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Post by Pathos on Oct 2, 2005 13:28:16 GMT -5
|He shrugged his shoulder. "Pettigrew learned early on that I was capable, even at that age, of stealing my Father's wand and putting him under the Cruciatus. I daresay that he wanted nothing more than to avoid me while he visited Father." He sighed and put his head in his hands. "So...what are we going to do, Sarah?"|
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Post by Sarah on Oct 2, 2005 13:33:15 GMT -5
"I...I don't know. I don't fancy the prospect of living undercover the rest of my life, or at least until Voldemort's gone. I'd prefer to face him openly. I don't like to hide from battle."
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Post by Pathos on Oct 2, 2005 13:36:25 GMT -5
|He nodded. "I understand...I shall do as I am bid, then. I shall visit with Mr. Riddle later and inform him that our deal has been terminated. I will kill my father myself." This last was added in an undertone. He was clearly speaking to himself. Alas, for that bad habit!|
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Post by Sarah on Oct 2, 2005 13:41:32 GMT -5
"No, Jesse. You may be a business man, but Voldemort would have no problem killing you for crossing him. Play along with him util we can confront him." She didn't want to say that she'd heard the part about his father. It was a personal matter and she'd let it be.
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Post by Pathos on Oct 2, 2005 13:45:09 GMT -5
|"...Very well. I will inform him that it will take time for you to trust me enough that you will accept any food or drink from me. Poison would, of course, be the most effective at getting the job done. Something non-detectable. I will have to research it." There was a familiar gleam in his eyes, the same look that had covered him like a plague as he'd faced Tom. It was...needy. Hungry.|
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Post by Sarah on Oct 2, 2005 13:47:38 GMT -5
"Good idea. I'll have to put up a front though that says I don't trust you, especially after that conversation yu two had in front of us."
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Post by Pathos on Oct 2, 2005 13:50:36 GMT -5
|"Acceptable. For now, we must be wary. Any number of the people here at this school could be potential spies. He is getting desperate, especially to try and recruit someone like me." He laughed, eerie and whispery-dry, just like his voice. The gleam in his eyes did not fade. "I may dabble in the Dark Arts, but I am far from the power-hungry glutton that Lord Voldemort has become." He winked at Sarah, blue flashing in and out.|
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Post by Sarah on Oct 2, 2005 13:53:20 GMT -5
She flushed, not knowing why, and nodded. "I think it's fine to study them, as long as you use it for protection, not to harm innocents."
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Post by Pathos on Oct 2, 2005 13:58:06 GMT -5
|He looked steadily at her. "I have harmed my own fair share of innocents. Sarah. As have you, no doubt. I like to think that I am a survivor. I will always do, not what I want, but what I must." He sighed, and picked up the books on the table, standing and shuffling, returning them to their shelves.|
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Post by Sarah on Oct 2, 2005 14:02:21 GMT -5
She thought of what he just said and the meory came back.
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"Let me see it, please?"
"But tiffany, It's scary."
"I'm not scared of anything."
"Are too."
"Am not. You're just being a baby."
"I'm not a baby. Here, look." She ripped the ace bandage off her hand and blue light shot everywhere, peircing the body in front of her.
A scream.
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The scream echoed in her mind as she began to tear up.
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Post by Pathos on Oct 2, 2005 14:04:29 GMT -5
|He turned back, only to find Sarah's eyes welling with tears. He sighed. "Oh, there, there," he murmured, shuffling back and gently sliding an arm around her shoulders. "Everything will be alright. Regardless of what has happened in the past, it is the now that you must focus on. Take that advice, if nothing else."|
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Post by Sarah on Oct 2, 2005 14:07:13 GMT -5
She sniffled and, after a moment, nodded. "I'm sorry. I was just...remembering."
She then noticed his arm and blushed scarlet.
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Post by Pathos on Oct 2, 2005 14:11:30 GMT -5
|He shook his head. "Do not be sorry. Live, and learn, from what has happened." He looked curiously at her blush. "...You're bright as a tomato, you know." He moved his arm and sat down heavily beside her, and, quite suddenly, began to laugh. Because he had just realized..why she was blushing. He wiped at his eyes and smiled at her. "I'm gay, you know. My Father would murder me if he found out. I can appreciate the female form, but still, I'm homosexual. So don't be disappointed, but I find it physically impossible to like you more than a friend."|
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Post by Sarah on Oct 2, 2005 14:15:05 GMT -5
Sarah blushed even more. "I wasn't thinking that!" she said, defensively. ~i don't even know why I'm blushing. His arm is just so warm and he smells like books.~
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Post by Pathos on Oct 2, 2005 14:18:30 GMT -5
|He nodded and smiled, and, if you looked close, you could tell that he was slightly bucktoothed. "Of course." He reached over and patted her hand. "If, however, I were not homosexual...I believe that I'd rather like to court you." Oh! Courting! How charming, and yet how old-fashioned! "Not to make you uncomfortable or anything."|
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