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harry potter ([personal profile] bespectacle) wrote in [community profile] ataraxion2015-11-04 08:46 am

03. mirror

[The rumpled wizard in the sliver of mirror, adjusting his glasses. He's standing near the shouting rock, which has a new boulder rolled up near it. On the surface of a the boulder, there's what looks like an enormous poster, black-and-white, the details hard to make out.]

Morning, everybody. I hope most of us are more-or-less unscathed from the bloody weird wind that blew through the other week, may Mr. Mendoza rest in peace.

Today, I'd like to present a map. [A beat.] Kind of.

Some of you remember Hermione. She and I put together a-- sort of a map. We photographed the terrain from the sky, as much as we could cover before the tether kicked in. The shots are now spelled together, so it's continuous, but you'll see that it's... animated. Like a movie on loop. [More sophisticated and less predictable than that, but it seems ludicrous to get bogged down in technical detail, so Harry doesn't.] Don't worry, it can't be used for spying-- everybody's too small to see, and it isn't realtime. [He knows y'all and your sundry paranoias. He has some, himself.]

[Harry angles the mirror to view the 'map[ooc link].' It stretches five feet up and across, is roughly circular, attached to the boulder's face with a sticking spell and proofed against the weather. Trees obscure loads of the detail, their tops reduced to a semblence of broccoli heads swaying slightly, but you can see where the river flows and how the canyon begins, protruding from underneath the Tranquility's nose. Trees bob far below. Some flocks moving by as well, too far below to make out in detail. It's a little funny— out of the edges of the circle, occasionally you'll see a foot or the front end of a broom swing in.]

I've also got a cat. [His face darkens slightly. Mostly, he looks sad.] Please inquire within.

OOC: For future note, will be needed to 'renew' the map! If left neglected, it will eventually fall apart into individual pieces, peel off the boulder, and suffer from wind and rain. Please PM me if you have other questions.
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[personal profile] mead 2015-11-05 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
How do you make it move like that? [ Diana's leaned in close to her mirror, like that'll make it zoom in or something. ] And how'd you get up there?
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[personal profile] doggedly 2015-11-05 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Cartography.

[Sirius wipes away two invisible tears with the flat of his hand--left undereye, right undereye. He sniffles. [(Snuffles?)]

I'm so proud.
Edited (jokes ruined my html) 2015-11-05 20:33 (UTC)
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[personal profile] mead 2015-11-06 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ Diana laughs a little self deprecatingly. ] I don't know if I'd say it's rubbish. I just got here.

[ She hesitates. ] I didn't realize there were magic users here?

[ Said as a question because while she's pretty sure that's what he's saying, he also didn't say it out right so... ]
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[personal profile] mead 2015-11-06 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ She pulls back when his face pops back up, partly surprise at seeing him again and partly because she doesn't need to be quite so close. She smiles a little, nodding. ]

Yeah. My name's Diana. I'm a witch. I've never flown on a broom or anything before, I'm not even sure that's possible for me. At least, I don't think we were ever able to back home.
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[personal profile] benumbing 2015-11-06 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
How did you do this? Technology?
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[personal profile] benumbing 2015-11-08 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
It's incredible. [It's a rare non-derisive moment. The closest thing to magic that Jack has in his world is the occasional miracle, normally focused on his sister.] Jack Benjamin. Do you learn this magic, or are you born this way?
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[personal profile] doggedly 2015-11-08 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Nobody has time for self-effacing behavior, okay. More than a little eagerly, Sirius grins, pleased by the association with this brilliance, pleased by the acknowledgement.]

We could have a go at it. See what we can do to fit the two together. It's not as if magic gives a damn about rocks and trees and things. Have you still got a broomstick, then?
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[personal profile] tadashiwashere 2015-11-08 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tadashi is suitably impressed, and also more than a little glad that he's taken to leaving his shard of mirror out lately to keep up with what's going on -- even if it is a little loud sometimes.

He lets out a low whistle.
]

Huh. Maybe I should give up tech and see if I can learn some magic.

[Never going to happen. For more than a few reasons, but he still gives a lopsided smile.]

Nice work, Harry.
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[personal profile] benumbing 2015-11-09 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Jack does look a little dubious at the name, like he's suddenly not sure that this isn't all a big joke after all. But Harry continues on, and his suspicion fades with it.]

And everyone just accepts it?

[The magic.]
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[personal profile] vdova 2015-11-09 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
How far were you able to go?
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[personal profile] mead 2015-11-09 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
You really think so? [ Look, broom flying might be cliche, but it's also, you know. Flying. On a broom. She's actually kind of curious to try it. ]

It'd be interesting to see what overlaps... [ Said like she's trying to justify her desire to ride on a broom with something a little more practical. ] What kind of spell work do you use to make a map like that that moves?
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[personal profile] doggedly 2015-11-09 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
If you find it gone one day... just know that you'll find it returned in perfect condition. Not a scratch on her, I swear.

[Broomsticks! Flying!]

Y'know, before we crashed in this bloody jungle, I imagined up my motorbike. Did I tell you that?
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[personal profile] vdova 2015-11-10 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
Including up?

[ Interesting. The restriction, that is, not the flying. That's old hat. ]
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[personal profile] benumbing 2015-11-10 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Because some people might hate you for being what you are? [Jack cocks his head, guessing, assuming.] That much is the same. But no, there's no magic. I imagine my father would be suspicious of anyone who used it. [Jack smiles bitterly] It would be a threat to his glory.

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