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[half-giant.livejournal.com]

Hagrid is in the gardens, wand in hand, coaxing his sprouting pumpkin seedlings to grow into mature plants, one by one.

He saw a sign before coming out about circuses, and wonders what it is. Maybe he'll stick around to find out...

Come and keep him company while he works.


[ooc - computer's being dodgy. Sorry if I disappear suddenly. If I do, we can slowtime.]

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[firstwizard.livejournal.com]

Since Zedd is outside, he just so happens to see Hagrid. And he also just so happens to be walking over. He also just so happens to be smiling with a cheerful voice.

"Good afternoon, Hagrid. Doing a little work in the garden?"

[half-giant.livejournal.com]

"Hullom Zedd," Hagrid smiles back. His coat is in a heap on the far side of the pumpkin patch, and his sleeves are rolled up. "'M just hurryin' nature along a bit."

[firstwizard.livejournal.com]

Zedd smiles approvingly.

"That works pretty well. Would you like some help?"

[half-giant.livejournal.com]

"Wouldn't turn some down," he says cheerfully. "Engorgement charms are th' only ones tha' seem ter work right fer me almost every time. In a month or so, I should have these pumkins ter the size o' baby Hippogriffs."

[firstwizard.livejournal.com]

Zedd smiles pleasently.

"Well lets see what I can do, shall we?"

He kneels down, moving his sleeves up to his shoulders. Oh dang, he got his robes dirty. It'll wash out.

[half-giant.livejournal.com]

"I bin takin' it in stages. Had ter wait fer'em ter sprout from th' seeds firs', and then I've been givin' 'em a little nudge every day. 'S good practice fer my magic. Don' wanna rush it and end up with weak root systems, cause I went an' made th' plants too big."

[firstwizard.livejournal.com]

Zedd nods happily.

"Than I'll just give them a checkup. Make sure everything inside them is working alright and all."

He places his hands about 1/4 of an inch away from one plant and check up on it with a bit of magic.

[half-giant.livejournal.com]

Hagrid bites his lower lip nervously, and waits for the prognosis. He's pretty sure that he's done a good job on them, but mother nature doesn't usually like people messing with things.

[firstwizard.livejournal.com]

Zedd lifts his head back up with a very pleased grin.

"This one is doing just fine. It's have some growing pain, if you will, but thats to be expected."

He looks a bit like a vet talking about a pet that has a nasty infection.

"Although some bugs have been eating at it's roots. I have removed them for you though. They won't be bothering anymore plants of yours."

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

*There a man in white walking through the garden, examining the plants.*

[half-giant.livejournal.com]

Hagrid smiles up at the man, and stands to introduce himself. Then pales alarmingly.

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

*Tim nods his head.*

Morning Hagrid.

[half-giant.livejournal.com]

Hagrid's knees turn to water, and he sits down on the ground, hard.

He just staaaaaaaares for a moment.

Then the babbling begins.

"But you were...and then I was, and then she...and we came back and you were..."

He takes a deep breath and finally says. "You're dead."

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

My body died, yes.

*He smiles.*

I made myself a new one.

[half-giant.livejournal.com]

"Made yerself a new one." It's not really a question.

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

Yeh.

*Tim concentrates...and he is a cloud of magic particles, floating serenly. He drifts over beside Hagrid, and is human looking again.*

Out of my own magic.

[half-giant.livejournal.com]

"Can't yeh glue yerself back together a bit better than that?" Hagrid asks when Tim reappears. "If yeh keep that up, yer bound ter lose an important piece sooner or later."

He stares at Tim again.

"I'm glad yer back. So, yer new body's healthy an' all?"

[http://users.livejournal.com/_righthandman_/]

Chase has gone outside for a while. Fewer people to gawk at the tutu, and he needs some fresh air.

However, noticing the very large man over by the pumpkin plants, he immediately wonders whether he oughtn't go back inside.

[half-giant.livejournal.com]

"Hullo," Hagrid says cheerfully. "Mighty fancy kilt yeh got there."

[http://users.livejournal.com/_righthandman_/]

Chase looks down at the tutu. "Um, thanks." He sighs. "Not really my choice of outfit, though. I have to wear it because I lost a bet."

He wanders over by the gardens. "Nice pumpkin plants," he says.

[half-giant.livejournal.com]

"Thank yeh," Hagrid says proudly."Name's Hagrid, by the way. What kind o' bet was it?"

[http://users.livejournal.com/_righthandman_/]

Chase startles momentarily. He's never going to get used to running into literary characters here. "I'm Chase," he says. "The bet...it wasn't really a bet. It's just that there's this French ballerina, and if you even say the word 'bet' within ten feet of her, she'll mess with your head and guilt you into wearing a tutu. So I'm stuck wearing this thing for the next three days."

[half-giant.livejournal.com]

Hagrid chuckles. "Pleased ter meet yeh, Chase. Thanks fer th' warnin'. I met a french ballerina th' other day by th' name o' Meg."

[http://users.livejournal.com/_righthandman_/]

"Yeah, that'd be her." Chase shakes his head. "Just watch what you say around her; she's crazy."

He leans against the wall. It's starting to get chilly out. "Did you hear about the circus?" he asks absently.

[half-giant.livejournal.com]

"I saw a sigh, yeah," Hagrid nods. "Don' know what a circus is, though."

He scratches his head in puzzlement.

"A lot o' the stuff they're lookin fer people ter do is pretty commonplace where I'm from. Dunno why they'd wanna go an' make inter a show or summat."