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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 5, 2014 10:32:25 GMT -5
Now that was a tempting offer. Rodolphus's breath hitched lightly at her suggestion. She was a stunningly beautiful woman and he had missed her terribly while in Azkaban. Looking into her eyes he turned to face her fully. "Oh I can be very as discreet as you wish." he said before reaching up to caress her cheek, his hand sliding down across her shoulder to the back of her neck as he leaned in to capture her lips in a kiss.
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 5, 2014 10:29:13 GMT -5
"Simple really." Rodolphus replied. "Bloodthirsty." he added with a smirk.
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 5, 2014 10:25:52 GMT -5
Rodolphus shook his head in amusement at Amycus's comment about blood. "Asking takes half the fun of the hunt our of it." he said.
He paused and tilted his head, he knew that the twins would do anything for each other, it was understandable, family was like that, and even more so for twins. He knew he would help his brother do anything he needed, it was just how they were. He had seen the twins working in unison before, and it certainly was a sight to behold. The fluidity that they worked with was amazing and simply beautiful to watch.
"I would hate for you to have to kill me as well." he commented. "I will do my best to get back in her good books." he said. "After my time in Azkaban, things have become quite a bit more clear to me, on how my life turned out. Things that I should have changed, or done just slightly differently. Leaving your sister was the largest one."
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 5, 2014 10:20:01 GMT -5
Rodolphus tilted his head as he listened to Pansy speak. "You actually care about the house cup?" he asked in mild amusement that point of her comments sticking out to him the most. "There are only a few with the potential to cast the Dark Arts successfully, and we shall see who those few are as classes continue." he added before turning to glance at Alecto.
"Who else have you run in to that is a kiss-ass?" he asked in curiosity.
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 4, 2014 7:52:28 GMT -5
"Bellatrix never was subtle." He agreed, before a smile curled his lips. "Are you suggesting a bit of discretion on both our parts?" He asked his eyes lighting up, showing his interest j that idea. After all Alecto was a beautiful woman, and his feeling for her had not changed over the years.
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 4, 2014 7:48:49 GMT -5
"I agree with Alecto." Rodolphus commented. "The lions will try something anyways, we should use them as examples." He added before turning to Pansy, he was interested in her reply.
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 3, 2014 22:02:31 GMT -5
A small smile graced his face at her actions, her words causing his eyes to flicker with desire briefly. "Do we have a raid planned that I am unaware of?" he asked when she mentioned the pillage and burn. "Or are you suggesting that we plan one?" he added and sighed at the mention of his wife.
"Bellatrix is with The Dark Lord, as is her rightful place." he said, a touch of bitterness showing for a half a second in his voice. "I doubt she will be gracing the school with her presence any time soon, she has more important things to be dealing with."
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 3, 2014 21:59:12 GMT -5
"Well it would be an effective tactic." Rodolphus said. "Though I suppose keeping them alive would help too, mostly for the amusement of the rest of us."
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 3, 2014 21:57:51 GMT -5
"We already have an idea how you feel Amycus." Rodolphus commented. "You feel the same most of the time anyways, or at least you did before I went to prison." he remarked dryly.
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 3, 2014 21:56:17 GMT -5
Rodolphus listened to Amycus a thoughtful look on his face. "You know, you do have a point about the opportunities here." he said. "I never put it in that perspective before, but it makes sense." he added and shifted in his seat to a more comfortable position.
"Oh they want your blood, but for reasons that no one can make any sense of." he added. "I dont want your blood, it is pointless, and it weakens our position. Logically it was a good move on your part, it gave us forces that were able to help immediately. The one who's blood I wanted was Karkaroff, which as it turned out we got, so my desire for revenge was sated for the moment."
Laughing along with Amycus as he described Bellatrix, Rodolphus shrugged. "There is nothing I can do about her now, and I know that she loves the Dark Lord, it was something that she spoke about often while we were in Azkaban." he said. "She may be Mad but she is effective in what she does."
He paused and his eye took on a far away look. "I think I would have a family now, if I had stayed with your sister." he agreed. "And I won't be apologizing any time soon, I would rather use the Cruciatus on myself," he paused. "You know I think that would be the more merciful route, that what your sister would do to me if I attempted an apology."
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 3, 2014 14:05:07 GMT -5
"You both bring up valid points." He said. "Though i suppose it could be part of their final exam." He added as an afterthought.
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 3, 2014 14:04:17 GMT -5
"No i suppose not." Rodolphus replied easily.
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 3, 2014 14:03:41 GMT -5
Roldolphus leaned his head back and sighed. Tilting it forward his eyes opened and he looked into her own. "I feel as though I have been wasting away, doing nothing." He said. "My mind just feels idle after all of the self examination and meditation while i was in prison. I need something to do, something to keep me occupied. More than teaching, more than just being here." He paused and shrugged. "If that makes any sense at all."
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 3, 2014 9:39:40 GMT -5
Rodolphus smiled and leaned into her touch. "I am." He said. "Azkaban did leave its mark on me." He pointed out. "Even if it isn't as visible as the others."
"I know i can roam, its just i feel a little lost." He told her his eyes sliding closed. "So many things have changed, yet stayed the same. I don't know how to explain it."
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 3, 2014 9:36:28 GMT -5
"Wellni suppose that is fair." Rodolphus commented to Amycus. "And also a very valid point about her enjoying it as well." He mused.
Turning back to Alecto he snickered. "Well at least i know your feelings on the matter haven't changed."
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 3, 2014 9:33:20 GMT -5
"Suffocation curse?" Rodolphus suggested. "Either they counter it, make it here for it to be countered, or die." He elaborated his tone filled with amusement.
"Those who dispel it are gifted, the ones we teach, the ones who come here are the demonstrations and those who die are too weak to be of any use."
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 3, 2014 8:05:31 GMT -5
"You too?" He asked Alecto with a tilt of his head. "I thought it was only your brother he made crude jokes?" He asked, his eyes following her movements more closely than he should.
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 3, 2014 8:02:56 GMT -5
"I still feel isolated." Rodolphus answered not taking his eyes from the grounds. "It seems like i traded one stone room for another, slightly less depressing one."
He turned to face her. "You look as striking as ever Alecto." He complimented her. "It seems the years have been good to you."
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 3, 2014 7:59:39 GMT -5
A wicked smirk slid across Rodolphus's face as Amycus and and Alecto entered the room. "Amycus, Alecto." He greeted watching them move into the room and address the girl as well.
He tilted his head slightly at Alecto's comments about himself and Bella, but didn't comment on it. "I think we should send out an invitation to the students. Waiting for them to wander in would try my patience."
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 2, 2014 22:39:42 GMT -5
Celexs plopped into a seat in one of the compartments and settle in for a good long ride.
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 2, 2014 18:41:01 GMT -5
Rodolphus smiled at the look that came across Amycus's face. It was one that he had seen may times in the past right before a raid, or a bit of muggle hunting. "We will have our chance to go out once again. Or at the very least make examples of the Mudbloods here within the castle." he pointed out.
"It is a good thing you stayed out of the way." he said. "The Dark Lord needed followers who were able to help him once he reemerged. If we were all in Azkaban, things wouldn't have gone as well as they have, it would have made things more difficult." he stated with conviction.
He sighed when the other man mentioned Bellatrix and Alecto. "You ask a difficult question Amycus." he said after a few moments silence to gather his thoughts. "It is complicated," he began. "my family had been in talks with the Blacks for years about a marriage between the families. Everything was slated for Rabastan as the elder of the two of us, to be contracted. Then something went wrong, I don't know what, but the only way it was going to work out was if I was contracted instead." he stopped and rubbed his temples.
"There is more than that too, because we could have avoided the contract, but Bellatrix..." he trailed off, his eyes taking on a far away look. "She has something about her, a spark, a fire that burns bright and warm, it drew me to her once we were formally introduced. Things just spiraled out from there. I never meant to hurt Alecto, and I know that I have."
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 2, 2014 17:59:53 GMT -5
Rodolphus grinned himself,his eyes flashing as they always did at the thought of an evening or adventure with Amycus. "Oh I will most certainly take you up on that offer." he said. "It has been a long time since you and I went hunting." he added as a reminder.
"So how have things been with you and your sister?" he asked, knowing that he would get a decent answer from Amycus. Alecto was more likely to curse him, because of how their relationship had ended.
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 2, 2014 17:31:02 GMT -5
Having lost himself in the moment Rodolphus leaned into Amycus's touch. He blinked a few times as he finally came back to the present, his mind having been deeply lost in his time spent in Azkaban. "Thanks Amycus." he said. "Though I dont quite know what you mean about me, being more than people give me credit for." he said.
"I admit that I came close to joining my wife and brother in insanity," he began. "but something always pulled me back. I have no idea what it was, but something told me that I needed to keep myself." he told his friend. "I am sure that I will still have my crazy-Roddy moments, as everyone seems to do."
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 2, 2014 16:52:34 GMT -5
"Oh yes, your sister showed me a great many things while we were together." Rodolphus replied with a slight smirk.
He shook his head once again in amusement at the comments about being a gift.
His smirk slid from his face when the other man's tone changed to a more serious one. "It wasn't a pleasant place." he replied with a small grimace. "But I cant refute what it did to Bellatrix, nor Crouch." he agreed. "My brother as well, the three of them seemed to have a more severe reaction to the prison than I did." he stopped for a few moments to gather his thoughts.
"I think we all knew why we were there." he began after a few moments. "Bellatrix and Rabastan, were both already a bit unhinged to start with. The dementors and lack of anything but gray and bland caused them to fully break." he shared his theory. "As for me, I went in knowing what it was going to be like, or at least thinking I knew. I spent hours each day simply sitting there focusing on one thing, trying not to let my mind drift. What ifs are useless in a place like Azkaban, all you can do is make the best of what you have. Fighting it is useless, accepting that the place is going to be hell, now that, that is probably what saved my mind."
"Knowing I was there for a righteous cause. Knowing that My Lord would one day come back and free me, my faith in his ability was unwavering. I knew I would leave that place. I knew I would not die there. I accepted that I was stuck there until we were freed, and knowing one day we would be free once more, that was a thought, a feeling that the dementors could not take from me."
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 2, 2014 16:42:25 GMT -5
"No." Rodolphus replied. "We need those who have the fortitude to do as asked, no matter what."
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 2, 2014 16:34:15 GMT -5
Rodolphus watched Amycus out of the corner of his eyes in wary amusement, he was after all withing the line of fire, and was not willing to become collateral damage.
Turning to face the man as he remarked about his belief of the rumors he smirked. "Believe them?" he asked. "No not hardly." he added and shook his head at the others comment about Bella.
Grabbing a bottle of butterbeer, he took a seat at one of the tables and reclined in the chair, the heels of his dragon hide boots resting on the corner of the table.
"You would be one of the few who I could see saying something and getting away with it," he paused and took a sip of his drink. "well for the most part not completely unscathed but not dead either. I just feel it would be a waste of resources if the under skilled members said something within ear shot of her." he added. "Though, I suppose culling the stupid and weak from our ranks wouldn't be a bad thing." he amended.
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 2, 2014 16:25:09 GMT -5
"Some people are simply more attuned to or more able to do what will be asked of them." Rodolphus explained. "It really isn't a riddle."
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 2, 2014 16:23:53 GMT -5
Rodolphus shook his head. "It really is good to see you Amycus." he told the other man, as he causally flicked his wand and fixed his papers.
Leaning back in his own chair he settled his feet on the corner of the desk. "I suppose the view could have been better, and it would have been nice if the heating charms worked." he said thoughtfully. "You should have come to visit, you never know the actual view might have pleased you."
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 2, 2014 16:04:03 GMT -5
"Difficult tests?" Roldophus mused. "You could say that, I think it will depend on each person, and if they find it difficult or not."
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Post by Rodolphus Lestrange on Feb 2, 2014 15:54:42 GMT -5
Rodolphus scowled at Amycus. "Must you bring that up?" he asked. "That is not something I like to dwell on." He added and then paused thoughtfully. "Bella isn't fond of rumors either, she tends to react spectacularly violent at ones that are aimed at her."
He turned to Sprout. "Aren't we all colleagues here?" he asked her a nasty smile on his face. "Surely we can move beyond the use of titles when conversing with each other, after all we are all after the same thing, teaching the children about their place in the world."
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