The Inspection

[acciomod]

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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[windseye]

[Well, to put it simply....Vaati wanted power. He had been intent on searching for the Light Force back in Hyrule, and he doubted this boy would know what it meant...but still, something held him back from speaking about it. It made him feel strangely uneasy all of a sudden.]

Magic. I was looking for magic before I came here.

[Good job he was outside a school for 'Witchcraft and Wizardry' then.]

[songofsoaring]

[Link put his elbows up on the table and settled his chin in his hands as he gave a single, firm nod.]

Right. Is it the kind you can find here? If it is, then you can't let this feeling stop you before you find it when you're so close. If it isn't, then you really, really can't let the feelings stop you when you haven't even found where this magic is. So focus on that. Focus very, very hard on it and push that unhappy feeling away. That Dementor isn't going to stop you.

[windseye]

[Vaati was sure he couldn't find the magic here, but something about Link's words were...actually making him feel better? Which was an impressive feat, considering it was him they were talking about.

Not that many people had ever seen him like this.]

Of course it won't stop me.

[He paused, unsure what to say next.]

...thanks for that...

[His voice came out a lot quieter then, which was irritating- but still, he couldn't believe he was actually thanking someone.]