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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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[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.

We might just have to save it for when we actually have free time to spend on an island. It would be easier for everyone.

Yes, you're probably right.

Well. If you're going to be out on your broom often, you should be an excellent lookout.

There is that. And it's not nearly as boring as sitting in the crow's nest for hours.

As long as you can actually keep focused on the task, that is.

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