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Greta Grindelwald has an army. (_greatergood) wrote in flippedrpg,
@ 2012-09-03 15:19:00

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ch: swap: greta grindelwald, ch: swap: phinea black, p: lisa ii, p: silyara

Who: Greta Grindelwald & Phinea Black
What: Hogwarts has been untouched by her symbol, by the Deathly Hallows symbol. She's going to change that.
When: Monday afternoon.
Where: An empty corridor on some floor.
Warnings: It's Greta and it depends on if and who finds her.

Had most of the compound's residents been to Hogwarts? Greta assumed as much, given that most of them were witches and wizards who lived similar timelines. There were squibs, she'd heard, so maybe this was a fresh experience for them - not that she cared for those types. To her, Hogwarts was fascinating. It contrasted Durmstrang in so many ways; the halls were light and open, decorated with all genres of portraits and statues. Durmstrang not only allowed darkness on several levels, but it actively promoted it.

Most of all, Hogwarts was a place that Greta had only heard of from Alba. It was new to her and lacking her signature, the one that now decorated Durmstrang's own walls. And maybe the other witch's presence was somewhere for her to find. Alba was apparently going to be the one to bring her down, paving the way for an even greater dark witch to take over. Greta didn't like those thoughts at all. In fact, it was enough to make her almost insane with anger.

But there was nothing she could do about it. Not now and perhaps not ever.

Once she found an abandonded corridor, she checked one last time for another person. This was something she could have done with someone else, but no longer. And so it was only slight accomplishment that filled her as she used the Elder Wand to begin etching the Deathly Hallows symbol, her personal signature, into one of the stony walls.

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_greatergood
2012-09-06 05:06 am UTC (link)

"Not quite," Greta began pointing out. "I would be concerned, for instance, if you were mentally unstable which would put my health in danger, or perhaps if you were severely ill and close to death. If I were unable to save you then that would be on my hands." And that was the last thing Greta needed, whether or not such a thing could even happen here.

"I don't consider attempting to uncover great secrets to be disrespectful," she returned to her original story, which she had yet to give up on. Greta looked suspicious. That wasn't a name she had heard of, though she didn't expect to recognize many within the compound. Obviously she already knew Greta's last name. "Regalia." It was her middle name and it also belonged to her mother.

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gynocrat
2012-09-06 05:18 am UTC (link)

It was rather generous of the girl in front of her to share how selfish her desires truly were. Phinea expected no more of people. In a way it was refreshing to see the cold calculations of how someone's actions, which society took as social norms or as some social kindness, and see that they were only an issue of self-preservation, in one form or another. "No one's life is in danger," Phinea spoke firmly. Her mind was as agile as it had always been, and her sanity had never been drawn into question, for there was no reason to do so. Anger at the disrespect of her institution was the sane response. Had she been nonchalant, Phinea would have had to request someone bring her to a healer at once.

"Searching for a secret not yours is always disrespectful," Phinea countered. She knew many of the stories about Hogwarts, and some of the books she read even wrote about them. Many of the secrets she knew. A few others were incomplete. None of them had to do with gouging out stone. "Has your name changed in such short time?" Phinea required with sarcasm, "Just the other day it was Greta."

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_greatergood
2012-09-06 05:28 am UTC (link)

"That is good to know." Of course, Greta had decided that it was safe some time ago, at least for the immediate future. Besides, even if Phinea turned without warning and attacked her, she was very skilled at duelling. Thus she was far from worried.

"If someone wished for them to never be uncovered, they would not have hidden them in such a public place, would they?" Otherwise they wouldn't exist at all. The creators knew the school would see many students over the years. The castle was an intentional puzzle from Greta's perspective. She grinned at Phinea then, delighted by her last words. "So you already knew who I am."

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gynocrat
2012-09-06 05:38 am UTC (link)

Anyone considering the other half of the conversation potentially insane did not take that party's word for any imminent danger. But truly, that issue was irrelevant. The people running this compound, as it was called, prevented violence from being committed. Even were she to attempt violence against the other individual, it wouldn't have done anything, except perhaps have ended their conversation. Even from a selfish point of view, there was no reason for Greta to truly consider Phinea's health.

"That makes those secrets left for those who attend this school," Phinea countered, "As you have yourself stated, you are not among that number." Phinea did not believe those secrets were there for school children to have their way with, no matter how clever. The institution was a castle, built for education but built to defend itself. A good number of the secrets helped with that, and there were other matters Phinea knew, though they had not become relevant. "Literacy provides one the means to know a great many things," Phinea replied, "All it takes is reading words on a page." She had also read the texts about what Greta Grindelwald did and became in the future. It had been a foolish idea from the start.

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