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Alicia Spinnet (unspun) wrote in strugglewithin,
@ 2008-11-18 21:53:00

Entry tags:

*complete, alicia spinnet, august 1997, verity de luca

RP: Girl Talk
Characters: Verity De Luca, Alicia Spinnet
Place: Diagin Alley
Date: 18 August 1997
Summary: The girls catch up on what's been going on and discuss the disturbing developments in Diagon.
Status: Private/Complete

Alicia came down the steps of Gringotts, a leather binder with some work documents under one arm, along with the rather disturbing paperwork she'd been asked to fill out earlier today. It was a very innoucuous looking form, but nonetheless, it bothered her, particularly with everything going on lately.

She had made plans to have drinks and some sort of food with Verity after work, and she headed down the pavement towards Fred and George's shop, wondering if they'd heard anything about the forms.

Her bootheels seemed loud on the cobblestones, and it seemed unusually empty for this time of day, which was strange. Almost as if everyone was holed up still at work or at home. She shrugged off the odd feeling it gave her and pushed in the door of the joke shop, noting Verity was alone behind the counter.

"Oi, Sweetheart," she said, grinning at the sight of Verity counting the money in the register. "Those totals better not be off when the money comes to the bank."

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unspun
2008-11-18 09:42 pm UTC (link)

Alicia made a vague, almost orgasmic sounding moan. "The Emperor's Phoenix it is then. I can definitely do with some Spring Rolls. And some of those yummy dumplings." She squeezed Verity's arm as they walked, feeling a bit better now that they were out on the pavement together.

"How are Fred and George?" she asked. "Treating you right? You know if they don't I'll beat them up for you." They turned into the archway that led into the quiet, lantern lit corridors of the Chinese restaurant.

The hostess brightened as she saw them, and Alicia realized with a start that they were almost the only patrons, short of an old couple in the far back.

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veritas_amor
2008-11-18 09:45 pm UTC (link)

Alicia's moan-thing had Verity looking at her askance, raising her eyebrows. "You all right there, Spinnet?" Thankfully the restaurant wasn't too far down the Alley.

"They're great. You know I love working for them, even if my parents think that it's a dead-end job. But it's fun. Besides," she added with a smirk, "those two need someone to keep them in line." Not that she did a terrific job of that. Usually she was right in the mess with them whenever possible.

Wow, and they were practically the only people here. Odd.

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unspun
2008-11-18 09:49 pm UTC (link)

"Just completely starving," she said as they were shown to their table.

She took her menu and looked it over, thinking that maybe she could also get some sort of Schezuan dish. She could always take the leftovers home.

"They completely do," she said. "Even if they don't realize it themselves."

They placed their order, and she took a long grateful sip from the beer the waiter placed before her, in its intricate little bottle.

"So what else have you been up to?" she asked. "I feel like I haven't seen you all summer."

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veritas_amor
2008-11-18 09:56 pm UTC (link)

"Oh, me too." She slid into her seat, grabbing the menu immediately and scanning over it. Dumplings. Those sounded good. Fried rice, too, and maybe some seafood type thing. She tried not to think about how much Mickey loved fried rice, or how she had finally mastered the art of the fork without flinging her food all over herself and everyone else.

"Not much. Mostly working. Took some vacation time to spend with my family, and we went on a trip. Barbados. Mum loves it." And so had Mickey, and she'd been so cute splashing around in the surf in her teeny little bathing suit.

Verity sighed, willing herself to snap out of it. She was out with her friend. Having fun, damn it.

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unspun
2008-11-18 10:06 pm UTC (link)

"So that's where you've been off too." It was odd. Verity had been a lot different when they were younger. Not that she wasn't still full of fun and vivacious, but she seemed a lot more preoccupied now, a lot less likely to pick up and go out with the rest of them. She wondered how much else had changed in the year that she'd been gone from the rest of them. Katie, for example. She hadn't seen her nearly enough since she'd been back. Part of it could be what had happened to her, but also, just maybe people drifted apart a little.

Of course they all had a lot on their minds lately.

"Sounds like fun," she said absently, her hand going back to the binder.

"Ver? Did you hear anything about this registration form that people are supposed to be filling out? Did you get one?"

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veritas_amor
2008-11-18 10:18 pm UTC (link)

"Yep. There and at home, mostly." Taking care of her daughter. Working. Trying not to seem like she was freaking out that she couldn't seem to make up her mind anymore. Merlin. She was- no, she was just going to ignore all of this right now.

Her head snapped up from where she was frowning at the placemat, which informed her what sort of animal sign she should look for in a mate. "Yeah, I got one. Haven't filled it out yet, though. I'll probably wait till the last minute, as per usual. Only reason I'm going to fill the damn thing out is so that Fred and George don't get in any sort of trouble."

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unspun
2008-11-18 10:34 pm UTC (link)

Al nodded, her fingers brushing along the binder's spine.

"Yeah. I know. That's probably a good idea." Her eyes met Verity's. "There's a part in it... about heritage." She bit her lip. "I don't like the sound of that very much. Especially with everything that's been going on."

The waitress approached and somehow her voice dipped without her even realizing it, the quiet of the restaurant making her feel like she was talking much too loudly as it was.

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veritas_amor
2008-11-18 10:46 pm UTC (link)

Sipping the hot tea that she had ordered, Verity frowned, unconsciously wrinkling her nose up. "Yeah. And the section where you have to list all of your immediate family members. I feel like this isn't just some normal census, Ali."

She wondered briefly if, say she did identify Michaela as her daughter, she would have to identify her father on the form. That could potentially be problematic. But then, if it was her blood heritage that they were looking for...that would be problematic anyway. If they were as frowny upon halfbloods as they were muggleborns, anyway.

The waitress brought their food, and Verity couldn't help but chuckle. "We ordered quite the spread."

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unspun
2008-11-19 01:16 pm UTC (link)

Alicia considered the multitude of dishes and smiled in return.

"Well, luckily I have a healthy appetite." She put a little of everything on her plate before liberally adding Chinese mustard and Chili Oil in dollops on one side.

After the first yummy bite of dumpling, she washed it down with beer and looked back over at Verity.

"So what do we think the Ministry is going to do with this information?"

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