Application : Ambassador Londo Mollari

[centauri-londo.livejournal.com]

((Londo has spoken to Delenn's mun and gotten the OK))

He stepped through the doorway and tugged at his coat, straightening the heavily embroidered sleeves. Ambassador Londo Mollari of the Great Centauri Republic surveyed his new surroundings. The walls and floor were wrought stone, but it did not have the same light and airy feel one would find in Centauri architecture. Was he back on Narn?

“Great Maker, I hope not,” he muttered to himself. “I could use a drink. Vir!” he bellowed.

Londo took a step forward and was startled to see a quill appear in front of him, just hovering over a piece of parchment.

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

1.      What is your favorite cheese? Why is it your favorite? 

Cheese, eh? Any kind that goes well with a good Centauri whiskey! But it should be fine and well aged, like good Spoo.

2. Who would you kill first, Barney or Carrottop?

Would you like for me to arrange for a quiet assassination? Something with poison to dispatch them? I’m sure it could be easily done, if you could manage to dispatch Lord Refa for me in return.

      3. What time is it where you are?

It is time for the Great Centauri Republic to retake it’s rightful place among the stars! And I see it is also time for another drink. Vir! Where is he?

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.

Are there any dancing girls in this order? Or is this an Order of some political importance? I have married for political gain, I am sure I could ‘harass’ someone if there was something to be gained from it.

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.

There is an interesting bar in DownBelow I have heard of called the “Laughing Narn”. Although I have never seen a Narn laugh. Damnably sullen people.

I would prefer to work in a bar where there are many beautiful dancing girls, and being in the dark means that I could not appreciate their.. ample charms.

2. 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.

Marriage? This Harry should take my advice. Never get married unless you stand to gain from it. Marrying for love only ends in heartbreak. Trust me, I have three wives from arranged marriages, Pestilince, Famine and Death, and the time when we are happiest is when we are furthest apart. 

3. 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. 

That simply means you need a more capable attache to handle your paperwork for you. Speaking of assistant, where is he? I need a new drink. Vir!

4. Hufflepuff – Prove you are not useless.

Useless? I am Londo Mollari, Ambassador to Earth from the great Centauri Republic! I served in the Centauri military and was on the lead ship that conquered the Beta system in nine days! I have been called many things in my day, but useless has never been one of them!

5. 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. Do not threaten us rather than offering a bribe. A threat indicates you either don't really want to be here, or don't have enough sense to answer the question properly. The hat will automatically squib you, regardless of other votes, if you do. 

A bribe, eh? Now that is more like it! *rubs his hands together* I suppose it would all depend on what it is you were after. As Ambassador to Earth, I do have access to a great deal of.. useful information as well as some very powerful friends if you are after a political favor. It is always useful to have people in power who owe you something, yes?

Of course.. you could always take G’Kar. Him, I’d throw in for free.

 

Comments

[entilzha-delenn.livejournal.com]

Delenn blinked. With all that had happened in the Shadow War, she had quite forgotten Vir's brief cultural-exchange assignment on Minbar. If that was current for Londo, then could it be his worst mistakes were still ahead of him?

"Of course. Minbar's loss was our gain on the station," she said carefully. "This place, it calls to it those it feels belong here. Including we two, it appears."

[centauri-londo.livejournal.com]

If he noticed Delenn's hesitation, Londo did not remark on it. The Mimbari were damnably calm people, and very difficult to rattle. Seeing a familiar face did make him feel more comfortable.

"And this place, it is a school of some form, yes? I am sure that our people will not be pleased to learn that it has brought us here with no warning," he said, a frown beginning to form. Matters were more than a little strained back home, and if he remained away for too long, he could not predict how far they might spin out of his control.

[entilzha-delenn.livejournal.com]

"It is a school, yes, for magic. Surely if we bring back new skills from our sojourn here, our governments will overlook our - tardiness?" she said lightly. "Besides, there is time travel involved. Perhaps when we return there so little time will have passed we'll not have been missed at all?"

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Londo chuckled, "Ah Delenn. How I have missed your calm and unshakable demeanor. Of course you are right. If we have been brought here, it is for a good reason, perhaps to benefit our respective people when we return?"

[entilzha-delenn.livejournal.com]

"That is how I choose to look at it. The glass is half-full, as the humans would say."

[centauri-londo.livejournal.com]

He tugged at the sleeves of his jacket. It would have been more comfortable to take it off, but he was an Ambassador and would maintain a proper appearance until this sorting business was taken care of.
"What is the purpose," he waved his hand at the room, "of this sorting?"

[entilzha-delenn.livejournal.com]

"It is a means of classifying us by personality type, I believe," Delenn explained, "though their questionnaire strikes me as most unscientific. There are four main Houses here, each associated with a particular set of traits - Gryffindor for the courageous, Ravenclaw for the scholarly, Slytherin for the cunning and Hufflepuff for the useful and loyal, though it welcomes all those who do not classify so easily. Supposedly it is for our convenience as students, that we may reside among those of like temperaments."

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Londo shook his head, "It does not seem that this place follows many of the conventions at all. No matter! The Centauri and the Mimbari are well represented in such a place, yes?"
He didn't add that he was relieved to see no Narn among the strange collection of students.

[entilzha-delenn.livejournal.com]

"I like to think so, yes. Do any of the houses strike your fancy, Mollari? I'll be glad to cast my vote however you wish."

[centauri-londo.livejournal.com]

He laughed and wagged his finger, "As diplomats and representatives of our people, we must always be clever and cunning. It is who we are, and what we do."
Slytherin did appeal to Londo. Courage was useful, but also dangerous, and his tutors used to despair of his studies in classical knowledge. It was in the matter of politics where he truly found his home.

Vote: Slytherin

[entilzha-delenn.livejournal.com]

"It is what we do, to be sure," Delenn agreed, though as a Gryffindor she liked to think she put those skills at the service of a higher calling. "Slytherin, then. In exchange for a favor to be named at some later time, perhaps?"

Re: Vote: Slytherin

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Londo chuckled, his eyes glinting. “Ah, now we come to the heart of the matter. Provided that this favor does not compromise Centauri security or the lives of the Centauri people and it is within my ability to give such a favor.. we are agreed, Delenn.”