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Tweak says, "Knock Knock"

cc_boots (cc_boots) wrote in charing_cross,
@ 2009-03-26 18:33:00

Entry tags:

! complete, ! public, * 2003: 03/march, - thread, character: dean thomas, character: dennis creevey, character: harry potter, character: lavender brown, character: neville longbottom, character: ron weasley, character: terry boot, npc: ben boot, npc: gareth boot, npc: maddie boot, retired character: cho chang, retired character: linden stebbins, retired character: roger davies, retired character: seamus finnigan

RP: Obscurus Books Presents
Date: 26 March 2003 (through early Thursday morning likely)
Characters: Everyone who'd like to come, plus various NPCs! Children Welcome! Add your tags!
Location: Obscurus Books & Cafe
Private/Public: Public as public can be!
Warnings: PG to start, if things get kinky, please use the subject line of the first comment to rate appropriately!
Summary: Just another day at Obscurus Books, until the storm hits and traps people inside.

Gareth looked around the bookshop with pride. Children were sitting enthralled by Marigold and her husband as they performed flashy magic tricks. Logan was hosting a small cooking class, teaching everyone from housewives to retired Unspeakables (though Gareth though it was highly unlikely that there were actually such a thing as retired Unspeakables) how to bake enchiladas. His Maddie was graciously signing copies of her latest best-seller Emerald Isle, and open mike poetry night would start in a half hour, followed by a rousing karaoke contest. All in all, Thursday was shaping up to be a wonderful, and profitable, night for Obscurus Books.

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Re: Linden and Neville

cc_neville
2009-03-29 03:41 pm UTC (link)

Neville laughed. "That's certain."

"My second best, or maybe it was tied with Defense. Guess not since I had to work harder at that." And if he hadn't had Harry teaching him in 5th year, he'd doubeted he'd been as good at that either.

"You'd have to be though, right. Your job must require a lot of skill."

"The Historians Guide to..." Neville shook his head. "American publisher I think, there are three that I know of, maybe more. All start of with that and then to Vlad the Impaler, for that one. Mainly they debunk the myths of both Muggle and Magical worlds regarding figures that straddled both worlds. Like Merlin for instance...Muggles know about him from the King Arthur stories, but not everything." Neville hadn't read that one either, but he might want too. He'd have to write Gertie about getting him a copy.

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Re: Linden and Neville

cc_linden
2009-03-29 07:23 pm UTC (link)

Linden just nodded, unsure of what to say about the order of his classes. He supposed he knew which ones he had been particularly bad at, but who didn't.

"Well, maybe a little. I just make sure people can floo all right," Linden answered modestly. And it was sincere, too, he supposed, because he was of the mindset that most people could do his job, though some better than others. He happened to be pretty good at it.

"Oh, that sounds really interesting. Do you happen to know the titles, then?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. Now that would be worth reading this evening. He'd just need to find a quiet corner. . . eventually, of course. Linden was enjoying talking for a change.

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Re: Linden and Neville

cc_neville
2009-03-29 07:29 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, it does. Was too busy working my way through a series of novels to get around to them right then."

Neville smiled. "No, but I'll write Gertie, my friend in California and get her to send me them. And loan them to you, of course."

Neville grinned nervously. "Would you want to maybe get together now and then and trade books and then talk about them. Don't have to, if you don't want, obviously, but if you did we could."

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Re: Linden and Neville

cc_linden
2009-03-29 07:46 pm UTC (link)

"Oh, which ones are you reading?" Linden asked. Not that he'd read tons of series, but perhaps he'd at least heard about it. Linden didn't know why he'd never much taken to books that had one after another of the same characters, but it didn't appeal to him too much. Perhaps he just wanted the freedom to read books in any order he pleased, and a series required a certain pattern in order to make sense.

"That would be great. Thank you so much!" Linden exclaimed.

"Yeah, I'd like that, actually," Linden answered with a smile. Between Neville and Terry, Linden was picking up reading buddies left and right. Perhaps they should start their own group!

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Re: Linden and Neville

cc_neville
2009-03-29 07:53 pm UTC (link)

Neville was a little sheepish, he wasn't sure what most people in the Wizarding world thought of Muggle mystery novels. "They're by an Author named Agatha Christie. Not really series I guess, since they're not continuations of the same story, but she has 2 different detectives. Muggle books, by the way. Anyway, my favourite is an elderly lady who solves the crimes by her observations of human behaviour."

"Good, when Gertie sends them to me, I'll let you know"

Neville grinned. "Brilliant, just owl me when you want to meet, or I can owl you, if that would be okay?"

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Re: Linden and Neville

cc_linden
2009-03-30 08:58 pm UTC (link)

Linden had never heard of Agatha Christie, but it sounded interesting enough. "You don't have to read them order, you said?" he asked curiously. Well, that made it all the better. Perhaps he could deal with the same characters over and over. While not much of a mystery reader, Linden supposed he could give it a try.

"Sure, that's fine. . . either way," Linden answered, nodding.

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Re: Linden and Neville

cc_neville
2009-03-30 09:39 pm UTC (link)

"No and there are some stand alones. In fact the best one she wrote is one. It's called 'And Then There Were None'; 10 people on an island with no way off. Murdered one by one, all of them. So the question is, who killed them if they were all murdered and the only ones on the island?"

Neville loved that book, even if he did have it figured out a third of the way in. "Can loan it to you if you like but if it's not your cup of tea, I understand. They're kind of frivolous.

He grinned. "Yeah? I'll owl you then." And he should be getting back to Harry and Ron soon he thought, before they came looking for him.

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Re: Linden and Neville

cc_linden
2009-03-31 07:49 pm UTC (link)

Huh. That would, indeed, seem like something Linden would enjoy. "Sure, that sounds great," he answered. He was going to be getting a lot of books from Neville, it seemed. Linden only hoped he wasn't being too demanding, even if Neville had offered. It just seemed so take, take, take.

"Wonderful, thanks!" Linden exclaimed. He didn't really have anyone to go find, so his idea was to find an open chair. . . somewhere and read. There just weren't many available seats tonight.

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