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Post by Copper on Jul 15, 2015 0:38:53 GMT
"How can I be related to someone so... lazy?" Ricardo sighed, standing. "Natural charm and attractiveness won't get you anywhere in life when you're on your own. School won't last forever, you know."
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Post by Dawnmist on Jul 15, 2015 0:45:17 GMT
"I could be a model, or a talk show host," Leo yawned. "Or I could marry someone rich. The world is my oyster, Ricardo, and I fully intend to utilise it."
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Post by Copper on Jul 15, 2015 0:50:43 GMT
"Instead of making your own way?" Ricardo scoffed. "What will you have to live for?"
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Post by Dawnmist on Jul 15, 2015 0:56:05 GMT
"A partner and children," he said, choosing his words with particular care. "Maybe I'll take up Quidditch. One of us must have inherited the sporty gene, and let's be honest, it wasn't you."
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Post by Copper on Jul 15, 2015 0:57:34 GMT
"At least I got all the brains," he retorted. "You just watch; I'll be like Dad. Maybe I won't be on the Quidditch teams, but I'll own them all. And then some."
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Post by Dawnmist on Jul 15, 2015 1:01:28 GMT
"Sure," he snorted. "Someone who can't even ride a broomstick without faceplanting the floor, owning multiple Quidditch teams and earning the respect of their players. Seems likely."
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Post by Copper on Jul 15, 2015 1:05:41 GMT
"Our father can hardly fly," he sniffed. "And I don't need to fly to earn their respect. I need to have power to earn their fear. Beats sitting around with a wife and children all day."
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Post by Dawnmist on Jul 15, 2015 1:09:59 GMT
"Why, I thought you wanted a nice wife to look after you," Leo commented, flicking dirt out from under one nail. "Although I'm going to be honest, I can't see you chatting anybody up."
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Post by Copper on Jul 15, 2015 1:14:16 GMT
"I..." Ricardo looked away, suddenly remembering his brief kiss with Tessa. The thrill of having a crush for so long, the joy at having her feel the same, that was all well and good; but that sudden feeling of dread when he knew his feelings would disappear at the first hint of romance... He knew exactly what the label for that was. He'd heard some ridiculous Muggle-born explain it to her friend and now he couldn't stop thinking about it. Aromantic. Lithromantic. "I don't care much for other people. You can have your wife and two-point-five children if you like, I'm going to bigger places."
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Post by Dawnmist on Jul 15, 2015 1:18:32 GMT
He snorted at his brother's words. "How presumptuous of you." Partner had been his specific term, not that he was all too bothered about Ricardo missing it. Poor thing's probably distracted by the 1% he missed in Charms.
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Post by Copper on Jul 15, 2015 1:32:02 GMT
"Laugh all you want, but you'll be working for me someday. All of the mouth-breathers in this school will."
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Post by Dawnmist on Jul 15, 2015 2:54:30 GMT
"It's a nice dream," Leo scoffed. "And it's nice that you're thinking big. But you've got to have some perspective. It isn't going to happen. You have to know the right people if you want to get anywhere in life. And... Well, I don't think you do know the right people. In fact, I'm not even sure that you have friends."
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Post by Copper on Jul 15, 2015 3:24:40 GMT
"I don't need people," Ricardo muttered. "I'm fine on my own. I'll show you. I'll show all of you."
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Post by Dawnmist on Jul 15, 2015 3:43:50 GMT
"Good luck with that," Leo said lightly, waving his hand. "I might just bail you out when you're twenty five and destitute."
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Post by Copper on Jul 15, 2015 3:46:00 GMT
"I might just hand you some money when you're twenty three and living on the streets," Ricardo sniffed. "If you'll excuse me, I have some teachers to impress."
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Post by Dawnmist on Jul 15, 2015 3:49:13 GMT
"Nothing changes then," he scoffed. "I can't wait to see how far impressing teachers gets you once you've left school."
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Post by Copper on Jul 15, 2015 3:51:24 GMT
"You say I need to know the right people," Ricardo scoffed. "Look at them. They've got so many contacts all over the Wizarding world! Impressing teachers means recommendations, and if I get the right ones on my side, is a guarantee of a job. Come on, Leo, think ahead a little bit."
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Post by Dawnmist on Jul 15, 2015 3:57:11 GMT
"Most of them will be dead or senile by the time you get a job," he muttered. "I thought you were going, anyway?"
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Post by Copper on Jul 15, 2015 3:58:12 GMT
"Had to have one last jab," Ricardo sighed, walking out. "You know I do love arguments."
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Post by Dawnmist on Jul 15, 2015 4:09:20 GMT
Leo rolled his eyes as he left. Nutcase. Why couldn't I have a brother with a social life instead of a straight-up nerd?
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