Event:A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality (6 Feb 2012)
| Plot(s) | Plot:Mischief Mismanaged | Date | 6 Feb 2012 3:40 AM |
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| Event Thread: | A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality | ||
| Characters: | Andromeda Gamp,Orion Gamp,Lyra Gamp | ||
| Summary: | Andromeda Gamp wakes in the middle of the night, feeling something is wrong. Her brother Orion Gamp (or so she thinks) is staying in the house with her. She finds books open on the bed he is meant to be sleeping in. At first glance they are alchemy books, but appear to change when 'Orion' returns. | ||
| Quote: | She crept forward. Why was her brother reading in the dead of night?
Andromeda lit her wand. Held it over the first book. Was Orion reading alchemy? These were books of symbols, instructions for complicated potions. Far beyond her NEWT in potions. She reached for the next book. A floorboard creaked behind her. Andromeda’s fingers released the book. She extinguished her wand. Swung round and fired her hex. The figure came out of nowhere. They landed with heavy on the bed and wrestled. One of the books jammed between Andromeda’s shoulder blades. .... "Since when did you read alchemy?" "Alchemy?" Ri asked. "This is Portuguese. I’m brushing up. Can’t sleep. I know it’s foreign, but it’s still the same alphabet, sister." "What?" Andromeda studied the book. She had been sure she had seen alchemist symbols. But the book pages were just translations for maladies and illness. The previous page a diagram of the body with labels. In Portuguese. She dropped the book. Reached for another. The whole thing was written in Portuguese. And the next. And the next. | ||
| Quote Source | Andromeda Gamp | ||
