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maude wilkes ([info]milkes) wrote in [info]scotopia,
@ 2008-05-09 23:41:00

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WHO Maude Wilkes (under the alias Marie Widderley, the identity of a plain dark-haired girl she murdered three weeks prior) and Edgar Bones
WHAT Maude's capture
WHERE Diagon Alley
WHEN May 9, 1978 around midday.

Maude was used to taking the polyjuice potions now, and so accustomed to the disgusting taste of the potion (a revolting combination of cabbage and cigarette smoke, in case you wondered) that she barely gagged on the aftertaste anymore. That wasn't to say that she resented the necessity of a disguise, because she most certainly did, and took only as many potions as needed to ensure that she never again looked like her former self. No one acknowledged the dark-haired girl who walked among them, and no one knew who she was, which was entirely the point, but Maude liked being herself and especially looking like herself. In her mind she fancied herself a celebrity, and she enjoyed that bit of ignominy that she so recently acquired. She hated the punishments and she hated having to disguise herself now. What was Maude Wilkes--or Marie Widderley, as she is now called--doing today? She had clapped her hands in excitement when she was issued deliberate orders to head into Diagon Alley and acquire several Dark artifacts from a small bookshop owned by one Justus Travers. She deposited the items into a pocket without much in the way of actually speaking to her fellow Death Eater but a bare nod of the head, and quickly left to avoid confrontation.

As she made her way through the crowded streets at noon-time, Maude took note of the countless posters throughout the village that beheld her photograph. She watched with increasing forlornness as her poster-self made faces and mouthed passionate words at the passers-by who stared. She increased her pace, because she wanted to get out of London soon, but as she fingered the coins in her pocket--the remaining allowance of her birthday--she felt the immediate urge to spend them. She might stop by Fortescue's shop, in congratulations of a job well done. Maude eyed the windows to the bookshop, looking for those suspicious, always-watching eyes of Justus Travers. Sufficiently satisfied that she was not under surveillance, nor was she in any danger of being tattled upon, Maude turned on heel and stalked off towards the ice cream parlor.

As she enjoyed her cone of ice cream, Maude became increasingly aware of the stares she was receiving. "Mama, isn't that the girl from the poster?" Maude turned and saw a little boy not more than five years of age as he tugged on his mother's robes and pointed at Maude. Maude gasped and glanced at her reflection in the mirror; her old countenance was returning and the pretty looks of the late Marie Widderley faded with each second. The potion had worn off. She dropped the cone that she had just purchased with her remaining funds and bolted from the parlor, pushing and shoving any person who dared stand in her way. She didn't even think to draw her wand, even as she tripped over the curb and barreled into a burly man. She mumbled "Sorry" as she did so, and realized just how silly a thing it was to apologize under the circumstances. Stupid thing to say. Stupid Maude Wilkes.


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[info]edgarr
2008-05-09 11:38 pm UTC (link)
"But Daddy, Mrs Dolly needs me." Abigail had told Edgar, ever so matter-of-factly, during breakfast that morning. "You must come home with her." When he asked his daughter where she had left Mrs Dolly during their Diagon Alley adventure, she responded with "Floorshoes." Edgar had looked at his wife helplessly, who mouthed "Flourish and Blott's" and Edgar left home that morning with the promise that he would not return without Abigail's little doll.

This was why Edgar now rushed through Diagon Alley trying to find a single store that sold a replica of the doll that once belonged to his daughter. The workers at Flourish and Blott's had not found Mrs Dolly while they were closing the store the night before, and after using his entire break to search every inch of the store, Edgar was forced to find an alternative. He knew full well the fit Abigail would throw when he came home with a Mrs Dolly who was not her Mrs Dolly, but all hell would break loose if he came home empty-handed. Though he was already running late, Edgar ran in and out of several stores, having been let down in every single one. He knew he only had enough time for one last shop before his absence would be noticed and held hope that this would be the one.

He saw a figure fall in front of him, towards him, and he instinctively put his arms out to catch whoever it was, mostly to shield himself. It didn't work and the girl ran into him and, though he would definitely leave this bit out if he ever retold the story, knocked a bit of the wind out of him. He looked down to give her an "it's all right, lass" and send her on her way, but was unable to let her go when he saw her face. It was the face that he, along with the rest of the auror office, had been staring at for the past two months. The face was familiar, yes, but the voice was one he had heard before, as well. It, of course, held far less malice and contempt than the last time he had heard it, but it was unmistakably the same voice. "That's all right, Maude Wilkes," He said, a bit too breezily, "you do know you're a wanted criminal, don't you? Wandering around Diagon Alley seems a bit unwise."

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[info]milkes
2008-05-10 12:05 am UTC (link)
Maude recognized the man she had just throw herself at. He was an Auror, she'd noticed him in the battles and on the day she and Bellatrix had murdered the secretary, she had seen a photograph seated on his desk--a photograph of him and what she presumed to be his family. She didn't have a name to match with the face, so she tried to wrench herself from his firm grasp and ignored his sarcastic barb.

She had no time to waste, as Maude felt the rush of infinite dread and panic from the thoughts tHAt raced through her mind: It's all happening all over again. Bellatrix is going to kill me. I am not going to escape by myself. They are going to capture and kill me. She drew her wand from her inner pocket and turned it on the man who now posed such a danger to her. She had to escape, or she would die, she was so sure of this. She murmured a quiet "Incendio," and lent the fire upon the hand that held her.

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[info]edgarr
2008-05-10 12:57 am UTC (link)
There was a painful, burning sensation on Edgar's hand that made him release Maude with an exclamation of "ow!" as he put it out with an extinguishing spell. He regretted letting go of her, however momentarily it was, because he had allowed her that time to escape. Making a fuss in the middle of Diagon Alley was the last thing he wanted, but letting Maude Wilkes get away from the Ministry again was something he wanted even less.

"Petrificus Totalus," he aimed in her direction, and added "Incarcerous," just for good measure. Before checking to see what damage his spells had done, Edgar grabbed a man who had stopped to stare and shoved a few galleons in his hand. "Do me a favor, would you? Send an owl to Rufus Scrimgeour at the Ministry of Magic. Tell him Bones has Maude Wilkes. Buy an owl if you have to." Seeing the man run off in the direction of Eeylops Owl Emporium, Edgar focused his attention on Wilkes again, and ran in the direction he had fired the spells and hoped with all his might that he had gotten her.

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[info]milkes
2008-05-10 01:21 am UTC (link)
Edgar Bones's total body-binding spell had missed Maude completely, but the incarcerous spell hit her right in the chest and she fell to the ground as vine-like ropes bound around her body, pinning legs together and arms to her sides. She still had complete control over her vocals, which she immediately took to use. "Stay away!" she screamed at him and every single person who had crowded around to see. "Stay away, or I'll kill you all!" She let out an ear-piercing wail. "Just leave me alone!" She hadn't done anything that these Aurors weren't doing. How many of her Death Eaters had been killed at the hands of the Ministry? Swears and curses flew from her mouth as she damned the Auror's existence and all of the people she had promised to kill.

When threats failed to release her, Maude turned on a dime and took to pleading, the tears streaming down her face. To her complete surprise, they were genuine tears. From weeks of being pent up with the slipping mind of Bellatrix Black, Maude could cry without being punished even more. "Please, sir," she looked up in the Auror's direction, and she sobbed aloud. "Please don't hurt me, don't kill me, please!" For good measure, she added with a waver in her voice, "I don't want to die."

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[info]edgarr
2008-05-10 02:07 am UTC (link)
Merlin's beard, she had some mouth on her. She would end up scaring away the entire street at this rate, which actually wouldn't be such a bad idea, Edgar realized. The more civilians that were around, the more innocent people who stood chance of being hurt, or worse. Edgar let her scream and shout, hoping she would tire herself out eventually. Then she started crying. Yes, she was a Death Eater responsible for numerous deaths, but she was still just a girl not even old enough to be out of school.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey," Edgar said in what he hoped was a soothing tone as he crouched down next to her, "I'm not going to kill you, I promise. And I promise I won't hurt you as long as you don't try anything against me or anyone else here. I just need you to calm down, all right? You're going to have to go to the Ministry with me and answer a few questions, but as long as you cooperate, everything will be just fine." This was all a bit strange to Edgar -- He didn't really make it a habit to console Death Eaters, but he really, genuinely didn't think much harm could come of it.

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[info]escrimeur
2008-05-10 02:45 am UTC (link)
Maude could do nothing but cry at the mercy of the Auror who knelt beside her. She was incapacitated, could not move from the ropes that bound her or even reach her wand to retaliate. She could do nothing but wait as backup Aurors arrived to aid the man who held her captive in the middle of Diagon Alley. It didn't take them very long, a handful of wizards in scarlet robes apparating on the scene and rushing forward. Maude glared at them through her tears, wholly incapable of doing anything else.

"Is this her, then?" she heard a man's voice. Suddenly, any sunlight that she might have had was blocked out by the features of a man older than the rest of them. He had the appearance of a lion with tawny hair and bushy eyebrows which crouched over his yellowed eyes, nearly endangering them to extinction. He narrowed his eyes at her, as if inspecting her carefully. Maude merely glared hatefully, seething rage marking all words lost. "Ah. Yes. Excellent work, Bones," he turned his head and offered a weak smile to said Bones, a smile that was clearly unpracticed for several years at least. "You can bet you'll be rewarded for this one," he jerked a thumb in Maude's direction, and she hissed at the man who was clearly in charge of the show now.

"You can bet you'll be dead," she snarled from her position on the ground, obviously no threat to anybody, but that didn't stop her from spewing a line of curses on him and his family.

Rufus Scrimgeour merely stared her down for about ten seconds before turning to Bones, no reaction given. "Has she been like this the whole time?" And he laughed, uncharacteristic even for him at his happiest hour. Clearly Rufus was pleased at the day's events and the capture of Maude Wilkes, which he had always said was inevitable given her nature. It seemed to him that once again Maude had slipped up and given the Aurors the leg-up that they needed in their investigations. Rufus's mind was alight with all of the potential information that Maude Wilkes could offer them. Already, his mind was spinning with ways to get her to tell them all she knew, including who else was involved with the Dark Lord. He had her now, and today was the happiest Rufus had been in a long while.

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[info]edgarr
2008-05-10 03:29 am UTC (link)
Edgar felt a tremendous weight lift off his chest when the Aurors arrived. Not that he had really needed backup, but it was nice knowing they were there in case he did. He heard Scrimgeour come up behind him and ask if this was her, to which he responded with a "yes, sir" which seemed to get lost amidst the chaos all around -- Reporters wanting quotations for a story, civilians wanting to know what was going on, and Aurors trying to restrain them.

It was nearly impressive, how she still managed to throw more curses around -- It seemed she hadn't been done, after all. "More or less," he had started to respond to Scrimgeour's question when he was stopped short by something jolting -- Scrimgeour's laughter. It was terribly foreign and to be quite honest, it made Edgar feel very funny inside and he worried that Scrimgeour had finally lost it. He chose to ignore it, however, since he didn't know entirely how to deal with it and slipped Wilkes' wand out from under the ropes and handed it to the Head Auror as he stood. He wanted to eliminate any chance of her trying something and ending up dead. Not only had he promised not to kill her, but if she died, so did their only shot at getting information on You-Know-Who.

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