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[Hermione? Is very, very confused. She's read the letter over and over again until the paper has been nearly worn down from how hard her hold on it had been. The course catalog is clenched in the same hand, her bag held tightly in the other as her wand had been stuffed into the back pocket of her jeans as soon as she had read the warning about 'unusual powers' in the letter-- she's quite sure that being able to cast magic qualifies in that category and doesn't want to take her chances.

She's sitting on a bench in the lobby now, brows knit in concentration as she reads over the letter for the umpteenth time. Time Compression? By the work of a Sorceress? There's just no way-- while she doesn't doubt that some form of time magic is probable due to her experience with the Time Turner, she is quite sure that not one person is able to possess the power to be able to shift time and space completely.]

Impossible... [The word is muttered to herself mostly as she's still baffled by this completely improbable explanation as to how she has wound up in this place. And where is Ron and Harry? She looks up, the perplexed expression melting into one of worry as their current situation seems to settle back down on her shoulders.]

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Nothing that anyone knows. Nothing reliable. I'm sorry.

[She's a cute girl. He's allowed to offer sympathy under than condition.]

Since you're stuck here, would you consider helping this world out? It needs it.

[That's a rather strange request for someone who has just popped into this foreign world. Her brows are knit with confusion, obviously unsure of what he means.]

Help the world? What's happening?

[Strange, perhaps, but a good way to judge people in his mind. The world was in danger -- what could be the proper response but to deal with that danger? Even if the only way is to go through training and become a SeeD... who would walk away?]

Time compression, global political crises, threats of a Sorceress, and everything resulting. You don't know the story, I guess, if you're this new here?

['Threats of a Sorceress'? That causes Hermione to momentarily freeze up, before she tries her best to seem relaxed and calm, though she's anything but.]

I'm afraid I don't know what you speak of. Could you please explain? I really don't know anything about this world or the state of things, considering how I've just... arrived.

I'll do the best I can. I'm not of this world myself either.

[He straightens up from his generally awesome pose to a more comfortable one, clearing his throat.]

In this world, there are certain people called Sorceresses. They have the gift of magic, and pass it on from woman to woman. Twenty years ago, an incredibly powerful Sorceress cast a spell that would compress time. Squish together the past, the present, and the future. A group of heroes defeated her... but time compression is still affecting the world. It's pulling in people like you and me.

[With him so far?]

[Fascinating. Hermione hangs onto his every word, absorbing all the information; of course the little bit about magic and passing on sorcery from women to women makes her uneasy, hitting a little close to home, but she tries her best to not let it show.]

But if the heroes defeated her, why is Time Compression still in affect? Shouldn't it have ended after her defeat?

Ah, but the spell affected time itself! That one casting touched all points in time. So the spell hasn't really 'ended' because it never really had a proper beginning or end as we know it. Like crumpling a piece of paper. Even if you stop what's crumpling it, the paper won't ever be quite smoothed out again.

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