( #002 )

[brainiest]

Who: Hermione Granger & you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: On the Vanquish
When: 10/08

[ There's a bit of movement as the feed comes on, and there's a flash of orange and a quiet 'meow' before Hermione actually gets the camera to focus on her - and she's smiling, a little shy but still there. She might have been used to making broadcasts in the Drabwurld, but things feel a little bit different here on the fleet - and a lot more public. ]

Hi. So, my name is Hermione Granger, for anyone that doesn't know, and I was hoping to start a sort of... Greenhouse, for all of us to use, for herbs and plants for the labs. I just wanted to see if anyone had anything that they wanted to grow there?

[ She stands up, moving to one side before she turns the feed, pointing it down at her desk where there's an odd assortment of seeds organised into little pots, all with neat labels and ordered into fewest to most, for those that care. There's a garden there already, but having one entirely dedicated to herbology might be useful. ]

I have a handful already, and I think I can handle setting things up with a bit of transfiguration, but if anyone had some ideas or wanted to help I'd be more than happy to listen. It won't be on the Vanquish, of course, but somewhere on the Iskaulit for anyone to use... Eventually. I'm not entirely sure how long this sort of thing might take to set up, honestly. I'm hoping to build a little potions room, too, if anyone's magical like me.

[ ... At least she has dirt, literally, from the planet? ]

Anyway! Thank you, for listening, and let me know. Thank you!

Comments

[brainiest]

No, no, I don't think it's the kind of runes you're thinking of. We don't really have dwarves in my world.

[ She thinks, suddenly, with whiplash fondness, of Gimli and Legolas, and she has to force herself to stay calm before she summons some paper and transfigures a quill for her to use. She writes out some of the runes she memorised from the Tales of Beedle the Bard and hands it over for Hawke to look at. ]

It's an old form of language, obviously, and it can be used in stories or non-fiction writing. I studied it because I found it fascinating.

[wolfehawke]

Hmm... this looks a little like the enchantment runes we have back home. They're not technically magic, but I'm learning that what some worlds consider magic, others don't, and vice versa. For example, Alphonse is what he calls an alchemist, not a mage, but what he does looks like transfiguration to me.

[Adalwolfe shrugs, handing the paper back and feeling encouraged for not being judged over his lack of knowledge.]

What about arithmancy, what's that?

[brainiest]

It is very similar to transfiguration, you're right. He's my shipmate and what he can do is just... Amazing.

[ She shakes her head, flipping the paper over so she can write out some formula. ]

It's essentially the study of numbers and how they're magical. It's a mathmatical approach to magic and can be used with Numerology to help figure things out for the future.

[wolfehawke]

That sounds intensely dull.

[His eyes almost glaze over just at the sight of it. That's really never been how he's comprehended magic. It's always been something he can feel, a part of him that follows his emotions and direction.]

I just don't see how numbers can be magical.

[brainiest]

It is not dull! It's incredibly fascinating.

[ She frowns, taking her paper back, almost protective. ]

You can use numerology to find trends in magical power and the birth of children, or - or to figure out how certain spells work and how to make new ones! That's not even considering the ability to predict things that are going to happen by discovering patterns in the numbers!

[wolfehawke]

Alright, alright. I'm not trying to be insulting, it's just not to my taste. I've always felt magic and how it works. You know, instinct. Maybe there's something else like that. Defense Against the Dark Arts sounds interesting, and useful.

[More useful than divination mathematics, anyway.]