One Tired Teen Wizard on Video
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smk_network(The Mirror feed opens with a tired (and sleepy) Harry sitting on his bed early in the morning a few days after the arrivals (he is still wearing his pajamas and has no glasses on, and his hair looks like a bird’s nest from tossing left and right in his sleep), although he looks as if he could fall asleep again at any moment.)
Right. I didn’t expect to get off on a shaky start with landing on my face on the floor inside the castle upon arriving a few days ago, but I guess that I should have gotten the ‘expect the worst to happen’ memo sooner than later.
(Cue loud yawning from this poor sap)
Sorry about that, it’s just that unexpected things seem to go after me back home quite a lot. Does this stuff happen to you guys in here as well?
Right. I didn’t expect to get off on a shaky start with landing on my face on the floor inside the castle upon arriving a few days ago, but I guess that I should have gotten the ‘expect the worst to happen’ memo sooner than later.
(Cue loud yawning from this poor sap)
Sorry about that, it’s just that unexpected things seem to go after me back home quite a lot. Does this stuff happen to you guys in here as well?
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Date: 2020-09-14 07:57 pm (UTC)I fainted when I arrived... but I was one of the first ones through, so the mirrors still made everyone really dizzy. So maybe that was why. Or maybe you were just tired.
Anyway, hi. I'm Lydia - uh - Beta-Lydia, is what my friend started calling me. There's another me, here. It's a little odd. She looks different, though, so it's pretty easy to tell us apart.
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Date: 2020-09-14 08:15 pm (UTC)I'm Harry, nice to meet you, Lydia. I was told about you and the other you by your friend a few days ago, is his name Beetlejuice?
(He wants to make sure that he wasn't getting any information wrong)
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Date: 2020-09-16 03:41 am (UTC)Anyway, are you feeling okay now? Other than your nose? If not, I can come and heal you. It's ... kind of my thing, here. Healing and cleansing and ... uh, photography.
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Date: 2020-09-16 05:19 am (UTC)I’m alright now, but that bruise has been lingering for quite some time. You can come over and help. I hope that you’re not scared of my roommate, she’s a ghost or something like that and she likes cats a little too much.
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Date: 2020-09-17 12:30 am (UTC)Your roommate's a ghost?! That's the best, I love ghosts! [just wait until she hears about the Hogwarts ghosts and the Headless Hunt...] What room are you in, Harry? And do you like root beer?
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Date: 2020-09-17 05:24 am (UTC)I’m at 5-C. Never had root beer before, but I can try it out.
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Date: 2020-09-28 02:31 am (UTC)[she goes to the fridge and starts raiding it for things, checking to make sure that Beetlejuice hasn't let anything go stale or flat or sour before pulling out a welcoming snack. within a few minutes she's knocking on the door, carrying two bottles of root beer and a bag of caramel corn]
Hi, Harry!
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Date: 2020-09-28 05:10 am (UTC)(Thank Merlin help has arrived and there are some snacks to boot. He hasn’t eaten breakfast yet, but still, it is a nice bonus! Also, thankfully for Lydia, he hasn’t put on his glasses yet so she can assess and heal his nose.)
It’s over right here (he points to a bruise on the bridge of his nose with his index finger).
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Date: 2020-10-01 12:27 am (UTC)Oh yeah, that won't take much at all.
[gently, she moved his hand aside and snapped her fingers. the green beetle cameo at her throat lit up for the an instant as the bruise flaked and crackled like acrylics in a palette, then fell off his nose as though it had simply been painted there. it would tickle and tingle a little for a moment, but otherwise the pain had vanished]
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Date: 2020-10-01 05:15 am (UTC)Thanks for the help, Lydia. That is really quicker than I imagine it would be.
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Date: 2020-09-15 01:32 am (UTC)You just get up? They didn't issue you a comb or anything?
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Date: 2020-09-15 04:28 am (UTC)Barty Crouch Jr., I thought the Dementors finished you off years ago; why you did change hair colours and what is with those sunglasses?
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Date: 2020-09-15 04:51 am (UTC)My eyes.
[ He spoke with barely a gesture to his shades, not intending to say more about them than that. ]
Who're you supposed to be?
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Date: 2020-09-15 04:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-15 05:06 am (UTC)[ A beat. ]
Never knew his real name was Barty Crouch Jr. I can see why he never uses it.
I'm Crowley. Anthony J. Crowley.
[ And he was ever so proud of himself for revealing that in a very 'Bond' way. ]
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Date: 2020-09-15 05:32 am (UTC)Erm, I am sure that there is a guy that goes by that name in my world, he does not work as a medical doctor though. He tried to pretend to be one of my professors with a shapeshifting potion and held the real one hostage for nearly a year in a trunk, rigged a inter-school tournament to have me to compete in there despite me not being of the right age then, made a trophy into a Portkey to a guy who wanted me dead, and killed his own father too.
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Date: 2020-09-15 07:53 am (UTC)[ With a growl he looked skyward, knowing exactly who to blame for THAT... God. ]
She thinks its funny making everyone look like me.
[ So he believed. The rest was met with the blankest of blank stares as that sounded very 'magical movie' even to a shape-shifting demon. ]
Bold of this guy to think you would actually win any sort of trophy.
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Date: 2020-09-15 08:09 am (UTC)Yeah that guy thought he was smart to mess with the tournament and send me and another student to a graveyard to the Dark Lord. Although the age limit for the tournament was 17, but I was 14 when that guy rigged the Goblet of Fire to spit my name out. One of my best mates’ twin brothers tried to put their names into it but grew long white beards as a consequence and yet it never happened to me thanks to that rigging.
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Date: 2020-09-15 03:46 pm (UTC)Really this kid...
Did I ask about your entire life story? This guy, I'm not him, and you had better hope I never decide to introduce you to any Dark Lord because the one I know is a Hell of a lot worse than anything you could have run into before.
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Date: 2020-09-15 04:20 pm (UTC)To be honest, I was just giving some background information regarding that man, that’s all. And no, I am not interested in meeting whatever Dark Lord you’re talking about. I already had one to deal with to last me a lifetime.
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Date: 2020-09-15 04:55 pm (UTC)[ He could name a few stars he had helped hang if he had wanted to. ]
And... that wasn't a offer. I wasn't inviting you over for tea with Lucifer, that was a warning.
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Date: 2020-09-15 04:57 pm (UTC)Video
Date: 2020-09-15 05:19 am (UTC)Ha- no, I can't imagine that anyone would plan to make such a first impression, but don't trouble yourself about it. The mirror can be quite disorienting for those not more familiar with dimensional travel.
[Trying to be reassuring to the exhausted teen.]
[That question gave him some momentary pause, a knowing smile pulled up the corners of his lips] Here and in my own world. [Still feeling like it was an understatement when he thought back to all of the opponents he faced over the years]
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Date: 2020-09-15 05:42 am (UTC)By the way, my name is Harry, Harry Potter. And what is your name? You sound like you have been in here for some time, right?
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Date: 2020-09-15 05:54 am (UTC)It's nice to meet you Harry, I'm Atem. [No surname, just Atem.] Correct, I've been here for over a year. If there's anything I can do to help, just ask.
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Date: 2020-09-15 06:47 am (UTC)Yeah that is true: I can relate with the trip to the afterlife and back to the world of the living (thanks, Tom/Voldemort!) during a battle for my school. Although I didn’t feel weird upon returning back from my little trip to Limbo.
Also it is nice to meet you too. So I was wondering: I just learned about I am a Hero Apprentice from Merlin. Do you have tips for me to learn from?
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Date: 2020-09-15 08:06 am (UTC)[That was not what he'd expected to hear in any way. The boy looked awfully young to have had such an experience, then again hadn't he met his end shortly after ascending to the throne and sealing away that nefarious embodiment of rage? He was still in his teens at the time, so he shouldn't judge really.] If it wasn't of your own volition like in this case- mine was, then I'm sorry to hear that. [Not sure if the implication had been lost or not he didn't mention it a second time] It doesn't sound as if it was. It wasn't like arriving here, that's for sure.
A hero class? Then that means that's something we share in common. [Smiling warmly] You'll learn more in your training sessions I'm sure, but the important thing is to remember that we're only limited by our imagination, and not to get frustrated early on. There will be a particular energy that will resonate with you over the others, and it's simply a matter of clearing your mind in order to connect with it. Then you channel it through the weapon you inevitably wind up with.
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Date: 2020-09-15 08:21 am (UTC)He wasn’t ready to tell anyone, not even Atem, about the Sacrificial Protection and how Voldemort underestimated that loophole he made when he took his blood during his Fourth Year.)
So I get to channel my channel through a weapon but I have to make sure my mind clear enough to cast spells? That is going to be interesting. That sounds a lot like casting magic through wands, doesn’t it? (Poor Harry is about to learn that he should have listened to Snape about getting a grip on his own emotions and temper years ago.)
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Date: 2020-09-15 08:51 am (UTC)[Considering they had only just met, that wasn't surprising really. Atem had no reason not to be more open with his own experiences since he was beyond the point where it could have potentially jeopardized his efforts. There were unpleasant memories mixed in but he had long since accepted that the past is what forms who a person becomes and it was important not to lose sight of such things]
I wouldn't try to do all of that simultaneously. [Poking his cheek with one of his index fingers. Maybe he should have presented this a little differently] You clear your mind to connect with your element, then after that point channel it through your chosen implement. Your thoughts don't have to remain perfectly clear throughout the entire process, and it does get easier in time.
It does actually.. is that spoken from prior experience or a pop cultural reference?
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Date: 2020-09-15 08:59 am (UTC)Oh, that is from my previous experience with wands, I’m a wizard back home: we often use them as a conduit to channel magic back home. (He knows that saying this out loud would gotten him into trouble with the International Statute of Secrecy, but with being in a different world now, he doesn’t think that hiding his previous magic experience from anyone is not the way to go.)
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Date: 2020-09-15 04:04 pm (UTC)I see. [Clearly amused ] That would explain it, perhaps you'll take to this sort of magic readily thanks in no small part to your experiences. [It's unlikely that Harry would have to worry about that organization here, as he surmised. ] I've known a few magicians myself.. [Referencing a few if his friends from home here ] and it takes a certain level of discipline to excel in the field [cough, though Mana, you could argue had very little discipline compared to Mahad but she made up for it in enthusiasm ]
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Date: 2020-09-15 04:29 pm (UTC)Yeah, I can handle this whole Magic thing, even if it’s different from what I’m used to. Glad that I get to talk to you today and I am slowly getting an idea of what’s like to be a Hero class Apprentice.
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Date: 2020-09-15 04:46 pm (UTC)[The positive outlook should be of aide to him] Glad I could be of some help. [That was a decent introduction to the Hero class powers but he didn't go into much more since he didn't want to conflict with whatever Harry's instructor might say. There were other matters to be concerned with though..]
There's a lot of people here, that are willing to lend a hand when necessary or just offer some companionship. It can be an adjustment being so far from home.
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Date: 2020-09-15 06:38 pm (UTC)I think I might have mentioned that. I didn't expect to come here while I was preparing for college though so this was definitely a lot.
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Date: 2020-09-15 06:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-15 06:47 pm (UTC)Yes, I was already deciding where I was going to go when I was brought here and making arrangements for when I'd see Steven in the midst of that.
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Date: 2020-09-15 08:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-15 09:44 pm (UTC)After all, if you're not very lucky in a battle, there are always things you lose.
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Date: 2020-09-16 05:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-16 05:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-16 05:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-16 06:17 am (UTC)I mean, after what you've been through, would you really have chosen to go and fight a brand new fight after all of that?
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Date: 2020-09-16 08:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-16 02:27 pm (UTC)In theory.
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Date: 2020-09-16 02:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-16 02:40 pm (UTC)Lesson learned: sometimes you have no idea what life will throw at you, but you try and make do, and stick to your compass. In this case, people need protecting.