homeless; mun is re-reading goblet of fire

[toseektofind]

Miss Mun,

Listen, it's great that you want to play me again - it's a bit, uh ... well, you've some interesting characters in your 'headspace,' so I won't pretend it's not nice to get out and stretch my legs, but let's be honest. You haven't got time to put me in a proper game. These - what are they called? 'Meems?' - 'meems' don't seem to be too bad, even if I don't quite know what a 'text from last night' is and why I've got to be drunk to send one.

Let's just be reasonable about all this, yeah?

Yours,
Cedric

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[toseektofind]

I don't want to go there! I have a girlfriend!

[alwaysakeeper]

Then why did you bring it up?

[toseektofind]

I just wanted to be sure! You know how these muns are!

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[alwaysakeeper]

I doubt your girlfriend would appreciate--hold it, since when? And who?

[It's not like he's nosy, he just tends to keep tabs on all the teams in Hogwarts (nothing too personal, since he doesn't care that much). Something happening in their lives can affect their game, after all. And he might be a little curious.]

happens to the best of us; i do it all the time

[toseektofind]

[He grins, sheepish but oh-so-pleased, and rubs at the back of his neck.]

Cho Chang. Ravenclaw's Seeker? Since the Yule Ball.

[alwaysakeeper]

Chang, huh?

[There's a small, amused grin at how sheepish Cedric seems to be, and he's about to start ribbing the other captain a bit when the last of the words sink in.]

What are you going on about? What Yule Ball?

[toseektofind]

The Yu - oh, you might not have heard of it, I reckon. It was part of the Triwizard Tournament, couple of months ago. You've heard of that, haven't you?

[alwaysakeeper]

[Oliver gives him a "You've gone mad, haven't you?" Look.]

Wasn't that discontinued?

[toseektofind]

Yeah, but Professor Dumbledore worked with the Ministry -

- I know Puddlemere works you hard, but surely you have some contact with the outside world, don't you?

[alwaysakeeper]

[WHY ARE YOU CONFUSING. Also, he is trying very hard not to be excited by the prospect of playing for Puddlemere because nothing is certain in his future yet.]

Hold it, Diggory. I haven't been recruited by anyone yet--though I am hoping--so let's not be hasty.

[toseektofind]

What are you talking about? You told me about it at the Quidditch Wor ...

[...wait.]

This is one of those timeline things, isn't it.

[alwaysakeeper]

The what?

[toseektofind]

Quidditch World Cup?

What year is it for you?

[alwaysakeeper]

You realise that's in a couple of months, don't you?

[He is giving you the most weirded out look, and speaking a bit slower, in case you aren't understanding.]

1994. I assume the same for you.

[toseektofind]

...yeah, it's one of those timeline things.

It's June 1995 for me, mate.

[alwaysakeeper]

Merlin--

[Wait.]

I think my mun mentioned something like this.

[toseektofind]

Yeah, it's all a bit complicated. Last time I was in a game, most everyone else there was from after my -

[death]

- time. Really weird.

[alwaysakeeper]

Even Muggles ought to know time isn't something to be tampered with.

[He doesn't catch the brief pause.]

[toseektofind]

We're talking about our muns, Wood. Nothing is sacred to this lot.

[alwaysakeeper]

You've a point. These muns can be incredibly hard to work with.

[He shakes his head in irritated disbelief.]

You mentioned something about a game, yeah?

[toseektofind]

Yeah, ages ago, called 'Mayfield.' Like a town in 1950s America? Bloody weird place.

[alwaysakeeper]

Sounds bloody boring, honestly.

Who else was there?

[toseektofind]

Loads of younger kids. Potter's friends - Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger - Luna Lovegood, that Longbottom kid, Potter's parents - dunno how that worked, but - oh, and Weasley's mum, and his sister.

[alwaysakeeper]

[It takes him a moment to connect faces with the names, though Lovegood and Longbottom are drawing a blank in his mind, even if they sound strangely familiar.]

None of our teammates or year-mates, then.

[While it's nice to know people from their world are in games, they are never the ones he knows very well, or at all.]

[toseektofind]

Nah. No one was even up for a game. Bloody outrageous, it was.