Twenty-Fifth Stir || [Video]

[snarkypotions]

[There... is a lot of shattered glassware and a cowering warp stalker when the PCD turns on. It's like a tornado's blown through the place and rent everything apart. And indeed one has, in the shape of one Severus Snape who's standing in the middle of it all. He actually doesn't look that different from normal, really, except for the fact that if

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[Offline] if that's ok? D:

[ahandsomedevil]

[Have a vampire waiting for you to turn off the PCD. He'll just be, y'know, watching you. Until you notice him.]

[Offline] Of course~

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[And Snape will just turn and glare while Erebus scampers quickly over to hide behind Horst.]

What?

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[ahandsomedevil]

You're planning something stupid. A shame for you, I'm putting a moratorium on stupid acts of penance.

[He crouches down and offers Erebus his hand, much like he would to a dog.]

Where did you find this little guy, Severus?

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[snarkypotions]

Says the vampire who walked into the sun. The irony of you putting a moratorium on stupid acts shouldn't escape you, Cabal.

[And Erebus will sniff at it and sneeze before crawling up his arm and onto his shoulder, balancing himself there. Usually he'd do that with Snape, but the stupid human's being a bit violent and making loud noises right now.]

The Wastes, where else? What do you want?

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[ahandsomedevil]

[He flinches but doesn't back down.]

Yes. What I did was absolutely stupid. I learned from it.

It was an event. What you did wasn't something you would do--clearly or you wouldn't be offering to make amends. You don't seem to understand that.

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[snarkypotions]

You are the one who doesn't understand it!

[The retort came out as a snap as the wizard whirled around, a vial behind him shattering as his magic flared angrily.]

That is who I am! That is all I will ever be! It doesn't matter what I do, or what amends I make... That is me.

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[ahandsomedevil]

[Horst listens, gives him a moment. Just a few seconds.]

Then why do you feel so guilty?

That person last week had not a shred of decency or remorse in him. That person would not be feeling the way you are right now, Severus.

That person last week is who you might have been. Potential is not the same as reality. You've chosen to be someone better, don't belittle that, especially not to me.

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[snarkypotions]

You're right, I did chose to be a better man, but this week proved that such a thing is impossible for me.

[There's a pause before he turns away from Horst.]

Do you know what the Animus did this time? They took away my ever having met Lily... She didn't befriend me, we weren't best friends, I--

[He grits his teeth.]

They took that away and look at what I turned into. Do you know what that means Cabal? It means that despite what I chose, despite what I did, despite what I later came to believe, Lily was the only reason why I ever changed. I didn't actually change... I just buried that me because I didn't want her death to go to waste.