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Tracey Davis (lacedtrace) wrote in pandorarpg,
@ 2011-11-20 20:21:00

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^date: november 03 2003, character: adrian pucey, character: tracey davis

Who: Tracey and Adrian
What: Paying respects and looking for a story
When: After the funeral and quidditch game
Where: Three Broomsticks

Tracey didn't know Harry Potter, and as a Slytherin he probably never wanted to know her, but none the less she still went to the funeral. Tracey took it as an opportunity to write a piece for the Prophet. A personal piece of how everyone was griefing and how they were affected by this tragedy.

She'd gotten more than enough notes, but she still stayed around in Three Broomsticks. She hadn't been there in awhile, and Tracey definitely needed a drink after a day like this. She was sitting up at the bar, and practicing her favourite past time. People watching. She could pick up more information for her article here as well. But mostly she was getting bored sitting by herself, and she was nursing her drink.

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lacedtrace
2011-11-21 01:49 am UTC (link)

"I didn't tell anyone I was going. It kind of turned into a last minute thing, and it was for work too. I mean, I didn't know him, but in the end I was glad to pay my respects," Tracey explained. It really was because of Harry that their world hadn't turned into something worse.

She smiled though when Adrian asked her about the article, and how he'd like to read it. Tracey did take pride in her work, so she liked it when it was appreciated. "I've taken a lot of good notes. It was actually really interesting to see how certain people behaved," she said.

"I haven't ordered anything yet, but I could. I wouldn't mind keeping you company," Tracey said offering.

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everupward
2011-11-21 03:25 am UTC (link)

"Ah," Adrian responded, nodding in understanding. Honestly, he wouldn't have been extremely likely to go to Harry's funeral were it not for the fact that it would likely have been frowned upon by the higher ups if he hadn't been in attendance. Harry was an Auror, one of their own and all that.

"So do I have to wait until the article comes out for any hints as to some of those behaviors?" As soon as he'd asked the questions, Adrian's food appeared, steaming hot and ready to eat. He didn't move to eat just yet however. "Please, feel free to keep me company for dinner," he told Tracey.

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lacedtrace
2011-11-22 07:15 am UTC (link)

"Thank you Adrian," she said beaming when he asked her to stay. She ordered the soup of the day with the waitress, since she was starting to get hungry, seeing Adrian with his meal. She pondered letting Adrian in on her notes, and she figured there was no harm. Adrian wasn't exactly a gossip.

"Well I can tell you some things," she said taking out her notes. "I kind of separated it into a few groups. Firstly, there were his closest friends who had genuine reasons to grief," she said. "Then there were the classmates, Ministry colleagues, and people who have some claim of knowing him. Depending on how close they were to Harry, the more the grief, but if they didn't really know him it was more out of respect," she explained. "And then you had everyone else. Those grieving what he represented more so than anything else, or just paying tribute to a fallen hero. Some of them were kind of excessive though, especially considering they didn't know him," Tracey said. "Nothing too scandalous. I'm sure if there were more Slytherins in attendance there would have been some inappropriate behaviour."

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everupward
2011-11-24 03:06 am UTC (link)

Polite to a fault, Adrian made no move to touch his food just yet. He instead returned to his drink, waiting until Tracey's food arrived before partaking in his own.

He raised an eyebrow as Tracey spoke, listening to what she'd found out so far. It seemed pretty par for the course, though he was obviously curious as to who fell into some of those categories. I know which of those categories I fall into," Adrian responded. "What of you? And will your article name names or be tantalisingly tenebrous?"

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lacedtrace
2011-12-06 07:58 pm UTC (link)

Tracey noticed that Adrian was waiting to eat, and she was glad that it didn't take too long for Tracey's soup to arrive. She thanked the waitress when she brought it to their table, but Tracey didn't touch it yet. She just sipped her drink pondering Adrian's questions.

"Well you did work with him, so that does make your category quite obvious," Tracey said but grinned anyway. If Tracey didn't have an assignment for work, she probably wouldn't have gone. Funerals weren't exactly social events of the season. "Well I was a classmate, but I'd say I was more of an observer of tragic history," she said her voice having some emphasis for dramatics. "I have some people cleared to mention names, but I like the sound of it being tantalizing."

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everupward
2011-12-07 04:15 pm UTC (link)

Once Tracey's food arrived, Adrian began eating. He listened as she spoke, waiting until he'd paused and he'd finished chewing and swallowing before responding. Perhaps her assessment of his category was correct. Either way he was not about to correct whatever assumption she'd made, not yet at least.

"Leaving it a bit obscure is likely to garner more interest. You might get droves of owls begging you to release more names or people suggesting they know exactly whom you meant by so-and-so." Her tone led him to believe she might well enjoy the hubbub her article could cause. Journalism seemed to be part delivering information and part garnering reaction. A good journalist knew how to blend the two well, unlike Rita Skeeter.

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