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Bryony Capper (goodlight) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2015-02-11 14:29:00

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character: bryony capper, character: theodore nott

Sketch Swap
Who: Bryony and Theo
What: Sketch swapping
Where: Finnigan's, The Corner
When: Wednesday 11th, after work
Rating: SFW

It had taken some time for Bryony and Theo to agree on a place and time to meet up - not helped by the fact that Bryony kept putting it off to arrange her sketch books into some kind of order. She'd considered taking out anything she didn't want seen, but in the end couldn't quite bring herself to actually rip things out of her otherwise perfect books. She left the earliest drawings - from Pineview Hall and Hogwarts - at home, but brought along her newest book, featuring nearly everything she'd done since starting her apprenticeship. For propriety's sake, they'd agreed to meet somewhere public, and The Corner was quiet enough that they weren't too likely to be disturbed.

Not really having any set hours, Bryony arrived early after Braith chased her out of the studio with complaints that Bryony's anxiety was contagious. Bryony had honestly thought she'd hidden it better than that, but she was nervous. She was getting more comfortable with people seeing her work, but she could count on one hand the number of people who actually had a piece to call their own. Besides, those had all been gifts chosen and bestowed by her. Seeing as she had no idea what Theo might like, she was planning to let him pick for himself - even though that meant she'd have to sit there and watch him judge which piece he liked best.

Since she doubted Theo would be here yet, Bryony waited patiently at the bar for her turn and ordered a pumpkin juice, which she then carried into The Corner. She immediately went to the table by the window, where they'd have the best natural light - though it was already fading fast. While she waited, she looked through her own sketches, marking out the few that she wouldn't be happy to part with.

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goodlight
2015-06-23 09:35 am UTC (link)

Smiling, Bryony nodded. "Of course," she said. "You don't need to charm the book first, but it helps." She opened her sketchbook again, more to have something to do with her hands while she explained than for any actual demonstrative purposes. "If you're charming an individual page you have to find the other side of the leaf that would have been attached to the one you remove and individually seal it to the spine," she explained. "That's why most magical sketchbooks come pre-charmed to do it automatically."

She stopped leafing through her sketchbook and reached into her bag to see what else she had with her. Her journal (that she'd brought in case she and Theo couldn't find one another) and a fiction book. She was reluctant to remove pages from either - especially the journal, which was already imbued with such complicated magic. "It's not a severing spell," she said. "It's - a separating spell, I suppose. You're separating the page from the binding that holds it to the spine." She flicked to the back of her sketchbook and showed Theo the last page, and the way it was actually the same sheet of paper as the first page. "If I just ripped this page out, I'd risk the first page coming out in time too, see?" She didn't know if she was explaining this well at all. She performed the spell once more, slowly so that Theo could see the movement and hear the incantation. "That's the separating spell. And my book will automatically seal the first page in." She gave it a tug to show that it wasn't loose.

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nottfinished
2015-07-15 10:18 pm UTC (link)

"Thank you." he said gratefully when Bryony agreed to give up her precious time to school him on this. He listened intently like he always had as a child at school, absorbing every word or wand gesture or instruction. His gaze was drawn to the book when she opened it and he didn't interrupt her but nodded that he understood, remembering the way all the pages had slid out of his writing books when he'd pulled some of them out when he was younger and still did that kind of thing.

He watched quietly like a little bird as she rummaged in her bag and then clarified the spell. "Oh, I see." he murmured, still paying the utmost attention. "Do you know the sealing spell for a book that isn't already charmed?" he wondered, curious as ever.

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goodlight
2015-07-20 11:57 am UTC (link)

Bryony didn't have much experience teaching people anything, but she found it wasn't as hard as she'd thought it would be - at least, not with Theo who was both quiet and attentive. She had nothing to reseal, so she couldn't do a practical demonstration but she showed him the wand movement and carefully enunciated the incantation.

Once Theo seemed satisfied with what knowledge she'd been able to impart, she reached for her pumpkin juice, throat a little dry from talking. She finished what was left and then closed her sketchbook again, laying the newly separated sheet carefully on top of it. "I'll have to go soon," she said apologetically. "I promised my aunt I would make dinner." It was her usual excuse for getting out of awkward situations - but in this case it was actually true. Aunt Hecuba didn't really need Bryony's help anymore, but since Bryony was living in her home rent free it seemed only fair that she do something in return.

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