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Dean Thomas (artistdean) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-10-18 18:52:00

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character: dean thomas, character: luna lovegood, status: complete

A Shark's Tale - Winner's date
Who: Dean Thomas and Luna Lovegood

What: Cinema and coffee

Where: Leicester Square

When: Sat 18th October, afernoon

Rating: SFW

Since they had decided to watch a children's film there weren't any particularly late showings of A Shark's Tale so they'd decided on Saturday afternoon. It would probably mean a fair few families, but at least in the cinema itself they would have seats with enclosed backs which always helped Dean.

They'd decided to meet at Leicester Square at the central fountain just for ease as Dean wasn't sure where he'd be coming from and Luna didn't need him turning up at her house only to have to turn around and head right back for London again. As it turned out he was coming from home, having taken the weekend off after giving up all of the completed work he wanted to be considered for the show publicity the previous day. That had lead to him spending Saturday morning cooking so he'd have some food for the coming weeks and by the time he had to leave to the city centre (via the Tube because it was easier than finding a quiet apparition spot on a Saturday and he knew it well enough that he could take a quieter line most of the way) he had several dishes cooling ready to be frozen.

When he arrived he managed to find an open spot at the fountain, mostly thanks to the slightly gloomy weather, and perched himself to wait for Luna, ever aware of his exposed back and glancing around often.

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artistdean
2014-10-23 08:00 pm UTC (link)

He nodded thoughtfully, then spoke as he realised the dim light would make it harder to see. "Yeah, animals don't exactly keep to a schedule for when they get ill," he said. "I don't either most of the time, but it's nice to take a weekend off when I've been busy."

Crups being made to fight? That didn't sound good, and he said so. "That's horrible, why would anyone do that to an animal?" he asked, indignant.

"Oh!" he said, gesturing as the lights started to dim for the round of advertising and previews running up to the film itself. In a cinema with lots of families it was never going to be completely quiet, but that didn't mean they should really add to the noise.

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loonacy
2014-10-24 05:07 am UTC (link)

"It would be nice if we could all get sick when we didn't have much else to do." If only. One of these days, Luna was going to have to take a real vacation. Going somewhere else instead of just taking a couple of hours off here and there. In fact she might go back to the vets after the movie was over. She hadn't decided yet. If she didn't, she would be going back to take care of her father.

She shook her head sadly, "I wish I knew. I guess they think that it's going to get them easy money. It's sad. I've fixed all of the ones I've come across but still." There were probably ones that died. Lots of them. It was sad.

Her slight frown turned into a smile as she settled back to watch the movie. Thankfully she wasn't one of those that talked during the movies. She was too busy stuffing her face with junk.

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artistdean
2014-10-24 01:59 pm UTC (link)

"Ah that elusive 'normal schedule'," he said. Pretty much nobody he knew seemed to manage it. The medical types took on extra shifts and stayed later deal with patients, the aurors spent extra time on cases, Seamus worked all hours at the pub, and artists like himself were pretty much at the mercy of whims.

He settled back into his seat, content to watch the film while eating and drinking, and ever thankful that children's films generally didn't require anyone to pre-watch for triggers.

By the time it finished he was feeling pretty full, relaxed, and had a smile on his face. He stretched out his legs and turned to Luna as the credits were rolling. "Well, I thought that was pretty fun," he said, rolling to his feet. "What about you?"

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loonacy
2014-10-25 01:16 am UTC (link)

Luna couldn't help but grin slightly at his comment. It was pretty elusive. And it must have been nice for the people who worked in an office and knew their schedule completely. No rest for the wicked as they say. She felt for anyone who was on a schedule like theirs. Still she wouldn't have changed it. Unable to take emergencies at night? Nah.

Once the movie was over and most of the food was consumed, she stretched a little and looked over at Dean. "Yeah it was cute for talking sharks and fish. I liked it. I really enjoy cartoons." That probably wasn't a surprise to anyone who knew her though. She got up and grabbed her trash in order to throw it into the rubbish bin.

"Shall I walk you home? Well walk.. you know what I mean. I'd ask if you wanted to get food, but I'm kind of stuffed with popcorn. We could get coffee or something though."

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artistdean
2014-10-27 12:24 am UTC (link)

Dean grinned and nodded, anything with animals in (assuming they didn't get killed) was generally a good bet for Luna. And that she liked cartoons wasn't exactly a surprise either. He walked with her, dropping his own rubbish in the bin.

Biting his lip slightly he considered as they wandered out. "I'm too full for food too, but I wouldn't say no to coffee. I've been neglecting my friends lately to do work. More than usual." They exited the cinema and Dean looked around, wondering if they could find somewhere that wasn't a chain and might do good tea or hot chocolate. "Anywhere in mind, or shall we just see what we can find?" he asked.

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loonacy
2014-10-27 05:08 am UTC (link)

"Then coffee it is. We can catch up a bit more since there's not a whole lot of talking in movies." Which was kind of a shame. She understood it of course, but she would probably be one of those who talked out loud if she could get away with it.

She glanced around and then shrugged her shoulders. "Let's just see what we can find." Luna started down one direction, figuring that Dean would walk with her. This had been a very nice day. One that she hoped that she would get to have more of in the future. And as they walked down the road, she thought that maybe life wasn't as hectic as she thought.

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