TOTEM's koolaid
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Had this idea when reading HL's original Mayflower snip and the recent mentions of TOTEM prompted me to write it up. I thought it was a bit strange how this senior politician was buying everything TOTEM, of all people, were selling her.
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Raven was for once thankful for the thick robes and mask that concealed her body. From the furtive slaps and fidgets that Chief of Staff Laird was indulging in the insects were hungry this evening. She, and her fellows, thankfully remained immune. Finally, a benefit to the stupid pageantry that they put on for outsiders.
The tour of the MAYFLOWER facility had taken hours, well into the evening, but as they trudged back to the hole in the teleportation wards the sun still shone down on them. Alaska in the summer, Raven mused, where the sun never sets. Mildly interesting, that. I wonder what the effect is on the local magical creatures. Not that she had the time, or opportunity to check. No, TOTEM's best Legilimens was in high demand during slow times. The current times were anything but slow. It had taken her a pair of time turners to carve this hole out in her schedule.
Laird was babbling again, wondering why it wasn't dark. Fool woman. As Bear began to lecture "As you certainly know, the Earth orbits the Sun..." Raven had to swallow a snort. Best not to let the woman hear an expression of her contempt. She'd long since stopped being surprised at finding a wizard or witch who didn't know basic information about the world or the solar system. No doubt it would come as a shock when the Statute fell that the American public school system wasn't the worst the country had to offer after all.
As Laird's eyes began to glaze over beneath the force of Bear's passionate exposition Raven almost felt pity. Normally she would have stepped in to stop Bear, but he'd given her another opportunity. Legilimens was barely a whisper in her thoughts before her mind joined with Laird's.
***
Sitting in a sinfully comfortable chair in front of the fire, a glass of wine in her hand, Raven would have been quite content if it had not been for the smugness radiating from the neighboring chair. Looking over at Owl's expression, Raven let out a sigh. Time to face the music. "Fine, you were right," she grumbled, "meeting Laird was worth my time."
At the sound of her voice Bear looked up from his chair where he'd been fidgeting with a set of interlocking rings. Owl, meanwhile, only radiated more smug, a Cheshire Cat grin splitting her face. Bear looked confused before speaking in his squeaky, high pitched voice that was completely at odds with his name, "You didn't want to come today? But my MAYFLOWER facility is amazing!"
"Bear," Raven relied gently, "you know what my schedule is like. However amazing MAYFLOWER may be, I don't have the time. Especially when it was Athena Laird we're dealing with. The woman has the worst Occlumency skills I have ever seen in a politician. Her mind is practically wide open. You could have handled the Legilimency today, let alone Wolf or Owl. You didn't need me there. However, someone," she turned a gaze on Owl, who managed to somehow look smugger, "promised that if I came I'd see a sign of the apocalypse. I was going to hold it over her head when she didn't deliver but-"
Bear still looked confused. No doubt he hadn't done any Legilimancy on Laird. Raven gave an amused snort, then looked over at Owl who began to laugh. "She trusts us Bear. For some damn fool reason that woman actually trusts us, the government's pet black mages. Truly," she too begins laugh, having trouble getting the next words out, "the end times are upon us." Bear's confused expression only made her laugh harder.
Had this idea when reading HL's original Mayflower snip and the recent mentions of TOTEM prompted me to write it up. I thought it was a bit strange how this senior politician was buying everything TOTEM, of all people, were selling her.
***
Raven was for once thankful for the thick robes and mask that concealed her body. From the furtive slaps and fidgets that Chief of Staff Laird was indulging in the insects were hungry this evening. She, and her fellows, thankfully remained immune. Finally, a benefit to the stupid pageantry that they put on for outsiders.
The tour of the MAYFLOWER facility had taken hours, well into the evening, but as they trudged back to the hole in the teleportation wards the sun still shone down on them. Alaska in the summer, Raven mused, where the sun never sets. Mildly interesting, that. I wonder what the effect is on the local magical creatures. Not that she had the time, or opportunity to check. No, TOTEM's best Legilimens was in high demand during slow times. The current times were anything but slow. It had taken her a pair of time turners to carve this hole out in her schedule.
Laird was babbling again, wondering why it wasn't dark. Fool woman. As Bear began to lecture "As you certainly know, the Earth orbits the Sun..." Raven had to swallow a snort. Best not to let the woman hear an expression of her contempt. She'd long since stopped being surprised at finding a wizard or witch who didn't know basic information about the world or the solar system. No doubt it would come as a shock when the Statute fell that the American public school system wasn't the worst the country had to offer after all.
As Laird's eyes began to glaze over beneath the force of Bear's passionate exposition Raven almost felt pity. Normally she would have stepped in to stop Bear, but he'd given her another opportunity. Legilimens was barely a whisper in her thoughts before her mind joined with Laird's.
***
Sitting in a sinfully comfortable chair in front of the fire, a glass of wine in her hand, Raven would have been quite content if it had not been for the smugness radiating from the neighboring chair. Looking over at Owl's expression, Raven let out a sigh. Time to face the music. "Fine, you were right," she grumbled, "meeting Laird was worth my time."
At the sound of her voice Bear looked up from his chair where he'd been fidgeting with a set of interlocking rings. Owl, meanwhile, only radiated more smug, a Cheshire Cat grin splitting her face. Bear looked confused before speaking in his squeaky, high pitched voice that was completely at odds with his name, "You didn't want to come today? But my MAYFLOWER facility is amazing!"
"Bear," Raven relied gently, "you know what my schedule is like. However amazing MAYFLOWER may be, I don't have the time. Especially when it was Athena Laird we're dealing with. The woman has the worst Occlumency skills I have ever seen in a politician. Her mind is practically wide open. You could have handled the Legilimency today, let alone Wolf or Owl. You didn't need me there. However, someone," she turned a gaze on Owl, who managed to somehow look smugger, "promised that if I came I'd see a sign of the apocalypse. I was going to hold it over her head when she didn't deliver but-"
Bear still looked confused. No doubt he hadn't done any Legilimancy on Laird. Raven gave an amused snort, then looked over at Owl who began to laugh. "She trusts us Bear. For some damn fool reason that woman actually trusts us, the government's pet black mages. Truly," she too begins laugh, having trouble getting the next words out, "the end times are upon us." Bear's confused expression only made her laugh harder.