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Post by wulfie13 on Jul 17, 2012 20:04:34 GMT
"None that I don't already have, or have easy access to, Miss. I wish you luck. And you too, young sir."
"We will return when our work is finished, Mr Ollivander."
Nabarl headed through the door, quickly checked for an empty alley entrance close by, and indicated for Lexi to follow him.
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Post by Echo on Jul 17, 2012 22:04:01 GMT
"Goodbye Mr Ollivander" Lexi hurried out of the door and into the alley after Nabarl. "So, we have an impossible task to collect hair from a person who could be anyone... Great." She sighed "I vote we go for the Whomping Willow first. What do you think?"
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Post by wulfie13 on Jul 17, 2012 22:14:52 GMT
"Well, I agree that we should go for the Willow first. But before that, something was bugging me..."
Nabarl fished through his pockets, hoping he hadn't discarded the Quest Info, and kept just the directions. He eventually found it (In the last pocket he checked, naturally...).
"The letter said he wanted Mr Ollivander to make a single wand from those. But my request says they want us to gather a full bough of wood, and a lock, not a strand of hair. Something else seems to be going on here."
Nabarl could tell she was more used to this world than he. She probably might have noticed something else he'd overlooked.
"Lexi, did anything seem out of place to you?"
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Post by Echo on Jul 17, 2012 23:24:21 GMT
"Well, he didn't seem overly phased by the idea of making a wand to someone else's specifications, particularly given it's for someone he's never met..." Lexi thought about it all carefully. Everything from entering Diagon Alley to standing where she was now. "Maybe he already knew, and he's going to make lots of the same wand..." She thought about it again 'But how could he, Nabarl had the letter and it was from the QA...' "What if lots of different wandmakers are going to make the same wand?" Now Lexi felt she was just rambling her thoughts and speculating on things that might not be true. "There were a lot of people staring when we walked up here... I just thought it was because of your wings, or the colours I'm wearing or something, but maybe there's something else going on out here..." She didn't dare think what it could be, given the number of people in the streets.
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Post by wulfie13 on Jul 17, 2012 23:40:34 GMT
Nabarl had noticed the stares, and had assumed that they were directed at his wings too. But there were a few that seemed to be aimed... somewhere above them? It was worisome enough, but there was still one more thing troubling him about the quest. First though, to run through Lexi's theories.
"To be honest, Ollivander knew what your wand was, every detail. That doesn't strike me as a man who would mass produce wands. And I'm going to assume a wand crafted by a different maker would probably result in some variation. Hmmm..."
Nabarl knew there was something he was missing, but couldn't put his finger on it. He decided to think it over later.
"I think, for now, we work on the quest. We can deal with the repurcussions and politics later."
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Post by Echo on Jul 18, 2012 0:21:04 GMT
"I hate multi-world politics..." It had always done Lexi's head in trying to remember everything that's going on in all worlds. She often wondered how anyone was supposed to remember who was in power in every civilisation on every continent of every world in the multiverse at any given time, plus all the history that went with it. "But anyway, on with the quest, yes?" She thought for a moment. "The Whomping Willow in on the grounds of Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, so I suppose our first task would be to get there." Lexi had only been there once, and it had been on a train that left from a hidden platform of Kings Cross station: platform nine and three quarters. The troubling thing about that was that she'd had to pass through a magical barrier to get to the train. Besides which, Lexi had only just arrived in the world again, and she had no idea if it was term time or a holiday. Regardless of which one it was, she had no idea where the train would actually be. Did it go back to the station and stay there? Did it stay at the school? "Does the Quest Info tell you how to get to the school?" Lexi asked, racking her brains for any possible alternative to the train.
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Post by wulfie13 on Jul 18, 2012 8:27:06 GMT
"Well, I can fly there. And, in my Raven form, I would be able to carry you. It would slow me down, but unless you have any other ideas, I'm afraid it's our best option. At least I can forgoe roads and towns if I'm flying."
Nabarl neglected to mention it would be a relief to shift again. He was starting to feel uncomfortable, and he was fairly certain any longer around here, and someone was going to start asking uncomfortable questions.
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Post by Echo on Jul 18, 2012 10:35:30 GMT
Lexi felt a little anxious at the prospect of being carried by a raven, but Nabarl was right, it did seem like the best option. "Alright, let's do that. But if you drop me..." she couldn't think of a suitable ending to that sentence, so she simply said "...There will be immediate repercussions."
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Post by wulfie13 on Jul 18, 2012 10:45:51 GMT
"Ok, firstly, I'd rather have the directions before I switch. While I can understand what you say, I won't be able to respond. I'd rather have everything sorted before hand. And I wouldn't worry about me dropping you."
Nabarl wondered if there was anything else important. There was one thing, and he almost kicked himself for nearly forgetting. He made a mental note there - it wasn't something he really needed to tell Lexi.
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Post by Echo on Jul 18, 2012 11:00:17 GMT
"Ah..." Lexi should have known it wouldn't have been too easy "...Well, I've only travelled there once. By train. So I know there's a set of tracks that that leads straight there from a station called Kings Cross, which is only a couple of miles from here." She considered what else she knew about the school. "The school itself is somewhere in the mountains of Scotland, I believe... Does that help?" Lexi wondered how much Nabarl knew about the world, and whether saying the school was in Scotland was actually any help.
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