Tiffany Lestrange
i'm not a fool, i just love that you're dead inside, i'm not a fool, i'm just lifeless too.
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Post by Tiffany Lestrange on Jun 16, 2013 16:52:32 GMT
With multiple disappearances and resignations of staff at the Ministry of Magic lately, there was a little bit of 'job-swapping' taking place, though nothing too extreme. Occasionally the aurors had to collect their own post, the different office workers went without receptionists for days at a time, and apothecary workers were put on jury duty in the courts far more often. It was barely controlled chaos, which is why Tiffany could hardly contain her amusement at the fact that she'd be taking her quarter-annual interview with an unspeakable instead of her usual high-ranking case worker.
She approached the counter in reception with the usual bored disposition that she carried during days like this, though she couldn't help but be a little curious about how her interview would be different. It almost made her a little more nervous - unspeakables had access to far more information than her case-worker would, despite his high rank. She clutched Predaytor's cage in one hand, giving the reception girl the information she needed before turning away to go & wait.
"Actually, Mr. Bode can see you now." Tiff glanced up again to see the man who had been sitting back in one of the other seats behind the desk, chatting with another girl working, stand up & look up at her expectantly.
"Right." she cleared her throat, adjusting her grip on the cage handle, & gave the man a solid, curious once-over.
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Post by Broderick Bode on Jun 17, 2013 19:10:39 GMT
Broderick was in the middle of a conversation with Lyssa Towler, his brother in law's receptionist when he heard his name being mentioned, looking up in the direction, he smiled warmly at the young girl and nodded, as the girl approached him he flashed her a charming smile "Tiffany Lestrange?" Broderick asked though he knew who she was already through Ashley & he looked her up when he was told he would be reviewing her.
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Tiffany Lestrange
i'm not a fool, i just love that you're dead inside, i'm not a fool, i'm just lifeless too.
Posts: 869
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Post by Tiffany Lestrange on Jun 17, 2013 20:38:46 GMT
"Mhm." was all of the enthusiasm she could muster in response to his greeting, nothing personal of course, but she found it difficult to get excited over a routine check to make sure she wasn't harboring any fugitive serial killers. She was a little surprised when he had to double-check with who she was. Not that she was offended, or felt that she should have been more important, but she was just used to the lower-rank workers knowing her before she knew them. On the lesser-secretive floors of the Ministry, she was a regular. However, that might have explained him not knowing her - she hardly assumed that Unspeakables had time to work their way through the paperwork from years past. Standing up & following Broderick down the corridor past the reception area, she tightened her cage-grip again, almost smirking as Predaytor hissed uneasily, coiling up & eyeballing Mr. Bode through the bars.
"Easy.." she mumbled to it, though she secretly loved the nervousness that the snake brought people. It gave her a sick jolt of control to know that she was the only one around it would listen to & if she chose to, she could put someone at her mercy with it.
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Post by Broderick Bode on Jun 18, 2013 20:39:49 GMT
Broderick cocked an eyebrow at the snake and kept a safe distance he worked with harmful creatures and objects on a daily basis although he was confident he could handle himself he was not stupid. "quite the pet you have there" Broderick commented innocently glancing over at the girl.
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Tiffany Lestrange
i'm not a fool, i just love that you're dead inside, i'm not a fool, i'm just lifeless too.
Posts: 869
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Post by Tiffany Lestrange on Jun 18, 2013 20:59:25 GMT
"I just had his paperwork renewed an hour ago." she insisted, even though he didn't ask. She almost sounded a little threatened - if it was his intention to rock the boat, he wouldn't have been the first Ministry worker to try to separate her from her pet. If only they knew about the one she had chained up in her backyard. The backyard she wasn't even supposed to have access to, according to her residence file. She followed the taller man into a small room, & took her seat on one side of the table separating the room in half. She knew the drill fairly well, after all of these years. Unless the questions had changed around, she was fairly sure she could list off her well-rehearsed answers by heart.
"So." she looked across with him, quirking an eyebrow expectantly.
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Post by Broderick Bode on Jun 18, 2013 21:46:01 GMT
Broderick's eyebrows remained raised as he chuckled in amusement "good to know but I didn't ask I was informed of this information earlier" he eyed the girl playfully then looked down at his papers "right then, so I am obigated to ask you if there is anyone you wish to talk to in the recent capture of your uncle and being sent to Askaban" he really didn't think this girl would be up for talking to anyone but as he stated he was required to ask her.
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Tiffany Lestrange
i'm not a fool, i just love that you're dead inside, i'm not a fool, i'm just lifeless too.
Posts: 869
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Post by Tiffany Lestrange on Jun 19, 2013 1:32:44 GMT
"Like what? About my feelings?" she gave him an almost sympathetic look, as if it were sad that he'd even think she was capable of having such a thing. "No thank you. I think I'll manage." She rested the snake's cage on the ground beside her chair & clasped her fingers together, setting her hands gently on the table in front of her. It was a carefully practiced look of content relaxation. No tension, nothing to hide.
Reaching across the table for one of the empty water glasses, she set it in front of herself & pulled her wand out to fill it, glancing up at him for a moment. "My aunt is taking it fairly hard, I think, but my cousin & brother & I are at school full time so we don't have to deal with it much." she added, sounding as reassuring as possible as the glass in front of her filled to the brim & then stopped.
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Post by Broderick Bode on Jun 19, 2013 5:58:00 GMT
Broderick's eyebrows rose innocently at her tone "as said before I am /required/ to ask you" he shrugged then flipped a page in his notes that he was given then looked back at Tiff "how often would you say that you do go back to the Malfoy manor given the current...*ahem* situation" he asked keeping his tone even.
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Tiffany Lestrange
i'm not a fool, i just love that you're dead inside, i'm not a fool, i'm just lifeless too.
Posts: 869
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Post by Tiffany Lestrange on Jun 19, 2013 6:01:33 GMT
"Hardly at all. I'm usually at school." she smirked almost coldly & fixed her gaze on her hands as distraction, "I can hardly leave the grounds without an escort." That much was true, but Malfoy Manor wasn't the home she was longing to return to. She missed her own bed, her pets, having Soleus right down the hall from her & the feeling of protection of her parents being in the same house. Knowing they'd kill before letting anything happen to her or her brother - not necessarily out of care & sentiment, but out of protection of their assets. Their assets being the two soldiers they were raising in their home.
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Post by Broderick Bode on Jun 19, 2013 6:04:59 GMT
"umhmm and your brother, he has been missing from school quite a bit this semester, says here that he is taking trips with his aunt..any reason why you don't go with him?" Broderick raised his eyebrows innocently but definitely looking curious, he kept his tone light not accusing in the slightest and that stupidly handsome grin on his face.
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Tiffany Lestrange
i'm not a fool, i just love that you're dead inside, i'm not a fool, i'm just lifeless too.
Posts: 869
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Post by Tiffany Lestrange on Jun 19, 2013 6:14:51 GMT
"They've been visiting the prison, when they can." she explained, raising an eyebrow back. "But I can't account for what he does in his spare time. He wouldn't be particularly fond of the idea of being my ward." Since she was of age, now, she had toyed with the idea of legally becoming Soleus' guardian. It'd make things a lot easier than trying to get the Malfoy's permission for everything that he wanted to do, but she had never brought up the idea to him, fairly certain that he'd feel undermined by it. He was, after all, a higher ranking death eater than she was, how stupid would it be if she was in control of his assets & livelihood?
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Post by Broderick Bode on Jun 19, 2013 6:31:56 GMT
"fair enough" Broderick nodded curtly then made a few more notes on his paper before clearing his throat "one more question, your mother" he instantly looked more on edge his posture tensing as he cleared his throat "have you gone to visit her at all...upon her umhmm escape from Askaban a year ago?" he looked sympathetic it could not have been an easy thing having a completely deranged mother ha! little did he know.
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Tiffany Lestrange
i'm not a fool, i just love that you're dead inside, i'm not a fool, i'm just lifeless too.
Posts: 869
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Post by Tiffany Lestrange on Jun 19, 2013 16:51:57 GMT
She tensed visibly, but managed a slightly sarcastic response anyway. "Tea & biscuits every Wednesday." she looked up at him & noticed his sympathetic look, & gave him a hint of a smirk to assure him that she was fine, obviously.
"Mr. Bode." she leaned forward innocently. "My mother is the most powerful and dangerous witch of our time. She also hasn't seen me since I was two years old. If my brother or I had the chance to see her, do you think she'd let us go? I wouldn't be here answering you right now. I can assure you." Her tone didn't even waver, nor her face twitch, no hints that what she'd told him were complete lies.
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Post by Broderick Bode on Jun 19, 2013 17:06:51 GMT
Broderick frowned at her sarcasm then chuckled and nodded "I suppose so again just asking the questions on my sheet here" he tapped his quill and parchment then shrugged and looked through the rest of his references "well I can't see anything out of the ordinary" He flashed her another charming smile then sat back in his chair "all done here I would say"
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Tiffany Lestrange
i'm not a fool, i just love that you're dead inside, i'm not a fool, i'm just lifeless too.
Posts: 869
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Post by Tiffany Lestrange on Jun 19, 2013 17:10:48 GMT
Predaytor hissed uncomfortably in his cage, pressing his body up against the bars.
"Do you mind?" she asked innocently, then, without waiting for a reply, pulled out the snake carefully & let it coil around her arm in what appeared to be a painfully tight grip. She held him carefully so he couldn't go anywhere other than her arm, & let him stretch his body out a little. "It's basically animal cruelty, keeping him in there for so long." she told the unspeakable, adjusting the door on the cage so she'd be able to put him back in, in a moment.
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