mudblood_andproud: (Taming the Shrew)
mudblood_andproud ([personal profile] mudblood_andproud) wrote in [community profile] nexus_crossings2018-01-13 04:34 pm

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Hermione is back in the Nexus. She sits at a large table, with several computer parts scattered out in front of her. She is reading a large book in her lap, that she is writing in as she studies some of the technology in front of her.

Crookshanks is keeping her company today. He is laying on a keyboard, watching her lazily. Every now and then Hermione puts a piece of technology on a separate part of the table, and waves her wand over it. Whatever the spell is, it doesn't work at first. But Hermione just makes some notes over what happened.

She then smiles up at the Nexus. "What is something new you have learned recently? Did it change how you look at your life?"
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[personal profile] bornstrong 2018-01-14 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Do you know where to start?" the princess asks, her brow furrowed in concern. "Because I don't, honestly. And--what sort of magic exists in your world?"

She's intrigued by this.
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[personal profile] bornstrong 2018-01-14 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
"It just seems overwhelming to me," she admits, shaking her head. "And I have not met anyone who could do magic, though I knew a seer once."

Kalchas. One of the men who orchestrated her death.

"Prophecy is not the same as magic, though."
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[personal profile] bornstrong 2018-01-14 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
"I could never do that," Iphigenia says, smiling bashfully. "I'd be bad at it, I think. Are you good at Arthimancy?"
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"You must be very smart," the princess replies. "I could never..."

Iphigenia has never thought of herself as particularly intellectual.
bornstrong: (looking down)

[personal profile] bornstrong 2018-01-14 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
...She hadn't considered that.

"I may be, yes," Iphigenia admits.
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[personal profile] bornstrong 2018-01-14 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
The princess watches carefully--and is a little bit in awe--as Hermione makes the runes float in the air.

"All right, I follow that," Iphigenia replies with a nod. She, er, thinks she does, at least.
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[personal profile] bornstrong 2018-01-14 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Iphigenia nods.

"So, your rune number says something about you, that you're thoughtful or like to learn. Correct?"

She really hopes she's getting it.
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[personal profile] bornstrong 2018-01-14 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Iphigenia," she replies, curious now about what her name could mean.

They didn't really have last names in her time. She supposes she could include the "princess" part, but after how long she's been in the Nexus, Iphigenia feels it's a bit too much. She knows now she's no better than anyone else here.
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[personal profile] bornstrong 2018-01-14 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
She's blushing a little right now, because she's taking that number's meaning as a compliment.

"Oh, that's so nice," Iphigenia replies. "I do try to be caring and kind to everyone I meet."

Indeed, it may even be considered a fault of hers--she's self-sacrificing.
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"That sounds like it could be very useful," she remarks. "But you can't completely predict someone's behavior, right?"
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"You sound like you've learned this from experience," Iphigenia notes.
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"A war?" Well, that hits close to home for her. "I'm sorry, that must have been awful. I mean, all that suffering and loss..."

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