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EDGECOMBE, marietta c. (edgecombed) wrote in pandorarpg,
@ 2012-01-29 01:21:00

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!status: complete, ^date: november 13 2003, character: anthony goldstein, character: marietta edgecombe, character: michael corner

Characters: Michael Corner, Marietta Edgecombe & Anthony Goldstein
Setting: Diagon Alley, Flourish and Blotts, 13 November 2003, 1:23pm
Rating: PG-13 for language probably
Summary: Chance run-in that will probably result in arguing and disgruntled ex-DA friendlies.

Since the Kissed were mostly getting cleaned up by now, Marietta found it a fine time to stroll about Diagon Alley to see the mess they might have made. It was interesting to see something you had been involved in creating chaos across the wizarding world. A lot of the store fronts had been torn to pieces and there were still body parts from them lying around the streets. Apparently the only way to stop them had been to rip them to pieces. How very noble of them; and they called themselves good, yet were okay with ripping apart defenseless bodies who had no brain or souls.

Marietta made her way into Flourish and Blotts which had made it out mostly unscathed it seemed. She wondered if they had any books that mentioned anything about Pandora and was searched through the stacks for anything Gellert Grindelwald when she saw one Anthony Goldstein in the shop as well. She never had much contact with him at the Ministry, but she knew that he was an Obliviator and also an enemy because of his current ties to Dumbledore's Army. Well, if they were current, but considering what was going on, she would not put it past them to not be. Maybe this would be a perfect chance to try and find out just that. Anthony was one of the quiet ones, she remembered back from their days at Hogwarts, though he always ran with Michael Corner who was a loud mouthed, foul creature and Terry Boot who was hard to remember much either way. Yes, Anthony was definitely better to get to when he was alone and Marietta was feeling quite good thanks to her Lady's triumph the past day.

She walked up to Anthony and pulled a random book from the shelf near him, flipping through the pages without actually paying them any mind. "Well hello, Anthony. How are you today? I hope this mess hasn't caused your department too much trouble." It was always better to start with something pleasant if you were fishing for information.

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logiclogiclogic
2012-01-29 08:33 am UTC (link)

Anthony's day had been pretty... meh, he guessed was the word. Even though it wasn't actually a word, but that was a minor detail. There was, of course, the owl he'd finally received from his mother which had been very vague about the details of his father's reaction to the news of his possibly impending death. Anthony, of course, had no doubt whatsoever that his father hadn't taken it very well at all. He didn't actually need Lance to divulge that little tidbit. His father had never been very keen on the magic thing, though he claimed it was only because his mother had hidden it from him through more than ten years of marriage. Anthony wasn't exactly sure he'd believed that ever.

As it was now, Anthony was due to have lunch with Michael in the next few minutes, and he had decided to pass some of the time in Flourish and Blotts, looking over books that might help with either his current project, or the one Michael had brought up to him the night before. For the former, it wasn't because he didn't trust Justin to be helpful, but because he actually wouldn't mind adding some to his personal bookshelf. If they also proved to be helpful with the current situation, that would just be a plus really.

The sudden interruption as he was looking through the table of contents of one book had him look up in surprise at being spoken to, especially by name. He paused before answering, as recognition of the woman slowly seeped in. Marietta Edgecombe wasn't the sort of person Anthony expected to willingly talk to him. Especially not to say anything that wasn't insulting. Besides, there was that part where she'd betrayed the DA and likely hated them all.

His eyes were slightly suspicious, even as he said, "Er, hi? I guess it hasn't been too bad." There was no doubt about the fact that she made him uncomfortable. More uncomfortable than a lot of people made him in general, actually. "How... have you been?" It seemed like the thing to ask.

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edgecombed
2012-01-29 08:57 am UTC (link)

Yes, he still seemed just as timid as he used to be in school. Marietta had not spent too much time with him then besides during the DA meetings, but there were the few times when Cho had been dating Michael and Anthony had been around as a result. It seemed that Michael couldn't go anywhere without Anthony which made no sodding sense, but whatever. Marietta had given Michael Corner his fair share of earfuls back then when Cho had not been around to hear because he was absolutely boorish most of the time and she considered Anthony guilty by association for being best mates with him and not ever stopping his stupid friend from doing the idiotic things he did. He may not be doing and saying them himself, but he might as well be since he never stopped Michael from doing them.

Anyhow, that didn't matter. She had Anthony alone which meant Michael couldn't step in and interfere. It was perfect. Michael was always parroting for Anthony and she hated that. If the bloke was going to get picked on then let him stand up for himself for Merlin's sake - you'd think they two of them were bloody dating! Honestly, she was doing it again. She really could not stand either one of them, but she had to keep that down if she hoped to feign any sort of innocence. Actually, she wasn't going to be feigning innocence for very long, she just didn't want him to run off right away so once he at least was talking, she could really dig her claws in.

"Oh I've been alright. I was a bit ill yesterday but I'm feeling better today. Thank you for asking. I'm just happy to hear that you haven't had to deal with too many incidents with the Muggles seeing any of these Kissed. Such a strange occurrence! I can't believe they don't keep a better watch on those people - and to think, all of them innocent and ripped to pieces just because they were probably bewitched by someone else. That's truly rather brutal, don't you think? I'm quite shocked the Ministry allowed those measures to be taken against them, aren't you?" It was a rather unfavourable opinion that not many were voicing, but she was Marietta so what else would you expect? And she wanted to see how much he would squirm, after all.