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Aliceara nodded, fully aware that the odds of Quazi noticing the gesture were slim, yet unable to not reply that way as her question was answered. "I can imagine," she said, thinking back on the roars they'd heard, as well as the speed and odd feelings brought about due to the inability to see at points. She couldn't really imagine how long it must take to get to the vaults even lower than hers, though. If it took two hours to get to hers, she wondered if some people had to be here all day. And that didn't count the goblins and people who worked here.
Her nose wrinkled a little as the musty smell didn't dissipate, and was joined by another smell. That reminded her of the question of dragons, and the roar they'd heard. Holding her breath as they descended more, over another stretch of bumpy tracks, her blue eyes widened again as another roar was heard. Only to be replaced by a wry smile as Quazi turned to her again. "the dragon's name is Bunny? That's quite creative." In an odd, almost ironic way. "I don't blame you for trying to avoid them." Dragons were one creature she'd rather not meet, even though she generally didn't get nervous about things like that. "Thank you," she said then, as she was told they'd be arriving soon. Hopefully the dragon was still far away. And then they'd arrived, and she climbed out of the cart after Quazi. Unlocking the vault was fascinating.
"Thank you again," she said as she was allowed inside. "This is probably not the time to ask, but we were going to transfer funds to Wizarding currency?" Stepping inside, she withdrew the velvet pouch containing her jewelry, then withdrew several boxes reduced in size, placing them on one of the shelves lining the walls. At least she could do that before worrying about her funds.
Quazi leaned forward and looked into the vault as she heard Miss Ravenswood. voice.
"Oh, yes the transfer. We can do that in the main hall before you sign the bank ledger." she replied.
"It shouldn't take but a few moments and then there is the fee for opening a new account," she added. Oh the small detail of the banking business.
Leaning back, Quazi began again to whistle to herself as she toward the darkness of the track. There was a bit of noise coming for the darkness and that wasn't at all sitting well with the goblin. They were a ways from the dragon dens, but it wouldn't be the first time that they found their way down deeper into the vaults. Quazi just hoped that the dragon keepers could handle them, as she didn't want to encounter Bunny at the moment.
Lifting the laturn up, Quazi again leaned over to see how Miss Ravenswood was doing.
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Yes. Bye bye dragon.
And the sound of dragons she knew thanks to her photographer-only times in Asia, and that sound was not greatly appreciated. That seemed like a long time ago, and it certainly was! Almost 15 years...and now she was on a little cart on her way to her new vault. Or the first one.
Oooooh, they were slowing down! That only meant her vault was approaching, right? Or they were approaching the vault. Actually, she had no idea how deep they've gotten until her left ear lost all ability to hear.
And they stopped. 695. Yup, that sounded like her number. And it was simply magical how the vault opened. Just magical. "Thank you!" she said, as she eyed the little inside of the vault, though, it wasn't that little, but still...she could put a bunch of other stuff in here.
Right now, just the bag containing the galleons, and a box, with unknown contents. How she managed to get those things inside her purse was also due to magic.
"I believe that is all?" she asked Quazi, the purse feeling a bit relieved of the weight it had been carrying all along.
Quazi rocked on her heals a bit. The faint noises from towards the 500's were echoing slightly. Usually, Quazi would have been concerned about it and would have advised that perhaps they should venture back, but the sound wasn't as menacing as it usually was. No, the sound wasn't as menacing at all.
Stopping her rocking, Quazi looked back toward the vault as Miss Knoll addressed her.
"Well, if it is, shall we return to the main hall and finish up?" Quazi nodded., There was the ledger and the fee for the vault to discuss still.
Allow Miss Knoll to fully exit from the vault, Quazi moved to close the vault door. Once the first click was heard, she placed the key back in to the hole and turned it. Securing the vault again, she mumbled something under her breath as she ran a finger counter-clockwise in an arc over the key hole. Removing the key, she turned to Miss Knoll and placed the key in her hand.
"Back to the surface we shall go."
Motioning back to the cart, she nodded as she waited for her to enter before entering herself and settling back into her seat. The trip back to the surface was just as long as the trip down, but oddly if never felt so. Relaxing a bit, once Quazi was sure that everyone was securely inside, the cart began its journey back toward the
main hall.
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Maggie, though apprehensive at first, became slightly more comfortable as the ride went on. Luckily, she had accurately guessed that the trip would take awhile and had planned it so that she had a few hours allotted to visiting Gringotts. She knew she would be making the trip every so often for work and would have to get used to it nonetheless.
Being as their journey was going to be a while, Quazi sat back and relaxed. The cart had a course of its own and needed little help from the goblin at all.
Soon the cart zoomed pass the 600's and back into the darkness as it dropped and entered another series of embankments and turns before entering the next level of vaults.
Just as the 600's, they flew by the 700's and then the 800's. The only sign of them was but a blur of faint light as the cart picked up speed once again. Soon the cart came upon the 900's and just as the other levels, it moved by it with little trouble at all. The faint growling of Bunny could be heard echoing from the wall, but they were at this point traveling further away from the dragon. They were safe for the moment. The journey was entering its third hour and their journey was so close to its end.
Cresting yet another hill, the cart took another dive as it rocketed its way toward the 1000's and the
next level of vaults.
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