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Who: Narcissa Malfoy and Rodolphus Lestrange-Black
What: :C
Where: the Malfoy townhouse
When: evening, after this post and after Narcissa has identified the body
Notes: :'C
Warnings: idk aren't we always terrible, in some way
In the winter, Rodolphus prefers walking over apparating. He's never claimed to be a particularly logical man, and indeed his family would never accuse him of that. Of course, it has little to do with sentiment the exact opposite, maybe. So when he arrives at the Malfoy townhouse, it is evening, and he is peacefully empty of emotions. His work with Hellsing is not particularly thrilling, but it is engrossing and he is nothing if not careful and dutiful. He is dependable. He has always been that. His routine is predictable, though not set in stone; he often works late if only because work preoccupies him. It has been some time since he heard from Ilde, which he regards as perfectly natural, and she has, for now, slipped entirely from his mind. If anything, he's wondering about that strange presence in the Hellsing guild hall, which he had reported as promised, but it seems to have disappeared.
Life in Baedal, he reflects in a vague way as he hangs up his coat, is strange, but he can feel himself growing more and more accustomed to it every day, submissive to its limitations and growing slowly to fit its opportunities.