IC Prospective: Cimorene

[moussebuckets]

Character: Cimorene Linderwall
Canon: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles
Mun: Inkwell
Plot specific: N

I love Aunt Kazul, but when Spring Clearning turns into Summer Cleaning turns into Back To School Cleaning you have to wonder what she does in the months I'm not home. It's really odd that all it takes is one dragonologist to turn a huge house into a disaster zone. I just finished organizing the library last summer and now it's all out of sorts again!

At least I won't have to buy any of my schoolbooks for this year. I've already found half my reading list in the house (one was behind the kitchen stove. I'm not kidding).

Comments

[doctorkishitani]

What would it have been doing behind the stove?
I'm surprised it didn't catch fire. Which book was it? Your aunt may have been wanting to use it for fuel.

[moussebuckets]

Oh, it was one of those gigantic indestructible books. Historia Dracorum, actually, so it's no wonder it's fireproof.

[doctorkishitani]

Maybe she was testing its indestructability.

Although now that I'm thinking on it, I'm not sure why she would need it to be indestructible. Wouldn't you want to do all your research before you met a dragon in person?

[moussebuckets]

Well, yes, but you'd also want to have your books with you in case you needed to look something up on short notice. And when you're camping in the Hebrides with nothing but a tent between all of your research and dragon fire, it pays to be prepared.

[di_intraining]

Don't suppose you've got any 5th year books there that you'd like to sell?

[moussebuckets]

Sure do! I keep all of my schoolbooks out of the library since I know if I mix them in I'll never be able to find them again. Which ones are you interested in?

[di_intraining]

The required ones, I guess, like Transfiguration and Defence against the Dark Arts. I'm also doing Care of Magical Creatures and Flying and Duelling for my electives.

[moussebuckets]

I've got all of those, and you have very practical taste in electives. The Care of Magical Creatures books I'm afraid I can't part with, but the rest of them are free to good home.

[di_intraining]

Thanks, you've been a great help. How much do I owe you per book?

[caresawholeawfullot]

Wait, I'm confused... Which one of you is bringing up all this cleaning?

[moussebuckets]

Oh, usually me. It has to get done and Aunt Kazul is too busy chasing dragons.

[wizardpuddle]

Really, I'm not surprised at all.

[moussebuckets]

Says the lout who's never lifted a finger in his life, for cleaning or otherwise.

[wizardpuddle]

That's what house elves are for.

[moussebuckets]

Of course you'd say that. For someone who's so full of himself, what have you ever actually done? I mean, done without daddy holding your hand or by dictating to your house elf.

[wizardpuddle]

Well, I certainly wouldn't share it with you.

[moussebuckets]

Which is just a particularly snooty way of saying 'nothing'.

[wizardpuddle]

I happen to have assisted the Society in any number of things this summer.

None of which involved cleaning.

[moussebuckets]

Pity. That stuffy old society could use it more than most. If only it were possible to clean personalities.

[wizardpuddle]

Nasty jumped-up Mudbloods shouldn't insult the Society of Wizards.

[moussebuckets]

And nasty self-important little boys shouldn't be throwing around blood purist language in this political climate. I know you're sheltered, Antorell, but despite how you act you're not stupid.

[wizardpuddle]

Nasty jumped-up Muggleborns shouldn't insult the Society of Wizards.

[moussebuckets]

The Society of Wizards should stop insulting Muggleborns, then.

[wizardpuddle]

My dear Cimorene, I'm not the entire Society of Wizards.

[moussebuckets]

But you do seem to speak for them an awful lot, don't you? And your father is the Head Wizard, is he not? You therefore have a great invested interest in the Society.

Not to mention you know they don't let Muggleborns in. That's an insult.

[wizardpuddle]

It makes perfect sense not to. None of you have any good artifacts. None of you have any artifacts.

[moussebuckets]

[Oh, Antorell, if you only knew all the cool shit Kazul has just sitting around...]

If that's what you think I'm certainly not going to argue with you. I am however going to suggest you do better research. There have been plenty of great Muggleborns who did amazing things and left behind amazing 'artifacts'. Honestly I'm glad you're not putting your grubby paws all over them.