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Tweak says, "Hoopla, Denton!"

Pandora Montgomery (pandacharms) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-12-20 22:37:00

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character: blaise zabini, character: pandora montgomery, character: richard summerby, character: tristan travers

Who: Pandora, nd all her acquaintances/friends who would come to a get together (Slytherin classmates, friends, relatives, etc). Please tag yourselves in!

What: little get together/party

Where: Rich's flat

When: evening, Wednesday December 17th [BACKDATED]

Rating: Probably SFW?

Rich had offered to hot the thing, so she'd provided him with as accurate a count of people who would come to the get-together as she could. With the holidays, it was an iffier prospect that usual, but she'd done her best. It was really nice of him to want to throw her a celebration for moving up in the ranks in their apprenticeship situation, and one she wanted to have. There were other Christmas parties, but not as many things like this in her life.

It had been a long time since someone wanted to celebrate something positive in her life in a public manner.

The trip to Paris had settled her somewhat, at least. England was no longer the bane it had been there for a while, and she made a mental note to get away a little more often. As weirdly attached as she was to this stupid island, her mental health required a break sometimes. Well, what mental health she possessed anyway.

She went up early to help Rich set everything up and wait for everyone to arrive. She smiled at the man fondly. "Thank you for hosting this, Rich," she told him.

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Speechifying & Presenting Blades to Pandora

the_richard
2014-12-25 02:43 pm UTC (link)

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Rich used the remote to turn down the music - muggle magic of a sort and called for attention in the traditional fashion with knife on wineglass chiming through the room.

"A brief interruption," he called out with a voice trained to be heard over dragons or across the Quidditch pitch, "to thank you all for coming to help me welcome Pandora to the neighborhood - she has a right smart flat upstairs in the other half of the building, you should get her to show it off if you haven't seen it yet. Also, tonight is a milestone for her in her study of the wizarding sword, which is one of the many things that has been keeping her so busy of late."

"The sword has been with us as long as the wand. Everyone has heard of Merlin's Sword in the Stone, or Godric Gryffindor's sword that Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom used against He-Who-Pushes-Up-Daisies. But in these modern times, the art of the wizarding sword has fallen out of favor for the more easily carried wand. I was fortunate that my family was traditional enough to see I learned that art, and even more fortunate that in Pandora I found a willing and able student to pass that art on through."

He pulled two boxes out and set them on the end of the table. "So to keep this shorter than a History of Magic lesson, for Pandora I have a new sword belt with the buckle of the Journeyman which she now will wear instead of the knot of the Novice, and her new Goblin-forged long and short blades. To those of you who don't study the sword, this is one of those quaint old ceremonies. To those of us who do, this is as big a step as when she qualified for the International Dueling circuit."

Rich motioned Dora closer and with obvious practice put the sword belt around her waist and put each blade in its scabbard. "Your turn for a few words if you'd like," he said softly to her.

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Re: Speechifying & Presenting Blades to Pandora

pandacharms
2014-12-26 04:58 am UTC (link)

Dora let a little smile play about her lips, more pleased with herself than she'd let on outwardly. She'd kept relatively quiet about her new apprenticeship, though when people asked she'd give them the gist. A few people who'd come to her place had seen the swords sitting out, if she'd been cleaning them or working with them.

She stood still as Richard put her new sword belt and swords about her waist. This at least they'd practiced so there would be no bumping or jostling along the way. Wouldn't that be embarrassing, right? She gave him another pleased smile.

She bit her lip slightly, not sure what she should say really. "Thank you all for coming. Despite not saying much on this, it really does mean a lot, and I'm glad you all took the time out to attend. It's been an honor to train and to continue to train, and I look forward to some distant point in the future where we might celebrate me elevating yet again." It would take a lot of work, but she was more than willing to do that. "Until then, let's enjoy!"

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