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Percy Ignatius Weasley ([info]youngestmformev) wrote in [info]pandorarpg,
@ 2011-12-26 11:22:00

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Entry tags:!status: complete, ^date: november 09 2003, character: george weasley, character: hermione granger, character: percy weasley, character: ron weasley

Who: Percy Weasley & OPEN TO ALL WEASLEYS (Biological and honourary)
What: Sunday Brunch at the Burrow
Where: The Burrow
When: November 9, 11 AM
Rating: PGish




In five years, Percy had yet to miss Sunday Brunch with his family. After the regretful events of the past, and the loss of Fred, he had promised to himself and his mother that he would come, and he always did, even when he was sick or tired due to a late night doing paperwork. Even when he felt at his worst and didn't want his family to see him that way, he came. Perhaps it was a sort of penance, or simply a man doing his duty - or perhaps it was nothing more than a boy's need to be with his Mum.

Whichever it was, there he was, as usual, trying to get his mother to allow him to help her in the kitchen while she proceeded to force him to sit at the table, declaring he was (again) far too thin and needed some good food in him. As he sat down, he was met by a knowing look from his father, as if to say You know better than to argue with her, why else do you think I spend so much time with my plugs?

As a heaping plate of food was placed before him, he sighed, but was thankful for small favours, for in the melee, at least neither of them had mentioned hearing about his little faux pas the morning before. The last thing he needed was a lecture from his Mum.


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[info]youngestmformev
2011-12-26 10:44 pm UTC (link)
Percy had bristled at the knowing look from George, but had maintained his concentration on his food. He knew that if he didn't make a sufficient dent in it, his mother would fret terribly. She didn't know about the nightmares - neither the recent ones of dismemberment, nor the longer-lasting ones of Fred's death - and he planned on keeping it that way.

He nodded to Ron and Hermione as they each entered and were given plates from Molly, who shortly thereafter left to answer an owl. Seeing her gone, his Dad politely excused himself for a couple of minutes so that he could 'attend to something' in the shed.

Percy assumed he'd gotten some sort of new Muggle item that he simply couldn't wait to disassemble.

"So Hermione," he began, addressing the one member of his 'extended' family he had the easiest time conversing with, "have there been any new developments in your department?"

Only after he asked the question did he wince and glance at Ron, remembering what his brother had written the day before.

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[info]hermoniny
2011-12-26 10:54 pm UTC (link)
Hermione looked up at Percy's voice as she worked on the very full plate of food. She realized then that Percy wasn't part of the DA, might not even know what it was, so even though the others had been there for the discussion last night, Percy hadn't heard about her possible transfer of departments, and she had no idea what he might think, or if he'd approve of what they as a group were doing. "Nothing terribly interesting has been going on in my department," she started, unaware of what Ron had said to him the previous day. "I think a lot of my coworkers have been suffering from the nightmares. No one says anything, but they're all zombies practically. I was actually thinking of making a transfer to the Department of Mysteries, so I could help in the investigations going on. I feel a bit useless in my current job. How are things going for you?"

She leaned into Ron a little, taking comfort in his presence and hoping his bad mood wouldn't lash out at his older brother.

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[info]youngestmformev
2011-12-26 11:38 pm UTC (link)
Percy looked back down at his plate at the mention of the dreams, and unconsciously moved to rub his neck where the spot had shown up. He quickly caught himself at it and moved his hand back to his lap.

"Well, there is no excuse for zombiism at work," he insisted with his usual pomposity to cover up his true feelings on the matter. Also, he himself had not allowed it to overly affect his work. Just his non-working time.

"I'm certain you will be able to help, as the department can always use intelligent employees such as yourself. If you need any assistance in your transfer, then you have but to ask."

He quickly averted the subject from his own welfar, not fully in the proper mindset where he'd be able to obfuscate properly. "I do believe Mum has truly outdone herself with these potatoes."

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[info]prankstrinchief
2011-12-26 11:48 pm UTC (link)
George noticed Percy touching his neck, and remembered the spot he said he'd found there, and of course blamed on George. While he'd taken responsibility for it originally, now that he knew it was something more serious, he made a mental not to pull Percy aside later and talk to him about it. He was worried about his brother, but knew Percy wouldn't appreciate it being brought up in front of others. "Come on, everyone deserves a break with what's been going on," he said in response to Percy's first comment. "I've had to send a few of my employees home over the last few days because they've been jumping at shadows due to their dreams. Real pain, but I don't want them to run themselves into the ground either." He took a few large bites as the others continued talking.

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[info]pigwidgeoned
2011-12-27 12:05 am UTC (link)
Ron looked over at Percy when he mentioned Hermione's work at the Ministry. He saw Percy look at him and for a moment wondered if it had something to do with his comment in George's margins. He'd almost forgotten about it with all the other things that had happened at the meeting. This past week Ron would have said something to Percy, but after last night, this Ron was supposed to be trying harder at not being such an arse, so he kept his mouth shut, even with Percy made mention of it not being okay for employees to be so off at work, despite having the nightmares. It wasn't fair for him to say that, but it wasn't Ron's place to say anything either.

"Actually, if Percy could help speed up your transfer any, 'Mione, that would be brill. I think you could use the assistance, yeah? If he's willing to help, that is." Ron gave Percy a bit of a look.

When George mentioned the shop, Ron looked over at him. "How is the shop, mate?"

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[info]youngestmformev
2011-12-27 03:52 am UTC (link)
Percy looked up in shock as Ron suggested he, of all people, could help speed up Hermione's transfer. It was true, of course, but normally he would get some sort of accusation that he was trying to use his position to look better than the rest, or some other such thing. He had long lost track of such comments, and they tended to blend together in his mind.

"Of course I am," he replied, then cleared his throat. "Hermione would be an asset."

Percy turned to George as Ron asked him about the shop. He himself had been to the shop more in the last week than in the last several months altogether, asking about this bloody spot. After Friday, however, he wondered if George was indeed just making him think he had done something, as Lavender had said all of those with the nightmares had the spots.

"If you should require a hand with the accounts again, let me know," he offered his brother, as that had been the one thing he'd managed to do to help keep the business afloat while George had been 'away'.

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[info]prankstrinchief
2011-12-27 04:03 am UTC (link)
George watched the proceedings as Hermione nodded her agreement at Percy's offer of help. She seemed a bit relieved to him, and quite happy to accept his help. That was good, George was quite sure they could figure out a great many things if Hermione was in the Department of Mysteries, not necesarily just about this particular wierdness either. She and Percy were the smartest people George knew, he was lucky to have them around, because he was frequently in need of a brain that worked at full capacity, and his rarely did.

Once the conversation turned back to him, George sat up a little straighter. "Shop's good," he said through a mouthful. He swallowed before continuing. "Actually, business is booming right now, so yea if you had time to help me out with the books Perce, that'd be ace. I bloody well hate doing that money shite. Takes all the fun out of business, having to figure out the numbers. And you two really should come around more often," he added, turning to Hermione and Ron. "Use to see you a lot more, kinda miss having familiar faces around, y'know?"

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[info]pigwidgeoned
2011-12-27 04:57 am UTC (link)
"Thanks Perce," Ron said to his older brother, trying his best to be on his best behaviour. He hadn't missed Percy's surprised look at his suggestion. Well maybe that meant he was turning things around at least.

"Do you need some help since some of your shop workers are out?" Ron asked, taking a large bite of his food. It's not like he didn't exactly have the time. Though many of the other Aurors were busy, they hadn't given Ron any of the cases and now that they were all one case, Ron couldn't consult on it because Harry's case was still included and they didn't want him involved. Not that he didn't plan on getting involved somehow. He might have all the general information that they told everyone in the DMLE but he was going to find out what they knew about Harry specifically somehow.

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[info]prankstrinchief
2011-12-27 06:18 am UTC (link)
George thought for a moment, but he wasn't usually one to turn down some help at the shop. It wasn't exactly easy to keep things running smoothly, and he was greatful to everyone in his family who helped him out over the years, it was always helpful. "Yea, that'd be great Ron, if you've got the time. I can always use more help around the shop, especially when I have to send people home. Just let me know when you'll be round. You should have the register down by now, right? My normal register girl seems to be losing her mind a bit since all this started. I feel bad for her, wish there was something I could do to help her. But a few extra days off might help."

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[info]youngestmformev
2011-12-27 10:14 pm UTC (link)
"Unfortunately, there's nothing that can be done to help," Percy interjected, staring down at his plate. "Neither sleeping draughts nor alcohol have any effect, and all that can be done is to brace one's self for the next night."

He shook his head as if suddenly remembering where he was, and with whom. "Or so I've been told."

He stood up to bring his partially empty plate to the counter. The collar of his robes were crumpled, a testament to his state of mind of late, and did nothing to hide the mark on his neck.

"But there are many who have more than simple nightmares to worry about. So many dead..." He lifted his head, looking out the window, and thought of Penny's grief. "And not just wizards, either."

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[info]hermoniny
2011-12-31 12:37 am UTC (link)
Hermione realized as he walked away, Percy was having the nightmares. The way he spoke about it, the sound of his voice, there was no denying it, and then she saw the spot on his neck, and she put a hand to her mouth and grabbed Ron's hand before she spoke, gathering her thoughts and proceeding cautiously.

"Percy," she said quietly. "On your neck, you... You have a black spot on you're neck. You're having the nightmares," she said rather than asked. After their discussion at the DA meeting last night, the spot was a connection to the nightmares. "Percy, part of the reason I'm going to the DoM is to figure out what the spots mean, why they're connected to the dreams. I'll keep you in the know about what I find out, we'll figure this out, one way or another."

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[info]pigwidgeoned
2011-12-31 03:11 am UTC (link)
Ron looked over at Percy when Hermione said he had a spot and sure enough, he could see it there on the back of his neck. Why had he not said anything to any of them? This was rather bloody important for him to not mention and if he was having nightmares that meant -

"Percy, why the hell didn't you say anything about this to us? That you were having the nightmares? What if you had been-" Not only could he not think it, he couldn't say it either. He'd just lost Harry, he'd already lost Fred, now he was supposed to lose Percy too? This was absolute bullshite. Ron was getting really fucking tired of everyone dying around him. He slammed his free hand on the table, though his face wasn't contorted in anger, but sadness.

"No, 'Mione's right. We're going to figure this out so you haven't got anything to worry about, yeah?"

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[info]youngestmformev
2011-12-31 03:30 am UTC (link)
Percy stiffened as they spoke their conclusions. Suddenly self-conscious about the spot, he reached up to straighten out his collar in an effort to hide it from view.

"At no time did I state I was having nightmares of any kind," he argued, his face stiff, but still facing away from his family. "And even if I were, it would be nobody's business but my own."

He turned a knob on the sink to start filling it with water, intending to wash the dishes to give him something else to focus on. "If you want to help, bring me your dishes so Mum doesn't have to do the cleaning."

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