There's only so much we can do. Searching the place hasn't turned anything up, no one else has any leads... we'll just have to keep an eye out and see if anything changes. Surely something has to happen.
Not ideal, but we're-- we're working with what we have.
[she's never really stopped gripping her staff-- though a bit of the serious edge comes off her expression when he introduces himself.
in general, she's used her title instead of her name here, but you know, they've already gotten into wizard shit and- so far he's the only one who seems to be familiar with the same sort of practices. there's a sort of familiarity there she might be able to work with.]
My name is Lucretia, though- I'd prefer you not make it public.
[It makes him curious, a little, about her reasons, but boy does he know what it's like to be cagey and need to hide. So he's interested and curious in what she knows and what she can do, but he doesn't plan to ask too many questions.]
I'll do the same, if that's how you'd prefer to do things.
[he gets a little nod, there.]
Everyone else I've met here knows me as the Director. I'd say I do a little more than just-- dabbling in the arcane, though without my abilities, there's... a somewhat more restricted list of ways I can actually help.
[not that she intends to let that be much of a setback. she can't use magic, but it's not where all of her skills lie; she'll manage. she's managed worse.]
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It's difficult not to worry.
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In that case, it also might not be a coincidence that many of us have more important things to be doing.
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[like it or not, they're just going to have to wait and see on that one.]
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Ah. . . I am Caleb Widogast, by the way. I dabble in the arcane, a little.
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[she's never really stopped gripping her staff-- though a bit of the serious edge comes off her expression when he introduces himself.
in general, she's used her title instead of her name here, but you know, they've already gotten into wizard shit and- so far he's the only one who seems to be familiar with the same sort of practices. there's a sort of familiarity there she might be able to work with.]
My name is Lucretia, though- I'd prefer you not make it public.
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[It makes him curious, a little, about her reasons, but boy does he know what it's like to be cagey and need to hide. So he's interested and curious in what she knows and what she can do, but he doesn't plan to ask too many questions.]
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[he gets a little nod, there.]
Everyone else I've met here knows me as the Director. I'd say I do a little more than just-- dabbling in the arcane, though without my abilities, there's... a somewhat more restricted list of ways I can actually help.
[not that she intends to let that be much of a setback. she can't use magic, but it's not where all of her skills lie; she'll manage. she's managed worse.]
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[hopefully, they won't need magic to get the hell out of here.]
It might be a... fairly new sort of experience, but I do think we'll manage. One way or another.