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Penelope Clearwater (summerbird) wrote in plotb,
@ 2015-10-01 12:50:00

Taking a page out of Emily's book, I'm going to call out for some connections here too.

Meet Melinda Bobbin (it's a preliminary profile, but the general idea of her is in there). Hufflepuff, 1997, Maître Pâtissier (or pastry chef) and (part?) owner of Sweet Nothings in Aeri Alley, a cake shop with it's only little cafe section. She's Cho's cousin, and that's about the only connection I have for her.

So I am looking for connections for her and am offering her up for just about any kind of plot.

Business partners: are there someone who works as a baker or a barista who would be working with her? Co-Owner? Who did she borrow the start-up funds for the shop from? Was it the wrong kind of people, and now they're out to collect? Or could her dreams of doing a cook book or a baking show be coming true? Cake decorating lessons?

Friends: are always nice, of course.

Romantic connections: either past, present, or current. Could there be an ex out there, maybe even someone who was more than just a long-time boyfriend?

Basically, I'm offering up this (literally) sweet girl for both fluff and drama, and someone who knows her regular customers' favourites.

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galer
2015-10-01 02:49 pm UTC (link)

Yay! Hufflepuffs!!

Susan would know her from school. She too enjoys the baking arts so maybe in school they could have bonded over that? Maybe shared recipe's and such? General Hufflepuff adorableness I suspect.

Unfortunately, I suspect all my other children wouldn't really have a connection to her. :( The only other thing I could offer would be late at night Ed might pee on her building since he hates all things sweet treats. lol But yaaa know. That wouldn't really be a connection. Haha

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summerbird
2015-10-01 09:58 pm UTC (link)

Ha! And now I have this image in my head of Melinda yelling "GET OFF MY LAWN!" after Eddie in the middle of the night... Oh, and the hating all things sweet treats? Yeah, I think Millicent's like that too. I mean, with Frankie in the family and all.

Anyway, I can't believe I forgot about Susan! But yes, I can see them getting along and opening her kitchen to, well, either share a recipe or show some technique she's just learned that Susan could benefit from, too. Bonding over baking and recipes, yes (Kat is tired and wired).

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	unsplinched 2015-10-02 09:14 pm UTC (link)
	Lol THANKS Frankie. But yes! Susan/Melinda shall be baking mates! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	silviya 2015-10-02 12:37 am UTC (link)
	Percy never did figure out his ex was.... :D My girls are also up for being friends! Other than Cho, of course, who is all ready her friend, of course. Also: what year did she borrow the money? I'm sure Cho could have easily convinced her husband (haha). (Reply to this) (Thread)

summerbird
2015-10-02 07:19 am UTC (link)

Oh, Percy! Right now I just want to cuddle him and throw all the world's niceness and sweetness at him and assure him that everything will be alright.

I could see Percy and Melinda working out, for a while, and then failing. We should brainstorm.

As for the money, I need to get my act together and email Jenn about when Aeri Alley came to be, because it would have been around that time that she started up Sweet Nothings. Unless, of course, it was like *right* after the war.

Fin would totally loan her the money - or invest them, as he would claim it is... or even more likely: Ailfrid! - but for the sake of plottiness, I figured I'd offer her up for having made a stupid decision :P

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