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Felixir · 12-28-2023, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by aRogueOne

The coins, predictably, were all there. With a small sigh, she cast one glance at the shop, ready to move onto her next stop. Coming back with a better plan than just trying to blag her way into getting her nose pierced seemed like the smarter move. As she was about to move on however, a somewhat familiar face stepped into her peripherals and spoke to her.

With the smallest hint of a smile, Sloane looked down at her ripped jeans and shrugged ever-so-slightly, playing off her ripped clothes. “I hadn’t actually noticed. Thanks for letting me know,” the sarcasm in her tone matching his. The rips in her jeans weren’t obnoxiously large or particularly revealing, unless you counted showing ones knee caps as uncouth.

Unsurprisingly, Sloane knew very little about Charlie Upstead, although that may have had something to do with the fact that she was about as social as a bear in the winter. Noticing that he was about to go into Paradise Piercings & Tattoos, however, and the fact that he had a piercing, Sloane ventured out of her den and into the cold that was socially interacting with someone you barely know.

“You’ve got your ear pierced. Did they ask you for your age when you got it done?” If he didn’t get asked for his age, there may yet be hope for her.

"Funny thing to not notice. You'd think you'd get breezy knees," Charlie remarked, but then glanced up at the sky and added, "Suppose it's too nice out for that."

Again. Still. He was not being entirely serious, and yet not entirely sarcastic either. Sarcasm was one of those weird ones; Charlie could dole it out in great spades and using the sharpest wit, but he didn't necessarily catch it when another person had kicked the sarcasm into gear. Probably there was something to that, but he shrugged it off as something more worth his attention on some other day. Today it was obviously a mutual thing.

"Oh. Yeah." The ear piercing. "I didn't get it done here. I got Des to do it." Des being his niece or nephew or whatever the non-corny word was for the gender-incongruents of the world. Either way, with Des being in their year too - only in Ravenclaw - Sloane was likely to at least know of them. "Dad went spare, but apparently only because he'd have taken me to get it done properly if I'd asked." He gave a subtle roll of the eyes. Like, pull the other one. It's got bells on.

All this to say he couldn't really answer Sloane's question at all. After a moment of consideration, though, Charlie added: "Des didn't ask my age, if that helps." Though of course he already figured it did not. But then Charlie gave his most innocent little smile, with just the hint of shrewdness behind it. "Give it a shot. Nothing to lose, right?"

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Felixir Forum Manager Book Club Mod Alley Proprietor Banshee Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posts: 50,165 Hogwarts RPG Name: Charlie Upstead Gryffindor Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Aurelio Kaiser Slytherin Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Alexei Petrov Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Yves Flamel Slytherin Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Achilles Zacharias Ravenclaw Third Year Diagon Alley Proprietor: Ezekiel Ransom-Kruus Ollivanders x12 x12	Lovely™ \| Captain Hurted \| Ariana's Bane \| Resident Antagonist \| Unparalleled Delight Quote: Originally Posted by aRogueOne The coins, predictably, were all there. With a small sigh, she cast one glance at the shop, ready to move onto her next stop. Coming back with a better plan than just trying to blag her way into getting her nose pierced seemed like the smarter move. As she was about to move on however, a somewhat familiar face stepped into her peripherals and spoke to her. With the smallest hint of a smile, Sloane looked down at her ripped jeans and shrugged ever-so-slightly, playing off her ripped clothes. “I hadn’t actually noticed. Thanks for letting me know,” the sarcasm in her tone matching his. The rips in her jeans weren’t obnoxiously large or particularly revealing, unless you counted showing ones knee caps as uncouth. Unsurprisingly, Sloane knew very little about Charlie Upstead, although that may have had something to do with the fact that she was about as social as a bear in the winter. Noticing that he was about to go into Paradise Piercings & Tattoos, however, and the fact that he had a piercing, Sloane ventured out of her den and into the cold that was socially interacting with someone you barely know. “You’ve got your ear pierced. Did they ask you for your age when you got it done?” If he didn’t get asked for his age, there may yet be hope for her. "Funny thing to not notice. You'd think you'd get breezy knees," Charlie remarked, but then glanced up at the sky and added, "Suppose it's too nice out for that." Again. Still. He was not being entirely serious, and yet not entirely sarcastic either. Sarcasm was one of those weird ones; Charlie could dole it out in great spades and using the sharpest wit, but he didn't necessarily catch it when another person had kicked the sarcasm into gear. Probably there was something to that, but he shrugged it off as something more worth his attention on some other day. Today it was obviously a mutual thing. "Oh. Yeah." The ear piercing. "I didn't get it done here. I got Des to do it." Des being his niece or nephew or whatever the non-corny word was for the gender-incongruents of the world. Either way, with Des being in their year too - only in Ravenclaw - Sloane was likely to at least know of them. *"Dad went spare, but apparently* only because he'd have taken me to get it done properly if I'd asked." He gave a subtle roll of the eyes. Like, pull the other one. It's got bells on. All this to say he couldn't really answer Sloane's question at all. After a moment of consideration, though, Charlie added: "Des didn't ask my age, if that helps." Though of course he already figured it did not. But then Charlie gave his most innocent little smile, with just the hint of shrewdness behind it. "Give it a shot. Nothing to lose, right?" __________________ Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Chocolate**!