Defodio [Video]

[bibliophile_annex]

[Someone is very unhappy about being landed in jail. To her credit, however, she isn't panicking or crying. She knows what she has been charged with and it is ridiculous.]

I can't believe they took my wand. [Though they probably guessed what she would do to them if they didn't.] I guess all isn't lost...

[Scowling, she raises her hand and focuses on the metal bars.] Defodio! [The metal creaks and begins to bend, but it's not enough. She's stuck.]

It was worth a try. [Tucking her hair angrily behind her ears, she takes a seat and opens a book. At least they had allowed her to keep those.]

... [After a moment of staring blankly at the page, she adds:] We need to do something about this. They can't treat us like animals and get away with it.

Comments

aduio: (possibly from down the cellblock, too)

[charring]

Oh, Hermione. Not you, too.

video: (hi neighbor)

[bibliophile_annex]

Charlie? Why are you in here?

video: (hey howdy wassup?)

[charring]

I have a sword that they don't like. A friend of mine helped me create it from sand and then she put spells and charms on it to keep it from breaking. It's also able to conduct my fire and will burn anyone that isn't me if they touch it.

The idiots thought I was going to raze the City with it.

Jokes on them. I don't...well...didn't need the sword if I wanted to do that. Which I don't.

video: (oh nothin' much. just stuck in a jail.)

[bibliophile_annex]

But you've been here for...awhile, haven't you? Why would you wait so long to use it? [Idiotic logic, City. For shame.] Besides, it's not in your personality to hurt other people.

video: (good times. good times. i'm stuck too, bro.)

[charring]

Over a year, yeah.

[She's not going to comment on that personality bit, mostly because she's certain it's there.]

Truth be told, I wanted to on the first day I was here. But that's understandable. I knew no one. I thought it was just...a repeat of something that I'll get into when I'm out of here.

[Walls have ears, lalala. That sort of unsaid thing.]

So I was ready for a fight. And then I grew to like it here because, curses aside, it's better than home. Except for at present.

video: (we'll figure this out.)

[bibliophile_annex]

Completely understandable. You were likely panicking. I felt the same way when I first arrived. [Both times.] I thought I left the war behind. Apparently I was incredibly mistaken.

[She doesn't want to venture down that line of thinking.]

We have no reassurance that they will release us.

[paving]

Was that magic?

Ah, your anger . . . it is better than despair, but you must have hope, miss.

[bibliophile_annex]

Yes, it was. [And Wandless Magic at that.] Hope in what or who, exactly?

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[flammiferous]

[This device is the stupidest thing. He spends a good five minutes trying to figure out how to respond to at least one person who's in the same situation that he is.

Ah, here it goes.]

Their first mistake was letting us keep these devices. Without our bending, we might have to get in contact with people from the outside.

[She just tried to bend metal, so he can only assume. Meanwhile he creates sparks with his fingers to keep himself reassured.]

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[bibliophile_annex]

Bending? [The word is clearly foreign to her.] Is that the sort of Magic you use? As for what I just tried, I'm afraid I can't break the bars no matter how much I warp them.

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[flammiferous]

What? No, it's... [Bending. Is what it is.] It's not magic, that's for sure. What did you just use?

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[bibliophile_annex]

What I just used is Magic. Wandless Magic.

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[flammiferous]

... Okay. What's the difference between Magic and "Whanles" Magic?