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[whattheytellyou]

[Filtered to all Females of the Barge, but away from Martha.]

[Sarah's looking much more herself lately. Might have something to do with the fact that Hoffman's in a coma, but who's to say, really? Of course, this also means she's feeling proactive and pushy again, and has decided to meddle:]I have this friend. When my inmate landed me in the

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[the Not Martha filter]

[jurisfictional]

I don't believe we've ever met, but I quite like Martha and I'd be more than happy to lend a hand. Who's she married to?

[the Not Martha filter]

[whattheytellyou]

[Flatly:]

Snape.

[BACK TO CHEERY.]

But I'll take the hand, thanks. We need to round up as much junk food as possible. Popcorn, beer nuts, candy, whatever you can find that people are willing to donate.

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[jurisfictional]

[wait what]

...Severus Snape? Good with potions, wears a lot of black, not precisely fond of Harry Potter?

I'll have a look around and see what I can find. My name's Thursday, by the way. Thursday Next.

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[whattheytellyou]

I have no idea who Harry Potter is. Severus Snape, acts like a complete jackass, cheats at cards. Probably the same guy. It's not a common name.

I'm Sarah Harding. Thursday, huh? That's different.

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[jurisfictional]

I...wow. That's unexpected.

Nice to meet you, Sarah. I've been getting that a lot here. It's not so strange where I come from.

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[whattheytellyou]

I don't get it, either. Don't tell her that, though. She'll give you some speech about not being able to help who you love or something. I guess when you've been aboard as long as they both have, it becomes a "slim pickins'" kind of thing.

Where're you from, if you don't mind me asking?

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[jurisfictional]

It's not that I disapprove as I don't know Snape personally--it just baffles me. But if they're in love...

[Pause. That last sentence was kind of difficult to get through. Thursday hasn't read the last three books and is still kind of ambivalent about Snape.]

Swindon, Republic of England. Rather a different England than most people here have heard of, from what I can tell.

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[whattheytellyou]

You're not the only one.

[Sarah hasn't read any of the books, nor seen the movies. She just knows there's a great big jerk walking around the ship and cheating at cards like he owns the joint. Mostly, she's sore about the cheating at cards. :\]

Republic of England? That's a new one on me. Are you an inmate or a warden? I can't believe I haven't met you before. I thought I knew just about everyone around here.

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[jurisfictional]

Warden. I guess you could say I'm fairly new--I arrived a few months ago, but I was hit by one of those Barge comas shortly after I arrived. [She's still bitter about that.] So it's probably not surprising we've never met.

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[whattheytellyou]

I've been hit with those pretty frequently, myself. We must keep missing each other.

Who's your inmate?

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[jurisfictional]

I haven't got one yet. Is there someone you need to talk to to get that sorted out?

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[whattheytellyou]

Usually, the Admiral assigns them to us when we get here. Twice a month or so. I had Louis, and he disappeared, and now I've got Amanda.

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[jurisfictional]

I expect I've been too busy being unconscious to be assigned to one yet. I suppose I'll have to wait and see, then.

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[whattheytellyou]

I suppose so. It shouldn't be too long - a few more weeks or so.

See you tonight?

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[jurisfictional]

That's good to hear. I'm growing a bit tired of contemplating my navel all the time.

Yeah, I'll see what I can scrounge up.