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Ariana Isolde Marian Elizabeth Dumbledore ([info]untamed_magic) wrote in [info]indarkness_logs,
@ 2010-09-18 02:52:00

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Entry tags:!complete, 2032 09, ariana dumbledore, magius, sir didymus

RP: ... Saturday?
Characters: Ariana, Magius, Sir Didymus
Time/Date: later morning, September 18
Location: kitchen
Warnings/Rating: None
Summary: Business as usual
Status: Complete



The buzzing was back. Even before she opened her eyes, Ariana knew that her magic had been returned to her. She was disappointed at first; the quiet had been nice while it lasted. But then she remembered all the people who wanted to try to help her, and she felt a little better about it. Maybe they could make the magic be quiet, one way or another.

Or at least teach her to manage it so that she didn't hurt people.

Covering her mouth with both hands as she yawned, Ariana kicked off the covers before she trudged to the shower to help herself wake up.

Once she'd showered, dressed, and done her best to towel her hair dry and comb it out, she let herself out of the room. She realized she'd forgotten her Blackberry, then decided it didn't matter. She could come back and read it later. Reading it was hard, anyway, and she'd rather do it after breakfast than before.

She made her way down the hallway to the stairs, carefully stepping down them until she reached the kitchen. She stifled another yawn as she looked around for breakfast, making up a plate of it. Carrying it carefully to the table, she sat down and began to eat, listening to the sounds of the hotel and wondering if anyone knew who was missing. There'd probably been a list posted, but her device was up in her room. Maybe someone would come down who knew, and she could just ask them.

Maybe Magius or Severus would know; she could see about asking them. It would save her the trouble of trying to read the words.


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[info]sir_didymus
2010-09-18 06:28 pm UTC (link)
Human food was not his normal fare. In fact, his father had once warned Didymus to stay far away from What Humans Ate. It was, he'd said, unnatural for a fox, and worse, it was demeaning to beg scraps from a human's table. But the aroma of this heavenly food known as 'bacon' proved too strong a pull, and Didymus found himself unconsciously steering Ambrosius toward the kitchen when he'd caught the scent.

The kibbles he'd found were filling, no doubt, but they could never take the place of fresh -- or even cooked -- meat. And so, he made his way into the kitchen, with a quiet, "Good day, milady," to the girl seated at the table, and continued on toward the stack of bacon piled onto a platter. Standing in the saddle, Didymus retrieved several slices -- four for himself, and four for Ambrosius. Then he laid them on a smaller platter, sat once more, and turned Ambrosius around, so that he could make his way to the table.

He set the platter on the table before dismounting, since it was easier to reach that way, and then climbed into a chair. The first slice was for his loyal steed, as a reward for bringing him to the kitchen and the bacon in the first place. Then he began to munch on another one for himself, turning to the fair maiden again with a smile, while Ambrosius gobbled his bacon from off the floor.

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[info]untamed_magic
2010-09-18 06:37 pm UTC (link)
Ariana watched with unchecked interest as the little fox-man on the shaggy dog entered the kitchen. She continued to watch with her wide blue eyes as the man-fox went about getting himself breakfast and sat down to join her.

While she'd never seen anything like him before, she didn't seem at all surprised. She was fairly certain she'd caught glimpses of him around, and she'd seen in the network pictures that resembled him.

So she smiled in return. "Good morning," she greeted him quietly. "My name is Ariana," she offered, since she was apparently in a very sharing mood just then. But she had plans, you see. She was going to go find the men who'd promised to help her with her magic and see what she could learn from them now that her mind was buzzing once more.

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[info]sir_didymus
2010-09-18 07:41 pm UTC (link)
"Well met, Lady Ariana," Didymus answered with another nod, once he'd swallowed. Before he could say more, however, Ambrosius laid his head across his lap with a pitiful whimper. "Mind thy manners, Ambrosius," he chided and set down the next strip of bacon. "I have taught the better than this."

Ambrosius turned with a whine and moved a few feet away from his chair once more but turned shortly and sat. "Very good," Didymus said then, and he tossed the old boy another strip of bacon, before turning his attention back the maid. "Sir Didymus of the Underground, at thy service, milady," he said, inclining his head to her.

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[info]untamed_magic
2010-09-18 07:51 pm UTC (link)
She giggled a little at the dog's antics. She hadn't heard the dog speak yet, and wondered if he did. Dug did, though she knew that was only by virtue of his collar. So perhaps only collared dogs could speak, though she wondered what would happen if someone put Dug's collar on Ambrosius.

It was something interesting to consider. Would it even work? Or did it only work on Dug?

"It's very nice to meet you," she promptly replied. She wondered then if he was magical, then decided it might be rude to ask. After all, she might consider it rude if someone asked that if her when she wasn't overtly displaying it. Not that she did anymore, because she couldn't, but that was neither here nor there.

"Have you been here very long?"

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[info]sir_didymus
2010-09-18 08:34 pm UTC (link)
"The pleasure is all mine, Lady Ariana," Didymus answered with a smile. Though he frowned ever so slightly when she asked how long he had been here. That was a good question, and he pulled his little box from out his doublet to see if he could recall the exact 'date' (because that was apparently how they reckoned time here).

Then he frowned worse. The box did not seem to be working properly, because it said the day was Saturday, and he could have sworn this was Tuesday. But he would uncover the root of that mystery later. "Almost a month," he finally answered, offering her something close to a smile, even if his bushy white eyebrows were still contracted at the mystery. "How long hast thou dwelt here?"

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[info]untamed_magic
2010-09-18 08:47 pm UTC (link)
"About that long," she agreed with a slight nod. "I was here just before we were attacked. Lizzy and I hid in a room and one tried to get in, one of the bad things ... but she told it to go away and it did." Ariana realized that was mostly irrelevant to the question, but it had followed clearly enough in her mind.

She shrugged a little as she continued to pick lightly at her breakfast, swinging her legs slightly under the table, the toes of her shoes brushing against the floor. "I wish my brothers would be here," she admitted quietly. "But they're probably still all home, wondering where I am."

Which was a sad thought, though it made her wonder ... "Are there people where you're from missing you?" she inquired.

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[info]sir_didymus
2010-09-18 09:00 pm UTC (link)
Bad things? Attack? The mere thought of something trying to attack this sweet maiden made his hackles rise, and Didymus almost bared his fangs in a growl -- until he realized it might frighten the maid. He did not want her to think he was about to bite.

Ambrosius whimpered again for another slice of bacon, and even though his steed had forgotten his manners again, Didymus tossed him one, rather have him than interrupt dear Ariana in her tale.

When she asked if anyone was missing him at home, he slumped and sighed. "The Lady Sarah," he answered, sounding more than a little defeated, unfortunately. "A fair maid a little older than thee, who most valiantly sought to confront the Goblin King. I ... was supposed to be there, in wait, shouldst she need me, but then -- I was brought here."

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[info]untamed_magic
2010-09-18 09:23 pm UTC (link)
"Goblins?" Her head tipped to one side. "We have goblins, but they mostly work at the bank. Abe says they're stingy," she added, a little smile curving her features as she thought about her favorite brother, though it faded just as quickly when she recalled that he wasn't here, nor could she find a way home to him.

She'd be pleased to see Albus here, at this point.

"Maybe Sarah will come here," she offered, though she supposed no one should wish that on people they liked. "Or maybe they'll let you go home, someday." She was very optimistic, and she believed that someday this would be over and they'd be allowed home, but ... she was naive, sometimes.

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[info]sir_didymus
2010-09-18 10:51 pm UTC (link)
Didymus, frankly, could not imagine goblins ever working in a bank. The goblins with which he was familiar were entirely too stupid for such a thing. In fact, the Goblin King -- who was not, it seemed, a real goblin -- was the only one with any wiles whatsoever. But he decided not to contradict the girl. After all, they came from different worlds, so it stood to reason that their respective experiences with goblins would differ, as well.

"'Twould be pleasant to see the maid again," Didymus admitted with a sigh, looking down at his half finished bacon and tossing Ambrosius another slice. If she had not already suffered a terrible fate at the hands of the Goblin King. But if she had, alas, there was nothing he could do about it from here.

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[info]untamed_magic
2010-09-18 11:08 pm UTC (link)
Ari offered him a little smile before she ate a bit more of her breakfast. Her gaze slipped curiously to Ambrosius, and she studied the dog. She wondered where Didymus had gotten the dog, or if he'd always had him, and how he thought to ride a dog in the first place. Maybe it was natural for fox-men. Maybe they all did it where he came from.

"Do you have any brothers or sisters, and do they have dogs too?" she inquired after she'd swallowed, because it wasn't polite to speak with ones mouth full. Maybe it was a rude question though, but she didn't think so. It fell within the boundaries of polite, she was pretty sure.

Then she wondered if he even wanted to keep chatting with her, but ... well, he'd sat down so he'd at least wanted to start talking to her.

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[info]sir_didymus
2010-09-19 12:22 am UTC (link)
"I, ah, did," Didymus answered, his expression, as well as his tail, drooping a bit at the question. "I had three brothers and two sisters, but none survived to see our second winter." So, naturally, they would not have had dogs of their own. But Lady Ariana could not have known, and he bore her no ill will for the query.

Still, he fell quiet then, munching on another slice of bacon, and reaching down to scratch Ambrosius behind the ears, when his steed once more laid his head in his lap. He could overlook the bad manners just this once. After all, Ambrosius only sought to comfort him.

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[info]untamed_magic
2010-09-19 12:29 am UTC (link)
"Oh," she said softly. "I'm very sorry to hear that." She hesitated. "My father and my mother both passed away," she said as she glanced down at the table. She thought it best not to point out she'd been the one to kill her mother. It had been an accident, at any rate, though it made her a burden to her brothers, and disrupted their lives horribly. She hated that she'd done it, hated she couldn't control her magic. Hated that now that it was back, she might kill someone else, here.

She realized then she might have made him sad, and she frowned. If she was a proper witch, she could conjure a flower or make the salt-shakers dance or something to try to cheer him up, but she couldn't do that. It only served to increase her desire to learn proper magic from anyone and everyone who wanted to teach her.

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[info]sir_didymus
2010-09-19 12:54 am UTC (link)
"Verily, I am sorry to hear that, as well," Didymus answered, looking up at her again after a moment. He started to ask if it was not normal for human parents to perish so young, but he decided against it. He could tell from the maid's expression that this was a difficult subject, and he had no wish to further trouble her with her queries.

"What art thy brothers like unto?" he asked then, raising his eyebrows, and he elbowed Ambrosius when his steed attempted to steal another slice of bacon from underneath his foreleg.

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[info]untamed_magic
2010-09-19 01:46 am UTC (link)
"Albus is my older brother," she started quietly. "He's four years older than me. My brother Aberforth is a year older than me." She sighed. "They both go to school at Hogwarts, though Albus finished this summer." Ariana poked lightly at her breakfast, then decided she was done eating.

"Albus is very ambitious," she said quietly. "He wanted to go traveling this year, but now he can't, because he won't let Abe leave school to take care of me. But I want Abe to stay home and take care of me," she declared before she sighed again. "They don't always get along very well. Albus has this friend ... he's not very nice and Abe doesn't like him very much. Thinks he's a bad influence on him.

"I don't like him very much, either," she admitted, lowering her eyes. It was bad to not like people, wasn't it? She wanted to like people, but something about Gellert unnerved her.

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[info]thededicated
2010-09-19 01:45 am UTC (link)
Magius descended as soon as his concentrations and meditations were done. Spells stored once more, he headed to find out who was back, and who, if any, were missing.

A part of him hoped Ariana was home, and part of him hoped she was back.

When he entered the kitchen area, and he saw her there, he found an utterly unplanned and unsuspected smile rising to his face. "Ariana! You're back!"

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[info]untamed_magic
2010-09-19 01:55 am UTC (link)
Ari was startled from her conversation by the presence of someone else. She smiled, though it was a little uncertain. Back? She hadn't gone anywhere. Blue eyes shifted to Didymus in the hopes that perhaps he had some insight on this particular development before she glanced back to Magius.

"I haven't gone anywhere," she said, her brows furrowing as she sat up a little straighter in her chair. But maybe she'd misheard, and he'd simply meant that her magic was back?

Still, she didn't quite think that was the case.

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[info]sir_didymus
2010-09-19 02:26 am UTC (link)
Didymus had just opened his mouth to say that sometimes it was all right not to like people -- especially bad people -- but he never had the chance. Because not a heartbeat later, a man had entered the kitchen and ... told Ariana that she was back?

He, too, was confounded, and when Ariana turned to him, the question written plainly in her expression, he shrugged and shook his head. Where would she have gone? "Nay," he added, shaking his head again. "The maid hath not moved from that chair and hath breakfasted with me this morn."

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[info]thededicated
2010-09-19 02:56 am UTC (link)
Magius gave both the girl and the other being a confused look, then sighed. "It's Saturday, Ariana. You vanished Monday night, and have been gone, all this time. "

He nodded to Didymus. "She was one of those who were taken."

He rubbed his chin. "Those in charge took several of us, including Ariana and Lily." he hesitated, then offered a small smile. "I was worried."

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[info]untamed_magic
2010-09-19 03:01 am UTC (link)
Ariana shifted uneasily in her seat, shaking her head a little. She'd gone to bed last night, and she'd woken up this morning. She hadn't been anywhere else ... in between. "No," she protested quietly. "I went to bed last night, and ... I woke up this morning. I was in my bed the whole time," she assured him, blue eyes wide. She was confused, and now a little frightened. Had she slept for four days? Wasn't that impossible?

Had they taken her?

She glanced again to Didymus, but he had no reason to know if she'd been gone that long.

"My head's all buzzy again," she said in a desperate attempt to change the conversation. "So I have my magic back."

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[info]sir_didymus
2010-09-19 03:45 am UTC (link)
Didymus could hardly believe his ears, but his hearing was nearly as keen as his sense of smell, so he knew that he had heard the man correctly. "How dost thou know this?" he asked the man.

Then he shook his head and smiled when Lady Ariana mentioned that her head was buzzy. The first thought that occurred to him was a hive of bees, but he did not think that was precisely what the maiden meant -- especially since she mentioned her magic not a second later.

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[info]thededicated
2010-09-19 03:54 am UTC (link)
He sighed, and opened his mouth, then closed it. "I would ask you to trust me. I say this not to frighten you, or hurt you, and only to let you know what has happened. The directory realigned on the morning after you vanished. Someone who was monitoring it... they let me know."

He swallowed, looking down. "I would not make such a thing up."

Then he nodded, eyes warm. "I am glad. The magic flows through all of us again, binding us and giving us a chance, which we may need, if the pattern of this place follows."

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[info]untamed_magic
2010-09-19 04:16 am UTC (link)
Ariana's lips parted, but she couldn't think of a response. She knew Magius wouldn't lie to her, but she also knew she'd gone to bed last night and woken up this morning. She knew she couldn't have slept for four days, so what happened when a person knew contradicting things?

She decided to just ignore it for now. Whatever it might mean or did mean, didn't matter.

"Mr. Snape said he would teach me a kind of magic that would help calm down my buzzing," she relayed. Talking about magic seemed easier than figuring out how she hadn't been missing when Magius thought she had been.

Then she recalled her manners, flushing a little. "Magius, this is Sir Didymus of the Underground. Sir Didymus, this is Magius. He's a sort of wizard but not the same sort I am."

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[info]sir_didymus
2010-09-19 04:38 am UTC (link)
Frowning slightly, Didymus fished his Blackberry out of his doublet once more and held it up to inspect the screen once more. Because he had already noted that it said this way was Saturday, when he could have sworn it was Tuesday. This would seem to confirm the man's story and lay the previous mystery to rest. Though he still did not care for the implications overly much.

When Ariana introduced him, his head snapped upright again, as he replaced the box within his doublet once more. "Well met, Sir Magius," Didymus said, inclining his head to the man, with a smile. "Any friend of Lady Ariana is verily a friend of mine."

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[info]thededicated
2010-09-19 05:03 am UTC (link)
He smiled to her. "I shall hope he shall be able to, then. You deserve to know how magic works for you, and to realize it's potential in you."

Magius gave the little being a bow. "Well met, Sir Didymus. A knight who is a friend to a lady such as she is a good friend indeed."

He nodded.

"Have you been here long, Good Sir?"

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[info]untamed_magic
2010-09-19 05:10 am UTC (link)
Ari nodded slightly. She agreed, and she was glad to abandon the topic of her disappearance. Sliding off her chair, she moved to clear her dishes while they talked and met each other properly.

She scraped off the extra food in the trash before rinsing off her plate and sliding it into the dish washer for whoever was next to start the dishes. She did try to work out how she could be missing four days and have no idea about it, but as she glanced over to Magius a time or two, she didn't think he would make it up or lie. Not to her.

Maybe after this, she'd go see about finding Mr. Snape to let him know she had her magic now.

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[info]sir_didymus
2010-09-19 05:55 pm UTC (link)
Didymus smiled with another nod. Lady Ariana did appear to be a dear girl, and if Sir Magius was friendly with her, then it would behoove him to know the gentleman, as well.

"Nearing a month, good sir," he answered with a shrug and a slight shake of his head. Then he fed Ambrosius the last strip of bacon, when his mount approached once more. "And this is my loyal steed, Ambrosius," he added, scratching him behind the ears.

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[info]thededicated
2010-09-19 08:34 pm UTC (link)
"Perhaps we can also start working together, to see if I can aid thee with your magic. You deserve a chance to hold it without fear."

He nodded, then grinned at Sir Didymus. "A pleasure Ambrosius. I hope whatever threat is to come passes you both by."

He feared this one might be worse than the last.

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[info]untamed_magic
2010-09-19 09:30 pm UTC (link)
"We were going to," she pointed out to Magius. She wasn't sure if Mr. Snape could help her, but she thought she'd go see about that first before engaging in any actual magic. Maybe if she could start from a calm place at least, there would be less of a chance of accidents.

"I'm going to go find Mr. Snape," she informed them, since it was rude to wander off in the middle of a conversation; even she knew that. "It was very nice to see you Magius, and very nice to meet you, Mr. Didymus," she said politely before she started to walk toward the archway leading out of the kitchen/dining area.

"I'll see you later though," she called to both of them. If she really had been missing though, maybe she should go find Lizzy first. The other girl was probably wondering where she'd been. Yes, maybe this was the better plan. Lizzy, then Mr. Snape, then Magius again.

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[info]sir_didymus
2010-09-19 10:33 pm UTC (link)
Didymus wasn't certain whether to be pleased or offended that Sir Magius hoped the looming threat would pass them by. They could take care of themselves; they had proved such often enough. Still, the man seemed convivial on the whole, and he was a friend of Lady Ariana's, so he decided -- with a definitive nod -- not to take offense.

"Very nice to meet thee as well, Lady Ariana," Didymus answered with a smile.

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[info]thededicated
2010-09-19 10:48 pm UTC (link)
"Fair thee well, Ariana." He turned to Didymus and nodded. "And i hope to meet you again, Sir Didymus, in good health and nature."

He found he liked the diminutive knight.

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