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[shitknickers]

Well ill be damned.
Its february already!
Isnt february meant to be some wholly love related month with a willy nilly holiday involving chocolates and things partway through somewhere?
Poppycock.
That seems awful silly to me. Why does there have to be a specific month to show the people you care for how you feel? I mean i guess it sort of makes it special or something.

No matter a holiday is a holiday!
What has everyone got planned for their sweethearts?

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[toocoolforthis]

Yes, English, it's February.
It's even the second day of the month.
As for what the holiday's about, it's only one day, but it's been over-commercialized for the sake of profit, like most other holidays.
That being said, I may have to cover my dorm with pink hearts.

[He's just not even going to talk about sweethearts. How about just ignoring anything that was said on that topic?]

[shitknickers]

Indeedy it is! Time just flies in these parts.
Ah what a shame. Apart from it sounding a bit trivial i suppose i do rather enjoy the idea of a day devoted to telling people how much you love them. Does that make me sappy? I think that makes me sappy.
Do tell me if you do i might need a few photographs to immortalize the situation.

Have you anything planned?
[You're not getting out of this that easy, Dirk.]

[toocoolforthis]

That makes you incredibly sappy. Don't worry, I'll remember it for the rest of my life. When I stop using this notebook I'll cut your message of of the page, frame it, and hang it on the wall.
If I redecorate the Slytherin dorms I'll be sure to let you see it.

[Curse you, Jake English. Curse your roguish charm and incredibly good looks.]

I never have anything planned for Valentine's Day. What makes you think this year is any different?

[shitknickers]

How sweet and thoughtful.
Im touched.

Just checking really.
Cant have you off trying to woo anyone without me knowing! I have to approve of whoever will take my best friend off my arm and all. Standard bro protocol. You know the drill.

[toocoolforthis]

As you should be.

Trust me, if I'm ever trying to woo anyone, you'll know.
In the meantime, you don't have to be worried about losing precious bro times.


[sob]

What about you? Get up to anything while I was gone?

[shitknickers]

And i am. Do i get prize?

Nothing terribly interesting.
Opted out of quidditch this year so ive got a fat lot of nothing to do with my spare time.
Which of course isnt to say i dont still play im just not on the team.
You know me. Cant keep me off a broom and out of the air without something to hit.

[toocoolforthis]

You get a gold star.

Too bad.
Least you have someone to fly around with, now.
And to pitch things for you to hit. Which is to say, yes, I know you and I'm fully enabling this.
But that isn't the kind of "get up to" I meant.

[shitknickers]

I will wear it on my lapel.

*scratches head*
Then what sort of get up to were you on about?
I missed that nuance of your mention.

[toocoolforthis]

Consider what you asked me.
I'm continuing in that line of questioning.
Or, to put it bluntly, are you the one with plans for Valentine's Day?

[shitknickers]

Oh!
Eh not in particular. Its a holiday meant for those with sweethearts you see.
Im still quite lacking in one of those.
Which i suppose isnt a problem im still young enough to be an eligible bachelor.

[toocoolforthis]

Well, you never know. You're not a bad guy, for all that you hang out with crazy slytherins.

[shitknickers]

I have it on good authority that the slytherins that i hang out with are only the good sort of crazy.
It makes them far more interesting really.

[toocoolforthis]

You know, there's a curse that says "may you live in interesting times."
You might not want to call that a good thing.

[shitknickers]

Rubbish.

[toocoolforthis]

Well, you can't say that I haven't warned you.
Multiple times.
For years.

[shitknickers]

Id much rather live an exciting life and regret a few decisions than be bored all my years.
You should know that better than anyone.

[toocoolforthis]

I'd say I'm intimately familiar with that preference, yes.
And you know I'll agree with you to a point.

[shitknickers]

Of course. Thats because youre the brains of this outfit!

[toocoolforthis]

Basically, you're admitting to me that you don't use your brain at all.

[shitknickers]

I do so!
Just not as often as you i figure.
Though i dont believe any human being is quite as much of a brain center as you are.
Its like all you do is think.
Not that its a bad thing!

[toocoolforthis]

I manage time between all that thinking for the necessary features of living.

[shitknickers]

Sometimes i find that fact debatable.

[toocoolforthis]

Why's that? I'm still alive, aren't I?

[He's joking. Mostly.]

[shitknickers]

I think youre secretly a robot actually.

[So is he.]

[toocoolforthis]

What do I have to do to prove myself, break down crying in front of you?

[shitknickers]

Bugger dirk its a joke.
I would quite honestly prefer you not break down crying simply due to the fact that something distressing enough to reduce you to tears would be a travesty indeed.
Sometimes youre just outwardly so much stronger than the rest of the world i dont know how to handle you.

[toocoolforthis]

I realized.
And I just take things in stride.
I don't see what's so special about that.

[shitknickers]

Its an impressive skill and one i most certainly lack.

[patrioticspells]

You mean Valentine's Day? It started to honor Saint Valentine's for... some reason. Or at least that's what people say, historians are always arguing over who's right.

But there are other things to do in February.

[Most of what he knows are American holidays.]

[shitknickers]

I was referring to valentines yes.
But ive heard much the same!
I find it rather silly to argue over the nature of a holiday when one could just spend their time enjoying it but i do suppose that is the human condition.

Oh? Like what?

[That's fine, Jake is always up for learning about new things!]

[patrioticspells]

All people ever do is argue about holidays, though. Especially when ones are apparently religious in nature or about things like romance.

A lot of people call it Single's Awareness Day, for some reason.

Groundhog Day is today. I don't know if it's really done in England, though. President's Day definitely isn't. There's also Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday.