[LOG] The Legilimency Device

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Who: Alison Mallory, Ora Yang, Kahvi Sidhe, Lysienne Aldrern (with a special appearence by the Weasley twins)
When: Early 1999
Where: Hogsmeade, The Chamber of Snogs
What: Alison and Ora meet the twins in Hogsmeade to receive a Legilimens device so the girls can learn Legilimency



Alison looked once again at the piece of parchment folded in her hand, then across the table at her friend, Ora. The two of them were sitting at the by-now mostly deserted Slytherin table; it was nearing the end of Saturday lunch and most of the students at the four tables in the Great Hall had finished their meals and gone about their way, probably to avoid their homework in whatever way they saw fit.

Making sure that Ora was indeed finished and just picking at the remains of her meal like Alison was, she cocked her head and asked, "Are you ready to get going?"

She and Ora had special dispensation from Professor Slughorn to make trips into Hogsmeade in order to pick up potions ingredients and other packages for the professor, and a few days ago he'd asked them to make another trip and given them the parchment she now held as a permission slip stating their purpose, along with his signature. Alison had immediately owled the twins, who had arranged to meet them in Hogsmeade at the Hog's Head Tavern.

The girls weren't just going to pick up things that Professor Slughorn needed. They were also going to pick up something they needed - a Legilimency device the Order was willing to loan them, so that they could practice the art in secret and without the presence of a human Legilimens, whom they did not have access to. The war with the Death Eaters wasn't solely a physical one, and the battles weren't always as obvious as the raid on Azkaban over the holidays had been. They had to be vigilant and prepared for any sort of attack, and at any time.

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Ora stepped outside. The door of the Hog's Head swung quickly shut behind her and instantly she was cold again. She pulled her scarf tighter about her face and trudged down the road, the snow crunching beneath her boots as she made her way to the Hogsmeade Owl Post Office on the other side of town.

Hogsmeade was virtually silent as she walked--a stark contrast to when she had last visited, when Dean Thomas had made a successful getaway. The few villagers were lived here were keeping their heads down and indoors, though it seemed the majority of the cottages were simply empty, their windows dark, snow piled up in drifts in front of the door. Ora wondered where they'd gone--hopefully on extended holiday far away from here--though she admitted that was probably an overly optimistic hope. Even the usually cheerful parts of the village were strangely subdued--The Three Broomsticks looked completely empty inside, and Madam Puddifoot's tea shop was closed.

It seemed like ages of cold and trudging through the streets before Ora finally made it to the Post Office. She pushed opened the door and a little bell rang. The clerk on duty poked his head out from the back office, and seemed to brighten as Ora approached.

"Ah, Miss Yang! You must be here for Mister Horace Slughorn's packages."

"Hi Mr. Mitchell," Ora said, dusting the show off her sleeves and digging through her pockets for the notifications of packages that Slughorn had received and handing them over. "Yeah, I'm here for the packages as usual."

"Hm, all right," said Mitchell, flipping through the small pieces of parchment that Ora handed them, and making sure they were all in order. He glanced up, searching behind Ora for something. "Where's Miss Mallory today?"

"Oh, she couldn't make it," Ora said with a smile, wondering how long she should dawdle in the streets on the way back to give Alison and the twins the most time possible. "So it's just me today. I'm sure I'll manage."

"I'm sure you will," Mitchell replied with a smile and ducked away again, leaving Ora to wait and twiddle her thumbs for a bit.

[OOC: Ugh, sorry for the lateness of the reply. Torchwood really fucked my schedule last week and well...this week has been me obsessing over what to do about the boy unit, though thankfully that's now resolved. Back to business as usual! Even went out to watch HBP again last night, so now I'm all excited because eee! Draco! So cute. :D

It's funny, because Tom Felton's in Japan now, and it's just hilarious to watch him tweet about things like toilet technology and vending machine technology. :D D'awww. I am still so jealous that you get to meet him at D*C this year. *sniffles* Draco. *sniffles again* I'll totally have to shop myself into a picture!]

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Only slightly more than fifteen minutes later Alison emerged from the front door of the Hog's Head Tavern alone, the box from the twins clutched in her mittened hands. She winced as the bitter cold hit her full-on in the face, wishing she'd pulled her scarf a bit tighter when her hands hadn't been full. But then, if it was too tight, she wouldn't have been able to kiss Fred and George goodbye as they'd slipped out the back door of the tavern and into the alleyway to make it a safe distance away before Apparating back to wherever it was they called home these days. It seemed to be constantly changing.

Figuring she would meet Ora halfway, provided her friend was finished at the post office, Alison started off down the town's one main street towards the Owl Post Office, which happened to be on the completely other end of the small village. The box in her arms was large but surprisingly light - she wondered what the apparatus within must look like, but now was obviously not the time to stop and look. She had a feeling she'd find out soon enough - she and Ora would bring this to the Chamber of Snogs for safekeeping before they went to deliver Professor Slughorn's packages to him. There was no such thing as being too careful, nowadays.

She saw a figure wrapped in coat and scarf approaching from down the road, arms full of various small packages, and so Alison quickened her steps to meet up with Ora and take a bit of her load before the two girls started the trek back up the hill to Hogwarts Castle.

[OOC: Well, considering how long you had to wait for it, that was an awfully boring tag. ::fail:: Uh, if you don't want that to be Ora at the end just let me know and I'll edit it, but I figure this was supposed to be a pretty short and simple log before we get into the crazy stuff~]

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Seth stepped out of Dervish & Banges and made his way to the Owl Post to send a note back to his latest employer informing him of another completed delivery. Chilly air hastened him, but he was glad for the warm scarf about his neck. The streets were only slightly less empty than they had been, which is to say, there was actually someone in the street.

Two someones, he noted, as he got closer and discerned two shapes very tightly wrapped up in their winter clothes. The scarf on the blonde caught his eye--while he might not have been able to tell from her snow-encrusted outerwear, the striped scarf made it clear she was a Hogwarts student. Well, this was strange... Seth was sure Hogwarts wasn't letting their students out to Hogsmeade much anymore, which had been part of the reason he'd stopped hanging around the fading little town. There was little chance of another encounter with Kahvi. His longer legs overtook the short girl, who seemed preoccupied in thought and unaware of his presence behind her. He caught a brief glimpse of her face as she turned her head slightly, her scarf having not been particularly tightly wrapped about her face. The girl seemed to hold the box she was carrying a little more tightly as she finally heard the crunching of snow beneath his approaching feet--smart girl.

Actually... now that he thought about it, had this not been one of the blondes he'd seen speaking to Kahvi on the day of their first encounter? She was the same height... or perhaps he was just imagining it, seeing something that reminded him of the girl as he had been so often since he'd run into her in Diagon Alley just after the holidays.

"...good day," he mumbled to the girl when he realized she noticed his passing scrutiny and continued walking towards the Owl Post.

Neither the girl nor her approaching package-laden companion wore the same house colors as Kahvi, leading him to the conclusion that he probably wouldn't find her out in the town at any point. Yet the students were an oddity, and might be worth reporting to his uppers after the completion of his other errands.

[OOC: Not really intended as an interaction or anything, just something for me to do :P And hey, you can't be a Hogswart student in a town without someone noticing, no?]

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As she approached the post office, Alison suddenly registered the crunch of footsteps on snow behind her. Her arms tightened around the box in her grasp just a little - she felt a bit stupid, hoping it wasn't suspicious, but better safe than sorry, after all.

Glancing to the side - after all, someone trying to sneak up on you could be easily dissuaded by the simple fact that you knew they were there - she caught a glimpse of a tall man with dark red hair - not bright, like the twins' - approaching her. As he passed, his bright blue eyes flicked over her face as he muttered something that sounded like, "Good day."

"... Afternoon," she replied as casually as possible, her eyes narrowing

Huh. Well, he didn't seem like he was up to anything - just a bloke on his way to the post office. He hadn't even broken his stride as he'd approached; Alison let out a breath, the warm air clouding before her face as she quickened her steps toward Ora once more.

[OOC: Ooh, you bring up a very good point, really.

Also, as a note, Skuld, Yang, and I came up with a few ideas for events we can do over the next few months; I'm sure there will be an email about them eventually. But of course if you have any plot points you'd like to address that we've missed, you're free to inject those~ :D Especially since you have the whole thing with Seth going.]

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[OOC: Luckily for us, Seth is sharper than his higher-ups, so they'll probably either ignore the report or assume that since you're Slytherins, you're probably helping Draco or something.

Can't wait to hear about the new events :D I pretty much play everything by ear, so I don't know that I have much in the way of plot points relevant to Seth, other than that I realize I need to give Kahvi a reason to think he might be playing for the other side. (And I need to finish up their meeting after the Azkaban Raid so he can get his Christmas present, his new hand-knit scarf you see him wearing here...) I may be interested in giving her a chance to confront him prior to the big battle, but I think that depends on whether I want to kill Seth or not, as if he shows up for the battle on the Death Eater side she will kill him.]

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[OOC: Ahaha, true~ Ah, the joys of being in the Evil House. XD; I suppose it does sometimes have its perks!

Well, if you do think of anything specific you'd like to do, just let us know, because the more craziness the better, seriously! Ahaha, yes, I am really interested to see what will happen and where Seth will land himself in the Big Giant Final Battle...]

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Ora gathered the five packages that Mr. Mitchell had placed onto the counter into her arms. Some were a bit heavy and others were so light that Ora was afraid they might get blown away by the wind if she placed them on the top. She arranged them carefully and stepped out into the cold once more, balancing her load precariously. Peeking around the edge of the boxes, Ora saw the bundle of warm winter clothing that looked like Alison. She couldn't spare an arm to wave, so she hurried instead, hoping that the box Alison was holding was light enough so that she could unload the top couple onto her.

Then Ora noticed that there was a man with red hair--too dark to be one of the twins--striding up behind Alison, too quick to be someone just aimlessly walking around town. Ora had a moment of dread, thinking that he might be one of the Dark Lord's many minions, that he might take Alison in for questioning or simply take her as it seemed they were doing frequently to just about anyone these days, but he passed her and kept walking. Ora tightened her grip on her packages reflexively as he appeared that he was headed towards the Owl Post.

It's okay, she told herself, forcibly brushing off the man as just a Hogsmeade resident walking around. People were allowed to walk about their own towns without suspicion, for Merlin's sake! She was just being paranoid. Ora continued walking and passed the man, sparing him a small curious glance out of the corner of her eye--red hair, blue eyes, nothing particular of note.

She met Alison in the street and nodded towards the school while unloading the top two packages of her stack into Alison's arms. "Come on," she hissed, little clouds of steam forming in front of her mouth as she spoke, "let's get back, I'm freezing out here!"

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"Definitely," Alison agreed, taking the packages that Ora tipped into her arms and balancing them on top of the box containing the device from the twins. Together she and Ora made their way back up the path towards the castle, thinking that they should drop off the larger box in the Chamber of Snogs first - otherwise Professor Slughorn might think it was his, and that would be a small disaster. No, it was better to play it safe - make sure their package was secured where no one could come upon it (except for those they trusted), then deliver the packages that they'd actually been sent into town to retrieve. And then, Alison thought with a pang that might have been excitement or might have been trepidation, they could see just what this device that the Order had sent could do.


[OOC: Okay... that was kind of short and pointless. XD; But there you have it. Definitely ready for the next log now!]