impure_tale: (hiding an erection?)
impure_tale ([personal profile] impure_tale) wrote2011-11-03 12:01 pm

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I preferred last Halloween, and I look forward to returning to the CES with Renate and not having to worry about cleaning ash out of my suits. I have the strong impression that more was going on than the garden variety holiday silliness, and I feel compelled to thank everyone involved in getting this ship back to normal -- not only the Admiral but everyone that made an effort to clear all of this putridness away, Wardens and Inmates alike.

I would also make an effort to more eloquently criticize those Inmates that accepted a 'deal' with the new Admiral if I had the knowledge and the will to do so. I have no idea what he offered you and have only secondhand information. The only course for me is to tell myself that you were all very desperate for whatever it was. Otherwise I would have to question the intelligence of any person that could look at the state of the Barge at that time and feel confident to seek any sort of reward from its engineer.

On that subject, I suppose it is now time to address the behavior of my Inmate, and at this point I will even go so far as to pray he has had the opportunity to learn what stitches are since his visit to the infirmary. A blade in the back is a terrible thing to endure, but what have we to fear when we're just as easily mended as a torn piece of cloth?

This may sound as though I am mocking your pain when really I am doing precisely that. You were going to kill me, as you recall, and I warned you about what would happen if I saw that wand drawn as a weapon. What's worse, you did it not because I was any particular threat to you, but because Madame Lestrange had made a deal with the false Admiral and you were hoping to reap some of the benefits after a bit of dogging on her part. You need to pick better friends, and not ones so beyond the control of their own emotions that they tend to dance about as though they need to urinate when they've been left idle for too long.

I do not condone the behavior of the individual that attacked you even though I must credit her with my lack of 'death toll'.

(and would ask that the keeper of the very young and very deadly little girl in question corral her and confiscate her weapons immediately)

Your punishment -- yes, you're still getting one -- comes in three parts. First, your magic will be reduced to a level that I feel is appropriate, given your recent behavior. Copping to pressures by your peers is schoolyard idiocy and your effectiveness with a wand will now reflect that. Second, for the next month, you will be rising at 4 am for custodial duties in the public lavatory, and I encourage everyone to enjoy seconds and thirds at dinner and dessert. Third, you will be joining the kitchen staff until further notice.

[Private to the Admiral]

From now on Lucius Malfoy's wand is to only have the capabilities of standard 'First Year' spellwork.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
You know me. I enjoy baiting far too much to be constructive.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
During that Halloween fiasco. He didn't actually manage to kill me. Just inconvenience me severely.

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[identity profile] inhumandog.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm. Miss me yet, Marquis?
amourpropre: (Default)

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[personal profile] amourpropre 2011-11-03 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I believe you are still vastly overestimating my willingness to play along.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
And I believe you are vastly underestimating my stubbornness. As soon as you're walking again. 4 am. Lavatories. You may inquire with the kitchen staff where you are most needed.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Daily, my treasure.

Though I must say this whole incident has reminded me that I sort of missed my little public lectures. Damn your good behavior.
subtlescience: (Apathy)

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[personal profile] subtlescience 2011-11-03 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
You have your moments.

However, Bellatrix's prejudices run far deeper than Lucius'; I suspect finding something in common with her (or rather, allowing her to find your commonality) would be a chore.
amourpropre: (what is it like not being me?)

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[personal profile] amourpropre 2011-11-03 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Absolutely not.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I think you'll be more embarrassed than I will be if we have to fight over this, Lucius.

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[identity profile] inhumandog.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I could act out again, just to remind you of what you've missed. But I might have to face consequences as a warden that way.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
She need have nothing in common with me save my sudden unwilting desire to insinuate my presence upon her every waking hour.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I would not, if I were you. I think you would hate it if your own Inmate began to follow your example.
subtlescience: (No idea.)

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[personal profile] subtlescience 2011-11-03 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Amusing as I find the notion, I suspect you would break long before she did. And I say as much without any of her allies aboard the ship. Lucius doesn't count.

Imagine if she had someone to instigate and enable her behaviour.
amourpropre: (the irony was the shackles of youth)

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[personal profile] amourpropre 2011-11-03 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
And your punishments suit my pride in what particular fashion? My noble lineage can be traced back to the Dark Ages. My ancestors are wizards and witches of such purity scarce found in modern society.

Doing the work of a house elf is equal insult to what you've done to my magic.

[ And as a note, it's a good thing-- for Lucius-- there's a text option. The idea of summoning verbal argument is exhausting and he hasn't shaven. :| ]

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Your pride would be of greater concern to me if it existed on the merit of your own actions and not via the ability by countless others before you of similar name to impregnate a woman.

I care not how far your lineage traces back; ours are comparable in distance, I promise you, but unlike you I have grown well past the point that I would blindly assume it grants me some special immunity. It does not excuse your behavior nor grant you reprieve from the consequences of your actions.

There are no house elves here. This is the work of people, which you are. You believe it beneath your station, but if you wished to avoid it then you ought not to have acted beneath your station.
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[identity profile] inhumandog.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
It might be good for him. He'd jump at the chance to use it to crucify me and maybe then he could see that those things are wrong.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
You should not act in a way that will damage what is already the slow process of gaining your Inmate's trust. That might be your intention, but he's not going to see it that way. It's too easy to read your actions with a petty gaze right now.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
You must watch a master at work.

If I can handle Arthas, then I can handle her.

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[identity profile] inhumandog.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Certainly you don't intend to take away all sources of my amusement, do you?
subtlescience: (Wary)

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[personal profile] subtlescience 2011-11-03 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
If such a thing occurs, I'll watch with decided interest.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Certainly not. I have yet to insinuate myself into your relationship with Rex again, haven't I?

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[identity profile] inhumandog.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you planning on it?

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I am still working on that guidebook...

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[identity profile] inhumandog.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It's entirely unnecessary.

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[identity profile] impure-tale.livejournal.com 2011-11-03 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
You were about to sever your own hands as foreplay. I think it's necessary.

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