5th nightmare - accidental video

[cutestnightmare]

[There's a blue umbrella with a pattern of ducks on it lying upside down and open on the floor, and Road is sitting curled up in it, a fluffy knitted blanket wrapped around her as she makes the umbrella spin around with her in it. Somehow she hasn't broken it yet by doing that.]Oh~ well, maybe it doesn't fly, but it's still cute. Puppy! Do you want

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[rons_a_keeper]

You got a parasol? Neat.

Oh, you've got one of those wolves, too? Harry's got one; they seem friendly enough. Loads friendlier than the wolves back home, at any rate.

[rons_a_keeper]

Oh. You've got a pet umbrella.

... that's just weird.

[cutestnightmare]

What's weird about it?

[rons_a_keeper]

It's just not something I see often. Not unless you count something like the sorting hat, that is.

[cutestnightmare]

A hat? Does it talk too?

[rons_a_keeper]

Yeah. When you wear it, it decides which Hogwarts House you belong to, based on your personality. It likes to sing, too, apparently.

[cutestnightmare]

Then it can read your mind?

...Lero never sings for me, no matter how much I bother him to.

[rons_a_keeper]

Sort of. More like just reading you, not so much your thoughts.

Maybe singing and flying don't really go together.

[cutestnightmare]

Reading a person's character then~?

No, he just likes being difficult.

[rons_a_keeper]

Yeah, that's more like it.

Can't say I blame him. I'm not much for singing, myself.

[cutestnightmare]

How curious~.

But he's supposed to play with me!

[rons_a_keeper]

Yeah, he's a bit weird, but he's been with the school for centuries.

Taking you flying should be enough, yeah? I don't really expect my broom to ever sing me a song... then again, I've never asked it to.

[cutestnightmare]

Ooh, that's old.

With all the effort he wastes on talking, singing shouldn't be a problem. [sighing] But I'd do without the singing if I had him to fly on.

[rons_a_keeper]

Yeah, well, the whole school's old.

You never know. Maybe the Earl will come along with Lero in tow. If not, I'll be happy to give you the sorting hat if it ever shows up here.

[cutestnightmare]

How old?

Maybe! Lero's always with him, unless he's with me. And except for the time the Exorcists kidnapped him. ...ooh, really? What does it look like?

[rons_a_keeper]

I'm not sure. Over a thousand years ago, I know that.

Oh... well, it's not a pretty thing, that's for certain. It's a beat-up wizard's hat. It probably used to be black but it's more gray now, and it's sort of pointed. I dunno if you've ever seen a wizard's hat, but it looks pretty normal until it starts opening its big mouth.