A Wench walks into the common room - Open RP

[maid_brienne]

Brienne of Tarth was not precisely certain what to do with herself. She'd found herself wandering into the popcorn room earlier this afternoon, and had realized that the school was, very nearly, quite free of Lannisters. When had that happened? Wasn't the fact that Jaime had once again become a kernel of popcorn something she should have noticed?

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[lemondrop_party]

Because the mun has only two Gryffindor characters and the other one of them is Beowulf, Albus Dumbledore felt like soaking up some Gryffindor common room atmosphere today. Clad in his usual gaudy purple robes and high-heeled buckled boots, the old wizard was stylin' as ever. His long glossy white beard had been neatly gathered into a beard-ponytail. Even his spectacles had been cleaned and polished. He was whistling a jaunty tune; the whistling stopped abruptly, in mid-phrase, as he caught sight of a student unfamiliar to him.

"I don't believe we have met," he said, smiling his most grandfatherly smile. "I am Albus Dumbledore. Are those peanuts you have in that dish?"

He did have a sweet tooth, but he was also partial to salty snacks.

[maid_brienne]

Since Brienne had not been a particularly diligent student of magic even when her mun *was* active, she definitely hadn't exposed herself to the utter coolness that was Albus Dumbledore. She'd seen his face before on chocolate frogs cards, but she wasn't particularly in awe.

She inclined her head and offered a smile as she moved the bowl a little closer to him. "Those are indeed peanuts, ser," she said. "You're welcome to some of them, since they're harmless." Then she rose to her feet, meaning to help the old wizard into a chair. "I am called Brienne of Tarth. I've been here quite some time, although lately other things have been occupying my time."

Once the old man was seated, she returned to her own chair and resumed her place.

[lemondrop_party]

"Is there a harmful variety?" inquired Dumbledore innocently as he helped himself to a handful of nuts.

[maid_brienne]

"I should hope not," Brienne replied with a small shudder. "I always assumed nuts were safer than chocolate, at least in this place."

[lemondrop_party]

"Ah, those bouts of enchanted chocolates. Students always have been fond of their pranks." Dumbledore managed to talk and munch simultaneously without overt rudeness, surely a feat of great skill. "Have you fallen prey to such a prank, Lady Brienne? I apologize if you have. In future, you may certainly come to me for disenchantment."

[maid_brienne]

"Oh, no," Brienne hastened to reassure. "I've been fortunate so far, at least regarding chocolate." She was actively repressing the memory of a certain incident involving herself. In Cersei Lannister's body.

[lemondrop_party]

"One of these days," mused Albus, rolling the nuts in his hand, "I think I would eat one of the enchanted chocolates, just to see what might happen. It would be a grand adventure."

[maid_brienne]

"I mislike grand adventures," Brienne answered, in the tone of one who has been on quite a few and only barely lived to tell the tale. "Mostly they seem to be more trouble than they're worth."

[lemondrop_party]

That tone did not escape Albus' notice. Sympathetic, he stopped his munching and lowered his head to look at Brienne over the tops of his half-moon spectacles. "You speak as one who knows. May I inquire as to your adventures? Other worlds intrigue me."

[maid_brienne]

Brienne gave a rueful smile. "We could be at that story for hours," she said. "But the simple version is that I was sent to look for the daughter of a lady who I served, which culminated in said lady trying to kill me. I eventually found the maid I sought, once I arrived here, but I know not whether she is still somewhere in the school, or whether she has been cursed by the popcorn."