7 Nov 2019, 21:25
To You
The letter was lost on the 7th of November, 2019.
Hello, stranger.
If you read this letter, it means you're in.
I am your secret penpal. And you're mine (of course, if you don't want to answer, you may just feed this letter to some creature). Don't tell me your name, your gender, your age or year, your blood, your house (though I don't care), don't describe how you look. Just tell me about the real you.
Did you ever feel like you could be anonymous to someone, but still knowing the person? What would you say? I felt it was a curious experiment to get to know a human without... knowing the social characteristics of that human. It's like listening to a beautiful voice without knowing how the person looks like.
I'll start with facts to break the ice.
At my home, the walls are literally made of bookshelves, filled with books from both wizarding and muggle world.
The first-ever time I spoke to a wizard child was on the Hogwarts Express.
I love dates. The fruits.
My suggestion is this: end each letter with 3 questions you'd like to ask me and I'll finish mine in the same way.
1) What is there in the world you could die for?
2) Lack of what in your everyday life would make it miserable and senseless?
3) What is your least favourite thing about Hogwarts?
Okay, you wonder probably how to deliver this message to me.
First, I trust you. And I expect you to trust me. Why? Because that's the only way it could ever work. Don't expect we ever meet each other. We can already know each other or be friends. Don't tell any living human being about me and I'll keep you my secret as well.
On the second floor, if you go past the big study room, there's a door, which no one notices until they actually try to search for it. There's a classroom, which seems to be unused for quite a while. The farthest row from the entrance, third desk, glue it to the top side of the drawer. That is where we'll be keeping our letters. Enter the room only on the odd days of the month, and I'll enter only on the even ones. Don't try to stalk and I won't. Let's keep it fair, my secret penpal.
Sincerely,
.
Reducio
Hello, stranger.
If you read this letter, it means you're in.
I am your secret penpal. And you're mine (of course, if you don't want to answer, you may just feed this letter to some creature). Don't tell me your name, your gender, your age or year, your blood, your house (though I don't care), don't describe how you look. Just tell me about the real you.
Did you ever feel like you could be anonymous to someone, but still knowing the person? What would you say? I felt it was a curious experiment to get to know a human without... knowing the social characteristics of that human. It's like listening to a beautiful voice without knowing how the person looks like.
I'll start with facts to break the ice.
At my home, the walls are literally made of bookshelves, filled with books from both wizarding and muggle world.
The first-ever time I spoke to a wizard child was on the Hogwarts Express.
I love dates. The fruits.
My suggestion is this: end each letter with 3 questions you'd like to ask me and I'll finish mine in the same way.
1) What is there in the world you could die for?
2) Lack of what in your everyday life would make it miserable and senseless?
3) What is your least favourite thing about Hogwarts?
Okay, you wonder probably how to deliver this message to me.
First, I trust you. And I expect you to trust me. Why? Because that's the only way it could ever work. Don't expect we ever meet each other. We can already know each other or be friends. Don't tell any living human being about me and I'll keep you my secret as well.
On the second floor, if you go past the big study room, there's a door, which no one notices until they actually try to search for it. There's a classroom, which seems to be unused for quite a while. The farthest row from the entrance, third desk, glue it to the top side of the drawer. That is where we'll be keeping our letters. Enter the room only on the odd days of the month, and I'll enter only on the even ones. Don't try to stalk and I won't. Let's keep it fair, my secret penpal.
Sincerely,
.
Last edited by Meenauh Silmataurea on 8 Nov 2019, 16:40, edited 1 time in total.
Meenauh Silmataurea | STA: 9 | EVA: 10 | STR: 2 | WIS: 25 | ARC: 14 | ACC: 13
7 Nov 2019, 22:09
To You
letter sent before curfew, nov. 7th, 2019.
[font=Courier New]Good evening, pen pal.
I've wondered if you could know someone without knowing them, and I feel the answer is an easy yes. I suppose I'll get a full answer when this is completed with, whether it be an experiment or not, but I feel like it would be impossible to not let me know for certain. We're both the scientists, and we're both the lab rats.
My life truly began when I started writing, actually. My dad, he's a type of poet, I suppose. A lyricist, he speaks with his guitar, and waits for an audience to interpret it. I grew up around this type of language, no matter how little he truly spoke to me. I spent a lot of time listening to music - creating music, so I may be able to show people how to feel about it too. It's curious, isn't it? The way everyone might be able to learn something on their very own accord.
Maybe it isn't.
I grew up around Wizardry, though I spent much time in a muggle world. I find myself missing it a bit, I rather liked seeing how they dealt with stuff without magic. That said, they have electricity, batteries, and other things that I wish I could use here. It's a bit lonely, not having my walkman or CD player with me.
All right, time for your questions;
1) What is there in the world you could die for?
I could die for anything, and not regret it. Mostly because you can't necessarily regret things if you're dead.
2) Lack of what in your everyday life would make it miserable and senseless?
Listening to muggle music. It depresses the hell out of me -- I've found all my meaning revolves around music, lyrics, stuff of that ilk. Sometimes, magical music doesn't have the same appeal. It just doesn't.
3) What is your least favourite thing about Hogwarts?
The fact no one except you has had an idea like this, probably. Also, the restricted section of the library. I just want to see what's inside!
Here are my questions;
1.) What compelled you to do this? How long did it take for you to think up and actually put in action?
2.) What is your least favorite word in the entire world?
3.) What are you most afraid of? Not physically, but mentally.
I won't go looking for you, because I don't want you to go looking for me. If we ever cross paths, I never want to know.
Sincerely,[/font]
Your Very Quiet Penpal.
Reducio
Good evening, pen pal.
I've wondered if you could know someone without knowing them, and I feel the answer is an easy yes. I suppose I'll get a full answer when this is completed with, whether it be an experiment or not, but I feel like it would be impossible to not let me know for certain. We're both the scientists, and we're both the lab rats.
My life truly began when I started writing, actually. My dad, he's a type of poet, I suppose. A lyricist, he speaks with his guitar, and waits for an audience to interpret it. I grew up around this type of language, no matter how little he truly spoke to me. I spent a lot of time listening to music - creating music, so I may be able to show people how to feel about it too. It's curious, isn't it? The way everyone might be able to learn something on their very own accord.
Maybe it isn't.
I grew up around Wizardry, though I spent much time in a muggle world. I find myself missing it a bit, I rather liked seeing how they dealt with stuff without magic. That said, they have electricity, batteries, and other things that I wish I could use here. It's a bit lonely, not having my walkman or CD player with me.
All right, time for your questions;
1) What is there in the world you could die for?
I could die for anything, and not regret it. Mostly because you can't necessarily regret things if you're dead.
2) Lack of what in your everyday life would make it miserable and senseless?
Listening to muggle music. It depresses the hell out of me -- I've found all my meaning revolves around music, lyrics, stuff of that ilk. Sometimes, magical music doesn't have the same appeal. It just doesn't.
3) What is your least favourite thing about Hogwarts?
The fact no one except you has had an idea like this, probably. Also, the restricted section of the library. I just want to see what's inside!
Here are my questions;
1.) What compelled you to do this? How long did it take for you to think up and actually put in action?
2.) What is your least favorite word in the entire world?
3.) What are you most afraid of? Not physically, but mentally.
I won't go looking for you, because I don't want you to go looking for me. If we ever cross paths, I never want to know.
Sincerely,
Your Very Quiet Penpal.
What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.
9 Nov 2019, 23:52
To You
The letter is put into the drawer on the 10th of November, after breakfast.
Hello.
It's funny how you wrote 'evening' and I was actually reading it in the morning. Time is relative, right?
Also, typewriter? You really brought a typewriter to Hogwarts? Dope. And also it's a great choice to support the anonymity of this experiment.
So, you're a musician. Fascinating. I've never been into music, to be honest. Not that I don't like music, but because... probably because I never had time for it. The reading schedule was too tight and I had to absorb as much knowledge as I could before Hogwarts. Looking back at those times, I feel a bit sad that I must have missed lots of interesting things from... not the books.
It's interesting that you've grown up around wizards and muggles at the same time. Because that is my story! I lived in a sort of bubble — my family are wizards and we didn't contact much with anyone back then. I would even say we had to hide. But once we could stop hiding, we still lived a very secluded life, trying to not contact with muggles a lot. Though, now I think that it was only me. Because my father was interested a lot in all sorts of muggle science and technology. I read books about science, biology, genetics, space, tech and lots of other muggle things. Father had to be in contact with them, now I'm very sure he was.
That actually brings us to the first question of yours.
What compelled me to do this? My father and I studied the muggle Internet. If you lived among muggles, there shouldn't be any surprise for you of what that is. And the Internet has this trait of being completely anonymous — you never know who is on the other side. The borders of people's selves are very vague. Which is both dangerous and fascinating at the same time. So I was thinking why not trying some tiny version of the Internet here at Hogwarts? I'm sure people did that before, there's no invention in this. As for the time — I was really surprised to find your answer the next day after I had "sent" the letter. I came up with the idea the other day at the Charms class when I saw students sending each other the charmed paper planes. So it took me one whole day to think through the idea, and, to be honest, the initial idea was different — I planned to ask an owl to take that letter to a random student. But... things got a bit out of control in the owlery and the letter decided to fly on its own and ended up picking you. How did you find the letter, by the way?
What is my least favourite word in the entire world? If we would be playing burning questions at the moment, I would say "dominance". That was the first word I thought of when I read your question. For some reason, it sounds repulsive to me and the meaning of it is very violent and aggressive. And when I stopped playing burning questions and tried to really think about such a word — nothing changed, because that word kept coming back.
My greatest fear is my greatest weakness, I suppose. My greatest fear is that death can't be defeated. While I haven't proved it myself, I can't be sure it's impossible. I don't want people to get ill, to suffer, to eventually die. And while I keep promising myself I'll purge all the evil from this world, I'm still afraid I can't save everyone.
...
My questions:
1) You said you're interested in visiting the Restricted Section. What are you expecting to find there? Do you have a favourite branch of magic? What are you most attracted to?
2) I tend to consider myself a rational person. You're a creative kind, so I feel you're more of an artist rather than scientist, right? What is the most irrational thing you ever did?
3) If you could invent a spell right now, what would it do?
Sincerely,
Reducio
Hello.
It's funny how you wrote 'evening' and I was actually reading it in the morning. Time is relative, right?
Also, typewriter? You really brought a typewriter to Hogwarts? Dope. And also it's a great choice to support the anonymity of this experiment.
So, you're a musician. Fascinating. I've never been into music, to be honest. Not that I don't like music, but because... probably because I never had time for it. The reading schedule was too tight and I had to absorb as much knowledge as I could before Hogwarts. Looking back at those times, I feel a bit sad that I must have missed lots of interesting things from... not the books.
It's interesting that you've grown up around wizards and muggles at the same time. Because that is my story! I lived in a sort of bubble — my family are wizards and we didn't contact much with anyone back then. I would even say we had to hide. But once we could stop hiding, we still lived a very secluded life, trying to not contact with muggles a lot. Though, now I think that it was only me. Because my father was interested a lot in all sorts of muggle science and technology. I read books about science, biology, genetics, space, tech and lots of other muggle things. Father had to be in contact with them, now I'm very sure he was.
That actually brings us to the first question of yours.
What compelled me to do this? My father and I studied the muggle Internet. If you lived among muggles, there shouldn't be any surprise for you of what that is. And the Internet has this trait of being completely anonymous — you never know who is on the other side. The borders of people's selves are very vague. Which is both dangerous and fascinating at the same time. So I was thinking why not trying some tiny version of the Internet here at Hogwarts? I'm sure people did that before, there's no invention in this. As for the time — I was really surprised to find your answer the next day after I had "sent" the letter. I came up with the idea the other day at the Charms class when I saw students sending each other the charmed paper planes. So it took me one whole day to think through the idea, and, to be honest, the initial idea was different — I planned to ask an owl to take that letter to a random student. But... things got a bit out of control in the owlery and the letter decided to fly on its own and ended up picking you. How did you find the letter, by the way?
What is my least favourite word in the entire world? If we would be playing burning questions at the moment, I would say "dominance". That was the first word I thought of when I read your question. For some reason, it sounds repulsive to me and the meaning of it is very violent and aggressive. And when I stopped playing burning questions and tried to really think about such a word — nothing changed, because that word kept coming back.
My greatest fear is my greatest weakness, I suppose. My greatest fear is that death can't be defeated. While I haven't proved it myself, I can't be sure it's impossible. I don't want people to get ill, to suffer, to eventually die. And while I keep promising myself I'll purge all the evil from this world, I'm still afraid I can't save everyone.
...
My questions:
1) You said you're interested in visiting the Restricted Section. What are you expecting to find there? Do you have a favourite branch of magic? What are you most attracted to?
2) I tend to consider myself a rational person. You're a creative kind, so I feel you're more of an artist rather than scientist, right? What is the most irrational thing you ever did?
3) If you could invent a spell right now, what would it do?
Sincerely,
It's funny how you wrote 'evening' and I was actually reading it in the morning. Time is relative, right?
Also, typewriter? You really brought a typewriter to Hogwarts? Dope. And also it's a great choice to support the anonymity of this experiment.
So, you're a musician. Fascinating. I've never been into music, to be honest. Not that I don't like music, but because... probably because I never had time for it. The reading schedule was too tight and I had to absorb as much knowledge as I could before Hogwarts. Looking back at those times, I feel a bit sad that I must have missed lots of interesting things from... not the books.
It's interesting that you've grown up around wizards and muggles at the same time. Because that is my story! I lived in a sort of bubble — my family are wizards and we didn't contact much with anyone back then. I would even say we had to hide. But once we could stop hiding, we still lived a very secluded life, trying to not contact with muggles a lot. Though, now I think that it was only me. Because my father was interested a lot in all sorts of muggle science and technology. I read books about science, biology, genetics, space, tech and lots of other muggle things. Father had to be in contact with them, now I'm very sure he was.
That actually brings us to the first question of yours.
What compelled me to do this? My father and I studied the muggle Internet. If you lived among muggles, there shouldn't be any surprise for you of what that is. And the Internet has this trait of being completely anonymous — you never know who is on the other side. The borders of people's selves are very vague. Which is both dangerous and fascinating at the same time. So I was thinking why not trying some tiny version of the Internet here at Hogwarts? I'm sure people did that before, there's no invention in this. As for the time — I was really surprised to find your answer the next day after I had "sent" the letter. I came up with the idea the other day at the Charms class when I saw students sending each other the charmed paper planes. So it took me one whole day to think through the idea, and, to be honest, the initial idea was different — I planned to ask an owl to take that letter to a random student. But... things got a bit out of control in the owlery and the letter decided to fly on its own and ended up picking you. How did you find the letter, by the way?
What is my least favourite word in the entire world? If we would be playing burning questions at the moment, I would say "dominance". That was the first word I thought of when I read your question. For some reason, it sounds repulsive to me and the meaning of it is very violent and aggressive. And when I stopped playing burning questions and tried to really think about such a word — nothing changed, because that word kept coming back.
My greatest fear is my greatest weakness, I suppose. My greatest fear is that death can't be defeated. While I haven't proved it myself, I can't be sure it's impossible. I don't want people to get ill, to suffer, to eventually die. And while I keep promising myself I'll purge all the evil from this world, I'm still afraid I can't save everyone.
...
My questions:
1) You said you're interested in visiting the Restricted Section. What are you expecting to find there? Do you have a favourite branch of magic? What are you most attracted to?
2) I tend to consider myself a rational person. You're a creative kind, so I feel you're more of an artist rather than scientist, right? What is the most irrational thing you ever did?
3) If you could invent a spell right now, what would it do?
Sincerely,
Meenauh Silmataurea | STA: 9 | EVA: 10 | STR: 2 | WIS: 25 | ARC: 14 | ACC: 13
14 Nov 2019, 18:38
To You
letter is set in the desk midday, nov. 13th, 2019.
[font=Courier New] Dear Penpal,
I'll be completely honest with you, I haven't got an idea what the internet is. My father throws the word around sometimes, but I've never used it, I haven't seen anything to do with it, and I don't know anything about anything when it comes to maneuvering it. I didn't spend much time with muggles, I just lived around them and spoke to them, I mostly only did it to use their technology. Electric guitars, amplifiers, and pedals. A bit less efficient than the spells we use to amplify our instruments, but the pedals are my favorite. You can click all these little buttons and make the noise the instrument makes (usually guitar) sound completely different!
I found the letter because I suppose the wind decided I would. I had to chase it around, and out of morbid curiosity, opened it-- it had no name, I figured it couldn't hurt. I'm glad I did, though. You seem rather interesting, that's about all I can say after two letters from you.
My typewriter is named Julian. He's a very precious artifact of mine, and I try not to go anywhere major without him. He and my cat are about the only ones I would take during a housefire. That said, it's a very loud typewriter and I generally like to work in the nighttime. I think you can make a fair guess as to how popular that makes me in my dormitory.
Your last question, not being able to defeat death -
perhaps death isn't meant to be defeated. It is in my own belief that death should be celebrated, that it is, if happening correctly, supposed to bring peace to one more person. Perhaps you should be more afraid of suffering, not death. Death is the only thing we know is certain, it is synonymous with peace, and if I had to choose between living in pain or dying, I would personally choose the latter.
And now, your questions;
1) You said you're interested in visiting the Restricted Section. What are you expecting to find there? Do you have a favourite branch of magic? What are you most attracted to?
I really just want to know what they have to hide. My favorite subject is most likely charms, or defense against the dark arts. I can never seem to get enough. Both teachers have me fascinated.
2) I tend to consider myself a rational person. You're a creative kind, so I feel you're more of an artist rather than scientist, right? What is the most irrational thing you ever did?
The most irrational thing I've ever done had to have been the time I attempted to suffocate myself with a pillow because I mistyped on my typewriter. I'd been working on it for days, the story, and when I messed up, I decided it was time to go. I was promptly saved by my father, who then introduced me to the muggle invention of white-out. It's liquid paper! I love it. I carry it around with me everywhere.
3) If you could invent a spell right now, what would it do?
I think I'd invent a spell that eradicates bigotry. We could do without it.
And now, my questions;
1.) How far would you go for research? What would you risk for a straight answer?
2.) If you were born a muggle and had to live like one for one week, do you think you could do it?
3.) What is the worst thing you've ever discovered whilst doing research?
It's good to hear from you again, I'll talk to you later, friend.
Sincerely,[/font]
Quiet Penpal.
Reducio
I'll be completely honest with you, I haven't got an idea what the internet is. My father throws the word around sometimes, but I've never used it, I haven't seen anything to do with it, and I don't know anything about anything when it comes to maneuvering it. I didn't spend much time with muggles, I just lived around them and spoke to them, I mostly only did it to use their technology. Electric guitars, amplifiers, and pedals. A bit less efficient than the spells we use to amplify our instruments, but the pedals are my favorite. You can click all these little buttons and make the noise the instrument (usually guitar) sound completely different!
I found the letter because I suppose the wind decided I would. I had to chase it around, and out of morbid curiosity, opened it-- it had no name, I figured it couldn't hurt. I'm glad I did, though. You seem rather interesting, that's about all I can say after two letters from you.
My typewriter is named Julian. He's a very precious artifact of mine, and I try not to go anywhere major without him. He and my cat are about the only ones I would take during a housefire. That said, it's a very loud typewriter and I generally like to work in the nighttime. I think you can make a fair guess as to how popular that makes me in my dormitory.
Your last question, not being able to defeat death -
perhaps death isn't meant to be defeated. It is in my own belief that death should be celebrated, that it is, if happening correctly, brings peace to one more person. Perhaps you should be more afraid of suffering, not death. Death is synonymous with peace, and if I had to choose between living in pain or dying, I would personally choose the latter.
And now, your questions;
1) You said you're interested in visiting the Restricted Section. What are you expecting to find there? Do you have a favourite branch of magic? What are you most attracted to?
I really just want to know what they have to hide. My favorite subject is most likely charms, or defense against the dark arts. I can never seem to get enough. Both teachers have me fascinated.
2) I tend to consider myself a rational person. You're a creative kind, so I feel you're more of an artist rather than scientist, right? What is the most irrational thing you ever did?
The most irrational thing I've ever done had to have been the time I attempted to suffocate myself because I mistyped on my typewriter. I'd been working on it for days, the story, and when I messed up, I decided it was time to go. I was promptly saved by my father, who then introduced me to the muggle invention of white-out. It's liquid paper! I love it. I carry it around with me everywhere.
3) If you could invent a spell right now, what would it do?
I think I'd invent a spell that eradicates harmful bigotry. We could do without it, fascism.
And now, my questions;
1.) How far would you go for research? What would you risk for a straight answer?
2.) If you were born a muggle and had to live like one for one week, do you think you could do it?
3.) What is the worst thing you've ever discovered whilst doing research?
It's good to hear from you again, I'll talk to you later, friend.
I'll be completely honest with you, I haven't got an idea what the internet is. My father throws the word around sometimes, but I've never used it, I haven't seen anything to do with it, and I don't know anything about anything when it comes to maneuvering it. I didn't spend much time with muggles, I just lived around them and spoke to them, I mostly only did it to use their technology. Electric guitars, amplifiers, and pedals. A bit less efficient than the spells we use to amplify our instruments, but the pedals are my favorite. You can click all these little buttons and make the noise the instrument (usually guitar) sound completely different!
I found the letter because I suppose the wind decided I would. I had to chase it around, and out of morbid curiosity, opened it-- it had no name, I figured it couldn't hurt. I'm glad I did, though. You seem rather interesting, that's about all I can say after two letters from you.
My typewriter is named Julian. He's a very precious artifact of mine, and I try not to go anywhere major without him. He and my cat are about the only ones I would take during a housefire. That said, it's a very loud typewriter and I generally like to work in the nighttime. I think you can make a fair guess as to how popular that makes me in my dormitory.
Your last question, not being able to defeat death -
perhaps death isn't meant to be defeated. It is in my own belief that death should be celebrated, that it is, if happening correctly, brings peace to one more person. Perhaps you should be more afraid of suffering, not death. Death is synonymous with peace, and if I had to choose between living in pain or dying, I would personally choose the latter.
And now, your questions;
1) You said you're interested in visiting the Restricted Section. What are you expecting to find there? Do you have a favourite branch of magic? What are you most attracted to?
I really just want to know what they have to hide. My favorite subject is most likely charms, or defense against the dark arts. I can never seem to get enough. Both teachers have me fascinated.
2) I tend to consider myself a rational person. You're a creative kind, so I feel you're more of an artist rather than scientist, right? What is the most irrational thing you ever did?
The most irrational thing I've ever done had to have been the time I attempted to suffocate myself because I mistyped on my typewriter. I'd been working on it for days, the story, and when I messed up, I decided it was time to go. I was promptly saved by my father, who then introduced me to the muggle invention of white-out. It's liquid paper! I love it. I carry it around with me everywhere.
3) If you could invent a spell right now, what would it do?
I think I'd invent a spell that eradicates harmful bigotry. We could do without it, fascism.
And now, my questions;
1.) How far would you go for research? What would you risk for a straight answer?
2.) If you were born a muggle and had to live like one for one week, do you think you could do it?
3.) What is the worst thing you've ever discovered whilst doing research?
It's good to hear from you again, I'll talk to you later, friend.
Sincerely,
Quiet Penpal.
Quiet Penpal.
What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.
6 Dec 2019, 13:34
To You
The letter is put into the drawer late afternoon on the 28th of November, 2019.
Dearest pal,
I am sorry for this delay, but things got pretty desperate with the schedule and studying. I've taken a bit more on myself than I was supposed to. Though, I'll confess I was checking the drawer from time to time — maybe you wrote another one.
Internet — Oh, wow. This is truly fascinating because I thought nowadays wizards tend to know more about the muggles, but it seems our, well, community, is, indeed, conservative. I believe there was an article in the Hogwarts Headliner, explaining that Internet thing.
I am so far from this musical world you're referring to. Amplifiers, pedals — those are very technological words. I am not new to technology, but I have no idea what you're talking about. I think I'm going to read more about it now. It does sound like magic.
You named your typewriter? I can't stress more how cool is that. I don't think I have any named things in my possessions. I should do it, I think. I believe It animates the reality to a certain extent. Also, I can guess we're from different houses as I've never seen or heard a typewriter around.
Also, thank you for sharing the story of how you found the letter. I was really curious. So it was destiny indeed as the wind chose it for you. Though, it was you who chose to chase it. And here we are.
Death — Interesting. Synonymous with peace. I don't know, if I dig deeper, I may find out I'm too afraid of things to be ending. I don't want my parents to be ending. Maybe it's not the death that has to be defeated, but the suffering as you say. I really really really really don't want people to suffer. To fall ill and be in pains. I have my own ideas how to try minimising that for the whole humanity, but I don't have enough... knowledge and power capacity at the moment. So I'm patiently expecting the correct moment.
Irrationality — Suffocate yourself? You do seem like a truly creative kind. I don't think I would ever even think of doing anything to myself. But that's off the topic. No idea what is that white-out, but my father showed me a potion once, which can hide any writing in any type of ink. Now I'm curious whether that was a potion or actually that muggle thing you're talking about.
Questions.
How far would I go for research? I would risk, yes. Risk my life? As you could probably get it from my statements above, I wouldn't. Everything has rational boundaries and I would only go for research as soon as it's safe to come back. I'm not a hero. I believe that I could risk my life to save someone else, but that someone else should be my truly close person. But as for research — it's fascinating, it's mind-blowing, it can turn your world inside out, but it's not worth a life. I wouldn't also go over others' heads to get the straight answer. I believe there's always a way to achieve something without hurting anyone. You have to just seek for it better.
As for being born a muggle — yes, I think I could. They have billions of fascinating things to do, though the amount of manual work they put into everything is still immense. I know about robotics they craft in order to help them automate different activities, but I think I'd cope just fine without magic. Actually, I think it's a nice idea to do some kind of... magic detox. Spend one week without using magic or anything magical. Become a muggle for just one week. I think that would really narrow our view on the world. If muggle-borns are doing that before finding out about their power, why can't wizard-born do the same?
The worst thing I've discovered whilst doing research is the thing I wasn't going to find out. I was interested in how muggles view certain periods of history. I mean what they think had happened. And the most heartbreaking thing to read was the massacres and cold-blooded murders they performed in order to establish what they called 'order'. Crossing out human life just to prove their beliefs were truer than others'. You talked about eradicating bigotry. I believe it would do much more in a global perspective than you think it would do. It could even stop wars. Consensuses would be much easier to reach and lots and lots of human lives would be saved.
I think I wept for several days because I was too little to comprehend such things at that time.
My questions, dear penpal.
1) It's Christmas soon. What was your best ever Christmas present?
2) Which season is your favourite and why?
3) Do you believe it's possible to know who you want to become while still being at school?
I will be waiting for your letter, penpal friend.
Read you soon.
Reducio
Dearest pal,
I am sorry for this delay, but things got pretty desperate with the schedule and studying. I've taken a bit more on myself than I was supposed to. Though, I'll confess I was checking the drawer from time to time — maybe you wrote another one.
Internet — Oh, wow. This is truly fascinating because I thought nowadays wizards tend to know more about the muggles, but it seems our, well, community, is, indeed, conservative. I believe there was an article in the Hogwarts Headliner, explaining that Internet thing.
I am so far from this musical world you're referring to. Amplifiers, pedals — those are very technological words. I am not new to technology, but I have no idea what you're talking about. I think I'm going to read more about it now. It does sound like magic.
You named your typewriter? I can't stress more how cool is that. I don't think I have any named things in my possessions. I should do it, I think. I believe It animates the reality to a certain extent. Also, I can guess we're from different houses as I've never seen or heard a typewriter around.
Also, thank you for sharing the story of how you found the letter. I was really curious. So it was destiny indeed as the wind chose it for you. Though, it was you who chose to chase it. And here we are.
Death — Interesting. Synonymous with peace. I don't know, if I dig deeper, I may find out I'm too afraid of things to be ending. I don't want my parents to be ending. Maybe it's not the death that has to be defeated, but the suffering as you say. I really really really really don't want people to suffer. To fall ill and be in pains. I have my own ideas how to try minimising that for the whole humanity, but I don't have enough... knowledge and power capacity at the moment. So I'm patiently expecting the correct moment.
Irrationality — Suffocate yourself? You do seem like a truly creative kind. I don't think I would ever even think of doing anything to myself. But that's off the topic. No idea what is that white-out, but my father showed me a potion once, which can hide any writing in any type of ink. Now I'm curious whether that was a potion or actually that muggle thing you're talking about.
Questions.
How far would I go for research? I would risk, yes. Risk my life? As you could probably get it from my statements above, I wouldn't. Everything has rational boundaries and I would only go for research as soon as it's safe to come back. I'm not a hero. I believe that I could risk my life to save someone else, but that someone else should be my truly close person. But as for research — it's fascinating, it's mind-blowing, it can turn your world inside out, but it's not worth a life. I wouldn't also go over others' heads to get the straight answer. I believe there's always a way to achieve something without hurting anyone. You have to just seek for it better.
As for being born a muggle — yes, I think I could. They have billions of fascinating things to do, though the amount of manual work they put into everything is still immense. I know about robotics they craft in order to help them automate different activities, but I think I'd cope just fine without magic. Actually, I think it's a nice idea to do some kind of... magic detox. Spend one week without using magic or anything magical. Become a muggle for just one week. I think that would really narrow our view on the world. If muggle-borns are doing that before finding out about their power, why can't wizard-born do the same?
The worst thing I've discovered whilst doing research is the thing I wasn't going to find out. I was interested in how muggles view certain periods of history. I mean what they think had happened. And the most heartbreaking thing to read was the massacres and cold-blooded murders they performed in order to establish what they called 'order'. Crossing out human life just to prove their beliefs were truer than others'. You talked about eradicating bigotry. I believe it would do much more in a global perspective than you think it would do. It could even stop wars. Consensuses would be much easier to reach and lots and lots of human lives would be saved.
I think I wept for several days because I was too little to comprehend such things at that time.
My questions, dear penpal.
1) It's Christmas soon. What was your best ever Christmas present?
2) Which season is your favourite and why?
3) Do you believe it's possible to know who you want to become while still being at school?
I will be waiting for your letter, penpal friend.
Read you soon.
I am sorry for this delay, but things got pretty desperate with the schedule and studying. I've taken a bit more on myself than I was supposed to. Though, I'll confess I was checking the drawer from time to time — maybe you wrote another one.
Internet — Oh, wow. This is truly fascinating because I thought nowadays wizards tend to know more about the muggles, but it seems our, well, community, is, indeed, conservative. I believe there was an article in the Hogwarts Headliner, explaining that Internet thing.
I am so far from this musical world you're referring to. Amplifiers, pedals — those are very technological words. I am not new to technology, but I have no idea what you're talking about. I think I'm going to read more about it now. It does sound like magic.
You named your typewriter? I can't stress more how cool is that. I don't think I have any named things in my possessions. I should do it, I think. I believe It animates the reality to a certain extent. Also, I can guess we're from different houses as I've never seen or heard a typewriter around.
Also, thank you for sharing the story of how you found the letter. I was really curious. So it was destiny indeed as the wind chose it for you. Though, it was you who chose to chase it. And here we are.
Death — Interesting. Synonymous with peace. I don't know, if I dig deeper, I may find out I'm too afraid of things to be ending. I don't want my parents to be ending. Maybe it's not the death that has to be defeated, but the suffering as you say. I really really really really don't want people to suffer. To fall ill and be in pains. I have my own ideas how to try minimising that for the whole humanity, but I don't have enough... knowledge and power capacity at the moment. So I'm patiently expecting the correct moment.
Irrationality — Suffocate yourself? You do seem like a truly creative kind. I don't think I would ever even think of doing anything to myself. But that's off the topic. No idea what is that white-out, but my father showed me a potion once, which can hide any writing in any type of ink. Now I'm curious whether that was a potion or actually that muggle thing you're talking about.
Questions.
How far would I go for research? I would risk, yes. Risk my life? As you could probably get it from my statements above, I wouldn't. Everything has rational boundaries and I would only go for research as soon as it's safe to come back. I'm not a hero. I believe that I could risk my life to save someone else, but that someone else should be my truly close person. But as for research — it's fascinating, it's mind-blowing, it can turn your world inside out, but it's not worth a life. I wouldn't also go over others' heads to get the straight answer. I believe there's always a way to achieve something without hurting anyone. You have to just seek for it better.
As for being born a muggle — yes, I think I could. They have billions of fascinating things to do, though the amount of manual work they put into everything is still immense. I know about robotics they craft in order to help them automate different activities, but I think I'd cope just fine without magic. Actually, I think it's a nice idea to do some kind of... magic detox. Spend one week without using magic or anything magical. Become a muggle for just one week. I think that would really narrow our view on the world. If muggle-borns are doing that before finding out about their power, why can't wizard-born do the same?
The worst thing I've discovered whilst doing research is the thing I wasn't going to find out. I was interested in how muggles view certain periods of history. I mean what they think had happened. And the most heartbreaking thing to read was the massacres and cold-blooded murders they performed in order to establish what they called 'order'. Crossing out human life just to prove their beliefs were truer than others'. You talked about eradicating bigotry. I believe it would do much more in a global perspective than you think it would do. It could even stop wars. Consensuses would be much easier to reach and lots and lots of human lives would be saved.
I think I wept for several days because I was too little to comprehend such things at that time.
My questions, dear penpal.
1) It's Christmas soon. What was your best ever Christmas present?
2) Which season is your favourite and why?
3) Do you believe it's possible to know who you want to become while still being at school?
I will be waiting for your letter, penpal friend.
Read you soon.
you can shoot the messenger, just get the message first
Meenauh Silmataurea | STA: 9 | EVA: 10 | STR: 2 | WIS: 25 | ARC: 14 | ACC: 13