008 ∫ Meetings and Greetings

[selfless_stag]

Characters: James Potter, Helen Magnus and Nikola Tesla
Location: Starting by the coral, ending who knows where!
Time: After lunch
Style: Any/All
Status: Closed

Comments

[lifewithoutrest]

[She walks toward the coral slowly, keeping an eye out for anyone who might also be watching for an unfamiliar face. She's admittedly curious about the face attached to the voice. Something she had been wondering about since yesterday's conversation. As she approaches she sees a young man, clearly waiting for something and adjusts her path accordingly.]. James, I presume?

[selfless_stag]

[He nods and smiles.] So you must be Helen. It's nice to meet you in person. [He holds out a hand for a shake.]

[lifewithoutrest]

The very one. [She takes his hand, the shake not weak by any means, but still gentle.] It's lovely to meet you, as well. Actual communication is infinitely better than a voice coming through a speaker, don't you agree?

[selfless_stag]

I'll agree with that! It's nice to match a face to the name as well the voice. Though I must say, you don't look much past 22.

[lifewithoutrest]

Looks can be deceiving.

[selfless_stag]

Oh I know. Am I allowed to ask how old you really are?

[lifewithoutrest]

You are. [But that doesn't necessarily mean she's going to tell him.] I have a feeling the answer would surprise you, though something tells me you wouldn't find it entirely unbelievable.

[selfless_stag]

Why do I get the feeling you're going to say more then 40?

[lifewithoutrest]

Quite a bit over 40, I'm afraid. [There's a slight pause.] Decades, even.

[selfless_stag]

[This caused a pause in James. He'd never heard of her Sanctuary and if what she had said was true, he was sure they would have heard of it each other if they were from the same world. But then again, there had to be worlds where people lived longer than the Muggles on his own so he went for the next guess and hoped for the best.]

140?

[lifewithoutrest]

[She gave a faint nod.] Plus 20 years.

[selfless_stag]

Impressive. [He did some mental mathematics.] Makes you older than Professor Dumbledore. [Pause] Probably.

[lifewithoutrest]

[She looked slightly puzzled at that, but answered anyway.] It's certainly impressive by some standards.

[selfless_stag]

So how do you do it? I know we can grow older then Muggles but we still look old. You don't.

[lifewithoutrest]

The product of an experiment I was a part of more than a century ago. I age incredibly slowly.

[selfless_stag]

Amazing. If I could create a potion like that, I'd be a millionaire. [He's thinking about that now.]