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Tweak says, "3 hole punch"

Dean Thomas (artisgratia) wrote in pandorarpg,
@ 2012-01-18 20:26:00

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!status: complete, ^date: november 12 2003, character: dean thomas, character: ron weasley

let's see your memory
Characters: Dean and Ron
Setting: Ministry of Magic, shortly after 10:00, November 12
Summary: Dean needs to see Ron's memory so he can sketch Penelope's killer.
Rating: Worksafe

Dean woke up early enough that morning, though it took him a while to pry himself from Seamus's side. He had to go though - he was meeting Ron at the ministry to look into his memory so he could see the woman who killed Penelope Clearwater. He leaned over and kissed Seamus, murmuring an I love you in his ear before he got up, got dressed, and headed out.

He took the visitors entrance, though he really never liked flushing himself down the loo to get to the atrium. Once there though, he took off his coat and waited for Ron to meet him. He wasn't likely to get anywhere by himself, and he needed Ron to escort him, especially if they needed to use a pensieve.

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pigwidgeoned
2012-01-27 02:30 am UTC (link)

Ron nodded. "It's okay," he replied because right then it was. He couldn't remember it, thanks to having the memory in the pensieve. He couldn't lie and say that it wasn't a bit of a relief. Not having the memory in his head took a weight off his shoulders. He knew he was missing a murder because he had the memory of telling Gaskin about it afterward, but taking out the actual scene of the crime still seemed to be a cleansing experience. He needed that information though, so he knew it wouldn't last long. "It could have been worse for me and couldn't have been any worse for Penelope, I don't think."

He couldn't remember all the particulars for Penelope's murder just then, but he had told Gaskin about it so he could think of some things as though it had been someone else telling him about the experience. It was a really strange feeling, having one of your memories missing from your head, especially when you knew it was gone. "Do you think that you can get anything clear from it?" he asked Dean, remembering why they were there.

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artisgratia
2012-01-27 03:23 am UTC (link)

Dean pressed his fingers to his temple, eyes closing again to re-visualise the face of the woman he saw. He nodded. "I saw enough. More than enough." He whipped out his journal and started with some broad strokes first, going in and filling in details after. he closed his eyes off and on, re-picturing the face. He was going to draw as much as he could by memory, but he already knew he'd have to stick his head back into the pensive once more, just to confirm the details.

"Don't put that memory back just yet," he asked Ron. "I'll need to recheck when I'm done, make sure I got it right." After a moment he said quietly, "I'm glad you're all right, Ron. I don't know why she didn't- well. I'm glad she didn't kill you too. I'm just really sorry she killed Penelope." He paused a moment to have another drink of pumpkin juice, swallowing it like it was fuel.

As if he suddenly needed something else to focus on, Dean said, "I've never taken a memory out of my head before. What's it like?" His pencil continued to fly over the paper as he spoke.

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pigwidgeoned
2012-01-27 04:01 am UTC (link)

Ron nodded, not saying anything more about that. Apparently it was fairly gruesome and by what he had told Gaskin, it sounded so, but he still couldn't remember it. It felt so odd. Ron kept himself from putting the memory back in as Dean asked, though he did feel like he needed to put it back in to feel normal again.

Ron wondered if Dean was trying to distract himself or Ron, but he didn't ask. "It's weird. I can't remember the incident at all, but I know that it happened because I have talked about it with other people and I reported the whole thing to Gaskin, so I can remember giving the details of it in the report. So I have the memory of telling Gaskin about it, but I can't actually remember it. It's not normal."

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artisgratia
2012-01-29 01:57 pm UTC (link)

"That must be such a strange sensation," Dean noted with actual curiosity. To know there was a memory missing from you head, remember things surrounding the memory, but not the memory itself. How odd.

Dean took another ten minutes to finish a preliminary sketch, finish his pumpkin juice and set down the sketchpad. "All right, I'm going to have another look, make sure i got the details as right as possible, and then return your memory. If you don't mind having a look yourself at the drawing, just for further confirmation, I think we can wrap things up here shortly."

Without waiting for a reply, Dean took a deep breath, steeled himself, and went back into the pensieve. He watched again this time focusing as hard as he could on the woman's face, if only to avoid seeing what happened to Penny. There were a few little details he needed to change and he did, once he was out of the memory again. Exhaling loudly, he set down his pencil. "Right then. I'm set."

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pigwidgeoned
2012-02-01 01:24 am UTC (link)

Ron nodded in agreement. He leaned back in his chair and watched Dean work, trying not to focus on the weird feeling inside his head from the missing memory. He'd never really watched Dean draw before so it was something new for him; it was odd to see someone springing onto the page from seemingly nothing.

He leaned forward on the table when Dean spoke up again. Ron nodded. "Alright, I'll do that. I dunno how useful I'll be but I'll take a look." Ron still didn't know if there was enough to really see with the blood everywhere, but then again Ron hadn't really looked back at his own memory yet. He watched Dean stick his face back into the pensieve, wondering if he should do so himself to affirm the look of the sketch himself. He didn't like the idea of it but it would mean a better result in the end.

When Dean said he was done, Ron nodded. "Okay. Let me look at it." Ron leaned forward and stuck his face into the pensieve, loathe as he was to do so and was taken back to the afternoon when he walked in on the murder of Penelope Clearwater. He waited until the murderer came into sight and tried to focus on her face and any details of it he could possibly pick up that he might have missed the day he was actually there. When he pulled back out he looked at Dean's sketch thoughtfully. "I think it's good. Er, the nose could be a bit pointier maybe?"

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artisgratia
2012-02-01 10:10 pm UTC (link)

Dean sat back and stretched his fingers, watching as Ron looked back into his memory. He said nothing just staring between Ron and the drawing while he waited for Ron to finish.

When he did, Dean picked back up his pencil and graphite as eraser shavings flow over the page as he fixed the nose, sharpening the angles a bit. Yeah that did look more like her now. "I think we're all set here, Ron," Dean replied with a firm nod.

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pigwidgeoned
2012-02-02 11:21 pm UTC (link)

Ron nodded. He scooped the memory back out from the pensieve with his wand and replaced it back to his temple. It slowly seeped back into his head and finally he could remember everything again like he could before. "Right. Well, thanks so much for this Dean. Can we go ahead and make a copy of it for the DMLE?" If the DA and the DMLE both had copies it would be a good start for working on the case of the murderer, even though technically the DA was an unofficial group.

Ron still had no idea who the woman might be, but at least they could show the picture around and someone else might recognise her. It was certainly a good start if nothing else.

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artisgratia
2012-02-05 10:50 pm UTC (link)

Dean watched Ron put the memory back, slightly fascinated by the process. If there had been other reasons behind it, he would have liked to learn more about it, but this was not the time. "You're welcome," he replied. "And yeah, go ahead, whatever you need to do. I think the more people who see it the better, to a point. It could help someone recognise her."

Dean stood up then, suddenly anxious to leave, but at least it was done. they had the portrait. Hopefully, it would actually help. "Let me know if there's anything else I can do, all right?"

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pigwidgeoned
2012-02-07 12:22 am UTC (link)

Ron nodded in response, glad that he would be able to show the others around the DMLE the picture and hopefully get more people knowledgeable of the woman's face. He took a blank sheet of parchment and with his wand, transposed the image from Dean's sketch over to the blank parchment. Now they could make as many copies as needed.

He picked up his copy and nodded as Dean stood up; Ron handed Dean his copy. "Yeah, I will. Thanks again, mate. You're brilliant at this and I know it was shite to do it, but it was really helpful, so thanks."

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