In Character

Who: Justin Finch-Fletchley and Zacharias Smith
When: Friday, 2 September, afternoon
Where: St. Mungo's
What: Zach gets injured at work
Rating: PG13/R?
Status: In progress Thread

It had become standard for the badgers of level one to work through lunch. The security detail, however, changed shifts every four hours. Zach and Robbie, among others, had taken to practically living in their offices. There was so much to do, meetings to attend, things to get done to hold the fort down. It had been a surprise when the wizards had stormed in, demanding access to the Minister's office. Had they really thought that a hostile take over would work? Perhaps they were expecting to find Level One deserted. Instead they found a group of devoted Ministry officials prepared to defend the Minister's office.

The rest happened rather quickly. There were spells fired on all sides, but before long, the leader of their group was lying dead on the floor and Zach was on the ground, clutching his left arm and blood pouring from a gash in his head.

There was a rush of movement then and before he knew what was going on, Zach found himself being fussed over by healers at St. Mungo's.

Now he felt like he was floating, smiling goofily from pain potions when he heard a knock on the door and saw Justin come in.

"Hey.." he said tiredly.

( Owl to Justin Finch-Fletchley )

( Packages are for Robert Stebbins, Justin Finch-Fletchley, and Zacharias Smith )

Who: Zach and Justin
Where: Zach's office, Level One, Ministry
What: Justin's back from Peru, the boys are settling into their new jobs, and Justin comes to talk to Zach,
When: Tuesday, 23 August, afternoon
Status: In Progress thread
Rating: PG/PG13?

Zacharias was settling into his new office adjoining the Minister's. He wasn't sure if he had the training to be a personal secretary, but now he was Amos' assistant. So he managed his schedule and was a buffer, preventing others from bother the Minister unnecessarily. It was definitely more work than his previous job, but it put him in a better political position. Let the resistance think he was still their man for now. Soon the truth would come out. When the time was right, Amos assured him.

Zach flipped through the memos coming in, sorting what the Minister needed to see and what he didn't. He almost missed the knock on the open door. Looking up, he smiled at Justin.

"Hey. Come to check out the new office?" he asked casually.

( Owls to Zach, Eva, Susan, and Alicia and Hufflepuffs/DA )

Who: Justin Finch-Fletchley and Eva Montgomery
When: Tuesday, 9 August, nighttime
Where: Walking around London/Islington
What: An attempt at being normal.
Status: In-progress
Rating: PG-13 at the highest?

The charity ball had been wonderful and a nice break from everything else that had been happening. Granted, the company definitely helped with that as well as the substances said company brought to help loosen up and the wine at the ball. There had been actual dancing which was getting harder and harder to find sometimes on the charity circuit and the food available had been good. The crowd had been surprisingly younger too, so there hadn't been nearly as many as his parents' friends around to inquire about how he was or to give him the knowing and suspecting looks they did around this time of year.

The night was actually nice and the event not too far from Eva's flat, so they decided to enjoy the open air and walk home with the promise that if Eva's feet started to hurt they could always apparate or hail a cab. He offered an arm to her as they left, feeling more relaxed and comfortable in his skin than he had in a long time, but maybe that was just the drugs talking. "You were as lovely as ever, Ms. Montgomery," he said with a smile. "Even without old men about to inappropriately ogle you."

Who: Zacharias Smith, Alicia Spinnet, maybe Justin FF
When: late Thursday night, 15 July
Where: Justin's house
What: after a visit to Belby's, Zach comes 'home' to Justin's and gets a surprise.
Status: Thread, inprogress
Rating: R for language/sexual situation

Zacharias wasn't sure when it had become second nature to go to Justin's after spending time with Belby but that's what he was doing tonight. He needed a shower, and a drink, and he wouldn't mind Justin taking charge. Coming through the floo, he ran a hand through his hair.
"Whisky, shower, then rules for the night? Or rules, Whisky, shower? I vote Whisky first. "

WHO: Alicia Spinnet and Justin Finch-Fletchley
WHEN: Well past curfew on the 13th
WHERE: Leaky Cauldron
WHAT: Alicia is left out in the cold. Justin takes pity. He'll regret that.
RATING: moderate for language

( No. No. No. NO. NOOOOOOO. )

Who: George Weasley, Zacharias Smith, Justin Finch-Fletchley
What: George overhears too much information about Eva
When: Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Where: Flourish and Blotts
Rating: PG-13~?
Status: In Progress

( George's face grew quite serious as he started to read. )

WHO: Robbie Stebbins, Justin Finch-Fletchley and Zacharias Smith
WHEN: Friday, 24th June, afternoon
WHERE: Hogwarts
WHAT: The Hufflepuffs gather to toast their friend on the tenth anniversary of his death.

( The statue of Cedric Diggory stood in the grounds of the school, and there were already a few bouquets of flowers resting against the plinth. )

WHO: Robbie Stebbins, Justin Finch-Fletchley and Zacharias Smith
WHEN: Tuesday, 7th June, afternoon
WHERE: Zacharias' home
WHAT: Zacharias is undergoing the False Memory Charm

( Robbie arrived at Zacharias' in the early afternoon. The procedure was bound to take some time, there were quite a few memories to be altered. )

( arrives early Tuesday morning via Zach's personal owl (along with a bottle of 40 year old single malt scotch) )

WHO: Robbie Stebbins and Justin Finch-Fletchley
WHEN: Sunday, 5th June, evening
WHERE: Muggle pub, London
WHAT: Justin has an idea about Zacharias' memory altering

( The pub on Buxton Street was nice and quiet, not at all rowdy )

Who: Zacharias Smith and Justin Finch-Fletchley
Where: Random Muggle pub in London
When: Tuesday, 31 May 2005
What: Plotting and Gossiping.
Status: In-Progress thread
Rating: PG-13 probably

Zacharias had spent the night in St. Mungo's, keeping watch in Diggory's room. He got relieved for a few hours today, so he went home to shower, grabbed a vial of the polyjuice to give to Robbie, and then met Justin for lunch at a pub near enough to St. Mungo's. The food was standard pub fare, but it was one of those old, dark pubs with high booths that allowed for privacy. A few added privacy charms and Zacharias felt free to let the conversation flow naturally with Justin. On the days agenda was make a list of memories to keep and memories to get rid of.

Zacharias looked at the notebook in front of him, everything from Hogwarts stayed, including the bits that involved Mandy - mostly because he hadn't thought twice about her back then, he'd been infatuated with Ginny instead. Firey little bint that she was. It seemed they only needed to go back a few years then, to when he and Mandy started shagging.

"Most of it is since the Christmas Holidays," Zacharias explained, adding lunchtime tryst where Mandy tied me up to the list of things that had to go. That had been around when he'd realised that he'd fallen for her, and when she had wanted more. Before Malfoy.
"I kind of think killing Malfoy might be a simpler solution."

WHO: Eva and Justin
WHERE: Start in the restaurant bar
WHEN: Monday Night
WHAT: After 'work' drinks
RATING: TBD

( The evening was over though and Eva wasn't quite ready to return to her life, her thoughts, her tiny little flat. )

( Owl to Mandy Boot )

Who: Zacharias Smith, Justin Finch-Fletchley & Robbie Stebbins
What: Date night. Hufflepuff Ministry boys go out for dinner & drinks to bitch about life, the universe and everything.
When: Tuesday, 26 April
Where: [Random muggle pub]

There wasn't enough drinking in Zacharias' life. There weren't enough loose, drama free women, either, but that was another story. Regardless, going out with some Hufflepuff Ministry friends for dinner and drinks sounded like a good idea. Which is the reason why Zacharias, Robbie, and Justin found themselves in the back corner of a semi-posh muggle pub in a booth to themselves. They'd cast a privacy charm around themselves once they had their food and drinks and were now simply letting loose. Besides, the inquiry about the Cannons seeker had reached their preliminary results, so Zacharias was slightly less busy. This caused for celebration.

Zacharias poured another round of ale for the boys as he leaned back in the booth.

"I think we ought to propose the Ministry put in a pub in the lobby. Considering the crap we have to deal with," Zach explained, only half serious. Mainly, he wanted to forget about stupid Mandy running the stupid resistance meaning.

WHO: Family and Friends of Terry Boot
WHAT: Terry's Memorial Service
WHEN: April 16, 2005
WHERE: Secluded beach at the White Cliffs of Dover
RATING: G-PG

( Terry and Mandy had always loved the beach. )

( to the friends & family of Terry Boot )


[OOC: Please tag in if you or your character was missed in the tags.]

( Owl to Eva )

( Owl to Mandy )