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Nec Temere, Nec Timide. Durmstrang Institute's

Romeo Giovanni Marchonné

"English." "Italiano. Italian." "Russian."

| Faint Scar on Left Eye & Mangled Right Ear | \ Fingerless Glove on Right Hand, Bite Scar on Forearm / | Lichtenberg Figure on Right Arm and Down Back |

Valentin Schnell
@Aida Mòrsgor-Ama Ellwood

I couldn't have asked for this to fall into my lap any better than it already had. I fixed my gaze on Valentin intently as he too dredged his mind for any information that lay settled just under the surface. I nodded along with him as he spoke."Cielle makes a lot of fun of him, doesn't she." I concurred, recalling the masquerade of caricatures that the cirque-girl had always been prone to expressing with the same amount of gusto as Piérre himself did. For as much as she talked, she was never quiet about the fact that their ringmaster was... well... yeah.

"It would be perfect for ensuring you were hard to find." Not a hopeful thought, but it was a thought. "And a Muggle circus no less...." Even more of a dissuasion for those of the wizard lifestyle. Why in the world, though? Just as Valentin suggested, why was that the life that was chosen to be led? What variables led to that choice, caused that to be the end result? What was hidden from the immediate eye, what other secrets lay just below the surface?

One mystery unraveled and five more suddenly discovered.

I was so sure, so confident... I saw Piérre in that face, even as disturbing as that thought was. If Piérre was there, then surely so was I; in the form of that shade of blue that could drown and crush just as much a buoy and enthrall. "Yes. I'll need as much information as possible. I'll see if I can start grilling Cielle as well." I also chimed in, trying to determine the way that I could best help myself just as much as Valentin and his generosities were.

Startled once again by Valentin launching to his feet with the exclamation that he would begin sending owls right away, my eyes widened before I also nodded affirmatively. My eyes hardened with determination again. I had the thread in hand. All I had to do now was follow where it led no matter how much it tried to undo itself in my fingers. "We will do this. I'm not stopping now, not for the world. Thank you, Val." I smiled at last. Genuinely, I was so thankful; so thankful... "Thank you for everything. Everything.

Collecting my books together once again and stuffing what remained of the (now frozen) roll in my mouth, I threw my bag over my shoulder; there were still classes to attend, after all. Unsteady as I felt of our relationship now... I was still so grateful that Valentin still wanted to stick around with me... Even as much as I had turned him aside in the past... I still cherished the time we spent together. This was no exception, and now intrigue and mystery for both of us lay ahead.

We would face it together. Valentin in his past, I in my own... but what was the past when the future lay open? Remember the past, laud it, recall it... use it to build and grow the future; but in order to properly pursue the future, the past had to be understood.

A little more had been revealed to both of us. Now it was our job to reach out and take it.

Romeo Exeunts

Reducio

Stats:

Ω Stamina 9 | Evasion 7 | Strength 15 Ω
Ω Accuracy 15 | Wisdom 9 | ArcPower 0 Ω

Abilities:

Ω Obnoxiously Strong | Perfectionist I | Martial Artist | Healing Sage I Ω