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Tweak says, "Queer as Tweak."

Seamus Finnigan (openbottle) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-08-24 14:10:00

Entry tags:

character: alicia spinnet, character: dean thomas, character: dominic chambers, character: ernie macmillan, character: george weasley, character: hannah abbott, character: harry potter, character: lavender brown, character: oliver wood, character: seamus finnigan, character: susan bones, status: complete

Dean's Birthday!
Who: Open to: Dean, Seamus, Dominic, Susan, Ernie, Alicia, Lavender, Oliver, Harry, Hannah, George.
What: Dean's birthday party
Where: The Roost
When: Sunday afternoon/evening/night?
Rating: SFW - for now

There had been no big shouts of 'surprise', Seamus knew Dean far too well for that. He'd just lead him up to The Roost after Battlescars and let him push the door open to reveal a sandy floor, warm salt-and-coconut scented air and a 'Starry Night' sky. There was a bar at one end of the room, stocked and ready for people to help themselves (Seamus wasn't working tonight, though he'd doubtless end up there showing off his cocktail skills at some point). Along the side wall were tables for the food, already containing Aunt Rose's jerk chicken and Seamus's attempt at a pineapple upside down cake, vastly outdone by Aileen Finnigan's cherry cheesecake next to it. The rest of the large room was scattered with deckchairs, apart from a small decked area for dancing. The music of steel drums floated from nowhere and despite the bleak grey sky outside the room glowed with sunlight.

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Re: Alicia and Dominic (and Open)

knowhow
2014-08-27 05:45 pm UTC (link)

"You know us Ravenclaws. Can't let out brains sit still for too long." That trait at least he shared with most of the other Ravenclaws he'd met.

He nodded at Alicia's words, suddenly wondering if he could design a playground from scratch, inside where the parents wouldn't have to worry about weather or strangers. The Roost was high-ceilinged enough for it - he'd made sure of that when he'd renovated the building. "Wood chips or that... rubbery tarmac stuff," he confirmed and raised his glass in return. "Mostly just finished. The journals are all set at last." They'd taken him months. Nearly a year, in fact. Not full-time, of course, but here and there. "I hope you've got one already? And there was this." He waved a hand at the room around them.

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Alicia and Dominic (and Open)

_alicia_
2014-08-27 10:56 pm UTC (link)

Alicia’s smile turned slightly wistful. She really did know those Ravenclaws. Even her Quidditch jock of a brother, Nigel, had been like that; constantly churning and either analysing or creating new angles and strategies.

She nodded, pleased – though not entirely surprised – that Dominic had known what she was talking about. At least it seemed that they were on the same page, and that was a pretty good place to start out from. “I did!” she grinned. “They’re really great. Now I just need to use it for something other than answering Wood’s hungover cry for help,” she nodded towards Oliver who looked to be a few moments away from making a pass at Harry, “or telling Pucey to get going. You really hit the Bludger with those.”

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Re: Alicia and Dominic (and Open)

knowhow
2014-08-29 01:20 pm UTC (link)

Alicia's compliment was obviously genuinely, and Dominic smiled. "The things I do for my friends," he said before taking another swig of his beer. "I could be getting rich of this, and instead..." He honestly didn't mind. He had money, and Seamus had paid him for the work he'd put in. Just not as much as he'd probably have made if he'd sold the journals himself. He followed her glance over to Oliver, raising his eyebrows slightly. Susan and Oliver looked very comfortable together. Harry, not so much, though Dominic didn't really know him well enough to judge.

"I look forward to your first journal entry, though if you ever need to cry for help it's probably quicker to owl." He was so used to having the journals (many of them) around his flat that he was having trouble getting into the habit of actually checking his own now that they were live.

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Re: Alicia and Dominic (and Open)

_alicia_
2014-08-29 10:12 pm UTC (link)

“…instead you’re making people connect,” Alicia finished Dominic’s sentence, though that was probably not what he hadn’t said. “You’ve got the ultimate proof of your ingenuity in the hands of I don’t know how many people, and someday someone’s going to wonder what else you can come up with?” With a slight shrug she smirked at him. “Who knows? Maybe some wealthy widow will take you under your wing, keep you on retainer for all her… construction needs. It could happen.” For a moment she watched Oliver and Susan, a small frown appearing on her brow. She loved them both dearly and could easily imagine both of them having fun together; she just really didn’t want to have a to cause a scene to rescue Oliver’s ass if things went wrong with Susan and more importantly, she would hate for things to be weird between them.

“Oh!” Alicia chuckled. “I wouldn’t rely on the journals for actual cry of help, but once you get someone on the journal, they’re priceless and so much easier and faster to use than Owls and Floo.” She paused for a moment. “Do you think it would be possible to add a Charm to it that would alert you when someone put a message out?”

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Re: Alicia and Dominic (and Open)

knowhow
2014-08-31 02:19 pm UTC (link)

Dominic laughed openly at Ali's suggestion. "I don't even know what else I can come up with," he admitted. "Inventing isn't really my line. The journals were Seamus's idea, I just had to work out how to implement it because Rowena knows he doesn't have the patience or the grounding in experimental charms." Not that Seamus was stupid, far from it, but he'd never actually finished his NEWTs and his seventh year, in terms of quality education, had been poor preparation.

He shook his head. "Wealthy widows can look elsewhere. I'm no one-woman man and I like having multiple projects on the go." That was literally true, and also true of his love life - though of course he didn't think of his efforts there as 'projects'.

"It should be possible," he agreed. "I haven't incorporated it into the basic model because different people want different things, but it should be easy enough to make the journal react to a new message. Maybe I should let people know I can show them how, or do it for them. But not everyone wants it to make a noise, for example, if they're going to be taking it to work."

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