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[bluespells]

After considering advice from a whole host of people, Billy's decided to put up a sign. He asks the bar nicely for paper and markers, and writes in his best handwriting. When he's satisfied that it's as neat as it's going to get, he posts it on a nearby wall and hopes it's noticable:

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[young_tmriddle]

Tom eyes the sign. He certainly has helped a few magic users out in his time here. Things are not too terribly hectic in the Underside at the moment. Chore offers are always a plus.

I have assisted others in magical training, and one of my main fields of interest is comparative magical systems between users here at Milliways. I would be happy to speak with you about what work we might do together.

Tom Riddle, Lord Ostium of the House of Arch

[bluespells]

Tom Riddle -- that's the man X-23 had mentioned, though she hadn't said anything about him being royalty. Jeez.

Billy grabs the marker from the bar and adds to the corner of the note:

How can I find you? --B.K.

[young_tmriddle]

Tom sees the note next time he's in the bar.

He looks around for the author of the sign, but of course, he has no way of knowing. Instead he leaves another note for Billy.

I am actually in the bar, probably for the next hour or so. I'll be sitting at table near the fireplace area drinking a scotch. If I miss you, then tell me a time when we could meet, and I shall be there.

Tom Riddle

He retrieves said scotch from Bar and sits down where he might be found.

ooc: He can be there for whenever you need him.

[bluespells]

Billy finds this note on time and looks up to spot Tom. Another one that looked pretty young, but the first note sounded like the guy knew what he was doing.

He walked over and sat down, only wincing a little from his ribs. "Um? Excuse me? Are you Mr. Riddle?"

[young_tmriddle]

Hmm, he's older than Tom thought he'd be. It's a pity when magic users don't get training at an early enough age. But then, Tom thinks eleven is rather late to start.

"I am, and you are Billy, I take it? Do join me," he says gesturing to a chair across from him.

[bluespells]

If you'd told Billy when he was eleven that he was going to develop magic powers in the next four years, he would've laughed himself silly.

Billy takes the seat, a little nervous. Tom Riddle's maybe ten years older than he is, and that's a lot when you're sixteen, but he had been secretly expecting someone more like Gandalf or Merlin. Old and bearded. "Er, Hello." He offers his hand for a shake, because it seems polite.

[young_tmriddle]

He shakes Billy's hand. "It's good to meet you. Are you a newcomer to Milliways or have you been coming a while?"

Hopefully some small talk will set him at ease.

[bluespells]

Good luck with that, Tom.

"I've been here for almost a month. X-23 said you live here?"

[young_tmriddle]

"I do. Well, not here exactly, but the House of Arch links to the bar through that ghastly painting." He points to the dogs playing poker in their frame.

"It was not my idea, the painting. It was a joke between my wife and the head barmen of four years ago. Now, I understand you need someone to help train you up. I have questions for you, and I am sure you have questions for me. Why don't you tell me about your magical system and how it fits into the context of your world. Feel free to ask me anything else you'd like, when you respond."

[bluespells]

Sorry about the wait! I had to go do some research and fact checking. If you're familiar with Marvel, but sad to say, most of this is guesswork from a very sparse canon.

Billy snickers at the painting. Associating this dignified man with the dogs playing poker is funny, but he quickly turns serious in the face of Mr. Riddle's questions.

"Let's see. Magic isn't common in my world, but it's not unheard of. There's one other practitioner of my kind of magic that I know of, and she's missing --" And maybe my mother. "People with extra-human abilities are very common, though. The next major evolutionary stage is happening on my earth right now; a sub-species called Homo Superior has emerged within the last sixty years. They're people with an active X-gene, which gives them unusual abilities -- anything from looking like a huge furry cat to telepathy." Billy pauses for breath, and realizes he probably should've asked Tom if he were from 616 before now.

[young_tmriddle]

No problem. Not overly familiar with Marvel-verse, so we'll wing it. ;-)

He contains the desire to roll his eyes at the snicker, knowing full well that that's the very reason Sirius Black encouraged Door to use the painting - to take Tom down a notch whenever possible.

"When did your powers manifest, and how do they do so? You see, in my world, wizards and witches are born with the innate ability for magic. It can manifest in us as children, usually when strong emotions trigger outbursts. Mine first appeared very early. I used them, not well, mind, not for the right reasons, well before I received my Hogwarts letter. Wizarding children in England, and in most parts of the Wizarding world, begin serious magical study at age eleven."

[bluespells]

"I was fifteen; mutant powers usually emerge at puberty, during times of extreme emotional distress." Or getting the shit pounded out of you, but he's not going into that. "I think I'm a mutant, and my power is to do magic. That was what my mother could do."

[young_tmriddle]

He nods. Sounds similar enough. "What can you do, so far?"

[bluespells]

slowtime? i've got to run

"Anything I want badly enough. I can create lightening and throw bolts of energy, fly, and teleport people as well as creating objects and changing peoples' memories."

[young_tmriddle]

"Impressive."

And all uncontrolled and unguided. Temple and arch, the boy is a Dark Lord waiting to happen.

"So you think it, and then make it so? No spellwork?"

ooc: But of course!

[bluespells]

"No." He considers. "Maybe? When I first started, it was connected to my emotions -- I did lightening, and then only when I was angry. Everything except the energy bolts requires words. Do you --- do you want me to show you?"