Your Hired!

[Danielle Zhefarovich]

Danielle was only required to be at the Manor for a short time today, thank goodness. She was only here at the Lefevre Manor to meet up with someone named Karcsi Laroche. The family had recently be looking around for someone who was under the dark influence and was willing to be hired by the family to personally make potions for them and such, it seemed that he was interested in possibly working for the family so Danielle was meeting with him today. All she was going to do was ask him a couple of questions, check his background, and other small tasks that would check up on his character. Hopefully it would not be long though because she really just wished to get back to the Zhefarovich Manor and get other things done. Sometimes it was frustrating that was still Head of the Family and often busy with another, she would have stuck her sister as the next Head but she ended up screwing that up the moment she decided to have a thing with Arnost and get herself knocked up. So now she was still running everything until her sister either grew up or someone else from her bloodline stepped up to the plate. Perhaps Gabrielle would be interested. Then again she was so busy with that boy she has been going on about these days that she wasn't sure if Gabrielle even wanted it. At least she had Asparuh to keep her calm and from killing everyone in her sight. She was getting so stressed out with all of this and her current pregnancy definitely wasn't helping her feel any better.

As she headed to the main hall to wait for the man so show up, Danielle placed a pale hand on her baby bump that was a little obviously seen through her slim dress. This Potion mater would be very useful for her and various other family members. He could make medicines for them, remedies or all kinds of problems, love potions for the weird creeps in her family that used them, and even poisons when she requested it. If he did turn out to be everything she wanted him to then he would even have a room and a place to make his potions within the Lefevre Manor. This Manor had more than two hundred rooms so she hoped at least one of them would accommodate him. Finally the angelic blonde reached the Main Hall and headed over to her seat. She was stopped by a house elf who told her that the potion man had arrived. A small nod of her head told the Elf to bring the man into her. If she was less tired and less pregnant she probably would have gone to get him herself but that was not the case here. Once someone entered the room her angelic face locked onto the figured almost darkly. She had hoped that he knew who she was and that she was not one to be tampered with.

 

[Karcsi Laroche]

Karcsi wasn’t one to make much of an appearance in the public and had never been in an overly crowded place in quite a number of years. For the majority of his adult years, from when he graduated from school, he had cut all connections with his family and his old life to start a new life of his own. Having moved to New Zealand, a place where he knew no-one and no-one knew him he had bought his own accommodation and had started to set up his new life. Granted his accommodation was a dingy old basement flat which over the years had become invested damp and rats and other creatures had become like his family as they were the only other sort of beings he saw in his day to day life. Karcsi had made his way by brewing his own special potions and selling them on to those interested in the Dark Arts. For his potions were not ones that could be sold in any old apothecary as the effects of them were not very pleasant and the possession of them would be highly illegal in any case. Although over the past few years the market for his potions had hit a hard spot and his work started to decrease highly. He knew that it would be due to his clientele having been found in possession of the potions and being shipped off to Azkaban and the word of his doings been getting less publicity within the Dark Arts Market. Being a Death Eater he used to know an amount of people that he could sell his potions too but after his clientele selling him out to the Wizengamot before being sent off to Azkaban he had taken into going into hiding, only emerging when his presence was requested when asked to fulfil a special request or deliver packages to people who requested them. The money he charged for his services had set him up quite nicely and he knew he could easily move out but coming out of hiding after so long and with all this money and know history of where it came from would be suspicious and he was already on the wanted list by the Ministry – thankfully his Death Eater status had yet to be compromised. Plus he was very weary of leaving his home as he had made himself comfortable and his lab was here too. Although, after much deliberation, he had come to the conclusion that he had to leave when he noticed the level of Aurors around his area had been increased.

After some research he realised that there was still a few high up Death Eaters, and well known Pure Bloody families that were within the area. He had recognised a few of the names from his parents having mentioned them when he was younger so he came up with the idea of looking into being ‘hired’ so to speak by them. When he was younger he remembered some strange men living in his home mansion that would give his parents these multi-coloured vials and he was once told it was their private potion maker. Of course when he was younger he didn’t understand who they were and only knew them to make a remedy for him or his family when they were sick or something. Having gotten into contact with some families he was pleased to see interest from the Lefevre family, one he wasn’t completely familiar with but he knew them to be very powerful. Covering his face with his dark hooded cloak he left his dingy basement apartment and apparated to the Lefevre mansion. When greeted by a house elf he followed it when granted his audience with the Head of the family who was also Ranee of the Zhefarovich family, so a very powerful woman indeed. Following the house elf he saw Danielle Zhefarovich, his hopeful future ‘employer.’ Bowing his head he removed his hood and let his cold gaze fall on the pregnant woman. “Thank you for seeing me today.” His voice was almost gruff with lack of being used and interaction with fellow humans for sometime now.

 

[Danielle Zhefarovich]

Danielle noticed quickly that this man was either a man of few words or he just was very mouthful with the ladies, which may or may not give him a problem or two at the Manor. There were men here but the woman overpopulated them by twice as much since Danielle's ruling. And if one was not good with them they were would either be left alone or bothered until they were forced to leave which was mostly Axelle's doing because she was the Queen of being unbearable. Danielle's bright blue eyes scanned the male for a moment before she motioned for him to follow her. Her body turned and she headed into a room off to the right where it looked like nothing more than a small conference room or something, which Danielle often just used to meet with business associate's instead. She sat herself down on one of the sofa's and motioned for Karcsi to have a seat as well in one of the armchairs across from the creamy colored regal sofa she was seated on. "So I've been hearing around that you are a very skilled Potions Maker and Alchemist. But a part of me is wondering exactly what you define as good." Meaning that she wanted to hear some of the things he could do. She was really desperate on finding a good Potions maker but she wanted the best of the best for her and her family. Especially when he was probably going to end doing a lot of potion making for the officials of the family, or even Axelle if she so asked him to. He may also be asked to make really strange Potions as well, or invent them. This man just had to be quick to do what was asked and not question anyone about it. On top of Potion-making she was going to see to it that he also made sure how to fix anything caused by his Potions too. Explosions and injuries were not going to be tolerated by Danielle if it got too bad she would strangle him right on the spot. As she waited for his response her hand went to her baby bump where she rubbed it gently. She couldn't believe she was pregnant again but it wasn't like she was going to throw a fit because it just meant another heir for her to consider later on.

"Like I said in my letter, if hired you'd be making Potions, Medicines, Poisons, whatever asked by us. You will be given your own room to prepare the potions in as well as your own bedroom. You'll have access to most of the manner and may come and please as you go. You will also be paid very well." Danielle told him the perks of the job. He'd have a luxurious bedroom and bathroom all to himself as well as his own potion making room and all the supplies he would ever need. Hopefully the pay and all of that would attract him to keep this job if she decided to hire him. The biggest downside was the work and sometimes dealing with the family members but that could be easily ignored over time. "Do you think you'd be interested? If so there's no backing out."

 

[Karcsi Laroche]

Karcsi remained quiet as he waited for the woman before him to say or do something. Growing up in a family like he had, Karcsi had grown up to be respectful of people who were great allies, or could be. His family were very keen to make strong bonds with other powerful Pure Blood families, especially the ones that had been in to the Dark Arts as his father was a strong believer of having ones friends close but your enemies closer and if the other strong families of the time were of any threat to him or his family he wanted to have them close. His father was a very practical man and it was qualities like that which had made Karcsi respect him so and want to be like him. His father, although, was not a Potion maker as his forte was in the casting of curses and the like. No, it was his mother that had taught him everything that he needed to know about Potions and in turn everything that he knew today. Although there were some of the things that his mother had done that he didn’t want to pick up – like the accidents she had caused. There was the occasional bad reaction to some of the potions which she had combined in her experimenting but there was one in particular that stood out in his mind – the last mistake his mother ever made. Letting the memory fade into black once more when Danielle motions for him to follow her he made his way to wherever the woman was leading him. Forgetting about something like the memory he had just been thinking about was something that he did regularly as it reminded him of times when he was young and weak and he had long since rid himself of such silly emotions. Karcsi followed Danielle into a small room and took a seat. He looked around and felt somewhat out of place as he had been so used to his basement flat that he become quite run down lately and compared to this place, it wasn’t even fit for a homeless person. Although it had been home for Karcsi for so long, it was his so of course he was used to it. He listened to her question and a small smirk formed on his lips when she informed him that she had been hearing the he was a skilled Potion Maker and Alchemist, at least his reputation was as good as he had hoped it was. He thought for a moment so he could choose his words carefully as they were words that would turn out of be very important to him in the long run. “Well my reputation seems to precede me so that accounts for something I would have to say. For years I have experimented with many different ingredients and I’m still in one piece, my targets on the other hand I can’t say much for – but that only means that the potions were a success.” he said with a tiny smirk, a glint in his deep brown eyes at the memories of his successful potions. “Potion making is a specific science that not many can master but I can say with ease that I am one of the few in this day in age that is a master, something you will soon discover for yourself.” he told her, removing all doubt of not getting chosen for the job.

Karcsi listened to the woman talk again. The job itself seemed one that would be easy enough and definitely something that he would be able to handle on a daily basis – it was almost be good to have a steady job and something to do everyday. Whereas recently he had been lounging around his flat and experimenting with different ingredients but it was all getting too boring for him as of late – he needed something new and exciting in his life. The perks of the job sounded very appealing although after what he last living arrangements were most things would have been a step for him. Although he was used to the somewhat extravagant lifestyle for his childhood years but having ‘rebelled’ at a young age he was used to slumming it down a fair bit for a number of years now. “I would be very interested. When do you think I should move in and start?”he asked, very much interested in the job at this stage.

 

[Danielle Zhefarovich]

Danielle figured from the start that this guy would have been good enough but one thing she really did want to test was to see how well he carried himself in her presence. If he ended up being afraid of her and unwilling to serve her as she asked then he wold be of no use to her. But this man didn't really seem to hold much of anything but willingness to do his job that was asked of him. It was a good quality and that made him perfect to fill the Position. Slowly the blonde pushed herself up out of her seat and removed her hand from her belly. The baby was still at the moment anyways so she was good to make her way over to Karcsi, once she had approached him her blue eyes stared down at him coldly before a nearly visible smirk made it's way to her face. "Your hired. You may move in right away and I'll allow you a couple of days to get settled in here before you officially start. A House elf will show you around and if you need anything, don't be afraid to ask someone. I won't be around much myself though as I have a husband to get back to." Danielle waved her hand and a door opened so a House -elf could timid walk inside the room. Danielle told the Elf some directions in French quickly before she watched as the elf tugged on the mans pants telling him to follow him. Danielle also turned to leave because not much else was needed for her to explain. All else would be explained to him, she could only help that he stayed out of trouble and avoided running into certain member of her family.

 

[Axelle Lefevre]

A Few Days Later​

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Axelle hurried around one of the sharp corners and down the long hallway as quietly as her heels would allow her to in the quiet Manor. Right now she really wanted to try and get out into town a bit before she headed out with Arnost for a little, they had just recently married and so far she had done a pretty good job with not getting herself caught with the secret of it. The only issue now was not getting seen sneaking out or sneaking in with him, if they caught wind of it they would surely go and tell Danielle just to spite her. And that would ruin everything she had been working for this entire time. About half way down the hall she heard the voices of her brother talking to someone and she froze. What is he saw her and told her to go back to her room? Axelle wasn't about to let that happen after this much of time of sneaking out and began to panic a little. Her eyes drifted around the hallway quickly as she tried to find a place to hide. "Ah door!" She spotted a door and ran to open it, of course it was locked and no matter how hard she jiggled the knob it wouldn't open even a little. An aggravated sigh left her mouth before she tried another that also wouldn't open, was this entire Manor filled with stupid locked doors? She stomped her foot lightly and turned to run back down the hall she came down. Eventually She found more doors and ran towards the first one she saw. Luckily for her it opened and she grinned. Her brother's voice could still be heard so she wasted no time in bolting in and closing the door behind her, she was pretty sure this room was empty so there would be no need for her brother come in here anyways.

"Whoa! ow!" She stumbled away from the door knob and glared at the door. It took her a moment to realize that there was light within the room and it wasn't completely dark like it should be. Axelle's baby blue eyes blinked and glanced around the room before she noticed someone actually inside the room. It didn't look like anyone she knew so at first she just assumed him to be a servant. And even if he wasn't he was going to serve her whether he liked it or not, if he wasn't family then he sure as hell didn't have anything better to do here. "Who the hell are you?" Axelle asked with a raised eyebrow as she took a step back and leaned her back against the door, she could hear her brother pass outside of it and knew that one he answered her she may or may not have the chance to leave.

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[Karcsi Laroche]

With the permission from Ms Zhefarovich to move in right away Karcsi wasted no time in returning to his home and gathering his things. With the possibility in the back of his mind that he would have obtained the job he had pre-packed his personal belongings that could be traced back to him and in general, everything that he felt he would need. By nightfall he had moved into the Lefevre residence and he had started to make himself at home. It had taken a few days for him to unpack everything and having his personal area in a way that was most easy for him to work in. He had tried hard to mimic his old lab as he had spent years working in it, everything was where he needed it to be and he knew where everything was so it only made sense for him to have the same sort of layout in his new place. He was thankful that he had been given his own personal space that allowed him the freedom to mess about with. There was also the bonus that he didn’t have to have anyone disturbing him. Sure he was there to serve the Lefevre family but that was only when he was summoned for, so anyone time he wouldn’t have anyone barging in on him during his work.

A few days after been hired Karcsi had found himself with a few moment as he had yet to be given any requests but he knew that he could keep himself busy with preparing a few basic potions which could later be used or added to something for extra effect. He currently had a basic healing potion boiling over one of his many burners while he was preparing another batch for once it was done. He would have put the whole thing together but making such big quantites of potions was never a thing to mess with so he played it on the safe side. He had never had an accident before and he didn’t want to start now, so soon after starting his new job. After stirring his potion he heard a noise from outside his door but quickly ignored it as he knew no one would disturb him. Well that’s what he had thought but he soon found out wasn’t true when he saw a woman come into his room and close the door behind her. Staring at her with a not very amused look on his face he realised that she seemed familiar but he didn’t know who. “I am Karcsi Laroche, Potion Maker.” he told her. She must know the family or she wouldn’t be in the mansion so he felt it somewhat appropriate for him to let her know why he was here to avoid further questions. “And who might you be?” he asked curiously, maybe if he found out her name he would remember where he knew her from – or at least let him know if he didn’t know her.

 

[Axelle Lefevre]

As if some little light bulb went off inside her head Axelle grinned just a tiny bit. This was was being hired by her family to work and live here. Which in Axelle's mind, meant that he was also someone she could boss around for the hell of it. Bossing people around was something she hadn't been able to do much lately because in the end they either get fired, they quit, or they figure out that they don't have to listen to a word she says. "Oh really now, your our new Potion maker? Adorable name by the way!" Axelle winked flirtatiously before she cracked the door open to peer outside and see if anyone was coming that could get her into trouble. Her ears picked up the sound of her brother's face but she wasn't able to yet tell if he had passed this room or not. Axelle quickly closed the door just in case and turned around to give the strange man a goofy smile. His name was a little strange so she decided to give him a nickname that she sure he would come to hate after a few months of living here or so. Too bad she had yet to think of any good ones for his name yet, kare bear maybe? Nah seems too predictable! If he managed to last more than a couple of days here then it would make it so much easier. Axelle had to make sure he could actually pass the test and handle what she could dish out. Some men she was able to crack within a day and they left in such a hurry, it was never any fun! This one seemed to have more of a backbone though. She wasn't sure where she got the impression at but she did. Tapping her chin gently she started off away from the door, her multi-colored dress flowing around the man, she ignored his un-amused look for now and peered at whatever he was brewing.

"I'm Axelle, Danielle's little sister. Which makes me Your boss if I'm not mistaken. Now, What is it are you are brewing right now? " Axelle flicked some of her hair out of her face and let her baby blue eyes peer at the Potion for a moment before she shrugged and started to fiddle around with things around the area. Normally she would have bossed him around for something else but she was working her way up. No use scaring him away in the first day, this one was an interesting one for the most part. His name proved that, plus he was a Potion Maker. The Lefevre family hadn't had one of those in a long time. A part of her couldn't help but wonder if he was any good. Potions was never really her forte so she couldn't brew them too well. Her sister was good though, but probably too busy to be put there brewing them herself.

 

[Karcsi Laroche]

Karcsi’s cold glare never left his face even as the woman before him started to smile. Why she was smiling was beyond him. This woman obviously didn’t know what he was capable off for if she did she would know that it wasn’t wise to just barge into his private space, unannounced – especially when he was in the middle of brewing potions. Potion making was in itself such a fine and exact art that the tiniest hiccup could cause chaos for all around, people barging in while in the process of brewing even the simplest of potions counted as a hiccup, even to a potion master such as Karcsi, he couldn’t take into consideration outside factors. Although it wasn’t for lack of trying, it was why he had requested no one disturb him unless urgent and he usually had his door locked but he must have slipped up today. He quirked his eyebrow up slightly as he listened to the woman. Our new Potion maker she said. That would mean that she was part of the Lefevre family – technically his boss. There went his plans on making the woman regret disturbing him. Although this clearly didn’t look like a matter of life or death so maybe he could have some sort of ‘chat’ with her that would remind her to not disturb him again – nothing to drastic though as he didn’t want to get fired so soon after being hired. “Yes!” he muttered coolly. Giving the woman a very odd stare when she commented on his name and winked at him. He couldn’t remember the last time someone actually winked at him. He remembered girls from his time at school and his younger years before becoming a hermit of sorts, doing the same thing and he only saw them as play things, objects, but they didn’t seem to mind either to it was a win win situation. He watched the woman peer out of the door, if she lived here why did she look like she was hiding from someone? It was very curious but he didn’t question her just yet. Instead he watched the woman carefully as she walked towards him.

He was a little surprised when she confirmed that she was part of the family, Danielle’s sister of everything. He knew that it wouldn’t be right to mess with this one no matter how much he wanted too. Maybe if he just played along with whatever it was she was going to do she would leave and let him have the peace that he requested. When she questioned his potions he moved over towards them so he could be sure she didn’t touch anything. “Essence of Dittany.” he told her in a firm tone. “It’s a fairly basic but effective healing potion. Can heal most common wounds and if need be can be added to a few other ingredients for more specific or stronger potions.” he told her. He didn’t know just how much this woman knew about potions so he felt the a full description would be best – give the boss a good impression and whatnot. “I’d rather you not touch my things!” he snapped at her as his dark eyes landed on the items that she started to play with.

 

[Axelle Lefevre]

Axelle's eyes narrowed for a moment when he used a cool tone to answer her rhetorical question. So this was going to another one of those guys she had to work a little harder at breaking. Luckily she had dealt with losers like this before so it wasn't like it was too much of a problem. "That was a rhetorical question dumbass. And don't let the wink bother you any, your face looks like a horses butt so it's not like I'm at all attracted to you." Axelle rolled her light blue eyes before she gave him a sarcastic smile. It was only a matter of time before he realized that she was going to make his life utter hell while he was here. That was her job after all, to whip the new workers into shape by letting them deal with her whenever possible. If they could handle her for awhile then she would have to admit that this person had guts, or was just too stubborn to crack. Karcsi looked like a weakling though so Axelle pegged him to be one of the many that only lasted a month. She was only in his room for less than ten minute's and she was already striking a nerve, or planning to try as best as she could at least. Her wink was probably a little too flirty for her own comfort but she wasn't interested in him nonetheless. Being hired by her family meant that he served them. Well technically the Potion Makers could marry into the family and had higher status that a servant could, but to her they were all the same. People who needed to learn their place. Axelle was bossed around by her siblings and everything so it was good that someone finally was around for her to push around. Perhaps Arnost would love to come over and help her harass the man sometime? Flicking some of her silky blonde hair before her shoulders she smirked again.

"I'd rather you not touch my things! You sound like such a little girl, who's going to stop me Mr Laroche? You...hahaha you make me laugh!" Out of spite and mockery she picked up the items she was playing around with and dangled them in the air to further bother him and to prove that she wasn't afraid at all. Once she had finished dangling it she held the bottled that she had been playing with in her hand and stared at the Potion that was brewing. This man knew his stuff. For a moment Axelle was wondering if he knew how to make some nifty Poisons. Those would be fun to mess around with.

 

[Karcsi Laroche]

Karcsi could’t resist a small smirk when Axelle pointed out that he had answered her rhetorical question, it was such an easy one he couldn’t not do it. Just by the very look of her he could tell that she was going to be trouble for him but he was going to remain cool, calm and collected. He had enough practice putting up with girls who thought they could get whatever they wanted just by the snap of his fingers and he wasn’t going to let this one ruin his perfect streak. Plus he had only just started the job and quite frankly he didn’t want to give it up just yet. To retain the job he would have to put with Axelle, whatever she threw at him and he was going to at least have fun seeing her try. His temper was one that came quickly but he had learned to control his quite well in the past and he knew he would need to work on it with this one, it wouldn’t look good for him if he tried his old tricks on his boss. His face remained almost stone cold with emotion apart from the small eye roll when she resorted to name calling. It was odd, she looked like a grown woman yet she acted like a five year old. It was comments like that he wished he could say out loud but for now he would keep them to himself. He wanted sometime examining this woman and getting to know all of her tricks before giving as good as he got – he could tell that she would be fun to fight with. She was young and feisty, the way he liked his play things. He watched as the blonde walked around as if she owned the place – metaphorically speaking, of course she technically did but Danielle had ensured him of his own space while residing here so he saw this part of the house his own and therefore he owned it.

His hands were behind his back and what couldn’t be seen were his hands clinching into fists and his knuckles turning white with the sheer force. Karcsi did not take well to mockery, especially by some little girl who thought she knew everything. He reminded himself just who this girl was so he stopped himself before doing something that wouldn’t work well for him. He didn’t react to anything she had to say but kept a very close eye on her movements when she started to play with his potion bottles. When Axelle started to gaze into his potion he brought his arms around and folded them over his chest, his strong arms hid well under his robe. “Very well. Don’t come crying to me when you blow something up, Princess.” he said in a cold tone of voice. Such words were something that he had told himself to refrain from saying but he couldn’t stand ignorant people who refused to heed the warnings about messing with unknown potions.

 

[Axelle Lefevre]

Axelle wondered what her sister would make of this if she ever saw. What would Danielle do if she knew how much her younger sister tortured the other workers in the Manor. Since she lives with the Zhefarovich's now it was a lot easier for Axelle to get away with stuff. It would be hard for her to get caught but it was likely that there would be major trouble if she was. Danielle was not a very tolerant person and since she was pregnant it didn't help her mood, the other day Axelle got a front row seat of viewing her elder sister literally mentally beating one of the family members down who disrespected her authority. The woman didn't even have to lift a wand because her words, threats, and stare was enough to make that idiot think twice. "Princess? Oh I like that. And if I did blow something up I certainly wouldn't come crying to you, if anything I'd just blame it on you in the first place so it's not like I'd get in trouble. Axelle rolled her eyes and ran a finger over her smooth darkly polished nails. Actually she wouldn't let him take the blame because she didn't believe in that but it would be fun to see his reaction to that. Overall she did know how to handle Potions so she figured she was safe for now, but she was offended that he suggested that she was the type to blow something up, or be stupid enough to mess around to the point where the Potion became dangerous. Then again this man also didn't really know what she was capable of yet either. He would soon learn that she was no one to take lightly. That is if he lasted for awhile. In a way Axelle was a little curious about Karcsi. Like why he got such a unique name, where he was from, where he went to school and stuff. It was always interesting to hear about others lives, almost every single one sounded more interesting than hers was for the most part.

"Let's hope you last longer here than the rest of them did when I was finished with them. I'm going to assume that either your a Death Eater or a supporter of the Dark Arts though. Otherwise my sister would have killed you waaay long ago." Axelle was now going to try and pry her way in if she could. It wasn't like she would have minded if he followed the Dark Arts. She was raised up around it so she preferred it like every natural pure blood raised up in the dark would. But she was sure her sister would lurk every possible option with this guy, hopefully she didn't pull her scary husband into this either. That was all they needed, to have him lurking around here. It was bad enough that Etoile was starting to become more active, she was already a nutcase to the tenth being. Axelle plopped down onto the mans bed and let her feet dangle down. Hopefully this signaled that she was comfortable in here and didn't plan to leave any time soon. "You should do your job and go get me a drink." she breathed out knowing fully well it wasn't his job, well in her opinion his job was to do whatever she and her sister told him to do. So that meant that if she wanted a drink he should willingly want to fetch it for her. It was too early to tell whether or not he would give her an issue over it though. He seemed like he was a stubborn as an angry bull though.

 

[Karcsi Laroche]

The woman was persistent, that Karcsi could tell from the off. Normally that was a quality that Karcsi admired in any of his acquaintances and the select number of people that he called his friends, but in this woman he just found it downright annoying and couldn’t wait til she just left him alone to enjoy the peace and quiet of his potions bubbling – that was the only company that he needed. Sure some may find that as rather ‘loner’-like but Karcsi never cared about what people thought of him, he never did and never would, other people’s opinions didn’t matter to him because in his opinion they were unimportant. As long as he was able to get by in life he was content with that and people just confused the matter. He rolled his eyes as he moved around his work area to keep an eye on his potions, stirring every so often and making adjustments and additions where necessary. Making some of these potions was as easy as breathing to him as he had made so many of them he found himself not having to refer to books anymore. In fact he found the books made the process more difficult that it was worth and he had found a lot of easier options for some of the potions or made his own adjustments to them to make them better. He could probably publish his own book with his own concoctions and amendments to potions but decided not too – too much hassle. He let out a small scoff when she said that she wouldn’t come crying to him and would in the end get him in trouble. “That is if you even lived to tell the tale.” he told her. Although it could be seen as a warning more than anything really but he just let her believe whatever she wanted, he clearly wasn’t going to be taken seriously by her so there was no point even bothering anymore. Moving around again to almost where he was first standing and his eyes landed on the woman once more. He didn’t know anything about this woman but he was always uncomfortable when people were around his potions, even with him there. Although he got the sense that this woman was a bit flighty and could easily knock something over and he didn’t want that to happen.

He crossed his arms over his chest again and watched the woman as she talked. He frowned his eyebrows in confusion. When she was finished with them? He thought to himself. Then it dawned on him that this was her own personal form of an initiation or hazing process. He had to admit that it was rather impressive the limits that she would go through just to make sure that the new guy was up to the right standards but now that he was on to her little game he was even more prepared for it and wasn’t going to let her get to him – not that he had any intentions to do so in the first place. When she questioned him on his status as a Death Eater or at least a follower of the Dark Arts he figured that it was a harmless enough question. Being the sister of Danielle she clearly had no problems with Death Eaters and wasn’t going to ‘rat him out’ to the Aurors. Then again if she did, he had enough experience on hiding and running away from them that once more wouldn’t hurt. “Yes, I’m a Death Eater. Been in hiding for some time and figured that it was time to make an appearance in the World again.” he added, not sure why he was divulging into his personal life but he had an idea that it might get Axelle out of his hair quicker. He fumed silently when the blonde made herself even more at home, on his bed but remained silently on the matter. Although when she asked for him to make her a drink he couldn’t help but smirk slightly. “Certainly, I can make a mean Morticaine” he said, wondering if she knew if it was one of the deadliest poisons known to the Wizarding world or not.

 

[Axelle Lefevre]

Axelle snorted at his warning. He also moved back to where he was originally standing and the entire time she watched him like a hawk eyeing it's prey. His warning would have been taken more lightly by her if she didn't think he was just warning her because he might have thought that she was a ditz. Her glossy lips curled up into an adorable smile before she ran one of her hands through her hair to fluff it a little bit. "When it's my time to go...how about I take your sorry a** with me? I know I look like a ditz but chances are I could easily destroy you." She stood up from the bed, her blonde hair falling into her face a little as she glowered at him. She was a Lefevre and despite her silly nature and her soft pretty looks, she was truly nothing more than demon in disguise. Or rather something like a Vixen, which became her nickname to mostly everyone who had known her for awhile. Except Arnost, who didn't seem interested in the slightest in calling her by that name. And for that she thanked him because he was different than the norm. Maybe Karcsi would be creative and come up with another name for her that no one else had thought of either. Though it wasn't likely. "I have a bet going on in my head, I think you won't last six months here." Axelle replied after she had cooled down from her previous reply to him. Six months was being generous too because she usually only guessed that they would last a little less than five or four moths. Karcsi seemed very stubborn though. He hadn't yet tried to throw her out. Which he could have. He could have easily told her awhile ago that she was being a nuisance and thrown her out. He did have the ability. Either he didn't know that yet or he had a really high tolerance level. Throwing her out was like a death wish anyways. Any man who had done that ended up regretting it very soon afterwards. Perhaps this guy would love to wake up to a deadly baby Acromantula in his room.

"Dude, I didn't need your whole life story. I just wanted to know whether you were a Death Eater not. Lemme see the dark mark!" Axelle bounded over so that she was next to him and pointed at his left arm. She would have just checked herself but she didn't really want to touch him at all, not when he was already giving her a hard time scaring him off. He should have flipped out at least once but he was still calm and annoyed looking. Axelle didn't really want to use all her tricks within the first week on this guy. Maybe this was giving her an opportunity to think of more ways to torture a person. His suggestion of a drink made her nose wrinkle. "Maybe I should save it and slip some into your food before you eat. I said get me a drink! Now do as I say!" She tossed her head back snottily and stepped away from him and towards the door. How could he act like that towards her of all people? Did he not understand who she was? No one was allowed to tell her no that was below her. In her opinion those who worked here were below her. How dare he think he didn't have to respect her?!

 

[Karcsi Laroche]

Karcsi wondered if there was something wrong with this woman. She didn’t seem to take to any form of authority at all and while Karcsi was far from any sort of authority over Axelle, he did know what he was talking about when it came to potions and the fact that she couldn’t take his warnings seriously made him even more sure that he wanted her nowhere near his potions lab. Karcsi had a reputation to uphold and he had a job to keep and if this blonde bimbo ruined both for him in one swift movement he would kill her if the accident didn’t. He rolled his eyes again at her words, it didn’t look like he was going to get rid of her anytime soon so he was going to make sure that he kept his guard up and not let it fall at anytime, not that he would. His years of training to be a Death Eater had taught him never to let his guard down and while he was a bit rusty after the past few years he was pretty sure he could handle someone like Axelle. “That’s what worries me.” he mumbled when she said that she would take him with her when it was his time to go, if she was in his lab at the time the possibility of that was quite high. “I look forward to the day you try.” he said with a snort. There was no way he could take her seriously, never in a million years. She was just another pretty little girl, with more money than she knew what to do with and a family that had power, the type of girl that thought they were invincible when really, they weren’t. The man snorted again, a bet in her head? he repeated back as he shook his head, that definitely sounded like something the type of person Karcsi took Axelle for would come out with. “And what if I last longer, mmm? Because six months is nothing to me.” he told her in a nonchalant tone of voice. If she thought he couldn’t put up with six months from her then she had another thing coming because if he could put up with the years of torture in his Death Eater training then she would be a piece of cake to him.

Karcsi let out a small, annoyed snort. What was with this woman? “Oh please! I gave you the answer to your question. If you’re not going to appreciate my telling you then I’ll kindly ask you to stop wasting my time.” he told her in an angry tone. He was at least being decent and giving her what she wanted and she repaid him by being the snooty nosed brat that she was – well he figured he shouldn’t have expected anything more from her. Rolling his eyes he let his arms fall to his side and he pulled up his left sleeve. Below it showed his dark mark, the darkness contrasting on his white skin as it stood out in all of the glory that it represented – his proudest day was the day he received it. Once he had satisfied Axelle he rolled his sleeve down again and resumed his stance with his arms across his chest. He smirked a bit when she commented on his drink choice. She was familiar with it! Maybe he wasn’t giving her enough credit but then he shook his head, he highly doubted that was the case; anyone can get lucky once or twice. He raised his eyebrows and looked at her with curious eyes. “And why should I?” he asked her. “Look your almost at the door, just go get it yourself.” he said, waving his hands in a ‘shoo’ing motion – he was bored of her now.