eastbound | (accidental) video; un: man's greatest treasure

[ -- and the camera starts transmitting, as someone pulls away from being very near Hermione. The talisman does not pick up the features of that person, at first, but what it does pick up is Hermione's faintly dazed murmur or:]

A-are you truly a witch?

[There is a brief pause, from the person - woman, you can see it's a woman (Miang-Si, if you've already met her) - in front of Hermione, before she darts forward again, darkening the view completely.

Before the trasmission cuts, from bodies pressing together too tightly, there is one audible clue: the sound of lips meeting lips in a surprisingly thorough kiss.]

- L A T E R -

[OH LOOK AT THAT, IT'S HERMIONE'S FACE. She looks a little more dishevelled than usual, a bit surprised.]

Th - [Clears her throat.] Did this thing turn on? [The indignity. Her first kiss in as long as she's been here, witnessed by the whole network. (Her first kiss with a girl, too! A woman even.) Earth swallow her up.

No, this is fine. She's going to grit her teeth and smile tensely.]

Right, so - on the bright side, I don't think Quangze suspects that I am one of her accomplices? The rest of the inhabitants still think I'm a writer of books on manners - there's something to be written about shoving your tongue in someone's mouth uninvited - regardless. I'm not - I've never met her before just now.

So, in light of that... Please all do me the favour of not mentioning to anyone that I am a you-know-what.

[ooc: Please consider this backdated to Miang-Si's parade on the 25th.]

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I'm sorry, what exactly do you mean by 'you-know-what'?

I meant don't mention I'm a witch. Granted that it's not the type of witchcraft that they're so afraid of, but I'd rather not get paraded about and blamed to all their troubles too.

Well, that's easy enough. Honestly, no one has asked.

... But now that you mention it, hopefully I won't be having an episode of my own power deciding to manifest in public.

You're right, that would be quite damning. Do you not control them?

Unfortunately not.

Or maybe fortunately. Can you imagine how much power that would be if I could? My visions are always accurate, after all.

Maybe not being able to control when they manifest is a way to balance your accuracy rate. Keep you humble.

It certainly does keep things more balanced. And I have learned to live with it.

Was it a difficult journey?

I've lived with it my whole life, so I've never really known anything different.

You've not felt your abilities dampened since being in Akhuras, either?

Only a few times, and that was when everyone's powers were affected. Otherwise, no. The few visions I have had here were all accurate as well.

How far in advance do you get them? And if you have a vision of the future, does that mean it is set in stone to happen - or would telling people it would happen, do you set them towards making it come true simply by trying to avoid the outcome poorly? Does that makes sense?

I do not know how far in the future the events I see will happen. It can be in the next few seconds, or it can be months or years in the future and unless I have very clear clues, it can be hard to tell.

But I always see what will happen. There is no use trying to change it. What I see is what is going to occur, and it is always accurate. Telling people about it won't change it.

I foresaw the disaster that was going to befall my country months in advance. I still couldn't stop it. But I saw who was going to, and I protected her.

I have been vocal in my disdain for Divination, and I apologise if I've caused offense with it, sir. It sounds like a great burden that you've accustomed yourself to carrying.

No offense taken, Mistress Granger. My power holds little resemblance to that of people trying to divine the will of the heavens through the flight of birds or the entrails of sacrificial animals.

It has helped me, more times than I can count. It's not necessarily easy either, it is true, but it is what it is.

What helps you cope with it here? [ She's imagining it's his husband. ]

... The same way I do back home? There isn't much difference.

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