i know you, i walked with you once upon a dream

[thespaceopera]

[ Calibration Rooms ]
( for A-M characters )

Before you post your toplevel comment, please:
1. Check the first letter of your character's name as its written in our tags. A-M names comment here, and N-Z names go to the other post.
2. Make a note in your comment if anything especially triggering or graphic might show up in the Calibration. If you're not sure if something's worth noting or not, we suggest listing it anyway, just to err on the side of caution.
3. Put your character's name (it can be shortened or different from the tag, this time) in the subject of your comment. This will help visitors find you easily, and help us update the list below.
4. Post your comment! It's fine if everyone's Calibrations end up looking and reading very different from one another. As long as you're having fun and following our guidelines, you're good to go. :)
5. If you have any questions or concerns during Calibrations, you are welcome to send them towards the mod team at any time, as always.

ROOMS BY CHARACTER

A - C Aurae "Tempest" Le Paulmier Arthur Kirkland Asuka Shikinami Langley Barry Allen Belthazar Spellscry Billy Cranston Carl Grimes Chloe Price Clay Terran Cloud Strife Cogsworth

D - F Daenerys Targaryen Daeron Daryl Dixon Dezel Doudanuki Masakuni Edna Edwin Jarvis Eithan Paine Eizen Eleanor Hume Ezri Dax Fingon Felix Gaeta Felix Harrowgate Fenris Furiosa

G - I Gil Brodie Ginko Hermione Granger Ignis Scientia

J - M Jack Sparrow James "Bucky" Barnes Jayden Price Jim Kirk Kaiden Alenko Kai Gracen Katie McCoy Kaworu Nagisa Keith Khadgar Kirito Kitty Pryde Kurt Darkholme Lance Looma Red Wind Lumiére Lunafreya Nox Fleuret Peggy Carter Maglor Max Rockatansky Merlan Margaret O'Keefe Mikleo Mon-El

(last updated: 6/18/17)

Comments

[servantnotserving]

[Lumière doesn't understand half of what's going on, the words, names, they mean nothing to him. But he can recognise a fight, even more so, he can recognise betrayal and he hurts of Hermione- to see her process it, to have to turn against someone she clearly trusted.

When the memory fades, he turns to look at her, frowning. ]

I am sorry. Was that the last you saw of her? Or?

[Was there some reconciliation? He hopes so, but probably not. ]

[brainiest]

[ Hermione's memories flicker in front of them and for a moment she's completely and utterly aghast. She's not sure what to do with herself, but when Lumière comes back... She breathes out, sharply, her eyes dropping to look at him before she takes the ring and holds it gently. ]

No, I... She was here, for a short time. She went home, though.

[ Hesitantly, she leans back. ]

I... We were locked in a basement after that. To make up.

[servantnotserving]

Oh.

[There's a pause as he considers that. ]

That's...rather unconventional. Did it work?

[brainiest]

It was one of our friends that did it, one that was sick of us fighting with each other.

[ Finally, for a moment, Hermione's features soften into something gentle and relaxed. ]

It worked. Katsa... We had... That happened. But she's one of the best friends I've ever had, too.

[servantnotserving]

[Aw, that's nice. Lumière smiles, genuine. ]

That is good to hear. Perhaps just being forced to talk out all your problems with one another really is the road to healing, no?

[brainiest]

Maybe. It seemed to work for us.

[ But she blinks, looking back down at her paper, as if all the memories have been tugged out from under her. ]

It... It was... Good.

[servantnotserving]

And good things are what we want to aim for.

[Make life a little less miserable. He glances around. ]

Is there anything here you would rather me not see? I do not want to intrude.

[brainiest]

You shouldn't see?

[ She glances around the room, frowning. ]

I don't know what you mean.

[servantnotserving]

[Oh. And she doesn't realise what this is. That...complicates matters. ]

Let me rephrase. Is there anything here connected to a memory you would not wish to speak of?

[brainiest]

[ It's as if she doesn't quite understand that her possessions link to her memories, and she shakes her head. ]

No... No, I don't think so.

[servantnotserving]

[Damnit, Atroma, this isn't okay. Welp, whatever he touches is probably going to be awful, so he's just gonna go for it and hope he can put the pieces back together afterwards. He'll head to the music box,
tapping it with a candle. ]

It makes a lovely sound.

[Which probably means it's terrible. He's learning, go him. ]

[brainiest]

[ The music is gentle and seems to fill the room, as if someone else has stepped in to bring life to the emptiness and exhaustion that had been Hermione's own presence. It gets bigger and bigger and bigger until there's almost nothing left but a feeling over being completely overwhelmed, completely undone by the strength and raw power.

It, of course, comes with a memory, that strikes with fear and terror through, leaving nothing but a cold feeling in its wake.

Hermione is back at her desk, but she does look a little more haggard this time. ]

[servantnotserving]

[Lumière's making an executive decision not to touch anything else. Nothing good comes from touching things in this room. The danger, the fear, that is nothing to that horrible feeling of betrayal that comes with the memory. It takes him a moment to shake himself out of it, before hopping over to Hermione. ]

That was- Why did he try to kill you?

[brainiest]

To teach me.

[ She says it as if it's normal, natural, even though it's the complete opposite. ]

I had to learn to be stronger and braver and that's what he had to do.

[servantnotserving]

[Yeah, sorry, Hermione, this is the absolute opposite of normal. Even the guy trapped in a candelabra can see this is not normal. ]

By...trying to kill you? Forgive my presumptions, but aren't there easier ways of teaching a lesson?

[brainiest]

Maybe, but they weren't exactly the sort of thing he would do.

[ She looks up, finally, tilting her head. ]

That was Gilgamesh.

[servantnotserving]

Gilgamesh. Someone important to you? I would assume anyway, given how close he got to you in the first place.

[Hermione strikes him as someone who keeps people she considers true enemies as far away as possible. He wouldn't blame her on that one. ]

[brainiest]

The man who wanted to marry me.

[ It was a bit more complicated than that, but at heart... He wanted her for her power and her strength, not herself. ]

[servantnotserving]

Oh.

[There's a decided pause, here. ]

I...was not aware attempting to kill someone was such an important part of courting someone. Clearly I have been doing it wrong.

[Because sarcasm is the best way to deal with this information. Y.E.P. ]

[brainiest]

[ At any other time it might make her laugh, but this is not a Hermione designed for laughter. ]

He was not the most sensible of people. Not in the least. He was a prat, actually.

[servantnotserving]

[That right there is a great tragedy. ]

...Yes, that seemed rather clear. You didn't end up marrying him, did you?

[brainiest]

No. I'm still very unmarried, thank you.

[ She was going to say 'single', but that was only true because Cisco had been taken from them. She's still getting over it. ]

[servantnotserving]

[He would have liked Cisco a lot, in all honesty. He lets out a relieved sigh- none of this is his business of course, but since when has that stopped him putting his nose into anything.]

That is a relief to hear. I know I am not aware of the whole story, but a man who feels he needs to teach you a lesson at all is not deserving of you.

[Look, he may be a lech, but he's not a sexist lech. ]

[brainiest]

[ Hermione does manage something like a smile, as if she, too, is just as relieved by the reminder of her own spinsterhood. ]

He was an interesting person. He's not something I can describe in words.

[servantnotserving]

No, I would find it difficult to describe him from what little I know of him already. He sounds like he was...an experience?