Smiling behind his long whitened beard, blue eyes twinkled as the elderly man responded, “Ah, a quick question with an easy response.” With a slight bowing at the waist with a sweep of his arm, the smiling man identified himself, “My name, my young friend, is Dumbledore. There are many titles to go along with that name, but the one I’m most proud of is that of ‘Headmaster of Hogwarts’, a school that teaches magic to those with the ability to learn.”
Blinking at that, Ranma finally took in the elderly wizard in full. Dressed in gray robes with a few pieces of jewelry adorning his person, the man seemed much understated. She couldn’t deny the authority lying behind the bespectacled twinkling eyes which also showed true apology as he continued, “As for what I did… it was supposed to be a simple calming charm.” He frowned slightly in consternation, stroking his beard, “What should have just calmed you to coherency in fact made you act like a feline given some catnip…”
Cringing at the thought of her ‘cat self’ and any antics it could have gotten up to while high, Ranma hesitantly asked, “Err… I didn’t hurt anyone or do anything… crazy while, you know…”
Dumbledore just shook his head with a chuckle, “No, no. Once under the charm’s effect, you seemed happy enough to roll around in the grass a bit before curling up in the sun for a nap.” Gesturing towards a nearby tree, he did comment, “Fortunately, I was able to repair your ‘claw sharpening’ damage to yonder tree.” He frowned slightly as he stroked his beard once more, “The same can’t be said about the agile gnome you were chasing before I was able to cast the charm.”
“Probably Happosai”, Ranma said out loud, looking for any evidence to support her statement. Not seeing any, she asked, “Was he wearing a purple gi and carrying a sack of stolen lingerie?”
“Indeed, he was wearing such but I’m afraid he wasn’t carrying anything at the time. It might explain the chasing mob of angry women, I suppose…”, the wizard responded with a quirked brow, “With that being said, might I know who you are, young lady?”
Snapping her fingers as if just remembering something, Ranma hopped off the bench and bowed slightly towards Dumbledore, “Sorry about that. I’m Saotome Ranma of the Saotome School of Indiscriminate Grappling.”
Dumbledore’s smile grew after the introduction, “Ah, this is a very interesting coincidence for both of us, then, for I was supposed to meet up with a Saotome Ranma this afternoon.”
“You’re the curse expert Tofu-sensei set up a meeting with”, Ranma asked with questioning eyes.
With a sagely nod, the wizard said, “Indeed, I am. According to my conversations with the good doctor, I seem to be looking at one of your curses right now.”
Running a hand through her hair, Ranma blew out a breath, “Yeah, you got that right.” Locking eyes with the elderly wizard once more, she pointedly asked, “So, think you can do something about it?”
“Hmm…”, Dumbledore hummed thoughtfully as he stroked his beard yet again, “I can’t make any promises, especially before I make some sort of examination. I can say that I will try to do what I can.”
“That’s better than pretty much anything else I’ve tried so far”, Ranma responded with a shrug. “So, where you want to do this examination thing?”
“Here will be quite fine”, the snowy haired wizard replied with a smile as he opened his small handbag and started placing small devices on the park table next to him.
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