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[Guess who is a little less waterlogged and a little further away from dying now? Regulus Black looks at the screen with a faint bit of apprehension as he fiddles with it, his lips pressed tightly together. He's still wearing his old fashioned wizarding robes, but they're much drier than last time.]

...right, [he mutters to himself,] like a fellytone.

[Regulus clears his throat.]

My name is Regulus Arcturus Black, heir to the house of Black. I'm afraid my introduction to this city was a bit not good- I'm fine now.

[Pause. He's not sure what to say next.]

Can anyone even hear me? [Regulus shakes the PCD, hard. Be nice, it looks like something completely alien- not only is he a wizard from a family that condones muggle appliances, but he's also from the seventies. Stuff this small and advanced wouldn't exist for at least thirty to forty years.] I'm trying to find the library or- something else worth doing in this place. If anyone can point me in the right direction- well.

[He gives the PCD another shake, frowning. In his shaking, his hand hit the button and he accidentally shuts off the feed.]

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...right.

[Talking to a muggle. This is a bit like talking to an alien. Mum didn't let him socialize with them much.]

Flooing is talking through fire.

Really? That's kinda cool...do you use magic for that or..?

[Not totally a muggle, at least, Reg.]

Edited 2011-12-29 07:17 (UTC)

You use floo powder. It's got magical properties.

What if you don't have like, a fire place? That seems kind of inconvenient...

[Then you're poor and nobody wants to talk to you anyway.]

Fireplaces are everywhere.

Well not really. I mean, some people have gas heating, oil heating, and electric heating and what ever else you wanna use.

[Oh shush, Electric and oil are expensive. But you're right. Hanna has none of those, so.]

Electric heating?

[WHAT ARE ALL THESE HEATING MECHANISMS. Oh god how do people live without magic.]

Yeah, you heat your house using Electricity. Its kinda fancy. Like, heated floors and stuff.

Edited 2011-12-29 07:36 (UTC)

...that sounds dangerous.

Its really not. There are like, so many different regulations to prevent accidents, and yanno, electricity can't be conducted by rubber and stuff, so you just use that to cover the wires. I don't know much about it, but usually they only have issues if someones done it wrong.

And that doesn't happen often?

Not too often, no. I mean, people go to school for that stuff. I mean, I can change a light bulb, but for anything else, you kinda want someone who knows their stuff hooking all that up for you.

[...]

Where are you from anyways? Like....the eighteenth century?

Nineteen seventy nine.

[Haughty.]

I shouldn't have to know how you peasants get around without magic anyhow.

Dude. I'm like, thirty years into the future. And I am not a peasant.

[Because thats like, for serfs and stuff. He's a cashier, so its totally different.]

Edited 2011-12-29 08:19 (UTC)

Many people seem to be.

[From the future, he means. Sigh.]

And just a tip, don't call people peasants, it doesn't earn you any friend points.

[He does try and smile though, just cause its probably weird for you, being from the past and all.]

But I'll let it slide this time around.

Don't tell me what to do.

[He frowns.]

It wasn't an order, it was a suggestion. That's what "tip" means.

Geez. you should think about maybe being less touchy.

[Or he won't tell you where the library is. Or....actually he probably would anyways, but thats because he's nice.]

Edited 2011-12-29 08:52 (UTC)

[God who are you and wtf are you doing. Are you like. Trying to be nice. Because what.]

Thought about it. Who are you?

Maybe think about it harder. It'd be good for you, I promise. And I'm Hanna Cross. The local paranormal investigator.

[He may be doing that, just because you seemed so confused. He's just trying to help a bro out, really.]

And Can I just call you regulus? Because the rest of it is kind of a mouthful...

If you like.

[It makes him kind of look at Hanna weird, but that's cool.]

A paranormal investigator? What do they even do?

Sweet, Reggy it is.

[And yes, he knows he didn't ask if he could call you Reggy, but thats okay. Its Hanna.]

Well, its exactly how it sounds. I investigate paranormal activity. Solve cases, all that good stuff. Like, for example, if you have a friend who was murdered and became a ghost and is going crazy, I help figure out who dunnit, if you catch my drift.

Regulus.

[A pointed look.]

That seems like something an Auror would handle.

[Yup. Ignoring it.]

I have no idea what an Auror is, but its kinda my job to handle. People don't tend to pay well for it though which sucks...but at least I know I'm doing the right thing. And thats what counts.