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[Jan 23rd, 7:47pm] |
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Five minutes early, Scorpius walked into the restaurant and sat down at their little reserved table. He couldn't deny that he was a little nervous -- but he kept his emotions under control. He was to meet the two most important people in his life at the moment: his girlfriend recently turned fiancee, and his cousin and best friend basically since birth. Charlotte was to be the first to know, and her reaction might well foreshadow the rest of their family's. So he waited, with no outward trace of hesitation, for the two ladies to show up.
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[Jan 10th, 9:15pm] |
Attention, everyone. I have an announcement to make.
It started when I was challenged by a certain unnamed student (unnamed as to protect their integrity) to a game of chess. There was a bet involved; one that required that the loser buy the other the newest Firebolt. In order to do that, I would have to stop donating to charitable non-profit humanitarian organizations for 3 months, in order to get the money involved. Naturally, there was no way I could lose, lest all the children in Africa slowly starve to death.
Obviously I couldn't do such a thing alone, and in a stroke of kindness Avery Sloper valiantly agreed to help me in my quest to save the world. As you may know, utilitarianism dictates that we provide the greatest good for the greatest number, and clearly the well-being of all those poor children outweighed the well-being of my opponent and a blip in the otherwise flawless ethical transcripts of Avery and I. So Avery talked to Professor Slughorn and managed to coax him, by means of only her immense beauty and charm, to give us the ingredients for a certain potion. It was a potion to enhance my already formidable skill at playing chess. Needless to say, I won the game, all seemed to be well, and I continued donating to the aforementioned charitable non-profit humanitarian organizations. It was only a sad occurrence that the effects of the potion lasted long enough that later, I happened to be challenged by and subsequently beat Callum Gallagher. All in the name of saving the children, of course.
However, a remainder of the potion was discovered on my bed by one of my roommates, and so it became necessary that I should explain myself before anybody jumped to conclusions that, shall we say, were any less than respectable.
Private to Avery
Do you approve? This was as respectable as I could do, I'm afraid.
/Private
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