Padma Patil (padmini) wrote in lazarustheic, @ 2017-05-02 20:12:00 |
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Entry tags: | !thread, character: padma patil, retired character: dorcas meadowes |
who ? Padma Patil and Dorcas Meadowes.
when ? Tuesday 2nd May, late afternoon / early evening.
where ? Hogsmeade Library.
what ? 2nd War History.
warnings/rating ? SFW.
status ? Complete.
Padma spent her morning and early afternoon with Parvati. The anniversary of the battle was harder on her twin, who'd lost her best friend, than it was on Padma - who had lost people, but no one she'd had the same level of closeness with. They didn't talk about Lavender, because that wasn't the way Parvati dealt with things, but Padma stayed with her anyway, talking about anything and everything while Padma's three guinea pigs had the run of the living room. After a late lunch, Parvati had shooed Padma out of the house, insisting that she was fine and that her sister needed to get some fresh air.
The sky was bright blue, which Padma found terribly confusing. Her memories of the battle were all dark. The sun had set before Harry had turned up at Hogwarts and the fighting had broken out. It didn't feel like the same time of year, even, not when it was warm enough to go outside with just a cardigan on over her jeans and blouse. The Hogwarts grounds, even in daytime, would have been colder, of course, being further north. Wrapping her cardigan around her, Padma apparated to Hogsmeade. She'd heard from Astoria that there was a sort of historical collection being put on, and she was curious to see it.
Once there, she walked slowly along the constructed walls which bore artist's sketches of events, along with written eye-witness testimony. Padma hadn't been asked to contribute, and she wondered who had, though she did recognise a few of the names. Reading over one account, describing how McGonagall had transformed herself into a giant lioness, Padma tutted. "Well that's just ridiculous," she said aloud, to nobody in particular. "Just because McGonagall is an animagus doesn't mean she can turn into any animal she wants."