http://veloxepistola.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] veloxepistola.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] au_hogwarts2011-09-19 07:14 pm

Bookshop.

It's week two, and there is a steady rhythm to the people that come and go from the bookshop where Inara has found herself so recently. Sometimes Ivy has her behind the register. That isn't the part that entertains her though.

Watching people. Seeing what books they go for, what stationary supplies they need, what quills and inkpots and everything else they might be looking for appeals to them before they even realize what it is they want. That is why, among other things, Inara can be a very convincing salesperson.

While Ivy is in the stockroom behind the counter wrangling their copies of The Book of Flying Creatures from taking off out the window, Inara is balancing the ledger from the morning in an otherwise empty storefront.
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[personal profile] trickswithsticks 2011-09-20 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
As someone who also disappeared for a while, but for totally obvious reasons, Leah says nothing about Jo's absence.

"She must've heard I was settling down in a proper job and couldn't bear to let me be respectable on my own," she says cheerfully. "We came as a matched pair in school, why change that?"
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[personal profile] trickswithsticks 2011-09-20 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"As always," Leah says. "Merlin knows how much trouble he's gotten into, all these years without us."
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[personal profile] trickswithsticks 2011-09-20 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Which of course is the point of Hogwarts," Leah says.

During this time, since handing over the list, her eyes have been wadnering, and now she crosses over to one of the bookshelves and brings down a book called Did Zhuge Liang Invent Quidditch? The Truth Behind the Rumours.

"This looks good for a laugh. How much do I owe you?"
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[personal profile] trickswithsticks 2011-09-20 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nah, man, I got it," Leah says, fishing out a purse of money. "Although, do you have a bag for the grips? I'll be fishing them out as needed."
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[personal profile] trickswithsticks 2011-09-21 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Leah, who may have been watching this through the wall, chuckles at the declaration.

"That's brilliant, that is. Just what I need."
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[personal profile] trickswithsticks 2011-09-21 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nah, that's brilliant, cheers," Leah says happily, handing over the money at the same time. "We should hang out, though. Properly catch up and stuff."
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[personal profile] trickswithsticks 2011-09-21 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"That works for me," Leah says. "I'm there most weekends. Weeknight evenings if I can make it. Most likely Mondays."

No classes Monday afternoon, see.
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[personal profile] trickswithsticks 2011-09-21 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"I will," Leah says brightly, tucking them into her pockets as she turns to go. "See ya then."