Anything he would specifically like to prepare? Hmm... "Well what would you suggest?" He asked. Obviously he had no clue. Maybe cleaning sets or something? Eh, he really didn't know. However, he was sure Rae knew seeming as she worked here longer than him. Well hopefully she did.

He watched as she started to stock and organize everything. "You know, you really don't have to work today. We haven't been busy these past two days, so why don't you head home?" He smiled, knowing that once the busy season comes up that she would be in more need then than now. And anyways he would still give her the money she earned for today even if she went home early.

After finding the right owl for her Quentin moved over to the supply shelves. She picked up 3 bags of owl pellets and two jars of insects. Her new owl, who she decided to call Kyo, hooted his approval.

Alicia walked to the supplies shelves with her new baby Spotted owl, Magellan, to see her dad picking out an insect jar and owl treats. Her brother, Corbin, was eating a bag of Every Flavor Beans when he snickered when he saw his little sister coming.

"What is that?" Corbin taunted.

"His name is Magellan and he is my new owl," Alicia corrected him with her nose in the air. Most of the time she tried to ignore her brother but he made it so hard sometimes.

"Are you sure that's an owl? It's so small!" Corbin laughed.

"He's only a baby, stupid!" Alicia snapped.

"Well, when Zeus eats him, don't come crying to me," Corbin mused. Zeus was Corbin's Eagle owl. It was about six times larger than Magellan and Alicia figured that Zeus could eat her owl if he wanted. Just the thought of it happening made Alicia want to yell every rude word she knew at Corbin-- which was a lot considering he had used them on her before.

"Alright, alright. That's enough," Alicia's dad confirmed. "Corbin, leave your sister alone. She can get what ever owl she wants just like you did. Now, help me carry some of this stuff." Corbin reluctantly took some of the jars out of his dad's hands as he began to walk toward the counter.

Alicia had carefully began to fluff up Magellan's feathers when Corbin disturbed her again.

"Hey, squirt! Where did you put dad's bag? He needs 2 more galleons!"

"I can tell you where it's gonna be..." Alicia said coldly as she walked in her brother's direction.

Walking into the owl shop, Mikey almost lost his breath. So many owls EVERYWHERE. Well, he never really had any pets, nor been close to owning one, but today Mikey was hoping to change all that. He wasn't sure which kind to buy and how to tell the males and females apart. But first, he walked over to the shelves, too see what exactly he would need in order to take care of one. Maybe owning an owl would be too messy for him. But then again, this nerd was very tidy and wouldn't let anything get dirty.

Or else he would get yelled at.

Why Oskar didn't like birds was beyond the eleven year old. It was the reason he wasn't allowed to get one now (previously the reason had been because of them not knowing about the Wizarding World and such), and also the reason his older brother was standing outside the shop.

Just because his brother didn't like them and he wasn't allowed one, didn't mean Darwin wasn't allowed to look.

And maybe even ask for the price of? For when he was older, of course. Spotting someone taller than him, who was obviously older than him, he reached up and tapped him on the elbow. "S'cuseeee me, sir, but how much are the BIGGGG owls?"

He had to work here, right? Or was Darwin being stupid assuming that everyone taller than him worked somewhere? Hmm.

Should Mikey really get an owl? It would mean more responsibilities than homework, projects, studying for exams and then taking the actual exams. He looked and looked, but still not fully deciding whether he should actually get one. As he moved around in the aisle, Mikey stopped and looked at a white owl. He was about to reach his hands towards it, when a small voice spoke to him. "Oh, sorry, I don't work here," he answered.

"But the sign says the different kind they are the their prices," he added, pointing to the rectangular sign by the counter. "So you're buying your first owl too?"

Oh. This was awkard.

Darwin stopped bouncing, falling back onto his heels from the balls of his feet and staring up at the boy he'd spoken to, at the boy he'd thought was a man who worked there. Now he looked properly, he could see that he wasn't really that old, and still looked like he was in school.

Around Oskars age, even. "Oh er sorry, I..." he trailed off nervously, still staring up at the boy, which probably was even more rude that the assuming he worked their. He was about to turn and walk away and hopefully avoid him forever after, when he continued to speak.

"Thank you!" Darwin grinned, looking at the sign that he'd pointed to, his hyper bouncing re-starting. "Erm, no. I'm not allowed one but I want one so I think I'm going to save up for one because I want to be able to send post and stuff."

Yeah, just because his mum and dad wouldn't buy him one, didn't mean that one day he couldn't get it himself, right?

"Which one do you want to get?"

Mikey watched as the small boy stopped his bouncing and looked embarrassed. It wasn't a big deal really. The boy was probably a first year, telling from his size. Or even a transfer student. But Mikey wasn't offended. "No, it's alright," he smiled, reassuring the boy that it was just a simple mistake. Though it was a first. "Does it really look like I work here?" he asked, adding a light chuckle and rubbing the back of his neck. Because if so, he would say he was an employer here on breaks and such. But then again, all the homework he would have to do and projects. So never mind.

"You're welcome," he said, and watching as the boy resumed his little bouncing habit. "Oh. At Hogwarts, they have owls you can use to send post. If I get one today, you can use him. Just make sure he comes back," Mikey joked, turning back to the owls in front of him. Was it really hard to decide what kind he wanted? Though, he was most likely going towards the snowy owl.

"I'm mostly going for the snowy owl," he answered. "Though my sister would most likely claim it as her own, but she'll have me clean and feed it all the time," he admitted. Knowing Arianna, well obviously pretty good considering they were twins, she would definitely make him clean and look after his own owl, even if she claimed it as her known.

The perks of having a sister.

It was hardly alright, really, Darwin couldn't help but think. He didn't want to be rude, or mean, or whatever else this boy probably thought he was. He didn't want the older kids to squish him or put a spell on him and he was quite scared that that was what this one was going to do right now.

Until he smiled, at least. Darwin forced a little smile back, his rocking a little more nervous now, but not too over the top because he was pretty sure this older kid wasn't going to try to kill him or anything. Most killers didn't smile normally or talk normally or accept an apology, did they?

Not in the films Darwin had seen they didn't.

Even though he usually had to turn them off when they got too scary. But enough about that. "No... I guess, not really, you're just... bigger than me." Yes, that was pretty much his reasoning behind who worked and who didn't. Darwin had pretty much managed to stay with little people, up until now, although to be quite honest, the boy was probably younger than his brother. Hm.

Stupid logic failing him. Call it nervousness, yes. Being in a place on his own and not really knowing anyone. It did throw the little boy. "Do you go to Hogwarts?" he managed, as the first normal point of conversation now that the boy had mentioned it. "I can?! Are you sure?! I mean, would you say that to ANYone? Because I'm not going to steal it because stealing's mean but there are probably some not nice people who would and how would you know that I wasn't one of them?"

A simple 'thank you', would probably have sufficed, but that wasn't Darwin-like; it was Darwin-like to over analyse and worry and think people were going to kill him and he was going to get sent home before he'd learnt even one spell. "The white one? It's big. Bigger than me, almost. But it's pretty. Would she? See, my sister would tell people it was hers but still make me clean it because she's mean. But she'd make me clean it even if it was actually hers."

This boys sister sure sounded a hell of a lot nicer than Emiline, that was for sure!

Zhenya walked into Eeylops Owl Emporium with her mother, who went to look at the owls. They were going to buy one for the family, as their family Owl was so old it was almost dust. Whilst she went off to look at them, Zhenya went to stock up on Owl food and treats. She had her own basket with her that she loaded everything into. She got two jars of Moths, a Jar of crickets, and a Jar of ants. Then she got Vitamin and Fruit treats and some earthworms. She also got a new perch for her owl, and a beak rock.

After she finished she went to find her mother.

Ella was standing in front of the jars of insects with a disgusted look on her face. Not that she hated insects exactly...it was just the thought of feeding them to her owl, Jasper, that made her a bit sick.

Standing on her tippy-toes, Ella reached up and grabbed a jar of crickets, bringing them down for closer inspection. "Er, I'm really sorry about this guys. Please don't hate me. I too think feeding you to Jasper is a totally barbaric custom but he does need to eat." Frown. Why did Jasper have to like insects anyway? Couldn't he be a vegetarian or something?

For Lara. ^_^
 

When he heard the door open, Leonard paused his attempts of taking care of the little injured Fish Owl and his light blue gaze focused towards where the sound came from. Footsteps. A customer. Or maybe someone who had brought him a sick owl or something. Well...he had to just go and see, right?

Gently putting the owl back in its cage, the man rose up to have a better sight of the customer and the very moment he did so, he felt himself freeze.

Oh wow...

Just wow.

Quickly, and without being seen, he ran to the back shelves and changed his t-shirt with owl poo on it with a clean one and approached the woman after a quick check of his blonde hair.

''Welcome to Eeylops Owl Emporium!!'' he said with a warm smile and a very welcoming tone. She indeed was completely welcomed in his shop. ''How can i help you?''

Meanwhile, he was hoping that he did not smell of owl poop.

Of course he listened to every word she said very carefully, apparently being very eager to offer his assistance. There was something different with the way she spoke but Leo did not catch it until she used the word 'Monsieur'. French beauty, huh?

''Murdoch.'' he completed her sentence happily. ''Leonard Murdoch.'' Like Bond, James Bond but Leo believed his name was way cooler. Cooler than his twin brother's too. Well...who cared about those when he had a beautiful lady who needed help in his shop anyway?

Sooo owl treats.

He tilted his head to the side a bit and smiled just to look cool and handsome. Surely he was still hoping that he did not smell of owl poo.He tried to get an idea of that by sniffing a bit but he got nothing. ''Well...i sell different kinds of owl treats here which i individually chose to be most healty and tasty for our little friends. I have plain ones and fruit ones for the enjoyment of different species and vitamin ones for babies and those who need extra care. What kind of owl is your little friend?''

Leo wanted to ask the lady's name too. He had no doubt that she had a name as beautiful as herself but he feared looking to be 'too into' her. He did not want to scare her away so he just smiled and nodded when she repeated his name. She made it sound very cool.

''A Striped Owl.'' he repeated this time. ''A fine choice for a Post Owl. Very strong and resilient, can fly quite long distances with ease. And oh...'' he gave her a sheepish smile and rubbed the back of his neck. ''...sorry you were asking about the treats. For a Striped Owl, the plain ones would be a nice feast.''

And little rodents and birds. But for some reason he did not want to mention that to the lady. Talking about dead animals would not help him look cool.

*smiiiiirk*

The man was really glad to hear that his 'little' nerdiness about owls and animals in general was not a boring conversation killer. Suddenly this started to make him feel more confident. His smile even changed to a very confident one.

''Ah i see.'' Mad. Sometimes some people called him mad too but that was mostly when he was off to distant fields looking for insects to examine and study. For now he was going to hide that side of him too for no lady would be interested in a man who liked to work with insects.

He ran a hand through his blonde hair before taking a packet of plain owl treats for her. ''There are other owl food that Zee would enjoy. Grooming goods and accessories. I also offer a free health check. I suppose i can give you an owl tonic...''

Maybe now was the time.

''....madam...'' he said leaving the rest to her to complete with her name. He also did not forget to give her his coolest look while doing so he felt like a male peacock in mating season with large colourful feathers. Proud.