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[3houseswatson]

Did anyone else hear that bit about dress robe stores visiting the school in Dumbledore's Yule Ball speech? I'm almost afraid to ask how much that sort of thing would cost. I suppose if I end up going with friends instead of an actual date it wouldn't be as big a deal, but still.

But here I am getting ahead of myself and talking about something a month away when I haven't even mentioned how great Hufflepuff did at that Quidditch match! Our team really took no prisoners, and they've got a fantastic win to show for it! Better luck next time, Ravenclaws.

[Filter to Greg]

Are you doing alright? You looked thrilled just after the match, but it seems to have faded awfully fast for a captain who successfully carried his team to victory.

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Comments

[3potionproblem]

How stupid of me. Of course.

[There is not an acceptable means to convey how much he’s enjoying this.]

Old cheek pinchers everywhere are indebted to your creative input.

[3houseswatson]

They should be. If this plan pans out, they'd be the proud bearers of some pretty brilliant tattoos.

[3houseswatson]

Hopefully you've got a short joke attention span, then, since the other isn't going to happen.

[3potionproblem]

If we find a hound constellation can we murder the pensioner in good cause? Surely a walking grim is a blight on all of humanity.

[3houseswatson]

Yeah, no, probably not. That might be a bit over the line.

Unless she's personally responsible for, I dunno, tearing out some throats in the moors or something, in which case all bets are off.

[3potionproblem]

To be fair, if an old woman got up to that sort of thing in her spare time, I'd have more than enough respect for her to offer up a cheek.

[arrogantalloy]

You would think. But I've been making fun of my friends pretty much since I met them. So you're not going to get off lightly either.

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[di_intraining]

[A long, long pause.]

...we're not cheaters, John. I know that we didn't break the rules. Then why do I feel like I've done murder of the second degree with all the Ravenclaws shooting the dirtiest looks at me and talking about how we played a dirty match the other day.

[Filtered]

[3houseswatson]

Don't pay any mind to them. They're just being sore losers. I watched every second of that game, and the only questionable thing that happened was the fight between Elizaveta and Vladimir. And Ravenclaw has nothing to do with that!

None of the referees or even that looney announcer had a problem with how Hufflepuff's team played.

[3houseswatson]

If you're so dedicated to annoying your friends and people you like, I can't even imagine what you'd do to the people you hate.

[3houseswatson]

True. Though I'd still watch out. She might pinch it off.

[3potionproblem]

That would be extremely ambitious of her.

[arrogantalloy]

People I hate? I don't think I do, hate anyone. But people I don't like I ignore them and never offer them money or things? I guess.

[3houseswatson]

Well then, I'll take all the jokes about Sherlock and I as a weird compliment, then.

Though I hope you realize turnabout's fair play.

[arrogantalloy]

I'm room mates and friends with Sherlock Holmes. Believe me, it's not something new to me.

But then. If you manage to find something worth using, by all means, try it out.

See if it works.

[3houseswatson]

Ambitious, yes, but your cheekbones also paint two great targets on your face.

Meanwhile, I don't have much in the way of cheekbones. I'm much safer in this scenario.

[3potionproblem]

Softer cheeks are much preferred I'm told.

[3houseswatson]

I ought to be fair and warn you that I've got an older sister. I've got sixteen years' worth of valuable pestering experience.

And if that's a bust, Sherlock would probably be up for teaming up to uncover any really good dirt on you.

[arrogantalloy]

Yeah, I'm an only child. I've got nothing there.

With the way he watches me, I wouldn't be surprised if he knows as much about me as Bruce does. And I'm sure he'd be annoyingly happy to dish it out too.

[3houseswatson]

Compiling a list of cheek texture preferences in elderly ladies and how that determines if they've secretly been cheating at their bridge club meetings for over 15 years?

[3potionproblem]

It's almost like you've known me my whole life.

[3houseswatson]

As interesting as it would be to toss time-travel and/or memory loss into thiss, I doubt it. I reckon it'd be pretty hard for me to forget the things you get up to.

[3potionproblem]

[He's not hiding a smile and warm face in the crook of his arm as he writes in the journal. Not at all.]

Fancy a game of Wizard Chess sometime?

[3houseswatson]

[John might be grinning a bit himself in his own dorm room.]

Sure, though you'll probably wipe the floor with me. I've only managed to win chess games a handful of times, all of which when playing against a rather senile great-aunt who may have thought we were playing Cluedo at the time.

[3potionproblem]

I'm sure you'll do fine.

If not, there's always Bingo.