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feeheeheeny · 10-16-2014, 12:08 AM

Text Cut: Paaaaige!

Sophie was walking along by herself, having separated herself from her friend group temporarily to do some exploring of her own - she really wanted to figure out the best place on the street to open her wand shop some day. Studying traffic patterns and strategically placing it near related shops was important to her and her future business, so she took extra care to analyze every inch of the street and absorb every little bit of information she could. She also needed to think about which shops were at risk of going out of business - that meant some day the building might be open, and she could move HER shop IN.

As she approached the quill shop, Sophie decided this was one at risk. If ANYTHING, the shop's inventory could easily be sold down at Dervish and Banges to make room for a WAND shop which was MUCH more important. And really, she thought people would come to Hogsmeade specifically for her wands, so all the other shops in the village would really need to thank her for bringing them business.

She had it all planned out.

There was a younger girl outside the quill shop, though, her nose pressed up against the window. She looked too young to be allowed to come along with them, and Soph stood there, watching her for a little while to see what she would do next. Did she want to BUY stuff from in there? Was... it really that interesting of a shop to her that she wanted to just stand there and stare through the window and look at stuff, but not go inside? Or was she scared she was going to get caught for being in Hogsmeade?

Soph approached slowly and cautiously, carefully pressing her own face up against the shop window and peeking inside as well to see... if there was anything even worth LOOKING at. She was entirely unimpressed, though, and pulled back to peek at the girl. "Y'want me t'go buy you somethin'? If you don't have money or anything, s'cool, it'll be my present for you bein' so brave to sneak on down here." She GRINNED at that, her eyebrows raised expectantly for the girl to confirm that she WAS too young to be here.

10-16-2014, 12:08 AM	#5 (permalink)
feeheeheeny Dwarf Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: #8000FF Posts: 35,312 Hogwarts RPG Name: Amelia "Mia" Adair Slytherin Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Leigh Upstead Hufflepuff Fifth Year x11	Mod Babysitter \| be curious, not judgmental Text Cut: Paaaaige! Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Paige felt simply AWFUL about so many things right now. And it wasn't just the awful one might feel from eating an especially bitter vegetable or smelling an especially stinky rubbish bin. No, this was the sort of awful that had your stomach in knots while it did back flips on a trampoline while your feet felt like that had a Permanent Sticking Charm on them so you couldn't move from the place where you stood. Which was precisely what Paige S. Skeeter was doing right now. Standing in frozen horror with both hands pressed up firmly against the display window as she recalled how careless she had been over the summer with the phoenix quill ...the STOLEN phoenix quill ... the phoenix quill that was still in her pocket... So there was the guilt from breaking AND stealing the quill - although she had been assured that she wasn't really doing any harm back then - on top of the fact that she had just SNUCK out of Hogwarts with the aid of her sisters so she could put her conscience to rest and actually purchase something from a quill shop. Not the same one, obviously, but it was the thought behind the actions that she was focusing on. At least that was what she was telling herself. Now if she could just get her feet unstuck and actually go inside the shop.... Sophie was walking along by herself, having separated herself from her friend group temporarily to do some exploring of her own - she really wanted to figure out the best place on the street to open her wand shop some day. Studying traffic patterns and strategically placing it near related shops was important to her and her future business, so she took extra care to analyze every inch of the street and absorb every little bit of information she could. She also needed to think about which shops were at risk of going out of business - that meant some day the building might be open, and she could move HER shop IN. As she approached the quill shop, Sophie decided this was one at risk. If ANYTHING, the shop's inventory could easily be sold down at Dervish and Banges to make room for a WAND shop which was MUCH more important. And really, she thought people would come to Hogsmeade specifically for her wands, so all the other shops in the village would really need to thank her for bringing them business. She had it all planned out. There was a younger girl outside the quill shop, though, her nose pressed up against the window. She looked too young to be allowed to come along with them, and Soph stood there, watching her for a little while to see what she would do next. Did she want to BUY stuff from in there? Was... it really that interesting of a shop to her that she wanted to just stand there and stare through the window and look at stuff, but not go inside? Or was she scared she was going to get caught for being in Hogsmeade? Soph approached slowly and cautiously, carefully pressing her own face up against the shop window and peeking inside as well to see... if there was anything even worth LOOKING at. She was entirely unimpressed, though, and pulled back to peek at the girl. "Y'want me t'go buy you somethin'? If you don't have money or anything, s'cool, it'll be my present for you bein' so brave to sneak on down here." She GRINNED at that, her eyebrows raised expectantly for the girl to confirm that she WAS too young to be here. __________________