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Edgar Bones loves you; (edalbo) wrote in refreshrpg,
@ 2015-03-04 06:27:00

Entry tags:

! log, 1998-march, character: edgar bones, x-character: delilah selwyn

Who: Edgar Bones and Delilah Selwyn
What: Healing and being horrified
Where: Hogwarts Infirmary
When: Backdated to shortly after this.
Warnings/Rating: TW for some level of mention of physical child abuse.
Status: Complete

It wasn't at all unusual for Edgar to see children with interesting injuries; he was the Healer at a school full of at least partially-untrained wizards, after all. A day without some sort of strange bruise or burn or dissolved limb was in fact the odd thing out.

It wasn't even out of the ordinary for a student to come slinking in, carefully hunched around whatever injury they'd managed to give themselves, desperate to avoid the notice and future mocking of their peers.

Usually, though, they didn't write him before coming. Usually, if the wound was bad enough to warrant healing and embarrassing enough to warrant secrecy, they just showed up.

Delilah's message had, then, made Edgar a little wary. He wasn't sure what he would see when the girl walked through the door, but he was certain it wouldn't be good. Accordingly he set about gathering a variety of supplies while waiting for her, just in case, the better to have things near to hand when she did come in. Pain potions, skelegrow, a wide array of salves and ointments, his reference book of anti-jinxes: it was all in his office normally, of course, but getting it all out while he waited was something to keep him from worrying too much.

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sneakoscoped
2015-03-04 05:09 pm UTC (link)

Delilah had been hoping for a way out. By messaging him, she thought, maybe he would say he's busy. She would lose her nerve to go. Was it even so bad, really? It wasn't so awful that she couldn't go to classes or anything, but she just... Didn't want the questions. She didn't want anyone to ask how she got them.

But he was free and she slipped out of her favorite hiding spot in the castle to hurriedly make her way to the hospital wing. When she got there she peeked in, relieved to see that it was empty. She continued on to Healer Bones' office, knocking very briefly before she let herself in.

Nothing about Delilah's appearance screamed that it needed to be healed. Her face was bruised and slightly swollen, her lip cut. She was shaking, clutching her wrist slightly as she stood awkwardly by the door. "I just don't want anyone to ask questions..." She said, pointing vaguely at her face.

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edalbo
2015-03-04 11:14 pm UTC (link)

Edgar took one good look at Delilah and then got up to shut the door behind her, though he left it open a crack.

"All right," he said, firm and gentle all at once while he looked over the girl carefully. The bruising spoke to some sort of physical altercation; those were rarer within the walls of Hogwarts than magical duels, but far from unknown. Teenagers, after all, were volatile. And clearly this wasn't something that had happened at Dueling Club or Quidditch practice. The need for secrecy belied those notions; and rarely did sanctioned activities leave the children physically shaking. Edgar's eyes flicked down to the wrist she was holding and then back up. "Come sit, Miss Selwyn. Let's see what I can do for you."

	edalbo 2015-03-07 08:08 pm UTC (link)
	"Nothing hurts?" Edgar asked, sounding nothing more than mildly surprised. He lifted his wand to touch it to her cut lip, which began to close up a moment later. "That'll itch, I'll get you some salve in a minute. Nothing hurts, though? Not even your wrist?" He nodded down to where she was clutching it, eyebrows rising in question. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sneakoscoped 2015-03-07 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	He questioned her, and she dropped her gaze to the floor. His wand came to her face and she flinched, just the slightest. She did not have a very good track records with wands in her face and not ending in pain. There was a tingling sensation, then a bit of an inch starting to form. "What?" She said, quickly dropping her wrist. "No, no it doesn't." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	edalbo 2015-03-07 08:28 pm UTC (link)
	The flinch, the quick and emphatic denial, the secrecy with which Delilah had insisted on coming here- none of them were lost on Edgar. He moved away a little under the excuse of getting the salve; he offered the little pot of it to Delilah rather than trying to apply it himself. "Here. Put that on the lip. I'll work on the other bruises. All right, Miss Selwyn?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	edalbo 2015-03-08 02:33 pm UTC (link)
	Edgar sighed, expression flickering over to sadness. "If that was true, you'd let me look," he pointed out quietly. "You're quite welcome, Delilah. If you change your mind, or need anything else, my door is always open." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)