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snuff_dog (snuff_dog) wrote,
@ 2009-01-08 18:59:00

Conversation in Grim Cottage
*a crash in the kitchen*

MOONY! Are you all right?

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	rjohnlupin 2009-01-08 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, yeah, it's nothing. I just... Oh bugger, it was my hand, as well. Now I've got it on the towel, too. Maybe I could use a little help. Healing charm, love? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	snuff_dog 2009-01-08 06:13 pm UTC (link)
	Godric curse it! Sanosangueo! That's all right then. Where's that fucking elf? Damn it, Moony? What's got into you? Chopping fucking onions by hand... What do you think we keep that bloody elf of yours for? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cubwort 2009-01-08 06:14 pm UTC (link)
	Otek? Are you all right? Eeeew! Look at all the blood! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	snuff_dog 2009-01-08 06:14 pm UTC (link)
	Hush, cub. Otek's all right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rjohnlupin 2009-01-08 06:18 pm UTC (link)
	I like cooking, Sirius. It's relaxing and... Oh, can you hand me the pepper over there? I think I need to put that in now. What's a stew without lots of pepper? Right, Wort? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	snuff_dog 2009-01-08 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	You were just what? WHAT? "Relaxing?" My arse! Your hands are still shaking! Tully, here. Take this -- Master Lupin got it in his head that he wants a stew. You finish it. Put in plenty of pepper, for Merlin's sake. Moony... please. Can't you just... can't we just take CARE of you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rjohnlupin 2009-01-08 06:28 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, I'm sorry. Of course, I'm sorry. I was just thinking that since I've got to cut back on the beef, that I could add more vegetables, and... softly Of course you can take care of me, Sirius. You always do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

snuff_dog
2009-01-08 06:34 pm UTC (link)

Vegetables? VEGETABLES IS NOT THE POINT!

Love, mate -- listen. At the moment, Snape's indisposed and Slug's hung up on the new term. I am sure that either one or both of them will be TRIPPING over themselves to help you back to your full powers as soon as they have room to breathe. But until then, you have to take things easy. I'll be damned and festering before I let you end up in St. Mungo's -- they'll stuff you into the Dangerous Creatures ward and leave you to rot!

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	rjohnlupin 2009-01-08 06:40 pm UTC (link)
	I know there are more important and more pressing matters right now. I'm just... Why can't I do anything? Why hasn't my magic come back yet? And what the blazes is going on with my blood pressure? It just isn't... it isn't right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cubwort 2009-01-08 06:42 pm UTC (link)
	Otek? What about the little wolves at Hogwarts? They seem all right. Maybe they know something that can help you! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rjohnlupin 2009-01-08 06:44 pm UTC (link)
	The little...? How- how do you know about them? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cubwort 2009-01-08 06:47 pm UTC (link)
	I met them the other day! Um... I snuck out. Staying in the library was a bit boring, so I snuck out. I'm sorry! They were playing out by the standing stones. They're nice! Um, I mean she is. He's not so bad. He's kind of gloomy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	snuff_dog 2009-01-08 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	Wait, what? There are werewolves at Hogwarts? Why haven't you told me? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rjohnlupin 2009-01-08 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	Well, it isn't something we really want everyone to know about just yet. After all, they're... well, they're werewolves. I'm sure if even one student found out, it would be all over the school faster than... ... oh. Thank you, Tully. At any rate, it would be-- ... I say, this does smell delicious. Enough pepper this time! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	snuff_dog 2009-01-08 06:54 pm UTC (link)
	BUGGER THE PEPPER! Why does noone tell me these things? Nobody tells me ANYTHING anymore! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rjohnlupin 2009-01-08 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	Sirius, love, calm down. They weren't there when you were at Hogwarts, I've only just found out a month ago, and... well, is there any reason Snape or Slughorn or anyone else ought to have gone out of their way to tell a former professor about them? Here. Taste this. It's really quite fantastic. Is that cardamom? Perhaps it's the turnips. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	snuff_dog 2009-01-08 07:09 pm UTC (link)
	I don't give a rat's arse about the turnips! Tully! Tully! Go... oh, go add another log to the fire in the library, and stay there! Merlin's bollock, Moony! I just... things like this touch on you, so I may well just give a damn about them, you know? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

rjohnlupin
2009-01-08 07:17 pm UTC (link)

Sirius!

Sirius.

*sets bowl down*

I know. It does touch on me, I am concerned. And I know that you care. Things have been so strange lately. I suppose I ought to tell you everything that happens on a daily basis. My mind isn't what it used to be, I'm afraid. Some Dark Wizard could come strolling through, and if a flydragon happened to flutter past just at the same time, I'd probably remember the color of its wings and couldnt' tell you the color of the Dark Wizard's robes.

Well... other than the obvious fact that they would have been Black.

Or Lilac and Rose if it was that idiot, Lockhart.

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snuff_dog
2009-01-08 07:25 pm UTC (link)

Oh cack. I don't mean to check up on you, mate, you know I don't. I just... seeing you like this ... I depend on you so much, mate! Without you, I could just go flying off and do Godric knows what...

You're my rock. And I want to see you well and safe. And now there are bloody unknown werewolves running about! Do you know them? Do you know their family, their pack? What do they do at the full of the moon? Are they at the Shrieking Shack? Will we meet them if we go out for a run in the Forbidden Forest? How the hell can I keep you SAFE?

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rjohnlupin
2009-01-08 07:30 pm UTC (link)

I really haven't had much time to meet their pack yet, have I? Just after I started working in the Library, the holidays were upon us, and then there's this change of diet and...

... And you have no idea how tempting you are when you're all protective of me, do you?

Listen, love, I'm safe. I'm alright. Nothing is going to happen to me while at Hogwarts, and when I'm not there, I'm with you. Either here or out and about.

Nothing's going to happen to me.

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	snuff_dog 2009-01-08 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	Too bloody right nothing's going to happen to you, not while I've a limb twitching! Wort, I have a mission for you. A secret intelligence mission, all right then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cubwort 2009-01-08 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	REALLY? Like Calla Barnes in the story books? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	snuff_dog 2009-01-08 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	JUST like Calla Barnes, poppet. I want you to make friends with those two werewolves. Find out about their families and where they come from, and what they do over the full moon. WITHOUT them knowing why you want to know. Can you do that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cubwort 2009-01-08 07:39 pm UTC (link)
	Oh yes! I can do that! Does that mean they can come over to play? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	snuff_dog 2009-01-08 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	Absolutely. But they're not to go into the library, or Otek and Tati's bedroom, all right? This is a secret mission, cub. Mum's the word, yes? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cubwort 2009-01-08 07:41 pm UTC (link)
	YES, SIR! I can do that! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	snuff_dog 2009-01-08 07:41 pm UTC (link)
	HA! That's my girl! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rjohnlupin 2009-01-08 08:01 pm UTC (link)
	Sirius, are you sure about this? I mean, if they are from a rival pack? Well, meeting them is one thing, letting them inside the wards is another. Remember what we were like when were in 4th and 5th year? Well, you were already an animagus. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

snuff_dog
2009-01-08 08:13 pm UTC (link)

Of course they're from a rival pack. Any other pack is a rival pack from ours, as you well know. And I'm not fifteen years old anymore, Moony. I'm not going to do anything stupid or expose you to harm. I learned my lesson long ago, no matter what Snape might think.

Perhaps you're right, though, that we shouldn't bring them past the garden wards. It can't hurt to be cautious.

Sorry, poppet. No bringing them home. It isn't safe.

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	cubwort 2009-01-08 08:14 pm UTC (link)
	Oh. Yes, sir. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rjohnlupin 2009-01-08 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	You know what I mean, Sirius... How about this? We can ask them if they'd like to meet for tea at Madam Puddifoot's during the next Hogsmeade weekend. I'll volunteer to Chaperone, and then you and Tati can meet me there. I'll even buy the shortbread and lemon curd, how about that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

snuff_dog
2009-01-08 08:38 pm UTC (link)

What? You want to make this a family affair? We're not arranging a bloody marriage settlement here! This is reconnaissance!

Honestly, do you think they'd say anything of substance with you and me hovering about? Would you have, at their age? I know I wouldn't have!

No, it won't do. Let Wort make what friends she can of them, and meet them next Hogsmeade weekend by herself.

I can always keep nose and ears on her from around back by the rubbish. Won't be the first time Snuffles goes rummaging about back there.

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rjohnlupin
2009-01-08 08:41 pm UTC (link)

Sirius! I am NOT sending our daughter alone into a spying mission with two adolescent werewolves!

...

I'll... I'll make myself busy here, pacing the floor and biting off what's left of my nails if I must, but SNUFFLES will be with her every moment!

Do I make myself clear? Wort? You're not to leave Tati at all! It's a dangerous mission. Only the cleverest of soldiers would be sent out on a mission like this!

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	cubwort 2009-01-08 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	I'm very clever! And I'm not scared at all! They think I'm a silly baby, but I'm not! (Reply to this) (Parent)

snuff_dog
2009-01-08 08:50 pm UTC (link)

I will not let her out of my sight, love. I swear it. And there's no reason for you to fret. Noone is saying you can't come to Hogsmeade. We need parchment, and floo powder, and you're always chewing through your quills, and I'm sure there are stacks upon stacks you haven't been through at the bookshop. I'm just saying... give her a bit of room. Children always do better without an adult breathing down their neck. Or have you forgotten when we were their age?

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rjohnlupin
2009-01-08 09:00 pm UTC (link)

Mmm. I know you'll take care of her.

You'd better. Both of you had better behave, or... well, I'll think of some sort of appropriate punishment for each of you.

And it's because I remember what we were like at their age that I worry. Believe you me. I'm not concerned one bit about how well our darling Cubwort can take care of herself.

A stronger little woman I've never met! And that's saying something.

Now. I'm starting to get all distracted again by the smell of dinner, and... I'm a little tired, too. What say we sit down and eat and write up our master plan tonight?

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	snuff_dog 2009-01-08 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	You are such the librarian! HA! Write up all the plans and schemes you wish, love, and we'll be sure to pick up some disappearing ink for you to keep them secret. Don't worry, mate. We'll get you hale and well again, and keep this whole family safe and sound in the bargain. I swear it. And Artemisia does too, don't you, poppet? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cubwort 2009-01-08 09:11 pm UTC (link)
	SOLEMNLY SWEAR! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cubwort 2009-01-08 06:55 pm UTC (link)
	I knooooooow that, Otek! They made me promise not to tell! I'm not stupid! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rjohnlupin 2009-01-08 07:02 pm UTC (link)
	I know you aren't sweetie. You're perhaps the smartest girl I've ever met, actually. So, what else did they say to you? Aren't they quite older than you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cubwort 2009-01-08 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, they're very old! Fourth or fifth year, even! But I knocked her on the ground once, really I did! He's really grumpy, almost like Strycek Professor. But she's nice, and she laughs a lot! They play out there a lot, but they don't call it playing. They call it work. That's dumb. There's nobody trying to kill them or anything! Can I play with them again? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rjohnlupin 2009-01-08 07:11 pm UTC (link)
	Perhaps. We'll... we'll see. I think I'd like to meet them first. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cubwort 2009-01-08 07:12 pm UTC (link)
	Oooootek, you see them at the library every day! But does that mean I can bring them home? They can see my pirate ship! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	snuff_dog 2009-01-08 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	I CERTAINLY would like to meet them, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH EVERYONE! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rjohnlupin 2009-01-08 07:18 pm UTC (link)
	Of course! And seeing them walk through the library is quite different from actually meeting them, sweetie. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cubwort 2009-01-08 07:26 pm UTC (link)
	Then they can come visit? YAY! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	rjohnlupin 2009-01-08 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	I'm alright, pup. I was just... (Reply to this) (Parent)