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Trev Scabior sold his scruples for a galleon. (opportunist) wrote in wished,
@ 2009-12-28 19:37:00

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!1997: 12, !complete, rodolphus lestrange, titus scabior

Characters: Titus Scabior & Rodolphous Lestrange
Setting: Late Monday evening at Shalott
Summary: Clandestine meeting to discuss shenanigans, perhaps.
Rating/Warning: TBD

Passing through the club's crowd, Scabior followed whatever pathway was open, meandering his way across the room toward the bar. He was in no urgent rush and leaned against the smooth wooden bar, filling a small gap between hovering patrons as he waited for the bartender. Ordering a double of scotch when it was his turn, Trev pulled out a silver case from his coat pocket and started rolling a cigarette as he looked around at the booths ringing the main floor.

"Cheers," he said, hearing the glass being set beside him. The back corner was the most secluded and he decided if Lestrange was anywhere he was waiting back there. Tossing a coin on the counter, Trev took his glass and headed away from the crowd, straight for the booths. He slide into one occupied by what appeared to be more like a living cloak than a human, taking it for granted it would be the other man, fuelled by the assumption that anyone trying for that much seclusion had to be up to something.

"Not a bad place," he said, lighting up the cigarette when he was settled in the booth.

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rodlestranged
2009-12-29 01:07 am UTC (link)

"No," Rodolphus answered, still shadowed in his cloak. "There are few places where those of us who cannot venture onto the streets as of yet can attend with no hesitation." His wand was out a moment later, and with a few nearly hissed spells the private booth they'd taken was cloaked from any other eyes. No one would see, no one would hear.

It was only then that he reached up, removing his hood. His face was unmistakable, of course. It had been on wanted posters for years.

"Scabior, is it?"

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opportunist
2009-12-29 01:16 am UTC (link)

Watching the cloak fall away, Trev registered the other man almost instantly but acknowledged it with little more than a raised eyebrow. In his line of businesses he found it best to never expect exactly which 'unsavoury character' you'd be dealing with. Still, someone as high profile as Lestrange wouldn't have been his first guess. "Yeah, it's Scabior. And you can call me Scabior." Taking a sip of his drink he added, "And an 'onest pleasure to meet you, Sir."

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rodlestranged
2009-12-29 01:23 am UTC (link)

"Odd, that. You don't seem the type for honest pleasures," Rodolphus smirked a bit as he said it, taking a drink from his own cup and then sitting the glass down again.

"Your parents work for the Ministry, don't they? You're from a good family. A true family," And of course he meant pure, true wizards. He didn't know, or care in the least if they liked one another. "No doubt you know who controls the Ministry now."

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opportunist
2009-12-29 01:39 am UTC (link)

Grinning, Trevor placed a hand over his heart and flicked his cigarette with the other. "A more 'onest and true bloke you'll never find." He snickered at his own overblown performance and rewarded himself with another drink of scotch before settling in for what this was really all about.

He smoked slowly as he listened to Lestrange, grinning only slightly at his observation of a 'true' family and nodded. "I 'ad the thought there might be....wiser minds in there somewhere now."

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rodlestranged
2009-12-29 01:47 am UTC (link)

"Wiser, definitely. Though, from previous administrations that wouldn't precisely be difficult. One could take in garden gnomes and dress them up to do a better job than has been done in the past." Rodolphus shrugged, but his smirk twitched just a bit.

"And your loyalties, Mister Scabior. Do they lie where they ought to. Obviously, you are loyal to yourself and your pocketbook. But, absent that?"

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opportunist
2009-12-29 02:00 am UTC (link)

"Funny," Trevor smirked, taking in a slow drag, "I'dve sworn some of 'em were gnomes playing dress up."

"Well," he traced his fingers around the rim of his glass, coating his fingertips with a fine layer of alcohol. He couldn't deny to himself that the other man had called his top priorities out already but he felt it wouldn't serve him well to let those be the things the other man remembered most about him. "If you are asking if I believe that the Wizarding world needs to be cleaned of some of the filth running abouts these days? Never thought otherwise. And I'll never say otherwise neither."

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rodlestranged
2009-12-29 02:05 am UTC (link)

Rodolphus didn't take his eyes from Scabior's face while he answered. And he had to admit, the boy answered easily enough that it wasn't hard to believe that was truly where his affiliations lay. Still, they'd be able to tell easily enough once his training began.

"Good," He finally said. "Then, Mister Scabior, I am in the unique position to offer you a very lucrative opportunity."

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	opportunist 2009-12-29 02:12 am UTC (link)
	"So you implied," Trevor acknowledged, careful not to agree or get himself involved in anything until it was all out on the table. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rodlestranged 2009-12-29 02:13 am UTC (link)
	"That element you spoke of that needs to be cleaned. If I were to tell you that very soon the Ministry was going to give us sanction to do just that. And that there would be good pay in rounding them up. Would you be interested?" Rodolphus had no need to mince words, really. He was already sure that the boy was the sort he wanted. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	opportunist 2009-12-29 02:18 am UTC (link)
	It wasn't the proposition he had been expecting but he wasn't disappointed by it. "As some part of the Ministry?" He asked curiously, toying with the dwindling dog end between his fingers. As appealing as it sounded to make gold rounding up a few mudbloods he wasn't about to take a Ministry ID to do it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

rodlestranged
2009-12-29 02:20 am UTC (link)

"Of course not," Rodolphus said with a snort. "At least, not as an official part, at least. "Though the money you would be getting would be from the Ministry. We would be... hunters. Delivering those that don't deserve to wield wants, to those who have the authority to take them away forever. It is, of course, far less bloody and permanent a solution than I usually favor. But I'm sure there will be room for as much of that as you like, as well. And Ministry money is as good as anyone else's."

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opportunist
2009-12-29 02:37 am UTC (link)

He had absolutely no qualms about taking money from the Ministry, a puppeted Ministry or one filled with gnomes in fancy dress, gold was gold to Scabior. It was tying himself to the bureaucracy that worried him, with that dealbreaker off the table Trev saw very few downsides to the offer. Trev grinned and downed the last of his scotch, freeing up glass to toss the used up cigarette into. "I think I might be perfect for such a job."

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	rodlestranged 2009-12-29 02:39 am UTC (link)
	"I was thinking the same thing," Rodolphus said. "We've quite a few who have signed on already, just anxious for the day they can put their skills to work. We've been training. How are your hexes?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

opportunist
2009-12-29 02:48 am UTC (link)

"Better than any mudblood's," Trevor snorted, shoving his glass aside and stretching out in booth. "Good," charms were always more his strength than any other area of magic but he knew his abilities and felt they were still something to be proud of. "Alright. They might need some strengthening but I'm a quick fire and know a wide range." A knock out of a Cruciatus wasn't much good if you couldn't get the spell off before your opponent did, he'd always felt.

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	rodlestranged 2009-12-29 02:49 am UTC (link)
	"Well, we can work on that as well. I'll contact you when we're meeting, and you can meet some of your fellow Snatchers." It was the first time he'd used the name, and he practically bared his teeth as he said it. He liked the feel of it. And he liked knowing that they were about to do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	opportunist 2009-12-29 03:05 am UTC (link)
	"Snatchers," Trevor tried the word out, nodding appreciatively at all it encompassed. He had plenty to mull over but from what he'd heard of the offer it sounded like just the deal for him. He was almost as anxious to find out who else he'd recruited to join as well. "I'll be looking forward to it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

rodlestranged
2009-12-29 03:07 am UTC (link)

"Good," Rodolphus answered. A moment later he produced a small coin purse from his robes and sat it down in front of Scabior on the table. "Then consider this a retainer, Mister Scabior. For services to be well-rendered as soon as the leash is let free." He stood then, pulling his hood back into place and dismissing the concealment charms. "I look forward to working with you."

He did not wait to hear the answer before he turned, disappearing into the crowd.

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