loyalotter | 11th Gryffindor Note

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11th Gryffindor Note - [text/Action]

...Well that was certainly interesting. I hope everyone made it out of the snow and back to their residences safely. I was caught at home, so I'm fine. If any of my housemates are coming home frozen, I'll have my bluebell flames in their jar in the middle of the common room.

I'd also like to hear from everyone I haven't spoken to yet since the blizzard ended. How are you all doing?

[Hermione is going to send a Messenger Patronus to her housemates, no matter where they are. It says, "Are you all right? Please see me. I need to teach you this." Except to Harry. His says, "I need to teach you this and for you to teach me something," but it comes back to her, whining...

[She'll be waiting on the bottom floor.]

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Not particularly unless I'm traveling and have to.

Swim, then?

No. There's a lot more to a Patronus than just what it eats and whether it swims or not.

Hm... You don't seem really otter-like at all.

Then let me explain it for you. [During this whole speech, she doesn't stop, takes on an air of knowing more than you, and has that maddeningly superior expression on her face.]

Otters are part of the mammal family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, and badgers. Badgers are the mascot of Hufflepuff, the house at my school most commonly associated with hard work and loyalty. Otters are extremely active and playful. Some otters are even bred to chase fish into nets, showing that they are quite intelligent and easily trained. They are experts at what they do, which for them is swimming and diving. For me, it's schoolwork, research, and magic. Their feeding patterns are even similar to mine.

They do spend a lot of time grooming, though I don't unless I need to keep up appearances or if it would help keep me alive, as it does the otters.

Sea otters are one of the rare animals to actually use tools and they're the only ones that can lift and turn over boulders. Often, they'll wrap themselves in kelp to keep from drifting out to sea. And they're even capable of delayed implantation in case the females don't feel safe to have their pup right away.

They're intelligent, resourceful, and have a huge impact on marine ecosystems. Otters are quite fascinating and unique among animals species.

... That was a really, really wordy way to say that you just know too much about them.

There's no such thing as knowing too much.

Ignorance is bliss, Otter-chan.

A bliss that may well get you killed. Or worse: expelled from school.

Edited 2010-02-05 19:40 (UTC)

... Ignoring your priorities being really screwed up for a moment, I don't think that not knowing that otters like to feel pretty is going to get me killed.

You'd be surprised. What you don't know may be needed later on.

Has anyone ever told you you're too serious, Otter-chan?

A few times, yes, but my seriousness has kept Harry, Ron, and me alive for seven years.

*... why is this tingling my memory. Give me a minute, it'll come to me.*

You might be cute if you'd relax, you know.

[She's obviously taken aback by that and blinks. She has nooo idea how to react to that.]

Excuse me?

You're that super-serious kind of kid who studies all their life, and treats a 95 on a paper as the end of the world, right?

Well yes, of course. A 95 means I haven't done my absolute best and that's no good at all.

Have you ever been on a date in your life?

Yes, I have! And it was quite nice.

"It"... singular.

I've been on more than one. They were just with one person. I happened to be thinking of the Yule Ball first.

*... that sounds familiar too. Goddamnit this will click eventually.*

Oh? Lemme guess, another bookworm type?

No. He's an international Qudditch player.

*........ oh, there it goes.*

... Quidditch.

It's a sport played on brooms.

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