bugger it

[eclectic_charm]

I am in Nepal at the moment with Aunt Matilda. A llama has eaten my Hogwarts letter, so I bloody well hope this is what I was supposed to get. Before anyone asks how I managed to pick up a journal in Nepal: Aunt Matilda insisted on stopping in Wizarding Kathmandu to pick it up, as she found the idea quite "charming, if a bit off." She then went on

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[myths_of_aparna]

I will try not to be offended that you feel you will be bored in New Dehli, Gabriel Moon.

(This is Parvati Patil, by the way.)

If you'd like, I can tell you of numerous NON BORING things you could do or see there.

Parvati
PS: You sound to be enjoying Napal, though that could be simply because of all the beatings you seem to be taking, so I'm going to assume that you aren't completely uncultured. And, if you'd like it, I know a secret for getting rid of llamas.

[eclectic_charm]

Rightous in your indignation, are you not, Parvati Patil? I don't suppose I mind, though.

I could be quite interested in discovering all the nonboring things I might do in New Dehli. You must understand, however, that I will be with my Aunt for the majority of my stay there, if not the entire thing, and will therefore be limited to what interests her - she did pay for the entire experience, after all.

I would be most appreciative if would share your llama-ridding-secret.

-Gabriel

[myths_of_aparna]

Yes I was as a matter of fact.
I. see. So it wasn't New Dehli you felt would bore you, only the company your Aunt keeps. I suppose that makes things a bit better.

And so I will share with you the secret to ridding yourself of llamas.
Garlic. They absolutely hate it. If you place a full clove of it in a perimeter around your tent, spacing it out about every five feet, that should keep them at bay.

If you're having problems with them nuzzling up to you then you'll have to wear it. Or you could always drag it along on a string behind you I suppose.

Parvati

[eclectic_charm]

Are you sure you're quite serious and this illness of yours hasn't addled your wits?

...

You're suggesting I scatter garlic about myself at all times as thought I'm a superstitious Muggle afraid of vampires?

...

Does it actually work?

-Gabriel

[lunarsol]

did you know llamas are distant relatives of the snorkack, Gabriel Moon? not the crumple-horned variety, but the shaggy-tailed kind. please tell them their cousins have gone missing again.

[eclectic_charm]

Luna Lovegood, I will deliver your message with all haste.

Tell me, do you know if garlic will keep llamas and snorkacks away? It has been suggested, but I would like a few different opinions on the subject before I got about bedecked in garlic cloves.

-Gabriel Moon

[lunarsol]

oh, quite the opposite, Gabriel Moon. garlic attracts them, so of course you should wear it everywhere you go. what a brilliant idea, perhaps I should tell father to try that with the snorkacks.

[eclectic_charm]

Thank you, Luna Lovegood. I will be sure to keep that in mind.

-Gabriel

[shesdrunkonego]

Llamas...

How traumatizing.

[eclectic_charm]

You have no idea. I'm quite sure I'll never get over it.

-Gabriel

[shesdrunkonego]

Perhaps therapy would help some?

[eclectic_charm]

Therapy never helps anything. It's just a silly man or woman sitting in a chair doodling while listening to you talk about your mother.

Freud. What a wacko.

~Gabriel

[sangoire_stains]

It sounds like you're having a marvelous time Gabriel, save for the llamas, of course.

Though I am rather interested in this chilhood trauma as well...
Care to share?

-Blaise

[eclectic_charm]

It all revolves are the disemfluffment and death of Samuel Teddy. I've explained it in more depth to Parvati - it's really quite painful. But more amusing, I should say. I wonder how she'll react.

And I am having a lovely time. Hiking isn't nearly the chore I expected it to be...and the llamas do, indeed, carry more of their fair share of the baggage they're carrying all of mine.

-Gabriel

[sangoire_stains]

Well, at least the llamas are good for something?

-Blaise

[eclectic_charm]

One thing. Not much else.

-Gabriel