Back to School Diagon Alley Festival! – Log 2

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WHO: Anyone visiting Diagon Alley!
TONE: Festive and busy!
RATING: PG-13 for possible language
WHEN: August 23 & 24th
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! If you missed the rush for the first log, here's a second chance to have fun, and start some of that September plotting!

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[syned_a_brik]

[He attempts to wrap a friendly arm around Eriq's shoulders. Then in rather a loud whisper:] If hyu iz gonna be a dark vizard, hyu needs to get better at de lyink. Hyu is terrible at it.

[Back to his normal volume!] So vot did hyu get? Dey looks pointy. Vot does dey do?

[eighttimeshandy]

[Sob, no, Oggie, why are you touching him? He is so tormented, his life is suffering. Eriq blushes furiously, but he isn't really pulling away either? Just sort of looking as miserable as he can]

How many times do I have to tell you, Ognian, I'm not a dark wizard! I'm darque. [Not that there is any difference in the pronunciation]

[He lets out a long suffering sigh before opening up his bag to show Oggie his haul] Well, this is an artificial leech, and it's for drawing blood. And this one is a trephine for drilling holes in the skull to release pressure. You should let me use it on you, sometime, they say it makes you smarter.

[syned_a_brik]

[Eriq is such a funny guy.] Heh heh heh.

[Oggie's face lights up at the sight of the devices.] Hyu could use dem as veapons!

Hy tink vun of my cousins has vun of dese. [He taps the artificial leech.] She uses syringes mostly now, doe--sometink about dem beink more "efficient". Lotsa pipple in her office iz annoyed cause hyu gots to buy new vuns all de time. Dey tink iz beink vasteful.

[eighttimeshandy]

[Yes, funny. :I]

Nnnno, I don't think that's what I'll be doing.

[And then he stares at Oggie. Just stares] Yyyyyes, considering how many pathogens are bloodborne, I think maybe using syringes on the living is probably a good idea. But that's not what I have this for.

[syned_a_brik]

But da point is, hyu could. Is alvays a goot idea to know before sometink happens vot can be a veapon of hopportunity.

[Mechanicsburg is a very safe city, what are you talking about. :|] Vot does hyu vant mit corpse blood? Vampires dun vant it anymore den. Vot hyu gonna do mit it?

[eighttimeshandy]

Not really? I mean, yes, they are sharp enough, I suppose, but really, it's not like you can just - [He grabs the artificial leech, poking it in Oggie's direction] - thrust them out and do some damage. You'd have to hold the other person down and twist. That's not really all that effective. [especially not with HIS sticks for arms]

[point made (he hopes), he holds up the little device and examines it thoughtfully] Weeeeeeeell... that remains to be seen, you know? Blood is essential to life as we know it, after all. Perhaps the key to life beyond death is locked away, hidden in its depths.

[syned_a_brik]

Hmm. Yah, mebbe. [He shrugs. He can think of a way or two to use them, but after having one poked at him he's not feeling quite as helpful.]

Hyu aims pretty high. But mebbe hyu should try some livink blood. Blood starts to decay ven de body dies, hyu knows. Und if hyu iz graverobbink, lotsa bodies get emm-balmed now. Ruins deir blood.

[eighttimeshandy]

[He doesn't want that kind of help!]

[.....Or that other kind of help. Oggie, you're not supposed to know things about his interests. So he's going to stand here and pout] I know that! That's why you get fresh bodies, goooooood!

[syned_a_brik]

[This stuff comes up when some of your cousins are vampires.] Heh heh heh. Vell, at least hyu is prepared for venneffer hyu find a source, yah?

Vot else iz hyu doink today?

[eighttimeshandy]

[Lucky.]

Shopping... [He shrugs one shoulder, giving Oggie a hesitant kind of scowl. He doesn't like this question. The Jaeger is likely to take his utter lack of plans as an invitation to socialize.]

[syned_a_brik]

[He thinks so too.]

Ho boy! Hy iz schoppink too! Ve ken schop togedder. [Looks like you were right, Eriq.]

[eighttimeshandy]

[whine]

Don't you have like, a million siblings to take care of?

[syned_a_brik]

Heh heh. Nein, only Maxim is younger den me. He iz beeg enough to look after himself. Also Hy dun know vere he is.

[eighttimeshandy]

Oh, that's great. Very responsible of you. Your mother must be proud.

[syned_a_brik]

[Oggie shrugs.] He is beeg boy.

So vere is ve goink??

[eighttimeshandy]

[Sob no, he was hoping to avoid this. Quick, what's someplace Oggie wouldn't enjoy going to?]

I'm going to Flourish and Blotts. I'm going to spend a lot of time there. You know, looking at books.

For fun.[Yeah, that should shake him]

[syned_a_brik]

Hokay! Mebbe Hy find niz beeg book for hittink tinks.

[When the alternative is being alone again? Books really aren't that bad. Some of them have pretty covers, too.]

[eighttimeshandy]

[This is the most scandalized expression ever in the entire history of scandalized expressions] Ogniaaaaaaaan! You don't hit things with books! You read them! You treasure them! You gently stroke the bindings and inhale the sweet scent of fresh ink! Hitting them against things is just...

Well, it's just awful!

[syned_a_brik]

Iz hyu sure sniffink ink isn't bad for hyu?

[Yeah, that's all he's going to pay attention to. Big book = weapon, sorry Eriq.]

[eighttimeshandy]

Yes, I'm sure. [He rubs his eyes before moving to walk down the street] Let's just... get this over with.

[syned_a_brik]

[Oggie tags along happily, humming slightly.]

[eighttimeshandy]

[Eriq does his best not to pay any attention to Oggie as he heads towards Flourish and Blotts. It's not hard, considering the crowd, and by the time he reaches the store, he's kind of forgotten about him. So he just saunters right in and goes straight to his favorite section]

[The vampire novels]

[syned_a_brik]

[Oggie continues to follow. He lets Eriq browse in peace for a few minutes. Then, suddenly:] So is hyu lookink for de realistic schtuff or de trashy vuns?

[eighttimeshandy]

[ACK.]

[He gives himself a small moment of embarrassment before he takes a deep breath and turns to glower at the other boy]

There is no such thing as a "trashy" book.

[In other words, definitely not the realistic ones]

[syned_a_brik]

Heh heh. If hyu tinks dat, hyu must not get around much.

[He pokes at a book that appears to be part of a series.] Cousin Svetka reads dese. Dey iz not sometink hyu vant pipple to catch hyu readink, heh. [If only because of the lurid covers.]