Deletrius [Video]

[bibliophile_annex]

I remember visiting the circus with my parents a long time ago. I can't say I particularly enjoyed seeing the animals in confinement, but some of the acts were remarkable. Of course that was before I knew I possessed an ounce of Magic.

[She is currently standing on a sidewalk, facing an unused building.]

Reparo. [Raising her wand, she seals a crack in the front door.] I'm sure it won't be that easy, but I suppose it's a start.

[Her attention returns to her communicator, gaze bright and alert.]

I've been thinking about opening a shop. Considering what I brought with me from my world, I have a few options. Then again, if I want the business to be successful, it would be best to consult you, possible costumers.

So tell me: books or potions? I wouldn't be opposed to offering both in case you wondered if that was an option too.

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Voice

[silvering]

[He sounds curious.]

What type of potions would you be able to Hermoine?

Voice

[bibliophile_annex]

All sorts! I have some ingredients that I've brought from home, but those will run out, no doubt. I'd like to see what grows in and around the city. With a little experimenting, I might be able to replicate the potions I learned at Hogwarts.

[unflagging]

A shop--a splendid idea, I think. But wouldn't the books be instructive enough in the ways and means of making those same potions?

I don't presume to judge, I'm only considering the ways I'd think to do the thing.

[hexuality]

Some things never change. You had a potions shop here ages ago, you helped Snape with it.

[silvering]

DO you mean healing potions or something more?

[bibliophile_annex]

More, certainly. Potions can do a lot of things that you might not know about.

[bibliophile_annex]

Potions are not easily made nor should they be attempted by someone who hasn't been taught.

[bibliophile_annex]

That actually...

I can't say I'm fond of him. [She never was and she is even less fond of him lately, but -] Were we civil?

[unflagging]

Oh, but what are a few warts and a few singed eyebrows to the aspiring magician?

[silvering]

You might be surprised, I wonder how different they would be to my home.

[bibliophile_annex]

I can't say I know, but, for example, there are potions that can swell a person unnaturally, cause boils, shrink a person or object, make someone look like someone else and so forth.

[hexuality]

He was here when I arrived four years ago. I was sixteen, in the middle of the whole thing with the DA, so you can imagine what I thought of him.

[But now that she knows the full story, she... well, she'll never like Snape, but she knows what he's done.]

I didn't really speak to him so I don't know how it was with you. He left a few months after I got here, anyway.

[bibliophile_annex]

It would be far more dangerous than that, I assure you. Even under the watch of the Potions-Master at Hogwarts - the school I attended - I watched classmates injure themselves quite badly.

[unflagging]

All my sympathies to them, of course.

[bibliophile_annex]

I can't imagine anyone from our world got along well with him. [But she has to admit that she is curious about his intentions in the war.] Merlin only knows what he went back to. His actions have confused me.

[bibliophile_annex]

Which is exactly why I wouldn't want an amateur using my books to brew anything. I wouldn't be opposed to teaching someone, of course, but that would have to be in a controlled environment.

[unflagging]

It sounds as though you've quite made up your mind about your shop, you know.

[bibliophile_annex]

... [She blinks before smiling in surprise.] I suppose I have, thank you.

[unflagging]

You're welcome, of course! And when that shop is open, I'll be sure to pay it a visit myself.

[hexuality]

He kept to himself here but it seemed like everyone was rather civil about it all. He warded the cabin out in the forest and the flat, too, because my old roommate was close to him. Claire would get so cross if I ever said a bad word about him.

[bibliophile_annex]

I look forward to seeing you in person, Mister...?

[unflagging]

Faustus. Rabmag Faustus. A pleasure to meet you.

[bibliophile_annex]

It's strange to think someone could get close to him, but I'm not going to judge. [He spent far too much time being cruel to her - such as the infamous beaver teeth incident - but Hermione realizes there is probably more to him than that. Probably. He is skilled and she did - before the war broke out - respect him.]

Is Claire still here?

[bibliophile_annex]

That's quite a name, but I can't judge considering my name. Nice to meet you, Faustus.

[unflagging]

No, no, call me Rabmag if you're going to call me anything.

And may I be so forward as to ask your name? Mayhap it's rude to say so, but since you've clearly learned more than a few things about potions, call it a little professional curiosity.