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Peter Pettigrew (p__pettigrew) wrote in hogwarts_dawn,
@ 2021-05-23 10:26:00

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character: marlene mckinnon, character: peter pettigrew

RP: Peter and Marly
Who: Peter and Marly
When: 23rd May
Where: Muggle London
What: They discover the city.

They signed up to go out and said that they would be gone the entire day. Peter figured that they were likely to return sooner, but this way they'd have leeway. Once they arrived to the Leaky, they started walking, watching stores that didn't exist in their times, selling things that they wouldn't have even imagined. Peter was looking for the cameras now that he knew what to look for and pointed them out to Marly. There were cameras everywhere. "There's no way to Apparate without being caught," he said at a certain point.

They walked for hours until they found their ways to Piccadilly Circus. "Look! It's Fortnum & Mason. It's been there since the 19th century. Their sweets are amazing. We should have lunch somewhere and then on the way back we can buy some sweets, or maybe even sit down for tea. Mum used to take me at the end of the day. It's when they have to get rid of everything they made so everything is dirt cheap," he said, chuckling. "We can even get some tea for the castle. We couldn't afford it most times, but when things were on sale, we splurged."

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marlymckinnon
2021-05-26 09:04 pm UTC (link)

"Some people like to talk and some people like to talk a lot before they do. And others do and then talk about it. So that makes sense. And healers have to do both at the same time," she said with a chuckle. "Who doesn't love a good scavenger hunt?" She said, overly pleased with the idea. It meant the trip wouldn't be cut short. Wandering was grand and all but wandering with a purpose was always best.

"Yes. I guess if we wanted that we could just get any old camera we want. We could maybe do that, although I always preferred magical pictures. Why stand still when you can move," she said with a little wiggly of her fingers. "It would be really great if you could."

You heard things walking around the castle and over the journals but all the specifics you really had to ask. She knew people had disappeared and there was something to do with memories, but the finer details she hadn't the opportunity to ask about. She could tell from the way Peter had said the name that they had been close. It wasn't hard to tell, she could hear it in his voice. "I'm very sorry Peter," she said sympathetically. "That you lost someone here. I hoped loss would be something we could avoid for a while."

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p__pettigrew
2021-05-26 09:47 pm UTC (link)

"They definitely like to talk a lot, then talk some more, and then possibly discuss and then do," he said, laughing. "If we had talked that much, we would have never become animagi." Peter was definitely up for looking for a camera. "It's good to have a purpose, isn't it? Maybe that's what we've been missing. Hogwarts gives us everything, so after a while you get bored."

Peter grinned. "Well, let's get the developing and setting liquids just in case. At worst, they will be thrown out. On the other hand, we might need it for magical pictures, so it's not a waste of money."

He nodded. "She was Cassandra Trelawney, the Seer. She was also terribly young, funny and kind and we were friends. I thought we might become more than friends with time. She came from a different century so things were going slow, but- I miss her. She was so young and this was supposed to be her second chance too, so I'm not taking anything for granted."

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marlymckinnon
2021-05-27 12:19 am UTC (link)

How the Marauders managed to become Animagi at such a young age had always impressed her. It was an extraordinary thing that tied them together. Although that was then and this was now, still she thought it the perfect example of just how close the group was and how tragic it truly was that things had fallen apart in the end. But she kept that to herself, still bright eyed and exuberant. "Everything except a camera," Marlene quipped. "It does get a little boring every now and then. It's been pretty quiet since I got here."

"And it's just money," she agreed. "What else do we have to spend it on right now anyway. We might as well find something fun to do with it."

"Nobody should ever take anything for granted," she agreed with a nod. "I'm sure if you thought so well of her she was truly lovely." It was sad, she thought and she tried to hide it. So much uncertainty was all around them all the time, but they had to push forward.

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p__pettigrew
2021-05-27 12:55 am UTC (link)

"Everything but a camera, but anything for our basic needs is right there. Board, room, no real need to work if we didn't want to," he pointed out. "And since we're locked out from the outside world, we don't really have any - dare I say it - ambition."

He agreed with her about the money. "Once upon a time, I would have had to worry about every knut, but now we can splurge and it'll be all right."

He smiled at the memory of Cassandra. "She was. I think you would have liked her. She knew all sorts of things we didn't know just because she grew up in a different century. But her loss has made me braver in a way. I probably wouldn't have had the courage to ask you to join me today, but now, I've decided that I'm not going to be afraid of rejection. At worse, people tell me no, and on that note, why don't we go find lunch."

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marlymckinnon
2021-05-27 12:12 pm UTC (link)

"Slytherin's can find ambition anywhere and in any situation I think, so don't count that out," she said with a laugh. That and other things, they were often more trouble than a help, she thought. Often but not always. "Although I think your right about that."

Smiling in turn, Marlene knew she would have liked her. She just had that hunch, and Peter's fondness for the woman was validation enough of her assumption. "Some change is good change," she agreed, "I'm happy you asked, you know. Who else can I count on to take me on a tour of muggle London?" She said with a nod. "Let's have lunch."

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