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Barny the Fruitbat 
Hearing Nia's giggles Barny continued his dancing. Moving closer to her and taking her hands in his to have her dance a bit as well. See fans look how cool the Bat's were. They weren't embarrassed to dance with their mascot. Nope!
Letting go of her hands he wiggled around a few more times and then put up a hand for another batty high five!
Of course Nia would have a boogie with Barny, whether the mascot was holding her hands or not. She even stood up for the fans, because, well...why not? Barny was having fun, she was having fun...what else mattered? She was grinning and laughing and life was good.
And high fives for Barny too!
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emjay And then she noticed someone else familiar standing right next to her.. oh her nephews! "Ethan!" she beamed, noticing him talking to another of the players. "How nice of you to come.." Min and possible Chloe must be around somewhere too, right? Oh but she was so pleased to see them. "Let me see that baby." She reached out and took Gunnar from him, holding him on her hip, and planted a kiss on his head. Noticing Nia at the far end of the tent, she gave her friend a wave. She'd have to be down in a minute to go say hello. She was absolutely going to show off her great-nephew.
As she sat back down, Nia saw her bestie and returned the wave. Mariel was probably uber busy today, having organised the event, but if she had a few minutes it'd be nice to check in and tell her how much fun she was having - and maybe even persuade Mariel back in to the air to relive their youth?
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Lissy Longbottom
"Of course!" Jack said, pipping up right away to once again try to get him to say something, anything, to show that he was like - alive and not having heart failure, you know? Jack would totally play photographer if she wanted.
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Edward Penguin Edward finally found his billfold and pulled it from his wasitcoat. And....he found a voice. I....i..I He stopped for a second, and took a deep breath as he took a photo out and showed it to the young lady. I thought you were someone else. It is remarkable the resemblance you share. He shook his head and tried in vain to place a good smile on his face, resulting in a crooked grin that probably made him look rather foolish. I don't need a photo. I'm Edward by the way.
Whether it's was Jack's response or not, finally the guy had found a voice. And rather than producing money...pulled a photo from his wallet. Nia's eyes widened, as she easily recognised the woman. "My mum..." She didn't know quite how to take the fact that she'd just been mistaken for her mother, but she
was relieved that she hadn't just acquired herself a freaky silent stalker.
Hang on...Edward? Oh, EDWARD! Gosh...it'd been years, a decade even - and Nia had grown A LOT since then. "From Security, right?" Nia said, recalling the memories of her youth. "You liked mum's cookies I seem to recall, and came round for dinner a few times." Something about 'feeding up the young lad' came to mind. "Sorry Mum's not here...bet she'd love to hear what you've been up to."
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Eriin Okay and there was Jack saying things about autographs. BAH. Kalla Ogden was not signing any autographs... hell, no one even knew who she was. Until she said her surname then she got LOOKS. Her family she was NOT. Okay?
Yeah.
BUT she gave Jack a small smile as she made her way over to him and plopped into the open seat. "Yeah well... whatever." Because HMPH. The girl was casting a totally casual glance around and then she spotted him... Those curls. That AWFUL outfit. It was HIM. OLIVER GREENWOOD. Ahem.
Not that Kalla was a fan or anything... nope. She just liked his... curls? No. Pssh. NO. Not looking anymore.
"I think my youngest cousin is going to drag me Mum along later. That'll be a bloody nightmare. Can I just hide under this table? Please?" she asked Jack or Nia... whichever was still listening. BAH.
"Good to see you, Kalla," Nia said with relaxed smile. "It'll be good for the fans to get to know you off the pitch." It really wouldn't be long at all until the beater made the first team, given the improvements she'd been making - and possibly sooner if she had the fan support too.
As for hiding, Nia shook her head. "It can't be that bad, can it?" She had a younger brother, and quite frankly he was at his most adorable when he got to meet the Quidditch players. All that excited energy, but hiding behind Nia or their Dad shyly as he waited for them to make the first move.
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Auntie Helena, Archie had decided, was walking FAR too slowly. He'd tried pulling her along faster, but to no avail...at least until they'd got stuck in the crowd at the entrance to the tent. Then Archie had taken advantage of being kid-sized, and had easily slipped out of his Aunt's grasp when she wasn't paying attention. A bit of people slalom later, and he'd found himself inside the tent.
Now, where was the table for the Bats? He wanted stuff signed by his super cool cousin!