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[Horst is sitting on the wall, and he lies back and sets the PCD down behind him. It can catch sight of the moon overhead and, sometimes, Horst's hands. Sewing.]

You know, it's summer and I'm sleeping quite a bit more--consider it my hibernation period. But that's really not much of an excuse not to get to know all these newcomers, especially with so many people leaving....

I'm Horst Cabal. I run a bar, sometimes. I'm going to start a school--everyone is welcome to attend or teach a class.

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[voice]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

An All-Sorts school. We teach drawing, and survival cooking and sewing, but also pranks and singing.

Really, any obscure talent or hobby.

[voice]

[bookish-lioness.livejournal.com]

... Pranks? Really, some people don't need to learn something like that.

[voice]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[A small laugh.] Maybe not. But so many people here have become so busy surviving that they've forgotten how to live. We need some distractions, some fun.

[voice]

[bookish-lioness.livejournal.com]

Then a recreational literature course should fulfill that requirement. Or even a drama club. Both are modes of entertainment that don't require a victim.

[voice]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

[Victim. He notes the word and frowns.] You've had bad experiences with practical jokes, hm?

[voice]

[bookish-lioness.livejournal.com]

Not exceptionally bad, no. I just don't think anyone should be put in a situation to be laughed at, unless the person is in on the joke.

[voice]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

You're right. That could be a part of the course.

[voice]

[bookish-lioness.livejournal.com]

What, letting the object be in on the joke? From what I've seen, most practical jokers feel that detracts from the so-called 'fun' of the situation.

[voice]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Not at all! Back home, my mates and I had at least a dozen running gags. We all knew that at any moment, a joke might be sprung, we just never knew what. We all had good fun. Wouldn't have done it if we weren't all laughing at the end. Not all pranks have to be malicious to be funny.

[voice]

[bookish-lioness.livejournal.com]

It's the surprise part of it that would irritate me, though. I'd hate living day after day in dread of finding-... of finding my shoes nailed to the floor or whatever the popular gags are now.

[voice]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

You like...schedules, and predictability, that sort of thing? [He doesn't say it like a bad thing--more like he has an idea.]

[voice]

[bookish-lioness.livejournal.com]

It's certainly my preference to chaos, yes.

[voice]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

You've been stuck with the wrong sorts of chaos, then. [Teasing grin]

So what do you do for fun?

[voice]

[bookish-lioness.livejournal.com]

Read. For the most part. And practice what little magic I can manage.

[voice]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Magic? What sort?

[voice]

[bookish-lioness.livejournal.com]

Er... the standard sort? It doesn't really fall into a single category. There are defensive spells, offensive, transfiguration, potions, various charms....

[voice]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Potions! My friend dabbles in that. And by 'dabbles' I mean, he's a master at it, the git.

What sort of charms can you do?

[voice]

[bookish-lioness.livejournal.com]

A Potions Master is what we used to call the potions instructor at my school. [And the one she's had the longest would definitely be categorized as a git.]

Oh, various charms. Housekeeping charms, shield charms, memory charms.... I'm afraid, however, that I don't currently have my wand, so it will take a bit of doing to get most of those done, unless I borrow someone's.

[voice]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately the only wand I'm aware of belongs to Severus, and try as I might to bribe him I doubt he'd part with it. Even for something useful.

But perhaps we could...make one? [How do wands work, really.]

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[bookish-lioness.livejournal.com]

... Snape? You know Snape? [This is the all-important detail here, above all others. Because what, did he just call Snape his friend?!]

[voice]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Severus Snape, yes. Not that I suppose there are many with his name running about.

[voice]

[bookish-lioness.livejournal.com]

And you find him to be... a friend? Trustworthy?

[voice]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Of course. Are your friends not trustworthy? Pirates, perhaps? [He's mostly teasing]

[voice]

[bookish-lioness.livejournal.com]

[She's quiet for a long time, debating about whether or not to blow Snape's cover about being a murderer, especially since he claimed to her that he hadn't lived through that yet.]

Be wary of him. He's capable of more than you would believe.

[voice]

[ahandsomedevil.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I think that's true of most anyone.

[Private // Unhackable]

Has he done something to you specifically?