 CoMC HW1 - Post 3
No one had approached her yet, so she continued to hoot and holler about the eggs. "Eggs for sale! Snake eggs! Special eggs! Frozen eggs!" Those all sounded like interesting things for eggs to be, so she was sure someone would meander nearer soon.
And just like clockwork, they did.
A young man with a book bag slung over his shoulder browsed the student tables. He was in a hurry and didn't really need to be shopping, but he was curious. Sue him. He approached a girl who seemed to be fairly well put together, with that sign and everything, and asked what was going on. "Excuse me, but what are these?"
She noticed the bag he was carrying and wondered if he was in University. I wonder what he studies... She wasn't sure what she wanted to study after school. The whole idea excited and terrified her at the same time. But before she could get too lost in her thoughts, she answered him. "These are Ashwinder eggs, sir. Freshly collected, yesterday. They're great for potions!" Or so I've heard. She smiled widely at him and pushed further. "We're only selling them today, then we have to go back to school." Maybe he'd gone to Hogwarts too? "Would you like to buy a jar for five galleons? They don't expire, ever, so it's sort of like an investment." She was getting better at this.
He chuckled at her sales pitch. She was doing a good job, even if he didn't really need any of the eggs. With another chuckle he said, "Back to school, huh? I'll bet you're in Ravenclaw. I was too." He picked up a jar and held it to close to his eyes to look at the eggs. "I don't remember ever selling anything while I was at Hogwarts. Why are you doing so now?" He raised an eyebrow at her, trying to figure out what was going on. Not that he thought the kids were scamming him, it was just...odd.
She grew a bit bashful when he pinned her as a Claw. Did I seem too...detailed or something? She turned her head slightly and asked, "How could you tell?" It was pretty neat that he was a Claw too though. "We're selling them because Hogwarts is having a, er, funding problem at the moment apparently, so the students are required to pay for things at the school that we normally aren't. It's been sort of...different this year." She didn't want to sound too disrespectful towards the school so she left it at that. "So how about it?" she said with a wink. WOAH, did I just, was that kind of flirty or ? Weird.
He smirked at her inquisitiveness. "Oh, I can always spot a fellow Eagle." His brow furrowed as he listened to her go on about the school. Funding problem? "Well that sounds...crummy. I'm sorry to hear that..." He sat the jar back down and made a mental note to investigate this situation when he was done with his thesis paper that week. And did she just? This little girl just winked at me? He was amused. Clearly she had no idea what she'd done, judging by the color in her face and the confusion in her eyes. He lolled his head back and teased her, "Cheeky aren't we?" He laughed and reached a hand into his pocket. "All right then, fine, you sold me. Happy now?" He smirked again and put the jar in his bag.
Glad he took that well. She kept her expression more reserved now, save for the one last big successful smile she gave him when he put the money on the table. "Yes, very happy. Thank you very much!" She added the five galleons to her pile and added before he left, "And um, have a good time scouting out all the other Claws!" Yeah it was weird, but that's all she could think to say. And she was hungry, so that might've been throwing her off. Could she eat these?
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