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Tweak says, "no one can push you around"

Finnigan's Mod (finnigansmod) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2015-05-02 14:26:00

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character: adrian pucey, character: alicia spinnet, character: blaise zabini, character: dean thomas, character: dennis creevey, character: dominic chambers, character: eddie carmichael, character: gwenog jones, character: hyperion montgomery, character: melinda bobbin, character: pandora montgomery, character: richard summerby, character: roger davies, character: rose zeller, character: seamus finnigan, character: zacharias smith

Victis Honor
Who: OPEN
What: Victis Honor Fête
Where: Hogsmeade
When: All day Saturday

Scheduled events:

- Duelling Tournament (Noon)
- Tug of War (2pm)
- Pet show (3pm)
- Quidditch and racing broom displays (11am, 1pm, 3.30pm, 5pm)
- Post Owl Trials (4.30pm)
- Fireworks (8pm)

All day events:

- Face painting (& caricatures for Dean)
- Winged horse rides
- Fortune teller

Stalls, shops, businesses etc:

- Games of chance (feel free to invent your own)
- Three Broomsticks beer tent
- Sweet Nothings Cake Stall
- McLaggen Magical Sports
- Gobstones
- Handmade by Astoria (crocheted items)
- Pinky's Ink

I tried to get everything that's been mentioned but prod me if I missed something.

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Re: Face Painting (Dean & Seamus)

artistdean
2015-05-24 11:58 am UTC (link)

Dean shrugged right back. "Maybe not, but the true seer thing might mean at least something in the right general direction. I don't know," he said, hand waving slightly in dismissal. "Although a little strategic lying with portraits doesn't always go against my ethics," he said, smirking. Mostly nothing major, a little bit of showing the best self never did any harm.

"No, no you haven't," he said, deeply amused. It wasn't generally intentional, but naked Seamus had been a semi-regular feature of his life since age eleven. It's just that more recently the idea had been increasingly appealing to him with certain memories playing across his mind. He waved the hand away. "Eh, it's nothing new," he said. His paint splatters rarely matched what he was wearing, never mind the fact he'd painted his face today.

Dean was thankful Seamus had waited until his brush wasn't actually on his face to speak, at least for the pure surprise of it. "Oh, er, we're only doing an hour or so at a time, so probably not long." He had got a wrist watch with him but he'd taken it off some time ago. He certainly didn't want to have his rarely used pocketwatch covered in paint and that never came near the studio or any other wet paint if he could help it. He smiled and painted a bit more, switching to the third colour seamlessly.

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Re: Face Painting (Dean & Seamus)

openbottle
2015-05-26 12:01 pm UTC (link)

Seamus kept up a steady stream of chatter as Dean concentrated on painting his face. It was mostly rubbish, the tiny little details of his life that no one else could really care about, and only Dean would let him ramble on freely. It was one of the things he liked about their friendship, that he didn't always have to put his best, most interesting, foot forward. He could talk about different varieties of ale, and how having two nearly identical varieties of top-shelf whiskey seemed stupid to him but he had at least one customer for each who'd regularly come in and order a glass - and who staunchly refused to switch to what they considered an inferior brand.

For most of the time, there wasn't much of a queue behind them but as the sun rose higher, more and more people seemed to be about in general. "You nearly done?" he asked, when he noticed Dean sitting back and looking speculatively at his face. The urge to reach up and touch the paint drying on his skin was immense, but Seamus kept his hands resolutely in his lap, spinning the inlay of his ring with quick little strokes.

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Re: Face Painting (Dean & Seamus)

artistdean
2015-05-26 06:13 pm UTC (link)

Dean kept half an ear out as Seamus chattered away, he probably wouldn't be able to recall all of the details of what had been said but he'd have a decent idea of most of it. He got a bit too absorbed in his work to have a proper conversation when he worked, but thankfully Seamus was well aware of that. It was also the reason he didn't often have much idea of what had been on the news even when he'd had WWN on all day.

He was trying to work out if there were any more details he needed to touch up when Seamus asked him if he was almost done. "Pretty much. Close your eyes and shut your mouth for a sec?" he asked, wanting to get the full effect as he checked out the shading for niggly details. When Seamus complied he squinted carefully at his work, leaning in to edge a couple of the details in and use a fuzzier brush to add in a bit of smudge of mid-purple on one of the lighter sections as a shadow. Finally he leaned back, satisfied and slowly a smile spread across his face. Merlin he was glad Seamus had let him do this, and that he couldn't see the probably slightly silly smile on his face right now. He schooled his face slightly more normal grin before speaking. "You want to look before I fix it?" he asked.

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Re: Face Painting (Dean & Seamus)

openbottle
2015-05-29 04:21 pm UTC (link)

Obligingly, Seamus closed his eyes and lips, feeling oddly on display. It was no worse than when Dean tried to sketch him, and Seamus had eventually gotten used to that. Well, he'd gotten used to it when he was fully clothed, anyway. Dean had never spent this long painting directly on Seamus's skin before, and it was a slightly strange sensation - but when Seamus opened his eyes again Dean was grinning at him.

"Well, you look satisfied with it," Seamus said, relieved. Dean's judgement was ten times better than his - but he wanted to look anyway. "Gimme a mirror?"

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	Re: Face Painting (Dean & Seamus) artistdean 2015-05-29 05:11 pm UTC (link)
	"Yup, but you've got no idea what I was aiming at. I'm just hoping you don't hate it," he said, obligingly handing over the mirror. He looked on slightly anxiously at Seamus examined his now purple and green contoured face. He pulled his wand out, ready to spell Seamus' face to stop it rubbing off again before he wanted it to. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Face Painting (Dean & Seamus)

openbottle
2015-06-02 01:52 pm UTC (link)

Seamus reached eagerly for the mirror, tipping it up so he wouldn't have to look down quite so much to look into it. "Oh, wow," he said, reaching his other hand up to touch and then snatching it down again. "It looks amazing."

He really hadn't had any idea what to expect - and he'd probably have said he loved it, even if he didn't - but it really did look cool. "I look like art." Which, despite the sketching, was not something Seamus was used to feeling about himself. "I'm going to have to hang around so people can see it. And I want a photo!" His mind was suddenly spinning a mile a minute, and he was spinning the ring on his thumb back and forth to quell the urge to touch. "You should sign it, or something. So people know who did it." Or just because it would be cool...

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Re: Face Painting (Dean & Seamus)

artistdean
2015-06-02 04:55 pm UTC (link)

The smile that spread across Dean's face when he could tell Seamus clearly loved it was huge and he also released a slightly relieved breath. "Thanks," he said, understanding the compliment for what it was. He was about to slap Seamus' hand away from his face when he apparently remembered not to actually touch it.

It was a bit odd looking at Seamus with his face covered in paint, but since he almost always thought Seamus looked good the whole 'I look like art' thing wasn't all that new to him. He saw the point though. The enthusiasm though was gratifying, it was certainly more work than he'd put in to most of the other face painting he'd done. "I'm not singing your bloody face, you can tell anyone who asks," he said, shaking his head. The fact that Seamus wanted him to sign his face was sort of, well it was fuelling a vaguely possessive feeling he didn't want to examine. Writing Property of Dean Thomas across Seamus was never really going to be an ambition of his, temptation or not.

"Now hold still and I'll charm it," he said brandishing his wand. It took only a matter of seconds to circle the painted area and aim the spell at Seamus' forehead. In the few seconds it was going to dissipate from tingling to feeling normal again he put his wand away again. He looked up and saw one of Braith's friends had apparently just arrived for his shift and Dean lifted a hand in greeting.

"Looks like if you give me a minute to tidy up, and for you to cough up your cash I can take a break," he said.

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Re: Face Painting (Dean & Seamus)

openbottle
2015-06-04 11:39 am UTC (link)

Dean's grin just made Seamus smile brighter, the occasion almost forgotten for a few moments. "Spoilsport," he muttered when Dean refused to sign his face. It would have made it even cooler - walking around wearing/being a signed piece of 'Dean Thomas' work. But it was pretty cool even without that, and Seamus had enough signed works at home that he wasn't genuinely upset.

"Right," he said, standing so he could search through his pockets. "Payment." He made sure Dean wasn't watching, too busy with his tidying up, as he pushed a little more than was technically owed across the table. The pieces Dean sold at shows were often out of Seamus's personal budget, no matter how much he liked them, and he felt bad that he couldn't be more supportive financially. If he'd had the money he'd have bought at least as much of Dean's work as Susan - and probably commissioned a few things too. Sadly, he just didn't so he tried to make it up where he could. "No arguments," he said, knowing Dean would count it and try to give him change. "Come on, hurry up tidying and let's go."

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Re: Face Painting (Dean & Seamus)

artistdean
2015-06-04 05:01 pm UTC (link)

Despite Seamus' enthusiasm about his face being signed Dean didn't bother adding it in. It seemed odd for such a temporary piece of art to be signed, no matter how proud of it he was. "I might do it and take a picture later for my portfolio," he said, suddenly settling upon the idea and not wanting to forget what Seamus looked like.

He shuffled around the pots of paint into an less cluttered order and set about cleaning the various brushes out in first water and then the sealed jar of potion hidden under the table everyone was using between sessions. It was the quickest and easiest way to make sure each artist could use whichever brushes they wanted for whichever paints. Yes, they had brought their own brushes, but mostly they were marked somehow and everyone was sharing a bit. He brought his head up at the admonition from Seamus, glanced at the money he'd put down and gave Seamus a look which was supposed to be mildly admonishing, but possibly was slightly ruined by his current phoenix-painted face and the fact he appreciated the gesture. He did one last visual sweep and nodded. "Right, Mr. Walking Artwork, I'm good to go," he said with a grin, jumping to his feet.

"Sorry folks, my turn is over. Barnabas here is taking over," he said, as they wandered past the shortish queue of people waiting for their faces to be painted.

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