I pulled open my WiP folder. You can have this much.
"I cannot believe you went back into a collapsing building for your hat."
"I like this hat."
"Uh hunh."
"It’s my lucky hat."
"You spent four hours drunk off your ass in that café outside Thebes convincing me that you don’t believe in luck, magic, destiny or fate.” Bill flicks rubble onto Indy’s shoulder.
“This from a man who carries a stick with him at all times.”
“I don’t say it’s my lucky stick.
Indiana rolled onto his back and sighed, the movement causing another cascade of pebbles to shower. “There’s an obscene joke lurking in there somewhere.”
"There’s a statue of Anubis lurking in there somewhere."
"As likely to find the first as the second. Bill, we are exhausted, the both of us. Why is this so important?’”
:-:
and the bit that shows that Is tarted this between books six and seven:
Molly screaming "William whatever Weasley, there’s a reason that Time Turners are illegal."
"It’s not a time turner, mom."
"It’s close enough and god, haven’t you done enough?"
"Voldemort’s still out there (shakes off her gasp at the name), Harry’s disappeared, and Ron insists he doesn’t know where and the only lead we have on the Staff is in 1936 when Grindlewald still had it. If I can go back, get it when he loses it, we minimize the chances of messing our timeline, since it’s been lost. Maybe I’ve already done it, and that’s why it disappears."
"Don’t try to confuse me with time paradoxes young man, I’m your mother and I taught you how to riddle once upon a time."
He takes her hands, knowing he won the argument already.
“Love you, take care of Fleur, all right.?”
“Hah, like she needs any help from me.” But she nods and he turns to Kingsley.
"I still don’t like it," Minerva says.
"It’s a good idea."
"No, it’s a rash idea, a desperate idea."
"And we are the final force for the safety of a world that will never know we exist and our only hope is a child playing hide and seek..."
Bill sees Ron flinch and he suspects Kingsley doesn’t miss it. They’ve been careful to include either Ron or Hermione in all discussions. No one will admit why, just as no one will press either of them too hard for information. The advantage of apparition is that it’s near-instantaneous travel. The disadvantage of apparition is that’s it’s near-instantaneous travel. As the twins found out, every coin has two sides.
"I’ve got your clothes, here’s your background. I’ve made you a veteran of the world war that had recently passed. You look a little young, but it’ll explain..." Kingsley gestures upward, "and any jumpiness."
"What me, jumpy? I’m as steady as a cat."
"Would someone explain appropriate cat-like behavior to Crookshanks? I’ve also tracked the staff’s last known location and a couple of folks that we know were looking for it at one point or another. We know that Count Resowisctz never found it and he died in '43. A Frenchman named Belloq took a contract to find it for the German leader of the time, but returned the money, so that’s a dead end. There’s another, an American professor. He’s a bit shadowed, but most of his finds were displayed at the museum that sponsored him, so clearly, he failed, too. But all three of them tried for it and you could come into contact with any of them. Here are their dossiers, your clothes are in the rucksack."
Bill peers inside. "So much for boxer briefs."
"I really didn’t want to know your underwear preference, son."
A rueful smile. A knock on the door.
"I ‘ave reconsidered," Fleur announces as she walks in.
Kingsley hides his smile and exits.
“Oh really?”
“Oui, I have decided that I cannot and should not talk you out of this rash adventure and I shall see you off properly with a reminder of why you must return to me.”
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"I cannot believe you went back into a collapsing building for your hat."
"I like this hat."
"Uh hunh."
"It’s my lucky hat."
"You spent four hours drunk off your ass in that café outside Thebes convincing me that you don’t believe in luck, magic, destiny or fate.” Bill flicks rubble onto Indy’s shoulder.
“This from a man who carries a stick with him at all times.”
“I don’t say it’s my lucky stick.
Indiana rolled onto his back and sighed, the movement causing another cascade of pebbles to shower. “There’s an obscene joke lurking in there somewhere.”
"There’s a statue of Anubis lurking in there somewhere."
"As likely to find the first as the second. Bill, we are exhausted, the both of us. Why is this so important?’”
:-:
and the bit that shows that Is tarted this between books six and seven:
Molly screaming "William whatever Weasley, there’s a reason that Time Turners are illegal."
"It’s not a time turner, mom."
"It’s close enough and god, haven’t you done enough?"
"Voldemort’s still out there (shakes off her gasp at the name), Harry’s disappeared, and Ron insists he doesn’t know where and the only lead we have on the Staff is in 1936 when Grindlewald still had it. If I can go back, get it when he loses it, we minimize the chances of messing our timeline, since it’s been lost. Maybe I’ve already done it, and that’s why it disappears."
"Don’t try to confuse me with time paradoxes young man, I’m your mother and I taught you how to riddle once upon a time."
He takes her hands, knowing he won the argument already.
“Love you, take care of Fleur, all right.?”
“Hah, like she needs any help from me.” But she nods and he turns to Kingsley.
"I still don’t like it," Minerva says.
"It’s a good idea."
"No, it’s a rash idea, a desperate idea."
"And we are the final force for the safety of a world that will never know we exist and our only hope is a child playing hide and seek..."
Bill sees Ron flinch and he suspects Kingsley doesn’t miss it. They’ve been careful to include either Ron or Hermione in all discussions. No one will admit why, just as no one will press either of them too hard for information. The advantage of apparition is that it’s near-instantaneous travel. The disadvantage of apparition is that’s it’s near-instantaneous travel. As the twins found out, every coin has two sides.
"I’ve got your clothes, here’s your background. I’ve made you a veteran of the world war that had recently passed. You look a little young, but it’ll explain..." Kingsley gestures upward, "and any jumpiness."
"What me, jumpy? I’m as steady as a cat."
"Would someone explain appropriate cat-like behavior to Crookshanks? I’ve also tracked the staff’s last known location and a couple of folks that we know were looking for it at one point or another. We know that Count Resowisctz never found it and he died in '43. A Frenchman named Belloq took a contract to find it for the German leader of the time, but returned the money, so that’s a dead end. There’s another, an American professor. He’s a bit shadowed, but most of his finds were displayed at the museum that sponsored him, so clearly, he failed, too. But all three of them tried for it and you could come into contact with any of them. Here are their dossiers, your clothes are in the rucksack."
Bill peers inside. "So much for boxer briefs."
"I really didn’t want to know your underwear preference, son."
A rueful smile. A knock on the door.
"I ‘ave reconsidered," Fleur announces as she walks in.
Kingsley hides his smile and exits.
“Oh really?”
“Oui, I have decided that I cannot and should not talk you out of this rash adventure and I shall see you off properly with a reminder of why you must return to me.”