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WEASLEY, ron b. (pigwidgeoned) wrote in pandorarpg,
@ 2012-01-03 21:14:00

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!status: complete, ^date: november 10 2003, character: percy weasley, character: ron weasley

Characters: Percy Weasley & Ron Weasley
Setting: Percy's flat, Kinnerton Court, 10 November 2003, 5:03pm
Rating: PG for language and freakouts
Summary: Ron comes to tell Percy about Penelope's death.

Ron felt completely drained and overly exhausted already. His day had been too bloody eventful for his liking. It started out with the prank of embarrassing proportions that he knew he'd be hearing about around the office for too many sodding weeks to come that George claimed he had nothing to do with. Even on a normal day this would have been enough to send Ron home. But he still had his planned meeting with Penelope that he couldn't bunk off, especially if it was true that her brother had been killed by a witch and it fit into the patterns of the murders. But when Penelope did not show up for their meeting and the lady at Obscurus Books told him that was not a normal occurrence he began to get worried and asked for the address to her flat so he could check for her there. Ron did find Penelope at Dittany Heights, but he was already too late to save her. She was drawing her last breaths by the time he arrived and he was busy trying not to be killed by her attacker as well. She let him live and he was able to see a lot of helpful information, but he did not capture Penelope's killer and worst of all, Penelope did not live through the ordeal.

Ron then had to report all of this to Gaskin which took at least an hour, after which he was released for the rest of the day once he went by St. Mungo's to have his leg properly healed. This was his next stop and while it did not take that long, it was all the hustle and bustle that tired him out and the dread that he was getting closer to the errand he didn't want to make but knew that he had to. It was only one day ago that his brother had asked him to speak to Penelope and now she was dead and Ron had to let him know about it. It seemed to Ron like yesterday was the first time he had heard Percy mention his ex-girlfriend since the time they had still been dating. He didn't know what that meant exactly, but if he had only recently begun speaking to her again only to lose her now - well Ron hated to think of it.

He apparated to Kinnerton Court, Devon outside of his brother's flat. Ron had not come here very often and his appearance was certainly not going to forebode anything good to Percy. He saw the pieces on his mental chessboard moving - his brother jumping to the conclusion that someone in the family had been harmed. He shook his head, trying to get that off his board because that wasn't true and he didn't need it cluttering his checkered spaces or making him worry too much. Everyone in the family was fine. But what if Percy wasn't because of his nightmare connection to Penelope?

Ron hurriedly moved up the landing and knocked heavily on Percy's door. "Perce? Open up already, it's Ron!" He fidgeted and pulled out his wand, worry creasing his brow. He banged on the door again. "Percy, are you alright?" Ron was two seconds away from trying to break through Percy's wards now.

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youngestmformev
2012-01-08 03:23 am UTC (link)

Percy sighed, not wanting to get into a discussion over his choices in life, if there had really been any. Molly had imparted on Percy from a very young age how important it had been to watch out for his younger siblings, from the first war to Bill and Charlie's departures for Hogwarts, to Ron and Ginny going themselves as Percy was left the eldest sibling left home after the eldest two had escaped for Romania and Egypt. There had been times he'd been tempted to escape as well, but he hadn't, feeling stronger than ever that he was needed at home. It was a lot of pressure to put upon someone, especially when his siblings didn't care at all for it. But then, that had been a long time ago, and Percy had no wish to talk about it now, not yet anyhow.

He looked up in shock and confusion when Ron started talking about hit wizards. "What do you mean, just in case?" He narrowed his eyes, the Senior Undersecretary again coming out to make a point. "There is no reason to think whoever did this is coming after me next. That would simply be a waste of resources, keeping them from being available to save whoever is the next target. And besides, I spend most of my time at the Ministry. Security has improved since the other week. I'll be fine there."

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pigwidgeoned
2012-01-08 03:47 am UTC (link)

Ron shifted his weight back and forth, wondering how he was supposed to approach this. Percy may have been used to Hermione, Ron and Harry sticking their noses into things that didn't necessarily concern them, but he didn't know about the entirety of the DA or the fact that Lavender had shared Penelope's dream connection with the lot of them. How was he supposed to convey his concern without giving that information away? Especially when Lavender had not even given out Percy's name to the DA, only said that it had been a previous boyfriend of hers. It was Ron who had finally made the connection at the Burrow when they were informed that Percy was having the nightmares too.

Maybe Ron should have thought this through better. He should have just had the hit wizards set on Percy in secret and not told him at all. But Percy wasn't stupid, he'd have noticed them and he'd be asking questions. Ron decided to play a card he normally didn't play that often with his family just to get around telling the truth because he didn't want to divulge any information about the DA. It wasn't that he didn't trust Percy, but they had made no agreements about letting any new people know about them so he couldn't betray their trust.

"I can't really comment to you about the investigation, Perce, seeing as how it's newly open and the official investigators haven't even been chosen yet, but I can promise you that I wouldn't be requesting this if I didn't think it was warranted. I just wanted you to know beforehand." Ron took a sip of his tea then to hide the fact that he really hated saying that sort of thing. It sounded so ridiculous to him, but it was the only way he could get himself out of this hole.

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youngestmformev
2012-01-08 04:11 am UTC (link)

Percy took umbrage at the mere idea of his younger brother using his job against him. Not that Percy wouldn't have done the same had their positions been reversed, but that was besides the point.

"Is that so?" he huffed. "Well, I'll have a talk with Gaskin tomorrow and explain to him how it is absolutely unnecessary. Protective escort, I think not! Even if I were in danger, I fought in the Battle myself, you know, and I handled myself rather well, for your information."

So well that he'd killed two Death Eaters who'd gotten in his way on his chase after Rookwood, something he'd tried to forget over the years, as it simply added two more to the death toll he'd been responsible for over the years.

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