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Tweak says, "Pretty please?"

Melinda Bobbin (_melinda_) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2015-01-31 22:35:00

Entry tags:

character: bryn cadwallader, character: cho chang, character: genie de la lune, character: gregory goyle, character: lavender brown, character: marietta edgecombe, character: melinda bobbin, character: viktor krum

Who: Melinda and OPEN
What: Sweet Nothings’ pre-open pre-taste party
Where: The rooftop above Sweet Nothings
When: Saturday January 31, 2005 - Evening
Rating: SFW, will update if/as needed

Being back in Sweet Nothings’ kitchen this week had felt like coming home. Mark, the baker she had hired to make up for the workload her mother would no longer be doing, had fit right in. Sure, he wasn’t much of a decorator, but he could bake and even better; he could adapt and spar verbally when it came to recipes and procedures. Between the two of them, getting everything ready for tonight’s party had gone smoother than she had planned for.

So now, the buffet tables were laden with cakes, pastries and dessert. Layer cakes had become the perfect backdrop for the cupcakes, rather than forego the breakfast pastries as she had first planned, she had now piled them onto trays at angles that lead the eyes to the tarts and cakes. Finally, on the table by the wall, with the London lights as a backdrop, they had set up the table with what would be this year’s Valentine’s menu. Strawberry & Champagne and Chocolate Heaven Cupcakes with champagne truffles, surrounded the Raspberry Kisses and the Red Velvet Heart Layer Cake, and though she still hadn’t decided whether to go with them or not, Melinda had also filled a couple of stands with chocolate covered strawberries and cheese cake stuffed raspberries. Even if they didn’t make it onto the Valentine’s Day menu, they still went perfectly with the champagne served from the make-shift bar right by the door.

With the wards in place, the rooftop was nice and warm, the music at a volume where you could talk – except on the area assigned as the dancefloor – and the fairy lights made it all seem, well, magical.

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Re: Viktor and Marietta

marrededge
2015-02-06 03:41 am UTC (link)

Marietta smiled as she heard the accent. It was one thing to listen to the voice on the wireless in interviews or as you passed by someone else, but to hear the voice directed toward her own ears was unexpectedly pleasant. "Over the years I've come to realize that Melinda is more talented than I think she gives herself credit for."

Pausing she took a sip from the glass she'd been nursing. "We've known each other since our first day at Hogwarts."

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Re: Viktor and Marietta

snitch_snatcher
2015-02-07 04:56 pm UTC (link)

"She seems like a very talented lady," Viktor said. "I haff only recently made her acquaintance aside from visiting the shop, but she seems very skilled and good at vhat she does." And kind, which was an all-important trait to Viktor, especially when it came to people being good to his children.

"Ahh, those sorts of friendships are priceless," he said, inclining his head toward her. "They are the ones you can alvays go back to, no matter vhat is going on in your life." He didn't have many of those. Being chosen so young for Quidditch playing had torn apart some of his friendships with jealousy, and others with sheer busyness over time.

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Re: Viktor and Marietta

marrededge
2015-02-22 01:58 pm UTC (link)

Marietta nodded as Viktor complimented Melinda's work. It was her belief that attention to detail made most Ravenclaws better at their work than others. Even when they were working places they didn't necessarily prefer they tended to excel. It was in their nature or so she liked to think. Thankfully, Melinda not only had a job it was something she absolutely loved to do and could tell others about. The same for Cho. Marietta on the other hand wasn't quite so lucky.

"Yes, Melinda is a good friend even when I'm not the best," Marietta had no qualms admitting that she often failed in the social aspect of things. She could easily go for weeks at a time without so much as a word to anyone. The journals from Finnigan's had done a little to fix that provided she actually picked it up and looked. "She and Cho tend to keep me from holing up in my house and hunkering down with my puzzle books."

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Re: Viktor and Marietta

snitch_snatcher
2015-02-23 11:41 pm UTC (link)

"I think that is the definition of any good friendship -- being there vhen the other is having a hard time, or is not at their best," he mused aloud. Fin was a good friend like that, and he hoped he was in return. "They come after you vhen you are floundering." He spoke from experience there. He had very few people he could call really close friends, though his old Vrasta teammates still counted. They still checked in with him often, and he was grateful and tried to return the favor.

"Ah yes, holing up too much is not good for you, though I know the temptation." He gave a slightly rueful smile. "I am told by the press I am much too reclusive," he told her in a confiding tone. "And it really is good to get out sometimes, as nice as staying in is."

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Viktor and Marietta

marrededge
2015-02-27 01:48 pm UTC (link)

Marietta gave a simple nod and looked across the room to where Melinda stood and gave a simple nod. It was amazing how different they were when it came to socialization. She still didn't know what she'd done good in her life to deserve friends that stood by her no matter how horrible she was, and yes she'd done things that were considered horrible by many. In fact she still did things that she was certain many would find rather repulsive.

"Being reclusive has its good points," she conceded. "It leaves a bit of mystery that leaves people guessing. I honestly have very little respect for individuals who flaunt themselves before the media."

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Re: Viktor and Marietta

snitch_snatcher
2015-03-02 11:02 pm UTC (link)

"It vorks for some people, I think. I haff friends who do not mind it. Myself, I find them far too intrusive most days for my tastes." Though occasionally they could be useful, if he was trying to promote a certain cause. But that was about it. He especially hated it when they focused on his children with little regard for their welfare.

"It is not so much the mystery that I aim for, simply the illusion of some kind of privacy."

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	Viktor and Marietta marrededge 2015-03-04 03:27 am UTC (link)
	In her secondary line of work privacy was key. Honestly, with the public events she'd gone to with clients she was shockingly surprised that she had never been the focus of any written piece of work. "Privacy is definitely important," she agreed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Viktor and Marietta snitch_snatcher 2015-03-06 01:06 am UTC (link)
	He cast his gaze around the room and sipped at his drink. "So if you were to recommend one of the thigns here, vhat would it be?" he asked her curiously, figuring that since she was close with Melinda, she would know what to recommend. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Viktor and Marietta marrededge 2015-03-08 01:46 am UTC (link)
	When the conversation turned to the fare of the evening she knew they were just about done with the small talk. "I'd venture that anything here that is to your taste would be worth recommending." She'd yet to have anything from Melinda that didn't sit well on her palate. "My favorites though tend to be anything with strawberry in it." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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