miavi. un: gesneriana. anon.

[anguium]

I've always said there's no escaping the past, but this isn't exactly what I meant.

Were I a younger man, I think I might have tried to make a life here. As it stands now I just want to get home.

I've a question, however: is the registry being used to perhaps reunite those that may not find each other otherwise or is it simply a tracking mechanism? I personally don't need that sort of service but with the state of things it seems important to allow people familiarity.

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[veriloquent]

[yes but also he's not wrong.]

That's quite true.

Although I'll admit I'm surprised they only think the displaced purebloods are the ones that can be dangerous.

[Was that not safe to admit on a public forum? Thank Merlin for anonymous usernames.]

[anguium]

They have their reasons to be skeptical of us I'm sure.

privated.

I would suggest being careful what you say over this thing, even without your name attached to it. They're watching all of us.

[veriloquent]

Then I hope they'll understand we've our own reasons for the feeling to be mutual.

privated:

I don't much like not speaking my mind when something is wrong. Da always says that if we don't say the truth when we can, then it's possible no one will. And it seems rather like this place needs all the truth it can get.

[It might be a familiar sentiment. It's one that had gotten her and her father in so much trouble.]

ad infinitum.

[anguium]

[ my. this sounds awfully familiar. ]

With this Ministry, it's going to put yourself in unnecessary danger. Please do be cautious if only to care after your own safety.

I know saying it isn't going to change your mind, Luna, but there's something to be said for working for the truth in silence to make sure you can keep working.

[ yeah he sussed u out gurl ]

[veriloquent]

[And isn't that a similarly familiar counterargument.]

My safety isn't as important as what's right.

[But.]

I suppose it would be infinitely better to be able to be out here and able to actually do something rather than in your family's cellar while that's still an option, though.

Hello, Draco. When are you from?

[anguium]

Worse, here. My father has no family to tame him, no war or Azkaban to break his spirit. My aunt pretending to be sane is somehow more unsettling.

Hello. It's 2024 for me, when are you from?

[veriloquent]

I can't imagine she still keeps up the appearance behind closed doors, but I hope none of us have to know for certain.

1998. I met your son when I appeared in this time still in the Manor. He seems wonderful. You must be very proud.

[anguium]

I met them tonight. They thought I was a muggle.

I'm sorry that's where you were and that's where it placed you. Were you registered? Are you safe? Where are you staying?

I'm very proud of him. He's my life these days.

[ RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS ]

[veriloquent]

Oh dear. Are you all right?

There's no need to be sorry. It's enough that I'm out of there. And yes, I registered. I was too [Obviously discombobulated and disheveled.] clearly not from this time for them to have missed me, and this was before they put the Trace on those of us that are registered. I thought it might help some of the others if I were a known pureblood.

[It hadn't gone to plan, of course. If she'd been less in a state of shock or more understanding of this world she'd been pulled into, perhaps she'd have done differently. There was no help for it now, though.]

And I'm as safe as any of us are, here. My great-uncle's let me stay with him despite me not being his niece in this world, so I'm staying in the apartment over Fortescue's.

[It's been odd, seeing him alive again, but he was easier to approach than trying to find her mother and father in this time-- She's scared they'll be more different than even she can bear, and equally scared it will hurt them for her to show up still so delicate as this.]

He was so helpful getting me out and helping me start to figure out what was going on here. You've really done rather well with him. Have you met him here, yet?

[anguium]

I'm all right. They were too sloshed to be much of a threat, thankfully. Eventually I just had to take care of things.

I'm glad that you're out of there as well. You had good intentions with registering even if it didn't work out as intended. I haven't registered; I'm staying in muggle London at current - that's why they thought I was a muggle when they saw me.

His mother is to blame for how well he's turned out, not me. I've mostly been along for the ride. Scorpius found me in the manor when I arrived and told me to get out before I was found so that I could escape without registering. My father has put up surveillance around the manor to find new arrivals.

[veriloquent]

I'm glad. And even more so that you're out in Muggle London. I hope you'll keep being careful.

[Not that that was ever necessarily an issue for him, but. Still.]

Both parents help determine how their become. My mum taught me so much, and that was only having her for nine years. Being there for him his whole life means you've had even more of an impact, and it shows in how good he is. That's not just a mother's influence. Especially since it seems like he's got your tendency to protect the important people in life.

[And the important people isn't limited to just family as Draco had been, if the way Scorpius had looked out for her was any indication.]

I'm glad the two of you have one another here, if one of you has to be here at all. It seems like it'd be a little easier with family.

[With family similarly displaced, even, and therefore family that knew you and you knew you could trust.]

[anguium]

I'm never not careful. I've been moving every couple of nights. Time is different out here than in there. Normal.

Thank you. My wife taught Scorpius and I both to be better people. I'm glad for every moment we had together. Scorpius is my - our - greatest triumph in life, beyond anything else. I don't know what I'd do without him. Did you meet Harry's son?

[ it's hard to say, about astoria - still difficult to put out there, to remind himself that she's gone. everything reminds him that she's not with him, every waking moment, every breath. saying so just makes it all the more concrete. ]

I want you to contact me if you need anything, Luna. I can apparate without being tracked. I can help. More than I ever let myself before.

[veriloquent]

How odd. I had noticed the days felt longer, but I thought perhaps it was just me until I saw some of the others talking about it. I wonder if that means Muggles' history is closer to what it 's supposed to be like for them at this time?

I'm sorry you lost her, but you both clearly carry her with you now. I hope I get the chance to meet her.

[She hopes she and Draco are something like friends, in that future she can barely grasp.]

And no, I've not yet. Though from what I understand he and Scorpius are quite close. I suppose that could have been expected. You and Harry could have been friends had things been a little different; something of that must have passed on to the two of them.

[She'd seen, especially in the Manor, the places where Draco and Harry shared their similarities. She wonders if that had grown into an understanding at all, between her time and the one Draco is coming from.]

More than you were able to before without putting the people you loved at risk. I know I've told you before I understand why you couldn't intervene.

But thank you. It's good to know you can, now. We've ever so much work to do.

[She's already tired just at the thought of it all.]

[anguium]

I believe so. It's a strange difference but I haven't yet looked into how it's changed the history of wizards.

I keep wondering if she's going to show up here. This place is horrible and I shouldn't wish for it, but I'd give almost anything just to see her one more time.

Albus and Scorpius have been best friends since first year despite trepidation on both my and Harry's parts. Eventually we've both gotten used to it though and it's... not easy, but easier than it was. It's difficult to explain.

[ it's not a friendship between himself and harry, but it's something easier and more comfortable and without the animosity of their school years. they have a first-name basis going at least. ]

I should have intervened in more ways and you know it. There were ways I was just too afraid to try.

There's too much work to do on our own.

I've been trying to speak with Weasley.

[veriloquent]

Something to look into, I suppose. Perhaps it will help us figure out what went wrong.

It certainly seems rather possible, given how people are being pulled in from all sorts of times. I hope if she does come you'll be able to find her and keep yourselves safe.

Well, I'm glad to hear it's gotten somewhat sorted, at least. I'm glad things are generally so much better, when you're from. I'd love to hear more about it, if you wouldn't mind.

[It's a far cry from how things were when she was.]

I imagine we've had this conversation a thousand times, by the time you're from. It's all right that you were afraid. I'm still grateful for what you *were* brave enough to do.

We'll find more. There's always people wanting to do good, and it's not as though we're alone from people who fought against him in our time.

Yes, I saw Ron just the day before last-- and I see now you were speaking to him earlier. Are you still? Do let me know if you need me to tell him you're one of us. I imagine he's not been very understanding.