asgardeventide | second spell ✰ video/text, action to odin house

( People have probably had enough of being woken up in the middle of the night, so if your bracelet is safely off, you won't notice a strange message coming through. It almost sounds like someone is rubbing a blanket up against their microphone; the video feed shows a pitch dark room, moving every now and then ... almost as if someone is thrashing around a bit in bed. Because that's exactly what is happening right now. Every now and then the strange static is punctuated by feverish murmuring.

Hermione Granger is having a nightmare. )

No.. Not Harry, I swear I'll be good, I promise..

( Her voice is low, begging, pleading, whispered. You wouldn't catch it unless you turned up your volume to try and discern what the strange muttering was. )

I did everything right, I swear; I just forgot .. please, don't .. it's not .. I won't --

( More thrashing. The video feed is obscured as the whispering reaches a crescendo and then --

A muffled scream. If you're in Odin house, you probably heard it, especially if you room nearby. If not, it's a little alarming as the video feed cuts out just as Hermione finds the lightswitch and floods her bedroom with light.

About twenty minutes later, there is a text post for the morning. )

Does anyone know if it's possible to brew sleeping potions here?

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[Deb hasn't been sleeping much (at all) since she got here, and while she hasn't been able to ask about finding some Xanax, a sleeping potion seems like a good idea.

Even if potions are fucking weird.]

Do they work for nightmares? Potions, I mean.

They did at home. I made them often for others.

Do they work like uh... fucking xanax?

Xanax, the sedative?

( They're sleeping pills, right? )

Yes, they work the same. Actually, they're better; they don't have the same addictive quality that most drugs like Xanax can have.

Yeah, for anxiety.

So, is that somewhere I should look elsewhere for?

Draco and Euri's shop makes them. I would .. ( Oh god, don't tell him. ) Trust his recipe. He and I were trained under the same professor.

Thanks.

[Awkward.]

Uh. I'm Deb.

( Hermione doesn't seem to notice. )

It's nice to meet you. I'm Hermione Granger.

Nice to meet you. And thanks for the tip.

No problem. If you have any other magic related questions, I can do my best to answer them.

Sorry. Still getting my feet under me with all the magic shit. I hadn't realized that there was like... more to it than magic wands.

It's all right. It's hard to adjust to. ( Believe her, she gets it. She had to make that adjustment at 11. ) I have a magic wand, too, if it helps.

Don't suppose that means you've got a way to turn people into frogs, huh? Or like fucking gelatinous goop. I've got some exes I hope end up here and it'd be nice to have a friend who's got that shit in the bank.

( Hermione laughs slightly, absently touching the wand on her desk. )

Unfortunately, not here. You'll have to deal with your exes on your own, I'm afraid.

Another of those things that being here steals?

Yes. I have my wand and I can still recall all the spells I've been taught - but they don't have any power here, apparently. Just the power I've been given by the gods.

Jesus fuck. I don't understand why they take shit like that away from people. It just seems so fucking stupid.

( Bloody hell. Does this woman always speak like this? )

I don't really understand either. It's frustrating. I'm not nearly as able to help this way..

[ Y e p. One of her many talents.]

Makes us easier to control, though. If you can't turn gods into shit I mean.

That might be the idea. ( It certainly makes her smile. ) There was something about not being able to retain our powers due to crossing worlds, but I'd have to do more research...

Well, of course that's what they'd tell ya.

But I can help research if you want.

They do say that two minds are better than one. I'm going to be at the library, looking for answers, first. If I find anything, I'll let you know.

Welp, I'm a cop so I'm good at the whole investigating thing if you want help.

You'll probably be much better at it than me, then!

Eh, maybe not. Probably fucking not actually. It's been a while since I've done really researchy shit.

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