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Old 12-18-2018, 12:00 AM   #9 (permalink)
Mr. Balloons
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Not gonna lie, Zander didn't even know there'd be a carnival in Diagon Alley. To be fair, between work and the last of his uni classes, he didn't really have time to check the Prophet. Or his phone, actually. Really it's a wonder that he was surviving at all, seeing as he just rolled out of bed unprepared for everything and everything these days. The only thing he actually kept tabs on were the weird 'international holiday's' so that he could roll up to work with whatever festive tie the day called for. His kiddo loved that. Last week it had bees.

I digress, however. Because today he was in Diagon Alley to buy some quills and the smell of carnival food was far too enticing to ignore. So naturally, he wandered over to get a pitcher of butterbeer (a man's gotta live a little) when he saw, "MAXIE?!" he exclaimed in ABSOLUTE delight, before remembering that the boy was always teetering on the edge of, well, everything and quickly amended the outburst by adopting a more subtle demeanor.

"... You didn't come by yourself did you?" This was his worried voice. The kid was just, well, A CHILD. And carnivals were no place for children (to be on their own). And Maxie was basically like Zander's adopted grandchild or kid or brother or something. So this was just, yeaAH. Change of plans. Zander was babysitting today, apparently. And you know what? He didn't even mind!

"TWO pitchers of butterbeer, please!" What? Maxie was going to Hogwarts soon. This called for celebratory questionable drinks. And Zander was the ~cool~ friend, y'know? He had a reputation to uphold. "You wanna get a balloon?"
'You wanna get a balloon?'

Oh, music to his ears and so he headed right on over.

"Whatt'ya want? Give y'a deal?" What kind of deal, you ask? The BIG deal.

Get it?

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"BALLOONS!"

....and with that Siobhán had run over to the food stands, beaming at the balloon man. Her dad, used to her running first and thinking later, followed a short distance behind her. Years of experience had taught him that while she was quite impulsive, she was also able to take care of herself. She would have to, too, what with her going off to Hogwarts.

That was going to be....unusual to say the least.

Back with the balloon man, Siobhán eyed the balloons curiously. "A pirate ship with legs?!" That sounded interesting, didn't it? Why would it have legs???? Could it walk? Did it have hands? Actually..."Where are the pirate ship's hands?" Hands were more useful than legs, right?
Mr. Balloons laughed a hearty laugh and rubbed a blown balloon against the girls hair. "Darling, y'want hands? I give ya hands!" He could. He would.

"Whatt'll it be?"

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No day at a carnival would be complete without food. When Juni and Slate were together there always had to be food, at some in the day. But really who didn’t like carnival food, funnel cakes, Nachos, you know all of that good geasy, sugary food that was available at a thing like this.

Heading over to the food stands, she stopped in front of the menu to try to figure out what to order. Because it could easily turn into a let’s order one of everything situation. ”What do you you want?” Mostly she would just let Slate order the food and just share whatever he got with him.

Also she wanted a balloon animal. Yes she sees you there with the balloons.
Mr. Balloons knew when a girlie wanted a balloon. And that girlie was a girlie that wanted a balloon. With a wave of his hand and a laugh from his gut, he was beside her and her friend.

"Ya girlie wants a balloon. Whatta y'want, girlie?"
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