Theodore "Laurie" Laurence- "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

[laurie-laurence.livejournal.com]

A boy with longish black hair, tan skin, big black eyes, and a handsome nose walks into the Sorting Room, smiling jovially. He’s holding a letter in one hand, and the reigns of a horse in the other.

 

He looks down at the letter, folds it and tucks it in his vest pocket. “Well, Jo- this is much better than college after all!”

 

1. What is your favorite cheese? Why is it your favorite?
Asiago d'Allevo. It’s an Italian cheese and I used to have it all the time before I went to Vevay, in France, for school. Grandfather doesn’t like it though- he never does like anything Italian.


2. Who would you kill first, Barney or Carrottop?
Haven’t heard of either, but I don’t think I’d want to kill them even if I did met them. Mrs. March would ban me from ever coming over again, and it’d give grandfather a heart attack. Mr. Brooke- he’s my tutor- would blame himself, and I cause enough trouble for him as it is.

3. What time is it where you are?
Four in the afternoon.


4. If you were Albus Dumbledore returned from the dead, which member of the Order of the Phoenix would you sexually harass? How would you harass them? If you are Albus Dumbledore, please answer as if you were Sirius Black.
….. Right. Jo forgot to mention this in her letter. I don’t know any of these people. Is this some sort of secret club like the March girls’ Pickwick newspaper? I don’t know who’s in the club though, so I can’t say. Besides that- hang on, sexually harass? That’s not- oh! That’s what Mr. Brooke was talking about when-! *several crossed out lines and an inkblot*

 

Now my grandfather would really have a heart attack. First Jo thinks I’m going to fall into bad company because I play billiards with the gents and now people expect me to sexually harass others? I’m a gentleman- I would never do that, even if Jo wasn’t there to fling couch cushions at me!

5. If you are pushing to be in:

A. Slytherin - please state the clever, witty name of the bar in which you bartend, in the dark.
Jo’s much better with words than I am. Hm… The Grand Piano or Camp Laurence. I’d play piano there and bartend and everyone would have larks all the time.

B. Gryffindor – Debate whether Harry should ultimately end up married to Fred or George. Use examples from a variety of world mythologies to bolster your argument.
He should marry where he likes, even if his father disapproves. My father married my mother out of love even though my grandfather disowned him, and I don’t see why anyone shouldn’t get the chance to do otherwise. Meg- that’s my neighbor, Margaret March- is going to marry Mr. Brooke because they love each other. They’re like two turtledoves now, and they never would have done anything about it if I hadn’t been there.


C. Ravenclaw – You guys are supposed to be smart. Explain why my desk is inundated with paperwork at all times, even though I’m constantly disposing of it.
You’re ‘dwaddling’. I do the same thing some times, since I’m such a lazy fellow and I’d rather be playing the piano or having adventures than working on sums. You have to ‘bear your burdens’ though and buckle down to work at it.


D. Hufflepuff – Prove you are not useless.
I can play the piano and sing- Beth’s a lot better, but I do work at it. I’ve been tolots of places, so I can speak French, Italian, and German. I am a lazy fellow, but I’m getting better at working and I always do well at my lessons. I can ride and fence and sail and all that, and I’m good at cricket and croquet. 


6. Offer a bribe to the members of this community so that they will not squib you. Items used in bribery do not necessarily have to belong to the person offering the bribe.

It’s a good thing Mrs. March isn’t going to see this- she’d refuse to speak with me ever again. I can always send home for flowers, if you like, and I could play piano or sing for you. I’ve got all sorts of books in the saddlebags, and there’s clothes there too if you want them. I probably have money, but grandfather said that it was supposed to last me the year and I was supposed to learn to manage it, so I’d rather keep that.

"I have read the hogwarts_hocus faq, and understand it is a crazy, cracktastic sorting community and RPG. _____TL_______
I have read the hogwarts_hocus rules and agree to abide by each and every one of them. _____TL______.
I agree to be a good sport and not get my knickers in a bunch. ______TL_____.
One day, marmalade will rule the world. ____TL_________"

((ooc; I have permission from Jo-mun to app Laurie.))

Comments

[march-theater.livejournal.com]

Jo came running into the sorting room like a miniature tornado and... Well, the only word for it was that she glomped the applicant.

"Laurie! You came! Oh how marvelous!" she exclaimed, quite beside herself with glee.

[laurie-laurence.livejournal.com]

"Jo!" Laurie exclaimed, delighted. "Of course I did! You look well, my dear fellow!"

[agentsgent.livejournal.com]

At last! Another proper gentleman! "Good day, sir," Jeeves offers a small bow. "I know the sorting process can be most disconcerting, is there anything I can offer you? A refreshment, perhaps?"

[laurie-laurence.livejournal.com]

Laurie bowed back, smiling. "No thanks- I'm fit as a fiddle here. I'm Laurie. Well, Theodore Laurence, but everyone tries to call me Dora, so I go by Laurie."

Vote Gryffindor

[wobblingmolly.livejournal.com]

Oh, you seem like such a nice young man. We get so few of those these days. Hmmm. You have admitted to not being hard-working, and you don't seem ambitious. Clever, definitely, but I think, since you seem a respectable young man, I'll vote you into Gryffindor.

Re: Vote Gryffindor

[laurie-laurence.livejournal.com]

"Thank you, ma'am," Laurie replied respectfully.

[carri3-whit3.livejournal.com]

Hey. *waves* What kinds'a things d'you sing?

[laurie-laurence.livejournal.com]

"Anything I can get my hands on," Laurie replied promptly. He was extraordinarily fond of music. "I like the classical Italian songs best, though."

[ian-ma1co1m.livejournal.com]

Books? What sort of books?

I approve of the Asiago, by the way, and if you're studying in France you'll find wonderful cheeses there as well. Gruyere was my answer, as I like to cook with it.

[laurie-laurence.livejournal.com]

"Novels mostly," Laurie replied. "I used to study in Frnace. I lived in boarding school there until I came to live with my grandfather. I prefer Italian cheeses, though, if only becuase it's what my mother used to serve before she died."

[chance-silvey.livejournal.com]

"I didn't know you cooked, Dr Malcolm," says Chance, who's overheard. "The other day I met an octopus who's some kind of a chef. Wonder if he's got any cheesy recipes."

[zerotostudying.livejournal.com]

"Hi. I'm Rory."

She offered the young man a hand, peering perhaps a little covetously at his bag of books.

"Good choice, books. I offered books at my sorting, too. What kinds do you have?"

[laurie-laurence.livejournal.com]

Laurie offered the saddlebag to her, after a quick bow. "I'm Theordore Laurence, but I go by Laurie. They're mostly novels and things, but I'm sure my tutor slipped some other books in."

[big-wee-hag.livejournal.com]

"Books?" If there's a word that will always catch Tiffany's attention, that's it. She gives a polite curtsey to the applicant. "Hello, I'm Tiffany. May I see your books?"

[laurie-laurence.livejournal.com]

The books were surprisingly popular. Laurie handed the saddlebag to Tiffany. "Of course, miss. I'm Laurie. Theodore Laurence, actually, but I go by Laurie." In the bag were nineteenth century style novels and various non-fiction books his tutor had snuck in.

[researcher42.livejournal.com]

"Don't let them discourage you, laziness is it's own reward," Ford said, half-jokingly. "What sort of books do you have?"

[laurie-laurence.livejournal.com]

Laurie sorted through the bag. "I have... lots of Dickens, Pilgrim's Progress, Jo's copy of Evelina, which she told me to read though I never did, Tom Jones, some poetry by Wordsworth and Byron, lots of Sir Walter Scott, some textbooks my tutor snuck in, The Wide, Wide World, some of Bacon's essays, cuortesy of my tutor Mr. Brooke, a few volumes of Shakespeare, and Milton's Paradise Lost. Would you like any of those?"

[chance-silvey.livejournal.com]

"... What's 'dwaddling'?"

[laurie-laurence.livejournal.com]

"Wasting your time when you should be working," Laurie admitted, a bit sheepishly. "That's what Jo calls it. I call it 'being lazy', most of the time."

[dot-is-cross-hs.livejournal.com]

"What kinds of things do you play and sing? I don't get out for live music much." Except on the roof next door, but that hardly counts.

[laurie-laurence.livejournal.com]

"Italian songs, mostly, though I can play anything you give me." Laurie stuck his hand out before remembering that it wasn't terribly polite, and bowed instead. "Um, I'm Laurie. Theodore Laurence, but I go by Laurie."

[ugly-imp.livejournal.com]

Tyrion had not been in the habbit of attending sortings lately, a fault he really should think about correcting.

"If studying isn't to your taste," he inquired bluntly, "Then why are you here?"

[laurie-laurence.livejournal.com]

"My friend Jo told me I should come," Laurie said, bowing, a little shyly. "And I must go to college somewhere, though I'd rather not go at all."

[sam-the-slayer.livejournal.com]

"You know," Samwell, who'd observed much of Laurie's interactions with other people, remarked with a trace of envy, "You're lucky. My father thought I spent far too much time with girls, and he thought that made me weak and unmanly."

[laurie-laurence.livejournal.com]

"Really?" Laurie asked. "My tutor thought that they'd be a civilizing influence."

[kouneru.livejournal.com]

"A well educated linguist and pianist... That would make you quite useful, I believe, and it's my understanding that the useful ones go to Hufflepuff. You would prefer Gryffindor, though?" Kouneru had overheard the young man's conversations with others.

[laurie-laurence.livejournal.com]

"Yes- Gryffindor. My friend Jo March is there." Laurie bowed. "Thank you. I'm a better pianist than a linguist, though."

[ugly-old-hat.livejournal.com]

Laurie? Isn't that a girl's name?

[laurie-laurence.livejournal.com]

"... It's better than Dora," Laurie replied slowly. "Everyone used to call me that instead. Laurie's something of an improvement. Teddy would be best, but everyone calls me Laurie now, and it'd be hard getting them to stop."

Gryffindor

[ugly-old-hat.livejournal.com]

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