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Tweak says, "It's only time."

hopalongcharlie (hopalongcharlie) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-09-10 15:13:00

Entry tags:

character: charlie weasley, character: dean thomas, character: seamus finnigan, status: complete

Rewards for doing the books
Who: Charlie Weasley, Seamus Finnigan, ?Dean Thomas, open
What: Doing the book deserves a drink
Where: Finnigan's - Common Room
When: Late afternoon/early evening
Rating: NSFW - language

After spending his 'weekend' (Monday and Tuesday to everybody else) relaxing, Charlie spent his now traditional Wednesday afternoon looking over the books. He had spent time running through and comparing the takings from the bar, the cloakroom, and the door with previous weeks, and looking at the days against one another. It looked like things were on track for him to pay back the small loan he'd taken out from Gringotts to supplement his own investment in plenty of time, which the goblins always appreciated. He noted, with pleasure, that numbers and profits were steady, if not rising slightly after the initial drop off after the opening weekend.

Now, however, it was time for a drink. After all the wrangling with numbers his head was starting to spin slightly and drinking his own merchandise was only going to hurt his profit margins so he closed up the books and warded both his office and the club itself and set off for the short walk to Finnigan's.

Arriving he made his way to the bar and dropped himself on a free stool, feeling the tension of business begin to drop away from him in the cosy surroundings of the pub.

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artistdean
2014-09-12 11:46 pm UTC (link)

"Well you apparently have vegetables, so I assumed there's be some fruit around as well," he said, shaking his head slightly at his apparent failure of logic. Then he scooped up some rice, poked the end of his fork into the sauce and transferred it to his mouth. Immediately he started to blink rapidly, opening his mouth and trying to cool it down by waving his hand.

"Oops," he said sheepishly after he'd managed to swallow.

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openbottle
2014-09-13 08:37 pm UTC (link)

Seamus snorted. "So keen to try my cooking you burned you mouth?" he teased, offering Dean the bottle of cider to cool down - one swallow wouldn't affect the potions as far as Seamus knew. "You're ridiculous."

He shrugged off Dean's comment about the fruit. "I buy fruit, and then it just goes soft and moudly because I might remember to eat one peach in a week but there's no way I'm going to remember to eat four or five. At least I can put vegetables in real food."

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artistdean
2014-09-13 08:54 pm UTC (link)

"'tup," Dean replied, grabbing the bottle and taking a smallish gulp of the cool liquid then sticking his tongue out to finish cooling it down. He crossed his eyes trying to see the end, then snorted at how ridiculous he must look and sucked his tongue back in. "Thanks."

"So buy bananas and when they get too black send 'em to me and I'll make cake with them. I get your point though."

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openbottle
2014-09-13 09:36 pm UTC (link)

Seamus sat back so he could watch Dean go cross-eyed, muffling his giggles in his fist and trying not to dislodge the plate from his lap. "How can I shut up when you go and prove my point so beautifully?" He peered at Dean's tongue before he put it away. "No damage, so far as I can tell. If you want a thorough check you'll have to ask someone else." He wriggled his eyebrow suggestively, certain in the knowledge Dean would not be taking him up on this suggestion.

"But I don't always want bananas," he pointed out as if this were a really serious conversation. "Also, I've decided I don't actually like grapes. They're really convenient and I'll eat them but they just don't taste that nice."

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artistdean
2014-09-13 10:36 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Dean said, brushing Seamus off with a wave of the hand still holding his fork. "I'll live, just a bit scorched. Apparently I'm hungrier than I thought." He just rolled his eyes at Seamus' suggestion. It wasn't like that was going anywhere with anyone at the moment.

Dean started to eat again, very carefully blowing on his food to make sure it was cool before it went into his mouth. "Huh, okay. No grapes for you then." Some of their conversations were incredibly random. This appeared to be just another example.

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openbottle
2014-09-13 11:36 pm UTC (link)

Seamus nodded seriously - he was like that with soup, never patient enough not to scorch himself. He didn't eat quite as carefully as Dean, but he did endeavour to have some rice with each mouthful of sauce which helped cool it down. He smile, satisfied with his work of feeding his hungry best mate. "This is what you have us for."

Seamus waved his bottle of cider. "Not no grapes. They're still the easiest fruit to just eat without really thinking about it, you know?" It was a thought that made perfect sense in his head. Peaches, pears, bananas, apples - you had to really commit to eating one, it could take several minutes (time Seamus often didn't have). Grapes you could just pop into your mouth until they were all gone. "I don't want to get scurvy."

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artistdean
2014-09-15 10:46 am UTC (link)

"Hey, I managed to get myself out of the studio all on my own today!" Dean protested. He wasn't going to point out that he'd done it because of his alarm, or the owl. Plus sometimes he managed that, even when he was stressed.

"Okay, so some grapes then, Mr. Contrary," he said, shooting Seamus a look was meant to say 'you are being an unhelpful idiot'. "Besides, you could drink juice, it's easier." Dean was admittedly rather fond of fruit and tended to keep some at the studio. Not only was it a handy snack you could usually eat while painting it also came in handy as props or still-life material. Admittedly it did sometimes go off a bit when he forgot to eat.

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