[Working on some plot points in Al's application]Albus is a writer/artist type. He gets frustrated. He has emotions he can't always handle. He channels it into writing and painting. Unfortunately, he also handles it through some darker magic he was learning in his real time. He hasn't done it at home in about a month. He hasn't done it here since he returned. Now? He just wants to forget and focus on something truly challenging. Of course, he doesn't know (fully) that the darkness is making him colder and more bitter the more he experiments.
[Open to anyone who wants to see. I'd rather no one try interrupting, but feel free to talk about it to him later on or tell someone else. Blackmail, anger, yelling, whatever, is welcomed and appreciated. You can post general reactions here if you want part of this, but not directly to Al at this point.]