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Beverly Katz (bythefiber) wrote in thedoorway,
@ 2014-09-01 10:22:00

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!network post, beverly katz, cara mason, sam winchester, severus snape

network post: beverly katz
I can cross off "getting hit by a car" or perhaps "survive getting hit by a car" from the bucket list, not that it was particularly there before. Thankfully, said car was not driving quickly and hit the brakes before, say, pinning me to a store front. I still spent most of yesterday evening in the closest hospital's ER, along with what felt like half of Manhattan. No one freak out though. The car wasn't driving past fifteen - twenty miles per hour, the doctors said, and I'm fortunate. It's mostly a lot of bruises and being told to take it easy.

Filtered: Severus Snape

Tough guy that I am, I still wouldn't mind taking the magical cheating way out, if you have one.

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	begmeformercy 2014-09-01 05:15 pm UTC (link)
	What did you do to the driver? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	bythefiber 2014-09-01 05:23 pm UTC (link)
	I got her name and insurance information. And I recommended she not veer onto the sidewalk when something unexpected happens like that. Regular braking is much less likely to get people killed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begmeformercy 2014-09-01 05:41 pm UTC (link)
	Insurance of what? Are those really the only consequences? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bythefiber 2014-09-01 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	I'm not about to challenge her to a duel. She'd die, and I wouldn't be any better off. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begmeformercy 2014-09-01 05:48 pm UTC (link)
	You don't have to kill her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bythefiber 2014-09-01 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	Kill, maim, harm, rob. It doesn't do me much good. Her insurance will pay more for any medical assistance I need than I could remove from her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begmeformercy 2014-09-01 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, but it makes you feel much better. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bythefiber 2014-09-01 06:03 pm UTC (link)
	She didn't mean any harm, so it wouldn't make me feel better. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begmeformercy 2014-09-01 06:15 pm UTC (link)
	So she's not aggressive, she's incompetent? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bythefiber 2014-09-01 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	Amateur's my word for it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begmeformercy 2014-09-01 06:21 pm UTC (link)
	That's polite for someone who ran into you with a carriage. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bythefiber 2014-09-01 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	I saw other people in the ER hit by cars, and many of them were far worse off than me. Those drivers were incompetent. The one that hit me was temporarily phased. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begmeformercy 2014-09-01 06:28 pm UTC (link)
	Does your science have an explanation for that light? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bythefiber 2014-09-01 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	My science needs information to explain the light. The work I've been doing doesn't have the equipment to gather that information, but I'm sure scientists around the globe are looking into just that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	begmeformercy 2014-09-01 06:38 pm UTC (link)
	What sort of explanations might there be? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bythefiber
2014-09-01 06:41 pm UTC (link)

Hypothesizing without data? On the 'doubt it but possible' side of things, the tesseract could have brought a star through, much closer to the earth than those besides our sun usually are, realized its mistake, and sent it back. But I suspect it's more likely made by some intelligent species, human or otherwise, and it was meant to do something. There weren't any organized attacks reported or bank robberies or anything of the sort, as a result. So the light itself caused something.

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	neversurrender 2014-09-01 05:55 pm UTC (link)
	Not freaking out, but I'm glad you're alright. Relatively speaking. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	bythefiber 2014-09-01 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	I'll try to avoid exploding any cauldrons for a short time. That's taking it easy. Oh yes, my skin looked practically spotted with bruises, but that's alright, really. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neversurrender 2014-09-01 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	Do you spend enough time around cauldrons for them to explode? Your skin will heal. If I had a way to help with that, I'd offer it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bythefiber 2014-09-01 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	Absolutely. I'm studying under Severus Snape's direction. Doing magic without magic, so to speak. thanks, Sam. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neversurrender 2014-09-01 09:57 pm UTC (link)
	That's... really awesome, actually. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bythefiber 2014-09-02 01:52 am UTC (link)
	It really really is. Heck of a lot of fun, too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neversurrender 2014-09-02 02:56 am UTC (link)
	I bet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bythefiber 2014-09-03 02:21 am UTC (link)
	And if I make something that might help you, I'll let you know. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Beverly Katz bitterman 2014-09-01 09:27 pm UTC (link)
	I do. Bruise salve works on anyone and I have plenty of that. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Severus Snape bythefiber 2014-09-01 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	Good. I look like I took on an angry bull that lost its horns. There may be a bruised rib as well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Beverly Katz bitterman 2014-09-01 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	A vivid description. The bruise salve will take care of that as well. Any broken bones? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Beverly Katz bythefiber 2014-09-01 09:45 pm UTC (link)
	That is serious bruise salve. No broken bones. Cleared by doctors on that. Lucky they said. And to keep up my luck. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Beverly \| Severus bitterman 2014-09-01 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	It's my version of the salve. I've had reason from time to time to need it. I'd prefer to keep my supply of Felix Felicis for more serious events than avoiding car accidents. And I have a suspicion that time might be coming sooner rather than later. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Beverly \| Severus bythefiber 2014-09-02 01:52 am UTC (link)
	Your version always goes above and beyond. Once a spy always a spy? There's always a war on terror now. Relax, the doctors didn't know about you or your luck potion. Metaphorical prescription. But the light alone make you think that, or do you know something more? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Beverly | Severus

bitterman
2014-09-03 01:23 am UTC (link)

There's always a way to improve things. The trick is working out which improvements are worth the time, effort and cost. Some things become ingrained habit after long enough. It takes too long to brew for casual usage though it has been useful here and knowing my luck, will be useful again. I don't know anything more than anyone else. It wasn't magic as I know it. But a flash of white light that occurs simultaneously across the globe? Is not what I would call normal or natural. Better to be prepared and disappointed than unprepared and dead.

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bythefiber
2014-09-03 02:26 am UTC (link)

You can't do all the improvements. Even if we had unlimited funds, we ourselves are a limit. I have habits from the FBI, but usually we were able to leave work at work. If we ever left. Most of the killers didn't go after the cops at home. And when they did, they weren't usually after the scientists. I wouldn't want to live my life on liquid luck. I'd never know what the potion caused and what was life. What was me. What was people around me carin for me. Life's good enough, even better, without it most of the time.

If it's a natural phenomenon, that's a first for me. But everyone's in a tizzy, superhero, magical, everyone. We were unprepared and not dead at this time. That's some luck.

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Beverly | Severus

bitterman
2014-09-03 11:11 am UTC (link)

I can try. There were a few times and places where I did not have be a spy but they were few and far between. No one can actually. You may have noted that both the book and movies showed a certain amount of euphoria associated with using Felix Felicis? If you use it too much, the euphoria overwhelms you and you tend to pass out. Or end up sitting in a corner giggling to yourself. Of course, you pass out or find a corner at a very lucky time and place but the point still stands - you might still be lucky but you're uselessly lucky. Or luckily useless.

I have improved the wards on my apartment and the shop. I have started a few extra potions. And I will likely start apparating more. That is all I can do for now until the effects of that flash of light, if any, show themselves.

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bythefiber
2014-09-09 02:14 am UTC (link)

Never stop trying. Tenet of the human race. Potter looked past euphoric to plain old high in the films. Muggle drugs won't make you lucky, but they compromise your faculties in one way or another. It's hardly much of an accomplishment to be lucky when useless. It's more amazing how Will figures something out with his own process. Even so, you need something tangible. Accomplishments, real ones, are tangible too.

I'm still traveling the old fashioned way, unless you know how to get a floo network up and running.

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