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[truebravery]

[Upon waking up, Neville slowly comes to realise three very important things.
1. He's in some kind of muggle house, in someone else's pyjamas.
2. He doesn't have his wand.
3. It doesn't matter either way because he can't do magic.

Three has him the most worried, and anyone inside 456 Stone Street will find him venturing cautiously about the house

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[numbuh_one]

[Nigel peers suspiciously at the teenager that's stopped him, his arms crossed.

He looks REALLY harmless though, in those duckie PJs, so although he doesn't drop the hostile tone he would have used if Neville had looked significantly more dangerous, he doesn't rattle off a long list of accusations quite yet]

No, I haven't. Why are you in such a hurry to go to school? Teenagers, honestly.

[truebravery]

[Maybe Neville shouldn't have stopped this kid. He sounds bloody pissed off.]

Oh- no, I d-don't really want to get back there. Though- Yes, I suppose I sort of do. I mean. That is to say- [DEEP BREATH]

I just want to find anyone else that I know here. I just arrived.

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[numbuh_one]

What? Make up your mind-

[what's with all the nerves, teenager. ARE YOU LYING??]

Uhm, if you know a person, why do you have to ask them anything? You're not blind, are you?

Unless...

[numbuh_one]

This "Hogwarts" school is actually more like a secret society!

[truebravery]

No- I was a-asking in cas-

[... alright, there's going to be a bit of staring. Because if you look at it one way, Hogwarts could kind of be a secret in that only Wizards really know about it...]

N-no. It's just a school. I was asking people in case they knew anyone from Hogwarts.

[numbuh_one]

[Sometimes his paranoid leaps of logic can be stunningly accurate. But Neville's story checks out quite easily, so... now Nigel is maybe just a bit disappointed.]

Oh.

[truebravery]

[And now Neville feels bad. He likes kids.]

There are secret passageways, I think. In the castle.

[numbuh_one]

Your school is a castle?

[truebravery]

Yes. It's in Great Britain.

[numbuh_one]

That's different.

I wonder if anyone from Sector E goes to school in a castle.

Is it a pretty castle or a spooky castle?

[because clearly this speaks of the school's character and yours as well.]

[truebravery]

It's- [pause. consider.]

I've never really thought about it. I suppose there's parts of it that are scary, like the dungeons. The Great Hall's pretty enough, I guess. [he shrugs.]

[numbuh_one]

Scary dungeons?

[remember that paranoid glare? It's back.]

And I suppose they're used for locking up kids?

[truebravery]

No. Well, not any more. [a sudden grin] Filch threatens it an awful lot, I can tell you. He keeps on about how he wishes it was the 'good old days' again.

[numbuh_one]

That doesn't sound good at all.

[truebravery]

Nah, don't worry. Dumbledore'd never let Filch stick anyone in there again.