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[wandthief]

Do you ever get the nagging feeling that all you're doing here is biding your time, waiting? That no matter what your plans are they will be constantly thwarted and nothing will come of them?

I'm not meaning that nothing happens here as we're all constantly caught up in mysterious events and there is often violence but do you feel your own progress is stalled? Whether you are an inmate or a warden...

Relying on other people was never something I was good at.

I will be in the library for most of the day if anyone wishes to see me.

Comments

[mightymorbid]

Considering we're kind of dead, I think that probably means that our progress would normally have ended full stop. What are you complaining about?

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

If we had truly died then we would have moved on in a different way.

[mightymorbid]

You don't pay much attention around here, do you? It sunk in during my initial briefing, and I'll admit I was throwing a tantrum at the time.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

That we are dead? Oh, I'm not disputing that part.

[evilbystatute.livejournal.com]

Please tell me you're not sulking.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

Not at all.

[evilbystatute.livejournal.com]

Reads like a passive-aggressive 115 year old sulk to me. Complete with a 'I'll be in the library if you need me!' huff at the end.

Patience. It's a wonderful thing.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

I have my shift in the library this afternoon... I am merely stating facts.

I admit I am frustrated but you are reading other things into this that simply aren't there, Hix. Would you rather I hide my frustrations for them to boil over later?

[bob-fraser-snr.livejournal.com]

I might be new here, but I know exactly what you mean. I'm familiar with these kinds of setbacks, long before I died. I do keep trying.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

Thank you. And you are..?

[bob-fraser-snr.livejournal.com]

Bob Fraser.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

Lovely to meet you. I am Gellert Grindelwald.

How long have you been here?

[spo0kshow-baby.livejournal.com]

I was never good at relying on anyone but my own fuckin' family, and not one of them has showed up since I came here for-fucking-ever ago.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

You must miss them. Has anyone said if you make progress here you will see them again?

[spo0kshow-baby.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I do.

I don't fuckin' know!

[ calms down. ]

I guess so. But mine are dead.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

And so are you, correct? Which means they could turn up here too. Or you may join them when you are released from here. There's hope either way.

[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

You have a point. How can one, if one did have a genuine problem, be expected to recover in an environment that's inherently dangerous? Not to mention being stuck here with so many negative influences floating around.

The obvious answer, of course, is that the wardens don't want us to recover. They like where we are just like it is. I suppose that means it's your job to fight against that by getting yourself together. Mind you, you do seem to be one of the more together people on board.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

Why, thank you.

How have you been settling in?

[doctor-j-crane.livejournal.com]

Well enough. This place is larger then expected. Finding one's way around is quite difficult. The architecture is... different. Still, being less restricted is bound to be useful in future endeavours.

* - voice, private

[darknessb4me]

Then stop waiting and just take what you want. That is power. That is how great men accomplish things - letting nothing and no one stand in the way of their goals.

You have your spells when he is close to you. Use them.

Re: * - voice, private

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

Do you think that I haven't thought of doing that? But it would be foolish and it would not get me out of here.

voice, private

[darknessb4me]

It is not the solution. It is the means to one. The potion is another resource at your disposal - get into his room, become anyone you like, and then do anything you like. The more options and means you have the better.

Spam! // Brian is such a sketchball

[stardustmemorie.livejournal.com]

[just sort of, slips himself into Gellert's line of sight, brushing his bangs out of his face and making a bit of eye contact before glancing away]

Spam!

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

[Looking up from his book, Gellert raises his eyebrows slightly at the young man.]

Brian... How have you been?

Re: Spam!

[stardustmemorie.livejournal.com]

[tilts his head as if he's surprised at being spoken to]

All's well that ends well, or so they say.