oo8.

[feorge]

[ voice ]

We seem to be sans one four-eyed undesirable and up one horrendous looking gnome. Odd thing for Harry to keep in his room, but I'm hardly one to knock another bloke's fet--

[Lude comment cut short by what sounds like a chair scraping across the floor. Fred's quiet a moment.]

Hang on. Little bigger seems to have found its way to the kitchen. How'd you get down here, you ugly little--?

[Silence again, and then Fred laughs.]

I've taught you lot better pranks than this. 's just pathetic.

[He falls silent once again, but this time, there's only the scrape of his chair again and then nothing for a few minutes before the feed times out.]

[ /voice ]

[ooc; Harry is gone, but Fred is not! Yet, at least. 8)]

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[onlyholey]

[George is seated at the desk in the spare room when he hears the shuffling of tiny feet in the hallway and the extremely familiar voice of his brother. He rolls into the hallway.]

Oi! Fred! Having some trouble?

action; holy mother of html fail, batman!

[feorge]

[Really? Still using that desk, Georgie? Fred's too preoccupied observing the gnome closely (but from a distance) to answer right away.]

Not quite sure at the mo'. Have you got some sort of charm on this thing?

[onlyholey]

[he washed it]

Why would I feel the need to charm a gnome?

[feorge]

[Uh huh. Sure.]

Why would you need a reason to charm anything?

[onlyholey]

Fair enough. I didn't charm that one, though. What's it doing?

[feorge]

That's just it. It's not doing anything, really. It's just...moving.

[onlyholey]

And you think it kidnapped Harry?

[feorge]

Oh, sure. After everything, it's a stone gnome that does the Boy Who Lived in.

[onlyholey]

That certainly seems likely.

[feorge]

[Keeping the theme of the other thread, there is laughter on Fred's end - and then suddenly absolute silence.]

[branstark.livejournal.com]

You've got one too?

[feorge]

You've got a gnome in your house as well?

[branstark.livejournal.com]

It's outside, and I don't know what it is but it looks made from stone and it moves. Summer doesn't like it.

What is a gnome?

[feorge]

Nasty little pests, those. They'd be much better cast in stone.

[branstark.livejournal.com]

Is it dangerous?

[feorge]

One's back home aren't, but this one -

[He thinks about it.]

- haven't quite figured it out, yet.

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[7thborn.livejournal.com]

What?

[A joke. Obviously. It's got to be.]

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[feorge]

[From a bit away, where he's examining the gnome away from the device.]

What what, Gin? You're going to need to be a bit more specific in this situation.

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[7thborn.livejournal.com]

What'd you do to Harry?

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[feorge]

[Oi! Uncalled for! He turns towards the device to somewhat shout to her.]

What did I do? I didn't--

[He stops, looks back because Merlin, it's gotten closer--]

--I didn't do a thing. I merely went to see about Quidditch practice and he was gone.

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[7thborn.livejournal.com]

So he went for a walk and you decided to go looking around his room.

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[feorge]

Is Harry really the "take a walk" sort of bloke?

[And then he thinks about it for a moment.]

I don't think he's gone home, Ginny. He's just not here.

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[7thborn.livejournal.com]

No, you're right. He's more of the "go for a fly" sort of bloke.

[There's nothing to worry about. It's too early to worry and she's being ridiculous if she does. If she let herself read into every empty room and missed phonecall, she'd be a nervous wreck every day.]

He's a grown wizard, Fred, he can do what he wants without your permission.

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[feorge]

I haven't said he needs my permission! You're the one worrying over the git. He's probably off sulking about or otherwise attracting trouble.

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[7thborn.livejournal.com]

I'm not worrying.

[This as she reaches for her phone and tries to call him, anyway.]

You're the one who felt like announcing an empty room to the whole network. Watch him come waltzing through the front door in the next five minutes—I hope you feel ridiculous.

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[feorge]

The only ridiculous thing about this situation is this bloody gnome he had sitting in the middle of the floor. When he comes waltzing in, you best ask him why it's decided to stalk me.

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[7thborn.livejournal.com]

A gnome?

[She didn't even notice that in the initial entry because she was so focused on Harry.]

From... our garden? Because you know that lot likes us for the most part. If it's stalking you, I reckon it's because you throw them the farthest.

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[feorge]

Oh, yeah. That'd make sense.

[Ego inflation, get!]

But this isn't like the sort back home. It's a bit...less sack-of-potatoes and more offset-Santa-impersonation.

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[7thborn.livejournal.com]

Eurgh, yeah, I've seen those as... decorations, sometimes. Merlin knows why, they're uglier than the ones we've got.

[Pause.]

Maybe Harry got one as an early Christmas gift?

[boutant]

[ It is really hard to tell you people apart when you're using voice posts. 8( ]

Are you sure he isn't the gnome?

[feorge]

[Are you saying you can't tell us apart by voice how dare you what a horrible girlfriend I mean what.]

Now there's something I hadn't considered. Think that's the fetish after all?

[boutant]

[ Hey hey hey when did the g- word get involved in this she has no knowledge of this. ]

I really hope not, but he was turned into a doll that one time...

[feorge]

'least Gin might think twice before taking this one to bed, hm?

[boutant]

Much less cuddly.

Though he was able to talk when he was a doll. It's not talking, is it?

[feorge]

Hasn't yet. Let's see...

[She might hear a small plink! as Fred flicks the gnome in the forehead. Silence for a beat, then he starts laughing--



and then back to silence.]

[boutant]

... Fred?

[ No answer. ]

Fred?

[ ... ]

Fred, this isn't funny. Fred? Fred, answer me--

[feorge]

[Nothing but static on this end. Fred Weasley has left the building.]

[boutant]

Fred?! Fred!

[ no no no no no no no-- ]

FRED!

[alwaysadoe.livejournal.com]

[Lily isn't certain how to take this. She's trying to push down any panic as Fred doesn't seem panicked.]

And Harry is no where to be found?

[feorge]

Not anywhere in the cabin, in the very least. I haven't a clue where he's gotten off to, though. Fair certain he was here.

[alwaysadoe.livejournal.com]

And you can't raise him on the device at all? [Deep breaths. Not panicking. Not going to panic.]

[feorge]

Haven't had the chance to try, really.

[He's distracted, okay?]

[alwaysadoe.livejournal.com]

I'll do so then. [She's clearly not pleased. Harry is missing and she can't understand why no one's done anything but she won't lay that responsibility on Fred. It's not his responsibility.]

[feorge]

You let me know if you find him. Ought to have him about the head for this rubbish.

[Because it is clearly Harry's fault!]

[alwaysadoe.livejournal.com]

I'll let you know as soon as I hear anything. I'd appreciate the same and do be careful, Fred. It seems to be dangerous out there today.

[feorge]

Naturally. [The last thing he'll be is careful, though.] Take care of yourself as well.