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Mandy Brocklehurst ([info]_broccoli) wrote in [info]veritas_rp,
@ 2010-11-22 22:38:00

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Entry tags:mandy brocklehurst, michael corner, terry boot

Who: Mandy Brocklehurst, Terry Boot, Michael Corner
When: Early evening, November 22
Where: Veritas Cafe
Why: Michael was on his way to meet Terry, but Terry sees Mandy first.



It was a chill evening and rather than be holed up inside of her flat, Mandy took initiative and decided to venture out. After a brisk walk, she ended up in the corner of a booth at the main street cafe, her table riddled with a book or two and a journal for work notes. Upon her plate sat a half eaten cucumber and bean sprout sandwich, barely half an hour old. A warm cup of rose tea sat at the right of her hand, the scene wafting loosely around her as she unconsciously chewed on the end of her goose feather quill.

She wouldn't have noticed the figure approaching her if they hadn't said anything. So much for being alert.


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[info]the_boot
2010-11-23 07:00 am UTC (link)
Terry had been trying to work up the nerve to go and talk to Mandy for the past ten minutes. He really wanted to know if she liked the plant he'd sent her. Thanks to her journal entry, he knew she'd at least received it. Had the note been a little too much, though? Michael had helped him write it.

Not wanting to creep her out in any way, Terry decided that keeping the conversation neutral would be best for now. Pushing back his chair, he stood up and, hands in pockets, slowly meandered over to Mandy. She didn't seem to notice him at all, so he cleared his throat first so as not to startle her too much.

"Uh, hey, Mandy. What are you working on there?" he nodded toward her books.

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[info]_broccoli
2010-11-23 07:16 am UTC (link)
Startled anyhow because not many people ever disturbed her, the blonde glanced up with caution before her eyes settled onto the familiar face of her former house mate, Terry Boot. Having been one of the few boys she could actually stand since he never tried to obscenely flirt with her, she gave him a curt smile back, the end of her quill now slightly damp and tickling her chin.

"Oh, hello, Terry," she responded before her eyes glanced back down at her notes, "just scribbling some research notes on a Fel Lotus. It has some remarkable magical properties.." she trailed before gazing back up at him, "How have you been?"

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[info]the_boot
2010-11-24 12:33 am UTC (link)
"Really?" he asked, edging a little closer to the table and peering down at her notes. "Sounds interesting. What exactly is a Fel Lotus useful for?"

At the mention of work, Terry straightened up and shrugged. "I've been alright. Mostly just working. You know, making sure everything adds up." He wished he could make his life sound a little more exciting, but it just wasn't. "I take it your research takes up most of your time?"

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[info]_broccoli
2010-11-24 01:11 am UTC (link)
Engrossed with her notes, the blonde didn't flinch as Terry lured closer and she began to rattle off the properties, "Depending upon the concoction it's a part of, it can either have prominent restorative properties, such as in the Fortification Potion, or if mixed with," the tip of her finger, nails natural and short, drifted down the page, "a Nightmare Vine, it can damage the witch or wizard if internally taken."

Reverting her eyes back to the brunette, who had suddenly gotten closer, Mandy shrank invisibly closer to her work, and lifted her cup of tea to take a sip.

She nodded in answer to his response and then once again to his questioning, "Usually. I always have gaps in between field-processing, so I like to keep sharp by researching the plants we're working on or just another project."

Mandy had needed a break from the Angar's Tongue research. It swivelled her head round and just reminded her of how gross and sticky she had gotten from it. She liked getting hands-dirty into a project, just not that much.

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[info]the_boot
2010-11-24 01:41 am UTC (link)
Terry nodded along at Mandy's explanation, a small smile turning up the corners of his mouth as he listened to her talk. She certainly loved plants, and her passion for them was something he found intriguing.

Frowning as she sensed he seemed to be making her uncomfortable, Terry retreated a few steps. "Sounds like you have a good start on your research. You're not really one for just sitting around, are you?" he laughed, admiring her work ethic.

"Sorry if I'm disturbing you, by the way. I'm waiting on Michael, but I saw you sitting here, so I thought I'd say hi and chat for a few minutes."

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[info]_broccoli
2010-11-24 02:07 am UTC (link)
"I'm sort of sitting right now." she quipped, keeping him in line of her sight. "But no, I don't like holding much off."

"It's no problem," she said, lifting her hand from her cup in a slight dismissive wave. Her nose scrunched a tad as Terry mentioned Michael. Oh yes, those two had always been inseparable during school, hadn't they? Mandy didn't understand how someone as sweet as Terry could hang out with someone as rambunctious as Michael, but she supposed everyone needed their balance.

"Oh, well, that's nice. What are you two up to then?" As soon as she asked, she as soon thought that she didn't want to know.

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[info]the_boot
2010-11-25 08:16 pm UTC (link)
Terry let out a faint chuckle at her joke, removing his hands from his pockets and folding them behind his back.

It was true that from the outside Terry and Michael almost seemed like total opposites, but surprisingly, in certain situations, they were more alike than people thought. Terry's ornery side wasn't something that very many people, with the exception of Michael and close friends, got to see.

"Hmm, not sure, actually," Terry admitted with a shrug. "Who knows with Michael. Even if we had plans, they'd probably change."

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[info]_cant_corner_me
2010-11-26 02:30 am UTC (link)
Michael WOULD have been on time meeting Terry, but on his way to the cafe, a scarf had flown into his path. Following it was a very grateful girl whom the brunette had given back the elusive object. Of course, he stayed and chatted her up a bit and now that she was informed, maybe she would show up at his birthday bash tomorrow night. Ah, one could hope; Michael thought brunettes were the most charming.

Entering the warmth of the cafe, his blue eyes searched for the dark haired figure of his best friend. Scanning over an elderly couple, he sought out Terry and found him... sitting with Mandy.

Oh ho!

A grin spread across Michael's face and he tried hard to refrain from referring to them as a happy looking couple and mortifying Terry as he approached.

"Hello, Terry," he greeted as he approached, "Hello, Mandy," he said with a nod towards the blonde.

Glancing at him, Mandy gave a curt, "Hello, Michael."

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[info]the_boot
2010-11-27 02:11 am UTC (link)
"Hey, mate," Terry returned, standing up from his seat. "I thought maybe you'd decided to bail on me." Glancing back and forth between Michael and Mandy, then returning his gaze to Michael, he silently pleaded with his best friend not to say anything embarrassing.

"I was just talking with Mandy about some plant research she's doing."

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[info]_cant_corner_me
2010-11-27 02:21 am UTC (link)
"I would never bail on you. Why would you think such a thing? I'm hurt.." he said, comically placing a hand over his heart. Catching Terry's meaningful gaze, Michael gave his best friend a cool grin before he turned his attention back to the studious blonde.

"Is that right? What kind of plant? I saw that you got a package the other day with one," he answered, pulling up a chair to Mandy's table and making himself sort of comfortable.

Mandy looked like she wanted to roll her eyes and it was remarkable how she refrained.

"Yes, I did, but I'm not researching that one."

"What was it again? A dancing plant? Did you like it?" he inquired.

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[info]the_boot
2010-11-27 02:32 am UTC (link)
At Michael's mention of the plant that he had anonymously sent to Mandy, Terry's eyes went wide. He wasn't going to tell her who it was from, was he? Surely not. He'd probably just hint around at it until it was painfully obvious. He needed to get Michael out of there.

"You know what, Michael? We should probably get going," Terry said through gritted teeth, attempting to maintain a pleasant look on his face. "I'm sure Mandy has better things to do." Part of him sort of wanted to know Mandy's answer to the question, though.

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[info]_broccoli
2010-11-27 05:23 am UTC (link)
Mandy stared curiously at the tug of war that began with Terry and Michael's sleeve. Though she wasn't pleased with Michael's presence or being disturbed, all pretense of studying was lost with the company.

Michael waved Terry off, "C'mon Ter, don't take off so quickly. I haven't seen Mandy in awhile," at this revelation, he turned to Mandy with a slight pout, "Shame, too. I love hearing about your studies from you rather than your journal. More engaging," he remarked.

Nonplussed, the herbologist stared on before regaining her voice, "Yes..well. In answer to your question, it was a dancing plant.." she trailed. And as for whether if she liked it or not.

"It's certainly interesting," she said staring back down at her notes without really reading the words. She had been weary of the plant at first, not knowing who it had come from, but placing it on the kitchen counter near the radio had provided her a small mimic of company as she studied and it swayed it's leaves in motion with the song.

"Hear that, Ter? It's interesting," he said cheekily with his eyes directed at his best friend pointedly before turning back to Mandy.

"Right..so," she continued undeterred by Michael's normally odd behavior, "whoever sent it knows a thing or two about plants, or at least has read The Power of Movement In Plants by Darwin, because it's not a common specimen."

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[info]the_boot
2010-11-27 05:40 am UTC (link)
Terry was starting to become nervous, as it didn't seem like Michael was planning on letting them leave anytime soon. Pulled out of his worries as Mandy said the plant was 'interesting,' Terry wondered if that was good or bad.

"Yeah, I heard," Terry responded, not liking the look Michael was giving him. It was true that Terry had read that particular book, as he didn't know much about plants himself and had wanted to get her something unique.

"So, is interesting good or bad?" he couldn't help asking, voicing his thought from earlier. He tried to appear calm, like he was only asking to make polite conversation.

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[info]_broccoli
2010-11-27 05:54 am UTC (link)
Michael smiled regardless of the shaky wellbeing of his friend. He was doing him a favor in the long run, honestly.

Not really acute to Terry's otherwise occupied anxiety, Mandy answered uncertainly, "Interesting, peculiar?" she supplied, which was a gray area in between.

"Nonsense, Mandy love," Michael remarked, "It's either you-liked-it-good or it-was-a-terrible-thing-bad."

Shaking her head, Mandy rolled her eyes, "No, Michael. It's peculiar, because there was nothing important attached or even a return-to-sender address, just a small, odd note," she answered, scrunching her nose.

"Ohhh," Michael resounded, nearly painfully obvious, "Like a love note?" he leaned forward on the palm of his hand.

"Was it pretty heart-moving? I bet you were surprised."

"Surprised because the note was utter clutter," she said flatly.

"Oh," Michael looked downtrodden. He was sure the play on plant terminology and such would tickle her pink.

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[info]the_boot
2010-11-28 01:50 am UTC (link)
Terry would beg to differ that Michael was truly doing him a favor. Of course, at the rate he was going, Mandy wouldn't know that Terry fancied her until they were in a nursing home, so maybe he did need a little push. Just a push, though. Not a shove.

Still perplexed over whether or not Mandy had been pleased to received the plant, Terry felt his mouth go dry as Michael called the note a love note. He wasn't too discouraged that Mandy hadn't liked it, though. The note hadn't been his idea anyway. At least, not that kind of note.

"Utter clutter, huh?" he repeated, unable to keep from smirking a little at Michael. "That's too bad. I bet the bloke that sent it would be pretty crushed to hear that."

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[info]_broccoli
2010-11-28 09:03 am UTC (link)
"Maybe. But if it was a bloke, I can't even be sure because there was no return address, or name or even initials to go by. Why would someone do that?" she questioned more towards Terry than Michael, her fingers curling around the handle of her tea cup.

Michael still looked rather miffed about his note being called clutter, "For mystery purposes? I mean, you're curious about who sent it, aren't you?" he pressed.

"Well, yes, but anyone would be, I would think."

"Whoever sent it must just be afraid that you'd turn them down. You're rather brutal, Mandy." Michael pouted.

The blonde let out a 'tch' sort of noise, as if she couldn't be more blunt.

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[info]the_boot
2010-11-28 09:14 am UTC (link)
Terry had just been about to reply to Mandy, when Michael took the words right out of his mouth. "Yeah, probably because they were nervous about... what you'd think," he agreed. "Although," he continued, raising one hand up to scratch at the back of his neck nervously, "I suppose that's rather cowardly, huh? I mean, if the bloke cared that much to go to the lengths of finding out what you liked, you'd think he'd want you to know he sent it, right?"

This didn't mean, however, that Terry was about to admit to Mandy that he had been the one to send her the plant. He was still afraid of being shot down.

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[info]_broccoli
2010-11-28 12:05 pm UTC (link)
"I'm not that terrible." Mandy said with a frown, thinking over the situation. Could she help most men were flirtatious like Michael and didn't really have a desire to get to know her, just try and get something else? Men were wretched and she would have rather spent most of her time studying plants than wasting it with meaningless flirtation.

Mandy focused her gaze on Terry and then nodded, "Exactly so. What am I supposed to do? Wait on another plant to fly through my window?"

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[info]the_boot
2010-12-02 06:17 pm UTC (link)
"Oh, no, I didn't mean to insinuate that! I just..." Terry hastily replied, then trailed off. "Well, maybe he'll send you something else, or reveal who he is," he shrugged. Right. He'd have to work up a lot of nerve to tell Mandy it was him. What if she was repulsed or didn't like him that way? It would probably be best to continue admiring her from afar.

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[info]_broccoli
2010-12-03 03:28 am UTC (link)
"I can hardly wait," Mandy said with a flat tone, showing she didn't really care if another plant came through her window. Even if she would be curious and interested in it. She began to close her journals and stack her books on top, knowing she wouldn't get any work done.

Michael took note of her movement and took action.

"Hey, so Mandy, you're coming to my birthday party, yeah?"

She looked at Michael as if he'd grown a second head.

"I don't think-"

"Terry here would really appreciate the company. He gets a bit shy in social settings." Michael interrupted, raising his blue eyes to level with his best friend's.

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[info]the_boot
2010-12-04 01:06 am UTC (link)
If he hadn't been worried about the high likelihood of ending up in jail, Terry would have strangled Michael with his bare hands. They would definitely need to have a chat later about the benefits of subtlety.

"I, uh, you don't have to come if you don't want," Terry quickly assured her. "Not that I don't want you to, but I'll be okay on my own, although I would enjoy your company... you know, if you do end up coming." Ugh. Real smooth there. Terry had to stop himself from banging his head against the nearest surface.

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[info]_broccoli
2010-12-04 06:21 am UTC (link)
Michael wouldn't understand subtlety if it knocked him round the head and then stayed for dinner. Poor Terry.

Mandy looked from Michael to Terry. Years of sharing the same house and most of the time she just shook her head at them.

This time a small, semi-amused laugh escaped her lips.

Michael tried not to look too terribly shocked.

"I'm not really a 'go out to bars' type of person," Mandy reminded, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, "But I'm sure you'll have a good birthday whether I'm there or not, Michael."

"Well, since I'm so gracious enough to not ask for gifts, you could grace me with your presence? I promise I won't act too obnoxious. Terry will keep me in check. Right, Terry?" Michael poised himself as if he wore a shining, golden halo and never did any wrong.

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[info]the_boot
2010-12-04 06:40 am UTC (link)
Perking up slightly at Mandy's laugh -- it was a wonderful sound -- Terry couldn't help but wonder if she was laughing at something he'd said or done. Was this laugh a good thing, or an 'I can't believe how stupid you are' pity laugh? Oh well, he'd take it anyway.

"Yes," Terry agreed. "I'll make sure he behaves himself." This plan of Michael's seemed to be going okay so far. Slipping one hand into his pocket, Terry crossed his fingers.

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[info]_broccoli
2010-12-04 07:10 am UTC (link)
The laugh was a little mixture of both, but not quite so terrible. She found Terry's rambling somehow amusing enough.

She gathered her books into her arms and gave Michael a look that clearly said 'I just can't believe you sometimes.'

"We'll see, Michael."

She looked at Terry questionably, "I don't understand how you handle him."

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[info]the_boot
2010-12-04 07:43 am UTC (link)
We'll see? That meant she might show up! That small bit of hope was enough to make Terry forget about anything he'd been upset at Michael for earlier.

"Oh, he's really not so bad once you get to know him," Terry shrugged, grinning at Michael and giving him a grateful 'I owe you one, mate' look. "In fact, he kind of grows on you after awhile," he added, returning his attention to Mandy.

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[info]_broccoli
2010-12-04 07:57 am UTC (link)
Mandy would deliberate whether to go or not. Bars weren't her scene, but Serena would probably end up dragging her anyway. She was closer to Michael.

Michael gave Terry this 'I know you do' kind of look as Mandy stood away, her back to him. Then he wriggled his eyebrows suggesting that he was the greatest person ever.

Giving another indignant 'tch' sound, this time a bit more light-hearted, Mandy shook her head, "I hope not."

"Well, I hope you two have fun doing...whatever it is you're going to do." She added, making her exit apparent.

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[info]the_boot
2010-12-04 08:15 am UTC (link)
Cocking his head to the side, Terry furrowed his brow at Mandy's words. "You hope not... what?" he repeated, a little confused as to what she was replying to.

"Oh, I'm sure we will," he smiled. "And I hope you have a nice evening, Mandy." Terry was a little sad that she was leaving, but happy with the progress he'd made, however small of an amount it was.

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[info]_broccoli
2010-12-04 08:38 am UTC (link)
"I hope he doesn't grow on me," Mandy clarified. Michael pouted, unbeknownst by the blonde.

"Thank you, Terry," she replied.

"See you tomorrow night, Mandy!" Michael called out happily.

"We'll see, Michael," she said back, not turning around as she made her way out of the cafe shop.

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[info]the_boot
2010-12-05 05:27 am UTC (link)
Waiting until she was safely gone, Terry turned to Michael with a gleeful look on his face. "She said she might come. Did you hear that?" he grinned. Sure, 'we'll see' wasn't a definite yes, but it wasn't a no, either.

"I really thought I almost blew it there, when she started talking about the plant," he shook his head. "I'll need to rethink future gifts. If I send more, that is."

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[info]_cant_corner_me
2010-12-05 07:02 am UTC (link)
Michael smiled up at Terry, seeing how easily excited his friend got over something as simple as a 'we'll see'. 'We'll see's' were never quite definite.

"Yes, Terry. I heard. Twice. I was right here. Don't know if you noticed." he said with a gesture of his fingers dallying between himself and the table.

"What do you mean you thought you almost blew it?" Michael asked, a bit confused.

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[info]the_boot
2010-12-05 07:20 am UTC (link)
Rolling his eyes good-naturedly at his best friend, Terry scoffed, "Of course I knew you were here. You were rather hard to miss with all of your comments. Some of which I nearly wanted to strangle you for."

Taking a seat at the table, Terry admitted, "Well, from the way she was talking, I thought maybe she hated the plant."

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[info]_cant_corner_me
2010-12-05 12:08 pm UTC (link)
Michael grinned widely, his pearly whites shining bright, "Oh, really? For which ones?" he said cheekily.

"I don't think Mandy could hate any plants.. She loved the Mandrakes when we dealt with them in second year. By the by," he noted with a raise of her hand, "don't get one of those, I don't know if I have to tell you that."

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[info]the_boot
2010-12-06 12:27 am UTC (link)
"All of the comments about the plant, and then you telling her she needed to come keep me company at your party," Terry informed him.

Giving Michael an incredulous look, Terry slowly replied, "Yeah... you don't have to worry about me getting her one of those, mate. I don't have a death wish."

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