apostatised: (tight smile.)
2009-04-20 06:45 am

[prompt] i care not for wealth or fame i'll remember your song but forget your name

Some months ago, Martel hired Master Snape to handle the full warding of his Valdis property; to protect it, and to hide it from prying and unfriendly eyes. To put not too fine a point on it, between the two of them there is enough paranoia and sheer power to arm a small country, and when - after many weeks and much work - the wards are complete, they are no small feat.

They are, as a matter of fact, very, very good. It's sort of the point. There are plenty of reasons for that, and some of them Martel might even be persuaded to share with his friends and acquaintances, such as they are.

What's interesting, however, is the fact that despite this one Brody McAdams and one Lucy McClane found their way into the castle, wholly unimpeded in their quest to affix Lisa Frank stickers to a chosen wall. (Just like they went unbothered in their previous plot to attach a selection of My Little Ponies, before the wards went up:

"Sir-"

"Mm, leave them be. Have Langler go take those down in the morning."
)

The people Martel becomes fond of get away with some very strange things.


friday → embarrassing secrets
apostatised: (aggravated.)
2008-08-06 07:10 pm

[log] sometimes they're crawling down my spine

[18:33] * Maria is here in a bar, perhaps looking for Martel.
[18:34] * Martel is here, now; god only knows what he's /been/ doing. "Hello, there."
[18:36] Maria: "Hi! Can I have a sleepover?" ........let's just get that out of the way. "What are you up to?" Meanwhile, she ambles around the bar, poking at stuff. Including the answering machine, because no one else uses the thing.
[18:37] Martel: "Define 'sleepover' before I answer that."
[18:38] Maria: "Brody wants a vacation, and if he comes over I'll have someone to entertain me." She scrolls through the text messages, and then pauses.
[18:40] * Martel tries to recall if he's met Brody. "Very well. What are you looking at?"
[18:40] Maria: "Um. Be calm, first. So this chick Candice is your girl, right?"
[18:40] * Martel has the look on his face of a man who's pretty sure he knows what's coming. "That's one way of putting it."
[18:41] Maria: "It looks like she's in the hospital with her friend Enfys...I guess someone tried slitting her throat or something? I don't know, the message is off-world, some of it's garbled."
[18:42] Martel: "Does it say /where/?"
[18:46] Maria: "Um, it has pinpoint coordinates attached! Bolivar medical."
[18:50] * Martel looks /extremely/ calm, which may or may not actually bode well. "All right. Your friend can come and stay, and I'll see you as soon as possible, I have to go. Now."

[prelude to this.]