[Phone line]

[sothis_rising]

So everything's back to normal, yeah? I still don't understand what the hell's happing around here, but I guess it'll take more time then I thought.

I haven't really been broadcasting myself around a whole log, but the name's Sirius Black. If anyone's up for explaining some of these muggle things to me I'd really appreciate it. I'm pretty new to anything that's not swish and flick friendly.

O, and Evans, it was fun. Aside from the hurling on my shoes part. I told you that stuff was dangerous.

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[infourbooks]

S-Sirius Black?

[This is all very weird. As you are also rather dead.]

What's, uh, the last thing you remember?

[sothis_rising]

[He's pretty sure that kid looks familiar. Not familiar as in he's seen him before, but familiar as in he's probably seen the kid's relatives around somewhere. He can't place where though so he just dismisses it.]

From here or back home?

[infourbooks]

From home. I... think there might be something strange happening.

[Okay, he knows. It's really... not stranger than Lily]

[sothis_rising]

Summer recess. Who're you anyway?

[Not that he's trying to be mean, he's just not very good at not being blunt and to the point. He likes to call it curious bravado.]

[infourbooks]

Neville Longbottom.

[Ooh boy, how does he explain this?]

[sothis_rising]

Longbottom? I didn't know Frank had a brother. Or are you a cousin of some sort.

[infourbooks]

Alright... I know this sounds pretty daft but... there's something strange going on with time here.

[To put it mildly]

He's my dad.

[sothis_rising]

Your ... dad. Does he know?

[Yeah, he's not believing you.]

[infourbooks]

[There's a brief pause as Neville tries to collect himself. He couldn't have known why that hit so hard.]

Time is... out of synch here. Evans will tell you about it, but... for me, the last thing I remember was 1996.

[sothis_rising]

Good god, he's got to be forty by now. Is he here? I'd love to see him.

[infourbooks]

No... Dad isn't...

[Complicated. Very, very complicated]

The only person here from around my time is Malfoy.

[sothis_rising]

Malfoy? You mean Lushness Lucius?

[infourbooks]

[He has to snicker a bit at that nickname]

No, he has a son.

[sothis_rising]

Good god, don't make me think about him breeding. That's like thinking about Slugworth breeding. No, it's worse.

[infourbooks]

[Not quite sure who Slugworth is, but okay]

We're in the same year.

[He sounds just delighted by this]

[sothis_rising]

How unfortunate. You do torture him on a daily basis, don't you?

[infourbooks]

I...

[What?]

Mostly I just try to avoid him.

[sothis_rising]

Really? That's ... disappointing. I should think you'd give that pure blood obsessed bastard as good as he tries to give you.

[infourbooks]

Potter's a lot better at that than I am.

[sothis_rising]

Good god man, your dad was brill with a comeback. You telling me you didn't inherit his wits?

[riastrad_ridire]

You kinda get used to it. Must be new around here, right?

[sothis_rising]

I came in July but I haven't really been active. It's been a bit of an adjustment period.

Is it always like this?

[riastrad_ridire]

More often than not, yeah.

[sothis_rising]

Well that's bollocks.

[riastrad_ridire]

Sounds like a good way to summarize, yeah.

You can call me Lancer, by the way.

[sothis_rising]

Sirius Black.

[riastrad_ridire]

Nice to meet you, shame you're stuck here like the rest of us, and whatever else passes for a greeting here.

[sothis_rising]

I'm sure I'll figure a way to screw the place somehow.

[myblimpisbigger]

Muggle?

[sothis_rising]

Non magic. Mundane.

[myblimpisbigger]

Ah. What particular muggle things are you having difficulty with? Perhaps I can explain. I've had to relearn quite a bit as well.

[sothis_rising]

Everything.

[myblimpisbigger]

[WOW HELPFUL]

Right. What's the most pressing, then?

[sothis_rising]

Basic needs I guess. I've never done anything without magic.