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Tweak says, "don't have a cow"

abidingpercy (abidingpercy) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-09-14 13:30:00

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character: lisa turpin, character: percy weasley, character: richard summerby

Who: Percy and OPEN
What: Sunday in the park with Percy and Lucy
Where: Monument Alley Park
When: September 14, afternoon
Status: Open / ongoing

"Please, Daddy?" Five and a half year old eyes looked up at Percy pleadingly.

"Oh, all right," he replied, looking as if he was making a great sacrifice by granting her wish, though it was no sacrifice at all. "Lift up your arms and hold on tight."

She did as instructed, practically vibrating with excitement as Percy lifted her into his arms. He couldn't resist a quick buss of her cheek as he swung her around and over to the wishing well where he perched her on the edge and wrapped his arms around her tightly in case she slipped. She looked down into the well, delighted beyond words, and from his sleeve he drew out a single coin.

"You know what to do."

She took the coin with overly careful fingers before screwing her eyes shut, moving her lips as she thought really hard, then opened her eyes to toss the coin into the well. As the coin hit the water with a splash, she squealed in delight.

"So, what did you wish for?" he asked as he did every time she made a wish at the well, and she responded the same way every time.

"I can't tell you that, Daddy. It won't come true!"

"That's exactly right, Pumpkin."

He lifted her from the edge of the well and swung her back to the ground, taking a moment to fix a lock of ginger hair before letting her go. He watched her run off to one of the flower beds, her red and gold robes bouncing along with her. He sighed happily. These were the days he lived for.

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the_richard
2014-09-17 03:34 am UTC (link)

Father and I have that one place over on Diagon proper, so I've been in and out of here quite a bit. This is just the first time I've really had a look at the traffic and watched shoppers." Rich shrugged. "Like I said, it will depend on the budget I have to play with. We just picked up the last building on our side of Clink Street, and it's a right proper fifteen-hundreds rabbit warren all chopped up into little cubbyholes, and the plumbing must date back to the Romans. Going to cost a bit to renovate and modernize. Rather work with cash than get a bank loan, so I may have to pass the Alley up."

His smile grew bigger. "If I'm not around to bring in a big bag of goodness from Sweet Nothings on Monday morning, the office boys are sent on an expedition. I've created a bunch of sugar addicts. The old gentlemen have even been known to swing by on their way home to get an order for the house."

"I know about Logan's shop. Truth be told, I've got a little place of my own up on the north side near the track where I work on my own brooms. You ever want a hand-made custom job, or a modified stock broom, let me know. I wouldn't have any concerns about you mucking about with the charms, so I could go right up the edge of what's legal without worrying about you going over. Takes me about three hours to do a decent modified, if you want to come learn the tricks. Build your Lucy a proper kid's broom at the same time if you like."

Richard was a broom enthusiast as well as a racer. It was his opinion that everybody else would be as much an enthusiast as he was, given the chance.

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abidingpercy
2014-09-17 05:57 pm UTC (link)

Percy was about to respond when he felt a tugging on his robes. He looked down to see Lucy's smiling face and her hand held out with a handful of flowers complete with roots intact. "Daddy, do you think we can plant these at home? They're pretty and would look nice under the window."

He looked from her to the flower beds and finally spotted where she had uprooted the flowers from and groaned softly. "Lucy, what did I tell you about taking flowers from the public garden? You've gone and gotten dirty, too."

"But Daddy, they're pretty. Maybe your friend would like some."

He looked apologetically up at Richard. "This is Mister Summersby, and I don't think he would like some right now. I think they'd be much prettier in the garden, don't you agree Mr. Summersby?" His eyes held a note of desperation and he hoped Richard would play along for now.

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	the_richard 2014-09-17 07:33 pm UTC (link)
	Rich did his best to keep a smile off his face. "Your father is right, Lucy. The flowers are here for everybody to enjoy, everybody's flowers. If you took them home, nobody else could see them. Don't you think that would be a little selfish of you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

abidingpercy
2014-09-18 01:32 am UTC (link)

Lucy pouted and looked down at the flowers in her hand. "But I just wanted something pretty to bring home, and we could plant them together."

Percy lowered himself so that he could look her in the eye and with a finger under he chin, lifted her face up. "We can still plant them together, just here where everyone can enjoy them. How does that sound."

The rapidity with which her pout turned into a grin let him know that he'd just been played and had fallen for a ploy for attention, but he couldn't begrudge her the effort. He looked up at Richard with a helpless shrug. "Well, I suppose we have a little gardening to do. All right, I'll send you an owl this week about the brooms, and we'll talk further once we've had a chance to get a look at the specs." He stood up and smiled. "It was nice to see you again, Richard. Perhaps we'll see you a little more often once you've made a few more purchases in the neighbourhood."

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