Comments | stoatshead_hill: RP: Have you anything to say for yourself?

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RP: Have you anything to say for yourself?

Apr 04, 2007 21:58

Date: April 4th, 2005
Characters: Ernie Macmillan, Gawain Robards
Location: Auror Headquarters
Status: Private
Summary: Gawain has a few questions and a change of assignment for Ernie, who makes a bit of a confession.
Completion: Complete

( Well, Mr. Macmillan? )

gawain robards, ernie macmillan, april 2005, place: auror headquarters

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shh_ernie April 5 2007, 02:34:56 UTC

Ernie looked up. Fuck. Mr. Robards was standing there. He'd meant to slip in and slip out before heading to the hospital. Then again, there was a reason that Mr. Robards was the head of the Aurors and Ernie was...not.

"Yes, sir, Mr. Robards?" his voice wavered a bit. This had to be about Saturday. Rita Skeeter had threatened to tell Mr. Robards; obviously she had. It would probably be best to confess fully. "Sir, I can explain about Saturday...at the Prophet offices...it was incredibly stupid of me."

shh_robards April 5 2007, 02:43:32 UTC

It hadn't been quite right from the beginning, from Macmillan's expression of surprise, appearing almost as if caught at something unfortunate, and his unsteady voice. That would have been curious enough, had it not been for the boy's further stammering, and suddenly, Gawain was more concerned still.

Aside from raising his eyebrows slightly, he showed no reaction to the news. He wasn't about to solidify wild guesses regarding the incident; the vague possibilities caused some concern. Had the damage--if there had indeed been any damage--been terrible, Gawain felt that he would have heard something by now. And Ernie hardly seemed the Auror to cause any difficulties.

Yet here it was, and something must have happened. That or the boy was overreacting. Best to let him speak. "Yes? I should like to hear your explanation." Stern, though not overbearing. Gawain waited, watching the boy closely.

shh_ernie April 5 2007, 02:51:55 UTC

"I...I shouldn't have been there, especially not at four o'clock in the morning, but, sir, we don't have any idea of which buildings are even occupied in Stoatshead. I was thinking that the troublemakers could be hiding in town still. And we wouldn't even know it. I've been checking the abandoned buildings."

He pulled out his map from his desk and pointed to several properties on the southwest side of town. "These are actually empty. I've checked. Obviously, the Prophet building is occupied. And Ms. Skeeter showed up when I broke the wards. Which I didn't feel, sir. I handled the situation badly as I'm sure she's told you. But...I didn't know who was there."

Ernie stopped talking, suddenly winded from that explanation. He took a deep breath. "I...I'm prepared to accept whatever disciplinary action you'd feel is appropriate, Mr. Robards, sir." He forced himself to meet his boss's gaze, however, painful it was to do so.

shh_robards April 5 2007, 03:10:59 UTC

"Mr. Macmillan, do you believe that we've neglected to search these buildings?" His voice held more of a warning now, and Gawain allowed some sign of his displeasure to show in his expression.

Of course Ernie hadn't been assigned to such tasks; he hadn't the preferred qualifications, the caution best used. Patrolling abandoned buildings wasn't a terribly far step from general patrolling, but it was enough--especially when the boy seemed to have been working alone--to cause concern ( ... )

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