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Marlene Mckinnon (marlymckinnon) wrote in hogwarts_dawn,
@ 2021-04-21 10:18:00

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character: marlene mckinnon, character: peter pettigrew

RP: Arrival - Marlene and Open
Who: Marlene McKinnon
When: Early Afternoon - April 21st.
Where: Glanmore Peakes' Corridor - Second Floor
What: Just arrived

I'm going to be late, she thought as the Knight Bus came to a screeching halt. It was just a matter now of how late, and how bothered her mother and father would be when she came tumbling into their home. At least I'm dressed for the party, she thought with a smile, glancing at her new dress, smoothing it out with her hands, before breaking into a half run. Her shoes she carried in her hands, still wearing her less lovely working shoes.

Hurrying long she made her way up the walkway to her family home and kicked off her shoes. She grabbed at the door handle and with a slight hop began pulling on her heels as she opened the door and stumbled inside. It took a moment for it to sink in, and she blinked several times in disbelief. It wasn't her parent's home, instead she was..in Hogwarts? "What's all this now?" she blurted in confusion. There was no chance now she would be reasonably late, now she was doomed to be painfully late.

She recognized where she was immediately, although not somewhere she usually found herself during school. Making her way down the hallway she peeked around, glancing at the showcases of various beasts on display. "Hello?" she called out as she drummed her fingers on the showcases as she passed by. "Anyone?" she called out, "Hello?"

Making her way along she stopped to stand in front of the portrait of Glanmore Peakes. She could always ask Peakes, she figured. What did she have to lose?

"Peakes, be a good chap. I don't suppose you'd mind telling me what's going on here?" She asked and watched as he nervously glanced around before edging out of his portrait. Marlene placed her hands on her hips, with a small huff. "That's awfully rude," she exclaimed stopping her foot. Now where to go and what to do. There didn't seem to be anyone around to ask. What a mess, she thought.

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marlymckinnon
2021-04-24 10:46 am UTC (link)

Marlene uttered a few small sobs while letting herself be pulled into a hug and for the moment allowed herself to feel the swell of her aching heart. So much loss was hard to fathom. Not just her own, but all the witches and wizards, their families and dearest friends. Death was a part of her work, and not everyone could be healed. Not every friend in the field could be saved, but she had learned long ago how to cope with the losses. Still, right now it was her loss and it stung, and the grief was crippling.

"It's an awful lot," she said taking Peter's arm once again. "It wasn't decades ago for me, it was just about to happen," she said feeling like a failure. Her whole family gone, herself too, but that came with being in the Order. That was a chance they all had to take and anything could happen. But her parents, her brothers and the guests in her family line... All gone in one fell swoop.

Marlene didn't know what she wanted to do or where she should go but she did know one thing for sure, "I'd like to see Lily," she said pushing forward. "Where to stay I can figure out later, right?"

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p__pettigrew
2021-04-24 09:41 pm UTC (link)

Peter didn't say anything, because there was nothing to say, nothing that could make the immense loss feel better. They all had to deal with their losses in their own ways, even if too many of them had chosen to ignore it, considering this like some time travel and ignoring that people had died during that time.

"I know it wasn't. I think with time, we've all started to think of it as a jump and we focus on the time that it's passed. It makes things a little better, even though it's not really better."

He nodded. "You can decide later. You can stay somewhere temporarily if you want time. We can go to the seventh floor. Lily might bet there and if not, we'll get a house-elf to find her for us." They really needed a new map, because this was too inconvenient. "Come on, let's go find her."

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