Back to School Diagon Alley Festival! – Log 1

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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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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?

[fosteringhope]

[Jane glances over at him, grinning brightly. She knows Thor Odinson (it's kind of hard to not know him), and speaking to him has always been an experience. To say the least.]

Sometimes I get ink on my hands, but I've never tasted it on purpose.

[brothor]

Please don't, it tastes terrible! [He gives her a knowing look.] Are you looking forward to school?

[fosteringhope]

I'll try not to. Do you taste ink often? [She tucks some hair behind her ear, nodding.] Yeah. Yeah, I am. Are you looking forward to school, Mister Odinson?

[brothor]

Only once! I thought it was my glass and I took a sip. [He reels at the memory.] You do not need to call me mister! Call me Thor! We are friends. [SMILE.]

[fosteringhope]

How do you mistake an ink jar for a glass? [Don't answer that.] Well, alright. Thor. Are you looking forward to school?

[brothor]

I was so very focused on my studies. I study a lot. Lots of things. [The laziest smile.] I am looking forward to seeing my friends.

[fosteringhope]

Lots of things? What kinds of things? [What a babe. Jane clears her throat, turning back to her ink selections.] I'm looking forward to having things to do.

[brothor]

Err. History. Potions. Extra things. Things they don't teach others. [He stops staring at her and faces the ink as well, side eyeing the red.] I am also. It has been quite a slow summer.

[fosteringhope]

And you're using this knowledge...Wisely? [One day she'll be better at this.] I can't imagine they're that slow. You have a little brother, don't you?

[brothor]

But of course!

I do, and he does make things lively, but I miss my friends so much.

the stationary store

[arrogantalloy]

[Tony grins at her as he sees her riffling through the inks and slips over to her picking up a bottle of soft blue ink.]

You know, this one changes colour depending on how focused you are when writing with it. So I'm thinking with you, It's always going to be midnight blue.

[fosteringhope]

So what would it be for you?

[Oh, Tony. Do you ever stop?]

[arrogantalloy]

[He really doesn't]

Depends what it is I'm working on.

[His grin gets broader.]

Homework we're looking at, you know, mustard. Because it's boring, un-challenging too straightforward. Notes to girls, well that's always going to be red. And when it comes to muggle engineering and programming, that's probably the deepest blue imaginable. Though I tend not to use that ink when doing that. I keep running out.

[He holds out the bottle to see if she'll take it.]

So, what does the rest of the day have in store for you?

[fosteringhope]

[It doesn't work as well as he thinks it does.]

Muggle engineering? I wasn't aware of any purebloods that care for science.

[Yep, just gonna ignore everything else he said.]

[arrogantalloy]

Some purebloods take up genealogy and blood purity, others choose to be insane. Me I like to be all weird and eccentric by enjoying the finer details of making an engine run at peak performance or wiring a circuit board.

[Counts this as a swing and a miss, for now. Doesn't mean he's going to leave her alone though.]

It's not brewing a potion or subjugating those with muggle histories. But hey, it's something to pass the time with.

[Realising she's not going to take the ink, he puts it back down, idly glancing at a few of the other bottles.]

[fosteringhope]

[She picks up a bottle, making sure it's just plain black ink.]

There's nothing wrong with science, but try telling a traditionalist that. They wouldn't listen to me in the first place, but I still wish there was someone who would listen.

[Woops she's rambling.]

[arrogantalloy]

Hey, me. I don't tell them anything, and I'm them. Technically. At least I am in America.. Or something.

[He shakes his head, looking like he really doesn't care.]

And hey, I like science, I have a basic understanding of well... Most of it really. Enough for me to even tilt my pure nose down low enough to hear you speak.

[He's being fairly sarcastic with his words.]

Really, talking shop with Bruce is fun and all, but he has a habit of just mumbling into his books after a while. Still not sure he realises he does this.

[fosteringhope]

You're still a pureblood. Even if the Stark name isn't big in Europe, you automatically hold more sway than a Muggleborn.

[Is she bitter? Nooooo, not her.

She shakes her head, smiling.]

Bruce gets really absorbed. Not to mention he's not that great with people to begin with.

[arrogantalloy]

It's really just the way pure bloods are. Staunch traditionalists who only want things their way. Muggles are probably the same at times.

Besides, half bloods and less are more interesting to talk to anyway.

Not that great implies he can actually interact with someone and use eye contact at the same time.

[fosteringhope]

It's human nature to fear change, I suppose.

[She shrugs, sizing Tony up.]

So horrible is a better word for it?

[arrogantalloy]

For most people. Not all, I've never had a problem with change.

[If he knows he's being sized up, he doesn't react to it.]

I'd say more painfully awkward to the point you want to hold a charity ball for him.

[doctorkishitani]

[As it happens, this nerdy little boy is in the habit of accidentally knocking his inkwell over when he gets excited about something, so he's in desperate need of ink too.

He's just going to walk over and join this girl in picking through the bottles.]

I've never been able to understand why there are so many different kinds of ink.

[fosteringhope]

I don't know why there needs to be ink with magical properties. It seems more like a hassle than anything else.

[She speaks from experience. Why would you make ink that sparked? Really, why?]