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Dear magical journal thing that I'm feeling slightly more ambivalent towards as of late even though your pages are continuously filled with useless drivel that I can't be bothered to read,

I recently acquired a broom.

It's not as good as my Nimbus back home, but it'll do.

If anyone on my crew needs me — ha — check the skies.

- Draco Malfoy

P.S. I also purchased some chocolate frogs but one of them seems to have gone missing. Do feel free to alert me if you hear any out of place ribbits on board, but really, they've usually only got one decent jump in them so he can't have gone far.

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I control the stick, though. Don't be jealous.

The brooms use themselves. That, or we have spells. Or house elves. In my home, it's mostly that last thing.

I am never jealous of laziness. [Said ever so casually.]

You're used to servants, then.

It's not laziness, it's making use of my inherent abilities.

I'm used to house elves. ...So, yes, I guess. They have them at school, too.

Your school has servants also?

I don't suppose you want for much.

[Sighs.]

They're not really servants, at least not the ones at school. They work in the kitchen, and I'm fairly certain they take care of our laundry. But other than that... I mean, you don't even see them them most of the time.

What would you do if you lost your ability to do magic? How are your physical capabilities without even manual labor to improve the strength in your limbs?

I do play sports.

[Though most of that time is spent sitting on a broom.]

And you should see the castle I have classes in, I'm constantly running up and down staircases -- that randomly change direction, mind you -- so I get plenty of exercise. Trust me, the Slytherin dorms are in the dungeons. To get to most anything else you have to go up.

A castle, is it?

[This kid.]

Wizards certainly seem privileged, regardless. What sports do you play?

It's just a fancy boarding school, mate. Even the Muggles have similar institutes, I believe.

I play Quidditch.

I'm afraid you've just used several terms I'm not familiar with.

What is Quidditch?

...Right, I really need to stop doing that. Explaining everything is getting exhausting.

It's a sport played on racing brooms. You hit balls at people or try to score by throwing balls through hoops or catching the Snitch. That's my job, that last thing. I'm a Seeker.

Ah, of course. A wizard's game. A game on brooms.

I would ask for further details, but I'd hate to bother you with more explanations.

[Casually ignoring your snark.]

Well, I don't mind explaining Quidditch because it's brilliant.

Then I don't mind listening, if you don't mind explaining.

[PROMPTLY LAUNCHES INTO A QUIDDITCH SPIEL.]

Alright, so there are seven players per team. One Keeper, he's in charge of guarding the three hoops on his end up of the pitch. Three Chasers, two Beaters, and one Seeker -- that's me. The goal of the Chasers is to toss one of the balls, the Quaffle, through the opposing team's hoops. Each time they manage it, they get 10 points. The Beaters are equipped with bats and their job is to hit these two other balls called Bludgers into the other players and knock them off course, disrupt play, that kind of thing. The Bludgers themselves are enchanted, see, they aim for the players, so it's also the Beaters job to protect their own teammates.

Then the Seeker -- that's me -- has to catch the Golden Snitch. It's the tiniest ball, about the size of a walnut, and is incredibly fast. You're awarded 150 points if you catch it, and that also signifies that the game is over. Usually if you catch the Snitch, it's likely that your team will win. But actually, just this past year in the Quidditch World Cup, the team that caught the Snitch lost! It was an incredible match, but I digress.

...Do you follow me?

[If there's one thing that can be said for Itachi, it's that he's a quick learner.

Well, there are many things that can be said about Itachi, but that's definitely one of them regardless.]

...I do, actually. It not too hard to follow, as far as sports are concerned.

And you play this on brooms?

Oh good! I didn't think the basics of it were too hard to grasp.

[And he really does sound pleased that Itachi gets it.]

Brooms, yes. It makes for a very large playing field.

And do you think this game could be modified to be played on the ground? Or under water?

I understand it has similar elements as some Mugg— ...Non-magical sports. So it could probably be played without a broom. And Futo said she might be able to help mimic the enchantments that are supposed to be on the balls.

...I don't know that I would play it underwater, though. I'm not a merman.

And yet water is what we have the most of here.

I thought perhaps it might be easier to get water breathing tools that to get everyone enchanted brooms. Not everyone has the ability to walk on water like ninjas can.

I'm not sure if people here would be able to use enchanted brooms anyway, to be honest. Maybe they would. I suppose we could test it on mine.

...Yes, that's because people here are not Jesus.

If that's a name, I'm not familiar with the owner. I only know that most here aren't ninjas.

It's a fairly simple technique, applying chakra to the bottom of the feet. It allows the user to travel on most surfaces. I'm surprised that you, as a wizard, don't have something similar.

It's—never mind.

[He's not about to go into a whole religious explanation here.]

It's possible I could work out a way to do that. Wizards can't fly on their own, there's no spell for that, and levitation charms don't work on humans, but they can be used on clothes. So maybe floating shoes, for example, though I doubt they'd hold the weight of a person very well. Or I could turn the water solid enough to step on, or maybe freeze it, but that would only work in a limited area...

Floating... No, that wouldn't work.

You have to be able to make any surface work like something solid, or else you won't be stable and grounded. There's no friction if you're floating, meaning that you would have to use too much of your concentration to steady yourself.

Well, like I said, if we had a limited area I could probably freeze the water. But then we'll have just turned it into a winter sport. Still, acquiring ice skates for everyone would be fairly simple, I'd think.

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