thoughtformed | Marauding Magic opens its doors!

Who: Remus, Sirius and anyone else who comes by
What: Marauding magic opens its doors for business!
When: All week~
Where: At the Marauding Magic Shop near the outskirts of town, close to the forest.
Warnings: Magic!

[Finally the big day everyone (at least two or three people, maybe) has been waiting for arrived! Today Marauding Magic opens its doors.

Come by and discover the wonders that lie within! Potions, books, toys and tools, things that are more sentient than they really have any business being and items whose purpose isn't entirely apparent at first, but they sure look pretty.

A fire that changes colors ever so often and chairs by the fireplace, the shop is inviting you to stay a while and discover more. Behind the counter there is a staircase leading upstairs. Don't mind any of the sounds you might hear from there, magical experiments can go unexpected ways at times.

Perched on top of the counter sits an owl, watching everything that is going on, sometimes by turning his head 180 degrees, as owls do. Better don't shop-lift, that beak is sharp.

When you enter, a chime follows as the door closes. It won't be long until a wizard or two appears. Welcome to Marauding Magic, prepare to be charmed.]

[ooc: Come enter the shop and fulfill your dreams and secret desires! Or just have a nice chat with the chaps running the place. Either way, come on in!]

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We got some upstairs, for potions. But none are as beautiful as what you have in your forest.

[He grins, nodding his head at the question. Somehow interacting with her kept him in awe while finding her to be adorable.]

Oh, yes. Would you like to try some? And I wanted to ask you for a favour...

[She laughs and grins at his compliment, as susceptible to flattery as any young girl, but something in her eyes sharpens at the mention of a favor.]

Of course - my forest is the best. What kind of favor?

[She hopped over a few beams toward the sweet smell of the strange candy things.]

The very best, even better than the Forbidden Forest.

[Sirius glances around as if making sure no one was overhearing them. He is, because even though he doesn't think this needs to be a huge secret, there's still no reason to let people know what they were trying.]

I was wondering if I could have some of your hair. Remus and I want to see whether we can use it for wand cores.

[She stops in mid swing and rights herself, flipping her hair reflexively out of his reach, the surprise clear on her face.]

Cores?

Hey, don't worry about it, Aisling. I'm not going to do anything without permission.

[He nods and pulls out his own wand, holding it in both hands ashe shows it to Aisling.]

This is a wand. I use it to focus my magic. Every wizard or witch has one, where I come from. They are made of some wood, but it's important that the tree and its guardian is asked for it before the wood is taken, and inside the wood is a core. The core has to be magical, like unicorn hair, dragon string or anything else that might work. Remus and I were wondering whether your hair would work.

[Aisling makes a neutral-apologetic little hand motion.] You wouldn't. There are others who might. [But she moves on quickly, reaching out a hand toward the wand. She glanced at him for permission to touch.] I know this wand. You used it in defense of my forest. Against the dark sickness. My people have used such things before, though we did not put things inside them. Oak, ash, thorn, apple, hazel, alder, elder, holly, willow... [She almost sang the words, like a children's rhyme, but with a great reverence clearly evident in her posture and tone.] They are powerful.

[Sirius nods, still holding the wand out.]

You can touch it, hold it. Just don't break it, please. It's very important to me.

[He listens to her words and nods again.]

The man who sold this wand to me said it is a powerful wand for white magic. He was very surprised that such a wand would choose me.

[Smiling in memory he looks at the wand.]

Great things can be done with the help of a good wand.

[She dips her head in a gracious understanding and delicately lifts it from his hands. Carefully, delicately, she rolls it between her fingers, examining it. Turning it to point at herself, she touches the tip to her closed lips and stares absently into the distance. One breath passes. Two. Her eyes drift closed in a slow blink and her lips part on a long exhalation. A faint, misty light plays over the want briefly and vanishes as she pulls the wand away from her mouth. A slow smile spreads across her lips and she blinks a few times as though coming back to the present from far away.]

Ah... It focuses the magic and amplifies it, yes? This is well-crafted.

[She offers it back to him appreciatively. Sirius would find that, over the next twenty-four hours, if he tried any spells concerning plants, mist, or enhancements to his strength or dexterity, they would be 25% more effective.]

I have a great debt to you. You would not let any piece of my hair be touched directly by anyone other than you or Lupin?

Marauding Magic opens its doors!

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