chapter sixteen: professor trelawney's prediction

[marginalia]

[professor trelawney's prediction] - trelawney and angst.
today's was really a struggle. ah well. they can't all be perfect.

Sybill thought if the interview were on a sunny afternoon it would all go so much better. Instead it was another cold and rainy night in another shabby inn. The headmaster hadn't even invited her up to the school. She knew how this would go already; half of Divination was following the natural course of events, and tonight's led directly to another dinner of lukewarm stew and the job going to some actor who had changed his name to Tiresias.

She lit the candles, slipped on her bracelets, and swore to use the time to perfect her Muggle fortunetelling skills.

Comments

[kylegirl.livejournal.com]

I like it, though. It's job-interview!angst. Totally universal.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

hee! true :) and i just got hung up on thinking about who she was before the infamous interview. darn this challenge making me think about stuff, man.

[dorrie6.livejournal.com]

It may have been a struggle, but you've managed something quite miraculous. You've made Trelawney a person.

I like it a log.

[dorrie6.livejournal.com]

Or even a lot.

I need to go back to bed.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

it's log, it's log
it's better than bad, it's good!

sorry. ren and stimpy moment. and i just gotta say i fell over laughing when i got this comment this morning. ah, typos :)

and, you know, thanks and stuff. for this one i just got to wondering how many openings there -were- for divination teachers.

the tiresias bit still makes me laugh. so i guess i like it better than i thought :)

[jenish.livejournal.com]

Oooh, this is fantastic! I always wondered what was going through her mind when she went for the job, how she got there (I don't mean literally, obviously she would Apparate, but you know what I mean).

And I *heart* the last line. I love how She lit the candles, slipped on her bracelets is like she's putting a costume on for a show. Marvellous :) <3

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

totally! this challenge has been so great for me thinking more about canon.