Back to School Diagon Alley Festival! – Log 1

[shnpc]

WHO: Anyone visiting Diagon Alley!
TONE: Festive and busy!
RATING: PG-13 for possible language
WHEN: August 20 through 22
WHERE: Any and all of Diagon Alley
WHAT: There is a huge festival the whole week to let students get school supplies. People from all over are flocking to Diagon Alley for the best deals. That means you might meet new people or see old friends!
STATUS: Ongoing!
NOTE: Remember that this event is semi-open! Any HP AU character can have fun here, whether you're in the game or not, so have fun!

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Magical Menagerie

[glaringprotego]

[Having lost her husband and her children somewhere in the crowd, Dierdre ducked into the Menagerie. She's pretty sure they'd know to look for her here and she's happily engrossed in a talking with a shopkeeper. She probably looks like one herself, with her two headed kneazel draped over her shoulder, grooming himself. Don't hesitate to treat her like one]

Outside Quality Quidditch Supplies

[arrogantalloy]

[Tony isn't here for school supplies, that was gotten by Jarvis the moment the owl came to his house with the letter. No, Tony's here because he's after a new broom.
So for the moment he's looking over the ones in the window, while eating some packet blueberries.]

Re: Outside Quality Quidditch Supplies

[actuallyspeakslatin]

[Natasha decides to sneak up behind Tony while he's busy looking at brooms. Why? Because she can.]

Don't tell me you're not getting some fancy custom made broom.

[pizzaitaliana]

[A girl joins him to stare wistfully at the brooms.]

I wish I had a broom, a fast one!

Placeholder tag

[mo_cara]

[Have a long arm reaching over his shoulder to steal a blueberry from the packet.] Flying looks like a motherfuckin' trip.

[status_is_not_quo]

[Billy's staring at the set of balls on display, because he's curious at the spells involved to make them fly.]

Pretty much anywhere.

[strongjumps]

[ Whether you're in a shop or wandering the Alley itself, there's a chance you'll run into a boy who looks to be in the middle of his time at Hogwarts.

Maybe he's taking a break from all the walking, and is simply staring at the passerby. Or maybe he's in the middle of a particular shop, whether it's looking at textbooks, school supplies, brooms, or something else entirely. You might both bump into each other, because someone's not looking where they're going.

Or it could be something completely different still. ]

[bubblingover]

[Fef has a habit of getting distracted easily and isn't watching where she is going and walks straiiiight into him.]

oh-! Hey i am sorry!!

Are you ok?

[moveslikejaeger]

[Oh, they run into each other all right, but not because someone wasn't looking where they were going. Maxim simply spotted Equius from across the street and decided to say hi.]

[Which in Jaeger translates to forcefully tackling Equius from behind and clinging to his back]

HI!

The Leaky Cauldron

[marshall_lee]

[The lanky pale boy with messy dark hair is sitting in a darker corner booth listening to the various musical acts that have appeared throughout the day while flipping through the text books he bought earlier that morning.]

anywhere

[clockspinner]

[Dave sometimes wanders away from his family. Mostly because he's buttmad at Bro, and Dirk is gathering his own little herd of babies.]

[bluhbluhhugestairs]

[Where else would Tavros be except near the Magical Menagerie? Nowhere, obviously. But he doesn't even really want to be there. Like, at all. Because he still feels bad about Vriska. But he's trying not to be too miserable, and when he sees Dave he at least perks up a little as he approaches him.]

Heeey! Long time, uh, no see!

Flourish and Blotts

[status_is_not_quo]

[BOOKS. Oh my god books. Look at this tiny little nerd among all the books. It's like normal children in a candy store.

But with books.

Books.]

[cheldorado]

[Kid, they're school books. Why so happy?]

You realizes it's just books, right?

anywhere~

[fishhitler]

[Meenah, why are you bullying other kids into giving you their pocket money? Stop that.]

[quasistellar]

[That would be mum's hand on Meenah's shoulder.]

Stop that.

APOTHECARY

[bonafide_divinity]

[Don't mind him. He is just casually browsing the shelves in search of the required supplies for fifth year potions. Why would you ever take issue with that? He is definitely not going to steal anything. Move along.]

[syned_a_brik]

[This sixth year doesn't mind him! Not at all. So what if Oggie happens to be on the loud side?]

Hey dere! Vot are hyu doink?

Outside Quidditch Supplies

[syned_a_brik]

[This sixth year is looking in the window sadly at all the brooms. If only he knew where Jenka and the school supplies money was! Or did Maxim have it? He can't remember. Or find anybody.]

Re: Outside Quidditch Supplies

[cantstarvethisfire]

[Katniss is looking at brooms too, she sees Ognian near her and nods.]

Hey.

Wandering the Alley

[eternalbirthdays]

[Miria is wandering up and down the street with an enormous grin on her face. She did not get any school supplies today. She spent all her money on ice cream, but she is perfectly happy with this. She knows her priorities.]

Wandering the Alley

[arrogantalloy]

[Sees Miria approach with a smile and ice cream and grins at her.]

Well someone is coming out with their brightest on display today.

Gringotts!

[nevertwice]

[Goblins. Seriously. What is their problem? This poor kid has been standing around (okay, he's technically not really poor), waiting for someone to just...help him, but. Apparently that's not happening any time soon, and he's not really sure what to do. This isn't like Muggle banks at all.

Someone go help the Muggleborn?]

[syned_a_brik]

[A blond sixth year wanders in and looks around. He seems to be looking for someone; but then he decides Brandon'll do.]

Hi! Vot iz hyu doink?

At the Apothecary

[greenmoonrising]

[Bruce is doing his best to ignore the rotten cabbage and egg smell as he examines some rather exotic ingredients that he's read about but doesn't actually need for classes.]

Re: At the Apothecary

[arrogantalloy]

[Looks over Bruce's shoulder]

Aren't you in the wrong store for an animal trap?

Anywhere

[takesyourstuff]

[This muggleborn is used to diagon alley. He loves his parents but hey, a kid needs the delicious feel of occasional freedom. He has this obnoxious smile on his face as he peers into the stores. Don't you want to see why he looks so damn smug?]

[moveslikejaeger]

[Naturally.]

[Which is why Maxim is very not-subtly stalking him through the streets.]

[Also, he's planning something be careful Hammerboy]]

the stationary store

[fosteringhope]

[So this nerdy little girl is in some desperate need of some new papers and quills. Some ink, too. She doesn't know much about quills and parchment and blahblahblah because, well, she only ever uses them at Hogwarts.

So she's going to take a while to pick through the various bottles of inks. Feel free to approach and help!]

[brothor]

[Thor doesn't particularly like paper, but he thinks it smells nice. He's staring boredly at some quills before he catches sight of Jane from the other side of the shop. He isn't sure why, but he's always so terribly excited to see her. Moreso than he's excited to see everyone else.

Thor, of course, doesn't get shy or awkward, he gets louder and more obnoxious. He doesn't hesitate to tramp toward her, leaning over her shoulder curiously.]

Have you ever tasted ink?

flourish and blotts

[wwistful]

[This guy was helping his son pick out the best shit for his classes, but he decided to let him to wander off for the moment.

Currently, he's in the bookstore, trying not to be super obvious about glancing at the romance section. Right now he's got an incredibly boring looking textbook in his hands.]

Re: flourish and blotts

[bonafide_divinity]

[If Donoghue isn't too distracted by his boring looking textbook, he might hear some barely suppresssed laughter coming from the Arithmancy section. ]

"Look at me. I'm Professor Donoghue. I read romance novels. Maybe If I hold this big, impressive looking textbook, nobody will notice that I'm browsing the Romance section. If all else fails, they'll surely be distracted by my incredibly tight pants."

apothecary

[brothor]

[This place smells amazing. Thor, you might not want to put that near your nose.]

[fosteringhope]

I think that's poisonous if inhaled.

[Wow she keeps running into him. It's not on purpose. Honestly!]

Near knockturn alley

[cantstarvethisfire]

[Katniss is coming out of a shady shop with a bag full of things. Not evil things, but not the nicest stuff or the most legal stuff.]

Re: Near knockturn alley

[arrogantalloy]

[Tony sees her coming out of the store and leans against a wall with a smirk.]

Guess I shouldn't be surprised to find a slythern wandering out of a place like this.

Trading naughty things are we?

in front of magical menagerie!

[paranorman]

Students may also bring, if they desire, an owl or a cat or a toad, [Norman rereads the last bit of his acceptance letter once more before taking a good, long look at the shop in front of him. it's a little...intimidating. in fact, everything about diagon alley is pretty intimidating and it definitely shows in the way he hunches his shoulders self-consciously.]

[misplacedhome]

An owl would be the most practical, but cats are the best.

[Suddenly an adult! Who doesn't look very witchy, as she's dressed up in Muggle clothing.]

Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour

[givesyouaboner]

_{[Dirk has finished most of his shopping and is sitting at one of the outside tables with a cup of orange sorbet. For now, he's actually not as hyper and just content with people watching.]}

[ficklefuckwit]

[Jake took a good amount more time collecting his supplies than Dirk did. For one, he got distracted a great number of times along his way. Neytiri regularly had to grab him by the sock and pull him away to continue acquiring the things necessary for his glasses.]

[The only thing he hadn't gotten yet was his wand, and he was starting to lose some steam. He'd been out getting all of these wonderful things for hours, now! When Florean Fortescue's came into view Jake lit up all over again, and crouched down to awkwardly hoist Neytiri into his arms.]

Come on old girl, let's go have us some sweet treats, eh?

[He paused before actually going into the parlour at the blonde, sunglasses-wearing boy with his cup of orange sorbet sitting at one of the tables. He set Neytiri back on her feet.]

By golly-- Dirk, isn't it?