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Tweak says, "Bend and snap!"

michael corner is reluctantly growing up (mlcorner) wrote in pandorarpg,
@ 2012-01-30 17:30:00

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!status: complete, ^date: november 14 2003, character: agatha bole, character: fenrir greyback, character: lavender brown, character: michael corner

Characters: Lavender Brown, the Brown family, Michael Corner; later Agatha Bole & Fenrir Greyback
Setting: Lavender's home, Eastbourne, 14 November 2003, 12:14pm
Rating: PG-13 for language and imagery
Summary: Checking on Lavender after the news, being surprised by Greyback.

Michael had had a pretty shitty morning overall. With Greyback breaking out which he knew would set Lavender on edge (and was obviously not good for any of them - not just Lavender), he wanted to do his best to make sure she was at least not losing her mind about all of this. She probably didn't feel safe at all and even if her flat was back in order, was she going to move back into it? He had no idea, but he had a feeling it probably was a no.

But besides that, he had the potions mucking people's minds up. Apparently instead of helping it was making the nightmares even worse for them which was both mind boggling and ridiculous at the same time. But most of all, it meant that Michael had fucked up royally and ruined things for his friends. He should have anticipated something like this happening, having the knowledge of potions that he did, but he was so keen on helping these people that he overlooked some of the most important things he should have done.

So he wasn't in the best of moods when he apparated to Eastbourne, but he had to try his best to comfort Lavender right now. He walked out of the wood behind their house and to the front door, knocking firmly on the front door and doing his best to put a smile on his face for Lavender and her family that he might be talking to on the way. Her needs were a bit more than his at the moment and he wanted to make sure he kept her from taking anymore of the potion while he was there anyhow.

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lavishly
2012-02-12 06:44 am UTC (link)

Lavender didn't loosen her grip on Michael, not ready to let go of him. However, they did have to get back to the house and someone was going to have to carry Baby Girl. As much as she didn't want to, it should be her. Baby Girl was her dog and she should be one. Also it would be easier than dealing a whimpering sad Bailey.

"Can you get Bailey instead?" She asked only then letting go of Michael. Lavender wasn't sure what was allowing her to keep it together this long - maybe she was all cried out, but she would take the small grace. "I'll grab...Baby Girl and then we'll go." Her words caught in her throat, but she still went forward to scoop up the dog - some 65 pounds wrapped in her jacket.

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aurorskickarse
2012-02-12 06:23 pm UTC (link)

Agatha took another look around at the beach in concern. She hadn't known where she was before, only that she was close to Lavender, but from what Michael said, they were at least in the vicinity of the Browns' home. That meant Greyback knew where Lavender lived.

"This is near your home? Forget what I said earlier about the wards, you and your family should get away for a while. Do you have any family elsewhere you can visit?"

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mlcorner
2012-02-12 08:14 pm UTC (link)

Michael looked concerned. He knew that Greyback was capable of some terrible things, like what they had just seen moments ago, but having to completely relocate just didn't seem fair, especially on such short notice. Would he really be back so soon to terrorise them again? He wasn't going to ask that question out loud.

He went down to where he and Lavender had been sitting and picked up the leads for Bailey and Baby Girl and returned to where Agatha and Lavender were standing, Bailey standing close to Lavender's feet. Michael leaned down and snapped the lead back to Bailey's collar but she did not seem very willing to walk on it just then so Michael bent down and picked her up too. He looked over at Lavender, waiting for her to answer the auror because he wasn't sure if her family did have somewhere else to go or not.

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lavishly
2012-02-12 11:09 pm UTC (link)

"I live in London. Or well, I normally live in London-" she was just sort of homeless at the moment following the break in incident last week. The fact that this auror was suggesting her family pack up and leave right now was almost too much to deal with. She was already hold her dead dog and now this?

"And like all of my family is here, in Eastbourne, we run a guesthouse. Except for like my uncle and aunt who are up in London for the bakery in Diagon." That made it worse. Those two businesses had supported the family and it might not be particularly busy tourist season, it was still income. "And I - I can't make those decisions, so we should just head back."

Before anyone else had any other things to drop on her, she started the few feet down the beach to where they could have better cover to apparate back home.

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aurorskickarse
2012-02-14 01:59 am UTC (link)

"Of course," Agatha replied tightly. She'd always seen things in rather straightforward terms - doing whatever was necessary to survive in one piece was always of utmost importance - and it always frustrated her whenever she encountered someone who was less clear about their priorities, at least the way she saw them.

"In the meantime, I'll make sure the wards are up to date. And keep that pack of Drooble's on you at all times."

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