Date: 25 May Time: Early Evening Location: Flourish and Blotts Characters: Blaise Zabini and Astoria Greengrass Rating: G
If Blaise was going to be successful at iviting Muggles to this gala, he needed a bit more knowledge pertaining to their view of the arts. He could go into Muggle London and visit a museum or even their libraries, but that would require placing himself voluntarily among the crude creatures. The thought alone was a travesty in and of itself. Thankfully, Flourish and Blotts had a well versed section in Muggle studies. One that had actually begun to grow beyond it's original shelving as the integrationist movement grew.
Thinking of the task before him, Blaise was ever grateful that Draco had already placed the gala in the minds of the other purebloods. Were one to catch him purchasing a book on Muggle art were he no longer bound toward any studies, he would be able to offer a bit more of an explination as to the gala that was being planned. Afterall, it would not be plausible to keep such things completely secret before the event. Luckily, he'd been able to browse the shelves without arousing the interest of any other patrons, not that he'd seen anyone that would question his purchase. Confident that he'd escaped any further explnation Blaise tucked the book he was to purchase under his arm and made his way to the register.