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

[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.