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Tweak says, "Fear is the mind-killer."

Seamus Finnigan (openbottle) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2015-08-24 14:35:00

Entry tags:

character: angelina johnson, character: dean thomas, character: dennis creevey, character: dominic chambers, character: hermione granger, character: katie bell, character: lucy spinks, character: ron weasley, character: seamus finnigan

Speak Easy
Who: Open to invited guests. Please tag your characters.
What: Dean's birthday, booze, bad behaviour?
Where: Leo Dall's Speakeasy (aka The Roost)
When: Monday 24th August, 6.30pm onwards
Rating: I'm gonna put an NSFW warning for language on this from the get-go due to the high amounts of alcohol being consumed.

With a little help from Ron, George, Susan and a lot of help from Dominic, everything was ready. Invited guests would give the password at Weasley's Wizard Wheezes and be guided towards the floo fire where they'd be offered a portkey disguised as a standard powder container. The portkey would whisk them to the Roost - charmed to look like a prohibition bar. The lack of doors or windows made the room feel genuinely secret, and the extra effort of the portkeys had been totally worth it in Seamus's mind. Bowls of the jewel-toned two-hit fig punch rested on the bar and the tables for easy access, but if that didn't appeal there was also a cocktail list of 1920s cocktails to choose from. Unsurprisingly, the music was 1920s jazz and Dominic had set a sound barrier between the two halves of the room so that neither became uncomfortably loud.

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Seamus and Ron

openbottle
2015-08-25 10:22 am UTC (link)

Seamus didn't know whether to bless Susan or hex her. The white shirt she'd insisted he wear was more tightly tailored to his body than anything Seamus would have chosen for himself, making him feel uncomfortably on show. On the other hand, the blue braces meant there was no chance of the shirt slipping up or the trousers slipping down. Worried about the possible transparency of thin white fabric, Seamus was wearing a white t-shirt underneath. Perhaps that was why he'd abandoned the blazer and bowtie so quickly. He'd felt too warm, and a little like he was being suffocated.

Between apparating the portkey back to WWW, helping George and Ron man the floo fire and mixing drinks for new arrivals, Seamus had still managed to throw back two bastard prohibition cocktails. He needed to use up the poitín from Ginny's birthday, and it seemed appropriate to drink moonshine at a prohibition party, but he didn't think any of the other guests would much appreciate the strong, earthy smell of the drink. He wasn't quite drunk - not even as far on the way as Dean had seemed to be when he arrived - but he was aware of his own voice increasing in volume - a sure sign that 'drunk' was his final destination. "Ron!" he called, spotting Ron winking into existence in the designated 'arrival' area. He moved towards him, clapping a hand to his back. "Come and have a drink."

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Re: Seamus and Ron

pawnography
2015-08-25 03:58 pm UTC (link)

"You read my mind," Ron agreed readily, finally able to join the party. He hadn't minded acting as a sort of doorman, but it was nice to get to the action after watching other guests arrive in their finery. Ron had found his own suit in the attic at the Burrow, though it had involved disturbing the family ghoul and asking his mother to make a few alterations because his great uncle hadn't been quite as tall and Ron didn't much fancy going about with his ankles and wrists out on show. As it happened, the cut of it suited him, emphasising his leanness in a way that his WWW robes really, really didn't.

"I think I need something with a bit of a kick to get the night started."

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Re: Seamus and Ron

openbottle
2015-08-26 04:20 pm UTC (link)

"Well, it's an easy mind to read," Seamus said, voice just a little louder than it really needed to be. "Not much going on in it." He grinned, noticing in an absent sort of way that the suit suited Ron, and let his hand drop from Ron's shoulder.

He led the way back to the bar, where he was keeping most of the spirits and mixers. "Pick your poison - or poisons," he said, with a sweeping gesture at the bottles. "Birthday boy likes spiced rum, I'm drinking Irish moonshine and we're all out of Firewhisky because some daft bugger forgot to order more." By which Seamus very definitely meant himself.

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	Re: Seamus and Ron pawnography 2015-08-26 08:44 pm UTC (link)
	"That's me," Ron admitted good-naturedly. "Few sandwiches short of a picnic." He leant against the bar, peering at the selection on offer. "Go on then, give me some of your moonshine, you daft sod." Ron grinned at straightened up, able to take in the full effect of the party. Nice work tonight. Dean likes it?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Seamus and Ron

openbottle
2015-08-28 08:50 am UTC (link)

Seamus reached for a glass and poured a measure of poitín into the bottom of it before pausing. It was a strong tasting spirit, and a lot of his prohibition research had been about cocktails made to cover the taste of poorly distilled bootleg booze so he knew he could cover it... but he didn't know if Ron was really the sweet-sugary cocktail type. On the other hand, it was a 1920s party, and classy little cocktails were kind of expected.

In the end, Seamus grabbed vodka and ginger beer. It was a drink Dean would probably like, which seemed appropriate in its own way. "Of course he does," Seamus answered brightly, fingers slipping slightly on the glass as he missed his mark trying to add a lime wedge to the rim. "It's his birthday. How's the casual chess club going?"

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Re: Seamus and Ron

pawnography
2015-09-02 04:50 pm UTC (link)

Reflexively, Ron reached out as Seamus' fingers slipped, but he managed to stop himself when he saw that the glass wasn't going to fall and smash.

"It is indeed. I'll have to find him and give him his present later." He frowned suddenly. "Except I think I might have left it at the shop just now." He shrugged, giving up on the idea of the present for now. "Never mind." Dean would get his present when he got it. "D'you know what, I think it was one of my better ideas. It's nice to just play."

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Re: Seamus and Ron

openbottle
2015-09-09 01:49 pm UTC (link)

Seamus nodded automatically as he handed Ron his drink. "Come on," he encouraged him. "You need to catch up with me or you'll be no fun at all." His accent, never absent, was more marked even than usual - as if he'd come straight here from Greencastle. Once he was finished with Ron's drink, he made another just like it for himself. He didn't need to cover the taste of the liquor as much as Ron did, but he wouldn't mind the extra hit of alcohol from the vodka.

"That's good," he said. "I'm sorry I can't get to it much, it's a busy day for me already what with one thing and another." He'd been to one or two, but he knew Ron could run it on his own so it wasn't a priority. "Any promising new players?"

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Re: Seamus and Ron

pawnography
2015-09-11 08:23 pm UTC (link)

Ron took a large swallow, which was a bit of a mistake, but he tried not to let it show. That was probably going to go straight to his head, he thought, but he was fine with that. It was a party, after all.

He waved Seamus's apology off. "I remember you saying when I started it that you might not get around to coming much. Even if you aren't busy, you deserve a day off." Trying a smaller sip of his drink, Ron nodded. "Yeah. Had a couple of teenagers over the summer, but they've gone back to school now. They were good. D'you know what, it's nice to just play and not spend the whole time watching."

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