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Halo's Cast (cast_no_shadow) wrote in mistaken_pieces,
@ 2008-12-26 17:31:00

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! rp, - 2020 august, - malfoy household, [player: halo], [player: jade], aries malfoy, scorpius malfoy

Lost books?
Who: Scorpius, Aries
When: August 26th, 2020, early evening
Where: Malfoy Manor
Status: Completed
Summary: When he decides to look something up in a textbook, Scorpius notices that his charms text is gone. He attempts to track it down by finding what his siblings are up to, and simply assumes it was Aries' doing. The confrontation with his brother leads to a dead end, so he leaves - but watches Aries' room until Aries leaves. He searches Aries' room and comes up empty handed, but encounters his brother chucking the book into a potted plant. The two have another mild confrontation and Scorpius points out that if Aries wants to read up on Charms, he has his own text, which will help him understand the spells better. Aries heads off - perhaps to do just that - and Scorpius retreats to his room.

He wouldn't have noticed at all if he hadn't had the inclination to look up something in one of his text books. He wasn't generally much for reading ahead, but he'd started thinking and it had gone on a tangent.

So he'd rummaged through his mostly-packed trunk to look for his new Charms text, and frowned when he failed to find it.

Oh, he had all the rest of them, but not his Charms book. Come to think of it, the books looked out of order, too.

The list of suspects was very, very narrow. His parents wouldn't bother, which left his siblings. Libra generally knew better, but could be dared into things ... but either way, that put Aries behind it.

Rolling his eyes, absolutely certain it had been stolen and not merely misplaced, Scorpius stormed out into the hallway to look for his siblings.

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ignorant_bliss
2008-12-26 08:04 pm UTC (link)

Aries had found the textbook earlier in the day and taken it back to his room to have a good read. It hadn't even occurred to him that he might need to ask Scorpius for the book. After all... was it Scorpius who had paid for it?

Not to Aries' knowledge. He imagined their father had bought it. And if their father had bought it, then Aries had just as much right to it, yes?

That was his way of thinking on it, anyway.

Just in case Scorpius didn't see it this way, he had drawn the curtains around his bed while he read to keep Scorpius from accidentally spotting him with it.

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cast_no_shadow
2008-12-26 08:08 pm UTC (link)

He listened for the tell-tale footfalls, or Libra's giggle that would indicate the missing book was part of a joke. His lips pursed in annoyance before he roamed down to his sister's room, peeking in to see if she was there, or if the book was - but he doubted Libra was behind it.

Not with this being Aries' first year.

Scorpius sighed before he turned down the hall toward Aries' room, rapping on the door frame, he let himself in. "If you've got my book, you've got all of ten seconds to toss it out before I tell dad you've been going through my things."

	cast_no_shadow 2008-12-26 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	Scorpius was standing at the top of the stairs when Aries started to head back up. Given the angle, he'd seen the book-toss, and he smirked as he leaned against the banister. "Something you want to share, brother dearest?" His arms crossed over his chest as he regarded his sib before he turned to lean against the wall, tilting his chin to keep his eyes on Aries. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cast_no_shadow 2008-12-26 10:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Feeding it," he echoed. "So if I go down there and look, my charms book won't be in the pot?" He started to move down the stairs, intending to inspect the plant and fully expecting Aries to impede him. "And where do you think Libra learned it from?" Though that was hardly the case. Their sister was just ... naturally sneaky. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cast_no_shadow 2008-12-26 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	He smirked as he tried to move around his little brother. "Who would have transfigured it then? You? Mum? Dad? Or is Libra doing advanced magic now?" Shifting to put his back to the banister, he tried to slide past Aries - lifting him out of the way if necessary - to get down to the bottom of the stairs and head for the plant. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ignorant_bliss 2008-12-26 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	Aries scowled as he was lifted aside. He hated when that happened. Still scowling, he stalked after his brother. "Yeah," he continued, not really convinced he'd be able to stall any longer. "Libra's going to outdo us bother before she even turns nine." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)