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RP: Museum and Reunions

Feb 06, 2007 11:18

Date: 5 February 2005
Characters: Su Li, Cedric Diggory
Location: The Museum
Status: Private
Summary: Su sees the museum and an old friend
Completion: Complete

( I wonder if Cedric will remember me )

cedric diggory, february 2005, place: museum, su li

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shh_cedric February 6 2007, 03:39:27 UTC

Cedric was coming back from hanging bills when he noticed the young woman sitting on the steps, looking down at a book in her lap. Was she waiting for him? Rita Skeeter had mentioned the museum in The Daily Prophet, so perhaps he should expect more interest.

As he walked up the path in the fading light, she heard him coming and raised her head. With it bent, he hadn't been sure, but able now to see her whole face, he could tell she was from the far east ... somewhere. As embarrassing as it was, even after having dated Cho for half a year and knowing several folks from there in Toronto, he still had a hard time telling ethnicity from ethnicity from that neck of the global woods. As her skin was very fair, and had a faintly gold sheen, so he was guessing Chinese rather than anything Southeastern or Korean. But then, she might be Japanese.

"Hello? Are you looking for the museum, or new to Stoatshead and lost? I'm Cedric Diggory." He held out a hand to her, to help her up.

shh_su February 6 2007, 03:58:20 UTC

When Cedric hadn't appeared, Su thought she might as well wait for him, having come this far. She pulled a book out of her bag and sat on the steps to read. Su had gotten three pages in when, hearing a noise, she looked up to see Cedric approaching. He clearly didn't recognize her, but she had sort of expected that.

"Hello, Cedric. My name is Su Li. I doubt you remember me, but we were at Hogwarts together." She didn't mention the connection; if he remembered, great, and if not, it would only mean dredging up painful memories.

"I was interested in the museum, actually," Su said, taking Cedric's hand and allowing him to help her stand, glad to be a few steps above him, as it gave her less of a height disadvantage than usual. She looked up at his face; he seemed older, more mature, but as handsome as ever. There was a moment of silence before she realized she was staring at him. Blushing, Su looked down and continued, "I studied art history at a Muggle university in Shanghai."

shh_cedric February 6 2007, 04:20:32 UTC

"Su ..." He knew that name. "Su Li ... Oh! Yes, one of Cho's friends from Ravenclaw!" He slapped an embarrassed hand over his face. "I'm sorry, I just didn't recognize you. Then again, it's been 10 years. I dare say most of us don't exactly look like we did in school."

Now that she'd placed herself for him, he did sort of recognize her. She'd been a tiny little thing at Hogwarts -- smaller than Cho -- and still was, her features more classically Chinese. She didn't have the Scottish accent, either.

"You're interested in the museum? Oh, and come in. It's turning a bit chilly out here with the sun going down."

Opening the door, he ushered her inside. "You studied art history? Chinese? Something else? Any particular period? It seems like a number of wizards actually went to Muggle uni with the war disrupting our world."

shh_su February 6 2007, 04:35:36 UTC

Su smiled when Cedric made the connection. It was lovely to be moving back into her old social web. "Yes, Cho and I were close." It got easier and easier to talk about Cho, now that Su was back in England. Why was that? "Don't worry, I had the advantage over you, having the name before seeing the face. And yes, it's been quite a while. Last time I saw you, you weren't looking so well." Su hoped he didn't mind her referencing his 'death'. Comforting Cho was one of her strongest memories of fifth year.

Su thanked Cedric and entered the museum, glad to escape the cold. Once inside, she turned a slow circle, head back, to take in everything. Not that there was much there, mind, but she could see the possibilities. "It's wonderful," Su exclaimed. "Yes, I've heard that many wizards have done the same. There are more magical people in China, of course, but we mostly lived as Muggles, except when inside the family compound. At university, I studied Asian art history. My main focus was actually ukiyo-e--my parents weren't ( ... )

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