Open RP (to anyone, but especially Gryffindors)

[totallyluminous.livejournal.com]

(OOC: Sort of back! On dialup, so may be slow, but back nevertheless.)

Mel finally comes downstairs after being holed up in her dorm trying to get past chapter two of The Angel Handbook.

(She failed.)

She feels a bit drained, and a bit wobbly, so she stops outside the Gryffindor common room for a rest.

The sight of her new top is slowly cheering her up, though.

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[twoyearsmissing.livejournal.com]

"Love the top." Jack's accent was his but him, not so much.

[totallyluminous.livejournal.com]

Mel smiles. 'Thanks. Um, I don't think we've met...I'm Melanie.' she says, trying to place the accent.

[twoyearsmissing.livejournal.com]

Oh right yes. "Captain Jack Harkness." Jack grinned, holding out a hand to her.

[totallyluminous.livejournal.com]

'Urm. Didn't we meet at the Prefect Elections?,' she asks, memory muzzy from all the concentrating. 'I think, at least.'

She shakes the hand. 'Don't take this wrong way or nothing, but...you look different.'

[twoyearsmissing.livejournal.com]

"We did." Jack kissed the back of her hand, some habits die hard, and this one was rather charming. "I'm 18... for a while at least. Not my fault, was a dingo before... You must have spoken to the Doctor and JD then if it was elections."

[totallyluminous.livejournal.com]

Mel blushes like a crazy mad thing.

'Yeah, I spoke to 'em both. How'd you know them, if you don't mind me asking?'

Inspiration! 'The Doctor said something about the chocolates...did they make you 18?'

[twoyearsmissing.livejournal.com]

"That would be the reason. Don't mind at all." It's getting him to shut up that's the trick. "The Doctor, well I travelled with him and Rose for a while. All very fun. And JD, JD's an honorary Gryff..." He grinned rather happily wandering off to his own world a moment before he coughed. "Yes."

[totallyluminous.livejournal.com]

Mel smiles. 'So were you sorted into different Houses but were mates? Man, that must've sucked. He's a lovely bloke.'

'I haven't met Rose yet.' she confesses. 'I s'pose I'm wary of making new friends because...I'm not very good at it.'

(It's because everyone says 'Be Yourself.', but who IS Mel Beeby really?)

[twoyearsmissing.livejournal.com]

"He is isn't he." And all mine! "Doesn't matter, he's moving in, I mean he pretty much lives there already."

Jack's never had a problem making friends of any sort. "You aren't? Fooled me." Jack smiled, the sort of smile that made people feel special.

[totallyluminous.livejournal.com]

Mel is this close to having a crush on Jack. This. Close.

'Cool! He should brighten up the common room,' she grins. 'That smile of his is like a damn light.'

It's said happily, because JD always seems cheerful to her.

But Jack's smile is perhaps even better, if he hadn't added the 'fooled me!' part. She knows it's just a term of endearment, but she thinks she did enough fooling for thirteen years on planet Earth.

'What house was he in before?' she asks, shaking off the slightly nasty thought.

[twoyearsmissing.livejournal.com]

"It is isn't it." Waking up to that is amazing.

"I'm rescuing him from Hufflepuff." Jack grinned. "I'm considering throwing him a welcome party. He'd love that." Jack sounds very happy talking about JD, "Oh but it would be a suprise, he'd get even all cute if got a suprise party." And there would definitely be advantages for me... This doesn't sound half bad.

[totallyluminous.livejournal.com]

Mel gives a little whoop, zinging with excitement.

'You must! It's been ages since I've been to a party I didn't get called out of in the middle for a mission. If he loves it, go f'rit! Where would you hold it?'

Now you've got her started.

[average-adam.livejournal.com]

"Hi, Mel," says Adam. "How are you settlin' in?"

[totallyluminous.livejournal.com]

'Adam!' Mel says happily, not even bothering to sense for dark vibes, he'd been so nice at her Sorting.

'I'm...alright, joined Charms, but I don't know, I feel a bit lonely. Guess moping wasn't really a good way to get rid of it, though.' she sighs.

'How 'bout yourself?'

[average-adam.livejournal.com]

"Nah," said Adam, eyes sparkling. "Best way to get rid of loneliness is to meet people. I've been pretty good. I've met lots of new people this week."

[totallyluminous.livejournal.com]

'Like who?' Mel asks, interested. Big school, little girl.

[average-adam.livejournal.com]

"I met Mokuba who's a real nice boy in Slytherin and we snuck into the kitchen and had Professor Crowley's house elf make us some fried ice cream and went to see the Giant Squid. And then I met Setsuna and Kira out by the lake, 'cause Setsuna wanted to meet someone like me and we laughed a lot and talked about the Spanish Inquisition and had ice cream with pineapple flavoured ice shavin's on top. And I met Mokuba's older brother, Seto, and a guy called Giles in his sortin'. I've been all over." He smiles. "It's fun."

[totallyluminous.livejournal.com]

'Really? Woah, that's a lot of people.'

She looks slightly sad that she hasn't tried as much as she should have to get to know people.

'Wait, fried ice-cream? You sure it's not gonna block up your arteries?,' she giggles. What's being a teen for if not for frying things that shouldn't be fried?

She blinks. 'But I have to say, I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition to be in a conversation.'

[average-adam.livejournal.com]

Adam laughs. "It's easy if you go to sortin's. You just end up meetin' people all over the place. And don't worry about my arteries. They'll be fine. I'd never heard of fried ice cream before, but boy is it good."

He grins. "I was tellin' them how I had to borrow stuff from my sister in order to torture witches into confessin'. But it was really more like an English Inquisition 'cause we're patriotic."

[totallyluminous.livejournal.com]

'Sortings are nice, it's true,' Mel says thoughtfully. 'But the bit that niggles at me is that y'never know whether the person's totally sublime or...not. Until somethin' happens.'

'How'd you make witches confess, then?' she laughs. 'Ask them to recite the whole National Anthem, and if they do they're either a witch or have far too much time on their hands?'

[average-adam.livejournal.com]

"You don't know that about anybody," he points out. "You just get a feelin'. And if it feels uncomfortable, don't talk to 'em."

Adam grins. "Well, we just dunked Pepper's little sister in the lake until she confessed. But she enjoyed the dunkin' so much, she forgot to confess until the torturers' arms got tired and they wanted to take a turn at bein' tortured, too."

[totallyluminous.livejournal.com]

Mel nods as she mulls this over. She feels a bit embarrassed because she can get a clearer reading than most humans and hadn't even considered checking for vibes...expect for Pettigrew's sorting, where the faces had been a clear indication of something wrong.

'Maybe I should pay more attention,' she admits, smiling.

Adam's story makes her go into a peal of laughter. 'When'd you do that, then?'

[average-adam.livejournal.com]

"Worth a try," he shrugs.

Her laughter is contagious and Adam joins in. "Just before I turned eleven," he admits. "We were always doin' stuff like that. Playin' pirates and cowboys and everythin'. Wensley usually hadda be the damsel in distress 'cause Pepper wouldn't do it."

[oth-peyton.livejournal.com]

((Just thought I'd say that I'm glad you're back and WOOOO for sexay new icons and new top too XD))

[totallyluminous.livejournal.com]

((Aww, thank you! ^_^ Hey, my MSN had to change, it's now fanficwriter23@aol.com--I think my old 'un was hacked.))