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Tweak says, "GET IN MAH BELLY!"

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: Early: Lucy and Angie, and Open

soundsfamiliar
2015-08-27 04:41 pm UTC (link)

Katie nodded in agreement, "I've heard worse than the wrong name on the Quidditch pitch... and I don't even play anymore," she laughed.

"I'm even newer, I've been here a little under a month. What's her surname though? I don't think there was a Susan in Gryffindor when we were there, but I can't say much for other houses," Katie was not one to brush off people, so she intended to get the most facts before saying one thing or another.

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Re: Early: Lucy and Angie, and Open

addingvalue
2015-08-28 10:54 am UTC (link)

"Really?" Lucy asked, mildly puzzled. "To hear Susan tell it, she's Dean's best friend. I know they weren't in the same house, but I figured the people here would know her." She shrugged, because it didn't really matter. "Susan Bones," she clarified in answer to Katie's question. "She was in Hufflepuff - with me. Same year, though."

She sipped her drink again, deciding that even if she couldn't work out what it was, she didn't really care. "You played Quidditch?" she asked. She'd been trying to get into the sport since it seemed so popular, but she didn't really know where to begin.

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Re: Early: Lucy and Angie, and Open

angie_j
2015-08-28 02:41 pm UTC (link)

"Ah, see I'm two years ahead of Dean, school wise, we were never that close. He was a good Quidditch player though, which is how I know him mostly. That and the banner painting he used to do," she said. "We," she said, gesturing between herself and Katie, "were mostly juggling schoolwork and the demands of Oliver Wood," she joked.

"Yup, we played, which was where Wood came in. I still do, which is why I've been away for a few years. I was playing in New Zealand, I just joined the Appleby Arrows though so I'm back." It seemed like maybe Lucy wasn't a fan though, so she was quick to reassure her. "I promise we can talk about other things though!"

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Re: Early: Lucy and Angie, and Open

soundsfamiliar
2015-08-28 02:47 pm UTC (link)

Katie couldn't help but turn a little red when Oliver's name was brought up. She tried to focus on the subject on hand. "I was a year ahead of Dean, played Quidditch only at school," she was not about to add unfortunate wording such as 'under Wood'. "While I haven't played professionally, I'm been a medi-wizard for a team down in Australia since... the latter part of 1998? Maybe 1999. I just moved back at the beginning of the month and just got on with the Falmouth Falcons." Angelina was right, they did talk about other things. "Dean is a great artist. He always had something for Quidditch championships."

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Re: Early: Lucy and Angie, and Open

addingvalue
2015-09-07 01:51 pm UTC (link)

Lucy nodded as she absorbed all this new information. "I didn't know he played Quidditch. I didn't really get to go watch matches when I was at school." She was interested to know more, but also interested in the travelling. "Oh, I'm jealous," she said, grinning. "I've never really been able to travel much." Now that she was working for Rich that seemed likely to change, which she was still wrapping her head around.

"I don't mind talking about Quidditch," she said, "though you probably wouldn't enjoy talking to me about it. I know nothing at all about how it works, except that it's sort of like football only more complicated." She shrugged. "I want to get into it. I like sports in general, watching and playing. Do you think I should just turn up to a match? Or will I be hopelessly confused?"

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Re: Early: Lucy and Angie, and Open

angie_j
2015-09-07 05:43 pm UTC (link)

Angelina's eyes widened when she spotted Katie's cheeks go red at the mere mention of Oliver. She bit her lips and resisted the urge to rise to that particular bait. She tried to catch her eye and indicate without words that they would be having words about that particular reaction later. She hadn't reacted like that since school when the two of them had been snogging secretly in corners.

"Ah, I think it could go either way," she admitted. If Lucy was a sports fan she'd likely have a better chance than a non-fan, but it might not help all that much. "There are four balls, fourteen people on brooms plus an umpire, six hoops and two of the balls are trying to hit people. Yeah, I'm not making it sound easy." She looked appealingly at Katie and took another sip of her punch. "I mean the basic try and get appropriate ball through opposing team's hoops still stands, but after that it gets a bit more complicated," she admitted.

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Re: Early: Lucy and Angie, and Open

soundsfamiliar
2015-09-07 06:25 pm UTC (link)

Katie made eye contact with Angelina before quickly looking away. She got the message and knew Angelina wasn't going to let this drop. But Katie was grateful for her tact.

Katie tried to compare it to football. "Well, like Angie said, there's four balls involved. Two do try to attack you, but players just avoid them for the most part. The smallest ball, called the snitch, only two players, one from either team called Seekers, pay any attention to. Instead of 11 players per team there are 7, although we have reserve players. Like football there is a main ball involved, that's called the quaffle, that's how most points are scored. Goalkeepers are called simply Keepers and they protect three large hoops instead of one large box. We use our hands to control the quaffle because we're flying high in the air. There's defensive and offensive plays. Of the seven players, one I mentioned goes after the snitch, one protects the goals, two players jobs are protecting the others from the balls that try to attack you, the players are called beaters and the balls are bludgers. The three remaining players are called Chasers, they are like the forwards, because they chase the quaffle and score points for their team. Like football, there's intercepting of the quaffle and passing the quaffle back and forth, and of course there's horribly nasty maneuvers which are illegal and result in penalty throws." Katie paused a moment, hoping she hadn't confused Lucy very much, but football was an interest of hers. "Anytime you want to catch a match, let me know. Unless the Falcons are playing, I should be available."

Katie took a moment to look at Angelina, trying not to turn pink; Merlin knows what she was thinking, "Did all that babble sound accurate?"

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Re: Early: Lucy and Angie, and Open

addingvalue
2015-09-15 12:28 pm UTC (link)

Lucy sat forward, interested in both their explanations. "It definitely sounds exciting," she said, trying to picture everything Katie and Angelina described, but almost certain she was getting it all wrong and missing parts of it too. "Confusing, but exciting. I think what I'd like to do is take someone with me who understands it and then go watch a game. Or maybe watch an amateur game first, if they do that anywhere but at Hogwarts..." It suddenly occured to her that Bryn might take her. She couldn't remember off hand which team he supported, but they hadn't done very well. Still, since he supported them he'd probably like to go, and she assumed he wouldn't make taking her with him.

Katie broke into her thoughts and offered herself as a companion - causing Lucy to blush in turn. "Oh, that'd be great," she said, smiling.

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Re: Early: Lucy and Angie, and Open

angie_j
2015-09-15 03:18 pm UTC (link)

"Confusing but exciting is a good description at least until you're used to it," she said, nodding. Having grown up with Quidditch it was all pretty normal to her, but she remembered her muggleborn year-mates and how they had reacted to the game.

Then Lucy was blushing too. Best not to investigate that one either. New people weren't used to her enthusiastic investigation. And it could be maybe seen as a bit nosy. And really it was usually reserved for her close friends. "Oh, she'll be a great chaperone," Angie enthused. "Knows what's going on, and the rules and stuff. Sadly I usually only get time to listen to matches if I'm not playing in them." She was hoping she could get to a place where she could go to a match once in a while too, but mostly listening and reading the post-match summaries from the team was enough since she usually had either a match to get over or match to prepare for when other games were on.

"So, what is it you do?" she asked. "Since we've regaled you about our world. Even if she doesn't play any more." She hooked a thumb at Katie and grinned.

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	Re: Early: Lucy and Angie, and Open soundsfamiliar 2015-09-15 03:46 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes, what is it you do? Its nice to know people outside sports, that's for sure." Katie agreed, avoiding her friends eye. It was nice that someone else was a blusher. "So what are the rosy cheeks for?" She asked with a mischievous grin. It always happened to her and what better way to make friends. Or something like that. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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