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Post by Caspian Catalyst on Feb 16, 2013 1:34:04 GMT -5
"Ah. Agree to disagree then," Cat said. "I stick to the castle and home unless I've got somewhere to go. I'm from Florida in the States, this cold kills me. I won't go outside until May." By then the grass was actually green, and he could make it from Valfirdu to town without his winter gear. He'd have thought he'd get used to it all after a few years, but he'd have been wrong.
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Feb 16, 2013 1:40:56 GMT -5
A good-natured chuckle escaped but Vilkas fell silent as food arrived. He took a long drag from a tall cup of deliciously sweet soda before speaking again. "Florida's a bit away, why'd you move here?" Were there unis in the States? "Could've gone to Australia or something, they don't get cold there. Just really deadly animals." He didn't keep up with global happenings, but he knew the basics.
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Post by Caspian Catalyst on Feb 16, 2013 1:46:29 GMT -5
"Are there other magical universities?" Cat asked. He gave a quick thanks to the waitress before adjusting his plates a bit to get everything where he wanted it. His individual-size pizza was a masterpiece heaped with toppings—the crust was just a vessel for the toppings, as far as he was concerned—and the hot wings looked painfully sticky. If only Europe had ranch dressing, it'd be perfect.
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Feb 16, 2013 1:57:04 GMT -5
Vilkas' pizza was a bit larger, but he had long ago stopped caring about his large appetite. There was no point in being self-conscious about being able to eat half the table at lunch. "Maybe, I don't know, I never looked into it. Far as I know this is the only one in the Isles, though," he said as he reached for a piece of wonderfully dense, heavy pizza.
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Post by Caspian Catalyst on Feb 16, 2013 2:18:21 GMT -5
"I think Valfirdu's the only one," Cat said. "I got in the first year it opened, got my degree in Transfiguration in three years doing summers. I didn't want to get a job," he admitted, "so I went to college." He dunked a wing in bleu cheese, the closest thing to ranch he could get. "Now I'm thinking I'll get another degree. I'll be able to work anywhere. No one's going to care about the tats that way."
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Feb 16, 2013 2:23:16 GMT -5
"You rock the tats," Vilkas said. He had no piercings or tattoos and didn't plan to get any, but he didn't care if other people got them. "Besides, you do some complicated magic, don't you?" The guy did high level transfiguration magic, that was enough to get a job about anywhere, as far as Vilkas knew. Personally, he would probably just end up out working with some animal or another.
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Post by Caspian Catalyst on Feb 16, 2013 2:28:46 GMT -5
"Yeah, I'm a registered animagus now," Cat said, grinning. "I'm teaching a lower-level animagus class, making some extra money." Which was something he'd never thought he'd be lacking, though things had changed when he'd hit twenty-one. Apparently his mom wasn't willing to take care of him for as long as he could keep in school. It was a bummer, but he'd worked it out.
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Feb 16, 2013 15:23:30 GMT -5
"How hard was it to get in the grad program?" Vilkas asked. "Get a job and stuff like that." He wasn't sure what he was going to do when he graduated, but it was close enough that he should probably start thinking about making plans. A year that had once felt so long now felt like little more than the blink of an eye or two. He finished off his first slice and went for another.
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Post by Caspian Catalyst on Feb 16, 2013 15:30:36 GMT -5
"There was a test to get into the program, but I made it. The student teaching thing was just an application. Guess they figure if you're in the program you're qualified. There aren't a lot of wizards and witches in the postgrad programs yet, so it wasn't a huge competition." And yet if he went home, he'd be lucky to get any kind of job at all. The muggles had screwed up their economy, and it had definitely affected the wizarding world.
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Feb 16, 2013 15:42:33 GMT -5
"Guess that's one of the good things about being in the first few classes," Vilkas said. "I'd rather not be on an island, but I may stay here a little longer after I graduate." He paused thoughtfully, appearing to carefully consider his heaping slice of pizza before taking an overly large bite. His eyes drifted out over the room, hovering here and there as though he was searching for something. Maybe hunting was a better word.
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Post by Caspian Catalyst on Feb 16, 2013 15:47:46 GMT -5
"The island's awesome," Cat said. "As long as you don't get caught on the wrong side during high tide. Then you're just screwed." Anti-Apparition spells at school meant you had to use the path. It was the best curfew control he could think of, though as an undergrad he'd decided it was worth it to stay at the inn once or twice.
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Feb 16, 2013 15:54:57 GMT -5
"It's small," Vilkas said, dragging his eyes back. "I mean it's not tiny, but I like space, I like being able to run, do what I want. Know what I mean?" The guy was an animagus, he had to have some idea of what it was like to have freedom. He sometimes envied those who could turn at will into an animal. It seemed like it would be a wonderful feeling.
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Post by Caspian Catalyst on Feb 16, 2013 16:07:43 GMT -5
"Yeah," Cat agreed. There was definitely something to be said for running free, but he managed. "The woods work for me when I'm in form. I'm a leopard so it's the obstacles I need, not wide open spaces." He paused to take a drink of soda. "You a runner, or working on an animagus form?" he asked.
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Post by Vilkas Arden on Feb 16, 2013 16:19:37 GMT -5
"I'm just...outdoorsy," Vilkas said. "I don't know if I could be an animagus." Other than the sheer difficulty of the magic, he was afraid there were other limitations. His thoughtful expression returned as he considered the possibilities. "I like being around animals, though, it would be interesting to be able to be a little closer to them."
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Post by Caspian Catalyst on Feb 16, 2013 16:28:44 GMT -5
"If that's your major, you won't be disappointed," Cat said. "I don't know what the upper-level Care of Magical Creatures classes teach, but there were a few of them in the hospital wing with me the first time I screwed up self-Transfiguration. Burns mostly, maybe fire crabs." The guy had said he was a few years in.
"Hey, I never introduced myself. I'm Cat." He wiped off his hand on a napkin, not that he'd gotten more than two fingers messy to begin with, and offered it across the table.
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