Because I feel that, in the Heavens above,
The angels, whispering to one another,
Can find, among their burning terms of love,
None so devotional as that of “Mother,”...
- Edgar Allan Poe

It's been so long, but thankfully the whole summer is ahead of me...

*cheerful*  Time to regrow those plants.  (And I rather hope she will not mind large insects.)

location: home mood: happy tags: elephant hawk-moth, hiei-moth, love, mother

*stands next to the window, looking down at the school grounds - suitcases packed, bed completely free of plants and moth bespelled nowhere to be seen.*

Despite its less than pleasant quirks, I've grown fond of this school.  I'll be seeing it again soon enough.

[Filtered to Aeris]

I have something for you.

[/Filter]

[Filtered to Lee]

How do you feel now?  (I cannot help but wonder how you manage to get yourself into all these predicaments...)

[/Filter]



[[Assuming the "I think I'm God" thing's worn off xD]]

location: Gryffindor Fifth Year Dorms mood: nostalgic tags: aeris, lee

Only one day left. Good luck to those who are still taking exams.



[Private to Aeris]

Would you still like to pick flowers after the OWLs?

[/Private]

tags: aeris, end of the year, standardized tests

I'm not sure that holding such an extensive game so close to exams was a very good idea, but it does give me a chance to brush up on my healing skills.

tags: battle royale

Guess I won't be putting up private entries for a while.

location: little nook on seventh floor tags: private entries unlocked

[[Private, unhackable - or is it?]]

If you can read this, please respond.

[[/Private]]



A week without writing and suddenly the journals are said to be malfunctioning.

A few days ago, Professor Ishtar inspected the elephant hawk-moth and declared that there was nothing wrong with it other than its size and attachment to me.

Well, if it insists on following me around, I might as well make some use of it...

mood: calm tags: elephant hawk-moth, hiei-moth, oh kurama you should learn to open up, secret secret

[Private, not hackable]

I usually do not involve myself in the affairs of these students, but I could not simply stand by... at least it didn't escalate into full-blown violence, which happens often enough around Jaggerjack.

It also appears that my reflexes need refreshing...

[/Private]


[Filtered to Fuu]

Are you alright?

[/Filter]


[Hackable]

Hagrid says the moth is simply a moth; it's just a little bigger than average, and adorable to boot.  It is currently twice as large as other moths of its species, and shows no sign of stopping its growth.

I think I'll ask Professor Ishtar to examine it.

[/Hackable]

location: in the library, with enchanted earplugs :D music: still not the electric slide tags: acquaintances, electric slide, elephant hawk-moth, hiei-moth, oh kurama you should learn to open up, secret secret, student mishaps, would rather listen to a mandrake

Hm.  Not one day after I mentioned how quiet it was, too.






-will be working in the library, tuning out music-

location: library mood: calm music: not the electric slide tags: electric slide, would rather listen to a mandrake

[Hackable to friends/people who are bored enough to hack into his entries]

Hagrid seems to like the plant well enough; I made sure to emphasize that he not feed it any meat.  (To be doubly sure, I charmed it to repel any meat products that come within a yard.)  With adequate sunlight, water, a pound of crickets every week, and nightly bedtime readings, it should grow to be relatively docile.  It was purring to the dog when I left.

The past few days have been fairly quiet, as far as quiet days in this school go.  I have no expectations as to how long the serenity will continue, but it is pleasant.  Lee appears to be recovering steadily, for which I am very glad.

The moth is still following me.  It vanishes from my shoulder every evening - to eat, I suspect - and returns the following morning.  It seems to be growing larger as well.

[Edit]

Mandrake, fanged geranium, flitterbloom, and screechsnap seeds.  Wonderful plants.  Next year's underclassmen may have their hands full.

[/Edit]

[/Hackable]

[Unhackable]

My case seems to be unique above all others - at least, above all the instances of possession I've perused thus far, where the souls of the possessor and the possessed remained separate.  Hopefully, this new course on the supernatural will provide more insight.

[/unhackable]

mood: working tags: calm, elephant hawk-moth, hiei-moth, lee, oh kurama you should learn to open up, research, secret secret, weird plants

-Sitting on a tree branch near Great Lake during lunchtime, writing random notes in his journal-

- Finished training Hagrid's plant; will deliver it tomorrow.  (STRESS THAT HE ONLY FEED IT INSECTS)

-Pauses as moth walks over hair; picks it up and puts it on leaf.  Looks at it blandly before returning to writing-

- This moth refuses to leave me alone.  I highly suspect it to be the caterpillar that hounded me last fall, but I have yet to prove it.  

I was also led to believe that this species was nocturnal.  -Glances once more-  ..Apparently not.

- New seed shipments for greenhouses tomorrow; help Professor Sprout during lunch.
- June 12 - OWLs begin
- June 15 - Home

-Leans back into tree bark; moth flutters into hair.  Gives a little sigh, and quietly enjoys summer breeze-

location: thick tree branch near Great Lake mood: fine music: Rufus Wainwright - Peach Trees tags: elephant hawk-moth, hiei-moth, weird plants

-Opens door to room; pauses for a moment when he sees Lee sleeping.  Closes door quietly; walks around Lee's bed and sits on the edge of his own to keep from disturbing him.-


[[Private, unhackable]]

He's back.  I visited him a few times in the Hospital Wing when I heard the news, but he was always asleep.  Others were involved as well, but the details as to what happened are still obscure.

It is to be expected, I suppose.  I am hardly the only one in this school with secrets.

[[/Private]]




[[Since I have no idea what's going on with the Eye of Rassilon plot, I can modify this entry if anything doesn't match up]]

location: dormroom, reading mood: thoughtful tags: lee, oh kurama you should learn to open up, secret secret

[Private]

Humans... so wrapped up in their individual worlds, at times.  So loud about it, too.

[/Private]

tags: oh kurama you should learn to open up, secret secret

[[Private, unhackable]]

The new TA for Care of Magical Creatures has golden eyes, their shade not unlike how my own used to be.  He's a wizard, though, so I'm not too surprised...

Lee left a smoking match inside a small altar I've never seen before.  There were two candles inside, with words underneath.  The one that was lit had his teacher's name below; the one that wasn't had the kanji for love.

It's not like him to leave things lying around - especially personal objects.

[[/Private]]




[[I'm still on hiatus.  I swear.

...oh, who am I kidding xD]]

location: dormitories mood: restless tags: lee, new professors, oh kurama you should learn to open up, secret secret, suspicion

[[Private, unhackable]]

I should not have lost my temper.  Lee and his squirrel could have been hurt.

I have not felt such fury since... well.

...

To speak of his mother as if she was less than filth...

How empty his life must be.

[[/Private]]

mood: contemplative tags: angry, calm, control yourself, lee, love, mother

-Well now you know. Satisfied?-

[stares at the response without expression for a few seconds before trailing his eyes up the page to reread the first few paragraphs; closes journal calmly and puts quill down, as there is no point in continuing the conversation.]

...

[Fixes his gaze on a dark corner of his bed as the light on his wandtip sputters out.  The vines around his curtains grow rigid, like snakes about to strike.  Something he hasn't felt for a very long time, cold and full of malice, is creeping into the air.  Ninja would probably refer to this sensation as "killing intent."  As it stands, this is really not a good place to be right now...]



[[This is right after Rufus' entry with his father killing his mother on mother's day XD Kurama is really close to his mother.  Like, really close.  Like, he'd sacrifice his life for her happiness close.  So he's just a little angry over hearing a total bastard someone else talk about his mother getting whacked like it's no big deal.  If you're in the room, Lee, feel free to... be freaked out?]]

location: in a nest of vines (bedroom) mood: furious tags: angry, control yourself, skewer you with a thousand bamboo spears

[Hackable to friends]

A well-intentioned holiday, albeit one that has been largely commercialized. One should not need a set date to remember and appreciate one's mother...

[/Hackable]



[Private, unhackable musings]

Heh. No matter how old or experienced one is, there will always be geniuses.

It is usually wise to keep one's abilities hidden.  I'll decide whether or not to "succeed" in these sessions later.  In the meantime, I have access to high-level texts and good sources of information; I hope they will prove useful.

[/Private]


[[by "geniuses," he's referring to Sakura, who's going to master the transformation before school is out, right? whereas it took him four years to work it out by himself, but still xD]]

[[Crossed-out, due to modifications in Sakura's plot]]

mood: calm

[Private, hackable to all except to professors/authorities; another note to himself]

Hogwarts had a sudden influx of Professors today, most of whom are questionably sane - the new Potions Professor especially.  The following year may even be more chaotic than the last.

[/Private]

[[Filtered to Lee]]

How are you feeling? Several have complained of headaches and other related post-spell damages.  (I also heard that you were one of the many being besieged by members of the opposite sex not too long ago.)

[[/Filter]]

[[Private, unhackable]]

There are benefits to remaining hidden, but also to being registered... *writing trails off as he ponders*

[[/Private]]



[[Cross-outs due to modifications in Sakura-mun's plot]]

location: writing in journal on bed mood: thoughtful tags: lee, new professors, oh kurama you should learn to open up, secret secret, self-taught animagus

[[Private, unhackable]]

I asked her four years ago, when she transformed into a cat before our eyes.  She dismissed me.

Now, barely one day after my success, she inquires if I am still interested in Animagi, and invites me into a selective Transfiguration class, the sole purpose of which is to discover and achieve one's animal form.

...

I hear laughter from far away.

I told her that I would think about it, and I will.

[[/Private]]



[[Filtered to the other students invited into McGonagall's class (Gai and Sakura)]]

Hello; I do not know either of you very well, but Professor McGonagall speaks very highly of you.  Today, she invited me into your Animagus transformation classes, but I am still hesitant about attending.  How much have you progressed?

[[/Filter]]


[Edit; Private and easily hackable, more like a note to himself]

In other news, the cat ears and tails have finally vanished.  That was quite a long spell...

[/Private]


[[mood reads as "content" and icon is the one where he's holding the rose xD Kurama's not a Transfiguration prodigy like Sakura, but he does work hard, and has perfect scores on all his exams; he asked McGonagall about becoming an Animagus during his first year, and of course she blew him off, so he took matters into his own hands.  She probably just remembered him asking her while looking over his stellar work.  Now he's trying to decide whether or not this will be a waste of time xD]]

location: dormitories, breathing in the scent of roses mood: peeved tags: how can i become a fox again, oh kurama you should learn to open up, secret secret, self-taught animagus, why do i feel like swearing

While coming back from Herbology, a highly engaged couple spilled out of a broom closet - and onto me - in the middle of their activities.

If these pheromones were any thicker, I would be choking.

It will be interesting to see how the affected students will cope once the spell wears off and final examinations begin.

location: secluded wing of castle mood: apathetic tags: cat ears, cat tails, for the love of inari control yourselves