Just off-hand...

[xp_daytripper]

Has anyone seen Professor Farouk since the blow up in New York? I know he was back here, so he's not missing-under-rubble missing, but I haven't seen him around for a few days now. Given he tends to haunt my doorstep for magic tutoring, it's a bit weird.

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[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

Maybe the dude's kitchen finally went all "RAARUGH" and his garbage disposal ate him for abuse of food.

[xp_daytripper]

I saw Yvette mentioned something about bad smells. That bad, huh?

[x-catseye.livejournal.com]

Since StinkyMan has been gone there are no more smelly stinky smells coming from his room.

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

Dude, you have NO IDEA. It was rank, and whatever he was cooking was stinky enough that he smelled like it sometimes.

[xp_daytripper]

Just out of curiosity... what sort of bad smell was it?

[x-catseye.livejournal.com]

StinkyMan smelled like SmellyPotionsGirl used to smell. Does SmellyPotionsGirl not remember what sort of bad smell that was?

[x-adrienne.livejournal.com]

Farouk's the man who follows you around whenever you visit, isn't he? Are you concerned because you miss your shadow? ;-)

Maybe he's been abducted by one of the seedy-looking men hand-delivering parcels to his room?

[xp_daytripper]

Well, no, 'cause I could never smell it unless something really went wrong with a potion while I was learning... Oh shite. Um, this is really important - does anyone remember anything odd going on with him? Say, over the last few months? Odder than normal, I mean.

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

Licorice sometimes. Uh. Lemee see what else I remember. Sage, I know there was sage, but like someone burned it with some plastic or something. Uh. I can't remember what else, but Catseye is right - it smelled like some of that stuff you used to make, but.. WAY WAY WAY WORSE. Like, your old stuff's evil twin.

[xp_daytripper]

Well, he's sort of my student. For magic stuff. Not the practicalities, since he's got all the mystical ability of a teapot, but the history and stuff. As much as is safe knowing, any how.

Seedy-looking men, huh? With parcels. Yeah, really not liking where this is going. If I was to dig up something of Farouk's, would you mind giving me a reading as to what he's been up to for the past few months? If that's all right?

[xp_daytripper]

That's because by the time you met me, I knew what I was doing.

Hmm. Definitely not liking this.

[x-adrienne.livejournal.com]

For a bottle of wine, maybe, since it's you asking.

[x-catseye.livejournal.com]

WarmSnugglyFriend is better than Catseye at knowing the human names for things. Mrrt. And yes, WarmSnugglyFriend is right, the smell is worse than SmellyPotionsGirl's smells.

[xp_daytripper]

I'll make it two. Thanks, Adri.

[x-adrienne.livejournal.com]

Don't call me 'Adri' or I'm upping my price to include cigarettes and possibly designer shoes.

[x-meggan.livejournal.com]

I've only gone near his room once since I've been back, and that was to give him a package that came for him.

I don't know what was in it. I left it at his door when he didn't answer, but I did smell something familiar. Kyle and Catseye are right--definitely seemed like a sage scent.

And...I just realized that they're right about the potion thing. It did smell a little like your stuff. Not overwhelming when I came through, though.