paper sails

otto bagman, hufflepuff yes, ludo's brother. no, we're not close. yes, i'm a prefect. no, i'm not out to give you detention. (just bring me sugar quills and i'll forget it ever happened).

[bagmanotto-blog]

{ i don't dance } // otto & emmeline

✖ ——— This place was packed. Otto never minded a lot of people, per se, but he was certainly happier in either one on one conversations or small groups. T h i s was just too much, he thought. He had hardly a square foot of standing space to himself, and someone had sloshed alcohol all over his shoes only five minutes after he walked in. The night wasn't off to a good start, really.

But it was looking up. "Emme!" Otto grinned as he fought his way through the crowd to his best mate. She looked as pretty as ever, and Otto wondered what the reason was this time. "I didn't think I'd ever find you in here," he said. He had no clue whether or not his voice would actually carry over the noise of music and shouting and wet kisses, but it was worth a shot. At least Emmeline would see his lips moving in acknowledgement. 

[lorcan-death-rp-blog]

"I’ll have you know that I make one to die for, so prepare yourself - for a pleasant conversation of course. Well, some are. I don’t drink blood, at all. But you know how most people work. Prejudice and gossip hype everything up a bit"

[bagmanotto-blog]

"I'll believe it when I taste it!" Otto laughed and slipped his hands into his pockets. "You should learn to use the hype to your advantage, then. They say there's no thing like publicity." 

[gryffindoredgar]

"Then the plan is working. Unfortunately my professors know me and may be aware that isn’t exactly the case. Especially Slughorn,  that man has it in for me. Completely unjustified.”

[bagmanotto-blog]

"Slughorn's out to get everyone that isn't a member of his club. I'm sure it isn't only you,   which means that I totally agree.   It  must be unjustified.  You know he banned me  from  class  for  a week just because I blew  up  one  cauldron?   During  my  first year, no less!" 

[vndervood]

"Merlin, if I put as much effort into doing well in Arithmancy as I do getting out of it, I reckon I’d be passing with flying colors. You don’t have to take it at all, yeah? Lucky.”

[bagmanotto-blog]

"Nah. You'd just hate yourself for wasting so much time on something you don't like. And no, I don't, thank the founders. I'm interested in social work after school, and not many social workers need Arithmancy." 

[exmeline-blog]

“She’s fine, just a little hungover this morning, Besides they’re not [t h a t] heavy, and,”  Emmeline paused and leaned up to press a  kiss to Otto’s cheek. “Thank you.”

[bagmanotto-blog]

"Yeah, yeah. I know you just keep me around because of my brawn." Otto smiled and nudged Emmeline's side with his elbow. "So where are we taking these?"

[lorcan-death-rp-blog]

"Maybe I shouldn’t make it too spicy then, who knows if that tongue of yours comes in handy later. Oh believe me, I know that problem. But people don’t even let me eat quietly, I think they’re waiting for me to grab the one next to me and suck him empty. Alright, paella sounds good to you then?"

[bagmanotto-blog]

"If you can pull of paella, you've won my tongue for the evening -- for pleasant conversation at least. But are people that bad? You don't even need to  drink blood, do you?" 

[gryffindoredgar]

"You I can’t speak for, I on the other hand have a ridiculous amount due that I haven’t done. Hoping the unnecessary number of books might make up for it slightly.”

[bagmanotto-blog]

"It looks that way, mate. If I saw you running by, I'd believe you're the most studious person in this whole castle." 

[exmeline-blog]

“I'm bringing one of my dorm mates her books too. She  forgot them on her trunk and I was headed back to the room anyway. You wouldn’t care to help me, would you?” 

[bagmanotto-blog]

"How do you forget so many books?" Otto stared at them for a moment before taking a majority of them off Emmeline's hands. "Is  she doing alright? I'm a wee bit worried about someone who forgets this." 

[vndervood]

"Would it be bad if I just happened to drop my books in the lake? I reckon the giant squid would have an easier time with this than I am.”

[bagmanotto-blog]

"Definitely not bad. Those books give you headaches. They can give the squid protein." 

[lorcan-death-rp-blog]

"A compliment coming from a master himself" Lorcan winked at the other, then raised his brow at him in surprise. "You like it spicy? I do know some pretty nice stuff, are you into seafood?"

[bagmanotto-blog]

"Spicy enough to burn my tongue off, yeah. There never seems to be anything like it at the Feasts, and I walk away from every meal disappointed. And who doesn't  like seafood?" 

[vndervood]

"It’s for Arithmancy. I mean, honestly, I feel as if my brain’s going to burst just by thinking about it. Avoid at all costs. In fact, I’d start running now.”

[bagmanotto-blog]

"Numbers and I don't particularly mix, so I've never had much interest in it -- and boy, have I never been so relieved." 

[lorcan-death-rp-blog]

"A skill not quite everyone is capable of" Lorcan shot a grin at Otto, pointing his finger at him. "First of all, a little bit of sweettalking and the house elves are happy to leave one alone in the kitchen for a while and second, If I may say so, I’m not that bad of a cook"

[bagmanotto-blog]

"Yet you seem to have mastered it quite well." Otto laughed, perhaps a bit breathlessly. It wasn't that he was starstruck, he was just a rad bit impressed. "Alright then, Chef de Vampire. Are you capable of cooking anything spicy?" 

[bagmanotto-blog]

{ just b e there } // bagman brothers

✖ ------ { Everything was utter c h a o s. }

Some people had dissolved into screams, others were paralyzed with fear, some were crying, others shielding their eyes. Wherever he turned, Otto just saw Hogwarts falling apart, person by person. A girl, a dead girl, had landed only feet away from him and he just couldn't process it. It seemed too ridiculous, too surreal -- no, no no no. It felt too real. Seeing this made all the headlines he'd read spring to life.

They had started moving them out of the Great Hall before he noticed that he was shaking. He didn't even realize that he had started moving, this his feet were carrying him slowly, mechanically away from the dancefloor. The fear didn't even hit him until he was out the doors, and then it was crippling, paralyzing. He froze, feeling as if he were crumpling in on himself, as if his brain was rushing to heart and his stomach was curling up against his ribs. He needed someone, and there was only one person he knew to go to when everything else was falling apart.

"Ludo!" Otto was shouting before he was thinking, before he was feeling. Ludo hadn't wanted anything to do with him for years, but Ludo had been the one to tuck him into bed, to make sure he was set on the right track, to hug him when Otto felt his disdain for their father boiling to a head. Ludo had a history of being there, and nothing, no act of abandonment, could change that.

Otto looked around frantically, tried to find the one person he believed he would be utterly nonchalant after this. It took a moment, but he caught his brother's face in the crowd, and Otto shoved his way over to him. He didn't say anything, just wrapped his arms around Ludo's neck because he needed to hear that it was okay but couldn't bring himself to ask for assurance. 

[lorcan-death-rp-blog]

"I can’t say I’ve had to beg for it, no. Flattery and a face like that, definitely. Alright, what are you up for?"

[bagmanotto-blog]

"Like I said, flatter."  Still, Otto grinned. It wasn't often he ran into people so forward.    "What are you able to conjure up? I didn't figure we'd have many options, being locked in the castle and all." 

[moderatelymoony]

❝Nah, mate. I’ve just somehow gotten myself caught up in running favours for the Professor.❞

[bagmanotto-blog]

"Already?  Which one suckered you in?" There were plenty of professors that were likely looking for help now that they had to juggle  safety  as  well  as  education,  but something this hefty? "You need any help?"

[vndervood]

"Er- no, we didn’t. I just like to be prepared. And besides, I have a lot of work to do if I’m going to even begin to stay on top of this class.”

[bagmanotto-blog]

"Which class is that? I don't mind a bit of work,   but that looks like something it'd be in my best interests to avoid." 

[lorcan-death-rp-blog]

"I'm not inviting everyone under my sheets, but if all of them were as charming as you.. Oh, I see. Well, I'm offering you a proper meal and some time out, sounds like a plan doesn't it?"

[bagmanotto-blog]

"I bet all of them say yes in a heartbeat, though. Flattery gets you everywhere, they say. And why not? I could use the distraction. Could definitely  use the food."