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orsino thruston is not amused (oneandtwoand) wrote in wished,
@ 2010-02-06 14:27:00

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!1998: 02, !incomplete, ainsleigh macfusty, orsino thruston, penelope clearwater

Who: Penelope Clearwater, Ainsleigh MacFusty, and Orsino Thruston
When: Saturday afternoon
Where: Penny and Oliver's flat
What: Penny and Ainsleigh are having girltime, and get an unexpected visitor. Antics ensue.
Rating: PG?
Open/Closed: Closed (Unless Oliver wants to show up, too?)

It was not usual for Orsino to just show up at other people's homes unannounced or otherwise unexpected. Given that Donaghan had done the very same to him only last week made him feel even more strangely about it than usual. The fact remained, however, that he'd been dreadfully bored this Saturday. He'd brought Seven out with him on an errand or two, including to pick up lunch, but when he'd gotten back to his flat he was still feeling antsy and restless. Maybe he was beginning to feel the fact that they hadn't toured in a while. In any case, and though it didn't happen often, Orsino didn't feel like holing up in his flat for the rest of the day with one of his projects.

The idea of maybe going over to Penny's and seeing what she was up to occurred to him. It seemed unlikely that she was as bored as he was, as she always seemed to be doing something. Before he had time to change his mind and think that it was probably rather rude and not very like him anyway, he'd apparated to the proper spot and walked the short distance to the front door. Rolling his eyes at how stupid this was, he reached forward and knocked twice.

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	rockstarkeeper 2010-02-07 02:05 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, no talk of naked middle aged men, until we're middle aged." Leigh said propping her feet up on the table. "And even then I will not discuss this. Since I'm just going to cougary and never see one." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_penny 2010-02-07 02:10 am UTC (link)
	Penny caught the cushion and tucked it behind her back with a grin. "Nothing but lovely to whom, Orsino? Leigh? " Fluttering her lashes at both of them, she grinned "I think you'd make a lovely cougar Leigh. Were I male and twenty years younger, I'd be very concerned." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	oneandtwoand 2010-02-07 02:15 am UTC (link)
	Orsino shook his head as the grin slowly faded. "Oh, to everybody, ever." He raised an eyebrow at Leigh's delcaration, looking slightly concerned. "That sounds like an admirable plan, Leigh. Although if Penny were male and twenty years younger, she'd be an infant and that might get you arrested." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rockstarkeeper 2010-02-07 02:20 am UTC (link)
	"Not right now, wanker." She said tossing her own cushion at her boss's head. "Like when I'm middle aged." She said laughing. "So she's right to be concerned." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_penny 2010-02-07 02:36 am UTC (link)
	"When you're middle aged, Leigh you'll be lovely. Lines, wrinkles and age spots. Gorgeous." "Do you think," she said as she watched the cushions soar through the air "that if I were a bloke, I'd be a good looking one? Or would I look effeminate with too much hair? Or worse, nose hair." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

oneandtwoand
2010-02-07 02:42 am UTC (link)

Penny had a real knack for saying the strangest things at the most unexpected times, and generally Orsino found that they tended to make him laugh. Which was what he did nearly before Penny had even finished musing on what she'd be like as a man.

Still chuckling, he finished off the glass of water and held it in his lap. "Oh, I'm sure you'd be a real lady-killer type. Though you have a point about the hair, you'd probably have to cut it. On your head, not your nose, I think you'd be okay there." He tilted his head. "Although obviously I would not be cutting your hair, as I am not allowed to even touch it."

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	rockstarkeeper 2010-02-07 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	Leigh laughed as well. "Would it matter?" She said suddenly. "Either way you'd be that super smart bloke on to making his first million galleons and end up with a hot model trophy wife." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

_penny
2010-02-07 09:20 pm UTC (link)

"A hot model wife?" Penny stretched languidly as she mulled the thought over "I can see the appeal in being married to someone aesthetically pleasing and vapid. For about five minutes."

Polishing off the rest of her frog and licking her lips she wriggled further into the cushions. "You have plenty enough hair for both of us Orsino."

"A million galleons? I'd rather have a library and a bottomless teakettle."

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oneandtwoand
2010-02-07 09:34 pm UTC (link)

As though checking the truth in Penny's statement, Orsino ran a hand through his hair. He peered into the bag of chocolate frogs and went for another - on a good day he could usually polish off several with little effort.

"Maybe I'll go bald someday?" He unwrapped the new frog and crinkled the wrapper between his hands much longer than was necessary. So what if he enjoyed the sound? "What would you do, Leigh, if we made you a millionaire?"

At times he still found it odd that he was Leigh's boss. He always felt like a boss ought to be someone older, and behind a desk, maybe in a fancy office.

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	rockstarkeeper 2010-02-07 09:39 pm UTC (link)
	"We'll have to find you a great toupee. You know keep the effects of aging at bay." She smiled thinking about his question. "Retire to Italy, get waited on by attractive men who will fan me with giant leaves?" Leigh didn't mind her job. The boys were her boss in the way that they paid her, but her job was very much about bossing them around half the time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

_penny
2010-02-07 09:47 pm UTC (link)

"Where would you get a toupee from? Do you think Gilderoy Lockheart wears one? Ooh, who do you think wears one thats famous?"

She peeled off the wrapper for a second before tilting her head and raking her eyes over Orsino "When the Weirds are older they could always change their image and wear suits. Glasses are a bonus. Or you know, leather trousers."

"Italy has an abundance of really, really great looking men," she said in agreement.

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oneandtwoand
2010-02-07 09:55 pm UTC (link)

"I don't know about a toupee," he said doubtfully. "Seems like cheating. Maybe I could just wear a lot of hats."

Orsino seemed to consider the idea of suits and glasses, which also required him to picture the band having advanced somewhat in age, which he found hard to do. Although the image of a middle-aged Gideon piping away was particularly funny. Aside from a few dressier events and photoshoots during the year, the band as a whole was stubbornly casual. "Suits, yeah, maybe. You'd be hard pressed to get any of us in one of those right now."

"Oh maybe you both should run off there now then. Why wait until you're millionaires? Maybe you can find a really really great looking Italian with an inheritance coming his way."

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	rockstarkeeper 2010-02-07 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, you're not being fun. Baldness is only funny if it's covered with a bad toupee. And let's face it, no matter how good they are, they're bad." Leigh said leaning up to get another chocolate frog. "It doesn't seem right if we're using someone else's money." She replied quickly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

_penny
2010-02-07 10:11 pm UTC (link)

Penny shot Orsino a funny look of confusion. Was he being funny with her?

"Besides I've already dated the intlligent, really great looking Italian with an inheritance. We eventually realised we just didn't work out."

How simple an understatement that was ; she hadn't thought about Marco in months. By now he was probably teaching in Paris, but she hoped he'd found someone to care about and share that great apartment with.

It just wasn't meant to be her.

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oneandtwoand
2010-02-07 10:20 pm UTC (link)

"Oh have you?" Orsino wondered. It seemed like an odd thing for her to say - he'd only been kidding. Though he thought he remembered her mentioning something about some Italian bloke once when they'd first started talking. There had been food involved. "Too bad, that, I guess."

He gave Leigh an amused look. "There's nothing wrong with using someone else's money! Might even make it more fun."

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	rockstarkeeper 2010-02-07 10:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, bossman, you should send me on vacation there then. Maybe it would be fun." She joked. Seriously, though she had no complaints. The boys paid her very well. "Wanna come with me Pen?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

_penny
2010-02-07 10:31 pm UTC (link)

Penny stared at her friend open-mouthed. She couldn't answer a question like that - or any question about the possibility of tall good looking men with Orsino in the room.

"I ah- erm, Italy's full of culture. But erm, sure, " she picked up her bottle only to remember too late that it was empty and she set it down again with a small clunk "Lots of museums. Meghan could come too. She likes museums."

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oneandtwoand
2010-02-07 10:37 pm UTC (link)

Orsino chuckled at Leigh's request, thinking that it wasn't too far off the mark anyway. Hadn't one of them given her something like that for Christmas? Maybe she hadn't used it yet. Though he figured they couldn't supply the good looking Italians - she'd have to do that herself.

The fact that Penny suddenly seemed nervous, or at least that seemed to be the case when she suddenly became inexplicably tongue-tied, made him feel a little bit smug. It was rare her got to see her out of top form, verbally speaking.

"Is culture and museums code for good wine and rich Italian Stallions?"

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	rockstarkeeper 2010-02-07 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	"If Meghan came with, we totally wouldn't be hanging out in museums the entire time." Leigh pointed out, small smile on her face on how tongue-tied Penny had just gotten. She wouldn't tease her friend any about it. At least not in front of Orsino. "No, she means culture and museums." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_penny 2010-02-07 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	She knew when she was being picked on and teased ; and right now Orsino was doing just that. "I'm a fan of culture and museums," she said determindly "And red wine." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

oneandtwoand
2010-02-07 10:51 pm UTC (link)

Though Orsino could get a lot of enjoyment out of some good-natured teasing, he also knew that it could become tiresome to be on the wrong end of it. Leigh's tone had implied as much. Sensing that it might be a bit unnecessary to continue on in that vein he began eating the third frog and gave them both an apologetic look.

"Hm. I go more for Chardonnay, myself, but reds can be good, depending on what you're eating with them."

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	rockstarkeeper 2010-02-07 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	This was another thing Leigh wasn't all that good with. Wines and champagnes. In her family you just had a pint and that attitude (if she was drinking which wasn't all that often) is what persisted for her. "There's one thing I know. My tastes... The darker the better." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

_penny
2010-02-07 11:01 pm UTC (link)

"I don't have a favourite type of wine. Mostly I stand in front of the display and pick the bottle with the most intruiging label. And language. Anything with the words 'flowery' and 'robust' and I'm hooked."

At the mention of food, she rolled up her wrapped and slid it into the pocket of her jeans with an arch of her hips.

"I never really got the appeal in spending hundreds of pounds on a bottle of wine you can't drink. I think I spent two galleons on a bottle once. That was a very special occasion."

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oneandtwoand
2010-02-07 11:08 pm UTC (link)

"That's true. I've gotten to try all sorts of wines but I still couldn't really tell you much more than that I like white ones, and half the time the cheaper ones have been more enjoyable."

Not all the time, of course. There had been a few occasions in which he'd been that guy dropping a few hundred on a single bottle - but at the very least he had gone on to drink it, and enjoy it quite a lot.

"The drier the better, in my opinion."

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	rockstarkeeper 2010-02-07 11:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Well it is the one good thing about traveling everywhere. You try everything." WHich was true. She knew she hated ouzo after a night in Greece. She'd only needed one drink. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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