Let's See What's In The Cards (Mmhm)

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The weather was still bitterly cold, and the snow was still thick on the ground, but it was finally possible to at least go outside by the front doors. The King and Queen have still forbidden anyone from staying overnight at the museum district in case it started snowing again. But the King could be seen outside trying to shovel snow enough to make a path to the castle at the least.

The snow was still too thick to get easily anywhere not shoveled, and the snow was so heavy that even beasted out, Ben needed to take constant breaks inside to sit down and dry off. This wasn't going to be a fast task.

It was only made harder when it started. For those who slept, it would start after they have fully awoken for the day. For those who don't sleep, they'd find that they had fallen into a pleasant daydream, even if it wasn't normal for them to do so. When they came out of it, that was when it would start for them.

But what is it, exactly?

Small snippets of memories, playing for anyone who was with the person remembering to see. But the thing was, these memories... were memories the person had not yet made. Memories of the future.

Not enough to give answers, probably not enough to give reassurances for much other than "oh hey, I do have a future after all," but generally pleasant, and short. Hey, it will give people a thing to talk about, at least. Especially since this will go on for the next two weeks or so.

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Harry Potter | Harry Potter (OTA)

[phoenixwiz]

Maybe This Time We Can Fall in Love Again
Seen from a few inches, two individuals, Harry and a young lady with bright red hair, are seen at a park, going on a walk and both in their mid 20’s. Both are dressed warmly in coats, scarves, jeans and sneakers for a nice autumn day.

If one can look closely though, Harry could be seen fiddling with his fingers and sighing deeply as the ginger haired lady looks on in worry.

“You know, it has been a long time since the battle in Hogwarts and the world hopping I have went through and I don’t know how to put all of this in words without sounding so weird,” Harry confesses to the lady.

“Harry, you do need to tell me more about your adventures in other worlds. It is not like it caused you to have doubt about dating me or anyone again if you want to,” she asks him inquisitively, the sound of her voice being one of concern, “I wouldn’t make fun of you if you tell me more about Avalon and Auradon in greater detail.”

“Ginny, I don’t know if I could go back to being with you again. I mean, you’re a great friend to be with and a wonderful daughter and sister, but with dating, I, I, I…”

“Listen Harry. You don’t have to rush things like we did back in Hogwarts. It is okay. No one shouldn’t hold this against you for not getting back to the dating game sooner.”

“Are you sure about it, Gin?”

The red haired lady, Ginny, giggles lightly, “Of course. At least you do have all the time in the universe to consider your options.”

Hope a late in is okay?

[souls_of_roles]

Kyoko was used to seeing her own daydreams all the time. Seeing someone else's fantasy was new.

But still.

"Good for you," she said nodding. "Love only rots your brain."

She was, for Kyoko, very monotone.

[phoenixwiz]

And with that comment from Kyoko, Harry was brought back to the present as the memory ends. He was not expecting to have someone else noticing what sort of possible future memories that could be waiting around the corner for him. Although he hasn’t mentioned about Ginny at least once to anyone else in this world since his arrival.

Should he tell Kyoko that he is still uncertain about restarting a relationship with Ginny or even reconsidering being in a relationship again? The young man is currently in a loss for words.

“Oh hi there, Kyoko,” he greets her with a flustered look on his face, “I’m just recovering from witnessing whatever that flash forward was about. Although I’m not really ready for any romances right now.”

[souls_of_roles]

"Romance is poison," she said, flatly. "Let's stomp out love together!" she gained energy with that. "I didn't know you were a pure boy the way I'm a pure girl!" now she was shining and sparkling. "Let's vow together, never to fall in love again!"

[phoenixwiz]

Well he didn’t certainly expect to learn that Kyoko has some, erm, very highly opinionated thoughts regarding romance. And he certainly wasn’t expecting to get signed up for some love stomping therapy as she suggests either. But right now, he could sure use the time to get his mind off from his current Ginny problems and keep any thoughts of romance at any chance he could.

“Oh, um, stomping down love and vowing not to fall for any random person ever again?” he tries to recap what she just told him, “What kind of things we can do to throw romance out of the window today?”

[souls_of_roles]

Who would fall in love with someone random? That felt even worse! Oh no!

"We can make curse dolls! And we can set up a booth, warning people off of love forever!"

[phoenixwiz]

Oh yes, he hasn’t forgotten these curse dolls. He has seen at least one being made when he visited Kyoko’s inn room back in Avalon. Now he isn’t the greatest when it comes to arts and crafts at home, but maybe he could try his hands in making some of these curse dolls even if they don’t come out looking the most beautiful.

“Oh yeah. That could be a good idea. Making these dolls and trying to warn people about the downsides of being in relationships can help me out. So where can we start on making the dolls now?”

[souls_of_roles]

"We could go to the library? Maybe Mr. Gabriel can join us since he's good at sewing?"

[phoenixwiz]

“Okay, that is terrific! We should go there and try to find Mr. Gabriel too so we can start sewing the dolls.”

[souls_of_roles]

"YES! And we can fill them with our hate and rage!"

[phoenixwiz]

Deep down, Harry soon finds that he might have more struggles in infusing hate into the curse dolls. Dumbledore had said to him a few times that he is very capable to love more than most folks could. That will be the hardest part for him to pull off or so he thinks. But when it comes to anger and rage, yep, he certainly could do that.

Experiences of being a temperamental teenager with a temper shorter than most kids due to his rough circumstances can do a great job for him. Maybe a rage-filled curse doll could fit the bill. And he can sure try all his might to infuse such anger into the dolls he will make.

“Yeah. Unleashing the hate and anger into the dolls, this is going to be a lot of fun.”

Do we want to make this a joint open log?

[souls_of_roles]

She nodded.

"It usually is!"

Yes yes we can!

[phoenixwiz]

“Well then, what are we waiting for? Let’s get started on making those dolls already.”

You wanna make it, or should I?

[souls_of_roles]

Kyoko nodded. "YES!"

You can do it

[phoenixwiz]

He couldn’t help trying to make a proud smile even if he has to navigate a very new and unusual thing for him. If this can help Kyoko out, he hopes that it will work well with him too.

Re: You can do it

[souls_of_roles]

( https://kingdoms-of-auradon.dreamwidth.org/18215.html Does this work? If so we can share the link around)

And so they were off to the library!