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Tweak says, "My shoes are too tight"

Pandora Montgomery (pandacharms) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-10-05 20:04:00

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character: pandora montgomery, character: richard summerby

Who: Dora and Richard

What: Moving into the new flat

Where: Clink St.

When: around 3pm

Rating: SFW for now

Pandora made certain to be on time. She actually left early to make sure she could find it, and didn't have too much of a problem. She'd thrown all her (rather few) belongings into one of her self-made extra-dimensional containers and paid her landlord the last of what she owed him, dismantled her over-the-top wards, and headed on over. She didn't bother to wear long sleeves today, but enjoyed the cooler quality of short ones, and didn't bother to cover up her Mark.

After all, Richard already knew about it and had seen it before, and it was nice to have an element of comfort for once without having to hide parts of herself.

She pushed her hair back and looked around for Richard, knowing she was in the right place. This was a very nice area, and one she had a feeling she'd be more comfortable in than her former very poor housing. She'd grown up with money, and the last years had been rough in a way because it was so very different, though she was rather too proud to admit it.

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the_richard
2014-10-09 02:14 pm UTC (link)

"You remember I own this building? Am partners on most of the block?" Rich snorted a soft laugh. "This is an upscale neighborhood, even if it is muggle. The big flat, up above mine? Usually rented to rich tourists for 1000 galleons a week. And this is just a sideline. Not to mention, how much is my arse worth, if yours is between it and trouble? Hufflepuffs are loyal and hardworking. Says so on the box. Stupid is nowhere in the product description."

He was silent as he ran the tip of his healing wand over the cut he had given her, the moved the wand to her head to cast a general restorative.

"Barn in bumfuck Scotland, a Death Eater and two snatchers," he said softly. "Beginning of Voldemort's reign. Had the knowledge of fighting, didn't have the experience doing it for real. I do now."

"Good." He nodded. "And it was a fun little practice. unpack, get settled in, use the hot tub up here if you need to get the rest of the kinks out. Remember everyone else but us around here is muggle if you practice on the roof. Most of 'em are used enough to me running on the streets every morning and doing kata up here so just about anything but overt magic will be fine. If you really want to blend in, and want to stay with that sleeveless look, you might consider going for a whole tattoo sleeve. The Dark Mark is startling. An entire sleeve, or two, is a fashion statement."

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pandacharms
2014-10-09 09:40 pm UTC (link)

"Yes, well, darling, doesn't mean you should spend that kind of money on me," she drawled, playing up the bored upper class Scots accent she'd been born into. She didn't say that her father wouldn't have sponsored her in such a manner, even if he'd been alive, around, or whatever had happened to him. "Yeah, never did buy that 'bunch of duffers' fodderall some people were selling in school," she said.

"Yeah, sucks, doesn't it," she said in the same soft voice. She felt both sympathy and a hard, sudden aversion to adding to the conversation with more than her dueling background, at least at the moment. She liked Richard; she felt a great affinity and kindred quality with him. But some things, talking about came incredibly hard to her, when she even remembered everything to do with them or not.

She sat up and then rose to her feet, feeling a few pangs through the not quite as distant haze. "Definitely fun," she agreed. She'd needed that, actually, more than she'd thought. She stretched, arms going up above her head and back arching. "I'll do my best, Richard. I've not been in the Muggle world but maybe ten times in my life, not counting managing to get here today," she said bluntly. "I've never in my life really had to hide my magic." Her parents had never taken them into the Muggle world, even though she knew her mother's job often brought her in contact there. They hadn't been blood purists, but they sure hadn't let her out in it.

Her arm curled protectively against her chest, hiding the tattoo and covering up the inner flutter of panic she felt at the unexpected suggestion. "True," she said. Then, truthfully, "I've considered getting another tattoo. I'll think on it." There was a vast and infinitely complicated morass of emotions associated with the Mark and then with tattoos, one she had yet to really delve into.

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the_richard
2014-10-10 02:21 am UTC (link)

"Think of yourself as an investment on my part." Rich shrugged. "Putting you on a retainer and picking up some of your equipment, which is what the official paperwork just happens to say, may or may not be cheaper in the long run than hired guns. But hired guns are just that, hired. Bringing somebody in and training them in the IE way of doing business, giving them a shot at a piece of the take... You can't buy loyalty. But even a business can earn it."

"It's a mean world out there, and getting meaner. There's still a fair number of knuts out there to be made though. Don't even know if it will work out in the long run, be cost effective for the company. Doesn't affect the agreement between you and I. But if it does work, I can see us having our own security and disaster response team on staff."

"We survived." He shrugged again. That doesn't suck. May have been a time when I wasn't too sure about that. I'm getting over it."

Rich nodded. "My time is limited, but I'll help when I can. Probably could bribe one of the bright young office assistants to drop by and give you lessons in muggleation, or you're free to find your own teacher. I'll be honest here. The wizarding world is limited. There's much more business out there for me to do with muggles. They're just people like us, use technology instead of magic, do things we can't do as a matter of fact, and have pretty much the same hopes and aims we do."

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pandacharms
2014-10-10 12:24 pm UTC (link)

She nodded, conceding to him in this. She couldn't help that she ... distrust wasn't the word, but was wary about matters of money when she had so little herself currently. Pandora would work hard to earn the opportunity he was giving her, however.

"I look forward to seeing what I can do to help out," she said. Kicking a little arse for money was rather appealing; after all, it was in a variation what she'd done for several years.

She lifted one shoulder. She wasn't so sure she agreed, but she wasn't prepared to argue at the moment. Some days she would agree, but right now she was tiring and in a weird headspace.

Dora smiled at him gratefully. "I appreciate that. I'll let you know what I need in the next week or so." She agreed, at least to an extent, about the Muggle world; however, she thought the wizarding world had a lot left to offer as well.

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	the_richard 2014-10-10 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	"Right then," Rich returned his healing wand to the sheath below his back collar. "Any other questions or problems that need to be handled now? If not, I'm for getting cleaned up and heading back to work." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

pandacharms
2014-10-11 02:00 am UTC (link)

"Not right now, but thank you, Richard," she told him, giving him a broad and genuine smile. She felt the urge to hug him or kiss his cheek, but held back; she didn't yet feel familiar enough with him to risk such liberties, even meant purely in gratitude for what he was doing for her. "I'll just settle in and everything. You have a good rest of your day at work. Don't overwork yourself."

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