8th Gryffindor note [voice] / [action]

[loyalotter]

It seems as though people come and go a lot here. I noticed it a while back, but you don't think the people doing the going will be those you're close to or know well until... they disappear, too. It's too much to hope that things will remain relatively constant, isn't it?

Ron's gone... isn't he?


[Hermione's going to be sitting out in the middle of the ground with a bunch of mats and blankets. She's got a small fire going on a pile of rocks in front of her. It looks like it shouldn't be possible, but there's definitely a fire there. And it makes the air around it warm. So she's pretty toasty now. If you want to say hello, you can be toasty warm, too, as long as you sit down.]




((OOC: replies will likely be slow still, but I'm definitely more here than I have been |D;))

Comments

[silvergeneral.livejournal.com]

Would the alternative of not knowing them, not befriending them at all, be any better?

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

I don't think so as two of the people I'm referring to were friends I had from home. Regardless of whether or not you befriend them here, it's still going to hurt to see them leave.

I suppose it's better than being alone, though.

[silvergeneral.livejournal.com]

If that is the case, then they wait for you wherever home is. Those friends I was able to see here again, if only briefly, are already long lost to me in my time.

[pause]

Unrelated. I apologize. My point, then, is that I think the best way is to be grateful for what has passed, and to look well on what you will return to.

[...comfort is something he hasn't ever really known how to give, even when he was 'sanest']

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

I'm certain he's with Harry and me at home now. He'll be all right.

[She pauses as well, digesting his words.]

I'm sorry... and thank you. I'll just remember what we've done together and at least you've been able to see your friends here.

[silvergeneral.livejournal.com]

[oh godsall, please no pity]

Exactly...

...

[oh right, he doesn't actually know your name]

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

[More sympathy than anything. She doesn't really do pity.]

Hmm... Oh, I don't believe I caught your name. I'm Hermione Granger.

[silvergeneral.livejournal.com]

[And he can't oft tell the difference. Go figure.

But she does catch on very quick. He smiles, briefly.]

Forgive my rudeness. I am Sephiroth.

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

It's all right. I'm Hermione Granger. It's very nice to meet you, Sephiroth.

[silvergeneral.livejournal.com]

Likewise. May we meet one day under fairer circumstances.

[Ah, there, see? Polite he can still do. At least.]

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

I am certain we will. Things will return to normal shortly.