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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Amelia "Mia" Adair
Slytherin Sixth Year
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Leigh Upstead
Hufflepuff Fifth Year  x11
|  Post #13 - Gift Shop Mod Babysitter | be curious, not judgmental
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Originally Posted by Felixir  Guh. Toby wanted all of these cuddly toys. Every single one. He'd already subconsciously named like five of them, even though he was well aware that naming things was what inevitably led to HEARTBREAK when he had to be separated from them. Like those fairies from Care of Magical Creatures, or that Legopuff Ludegopuff from Defense Against the Dark Arts in his first year. And... he could go on.
But yeah. Stuffed animals. He wanted them all. Particularly one of the monkeys, which was still perhaps Toby's favourite animal. Or one of the DOGS which was his other favourite animal. He hovered in front of them all for a while, completely torn.
Hearing Soph go on about ooze and then something about her ceiling, Toby looked around to see what she was looking at. And... was that a packet of those neat glow in the dark stars? Cool.
"They'd be wasted in my dormitory," Toby shrugged, but smiled nevertheless. "I'd put them in my new room at home or something. Still need to decorate it in there." And even if she didn't get them, Toby was now getting ideas about the kinds of charms he could get his dad to put on the ceiling of his bedroom when he went home, to make it look like twinkling stars.
He moved away from the cuddly toys to where a whole bunch of keyrings were kept, and sorted through them; the ones of monkeys in space suits were particularly endearing. Toby eyed the price: £2.50. So he could get TWO of these, and give one to each of his parents as a little present, orrrrr... there was the pricier stuffed dog toy, which he could get for himself. Tobias was even more torn than before, and chewed on his lip as he stared between his options. More than anything he liked getting presents for other people but... man, even though he was sixteen he did appreciate how cute and soft the stuffed animals were.
BAHHHH. Finding it too difficult to make a decision just yet, Toby went over to where Soph was and inspected the toys and stuff too, not knowing if it would be a good idea to spot ANOTHER thing to decide between.
There was a neat looking model of a space shuttle nearby. Way too expensive for their budget, even combined, but something cool to look at.
"We should come back here one day," he said casually, wandering off to carefully poke the shuttle thing. "And bring more money." And buy all of the things as presents for other people AND themselves. Soph kept an eye on Tobes even while she looked at her own toys because she WANTED to see if there was something in particular that made his eyes light up. She LOVED when that happened - and if she could offer her five pounds to ensure he had enough money to buy what made him so happy, Soph would be more than happy to share with him.
So she noticed him looking at the plush toys, of course, and tried to figure out which one if any he was looking at in particular and lingered on - she could spy a monkey one and wondered how much it was, but before she could wonder aloud, he was addressing her.
Wasted. Oh. But NEW HOME. Hehehehe! "I just wanna decorate lots at your new house. See what bugs your 'rents and what they might like." She was still inspecting the stars as she spoke, wondering if the men would have a problem with these glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling of their living room. Could be cool, couldn't it? Heh.
Now that they had joined together in the shop, Soph instinctively followed Tobes as he moved along to the next display of things, her eyes greedily sifting over every object and weighing its worth to her. And then he said something that made her grin bigger than it probably should have: he wanted to return to the centre with her some day. She giggled.
"Uh huh. Dunno how Flamsteed 'spects us to choose somethin' to buy here just on five pounds. I'd rather've come with no spending money at all than have to see what we can afford and what we can't and have to choose." Maybe that sounded a bit silly, but so was Sophie Brown.
..."Can I buy a monkey for you?" Was there one they could afford? She hadn't spied any of their prices, but if it came to it, she really had no qualms against putting their money together to buy the biggest, best thing for ten pounds that they could.
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