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aidans 2008-08-28 12:18 pm UTC (link)

Aidan sighed and nodded. As much as he wanted to deny it, there was no other possibility but to admit that Terry was perfectly right. It was a good skill to have. One that might even help them survive if things got bad again (and from the looks of it, they did). Aidan stared at his drink for a moment before raising his eyes back to his friend. "You know, I hate it when this happens. This whole 'you being right'-thing," he tried to joke but his voice remained serious. "But I think that's exactly what we should do. Learn more. Practice and be prepared." Aidan made face, once again fighting down this confusing mixture between fear and disgust of what possibly lay ahead of them and something very different that felt very much like a jolt of adrenaline running through his body. "I don't want us to wait until it's almost too late again. Back then we were children and it was the adults who messed up. Now I just..." His voice dropped. "It might be our turn to do something." Aidan sighed and quickly took a long swing from his drink. This was just what he tried to evade but being around his friend had the tendency of bringing out things very clearly and suddenly the thought of standing by idly seemed impossible. Aidan shrugged. "Whatever we do, we should make sure to have Hermione on our side." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mrboot 2008-08-28 09:10 pm UTC (link)

Eyes focused on his glass as he listened to Aidan, Terry finally turned, a quiet, somber look on his face. "As much as I like being right," He said, attempting a half-smile, "I'm not sure I like being right about this. Having to prepare to fight and all that. But we need to be prepared. Else who knows what could happen, and I don't want to go down that road." Back, during the war with Voldemort, they were teenagers. Barely legal, barely adults, barely aware of anything beyond the halls of Hogwarts. But they learned, they had to, in order to survive and win. For Terry, and likely others as well, the war was the final step in his growing up process. It revealed a lot for him. "It probably is our turn. I don't think anyone else is going to do anything, and I'm just sorry to say I have just as much faith in our current Ministry as I did for the one we had back then, which means little to none." The wheels in Terry's head were really turning. It'd been a while since he'd had a conversation as stimulating as this one, and Aidan had always brought the real thinker out in him. "We'd just need a starting point, like finding out the 'whys' and all that. Or how to organize ourselves." His eyebrows raised and Terry gave a small laugh. "Of course we should make sure Hermione is on our side. I'm sure she's all for upsetting the Renegade's applecart, but either way I do not want to see canaries coming in my direction. Or anything else she might be able to pull off." He paused. "We should talk to Weasley and Potter too, yeah?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

aidans 2008-08-29 06:08 am UTC (link)

There were moments when Aidan was convinced that the combination of Terry and himself should come with a warning label: Handle with care. Highly reckless results may occur. As it was, they had barely made it through half of their drinks and already they were planning a rebellion of sorts. Of course neither of them said a thing but Aidan had no doubt that in time and if things kept getting worse with the Renegades, this would be exactly what they would end up doing. Fighting the Renegades. He paled once more and took a sip of his drink. They were clearly insane to even consider doing such a thing. "We may have to re-evaluate who we let in on it and what we can do. Sure, Ron, Harry and Hermione need to know as well as the Weasleys, of course. Then we can proceed with the training." Aidan gave Terry a rueful smile. "Can you believe that a moment ago we were still talking about a sense of self-preservation?" He snorted. "We're out of our bloody minds." Aidan paused, considered their lack of sense and shrugged it off. "I need some serious brush-up on my defensive spells. The offensive ones, too and yes, we need some people to gather information." Welcome back to London, Aidan thought sarcastically. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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OOC: Sounds great! I think we may have started something, and I'm supah excited! mrboot 2008-08-29 10:31 am UTC (link)

This reminded Terry of all the mischief him, Aidan and all their mates got into in school. Yes, they were Ravenclaws, supposedly the smartest and all that, but they were all teenage boys. But when the first war started there was so much more they could have done to help, and now they had the chance to really do something so no one got hurt. If they were even going to consider doing anything about the Renegades, though, they were going to have to be really careful. "We've always been out of our bloody minds. Now we just have a chance to show it." Terry ran a hand through his hair. "Yes, self preservation. And now we're talking about the opposite." He gave a small laugh. "But you're right, we need to be careful about who's in on this or not. The trio, yeah, and the Weasleys. Who else do we want to get in on this?" He took another drink from his beer. "I have most of my books from school, and practically a library of spell books I've collected over the years. We'll have to decide what would be best to know and all that to prepare ourselves." Terry still couldn't believe it. "The minute you get back to London and we're preparing a bloody rebellion against Renegades." He shook his head and smiled. "You always did bring out the best in me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: OOC: Sounds great! I think we may have started something, and I'm supah excited! aidans 2008-08-29 12:19 pm UTC (link)

"If we wanted to show that we're insane we could have just died our hair or started riding motorcycles." Aidan smirked and raised his glass in a sloppy toast. "To insanity." Aidan shook his head at the weird way Terry brought out the worst - pr some might say the best - in him as well (for to Aidan's mind there was no doubt that it was all Terry's fault - never mind the fact that he had proposed reforming the DA) and made a face. "All right then. It might be a bit trickier than before I'd say and we really should begin with some reconnaissance. Find out who we can trust - and that might have changed in the mean time - and find out what and who the Renegades are. Simultaneously we can start the training where we could add some basic healing training because if it turns out like the last time, then everyone will need some basic healing skills." All they needed were some colour-coded charts now, Aidan thought, torn between shock and amusement. "You got any idea where we can meet?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mrboot 2008-08-29 04:22 pm UTC (link)

"I guess all I'm missing is the dyed hair then, yeah?" Terry replied, giving Aidan a knowing look before raising his glass. "To insanity." He said, staring at the glass a moment before drinking. It was somewhat funny to Terry how actually talking about everything made him realize how angry he was about it, and how much he wanted to do about it. "I agree. That's a good starting point: finding out who we can trust and getting as much information on the Renegades, and Rodolphus Lestrange, as possible." His eyes narrowed and Terry paused in thought. "We should sort out training and all that when we know who we have and what they each can provide." Terry leaned back in his seat. "It'd have to be somewhere easily accessible, but heavily protected." He looked at Aidan. "Do we know any places like that?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

aidans 2008-08-30 12:36 pm UTC (link)

"Which we got plenty of," Aidan finished the sentence with a smirk. "That could be our motto: To insanity." Dropping the amused facade Aidan became serious once more. He hadn't even realized how much Terry's opinion on the matter reassured him and how much it strengthened his own resolution to do something. Whereas 'something' finally started getting a bit of a concrete shape. A shiver on anticipation ran down his spine. "Offhand I don't know of any but we can go and scout out a place. I'd say somewhere in a Muggle area because I doubt that's were the blood-snobs will look for us." Aidan put down his glass and rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Or we try reverse psychology and hide right under their noses. It would be amusing but perhaps a bit too recklessly Gryffindor for my taste." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mrboot 2008-08-30 05:45 pm UTC (link)

"Only problem is I'm not sure how much support we'd get if people thought we were insane." Terry said with a shrug. "But we can see how that goes." Terry pinched the bridge of nose and rubbed it for a second. He needed to stay concentrated. "Say Hermione agrees. Who else would be get?" Finding a place would not be easy, at least Terry didn't think it would be. "Whether we're near or far, though a bit of distance couldn't hurt, we'll need a place we can keep from prying eyes. Top priority is keeping people safe." He slid his glass from hand to hand. "You know, there are some abandoned muggle warehouses on the outskirts of the city. That might work, yeah?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

aidans 2008-08-31 03:05 pm UTC (link)

"Right. So we need to hire a public relations-person." Aidan grinned and eyed his Guinness speculatively. He hadn't drunk that much but judging from the nonsense he came up with, it certainly sounded differently. At least he wasn't slurring his words. "The Weasleys." Aidan responded immediately. "Pad-...wait. If Parvati is married to Malfoy - how did that happen, anyway? - then perhaps we should wait before we tell her." Aidan didn't like to admit it as he was very fond of both the Patils but what if Padma told Parvati who would inevitably tell Malfoy? Recalling his unpleasant memories concerning pureblood Slytherins in school, Aidan suppressed a shudder and took a deep breath. "Let me talk to Hermione first and the Weaselys plus Harry. Additionally, I'll start making some tours through Muggle London - we're bound to find something like you suggested eventually." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mrboot 2008-08-31 06:55 pm UTC (link)

"Oh, that should be interesting." Terry replied. "I was thinking more along the lines of not saying we were insane. You know, keeping the whole insanity part to ourselves." He had to suppress the urge to laugh, which meant the effects of his drinks were starting to come into play. "I have absolutely no bloody clue how it happened. Definitely an unexpected pair, though." Terry said, an uncomfortable look on his face. "But you're right. Padma would tell Parvati, they are sisters, why wouldn't she? But Parvati would, unfortunately, tell her Malfoy. They're married; her business is his and she wouldn't keep something like that from him. It might be better this way, though. I'm not sure I like the idea of them fighting. It just...well, it doesn't sit right with me." Terry Boot was many things, and overprotective was one of them. "I agree, you should talk to Hermione first, let me know what she says, and we'll go from there. And I'll also take a look around for places to meet." He put his glass down, in the fashion of a gavel; Terry had a set plan in his head. Getting him to seviate from it would be a difficult task. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

aidans 2008-09-01 02:59 pm UTC (link)

"That's a good plan if ever I heard one." Aidan agreed earnestly. "We tell people that we're all for opposing the Renegades and forming a little underground movement and they will naturally assume that we're perfectly sane unless we explicitly tell them that we're not." It sort of made sense in his head which was the point at which Aidan got a little nervous. It wasn't supposed to make sense. Speaking of not making sense, Aidan leaned forward to learn more about the unlikely pair of Parvati and Malfoy. "But...they're happy, aren't they? Parvati and Malfoy?" It felt wrong to even say it and Aidan knew for a fact that this feeling had nothing to do with the alcohol. "I mean, what's next? Parkinson hitting on Harry? Or Neville?" Aidan was still puzzled when Terry put his glass down with the air of a man who had reached a decision. He started smiling almost involuntarily. "Alea iacta est, mate." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mrboot 2008-09-01 06:51 pm UTC (link)

Terry raised an eyebrow and smirked at Aidan. "And we should tell them our plans exactly like that." He laughed a little before stretching and rubbing his temples. There was no way in hell Terry was going to be riding his bike home tonight; he'd have to walk it, which would be a pain, or minimize it and place it gently in his pocket and try not to forget it was there. "As far as I know, they're very happy." Terry said, almost grumpily. It astonished him how someone like Draco Malfoy, a person full of narcissism and negativity, could find love and happiness. It wasn't that Terry was jealous...he just wished he could find someone who could stand him most of the time. Traveling on your own, no matter where you go, sometimes could ruin the fun. "I suppose that's all that matters. But if I ever find Happy Potter or Neville Longbottom attached to someone like Pansy Parkinson, I think I'd lose my mind." When Aidan spoke in Latin, Terry perked up a little and smiled at him. Not a whole lot of people knew much about Latin, and it was nic to know he wasn't alone. "You've got that right." Terry confirmed with a nod. "And now that we've practically set this in stone, do you know what bloody time is it?" He looked at the clock, but couldn't quite make out the numbers. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

aidans 2008-09-02 05:33 am UTC (link)

Aidan's eyes, too, travelled to his watch and he swore lightly under his breath. He had to be up and ready for his first day at St.Mungo's tomorrow. Making a rather discontent face, the Irishman sighed. "Late. Too late, in fact." He said with a small smile. "I say we post-pone the next beers for another day and get home." He stood up and stretched, making the bones in his back make small, unhealthy-sounding noises that reminded him to unpack the katana as quickly as possible. Though better not tonight. He shouldn't get anywhere near anything sharp tonight. "I'll call you after I talked to Hermione." He told Terry and, after shaking his friend's hand in goodbye, gave a final wave and left. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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