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Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Yaxley Manor
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Fifth Year |  Shifty Glomper ~Dare Devil~
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Originally Posted by coolgirl97  Addie shrugged. "I guessed that would'nt fix it, that's for muggle clocks." she paused.
"I've always been...fascinated by time. When my sister died about two months ago, I was, I guess, mad at time. But when I was asked to take care of her children, I couldn't say yes fast enough. They taught me that time is the-to use the cliche-healer of all wounds."
She paused.
"Does that make sense?" Hunter listened to Addie tell her story. It was so depressing. He shifted uncomfortably. "Yes, it actually makes a lot of sense. When a person experiences an overwhelmingly negative event, they often times end up investing themselves into a factor or cause of the original event. The mind assumes that if it can understand what happened and why more fully, it will allow the person closure of sorts. It's actually one of our more positive defense mechanisms." Okay, he was shutting up now. She no doubt knew all of this already, seeing as she'd gone through it. Still, uncomfortable situations compelled him to babble. A defense mechanism of his own, he knew. Quote:
Originally Posted by .ball.and.chain. "OH yes. If I'd not gotten a job in this department not knowing what was down here would have driven me nuts for years." Blake stated with a laugh. His sister always did tell him he was the nosiest person alive. Blake had always shrugged it off though. If an argument was supposed to be private, don't have it in the middle of the Safeway. There was always an excuse to stick your nose where it didn't belong.
"I'm certain I'll love it here." He agreed with a nod of his head. Professor Townsend did teach a subject that involved a lot of guessing, but how were you supposed to wrap your head around something this obscure if you couldn't open your mind to different possibilities. Blake was only good at Divination because he understood the rules, because he knew how it worked and was good at putting two and two together. He'd found a way to turn Divination into a science.
"So, what are we going to be doing? Keeping the clocks clean? Fixing them? Do we make time turners down here?" He babbled. Maybe they'd have to go through some training first for something like that...but this was the Department of Mysteries...it wasn't like everyone knew what went on down here. He was allowed to have a few questions.
He turned his head towards Blake as the man spoke, thankful for something easier to talk about. "Yes, I still haven't asked the department head if I'm allowed to enter into any of the other departments. It's a bit frustrating being surrounded in mystery and not being able to access it.
And oh, the questions. He was caught a bit of guard since he was new as well, but he took a best guess. "Well, the clocks will need to be cleaned now and again, but that isn't a major part of the job. Our job is to research current theory and attempt to prove or disprove it. We'll also be creating new theories and testing them in order to better understand time as a whole and its separate compartments. We'll also be in charge of dealing with any time related catastrophes that appear, though I hope those are few and far between. Hundreds of people tearing up the fabric of time by abusing time-turners could be...completely and irreversibly destructive." Just thinking about the havoc that could wreak gave him cause to shudder. "I think the first thing we'll need to do is meet with the department head. We can see if he wants us to put our focus on any particular area."
Feeling a bit more comfortable now, Hunter gingerly stretched his back before looking back at his team and giving them a smile. "So, any other questions?" He wondered if there were any more employees that simply weren't here today. Not that he needed any. No, this team looked as if they would do a splendid job. He sure had lucked out.
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