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Requiem Deville (your_requiem) wrote in beyondthepages,
@ 2010-05-07 19:01:00

Entry tags:

!complete, 2023 10, hugo weasley, requiem deville

RP: First Night in a Strange Land
Characters: Remy, Hugo
Time/Date: Evening, Friday October 7
Location: Hufflepuff commons
Warnings/Rating: None
Summary: Remy gets to know his hosts
Status: Complete

Requiem had been a little surprised to hear they were being divided. Not upset, per se, but surprised. At the welcoming feast, he'd been directed to a table under a black and yellow banner along with half of the Beauxbatons students who had made the journey to Hogwarts. Aisling was with him, but Sebastien had been directed under the red and gold banner.

Well, that was fine. Pale eyes had swept over the other students present and he tried to guess the ones he'd spoken to in the journals. The chatter was overwhelming though, and he was slow to pick up on things, given the translation lag.

Nothing like being immersed in it to pick it up, right?

The feast had been pleasant, and filling, and foreign, but not bad. There'd been a welcoming speech and a bit about the ceremony that would be held next week to determine the champion. Despite his boasting, he doubted very much he'd be chosen to represent his school ... though he was a little terrified he would be.

After they'd been directed to their commons, prefects had shown them to their rooms - their trunks were already there - before they'd been left to their own devices. Eager to mingle, Remy made his way down into the commons proper, his journal in hand in case conversations were going to start that way.

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exploding_snap
2010-05-08 05:17 am UTC (link)

"Doesn't look like she'll have a shortage of options," Hugo pointed out with a little grin, and he thought if he was interested in girls, he'd probably be over there trying to chat with her too. She was really pretty.

Remy was really attractive as well ... which sort of made him doubt that they would actually be snogging. But whatever happened, he thought it would be fun to just wander around.

"Right this way, then," he motioned grandly towards the portrait to lead him out into the hallway.

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your_requiem
2010-05-08 05:22 am UTC (link)

"I doubt she will. Aisling is very likeable," he agreed. "But it is best not to imply she is ... ah ... open to the boys, unless you wish to be hexed. She is very accurate with her wandwork," he said. "Not that I speak from experience," he added with a slightly arrogant tilt of his chin.

Which was a lie. he'd incited her wrath on more than one occasion. One would think he would have learned, but no. Ais was fun to tease - until she whipped out her wand.

Remy followed Hugo toward the portrait, a little smile on his lips. Perhaps they would only explore the castle, or perhaps they would bump into others being toured around and form a larger tour group. Whatever happened, it was bound to be fun.

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exploding_snap
2010-05-08 05:51 am UTC (link)

Hugo laughed quietly, "Thanks for the tip," he murmured, but he hoped he hadn't been implying that. "I have no desire to be hexed so I'll be careful."

He gave Remy a teasingly doubtful look when he denied ever being hexed by Aisling, leading him through the portrait and starting down the hall.

"So perhaps the best part of staying in our dorms is how close we are the kitchens," he grinned. "We're not supposed to, but the house elves are pretty eager to please when it comes to handing out food," he shared as he led the other boy in the direction of the kitchens, just to point out where it was.

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your_requiem
2010-05-08 05:54 am UTC (link)

Remy nodded, pale eyes gleaming slightly. "Perhaps she would not hex you. She does not like to put off the charming ones," he added with a soft laugh.

Nodding to the start of the 'tour', Remy grinned. "So how do we get into the kitchens then?" he inquired as he looked around for some sort of entrance. "Or do we summon an elf with the claps of our hands?"

Not that he expected to be introduced to the kitchen just then, but it would be good to know for the future.

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exploding_snap
2010-05-08 06:24 am UTC (link)

He grinned at the image of Remy clapping to summon a house elf. He wasn't sure why it was so amusing, but he shook his head.

"Well, you could try the clapping idea, but there's another way. See the big painting of the fruit?" He pointed when it came into view, "you tickle the pear and a handle appears."

He glanced over at the other boy with amusement, "I know that sounds like I'm putting you on, but I swear it works."

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your_requiem
2010-05-08 06:32 am UTC (link)

"Oui?" Remy quirked a brow, clearly skeptical. He wondered if the younger wizard was just putting him on, but if he was then they'd both have a laugh.

Striding over to the painting, Remy lifted a hand to tickle the pear more than a little amused at what he was doing.

But it did work, and he laughed softly. "That is something very good to know," he decided. He'd have to introduce some of his schoolmates to this trick later.

"What else is there interesting like this?"

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exploding_snap
2010-05-08 06:42 pm UTC (link)

Hugo laughed quietly when Remy disbelieved -- not that he blamed him, really -- and tried it out for himself. He grinned when it worked and thought it would have been kind of funny if they'd somehow changed the entrance and the pear didn't work anymore.

"Did they tell you about the moving staircases?" He asked, trying to think of other interesting things about the castle.

There was the secret passage way that went to Hogsmeade, but he wasn't about to sneak out like that. He'd probably have his prefect's badge taken away if they got caught.

"Oh, there's the prefect baths which are much fancier than the others," he grinned, amused at the idea of all the foreign kids sneaking in to bathe there.

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your_requiem
2010-05-08 06:50 pm UTC (link)

"Oui, those were mentioned, though not located," he said as he looked away from the painting and the kitchen entrance. Moving staircases seemed like a pain in the ass to him, but what did he know?

"Prefect bath," he echoed before nodding slightly. He had only seen the baths off the commons, so he was curious about the others. Not curious enough to make a point of viewing them just then though. "What else?" he prompted with a grin. "I wish to know everything about this castle."

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exploding_snap
2010-05-08 08:47 pm UTC (link)

"I don't think anyone knows everything about it," he grinned, trying to decide if it was a bad idea to tell him about the Room of Requirement. He seemed like a nice guy and okay, Hugo did sort of want to impress him. What could it hurt, really?

"Well, there's this room, but it's a secret. You can pretty much make it into any sort of room that you can think of," he shared, wondering if Remy would believe since he'd proved trust worthy with the pear, but he figured he still might want to see how it worked.

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your_requiem
2010-05-08 08:51 pm UTC (link)

Remy was intrigued by the idea of secret rooms, and he nodded slightly. He was ... skeptical about it being any sort of room - how would that work, even? - but the castle was already proving to hold many secrets.

Why not a room that changed?

"Might we go see this room then?" he inquired. "Or is it so secret I may only know about it, and not see it?"

Though he supposed they really didn't need to venture off all over while it was so late. They had a curfew to adhere to, after all.

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exploding_snap
2010-05-08 09:08 pm UTC (link)

He paused for a beat, but nodded, "Yeah, I can show you," he decided with a grin. "We probably shouldn't stay too long though because of curfew and all."

Though it wasn't as if he'd never been out past curfew, but he was trying to be a little better about it now that he was a prefect.

"Or I could show you tomorrow and we wouldn't have to worry about curfew. Guest's choice," he added playfully, nudging Remy lightly with his elbow.

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your_requiem
2010-05-08 09:12 pm UTC (link)

Remy was silently thoughtful. Aisling would likely have something to say if he saw a secret room she did not. "Perhaps tomorrow, and we may bring Aisling with us. She will want to see secret places, I am sure."

Of course, if they went tonight, he wouldn't have to tell Aisling about it, and he could use it later if he needed to. Decisions, decisions. "Perhaps," he compromised, "you may show me where it is, and I can think while we walk, which I desire to do."

He slung an arm amicably around Hugo's shoulder, grinning to him.

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exploding_snap
2010-05-08 09:40 pm UTC (link)

He chuckled quietly as Remy changed his mind ... well, sort of. He hadn't really made up his mind, apparently, but that was fine with Hugo. He wouldn't mind taking a walk either way.

"Sounds good," he agreed, grinning, a little too aware of the older boy's arm around him. It was probably silly and he really wasn't expecting anything though.

"So what's your school like?" He asked as he led Remy towards the stairs that would take them up to the seventh floor.

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your_requiem
2010-05-08 09:44 pm UTC (link)

"It is not like this. It is ... smaller. Not so many floors. It is lighter, more open to the air. Whites and blues not greys," he said with a gesture to the stones composing the walls. "It is warmer as well. We are close to a sea, but it is a warm sea."

He grinned slightly. "The differences are interesting. I think many of my school mates will grow weary of this place soon, but I am finding it has ... many charms to keep my interest." He grinned lightly to Hugo as he followed the other boy along.

He did drop his arm at the first set of stairs, hands sliding into his own pockets as he followed. Pale eyes roamed to survey their surroundings, trying to find landmarks - though if the stairs did move, perhaps that would not be helpful.

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exploding_snap
2010-05-08 10:34 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, there's a lot to get used to here," he admitted with a little grin. "Moving stairs, trick stairs, poltergeists."

It just sort of became normal to him, but he could see how coming from a school without so many ... eccentricities would make it difficult to adjust to Hogwarts and all its little quirks. Having school by an ocean might be neat though.

"You guys will probably be here just long enough to get used to it and then be on your way," he teased as they walked along, moving through hallways and up stairs. He pointed out various things along the way that he thought might be interesting.

When they reached the seventh floor, he pointed to the tapestry, "The entrance is across from here. So what you have to do is walk up and down the hall three times, focusing really hard on what you need," he explained.

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your_requiem
2010-05-08 10:37 pm UTC (link)

He chuckled softly, but that was probably true. It still hadn't settled in completely that he was here until summer. That his last year of schooling would be at Hogwarts and not Beauxbatons.

"Must it be a need?" he inquired as he gazed across from the tapestry to the bare wall. "What if I want only a place with beds to ... ah. To snog comfortably? I would not need this place, but I would desire it."

Not that that was all Remy thought about - really!

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exploding_snap
2010-05-08 11:12 pm UTC (link)

Hugo laughed as he shook his head. He was beginning to sense a trend here!

"It should work," he assured the other boy with a grin. "We've used it to play truth or dare a couple times and it gave us a room. I guess it's not that technical unless maybe we really needed a place to play truth or dare."

Maybe the room didn't discriminate between desires and needs. Who knew how it worked really, except that it did.

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your_requiem
2010-05-08 11:16 pm UTC (link)

Remy glanced over to him curiously. "Truth or dare?" he echoed. He wasn't sure he was completely familiar with that idea. "This is a game then?" It didn't exactly sound like a spell or homework, nor did it sound like a wizarding specific game.

"Explain it to me?" he pressed as he moved toward the blank wall, running his hands over the stones. To think a room might just appear here ... it was intriguing.

If the game was what he thought it was, he imagined Aisling would enjoy it immensely.

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exploding_snap
2010-05-08 11:52 pm UTC (link)

Oh, he hadn't considered that Truth or Dare might not translate. He wondered if they had a game like it and just called it something else.

"It's a game," he confirmed, leaning against a bare spot of wall as he watched Remy. "It's pretty simple, really. You get a group together and take turns asking each other to pick between a truth or a dare. Then the person gets to either ask a question or think up something they want the other person to do."

He grinned and shrugged his shoulders, "Did that make sense?"

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your_requiem
2010-05-08 11:55 pm UTC (link)

"Mhm," he agreed. It sounded similar to one they'd played. It wasn't generally his type of game ... though playing it in a new place might be interesting. "Do you play often or is it left now for the younger students?"

He turned away from the wall to step toward Hugo. They had mumbled something about curfew, and he thought they should likely head back soon.

"Perhaps we shall have to have a game and get to know everyone who is from the other schools. I am curious about the Durmstrang students."

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exploding_snap
2010-05-09 12:58 am UTC (link)

"We don't play as much as we used to," he admitted and when Remy made his way back over, he pushed away from the wall and started to lead the other boy back down the hall since he assumed they were heading back to the commons.

"That would be fun, though," he agreed, and he was sure Lily would be all for a big game with some of the foreign students. "I'm curious about them too."

He nodded towards the first set of stairs before setting off on their way back.

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your_requiem
2010-05-09 01:02 am UTC (link)

"Then we are in agreement. We will have a game. Perhaps after the champions have been chosen," he mused - only because he doubted they'd have time to get one together before then.

It would be an interesting end to the feast and ceremony, to have a game up in the secret room and get to know each other better.

Falling into step with Hugo, Remy was content enough to follow him back to the common room. It had been a long trip and he wouldn't mind crashing early.

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