The Aurelian Investigation PV Alan Vanes Closed

Kazuo chuckled at Alan’s observation that lots of kids would probably get pets they weren’t ready to take care of. “Not that I wouldn’t be responsible… but I would probably end up with more than one cat.” Kazuo admitted with a grin. “Maybe an owl too, since they’re so useful as messengers.” He listened quietly as Alan continued talking about the issue of the missing students, nodding in understanding. The prefects couldn’t know everything; Alan was right about that. He hummed thoughtfully, adding another line in his notebook - Lear went missing.

“The Headmaster went missing? When did that happen? Did people notice? What did the Professors do?” Kazuo shook his head, mildly frustrated by this new thread of mystery that was added to the puzzle. So many strange things were happening and he could only find out about them in bits and pieces. “What did they say was the reason for Lear-sensei’s absence?” A new thread to investigate.

Alan’s warning drew an amused look from Kazuo. “You misunderstand, I think. I don’t mean the students here. I was thinking that maybe she got herself involved with something outside the school. I’m not some sort of purist, if that’s what you were thinking. I don’t have issues with half-humans or even non-humans.” He was very firm in his response, wanting to make his stance perfectly clear. “But there is the potential for bad people everywhere and I can’t help but to wonder if she got mixed up in something like that.”

He closed his notebook and tucked his pen behind his ear. “Any information is helpful at this point.” He replied, assuring the older boy that their meeting hadn’t been useless. “Everything I learn could be the puzzle piece I need to finish the picture, even if I don’t realize it yet.” Playing amateur detective and information gatherer, he might be frustrated by the slow progress but it was still progress. “Thanks for letting me ask you questions, Alan-kun.”

@Alan Vanes

The fourth year nodded in agreement. If they were allowed more than one pets, he probably would need a whole dorm room for himself so that every cat, lizard, owl and pygmy had enough space for themselves. Scratch that, he would need his own house possibly and it would probably be called 'Scamander' or something, since it would house only animals. "Owls are great, George let's me borrow Cadmus whenever I need a reliable owl, he knows the path home and is a fast flier you see," he let the Hufflepuff know, "though none of the pets I could ever get would get close to Tiger, he is pretty special to me," he added as his glance shifted to the feline, a warm smile playing on his lips. He truly didn't know what he would ever do without the cat and was glad that faith had planned for them to cross paths.

His next words however would melt the smile away and replace it with a concerned expression. He wouldn't put it past her to get in with the wrong crowd and the thought was somewhat worrying. "I hope not," he muttered with a frustrated sigh. How come that students went missing around here and no one thought it necessary to spread the word? But he was also glad to know that Kazuo wouldn't mind Alan for who he was, despite likely not knowing of who he was. Yet it still somewhat calmed him to know of the possibility that he wouldn't have to be careful around him. Alan had began to dislike having to be careful, he had walked the long road of coming to terms with who and what he was and a lot of that was thanks to Howard who experienced very similar.

"As for the reason with Headmaster Lear, I don't exactly know what happened to this day, just that he had been gone for a very long time, a whole school year I think? That is unusual you see and the reason seemed to vague and some things just didn't add up, then all of a sudden he was back and at the camp, in a wheelchair nonetheless," he explained with a light shrug saying it out loud only made it sound weirder than he had remembered it. Alan wasn't aware of what happened. He would nod when the other boy reassured him that the given information was not completely useless and gave a light smile, "You're welcome, I hope you will find your answers soon."