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!

Comments

Anywhere

[fuckilovebooks]

[As usual, Twilight has left Flourish and Blotts with more books than she can possibly carry. But she is carrying them somehow, however precariously. Seems like her arms are a lot stronger than they look.]

in the street

[syned_a_brik]

Does hyu vant eny help mit dose? [Hey, it's a 6th year Hufflepuff.]

[fuckilovebooks]

Hm? Oh... no, thank you. I can handle it on my own, I think. [She's staggering a bit.]

I think...

[syned_a_brik]

[He's just going to lineface at her, then snatch up the top half of the pile.]

Dere ain't notink rong mit acceptink help, hyu knows.

Vere is ve goink?

[fuckilovebooks]

I don't want to inconvenience anyone... I was heading for the Leaky Cauldron. I can floo home from there.

[syned_a_brik]

If somebody iz offerink, dey don't usually tink it's inconvenient. [He grins.] Pretty gurl like hyu shouldn't haf to carry her own schtuff, effen if hyu isn't about to fall over...

Does hyu family haf floo powder? Hy ken floo dere mit hyu und come beck later.

[fuckilovebooks]

O-oh. [She's getting a little flustered now. She doesn't have older students calling her pretty very often.] You really don't have to come all the way home with me... I don't have to carry them very far once I get there.

[syned_a_brik]

If hyu dun haf far to carry dem, iz no trouble for me to help! Hy dun mind. [She's old enough to count as fair game in his book--besides, if he gives her back the other half of the pile, she really might fall over.]

Vot's hyu name? Hy'm Oggie.

[fuckilovebooks]

I'm Twilight. And I appreciate the offer, but... I'm not sure how my parents would feel about me bringing a boy home.

[syned_a_brik]

Ho yah, sometimes de parents, dey vorry about de boys. Hm.

Vot if Hy vaits mit dis pile und hyu makes two trips? Vould dat vork? Hy dun vant hyu gettink hurt... Hyu is gonna fall over mit so many books at vunce!

[fuckilovebooks]

Oh, I'm used to carrying a lot of books. But two trips would work, I think. Thank you, Oggie.

[syned_a_brik]

Hurray!

Vhy does hyu haf so many books? Dey isn't all for classes, iz dey?

[fuckilovebooks]

Oh, no, most of them are for my own reading.

[strongjumps]

[ Frankly, Equius is surprised to see the girl carrying so many books with so little trouble! She must be quite STRONG. That in itself is worthy of commendation, to him. ]

It is not often that I see a student of your size carry such a burden so easily. How do you do it?

[fuckilovebooks]

Hm? [She looks at him, and then back at the books, as if she just noticed how many she had.] Oh, I'm just used to it, I guess. I like to help the librarian out with shelving, too, when I have free time.

[strongjumps]

[ Huh. It wasn't quite as surprising now. ]

Are all of those for your classes?

[fuckilovebooks]

No, I've got most of my schoolbooks already. These are mostly for personal reading.

[strongjumps]

[ Yep, he's surprised again. ]

Have you already read all of your schoolbooks?

[fuckilovebooks]

I try to read ahead when I can. I find that it helps me understand the principles of a lesson better if I already have a framework for them.

[strongjumps]

Yes, that makes sense. But how do you have enough time to read so many other books?

[fuckilovebooks]

Oh, I always manage to make time for reading.

[strongjumps]

...A Ravenclaw, I assume?

[fuckilovebooks]

I suppose that's obvious, isn't it.

[strongjumps]

[ A chuckle, and then with all the sarcasm in the world... ]

Well, you could be a particularly brilliant Gryffindor or Hufflepuff or something.

[fuckilovebooks]

[She's kind of oblivious.]

That's true-- I know plenty of gifted students in other houses.