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[dorian_grace]

Week Name/Date/Time: Settling Down/ Wednesday/ November 23rd, 2005/ 8:15pm
Location: Hallway
Open to: Daphne
Currently Involving: Dorian Grace

Grace strode slowly down a dark corridor, the only sound coming from the soles of his shoes. His hands were stuffed in his pockets and he kept his gaze trained on the ground. He was actually supposed to be

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[daphnekali]

Daphne had finished dinner and was now wandering the corridors aimlessly. She was in no mood for her housemates' company just now, preferring to have a bit of time alone. She often felt hemmed in around the other Slytherins in their common room. Sometimes it almost seemed she could feel their battling wills and ambitions flooding through the room and it was often tiresome. Much as she loved the game of it, she needed to keep her mind clear and that wasn't likely to happen when she was trying to match wits with her housemates

[dorian_grace]

Despite the darkness, Dorian recognized the girl’s face. Daphne Kali-something or other, if he remembered correctly. She was a Slytherin, so he supposed she was worth a bit of time.

Grace gave a short nod in greeting. “Yes,” he answered, voice sounding tired. He wasn’t really, he’d just rather be sitting in an armchair with a nice book and glass of wine. Instead, he was romping around the castle with teenagers.

[daphnekali]

Daphne continued to smile at him, "Shame, that. Of course the castle is perfectly safe, isn't it?" her eyes flashed, "No one would think to hurt any students, surely," she smirked slightly, amused at the duplicity of it all, "You'd think they could use an auror's time more effectively than wandering the corridors looking for students out of bed," she clucked her tongue sadly, "I'm sure you've much better things to do with skills and talents like yours."

Yes, wandering the corridors would be in her favor tonight. It never hurt to make a bit of polite conversation with those who could further her true goals in life. She had to be careful, though. Wouldn't want the wrong words to get back to her mother and father. They'd be rather put out if they knew her plans to take the mark, after all. Still, they couldn't fault her for being polite to Father's... friends.

[dorian_grace]

Grace shot the girl wide smirk. “No danger whatsoever,” he said. His light blue eyes sparkled, acknowledging the irony of the statement. He snorted.” Of course there are much better ways to waste my time. It seems, however, that a few intimate couples or a handful of pranksters are much more important than the actual safety of the school.”

Skills and talents? Well, he was becoming rather fond of his current position. Most of the students he’d conversed with were showering with compliments and admiration. He certainly couldn’t complain. While he was at the Ministry, Dorian had quite a bit of fun tormenting his co-workers, the ones who hated him. Now, despite his pleasure, he had no idea how to respond to compliments.

“Thank you,” he replied politely, a rather stiff tone hidden in his voice. It was best just to reply generically, right? Yes. “What skills and talents would those be, specifically?”