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.]

[Voice]

[esper-flight.livejournal.com]

[Terra smiles, peering at the cat...kneazle?]

Hello, there.

...hm, no wings?

[Voice]

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

No. And I can't figure out why. He's taken to trying to bat mine, though, so I have to tell him not to. Crookshanks, no. That hurts.

[1week-wizard.livejournal.com]

... Crookshanks?

[Voice]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Hermoine?

[Voice]

[esper-flight.livejournal.com]

[A slight wince at that.]

I hope he learns soon enough.

Hm. Maybe something about his nature means that he doesn't need them, unlike us?

[Voice]

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

He ought to. He's very smart. I think he just likes the feathers.

I'm not sure. He's just a normal animal, Kneazle or no. I can't imagine why he wouldn't get stuck with wings unless Luceti just doesn't want him to or the Malnosso don't want to deal with experimenting on something that can't talk back. I'm not even sure what's responsible for giving us the wings.

...Though that does raise the question of what will happen to him during experiments.

[Voice]

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

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

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

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

[Voice]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Why were you yelling...?

[Voice]

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

[Oops.] Oh, I found my cat sitting on the floor. He startled me.

[Voice]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Oh, was that it? I guess that was a happy yell, then.

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

Everything all right, Hermione?

[1week-wizard.livejournal.com]

Odd name for a cat.

[Voice]

[esper-flight.livejournal.com]

Nothing, I hope. It's bad enough that they do it to us, but they should leave animals alone.

...what is the difference between a cat and a kneazle? Just intelligence?

[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]

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

I hope not, as well. I don't think I could stand it if something happened to him.

Well, a Kneazle is much more intelligent than a normal cat, and their fur is usually much fluffier. It's also usually spotted, speckled, or flecked. They're able to detect untrustworthy people - Crookshanks knew what Scabbers was before any of us had a clue - and they can see through Animagus transformations - he was working for Sirius in third year. They're classified as XXX by the Ministry of Magic's Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, which means they should only be handled by a competent wizard.

[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]

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

Yes. I didn't mean to worry anyone. I just didn't think he would ever turn up here.

[Voice]

[wise_maiden]

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

[Voice]

[esper-flight.livejournal.com]

He'll be in good hands, then.

[Hermione's the epitome of competence, after all.]

Would he be able to sense what I am?

[Voice]

[loyalotter.livejournal.com]

Everything's fine. I never thought animals from home might arrive here.