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And right after that, the Door opened again to admit a tired but relieved at being done with work Ghostbuster. He also had sore fingers. Maria was teething. And he was wondering if there was beaver in the family tree somewhere. A kid should not be able to *eat* a playpen.

He blinked and shielded his eyes at another arrival.

"Yo buddy, lay off the high beams will ya?" He yelled.

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Well, maybe not so bad, but yeah, another to add to the collection. Only he can't tell Dana he got that one on the job this time.

"Lum-what? If that means BIG FREAKING BALL OF LIGHT, then yes. Ow. Absolutely, ow. And did I mention big ball of light and ow?" Peter complained as he slowly got back up.

"Lumos," Rabastan explains. "It's a spell that creats light.

Just, not light like that."

Certainly not enough to make your eyes itch and water.

"Magic. Right. Probably would look like a penlight compared with that floodlight."

The Bar offered some aspirin and water over in this thread, and it was quickly taken as above one.

Rabastan's turn to be confused.

"Penlight? What's a penlight?"

"It's a little light? On a pen? You know? You write with one."

"No I don't. I use quills for writing with."

Pause.

"Oh. You're from the Muggle world?"

He frowned, and then belatedly remembering why the term sounded familiar. "Muggle? Ohhh, you're from that wizard world with the robes and the wands. So yeah, I am one, and from one of the *many* worlds like that. Though we did have ugly Carpathian guy who claimed to know magic show up one time. Had to put a kibosh on that dead guy's shindig."

"Yeah, though some days the wisdom of robes eludes me."

Trousers are practical.

"So do all your pens have lights?"

"Got to get stuck everywhere, and gotta be hell to clean," Peter nodded.

He shook his head, "Nope. Some just have ink, only it ends up more on your clothes then on paper."

"Just like inkwells. Scourgify takes care of the mess, but not the embarrassment."

Yes, it's happened to him before.

"Guess even that's an universal, huh?"

"Wherever there is ink and nervy teenagers there will be moments of embarrassment," he says, laughing.

It's so strange to find oneself sharing universal truths with Muggles, but he doesn't mind, not now.

"Not just ink either. Especially not when it comes to nervy teens," he said knowingly.

He's had some understandings of universals, especially since coming here.

"No. Definitely no. I've had my share of embarrassments."

Like interesting scars he got from potions accidents, or that time when he went to St. Mungo's with an elephant's trunk for a tail.

"Teenagers will always find ways to embarrass themselves or others; you don't always need an inkpot."

"Don't need magic either. Hormones are enough to guarnetee embarassment."

He flushes over that.

Every teenage boy knows all about hormones.

It had to be the reason why men and women both wore robes.

Peter's smirk is bigger now, and waggling of the eyebrows.

"I rest my case."

"Yes, you do," he says in a small voice.

How'd they go from balls of light to, well...

"I'm Rabastan Lestrange," he says.

When in doubt, go with name exchanges.

Because it's a convo with Peter Venkman? Former ladies' man of the Ghostbusters.

"Dr. Peter Venkman." As in yes, somehow this man got doctorates. Two of them. FEAR.

And just what sorts of pick-up lines did he use to win the girls over?

"'Doctor'. Does that mean you work in a Muggle hospital sewing up other Muggles?"

The mun feels its better not to ask while the pup just smirks knowingly.

Peter replied, "Nope. Not that kind of doctor. My degrees are in psychology and parapsychology."

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So much for Rabastan learning pointers...

"Oh? What does a psychologyist and a parapsychologyist do?"

"Well, I know about how minds work, and about ghosts. And this one in particular busts ghosts for a living."

"You mean like Ray? I met Ray. He was very enthusiatic about his job as ghost ... disposal ... man..."

He pauses.

"You clean out the city of ghosts too? And other magical creatures?"

"Yeah, Ray's one of my best friends. We work together."