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Back in Hogsmeade.
It's been a very long couple of weeks, and Inara is pleased like she hasn't been in a while to be back in her apartment above the bookshop. She goes downstairs after apparating into her bedroom in order to pick up her mail that arrived while she was away (not much, all told) and to check in with Ivy.
Afterward, it is just Inara in the storefront, changing the window displays for the week.
Right before dinner, Inara also takes a walk around the town. Nice to get the ground under your feet sometimes.
[ooc: catch her either place.]
Afterward, it is just Inara in the storefront, changing the window displays for the week.
Right before dinner, Inara also takes a walk around the town. Nice to get the ground under your feet sometimes.
[ooc: catch her either place.]
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But Jo's expression had turned discerning.
Not annoyed, but more toward making a point.
"If that first part were true, we wouldn't be talking now."
That she was here, that she was drawn in.
It meant she had more than she lacked.
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Bells chime from some unseen location to the south of them. Three.
"Is seven acceptable?"
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Jo nodded, "Until then."
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After cleaning up a bit, she changes clothes and heads over to the Three Broomsticks.
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Instead, she finds a narrow booth-for-two and quietly orders pumpkin juice when a server checks in on her.
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She looked across the area, before spotting Inara and heading toward her. "Sorry about that. I had some things to put in order that kept me longer than expected."
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"Do you prefer to speak here, or do you have an office we should go to?"
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Or maybe it was. Just managing more than a bar.
Whether that was promotion or demotion depended daily.
"Upstairs would be for the best." Beat. "You can bring your drink."
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Inara wastes no time placing her glass on the nearest flat surface and reaching into one of her wide sleeves to pull out a small packet of folded paper.
"Letters and research," she explains.
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And the locks handle themselves. They way they always do.
Jo nodded, "Alright."
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He's looking for something. Inara's sure of it. No one seems to know what.
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"We're still diplomatically friendly with him."
Beat. "Even here." Beat. "Especially here."
A man like that didn't need Spoiler for one thing.
Jo's mouth firmed slightly as she considered that part.
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It's not an attack. It's just an even question.
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There are plenty of records, now, about how Animagi lived in the castle for years.
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"We have members inside who will help you when you need it, too."
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(If anything, they should come before her. They were.
At least here. Jo wouldn't be here but for her own orders.)
"We have several members in the staff and keepers of Hogwarts."
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"Do you have any questions for me?"
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She chose to direct a personal statement at Jo.
Sadly.
There was nothing personal about her professional side.
There was nothing personal about her WHD work.
Even if she was doing this now and her as Jo.
Even if she's uncertain she's not being tested.
Not by Inara. For her five years of rule flouting.
For how much or how little they'd effect her work now.
It was a very thin line. Liking the threat on neither side.
"If I asked, would you tell your goals and motives?"
There's something calmly, unpointed about this.
At least acknowledging everyone has them.
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