Private Message to Blaise and Seamus

[alt_padma]

Really, some people have no self-control.

By my count we're up to over a dozen people about to get well-deserved detentions (and another dozen who're getting some less-deserved ones) and it's only the second day.

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[alt_blaise]

I pointed out two infractions today.

Summers was wearing his 'Knows His Place' badge upside down and in completely the wrong alignment on his robes. And Iskanderian was late to her eleven o'clock. Claimed she'd got caught on a slow-moving staircase, but she should obviously have planned more time to get from one part of the castle to another. It doesn't take NEWT Arithmancy.

How many of those were yours?

[alt_padma]

There were at least four third-years who weren't wearing their badges at all and Clark, Burbage, Blessfield and Rittenhouse insisted on sitting in the library together just down from the Corner, and they were obviously revising out of their Standard Book of Spells Grade 1.

I mean, I don't much care if they revise but do they have to be so obvious about it?

Then there are the truly stupid violations. Like having a hair bow that's too big, or too bright. Or the girl who tried to pass an extra sausage down the table tonight at supper.

And don't get me started about Linus. He's such a disappointment. No sense of decorum.

How are Perks and Parkinson? Still crying to anyone who'll listen?

[alt_blaise]

Parkinson is being an absolute mope about it. You'd think Draco'd broken things off with her. Honestly, I've always thought she might be using him to cover that she's really all about girls. Though why she'd choose Perks. No idea.

At least Daphs dropped the weasel. Not that she's mentioned it, mind you. Too proud to admit she was off the rails there.

I hear some people failed to turn in their holiday accounts. And that some are claiming they gave it in via an HJC member and are pretending we didn't send it up to the Headmistress, when I'm sure the truth is they didn't do it at all. Good luck to them, making that stick.

[alt_padma]

Just brilliant. Next thing you know we'll be required to turn in lists of everyone who gave us their holiday essay so she can have Jones cross-check them and make sure everyone actually handed one in.

Oh, about Daphs--I was wondering, actually. Because you can guess who has been at Perks's hip like someone had put a sticking charm on them.

[alt_blaise]

That's easy for me. Only two people asked me, and I told them they could give them to Vince or Greg, if they were too lazy to walk the things up to the Headmistress's office themselves. It's not my lookout if anyone was that dim.

I wouldn't care in the slightest what Weasley gets up to if it didn't put Daphs in such a poor light. She must feel wretched about it.

Private Message to Blaise

[alt_padma]

Oh, I see. So it's everyone else's lookout when it comes to things like turning in an essay via a Junior Councillor but it's not Daphs' own lookout that she made a total fool of herself over Weasel?

You're such a prat.

Re: Private Message to Blaise

[alt_blaise]

Oh, don't get cross.

Of course, Daphne was an idiot to associate with Weasley. I only feel sorry for her because it's so perfectly pathetic that not a fortnight later, he's taking up with Perks.

Re: Private Message to Blaise

[alt_padma]

I'm not cross because you feel sorry for her. I'm cross because you're the first one to point out when anyone's behaving below their station except that when it's Daphne you always have some excuse.

Besides, anyone could have told her Weasel'd start sniffing round Perks again as soon as they broke things off. Talk about someone with no standards!

Re: Private Message to Blaise

[alt_blaise]

Which one has the lowest standards, do you think? Daphs, Weasel, or Perks?

I mean to say, I'm sure Perks thinks she's making a real catch (supposing she can hold his interest more than a minute past their first snog), but if Weasel's the best she can imagine, well.

Re: Private Message to Blaise

[alt_padma]

Hm. Well, if I say Weasel then we've got to assume that his panting for Daphne was a temporary acquisition of good sense, right?

But the thing is that that horrid brute Krum chose Perks--of all people--for the Yule Ball. (One can only assume she made it worth his time.) So perhaps the best that can be said is they're removing themselves from the field so decent people don't have to bother about either of them.

(And don't think I didn't notice you dodged the argument. You'll have to answer for it tomorrow, you know. 4:00 after lessons?)

[alt_seamus]

Weasel was late getting in tonight, by five minutes. Off having a snog with Perks, do you reckon?

[alt_seamus]

I told the Headmistress he was late. I didn't think to mention that he might have been off with Perks. Maybe I should add that.