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textinator 2: texting day

[doggedly]

so
that harry potter


[and this is backdated slightly but still a text, because it's easier to text about this and not be face to face. right? right.]

[theshabbiestofmen]

He seems quite polite.

[doggedly]

loads of tattoos though



what are we going to do?

[theshabbiestofmen]

The same thing we were going to do before. Nothing's changed.

[doggedly]

so we're ignoring him and pretending as if he doesnt exist

[theshabbiestofmen]

We're not ignoring him. But we're not going to stop our plans to change things in the future.

[doggedly]

only we have to think about him now dont we

[theshabbiestofmen]

Personally, yes. But . . . it's not going to change things. So don't worry about that.

[A beat.]

What do you think of him?

[doggedly]

[He reads those word with a measure of scepticism, but doesn't comment. Not yet.]

i only just met him and not even really met
i dunno
he takes a joke all right


what about you

[theshabbiestofmen]

[Another beat.]

He's certainly not James.

I don't know. He's all right.

[doggedly]

[the first bit doesn't even get an answer. no he most certainly is not James and that's obvious.]

just all right

[theshabbiestofmen]

I don't know. It's bizarre, all right. And I don't know what to think of him.

What about you?

[doggedly]

well youve said it
hes not james

[That seems terribly unfair to say, and Sirius stares at the words for a few moments after he's written them.]

i dunno
its just weird knowing what we know and then talking to him
that and he seems fairly normal which youd think perhaps he wouldnt be
not that i want him to be absolutely mental its just


i dunno

[theshabbiestofmen]

That's rather how I feel about it.

[A beat.]

It's . . . weird. Unpleasant, almost.

[doggedly]

if hes here then it happens
right

[theshabbiestofmen]

Not necessarily. There are a hundred different variations-- and he could be from a timeline that no longer exists.

[doggedly]

so whys it unpleasant then

[theshabbiestofmen]

Because he's a reminder of what might happen should we fail.

[doggedly]

[Well. That's horrible. He stares at the words for a few moments before he answers--trying, stupidly, for a joke.]

oh thats unfair
hes not that bad weve only just met him

[But it sounds idiotic even when he reads it to himself, so he adds:]

yeah. youre right.

[theshabbiestofmen]

[A long bit of quiet, and then:]

He's so much older seeming. Not just in age, but personality.

[doggedly]

do you think thats because


i mean he doesnt know us yet not actually or he does but were older
so maybe its down to that

[theshabbiestofmen]

He's also been through a war. A bad one, from all indications.

[doggedly]

yeah i suppose

i dont know remus i always reckoned on someone from our time coming
i never thought about
i mean thats stupid i know but i didnt think about it

[theshabbiestofmen]

Nor did I. Which is stupid; Merlin is here, clearly people from the past or future can come-- but I never expected someone from our future. So intimately connected.

[A pause.]

I thought he was James at first.

[doggedly]

[At that, he laughs, bitterly--and there's a pause in return before he answers.]

i did too
stupid isnt it
he looks precisely like him except you know his eyes
merlin but this is mental

[Another little pause, and he adds:] i wonder if james will show up