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hermione "well, actually" granger ([personal profile] reparo) wrote in [community profile] eastbound2022-08-23 06:22 pm

un: man's greatest treasure [video]

Since we find ourselves in a new location, and seem to have picked up some, maybe some introductions are due. I'm Hermione Granger, and I'm from England. I'm currently assigned the role of a tax collector, it's going great. [Sarcasm.] I'm sure it'll be fine - I was a modiste in Taravast, for heaven's sake...

[Quickly, a smile! Nervous, but a smile.]

What else - oh, I'm also a witch. [Which reminds her!] I'm going to start brewing potions again, since the ground isn't being rocked from side to side by the sea and the sea monster... Supplies are limited, and alternatives to the ingredients that I normally use can be weak on the ground, so I can't brew as many as I'd like. I'd ask that we all exercise some caution and not need them as much until I can get the reserves back up.

[There is a pause, as she opens her mouth to say I also don't like being treated like a child, because-] Huh. I...don't know how old I am.

[A frown, and she seems to forget that she's recording herself now, lost in her own musings:] Let's see, it was May when I come from, but was it the same month here? [To the screen, to her audience, the question:] Does this world even work in twelve months in a year? Seasons? It was quite crisp when I woke up in Taravast for the first time, maybe autumn? [And she pales.] Oh, gods, it's been almost a year...

[A shallow inhale - I want to go back home, we just ended a war, I need to see my friends, I need to grieve my friends, I need to - and a very shaky exhale. She cuts the feed off.]
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[personal profile] incantates 2022-09-04 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Age is but a number. I forgot exactly how old I am a long while ago, but I imagine it matters less when you stop aging. I don't know how old my fiance is either.

[ He has a fairly educated guess, but he never asked... ]

Have you at least reached drinking age? That's the most important part.
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[personal profile] incantates 2022-09-04 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Most of us tend to stop counting after the first century or so. Am I 400? Am I 800? Does it even matter?

And I imagine this world doesn't even have strict drinking laws, so by all means indulge and don't worry so much about the semantics.

[ Whatever she needs to relax and have a good time, although he recognizes he's being a terrible adult at the moment. ]
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[personal profile] incantates 2022-09-04 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I could be off by a few hundred years or so, but I feel like I'm in my thirties.

Most days.

[ Others, he legitimately feels like a dinosaur. ]

It's best not to focus too much on it. Do you at least recall when your birthday is?
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[personal profile] incantates 2022-09-04 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that coming up soon? Much like you, I have also lost track of what the calendar date and official year in this place is, courtesy of not owning a functioning phone or even an apartment here. If not, you can pick out a random day, and I'll conjure you a rum cake.