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Millicent Bulstrode (reinventingmils) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2015-07-14 21:38:00

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Journal: And Carry On

[Warded for privacy and set with a trio of very strong hexes.]

I never want to be a devotee of Ares if this is how he thrives.

I can't sleep through the night now. I think Lucy suspects. Rich almost certainly does. Gods help me if the sound wards fail, because then Theo will hear, and I can't bear putting him through this too. I can't ask for more Dreamless Sleep so soon after my last order. Dora's breathing techniques help a little, but not enough. All I can see when I close my eyes is blood. And green. No one can hear me, everything's slow. I see Rich and Lucy and Alicia now, too, besides the others, and I never did before. I keep dreaming I'm caught underground, surrounded by angry Fire and Earth spirits, and they always scream in languages I've never heard before. Keep telling me I should have made different choices, or that I can't save them now. Who is "them?" I'm so afraid it's the boys. Or Adi. I couldn't save Draco, or Theo, or Dora. I didn't choose to be Marked, but there's still a snake on my forehead other people can see, and that's half the same, isn't it? Not a traitor, but close. House of the Snake. I know more than one of the volunteers down at the Muggle office from our world, and that they're waiting for me to show my scales. Some cultures think snakes can be good things. Why isn't ours one of them?

I don't remember half of what I told Dora the day of the attack, and it worries me.

Do not forget:
Wednesday
0930 Meeting with Lucille -- Montmartre -- contract for the new vineyard -- bring the cerulean folders
1045 Meeting with Marc -- Le Havre -- updates on the new housing development -- bring roses for his wife and the new baby
1630 Tea with Jeanne -- Neuwiller-lès-Saverne -- report on the new strain of mandrakes
1800 Family dinner -- Yellow Room -- wear the purple dress

[End ward.]

[Warded to Adrian and Rich.]

I have a strange favour to ask. Can you make me a list of Muggle music artists I should know if I'm going to keep from sticking out like a cabbage on a rose bush?

[End ward.]

[Warded to Dora.]

I'm thinking of growing my hair out. What do you think?

[End ward.]

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	Mils the_richard 2015-07-15 03:41 am UTC (link)
	Not a simple answer. What genre do you prefer in the wizarding world? I'll try to come up with a similar muggle sound. (Reply to this) (Thread)

Rich

reinventingmils
2015-07-16 12:03 am UTC (link)

A mixture. Rock, classical, and what Miranda in the New York office says is called "easy listening." I like the Police (Muggles call their bands strange things, don't they?), for one, though I could take or leave AC/DC. I had to tell her my parents had rules on what we could listen to, growing up, so she wouldn't ask too many questions.

~~But I'm still a fish out of water.~~

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Mils

the_richard
2015-07-16 11:22 pm UTC (link)

Classic rock - and something more than drums and noise, I'd say look into Cheap Trick, Fleetwood Mac, Humble Pie, Led Zepplin, and of course the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and early David Bowie. You should probably take a listen to some 'thinking man's rock' like Boston, Yes, Styx, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Meatloaf, and a few others that will no doubt come to me tonight.

Classical light, the Boston Pops in the Fiedler days. Real classic look into the London Philharmonic when John Williams was there.

Easy listening always brings to mind muggle elevator music to me. Montovani and the 1001 Strings are the only names i can think of offhand.

I have a fairly eclectic music collection at the house if you want to delve. I've found most muggles are fairly devoted to one genre and frequently to only one band. A little general knowledge and some specific knowledge about a band or two will go a long way.

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	Warded pandacharms 2015-07-15 11:09 am UTC (link)
	You'd look great with longer hair, I think, though short is also cute on you (I could never pull it off). How are you doing, darling? You're welcome to come over any time. I'm up all hours generally, as you know. Anything I can do to help with all the fundraising stuff? (Reply to this)