(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.]

Comments

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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.

[perceptive]

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.

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How fascinating. Being in school must have been a lot of fun for you then. I was in boarding school myself, but it was all sorts of boring for me. ( he hadn't enjoyed it at all, really. ) I'm assuming only certain individuals are born capable of learning and using magic then?

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Yes, school was wonderful while I went there. I understand that isn't the case for all boarding schools, though.

But to answer your question, you're right. Not everyone is born capable of learning and using magic.