004 // [library, open]

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[It seems like another normal afternoon for Hermione; she's in the library with a tall stack of books, various textbooks and other nonfiction publications to help aid her studies for the upcoming examinations.

She's settling down in her chair before she reaches to pick up a book to open-- but when she attempts to turn the page, the paper sticks to her finger and refuses to let go. No, really-- it's not going anywhere.

When she finally yanks her finger away from the page, the book explodes into a shower of torn up pages.]

Oh no--!

[OOC: For the event, Hermione has been granted paper manipulation powers.]

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[Cid's seated several tables away, working on writing up something for his classes, and he doesn't look up until the book... explodes, seeing as that's generally a rather rare occurrence in these parts.

After a moment, he gets up and walks over to where Hermione is to help her... deal with her exploding book.]

Are you all right?

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[Oh, how embarrassing-- to be caught by an instructor! Hermione flushes, but she tries her best to remain poised as her hands move to sweep up all the tiny scraps of paper.]

Oh, yes, Instructor. I'm not sure what happened-- it just... exploded.

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[Cid goes to help her gather what's left of the book as well, giving her a small smile while he does so. He's not here to reprimand her, after all.]

There seem to be some disturbances in regards to people's abilities of recent--losing one in exchange for another. Perhaps such is the case here?

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[Her expression changes to one that's a mixture of worry and doubt.]

Exchanging powers? But... how is that possible?

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I do not have an answer for that, but I can only assume that it is somehow tied to time compression.

[He sweeps the papery remains into a small pile on top of the desk.]

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[Really, Hermione is almost tempted to pull out her wand and attempt to cast a spell to see if her witchcraft really is gone, but she knows better than to do that in the presence of someone not from her own world.]

It wouldn't be a permanent change, would it, Instructor Raines?

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It very well could be. [He gives her a small, wry smile.] But I'm of the belief that most of the school's population would rather that it not be.

Yourself included, if I'm not mistaken.