I Just Want to Be Normal

Violet Parr || Ravenclaw Alum || Auror I can't escape this hell. So many times I've tried. But I'm still caged inside.

[supershrinkingviolet]

darlingdorathea:

“Well that would be just lovely thank you- uhm.. whats your name?” she grimaced at the other. “uh…I cant fall more behind.. my room it is.” 

“My name is Violet.” She thought for a moment about including her last name, but now it felt weird. Should she have gone with Auror Parr? Ugh. “Ok. Which house are you?” 

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[supershrinkingviolet]

adventures-and-thimbles:

Wendy took a deep breath as she stared at the Hogsmeade notice board, clutching her notice to her chest. She missed Hogwarts. Of course the summer had been wonderful, and of course she loved the kids, and of course it was great to have time to work on her book. But, Wendy was a Ravenclaw. Sure, most of her affinity for her house came from her creativity, but she still valued learning immensely. And that part of her was starving. She’d managed to keep it up with reading a few books, yes, but her dilemma had caused something to occur to her: she was good at school. Not that she hadn’t known that before - that wasn’t the important part of the realization. The important part was that she could help students who needed it.

But she was nervous. She was beginning to feel like it was a key fixture of her being. Being in close contact with more people meant risking exposing her secret. Of course, part of her thought that might be a juvenile secret to keep - she was out of school, and really all she did now was work at the orphanage. Perhaps it was time to give it up. But then, maybe it wasn’t the best secret, but it was still hers. And a glorified maid at an orphanage wasn’t how she wanted to be seen. 

Wendy braced herself, then posted her notice to the board:

Need help with  your studies? 

Tutoring available for most courses, will work with your schedule.

Possible scholarships.

Really all that meant was that she’d help anyone who said they couldn’t afford a tutor for free. True, she wanted (and needed) to save up the money. But, while Wendy was practically minded, she wasn’t that way when it came to considering what others needed.

Wendy was reading over the bottom, where information about where to send an owl was, to be sure it was right (it was, she’d already read over it thrice before leaving the orphanage) when she heard the voice of someone she hadn’t noticed till then speak up.

It had been a quiet day on her shift, which Violet always appreciated. Gardner started to get itchy when things were calm for too long, which meant increased patrols, cracking down on petty comments people had given them and reopening any cold cases laying around to give himself something to do. Not so Violet. She appreciated the calm and the focus on paperwork that came with these quiet periods. 

As she strolled down the street, keeping an eye out for any potential troublemakers, she caught sight of the girl putting up the posters. The mix of boredom and curiosity had her drifting over and reading the sign on the poster. 

Not really thinking about what she was saying, she murmured, “Is it worth it to put up the sign in the middle of Hogsmeade? The students only get down once in awhile.”

[supershrinkingviolet]

darlingdorathea:

“no no please go” she said with one hand still holding onto her stomach. “I dont wish to make you ill, I will be alright. just going to finish this and head back to my room.” she winced half from pain the rest from the vile medicine going down her throat. 

Vi paused on her way back from the Headmistress’s office as she heard the girl’s comments. Her conscience pricked at her and she stepped closer. “Um, hey. You don’t look so good. Can I help you get to the infirmary? Or your room? Or something?”

[supershrinkingviolet]

hatmaker-sophie:

“I don’t mind working outdoors.  It’s quite nice weather,” Sophie smiled.  “But you are right.  I should have my wand at hand.  I’m just… not quite sure where I have placed it,” Sophie muttered as she dug through her fabrics and supplies in search of her wand.

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“If you say so.” Vi still wasn’t a fan of summer, and probably wouldn’t ever be. But she supposed it was better than mud. “So, um, what were you working on? If you don’t mind me asking.”

[supershrinkingviolet]

Sneaking Suspicions || Otis & Violet

[supershrinkingviolet]

oogieboogieman:

Otis nodded his head once in acknowledgement and looked at the picture on the counter. He pulled it closer, his brows knitting a bit. “He looks kind of familiar. I might have been bartending on a night he came in here, but I don’t remember talking to him or anything.” Otis was cool as a cucumber as he lied to the girl across the bar. He remembered that man very well, in fact. He had the guy’s wand in his collection. “Handsome man, though, it’s a shame if something bad has happened to him. Does he have family out looking for him?” He’d been under the impression no one would really miss the guy if he was gone, but he could have been wrong about all of that. Oogie wasn’t really the type to feel bad about much, if anything, but if he left an innocent kid without a father, he’d feel guilty about that. 

Violet wanted to let out an annoyed breath at his response, although she could admit that she wasn’t really annoyed with him. What she wanted was a solid lead, and he was the only person at this point who could potentially give that to her. “His girlfriend reported him missing a few days ago, and we’ve spoken to a few other concerned people.” Vi was a little confused about the relationships involved in all honestly, but she would take what she could get. “Do you remember if he spoke to anyone else? I mean, bartenders notice almost everything that happens in their space so I’ve heard. I’d appreciate any help you could give me.”

[supershrinkingviolet]

xx-mononokesan-xx:

San waited with baited breath to know what Violet’s answer would be, but once the woman smiled, San breathed a sigh of relief. She wouldn’t be stuck with a dumb cats and dumb fake sisters for at least a night. “Thank you. Thank you very much,” she said happily to Gus and Violet each. At the allowance, San took off her shoes and sat on the couch, nuzzling in as though she could fall asleep at that very moment.

As if it was a signal, Vi and Gus drifted away from each other into their more normal evening pursuits. Gus ended up in the kitchen, trying yet another new recipe to see if he and Vi could eat a decent amount, adding some more to whatever it was for San. Vi grabbed her newest ‘home’ book from the shelf and curled up on the other side of the couch to read until it as time.

[supershrinkingviolet]

xx-mononokesan-xx:

“No,” San answered quickly, though that was sort of a lie. She had a million questions she wanted to ask, but San didn’t want to impose too heavily of the two after having made them so uncomfortable with her other questions. Still, there was something she wanted. “Actually, can I stay here? Not forever, just tonight. I can sleep on the floor and you’ll never even remind I’m here. It’s just…been a long time since I’ve been with people like me.”

To be honest, in all the questions Vi had figured that she would ask, that was probably bottom of the list. But at her final question, she couldn’t help the softening of tension as she smiled gently. “Yeah. Sure. You can have the couch tonight and whenever you want it. Um, Gus is making dinner because he cooks a shit ton better than I do so you’re welcome to that too.”

[toughestalleycat-blog]

Into the Woods || Violet & Toulouse

[supershrinkingviolet]

toughestalleycat:

“They don’t know?” Toulouse said, his eyebrows raised. “How the fuck did you manage that? That’s badass,” he said, hoping he sounded more impressed than excited. 

Violet caught something in his tone, but she was so used to expecting negative things, she couldn’t think through to what it might actually be. “I was in the hospital a bunch for awhile. And I’ve already got lots of scars and I wear a lot of long sleeves. Plus I have weird eating habits. So a lot of it can be explained by my already fucked up habits.”

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[supershrinkingviolet]

xx-mononokesan-xx:

“Oh.” San sat down, feeling bad that she had caused them to feel bad. She wasn’t quite sure what either of the two words were that Violet had mentioned, but she knew that it was harmful to Gus and Violet so it harmed the pack as a whole which now included San. “I can help? I’m a good hunter, and I can get things ahead of time…” her voice trailed off as she got the feeling she couldn’t help. “And I can play games, or whatever… I think?” San couldn’t at all picture herself sitting still and playing cards once she’d transformed. She needed to run around and hunt and just do whatever her body and mind led her to do.

Violet thought about trying to explain it. San clearly hadn’t understood the English words, and Vi had no clue what the translations would be. But she’d save it for another time. San had been hit with enough this conversation and Vi had a feeling they’d have plenty of time to figure this all out. “Um. We can figure all that out later. But. Do you have any other questions for me right now?”

[supershrinkingviolet]

xx-mononokesan-xx:

San laughed, first at the idea of them playing games in the woods but then nervously as the two talked about their eating habits. “But you’re not humans,” San remarked, “you’re werewolves.” She could tell the two of them were uncomfortable. “I’m sorry, I don’t understand. You starve yourself rather than eat meat?” There was something else that Violet mentioned that San wanted to address: wolfsbane But she didn’t know how to bring it up, especially since she’d never seen the affects.

Gus started to fidget even worse. “N-no. I, um, well, I used to have, um, bulimia.” He fell silent, and she knew how hard it had been for him to make that admission. Violet shrugged and drew the attention back to herself. “I was never diagnosed anorexic, but I always drifted on the border of it. We’re both trying to get better about it, but it’s a process. So we’re not starving ourselves on purpose exactly.”

[supershrinkingviolet]

xx-mononokesan-xx:

San nodded slowly. She liked the idea of running free in the forest, but for some reason Violet’s suggestion didn’t sound too free. “So you just…run around? What about food? What about…” San paused, remembering how she would go out with her siblings to go after humans but also remembering how Violet responded the last time she brought up something similar. “Don’t you like to have a little bit of fun?”

Gus spoke up before Vi could. “Sure we do! We’ll play games while we’re there. But. Um. We don’t really. Eat.” He sort of stumbled to a halt as he came up against one of the few topics they never discussed with outsiders. Violet took over. “Gus is legally required to take wolfsbane, and I usually take it with him. As humans, both of us have, um, food issues, so we don’t usually eat as wolves. Sorry.”

[toughestalleycat-blog]

Into the Woods || Violet & Toulouse

[supershrinkingviolet]

toughestalleycat:

The weretiger blinked. The silence lingered on as he blinked again. Although it seemed as if he didn’t hear her, he had, loud and clear. Toulouse O’Malley just couldn’t seem to wrap his mind around the fact that he was sitting on the forrest floor, bonding with an auror. Him. A boy who went out of way to break every rule he could. “I didn’t,” he started, letting out somewhat of a surprised laugh. “I didn’t even know we could become aurors,” he said, figuring it was best to not sell himself out, despite pretty much showing it with his dress anyway. Though, at the same time it wasn’t a lie. He had always assumed that he would never be allowed to have a job as high up as that and simply left it at that.

Violet found herself tensing more and more in the resulting silence. She’d known what she said was pretty shocking, but, was it like, fucking end of the world shocking? She was just about to say something when he finally responded. And as soon as he did, she found herself blushing furiously. “I’m. Um. Not registered. I hadn’t registered yet, and then when I got recruited, it, um. Didn’t seem like the right time to say anything.”

[supershrinkingviolet]

Sneaking Suspicions || Otis & Violet

[supershrinkingviolet]

oogieboogieman:

Otis really needed to hire a new bartender. He liked covering the bar sometimes, sure, but every day? Not so much. He was needed in the kitchen too, and it was stretching him a bit thin. He wanted to enjoy his job, not hate it. He sighed softly and went back to cleaning glasses while they were in a slow period. He’d gotten through a good amount of them when he heard the door and turned to see a familiar young woman. She was an auror, if he remembered correctly. She’d talked with him on his birthday, but it had been strange for lack of better words. 

At her question, he looked around before nodding, drying off his hands on a towel. “Looks like you’re the only one here, so sure. What can I help you with? Would you like a drink? Or maybe some food?” He placed a hand on the bar and gestured half-heartedly to the fridges behind him and the bottles of liquor that were stacked on top of them. “I make a pretty good martini. And beers are on special tonight.”

The last thing she wanted to do was eat at the moment. She did want a drink, but as she was on duty that was going to have to wait. She’d gotten plenty of drinks in here over the years since she’d become legal to buy alcohol, and a special on beer was pretty damn tempting. But she had to get some work done first. “Um, maybe later. First, I was wondering if you could remember seeing this person?” Violet pulled out a picture and placed it on the counter top so it was easy to see. It was a white male in his late twenties, sandy blonde hair and a slightly bashful smile. There might have been something else behind it, but she could have been projecting. 

[toughestalleycat-blog]

Into the Woods || Violet & Toulouse

[supershrinkingviolet]

toughestalleycat:

Toulouse shrugged in response, never letting a moment go by when he could ‘try to play it cool’. He slid his backpack off next to the nearest tree, following suit after it. “Nothing like nature’s comfort to ease that pain,” he said as he tried to get comfortable against the bark of the tree, only adding to his sarcasm. “What’s with all the walking though? Important places to be?”

She snorted. “Nature’s comfort. Right. I’m sure that’s why we’re both out here.” She wouldn’t have called her own reasons ‘comfort’. Instead it was more an absence of the discomfort that came with being surrounded by people. “I guess you could say that. I’m, um, an auror. In town.”

[supershrinkingviolet]

xx-mononokesan-xx:

San took in all the information skeptically, but when Gus simply called Violet his friend, her face softened towards the auror. San needed a friend, even if she didn’t want to admit it, and, as it stands, this was the closest thing she was going to get. Besides, maybe Violet wasn’t just rounding up werewolves. “Okay…so what do you do for mangetsu? Hide? Something tells me you don’t hunt.”

Vi could feel the slight decrease in tension. Thank fuck Gus was here. He tended to have that effect on people, and she knew she needed all the help she could get. “Mangetsu? Uh, full moon? I’m guessing?” Context clues were giving her that much. “We usually go into the forest. It’s dangerous for most people, but it’s safe enough for us, and then we have plenty of space to run around.”

[supershrinkingviolet]

Sneaking Suspicions || Otis & Violet

Violet couldn’t believe it. She couldn’t fucking believe it. There was yet another missing person in Hogsmeade. This one wasn’t a local or a kid, so she supposed that was something, although it felt like the shittiest sort of consolation in the world. Still, she’d asked Gardner to make sure that she had the case. So far, she’d been successful at solving the cases she’d been given, and she found these kinds of cases satisfying. Well. They were satisfying when she found a person and not a body. She could only hope that would be what happened this time. 

As she walked into the Hog’s Head, she looked around the dimly lit room. The last sighting of the man came from here. But the only person in there at the moment was the bartender. Once again, Vi found herself thrown off by the scent coming off the man. But she had a job to do. “Um, excuse me, do you have a moment? I have a couple of questions to ask.”