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The Inspection

On the whole, the weather had been temperamental lately. One minute, it was absolutely bucketing it down, and the next, it was bright sunshine. The amount of rain had turned the ground into a muddy mess, but at least the tents provided perfectly adequate shelter, and a gazebo had been erected over the community dining table to protect everyone from the elements.

Despite the temperamental weather, however, it had been fairly warm throughout the past two weeks, so the chill in the air during dinner that evening was particularly noticeable, even before the dark, hooded figure by the Ministry's representative's desk had been seen.

Nervously, the Ministry representative approached the table.

"I'm afraid we have a visitor," he said, addressing everyone at the table and hoping that anyone not there could hear him. "This is a Dementor, one of the Guards at Azkaban. It's a high security prison. He's just here to, well, ensure that a certain escaped criminal isn't hiding amongst you.

"I don't expect he'll be here for more than an half an hour, so do try not to worry too much. They can make people rather, well... uncomfortable."

Bowing his head slightly, he left the Outsiders to their meal.

[And so, a Dementor is lurking around the camp, just in case one of the Outsiders is secretly Sirius Black. They're known to sap the happiness out of the environment, and - in cases where there are true horrors in someone's past - cause traumatic memories to resurface.

The chilly, depressed feeling can be lifted by the deliciousness of chocolate, though the Outsiders will need to discover this on their own. Good thing there's dessert.]

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Really? It... sounds nicer than that...

[Tobias tilts his head a little, thinking strangely deeply about such a simple thing. His hand is automatically fidgeting with the bracelet again as he thinks, clearly some sort of tick or something.]

...I don't remember... what mine means.

[He shrugs a little at that, but with his fingers closed around the bracelet still, the separation of his hands comes with a dull click of the catch releasing itself and the bracelet coming off in his other hand.

Tobias' entire body goes rigid as he sucks in a breath that sounds somehow... odd, like someone mixed white noise from a radio in it. Instantly, the hand that the bracelet had been on disappears, melting into purple-colored 1s and 0s with flickering pieces of glitchiness and other unidentifiable things within it.

The red in his eyes becomes far more pronounced, giving off a sinister looking glow as the stoic expression morphs into something deeply eerie without changing much of the expression.

Ah.

It's a weak sound, and all that Tobias can manage to exhale.]

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[Did.....did his hand just disappear?

Vaati stared in horror at the changed boy, edging backwards slightly- he didn't like the look of the thing that had replaced Tobias' hand, he didn't want it anywhere near him if he could help it. So much for the conversation they'd been having....it had just led to another freak out, and it didn't look like one that could be fixed with a chocolate cake.

He didn't want to admit it, but Tobias now looked scary.]

[Tobias, mind supercharged, immediately notes Vaati's movement. The somewhat unhinged side notes the act as the typical one by people at seeing this, while the still somewhat sane side is struggling to put it away.

The result is a physical struggle as much as a mental one, and Tobias ends up falling backwards, catching himself on the ground with his hands --

-- ground that is now slowly being consumed as his hand deletes what it's touching.

It's only the pressure of the unleashed power that keeps him from freaking out, but he manages to struggle the bracelet back on, making the glow and the hand disappear until he's back to as he was before it came off.

...Okay. NOW he can freak out.]

[One minute Tobias had gone from being glowy-eyed and terrifying, the next he was back to normal...or so Vaati hoped.

He didn't know what had shocked him more- the sudden change in Tobias, or the fact that he'd just stumbled back like a TOTAL IDIOT. He was a mage. He had MAGIC. And what had he done with it?

Nothing.

Tobias had just made parts of the ground disappear with little effort, though. It wasn't as if you saw a feat like that every day, even back in Hyrule.]

You'd...you'd better keep whatever that is a secret from the others...

[Gods, now HIS voice was shaking.]

[Tobias curls in on himself, gripping his head with both hands and crying all over again. He's shaking once more, just like when Vaati found him, but this time his voice is barely a whisper rather than screaming at the top of his lungs once more.]

Please... don't hate me... please... I didn't mean to...

[He can't even look at the wind mage, just whimpering his plea softly.]

[Now Vaati was even more shocked at himself. He wasn't someone who openly showed kindness to people he knew were weaker than himself...he was too used to acting better than everyone.

Then again, he wasn't used to people not treaking him like a freak either.]

You'd have to do something REALLY bad to make me hate you that much.

[That, at least, had some truth in it. Although really, it wasn't that hard for Vaati to see something as 'really bad.']

...that was... really bad...

[Sorry, Vaati, he can't really understand what you're reflecting on. As far as he knows, just existing is a crime with no forgiveness, so he doesn't really "get" that others might not see it that way.]

Well, you didn't try to attack me, did you?

[If you did, that would've been an entirely different matter.

He smiled wanly at Tobias, deciding to hold out his hand this time. If he was actually attempting to be nice for once, he had better play the part well- and this boy and his strange power interested him a whole lot...]

[No, he had been struggling very hard against that very thing. Even so, Tobias can't help but stare in surprise and shock as Vaati extends a hand to him. For a moment, he can't really register that the other boy wants to actually touch him again, keep him around, but as his brain catches up, a soft noise of hope and relief escapes from his throat.

He reaches up, closing both his hands on Vaati's one to stand.]

....Thank you....

[Vaati still flinched slightly at Tobias' touch -maybe the other boy would think he was just getting shaky again from the dementor? He hoped so. He didn't really want him to get...upset again...not with that monster still lurking about...it had taken him long enough to calm down the first time.]

Are you going to stick around here when that...thing is still with us? I'm not.

[Not unless there was any more chocolate cake.]

[He seems to not notice the flinch at all -- or if he does, he doesn't react to it. At the question, though, he looks down, rubbing his arm after he releases Vaati's hand as soon as he's on his feet.]

...I'll follow you.

[After all, maybe he knows where they can hide from the dementor...]

We'll sneak out back to the tents, they must have already searched them.

[Vaati gestured at the tents furthest to the south of the campsite, where his one stood. It had begun to rain again, but if they ran fast enough, they'd manage to avoid the worst of it.

Well, he could run fast. He had no idea about Tobias.]

Come on, we'll go this way so that desk guy doesn't try and stop us.

[That made sense, sort of. Tobias nods in understanding, turning to look where Vaati's gesturing. That's simple enough.

Skinny though he may be, speed is definitely one of his best traits -- he manages to keep up with the smaller male easily, tailing him a bit too closely as they head towards the tents.]

...Why did they... bring that here?

Didn't that 'Ministry' guy said the dementor was searching for an escaped criminal?

[...like said criminal would be able to hide in this place, with the amount of security placed on them...]

But he did say it would go after a while. I might just stay here, though

[By 'here', Vaati meant he was going to sit in his tent, where it was nice and warm. And maybe read a book. They'd given him a lot of books.]

[Ooh, warm tent! Tobias is more than happy to snuggle in a corner of Vaati's tent, wrapping his arms around himself again and getting comfortable. He just sort of looks at the books curiously, but doesn't seem all that interested in reading them -- or touching them, even. He... might be taking your personal space thing a little too seriously, there, Vaati.]

...I hope they don't find him.

Why's that?

[Vaati wasn't really all that interested in his answer. He was sitting on the edge of his bed, flipping through a heavy book some witch from the castle had given him. Honestly, he had no idea what half of it was about- although there did seem to be spells involved, he couldn't do most of them without a wand, apparently. Or so he'd been told. He'd still managed to singe his bedcovers once, though.

When he looked up, he caught Tobias eyeing up the impressive pile of books and grinned. Picking up one of the lighter ones, he flung it towards the boy.]

Because... those things are... evil...

[He seems oddly thoughtful about that, though that's... pretty much shattered when the book slams into the side of his head and causes him to jerk in surprise, blinking at Vaati, then looking down at the book on the floor.

He picks it up, turning it over in his hands and opening it... upside-down.]

....I can't read.

Huh, I see...

[He wasn't really paying attention but...what was that Tobias had said about the reading? He seemed older than Vaati, yet he couldn't read?

Hmmm.]

Agh, I didn't...think about that.

[Well, that WAS half true. He had just assumed this boy liked books from the way he was staring at them. Vaati rummaged through the pile and pulled out an ever thicker book- but instead of pages and pages of tiny text, it was full of colourful moving pictures. He'd had books like this back in Hyrule, but they were more for children, and he didn't think this one was.]

Here you go.

[He nods eagerly, apparently completely unaware that Vaati isn't paying all that much attention to him. He sits up a bit more, tilting his head somewhat and closing the book almost ridiculously gently, watching the other male's back carefully as he digs through a pile.

What was this?

He puts the other book aside, taking the thicker one from Vaati and flipping it open. It clearly -- and almost immediately -- snags Tobias' attention, a mystified look crossing his face as he watches the pictures move around with a smile that seemed to cement him further in that "child" mindset.]

Wow...

Yeah, it's pretty great.

[Vaati spared one moment of his attention to point out the page with the dragons, then turned back to his book. But reading about jinxes and hexes wasn't holding his attention for once, so he slammed the book shut and dropped it back onto the pile. Tobias' excitement was kind of infectious.]

I wonder when we'll actually be allowed into the castle...

[....imagine all those books....]

[Tobias looks at the dragons somewhat interestedly, but he tilts his head a bit more than anything.]

...Look like Charizard, kind of...

[Still, he's flipping through it in glee, making random comments on how some of the monsters look like other Pokemon he knows.]

I don't know... I'm kind of scared...

[Vaati had no idea what a Charizard even was. Or any of the other weird creatures Tobias kept mentioning. He definitely hadn't read about them.]

I'm looking forward anyway.

[For the library, at least. Sighing, he glanced at the clock that was perched next to his bed- it was WELL past the time the dementor should have left, and dinner normally finished earlier than that.

Yet he couldn't hear anything from outside.]

Huh. No one seems to be coming back to the tents...

[Maybe tonight would be quiet, for once.]

[Tobias doesn't seem to notice the confusion Vaati has -- he's too engrossed in the pictures and being excited about them, even if they're similar to what he knows from his own world.

He glances up a couple times when Vaati speaks, going back to the picture book single-mindedly until he gets about halfway through. He glances towards the entrance of the tent himself, shrugging a little.]

...I don't mind. I like it being quiet. I'm... not used to a lot of people...

[Vaati could easily see why he wasn't used to people. This kid acted strangely enough to prove that with no effort at all.]

You're not, are you? That's one thing we have in common then.

[WELL. It wasn't like he wasn't used to people, more like he'd gone so far out of his way to avoid them in the past that he'd forgotten how to deal with them, mostly. A situation like this he was ok with- Tobias only spoke to Vaati when spoken to first, and like he said, he liked the quiet....

...quiet...

It was way too quiet.]

I'm... going to go out and check anyway.

[Maybe he was just overreacting?]

[Tobias sits up a bit at that, frowning a little as if some heavy worry just fell right on top of him. He wraps his arms around the book, glancing around nervously before finally looking back to his current tent mate to nod slowly.]

O...Okay...

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Aaahhh that icon. <3

it is a great icon

So cute! (also Vaati you manipulative bastard)

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