brainiest: (you're not helping harry)

[personal profile] brainiest 2016-07-22 10:00 am (UTC)(link)
Memories and thoughts were very powerful in the Drabwurld. There were stories about how shardholders in the past could use their shards to manipulate people's thoughts and memories, winning wars like that - it was vile, and terrifying. I'm glad I can just look at mine, thank you.
axiomed: (When simply being was easy)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-22 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't know they were that powerful. I imagine just looking is enough for anybody.
brainiest: (the dog died)

[personal profile] brainiest 2016-07-22 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
You would think that, but - some people aren't happy with just looking.
axiomed: (Love needles in the hay)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-22 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He briefly recalls Eris and her cloying touch. No, people weren't easily satisfied. ]

No. There's always that propensity to wanting more.
brainiest: (sunshine daisies)

[personal profile] brainiest 2016-07-22 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what I was there for, I think. To try and make sure that didn't happen.

[ Even if she did accidentally piss off giant scary men called 'Man-Eater' so much that they cursed her.

At least she tried. ]
axiomed: (Why am I supposed to excuse you?)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-22 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
It seems you took on a lot. I know you had help but it seemed like you had to place yourself above many things.
brainiest: please don't take! (chin up buttercup)

[personal profile] brainiest 2016-07-22 01:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I was a Marchioness.

[ To her, it was that simple. ]

If I didn't help people then who would?
axiomed: (You say it's worth it all)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-22 01:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It was such a . . . Charles thing to say that he had no response, save to sit there quietly. ]
brainiest: (no seriously i do)

[personal profile] brainiest 2016-07-22 01:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She hesitates for a moment before she leans back, her eyes flickering over his face... And then she smiles. ]

I told you we got along.
axiomed: (Expected to be)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-22 01:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I can certainly see how.

[ It was mildly exhilarating . . . and terrifying. ]
brainiest: (happy.mp3)

[personal profile] brainiest 2016-07-22 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
It's why I thought you might make a good Second. I think... You understood me, but you also knew when to stop me from going too far.

[ Being able to empathise and understand someone, even without having telepathy herself - that had been amazing, and for the first time Hermione had felt as though she had someone who just knew her, even when Charles wasn't dipping into her mind. ]
axiomed: (You mean nothing to me anymore)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-22 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure you did the same for him as well.

[ And he's a hard man to stop. Charles is no less stubborn than Erik, it simply lends itself to a different point of view. ]
brainiest: (makes no sense but ok)

[personal profile] brainiest 2016-07-22 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe. I did stop him from trying to telepathically control undead monsters once - does that count?

[ Instead she waved bits of gold in their faces and stood defending Charles with a sword. ]
axiomed: (Among the shadows)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-22 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Close enough. Though now I'm tempted to try.

[ It's strange to be experimenting with his telepathy - to have avenues where he could do such a thing. His trust in Hank is unquestionable. It's the trust in himself that's been shaken so badly. ]
brainiest: (and ??)

[personal profile] brainiest 2016-07-22 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Do not try! They were horrible, honestly, Charles, don't make me have to come and stop you again.

[ Tilting her head up, she smiles. ]

I don't think we'll come across any here, but - I don't have any gold with me.
axiomed: (Just having you there)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-22 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Why would the undead want gold or should I just forego that line of inquiry when it comes to magical worlds beyond my ken?
brainiest: (is it gone)

[personal profile] brainiest 2016-07-22 01:20 pm (UTC)(link)
They were scared of it. The King of the Unseelie court had a... Party [ orgy ] and cursed us, and then he summoned an army of the Undead to try and kill us off. They were afraid of gold, and our court had a lot of Gold. So - we chased them with it.
axiomed: (My head and my heart)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-22 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course. How perfectly reasonable.

[ Why does he ask anything. ]
brainiest: (two for one deal)

[personal profile] brainiest 2016-07-22 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I wish explaining things that happened in the Drabwurld made sense.

[ She really, really does, and her face scrunches up. ]

It's things like 'oh, a practical God proposed to me', and 'my immortal best friend keeps throwing himself on top of people to save them', and did I mention the time that a Jabberwock, like from the poems, came to life and tried to destroy our castle?
axiomed: (By common sense)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-22 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
You did not.

I never did like that poem anyway. Too nonsensical for my tastes.
brainiest: (ew)

[personal profile] brainiest 2016-07-22 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
It wasn't nonsensical in reality.

[ She shrugs a shoulder, trying to play it off. ]

That's just how that world is. I got used to it.
axiomed: (From the work of sorrow)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-22 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Quietly. ]

Isn't that worse?
brainiest: please don't take! (love house elf rights)

[personal profile] brainiest 2016-07-22 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Getting used to it? Maybe that depends on how you get used to it.

[ Her voice is quiet, too, to match his. ]

If it becomes acceptance because there's no escape then that's worse. If it becomes home, if it has a place in your heart, and you care? You worry? I think that's different. Fighting for your heart and fighting because you have no other choice are different things.
axiomed: (I forgot how to cry)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-07-22 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Finally, he nods. ]

So long as you know the difference.
brainiest: (this guy are sick)

[personal profile] brainiest 2016-07-22 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I tried to know. It did become my home, with my family and my friends. I had a chance to go home and I didn't, and sometimes I think about what I left behind, and...

[ Hermione breathes out. No one really knows that she could have abandoned the Drabwurld, gone back home like Remus had, but - what would she have done there? She was scarred and broken and changed, and no one would understand her anymore. She would miss the people she cared about too much. ]

The choice isn't easy, but you can't just avoid it.

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