21st Gryffindor Note [Voice / Action for housemates]

[loyalotter]

[It's early afternoon at this point when Hermione sits down at the dining room table and opens her journal. It's started recording as soon as she tells it to, but the sound of something near the door distracts her.]

...Who left the door open?

[There's a little shuffling as she goes to shut the door and then sits back down in her chair. A little more as she takes a breath to speak and then–

–there's a sound that's very much a cat's meow. That's definitely not Hermione's voice. She looks down at the floor–]

CROOKSHANKS?!

[Cue one delighted Hermione practically squealing as her lap is now the territory of a very familiar cat. The recording keeps going for a few minutes before she finally remembers to shut the journal. Housemates are welcome to come in to see what she yelled about. Seriously? Best birthday ever.]


(ooc: I'll have a permissions thing up for Crookshanks, since he's highly intelligent. Not a requirement to fill it out, but helpful for me.)

Comments

[Voice]

[esper-flight.livejournal.com]

Hermione?! Are you alright?

[Voice]

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

[It's a good half an hour to an hour before she actually responds, but when she does, she sounds pretty excited.]

I'm fine. I was just pleasantly surprised.

[Voice]

[esper-flight.livejournal.com]

[Relief.]

Oh, good. I was wondering....

What is Crookshanks?

[Voice]

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

Oh... it was recording, wasn't it? [Oops... oh well.]

Crookshanks is my cat. Well, he's half-Kneazle, really, but he looks like a cat. He's very intelligent.

[She'll just bring the cat up to the journal camera so Terra can get a look at Crookshanks' head.]

[1week-wizard.livejournal.com]

... Crookshanks?

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

...Oh, I forgot this was still open. Crookshanks is my cat. I just found him in the house.

[1week-wizard.livejournal.com]

Odd name for a cat.

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

It's what they named him at the Magical Menagerie and I never wanted to change it. I didn't want to confuse him.

[Voice]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Hermoine?

[Voice]

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

[It takes her a little bit to respond. Loving on the cat.] Yes?

[Voice]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Why were you yelling...?

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

Everything all right, Hermione?

[Voice]

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

[it's a while before she responds.]

Everything's fine! I didn't mean to worry anyone. I just found my cat.

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

I thought that you sounded excited, but I couldn't be certain. I'm glad everything is all right.

[zehahaha.livejournal.com]

[And, completely mishearing what was said:] Shanks? Where? I haven't seen that bastard in years!

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

Crookshanks. He's my cat.

[cruxofapotter.livejournal.com]

[After hearing the yell, he'll come out and take a look at the commotion. WTF, there is suddenly a familiar cat here.]

How did he get here?

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

[ She looks up from her armful of fluffy cat/kneazle with a grin. ]

I don't know. I just looked down and there he was. I'm not sure what it means. Raine mentioned Catherine said something about pets turning up, but I didn't think... they'd be real.

[cruxofapotter.livejournal.com]

[He does smile back. It's awesome she got her pet back. But...]

So pets are turning up all over the place like he did?

[Action!]

[lunarwit.livejournal.com]

[And a blonde head pokes out of the kitchen at that yell. Despite not being a Gryffindor, Luna does indeed know that name.]

Did you step on him?

[Action!]

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

No! I didn't know he was here until just now! [She's got an armful of cat that she shows to Luna.] I'd heard pets might be turning up, but I never imagined they'd come this soon.

[Action!]

[lunarwit.livejournal.com]

Is that so? [Luna's got a long smudge of flour across one cheek and some chocolate powder on her forehead - it's possibly for the best if Hermione doesn't look in the kitchen right now. And, being Luna, she has to reach out and prod the cat curiously just a bit in the side.]

Has he always looked something like the root of a Bolivian fireplant?

[Voice]

[hisdarkmark]

[There's a slightly confused sound because what the hell, Granger, you sound like a real girl for once.]

...Crookshanks. [It's more or less a statement than a question, since he's not entirely sure he knows who or what a Crookshanks is.]

[Voice]

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

[It'll never happen again, don't worry. And it's a good hour before she replies.]

Yes, Crookshanks. My cat. Well, he's really half-Kneazle. [She still sounds pretty delighted.]

[Voice]

[hisdarkmark]

Ah. Well, all right th--...I'm sorry, did you just say Kneazle?