Finnigan's RPG

I am relieved thrilled to announce that Finnigan's finally has a new chef! Any bad experiences you've had lately with the food should now be behind us and I'd appreciate it if you'd come give us another try. If you had a disappointing meal (whether it was refunded at the time or not) and you let me know, I'll give you half off your food bill any night in the next two weeks.

Anyone looking for something to do tonight, we're having Beginner's Night at the Wizarding Chess Championship. Veteran players, including myself, will be around to teach you the ropes or answer your questions so do come and see us.

Oh, and there's some very exciting news coming up about a charity raffle, so keep your eyes open and go sign up to the Fawley Foundation's newsletter if you haven't already.

[Warded to Dean]
New kid calls me 'sir'.

The charity I work for is hosting a function next week and I wasn't going to go because tickets are expensive, but one of the ladies who works on my floor has had to change her plans and so she's given me her ticket!

Now I need something to wear... Anyone up to facing the London crowds this weekend with me?

WHO: Neville and Lavender
WHEN: Thursday October 2nd
WHERE: Ministry at first, then we'll see?
WHAT: Neville is taking Lavender out.
RATING: PG?
STATUS: Ongoing

( I know it will be waiting for me tomorrow )

I saw my first robin red-breast this morning on my way to work. Just a dash of colour as he darted into the hedge but it was enough to remind me that autumn is well and truly here and soon it will be Christmas. This has always been my favourite time of year, well one of them. I could never really settle on a firm favourite but top four. Certainly.

We've got a bit of a challenge going on at work this week - we all bring in lunch and swap it. It's made for some really interesting combinations and some I'm definitely going to try out but todays sandwich looks a little squishy. It might be leaking but I'm wary of unwrapping it again. I do hope that it's not a sign of things to come, after tackling my paperwork I plan on enjoying lunch and listening to the match on the radio.

Fingers crossed there's no leakage at the pitch either.

It's funny, the way things go when you leave home for the first time. I've been feeling lonely, so I go back to my family's house, and the result is that it sometimes feels like I needn't have bothered moving out at all.

I'm not lonely in the sense that I think I need a relationship to make me whole. I'm lonely in the sense that I come home to an empty flat and sometimes I wish there was someone or something waiting there to greet me when I come home at night. The more I think this, the more I think it might be nice to get a pet of some description. I don't think I'd want anything overtly magical because then those family members on my father's side would be unable to visit me, I think. And I wouldn't want an owl for the same reason: too hard to explain. A dog is too needy, and I don't know that I could devote the time to a dog that it would need to be happy.

A cat? Cats are lovely creatures, so graceful and elegant, and they are reasonably self sufficient, as far as I can tell. I think that might be the way to go for me. I will get myself a tiny kitten to love.

WHO: Justin and Seamus
WHEN: Thursday October 2nd
WHERE: Finnigan's
WHAT: Justin feels like an arse and tried to avoid Seamus a little, but Finnigan's has a new cook, so of course Justin will test the food.
RATING: PG
STATUS:

( Yeah, that's good food there )

I am Romeo Matías García-Davies. Some of you may know me from our time together at Hogwarts. Some may know me from my job cooking at Finnigan's. Some may not know me at all.

( I am queer. )

I know there are other people out there who, like me, don't conform to the neat little boxes the world would like to put us in. Maybe you don't fit the gender binary. Maybe you aren't neatly heterosexual. I would like to start a group for all of us to gather, support each other, and talk about the particular issues we face. This is not your school-era Gay-Straight Alliance. This is a utopia. A Queer-topia, if you will. And it is coming soon, if there is enough interest.

(You can make your replies private to me if you are nervous/cautious/not out.)

Who: Wayne and Lucy
What: Sandwiches, swapping lifestories, who knows?
Where: Leicester Square/Covent Garden
When: Thursday evening
Rating: NSFW - Language (I predict)

( I get knocked down but I get up again, you're never gonna keep me down )

Who: Charlie and Susan
What: Exercise and accidental meetings
Where: Hampstead Heath
When: Early Thursday Evening
Rating: NSFW - Language

( A post-'lunch' run, if I don't get lost )

Who: OPEN THREAD
What: Beginner's Night @ Wizarding Chess Championships
Where: The Roost, Finnigan's
When: Thursday evening
Rating: SFW

( The winner takes it all, the loser has to fall )

Who: Marcus and Harry
What: Brooding??
Where: Finnigan's
When: Thursday, October 2, early evening
Rating: TBD but currently SFW

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