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

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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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Re: Dean, Hermione, and Open

artistdean
2015-08-25 11:45 am UTC (link)

"Hey, Hermione," he said, gesturing to the chair. "No, totally free. Go right ahead." Merlin he could already feel that his arms were kind of slower and limper. It seemed unlikely it was visible from the outside, but it felt weird in his body.

"You look nice," he said, leaning back in the chair at something of a slump, head tilting to one side. "I like the theme, even if my bow tie is stupid," he said, slightly petulant as he poked it again.

"How's you?" he asked, deciding that too much formality was overrated, even with Hermione.

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Dean, Hermione, and Open

weasley_now
2015-09-07 02:42 am UTC (link)

Hermione settled into the seat. She always felt a bit out of place when drinking was a focal point of one of the groups gatherings. A part of her really missed the days when they were in school and time together were more about being with each other than escaping the world around them.

"Thank you," she sat up a little taller in the chair so as to show the fullness of the outfit. She couldn't help but smirk at his obvious distaste of the bow tie. "It's not that bad. It could be a foot wide and polka dotted." She had seen ties like that on clowns and thought they looked absolutely ridiculous.

When he asked how she was Hermione went silent for a bit. That was a loaded question these days and she wasn't sure what all was going on in her life. "Handling the new job," she finally chose to say. When all else failed she could always focus on the office.

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Re: Dean, Hermione, and Open

artistdean
2015-09-07 11:32 am UTC (link)

"It could. And I am very pleased that it isn't," Dean agreed with the sort of emphatic tone and gestures that probably gave away rather more of his state of intoxication. "Just a bit restrictive," he muttered, and resisted the urge to undo it only because he'd told Susan he'd keep it done for a while at least.

Dean, who had slouched down into his chair, turned his head to Hermione, flat along the back of the chair, and frowned. "You have a new job?" he asked. "I think I missed that." He certainly didn't remember reading it, and he hadn't seen her for ages. "What are you up to now?" he asked. She looked uncomfortable somehow, but he was feeling to fuzzy around the edges to really try and work out why. It would have involved a lot of squinting and that only ever looked suspicious or stupid. Sss. S was a fun sound in his head. He blinked and shook his head slightly. Hermione. Focus on Hermione.

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Dean, Hermione, and Open

weasley_now
2015-09-08 12:40 am UTC (link)

Hermione took her wand out and with a concentrated whisper loosened the bow tie while allowing it to keep the appearance of sitting properly in place. "Better?" she asked tucking her wand back into it's spot.

"I've taken a position with the Ministry working on policy around House Elves." It had been something that's been on her mind for several years. Actually, it was the goal she'd held onto the longest. She had hoped to make a real change once she'd seen how Dobby had been treated and after his death she had vowed his sacrifices would not be in vain. All elves deserved respect for the jobs they did which were often rather menial and definitely the sort of things Wizards would rather not do or preferred to refrain from using their time on.

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Re: Dean, Hermione, and Open

artistdean
2015-09-08 02:26 pm UTC (link)

Sticking a finger under his collar and fiddling he smiled brightly at Hermione. "Great, thanks Hermione. I'll probably still take it off eventually. This is good for now though," he said.

Dean took another healthy sip of his punch as she spoke and he nodded. "Sounds right up your Alley," he said. "How's it going? I imagine busy. You're always busy," he said sounding slightly accusatory. He probably shouldn't have said that. It was true but it didn't sound polite and he frowned. "Sorry." Merlin was his crappy mood affecting him more than he thought.

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