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fallen_forever ([info]fallen_forever) wrote in [info]labyrinth_rpg,
@ 2009-03-13 01:30:00

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Current mood: thoughtful
Entry tags:arrival, complete, day two, severus snape, tara maclay

WHO: Tara MaClay & Severus Snape and OTA.
WHEN: Day Two, mid-day
WHAT: Trying to make the best of it.
WHERE: Wandering around the Ren Faire.
RATING: G, it’s Tara, seriously.
STATUS: Incomplete



What had happened to her? Everything had been so confusing. Well, everything still was confusing there was no doubting that, now it was just a different brand of confusing. Where was Mr. Giles library of the occult when you needed it? In fact, speaking of that, why hadn’t Tara ever read anything about this? Sure Mr. Giles had hundreds of books and how anyone could ever read through all of them was beyond Tara but between her, Willow and everyone else, how had no mention of this place ever come up? This place was clearly soaked with magic. Maybe it was the fact that most of the magic felt dark? The blond witch had always tried to stay away from the dark magic books unless forced into them for fighting some big badie or creepy crawlie of the night. If Willow was here maybe she would know something. Even though Tara hadn’t really approved, Willow had done some pretty extensive research on the topic of black magic.

Eyes squeezed shut tightly before fingers were brought up to gently run over them. At least the bed was somewhat comfortable. Once Tara had picked out a room she had spent some time pacing back and forth as her hands wrung together in deep thought. Giving up on pacing Tara finally had smoothed the long and flowing skirt underneath her and sat on the bed to contemplate further any plan of action she could come up with, even though no company had been in the room her head had still tilted forward allowing hair to fall over her features. The old action was barely preformed anymore with the rise in confidence she had obtained thanks to her relationship with Willow, but sometimes when alone she still practiced the art of hiding away from the world. Using the action as a sort of safety blanket to hide her self from the world when things seemed too complicated. The buzzing in her mind unfortunately got her no where. Laying back hair fell away from her face and the blond witch stared at the ceiling with no concrete conclusion coming to mind.

The sun shifted through her window causing the light to shine down on her and Tara sighed softly. There was really only one thing to do, and that was to make the best of it until a solution could be found. Standing up she smoothed out her clothing before glancing in the mirror and heading out of her bedroom door. Making her way down the stairs from the second floor Tara exited the building and walked towards the ren faire silently watching everyone shuffle to and fro. Interlacing her fingers in front of her a soft smile caressed her lips as a juggling entertainer began to make his way past, catching all of the young wicca’s attention and stopping her in her tracks.


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[info]severelyseverus
2009-03-19 10:20 pm UTC (link)
Snape narrowed his eyes as he listened to the girl share her thoughts. She had considered possibilities to which he had not yet gotten around. He found it intellectually stimulating; not a sensation he expected from conversation with someone her age, not after all the time he had spent as an educator. Still, her words suggested she had not considered all the possibilities. There was certainly room for a healthy exchange of ideas between them.

"But what if the town was already here before Jareth came along? What if these ... goblins celebrate this way out of some cultural tradition, and Jareth has only come in recently to make himself their king? He says they will obey his every whim, but what if they are merely humouring his self-aggrandizing delusions of grandeur? Be that as it may, I agree with your assessment that Jareth has brought us here for his own entertainment. As for the rest, I am not certain, but I suspect your assessments are correct."

Standing beside her, now, watching the festivities, Snape thought it was interesting that at once he could feel that he should be above her in social hierarchy, due to their difference in age, but also that they were as equals, due to their body language and the fact that they had both been thrust simultaneously into the same unfamiliar situation.

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[info]fallen_forever
2009-03-24 06:32 pm UTC (link)
Tara knit her brows in thought as these other options were presented to her. The man in front of her had certainly seemed to put quite a bit of thought into all of this, maybe he had a lot of free time? Of course there were always a million different possible out comes to any situation, who knew what the real answer was, but generally the most logical one was the best solution.

“W-well, the, um, town could have been here and we won’t know about goblin tradition unless we, um, a-ask them. Though in, um, traditional literature the general consensus is that goblins are, um, u-unpleasant and noncoperative w-which is a stereotype, but, um, t-there’s normally some t-truth in stereotypes.” Taking a breath she paused in her speech before continuing. “T-though I do think that the goblins serve him because, um, if Jareth holds the power to transport people from completely different places to one of his, um, choosing, that requires a great deal of magical energies. If he holds enough power t-to do that then it would be, um, feasible that he c-could do o-other things with magic.”

Feeling extra nervous now after the lengthy explanation of her feelings on the manner Tara turned away from the man, trying to focus her attention on other matters that where happening around them. Why did this man remind her of a not-as-nice version of Mr. Giles?

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[info]severelyseverus
2009-03-26 01:52 am UTC (link)
Snape listened to Tara's reasoning. He also listened to her stutter and to the tones of her voice. She was a bright girl, but seemed unaware of her own worth. She also seemed somewhat intimidated by him. Had he done something to intimidate her? Perhaps his devil's-advocacy had seemed aggressive to her. Perhaps she was particularly sensitive. He already suspected she was somewhat shy.

"Very thorough. You must have paid attention in school. If only all people did as you have done. You're right that goblins are generally unpleasant and non-cooperative, though one couldn't say they don't have reason to resent us. These seem to be of a different breed from those I know from Britain and the European continent. Do they look like those you have in America?" Normally, Snape would not be so cavalier with a stranger when talking about a race that muggles were commonly unaware of, but it was obvious to both of them that goblins existed. "He does seem to be incredibly adept with powerful magic. I wonder if anyone in this town, perhaps someone he has brought can rival him." Snape wasn't sure how much of Jareth's magic was simple display and flash, but there was definitely real power there, too. He also wasn't sure if he himself had the power to match him.

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[info]fallen_forever
2009-03-29 05:25 pm UTC (link)
The compliment of her obvious academic aptitude brought a small smile to the shy girls lips. Since the startle of the situation had slipped away and the man hadn’t posed any threat the blond witch was able to relax at least mildly. Glancing at the man his energies posed a certain stern manner which oddly reminded her of her father, but this man’s intentions and energies seemed nothing like the man she had grown up with. Slowly inhaling Tara gathered her nerves together, this wasn’t a bad situation, he wasn’t a bad man and even though things seemed like utter chaos, nothing had gone terribly wrong, yet. Though the dark magic in the area really was wearing heavily against her nerves all ready; there had to be something she could do to buffer her self against it, or at least reduce its beating against her psyche.

Tara’s brows furrowed thoughtfully at the question. After being able to re-orient her self in the situation confidence had risen at least minimally. “I, um, don’t really have any experience with goblins. N-not besides for what I’ve read in Mr. Giles books. W-where I’m from we mostly dealt with demons and, um, vampires. With the, um, occasional God, super genius or Frankenstein wanna-be.” Offering a weak half smile she wasn’t really sure where to continue the conversation from that point. Eyes turned back to watch the festivities, maybe she should try to take part in something? It might take her mind off of the things at hand. Listening to the man’s words again Tara turned her head to look at him once more and nodded solemnly. “It might not be just one to face him. S-sometimes it takes a group, working together for a common goal, in order to be able to face the greatest dangers.” Tara was certain that she would not be capable of facing someone like that alone, but perhaps if everyone here put their minds and abilities together, they’d be able to get somewhere in the end.

Suddenly a thought occured to the young woman. "Oh, um, my name is Tara, nice to meet you." With a shy smile she gave the man a small wave of greeting.

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[info]severelyseverus
2009-04-01 12:37 am UTC (link)
Snape looked at Tara with fresh eyes. He had taken her for a muggle, but he had clearly been wrong. She had an American accent, and he had never been there. Was it possible that in her region of that vast country goblins were rare and demons plentiful? He had never read about such a region, but he did not claim to be a master geographer. Interesting. She must have considerable inner strength, despite her humble manner, to take on such dangerous beings.

"Oh! My apologies. Snape." Snape held out his hand for her to shake. "I'm sorry. Did you say you 'dealt with' demons and vampires? May I ask how you dealt with them, and what they had done to require said dealings? You see, where I am from vampires and demons are scarce, and we generally live and let live, as you might say." She had also implied that she was one of a group of 'dealers', but Snape was willing to ask about one thing at a time. Her comments about cooperation intrigued him also, reminding him of the two prominent societies of like-minded wizards he had belonged to in his life. Perhaps she was on to something.

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[info]fallen_forever
2009-04-04 04:54 am UTC (link)
A soft smile was given back to the man as he introduced him self, noting the hand held out Tara paused only momentarily before reaching over and loosely going to shake his hand. The surprise in response to the words caused her own brows to raise. “Oh, I, um, I helped, s-sometimes. Buffy was really the one who dealt with most of the vampires and demons. Since she, um, has the big slayer powers.” Looking up at the man she nodded. “Oh well, um, Vampires and Demons aren’t much with the friendly, so, me and the rest of the, um, gang, we all tried to keep Sunnydale a safe place by patrolling at night so we could stop them from causing t-trouble and um, you know.” Tara raised a hand with a single finger extended, making a swiping motion in front of her own throat, attempting to indicate death. “Innocent people.”

Listening to Snape’s opinion on living and let living Tara nodded once more. “I, um, normally agree with that, but um, if they’re not s-stopped then they’re going to turn the entire town into a big bed of creepy crawling badness. I, um, I think Buffy dusts at least two or three vampires a night. S-sometimes Willow and I assist with transmogrification, scrying, telekinesis tasks, occult knowledge, Divination spells and rituals.” She gave the man a weak smile. “Just witchy stuff.”

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[info]severelyseverus
2009-04-06 11:13 pm UTC (link)
Snape found himself thoroughly intrigued by Tara's tales of her life in Sunnydale. Though geography was not his strongest area of knowledge, it was nevertheless of interest to him, as he made frequent excursions abroad to gather rare magical ingredients--or he had, before he had been taken. It was, therefore, rare for him to encounter tell of a place of which he had never previously heard.

"I see. So, in your town of Sunnydale--in America, is it?--the vampire and demon population has grown so large that they pose a threat to the human population, both wizard and muggle? I can't say I've ever heard of such a thing, but I also can't say it sounds impossible. The few vampires with whom I have had discourse were polite enough, but very reserved about their specific culture. And you say you have an ally whose role is to slay vampires nightly in order to keep the population down? Remarkable! Is this Buffy a witch, too, then?"

None of the mystical practices Tara had mentioned had shocked Snape in the least, for, of course, they were commonly-known in the wizard world, and he had dabbled with each of them himself, at one time or another.

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[info]fallen_forever
2009-04-07 03:47 am UTC (link)
Tara nodded. “Yes it is, it’s in, um California.” Giving the man a slight shy smile she wasn’t really sure where this conversation was allowed to go. Obviously he was part of the mystical world, why didn’t he know about slayers all ready? Especially being British, did that have, extra slayer knowledge? At least all the watchers had seemed to be British, or at least the ones she had met. Which admittedly, she hadn’t met all that many watchers. Maybe a half a dozen in total? A confused expression twisted her features for a moment. “Muggle? I, um, I’m not familiar with that, t-term.” The idea of having a polite discourse with a vampire boggled her mind, well, it was possible, Angel and Spike were proof of that to the best of her knowledge, but still. Snape seemed liked having a polite conversation was perfectly normal, not the exception to the rule.

“Oh, no, Buffy isn’t a, um, w-witch. She, um…” Tara knit her brows for a moment. “It’s, um, more like super powers for her, like in comic books.” Quieting down for a moment it seemed only fair that she try to keep up her end of the conversation as well. “So, um, where you’re from, is there a lot of magical activities? I mean, um, you seem so knowledgeable about the topic.” Looking around the blond witch continued to survey the scene around her. “Do you think that um, there might be somewhere we could research? M-maybe find something out about this, um, place?”

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[info]severelyseverus
2009-04-08 10:48 pm UTC (link)
Snape nodded, pleased with himself for having successfully guessed the general location of Tara's town. He took her smile to mean that she was relatively comfortable talking to her, and attempted to return the gesture with an off-putting grimace of his own.

"Muggle. You must not use the term in California, being, as you are there, so far from the centre of things. In most of the wizarding world, we use it to denote non-magical folk, the type that outnumber us."

Snape knit his brow considering Tara's explanation of Buffy's powers. He had no idea what a comic book was, nor super powers for that matter, but he caught the gist of what the witch was trying to say. Perhaps her powerset was inherent to her, the way that of an animagus or metamorphmagus was. What caught his imagination more, however, was the next thing that Tara said.

"A lot of magical activities? No more than any place, I expect. What surprises me is your surprise at my knowledge. Do you not know many other witches and wizards in your community of Sunnydale? Are you not aware that there is a large wizarding world, of which you and your magical friends are a part? Merlin's beard! How wild and isolated a place is California?"

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[info]fallen_forever
2009-04-08 11:40 pm UTC (link)
The look received was a tad odd, but it didn’t seem as though it was in negativity. Maybe he just wasn’t used to expressing positive emotions through physical expression? It was always a possibility. Tara knit her brows at the man before her as he spoke, maybe the slang term was something from England? She’d never heard her mother or grandmother use the tem before. Though… perhaps it was derogatory? If that was the case it would make perfect sense as to why she had never heard it before either. Thinking back though, the blond witch wasn’t really sure how much group involvement either of the women in her linage had held either. Maybe it was just something commonly expressed in groups? Deciphering between two people sometimes was the hardest thing in the world to accomplish. She nodded her understanding in response to Snape’s explanation, what else was there really to do?

A slight frown curved her features as Tara shook her head slowly. “I’ve never meet that many. J-just the ones in my, um, f-family and my, um, ex-g-girlfriend.” The blond witch shifted, her eyes gliding over the activities surrounding them again. “I guess, w-witches and wizards aren’t that, um, common in California. Which is, odd c-considering the large, um, a-alternative and pagen communities.”

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[info]severelyseverus
2009-04-09 11:02 pm UTC (link)
Snape blinked at Tara's mention of her ex-girlfriend, but said nothing. For him, same-sex relationships were no more deserving of comment than friendships with vampires or a preference for skyclad casting. He was truly shocked, however, at the isolation from the wizarding world that Tara and her family had experienced. He would have thought that the American wizarding community would be more responsible. He didn't really know that much about them. He couldn't, for example, remember the last time they played a side in the Quidditch World Cup.

"Do you mean to say that you have never been to a proper magical school? Do you know how to ride a broom, how to Apparate? My poor girl, this is atrocious! I can't imagine what is to be done about it, but it can't be allowed to continue!"

Despite the merit in Tara's idea of doing research on the nature of the land of the Labyrinth, Snape had been completely distracted by his astonishment at the negligence that had been visited upon this hapless witch. Truly, he felt sorry for her, and felt that, as a professor of magical subjects, he ought to do something about it.

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[info]fallen_forever
2009-04-10 02:25 am UTC (link)
The man seemed a bit unresponsive at first, not that Tara had felt that she had said anything out of the ordinary in her opinion anyways. Or had she? Maybe something she spoke of was a bit outside of what the man was accustomed to? It was hard to tell, she really didn’t know much about the British outside of what she had learned about Mr. Giles, and she hardly doubted that the entire populace was just like Mr. Giles.

At the sudden slew of questions Tara stood surprised for a moment. “R-ride a, broom? Apparate?” Frowning very slightly the blond witch shook her head in response to the man’s questions. Riding a broom had never seemed all that practical and the term apparate didn’t ring a bell at all. Was it another British term that she wouldn’t be familiar with as she wasn’t from the same culture? Allowed to continue? Brows furrowed in a bit of confusion as Snape continued on. “M-my mother taught me what she could, s-she was a very powerful witch, um, b-before her death.” Offering a weak smile the blond witch wasn’t sure where this conversation was going, but there was some curiosity in finding out where it would end up.

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[info]severelyseverus
2009-04-13 01:10 am UTC (link)
As Tara stammered out her confusion at Snape's series of passionate questions and statements, the wizard rolled his eyes in exasperation at whatever magical school board California might or might not have. It was appalling that a witch such as this should have been neglected in such a complete way. Indeed, if she was taught at home by her mother, it could well be that an entire wizarding family had been neglected. Snape was quite sure that someone, somewhere, should be ashamed of themselves.

"Tara, I don't know how this has come to pass, but there are some very serious deficiencies in your magical education. I know you must feel that this is not a big deal, since you have gone without this knowledge for so long, but you must understand that where I come from every witch and wizard takes these things for granted, and you would be a laughing-stock if you were to reveal your lack of knowledge in normal society. Please, I am a professor. Allow me to assess your education more fully, and perhaps I can offer you suggestions as to how you might rectify this terrible situation."

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[info]fallen_forever
2009-04-13 04:55 am UTC (link)
The obviously exasperation of the man made Tara a tad uncomfortable. Could she have possibly said something wrong? What was going on that he seemed so displeased with? It was a rather uncomfortable situation if she was the cause of his obvious actions. What could she do to fix it if she was? Especially when she had no clue what she had said that seemed to bother him specifically.

The sudden lengthy speech about her lacking magical abilities caused her to fall into a surprised silence for a moment. How was she even to begin to respond to this? Magical education? Her mother had taught her everything she could and heavens knew that her mother had been quite the powerful witch. A slight curiosity did rise that this man kept using the term wizard instead of warlock. Was he perhaps in habit of using that term? Or was that part of the differences between the states of Europe? It was hard to tell without knowing more about the British and their culture.

“Oh, I, I don’t..” She trailed off for a moment, trying to gain her bearings on the topic. The man had a strange sense of approaching things, but he did seem to have her best interests in heart, as odd as it was. It would be rude to refuse a mentor and offer from a teacher though, so perhaps she should take him up on it? If things didn’t work they would both be aware of the situation she was sure. What was there to lose really?

“I don’t see why we couldn’t, um, work something out.” Smiling at the man she wasn’t really sure where to go from there, perhaps the man would have further suggestions.

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[info]severelyseverus
2009-04-14 11:18 pm UTC (link)
Snape nodded. The girl was respectful. It was good. He wasn't sure he was up to taking on a student, but it did seem a natural thing for a man of his talents and disposition to do. At the very least he would be able to make sure she knew enough to get by in polite wizarding company. He would have to get his rooms in order first, of course, but as soon as he was ready...

"Good. I would like an opportunity to assess your education more thoroughly, following which it may please me to offer you lessons is such areas where you have deficiency. Do you have a wand?"

He couldn't imagine what he would do if she didn't have a wand, but there were still things he could show her; broomriding and Apparating, for examples; potionwork, for another.

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[info]fallen_forever
2009-04-16 11:29 am UTC (link)
The man’s interest in her schooling was oddly intriguing, though realistically with his position she wasn’t overly surprised. Then from what Tara had seen of the California school system, if it was anything like that over in Europe, it was no wonder that a student actually interested in learning and being at least some-what informed was a miracle. How up front the man was about his intentions and ideals on what should and shouldn’t come of schooling was oddly un-nerving and refreshing all at the same time. It was nice to see there were, what seemed to be, no hidden motives.

“O-oh, um. N-no, I’ve never, um needed a wand for anything.” Thoughts slipped from the topic of conversation for a moment. What if they had learned two completely different types of magic? Would his teachings even be compatible with what she had learned? Could Tara learn an entirely new form of magic?

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[info]severelyseverus
2009-04-17 11:43 pm UTC (link)
Snape was shocked when he heard that Tara not only did not have a wand, but claimed not to need a wand. He, truly, did not understand how that was possible. A wand was the locus of a wizard's technical application of his skill, the ultimate focus for practical manifestation of his inner power. What sort of magic could Tara do without one? She said her mother had been a powerful witch that had taught her everything she knew, but how much could that have been, if it didn't involve using a wand? Unless the women of her family were so powerful they did not need a wand... Could it be that lost in the muggle morass of California there was a forgotten family of witches with a different way of doing magic? What an amazing curiosity that would be!

"Never needed a wand? My dear girl, that's impossible? How do you cast your spells? How do you focus your magical power? If what you say is true, I must see what you can do!"

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[info]fallen_forever
2009-04-29 03:17 am UTC (link)
The blatant confusion in Snape’s demeanor made the blond witch shift slightly. Why was this so surprising? Tools were useful and honestly sometimes needed in spells but at the same time weren’t always required. Sure when rituals were done, or when a spell specifically required something, but there were plenty of spells that merely required your own focus, a few word and a balancing of the energies around you. Wasn’t that understood by every witch or warlock? The sudden splurging of questions caused the blond witch to blink for a moment before she summed up all the answers to his questions in her mind.

“N-no, I, um, never needed one.” She paused for a moment before continuing. “Well, um, with rituals, i-incantations, summoning of inner energies and, um, balancing of the e-energies around me.” Shifting Tara wrung her hands together slightly. “I-I could, um, show you a-a couple, um, small spells I, um, guess.” The blond witch offered up a weak smile to the man not sure what else to do.

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[info]severelyseverus
2009-04-30 11:35 pm UTC (link)
Minutes earlier, Snape had been imagining that their conversation was almost through, that he was soon to be off planning magic lessons and calling on this young woman in a couple of days to get her properly acquainted with normal magical culture. Now, however, faced with the irresistibly fascinating offer of a display of wandless magic, Snape could not leave. Tara sounded completely serious about her ability. Either she would fail to do what she claimed, and be exposed as a fraud, or she would succeed, and Snape would be witness to a true marvel.

"By all means. I would like nothing more than to observe your practice."

Crossing his arms, Snape gave the self-proclaimed witch room and watched to see what she could do. He would be very disappointed if he were to find out she was merely a muggle with a good imagination.

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[info]fallen_forever
2009-05-06 02:02 am UTC (link)
With the invitation in hand Tara nodded, what would be something simple that would easily work? Thinking for a moment the blond witch then decided on what she could do that would be assured to work. A slight smile pulled at her lips as the Wicca decided the perfect spell to cast. With a wave of her hand and a few words in latin tiny tinker-bell light appeared in front of them. With a simple wave of her hand Tara controlled the lights path, allowing it to float about in figure eights before smiling shyly at the man.

“I-it’s a, um, r-really simple spell but it’s, um, the first thing that c-came to mind.”

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