gooseberryhigh | (no subject)

Yeah I noticed [...] It was...okay, barring a few people sitting near me being stupid.

[...]

It won't hurt them, right?

I shouldn't comment on your boyfriend.

No. Probably. I'd just prefer to hurt them over you. Unless you object.

My what?

Edited (for emphasis!!) 2018-02-07 02:17 (UTC)

[......]

You're not romantically involved with Quentin?

NO.

[....] That's good to know.

Okay okay okay okay anyway, nonexistent boyfriends aside, what's like

percentage-wise

the chance it would hurt them

There will likely be side-effects. I feel confident they're temporary and nonlethal.

Unfortunately, in order to keep the solution safe, the intended results may be temporary as well. A sort of Cinderella brew.

Oh.

[... (the disappointment in this pause is palpable.)]

I mean, I guess that makes sense. And I don't really want to explode or anything.

Why do you want to be tall so badly?

I come from a long line of people who are over six feet tall and assholes about it.

I [...] only really know my father. But I suppose that makes sense.

But you were hoping to have this in time for Valeintine's Day.

[...]

I don't really care that much about Valentine's Day though?

No? Why not? I do.

I don't have a Valentine. But I like the idea. Are you going to go to the dance? I will. Just to watch people.

No inclination towards a Valentine this year, I guess. Maybe junior year will be my year.

I'm going. A friend asked me to. And there'll be food and watching our friends dance badly and flirt worse.

Understandable. If you wanted it this year, you could have it, but I related to your hesitance.

Congratulations. Are you happy? Do you like them?

I like them as my friend?

Edited (lol archie out here doing the most) 2018-02-07 04:56 (UTC)

But not romantically?

Edited (research!!!!! innocent research!!!!!!) 2018-02-07 04:56 (UTC)

...is this relevant to the potion or just conversational?

~~Personal~~ Curiosity. Does it bother you?

Not really? It just seemed out of nowhere, I guess.

[...]

Did you want to do your testing this week and we'll try out the potion after the dance?

That way, should I explode, I won't ruin your good time by making you clean up.

I'm a poor conversationalist.

Yes, that sounds best. But I'm much more concerned with your enjoyment than mine. I have no date. Friend or otherwise.

We can work on it, Archie. Conversation with friends is generally supposed to be pretty easy. Like, for the most part. Probably.

Hero's not going? You two are usually attached at the hip, so I figured you'd be hanging out together. I am also available for friendly conversation then too, I guess.

Very little is easy to me. But I appreciate my friends.

Hieronymus [...] would prefer the company of a ~~pureblood~~ girl. I have plenty of access to friendly conversation. It isn't in the spirit of the holiday, but it's not uncommon. There's no need to reassure me, though.

Oh.

If you're feeling down, I can [...] relate to that. I didn't mean to sound condescending or anything like that. I guess I just never really have much "holiday spirit", whatever the holiday is?

I never thought you were condescending.

I always expect this month will be different. But it never is. Please don't feel pity for me. It's largely useless.

They're never different until they are, or something like that. My jaddati says something like that. And I don't pity you. I was empathizing with you. It's very different.

I've never felt this close to anyone else. ~~I'm his friend, my blood is perfect, I'll have money one day, why~~ But everything is fleeting.

What's a jaddati?

Edited 2018-02-07 05:40 (UTC)

Jaddati--my grandmother.

[...]

Can I ask a personal question? One that might be a little invasive and you can totally tell me to shove it if you don't feel like answering?

Isoäiti. That's grandmother in Finnish. I've never met mine.

I ask rude questions all the time. You can ask me whatever you like. I'll tell you if I intend to lie.

I might have to practice that one.

Is it that you're interested in Hero? Romantically?

The pronunciation is complex.

[...] I don't know. Theoretically, maybe. Practically, probably not. Why? Would you ask him out knowing this?

I can assure you with 100% certainty that I have noooo romantic interest in Hero at all, but you're doing really well at trying to dodge the question.

Edited (AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE ASLEEP!!! BAE!!!!) 2018-02-07 07:54 (UTC)

I was being honest. Hieronymus wants to be with a rich girl. I'm not a girl. I'll inherit nothing.

I have no money. No name. No legacy. Would you still want me? Knowing I'm poor now? Seeing how I look?

Edited (BUT CHARACTER EMOTIONS) 2018-02-07 07:57 (UTC)

~~I think Hero is a fucking dumbass~~

~~Damn I think you're not much better what the f~~

Well, I'm so broke it's probably illegal, halfblooded, with no legacy to worry about and no concern about creating one, so maybe my perspective is, you know, BIASED.

But like

What, Archie? What? Is there something wrong with you? I don't see anything in that list that somehow makes you less valuable as a person. So okay whatever if you're not a rich girl, you're going to invent some insane height potion with permanent result for short ass people like me and make millions of dragots or whatever.

So honestly--what the hell. I think, if you have what you think is a legitimate interest in Hero, that it's not going to hurt or kill you to talk to him about it. And either it'll be something or it won't, but you can at least say you tried instead of leaving an experiment unfinished.

Edited (SLEEP SOON also we should probably start a new reply line so these stop squishing) 2018-02-07 08:11 (UTC)

I don't want to talk to anyone else about this.

My [...] mother won custody of me. Or will. I don't know laws. I don't know many things. I don't leave home often. She said we'll move somewhere else. Near muggles. She doesn't have any money and neither do I.

If I said I love you, even knowing what I am, what would you say? Knowing what I've done? What would you say? You're exceptional, and I can offer you nothing. I hate most people. I don't feel bad for anything I've done.

Edited 2018-02-07 08:24 (UTC)

Do you...not want to stay with your mother? I don't really know a ton about custody battles or anything. But living near Muggles isn't really all that bad, you know? My family lives in a Muggle neighborhood and it's...nice, somehow. It can be kind of inconvenient sometimes, but it's also like magic is a secret you're all keeping together, or between the two of you and that can do a lot.

And, you know, money doesn't mean shit to the right people, Archie. It's not the most important thing to have, and if checking your bank balance is the first thing your friends do, you need to leave them on the curb like garbage.

[...]

I don't know what you're asking me. Is this still about Hero? Someone else? Is this just hypothetical?

She left us when I was 6. I don't understand why now she wants to be my mother. ~~She kept sending me letters, but I never r~~ [...] I've never lived anywhere else before. I never even had access to the money. I don't know why I care.

But no, this isn't about Hieronymus. I'm sorry. I got off topic. I shouldn't have told you any of this.

You know [...] parents aren't perfect people and they're not [...] static, I guess. I mean, I don't know anything about [...] the circumstances here and it's probably not my business anyway, but [...] is it bad to maybe hear her side? Because if you haven't really talked since you were 6, you're working off skewed info. She's not who she was then and neither are you.

You don't have to be sorry. I just don't know what you mean.

[...] I know. She did explain some things. It's [...] still sinking in. I'll give it more thought in the morning.

I'm don't know either. I ordinarily don't talk this much. I needed to get certain things off my chest. Apparently. I feel better now. Thank you.

I'll work on your potion tomorrow.

Okay Archie. And, like. If you need to talk or anything, you know where to find me.