I can't wait. I can bring myself and set you up with a bit of magical protection, if you'd like? I know some native runes and wards and the spells from my own world as well. If you think that it might be worth doing then I'll be at your service.
Oh, Hermione, that would be perfect. I was hoping to use this place to help the council, to gather what information I could from sources. I'd love it if you could do that.
Sounds like how things were back at home for me. We had so much coin-- Besides spending it on everything necessary and then some, I felt like I couldn't get rid of it fast enough.
Oh! It's a winter holiday that's to celebrate the birth of a religious figure in my world. A lot of people use it as an reason to give people gifts, though, and it's a little like Yule? Think of it as a time of celebration, love and family.
[ As First and eventual Keeper, she knew she would have the power to help others and to protect her clan but as Inquisitor, that power increased by leaps and bounds. Despite all that it pushed onto her shoulders, it was still a blessing in some ways. ]
Even with all of the responsibility that comes with it.
It is. Not everyone adheres to it, of course, and other cultures have different celebrations, but I like Christmas. It means I get to give my friends presents.
[ Which is something she certainly enjoys. ]
One of the few that I actually take advantage of.
[ She gets to go out of her way to help people, to protect them, whenever she can. She is, rather literally, the Protectress. ]
It's in December! The day itself is the twenty-fifth, but people give and receive presents around that time, generally to be opened on the day. We wrap them in pretty paper and put them under a tree that we decorate.
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[ She laughs. ]
That's not how this works!
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How is it? Being Marchioness, I mean?
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[ A few hundred gold coins thrown at vendors here and there, she thinks. ]
It's... Busy. But it's fun! It's quite a lot of fun, actually.
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[ Educate this heathen elf on this holiday of which you speak. ]
Busy is something I'd guess. It's good you're having fun, though. What's the best part about it?
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[ She hums, thinking, thoughtful. ]
Having the power to help and protect people.
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[ Now she'll need to think up gifts for people. ]
That is a very large perk of the job, isn't it?
[ As First and eventual Keeper, she knew she would have the power to help others and to protect her clan but as Inquisitor, that power increased by leaps and bounds. Despite all that it pushed onto her shoulders, it was still a blessing in some ways. ]
Even with all of the responsibility that comes with it.
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[ Which is something she certainly enjoys. ]
One of the few that I actually take advantage of.
[ She gets to go out of her way to help people, to protect them, whenever she can. She is, rather literally, the Protectress. ]
I'm used to responsibility, thankfully.
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[ She's going to need a great deal of time to prepare. Giving gifts isn't her strongest suit. ]
Then I think this role suits you perfectly. Perhaps you were meant to step into the shoes of a Marchioness.
[ Even if she's not certain she believes in anything like fate or destiny. ]
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[ Ah, but -- now she sounds shyly embarrassed. ]
Thank you, Nasrin. Really.