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Tweak says, "U SAY U LOVE ME BUT YOU DON'T!"

michael corner is reluctantly growing up (mlcorner) wrote in pandorarpg,
@ 2012-01-03 23:31:00

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!status: complete, ^date: november 10 2003, character: ernie macmillan, character: lavender brown, character: michael corner

Characters: Lavender Brown, Michael Corner & Ernie Macmillan
Setting: Lavender's flat, 10 November 2003, 12:38pm
Rating: PG for language and freak outs
Summary: Breaking Lavender 'Nutter' Brown out of her own 'safe room'.

Michael Corner probably looked the complete loon, standing outside Lavender's door scribbling in his journal furiously. He felt the complete fool, talking to someone who was not but a few metres away from him but yet out of his reach thanks to magic and a few walls and whatever weird set-up Lavender had constructed for herself. Why was she so sodding paranoid? He was getting tired of waiting and he was about to toss the book and start working on these wards, sod Lavender and her safe room.

But then he saw Ernie's handwriting appear. He said he was bringing Hit Wizards, thank Merlin! Michael was a brilliant wizard, don't get him wrong, but one wizard would take quite a long time to break into that flat and he would be glad of the help as it would speed up the process completely. So he stood there waiting impatiently for Ernie and his team of Hit Wizards to arrive though he didn't quite expect their arrival to be so...eventful, to say the least.

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mlcorner
2012-01-05 06:22 pm UTC (link)

Michael was fairly certain he was going to have head trauma by the end of all this, thanks to all the times these damn hit wizards had sent him sprawling to the ground with their stupid fucking binding spells. Michael needed to stop being so careless when it came to not having his wand at the ready - he had just got used to doing a job that technically didn't require much use of one. At this rate though he was really considering a career change just so that he could get back at these bastards for all this.

And seriously, he couldn't give Ernie his piece of mind either, being silenced and all. That was the worst part about it. This had absolutely nothing to do with Michael's ego nor him wanting to be any type of hero - Ernie seriously just did not get it. He did not understand how Lavender worked at all which was all Michael had been trying to say, but no, Ernie hadn't understood that at all. He'd taken it as some sort of hope to be the rescuer or some shite. What a load of bullshite. Michael didn't care about that sort of thing nor did he even think in that sort of way - Michael didn't even think at all, he just acted which yeah, was careless in many regards, but still he knew this woman much better than Ernie ever could and he was cross that he was now stuck on the floor again without any sort of ability to do anything about it.

So now he was stuck here waiting for whatever was going on inside, which he wasn't really sure of since the yelling had stopped.

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lavishly
2012-01-05 08:23 pm UTC (link)

"Is he okay?" Still standing in her closet with the door open, Lavender was staring down the hit wizards in her line of sight. She wasn't thinking like a professional, she might not even be the most logical because right now she was at her core a scared girl who didn't think she needed to be saved. She just needed to reassured and calmed down. "And what about my stuff?"

She knew that wasn't the question any of them wanted to hear. That was classic girl, but even a jumble of everything she had a few things in this flat that made her feel more safe as well as some thing that she shouldn't just leave behind, especially if they were going to make her leave.

"Okay, fine, when do I get go back into my flat?" Even before she had that answer, she was reaching for a small box on the shelf and making a mental map to how she might be able to grab her messenger bag on the way out.

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ernsthename
2012-01-05 10:56 pm UTC (link)

"He's fine," Ernie said. "He just had to be relocated down the hallway for security purposes. You can meet with him and we can discuss this further if you will quickly make your way out of here."

"And if you do need anything, make a list, and it will be retrieved for you in short order." Ernie was concerned that it was going to take hours to find anything anywhere since some things may be a bit out of order due to the entrance and security check.

"The restoration crew should be in within the week--they'll clean up and they can add some additional wards for your protection." Ernie watched Lavender as she took a box from her shelf. "Your possessions should be safe as there will be wards in place to ensure that no one outside of authorized personnel enter your flat."

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lavishly
2012-01-06 12:21 am UTC (link)

"Within the week?" She repeated, also knowing it wasn't the point. Also not something she wanted to have out with him. Not with his outbursts from before. She held up her hand not wanting him to continue, she just wanted to see that Michael was okay and be somewhere else.

"I'll just need to grab my bag and my jacket." She had her box and she didn't even want to know what state her fish was in. Lavender let the shield charm on the closet door down, her wand still in her hand. She might not have a chance against against these hit wizards, but she wasn't going to be unarmed. Both those things were by her front door. She could be grabbed on her escort out of the flat as long and as long as she went uninterrupted she could be clear of the flat in only a few seconds.

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ernsthename
2012-01-06 12:42 am UTC (link)

It depends on how many others they have this week. I don't think there's that much going on right at the moment, so you don't need to worry too much," Ernie said.

"Quickly," he said in reply to Lavender's request, still feeling a bit of the knot of tension that typically rested in his shoulders lessen. It was so absurd that she just didn't beeline to the door. But maybe being in that closet for the period she had been hiding made her a bit go a bit funny. Ernie was still on high alert, but at least he didn't have to worry about people risking all of their lives wrecklessly.

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lavishly
2012-01-06 01:18 am UTC (link)

Lavender nodded, crossing out of bedroom quickly. She kept her gaze focused on her things near the door, her box tucked under arm. He wasn't asking her to explain and she didn't think she would have had much of an explanation. She just pulled on her jacket and picked up her bag before stepping outside of her flat. And that was almost the worst moment.

Her flat wasn't safe and apparently the world was so upside down that that one person who actually wanted to help her was bound and silenced in her hallway. She wasn't even going to think about what her non-wizarding neighbors thought about all of this. She sighed, feeling wearier still, she just wanted him to be holding her right now and that couldn't happen. "Will you let him go now?"

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ernsthename
2012-01-06 02:06 am UTC (link)

"Alright," Ern said as he followed her out of the flat. A couple of Hit Wizards stood at her side, also with their wands at the ready in case something should happen at this point. Others were positioned elsewhere in the flat, waiting tensely for their victim to be set loose.

When Lavender did finally make it out of her flat, the junior-most Hit Wizard undid the binding and silencing spells applied to Michael. Ern didn't say much more but turned into the flat to apply a series of wards to maintain the security of the flat as the others started to leave.

"Everyone accounted for, Findlay?" He asked his second-in-command before locking up.

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mlcorner
2012-01-06 02:22 am UTC (link)

Michael let out a long sigh when he was finally released from the binding and silencing spells. Despite being in them, he had been talking to himself just to pass the time, which probably made him look the loon to the hit wizard who was with him at the time. He picked himself up off the floor as quickly as he could and looked at the hit wizard who had been watching over him - the one that had removed the spells. "Thanks mate," he said, even though they had put the spells on him in the first place. He knew they were there to help them and he knew that everyone was on high alert and that he had probably caused some trouble so he was trying not to focus on them anymore and just focus on the reason he was there in the first place, which was the blonde woman in front of him.

Michael approached Lavender slowly but pointedly, now ignoring the rest of the witches and wizards around them. "Hey," he said, touching the side of her face with his hand. He rubbed her cheek with his thumb absent mindedly, holding her face so he could look into her eyes, "Are you okay, love?" He leaned down and kissed her on the forehead and then pulled her into a hug. He was surprised just how overwhelmed he was to see her and have her in his arms again. He definitely wasn't going to let her go back to that flat until they knew it was completely safe.

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lavishly
2012-01-06 03:04 am UTC (link)

Lavender didn't answer his question anymore than a nod out of the need to do something. She didn't know if she was all right or if that was a possibility. Then his arms were around her and that was good. She buried her face into the space between his neck and shoulder. It was awkward with the things in her hands, now sort of pushing into them both at odd angles, but that didn't seem to matter.

Something in her chest came undone. And the tears came wracking her whole body. She had managed to keep it together up until this moment, not letting the tears be more than a quiet presence. Only that was over now, she didn't have to be strong, or keep herself together she could just completely unravel.

That was when the box slipped from her grasp to the ground. She jumped at the sound, pulling closer to him. "Can we just get out of here?" Her words muffled, but hopefully he could figure it out.

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mlcorner
2012-01-06 03:21 am UTC (link)

He hadn't really expected her to start crying right there. He felt bad that there were people there watching while she broke down in sobs and wanted to get her out of there soon.

Michael jumped a bit at the sound of the box hitting the ground too. He was going to bend down and pick it up but Lavender started to curl into him more and he decided that she didn't find it quite that important at the moment so he let it be and wrapped his arms tightly around her waist. He heard her say something, not quite sure what it was but he could take a guess.

Michael looked at the nearest hit wizard who was standing nearby, "Alright, can we leave now?" Normally he wouldn't bother to ask but he knew Ernie was cross with him enough already so he was trying not to cause any more trouble.

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ernsthename
2012-01-06 04:10 am UTC (link)

Now that the actual duties of his job were somewhat done, Ernie had retreated into some of the more menial tasks that he'd typically request some of the more junior members of the team complete while he would file various reports.

Having more than a little bit of proof of poor mood, Ern's second-in-command, Nathaniel Findlay stood close to where the couple embraced. He was a shorter wizard with short auburn hair and a lean built and a rather sharp voice. He had initially waited next to the couple, awkwardly as a few others were working to restore the wall and the wards that they had removed to enter the flat. "Yes. We'll have to head over to the Ministry first, to file a sighting report, a quick check-up to ensure that all is well, and to draft a list of any additional items Miss. Brown may require from her flat--which can and will be forwarded to her when available." He looked over his shoulder to see that Ern was still intent on fixing up the wards.

"You don't need to worry about us, Macmillan--I'll start the paperwork on this one. Now if you will follow me out, sir and mademoiselle--I'll apparate us to the Ministry once we're outside."

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