Thirty-Ninth Hex - [Written]

[hisdarkmark]

[As usual, Draco has once again gone and made himself scarce from a majority of the village as he works out more of his inner dilemmas. First and foremost, there's Hermione. She's most definitely, definitely not the same Hermione and it's freaking him out.

Secondly, he's officially given up on searching for Caroline Forbes. After running into other vampires...it's safe to say the blonde will never show up again.

And thirdly...? Even with his power, even with his abilities to turn into a coyote or produce patronuses or blow things up, he's finding it isn't enough to make him happy.

Recently he's returned from a mission, but he couldn't help but constantly think about the last experiment. He'd been convinced he was someone else, and he had absolutely no memories of who he really was...and it was nice. He was able to function like a normal human being again. Normally, he would make an elaborate announcement about his return, but this time...well, he's already pieced together what's happened in the village, and he's not sorry he's missed the tornado. No, instead he's entirely focused on what he's determined to find out. When he opens his journal, he's only got one sentence he'd like to share.]

What do you reckon it takes to bargain with our captors to permanently erase memories? Just curious.

Comments

voice;

[happyends]

.. Eh? Erasing memories? [ she almost sounds a little.. worried, maybe? but she goes quiet for a moment or two. ]

Wouldn't erasing memories be a bad thing?

voice;

[hisdarkmark]

Depends. You honestly don't have anything you'd like to forget?

[happyends]

[ There's another pause, she's probably overthinking it. But then she answers - her voice a little soft, but steady for once. ]

No. I don't think there's anything I want to forget. There have been a lot of sad moments, but.. I think those are important too. They make us who we are.

[hisdarkmark]

Well, perhaps some of us would like to be someone else. A little rebuilding never hurt, now did it?

[happyends]

But why would someone want to be somebody else? Since they.. don't like themselves?

[hisdarkmark]

Either that or they don't like anyone else they're associated with.

[happyends]

But then they can stop associating with that person or those people, right..? That seems like less of a problem to do..

[hisdarkmark]

It's far more complicated than that. ...there are some people you're just...tied to no matter what.

[happyends]

[ .. a quiet pause, as if she's trying to think of what it means, before slowly suggesting-- ]

Like really close friends..? Or family?

[hisdarkmark]

...like people your destinies somehow are intertwined with whether you wish for them to be or not. But who says destiny's actually real anyway? Maybe I just got lucky.

[happyends]

I've never really thought about something like destiny before.. [ although the pause here suggests she's trying to think of it now. ] But.. it wouldn't be such a bad thing, right? If you're tied to someone no matter what, then it means you never have to be alone.

[hisdarkmark]

You've never met the people I'm tied to then. Believe me, I'd be much better off alone.

[happyends]

... They're not nice people..?

[hisdarkmark]

You could say that, yeah.

[happyends]

I.. I'm sorry. It sounds pretty bad, and.. it's unfair for anyone to have to deal with that. Nobody would want to be stuck with people like that, I'm sure..

[hisdarkmark]

You're correct. Most sane people know better.