What news - thanks to the Lord Protector!

[alt_daphne]

Lizzie, I knew you and Richard had some kind of secret, but I had no idea that you were expecting - thanks to the Lord Protector! If there's anything I can do, let me know, and I think some of the other girls and I should start planning a shower straight away - thanks to the Lord Protector!

Oh, good gracious - thanks to the Lord Protector! It looks like that hex is affecting my writing, too - thanks to the Lord Protector! Greg, Vince, I don't know which of you did it, but I'm not certain that you'll make outside allies by hexing people so early on, and in such an unnecessary fashion - thanks to the Lord Protector! It isn't as if I object to expressing my loyalty after every sentence, be it verbally or in writing, but it will put a serious kink in my schoolwork for the day - thanks to the Lord Protector! Also, I'm not sure it really sends a cohesive message; for example, what if I tell you that I think you both stink? - thanks to the Lord Protector! Is that really what you want people thinking, that you both smell like odious, pus-filled, rotten-treacle, fat little dumplings? - thanks to the Lord Protector! If you had thought this through, you would have recognised all the ways in which it could backfire on you - thanks to the Lord Protector!

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Private message to Draco - thanks to the Lord Protector!

[alt_daphne]

Did you have any inkling about Lizzie and Richard? - thanks to the Lord Protector! Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if it was actually planned on their part - thanks to the Lord Protector! Lizzie is worried that Richard's family will try to keep them from getting married as soon as school is over - thanks to the Lord Protector! His parents wanted them to wait a little longer, I think because Richard's parents married so young and they've always seemed unhappy, like they wish they had waited - thanks to the Lord Protector! But no one's going to stop a couple with a baby from getting married, even if they are young - thanks to the Lord Protector! Still, Lizzie ought to be careful - thanks to the Lord Protector! Not everyone in this competition will go easy on her just because she's pregnant; in fact, some of them might even see her as a bigger target - thanks to the Lord Protector!

Where do you keep sneaking off to at night? - thanks to the Lord Protector! If it's to work on the first challenge, I don't mind helping, you know, even if it's just to offer encouragement - thanks to the Lord Protector!

Private message to Ron - thanks to the Lord Protector!

[alt_daphne]

I meant to tell you that I liked your display - thanks to the Lord Protector! It was very you - thanks to the Lord Protector!

Ron, is this something that you want? - thanks to the Lord Protector!

I'm around Pansy enough to know that she doesn't - thanks to the Lord Protector! I haven't had a chance to ask Blaise, and feel almost awkward about doing so, but I imagine he'll do his best regardless, if only because he's competing against his swotty girlfriend - thanks to the Lord Protector!

Draco is very focused and serious, to an almost spooky degree - thanks to the Lord Protector! I mean, he's always competitive, and always expects to land on top, but I've never seen him quite so single-minded before - thanks to the Lord Protector! I realise that he's motivated by other things, things that I don't know about, but I suppose that sometimes I wonder what they are - thanks to the Lord Protector!.

Sorry, you have a million matters to think about and here I am, bothering you with trifles - thanks to the Lord Protector!

Good luck, Ron! - thanks to the Lord Protector!

Re: Private message to Ron - thanks to the Lord Protector!

[alt_ron]

It's Goyle and Crabbe that have everyone going around saying that? Hm. I suppose it could be worse if their idea was ambush and hex. Are they doing it together? I mean, like, are they not each doing something separate for this challenge? Really are joined at the hip, aren't they.

And what's this about Vaisey and Stevens? Or is someone else taking the mickey? Um. Does that mean the charms on the castle don't work?

We should talk sometime. I never see you, it seems. Maybe we could go see what's blooming in the greenhouses some afternoon, y'know? Just to catch up.

Re: Private message to Draco - thanks to the Lord Protector!

[alt_draco]

That's really obnoxious to read, Daphs. I can only imagine how annoying it must be to write and speak. There's probably some counter for it - or will you just wait for it to wear off?

Anyroad, I had no clue about Lizzie being up the duff. I suppose it's ended up working out in their favour, though some people will try to argue that the sprog was technically "created" months ago. They did create that birth announcement, though.

Oh, and Alfred did a good job on transfiguring his robes. When I saw him in the common room this morning I thought it was his brother standing there.

I've been sneaking off to work on lots of this and that, but tonight I'm putting everything into the challenge. I actually need a place to display it in the morning, so you could help me out by finding the perfect spot. I know you have a good eye for that sort of thing. I want everyone to notice it, but not too much. Wherever it hangs, it should feel as if it's always belonged there. Like it's at home.

And if you want me to help you host a baby-celebration whatnot for Lizzie and Rich, I'd be more than happy to. Is that the sort of thing the school frowns upon, though? They're both of age, but unmarried and still in school. And yet it is "pureblooded procreation" so who's really going to raise a fuss?

Re: Private message to Ron - thanks to the Lord Protector!

[alt_ron]

And thanks. About the display. I couldn't think what to do, and then that just came to me.

Re: Private message to Ron - thanks to the Lord Protector!

[alt_daphne]

It was very well-done - thanks to the Lord Protector!

Vince and Greg don't appear to be doing separate responses to the challenge, but I suppose one could argue the same of Lizzie and Richard - and yes, she really is pregnant - thanks to the Lord Protector! She told me it probably happened in Hogsmeade, and that they weren't being careful - thanks to the Lord Protector! If the castle charms stopped working I'm sure we'd have a much bigger epidemic on our hands - thanks to the Lord Protector!

Of course we don't see each other; we're both busy, in different houses, and dating new people - thanks to the Lord Protector! But that doesn't mean we can't catch up in the greenhouses some afternoon - thanks to the Lord Protector!. I'd like that - thanks to the Lord Protector!

Private Message to Daphne

[alt_blaise]

Say, Daphs. Are you in the common room by chance? Oh, blast. Never mind. You've Divination now, haven't you?

Only, I'm expecting Mother's elves to turn up with an important delivery, and I don't want anyo. I suppose I'll just have to go wait for it myself.

Is that verbal tic wearing off at all? It's just not really you, if you see what I mean.

Re: Private message to Ron - thanks to the Lord Protector!

[alt_ron]

Let's do, then. Soon.

Re: Private Message to Daphne

[alt_daphne]

What do you mean, it's not really me? - TTTLP! I just love shouting things randomly, for no reason whatsoever - TTTLP! But at least I've managed a small work-around, here - TTTLP!

I can always pretend to swoon from a vision and be excused to go freshen up in the loo, if you really need help - TTTLP!

Re: Private message to Draco - thanks to the Lord Protector!

[alt_daphne]

Haha, I told Alfred he looked "more handsome than Jason" - I didn't know he could actually blush like that! - TTTLP!

Ooh, show me what you've made so far, after supper, and I'll go off scouting for the perfect place - TTTLP! You've got the right idea, I think; between the sky-writing and the Ouroboros on the quidditch pitch (was that Bobolis?), everyone's been quite showy, so far - TTTLP!

I would love to have your help on a celebration, only first I need to see if that's what Lizzie wants, and if so, when - TTTLP!

Re: Private Message to Daphne

[alt_blaise]

Thank you, but I suppose really it needs to be me so I can send an appropriate return message with the elves. Whenever they get here.

The abbreviation is rather an improvement. Good show!

Re: Private Message to Daphne

[alt_daphne]

Thank you - TTTLP!

Well, best of luck! - TTTLP!