Charm ☼ 008 [text]

[hexywitch]

Several things.

One: Harry is here! He's here and he's seventeen just like me and I'm absolutely ecstatic about it. Equius, you have to meet him. Actually, you still need to meet James, too, don't you? Same goes for...most of the rest of the trolls. I haven't heard from some of you in awhile, though. I hope you're all alright! But anyway! The point is that Harry is here. And he's brilliant.

Two: I was doing a bit of reading today in my potions library and I stumbled upon a book on linguistics. I thought that this bit might interest several of my housemates.

"Marauder" didn't mean "roving plunderer" until sometime in the early 1700s. Originally, it was the dialectal French word "maraud," which was intended to mimic the sound of a cat -- more specifically, a horny tomcat. So it does make a kind of sense that the word became synonymous with somebody out late at night, looking for trouble. For a long time, "maraud" was only the French word for "prowler," but some claim it entered international parlance during the Thirty Years' War, when it gained popularity as a pun on the imperialist general Count Marode's name. His men -- known as the Marode Brothers -- were so ruthless, cowardly and vile that they may as well have been criminals, and so came to be referred to as marauders.

Mmhm. Explains a lot. Horny tomcats, the lot of them.

And I suppose that's all for now. We've clearly got an influx of new people, so welcome to Vatheon. My name is Lily Evans. If you need anything, let me know.

[ooc: source]

Comments

[psiinusoiidal.livejournal.com]

[ There's a delay before he sends this next message, she got him seriously thinking about what he's managed to put together so far along with what he's fairly sure he remembers. ]

[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

Yes, I know all about the lusus. And I'm sure that not all of you still have those parental instincts. But they're there. In your DNA.

Your species really is absolutely fascinating.

[psiinusoiidal.livejournal.com]

[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

...yes. I know.

I'm sorry.

[psiinusoiidal.livejournal.com]

[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

Still. It's the eradication of an entire species.

Then I hope there is an afterlife for them. Somewhere better.

[psiinusoiidal.livejournal.com]

[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

No, not at all. I've only got four years left, I don't want that to be it.

And if there is more, and it's a place where everyone can be happy...then I wish that for every soul.

[psiinusoiidal.livejournal.com]

[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

How old are you? If you don't mind me asking.

I'm hoping that I'll come back here after I die.

Of course you have a soul. Do you mean that you don't want to exist anymore? Don't say that. I know that your life has not been ideal, but...there is always hope, isn't there?

[psiinusoiidal.livejournal.com]

[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

...wow. My species only lives a hundred years, if that. Less than fifty sweeps. Magical folk can live longer, but not significantly.

I suppose when you've lived that long you wouldn't long for an afterlife. You'd be somewhat ready to...just be done.

What do you mean, decommissioned?

/all the edits sorry

[psiinusoiidal.livejournal.com]

[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

How did you manage to live so long?

...when you outlive your usefulness they just kill you? Yes, I see little hope in that situation, I'm sorry. There is so much more to living than being useful.

[psiinusoiidal.livejournal.com]

[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

...the empress is called Her Imperious Condescension? Well that really...says it all right there, doesn't it?

There has to be another option. Other than death. A better life.

[psiinusoiidal.livejournal.com]

[hexywitch.livejournal.com]

I suppose when things are as hopeless as they seemed to be for you...it would be difficult to see. Again. I am so sorry.

...well. Here is another option, isn't it? Here...you can live another life.