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ariadne (labyrinthine) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2011-05-20 14:11:00

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Who: Ariadne and Regulus
Where: The art supply shop
When: Backdated to yesterday, after these texts
What: Ariadne attempts to explain the strange and exotic custom known as "prom."
Rating/Status: PG-13 for language, incomplete/closed

After the absolute misery that was Friday the 13th, Ariadne was glad to have a quiet day at the store. Quiet meant incident-free, and gave her time to restock the shelves and reorganize things that had been scattered by browsers. She was sorting the Prismacolors back into their proper slots as she thought about what Regulus had asked. It wasn't like Juno was the type of girl who would expect all the usual prom bullshit - did Colligo even have a limo service? Probably; the city seemed to have whatever people might require. But maybe she had secred dreams of princessy fantasies under the snarky alterna-girl exterior. It didn't seem terribly likely, and the dress Ariadne had helped her buy certainly didn't scream Cinderella.

She was so absorbed in her thoughts that she didn't look up when the bell over the door rang. It took a shadow falling between her and the light to make her break her concentration, and she glanced up with a grin. "Hey, Regulus."

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labyrinthine
2011-05-21 03:50 pm UTC (link)

"Nothing's wrong with purple." Ariadne shrugged and tossed her hair over her shoulders. "But you don't usually go for bright colors, so I figured that would extend to this. Prove me wrong, whatever." Eames would probably wear purple - he tended to dress rather flamboyantly, much to Arthur's chagrin.

"Then you're probably all set. I think after my prom we all went to a diner for coffee and pie," she said, smiling. "You could always do something like that to surprise her." Better pie than a hideously awkward encounter in a hotel room.

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arrogant_black
2011-05-23 01:09 pm UTC (link)

"Purple doesn't have to be bright," Regulus said, using the end of the pen connected to the string to point at Ariadne. The string waggled back and forth as he moved the pen.

Regulus listened, then nodded and wrote 'plan for pie afterwards - not a diner' on the back of the piece of paper. Unsurprisingly, Regulus had issues with 'diners'. But so far everything seemed simple enough, aside from the limousine, and that was more to do with his shortcomings with muggle vehicles than anything else.

"How does one go about renting a limousine?"

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labyrinthine
2011-05-23 06:35 pm UTC (link)

"Fine, fine, wear purple. Or blue, or green. It's mostly about Juno anyway. Just make her look good and tell her she's pretty." Ariadne gave him a sharp grin. "Which you would do anyway, wouldn't you?" Regulus might not have had a lot of experience with dating, as far as she could tell, but that was pretty basic level stuff.

"Look in the phone book for a limousine service, call them up and ask if they have any cars available for Saturday. But like I said, you should ask Juno about it. Unless you have plans to whisk her away like a princess in a carriage."

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arrogant_black
2011-05-25 06:45 am UTC (link)

“Of course, I’m not an idiot,” Regulus said without looking up from the paper as he added a note about looking in the phone book for limousine services. It was true, Regulus wasn’t the least bit ignorant about dating, his school day antics and conquests rivaled his brothers – the total numbers less only because Regulus had ridiculous and offensive ‘standards’ when it came to who he was willing to touch. A result of being a former purist arsetwit. But like all things about his past he almost never brought up, in fact he’d discussed his past proclivities only once since arriving in the city and that was in an extreme alcohol induced state.

“What I don’t get,” he added for clarification, “are muggle customs, some of them are just down right mental.” He looked up then, but didn’t put the pen down, that he continued to fiddle with. “But, I don’t have much else going for me, and I really rather like Juno liking me. I don’t think I can afford to mess up on the smaller things.”

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labyrinthine
2011-05-25 10:20 am UTC (link)

"Sure you aren't," Ariadne said, her voice warm with unspoken laughter. Sometimes she wondered how she'd ended up as a relationship counselor for these two. She was genuinely fond of them both, though, and if they made each other happy then she'd gladly do her best to shepherd things along.

"No more mental than wizarding customs. Everything's strange if you're not used to it." Besides, it wasn't like English schools had proms either even if they weren't wizarding. And that made her think of Eames as a teenager in a tuxedo, which was a downright hilarious mental image. But she calmed down as Regulus continued speaking. Ariadne reached across the counter to cover his hand lightly with her own, a feather-light touch of comfort. "If she likes you, messing up on the little things isn't going to be a dealbreaker. And she does. A lot. I think it's going to mean something to her just that you're trying."

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