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Hermione Granger (studious_gryff) wrote in snapthread,
@ 2019-08-23 10:42:00

Entry tags:

carol danvers (mcu), hermione granger

WHO: Hermione Granger & OTA
WHAT: Hermione arrives in Starklandia!
WHERE: Around town centre.
WHEN: Early afternoon.
RATING: Low.

Hermione had exhausted all magical options she knew of. Of course, apparition had been her first go to. And just as she expected, the world started to warp and spin as it always did, but a second later she appeared - after getting her bearings - still within the boundaries of ..wherever it was she’d arrived. She’d tried again, and the picture of a particularly street corner in London was so clear in her mind, it couldn’t go awry. Her apparition never went awry.

Yet again. And the third time, she didn’t arrive in London. She remained here, wherever here was. With a heavy sigh, she thought through what to do next. She followed the Four-Point spell as far as it would take her - which wasn’t so far at all there was a forest but it only took her so far. Part of her early training within the Ministry had included using one’s Patronus as a messenger - a way of ensuring the speed, delivery, and authenticity of the message. Unfortunately the wispy, blue otter merely gambolled about her until it faded, as if there was nowhere else for it to go.

But she hadn’t apparated here by accident, nor had she touched a Portkey, so how was it possible? She’d stepped out of a cafe, and now she was here. She’d arrived what was easily established as the town square and before her there was a table, with what she’d found after she’d inspected it, was a communication type device, more advanced than what she owned back home, certainly, but there were similarities.

When she finally admitted defeat, for the time being, Hermione returned to the town and took a seat in the town square, turning her attention to the phone.

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cpt_marvel
2019-08-30 12:42 am UTC (link)

Carol laughed. "I wish....I think I lived up to most of the cliche's while I was there." That was why there were flamingos running around here. Probably best to leave that out for now. And the part about getting married. And definitely the part about Sonny and Cher.

"We were attacked by aliens." She said it so matter-of-factly, taking a drink and shrugging. "Another day around here, though."

Magic. Right. Carol was getting good at spotting them. "Accent. Clothes. The boys dress a lot like you do." She wondered if Hermione would know them. What were the odds? Well, a lot of Avengers seemed to end up here, so maybe it wasn't so far fetched?

"James, Remus, and Sirius? Oh, and Bill something- starts with a W, I think.. Any of those names ring a bell?" Carol was leaning on her elbow, slightly forward on the bar as she watched Hermione.

"A lot of people who end up here end up somehow knowing other people. We can't figure out how it works, though. Or why we're coming together like this."

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studious_gryff
2019-08-30 02:37 pm UTC (link)

“They exist for a reason, I suppose.” She mused, with a small smile, cliches were generally built upon some amount of truth. The majority of travelling she’d done had always been with her parents, but she wasn’t entirely certain she could’ve kept up with a location like Las Vegas, even in the wizarding world, it had a reputation. “Attacked?” Hermione only repeated it, because Carol had, indeed passed over it, and even voiced it was just another day. “So- it’s not always entirely safe here?” It wasn’t quite fear in her voice, she’d lived through a state of constant alert, having to keep on moving - more it was simply one more thing she needed to understand about Starklandia.

But, she moved on, still choosing to drink from the water she’d been given. Perhaps she was working her way up to another shot?

When Carol and mentioned she’d encountered other magic users and they all bore unmistakable similarities to Hermione’s accent and dress; that was a decent observation, really - though her eyes widened to the list of names, all of which were very familiar to her.

“Bill Weasley. Yes- I’ve met all of them.” Her surprise was visible as she gawked a moment or two. “What a strange coincidence-” And for a moment, there was a slight fear in the pit of her stomach as to what James, Sirius and Remus ..all happened to unfortunately have in common, but Bill was the exception- and she supposed if this had something to do with the afterlife, surely might’ve been figured out by now. “I ..can’t believe they’re here- how-” But she didn’t really want to go too far as to why.

She nodded a little, the connection was currently a mystery. Right. That made sense? “I couldn’t think of any particular correlation, not off the top of my head. It wasn’t as if myself or any of the wizards you just mentioned were recently in the same vicinity- It’s been a while since I’ve seen ..any of them.” Particularly the ones who had died. "I was actually going to ask you about your accent-" Hermione added, as if to turn the focus, purposely. "Are there many here from your home?"

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cpt_marvel
2019-08-31 01:57 am UTC (link)

"Oh, no. Here is safe," Carol indicated the bar. "Starklandia- this place. It's safe enough here so far. Except for a pretty wild heatwave we had. And the flu." She refilled her glass. "The flu wasn't so good for a lot of us, but nobody died. It's through the doors things get a little stranger."

Danvers wasn't really sure how else to explain it, especially to someone as new as Hermione. But she also could tell the girl was intelligent and probably going to ask questions, so it was best to explain everything.

So she did know them. That was interesting, especially given how her reaction changed. She was tempted to ask about how hse knew the boys but realized it was probably better to leave that question unsaid for now. Instead, she leaned once more on her elbows. "Time doesn't mean a lot here... Some of us come from the same universe from different times..."

Case in point, Carol's universe. "You mean America or my universe?" She grinned. "There are some...I think. It's hard for me to tell. I wasn't on Earth for 20 years before I wound up in this place, but some of residents say they knew me from my future- well, their past. Other people here knew another version of me- and some people here are duplicates from multiple universes. Did I mention it was complicated?"

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studious_gryff
2019-09-01 02:29 pm UTC (link)

It was a relief at least to know that things here were safer, or at least something a community was more adept at dealing with together and without likely causalities, non-lethal viruses and heat.

“Interesting- absurd or not, the fact it is a possibility makes some amount of sense-” Yes. That was a particularly strange sentence, wasn’t it? “Only, because you called, James, Sirius and Remus- boys.” She hadn’t been certain if that was merely an affectionate term, or it seemed not. “They’re in their mid thirties- or thereabouts where I’m from. Remus Lupin was a professor at my school.” She figured that wasn’t information that could cause any damage, it was something to be proud of, anyway - she already wondered how it would be to speak with them, know them when they were closer to her age. “So- they’re from a different time, than I am.” Not technically her past, but the past?

“I’d never known real magic existed until I got my letter to Hogwarts-” She paused, thinking she ought to add. “A school for witchcraft and wizardry.” Knowing it existed wouldn’t do much for a Muggle, anyway. She was going somewhere with this- really she was, though maybe even one shot was starting to relax her a little. “I’d always thought that was always going to be the most impossible thing I’d ever see turn out to be reality.” It wasn’t the first time she’d let out a sort of sighing sort of laugh, propping on an elbow to look at the other women, genuinely curious “But- you’ve lived somewhere other than Earth?”

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