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Sep. 15th, 2011 02:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
can_has_vodkaThat was a little bit amazing. I feel sad that so many are uncomfortable as a result of the announcement though.
[Private (and unusually lucid) to Mozenrath]
I imagine this must be uncomfortable for you, since you barely know me and I'm following up an especially excellent Warden. I think that making it not-uncomfortable should be my first job. To that end, I would like to invite you into my home. Not even the other FreakAngels have seen it. There, we can have refreshment and you may ask me whatever you want. I won't insult you by simply deciding things. We should negotiate, and sort this out in a way we can both handle. You'll find I keep my promises.
For the record, I'm rather glad it's you. It's so much easier for me to explain things to someone both intelligent and mystical, and we got on all right.
[Private to Seven]
I have an Inmate now, but I still want to help you, and will set aside time for the work we discussed.
[Private (and unusually lucid) to Mozenrath]
I imagine this must be uncomfortable for you, since you barely know me and I'm following up an especially excellent Warden. I think that making it not-uncomfortable should be my first job. To that end, I would like to invite you into my home. Not even the other FreakAngels have seen it. There, we can have refreshment and you may ask me whatever you want. I won't insult you by simply deciding things. We should negotiate, and sort this out in a way we can both handle. You'll find I keep my promises.
For the record, I'm rather glad it's you. It's so much easier for me to explain things to someone both intelligent and mystical, and we got on all right.
[Private to Seven]
I have an Inmate now, but I still want to help you, and will set aside time for the work we discussed.
[Private]
Date: 2011-09-15 09:59 pm (UTC)I was waiting to make the proposal anyway. When the infirmary meets, I'll tell you how it goes.
[Private]
Date: 2011-09-15 10:20 pm (UTC)Very well. I just wanted you to know that I'm still in.
[Private]
Date: 2011-09-16 04:44 am (UTC)[Private]
Date: 2011-09-16 04:49 am (UTC)[Private]
Date: 2011-09-16 05:02 am (UTC)[Private]
Date: 2011-09-16 05:10 am (UTC)We should talk. Not a behind-Mozenrath's-back sort of talk, but so that you get to know who I am and what my intentions are. I know I sort of popped up all of the sudden and here I am following up your husband, but...this isn't my first time I've guided someone either. If there are ways I can ease your mind and your husbands's, I'm for it.
[Private]
Date: 2011-09-16 05:16 am (UTC)I agree. I'll talk to Sev about it, but I'm afraid he's having a bit of a day. [To put it mildly.] So we'll probably need to delay it a little bit.
[Private]
Date: 2011-09-16 05:29 am (UTC)I just don't want to push into his life without considering him or those he's close to. The connections are important. Very important.
[Private]
Date: 2011-09-16 05:43 am (UTC)I really do appreciate that you want to talk to us. I was worried about who his next warden would be.
[Private]
Date: 2011-09-16 07:13 pm (UTC)Of course! I shall do what I can to take worry away. I am in 2-8; when everything's sorted just come visit.
[Private]
Date: 2011-09-16 08:07 pm (UTC)[Private]
Date: 2011-09-16 04:38 pm (UTC)...Very well.
[Private]
Date: 2011-09-16 07:05 pm (UTC)[Private] - Spam?
Date: 2011-09-16 07:07 pm (UTC)[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-16 07:14 pm (UTC)Come on in! [her voice echoes slightly from inside, carried on a waft of tea-and-fruit smells.]
[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-16 07:20 pm (UTC)[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-16 07:33 pm (UTC)[The walls are plastered with hangings, posters and scrolls depicting this or that piece of mystical artwork or diagram, including the Tree of Life, mandalas and several rather odd hand drawings.]
[Arkady rolls her tea-cart in with a pot and cups on it--all mismatched--and a strawberry tart.] Thanks for being punctual. Many aren't. Oh hello hello! [She beams at the zipping-about eel, untroubled by his explorations.]
[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-16 07:39 pm (UTC)He can smell magic. That's what he's looking for.
[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-16 07:44 pm (UTC)[Considering the eel, she summons a purple glow about herself and holds out a hand.] Have a sniff if you like.
It would probably be best if he could smell my power because that way he could find me if it's needed. I can be rather useful to have around!
[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-16 07:46 pm (UTC)You've mentioned the 'Freakangels' before. What are they, exactly?
[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-16 07:52 pm (UTC)[Must not squee at Srs Eel. Must not squee at Srs Eel.]
I am the closest to a magus of all of us because developing the power and using it is most of what I do. The others all have different specialties. The soldier, the inventor, the engineer, the cop, the chronicler, the gardener, the doctor, the therapist, the salvager...and two blokes who were real villains before we worked with them to come back to us and make peace.
[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-16 07:57 pm (UTC)[He hisses at Xerxes, who returns to his shoulder. He still doesn't sit down. He's still thinking on what each of those titles could entail, regarding abilities, if they're all of the mental kind.]
...So are we supposed to be going over ground rules, negotiating?
[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-16 08:13 pm (UTC)[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-16 08:19 pm (UTC)[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-16 08:20 pm (UTC)[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-16 08:34 pm (UTC)It doesn't really make much of a difference, does it? Let's just get on with it.
[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-16 09:11 pm (UTC)It makes every sort of difference. I'm not some thoughtless bint who is going to go messing about in your life and your relationships and arrangements without a thought to what you want and need. That would alienate you, frustrate us both and meddle with things in your life that are already working. And it would disrespect my predecessor.
[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-17 03:46 am (UTC)There shouldn't be a predecessor. There was no reason to resort me. There is no reason why I should be here.
[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-17 03:56 am (UTC)All I have for you however is a theory based on everything I have read and meditated on. Just something to think about.
[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-17 04:02 am (UTC)Go on.
[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-17 04:10 am (UTC)You see, I can teach you all sorts of things about the mind and how to control and empower your own. But I am not a magus. He is. I can't speak to but a fraction of the magical aspect of your life. He can. I can help you reach for psychic and spiritual advancement, but not magic. That is his department. And I think that the Admiral wanted to free him up to focus on that aspect while I handle the rest. That is what I believe.
[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-17 04:12 am (UTC)[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-17 04:21 am (UTC)[She sips her tea and swirls it thoughtfully.] I may come off as a bit of purple candyfloss, but the truth is that only the very strongest can afford to be this fearless about being kind. There is much that I can show you.
[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-17 07:02 am (UTC)[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-17 04:54 pm (UTC)As for me, I can promise not to go digging into your mind without permission. I can promise transparency of information. If I have an idea or a vision regarding you I'll tell you. I can promise that if I am not without my powers somehow, I will come when called and aid you to the best of my considerable ability. I promise to consider you and your connections with others carefully before proposing any changes.
In return, I need you to be blunt with me. Not just honest; I wish the unvarnished truth, with no regard to my feelings or what is politic. If you need to rant at someone, I'm your girl. I need you to avoid violence and conflicts with others as much as possible, and to let me know when there is trouble. I won't ask you not to endanger me, because I will jump into trouble to help or teleport you out. Your trust? Well I need it, but no one ever got it just for asking. I'll earn it; I only ask for the chance.
[Spam] - Despite actual words here, he's impressed :|
Date: 2011-09-17 05:10 pm (UTC)You sound like you're just saying what you think I want to hear.
[Spam] ^_^
Date: 2011-09-17 05:36 pm (UTC)[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-17 05:38 pm (UTC)So you what to know what I think is non-negotiable.
[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-17 05:46 pm (UTC)[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-17 05:50 pm (UTC)[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-17 06:09 pm (UTC)I don't see anything unreasonable about keeping your access to materials and power at the levels Snape allowed. Honestly? I think it's brilliant that I rated a magus. I want to see what you can do and perhaps trade ideas!
What is your routine? I shall work around it.
[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-17 06:31 pm (UTC)[Spam]
Date: 2011-09-17 11:53 pm (UTC)I'll not muddle with any of that. Just let me know what time of day you can devote to our meetings and I will go from there.