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Halo's Cast (cast_no_shadow) wrote in mistaken_pieces,
@ 2009-01-30 22:00:00

Entry tags:

! ip, - 2020 september, - muggle london, [player: halo], [player: mandy], acevona sumner, ariana silver, darl rayne, neville longbottom

September 30, 2020 - Professor's Night Out
Who: Ari, Ace, Neville, Darl
Where: Muggle London
When: Friday evening
Rating: R. I mean. What?
Status: Closed, ongoing

Summary: baby did a bad, bad thing

There'd only been one tiny little incident, only because she really couldn't resist. But the magician must have been a newer sort, and still nervous in crowds because she'd flustered him a little. So she'd behaved the rest of the time, and made a note that the next time they did this ... she'd find a magician she was familiar with.

One who could take a joke.

"So," Ari said as she glanced over to her companions. "Where are we headed for drinks? The Leaky, The Three Bs, the Hogshead, or some Muggle establishment?"

It wasn't as though she'd have trouble with Muggle money, and they were all dressed like Muggles. It could be fun.

Acevona shook her head slightly. "Depends on how you're going to behave when you've had a few in you. Or, you can hand over your wand to me before you start drinking."

Ari looked affronted. "Hand over my wand? Just so I don't ..."

"Get in trouble?" Ace prompted. "Yes."

Acevona glanced to the men to see what their opinion on the matter was.

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unrulybehaviour
2009-02-08 03:10 am UTC (link)

Neville nodded. "Maybe I'm just getting confused," he agreed, frowning at his drink. Maybe they'd been worried about snow for Halloween, or something.

"It'll be be," Darl said to Acevona with a proud smirk, though he knew nothing of the sort. He wondered if they'd all be wrong, and the snow would come sometime in January. In which case, he'd be the closest anyway? He chuckled at his own thoughts.

Sipping the last of his drink, Neville smiled around the table. "So should we refill, or head in for the evening?"

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cast_no_shadow
2009-02-08 03:14 am UTC (link)

"Think Ariana's a step ahead of us on the refill bit," Ace murmured, pleased to see that the professor actually looked surprised she'd noticed. But when observation was your job - when missing a little motion could be the death of you - you learned quickly to notice everything. "But it is getting late, and I, for one, am looking forward to my bed."

Ari grinned a little before she took a large sip of her drink. "Surprised you noticed," she murmured to Ace before she offered her drink to Darl if he wanted a sip.

"I don't miss much," Ace murmured.

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unrulybehaviour
2009-02-08 06:03 pm UTC (link)

Darl grinned a bit, and made a face at the drink to indicate he was unimpressed by the... girlishness of it. But he offered Ari a sip of his Firewhiskey and took her up on her offer as well, his face showing surprise.

"It's good," he told her with a nod.

Neville half rolled his eyes before turning to Ace. "Would you like an escort?" he asked politely. "We could leave these two to their games."

He paused, turning to Ari and Darl. "Unless you're ready to depart now?" he asked carefully.

Darl blinked at Neville, mouth slightly open as he took a moment to process what was being asked. And then he figured it out. He was largely indifferent on the subject of departure and offered an awkward grin and a shoulder shrug, looking to Ari to see if she had an opinion.

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cast_no_shadow
2009-02-08 06:30 pm UTC (link)

"Games," she replied with a little grin before she glanced to Darl as well. "I suppose we can head in," she decided before she finished off her drink. Walking, would be interesting. But she reasoned as long as she didn't try to apparate to the gate, she should be all right.

Ace opted not to make a joke about Neville escorting her to her bed as the question had implied. Instead she nodded. "Looks like we're heading out," she murmured to him.

Pushing back from the table, she fished out some coins to pay for their drinks and leave a decent tip; she reasoned if they were going to be doing this again, someone else could pick it up next time.

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unrulybehaviour
2009-02-08 09:32 pm UTC (link)

Darl nodded with a smile, gripping the edge of the table to steady himself as he got to his feet. But once he was up, he was okay. He could feel his knees shaking a bit, but nothing he couldn't handle. He didn't think. He might have to have one hand gripping Neville's shoulder as they walked back, but he reasoned he could manage.

He grinned over at Ari, wondering how she was fairing.

Neville hadn't even noticed what he'd implied with the question, and nodded to Ace's statement. When she started pulling out money, he felt a slight twinge of guilt and began reaching into his own pockets to see if he could find some change.

"Here, let me pay for some," he murmured to her, putting some coins down on the table. Enough, he thought, to pay for his drink and Darl's, if not most of it. He thought that if Ace insisted on paying, he might have to insist on at least paying for his own.

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cast_no_shadow
2009-02-08 10:01 pm UTC (link)

"Next time," Ace said as she swept the money back toward Neville with a very firm expression in place. "Believe me, I know where you live," she pointed out. "And I'm sure we'll be doing this again," she continued. "As long as we can put up with Miss Silver's exuberance."

Ari grinned as she stood up as well, pausing to catch her balance before she started toward the door. She eased an arm around Darl's waist, a contented grin on her lips as she glanced up to him.

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unrulybehaviour
2009-02-09 05:43 pm UTC (link)

"If you're looking for support, I might not be the best one to be clinging to, Miss Silver," Darl said, but he wasn't completely oblivious to her intentions this time - it was mostly teasing now. "My legs tend to give out on me when I've had something to drink." Even as he said it, he started to ease his arm around her as well, to - uh - better hold her up.

And he tended to be a bit of a ham about it, but that wasn't really the point he was trying to make at the moment.

Neville frowned a bit at first, but accepted the money back, offering a smile to Ace. "You really should at least let me pay for mine..." he said hastily, wondering if she would even allow it. He glanced to Ace and Darl, shook his head, and started after them. Might as well let them go first, so if they stumbled and fell, at least there'd be someone behind them paying attention.

Though really, with the noise they were sure to be making, he wondered if it would even really matter.

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cast_no_shadow
2009-02-09 05:49 pm UTC (link)

"Support? No. This time I was going for warm," she said innocently, with as straight a face as she could manage. "I heard it was snowing outside, or something," she continued, her lips quivering before they pulled up into a grin.

"Though I suppose if it isn't snowing, I should let go of you?"

Ace shook her head slightly. "If it will make you feel better, Professor. I'd hate to cause you any discomfort. But I don't mind, really. And like I said ... I'm sure we'll be doing this again. You're welcome to call 'it' for picking up the tab next time. I promise not to interfere."

There was a softly teasing smile on her lips before she glanced to Ari and Darl.

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unrulybehaviour
2009-02-09 11:36 pm UTC (link)

"That's not for another month," Darl insisted, raising his hand to look in front of him and holding up one finger, brandishing the arm a few times so that his balance nearly upset. "End of November, I'm telling you. Remember remember..." he paused, his nose wrinkling slightly as he frowned. "Wait that's... wrong..." he said, as he grinned almost bemusedly.

"It would make me feel better," Neville assured her. Mostly because he didn't like letting other people handle something he was capable of doing himself. It made him feel like a pushover. Or as useless as he'd felt during his teen years. He knew that was silly, but he couldn't help it, so he offered her the coins again.

"I'll call it for next time, and you can pay for your own to make up for it," he offered. Though in all likelihood, he'd insist again to cover the tab entirely at that time as well.

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cast_no_shadow
2009-02-10 12:14 am UTC (link)

"Well, we'll see," Ari teased him lightly, resting her head briefly against his shoulder before tilting her head to kiss his cheek softly. She didn't stay like that for long though; right now, walking required a little bit of focus.

Acevona chuckled. "Suppose if we ever go out on a date I'll know better than to offer to pay," Ace murmured to him before she held out a hand. She wouldn't want him losing sleep over a few sickles for a drink, after all.

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