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[mapmaker]

[ He'd been on his way to the library to return some books when he'd first noticed the crowds. It had been a little disconcerting, rereading the last chapter of a particularly interesting tome only to run into a queue of people he didn't recognise. Especially with so many of them as confused as he is.

So once he breaks away - Merlin, he really wouldn't want to be working in a cafe today - he digs out his device. ] Is it just me or is it really very busy today? [ He has to sidestep someone with a quiet pardon me before he starts up again. ] I've never seen so many people arrive before, is it a curse?

( ooc: no remus twins pls and thank but i am a-okay with face twins and bring me all the canon mates ever omg do it. )

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[reparo]

[LIBRARIES, what are the odds.]

Excuse me, what are the rules here regarding lending out books to visitors?

[mapmaker]

[ He offers up a pleasant smile, placing his own on the counter. ] I don't know. I didn't even realise we could have visitors.

[ But it would explain the crowds, he thinks. ] We could always find someone and ask? There's usually a librarian around here somewhere.

[reparo]

It's how libraries work. I thought I would find some information about the place here, but maybe it's easier to go to the source.

Erm - if you live here, that is.

[mapmaker]

That's what I did when I first got here. Well, the second thing.

[ Thoughtfully. ] I do live here. Though only for a two and a bit months, I don't know how informative I can be.

[reparo]

Was it? [*____* WAS IT???] I didn't think a lot of people did that anymore... [But she could find no newspaper in cafés so. Library it was.]

Where are we, exactly?

[mapmaker]

It's where the books were. [ He shrugs his shoulders, a redness spreading across his nose because sometimes he is a massive dork and if Sirius or James were to here him he would be shoved into a cupboard. ]

It's called the City. I know it sounds fairly unimaginative but they make up for it in the structure of the place.

[reparo]

What's imaginative about the structure? How do people get here in the first place? You mentioned a curse - is this a curse?

[mapmaker]

[ So many questions, Miss Granger. He's beginning to like you. ]

Well, I'm not really all that clued in on the science. But some people have described this place as like a net between all the worlds. I'm not from here, I arrived two months ago and I still don't know how or why. And whether or not this is a curse, I'm not sure. I haven't seen anything like it before.

[reparo]

Neither have I. [Curses.] You say it's like a net between worlds...[Ohhhh, how she wishes she had access to the Hogwarts library right now.] I've never heard of inter-dimensional travel before, just from one dimension to the same one...in another place.

[mapmaker]

[ He hums like he knows exactly what she's saying. ]

Well, it all seems like it's been dragged out of some extremely interesting story to me. I had a time of it trying to understand it all.

[caniculares]

Moony-

Moooooony.

[mapmaker]

[ He pauses, because that's what he always does when Sirius croons from somewhere he can't see. Hogwarts or elsewhere. It either means he's about to be set upon by a prank or -- or Sirius is here.

To the world at large and with a healthy amount of melodrama! ]

Oh no, it seems the wailing spirit is back.

[caniculares]

I am looking at you right now.

While I speak through this strange little muggle box.

[mapmaker]

[ He lifts his device carefully ( maybe Sirius won't realise just how happy he is to know he's here somewhere, heart doing a little flip flop thing that makes him feel vaguely sick. - and shut up, it would be the same for James. Maybe Peter. ) ]

It would appear that you are. [ Sirius! Sirius! Sirius! ] Where are you? Can you tell?

[caniculares]

[HAUGHTY]

Moony, of course I know where I am. I am exactly here.

[So helpful.]

You know if you let me cast that tracking spell on your when I had the idea, we wouldn't have this problem right at this moment.

[mapmaker]

No.

[ Good grief he's missed this. Missed Sirius' utter ridiculousness so much that he's trying to peer at the area surrounding him. Library be damned. ]

Because you'd never leave me alone and I need some peace, Padfoot. A nice quiet space to drink tea where you can't find me and pour the pot all over me. [ ONE TIME, HE WILL NEVER FORGIVE, HE WILL NEVER FORGET. ]

[caniculares]

If you hold grudges like that, your hair will begin to get greasy, and Padfoot will never crawl into your bed for muddy snuggles again.

[mapmaker]

You say that like I enjoy muddy cuddles.

[ He does, but shhh, it's a secret. ] And also no, because grudges do not impact my ability to bathe. [ Then with just the vaguest hint of genuine excitement. ] Stop distracting me, show me where you are.

[caniculares]

I am in a cafe.

I have already managed to charm two free coffees and I'm working on a third so you had best hurry.

[mapmaker]

Who in their right mind let you have caffeine? I'm going to have to have a word with the management.

[ He's all but skipping down the street. ] Which one?

[caniculares]

Sweetheart-

[he's not talking to Remus, here.]

What's the name of this cafe?

[And a pause]

Juliet's.

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[bitchofawitch]

No. It's not just you.

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[mapmaker]

Well, at least I'm not dreaming.

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[bitchofawitch]

How frequently do you dream about your privacy being invaded? Weirdo.

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[mapmaker]

I would have thought it was something that happened to everyone - strange dreams with big crowds.