Week Name/Date/Time: 'The Minister is Elected'/ Wednesday November 9 / 3:30 PM
Location: Library
Open to: Anyone (Humour me.)
Currently Involving: Avis
The thunderstorms and bad weather rattled the windows of the library. Avis got so bored on Wednesdays, not having classes, trying to avoid study hall if she could. There were only so many hours she
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She pulled out a copy of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Opening to the part where she had left off earlier. Quite a while passed as she began to doze off to her dream land. About 30 minutes had passed when she woke suddenly at the sound of her book falling off her lap and crashing to the floor. Al picked it up half asleep and noticed a girl reading The Sun Also Rises. One of Alannah's favorites.
"That's a great book your reading right there." Al announced, not realizing that she had interrupted the girl from her reading.
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THAT she DIDN'T appreciate. THAT was what had led her to (horror of all horrifying horrors) the library. Perhaps to snatch a few peeks at the Restricted Section, of which she'd heard so much about. Well, a few things about. Notably, that is was restricted, and really, that was enough for her.
Of course, she never expected to see actual live PEOPLE (who weren't Birds) lolling around between the door and her way to Restrictedness. This could turn out to be irritating, but nooo, they seemed a nicely sort. OH cackle she would... cackle.
"IS it now?" she pounced on the second girl's last words and peered at the book the first girl was reading, "Looks a right bore to me." She crossed her arms and looked at them expectantly, then got tired of waiting and slid herself down into a seat.
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Avis looked up, wondering if someone was talking to her. When she saw Alannah commenting on her book, she smiled. She'd never really spoken to the fifth year Ravenclaw, but had known who she was. Sometimes being seen in actual society helps, Avis, she thought to herself.
"Yeah?" she asked inquisitively and held it up to see the cover with the bullfighter. "It's one of my favorites." When she saw the book Alannah was reading, she smiled even brighter. "Oi, I remember that story! When i was a kid that was my favorite movie, you know the Disney one? I always wanted to be Captain Nemo. . ."
You're talking about a muggle movie to a magic person, she thought to herself, and blushed a bit ( ... )
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Alannah looked over at the Slytherin girl, she had never seen her before. A bit of a bore? Well for simple minded Slytherin's like yourself, yes, perhaps it would be a bore. I swear Slytherins are the thickest, shallowest bunch of people I've ever seen. Al sighed to herself. Alannah smiled to the Slytherin girl and directed her attention back to Avis see put out her hand, expecting her to shake it. "I'm Alannah-or Al, just my nickname." She laughed to herself.
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"Hello, Ophelia," she said quickly, to divert attention as she started edging sideways to keep her body between them and the book. "Pardon me, please." She gave the other girls an insincere smile and nodded. "Please excuse me."
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"Ohhh my sort?" Ophelia pouted and batted her eyelashes sadly, "Sorry dearie, but it's not 'my sort' who go around bloodying up the halls all on their lonesome. You Lions must need keep your temper, silly things, DON'T WE THINK SO?!" she added, pout dissolving quickly into a wide-eyed grin, made all the wider when the other girl SMILED at her. SMILED?!
Of all the neeeerve. Gnnnargh. Ophelia was about to go after these girls shins with her well-polished shoes before Gabriella greeted her, and all her anger fizzled into well-placed curiousity.
"Well hallo Gabby, what brings you to the library today, eh?" she asked, tilting her entire body to attempt to peer around the ( ... )
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"What is this?" Avis looked around sarcastically. "Did I accidentally come to the library on Death Eater Training Day?! Oops, my mistake!" she rolled her eyes. "Well, I'll mind my own business and not make a peep. You can go practice your unforgiveables by the Restricted Section. Do you mind, Alannah?" she shot a glance over to her, trying to hold in a smug grin.
Merlin, Avis, they're bound to use one on you if you keep this up!, she told herself. Do they even know how to?! They're first years, by the looks of them. These two, however, looked particularly. . .off the handle. Especially this one with the upturned nose. The tiny one, however, was bound to be crushed under the book at any moment now ( ... )
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"Hallo, Ophelia," Gabriella said politely. "I'm just returning that book from the Halloween party. You know, the spooky one," she said flatly, her tone revealing nothing about the true nature of the tome. She kept it behind her back.
At Avis's words, she blinked at the Gryffindor girl, seeming to suddenly notice her for the first time. "Beg pardon?" she sputtered, too flummoxed to conjure a more detailed reply. However, it didn't take her long, and her look of startled incredulity morphed into an expression narrow-eyed rage. "You'd better not have said what I think you just said."
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OH then Gabriella had to go and say something CONFRONTATIONAL MUAHAHA. Ophelia took the delicate balancing of tension hanging in the air and did cartwheels through it. Well, that is, she began dancing around the two other girls, interjecting such mirthful goings on with bouts of gleeful giggling. Oh, twas lovely to see such a display!
"OH SHE DID. Deatheater's and such. Silly girl, thinks all Snakeses go about crucioing the daftness out of everyone. TRA LA, what shall they think up next, these Gryffs? Still, musn't let them have their fun, eh dear wee Gabby?" Ophelia crooned, eyeing the younger girl curiously and turning to waggle her eyebrows at the Lion girl. Silly git. Heeeee.
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To the smallest Snake, she tilted her head up and leaned back in her chair. "Oh NO. I MUST have." She gave a little comical gasp. "Did I make you ANGRY? Imagine that."
Now was this older girl dancing? Well this was getting too odd. Avis settled herself back on both legs of the chair and folded her arms across her chest, giving them both a confrontational smile.
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There was a word, a perfect word. It was eluding her. It started with an S. She had read it in a fantasy novel recently.
"...sycophants again, I'll ( ... )
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"ALAS!" Ophelia cried out, laying a hand across her forehead and looking thoroughly offended. Her, a deatheater? WHO WOULD BE AS... what was it? HYPOCRITWHATSIT TO THINK THAT? Horrible, what these schoolmates thought of one. One minute you're all matey and exchanged friendly barbs and the next BANG, accused of being a sycothing. Which might not be all that bad ( ... )
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She looked critically at this 'Ophelia' girl. "Worth a dozen of this one? Well, you may be right. She does seem to dance better than I do, with her spinning-routine."
Avis smacked both hands on the table, leaning forward just a bit, like she'd seen in the old Katherine Hepburn movies and wishing she could make this horrible little wretch jump. "Oh yeah? TRY ME."
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She tossed her hair back over her shoulder. "This is your last chance to be a decent person and apologize. If you did, maybe you'd prove that you're not a completely ugly person."
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