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[southern_pansy]

Ah, Anthony, I didn't see you there. I've just been dusting the shelves -- a moment, please.

Comments

[wily_serpent]

No problem.

[saunters over to a table and picks up a crystal ball, tossing it lazily from one hand to the other]

[southern_pansy]

[ducks out from the back room -- andhasananeurysm]

Don't, please. You've no idea how long it takes to perfectly calibrate a ball like that, what with it's being low-quality and for the students and --

Please, put it down.

[wily_serpent]

[sets it down, smiling a little]

Right, of course. Y'know, funny thing happened while I was in class today. Though you could tell me what it means.

[southern_pansy]

[goes back to dusting]

Which class and what? You seem to have funny things happening to you all of the time.

[DETENTION~]

[wily_serpent]

[at 7:00 on the dot, one (1) cheeky Gryffindor breezes into the classroom looking comfortably disheveled, as schoolboys are wont to do]

Hullo, Prof.

Re: [DETENTION~]

[southern_pansy]

[one (1) visible shaken Divinations professor approaches -- no, eyes aforementioned Gryffindor warily]

You will be polishing the crystal balls, and once you have finished that I want you to repair all of the tea cups. Check them for cracks, et cetera.

[waves his hand broadly at, first, the crystal balls in cupboards at one end; and then at the cupboards of delicate china tea cups at the other]

Re: [DETENTION~]

[wily_serpent]

Of course.

[shrugs out of his robes and drapes them over a chair, rolls up his sleeves, and loosens his necktie just a bit more before grabbing a cloth with which to polish the crystal balls and setting to work]

I imagine this means after having had time to think it over, you still think I'm lying about the message I got from beyond the veil.

Re: [DETENTION~]

[southern_pansy]

[ngk -- right then shuffling around the books now]

You enjoy putting words in my mouth, don't you, Mr Crowley.

[NEXT DAY: AFTER CLASS]

[wily_serpent]

You wanted to speak with me, Professor Fell?

Re: [NEXT DAY: AFTER CLASS]

[southern_pansy]

Ah, yes, thank you, Mr Crowley.

[gestures him into the back room]

I wished to discuss the state of the tea cups you repaired last evening, as your "fell swoop" approach wore a little thin today during cl --

[they're back there? fantastic. hello, Mr Crowley, you're being pressed against the door and kissed]

Bloody --.

Re: [NEXT DAY: AFTER CLASS]

[wily_serpent]

[WALLED--nngk]

.......

[after a bit of momentary surprise, he's kissing back, enthusiastically, hands going up Fell's back, to his shoulders, to the back of his neck, pulling him in closer, letting his lips part]

Re: [NEXT DAY: AFTER CLASS]

[southern_pansy]

[this is incredibly unhealthy and all Crowley's fault and -- h-he can do interesting things with his tongue]