TBAY: Operative!Arthur
The Kirk
pat_mahony at hotmail.com
Fri Oct 18 09:09:34 UTC 2002
No: HPFGUIDX 45513
As the burly agents from the Department of Creative Theorizing
advanced on the crowd of Abigail, Veronica, Eileen, Ethanol and
Cindy, they were blocked by the sudden Apparition of a tall,
cloaked figure.
"G'day," said the newcomer.
"Who are you?" one of the men from the DCT asked
suspiciously.
"I go by a lot of names, but you can call me Roo," replied Roo, in
a strong Australian accent.
"I suppose you've come to gang up on Operative! Arthur?" Cindy
inquired.
"On the contrary," replied Roo, "I've come to help you protect
Operative!Arthur." He glanced quickly around the room, noting
the exits for a quick getaway.
Cindy lightened up as he began:
"I draw your attention to a piece of canon that's already been
discussed- when Arthur Weasley mentions Bode and Croaker
being Unspeakables. When Harry or Hermione replies, "They-re
what?", Arthur says, "From the Department of Mysteries, top
secret, no idea what they get up to. . .".
Now the latter part of this statement sounds very much like he's
just let on too much, and is now trying to cover up. . . that '. . . '
sounds very much like he's trailing off, trying to pretend nothing
important just happened. Unfortunately for Arthur, he does tend
to babble a bit too much; look at CoS, when Harry comes in from
the car. His first reaction is how well it flew (or something to that
effect), and appears to be momentarily unaware of Molly's
disgruntled state. Yes, he does have a weakness to say more
than he should.
And another thing: he describes their work as top-secret, but
then says "no idea what they get up to. . . ", as in "I don't know
what they do. . ."
"How does that help Operative!Arthur?" Cindy asked, a little
cautiosly, beginning to suspect that Roo was dangerously
insane.
"Because it contributes to the cover-up I mentioned earlier. If
Arthur *wasn't* an Unspeakable or Operative, wouldn't he say
"*No one* knows they get up to. . ."? If he's covering up his own
Operative/Unspeakable past or present, he'd refer to himself
personally not knowing what they get up to, to protect himself.
And notice too, that Bode and Croaker are the last people he
mentions. Bet he shut up quickly afterwards to avoid making
another slip up like that. "
Roo paused for a moment, and took a deep breath, once again
regretting letting himself get longwinded.
"So," replied one of the DCT men, as the Quartet of Eloise,
Ethanol, Abigail and Veronica clenched their paddles again,
"you're part of this Dog Pile too? Looks like you'll have to come
with us downtown too."
Roo gulped, and then said, "Really, do you need to take *all* of
us downtown? When you think about it, Veronica IS the captain,
so she really is responsible for everything that goes on her
*own* ship. . ."
Roo, who is beginning to suspect that the reason that Elkins
gave this ship to Veronica is because she didn't want to have to
handle the sort of fighting that has erupted on board.
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