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erniedtmac (erniedtmac) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-10-17 22:55:00

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character: ernie macmillan, character: gemma farley, character: neville longbottom, character: pandora montgomery, character: pansy parkinson, character: vikesh moon, character: wayne hopkins

Who: OPEN
What: Finnigan's Dance Club - a quick Salsa lesson and then everyone par-tay!
Where: Finnigan's - The Roost
When: Friday, October 17 - 9pm - 2am
Status: OPEN / Ongoing

Even though several members of the greater wizarding community were off enjoying their dates from the Fawley Foundation fundraiser, that didn't mean that everyone else couldn't have a fun night out. It was Ernie's once-a-month dance lesson, and he'd chosen a simple Salsa for the night. Those who were interested were welcome to join in the short, half-hour group lesson to learn a few steps - and later, Ernie was more than happy to give a few one-on-one lessons to any man or woman interested - but for those who weren't the music was pumping in the room specially designed by Dominic to be fun and flamboyant - something like Ernie himself. Neither the music nor the pouring of drinks would end until last call.

[A/N - Feel free to start your own threads below, and/or start one for a private salsa lesson with Ernie]

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Re: Pandora and Wayne

pandacharms
2014-10-23 10:11 am UTC (link)

She smiled at him, a little lopsided but real, when he finally looked at her. "And I can try to talk about it." She couldn't promise more than that. She hadn't even told Tristan some things, and he'd been thr one with her back along with a few others during the war.

"I'm willing to give it a try," she said. "Can't promise I'll always succeed on my end, but I'll do my best for you." Which he probably didn't realize could include hexing him, but oh well he might want to learn that the hard way. It would be more persuasive that way. Hexes always were.

"I was Slytherin. I can find reasons for you." Her grin held a spark of pride. "Starting with your Rhys and going on and on and on from there. Plus I could just kick your arse out of the pubs." Always a good solution. "When I trust myself to cast again, I'll figure us out something else aside from thr journals for quick contact. I can't even remember my address yet though." And she was really hoping he'd let her stay until she either remembered or could Apparate.

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Re: Pandora and Wayne

waynecymraeg
2014-10-23 09:46 pm UTC (link)

Oh, had he mentioned Rhys? He hadn't meant to, but then again, he wasn't wholly surprised it had come up sooner or later.

"That sounds like...way more than I deserve, to be honest," Wayne conceded. "I'll do what I can for you, too. Even if it includes holding your hair back." Speaking of hygiene.

"So, if you want first shower, I can go ahead and see if I can not burn some toast. Not sure if I could handle more than that." Handle eating, or handle making it.

"Me, I've got all day. What is it, Saturday? Yeah I think I fancy a lie-in today." He had little intention of leaving. And, now that she knew about Rhys and all, he had nothing to hide from her.

Wow.

He didn't have to hide anything from her.

The last time that had happened was...never.

"You're welcome to kip wherever. There's TV, but I don't really fancy...light or sound, yeah?"

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Re: Pandora and Wayne

pandacharms
2014-10-23 10:08 pm UTC (link)

"I don't deserve anything, so let's not even go there," she told him matter-of-factly. Not with everything she'd done, even if it had been in the name of love and family.

"Gods a shower sounds fabulous," she said before she even thought about it. She was pretty sure there was alcohol coming out of her pores. She'd just transfigure a towel into a dress or something in the meantime, not that she knew where her dress was anyway. Ugh. How did she end up doing this to herself. "Toast. Crackers. Nothing big." Just the thought was nearly enough to turn her stomach.

"Oh thank goodness. I am not sober enough to apparate yet." And she really didn't want to wander London aimlessly until she was. She grimaced at the thought of light and sound. "Ugh no. Lounging around works for me." Laying prone on a bed sounded just fine. Even sharing. She really didn't care about literal sleeping especially right now. Sex was the only thing still worrying her a little.

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Re: Pandora and Wayne

waynecymraeg
2014-10-24 05:47 am UTC (link)

Wayne nodded, knowing all of his ideas were good.

It took a sizeable amount of motivation to hoist himself up from the floor, and oh god, head rush.

Dizziness and nausea resurfaced but only remained a threat...for now. He kept his eyes closed.

"I'll grab some clean clothes you can wear if you want. There's, ah, clean towels..."

Fuck, it was early and he was still too drunk and hungover for multiple tasking.

He reluctantly opened his eyes and the door, giving Dora one more look. She was beautiful, he could remember, and at the moment, sitting next to the toilet in her bra and pants...she looked how he felt.

Wayne sent up one more silent prayer that they hadn't fucked and she wasn't pregnant.

"Water first, I think."

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Re: Pandora and Wayne

pandacharms
2014-10-24 06:03 am UTC (link)

"Clothes would be great," she said, belatedly realizing that she had no idea where her wamd was. That disturbed her more than almost anything else. She didn't even have a knife on her. Those things made her feel more naked than the lack of clothes, though later she'd have time to be embarrassed about that. She wasn't the sort of girl who usually went around mostly naked.

"You do that. I'll make all efforts not to drown myself." She levered herself up carefully, swaying only slightly and missing the stabilization charms in her heels. Once he was gone, she closed the door and finished stripping, leaving thr light blessedly off. She checked herself over carefully, and sat on the toilet with relief when she decided that no, they hadn't fucked, at least.Perhaps tthey'd done something, but intercourse was out. Thank god. Not that he wasn't good looking but she really hated to do that sort of thing.

She figured out the shower controls and stood under the blessedly hot spray for a few minutes, just savoring it and the way it made things a little better. Her head felt a little better by the time she shut it off and wrapped a towel around herself. She drank some from the tap, not caring, and finished drying before self consciously padding out of the bathroom well wrapped in the towel in order to look for the promised clothing, her knickers and bra golded and clutched discreetly in one hand.

The light only stabbed her brain a bit in comparison to earlier, though it still hurt rather a bit. Her dress and wand weren't in the bedroom. "Wayne?" She finally ventured, peeking her head out of thr bedroom door, free hand clutching the top of the towel.

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Re: Pandora and Wayne

waynecymraeg
2014-10-24 08:03 am UTC (link)

Wayne did debate drowning himself, in that way that half-drunk half-hungover mostly-dead people did. A preliminary investigation of the bedroom turned up his jeans and wand.

Rifling through his bureau, he retrieved some khaki cargo shorts and a t-shirt, both in better condition than most of his clothes, and some boxers. He figured she could probably transfigure them to fit, if she needed to.

Which she'd need her wand for.

Water. Wayne half-stumbled to the kitchen, grabbing two clean mugs and pouring water into each - which led to his discovery of her dress and wand, in the kitchen sink.

God only knew.

He heard his name called, and stopped when he saw her, freshly showered, with his towel wrapped around her.

Down, boy. Use your upstairs brain.

"Here," he said, handing her the stack of clothes and her wand - having run out of hands, he placed the mug of water on the floor next to the bathroom door.

"You get three tries to guess where your dress was," he told her good-naturedly, voice still low and scratchy rather than jovial and teasing. "It rhymes with kitchen blink."

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Re: Pandora and Wayne

pandacharms
2014-10-24 08:20 am UTC (link)

Dora gave him a hesitant, almost bashful smile when he looked up. She felt rather out of place if only because she'd never really had a conversation like in the bathroom before. Not with someone who had similar problems if for different reasons. She took her wand with a blatant look of relief, immediately feeling better about things if still physically miserable.

She blinked up at him. "What the fuck were they doing in the sink?" She asked him, baffled, brogue strong. She shook her head carefully. "Gods I was so wasted." Was in this case being relative. She still felt wasted. She felt along her dress and sighed in relief after a moment as well, pulling out a garter which she pulled out a small DisIllusioned knife. "Well, didn't manage to lose anything. That's good at least," she said, half to herself as she sheathed the knife and it disappeared again.

"I'll just... get dressed," she said awkwardly. "I'll be done in a minute." She slipped back in the room to dress. She had to (very cautiously) shrink everything down, as transfiguration might go really wrong right now. She came out with her wand holding her bun up and her other clothes clutched to her. She carefully leaned down to get the water. "Shower is yours," she said.

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Re: Pandora and Wayne

waynecymraeg
2014-10-25 12:24 am UTC (link)

Wayne wasn't sure of any three words that could have made him happier in that instant. Shower is yours.

"Thanks," he replied, appreciating how well she'd done with shrinking his clothes. He'd have to get some tips from her with spellwork.

"Um, help yourself to whatever," he told her, waving his hand in the direction of the kitchenette area. He knew she'd be able to see the bin of toys by the door, the assortment of kids' and grownups' DVDs, the empty bottles of booze he had left over from the last time he quit drinking...

This nausea was going to kill him. He knew that half a joint would do his stomach a world of good, but...well...she'd just met him. Plus, he was supposed to have quit.

He showered quickly, having only lukewarm water left, and put on a fresh t-shirt and some sweatpants.

"There's bread, I think, and some crackers. Sorry I don't have any hangover potion or whatever," he continued. "I sort of..." he waved his hand. "Never stocked back up from the last time I quit drinking."

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Re: Pandora and Wayne

pandacharms
2014-10-25 03:03 am UTC (link)

"Thanks," she said, setting her clothes down and wishing she had a cup of very strong, very dark coffee. She sighed wistfully. She also wished for a nice little vial of hangover potion, which would make the lurking nausea go away. Of course, she was also still slightly drunk, she suspected. She just hated the lingering taste of tequila, though. Fucking tequila.

"I'll find... something," she said, thinking that food still didn't really sound that good. She shrugged. "I was goign to ask if you knew of the potion. I'm not even sure I have some at home right now though." She looked mournfully at the bread, which seemed to be mocking her stomach. "Not that I'm doing a Summoning Charm that far away."

She went over and flopped on the couch with a soft sound. She groaned softly, rubbing an ear. With a grimace, she flipped the one aid out, its disillusionment fading though she wrapped her hand about it. It felt a lot better.

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Re: Pandora and Wayne

waynecymraeg
2014-10-25 06:56 am UTC (link)

Dora didn't seem to be bothered too much by the had-they-or-hadn't-they, so Wayne put it to the back of his mind, for now.

At least while his mind was throbbing the way it was.

Instead, he retrieved the water filter pitcher - London water tasted like a car park - and plunked it on the coffee table in front of the sofa, to keep company the two mugs of water.

"So," he sighed, flopping down next to her.

And then realized he couldn't think of a single thing to say.

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Re: Pandora and Wayne

pandacharms
2014-10-25 07:58 am UTC (link)

Dora kept her eyes slitted open, watching his lips from under her arm as he spoke, though he only said the one word. She was tempted to take out her other aid, but it would leave her secret out there to find, no matter that her ear ached. Everything else did too.

"So... want to tell me a little more about you?" she ventured, head resting on the couch arm, body facing toward him. "I don't know much, and I'd like to listen." So she could help, and so she'd know things. "You have Rhys?"

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Re: Pandora and Wayne

waynecymraeg
2014-10-25 08:53 am UTC (link)

Well, that was a start, anyway.

"Yeah. He's my kid. Turns eight in almost a month. Since we both feel like death on a biscuit, I'll save you the mental math. His mum and I were fifteen. And that's why I left after fifth year." Not that he expected her to remember him at all, much less remembering him leaving, alongside all the other students who left that year.

"She's a good mum. And really, I'm kind of a shit dad. I get him one weekend a month. But now that he's turning eight, there's this hearing...if I can prove sober for a month, and if I pass a drugs test, I get him two weekends a month. And I don't even know if that'd be good or bad."

This was more than he'd told anyone, probably, ever. So, in for a sickle, in for a galleon.

"I'm going to fail the drugs test too. Well, I'm going to rig it. With magic."

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Re: Pandora and Wayne

pandacharms
2014-10-25 09:06 am UTC (link)

She was grateful he did the math for her. "Yeah, I guess you all didn't have a potion or charm, huh," she said with a sigh. "Not that you could have used the charm, underage and all," she added as an afterthought. She flapped her hand mildly at the windows, automatically screening the light down to a more acceptable level for the moment.

She sighed with relief for a moment and let her eyes open a little wider. Her unconscious use of magic was telling about her upbringing at least.

"It'd be good, I think," she said after a moment of thought, staring at the ceiling. Nice plain ceiling. Her hangover approved. "You love your kid, yeah? I can tell from your voice. I think he'd want you to be around more." Her eyes shifted to look at him. "My dad disappeared during the war. You kind of miss them when they're gone," she said.

"Oh yeah? What's your poison, then?" she asked almost idly, as if it wasn't a big deal at all. "Yeah, there's a potion for that, so long as it's not a magical test. I'm ... well, not shite at brewing, but we can get you something." If he was looking for condemnation for it, he was looking in the wrong place.

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Re: Pandora and Wayne

waynecymraeg
2014-10-25 09:28 pm UTC (link)

"Well, no, we didn't have potions or charms, but there's...muggle methods that we, ah...we didn't use. We were -- " He wasn't sure how to put it. "We'd both had a half-tab of Ecstasy, so we were a bit off our heads at the time."

And Wayne did, he did love his kid - but he wasn't sure he could handle...well, babies were easy, and toddlers were fine as long as you could both chase them and put up with the tantrums. Kids who will ask the tough questions and get in fights and rebel...not his forte.

Plus, Rhys was due to start Hogwarts in like 3 years.

"I've tried to stay away from the hard stuff ever since then, but... the reason I can afford the glorious cathedral you find yourself in is because I sort of work for the guy who used to sell me weed. So now I don't smoke it so much as I just divvy it up in baggies and make deliveries."

He tried not to think about how much calmer his nausea would be if he smoked right now. But the idea was to stay clean, right?

"What about you?"

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Re: Pandora and Wayne

pandacharms
2014-10-26 03:50 am UTC (link)

"Yeah, I've heard of some of them," she said, though she'd take a potion any day, to be honest. She actually prefered the charms, but there were times she stripped herself of charms, and if she didn't remember to reapply it, it could mean trouble. "Ah yes, impairment can do it," she said wryly, not criticizing but commenting on it.

"Hard stuff is bad," she said. She turned a little so her good ear was to him, face resting on her arm. "Sometimes you have to do what you have to do for money," she said with a one shouldered shrug. "But you don't want to get in trouble, either." At least not in the muggle world. She didn't think anyone in the wizarding world would really give a shit.

"Pain potions, sometimes sleep potions," she said. "The war fucked me up, and I need them sometimes, but then there's need, and then there's need. I avoid them if I can." And yet. The words remained unspoken. "There's a few other things. Things that help a person forget for a while. I don't use any of them much, but every now and then..." she sighed.

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	Re: Pandora and Wayne waynecymraeg 2014-10-26 03:58 am UTC (link)
	Wayne nodded, pretty sure he could complete her thought. "...it gets hard to find reasons not to." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Pandora and Wayne

pandacharms
2014-10-26 04:27 am UTC (link)

She poked his leg idly with a toe, nodding slowly and carefully in agreement. "It does," she agreed. "Especially back then. I didn't give a fuck half the time if I lived or died, other than me family'd be in trouble if I died, maybe."

There were occasions, even now, when she had trouble with that. Not like she'd had in Mungos, which resulted in the barely seen tracery of scars around her Mark. And honestly she'd acted quite suicidally at times during the war. Some could even claim she had since then; she wasn't sure.

"But I think you could find reasons." She looked at him. "What might work for that? I mean, kicking your arse is an option. But it might be better to find a nicer option." Her lips turned up in a faint, teasing smile.

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