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[moralfibre]

I have no idea what's going on. This all seems like rubbish, and I need to go home... but I can't seem to get back on my own. There's something preventing me from.. ah. Leaving.

[There is a pause as he glances about at the people coming and going along the street outside the hospital. None of them seem to be paying him any mind. Since he normally can't go out without being recognised, he assumes he is in a Muggle city.]

The people I spoke to told me I've been enrolled in public school, and that I'll be assigned a roommate in a flat somewhere. [He makes an exasperated sort of sound.] I'm sorry, I don't have time for any of this.

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[quarkylass]

I think a lot of us feel that way. But a friend told me time supposedly stops where you come from, so I'm not sure if it will be as bad as you think it is.

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[moralfibre]

..I've never heard of a spell powerful enough to stop time completely...

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[quarkylass]

At home, two of my friends can do it. I can't, but they are the Time people! So I'd say even if you haven't heard of it, it might still exist.

Oh, my name is Jade. It is nice to meet you, even considering the circumstances.

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[moralfibre]

I'm Harry.

I've only meddled with Time once before, and I only went back a few hours with my friend. ..I suppose it's possible.

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[quarkylass]

I generally leave that sort of thing up to Dave, to be honest. I like staying very linear! No time shenanigans for me.

Well, except the one that brought me here. Did you go to public school at home?

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[moralfibre]

My friend Hermione used a Time-Turner to take a load of courses at school that were all happening at the same time.

Er.. I went to a public school when I was young. After that, I went to Hogwarts.

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[quarkylass]

Why would someone want to take a lot of classes at once? Even having seven is enough for me...

I have no idea what that is, but that's okay! Probably some sort of universe difference.

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[moralfibre]

I don't know, I thought she was crazy for wanting to take them!

Hogwarts? It's a school for witches and wizards. I just finished my last year there.. but they still say I have to go to school here.

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[quarkylass]

I think that's a little bit crazy too, to be honest...she must really like to learn!

They probably don't think magic is real, just like they don't think we're real either. I think that's dumb.

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[moralfibre]

She does. She's one of the smartest people I know.

...How can it not be real? I can do it here, just like at home. [See, he even has his wand. The tip of it is glowing.]

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[quarkylass]

I don't know -- magic was real at home, too. But I still have to go to high school even when I know all of the material! It doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

[ Well that's new. ]

Do you have to use wands all the time for magic at home?

[badnewsboy]

Lady Jade, it's Harry Potter!

[quarkylass]

He seems very nice! Did you know him at home?

[ Jade's idea of "what was cool" did not necessarily extend to "what was popular" when she grew up. She seems pleasantly baffled. ]

[badnewsboy]

He's very popular. I believe we met briefly in theory.

[quarkylass]

I didn't know I was meeting a real celebrity...maybe I should have made my hair look nicer or something, to talk to him. But he seems lost and confused.

[badnewsboy]

That does seem to be the unfortunate circumstance of arriving on a desert island with only the men in white coats to give you adequate direction. It can be very disconcerting.

[quarkylass]

It was! I had no idea what was going on, and I've never seen men in white coats in my whole life. I can't blame him for being upset.

[badnewsboy]

Perhaps if their coats were of another shade.

[quarkylass]

...Green! Green coats.

[ The obvious answer. ] And maybe blue too, since that's supposed to be calming.

[badnewsboy]

Perhaps purely green. I hear green can also be calming.

[quarkylass]

Maybe a sage green this time, instead of lime green? That's more exciting than calming, even though I love it. We should write it down and suggest it to them!

[badnewsboy]

They should put out a box of the suggestions, and we should vote as those do in a democratic state for the colors of their lab coats. I never quite saw the statement of fashion made with a white coat.

[quarkylass]

I've never been a part of a democracy before! It might be pretty exciting to get to vote on which color we'd like to see them in. And there is definitely no fashion statement made with white coats! That color is so boring.