un: man's greatest treasure [text]

[reparo]

[While on the boat ride from hell, there's a point in the first night where Hermione decides what the hell, for morale.]

I have mint leaves for anyone who is sea-sick, so please reach out if you would like some. I can float them to your boat. Chewing on peppermint would've been better, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

[There is a pause on her end here, before she writes out the rest:]

For whoever is holding the candles lit, if you are having trouble staying awake or keeping calm, maybe we can exchange stories. Surely if we whisper into our pendants...

Oh, one more thing! Does anyone know how to change the display name on these bloody things?

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[reparo]

She called me a goat. Not that I wish her ill or anything, but that was rude.

[inferus]

She did like her animal comparisons. She was often rude and abrasive. Perhaps purposefully, or perhaps that is why the Merchant approved of her being with the group. People's reactions can reveal a great deal about them.

[reparo]

For a wild moment

[What she wants to say is: for a wild moment when talking to Karsa, she'd thought for sure that was her could-be future; if Harry and Ron hadn't actually befriended her, would she have ended up that focused on skill and knowledge as to ignore common sense and kindness? Diplomacy?]

Nevermind. I don't have a clue why we've left her behind. I don't know why we've taken on Hatisse, or why we're headed where we're headed - and I hate it. I hate not knowing.

[inferus]

( wrath lifts an eyebrow when she cuts herself off but says nothing more. )

If the three are smart, they will not reveal their true motives though I imagine it all comes down to the one biggest motivator for many beings: power. It comes in many varieties. ( it is the reason he chose to fall - so he could finally have choice of his own. power when he had been powerless. ) More frustrating is they are already aware of our own collective motive, which creates a power imbalance between us and them regardless of what we may learn.

[reparo]

It always comes down to power with these things. Bonnacorso, the Merchant, the Huntress, Anurr - it all feels like they're playing a game and the rest of us, the rest of their people, are just pawns for the using.

I hate people like this.

[inferus]

Power is the reason for all those involved even the pawns. Knowledge, choice are forms of power as well. It is power our own group seeks. They attempt to use us as pawns.

So how can we assert our own power when others have power over us? We make our own choices. We seek our own knowledge. We play a role to a certain extent so long as it serves us. We remain aware of what can be used against us, and we present a defense against it. Never let anyone see what might affect you, what might be used against you.

[reparo]

Take care that this level of caution and self-guarding does not lead to you guarding yourself from absolutely everything.

[you fucking Slytherin.]

I have to defend the benefit of teaming up. Maybe not with the other unknown variables, but definitely with each other. One person can't solve this whole mess alone.

[inferus]

Both are valuable skills where I come from, and to be without either could result in you losing "absolutely everything".

( but he is definitely a Slytherclaw through and through even before he fell into Hell )

I agree. There is a benefit to having allies especially within a world that limits us so. Our entire group is necessary in finding the appropriate path home and not being used by those with more power than us. ( not that he enjoys admitting that )

[reparo]

You did wield an impressive amount of power, during the siege on the tower.

[not flirting, facts.]

[inferus]

I am accustomed to having far more.

And you utilized power of your own - magic like Lily's through a wand with the necessary words to accompany? Does this magic come from within?

[reparo]

You are? What does that mean, does the energy of this world dampen your powers? I have felt the magic here is quite unpredictable at times.

It does feel like that, yes. Lily and I are from the same world, actually. We even went to the same school, though at different times.

[inferus]

At times, it appears to. As an example, I can usually teleport much further: between realms in my own world, but I am limited in terms of distance within this one.

It is still strange to know your world has many schools to teach magic, especially after already having experienced witch hunters. But it is vital, important even if they've grown complacent in some areas as you mentioned previously ( within his own world, witches must hide, but it leaves much to be desired in terms of training and having the tools to protect oneself. )

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[reparo]

You can teleport between REALMS?!?

[reparo]

Is that a common talent in your world, or are you that powerful?

[inferus]

The ability is limited to a relative few number of individuals - my brothers and I are among those few. If many were capable of teleporting between realms, there would be no balance. ( it would be dangerous primarily for the mortal realm given all the demons who would gladly jump at the chance. )

[reparo]

I'll ask a very impertinent question, if I may?

[inferus]

You are free to ask whichever question you wish as I am free to choose to respond or not. ( it is not as if she is a member of his house nor a resident of hell relegated to certain rules as they pertain to him. nor is any of it enforceable in this world regardless. )

[reparo]

Are you a witch, or something else?

[inferus]

( to be asked if he is a witch is a strange thing given his complicated relationship with them - the first witch cursed him and tore his wings from his back. he lives with their absence and the curse still - centuries later. and he is in love with emilia, his betrothed, his wife to be, also cursed. )

I am malvagi - One of the Seven, the General of War, Prince of Wrath. Few here appear to be aware the stories associated with my brothers and I, and the titles have little meaning in a world so separated from my own so I have had little reason to give them.

[reparo]

Wait - so it isn't a codename? Wrath is your title? I'm afraid the only story I know of that mentions Wrath is of the seven deadly sins.

[inferus]

Deadly is even more dramatic than wicked, but yes, we've been referred to as such. It appears you are more familiar than most I've spoken to. ( granted mortal stories vary in their accuracy. they often get twisted over the centuries especially with terms like wicked and deadly attached to them - not that he has a problem being associated with either adjective. ).