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Theodore Nott (naughtt) wrote in veritaserum_rp,
@ 2008-10-02 00:59:00

Tagging Tracey
Who: Tracey Davis and Theodore Nott.
Where: Aki Sushi. (OOC note: :-) Oddly enough there's a sushi place with that name close to where I live... Good choice in names Aurora. ;P)
When: Wednesday 8:00pm.
What: Theodore's attempt at setting Tracey's life straight.

Although he wasn't the biggest fan of sushi, Theodore didn't write a word of protest. It would make things easier if she enjoyed herself, he figured. Change was never easy, and what he was considering would be a great change from her current lifestyle of utter waste and disgrace. Not that he disapproved of indulging in a bit of...outlandishness...once in awhile, but to completely base one's life on it was utterly ridiculous.

He played the words in his mind a few times before concluding that he would have to just 'play it by ear', which was something he could do well enough. He knew that Tracey was a volatile one, and knew that he had to take great care in dealing with her. But he felt bad enough for Charlotte that it was worth doing. He could only have hoped the same for his own sibling had he lived long enough to become as such. The waiter dropped off a teapot and a pair of tiny cups at the table. He was seated at a table in a cozy corner next to a window that showed the rising moon, which he looked at pensively in thought.

Theodore found the idea odd--the whole idea of taking care of someone who wasn't his father felt different--but he figured that it was most definitely a way to gain favour and approval from a fairly important bunch. Approval wasn't something that often sought, but he respected Charlotte, which was more than he could say of most others.

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withouta
2008-10-02 02:42 pm UTC (link)

If anyone asked Tracey, she'd be offended at the very suggestion that she needed taking care of. She was taking care of herself just fine, thank you, and those fuddy duddies and harpies of society should really just mind their own business and let her deal with hers. And if they insisted on disapproving on what she was doing, well, then she'd give them plenty more things to disapprove of, just to see them get really worked up. That was the thing with Tracey: she wanted approval, but if she wasn't going to get any, then she was going to go out of her way to give people things to disapprove of.

So she didn't exactly know why Theodore Nott had invited her out to dinner. He was a stodgy sort, much like Charlotte, and they'd never really been close. Maybe he really was concerned about her and wanted to see how she was faring in the wake of her mother's death. Merlin knew that Tracey missed the woman dearly, and no one else was bothering to look beyond the breezy insouciance to see the real grief underneath. Or maybe there were some sort of ulterior motive behind it. Theodore couldn't exactly be underestimated; he was far too clever for that. There could be an underlying reason for the dinner invitation.

Either way, Tracey wasn't going to find out until she got to the restaurant, which she did, after being fashionably late. "Theodore!" she greeted, with an airkiss on both of his cheeks and no apology whatsoever for her tardiness. "You look dashing. How've you been?"

OOC: Hah, awesome! I just picked the first Japanese restaurant name I could think of.

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naughtt
2008-10-02 06:49 pm UTC (link)

Theodore wasn't particularly fond of fashionable lateness, but again he chose not to chastise her over that as she clearly wouldn't take well to that. He would have to pick and choose his fights and would need to work on that next time, in perhaps the distant future...once more of the more indesirable behaviours were dealt with.

"Thanks. I am...perhaps a bit more fortunate than I anticipated. It isn't very often that one working in the Wizengamot has a true break from work," Theodore said with a mild and what he determined to be a safe smile. He wanted to be sure to match her demeanor, just to seem much more sympathetic to her plight than he probably really was. He understood people pretty well, and knew that this sort of mirroring was quite important.

"And how have you been? I've been hoping that you have been well--and I've been concerned since the funeral. What had become of it was quite atrocious." He spoke as if he were decidedly on her side in the matter. It was likely that she would think better of someone who was on her side when so many are against her, after all. "Should I have had any relations who had done that at my mum's funeral, I would've hexed the stuffing out of them." There was where the grain of truth lay. He would've done that. But seeing that no one was around anymore, he wasn't given the opportunity. And it was perhaps good use of the 'similar situation' card. His mum and father had departed before hers, but he knew that most others knew of that situation.

	naughtt 2008-10-29 10:49 pm UTC (link)
	"Perhaps," Theodore said in a calculated yet thoughtful manner. He had to be sure that she trusted him before he carefully shaped her behaviours. "At the very least, I should be able to convince her to allow you to remain in England." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	naughtt 2008-11-09 12:02 am UTC (link)
	"Oh it should take a bit of reasoning, but I'm sure she will be reasonable," Theodore said, not intending to reveal anything more. "I suppose I'll have to play a bit of it by ear, but despite all appearances I can argue a point very well." (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ooc naughtt 2008-10-24 03:04 am UTC (link)
	sorry for the wait...had a few papers due at once and a bit of repetitive strain from typing creeping into the mix here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: ooc withouta 2008-10-25 01:57 am UTC (link)
	No worries! You did say that things were busy, so I knew you hadn't just abandoned me. Hope your injury gets better! Rest up. (Reply to this) (Parent)