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WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS HAPPENING?
(this is all very absurd.)

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Cedric Diggory

[sparely]

miavi | un: fidelius (anon)

Seeking those who might recall the procedures for the tri-wizard tournament, especially the...vagaries of the Goblet of Fire.

hogsmeade/braelyne village

[ Cedric Diggory is considered handsome but, ultimately, he's an ordinary looking young man who blends in easily enough as he moves through Hogsmeade Village and into the small the neighborhood of Braelyne. There's a cautious look on his face, the look of someone who has never before had any reason to distrust the Ministry or people in authority - but also someone who is smart enough to know that this version of the past isn't as perfect and ordinary as it seems. Curfews for protection? A neighborhood set aside for the displaced? They seem like good ideas on the surface, but feel a little like control.

With these thoughts plaguing his mind there's a bit of a frown between his brows as he moves through the village, though he smiles as he comes upon Honeydukes, and likely step inside when he gets to a pub. ]

miavi | un: woodroker

[dereplicate]

The tournament? I don't think we've had that for a while so my memory is a bit fuzzy but! I'll try my best to help you out.

The last time it was held was around 1700s. 1791 or 1790, I'm not exactly sure. Got discontinued with how often champions were killed during the competition. Considering how young the champions are when competing, I can see how it can put a damper in people's moods for the big event. Is that what you mean by vagaries?

[sparely]

[ well, that was a lot. cedric blinks at the words on the miavi before replying. ]

Not quite, but thank you. It gets revived in the mid-1990s, 1994, I think. Usually the goblet of fire is supposed to choose the champions, one from each school, but the last one I remember at least had four. One from Durmstrang, one from Beauxbatons, two from Hogwarts.

I suppose I was wondering if this had happened before.

[ this is literally as sneaky as he's capable of being. literally. as. sneaky. ]

[dereplicate]

[ auggy gives credit where credits due: he’s trying which is a lot more than what some of the others are trying here. ]

I definitely don't think so! From the stories/cautionary tales I've heard there's only ever been one from each school that joined in the tournament. Giving two champions to one school and that school only is sort of an unfair advantage, don't you think?

[sparely]

That was the general consensus, as I recall, even among that school.

But if it's not occurred before, I suppose in a way that answers it,
doesn't it?

[dereplicate]

It does but I wish I could help you out more on this front! Sounds pretty alarming it happened on its revival. I would go as far to say it's an omen but, then again, I never got the best grades in Divination.

[sparely]

The working theory in my time is the only way to get good grades in Divination is to have the Sight. I took Ancient Runes and Care of Magical Creatures, myself.

[dereplicate]

Ancient Runes and Care of Magical Creatures?

Oh goodness I take it that this means you're from Hogwarts as well? Always a pleasure to meet another person educated from the finest of schools!

[sparely]

They could teach both those classes at Beauxbatons or Durmstrang. Even Ilvermorny.

But yes, I went to Hogwarts, too.

un: kingweasley

[alwaysreturns]

What vagaries? Just eternal glory and risking your life with dragons and sea monsters.

[sparely]

All the stories about mermaids were bloody lies,
weren't they? I was looking into the extra champion, though.

Private

Fred or George? Or Ron?

[ Whoever it is remembers at least two of the tasks, so must be from his time. kingweasley so...probably Weasley. Probably not the girl. ]

private

[alwaysreturns]

[panic!! say nothing!! panic more!!!]

You first. Why you asking about it?

private forever and ever

[sparely]

[ if you were already panicking ron.

just wait. ]

Because I'm trying to find people I might know,
and it's the biggest - touchstone, I guess, I can think of from my year.

It's Cedric Diggory. We went to Cup together, yeah?

[alwaysreturns]

[he has had so many blue screen errors in 1980]

yeah

[wizard god, why you doin this

Ron is...well. He's not Harry, so he's not exactly wracked with guilt right now, but he is definitely weirded the fuck out.

It's Cedric Diggory. IT SHOULD NOT BE CEDRIC DIGGORY. Blimey, and he has to, just, what, not say anything? Invent a history for him after fourth year? It's a good thing this isn't in person, he can't just blurt out 'but you're dead' with a quill.]

It's Ron. There's a few of us [who will be one hundred percent freaking the fuck out at your presence] from our time here.

What [fuck shit fuck fuck shit fuck] What was happening when you got brought here?

[sparely]

[ Just as well he can't see either Ron's face or read the internal monologue.

Still, there's a strange slowness to Ron's response. He mostly chalks it up to the same reason he's trying to be vague. None of them must know what's going on. ]

Ron. That's good, that we're not alone at least,
right?

I - Harry and I - we'd made it through the maze. I'd just told him that we should pick up the cup together, because we'd both won it. Then it felt like a portkey does, you know?
Except I fell through time, I guess. Is Harry here too?

[alwaysreturns]

[About ten thousand thoughts race through Ron's head, only he generally prefers a speed of about 2k thoughts per minute and this is A Lot. Does he say no, protect Harry, do his best to keep them apart? No, stupid, Wizard London isn't that big. Does he tell Harry himself? Let him be surprised? No, that's a shite thing to do to a friend.

This is a shite thing, period.]

He's here but

I mean, it's been

[Rip off the bloody bandaid Ron, this is too much to sneak around.]

It's just been a few years since the tournament, for us

[sparely]

[ It's pretty damn clear that Ron Weasley isn't telling him something, and Cedric's not dumb. He can figure that much out. Something must have happened to him. Has the wizarding world gone darker again? Have there been more attacks like at the Cup?

Did more criminals escape Azkaban?

There's really no way to figure it out without asking. ]

What happened to me?

Or is it that something's happened to the rest of you, and it's my fault somehow?

un: orchids (anon)

[noswansong]

Do you mean how it selects Champions, or are you referring to something else?

[A lot of things have faded with time, but Cho still remembers what Cedric's handwriting looks like and she still uses a distinctive C that almost looks like an l.]

[sparely]

[ Tucked inside his shirt is a note, scribbled off, from Cho Chang. Wishing him luck, telling she believed he was going to win. He doesn't need to compare the handwriting. ]

How it selects it's Champions, mostly. Do you remember?

[noswansong]

Any eligible student may put their name in the Goblet of Fire, which then judges all the names and selects a single student from each school. Supposedly.

private
But we both know it selected two Champions for Hogwarts when you competed.

private ad infinitum

[sparely]

Yeah. Supposedly.

Cho, I never even hoped that you'd be here too. Are you - we - from the same space in time?

[noswansong]

No. It's You

[There's no response for a moment, and then:]

Did someone tell you?

[sparely]

Ron Weasley told me we should talk in person.

[ He stares at the crossed out words for a moment, stares at the message from Ron Weasley. Stares at the wall of the small shop he's tucked himself in the back of. ]

I'm gone, aren't I.

[noswansong]

[The first message is an absolutely unreadable mess: the ink has run together and it's clear she cried all over it.
Some things you get over, and some things you don't: Cho literally ran away to the muggle world to avoid thinking about him and now here he is.]

Sorry.

[sparely]

[ When he thinks about her, and they were still at the point where he honestly had trouble thinking of anyone else, he thinks of someone sweet and smart with a Scottish accent that made him smile more than any other Scottish accent in all of Hogwarts. He thinks of her smiling up at him. He hates to think of her crying. ]

I'm going to let Ron Weasley tell me, Cho. He's coming anyway, and I don't...I don't want to put that on you, yeah?

But I'd like to see you, if that's not too much. To ask.