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Charity Burbage, Dolores Umbridge, Aurélie Dumont, Algilbert Fontaine, Walter Sahfiq, Greta Catchlove.

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l-appelduvides​:

“tell me it again in ten minutes or so. i don’t know what visceral means.” dallas feels staggering déjà-vu on top of the nausea that had set in as he grabs her hand, tearing whatever she had that made his lip sting so badly away. “you already did that, i thought you already did that!” his gaze flickers down to the hand she was offering and takes it reluctantly. “just… don’t be gentle with me, do it quickly.” he grips her hand a little too tight and braces himself once again. 

“Kinda means comprehensible. Understandable. I know exactly what you were trying to explain just from how you said it.” She can feel the joking mood start to mellow out as she tries to return his grip. It hits her suddenly how much he reminds her of her brother before his accident. With the free hand, she presses a soaked cotton ball to his lip just as he asked. “If you get woozy again I’m gonna take you to a hospital... This shouldn’t be such an ordeal.”

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poppypotted​:

“thank you.” poppy said, but she was already blubbering. she wiped the tears away with her sleeve while she continued to turn her head away from everything. she did not want to see what happened. “no, and I really don’t want to know. I just want to get out of here, like, right now. please.”

“C’mon Poppy, it’s a mystery. I’m obligated to investigate otherwise I’ll lose my job” This wasn’t entirely true - there weren’t any strict rules about every day kind of mysteries. It was more of a personal principle that Aurélie upheld. “If it’s a new species, you can name it. I’d let you choose.”

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hanamaryam​:

where; shafiq home whomst; walter @evenifitrains​

Hana hadn’t spent much time at home lately. Sure she still slept there and ate there, but that didn’t mean she’d really dallied, or seen anyone besides her grandmother for any length of time. Seeing Walter in the kitchen made her feel a little guilty about it all.

“Oh, Walt.” She said, half-eaten croissant in her hand and surprise in her eyes, “I didn’t see you there.”

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“Hana,’ Walter deadpans. “What a surprise to see you in a communal area. I had begun to think you’d fully resigned from society.” 

“What brings you here, what do you want?” He had begun to assume the worst: that they were in trouble, that they needed something. With how rarely he received visits from his sibling it was quite hard not to catastrophize. 

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xavecamour​:

where: a bar with: anyone

“I don’t usually tend the bar. I’m so sorry” she smiled sheepishly, as she had let the pint of beer she had been pulling spill over her fingers. She grabbed a rag from underneath the bar and wiped her hand dry. “I can try again”.

“What other jobs are there to do in a bar?” Algilbert wondered in complete curiosity. He’d never worked behind a bar but had always thought he’d enjoy it. He shook his head as he took the pint. 

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kazacres​:

where: somewhere a chicken shouldn’t be with: open

kaz, holding a chicken. “don’t say nice cock.”

“I honest to god wasn’t going to, but now I can’t think of anything else to say. This is your own fault.”

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glitteringxgilderoy​:

Gilderoy winced and had to resist the strong desire to duck and cover. Of all his friends, Charity was the most terrifying. She was formidable. Apparently he should’ve brought more baby photos. Yikes.

Reliving the biggest heartache of his young life hurt, but if it would patch things over with Charity then it would be worth it. “Ah. Well. I sort of… I might have kissed Benjy. I did, kiss Benjy. On New Years. And then told him I’ve had a crush on him for ages and he was more than welcome to kiss me again whenever he’d like and he told me he didn’t feel the same. So that’s that. We’re sort of talking to each other again now, and my pride’s only slightly completely ruined. I’ve wanted people who haven’t wanted me back before, it’s fine.”

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Charity narrows her eyes at the blonde who was starting to appear more and more nervous with every second that went past. His explanation left out lots of the key points that Benjy had brought up when he first told her, but she doesn’t have time to push Gilderoy further. This situation was too weird. Not Gilderoy having the hots for Benjy, that was the most obvious thing in the world. Charity had told him many times to just kiss Benjy if he wanted him so badly. She had said “He kisses everyone back.” But apparently that statement was false.

“He said no? Benjy Fenwick actually stood up for his own wants and needs?” She said shocked and extra slowly. The words even felt wrong in her mouth. “Why? Is he in a relationship again?” She pressed, starting to get even more agitated. 

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ritaraves​:

“who in the ministry do you believe too ahead of themselves? do you have names?” rita asked, raising her brows with interest. if that was a story, it had potential to be an even more riveting one than what she was already concocting in her head. it was so satisfying when it was true. “who do you think would do a better job in the position?”

Dolores sighs and then clicks her tongue. “So, you don’t follow. I’m not saying anyone within the ministry is out of their depths, I work for the ministry and that would be simply traitorous.” She looks around their surroundings mostly for show. She didn’t really care who heard her. “But if a position should suddenly become available it should surely go to a woman.”

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glitteringxgilderoy​:

where; the flat whomst; Charity @evenifitrains​

The first step to making things better had been breaking finally talking to Benjy again. The second involved both serious bribery and also possibly providing baby photos. Definitely some wine. 

“So,” Gilderoy said cheerfully, already armed with an album of photos and three less-than-dirt-cheap bottles of wine, “I know I’ve been a bit… skirty, but I have cookies and wine and also blackmail material you can hold against me forever. Am I forgiven?”

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Charity’s head turns sharply in Gilderoy’s direction when he brings up the big word. Forgiven. She doesn’t think he is forgiven just yet, even with all of the things he’d prepared to absolve him of any blame or wrongdoing. She shrugs her shoulders and purses her lips. “No, you aren’t. Not yet.”

“I’d like you to tell me what happened, please. I’m still having a little bit of trouble fully  understanding.”

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poppypotted​:

“yeah, I can. like who can’t count to two?” the curtain in the corner of the dank room shifted. poppy caught it just out of the periphery of her vision and screamed. she dropped her own wand and slapped one hand over her eyes and pointed the other in the direction of the motion. tears already started to well up in her eyes. “it’s over there, it’s over there, it’s over there! get it, get it, get it!”

Aurélie jumps but not at the creature’s re-appearance, at Poppy’s shrill tone. She still manages to hit it with a Stupeify. She waits for a few moments of silence from it before she approaches, smiling over her shoulder at the other woman before she does. “You’re safe now, Poppy. I’ve come to your rescue... Now, do you have any idea what the fuck that is?”

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l-appelduvides​:

benjy inhales sharply as if he has the words to say. in his uselessness his mouth opens and closes and his eyes beg her to put him out of his misery. when it becomes uncomfortable and apparent enough that she never will, a quiet groan leaves his lips. “i never understand why you do this, charity. you get so excited about your anger that you forget to tell me how to help you out of it. what did i do, charity?” it isn’t much of a fight, his voice comes out as it is. desperate. he always found it admirable how well charity could maintain a poker face, but now on the receiving end it was hard to appreciate. he thinks he might cry. he tilts his head for her to do anything, show any kind of emotion.

It’s hard to stand her ground in the jumper she was currently wearing, but she does it anyway. She was tough by nature and it was kind of nice to know that not even a teary Benjy Fenwick could compromise that. The jumper had jumped back and forward between the two of them so much she could hardly remember who it had come from first. “I don’t feel excited, Ben, I just feel sad. I mean - What are you here to complain about? Have your feeling been hurt by all of the people you let treat you like dirt again? I waste my breath everytime we’re together telling you to stop chasing your awful friends and you never listen.”

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l-appelduvides​:

“the last person he talked to was tristan mulciber, other than our staff. he fought in the battle, on paris’ side. no one who went missing has seen or heard from him. my suspicions lie with the order.” alecto says curtly and calmly, as soon as aurélie had given the go ahead.

Aurélie hesitates and cocks her head to the side. “And what is it that you expect me to do, Alecto? Why is it that you expect me to drop everything and help you find your murderous brother?”

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l-appelduvides​:

dallas huffs, thinking that  if his mother miraculously appeared in front of him again one of his first courses of action would be to ask why she’d bestowed such an obnoxious name on him. every introduction followed this very script. “your name was weird too,’ he protests, but his voice feels quiet in his throat. distant. the noise of her tools clattering against the ground is a bigger call back to consciousness than her hands on his head. he wishes he were feeling well enough to give proper attention to her jokes. “heavy and, uh, and dizzy. my lip really fucking hurts.”

“Ooh, you’ve already forgotten my name? I hope this isn’t how you treat all of the girls you meet out here late at night... But heavy is a nice word. Super visceral.” She holds his face on either side so she can get a better look at the lip. He must’ve been glassed, the tear on his face has gone through and punctured his gum - or maybe it’s his tongue. There too much blood to tell. She looks around the scattered medical tools and picks up her antiseptic ointment. “Alright, well this will probably fucking hurt even more.” She warns him before swiping some of it over the cut. Greta leaves an arm in the space between the two of them for him to grab onto again. 

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kxngdomcxme​:

“I mind my business just fine,” Ileana bit back. “Now could you mind yours somewhere else?”

“I beg your pardon, but who exactly are you? Why the hell should I respect your wishes?”

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kxngdomcxme​:

closed starter: @darlingdolores​ where: diagon alley

“If you’re just going to loiter, can you do it somewhere I don’t have to see you?”

“Merlin’s beard, does no-one teach manners anymore? The importance of minding one’s own business?”

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kxngdomcxme​:

closed starter: @ahyeahaurelie​ where: the ministry

Archie had thrown himself into work recently. It was easier to just hide behind his desk - move between the ministry and macusa and follow the motions. He was walking back to his office when he bumped into what he thought was a wall, only for it to be an actual person. “Oh, shit. Sorry, I’m sorry. Are you alright?”

Aurélie didn’t think it unreasonable to not expect to be touched so much in the workplace, whether it was intentional or not. So she let herself sound a little bit annoyed when she said, “I’m fine. What’s your excuse?”

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kxngdomcxme​:

closed starter: @algilbertfontaine​ where: u choose

“Did you really think that would work, though?”

“Yes, I did. Shoot me for still wanting to believe in nice things.”

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l-appelduvides​:

mathias’ head tilts as he looks her over in annoyance while still attempting to maintain his customer-service mannerisms. he knew dolores umbridge, of course. she made it quite hard to not know her. “my family owns it, my cousin runs it,’ it’s easier to leave out that said cousin is now missing. “and i help out. what do you want?”

“And who is your cousin,’ She asks quickly, patience growing thin. Surely an estate such as this would only belong to the noblest of pure-blood families, but it never hurt to check. “What do you have in terms of collectors editions?”

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