voicetest take two. now with added confidence!

[preferable]

.. Yes, well, if Severus is going to be difficult, I have no reservations about making myself at home in his living quarters with tea and a book until he comes around. I've never claimed to be particularly reasonable, especially regarding people who will become important to me at some indeterminate point in the distant future.

And no, I will not be calling any of my future students 'professor' or anything remotely similar. It seems a little ridiculous, don't you think?

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[brewglory]

[What no why is this even a thing.]

I have no reservations about a repeat performance of our last conversation.

[preferable]

[ airily: ] None of them count. You'll simply have to endure. Not that it's a chore, given that I make excellent tea.

[brewglory]

I will do nothing of the sort. I only just managed to dispense with the last unwanted house guests.

[preferable]

I'm offended that you think I'll still be unwanted by the time I'm finished.

[brewglory]

I assure you, there is no possible outcome for this situation wherein you will not be unwanted. There will only be varying degrees of outrage and murderous intent.

[preferable]

You say the sweetest things, Severus. I hope you realize that you're making yourself into a challenge.

[brewglory]

[Pointedly:]

I was not referring to my own reactions.

[preferable]

A double challenge, then. No wonder you like her.

[brewglory]

For such a social individual, she does appreciate solitude as much as I.

And as you have no doubt gathered from Yuui, I have already endured quite enough from those who think offering me tea and forcing their company upon me will somehow endear them to me.

[felledtoprotect]

He's not the only one who's going to be ...unsettled by seeing you like this.

[preferable]

One would think I'd at least be aesthetically preferable at this age.

[felledtoprotect]

....That's not quite...

It's just, you're so....different like this.

[preferable]

Naturally. I've not had a century to begin taking a shine to violently-gaudy fabrics and half-moon spectacles. And lemon-drops.

Give me a few months. I'm certain I'll acquire a taste for candies.

[felledtoprotect]

You know there's more to it than that.

It's just going to be really strange.

[preferable]

I prefer to think of it as a chance to get to know my future students before I have to learn to become merciless.

[feyecandy]

...mm, occupying his territory is a fairly successful strategy.

[And kind of something he has employed HDU COPYCAT.]

And you only get so far with being reasonable around some people, I've noticed.

[preferable]

[ hey why change a successful tactic as long as it works. ]

I presumed so, given that he's a little like an extremely prickly stray cat in demeanor.

I believe I have over a century ahead of me to be reasonable. There's no need to start too quickly.

[feyecandy]

He is very prickly as a cat. And he doesn't like fish much. Or getting scratched on the rump. Or having hot air blown on his stomach. You should probably take notes on this, really~.

[He laughs softly.]

I'm around three hundred years old, and I'm not sure I've started yet, so do take your time.

[preferable]

Excellent points you've made, I'll have to recall them if I begin to get the urge to wave a feather at him.

[ well, that's certainly older than he expected. ] I have to say, then, that you look remarkable for your age. You'll have to share your secrets, as I hear I wind up growing an extremely long beard in my old age.

[feyecandy]

Do, because I think he might've figured out how to use his claws by now.

[He giggles lightly, shrugging.] Apparently it's natural for people with my kind of magic to age incredibly slowly. Nothing as dangerous as immortality, of course, but we get more time. Mind you, if I didn't actually know because of an accident related to Severus that I look extremely poor in a beard, I wouldn't mind trying one.

[brewglory]

An accident related to whom, Yuui?

[feyecandy]

[Excuse him while he laughs.] Well, it was your potions.

...Although admittedly it was my brute of a husband. And Mokona, who belongs to no one but Mokona.

[preferable]

I wonder if it's possible to distract him out of clawing my eyes out with catnip.

Really. [ oh no, brah, you've brought out the student in him. ] What quality of the magic is it, I wonder? We're a long-lived people, wizards, but other than Nicolas Flamel, I've not heard of anyone living quite as long as you have. [ and then a pause, rubbing his own smooth jaw a little ruefully. ] --I imagine at this point, I'd look a bit foolish in a beard, myself.

[feyecandy]

...if you try that when I'm not around, I'll never forgive you.

[It's cool, he's traveled with all things nerdy personified.] Ah, it's... Well, the source of my magic is in my eyes... well, eye, nowadays. I couldn't tell you much else about my particular kind, though, because I'm afraid I know very little about the world I was born in.

[A faint grimace.] Better than me, trust me.

[preferable]

I wouldn't dream of it. I'll need a witness in case I die in the attempt, after all.

[ that's.. interested. unexpected. then again, given all the lore regarding eyes and souls and power, perhaps it's not that unexpected, either. ] It reminds me of a story about a Norse god. [ his mouth quirks, a shoulder lifting in a shrug. ] .. I suppose I'll have plenty of time to chat with you about it there, though. I'm certain distraction during those first weeks will be nice.

[feyecandy]

See, that's interesting. I think I like you.

[He looks a bit amused.] I am nothing like a god, I assure you. Although I guess my power before the eye thing was greater than that of one who became one. [He smiles blithely.] But yes, I do imagine we will. It's... rather good to have someone to talk to, during that first time.

[toldastory]

I really don't think that's a very good idea.

[preferable]

Oh, you must be his lady-love. It appears as if he's a very lucky man.

[toldastory]

He is. But that's beside the point. It's still a very bad idea.