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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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mlcorner
2012-01-30 03:25 am UTC (link)

There were only a few places that Anthony could possibly be if he wasn't already at the restaurant and Flourish and Blotts was highest on the list. He had an unfortunate infatuation with books that Michael would never understand. Don't get him wrong, Michael loved books too, but he didn't have that creepy sense of camaraderie that Anthony seemed to have with them. Either way, it seemed that Anthony had been tied up in the store by something or another so Michael wandered in to find out just what had got the bloke so infatuated that he couldn't come out for air.

He spotted his mate and said, "There you are, you stupid git, I was wondering what you were-" but he stopped short when he saw the ginger who was standing near him. He knew that face all too well, though he didn't like it one bit. He'd become familiar with her while he had dated Cho and while Cho had vouched for her while in the DA and while they were dating, he had seen Marietta's true side when Cho wasn't looking. She was truly evil and most of the time for absolutely no reason too. Michael's shoulder touched Anthony's as he drew up next to his mate and he looked at Marietta, not quite glaring yet but he was near there already without having even heard her speak.

He could already feel the strange energy from Anthony and it was enough to put Michael on edge. "What do you want, Edgecombe?"

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edgecombed
2012-01-30 03:38 am UTC (link)

"Well isn't this just rich," Marietta crooned when she saw Michael strolling up to Anthony's side. "Honestly Anthony, don't you go anywhere without your bodyguard? It's like the moment you can't speak for yourself he just - appears!" Marietta made a 'poofing' motion with her hands. "Have you a bell on your neck or does he just know when you might be in danger?"

Michael was glaring at her now, not that she really cared. She rolled her eyes. "Michael, we were talking just fine without you here, thanks. You do know that Anthony has a mind of his own, yes? He can actually walk and talk without you and he doesn't need you around to speak for him every time someone comes round who may not agree with him. Believe it or not, he's a big boy."

"I know that just fine, Edgecombe. What I don't know is why the hell you feel the need to bother people who quite obviously don't want to speak to you," Michael retorted.

"We were having a perfectly civil conversation about the current goings-on of the wizarding world and your stupid little secret society before you decided to stroll in and save the day, Corner, so I'm really not sure what the problem is here, to be quite honest, besides your boorish personality and rude behaviour. Maybe you should get the full story before you come rushing in to blame people for things you know nothing about." Marietta glared right back at him, because if there was one boyfriend of Cho's she could never stand, it was definitely Michael Corner and his holier than thou attitude. Even next to Harry Bloody Potter this bloke had more of a sodding hero complex than anyone she'd ever seen.

Michael looked questioningly over at his friend, still standing more closely to him than was probably needed.

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logiclogiclogic
2012-01-30 04:36 am UTC (link)

Anthony couldn't lie and pretend that had hadn't been glad to see Michael arrive. Not because he was afraid, but because it made him feel more comfortable. Regardless, he made a slight face at her. It wasn't as if he had called Michael to come to his rescue or whatever it was she was trying to say.

He raised his eyebrows at the idea that the conversation was civil as Anthony was pretty sure that he must have had a different definition of the word from Marietta if she thought that was what had been happening before Michael's arrival. In fact, Anthony was more than certain that her false niceties when she had first approached him had probably been the nicest thing she'd ever said to him.

Nodding slightly, he crossed his arms over his chest. "The full story being that if we ignore what words were actually said, it was incredibly civil."

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mlcorner
2012-01-30 05:55 am UTC (link)

Michael rolled his eyes and looked at Marietta again. "That sounds about right. That's how the lovely Marietta operates, doesn't she? Smiles at your face while spewing poison out of her sneaky little mouth. Unless Cho is around, that is. Then she'll pretend she's your best bloody friend, won't she? Why is that, Marietta?"

Marietta narrowed her eyes at Michael and resisted the urge to stick her tongue out at him, though truly she would rather hex him at that point. "It's none of your bloody business why I'm friends with Cho, Corner. And don't consider yourself so noble, you make just as many pathetic jabs at me as I've made at you."

"I was never rude to you until you started making outlandish accusations toward me whenever Cho wasn't around to hear them!" Michael objected, and really, this was an old argument that didn't even matter at this point. He and Cho weren't dating anymore nor were they even meant for one another anyhow. It wasn't ever going to work out to begin with, but Marietta had certainly made the experience an unpleasant one for him. If it wasn't for the fact that he'd seen it for himself, he would think that you were a liar if you said that they were friends. "I didn't come here to argue with you about school relationships, Marietta. You were a bint back then and you still are now. Why are you bothering Anthony?"

Michael did not like to see anyone bullied, but he would never stand for anyone bullying his friends and he got a little too hot headed when it came to people messing with Anthony, probably because he was so timid about confrontation to begin with. Michael had made a habit of sticking his nose in when anyone was bothering him no matter what it might have to do with and it was a rather hard habit to break.

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edgecombed
2012-01-30 06:57 pm UTC (link)

Marietta rolled her eyes as well. "I may be a bint, Michael, but you're just as boorish and childish as you've ever been. You come stomping in here like some troll and expect that everyone should listen to you because you did a few things back in your seventh year that some people might have considered altruistic, but what exactly have you done since then? Barkeep for the Leaky Cauldron? Any halfwit with two brain cells to rub together could manage that sort of occupation so it's not as if you're really worth a damn to the wizarding world. So why exactly do you keep sticking your sodding face into everyone else's business when at least their business is worth something whereas you have obviously peeked as high as you are going to get. Maybe you should consider how you are dragging your friends down and quit being the burden on them that you are so that people who actually have a chance at a future like your friend Anthony here can try and achieve it without worrying about having you along for the ride." It wasn't as if Marietta knew anything about Michael's life, really she just took stabs in the dark and hoped that something might stick in the heart somewhere.

"Really Anthony, don't you get tired of doing things for this idiot?" Marietta's eyes twinkled and went wide. "Wait a second! Oh Merlin, don't tell me! Did you two start shagging? Is that why you keep dragging him around?" She was smirking widely at Anthony now.

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logiclogiclogic
2012-01-30 08:21 pm UTC (link)

In light of the misunderstanding that he and Michael had just the day before, the idea of Marietta assuming that they were together just wasn't as amusing for Anthony as it might have been any other time - well, as it might have been once he got past the intial what of it. And, of course, there was also the fact that he didn't appreciate any of the things she'd said about Michael because they frankly were not true. She was just saying things and Michael was going to listen because Michael was currently being very stupid when it came to his own self-worth. Whether she knew it or not, Marietta had just used that.

"What - no, we are not shagging." He didn't feel it was necessary to mention that Anthony was not in the habit of shagging anyone, ever. "We're mates, and mates tend to spend time together on a regular basis. And also? You don't know the first thing about Michael. He's not an idiot, he's not a burden, and he's not dragging anyone down - never has been and never will be." He gave Michael a brief, very pointed look before glaring at Marietta again. There was more he wanted to say, but he really didn't want to give Marietta any more ammunition if he could avoid it.

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mlcorner
2012-01-30 11:11 pm UTC (link)

Michael was not terribly surprised that Anthony stood up for him. That's what they generally did for one another, all things considered. But for him to say this to Marietta was fairly surprising to him, considering Marietta was a bit of a bitch and she could make most people quake and Anthony certainly wasn't the type to rise to talking back most of the time. But Michael could not deny that the things Marietta was saying were mostly true - he'd said them all himself before and to Anthony, no less. So it wasn't like Anthony hadn't heard them before.

He was a little amused about the shagging innuendo, but he wouldn't let Marietta know that because those sort of jokes were only allowed between him and his mates, not between him, his mate and some other bitch who only said them to be - well, a bitch. He just couldn't bring himself to really say anything to Marietta then because while he wouldn't stand for her berating his friend, well, saying these things about himself - he just didn't have the heart to disagree when he truly didn't disagree with her on them.

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edgecombed
2012-01-30 11:28 pm UTC (link)

"No, no, not shagging. Of course not," Marietta parroted Anthony, shaking her head with a smirk. She looked at Michael and noticed that somehow he had nothing to say on any of this so it looked as if she had touched a nerve. Obviously not about the shagging - well maybe on the shagging, but she assumed it had more to do with the former than the latter. "So, Michael, nothing else to say? No barbaric comments? Why is that, I wonder? Your mate Anthony has plenty to say on the matter, but not you. Don't you agree with him? Or do you actually agree with...me?" She looked at Michael pointedly, arms crossed daintily over her chest.

Michael tried to glare at Marietta but he didn't seem to have any fire behind it. It looked like she had won this battle. "Anthony already knows what I think about it. As for you, it's not any of your business. You're just trying to wind me up and I'm not going to give you the pleasure."

Marietta laughed. "Please, Michael. You're about as tightly wound as you can get from the looks of you. If I say anything else you're going to pop like a bloody spring. You probably don't even need me to say anything, but here, let me do you the pleasure." She leaned a bit closer toward the two of them to lower her voice. "You and all your stupid DA members might as well give up because there is no way you're going to outsmart Pandora. This isn't the Dark Lord versus Harry Potter. There's no short cut way to stop her from getting what she wants and so long as you've got a memory inside your silly little heads," she pointed at Anthony's forehead, "your name is forever marked on that list. So just give up while you're ahead. There's nothing you can do."

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logiclogiclogic
2012-01-31 01:09 am UTC (link)

Anthony was still as she spoke, the stony look on his face not wavering for even the slightest moment. Michael not even making much of an effort to deny Marietta's claims - and Anthony didn't care if he still believed it honestly (or that was the stance he was taking on it in this current moment because overall he cared a lot), he could have... lied or something - was disappointing, even if he might have expected as much, knowing him.

Somewhere, he was aware that he hadn't given Marietta any formal affirmation, and that she might have just been talking about the DA as a whole, but knowing personally that it still included him because he was having the nightmares and therefore most definitely happened to be on that list made him ignore logic. It didn't help that her last words pretty clearly expressed exactly what he was scared of underneath all the research - that nothing was going to work in the end and he was just biding his time until Pandora killed him. Or worse, that she'd try and Michael would make good on his promise. Either way, he didn't like the end result. And he didn't have enough positivity in him to he hopeful for an option C where everyone lived.

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