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Tweak says, "assimli"

ariadne (labyrinthine) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2010-11-14 11:28:00

Entry tags:

!closed, *log, ariadne, sirius black

WHO: Sirius Black and Ariadne.
WHAT: Coffee and mapmaking!
WHERE: A coffeeshop somewhere in Colligo
WHEN: Backdated to after this post.
RATING/STATUS: Incomplete; probably PG-13 for language.

Paris had the Metro, New York had the subway, and Colligo had a public transit system without a catchy name to it. But it got you around and it wasn't too expensive, so Ariadne didn't question it. As with most things in her new city, really. She stepped off the bus and headed towards the coffee shop where she'd agreed to meet Sirius, a large pad of drafting paper tucked under her arm and an array of pencils and a ruler stuffed in her bag.

He'd said something about maps, after all, and wanting to create one. She'd found a map of the city for tourists but it wasn't very detailed, and the scale was off besides that. So she was prepared to start more or less from scratch. Was this going to be another Marauders' Map? Not that she was anything like one of those four pranksters, she told herself. Her rulebreaking was somewhat more sophisticated. And more actually illegal. But that was quibbling over details.

She got herself a cup of coffee and snagged a booth, setting her things down neatly on the side of the table and waiting for her erstwhile companion to show up. Probably he was busy chasing a cat up a tree or something.

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2010-11-22 07:07 pm UTC (link)

"No..." Sirius bit down gently on his bottom lip, lost in a rare moment of complete concentration as he watched the markers make their lazy way around the paper map. "It's a separate charm. We edited that one when we were making the map so that it would locate everyone automatically. There was too many people coming in and out the castle. Same as here, really."

Still, as huge as Hogwarts was, Sirius suspected a city would be quite different. Admittedly, at least the streets here didn't change every other day, like Hogwarts corridors had a habit of doing. But it was so much bogger. Perhaps the two problems made the complexities of the tasks equal. After all, although Sirius rarely let on, he was really quite exceptionally bright. It was half the reason his and James' antics at school had infuriated their teachers so much.

Araidne tugged the paper towards her, pulling Sirius from his musings and causing him to glance over to her, planting his chin on his palm. "That's what I was thinking. Selecting certain buildings and making them enlarge over the paper. It should be an easy enough charm. I'll work on it."

Sirius took the opportunity to cock an eyebrow in the young woman's direction, a slow, arrogant grin unfurling. "And you thought I was just a pretty face."

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