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Post by Skylar Constantine on Jun 8, 2013 14:27:37 GMT -5
Skylar didn't know anything about that. The last year he'd been around, he'd been mired in his own sh~ and not paying a bit of attention to gossip. He'd never read newspapers, figuring it was a waste of time to sit around finding out what was going on when he could just see for himself. "After the older girls got married I lost track of them." And the younger one had been a big bore.
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Post by Michael Blackwood-Hardt on Jun 8, 2013 14:33:11 GMT -5
"They've left us alone, even after we went and named our oldest twin Alistair which, in hindsight, probably wasn't a good idea. But I never really heard about the Blackwoods back when I was still in Society, so I had no idea about the family history," Michael said. Knowing the history wouldn't have stopped him from starting a relationship with Dare.
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Post by Skylar Constantine on Jun 8, 2013 14:45:20 GMT -5
"They weren't really in then," Skylar said. "Some of them were a little trashy." Not that his family was a whole lot better, but they'd actually been invited to things now and then. "They were weaseling their way into stuff when I started dealing with my own... stuff." He glanced back down at Ember. She wasn't all the sh~ he'd been through, but she'd sure been the end of it.
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Post by Michael Blackwood-Hardt on Jun 8, 2013 15:20:15 GMT -5
"Mostly I'm glad I'm not in Society anymore," Michael said. He was pretty sure he could stick his nose back in if he really wanted to and every now and then it wasn't too horrible to test the waters, such as with Eros' ball he'd thrown, but he liked his life. "I keep up through a couple of friends sometimes, but usually everything revolves around work and my family."
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Post by Skylar Constantine on Jun 8, 2013 15:23:00 GMT -5
"You still hanging out with those same guys?" Skylar asked. "The two blondes and that Sota guy." And Carolynn. He'd forgotten about her, but she was hot stuff, too. Had she been part of that elite little group or not? He couldn't quite remember.
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Post by Michael Blackwood-Hardt on Jun 8, 2013 15:27:02 GMT -5
Michael nodded. "I'm still in contact with all three of them, Eros more than the others. Emilian Sota got himself in a lot of trouble over the years, though. He lives in Hogsmeade, owns the jewelry shop. I don't talk to him much anymore," he said. That was an understatement, he'd spoken to Emilian perhaps three times over the past year.
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Post by Skylar Constantine on Jun 8, 2013 15:32:10 GMT -5
"Emilian, that was it," Skylar said. "He's been gone a while too." He'd thought the guy was okay, if a little queer. He'd known where the party was going to be though. That always counted for something. "What kind of sh... dammit." He shook his head at himself. "What kind of stuff did he get into?" Michael was married to a man, for Godsake.
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Post by Michael Blackwood-Hardt on Jun 8, 2013 15:37:07 GMT -5
"He followed me here after I'd left the ranks, at least partially because of my father. He hadn't been here long before he raped a girl, I knew her, she was a friend," Michael said, watching the ground approach his feet. "He had a relationship with a girl who is the daughter of a very powerful man in Germany and almost got himself killed. After their relationship fell through it was found out he was beating one of the prefects at the school. He's ah...incapacitated now."
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Post by Skylar Constantine on Jun 8, 2013 15:41:27 GMT -5
"Damn," Skylar said, ignoring the swear for now. There wasn't anything better for all that except f~ and he was getting better with the f-bomb. Usually. "So he's in the krup-house all around, isn't he?" And he was incapacitated. "What happened to him? I mean, he's at the jewelry shop you said. Someone use some Dark magic on him?" It had to be, or else it'd all be fixable.
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Post by Michael Blackwood-Hardt on Jun 8, 2013 15:48:36 GMT -5
"One student didn't like what Emilian was doing to the prefect and attacked him. The attack was centered on a particular part of Emilian's anatomy and it's remained broken. He hasn't gotten it fixed yet, though he could, and he was put in therapy for a while, he's kind of a broken man in general now," Michael said. It was sad to see, but he couldn't say Emilian didn't deserve every bit of what had happened to him.
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Post by Skylar Constantine on Jun 8, 2013 16:05:30 GMT -5
That was bigger than damn, so Skylar kept his mouth closed and just shook his head. The Sotas had been higher up, and it was disconcerting hearing that he'd fallen so hard. "What about the other ones? Eros... He was the goody-goody, wasn't he? And that other one, he Imperius'd the band that one time. Mano?" They were all higher up, and he probably only remembered Michael as well as he did because Death Eater sh~ was dinner table conversation.
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Post by Michael Blackwood-Hardt on Jun 8, 2013 16:11:35 GMT -5
Michael smiled at the memory, "Yes, that would be Mano. He's avoiding getting married still, and he owns a cafe in Diagon Alley and just opened one near a new magical university. Eros is still goody-goody and a good friend of mine. He just happens to be the one I asked a favor of to get you help." One eyebrow arched as he looked over at Skylar.
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Post by Skylar Constantine on Jun 8, 2013 16:15:37 GMT -5
Skylar decided to hold back any further insults about Eros at that information. "Looks like I owe him one, too. I thought you'd talked to Dahlia. I got a letter from her telling me to keep it straight or else." The or else didn't need stated for anyone. Whatever the consequences, from an ex-Death Eater it'd be bad.
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Post by Michael Blackwood-Hardt on Jun 8, 2013 16:19:18 GMT -5
Michael shook his head. "I don't talk to her, I barely know her," he said. "I know she used to write the gossip column for the paper and I've tried to stay away from her." Her little articles caused more trouble than they were worth, in his opinion. "There's a lot riding on you, I think." It sounded like a lot of bad things could come from Skylar messing up the chance.
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Post by Skylar Constantine on Jun 8, 2013 16:22:55 GMT -5
"I got two letters from Hogwarts," Skylar said. The look he gave Michael said he was well aware of the pressure that was on him. "The Deputy Headmaster sent me a list of classes to choose from, and some Auror sent me veiled threats and rules to follow. The name sounded French, maybe he knows Dahlia. I don't know, it's crazy all around." And he'd accepted all of it. He gave Ember's hand a little squeeze and she beamed up at him a moment before turning her attention back to Hero.
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