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Tweak says, "oh no-no"

Emori (prepared) wrote in toboldlyrpg,
@ 2017-10-23 11:06:00

Entry tags:

! enterprise, - deck five lounge, hermione granger | harry potter, kitty pryde | marvel

WHO: Kitty Pryde and Hermione Granger
WHEN: soon after Hermione arrived.
WHERE: the Lounge
WHAT: Great Log Challenge: prompt “animal” & "I don't think so."
WARNINGS: low
STATUS: thread, incomplete?

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Hermione was in the lounge, minding her own business. She had her wand-- well, it was Bellatrix’s wand, as she never got hers back after the war. It was a terrible thing, knowing that it had killed so many people and belonged to someone who thought she wasn’t a person due to her blood. Not to mention the fact that she didn’t “win” it from Bellatrix, it resisted her. Under the table she sat at, Hermione kept waving the wand.

“Expecto Patronum!” She hissed-whispered. She thought of when she got her parents back. She thought of Ron, she thought of Harry, she thought of her first day at Hogwarts. Happy memories. Good memories.

But no otter appeared. A wisp of ethereal smoke came out the end. “Maybe I should try something a little more easy,” she said aloud, to herself-- not realizing someone was walking by when she spoke. It would be more than easy to think she was talking to them.

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shadowcat
2017-10-23 09:46 pm UTC (link)

Hermione wasn't the only one familiar with people thinking she wasn't a person due to her blood. Between her Jewish heritage and being a mutant, she'd seen more than her fair share of hatred and the lengths people could go to to oppress another.

Kitty saw the other woman muttering to herself, and approached, setting a drink down in front of her. "You know, its better to have a drink in your hand if you're gonna talk to yourself."

She noted the scars on Hermione's arm but said nothing about it.

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	prepared 2017-10-23 11:09 pm UTC (link)
	Hermione looked up at the woman and down at the drink. "Oh, but... I don't really drink much. Butterbeer maybe. What even is this?" Her curiosity got the better of her and she lifted the glass to look at it. The wand in her hand shifted so that it went under her leg so Kitty wouldn't see it. She wasn't sure if magic was allowed or tolerated. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shadowcat 2017-10-24 12:01 am UTC (link)
	"Butterbeer sounds interesting." Kitty gestured at the drink, which was blue. "Romulan ale. I recommend you drink it slowly." Someone moved behind her, and would have bumped into her, except instead of bumping into her, he passed right through her. Kitty didn't seem to care. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prepared 2017-10-24 12:03 am UTC (link)
	Hermione took a small sip of the drink-- she nearly choked. "That is way too strong for me--" she noticed the man moving through Kitty. "Are you, I'm sorry to ask you, but are you a ghost?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shadowcat 2017-10-24 12:17 am UTC (link)
	"Only sometimes." Kitty sank into the chair across from Hermione and leaned back. "I've got a genetic mutation that allows me to control my molecules, making myself able to pass through other objects by becoming less dense than them. It's all science, no magic for me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prepared 2017-10-24 04:36 pm UTC (link)
	Hermione sat up straight (well straighter), "That is brilliant! You were the one telling me about magic in your universe, are there other scientific anomalies like that?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shadowcat 2017-10-25 12:13 am UTC (link)
	"Oh there's lots. People with advanced suits, experiements gone wrong. The first real superhero team was an accident with cosmic rays. Instead of killing them, they got super powers." Kitty wrapped her hands around her drink. "There's another group that are humans augmented with alien DNA." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prepared 2017-10-25 12:15 am UTC (link)
	Hermione put her hands flat on the table and leaned forward. "Honestly? That's ... I've never heard of such a thing! And here I thought magic was the end-all-be-all." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

shadowcat
2017-10-25 12:19 am UTC (link)

"There's a saying among the Vulcans in this reality," Kitty said. "Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. To me, that's more than all the varied sexualities and races religions and genders and aliens, but also all possible outcomes of all possible decisions. I've seen realities where someone made the opposite choice from mine and all the consequences of that decision. If you can imagine it, good or bad, it exists somewhere."

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	prepared 2017-10-25 12:21 am UTC (link)
	Hermione covered her mouth with one hand. She wanted to squeal. Muffled, "This is amazing. This is bloody amazing." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shadowcat 2017-10-25 12:31 am UTC (link)
	Kitty grinned, glad she could at least make someone's day. It was probably best not to bring up the bad Earths, mostly, "My other best friend, who's not magic, is from a really shitty future. She was sent back by that version of me after they helped prevent my reality from turning into theirs. Couldn't save their own world, but at least helped ours." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prepared 2017-10-25 12:48 am UTC (link)
	"I traveled through time before!" She nearly shouted it. "With a time turner. I used it to take more classes at school and to save an innocent wizard and creature." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shadowcat 2017-10-25 01:04 am UTC (link)
	"Yours sound a lot better than our time travel adventures. I ended up in WW2 once." Kitty made a face. "When I was in school I probably would have used that power to go to concerts and crap. But I graduated really young anyway." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prepared 2017-10-25 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	"WW2? That sounds terrible. I'm sorry." She reached across the table and let her hand sit between them. "I had to graduate a little late. We-- my friends and I, we had to find magical artifacts to destroy a very bad wizard. The worst wizard, I believe. When it was over, I returned to school." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shadowcat 2017-10-25 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	"So like, you fought this evil wizard? Like Saruman?" Kitty straightened in her chair. "Or is this guy more like Sauron." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prepared 2017-10-26 12:04 am UTC (link)
	Hermione tapped her finger to her chin. "Saruman. He wasn't the biggest bad, but he was bad. And Harry did most of the work." Though, he would have been lost without her. But Hermione didn't brag. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shadowcat 2017-10-26 03:01 am UTC (link)
	"Still, that can't have been easy. And in my experience guys need a girl around to get anything done." She winked at Hermione. "Otherwise they'd just get lost!" To be fair, most of her male friends weren't hopeless, but they could be at least half the time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prepared 2017-10-26 08:20 pm UTC (link)
	"Harry's smart, but he forgot a lot of things. He's reckless and unprepared. He's ready to do anything but think about what he has to do next. Plans are not his strong point. That's where I came in." She smiled at the wink, and looked down at her drink. "I adore him, I do." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

shadowcat
2017-10-27 03:38 am UTC (link)

"I know a few people who are planners. I can plan on the fly, but I'm not like a strategist. But most of my teams tended to be more reactors than planners." Scott had been the best of them. And the worst in other ways at times. Kitty still remained conflicted about him, but at least he'd been the one that actually listened to her and believed in people making choices for themselves.

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	prepared 2017-10-27 06:23 pm UTC (link)
	"I wouldn't call myself a strategist either." Hermione looked as if she were thinking then, would she call herself that? "We had our friend Ron with us as we went off looking for artifacts that would help destroy the wizard, you see, and Ron and I have... a connection." He was a git and she loved him a anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shadowcat 2017-10-27 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	"Uh huh." Kitty grinned at her. "A connection could mean a couple different things." Was that a pun? That was a pun, and usually she hated puns but she'd make an exception today. "Was he the strategist then?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prepared 2017-10-28 07:15 pm UTC (link)
	Hermione gave Kitty a dirty look. "I don't think so." In order to change the subject as fast as possible, Hermione held her hand out, "Hermione Granger." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shadowcat 2017-10-29 04:13 am UTC (link)
	"Kitty Pryde," Kitty shook Hermione's hand, flashing another grin at her. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Granger." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prepared 2017-10-29 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	Hermione stealthily put Bellatrix's wand back into her pocket. She realized her mudblood scar was showing and pulled on her sleeve quickly. "It's nice to meet you. I don't know many Americans. Seems like there's a lot around here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shadowcat 2017-10-29 07:27 pm UTC (link)
	"Seems kind of strange. A thousand million realities and lot of Americans. I'm from Chicago originally, but spent a lot of time in New York and a few years in England. London originally, then Muir Island in Scotland." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prepared 2017-10-30 08:59 pm UTC (link)
	"Ooh, Scotland. It's very nice there. We went there on holiday one year. It was all sheep." She laughed, and was glad for it. But she had to slip away, "Kitty, will you excuse me? Thank you for the drink, but there's something I have to do." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shadowcat 2017-10-31 03:38 am UTC (link)
	"Definitely more than sheep where I was." Kitty's smile indicated there were many stories to tell. "I'll see you around. It was nice to meet you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	prepared 2017-10-31 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	Hermione stood and waved a little at Kitty, feeling happy she might have made a friend. It wasn't like she had a load of those back home. "Ta!" (Reply to this) (Parent)