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Julius Georg is an outlier & shouldn't be counted (vaguelybeating) wrote in ditched,
@ 2014-09-19 21:09:00

Entry tags:

!owl, aidan longbottom, julius montague

Delivered to the Appleby Archer:
A small oil painting of the night sky, seen as though looking up from the ground, with the moon three-quarters full and the branches of trees reaching up as if to touch the stars. An eagle perches in the branches of a nearby tree, and the Milky Way is visible in the sky despite the impossibility of that, between the moon and the viewer. There is a faint shadow on the face of the moon, almost like a silhouette.

It is less cheesy than it sounds.

Alongside the painting is the following note:
I hope this meets with your approval.

- J

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	cantcatchup 2014-09-19 04:46 pm UTC (link)
	It's beautiful. Thank you. -A (Reply to this) (Thread)

	vaguelybeating 2014-09-20 01:51 am UTC (link)
	I'm glad you like it. Are you looking forward to a weekend where you don't have to perform? - J (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cantcatchup 2014-09-20 01:53 am UTC (link)
	A little bit. It's a mixed blessing. Everyone likes a day or weekend off, but it gets boring. -A (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vaguelybeating 2014-09-20 01:59 am UTC (link)
	You could go to the gala tomorrow night? It's usually not boring, at least. And it's for a good cause. - J (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cantcatchup 2014-09-20 02:12 am UTC (link)
	I I don't I don't usually go to that sort of thing. Professional distance. Maintaining the secret identity and all. -A (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vaguelybeating 2014-09-20 02:13 am UTC (link)
	I suppose I can see the logic in that. Do you like the theatre? - J (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cantcatchup 2014-09-20 02:16 am UTC (link)
	Yeah. I mean, I don't get to go often. Can be expensive and they don't pay us nearly as much as they pay you folks on the brooms. Not that I mind. I mean. You obviously deserve to get paid more. ~~I just~~ Yeah. -A (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vaguelybeating 2014-09-20 02:21 am UTC (link)
	[enclosed: three tickets to A Midsummer Night's Dream] My family has a membership at the Morgana Theatre in London; my father loves Shakespeare. Take some friends, if you like. The cast they've got for this production is very good. - J (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cantcatchup 2014-09-20 02:28 am UTC (link)
	That You really I can't You don't have to shower me with gifts, you know. -A (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

vaguelybeating
2014-09-20 02:31 am UTC (link)

I know.

I like making people happy. I can't really do much else. All I'm really good at is art and Quidditch and having more money than I really know what to do with. So I give people things because I know that a lot of the time, luxuries and indulgences are the first things to go when you're trying to decide what you should be spending money on. But if it's a gift from someone else, it's not wasting your money.

But if you want me to stop, I will.

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	cantcatchup 2014-09-20 02:33 am UTC (link)
	It's not that I WANT you to stop I just feel bad that I can't give you anything in return. -A (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vaguelybeating 2014-09-20 02:35 am UTC (link)
	You're talking to me. Really you, without the jokes and the puns. I don't think I can really explain how much that's worth. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cantcatchup 2014-09-20 02:42 am UTC (link)
	Well I mean. The puns are me, too. They don't write them for me. But I know what you mean. Don't mention it. -A (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vaguelybeating 2014-09-20 02:45 am UTC (link)
	I know you make them up. But they're a part of the Archer persona. And I like them, but I like that it seems like you don't feel like you need to keep up that persona when we're talking. A lot of people don't look past the way I am on the pitch. And I suppose I'm asking for that, but it's nice to talk to someone who isn't afraid of me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cantcatchup 2014-09-20 02:47 am UTC (link)
	Well, for what it's worth, you haven't done anything I think merits being scared. -A (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vaguelybeating 2014-09-20 02:48 am UTC (link)
	I know how I get. It's never personal, at least? Not like some of the other players. It's just a game for me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cantcatchup 2014-09-20 02:49 am UTC (link)
	It's a game. People get intense on the pitch. I think it's a pretty safe bet that most Beaters don't enjoy knocking people out just for knocking them out. -A (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vaguelybeating 2014-09-20 02:51 am UTC (link)
	~~You'd be~~ Sometimes people expect me to be violent off the pitch as well. I don't know what's worse; when they're glad I'm not or when they're disappointed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cantcatchup 2014-09-20 02:56 am UTC (link)
	Well, I'm neither. I just like you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vaguelybeating 2014-09-20 02:57 am UTC (link)
	I'm sorry; I don't know why I'm going on about it. Someone said something earlier this week that's been bothering me, I suppose. And I don't really talk about this sort of thing with anyone else. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cantcatchup 2014-09-20 03:06 am UTC (link)
	Sometimes it's easier to talk to a sort-of stranger than other folks. I get that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vaguelybeating 2014-09-20 03:10 am UTC (link)
	And you're sweet. I like that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cantcatchup 2014-09-20 03:11 am UTC (link)
	You're sweet too. And I'm not just saying that because of the gifts. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vaguelybeating 2014-09-20 03:13 am UTC (link)
	Sometime I might like to take you to the theatre myself. But not for a while, I don't think. Not until you're comfortable telling me who you are, and I don't want to rush that. I like just exchanging these letters, anyway. It feels a bit like something out of a novel. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cantcatchup 2014-09-20 03:16 am UTC (link)
	It's nice. I'm starting to look forward to them, when you send them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vaguelybeating 2014-09-20 03:18 am UTC (link)
	I'm glad you like them. I'm finding them a nice way to wind down at the end of the day. A bit like having a diary that talks back to me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cantcatchup 2014-09-20 03:27 am UTC (link)
	Glad to be of service. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vaguelybeating 2014-09-20 03:30 am UTC (link)
	From what I can tell you're much prettier than a diary, too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cantcatchup 2014-09-20 03:41 am UTC (link)
	I think you're biased. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vaguelybeating 2014-09-20 03:42 am UTC (link)
	Probably, but I still think it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cantcatchup 2014-09-20 03:58 am UTC (link)
	Can't really argue with that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vaguelybeating 2014-09-20 04:01 am UTC (link)
	I hope you like the play. (Reply to this) (Parent)