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Lucy Spinks (addingvalue) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2015-03-10 17:44:00

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character: harry potter, character: lucy spinks

Harry who?
Who: Harry and Lucy
What: Lost in the Ministry
Where: The Ministry of Magic
When: Tuesday 10th March, afternoon
Rating: SFW

Lucy had arrived at the Ministry early, prepared with all the paperwork the Fawley Foundation had suggested she bring. She'd followed the directions to the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, found it easily and waited in the corridor outside until she was called in. It was then that things started to go wrong. Since the magic had been months ago now, and the witnesses already obligated, it was no longer any concern of theirs. The young wizard who looked like he was probably an intern, barely out of school, led her quickly through the winding corridors to the Improper Use of Magic Office. Lucy's meeting there was brief and unsatisfying, the paperwork jerked out of her hands before she was sent away and told they would review her case.

Lucy's sense of direction was usually good, but when she found herself standing at the bottom of a stairway looking out into a room with many shapes and sizes of table and chairs, plus the occassional house-elf popping in and out between to clear plates or deposit food she quickly realised she had no idea where she was. She didn't even know what floor she was on, whether she should go up from here or down. There were windows reflecting a blue sky, but Lucy knew even from her limited experience of the wizarding world that those could be magical and the room could actually be underground.

She was just making her mind up to ask one of the house-elves when someone walked into her from behind, forcing her to take the last awkward step badly, though she managed not to twist her ankle even in the high heels she'd worn for the interview. "Watch where you're going, would you?" she said, a little impatient.

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auror__potter
2015-03-11 01:50 am UTC (link)

Harry knew better than to read through reports while walking; it invariably ended with needing an emergency Reparo for his glasses. However, despite the number of times he'd walked into a wall, he hadn't seemed to learn his lesson. It just seemed so much more efficient to read through reports on his way to lunch, rather than at lunch. This way, he actually got a chance to eat. However, it did mean he made an absolute ass of himself more than once, as was evidenced by the way he was completely unaware of the person in front of him.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't see you..." He trailed off awkwardly, because that was extremely evident given he'd almost knocked her off her feet. He took a moment to look her over, make sure he hadn't caused any visible damage, but to his relief she looked fine. Rightfully irritated, but fine. "My fault; I really shouldn't read while I walk. Are you all right?"

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addingvalue
2015-03-11 02:50 pm UTC (link)

"Obviously." Lucy's irritation wasn't really directed towards Harry but at the Ministry as a whole, and especially the wizard from the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes who'd lead her through the corridors so quickly that she hadn't been able to get her bearings. She shrugged Harry's question off automatically. "I'm fine, no thanks to these stupid shoes." She scuffed her heel against the floor as if by doing so she could teach the shoes in question to behave better in future.

It occurred to her only belatedly that she wasn't really fine - she was lost; and here was someone who could probably help. He'd have good reason to be obliging, too, since he had knocked into her. "Fine, but at a bit lost," she amended. "What's the best way to get out from here?" Alicia had told her about a lift, but instead of trying to find the right telephone box on a busy London street and trying to disappear from sight without causing yet another black mark to her name, Lucy had decided to floo from Finnigan's, which at least she knew how to get to. "I'm pretty sure I started on the third level but that was two meetings ago now." She glanced back to the tables and chairs behind her. "This is still the Ministry, right?"

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auror__potter
2015-03-17 08:37 pm UTC (link)

Harry couldn't help but glance down at her shoes, and winced in sympathy. "Yeah, they hurt like Hell after a few hours, don't they?" He didn't realize until after he said it that admitting he knew what it felt like to wear women's high heels might not be the best way to make a good impression on someone he was already on rocky ground with.

At her question, he grinned slightly. "Yeah, still in the Ministry. The cafeteria to be exact. Where were you trying to get to? I could walk you there. The least I could do." He tucked the folders under his arm, and widened his smile. "Or if you're hungry, lunch is on me. The Elves do up a good lunch. Not quite to Hogwarts' standards, but better than I could do on my own bringing sandwiches from home."

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addingvalue
2015-03-17 10:36 pm UTC (link)

The comment about her shoes made Lucy laugh openly - banishing the last of the tension between them, and doing a pretty good job of mitigating her irritation. She gave Harry an appraising look up and down and though robes could cover a multitude of sins it was definitely a guy she was talking to and not a tomboy-ish woman. He was cute, too, with the glasses and the messy hair. "Damn," she said, grinning. "I don't know you nearly well enough to demand an explanation for how you know that. Which reminds me -" She held out her hand - "I'm Lucy."

Pining for her preferred jeans and t-shirt, Lucy awkwardly rolled up the loose sleeves of her blouse. "Well, that's a start." She took another glance at the tables, eyeing the food that was set down. She'd skipped lunch - too stressed to prepare anything. "I wouldn't say no to lunch," she admitted, holding up a hand. "But I'm just letting you know - for next time you bump into some poor girl on the stairs - you really could just have apologised and pointed me in the right direction."

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