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astrocat · 09-18-2021, 11:54 PM

SPOILER!!: Violet

"Oh." That was sort of sad, wasn't it? Ash couldn't imagine being without Dustin and Alex. It was much more painful to think about than not having parents. Unless Dustin and Alex counted as her parents, which was possible. They sure felt like they were her parents. "I know what you mean, about feeling like nobody likes you. In your family." But also at school.

"She got fired just because you ran away?" OMG. WAS FATHER GOING TO FIRE DUSTIN AND ALEX??? He better not!!! But then again, he probably didn't care if she ran away, as long as she came back without making it into the paper. So. That was that.

Ash was thinking about completely different things by the time Violet asked her next question, and it took her a second to refocus. "What? Oh yeah, bodyguards. Uhhh, their job is to protect me, but they somehow end up cooking my dinners a lot. Don't worry, I pay them triple because they have to put up with me and do annoying things like reading me bedtime stories. I'm pretty sure that's not in their job description." What were they taking about? Why she had bodyguards? Violet should know by now that asking why was never a good idea with Ashley. All the answers were just going to be vague, nonsensical, horrifying, or untrue. "Because my father is important." She considered bringing Violet a muggle tabloid to show her her family, but then she decided against it. It was like showing someone a photo album with rude commentary. No thanks. "They remind me of parents."

09-18-2021, 11:54 PM	#12 (permalink)
astrocat Puffskein Join Date: Jul 2020 Location: New York City Posts: 2,145 Hogwarts RPG Name: Brandon Fox Hufflepuff Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Phoebe Calypso [s]Dupont[/s] Slytherin Fifth Year	Which came first, the phoenix or the flame? SPOILER!!: Violet Quote: Originally Posted by MadAlice "Yes, I did, very much" replied Violet. Like Miss Howard, she meant. "I used to think she was the only person in the house who liked me at all, but since that battle here with the Neo-Alliance, I've come to realize that my grandfather and my uncles really do care about me, too." Most of her uncles, that is. She now wasn't too sure about Uncle Hamlet. "I actually got Miss Howard fired," Violet went on, "because I ran away from home during what should have been my second year at school and went off to find my father. That's how I learned a little about Muggle life." And also how she learned more than she wanted to know about her father. Oh well. "Miss Howard's really, really brilliant, though, and she got a job at the Ministry of Magic, which is probably more interesting for her than governessing me. But we're friends now, and my family lets me write her and see her sometimes, now that they've gotten over being mad at her for letting me run away. Which was their fault anyway, not hers. Well, actually I guess it was mine, but I was only twelve, so what did I know?" Violet thought a minute about this and then remembered something Ashley had just said. *"Why...why do you have...did you say bodyguards?"* "Oh." That was sort of sad, wasn't it? Ash couldn't imagine being without Dustin and Alex. It was much more painful to think about than not having parents. Unless Dustin and Alex counted as her parents, which was possible. They sure felt like they were her parents. "I know what you mean, about feeling like nobody likes you. In your family." But also at school. *"She got fired just* because you ran away?"** OMG. WAS FATHER GOING TO FIRE DUSTIN AND ALEX??? He better not!!! But then again, he probably didn't care if she ran away, as long as she came back without making it into the paper. So. That was that. Ash was thinking about completely different things by the time Violet asked her next question, and it took her a second to refocus. "What? Oh yeah, bodyguards. Uhhh, their job is to protect me, but they somehow end up cooking my dinners a lot. Don't worry, I pay them triple because they have to put up with me and do annoying things like reading me bedtime stories. I'm pretty sure that's not in their job description." What were they taking about? Why she had bodyguards? Violet should know by now that asking why was never a good idea with Ashley. All the answers were just going to be vague, nonsensical, horrifying, or untrue. "Because my father is important." She considered bringing Violet a muggle tabloid to show her her family, but then she decided against it. It was like showing someone a photo album with rude commentary. No thanks. "They remind me of parents."