sortinghat_rp | 06 [evening of March 30th]

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06 [evening of March 30th]

Thank God the egg hunt thing is over with. Don't get me wrong. It looked like everyone who was participating was having a lot of fun... when they managed to stay the right shape, size, and species... but I just couldn't get anywhere near those things. After everything that happened with the snakes last month, I think I might still have some latent egg-related trauma. If someone told me I turn beet red or get the thousand-yard stare when big plates of boiled eggs are served at mealtimes, I probably wouldn't be surprised.

It all worked out for the best in the end, though. Avoiding the hunt gave me lots of time to study and practice Apparition. With any luck, I won't be splinching myself when the Trace gets lifted from me tomorrow. Easter just had to fall on my birthday this year, didn't it?

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You know, focusing a lot of your energy on disregarding every last safety rule probably isn't the best thing to do.

I know you want to live among Muggles after we graduate, but believe me, there's just as many rules there as there are here. Hell, probably even more.

I'll be sure to show them the same level of respect as I do the rules of wizards. Worst that can happen is I spend a night behind bars. Seems to me to be something I should get to experience at least once anyway.

Spend time in prison because... why not?

You're a man with lofty aspirations, Sherlock.

Says the man who, with any luck, will be there too.

[Oh, John just had to try to take a drink just then. He splutters on it for a second before he recovers.]

Yeah, but not the being in prison part!

Not prison, no, but a holding cell wouldn't be terrible.

What are your plans now that adulthood looms over you?

[John shakes his head.] You and I have very different definitions of 'not terrible' then.

I've tried to do a lot of thinking about that over the last year. Since the war's no longer going on and things look better for Muggleborns right now, I really like the idea of becoming a Healer at St. Mungo's, if they'd have me. If I got a job with them, I'd probably go ahead and live in London on top of it.

Practically neighbors already, then. I still find Healer to be an interesting occupational choice. You'll be honor bound to help those snobby gits who still believe they are fundamentally better people than you.

So you want to live in London after you graduate? When you're spending time in a holding cell, that is.

They can think whatever stupid blood purist garbage they like. As long as none of them are dumb enough to try throwing the killing curse at me while I'm trying to keep them from dying themselves , I'll be the better person and heal their bigoted arses.

Plus, can you imagine how embarrassing it'd be for someone like that to know for the rest of their life that the only reason they're alive is because of some so-called Mudblood? I'd say that's a pretty good cosmic joke.

London is muggle central. Where better to observe them?

[He chuckled into his mug.]

Only you would think to win a philosophical debate with an act of spiteful love. I like it. A childish answer to a childish problem while still making you the bigger man. I suppose the ladies love a doctor as well.

True. And it's still a rather big hub for wizards as well, so it sort of ends up being the best of both worlds. Hopefully I can find a place to rent for fairly cheap there.

[John laughed a little, and his ears went a little pink.]

Thanks. The code just says we have to help everyone we can; it doesn't say we can't be a little vindictive while doing it. And, well... yeah, I have heard that, but I guess girls haven't been on my mind so much lately. Er, y'know, lots of other things to think about. Like the Trace getting lifted and Apparition tests and the like.

When the time comes, perhaps you and I can go in on a place together. Easier to make it with two, I'm sure.

Three Houses Watson not thinking about girls? You really are all grown up, I suppose.

You know, that might actually be a pretty good idea. It'd definitely save money while I'm studying and training to be a Healer and you're... chasing after Scotland Yard, I suppose.

[He rolled his eyes.]

That nickname again. You know, if an idiot like Tony were here, I'm sure he'd be calling me Four Houses Watson right now.

Well, and I could observe you and your actions to better integrate. Really, I have quite a lot to benefit from with being in close quarters to you.

[Sherlock blinked in mild amusement]

Would I have fleshed out the fourth house?

And I'd certainly never be bored, that's for sure.

[John chuckles a little awkwardly and rubs at the back of his neck.] I've had girlfriends from Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, and even Slytherin, so you tell me.

Well, seeing as our boyfriend status was annulled rather than broken off, I'd say 'four houses' was a limited window. Unless the contents of Valentines Day cause an extension beyond that.

We're rather lacking in suitable Ravenclaw women, however, so perhaps it's best if you don't look to completing the set. Quality over quantity and all.

What do you mean, an extension? Seems pretty clear that if both parties are affected by a love potion, it probably shouldn't go on their dating resumes.

The name's just a silly thing my housemates and other friends started calling me. I guess some people think it's a novelty or something to date outside of your own house, but I don't see what the big deal is. If you like someone and they like you back, it shouldn't matter if one sleeps in a tower and the other below ground. The name kind of makes me sound like I'm trying to fill out a bingo sheet.

Well, one can't exactly remove physical experience from their resume based on love potion status. It's odd to negate the cause and keep the effect. But I suppose that is the nature of it unless we obliviate it. Always an option.

[Sherlock sipped his butterbeer.]

It's a nice nickname all the same. Highlights your charisma.

No, that's true. And obliviation seems a bit much. I mean... they're not bad memories. Just kind of awkward ones. Plus, so many people saw us that if any of them bring it up, we'd just get confused. Sherlock Holmes and Three Houses Watson in the Case of the Missing Memories, huh?

There is that. Knowing us, we'd get to the bottom of it regardless of any notes left by ourselves with the intention to dissuade us. I'm not sure if you've noticed but we're very stubborn young men.

Not that it matters, I suppose. They say it is better to have love and to have lost than to have never loved at all. It will be an interesting experiment.

[John smirked.] Us? Stubborn? No, I never would've thought that for a second.

[He finished off his butterbeer. It was a quick and easy way to cover up the odd, skeptical face he was sure he always pulled whenever Sherlock brought up love and experimentation in the same sentence.] Will be an interesting experiment? You already put out your call for 'test subjects'.

Well, I don't need to in this case. The 'experiment' as it was has already transpired; I have had and lost love. Now it's just a matter of seeing if I was better before gaining practical knowledge on the subject or if I am served better by the memory of its influence.

I believe I'm rather done with interpersonal experimentation for now. A few more queries still left unanswered but it wouldn't do to get a reputation when I'm still of an age where Mummy can lock me away in a tower.

I still don't know if the potion thing counts as having had actual love since it's so... overblown, I guess... but if you're satisfied with your conclusions and it'll keep you from sticking your tongue down the throat of everyone in school in the name of science, I guess that's that.

Would she really lock you up, though? She seemed to like me well enough - or, at least, she didn't seem to hate me, and I'm pretty sure your entire family had ideas about what I was doing at your house. Which, uh, we wound up encouraging, I suppose.

[Sherlock frowned.]

You would know better than me. If it is overly sentimental, I shaln't hold to my opinion. If all I should accept is having had a tutorial on kissing, I shall amend it to be so. Love isn't a required component to life anyway.

[He leaned back in his chair.]

Oh, Mummy adored you. Common and a bit simple but she still thought you were of good character. She asks about you in her letters and hopes you're well. No, she wouldn't be opposed to indiscretions with you in the slightest. However, boys who get a reputation for sticking their tongue down the throat of everyone in school in the name of science are a different story.

Maybe love's not a required component to live the same way food, water, and shelter is, but that's like saying you don't need to be able to see color or hear music. You might not need those things to survive, but they're all really nice things to have.

[He scowled a little.] 'Simple'? Hmph. [He shrugged it off, or at least tried to do so.] Still, I think I see your point. Hell, if she did lock you up for that, part of the reason might be the sudden turnabout from your precious stance of having no interest whatsoever.

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