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Caradoc Dearborn (caradoc_) wrote in scotopia,
@ 2008-06-06 20:26:00

Who: Caradoc and Dorcas
Where: A pub
When: June 6, evening
What: Drinking the Night Away
Warnings: Well...drinking, and probably free use of language.

"Meadowes!" Caradoc called as he knocked on his friend's door. Despite what some people thought, Caradoc enjoyed a fun night out--even if to him, a fun night out was filled with alcohol and sarcasm. He hadn't gotten truly drunk since his attack; he'd been to cautious to let himself get out of control. He wasn't sure about that night, though. Nothing had really happened in the last month and a half, and nothing that could be traced back to knowledge he may or may not have given out.

So maybe tonight was the night. "Standing in front of your door isn't much bloody fun, you know."

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	caradoc_ 2008-06-11 06:48 am UTC (link)
	Caradoc shook his head; he was fine with just the drink for now. "Charming creature, isn't it. Spouting out randomly and begging for attention. Oliver, I mean." He took a drink and grinned. "D'you know he fancies you, I think. He was asking me about you the other morning. Oh, and asked me not to mention that to you. Well, shit." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dorcas_ 2008-06-11 06:55 am UTC (link)
	"Fancies me and I remind him of a jarvey!" Dorcas laughed and shook her head. "There really is no accounting for taste. Well, what was he asking you? And don't worry, I won't let on you told." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

caradoc_
2008-06-11 06:59 am UTC (link)

"He just needed an excuse to talk to you. Without looking like he was just waiting for your attention," Caradoc mused. He didn't really know; and beyond that, he might have been exaggerating Oliver's interest anyway. He couldn't really tell. "He wanted to know when you'd be in again, I think, and why you talk to me so much. I assumed it was so you could ignore him, but I didn't say it quite like that."

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dorcas_
2008-06-11 07:10 am UTC (link)

"Well, naturally, you explained we're lovers, right? And that he'd better back off if he knew what was good for him, because nobody messes with Caradoc Dearborn's girl." She turned away briefly, ostensibly to exhale without blowing smoke in his face, but it was really to conceal the fact that she was having trouble keeping a straight face. She tried to hide her giggle with a cough. Normally her poker face wasn't so bad, and she decided it must be the beer.

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caradoc_
2008-06-11 07:16 am UTC (link)

"Well obviously. He didn't seem to get it though, going and comparing you to Jarvis. Not that there's anything wrong with Jarvis, mind, but even talking to you was a pretty risky step," Caradoc said, playing into the joke. "I mean, really, if there's one thing people think about threats from Caradoc Dearborn, it's: man, this bloke is tough and intimidating. I should definitely do what he says." With that, he lost the ruse and started laughing.

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	dorcas_ 2008-06-11 07:21 am UTC (link)
	"Ooh, you can be intimidating though," Dorcas remarked, eyes twinkling. "I mean, in the creepy, standoffish sort of way. Give yourself a bit of credit, eh?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

caradoc_
2008-06-11 07:32 am UTC (link)

Caradoc snorted dismissively. It was very like her to try to play up his attributes, even with qualifiers like 'creepy' and 'standoffish'. "Right. Oliver, all six foot three of him, was clearly pretty intimidated." He was about ready for another round; after all, they were there to drink, were they not? He asked the bartender for another set of drinks for the two of them. "So, what else is there to talk about? The rising price of floo powder? The latest Wizengamot scandal? Hogwarts' controversial something-or-other?"

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dorcas_
2008-06-11 09:15 pm UTC (link)

Dorcas smirked a bit, as always, when reminded of Caradoc's height; she was the taller of the two by a good couple of inches, and seldom missed a chance to remind him. ("Oh, let me reach that for you, the shelf's a bit high...") She chose to let this opportunity go by, though, in favor of needling him about something else instead.

"What a good host you are, Caradoc, so smoothly guiding the conversation from family chit-chat to office gossip to world affairs. Yes, let's do talk about the Wizengamot, I couldn't have come up with a more scintillating subject myself."

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caradoc_
2008-06-12 03:17 am UTC (link)

"Too bad; I'm much more well-versed in the Floo prices. I'm sure you read my latest story in the Prophet," Caradoc pointed out, doing his best to cover his btterness with a joke. "But the Wizengamot it is. Apparently someone did something he or she oughtn't have done, and instead of coming clean about it covered it up, so now both the issue itself and the coverup are, in fact, the scandal. Same story, different month."

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dorcas_
2008-06-12 05:28 am UTC (link)

"I did read your article, actually," Dorcas replied. "I read them all. Sometimes I even cut them out and stick them on the fridge to show them off." Well, the last bit was an exaggeration, but she did read them, at least most of the time. "And I have to say," she added, "since your articles are just about the only thing I do read in the Prophet lately, it is a great personal loss to me, too, that they're not giving you interesting stories. They lost me with the coverage of that, what's her name, Wilkes girl situation."

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