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Peter Pettigrew (p__pettigrew) wrote in hogwarts_dawn,
@ 2021-04-12 10:32:00

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character: padma patil, character: peter pettigrew

RP: Peter/Padma
Who: Peter/Padma
When: mid morning, 12 April
Where: research floor
What: they talk work

Peter wasn't surprised to see Remus when he arrived at the research floor. Head of a department or not, if there was no work, Remus wouldn't sit around doing nothing, and Peter understood. He was already bored doing nothing. "Hey, there," he told his friend. "I'm here to see a beautiful woman. I'll let you know how it goes with that idea."

With a few short words, he was on his way to find Padma. She was in one room, sitting on a big table with plenty of chairs and even more books. "Ms. Patil? I'm Peter, nice to meet you," he said, stepping inside.

He closed the door and then sat a few chairs down. "You've appropriated a lot of books already." He and Remus had spent enough hours in the library to find the spells that the Marauders needed that this seemed normal. "I'm not sure where to even start, with the memory thing. Your work, though, that's awesome. I wanted to go into the Department of Mystery and- well, not enough connections. In my time, those were as needed as your NEWTs." And apparently he was still unable to speak properly when talking to a woman when he knew for a fact that she had no interest in him and he had no interest in her. He got nervous and rambled on.

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p__pettigrew
2021-04-16 02:52 am UTC (link)

"So two beautiful women then," he said, chuckling. "I'm so glad I didn't go to school with you, because I'm not sure my heart could take it." Not that it would have mattered if they had gone to school at the same, because they'd have been interested in James and Sirius. Or maybe Lily and James in this case.

"I don't think it's possible. Human nature makes us trust the people we know. If we have to give a job, do you trust someone who maybe knows what he or she's talking about or do you trust the friends you know?" Peter knew that some things wouldn't change, no matter how further in time they traveled.

"It doesn't always end as well as it didn't for them, though," Peter said with a sigh. "Yes, but I've already spoken to Ron, and he likes the idea and he will support it with Harry, and that means more than any plan that we can present, because that would require that he listens to said plan. I figured we need to present this in a very concise way, five sentences or less," he said, laughing. "Study and prevent new temper tantrums, plus trying to predict when and where new people arrive. Okay, maybe we can sell it in two sentences. The rest- We'll the rest is really up to us."

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lotusraven
2021-04-17 03:30 pm UTC (link)

Padma chuckled and shook her head. "If you'd gone to school with us, Parvati would have been in your house and you would have become immune to her charms eventually." If only because life changed drastically as they grew up.

"To eradicate it entirely? No, it's probably not possible," she allowed. "But, to bring merit into the conversation more? I think that's not only possible, but essential if we want to avoid some of the mistakes those who came before us have made. Because it never stays just 'friends you know'. It becomes 'people you want to impress' and 'people who have power you want' and 'people you want power over'."

Peter's comments could be an understatement. "It doesn't end well for anyone," she pointed out, thinking about the 'Golden' Trio and how much they had failed, despite their heroics. "I can't end well when it's all done in a bubble as if no one else matters." But, that was irrelevant to the conversation at hand and more something for Padma to continue to assess her own thoughts on what she'd learned...or maybe truths she'd just come to finally accept...from having Hermione's memories. "True enough. If Ron supports it, Harry will at least consider it." And Ron probably knew of her own reluctance to deal with them after the memory swap. So, if he still thought it a good idea, perhaps they could work something out. "Two sentences with practical applications is about all Harry will listen to, I think. But, what I was saying about about looking into related avenues of investigation was more to the point of clarifying between us what the scope of our research is going to be. I mean, there's no time like the present, surrounded with books, to get started rather than wait for approval. Also, I think we should speak with Nott," she added, remembering, finally, that if Peter had her memories, he already knew Nott was an Unspeakable. "His work in our time could help us with those other avenues."

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p__pettigrew
2021-04-17 04:22 pm UTC (link)

"I'm not sure that's exactly how it works. Unless you're blind. In which case, maybe that's how it works." He grinned. "And in case you think I'm exaggerating, I'd like to point out to the great love story that is James and Lily. I can say with precision that being in the same house did nothing to make them immune to each other's charm."

Peter wasn't as optimist as she was. After all, she had been born rich and with family connections and where her gender might be a problem, her connection to Harry solved that. "I wished I could believe you."

He snorted. "I just meant that they survived the war. At this point, the bar is really low." Maybe it was because Peter never imagined that they would survive the war at all. "Oh in that case, I'm fine with discussing the specific with you, even now. After all, we're still free and getting a salary isn't really a priority when there is nothing to buy. I think they are underestimating people's desire to work. Or they just forget that they have to give alternatives when they fire you." He doubted that Harry would remember until they brought this little project up. "Yes, Nott, we can definitely talk to him, but I sense some kind of problem there, with Harry. Maybe we want to make it official before we reach out to him. Gryffindors, we like things to be nice and easy," he said, grinning, but he had a feeling that if they went too fast, Harry might put a stop to it. "Until then, It can be our own little secret. Now, what do you say that we start working."

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