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

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[ -- 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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Probably. Then again, I've dropped this device a few times and I've only been here a while. I can just about imagine the kind of beating it's taken from those of you who've been around for much longer. ( no wonder it's malfunctioning. )

For having kissed you, I hope you gave her a signed copy of one of your books on manners... ( little joke. )

P r o f e s s o r !?

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[ little choked laughter. ]

That would mean a level-headedness that I didn't possess at the time. I wish I had - but truth be told, I haven't read the book myself. I think that might just be an implanted memory...

I don't suppose she's been doing this to other people? Maybe?

:3

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For your sake, I hope she's been kissing some others. You really wouldn't want her sole attention on you now. ( that young lady is creepy. ) Did she say anything?

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I would prefer it, yes.

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Not that she wasn't very pretty, because she was.

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Not that someone needs to be physically attractive! Beauty standards are complicated.

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I'm messing this up.

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Let me try again.

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I want to make it clear that I do not protest the idea of women kissing other women, it's just that this specific one took me by surprise and it was not requested.

Omg im sorry to your inbox also not done

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I'm not saying that I wish others also get surprised by an unsolicited kiss.

Kisses.

I am now

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But I feel incredibly put in the spotlight so I am hoping that this isn't exclusive to me because... solidarity?

asdkfgkflmfao never be sorry -- 1/2

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( so many notifications. he's suddenly feeling very popular. oh. it's just from the same person. nevertheless! )

Yes, of course. Agreed. No one should ever be kissed without their consent, attractiveness be damned. It's just not proper. None of it is. In this situation though, personally, I'd much rather be kissed than be turned into a toad. But that's just me. ( shameless heathen. )

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( look! he's learning not to write an entire essay in one go, and that it's perfectly all right to shoot text messages out in little spurts like this. :# )

Just to be safe, you should probably stay out of sight for a bit until we get confirmation that this whole kissing bit is part of the procedure. Who knows with these folks...

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[Don't judge a millennial for texting in bursts of short sentences, this is the first time she's been cool.]

No, I agree. I would not want to be turned into a toad either.

I should probably stay out of sight until I'm sure that whole proximity to Miang-Si doesn't make people think I am an accomplice.

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You did seem startled at first. ( only at first? ... ) I'm sure it'll be fine.

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I'm not in the habit of getting kissed in public by stragers.

[perceptive]

And that would work in your favour now, wouldn't it? They probably wouldn't consider you her accomplice. Fingers crossed. But if you happen to run into any trouble, let me know. I can try to convince them to leave you alone.

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How would you go about doing that?

[ It's not through a fake betrothal, is it? Because been there. ]

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[perceptive]

You have your tricks and I have mine.

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( okay, that's lame. he will just tell her. )

I'm a telepath. I have the ability to read and control minds. Not that I make a habit of doing that. ( just as she wouldn't be doing spells all day and all night. )

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[ It's funny, because she definitely did think she could just Obliviate whoever thought of snitching on her, but that would be morally wrong. And then along came this guy. ]

You have had this ability for a long time? Or did you have to learn it? I ask because there are some spells that allow you to do a few similar things - in my world - but some of them are unforgivable (their literal name, they are illegal) and others are just in a very grey area.

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It's part of my genetic mutation. An ability that took form at puberty. ( as a kid, he'd thought he was going crazy at first. ) I had to learn to control it, in order to keep the voices down, but for the most part, it's just something I could do naturally, I suppose. There's never been any published material about it. No textbooks. I had to figure it all out on my own.

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I cannot even imagine how difficult that might have been at a young age.

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Well, what about you? What's your story? If you don't mind me asking.

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Oh, me. Long story turned very short, since you've told me about yourself.

In my world, there are people who can perform magic called wizards and witches. Their societies run parallel to the ones of people without magic, whom they call muggles.

I was born to two dentists, not a lick of magical talent between them, and I am a witch. When I was eleven, I went to a wizarding school - a boarding school, really - where I learned how to use the magic that ran through me. And I really, really enjoy learning.