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algreengrass (algreengrass) wrote in pandorarpg,
@ 2012-02-16 20:45:00

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!status: complete, ^date: november 16 2003, character: astoria greengrass, character: zacharias smith

Who: Astoria Greengrass and Zacharias Smith, with NPC Arabesque Greengrass
What: Afternoon tea with ulterior motives
Where: Greengrass Manor in Gloucestershire
When: 1:30 pm Nov. 16
Rating: PG most likely, definitely worksafe

Astoria was sitting at the vanity in her room, looking at her reflection in the mirror. Things were getting stranger by the day, for many reasons, and not all of them bad. She'd met the Undersecretary the other day, who had seemed interested in helping her to further her career, she'd learned Samara was returning to the department, which promised to be helpful to her, she'd met a bloke who made her question so many things in her life, but in a good way, and now her mother had invited Zacharias Smith to tea this afternoon, quite out of the blue. She was pretty sure her mother was up to no good.

Still, custom required her to put on her game face and put her well learned Pureblood manners to use when he came around. She was just setting the headband in her hair when the buttler announced their company had arrived and she was forced to decend from her room into whatever plans her mother was setting in motion. She closed the door to her bedroom behind her and went downstairs where her mother was already inviting him into the sitting room and having a servant bring in tea and a few things to eat.

"Ah, Astoria, there you are dear," Arabesque said, motioning for her to enter the room and take a seat near where Zarcharias was sitting.

Astoria walked over and offered him an honest smile. "Hello, Zacharias, so nice of you to join us."

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overlooked
2012-02-17 04:07 am UTC (link)

So maybe it was a bit of the coward's way out, but any excuse to not have to face Marietta and the weight of a decision, really of a future, for at least a little longer. There was also the fact that now he was back in the family's good graces, he had to manage his mother.

That meant that Zacharias Smith needed to pick his battles and while at the outset, just because Elaina didn't appear to have anything to do with Arabesque Greengrass inviting him to tea didn't mean a thing. Pureblood wives were all just trouble and in league with each other. And after a few exchanges with Astoria about her mother, he was curious to meet the woman in person again and see if she lived up to all of the hype.

He stood as Astoria entered the room, funny how these sort of reflexes always surfaced in the right setting. "Astoria, a pleasure as always," he said smiling back at her. "Your mother and I were just catching up." Zacharias waited until she was seated to sit back down again. "There does seem to be quite a number of things happening these days."

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algreengrass
2012-02-17 04:21 am UTC (link)

Her mother let off a soft, charming laugh. "Yes, well, Zacharias you are involved in so many interesting things, especially since last I saw you, which must have been years ago. Astoria and I listen to you on the WWN regularly, in fact we quite enjoyed your bit on that vigilante group, absolutely scandelous, don't you think Astoria?"

Astoria was just sitting and accepting a cup of tea from the servant when she was asked this question. "Oh, yes, I was quite interested in it," she confirmed, though not for the reasons her mother thought. Still, this could be a perfect opportunity to figure out exactly why Zacharias thought what he did about them, considering what Justin had told her. "I was wondering, based on who you mentioned was involved, how you are sure they are looking to cause trouble. I've met some of them, in fact Anthony is the Obliviator I work most closely with. He has always seemed so opposed to trouble," that seemed the best way to describe her mentor. He was a bit strange and hard to read at times, but he did not come across as someone who went looking for trouble. Still, she made sure to say all of this in the most polite and curious way possible, so it seemed she was genuinely interested in what his opinion on it was.