my roots (open)

Drustan had been slowly getting back into his old ways, and he hated himself for trying to be good. Even though he didn't see any sort of idea of being superior. But being fully accepting and a nice guy had ticked him off, so this had led Drustan to try and find time to himself and be alone. Entering the third floor, Dru decided that he would go into Moaning Myrtle's bathroom and spend some time by himself and do his own thing. He entered and he looked around, and he decided that he would go and take a seat in the back with a smile as he enjoyed his solitude.

Narkissos found himself in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom trying to hide from Apollo over various relationship drama. One thing he didn't want to happen was to be hexed back into St. Mungo's after just getting out, and he didn't want it to occur over relationships of all things. Sure, what he and Cherry had done was probably wrong, but it's not like they were doing anything that bad. He went over to a sink and sat down on it leaning his walking stick against the wall and got out a cigarette to light it. Usually, he'd take care of his smoking in the Forbidden forest, but he found himself not daring to step in those woods after getting crucio'd right around there. Unaware that someone else was already in the bathroom, he sighed and took a small drag out of his cigarette allowing the smoke to rise in a peculiar fashion.

Dru had been watching the old bathroom, curious if he would ever encounter the notorious ghost. Not long after he took, a seat Drustan heard footsteps and it caused him to roll his eyes. He didn't feel like answering to people and having to talk to people, but sometimes his curiosity got the best of him. Getting up as he soon hears a lighter go off to the quiet in the bathroom. Walking around Drustan soon saw someone from his house. It had been Narkissos Jetson, with a smirk. He had decided to walk over to the Slytherin and he let out a smirk.

"Trying to escape the nuisance known as the student body?"

@Narkissos Jetson

Hearing a voice, he looked over to see it was Drustan. "If trying to not being hit with an Unforgivable by a Hufflepuff counts as trying to escape the student body counts, then yes," Narkissos replied taking another drag of his cigarette. "Want one? Also, you better not say anything to any of the staff. I'd prefer to not have my chances of becoming Head Boy next year jeopardized." If Narkissos was lucky, nobody would have heard of the relationship drama he got himself into. It wouldn't be a good luck if his own house started calling him a blood traitor anyway.

@Drustan Lestrange

Drustan knew what it was like to run from people because he knew Rhesus would end up having his head, a month ago. He had listened to Narkissos and smiled. "Even though they aren't honorable. I guess they count because they are in a house after all, but dude you should be the one casting an Unforgivable on him." a chuckle escaped him. Watching him offer him a cigarette, Drustan nodded as he said. "Wouldn't hurt. Could use a good calm escape." raising an eyebrow, "I wouldn't tell the staff shit because I am not willing to have a detention with the other houses."

"That is if Voclain will let another Slytherin be head boy." laughed the Slytherin.

"i have an auror for a father, do you really think I'd be that fucking dumb?" He sighed and took another drag. "I smoke a lot when stressed. I get it from him. I am surprised he has managed to hide his habit from mum for so long," Narkissos added with a slight chuckle. "And that Hufflepuff is setting all of his emotion from relationship drama all on me because I had the audacity to interact with his ex. Isn't that pathetic?" He paused afraid he was giving way too much away; he knew how his own house could be. Narkissos opened his pack and held it towards Drustan to allow the other to take one out. "In case you didn't realize, I have a goal of becoming Minister in adulthood. It'd be of great help to have the Head Boy position. It'd show the public when i get myself in the running many years from now that I've been trusted for a long time and that I should be their pick. Smart, isn't it?"

@Drustan Lestrange

Drustan had never been the type of guy who enjoyed good-doers and that was due to his upbringing. "Well to most of the Slytherins that seems to be a requirement. And being beat by Hufflepuffs would make us look bad," said Drustan shrugging his shoulders, but this guy wasn't going to be a dick to his own classmate, he had Rhesus for that. "Anyone who inspires to be us tends to blame all that goes wrong on us due to jealousy, " he said with a tiny smirk. "He probably feels like he has competition because you are much more popular and better looking if it's any consolidation."

"Well, that's good to be on top. And how things are going, it might just be Slytherin Alumni ministers. Which will definitely make us purebloods look good." said the Slytherin, as he thought of a how much better it could be. Taking one of the cigarettes out of the pack that was being offered to him. "Thank you Narkissos." Putting the cigarette in his mouth and he lit it. Drustan thought to himself as he listened to his fellow Slytherin speak. "Very smart, because in order to succeed you need be perfect. So I think the idea is brilliant and must give you kudos. I don't even know what I intend to do after I graduate, all I know is that I am going the death eaters. Since it is sort of my birthright to join them."

@Narkissos Jetson

Shrugging, Narkissos took another drag of his cigarette and attempted to blow out a smoke ring. "I haven't smoked much since I was in St. Mungo's. The withdrawal was awful, and dad couldn't do anything without mum finding out and getting pissed." He paused. "My mum gets very particular on habits being a healer and all that mumbo jumbo..." Narkissos smirked and nodded. "He's saying shit about how I took his ex from him. like, she had as much as a choice as I did, so I don't see much of the issue..."

"Definitely, especially with how all those people embarrass themselves." On the inside, Narkissos felt absolutely awful to have to say things like that, but he basically found himself forced to so he could keep up his good reputation within Slytherin. As long nobody he didn't really trust knew of his relationship that'd get him labeled a blood traitor, all would be fine, right? "Anytime." He listened to the other. "Well, I wish you luck with the Death Eater thing. I opted to not get myself really involved in any sort of faction as it would look awful politically depending on the side of history a faction would end up on."

@Drustan Lestrange

Drustan didn't tell his father most things that he did because he didn't feel like getting a speech. Even though he knew that most death eaters took in those dark guilty pleasures. "My family is the same way. Even though people where I come from, but at least smoking doesn't result in me killing people," he said as he took a drag. Looking at the Slytherin, "Yeah and you should tell him that she had much more fun under your covers than she ever did in his." smirked the Slytherin.

"Thank you. It will feel good to follow in my family's footsteps. Since after all, it looks like, people could be calling their new leaders the death eaters, because good old Potter is in Azkaban." smiled the Slytherin. "Because that man would never have the wits to get out of the goddamn prison to be with his precious family."

Looking at Narkissos, "It's your choice not to get involved."

@Narkissos Jetson

"My mum likes to say you're practically killing yourself every time you take a drag along with a bunch of other stuff. The funny thing is that my dad looks decades younger than mum, and there's times where he chain-smokes from stress," Narkissos stated with a laugh. "Either he's the exception or there's some other shit going on seeing as how smoking, allegedly, ages you." He took another drag of the cigarette and dropped some of the ashes into the sink using it as a makeshift ashtray.

Smirking, he nodded. "I can assure you that she and I frequently have a lot of fun under the covers. Best fun I've ever had. That Hufflepuff is just jealous," replied Narkissos in agreement. "Here's a fun fact. My dad was the one who arrested him." From his time in St. Mungo's, Narkissos got a good idea of how upset his father was about the fact he even had to arrest Harry, but he wasn't going to mention that around known Death Eaters. "I'm honestly still surprised James, of all people, even dated a Death Eater. Cernu told me all of the latest gossip while I was in St. Mungo's. Needless to say, I was shocked."

@Drustan Lestrange

Dru didn't have the parents who actually told them, what he did was bad. Because they did the same thing, and often turned a blind eye to what their son had been doing. "I don't get why parents like to tell us what to do. It makes no sense because are meant to be the future generation not them. They are all going to die soon anyway." said Drustan in response to what Narkissos had been saying about his mother. "Parents keep secrets. It's sorta weird."

"That is what I was trying to tell you, Jetson!" he said with a small smirk. "Can't he find some Hufflepuff to keep him occupied. Since he will be as good as any of the other houses." looking around the bathroom. He thought about the witch who had been here who was known to occupy the bathroom. "James had chased something that he couldn't have. And with that had got his father placed into fucking Azkaban, it's a shame you know." The boy had taken another drag and he smirked. "Good, so you didn't come back to our den not knowing at all what happened."

@Narkissos Jetson

He shrugged unsure of how to reply to Drustan's comment regarding parents; even though he was going to have that experience himself soon, he literally had no idea what to do. "I think parents are supposed to guide you until you're able to make your own decisions. None of us know anything at a young age which is why we were guided a lot more compared to now," Narkissos said. "My dad covers for me a lot myself because mum would freak if she knew half of my antics. That's why she seems to think I'm a saint. I honestly feel bad for my sister as she seems to be pushed to the back. At the same time, I give her the side eye all the time with the way she handles things..."

He sighed as he took a drag of his cigarette. "At this rate, I'll be chainsmoking like dad," commented Narkissos with a small chuckle. "He should. There's a reason why most people tend to date within their own house. The familiarity and similarity." Shrugging once again, Narkissos didn't feel too bad when it came to James' love life, but it wasn't like he really cared too much about the Potter family besides whatever stories his father had told him over the years and the occasional auror family picnics. "I would've eventually found out anyway whether it was through eavesdropping on conversations or having my sister do the dirty work for me as she basically treats finding dirt on people like it's her job. Pretty sure she's trying to be the next Edith Grayson." He laughed at his own comparison to that Daily Prophet owner. From a young age, his father had told him quite a bit of the wizarding world so that he'd be prepared once he entered adulthood. Narkissos found it quite nice to have been trusted enough to know who owns what.

@Drustan Lestrange