house elf delivery to Maia

[fiercefluffy]

A house elf brings a carved ivory figurine of an ox to Maia's room, along with an accompanying note:I refuse to wish anyone a merry Christmas. The notion of this holiday I find appalling as the religion that spawned it. It disgraces the commemoration of the Larentalia, a serious occasion

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Return owl, carrying a little smoking bag

[hellminxmel]

I guess you won't be wanting anything for yourself, then.

And since I don't owe anything to anybody, I have to graciously refuse this gift.

--Maia x

(The bag is carrying charred fragments of bone, not the ivory. She's keeping that safe, but he is not to know.)

reply borne by a cranky grey owl

[fiercefluffy]

You are insufferable. Have you any idea how difficult it is to find anything in an oxen theme?

See if I ever get you anything nice, ever again.

Dismayed and utterly offended,
Octavian

Reply via owl carrying a clean package

[hellminxmel]

Oh, don't get your toga in a twist.

--Maia

(In the package is A Newton's Cradle.)

[fiercefluffy]

How lovely! Is it a torture device? I've always wanted one.

Only somewhat mollified,
Octavian

The owl, now munching on an owl treat, is sent back

[cosmicteddy]

Michael, Archangel and guardian of the Hogwarts Library, extends equal greetings to Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus.

Very well, I shall assume that. It is not as difficult as it may seem, as many if not all charms are made to not harm their wearer, but rather his or her enemies. And a charm is when it comes down to it merely a symbol for power, not power itself. A charm without a wearer is, shall we say, empty. It has no owner, therefore no one to protect, therefore it is powerless. I would recommend finding a charm, preferably metal or stone, intended for the protection against evil spirits. (Such as the Saturn Seal of Protection, or it can merely be a piece of amber or jet kept in a pouch. It is more a matter of personal preference than anything else.) Give it in person to the one it is intended for. If you touch it with your bare hands before giving it to her, try and think of the good energy you wish focused on the intended, and how much you care for her protection.

There is never a moral dilemma. Good luck.

Michael.