MC4A; Hogwarts
Stacked With: Hogwarts
Individual Challenges: In a Flash; Yellow Ribbon; Yellow Ribbon Redux; Slytherin MC (x2); Ethnic and Present
Representations: Blaise Zabini; Theodore Nott
Prompts: Blaise Zabini (auction); Memory (365 words); Friends (Insane Prompts)
Word count: 431
"Blaise?"
Blaise raised a hand to indicate his position on the floor hidden by the bed and Theo soon came into view. He sank down next to Blaise and held out his hand in offering. Blaise let his own fingers trail lightly across Theo's hand and focused on the patterns that were there.
Theo let him trace for a few moments before asking, "You good?"
Blaise shrugged slightly. He was used to the rumours and assumptions due to him being the son of Claudia Zabini. He just hadn't had to deal with someone thinking his mother acting as a black widow meant he would be happy to do the same and offer Galleons for the service.
"He's an idiot, you know," Theo said.
Blaise nodded and shifted closer to Theo. "I know, Theo. Just wasn't expecting him to come right out and ask me to seduce someone and then kill them."
He knew that Adams was an idiot. He also knew that it would never stop. For a moment he wanted to hate his mother. He regretted the feeling instantly; his mother had done her best and she had created her own mission in life. He let out a huff of air as he leaned fully against Theo. Theo folded an arm around Blaise's shoulder.
"I found the ritual for making a pensieve today," Theo said, distracting Blaise from the offer Adams had made. "It was hidden in the back of the restricted section, just lying on the floor like it had been forgotten. Which is rather ironic given that pensieves are used to bring memories to light."
Blaise grinned and pulled Theo's Slytherin scarf into his lap to fiddle with. "It's mainly runes," Theo continued. "Although there are quite a few spells weaved in there that I've never seen before. Apparently the pensieve was around as a simple spell that projected the chosen memory into someone's mind before Salazar Slytherin worked with Rowena Ravenclaw decided to make it more flexible.
"According to the notes, it was Ravenclaw that thought of the bowl shape of the pensieve. She thought it would be easier to share the memories with that shape. It took them ages to get it to work until Gryffindor accidently dropped blood and lemongrass from his training outside onto their array. Hufflepuff was their first test subject to see how easy it was to use."
Blaise hit Theo with the end of his own scarf, and the other chuckled. "Yeah okay, Hufflepuff was the one who hit Gryffindor in their practice bout and made him bleed in the first place."