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Krel Ansell · 06-16-2015, 01:41 PM

SPOILER!!: Someone’s reputation might be ruined by all this smiling…

Painful? What was painful? It took Adam a moment to realize she had been talking about his attempted smile. Then the woman went on to politely correct his English, which he appreciated. “Sorry,” he apologized. “English is not my language.” He felt the need to explain despite his heavy German accent. He watched the woman put his wand into the machine as he shifted his weight. The line seemed to be getting longer to at the very least, people were starting to crowd around him more. Adam was not fond of large crowds and not being in possession of his wand made his anxieties worse.

Adam tried to focus on what the female was saying instead of the clusters of people around him. Did she mention fighting crime? “Are you polizei?” he asked thinking of an acquaintance named Jory he had recently met in Diagon Alley. “I have a friend who is – Oarer here.” He blinked quite certain he was still pronouncing that word wrong.

She must have noticed his twitchiness and was mistaking it for fear that someone might jump him or rob him or some other oddity. Adam was used to people thinking him odd. He was about to explain that he was uneasy with the newness of the place and the crowds when the woman began answering his question about wand weighting for him. “Oh,” he responded as he didn’t really know what to say in response to her explanation. She must be bored, Adam thought, since she was going into great detail about the Security check point. Not that he minded; he enjoyed learning.

06-16-2015, 01:41 PM	#71 (permalink)
Krel Ansell Mooncalf Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Drowning in files Posts: 7,071 x1	randomly tagged \| Norbert(a) \| The Wandmaker (tm) SPOILER!!: Someone’s reputation might be ruined by all this smiling… Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo It didn't take much for Lex to realize that this one wasn't much of a smiler...or if he was that he simply didn't want to smile for her. "That looks painful." She commented, being quite the observer as she sometimes was. Then he began speaking and things were falling into place more and more. Not English. Probably made everything harder, eh? "Tired." Alexa corrected simply as she took his wand and placed it in the machine. "I'm quite 'tired' of smiling. It's not in my job description and I hardly need it to fight crime." Surely he could understand where she was coming from. Smiling all day accomplished nothing but an aching face and a lot of people judging her. How many of them would walk away today thinking she was peppy and full of cheer? It was a lie. A big lie that she hoped most of them weren't buying otherwise it could cause problems later on. Turning to face him again, she noticed at once how on edge he seemed. Kinda....twitchy, y'know? Fascinated, Lex leaned against the desk and stared over at him with avid curiosity. "You're an odd one, aren't you? Expecting something to bust in any minute now?" Would explain the apprehension. For the most part. "Plenty of Law Enforcement on duty, it's perfectly safe." If only on duty didn't mean wand weighing...which, he seemed curious enough about. "It's just a security check. Making sure the wands belong to the owner, making sure there's nothing funny going on in the wood work. All preventative stuff really." Explaining to put his mind at ease a little. Simon could correct her if she wasn't meant to tell. Painful? What was painful? It took Adam a moment to realize she had been talking about his attempted smile. Then the woman went on to politely correct his English, which he appreciated. “Sorry,” he apologized. “English is not my language.” He felt the need to explain despite his heavy German accent. He watched the woman put his wand into the machine as he shifted his weight. The line seemed to be getting longer to at the very least, people were starting to crowd around him more. Adam was not fond of large crowds and not being in possession of his wand made his anxieties worse. Adam tried to focus on what the female was saying instead of the clusters of people around him. Did she mention fighting crime? “Are you polizei?” he asked thinking of an acquaintance named Jory he had recently met in Diagon Alley. “I have a friend who is – Oarer here.” He blinked quite certain he was still pronouncing that word wrong. She must have noticed his twitchiness and was mistaking it for fear that someone might jump him or rob him or some other oddity. Adam was used to people thinking him odd. He was about to explain that he was uneasy with the newness of the place and the crowds when the woman began answering his question about wand weighting for him. “Oh,” he responded as he didn’t really know what to say in response to her explanation. She must be bored, Adam thought, since she was going into great detail about the Security check point. Not that he minded; he enjoyed learning. __________________