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anthony goldstein has a chart for this. (logiclogiclogic) wrote in pandorarpg,
@ 2012-02-04 20:06:00

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!status: complete, ^date: november 14 2003, character: anthony goldstein, character: zacharias smith

Characters: Anthony & Zacharias
Setting: 14 November (Friday) @ 5:15PM.
Summary: Accidental run-ins, yay!
Rating: Safe for work, we're sure.

Anthony would have liked nothing more than to go straight to his flat and sleep well into the evening. If he could, at least. Ever since he'd managed to tear himself from the nightmare as it had returned the night before, it had sort of just... lingered with him. Almost as if no matter how hard he could have tried to actually concentrate on something neutral - like work, for instance - it just didn't work. It had been no better when it came to those topics he'd wanted to do some research for, either. Which meant that the only thing he'd managed to do all day was owl Michael while still panicking about how awful it had been. Usually, when he woke up, it still bothered him, but in a way where he was able to quickly realise that it hadn't been him, it had really been someone else; there had been no such realisation today.

All in all, Anthony felt less people-ready than his usual, and if it wasn't for the fact that he was very much sure that he had nothing in his flat to eat and should just buy some takeaway, he would have gone straight home. Thinking on his options, though, he was distracted and not doing very well at watching where he was going - the main reason he walked straight into someone else.

"Sorry, I - " He stopped when he saw who it was he'd knocked into. "Sorry."

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logiclogiclogic
2012-02-07 03:45 am UTC (link)

Anthony couldn't help but to snort at that, though his expression didn't change much. He guessed there were things to be glad for. Like the fact that it didn't in fact turn out to be a bloody scene, because there was no chance in hell that Anthony would have been able to have kept his lunch down if that had been the case.

He wondered, very briefly, if she'd been killed because of the nightmares, and that was the last thought he'd needed floating in his brain, especially right now. It just lent itself to roads he was trying and currently succeeding to not go down. He nodded, then, accepting Zacharias' suggestion without argument. "We should - we should do that, yeah." He took a step back towards leaving the alley. "I'll just... go."

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overlooked
2012-02-07 04:23 am UTC (link)

"And I'll be here," he said as Anthony made his leave. Zacharias pulled out his wand, preferring to have it in his hand and at the ready just in case. There were just nearly dead people walking lately and really an idiot of a murderer might come back to the scene to finish the job. More than anything it gave him a false sense of comfort as he waited for Anthony to return with people who were paid to deal with this shit.

Maybe Zacharias should have thought about his decision again, because now he was alone with the body, wand at the ready. Presumably the ripples of the don't-notice spell were still in effect, but someone could still wander over. Although really, what it gave him was space to think. Whose mother did they find? Would there now be a spouse to identify the body? He felt a pang of sympathy, knowing what was coming next.

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logiclogiclogic
2012-02-07 06:20 am UTC (link)

Once out of the alley and away from the sight of the dead older woman, Anthony decided to think logically. What he needed right now was to find the nearest shop with a fireplace connected to the Floo and call the DMLE to do... what it was they did. Anthony didn't actually give much thought to what store as long he did what he was supposed to. It took a bit for Anthony to find the right person to help him, and then there was that whole bit where he had to explain just how he had come across the body - which he had been pretty sure had meant including the part about how he had bumped into Zacharias as that was what had led them to the alley anyway, but the Auror had looked at him as if it hadn't been important, so Anthony had just suggested there be some authorities in Diagon Alley as soon as possible to deal with the dead person in the alley and left it at that.

While he'd waited, he tried not to think too much about the likely reason the woman had been killed and tried to concentrate on other things, like the DA meeting tomorrow and the fact that he wanted to, while not getting anyone's hopes up, discuss what he thought might work for a warning system and the like, though he wasn't very fond of the idea of talking in front of everyone. He wished most that he didn't have to think about it, or not as the case was.

He was startled from his thoughts when the fireplace came to life, but thankful for it and he didn't waste any time to lead the two Aurors right back to the alley he'd left Zacharias in. Resisting the urge to look at the body, he focused instead on a wall instead. He tried not to be very surprised when, as if Anthony's retelling hadn't been quite up to par, one of the Aurors turned to Zacharias.

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overlooked
2012-02-08 04:59 am UTC (link)

Zacharias ran a hand through his hair, tucking his wand away as the aurors approached. Perhaps this time he might even get a chance to explain himself before he was bound and locked away. He even did his best to ignore the slight about this being the second body he was found with, it wasn't like he went looking for these things.

It did probably work in his favor that the person wasn't with him wasn't some hysterical half naked woman, but rather a somewhat respected man who even freaked out could manage to keep his wits about him. He gave the auror the basics of what had happened while the other worked to further secure the scene.

It would seem that any thoughts of immediately getting back to the office were best to be abandoned. Zacharias might be taken away bound, but both he and Anthony would have to go back to the department and likely give their official statements about what they saw. Not that there was anything to see, it was more of a finding.

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logiclogiclogic
2012-02-08 09:40 am UTC (link)

Anthony had this feeling, deep down, that the hope he'd had of making it back to his flat and all but crashing so that he could completely leave this day behind him was pretty much null and void at this point. Which was just as he should have expected. Evidently it would have been too much to ask for an all right end to his day.

And then he was reminded that someone was dead and his inability to go home and instead go right back to the very place he'd just spent eight hours of his day to help tell what he knew might have been a bit more important in an unselfish sort of way.

Not for the first time, though, he wished he'd been paying attention to where he'd been going earlier.

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