[ Because she has made the effort and it mattered and it pulled him through the Noa Woods where the temptation to stay there and waste away has been the worst. ]
I ought to give you my thanks, for our conversation has given me strength. I have been remiss to wait with it this long. You have shown me incredible kindness and I will be in your debt.
[ She's touched by the fact that he even thought about contacting her and she smiles as she types out her reply. ]
You're more than welcome, Legolas, really, and you needn't have thanked me at all. I was glad to be able to help, even a little bit. Do you need anything else? If there's anything I can do please, just let me know.
[ It's fairly obvious that Harry is somewhere out in the woods. ]
I know we said we were going to meet once a week to catch up, and here I am, the first week into this and I'm not going to be able to make it. No floo-able fireplaces anywhere nearby.
[ unfortunately, hermione does not get an attached photograph of the subject of this text. he's certain her vivid imagination could fill in the blanks. out of everything that's occurred over the last month, luke finds this to be the most normal thing he can find himself doing — hunting for a dog that is a muggle. ]
Previously On Quest: Muggle Is A Dog Breed.
Footage lost. Can report, though: No dog to be found.
Day 34. Still, no dog to be found. Did spy a fuzzy bush that moved. Upon closer inspection, realized it was a fuzzy bush.
[ She thinks that, really, she should be surprised. She isn't. Instead, she just... Replies, because this is one of the most normal things going on in her life right now, all things considered. ]
I'm glad to know you haven't just abandoned your quest, Luke. I am a little surprised that you mistook a bush for some kind of animal - are you sure you don't need your eyes tested, just a little?
I'm very proud all the same. Keep up the good work - you get an "O" for effort!
I wanted to thank you for your assistance in the library a few days ago. I know not what I would have done, and without it her Highness would not have granted me a book of potions.
[ In the background, there's a rushing sound of people - men and women calling out, organizing themselves, the clang of metal, the whinny of horses. ]
I'm going to be very busy the next couple of days, so if I can't answer your calls, there's nothing to worry about. I just wanted to let you know and to wish you luck. Wherever you are.
[ so, the demigods have ditched him. with no friends in caer glaem, luke's kind of bored, and with two sleeping dogs trying to sit on his foot and take a nap on the bones, he takes to his locket to bug one miss hermione granger. she's always responded so warmly to him in the past. ]
Day 82. No update. Had a thought.
Is your mission to deter every Muggle from ever finding me? Animals love me. I'm loveable. They run whenever they see me ...
[ it's unfortunate she's been prevented from responding. ]
[ pretend there is an awfully blurred picture here of greens and browns. he'd taken a photo outside in the bailey, but had purposefully dragged his locket across while taking said photograph. ]
I said I'd call once things were more settled and here I am. I'd much rather meet in person, even locked there are some things I don't want to risk talking about, but I'm in Redgate so apparating isn't really going to work.
Unless you'd be willing to come to the border of the blood granite? I could meet you there.
I - I think so. [ Not that she looks pleased about it; the blood granite was used to almost torture her, after all. ] I think I can apparate there, right?
[ His voice is in something of a theatrical hush, as if he's trying very hard to be quiet and yet also to be heard. ]
You told me you could -- move, to anywhere, by magic. If you needed to. Could you take a person with you doing such a thing? I need to get somewhere quickly and quietly, quicker than by horse. It is important.
[ lbr, when a pretty witch gives an idiot a compass and says it's only for one-way communication, the idiot is going to take that with a grain of salt and fiddle with it when he's bored and fix that with his impeccable technological altering abilities. she enjoys studying and luke enjoys teaching, and, thus, he sends her an attachment and nothing more. ]
Reynard's daughter can hear anything spoke aloud. Cast a silencing spell if you need to keep something secret.
Linn and I have to run. I tried to speed up the binding spell, to get her closer to me than him and it worked. When we're somewhere safe, I'll send you a message.
I love you and I know it's not enough, but I'm sorry.
Miss Granger. This is the Brucolac; we met very briefly at Samhain.
[There's a moment where he opens his mouth, then shoots a wry, faintly abashed look at the locket. A crooked smile lingers about his lips, and though his eyes occasionally light up cattishly in the locket-light, when they look vaguely human they're warm.] Ah...sorry, don't do small talk, crap at it...I heard from John Grimm you can cook up one hell of a knock-out potion. [It's true. John wasn't talking to him at the time, but it's true.] Dreamless Sleep?
[ But -- DAD. Hermione shakes her head, fondly, and smiles all the same, before she nods. ]
I can. Dreamless sleep is best for things like nightmares that wake you every night, but if you just want to sleep for a while and insomnia is an issue a sleeping draught should work just as well.
Is this Hermione Granger? Sorry if this is a little out of the blue. My name's Thomas Edison, and someone told me you could make a potion for dreamless sleep. If you need help gathering the ingredients I can get them for you, I just-- could use it. Thank you.
You don't have to worry about the ingredients, I have enough. I still have some brewed from the last time I did things; do you want me to bring it over? I don't mind at all if you need it.
[ One of the ruddy hawks of the Southern Greenwood alights on a nearby window, branch or stone, screeching and flapping its wings. It has sharp eyes, like all from the Maechenibryth, but waits patiently to have the small scroll attached to its foot unravelled. It reads in looping Drabbish:
Invitation for Ms. Hermione Granger of Caer Glaem and Companion to the winter Yule festivities within I Othrann-in-Heneb, fortress of Thranduil Oropherion, Elvenking of the Maechenibryth.
To celebrate the holiday of the native Aelfen clans, all guests are welcome to remain within the mountainhome until from 25th December until early January for music and merriment. Bed and board provided. Please bring this invitation with you and make your way south along the forest river where marchwardens will find your party and act as escorts. To confirm attendance, please attach an appropriate message to the hawk. Alternatively, contact Thranduil via locket.
The hawk, if needed, will await a snack along with the RSVP before flying off. ]
[ head's up, hermione! fairies incoming, carrying a couple packages for you: the first gift is a woven tassel with chinese coin and a slip of paper that reads well wishes for the season in chinese characters and ink. the second gift is a small box holding a crystal necklace of light blue.
crystals are important for spiritual healing, so maybe they'll help you with something you need, hermione. ]
[ along with a couple things of mako's homemade instant ramen "i'm in the woods, desperate and hungry and i have water i can boil" emergency rations, a fairy brings hermione a slender knife in a simple sheath, meant for sharpening quills, and an inkwell. and a regular knife. from mako's personal collection.
mako what the fuck.
(if hermione isn't in her room, it'll be there when he gets back with a note signed "馬高" because mako's too lazy to practice writing his name.) ]
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