WHO:
purmoncul and
disillusionists (whoa I sound like Kanaya...) Oh, and Buckbeak.
WHERE: Srs's old warehouse
WHEN: OH GOD LIKE A SOLID WEEK AGO AT THIS POINT.
WARNINGS: Sirius may employ "logic."
SUMMARY: Having discovered a wizard nosing around her affairs, Rose Lalonde takes the initiative to investigate right back.
FORMAT: Any!
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But the night is fair,
And everywhere
A warm, soft vapor fills the air,
And distant sounds seem near;
And above, in the light
Of the star-lit night,
Swift birds of passage wing their flight
Through the dewy atmosphere. )
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Priorities, you know.
Sirius, however, has awarded her his full attention. "Th-"
...Had Sirius still been a kid, he would have launched directly into a million impertinent questions, but his development isn't quite as arrested as all that. Standing, he keeps his wand in his hand, but lowered, his other hand coming to rest atop it.
"Sweet Circe, Ms Lalonde, you certainly know how to announce your coming."
The hastily-aborted 'that was you?!' is still there in the mildly-alarmed smile on his face. Sirius may have more tact now, but he's still not the subtlest wizard who ever waved a wand.
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"I like to make an entrance."
She touched the translator in her ear, the Eldritch words still prominent on her lips before picking up her skirts and curtsying at him, her tentacle-like aura curling around her. "I hope that didn't upset yourself or Buckbeack." She gestured towards the hippogriff aimlessly, before stepping further into the warehouse, the toes of her feet skimming the floors.
"I can't quite turn it off."
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"I've sensed you, out in the city. Is it the 'Porter's doing- ah, forgive me. This could be perfectly natural on your world." He searches her face with worried grey eyes for signs of distress, of pain, under the calm disaffection. Many forms of magic that affect the mind are subtle, but there are signs of ensorcellment, if you know what to look for.
Buckbeak, for his part, was clearly not alarmed enough by Rose's mere presence to react strongly. How he would feel about her coming closer remained to be seen.
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