4th quibble . video

[i_seethestrals]

[ There is a Luna on your screens, City. She's sitting on a bench in the park and looking exhausted. Not to mention sad. Still, when she turns to the camera, she smiles. Forever an optimist. ]

I don't suppose any of you have seen Neville Longbottom lately? I've been looking for him everywhere.

He's--

A very dear friend of mine. I hope he's all right.

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[voice] if you want him to leave her alone though that's cool too :x

[anagrammatist]

[this post is just getting the most incredulous look. you better believe he knows that surname. and he is committing your face to memory.]

I hope you find him, Miss Selene, if only for your own sake.

I never really celebrated Halloween before Hogwarts. I think it will be just a normal day for me this year.

[voice] never give me all your voldecreep :x

[i_seethestrals]

[ Well, this... is bad. She does a masterful job of pretending to remain calm, however. ]

Thank you, Tom. I appreciate that.

Not being home is no reason to forgo celebrating, even if you do miss this Hogwarts place terribly. [ Yes. Still keeping up that pretext. Oh, Tom, you and your crazy belief that you can do magic. ]

[voice] /creeps on forever mwahaha

[anagrammatist]

[he's not falling for it. you know a Longbottom.]

It's not so much missing it as I wouldn't know how to go about celebrating it the Muggle way. [Well, he does, but it's nothing he'd ever be interested in] At Hogwarts, it's generally just a feast and some decorations, though the ghosts did do a show for us one year.

[voice]

[i_seethestrals]

That sounds like it was a wonderful evening.

[ Strange that someone who's never experienced it would say that with such wistfulness... ]

But! If I were you, I would look at it as an opportunity to try something new. That's part of the fun of this place. With everyone coming from so many worlds, there's so many different traditions, and a real wealth of interesting ways to do old things.

[ Not that she wants to encourage Tom to indulge in his idea of "fun". At all. ]

[voice]

[anagrammatist]

It was certainly something to see.

Ah, putting it that way...it could be interesting seeing how everyone else celebrates. But I'm afraid I'm more the type to sit back and observe than to join in.

[voice]

[i_seethestrals]

That's something we have in common, then.

[ She doesn't sound excited by that. At all. ]

I didn't get invited to any parties, really, until recently. Even so, I prefer watching people -- that's the real fun. Not that it isn't nice to dance and chat and such once in a while.

[voice]

[anagrammatist]

[well, she is in good company in the having-things-in-common-with-Voldemort-and-not-liking-it club. even if he is half-lying.]

There is quite a bit one can learn from just watching. [and listening.] Your friends didn't invite you to any?

[voice]

[i_seethestrals]

I didn't have any, unless you count Dad, until recently.

Everyone at school thought I was a bit Lo- odd, you see.

[voice]

[anagrammatist]

I can't imagine why. [this is not sarcastic, he's trying to sound sincere.] Or what a difference that would make.