Warded owls to Simon and Ginny.

[dice_addict]

Written on white parchment in Ryuuji's usual messy calligraphy, a note was delivered by owl to Simon Tam. Ryuuji hadn't seen Simon since his Sorting, but knew that the doctor had been unpopcorned thanks to Stephen's owl, and had figured that as River's brother, Simon was the logical person to help plan a bachelor party. Gift bags and the like could

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[igotahamster]

Huh. Simon picked up a quill to answer immediately.

Mr Otogi:

Apologies, but I have several gaps in my memory, and I'm afraid you are one of them. I am certainly willing to help you with any celebration with Dr Maturin, though it has been a good five years since I've done anything resembling party planning.

Dr Simon Tam

[dice_addict]

Well, at least it was a polite response. Cheered by that, Ryuuji replied quickly:

Mr. Tam,

Great! Do you want to meet in the Ravenclaw common room or something to plan out the details, or keep it going by owl? The wedding's on the 20th, so we ought to have the party on the 18th or thereabouts.

~Ryuuji

P.S. Have you ever been to a bachelor party before?

[igotahamster]

Mr Otogi:

The Ravenclaw common room might be the easiest way. My calendar is remarkably open, so any date will be fine. I was involved in a bachelor party for one of my fellow students at medical school back home.

Dr Tam

[dice_addict]

Dr.Tam,

Doing anything right now? My calendar's free for today, so we could meet up in fifteen minutes or so and get it taken care of.

~Ryuuji

[dice_addict]

Not all that long later, Ryuuji stepped into the Ravenclaw common room. He had a notebook tucked under one arm with a fountain pen stuck into the spiral binding so that they could take notes, and had also brought along Stephen's latest letter giving him permission to do whatever seemed appropriate for the bachelor.

Once in the room, he looked around to see where Simon was, assuming that Stephen would resemble River enough for Ryuuji to be able to recognize him.

[igotahamster]

Simon himself was scribbling a few notes in the margin of a book he was reading, stretched out with his feet up in a chair. He glances up when Ryuuji enters, clearly curious. Was this the gentleman?

[dice_addict]

Oh! Seeing Simon, Ryuuji's memory was jogged back to the Sorting that had occured something like a year ago. Yeah. That was him!

Man, why hadn't he known that from the start? He should have remembered that the two of them had met at Simon's Sorting. Oh well. Clearly, all the jumping back and forth through worlds was starting to tire him out.

Walking over with an easy smile, Ryuuji pulled out a chair and sat down at the table, tilting his head just a little quizzically at Simon, "Dr. Tam, right? I'm Ryuuji."

[igotahamster]

"Please, call me Simon." He offered a hand to shake with a small half-smile. "It's good to meet you."

[dice_addict]

"Shadow Magic." Ryuuji explained lightly, knowing that he was the only person left at Hogwarts who had any idea how to use it or what it really did. "And basically, the principle is that since shadows are everywhere, you can ask them anything and they'll know the answer."

Or they'd possess you and use your body to try to destroy the world. Malik Ishtar's spectacular possession and following flaying-alive of his father was proof of exactly how badly people could fuck up when it came to Shadow Magic and the Sennen Items.

[igotahamster]

"... I see. There really is no limit to all this, is there?"

[dice_addict]

"Assume nothing's impossible except making people turn back from popcorn before the time's right, and you'll be pretty much right." Ryuuji confirmed.

[igotahamster]

"That's... rather fascinating." He blinks. "And rather exciting, for all that."