, really, it was. A memory from his second year flashed into his mind, when Harry and Malfoy were asked to duel with one another. And then, the boy in his memory transformed, the awkward grin turned into a look of fright, and Seamus smiled, feeling victorious. "Justin. How are you? And what the bloody hell is going on out there?"

[shh_justin]

"I'm alright," Justin replied, his mind racing as he tried to place a name to the face. Merlin, this place was just full of people from his past, wasn't it? They all seemed to remember him, and he felt like shite for not recalling- oh!

"Er..Finnegan, right? Seamus?" he asked, reaching up to tug on his hair.

"Celebration. The news is, Voldemort's dead. War's over. All of that sort of good news- they're going crazy out there."

[shh_seamus]

Seamus stared at Justin in shock. To wake up one morning, and have the war just be over? Just like that? It wasn't at all what he expected. He thought that it would come gradually, that news would be recieved that things were getting close to ending, and then it would happen. One side would triumph over the other.

Not that he was upset that it happened this way, of course. All he could hope for was that the people he had once known and still cared about were alive. He glanced back up at Justin.

"Harry, Hermione, and Ron? The Order? Everyone else? Are they okay? Do we know that yet?"

[shh_justin]

"I don't know yet," Justin replied with a shrug. "I haven't heard anything directly from the Order, though I did hear somebody say McGonagall was shouting it into the streets."

He still couldn't quite believe it- the war seemed to have lasted forever. But he wanted to believe it- wanted it all to be true. Because if it was over, then maybe things could change. For him and for the Wizarding World.

"All I've heard is that Voldemort's dead and the war is over. Harry, Hermione, and Ron..They were successful- at least that's what they're saying."

[shh_seamus]

Seamus shook his head in amazement.

"That's incredible..." he was a little at a loss for words. He looked around the lobby, unsure of what to say.

He heard the lift making its way down and he watched as it got to the lobby, and a brown-haired girl stepped out.