Madilyn

Death and hamburger eater

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esmeraldamacnair​:

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Esmeralda had made the journey from Wimbourne House in Hogsmeade to the Astronomy Tower only for a moment away to clear her head. Her thoughts had once been a pleasant buzz, like a smooth currant of electricity. Now they seemed to consume her. 

She tired easily these days, so it was slowly that she pushed open the doors; it was a surprise to her that she could at all.

“I didn’t expect anyone else to be here.” The January wind howled, as if to assist Esmeralda and pardon her of the burden it would be to explain why she hadn’t expected company. “It’s beautiful, isn’t it? All covered in snow.”

“No, it’s cold and it’s drying out my skin and the clouds make it hard to see. Would you be a dear and hold this still for a second?” Madilyn said without looking at the voice and pointed with her chin to the other end of the massive telescope she was struggling with setting up. Glancing back, she noticed the state of the girl. “Eugh, nevermind. You look awful. Do you want a coffee? I’ve got two. Planning an all-nighter.” Madilyn went back to fumbling with the heavy beast of a telescope. “Take one, seriously. People already think I’m a murderer, I don’t need a limp body beside me if you faint.”

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smokescreenabberley​:

Nash had no interest in astronomy. No, rather he was in the Astronomy tower because he was reading through a Thor comic. And although the realm of of space and the galaxy that existed in the comic book world was far different than the realities of astronomy, Nash often liked to come up there to visualize where all these cosmic adventures, intergalactic adventures were taking place. And it had the added benefit of being a place where he could read undisturbed. 

At least, until he heard the doors opening and he was jumping up, easily startled joined by someone new. “Oh shit,” he said as he realized it was just another student. “I’m sorry, you scared me. I startle easy.” 

“Gosh, what is with everyone flinching when I walk in? Am I a zombie? An out-of-season handbag?” Madilyn complained exasperatedly, a little louder than she intended. Settling down a little, she yanked her things out of her bag and pretended to do work, knowing she couldn’t. Today was a long day of being shut out by everyone in her house. Hufflepuff, as it appears, is not too keen on Death Eaters, and it was obvious now more than ever when everyone in second year had settled in their friend groups except for her. “Because that’s surely what I came up here to do, scare everyone. Not just have some peace of mind,” she muttered to herself as she adjusted her binoculars.

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rocketshipbell​:

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She might’ve put up more of a fight, only right now she was torn. What good would it do? But the more important and pressing matter was, what harm might befall her? Zoe wasn’t muggleborn, but that didn’t stop her from hating the word. From knowing when something came out of malice. She kept her mouth shut. An act she hated but found necessary. “Sure, yes, I’ll just, stay here. I was planning on staying here for a few more hours anyway.”

Madilyn smiled. “I like people that do what they’re told. My name’s Madilyn, by the way. Nice to meet you. Don’t be so frowny.” She squeezed Zoe’s shoulder as she walked past, face heating up as she wondered why yet another person she tried to befriend had a frown on their face by the time she was done. It was why she got along so much better with other Death Eaters even though their values were often at odds with hers: everyone else is just so easily upset. I mean, she offered to give Zoe the chance to use the world’s best telescope! How’s that for ungrateful? Moving quickly, she nervously glanced around and behind her as she raced down the flights of stairs, lest any of the professors see her. She paused only to take out her iFlown and call the rider that had the keys to the dungeon beneath the Astronomy Tower and the lockers where her telescope is. “I need you. Be at the dungeon in ten.”

(I stopped here before she brought the telescope back up in case you wanted to follow her? But if u don’t just kind of do something in the tower while she’s back!)

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rocketshipbell​:

Zoe visibly flinched at the casual use of Mudblood. The word was enough of a siren that she was certain ‘DANGER’ was flashing inside of her brain. After all this time, maybe she should’ve been used to the casual hatred on display in daily life. But now more than ever, she wanted to shrink away. Madilyn, it seemed, couldn’t decide whether she could be bothered to be kind of not. “A telescope?” Her posture went from slumped to rigid, curious as if this was a trap, and not merely an olive branch.

“Where is it?” She didn’t think it smart she go off anywhere alone with her fellow Astronomy classmate, but curiosity almost always won out.

“Ah, I don’t mean anything by it,” Madilyn said, carefully studying the evidently startled girl up to down. Madilyn flashed a smile. “It’s in my vocabulary. You know, hard to get rid of. Why sugar coat these things? I think we should all embrace who we are.” Zoe did not initially strike Madilyn as a Mudblood because of how great she performed at Astronomy, club president and all. Maybe she was just one of the progressive Pure-bloods, Madilyn thought. Madilyn’s smile faltered for a split second when Zoe asked where the telescope was. “Has anyone ever told you you ask too many questions?” She tilted her head to the side. “I’ll go grab it. It’s in a super, er, exclusive place. Not the kind that would let you in. I’ll be about half an hour, it’s pretty big.”

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rocketshipbell​:

“I suppose that’s my general problem with things designer, you know? I’d have a hard time wearing them out anywhere in constant fear of what might happen to it. I know that’s silly, but you’re just, holding money in your hand!” Which could’ve been said for anything, but especially with something custom. “Sorry, I’m a mess lately. Usually I can actually shut up if I’m looking at the stars, but lately I truly never shut up.”

“Well, I guess some of its charm comes from the bag itself, not its name. You could probably find much better bags in Hogsmeade for less. Honestly, I have no idea why Mudblood designers are so expensive. I just buy from them because they’re easier to Transfigure.” The rhinestones on Madilyn’s bag glinted faintly with a strange sky blue hue. “Ooh, I know what can shut you up. I mean cheer you up.” It was not that Madilyn was in an especially magnanimous mood, but she did have an assignment to get to. Or so she told herself. “I’ve got this really neat telescope from Uagadou, the wizarding school in Uganda. It’s supposed to be so much better than the ones here at Hogwarts, because Uagadou’s apparently so much better at astronomy than us. Thing is, I’ve got absolutely no idea how it works.”

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rocketshipbell​:

Zoe jumped at the sound of someone entering, recognizing Madilyn, thanks to their shared cohort, but still surprised. Always surprised. It didn’t help that these days she was more nervous than ever before, always waiting for something horrible to happen. Not at all like her usual self. “I really like your bag,” Zoe said, leaning over towards the latest person to join the Astronomy Tower. The night sky was the best time to make friends. “I’d beg my dad for one, but I think he knows I’d get it dirty immediately.”

She was klutzy, and as much as she wished it was in the classic, cute-girl way, mostly it was just ridiculous and stupid. A designer handbag had better stay far away.

I did just get up from a nap, but do I look that bad? Madilyn thought, reaching into her bag for her compact mirror. No, she looked fine, why did Zoe flinch like that? “You ok? You seem off.” Not that she knew her that well, but anyone could’ve noticed she was highly strung. Madilyn could not imagine being anxious in the Astronomy Tower (besides exam season) at night. It was the place she went to clear her mind and escape the reality down below for a little while. “Ah, thank you, it’s custom made,” she said with pride as she held it up so the sparse rhinestones could catch and twinkle in the moonlight. She had Transfigured them on a couple weeks ago, and they reminded her of the stars at night. It was her favorite bag. “I mean, it is better to have a dirty designer bag than just a dirty bag.” She attempted to be sociable, making sure to put her bag back down a little farther away from Zoe than it originally was.

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Madilyn’s iFlown buzzed and she quickly turned it on and stared at the message. “How many times do I have to say that I don’t want to be disturbed when I’m up here?” she typed, then slowly backspaced and replaced her response with “Busy. Trying to convince Professor that I’m right and she’s wrong.” before sending. It wasn’t their fault she forgot to silence her iFlown. She silenced it and put it back in her black Chanel handbag. Then, she pushed open the large doors to the highest floor of the Astronomy Tower and went back to studying the skies. For her Experimental Astronomy class, Madilyn was trying to convince her Professor that her paper’s thesis was plausible and that it was, in fact, possible to use apparitionists to travel to other planets and Animagus to adapt to their conditions and inhabit them.