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Dec 19, 2005 22:20:12 GMT -5
Post by Gemini Malfoy on Dec 19, 2005 22:20:12 GMT -5
Gemini decended the stone steps on her way to Knockturn Alley. She had just arrived in Diagon alley, where she had told her parents she would be getting some things for school. Little did they knew she had other plans. To make it less conspicous, she would buy something in Florish and Blotts making it look like she hadn't lied.
It wasn't hard to tell her parents she was doing one thing and go do another. They trusted her, and that is how she wanted it. She had worked up the whole truthful act over the years. It was easier for her to get her parents to let her do what she wanted. Her mother could be a bit harder to fool sometimes, but she seemed to have her father wrapped around her finger. What ever she wanted she got, seeing as she was his first daughter. Even though she was the second child in the family, being the first girl had its advantages.
Her black cloak was blowing behind her, she pushed past some begger and stopped in the middle of the alley. She did not know which shop would have what she was looking for. Might as well start with the most obvious ones, she thought before making her way towards Borgins.
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Dec 25, 2005 23:06:44 GMT -5
Post by Seth Lestrange on Dec 25, 2005 23:06:44 GMT -5
Seth was practically camping out in front of Borgins and Burkes. He was sitting with his feet stretched out in front of him, a joint in hand with a foreign smell drifting from it, a clump of black hair resting neatly over his left eye. He was blowing smoke rings with the smoke in front of him, barely noticing that there was anyone else in the ally. Gemini got him on his guard though, he had always known the patter of her footstep and the sound of her breath. It was odd and almost sick for him to be so close to her, because she was in fact his own cousin, but it was more than the family ties that brought them closer together it was also the common family troubles. That was the thing about all pure blood families, they all had their little secrets that were dying to be split one moment or another.
Slowly Seth begun to slink a long leg out into the ally planning to trip Gemini as she walked by. He might as well play a joke on her well the shapes and the things around him were still discernable as objects and people. A small grin played across his lips as his foot extended into the middle of the ally walkway, waiting for his unsuspecting prey to cross it. If she hadn't seen him first that was. Seth had a tendency to blend well at times, especially when the place was a dark allyway. He could usually be found in dark holes and corners, they were his lifeline to surviving the reality that was.
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Dec 25, 2005 23:25:20 GMT -5
Post by Gemini Malfoy on Dec 25, 2005 23:25:20 GMT -5
Gemini had her mind set on getting to Borgins and she did not care how many people she had to push out of her way to get there. From her first decent into Knockturn Alley, she had so far pushed about 12 people out of her way. Two of them had been street venders trying to squindle money from her. The rest were just ordinary people that simple got into her way. With her parents reputation, they were bound to know who she was. If they hadn't they would now. Only and Slytherin and a Malfoy would walk in such a fashion.
With her nose up in the air like her grandmother, Gemini was not aware of Seth sitting infront of Borgins, nor was she aware of his foot waiting to trip her. Seth tended to blend into his surroundings, so it was only at a second glance that he could be seen. It was weird, because she was related to Seth, his father was her uncles brother or something like that. She wasn't really sure, all she knew was that some way they were related. Despite their blood relation, she found that they knew alot about each other. It was the incidents they both faced that seemed to have brought them closer.
She found it a bit odd sometimes but didn't really care, he was the only one that knew what happened to her. Her mind drifting on other things, Gemini was oblivious to the foot in te middle of the road until she tripped over it. Her hands automatically flew infront of her to brace her fall. Groaning in frustration she quickly puished herself off the ground and grabbed the person by the shirt pulling them into view.
"You will regret ever being born for doing that!" she yelled not knowing who the person was until they came into view. She loosened her hold on his shirt a bit when she saw that it was Seth. Her first thought would be to why he was here, then her mind answered it herself, why wouldn't he be here.
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Dec 26, 2005 19:07:39 GMT -5
Post by Seth Lestrange on Dec 26, 2005 19:07:39 GMT -5
When Gemini grabbed him by the shirt collar Seth easily fell next to her. He didn't weigh much at all, he might have weighed about as much as Gemini or a little less. He had never been that strong either, so it was very easy to push him around. His only protection was his wand, which he made more use of than usual, he was better at dueling than at fist fighting because he really didn't look at all intimidating or threatening like the other guys his age. When Gemini pulled him over, Seth nearly landed on the ground next to the spot where Gemini had fallen, but he saved himself by putting an arm out.
He didn't even groan when she continued to yank his shirt which was the only thing stablizing her hold on him. He had lost the joint that had been hanging from the side of his mouth somewhere on the ground, but it would have been out by now seeing as it had been burning low anyway. He laughed a little seeing Gemini's expression. "What are you going to do to me? Hurt me? You know how I feel about pain." Seth said with a familiar smirk, as his pale palm and long fingers immediately wrapped around Gemini's wrist which was closed over his shirt. He was attempting to get her to loosen her hold on him.
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Dec 26, 2005 19:22:26 GMT -5
Post by Gemini Malfoy on Dec 26, 2005 19:22:26 GMT -5
Gemini rolled her eyes ar him and sighed pulling him up to his feet. It wasn't so hard, seeing as he weight less then her, or so she thought. He simply didn't way much meaning he hadn't eatten again. She let go of his shirt and put her hands in her back pockets. "I'm aware of that, I feel the same way remember." she said shaking her head slightly. He knew what she ment by that and she knew what he ment. After what happened it wasn't a surprise, a surprise was them still being around.
"Why did you trip me and what are you doing here?" she asked putting one hand on her hips. She pushed her head back out of her face as it had fallen over it when she had tripped. While waiting for his answer, Gemini proceeded to dust herself off, normally she would have cursed who ever did that to hell, Seth being her cousin and close friend, she wouldn't bother. She hadn't know that it was him at first glace, if she had she wouldn't have nearly thrown him to te floor like she just did.
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Dec 26, 2005 19:31:08 GMT -5
Post by Seth Lestrange on Dec 26, 2005 19:31:08 GMT -5
Seth nodded at Gemini's response giving a somehow twisted smile, he took pleasure in his own pain, and in that of others. He didn't bother to dust himself off, even though his black jacket was now covered in dirt and other various assortments of unknown substances that had been sitting in the alley before the arrival of either of the two. He just jabbed his hands into his pockets at his side, burying them deeply as he stared off into space, his brown eyes encircling the ground near the tips of his boots. He looked up at her questions, it seemed to him that Gemini always asked to many questions, all at once in a rapid fire way.
Both of them clouded his head for a moment, having not been clear-headed to start with was always a pain in the ass when he was trying to respond or answer a question. "Sitting." Seth replied, forgetting to answer the first question naturely. He knew that she would know that sitting meant 'smoking' or 'huffing' something. A small frown formed on his face, replacing the smirk that had been set on it as the conversation had progressed. He kicked some snow around with the toe of his boot, wondering if it was really snow or dirt because right now they both looked the same in color and texture. Dark brown and gooey.
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Dec 26, 2005 19:47:06 GMT -5
Post by Gemini Malfoy on Dec 26, 2005 19:47:06 GMT -5
Gemini looked around them at the so called dirt. It was covered with hell know what, all the things people dropped, and not just from their pockets. It was one of the reasons she was so upset about being tripped. If she hadn't fallen on her hands, who knew what her face could be coated with. Just the mere thought of what was on the ground cause Gemini to shudder and cringe in disgust. A fowl taste formed in her mouth and she wrinkled her nose before spitting to the side. Now she had the tought that the dirt on the ground was in her mouth.
After spitting she noticed Seth's joint and bent down picking it up. "Thought you ran out?" she asked holding the now dirt covered joint. She doubted that he would be wanting it back. When he had said that he was sitting she knew what he ment. They both seemed to have something wrong with them, and they both knew about it. However, neither tried to stop the other, they both knew that it somehow helped.
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Dec 26, 2005 20:33:26 GMT -5
Post by Seth Lestrange on Dec 26, 2005 20:33:26 GMT -5
Seth shrugged, "I found one more, it was buired.... bottom of my trunk." He said with yawn which almost threw him off balance again after Gemini had just picked him off the ground. He steadied himself by leaning against the same wall that he had been sitting up against before Gemini had shown up. He rubbed the back of his neck, running a hand through his black hair, making it messier than it had been to start with. He watched her examine his joint, seeing that it was almost out he wasn't going to try and revive it. "Jealous?" Seth asked with a smirk, he was teasing her, by his smirk and tone it wasn't hard to tell. He was already under the influence so he couldn't control his own reactions.
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Dec 26, 2005 20:42:30 GMT -5
Post by Gemini Malfoy on Dec 26, 2005 20:42:30 GMT -5
Gemini shook her head and threw the joint in her hand onto the ground. It was almost gone so there was no point in trying to get what was left. There was also the fact that it had been on the ground for any amount of time. With her previous reaction to staring at the ground, she wouldn't want to go throught that thought again. "Yeah I am, you better share next time you get more." she told him a small smriking alreayd forming on her features. "Besides in a few minutes, I will be enjoying myself as well. In a different approach then yours." she told him her hand going to her pocket where she held a small sack of money. She was going to go to Borgins to get something she put on hold.
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Dec 26, 2005 20:56:00 GMT -5
Post by Seth Lestrange on Dec 26, 2005 20:56:00 GMT -5
"I should have more by tomorrow." Seth replied almost immediately, he had forgotten just as quickly as he started talking that he didn't want to tell her that. He realized his mistake right away, although 'right away' for him at the moment was a bit delayed he still realized it. "And ...I didn't mean to say that outloud." He muttered to himself laughing a little, not realizing that he had voiced more than one thought. He looked up at Gemini smirking again, "What kind of threat is that?" He than almost jumped into asking her for some of whatever she had before she told him that she didn't have any drugs, very outrightly. Seth looked a little disappointed when she reached into her pocket and he heard the jingle of change. Material items didn't bring him happiness, he could have cared less about them. His grin returned almost as quickly as it had left, "Well you enjoy yourself than."
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Dec 26, 2005 21:06:03 GMT -5
Post by Gemini Malfoy on Dec 26, 2005 21:06:03 GMT -5
Gemini raised an eyebrow at him when he told her that he was suppose to get more tomorrow. it went higher when he said that he didn't mean to voice that thought. Although she didn't do most of the things he did, she did tend to join him when pain wasn't enough for her. No one knew about it, her family was oblivious to anything being wrong. She always acted happy and collected around them and around most people. That way they wouldn't suspect anything. It was one of the reason she did not mention to her parents where she was really going. If anyone she knew saw her here she could just tell them she was picking something up for her father. It was a likely story.
"I'll show you if you don't pass out." she said seeing he was leaning against the wall. He looked like he was about to pass out. It seemed like he looked like that a lot these days. She told him to wait a minute before going into Borgins. A few minutes later she came out with a palm lenght object. It was flat and covered by a green silk cloth. She had asked Borgin to save this for her when she had time to get it. It had not been touched since. It was a silver dagger with an engraved handle. Now she no longer had to look for pieces of glass or something sharp.
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Dec 26, 2005 21:52:36 GMT -5
Post by Seth Lestrange on Dec 26, 2005 21:52:36 GMT -5
"Yeah me pass out, funny." Seth said with a laugh. He knew it was a miracle that he didn't pass out, he was high now, and he hadn't had anything to eat all day. " I won't pass out." He countered, he had done it before, to many times to count. He usually woke up in a pile of his own vomit, or some other attractive substance of the like. Sometimes there was nothing to wake up to but darkness. His health was going to Hell, but as long as he was able to get away from his past, it was all fine with him. Seth stood waiting, bracing himself against the wall because he was swaying a bit to one side more than the other. It didn't take Gemini long to emerge from the store with something placed underneath a green silken cloth. "What's that?" Seth asked, his curiousity had sparked now. It didn't look like anything that you could get high off of, so he crossed that off the list. It really hadn't occured to him what Gemini had been talking about, and he probably wouldn't be able to figure it out until later in his state.
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Dec 26, 2005 22:05:37 GMT -5
Post by Gemini Malfoy on Dec 26, 2005 22:05:37 GMT -5
Gemini shook her head and sighed heavily at Seth. She could tell he was slowly wasting away and he had told him that before. Heck she had even tried to convince him to stop what he was doing. Yet Seth didn't listen to her at all. So she gave up, after trying so many times she just gave up. It wasn't something she should let him do but it wasn't like she could stop him. It was hard, and she knew from her own experience. Rolling her eyes slightly she opened the top half of the silk cloth to reveal the dagger. She just hoped he would clue in on what she was talking about earlier. If not she would have to hit him over the head with it.
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Dec 26, 2005 23:17:08 GMT -5
Post by Seth Lestrange on Dec 26, 2005 23:17:08 GMT -5
Seth picked up slowly on Gemini's dropped hint, at the sight of the knife the word cut appeared bolded and underlined in his head. Whenever he saw a knife that's the first thing that came to mind. He had never really tried it himself, but he knew several people that got a lot of use out of it as a hobby. Now it was Seth's turn to raise an eyebrow, he looked almost skeptical that a knife would help ease any pain that he was having, never having done so himself. But, he was open to any suggestions right now, being out of pot and all. His form of physical torment had come in picking fights with other kids his age and older when he was younger. Physical fights, not dueling. He was to good at dueling to lose, but fist fighting was another story. He lost every fight, and walked away in worse shape than his opponent letting the other guy beat him more than bloody before he ever gave in. He did try to put up a fight a couple times, but after a while he found that he became addicted to the pain and the aderaline high. That had ended in his fifth year, fist fighting wasn't the thing to do anymore after that, everyone just wanted to duel. "So I take it we are leaving?" Seth asked, his brown eyes examining the way that Gemini had come down the Alley and the other direction in which he had yet to venture.
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Dec 26, 2005 23:31:44 GMT -5
Post by Gemini Malfoy on Dec 26, 2005 23:31:44 GMT -5
Gemini folded the cloth back over the blade and stuffed it into her pocket. She put a few things over it incase she knocked into someone and it would fall out. Right now she was slightly causious, but later on she would loosen up. All she needed to do was get it once past her parents and it would be fine. Unless someone told them something they wouldn't really suspect anything. Looking up at Seth she could tell that the wheels in his head had put the pieces together and formed answer she had been trying to drill into his mind. It took a while, but given his state of mind it was a wonder he even came up with it. "If you can manage to walk then yes." she said waiting to see how cabalbe of balance he was.
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