February 19, 2021 – 8:56 PM
Emrys Selwyn — Played by Lynn
Emrys
wasn't romantic, but that didn't mean he was particularly inclined to do things through the proper channels. He was inclined to avoid accruing bastards, the way his brother had, but there were plenty of ways around that. Fucking men, for one thing; fucking married women, for another.
But it wasn't as though he could say that, so instead he replied dryly, "No, I'm not particularly inclined towards rain." After a pause, he added, "And
you didn't strike me as the type for secret rendezvous, romantic or otherwise."
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February 19, 2021 – 9:01 PM
Minty flushed. "Of course not!" Minty replied quickly. "I mean, it is nice when it happens in the stories, but we couldn't get away with half of things happening in literature. I suppose this is the joy of reading, that it is a tool for escapism."
February 19, 2021 – 9:13 PM
Emrys Selwyn — Played by Lynn
No, he'd thought not. This was a strange conversation, he thought, and she was a bit of a strange person. He'd assumed early on that she was too repressed to be interesting, but then she'd lit up when discussing the Iliad, which wasn't exactly a tale for the faint of heart.
"What you can get away with depends on how much you have to lose," he pointed out. He wasn't sure if his next comment would be received poorly, but decided to press ahead with it anyway —
he had nothing to lose except one of the dozen names left on his list. "I imagine the
other Miss Scrimgeour gets away with a great deal."
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February 19, 2021 – 9:43 PM
Last modified: February 19, 2021 – 9:46 PM by Minty Scrimgeour [Sofia].
Minty's heart started beating faster. Mentions of her sister always made her feel terribly awkward and mortified. At least Mr. Selwyn didn't seem to be the judgemental sort, though he did strike her as the kind of person to stir discord for the hell of it.
"I suppose," she replied awkwardly. Then, she allowed herself a bit of a bitchy tone: "Miss Scrimgeour does seem to have been cursed to live out the plot of a cheap scandalous novel."
From being kidnapped as a baby to getting disowned and being a harlot who worked as a barmaid, Bella's life would certainly make a novel that rivalled, say, the stories of the Marquis de Sade. (Which Minty had heard were very scandalous!)
February 19, 2021 – 9:50 PM
Emrys Selwyn — Played by Lynn
Emrys had never met the other Miss Scrimgeour, only heard of her through rumors and seen her on the pages of
Witch Weekly. It occurred to him that they looked very much alike — were they identical? If they were,
this Miss Scrimgeour could have gotten away with just as much, by pretending to be her sister. No one would be surprised to see the fallen Scrimgeour indulging in... just about anything, really, and the proper one could have her reputation unscathed except what she had already lost by association. That was something he could have made use of, if he had an identical twin (or some other convenient means of pinning his own dalliances on his brothers). That was truly the stuff of cheap novels, though — and it was not the sort of thing one could suggest at a nice, proper party like this, anyway.
"Well," he said with a shrug that indicated he didn't much care about it either way, "I'm sure everyone will get what they deserve in the end."
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February 19, 2021 – 9:59 PM
"I suppose," Minty said with a shrug as well. If Bella's life ended like a cheap novel, she would likely die dramatically. Or end up marrying into Muggle mobility. Either way, Minty wanted
her life to be uneventful.
Though some do say that the most repressed crave the most adventure.
