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Ignorance is Bliss (ignorant_bliss) wrote in mistaken_pieces,
@ 2008-12-22 09:19:00

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! rp, - 2020 august, - diagon alley, [player: halo], [player: jade], hans erwan, tristan moore

Diagon Alley Shopping
Who: Hans Erwan, Tristan Moore
When: August 22, 2020 - afternoon.
Where: Diagon Alley, Apothecary
Status: Complete
Summary: Hans heads out to Diagon Alley to get his school shopping out of the way. First up is the apothecary where Hans immediately regrets his heightened sense of smell. Tristan roams over to have a chat and teach him the fine art of picking out working ingredients for potions. The two joke around a bit more before Hans finally decides to move off and finish up his shopping.

Han took a deep breath through his nose before tapping the appropriate blocks on the stone wall behind the Leakey Cauldron. As the passage into Diagon Alley appeared, he relaxed a little, feeling less tense than he had ever since the distraction of the last Tri-Wizard task had ended.

He couldn’t begin to explain how freeing it was to step back into an obviously magical environment. This was the longest time he had ever spent around the muggle population – he still didn’t know how he was supposed to act around them. Luckily, his thick accent had acted as enough of an explanation for his strange behavior to most muggles.

Shaking that thought off, Hans struck out down the street, making straight for the apothecary first. He had struggled a bit deciphering the letter from Hogwarts (something he took as a bad sign), but from what he could gather, he would need to buy several different ingredients for the Potions class this term.

The blond wrinkled his nose as he stepped into the shop and the strength of the smell hit him.

Had it always smelled so terrible, or was it some side effect of the lycanthropy? Perhaps the warmer air of Britain caused the ingredients to have a stronger odor…?

Whichever it was, Hans stood awkwardly in the door for a moment with his arm lifted to cover his nose in a vain attempt to block the smell.

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cast_no_shadow
2008-12-22 12:20 pm UTC (link)

"Interesting enough, but I find anything on Wolfsbane fascinating. Especially tips, tricks, and shortcuts." He paused before answering the next question.

"Not all of it, no. They make you get extra for when you muck it up," he said, grinning. "But ... yeah. These are just the ... non-standard things that they don't usually keep at school. Or keep enough of." Or something. He'd never really gotten it, either - especially since there'd always been stores of the things for students who had 'forgotten' to go shopping for the ingredients.

Tris continued to rifle through the leaves, pulling out the ones that looked good and setting them aside. Since he reasoned Hans was going to need them, too, he pulled out more than he would have for himself, separating them into two piles.

	ignorant_bliss 2008-12-22 04:56 pm UTC (link)
	Hans struggled to fight down a grin at Tristan's antics. "It is the cold air," he explained slowly. "None of us enjoy potions. I haff trouble even thinking of them without being filled with non-love." Pausing to fight down the urge to laugh for another moment, Hans gestured vaguely. "You vill haff to soldier on. It is the only vay, I am thinking." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cast_no_shadow 2008-12-22 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	Tris blinked. "I thought that was our goal? Getting you expelled?" He grinned. "But that is an excellent plan - though then the firsties will think they can get expelled and come back." He shook his head. "Anyway, I'm a very bad influence. Lan's worse, though I'm sure you knew that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cast_no_shadow 2008-12-22 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	"You should hire a first year to do it for you," he said, nodding. "But all right. In that case, I'll see you 'round. On the train if not after. Though you should be in my house, really. I can't very well be competing with a wolf in another house." He winked to Hans before he turned to continue his own shopping, leaving the boy to take off as he would. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ignorant_bliss 2008-12-22 11:06 pm UTC (link)
	"You vill haff to start vishing now. Vot vith mine being the vinning house, vhichever it might be." Hans laughed quietly to himself before gathering up his supplies and heading off to purchase them with a farewell wave. Ravenclaw was the witty house, wasn't it? Hans wasn't sure how much of a fit he was on wit. He would find out when September rolled around. (Reply to this) (Parent)