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Seamus Finnigan (openbottle) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2015-06-21 11:08:00

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character: melinda bobbin, character: seamus finnigan

Cupcake / Ice cream decorations
Who: Seamus and Melinda
What: Looking at cupcake decorations
Where: Sweet Nothings
When: Friday 19th June [backdated]
Rating: SFW

Seeing as there was a lull in business, Seamus decided to nip over to Sweet Nothings almost as soon as he received Melinda's last message. It wasn't as if she was far away, so if she was busy he could always turn around and go back to work. When he pushed open the door he was greeted by the smell of warm cake and a lack of any obvious other customers to keep Melinda occupied.

"Hey," he said, smiling. "Hope you don't mind I popped right over." It only occurred to him now that she might want time to prepare, especially if she was going to show him the stuff in her own stores. "I can go away again if you're busy, but maybe I can borrow that catalogue?" He really, really wanted to find out if there were little sugar shamrocks. It seemed important that he have them.

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openbottle
2015-07-09 12:37 pm UTC (link)

Seamus watched, amused by the sudden flurry of activity and the slight tint of Melinda's cheeks. When she finally spilled the name, he grinned - and could see why she'd been flustered. It wasn't every day one brought a world class quidditch player to a friend's party, after all. "That's great," he told her. "And yeah, probably for the best. I mean, I'm inviting Harry, Ron and Hermione - plus Oliver - so there's always a chance of something out of left field - but I can put up extra wards if you think Viktor would appreciate that." It was a much-advertised perk of Private Parties in the roost that Dominic always used an invitations-only charm to keep unwanted guests away.

Seamus considered as she added the two sets of green sprinkles together, using his spoon to taste the combination, though it wasn't really necessary. "I think I like the shamrock ones on their own," he eventually decided. "But I'll definitely use that trick for some of the other decorations." He just had a fondness for the shamrock, and liked the way it looked without anything else getting in the way. "I feel like I should start making a list," he added, scrambling in his pocket for a piece of paper and a pen. He headed the list with shamrocks in big letters - then paused. "I have no idea how many sprinkles is a reasonable amount... and I don't have my list of ice cream flavours with me." Sometimes, when Seamus tried to be organised it didn't quite come off. "What do you reckon, little bowls of basic flavours, one of shamrocks and then one normal, flavourless rainbow sprinkles?"

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_melinda_
2015-07-12 07:15 pm UTC (link)

Melinda drew a breath of relief, really only hearing that Harry, Hermione, and Ron would be there. Viktor considered them friends, so that was bound to be good. “No, no,” she smiled at Seamus. “I think with them there, security and discretion will be just right.” At least she couldn’t imagine Viktor opposing that, nor did she think any of them would go blabbing to the Prophet about anything that happened there.

She chuckled when she saw how Seamus headed his list; the man sure did like his shamrocks, didn’t he? “That would definitely work,” Melinda agreed. “My suggestion would be one kind of sprinkles for each flavor of ice cream. That gives a balance to it when you set it up. All depending on how many people will be there, you won’t need big bowls, just a couple of spoons in each, unless you want to borrow a couple of the topping dispensers we use for cupcake or ice cream parties?”

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openbottle
2015-07-14 10:20 am UTC (link)

"Well, I can't promise they'll all come," Seamus pointed out. His friends were so busy that he'd long since stopped being upset when they couldn't all turn out for his birthday, or other events. "But we'll set up as if they are, and that should hopefully be enough. And you know Dominic would never do anything with the pictures without asking first." His mind had leapt a little there, but it didn't occur to him that Melinda might not follow the trail of his logic. Dominic was always taking pictures, and sometimes Seamus put them up around the pub - but not without permission.

Seamus listened to her seriously as she outlined how she would go about things. "That's a good point," he said. "I hadn't thought of that, but you're right. I don't want sprinkles overwhelming the ice cream!" He added a little diagram to his notes - big circles to represent ice cream with smaller circles for the bowls of sprinkles, matching to remind him that he needed to think about the logistics. "I think bowls will be okay. Do you have a list of flavours the sprinkles come in?"

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_melinda_
2015-07-20 02:12 pm UTC (link)

Melinda sent Seamus a small smile and a slight wave. “I’m sure it will be,” she agreed with him. By now, she figured, she ought to have learned that in some cases she had to ask for special treatment, but she still didn’t like it, and she had a feeling that Viktor didn’t either. However, she was also pretty sure that he liked being put on display without permission even less. And as for Dominic? Well, Melinda hadn’t even considered him, but she trusted him and had for years.

“Well, there are those who holds firmly to their belief that ice cream is merely an excuse to eat sprinkles, so don’t be too surprised…” Melinda chuckled, although she agreed with Seamus that it was the ice cream that should hold the major focus. “I don’t have a list, per se,” she said with a regretful twist of her mouth, “however, I can give you a copy of the catalog I order from. But really, when it comes to tastes, sprinkles are a bit like Bertie Bott’s Beans only without the nasty flavours, and if you can’t find a particular flavor, I can make a batch for you with a day’s notice.” With a wave of her wand, she duplicated the catalog and handed it to Seamus. “That goes for colours and shapes as well.”

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openbottle
2015-07-22 08:55 am UTC (link)

Seamus nodded. Oliver and Harry had both been seen around the pub a fair amount, as well as other quidditch players - Flint and Davies and Gwenog Jones - and there'd never yet been any real trouble. Seamus was fairly confident a private birthday party wouldn't suddenly be the point at which journalists descended. And if it was, well, he'd have a solid faction of Dumbledore's Army there to turn them back if necessary.

"You're amazing," Seamus said, taking the copy of the catalogue she offered and leafing through it to get a general impression. "I'm pretty sure this lot will be more than enough to pick from without troubling you to make special orders - but I'll keep it in mind if I ever need to." With that, he returned to his abandoned caramel cake. "I should probably get back to work once I've finished this - and let you get back to serving other customers."

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